Rosekiller

{Fly, Fall, Fall, down, down you go, down into the Rabbit hole}

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{James’ P.O.V.}

Reggie’s been acting weird, more than usual, ever since last night really he kept staring at the phone like he was waiting for something–or someone to call it got even weirder to the point where when the did ring he would jump to pick it up,
when he asked about it Reg wouldn’t say anything, but this morning he was concerned, so he pushed.

He was getting ready for work, well it wasn’t really work, since his restaurant burned down so Lily offered to design a new building plan, he agreed and now they have to meet up, he was in the middle of getting his keys, when the house phone rang, Reg picked it up immediately.

“Hello?” his voice was strained, and his tone seemed urgent, like he was waiting for the apocalypse to start.

“Merde” he spat as he sat the phone back down.
[Shite]

“Reg? Are you okay?” he looks at him as if he just realised he was in the room. “Yeah I-uh, sorry” James walks closer to him forgetting about his keys in the interest of comforting Reg.

He cups the younger’s cheeks, as he averts his gaze.

“What do you have to be sorry for love?” he shakes his head, and looks at him, if only he knew the source of his problems–if only he could promise to take them all away, he’d give anything to not see the pain in the other man’s eyes.

“Forget it, it’s nothing…what time are you coming home tonight?”

“After meeting with Lily, I’m gonna run down to the station and ask Alice if there isn’t anything on Teddy yet, shouldn’t take too long–so I’ll be home by…eight-ish?” he nods, a small smile forming on his face as a result of James’ tiny ramble.

“Okay, you better get going then sunshine” James smiled at the nickname, he gave Reg a soft kiss on his forehead, and whispered. “I’ll see you soon, star eyes” he quirked a brow.

“Star eyes?” he hummed. “Because your eyes shine brighter than any star in the sky?” he huffed a laugh.

“I’ll give you points for creativity, now go you know how Lily gets when someone’s late”
He bids Reg another goodbye and heads out, he couldn’t shake the feeling of dread that was slowly overcoming him, something was wrong but he had no idea what it was…
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{Sirius’ P.O.V.}

It was December, Teddy loved december.

He remembers Teddy, waking him and Remus up for the first snow fall every year on the first…it was the fifth now, Sirius woke up subconsciously at five, no Teddy.

He didn’t cry, no–he waited until he was outside, where he could blame the cold for his sorrow. Remus found him in the back-yard, he took him back inside and made him some hot chocolate.

Until he gets Teddy back, Sirius has decided that he hates december.

He stared back at the clock on the wall, it was almost three which means his session is almost over, instead of letting him help Remus thought it was best to send him to the head doctor,to quote, ‘help him deal with the trauma’ end quote. much to his dismay, so he refused to speak for the whole appointment, the therapist was doing all the talking

Despite not wanting to speak, something the doctor said caught his attention.

“What did you just say?” the woman in front of him. Margo or something gave him a small smile.

“I said you have your son’s eyes” she observed, her smile was unsettling to say the least.

“Right….” he turns back to the clock without another word, how could she have known that? Has she seen a picture?

“Let's go back, given your unfortunate upbringing is it safe to say you were nervous about becoming a parent?”

He sighs, maybe he shouldn’t waste all of the money being put into this, even though he’s rich.

“At first yeah ... .but Mo-My husband, my brother and my friends helped me through it” she nodded and wrote something down.

“Do you mind if I ask you about Teddy?”

“Sure” she didn’t have much time left anyway. “I know you have a very strong bond, and he doesn’t seem to sleep properly without you”

What did she just say?

“What do you mean by that?” She tilts her head. “It’s frustrating really, it’s almost as if I’m not enough for him, but all's well, I could still be his aunt”

“Listen Margo or whatever your name is…I don’t know what kind of sick game this is but it’s not funny”

“Who’s laughing?” She leans back in her seat, he turns his head as he hears the door open, two men step through, both wearing ski masks, one of them grabs him by the shoulder’s to hold him in place, and another hands the therapist a mask.

She says something that he can’t bring himself to hear, afraid of what's to come.

The room starts to fill with gas, as he feels his awareness slip and his eyes drop closed.
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“Sirius?” he hears Remus call out to him, he wasn’t panicked it’s like he was trying to wake him up.

His eyes open, he doesn’t see anything at first, his vision is still hazy from whatever dream he had.

Remus looks back at him with a small smile. “You fell asleep during your session” he shot up immediately, it all felt so real, the men, those words everything…the clock, the hands were all messed up,
When he looked at them the first few times they pointed to two o’ clock, but when he was slipping out of consciousness, the clock pointed to eight pm.

“Moony…what’s the time?” He checked his watch. “Seven-fifty-five why?” He looked out of the windshield where he saw someone walk on the bridge in front of them, his breath hitched as he saw the person’s coat.

He knew that coat, he got that for Reg last autumn, what was he doing up there?

“Moony call James..or Alice or somebody!”

“What’s wrong?”

“That’s Reggie up there ... .wait ‘The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness.’”

He remembered the doctor's words, Remus was on the phone before he could get another word in..

All he heard was a loud bang, then Remus was down..the car door was unlocked and he fell outside.

“Moony!”

Another bang and he was out…
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{Evan P.O.V.}

Something was off.

He couldn’t place it, but something just didn’t feel right, he walked along the wet pavement, he didn’t mind the rain, he couldn’t this was london after all, he crossed the road walking closer to the park, Barty said he would meet him there,

He feels bad, of course he knows that Bee loves him, he doesn’t doubt it even for a second, what he does doubt is the fact that the other man has never lied to him, he know when someone lies, he wouldn’t cheat, but what could be so–so….terrible? Is that even the right word for it?

He bumps into someone, and they fall to the floor.

“Hey-watch it…Rosier?” he looks down and sees Rita Skeeter on the ground, he helps her up.

“Sorry I wasn’t looking where I was-” she waves him off, with what can only be described as a sad smile.

“It’s no problem…say you are related to Bella right?” he nods, he likes her, she can be a bit chaotic at times, but a little chaos never hurt anyone, at least he can say his childhood was never dull especially with Bella and Sirius on the same team.

“Great so..when's the last time you talked to her?” she seems frantic, he doesn’t know where Bella is though…but

“Ah..she mentioned something to Cissa about moving our family dinner till new years, so I guess she went to help her mum with the preparations? Either that or she has work, I heard there shooting at the beach”

That seemed like a good answer. “In this weather? God knows she should get a raise, thanks for your help Evan, if you need anything let me know” before she walked away he called out.

“Actually I may need your help with something”
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{Raba P.O.V.}

“What do you think you're doing?” Frank exclaimed as he slammed his hands down on Raba’s (New) desk, and they say the Black family’s dramatic. Yes okay, Raba was a tiny bit bitter, but only because he thought there was something there you know?

But apparently Frank didn’t see it, because if he did he wouldn’t have left, sue him for trying to find love in this fucked up city, actually don’t sue him you know who’ll win.

He regarded the detective for a moment before turning his attention back to the file in his hand…Kingsman’ file.

“I don’t know what you mean” the sandy haired man let out a scoff. “You know what I'm talking about, listen Raba, you are not a detective-” thank god for that. “-and this is an on-going investigation..”

He throws the file on his desk with a loud thump. “Please for the love of god Frank get to the point”

The other seemed caught off guard by his sudden outburst, but quickly regained his composure.

“I got a call from a friend in Winchester, said he saw you and fucking Barty Crouch Jr on the bridge there, care to explain?”

“I don’t have to tell you anything” he spat, Frank let out a small laugh of disbelief.

“Yeah you do, if it involves information on a case we’re working on”

“Fine then I’ll speak to Alice about it later”

“What the bloody hell is wrong with you?” he leans back in his chair, with a raised eyebrow.

“You’d have to be more specific, trust me when I say there is a mountain of things that are wrong with me”

“Oh come off it Raba ... .this is about what happened last month?” Raba pinches his temple.

Don’t say it, please don’t say–”Is this because I left?”

He didn’t answer and Frank knew he hit a mark. “Oh my god, it is..”

He didn’t get a chance to confirm nor deny, his phone went off.

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Flower-gleam and glow (Fleur)-

Fl: I just got this.. (Sent photo attachment of a text from an unknown number..

Un: na petáxei í na pései)

Fl: I don’t know greek, but they sent a picture of both Regulus and Remus’ dolls
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“Frank, do you perhaps know greek?”

“What–yeah..what is this about?” he sighs, of course he does.. “Fleur got a text..here read this”

“‘To fly or to fall?’” He read aloud. “What’s that about the dolls……you don’t think”

“Call Alice..we need to make sure James stays away from that bridge”
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{James .P.O.V.}

‘Go to London Bridge’ that’s what the text said, he didn’t know why Reg was being so cryptic, maybe he had a surprise, that could explain the weird behaviour, nevertheless, the moment he saw the text he was already halfway there.

As he was walking he noticed a familiar car parked not too far away from the bridge, he smiled, were they also waiting? This set him at ease as he walked closer to the bridge, he could see Reggie standing there, he seemed to be alone though.

He looked around slowly making his way over to his fiance.

“Reg?” the younger man turned startled..not by his voice, but by the mere sight of him, but that wouldn’t make any sense he texted him, didn’t he.

Regulus continued to look at him in horror. “You weren’t supposed to be here” his voice was something above a whisper but he heard it.

The sound of multiple cars pulling up behind him hurt his ears, he looked around…the road was being blocked off, just what was happening?

“James!” Alice called out, he turned to her in confusion. “Alice what’s going on? Where are Sirius and Remus?”

“What are you talking about?...Get Regulus away from the bridge”

He shook his head. “Their car was parked that way, no one was in it-and Reg why are you here?”

Alice cursed and told an officer to go check out the car, what is happening today?

Regulus stepped up on top of the ledge, and James’ heart just sank, no, no,no this can not be happening.

“Reggie, what are you doing?” He took a deep breath. “It wasn’t supposed to go like this, I swear”

“Darling, what are you talking about?” he stepped a little closer, and seemed to tick the younger off.

“James get the Fuck away from me” he stepped back. “Okay, okay love whatever you need, why? Why are you doing this?”

Reg let out a heart wrenching sob before sighing. “He called me..S.P he kept calling me with..with her voice telling me to–to do things–to hurt myself-” he sniffled and he pulled up the sleeve of his coat, to reveal multiple deep cuts and bruises.

His heart had sunk before but just then it had all but shattered at the sight.

“Reggie-I…..Please don’t” he broke off in a sob, how had he not noticed any of this? He should've noticed every flinch every cry he should have but he didn’t, he didn’t and if Reg dies now he has nothing, nothing but that tiny voice saying it’s his fault.

“He said if I do this, he’ll give Teddy back…I don’t want to see Siri break down like that ever agai-” he was cut off by a voice over Alice’ radio.

[We have a body here!] the officer yells. Alice immediately responds. “Officer Kyle is the person Alive?”

He doesn’t respond right away. “Officer Kyle answer me!”

[He’s breathing is weak….he lost a lot of blood but yes ma'am, I’ve already called an ambulance]

“Who is it?” Regulus sounds so broken as he asks this. “Officer Kyle, can you identify who the man is?”

[It’s Remus Lupin-Black]

His breath hitched, he was laying there? Why the hell didn’t he check?

Regulus shook his head.

“No, No he said they’d be safe” he runs a hand through his hair. “Regulus, don’t move..pleas-”

It was too late, Reg took a step back, James ran forward but what it was too fucking late.

Regulus fell and he couldn’t save him…….wherever Regulus goes James will have to follow.

The last thing he heard before he lunged forward was Alice calling out to him, then it was the sound of water, and then…….

Nothing…
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