Grimjaw met him, "Here, I was only able to get my hands on a bank portkey, it will take you to Gringott's in Mumbai, But I've sent word ahead, one of the bank workers there will get you a local one to Jaipur which is the closest Magical hospital and Auror office."
"Thanks Grim."
"I hope Harry is alright."
"I hope so too, Grim. I hope so too, Portus."
In India the auror team apparated in expecting trouble but other than a young girl giving a startled yelp and that the location looked like a battle had been fought there there was no sign of trouble. The aurors were startled when they went from surveying the area back to looking at the girl because she picked up a rifle and looked prepared to use it.
"Whoa there, we mean you no harm. We're aurors."
Cassidy was unsure. But Rachel who she had untied and was next to, moved her arm and smashed hand to the weapon Cassidy held and said, "They're here to help."
"There are several people wounded and Harry's in shock." Cassidy said.
"What about the magicals that started all this? Where are they?"
"They're dead, the gunmen they controlled fled. My friends really need help."
Although a few remained on guard the aurors started triaging the people on the ground. An immediate decision to portkey the witch who had parts of her body flayed and the young wizard who was in even worse shape away to Dhanwantri Magical Hospital in Jaipur was made. Despite misgivings the young girl and another boy who appeared shortly after the aurors arrived, were sent along as well since both refused to be separated from either the boy or the witch. Muggle medical services arrived and the remaining living victims were taken away. Since Auror services were investigating muggle investigators were kept away.
A young witch approached Inspector Gusain. "Inspector?"
"Yes?"
"We've ID'ed most the bodies it was Saxena and all nine of his bunch of lund chuse harami. We have twenty dead mundanes, and one dead foreign wizard ID on him reads Alexis Cruz resident of Baltimore, USA."
"So causes of death?"
"Wizards or Mundane?"
Her boss waved his hand.
"Eight of the wizards including the foreign one are gunshot. One took a reducto to the head. The other two well they are little more than smoldering heaps. I'm not sure what spell was used but the effects mimic being struck by a bolt of lighting."
"So we have a mystery?"
"I think so sir."
Another wizard came up to them. " Yes Joshi?" the inspector asked.
"Whatever was planned here sir, it failed. The holding spells are secure."
"Excellent."He felt his communication mirror with his headquarters vibrate. Pulling it out he saw the newest recruit in his office. "What?"
"Sir, one seriously scary, pissed off, and worried wizard just walked in the door and is demanding answers about Bhangarh and his ward."
"Put him on." The Inspector saw even through the mirror the aura this wizard was pouring off. "Yes?"
"Twentey five minutes ago I got one very panicked phone call from one of my godson's friends saying Harry and one of his bodyguards was hurt and another of his guards was dead. I want to know what is going on, where my godson is, and who is behind it and I want to have those answers now."
"Was Alexis Cruz your employee?"
"Yes."
"And is your godson a wizard?"
"Yes."
"And is your godson a wizard?"
"Yes."
"Then your godson has been taken to Dhanwantri Magical Hospital there in Jaipur. My staff there will give you directions. As for answers, I'm still finding those. I will come and find you when I am finished with my investigation."
As soon as the portkey arrived at the hospital Steve and Cassidy were herded to a set of chairs in a waiting room while Harry and Rachel were whisked away for treatment. The two preteen sat clinging to each other scared not just by what had happened but also by all the strangeness surrounding them. "Did you get hold of anyone?" Cassidy asked.
"Yeah, I got hold of Sirius. He said stay with Harry and he'd come as soon as he could."
"How long do you think?"
"Dunno, probably a day."
"Do you still have Harry's phone?"
"Yeah."
"We should call the hotel here in Jaipur let the group know."
"Do you know the number?"
"No."
"Maybe we should find a phonebook…"
"Cassidy hate to break it to you but I haven't seen even a hint of a phone in this place."
"Oh." She was quiet for a moment. "Do you think Michael and Dominic are okay?"
"I don't know."
Michael and Dominic meanwhile were watching as a group of people went through and interviewed everyone who had been in the village. Small hurts were being tended to and many people were given mild sedatives to reduce their stress.
"Dominic was Harry being honest when he said that shit about magic?"
"What do you think?"
"Yeah, it explains a lot about those little quirks of his and I don't think I took a hallucinogenic at lunch, today."
Dominic bit his lip for a second. "Non magicals aren't supposed to know. When those aurors are done with the interviews they're modifying what people are remembering."
"How'd you know that?"
"It's standard, unless you have someone magical in your family."
"What you knew, about that, weird stuff?"
"My Nana is a witch, my dad is what they call a squib. My older sister is a witch, only the females on that side of the family have power though I got told cause of Natalia, and when I grow up, if I have a daughter she might be one."
"So they won't try to change your memory?"
"No."
"So how do we keep them from doing it to me?"
"How good are you at lying?" Dominic asked already knowing the answer.
"Can you help me practice?"
Sirius moved swiftly with his cane through the doors of the Dhanwantri Magical Hospital and figured out that spell damage was on the third floor he went to the lifts, and went he came out he saw Cassidy and Steve. "Are you two alright?"
"Mr. Black!" "Sirius!" called out the two as they ran towards him. Their frightened faces and distressed seeking of hugs told Sirius that they needed reassurance. he was thankful they knew him well enough to trust him. After a couple of minutes of cosseting they both calmed enough he felt comfortable saying "I'm going to see if I can find anything out about Harry. Alright?"
They nodded.
Sirius went to the desk. "Hello I'm Sirius Black I'm guardian to the ten year old wizard and boss of a thirty four year old witch they were brought in a while ago from Bhangarh."
"Yes Mr. Black, I will let the Healers in charge of both cases know."
Sirius rejoined Cassidy and Steve and asked for the story of what happened. His years as an auror giving him insight to reconstructing a magical crime scene he was pleased that both kids had innate observation skills. He was proud as he heard how Harry had stepped up and acted instead of allowing the terrorists to control everything. He notice a healer approaching them. "Mr Black?"
"Yes."
"I'm Healer Tiwari, I have been working on your employee, Ms. Luttrell."
"How is she?"
"Resting comfortably. She took a stunner, three cruciatus curses, five flaying curses, and if that was not enough she was actually physically tortured. A bastinado was used on her feet and her hands were smashed resulting multiple breaks and dislocations. We've had to banish several bone fragments and have given her Skele-grow, after a two week course of nerve potions and a little rest she will make a full recovery. She has asked to see you."
"Alright. Now?"
"Yes. The sooner she talks to you the sooner she rest."
"Hey Rachel, how you doing?"
"Sirius how's Harry? I should have… got him out of there"
"Relax Rachel, Harry is getting help."
"He did it again Sirius."
"What?"
"He called lighting out of a cloudless sky."
"Okay. So it wasn't a one time fluke, but right now you need to rest. I'm here and I'll look after Harry." Sirius watched as his words reassured Rachel enough that she stopped fighting the potions she'd been given and fell asleep. He stepped back out. Cassidy and Steve were anxiously watching for him.
"Relax Rachel will be out in a couple days."
The two kids gave him a disbelieving look.
"I mean it. I know with a muggle hospital it would probably be a month or more given her injuries but magic can heal a ton of stuff that muggles can't. Now I need to talk with you two. You found out about magic, normally when people like yourself come into contact with something like this some people come and do some magic to make you forget."
Cassidy and Steve both loudly protested,"But I don't want to forget!"
"Alright then I'm going to trust you two and I'll have to pull some strings. I think I can get you two clearance to know, but you both know about the official secrets act from the US government right?
"Yeah both our dads have security clearances."
"Well this will be a lot like that you can't tell anyone who doesn't already know." He pulled out his phone the last thing he wanted was for Harry's friends to face the mental consequences of an obliviate. He also called his own security team that he ditched in England they were probably going out of their trees with him just disappearing that way. Fifteen minutes later another healer approached. "Mr.-"
"Black. How's Harry?"
"He's not in good shape. He was cursed pretty extensively frankly I'm amazed he's alive somehow he drained his magical core down to almost nothing and we're getting a ton of anomalous readings. If the magical side of things weren't enough I had to summon a bullet from his lower leg and he had a graze on one shoulder. Most magical children would be dead I don't know how he's not."
"Harry's to stubborn to die, and he's a mage even at this age before his full inheritance. He'll pull through."
The healer had a very skeptical look on her face.
Sirius resolved to try and get Winry there as soon as possible because he did not like this woman. "Can I see him?"
"I guess so."
"Thank you." Moments later he was in the room, Sirius took hold of Harry's least bandaged hand and brushed his hair back from his forehead. "I'm here kiddo. You rest and get better and I'll look after things okay?" The healer hadn't been kidding Harry looked awful. "I'm going to go see to your friends so all you have to worry about is you getting better."
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