Poison
He didn’t want to follow her, he really didn’t but the redhead beside him and the man did too and he had a feeling that if he didn’t he would end up being forced to go. But he hated her, he absolutely hated her and that smirk and how she came into the room and smiled telling them they were first to complete the task and then told them to follow as if she hadn’t been the one to take them.
As they walked through doors Remus made a mental note of where they walked, left, right, right, right, two doors had keypads, finally they reached a room, it was bright, like a dentist room and had two sofas, both red.
“Wait here,” she said and before anyone could protest she was through a door after entering some digits and then was closing it.
“What the actual fuck is happening?” muttered the man. Remus noted that he was the only one against using a weapon whilst the girl was quick to use the gun as he was and began to shoot.
“She’s kidnapped us, that’s all I know,” Remus muttered.
“Well who the bloody hell are you because I’m a fucking coach I haven’t got any enemies,” the man yelled.
“I have my fair share, but I’ve never met her before,” the red hair said and looked at the door as if she would walk through it. The man sat on the sofa, head in his hands and Remus did not blame him.
The red haired to him squinting, “You know her don’t you?” she asked and the man looked up.
“I know who you are, Lily Evans,” he replies. He recognised her quite quickly, she was a Dame, the king had made her one after she had saved the princesses life a few years back and her fame had not ended there.
“Who are you?” Lily asked, clearly annoyed with her unanswered question but Remus ignored her as the door opened and two men came in.
One with blonde hair practically threw himself on the sofa and the one with dark brown hair came and sat on his lap sighing with relief he then looked over at Remus and his eyes widened.
“Fuck me it’s Remus Lupin,” he says and practically cackles and the blonde chuckles.
Remus is done, why the hell are Evan and Barty here, what in the world is happening, he barely has the time to register anything when three others are coming in. A girl with dark braids he recognises as Dorcas Meadowes a member of parliament, one with long curly blonde hair he does not know and as if it couldn’t get better there was Marlene motherfucking Mckinnon.
“Didn’t know you would be here,” she chuckles at him coming over and giving him a hug that he does not return.
“Oh come on Remus seriously going to be like that to an old friend,” she asks and he looks away. He hates this, he hates all of this, why does he hate the majority of the people here.
Lily goes over to the Dorcas’ with shock written on both of their faces and they begin to talk quietly.
Finally three more people are led in and he sees Mary again. These three he does not recognise but winces as he looks at the man with blood across his face, Mary follows his gaze.
“Ah yes sorry about that I told them to knock you out not smash your head in, he’ll be fired,” she says.
“Peter?” a voice questions and Remus looks over at a man he’s surprised he didn’t look at first. He has black hair which goes to his shoulders, two silver earrings are in his left ear, and he wears a black leather jacket and a grey shirt that he can see a tattoo peeking out from, he is utterly gorgeous.
The man and the one with a bloodied face came over to the man who had been with him in his fight against the attackers and now put a name to a face, Peter.
The girl with long blonde hair came over to the remaining man of the last team, seeming to recognise him and began to talk in hush whispers.
“I know this is all confusing and I’m glad you’ve all followed without fuss, but please follow me and I can explain to you all why you're here,” Mary told them and they did as told, she said something to a guard who hurried off and they began to follow her.
There were eleven of them and one of her, they could take her down, they all had guns but he didn’t have numbers of who else was here and didn’t want to be outnumbered when some people here probably hadn’t seen a gun in their life, let alone know how to use one.
They reached a dining room and Mary spoke again. “Deposit the guns in that box,” she told them and watched as each one of them let go of their weapons, he was last to do so, glaring at her as he did, he had no clue what she wanted but knew it wasn’t good.
“You’ll find name tags on plates, find your seat,” she said and they began to search for their seats. Remus found his at the middle of the rectangle table and sat, the bloodied man came and sat on his left, he read the name tag and found that he was called James on his right sat the blonde girl, her name was Pandora.
“Before I begin, let's go round and introduce ourselves, honestly,” she said.
“What are we in fucking primary school?” asked a man with short black curly hair who was at the opposite head of the table then Mary. Remus instantly knew he would like this man.
“Seems we have a volunteer to start,” she said with a smile, it was unnerving.
He rolled his eyes but began, “I’m Regulus Black,” he told them and the James next to him practically exploded.
“Black? Black, are you two related?” he asked hissing to the tattooed man opposite him. Now that Remus looked properly between the two he could see some similar features.
“Were brothers,” muttered the man and James seemed to have a lot more to explode about but Mary cut in.
“Let’s get round everyone alright, tell us your main profession,” she said and
“Trained killer,” Regulus announces and the air seems to tighten but then Mary’s eyes go to the person beside Regulus and nod for him to speak.
“I’m Peter and I coach running and am a qualified doctor,” he says and then the next person speaks.
“Dorcas Meadowes, part of parliament but I work undercover for other people,” she tells them and this is a surprise for him but then it’s his turn.
“Remus Lupin, I own a fucking bookshop and I would like to fucking leave,” he tells them.
“Main profession,” Mary reminds.
“I used to be a police officer, well a detective,” he answers and then the eyes go to James.
“My names James Potter, I just run,” he says and then Marlene perks up.
“I knew I fucking knew you, you were in the olympics last year, last fucking thing i’ve watched those bloody olympics,” she tells him.
Eyes go to Barty so he talks, “Names Barty Crouch Jr, I’m a thief though the only thing I’ve ever stolen is Lupin’s heart,” he says and he and Evan fall into snickers, Remus cringes at the thought, but now eyes are on Mary.
“I am Mary MacDonald and my profession is quite wide but is mostly set on illegal things,” she says and then turns to Evan.
“Evan Rosier is the name, stealing is my game,” he smiles.
Remus is glad to see it’s the tattooed man next to talk.
“I’m Sirius Black, I run a motorcycle shop,” he tells them and Remus’ mind immediately goes to the thought of this man riding a motorcycle then riding h-
“Main profession,” Mary reminds and Sirius seems to be looking anywhere but at Peter or James.
“Trained killer,” he mutters and James lets out a sound of discomfort but has no time to talk before the blonde girl is speaking, from there there are no more interruptions.
“I’m Pandora Lovegood and I’m a trapeze artist,”
“Marlene Mckinnon, drug dealer,”
Lily is last to speak, “I’m Lily Evans I am an undercover agent,” she answers and that surprises him but then doors open.
Servers come in, placing food down on their plates, though one passes James a wet cloth and starts to sew up his ear that was injured, Remus presumed this was what Mary told the guard to ask for, James does successfully get the majority of blood of his face but there is still a red smear there.
“Eat and I’ll tell you everything you need to know,” she says.
It seems that most people decided to trust her and eat, the only ones not doing so were him, Regulus, Lily, Dorcas and James, he had a feeling that Regulus, Lily and Dorcas weren’t going to be as trusting but James seemed just not to be hungry at all.
Mary kept her word and began, “I’ve had a plan for quite some time, the only problem was the fact I needed specific people to help me and I specifically picked you all for reasons, your bonds with one another, your skills and your feelings, my plan is to overthrow the monarchy,” she tells them and that causes them all to stop.
“What do you want to be the Queen of England?” Barty questions and for once he’s not laughing.
“That is an added bonus, what I want is a justice system that works,” she tells them.
“How do we all fit in?” Pandora asks.
“Well you all fit the criteria, I need people able to hurt others, so that Sirius and Regulus as my main two, those who have power and authority whilst being able to keep up an act, that’s Dorcas, Marlene and Remus, I need people able to get into places they shouldn’t and that’s you Pandora and Barty and Evan, if someone was to get injured I would need a doctor so Peter, Marlene has connections and can get her way in and out situations quickly, and then I need someone to run, to distract, that’s James,” she tells them.
“Is this a choice or not?” Remus asks.
“It is a choice, but if you refuse I can’t let you leave until it’s all done, no need for there to be rumours,” she tells him.
“I won’t make you decide now, I’ll give you till the morning, but I must warn you now, their will be tasks to prove yourselves worthy of this, and this is the first one,” she tells them and then a man walks over and places a tray of wines on the table in front of him.
“There are twelve glasses, they must all be drunk, but no one is allowed more than one glass, but one contains poison, proceed,” she says and goes silent.
The table breaks loose in havoc, talking of what to do, some want to take the chance, whilst others are trying to think of ways to get around it and then Remus realises.
He stands up quickly and attention goes to him. There's a vase of flowers in the middle of the table and he throws them to the ground and tips out the water onto the floor. He begins to grab the glasses, pouring their contents and filling up the vase.
“The hell are you doing?” Sirius asks.
He pours the last cup in and turns to Sirius, “Being a fucking genius,” he says and winks before chugging the whole thing down. An uneasy feeling comes over him and then he sways, he drops the vase and then he falls and the world grows dark.
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When Remus awakes he’s in a bed, it is large and so is the room he looks around and finds Mary.
“You knew,” she says, leaning against a wall with her arms crossed but a smirk on her face.
“Were all vital to your plan, you wouldn’t let one of us die so quickly, some kind of drug I suppose,” he says and she nods.
“They think I’m dead, don’t they?” he asks and she nods. “Fuck you Mary, fuck you so much,” he says.
“Goodnight Remus,” she says and opens and closes the door and there's a automatic click that tells him he is locked in.