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Eyes Closed Tightly

Chapter 10

"Peter Pettigrew." Sirius looked up from his hands being bandaged and disinfected, He hadn't noticed at the time but when he leaned down on the ground to look through the window he had scraped up his hands pretty bad, and now the paramedics were looking them over. Remus had been the one to drag him over to them; he had scowled and cursed the man that was now standing in front of him tilting his head.

"What?"

"The man driving in the car, his name was Peter Pettigrew. He had his wallet on him, lucky us." Unfortunately for them Peter hadn't made it, he was alive up to the point when he was freed from the car. He took a turn for the worst then succumbed to his injuries. Leaving them with nothing.

"He have a record?"

"Yeah, 3 DUI's, one account for possession of drugs, lots for vandalism, public exposure, and violence." Sirius let out a sigh his head bowing he looked to the ground.

"Yeah sounds like someone Bellatrix would hang around, if only to get a kick out of him. Or kick him." Remus sat down next to Sirius taking in the defeated posture.

"You alright Sirius? I know its hard and all, but there's still hope."

"Hope, yeah… I was just, you know relived when I looked in that back seat… I thought." His hands grabbed at his hair in exasperation.

"Yeah, so was I. I was relived too, when you said he wasn't there." The sandy hair man pat Sirius on the shoulder. They both knew things could have been worse, but to see that Harry wasn't in the back seat of the car clamed them down. Only for them to remember that the 10 year old was still in the presents of a mad woman. "What should we do now, got any ideas on where she would go?"

"Rems I can barely stand being in the same gene pool as her. How in the world am I to know where she would go?" frustrated Sirius huffed and looked away from his sandy hair friend. "But I suppose we should get back to the office there might be news there, or at lest something that can keep us busy." Remus cracked a small smile as Sirius stood.

"Yeah, sure. Umm Sirius?" the darker hair man looked at Remus a brow raised. "I'm driving this time." Remus walked past Sirius then called over his shoulder. "If I let you drive again I don't think I'll survive the ride." Remus took off to the car.

"Hey! Take that back Moony!" Sirius shouted running after the sandy hair man. Not noticing that the little banter had taken his mind off everything.

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He sat impatiently his feet scrapping against the hard concrete floor of an old abandon warehouse. He watched Bella as she produced a mobile phone punching in numbers and raising it to her ear. Her curly hair being swept back as she waited for someone to answer. An air of bubbled excitement filled Harry's chest as the dark hair woman began to talk.

"Hello-" she paused glancing at Harry drilling the happy ten-year-old with her dark eyes. "Tom." The name sounded odd coming for her like it didn't belong. "Yes he is here." Harry jumped up a bright smile on his face. "Of course." She held the phone out to Harry who rushed over his hands snatching the phone from her, and raised it to his ear.

"Tom!" he chirped swaying back in forth unable to keep still.

"Hello Harry." The deep soothing voice settled Harry in seconds. "Are you alright?"

"Yes I'm fine, I miss you so much." Tom chuckled on the other end of the phone setting off another wide smile from Harry.

"I miss you also. Harry, do you know where you are?" Harry bit his lip and glanced at Bella who was leaning up against a wall her arms crossed and her face closed off.

"Some abandon warehouse." He frowned into the phone wishing he could tell Tom exactly where he was. "You're coming to get me right?"

"Yes I just need to be told where you are then I'll come. Let me talk to Bella and I will see you shortly."

"Ok." He turned looking at the older woman.

"Harry." Both hands went up to his ear and Harry hummed into the phone indicating that he was listening. "Be careful." Another smile lit up Harry's visage.

"I will, please hurry."

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Bellatrix scowled as she watched Harry talking to her Lord on the phone. It just wasn't right. The boy was to cheery his voice singing into the receiver and those damn eyes shinning so bright it was making her sick. She just knew that Voldemort was encouraging the boy on the other end. Telling the child that he was missed and that he couldn't wait to see him.

He was a weakness to the man she admired so much. She was devoted to him yet she could see his flaw. Harry would be Voldemort's undoing. Harry babbled happily into the phone his body tense and about to spring. He radiated excitement, witch further soured Bellatrix's mood.

She frowned and grounded her teeth together. She blinked at the boy as he looked at her exclaiming that they were in a warehouse. His disgustingly green eyes staring at her, judging her, taking in her stance. His soft tiny voice pleading with her master to hurry to his side. It made the rage boil inside her. Then Harry held the phone out to her. Bellatrix pushed her self off the wall she had been stationary on and slinked up to the small dark hair boy. Her hand snatching the phone from his hands, making sure her dagger like nails scrapped across small pail hands. She had to hand it to Harry as the child looked up at her unimpressed.

"Yes my-"

"Location Bella now." She held back a growl her hands clenching the phone.

"Wilkinson's warehouse, just off Bayfield Street." She paused waiting for him to answer her, acknowledge that she had done good, and to rewarded her in any way he found fit. The sound of the dialing tone echoed in her mind and red-hot fury filled her. He had hung up on her, no words, and no praise. He was focused on one thing. Her dark eyes snapped to Harry the boy was smiling; having ran to a window most likely to watch for Tom's arrival.

Her hand fell to her side the phone slipping from it and making a loud clanking noise. Bright green eyes looked at her. Showing her the one thing she hated, and the one thing she realized Tom wanted.

Innocents.

Her blood boiled and her eyes narrowed to near slits. Her lips twitched trying to hold it back, but green eyes looked at her, seeing her and knowing. All of a sudden in a burst of hysterics Bellatrix let out loud crazed laugh her head tilting back and her eyes closing as she lost her self in insanity.

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Loud bellowing laughter filled the room giving off the sense of wrongness. Harry had seen when Bellatrix had lost it. He knew that he was treading on thin ice. That the woman was now over the edge, and the only one in her sites was him.

Backing away slowly Harry looked for an out, or somewhere to hide till Tom showed up. He kept his eyes on Bellatrix, making sure she was too consumed in her hysterics to notice him leaving the room. He was close to an entranceway taking another step his foot landed on a can, it rolled under his foot and he knew he was going down. Eyes wide he let out a gasp the can grating against the floor was deafening. He hit the floor painfully. Harry grimaced holding back his breath; it was at this point he realized that the insane laughter was no more.

"Is little ittie-bittie Harry trying to get away?" Green eyes instantly connected with dark eyes. Bellatrix cackled her eyes gleaming as she looked at Harry. "Now that just wont do. After all you have to be ready for when your Tom comes."

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Harry, Harry, Harry

The name repeated in his head, over and over again. He was in a state of disbelieve. He couldn't believe how easy everything was falling into his lap. How one moment everything was falling apart, and then the next things knitted together. He looked up watching as the dark hair man jumped into a car. Narrowing his eyes Moody followed already knowing the man destination. He pulled out a phone fingers running over the pad and dialing without his eyes straying away from the car in front of him.

"Hello." He grimaced he had been hoping anyone other then him to have answered.

"Black." He could hear the grinding of teeth.

"How dare you phone me you disgusting-"

"I know where Harry is." He interrupted Sirius knowing that if he had let him go on they would have gotten nowhere.

"What?" the rise in the man voice was noted.

"I know where he is and I'm following who I think may be Voldemort as we speak." There was shuffling then the click of another phone being picked up.

"Where?" the sound of Remus hesitant voice resounded from the phone making Moody let out a relived sigh.

"Wilkinson's warehouse, you know where it is?"

"Of course we'll gather up people and be on our way."

"Good, I'll keep a look out and make sure they don't leave." Moody hung up not willing to listen to a response. His hands gripped the steering wheel and his eyes looked up ahead. Frowning he turned up a side street knowing that if he kept following Voldemort as he was it would create suspension. That was one thing he didn't need.

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