Chapter 37

"So James, want to see your dad?" Alek asked.

"You haven't killed him?" James asked.

"I don't like killing people just to kill them. He'll live as long as he wants to," Alek said. "I'm not worried about him doing anything without his wand."

James knew his father could use magic without a wand, but what good would that do now?" "Well I want to see him."

"Okay, follow me." Alek lead James into an unused part of the castle. Harry was hanging in chains, much like James had been, only Harry looked worse for wear. "Dad!" James yelled, going over to him. "Are you okay? Does it hurt. Those are stupid questions Of course you're not okay and of course it hurts."

"James, what are you doing here?" Harry asked.

"He joined my army," Alek said.

"I had to. He was going to kill Chloe and my unborn child and Lily. I couldn't let that happen," James protested.

"James sand back," Harry said. Jams nodded and moved away from Alek. As soon as James was away, Harry used a spell on Alek.

"Damn it!" Alek winced. James ran and grabbed onto Alek's wand and undid Harry's chains.` You'll never get out of here alive,"Alek winced.

"Come on James, we have to get everyone together and make last stand," Harry said. The two ran off, finding everyone they could. James found their wands so soon they were a fighting force again.

"Let's go. Knock out, or kill if you need to, everyone that works with Alek, "we need to take the castle," Harry said, rallying the troops. They got the kids out of the castle, so they wouldn't be hurt in the fight.

The fight lasted hours. There were heavy deaths on both sides. Once the smoke cleared, Harry and his men had taken the castle.

"Please, help me," Alek said. "You don't understand. There was a voice in my head telling me what to do. I didn't want to do any of it. It controlled me. Please, make it go away."

"You want us to take that you were being controlled? Why would we believe that?" Harry asked.

"Please, I'm begging for help. All I wanted was to be happy with Albus. That's all I wanted. I didn't want everyone else. I was forced. I understand if you put in me Askaban, but you have to get this thing out of my head. I can't take it. I'll keep doing and plotting things that I shouldn't. Can you please send me to St. Mungo? I need help."

"Well, as long as you're not in a position that you can hurt people, I guess it's okay. If I find out you're lying about this you'll go right to Asaban."

"Alek!" Albus cried, running over to Alek . Alek wrapped around Albus.

"Shh, it's okay. Everything is going to be okay," Alek held Albus tightly. "I'm sick. I'm going to St. Mungo's until I'm healthy again."

"B-but I need you. I-I can't do this without you," Albus said, starting to cry. "I need you."

"Shhh. You can come and visit me whenever you want to," Alek said.

"But I don't to be far away for you," Albus said.

Alek turned to Harry. "Can I stay with Albus tonight? Tomorrow I'll go to the hospital."

"No. You're not getting a chance to get away. I'm taking you now," Harry said.

Albus helped onto Alek. "Don't take Alek awy from me. I can't live without him."

"Maybe we need to send you there too. You have gotten dependent on Alek. I'll tell them to let you see each other," Harry said. "Albus, everything will be okay. We're going to help yo u."

"But you're going to take Alek away from me," Albus said. He was still in Alek's arms. "I want to stay with Alek."

"You can't right now. He won't be gone forever,"Harry said. "It'll just for a little while. While you get better."

"How can I get better if I'm not with Alek," Albus said.

"You just have to trust me," Harry said.

"What reason do I have to trust you?" Albus asked. "You don't even know Alek. And I'm plenty healthy."

"I didn't want to do this but," Harry pulled his shirt off, showing buries, scars,and burns. "All of these were caused by Alek. He wanted to cause me pain not for not following him. He hurt James too for the same reason. He threatened to kill Chloe and Lily if James didn't go along with him. Alek has been doing some horrible things."

"But-but-" Albus pulled away form Ale and screamed, sinking to the ground. Alek was good, but he was dong such horrible things. People who do stuff like that are evil and- Alek- Albus just sat on the floor, looking out of it. Nothing made sense. He ended up passed out on the floor.

Alek went over to Albs. "This is all your fault. If you hadn't shown him that he would still be okay."

"If you want to blame someone, blame yourself. You're the one who put Albus in this position. You were the one who hurt him by you actions,"Harry said.

"But I-" Alek looked down. "All I wanted was to make a world a better place, where me and Albus could live happy lives. It wasn't supposed to happen this way. Everything just got out of control and all I could do was go with it. I'm not lying when I said there's something evil in me. Ablus was my one light in the chaos. Is it so bad that I love Albus and want him to be happy?"

"You went about it the wrong way. You two could have lived happily with each other without taking over everything,"Harry said, picking Albus up. "He'll be okay, sooner or later, probably later, we just need to give him some time."

"Will I be able to see him again, like you said I could or were you lying to make me feel better?" Alek asked.

"You'll be able to see Albus again. It just might take a while while before it's okay to to see him," Harry said. "We have to help him not be so dependent on you, and he'll need to be away from you in order to do that. Once he starts to see things for himself, then maybe he'll be able to see you again."

"I understand. I want Albus to be safe and happy," Alek said. "Even if it's not with me, but I do love him, with all my heart, So please don't take him away from me forever."

"We'll see what the nurses say about it. I'll say I think it would be a good idea if you two saw each other when they think it's okay," Harry said. "If we find out that you're lying about be possessed then I will make sure you never see the light of day"

"I understand. I promise I'm no lying about being possessed. Isn't there away to get it out of me?" Alek asked.

"We'll look into it. Right now you need to focus on staying better. We'll be keeping an eye on you so you don't do anything but get better from this. You're lucky Albus loves you , other wise you'd be locked in Askaban with the rest of your men."

"I understand and am thankful," Alek said.

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"B-but I was only doing what Axel told me to do. I didn't understand it was wrong. Most of what I did was bring Albus his meals and keep him company. I didn't do anything wrong," Rosa protested. "I didn't know what was going on."

"You were a spy for Alek," Teddy said.

"I didn't think of it was spying. I thought he just wanted to know how his friends were doing and couldn't come see them himself," Rosa said.

"You know that's bullshit,"Teddy said. "You were clearly a spy, and a bad one at that. You should be sent to Askaban with everyone else."

"I-I'm pregnant," Rosa said. "Axel's the father. You wouldn't send a pregnant mother to prison would you?"

"If you're really pregnant, then we'll keep you somewhere safe until your baby is born. What happens then, well, we'll worry about that when the time comes. I'm sorry you're pregnant at such a young age."

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"I guess we're going home," Roxanne said.

"I think it's a good to go back home," Dominique said. "I mean, being around all of our cousins is nice."

"That's true. I like being around the family."

"We won't have as much time alone." Roxanne said.

"That's fine. We can still be us, Dominique said with a smile.

"That's true," Roxanne said.

"Well, let's get going."

"Right."

XXXXX

"Ciel!" Luis cried out, looking through all of the people who were moving around, trying to find family and what not. It was chaos right now, but he had to find Ciel. After nearly a half hour of looking, he found his boyfriend. "Ciel, are you okay?"

Ciel didn't say anything at first. "I resisted them. I told them I wouldn't follow them and- they didn't like it. They tried to force me to join them. I-" Ciel looked away. "I heard he was pimping you out."

Luis looked down. "Well it makes sense. I mean, people can't help but they just are attractive to me so it was a reword for people to sleep with me. It was awful. B-but it's done now."

Ciel hugged Luis. "Everything's okay now. We've both been through a lot, but we're together and we're safe now. No one is going to hurt us again."

"I hope so," Luis started to cry. "It was so horrible. I just wanted to die."

"Don't talk like that. We need you alive," Ciel said. He gently kissed Luis. "No on will ever hut you like that again. I'll protect you better."

Luis started to cry. "It was so horrible and they wouldn't stop. They wouldn't stop."

"Shh, everything will be okay." Ciel said, holding Luis close. "You're safe now. They've stopped hurting you. You're safe now."

"How can I be safe? They're still out there they're going to-to-"

"Be sent to Asakbam. They're going to be far away from you. I promise to keep them far away from you," Ciel said. "I love you."

Luis kept crying. "I-I love you."

"Everything will be okay," Ceil said. "Let's go back to the others."