Marriage is Murder

Steven moved back to Robert waiting for Michael as he stood by the car. Cassidy kept the light on them all she was glad they ahd found them but was worried for Khaat down that dark hole. " we could use Jack about now!" she called down Steven looked back up at her then to Robert.

"He has got the strength." he said" that way Michael and Edward could work on while we free Brian and the caretaker" he asked but he also knew togther they could lift the car easily. Cassidy stood waiting if Steven called back for her to get Jack she knew just what she could do to get him there quickly.

"Don't worry about me," Brian said to Robert. "Get Khaat out. Find our driver...."

"I appreciate your input," Robert said to him, "But do please just shut it. In your present situation, you are precious little help, Brian." He looked at Steven. "Bring Jack and Jess," he said. "We will need at least one more healer, I think. Tell them to not waste time."

Khaat tried to focus on Michael. "Michael," she said. "make it stop. Your wand. Please. Please, Michael..." Michael froze, unable to do what he knew she was asking of him.

Robert looked up and into the wreckage of the car that was on top of Brian. it took a moment but in the twisted metal, he saw the driver. He reached in and felt the carotid artery and got a pulse. The driver was still alive.

"We've got the driver," Robert shouted. "He's alive. Its not going to be an easy rescue for any of them. Better tell Jess to bring my extra medical bag. My bag and Edward's aren't going to be enough. Edward, how's Khaat?"

"Permission to manage her pain, Robert?" Edward asked.

"Do it," Robert ordered. Edward reached over and laid his hand on her forehead and cast a spell to render her unconscious in order to stop her pain for awhile. Michael looked at him.

"Thank you," he said to Edward. Edward nodded.

Cassidy heard Robert and nodded sending her caporial form back to the house. Jess was stood looking out teh window when she looked at Kate " they found them, Jack get the spare bag and come here Casidys here and telling me where they are." she told her " I don't know any more than that" she said grabbing her wand and warm jacket as Jack came back with the spare bag. Jess smiled to Kate " we'll bring them home don't worry" she said and ported out of the main house.

Cassidy stood holding the lamp as Jess and Jack appeared beside her. " Jack get to Robert they need the car lifting, Jess Michael's over there check with Robert First" she said as they made their way down.

"Whats the situation and where do you want me?" Jack asked moving to the car and looking around it. Jess climbed a bit slower making sure she didn't drop the medical bag.

"We need to get the driver out first," Robert said. "We need to be careful about how we move this car because if we do this incorrectly, we will kill Brian by trying to free him. The driver has a severe head injury but he's alright to move. Do your best to not jar the car any more than you need to. That will be very painful for Brian if we don't do this delicately. Someone needs to port the driver to St. Mungos and then get back. There aren't any hospitals here."

Robert wanted to go to Khaat but he knew he didn't dare. Not until Brian was safely out from under the wreckage. He looked at Jess. "I don't know how you are with pits, but Michael and Edward are there. Go see if there is anything you can do at all. I know Edward, and I know Michael. Something is bothering them. I don't know what, but I can't go there right now. Do what you can, even if it isn't anything more than to stabilize her."

Jack checked the position of the car and got into the best position to lift it " say when and i'll start to lift" he said grasping a metal strut with both hands. Jess listened to Robert and nodded."

" Im okay with pits, but I can take the driver to St. Mungos first " she said glancing abck at the area where Robert had indicated the hole was even though she didn't see it. Steven loked at Robert " I'll take him, jess you stay here go held Khaat" he said Jess did so and climbed down to Michael.

Jack stood waiting for Robert and Steven to be ready, he watched as Steven moved to where the driver was as close as he could get so he could once he was free port him to st Mungos then return.

"No, don't lift," Robert said quickly. "You'll need to be very careful with your magic and get take the wreckage apart enough to free the driver. Its not often I give you permission to destroy, Jack, but please do so. Just don't push down on the car or lift the car just yet. Steven, you get the driver out the instant you can do so without jarring the car. Whoever gets the driver out of here needs to get the hell back here. We don't have time to follow up with his care right now. We'll have to trust our staff that they can deal with this."

"Robert," Brian was becoming angry now. "I need to know how she is. You tell me now."

"I don't know," Robert looked at Brian. "Edward and Michael are with her. She's alive, and she's conscious. That's a good thing. If it was life threatening, they'd be telling me." He understood Brian's anxiety. It was more than normal for someone who'd been trapped under a car for two nights and two days. He brushed Brian's hair off his face, becoming very fatherly with him. "Now, listen," he said gently. "I refuse to lose my family. We've got this. I promise." Brian tried to relax, but he'd tried to shout for her for over two days now and hadn't heard a syllable from her. Robert understood Brian was nearly frantic needing to hear from her.

Jack was a little confused but did as Robert asked taking hold he bent the metal back gently peice by peice as he little by little freed the driver. Soon there was but one peice left Jack gently lifted it as Steven wrapped his arm around the mans waist. Quickly he ports out and then looked to Brian.

" okay now how do we get him out?" he asked trying not to press down on the car. Jess moved to kneel next to Michael and checked Khaat but found her out cold. She looked at MIchael and smiled.

" Nice job" she said softly" shes confortable for now Robert should be able to tell how bad she is I started the cuts and bruises healing though one less thing for him to worry about" she said brushing the shawl off Khaats shoulder but replaced it again.

"Its a bit of tricky business," Robert said. "What he's dealing with is called Crush Syndrome, and it can be deadly. The restoration of blood and fluids to the tissues after this long is very dangerous. Give me one moment." He knelt at Brian's head and laid one hand on each side of Brian's head. Before he cast any spells, Robert took a deep breath and relaxed in order to draw up as much magical energies as he had. He had to make sure he was fully ready to use all his energies to keep Brian stable and alive because he knew that he himself was all the medical equipment Brian had at the moment.

"Don't do this, Robert," Brian said gently. "Its too dangerous for you..."

"Shhh," Robert said, closing his eyes. "You know this is gonna hurt, right?"

"Just do it," Brian said. Robert braced himself to try to stabilize Brian's vitals and to try to be prepared to reduce his pain the instant it was needed. "At my pacing, Gentlemen," Robert said in a calm relaxed tone. "Use your magic as much as you can. We only need to lift enough that I can slide him out. Once I have him out from under, you can put it all straight back down. You're going to draw the pressure of first so that he doesn't feel the weight of it. Then we'll pick it up enough that I can pull him off. On three, please. One,...two,...three."

Jack nodded at Robert and positioned himself his back braced against the floor of the car, on Roberts words he lifted the car slowly up he closed his eyes but he could not close his ears to the cries of pain from Brian he heard he looked to Robert hoping he was not hurting him. " okay now" he said knowing he'd held it enough now he lifted a little more giving Robert the room to slide Brian out.

Jess looked at Michael as she hears a scream from above her hand covers her mouth but says nothing keeping one hand on Khaat to keep her sedated so she would not hear. " I hope they get him to St. Mungos and quickly" she says taking a deep breath in to compose herself. Cassidy keeps the light steady even hearing Brian scream in pain as she saw Steven return and move to Robert.

" hes safe I can right back" he said taking Brians arm gently in his as he placed an arm around Brian carefully to slid him out to lay in front of Robert.

Robert felt the powerful surge on his energies when they lifted the car off Brian. He had been as prepared for it as anyone could be. He was grateful that Brian had passed out, and was equally grateful for the help in pulling him out from under the wreckage.

"He's out," Robert said. "Well done. Thank you, Jack and Steven." He began working very quickly to stabilize Brian. He could now see, and he saw that Brian had a broken right leg. The fracture had broken the skin and had torn through Brian's pant leg. It wasn't good, but in the scheme of things, it certainly could have been much worse.

He could feel Brian's bodily systems slowly coming into control, obeying Robert's commands. And to his surprise, he felt Brian waking again. Robert hadn't expected that for hours.

"No!" Brian exclaimed. "Don't go...You can't...."

"Gently," Robert soothed him, not surprised that Brian's systems were reacting to the horrid physical and mental trauma. "Gently, Son. I'm here. I'm right here." Brian reached up and grasped tight to Robert's arm, with an amazingly strong grip. "You're out. It's alright..."

"Khaat...Where's Khaat...." Brian began. Robert didn't have the heart to let Brian continue to be that upset. He laid his hand on Brian's forehead and sedated him very heavily. Once Brian was asleep, he finished stabilizing him.

"Jess!" Robert called. "He's stable. I want you and Jack to take him to St. Mungos. Set his leg and splint it until I get there. I'll want to double check the bone setting. Keep him sedated until his body settles a bit Its going to need a few hours. Keep a close eye on his vital signs until further notice because they could change very quickly if we're not watching. If he does alright for the next 8 hours or so, he'll be alright. I'm alright with not placing him in intensive care if we manage to not leave him alone. If you take charge of him, I'll bring Khaat in a moment.

"Steven and Cassidy, please go to the villa and gather up anything that belongs to Khaat and Brian. Their overnight in Morocco is over, I think. Make sure Michael doesn't get caught returning that car we borrowed. I'm not leaving anyone behind. Wipe the memories of any muggles that might see you and erase any trace we were ever here. This ministry isn't hostile but we have no official ally agreement with them either. Let's not muck anything up unnecessarily, huh?

"And, Jess, our best healers on Brian until he's out of the woods. Got it? This is exceptional and requires hands I can trust. Jack, go with Jess and stay with Brian. He isn't going to be himself for several hours yet, and its to be expected. I want familiar faces there for him. It will calm him quicker. He'll settle as the spells take effect and when he can see for himself that Khaat's alright.

"Any questions, anyone?" He asked. "Can you manage him, Jess?"