David was kneeling the dungeon-like basement of the Dandies mansion for the fourth day in a row. His hands and feet were bound by shackles, preventing him from using any kind of Airbending. Over the past few days, he had been mercilessly tortured by the Dandies into revealing the location of where he had been staying. At first, he tried to resist as best as he could. He refused to tell them anything, which led them to use many creative methods in order to get him to talk. Finally, after being subjected to the Cruciatus Curse among many other horrible things, David broke down and told them where Bob lived.

He was immediately wracked with guilt because he knew that he had just put his friends in terrible danger. He could only hope that they would forgive him. Once the Dandies had heard what they wanted to hear, David expected them to let him go. How wrong he was.

For the next four days, they refused to give him any kind of food, mortal or otherwise and when they would get bored, they would beat and curse him until he cried in pain and begged for mercy. He couldn't even do anything to defend himself. One of his eyes was swollen shut and his entire body was sore. His stomach ached with an insatiable hunger and his fangs refused to shrink. The only thing that kept him alive was his Airbending training. When the Dandies would subject him to more torture, David would simply retreat inside himself, closing his eyes and meditating. By concentrating on his breath, he was able to ignore most of the pain that they inflicted on him, until he came back to consciousness anyway.

Once while he was meditating, he remembered an old Waterbending trick that Chuck had taught him. He took a few deep breaths to calm himself. Then, raising his shackled hands in front of him, he took in a deep breath and forcefully exhaled through his mouth. He blew the air right onto the metal shackles and to his luck, they froze. Judging by the sunlight that was filtering in through the tiny windows, it was during the day, meaning there was no one to stop him. He managed to crawl over to the wall and smashed the shackles with a vengeance. The metal shattered upon impact.

For the first time in days, David smiled. Things just got a little better. All he needed now were his friends.

The morning after discovering David had been taken, everyone woke up feeling slightly exhausted. No one had slept well that night. After eating a late breakfast, there was one thing on everyone's mind: going to the Dandies mansion and rescuing David.

"So I think we should just go in there and tear that bastard limb from limb," Seb declared and everyone pretty much agreed.

"When should we go?" Bob asked

"Actually Bob, I was thinking that you and Amelia should stay back from this one," Patrick said. As Bob opened his mouth to argue, Patrick continued. "Think about it, Bob. First, I would want someone to guard the house while we are away and there is no one that I'd feel more comfortable with than you. Secondly, I know they're going to want revenge on Amelia for what she did to them last time. That's why I think that it should just be me, Pierre, Chuck, Jeff, and Seb that go."

Bob had a point and couldn't argue with Patrick.

At nightfall, the five of them set off.

"Are you sure Patrick knows what he's doing?" Amelia asked and Bob nodded

"I trust Patrick with my life. I'm sure he knows what he's doing," Bob replied.

Patrick Apparated the five of them to the mansion just as the moon was beginning to rise. He glanced at everyone nervously and they all nodded, ready to fight.

Patrick pointed his wand at the door and muttered something. The door in front of them exploded and the five of them walked into the main hall. Within seconds, there stood William Beckett and AJ, who growled at the sight of them.

The two younger members of the coven were also there. William's two second in commands as well as the Australian vampire were nowhere to be found.

"Well well well, if it isn't the great wizard, Patrick Stump. It's been years. Tell me boy, how are your friends, the vampire hunters?" William asked with a cruel smile

"They're all dead, thanks to you," Patrick replied, his voice cold.

"Ah, that's right, they are. Well, don't worry boy, you'll soon be joining them," William declared as he stepped closer.

As he drew closer, Patrick lowered his wand and motioned for Chuck, Pierre, Seb, and Jeff to stand down.

"What's this? You're not even going to fight for your dying breath? Pitiful," William chastised.

"Listen William, we don't want trouble. All we want is David, the Airbender. That's all we came for. If you hand him over, we'll leave quietly," Patrick said.

"How about no? It's so much more fun when you fight back," William replied.

Before Patrick could say anything, there was a loud bang from somewhere in the mansion. A door to their left was forced open and someone ran out of the door.

"David! You're okay!" Pierre yelled, happy to see his friend

"I wouldn't say that, but I'm still breathing. A little help here?" he asked as the two second in commands appeared behind him and gave chase

Chuck gave David a thumbs up. David nodded and launched himself into the air with Airbending. At the same time, Chuck took some water and froze the floor to ice, so that when the two vampires tried to give chase, they slid on the ice and crashed into the wall. Before William could do anything, Patrick had already Apparated the six of them back to his home.

Patrick unlocked the front door and ushered them in. Upon seeing them, Amelia's face lit up with a smile.

"David, you're alive!" she yelled as she ran to hug the Airbender who was being supported by Jeff

David chuckled. "Yeah, something like that."

Before Amelia could get too close, Chuck held out his hand. "I know you're excited to see him, Amelia, but first, Bob and I need to have a look at him."

Amelia nodded and went to sit back down.

"You guys can work in my spare bedroom. It's down the hall, second door on your left," Patrick offered.

Jeff led Chuck and David to the room. Bob stood up and took his wand out of his pocket. "Patrick, while we're looking at him, I want you to start a double batch of the Blood Replenishing Potion."

Patrick nodded and went to get the ingredients.

Bob walked into the room and, after asking Jeff to leave, he shut the door. David was sitting on the bed, his breathing slightly labored. Chuck was standing over him, inspecting his wounds. David's right eye was swollen shut and a huge bruise lined the side of his face. Chuck noticed that David's clothes were torn in several places.

"David , can you do me a favor and take your shirt off?" Chuck asked

David nodded and carefully removed his shirt. Chuck let out a small gasp. Snaking down the entire front and back of his body were long slashes, several of them still bloody. One of his sides was also covered in a dark purple bruise.

Chuck bent some water from the skin at his hip and placed his hands on the side of David's face. David jumped at the initial contact.

"David, what did they do to you?" Chuck remarked sadly as he began to move the water around, trying to heal the bruised area.

David smiled a sad smile. "A better question would be what didn't they do to me. They used everything from the Cruciatus Curse to just plain physical torture. I'm so sorry, guys. I didn't want to tell them, but it just hurt so bad, I couldn't help it."

"It's okay, man, we understand. I've known wizards older than you who have come to pieces under the Cruciatus Curse," Bob said as he laid a hand on David's shoulder.

While Chuck worked on the bruises, Bob went to work cleaning the wounds that ran all over his body. He first got rid of the dried blood. Before he healed the damaged skin, he walked over to the door and stuck his head out.

"Hey Patrick! Where do you keep the Dittany?" he yelled

After a moment, Patrick yelled back, "I don't know! Use a Summoning Charm!"

With a huff, Bob raised his wand and said, "Accio Dittany." Almost at once, a small bottle filled with an amber substance came zooming into the room. Bob caught it and closed the door. He walked over to David, who had his eyes closed and was breathing deeply. He used a healing spell which made the skin that had been cut open stitch itself back together. Immediately after, he put a small amount of Dittany on each of the wounds in order to prevent scarring. The whole ordeal took almost a half hour. David's lower body was just as bad as his upper body.

Once they were finished healing him, Bob summoned an extra pair of clothes for David, who quickly changed and then sat down on the bed again.

"Is there anything else we can do for you?" Bob asked

"Well, there is one thing. While I was there, they didn't feed me at all, so I'm kind of hungry," David replied.

Bob nodded. "I see. I can go tell Patrick to make you some food."

David shook his head. "That's not exactly what I'm hungry for."

Bob thought about it for a moment. Then he nodded, knowing exactly what David meant.

"Hey Bob, go get Pierre and Sebastien, will you?" Chuck asked

Bob nodded again and returned two minutes later with Pierre and Seb. Before leaving, Bob gave Chuck two bottles filled with a red potion.

"For when you're done," Bob explained and Chuck nodded.

Bob left the room and shut the door behind him.

"Just don't take too much, David," Seb reminded him as Pierre sat down in front of David. David nodded. This was far from the first time he had had to bite his friends, but it still made him nervous. He scooted over to Pierre and wrapped his arms around his chest, one hand over Pierre's heart. Once he felt the steady heartbeat drumming under his fingertips, he gently turned Pierre's head away from him and bit down on the exposed flesh. At first, Pierre stiffened, not used to the pain. Once the endorphins kicked in however, he relaxed and sank back into David. David drank until he felt Pierre's heartbeat slow down slightly. He removed his fangs and licked the excess blood from the wounds, causing Pierre to shiver. Sebastien gave Pierre the red potion and David moved to allow his friend to lay down.

David was still hungry after that, so he did the same with Chuck, taking just enough to satisfy his need, but not enough to hurt the Waterbender. After he was finished and both of the potions had been administered, David and Sebastien let Pierre and Chuck rest. They walked back to the living room to join everyone else.