Marriage is Murder

Jack chuckled and nodded to Brant as Robert spoke" hes right just relax, Khaat I don't blame you ether it wasn't your style" he said and saw the look ok Jess's face.

"Well that's a first" she said and Cassidy laughed as Jess searched for her camera but stopped " that's the first time hes actually liked something feminine" she chuckled as she saw him wave off her comment." he is right " Jess said " Khaat you don't have to deal on your own, were happy to help" she said smiling as Caitlin took her hand with the spoon and pulled it to her mouth.

"Thank you," Khaat said to the others, who clearly also approved of the change to the sling she had to wear. She was also glad for their support.

"Well, if you go into..." Brian began.

"Brian," Robert cut him off. "He's not brand new to the job. If he can protect the Minister of Magic for Bulgaria, then I presume he can get Khaat to work and back." He looked at Belby. "Make no mistake, Belby. You work for me. But if all goes sideways, he'll be the one demanding answers."

"Understood, Sir," Belby said, comprehending that Khaat's husband appeared to take very, very good care of her, and from what little Belby had seen, it appeared to be genuine.

Jack smiled at Belby and stood up accioing his jacket to him. Moving to Brant he looked at him. "All packed? " he asked and Brant nodded finishing his food and juice.

" bags by the door" he said as he swallowed the last of his breakfast and stood up " well see you all in a few weeks" he said and moved to Jack accioing his bag to him and getting a last look before Jack spoke to steven.

" You ready Steven, Paris does have some great shops if you want to do the shopping there?" he said smiling as he glanced at Jess who scowled.

"Hey, don't go spending all our money, Steven please make sure Jack doesn't make us go broke in one day." she said smiling to Steven as Caitlin took some fruit from the bowl and began to suck out the juice from it. Cassidy chuckled as Jaylen drank from her bottle.    

" thought that was women who spend all the hard working husbands money" she said. Jess nodded and folded her arms as she still smirked .

" usually it is, but Jacks got a thing for suits and cookies" she said and this made Steven laugh out loud and give a nod to Jess he would make sure he behaved." one suit, he needs a good one" she said quickly.

"Good luck trying to make suits and cookies get along together," Michael said. "An excess of either gets expensive."

Khaat finished what she wanted of her breakfast and took a last sip of her coffee.

"You go work, Mama?" Abbey asked.

"Yes, Dear," Khaat answered, kissing her. "I'll be back sometime after your naptime."

"Okay," Abbey said simply, understanding it was just the rhythm of life. Khaat stood up and so did Marcus, taking one last sip of his tea and then putting his cup on the table.

"Take your shawl," Michael told her. "Its supposed to get breezy this afternoon."

"Where is it?" Marcus asked.

"In the closet over there," Brian gestured towards the living room cloak closet. Marcus got the shawl and draped it around Khaat's shoulders.

"Ready?" he asked her. She nodded. "Then we'll see you all later," he told them. He drew his wand and gave it a quick flick to port them into London.

Jess smiled and glanced at the clock " oops I should be going to my shift starts in ten minuets" she said and finished her drink giving Caitlin a kiss she ported to St Mungos, leaving Cassidy to help Jaylen and Caitlin out of their chairs and up to the nursery along with the other children. Jim had sat at the table quietly drinking his tea.

" Well that went quick," he said looking at the now empty dinning room around him. He looked at Robert and Michael as he spoke once more. "and life returns to normal." He said simply and turned the page of the news paper he'd picked up from one of the guards after his patrol around the grounds that looked to any one like a calm stroll around the gardens. " so any news on the wares, do we know where there gathering?" he asked glancing only momentarily over the top of the news paper.

"I've sent Michael to comb through his underground friends to see if they've heard anything," Robert said. "Michael?"

"Nothing firm. Just fewer appearances of creepy people in the village," Michael said.

"Creepy people. Well, that describes most of what muggles think when they see magical folk, so that's not overly helpful," Robert laughed.

"No, no. Its very different when our kind call them creepy," Michael said.

"Indeed. That might be helpful indeed."

Khaat and Marcus arrived in London just a few doors away from St. Mungos.

"Not bad for your first time porting here," Khaat said.

"Disappointing, actually," Marcus said, not happy that he hadn't hit the mark. As he was speaking to her, a well dressed woman passed them by, next to Khaat and hissed in her ear while Marcus was talking.

"He's waiting for you. Kings Cross..." the woman said, disappearing into the hospital.

"Marcus," Khaat said urgently. "Kings Cross Station. Go. Now."

"What?" He asked. "Why am I already wishing I'd brought my gun?" He sighed heavily.

Jess arrived in St Mungos and began her shift but as she walked she felt something was missing and headed to Khaat's office there she found it empty. for the moment she felt she might have just missed them until she over heard some one saying they hadn't seen Khaat at work today and she must be taking another day off " no she's not she left before me " Jess said. Jess was now in two minds whether to send for Robert but decided to wait and see what happened for the moment she thought maybe they had stopped off to have a bit of quiet and talk. Jess headed back down to her station and picked up the huge pile of clip boards each a patient and began her rounds.

As Jess moved she kept thinking of Khaat feeling a sense of urgency but not sure if it came from her self of from Khaat. She handed off the last two patients and headed back up to Khaat's office to wait she would give her an hour if she didn't show she'd notify Robert Khaat was missing.

Once Khaat arrived in Kings Cross, she could feel the evil energy all around her. Her necklace began to glow bright green. She clutched her hand around it.

"Is that supposed to means something?" Marcus asked, not so dumb as to not recognize a magical artifact when he saw it.

"Don't lose your wand," she said quietly, pushing through the muggles on their way to the morning trains. "That's what that means."

"Could you be a bit more specific?" he asked just as Khaat caught a glimpse of a young man with long, thick, curly dark hair. She didn't know how she knew, but she knew. She pointed him out.

"There," she said, letting loose of Belby as she saw the man heading for the platforms.

"Damnit," he sighed, rushing to follow her. He was very experienced but it appeared he underestimated that she was very experienced at losing her guards when she wanted to, and her small size was definitely an advantage to her in this tight crowd. He simply started shoving people out of his way to follow her. He tried to call to her, but the incoming trains drowned out his call.

Just as she reached the platform, the man turned on her and shoved her full force, face down onto the train tracks, right in front of the moving train. Muggles everywhere screamed.

Marcus dove, with all he had and wrapped himself around her. She wasn't moving, was stunned. He shouted out the spell for apparating to take them to St. Mungos and felt the spell pull them into the space between the tracks, hearing the train in his ears and not feeling entirely sure they'd cleared it.

Hannah was walking through the main entrance of the hospital, in the beautiful front foyer, when she literally tripped and fell over something that apparated right in front of her path.

It was a blond man in a tan suit...and he was clearly shielding something or someone. He wasn't moving and appeared to be unconscious. She shouted to one of the security guards to get some healers at once.

Jess felt the pull and stood up heading down to the foyer grabbing a potions bag as she went her mind saying it wasn't as bad as she was thinking she saw Marcus and Hanna " Grab a gurney, NOW Hanna! " she shouted at her then saw two men stood by the main doors and Jess looked at them. " Help me out here," she said and they ran over " Gently lift him on to the gurney, gently I don't know his wounds. " she reaffirmed her orders, but as they lifted him she saw a white shawl and blond dirty hair. " Khaat " she said softly as she breathed out and touch her shoulder. she breathed out feeling a pulse under her fingers. " you, bring that over here." She called to a porter.

" She's got a wounded shoulder, be gentle." Jess checked on Marcus and then stayed with Khaat " Room three and four and some one contact Robert. " She ordered as both beds were rolled to the respective rooms. Jess once she was sure Khaat was okay except for some minor cuts, set a healer to cleaning her, then moved to Marcus and checked him out, finding he had a big bleeding cut on one of his shins. Placing her hands over it she stopped the bleeding at first it would not then after a minuet it slowed and stopped she made the skin and vessel start to heal. " clean it and bandage, check it every 30 minuets" she told them.

Robert and Brian were still at the breakfast table, enjoying refills in their mugs when their alarms for St. Mungos sounded. Brian looked up at Robert.

"Go," Michael said. "I've got this."

"Get Edward back for backup. With Steven and Jack gone, you're spread too thin," Robert said, standing up.

"I shoot them, Papa!" Abbey said with a strong voice.

"I'm sure you would, Honey," Brian said, kissing her, drawing his wand. Robert had his drawn already.

They apparated to the emergency room to see the staff in chaos. Robert saw Jess in the hallway. He nudged Brian and pointed out Jess to him.

"Report, Jess," He commanded, wanting the short version of what in the devil was going on.