A Birth day

ruby listened to Marcus about the costumes and looked to Angus " I like the idea of the pirate and serving wench" she said looking at Angus " I'd serve you more than butter beer to keep you warm" she said imitating an old accent and chuckled. Hearing Angus and Marcus she smiled as he continued talking about the balls . " we could make them reversable so it would be like two dresses in one" she said thinking to her self " hum, but I'd have to talk to the girls about designs " she added now having ideas. she sat back and listened more reopening her book to read more of the spy romance novel she was reading.

Jack stood looking from on to the other before he walked towards them signling Jessie to stay put . After amoment Jessie saw Jack walk over to him " there leaving I talked them into not settling this tonight but to wait," he gave a sigh " border dispute" he said and Jessie looked at the retreating wolves " so whitch one tresspassed?" he asked and Jack looked at him .

"Toma , the grey, hes from a diferent pack, Demus the other one stopped him but Toma wants to join their pack I told Demos to talk to his alpha and then meet back here tomorrow night, they listened" Jack chuckled as did Jessie.

"you think they'd expect us to be there tomorrow?" he asked and Jack shrugged his shoulders.

" wouldn't worry abut it they will sort it out" he said as they continued to walk back towards the guardhouse by the main gates.

"Alright," Angus laughed, giving in.

"Well, it won't take much more than an enchantment to change the costume back. Actually, part of the reason we updated it was that my escort for the night I wore it was the Minister of Magic's wife, and it was thought that the costume was too 'suggestive.' They definitely did have a point, under the circumstances.

"You know what I really want to do with the kids, just because we can," Angus said. "I want to carve some jack o lanterns. The girls wouldn't have done it because of living with their pack. And I know those boys are competitive enough that they won't miss out on that opportunity."

"Well, you have enough of the larger pumpkins that you could have a contest with everyone on estate grounds," Marcus said.

"Well, if we do that, I think everyone should receive some sort of award for their pumpkin," Angus said, "but they would look pretty amazing on Halloween night, lit up around the grounds. And, if it isnt' too cold, maybe we could have a bonfire with a big cauldron of soup over the fire, some hot spiced cider, some s'mores, and we could bake some bread in the coals."

"Now that sounds like fun," Marcus said. "If we can find a way to be all these places at once on Halloween night."

"Maybe we can find someone who mass produces time turners," Angus teased.

Ruby listened to Marcus and shook her head " nope I like the wench idea " she said listening to him explain why it was changed. Listening to Angus she smiled " I like that idea too, oh I could make medal shaped cookies and decorate each in a diferent color so every one will get one as an award plus they will be able to light their pumpkins too" she added smiling then laughing as he said about mass procused time turners. " ho I am sure we won't need those she said grinning at him."

Jack and Jessie had nthing else happen while on their patrol and ended back at the yard both went their seperate ways , Jessie back to the cabin whre he was met by Yu with a cup of pimkin spice tea and a hug from Chris. Jack headed to the main house where he showered changed and sat down to do a crossword puzzle but he could not stop thinking about the wolves and went to see if he could find Robert to ask him about them.

Robert was sitting in a wing chair in his room, and Michael was sitting on a footstool, with Robert's ankle in his lap.

"Robert, wherever do you store all those immense brains that other people seem to think you have?" Michael sighed.

"What do you mean?" Robert asked.

"Your ankle is clearly sprained--badly. Even if I can somehow excuse the fact that it is bruised coal black all the way around, down into your foot and up your leg, I find it impossible to dismiss that its just about three times the size of the other one. What did Jess say about it?"

"Jess? Why would I see Jess?"

"Because she's a healer that just happens to work the same shift that you do, Nitwit. And so does Khaat, and you didn't talk to either of them. Doofus. This needs tending."

"Which is what you're doing."

"Let us not forget that the only reason I knew about it at all is that you just about fell backwards down the stairs just a couple minutes ago because this ankle would not hold you on the stairs. And you see no reason for anyone to see it?"

"It'll be fine," Robert was dismissive, "but I appreciate that you're going to wrap it for me."

Jack heard talking and followed the sound pausing as he saw Robert with his foot up on Michael " wow thats one hell of a bruise" he said walking over to them both. " should have let Jess look at it" he said then paused " but thats not why I came to see you" he said and looked to Robert " we got a bit of a dipute betwen two wolves a boarder dispute, one wants to join the other , but Im not sure if one will let the other." he paused and sighed " okay two wolves , Toma and Demus, Demus is the new comer and wants to joins Toma's pack, Im a bit concerned Toma's Alpha won't let him." Jack said and stood with his arms crossed over his chest as he waited.

"It's a nasty sprain," Michael said. "I'm no healer, but it seems obvious to me. I had one like that a couple years ago when my missions partner blew the mission, and Lee's people ended up rescuing me. Nigel actually put it in a cast for a solid six weeks because of the severity of the damage. I wouldn't be surprised if he wanted to do the same with this."

"It's nothing," Robert repeated, brushing Michaels' concerns away. "So, your concern is valid, Jack. We certainly want things to be peaceful. There is the pack over at the farm that lost its alpha last week, or that's the theory of the grounds crew anyway. That was that alpha that was really old. As I hear it, he passed on. So, maybe without an alpha, Demus wouldn't have much resistance from a pack that could use a young, strong male. Maybe it might be worth talking to Demus about it and the pack at the farm. What do you think? We could include a liberal gift of meat for them if they agree to take him in and be peaceful about it, as a bit of an incentive?"

Jack chuckled as Michael spoke of Roberts ankle " I'll get Jess to come down and look at it for you" he said then heard Robert talk of the wolves and he nodded as he spoke of the old Alpha dying and Demus wanting to move to a younger pack. " hum makes sense I'll talk to them tomorrow when they re-meet, had to send them to opasite sides of the forest for tonight or we'd have blood shed." he told him listening agaimn he nodded " would be a good idea , becuse if Toma's alpha takes on DEemos's pack its going to get bigger so extra food would help them settle" he added. He wrote anote and sent it flying up the stairs and not more than a few minets later he heard the clack of heels as they came down the stairs.

"okay let me take alook" Jess said entering the room seeing the dicoloring of the ancle and the swelling she sighed and shook her had " okay, for the moment no cast until the swelling goes down but it is definaty severly sprained and bruised, you need to stay off it so I'll get you some crutches for the short term." she sid and accioed some bandages and began it healing as well as she wrapped the bandage around his ankle.

"So, tell them how you did it," Michael told Robert.

"I tripped on the stairs," Robert replied.

"Asshat. That's not how you did it. He caught a pair of young men in the act of stealing some of the more rare and expensive potions from A&E, and he was following them. They seemed to get turned around and were running down the stairs to the basement and the sub basement, when one of them bashed him on the knee with a five foot length of lead piping. I haven't gotten to take a look at the knee yet. But when they bashed him on the knee, he fell down three flights and knocked himself out by hitting his head on that concrete wall in the stairway. I found him there, out like a light. His secretary had been hunting him for nigh onto an hour and a half. So, the ankle may not be the end of it. So far, great git that he is, he has absolutely forbidden me from calling Nigel."

"I'm fine. None of that is where I hurt anyway," Robert sighed. "I'm going to tuck into a double shot of firewhiskey and a good night's sleep..."

"As a substitute for pain potion? What a solid plan," Michael said sarcastically. "And no, he didn't get the potions pirates. They got away."

Jess listened to Michael and sighed moving her hand up to his knee and sighed " well there is a crack but I can heal it " she said smiling at Robert " but no chasing after potions pirates. " she told him as she finished wrapping his ankle. finishing up she stood up and picked up a glass dropping some pain potion in the liquid and handed it to him " drink, all of it " she said and hsnded it to him " mild pain potion will not knock you out " she told him as she waited for him to drink the potion " it will how ever take the sting out of the ankle should you stand on it" she added " now keep it elevated and relax" she added with a chuckle as she took the glass from Robert and placed it back on its tray. Moving passed Jack she smiled and kissed him for amoment then heded up the stairs again.

"okay I'll head up and tomorrow will talk to the wolves , night guys" he said and followed Jess back up stairs."

"Thank you," Robert said, appreciating her work.

"Thanks, Jess," Michael said. "Robert, were the potions that important?"

"Well, I can't honestly tell you that because I don't entirely know what they took," Robert replied.

"Let me help you change for bed. It's getting late, and you need some sleep, just like the rest of us. Khaat can put hospital security onto watching for potions pirates in the meantime, in case they come back for more."

"That's fine," Robert said, as Michael found Robrt some clean pajamas. "If you still hurt in the morning like this, I'm calling Nigel. That's final. I listened to you tonight because its late. Tomorrow, that's all off."

"Yeah, yeah," Robert said, not really listening, more focused on savoring the temporary relief the pain potion was providing. Once Michael had Robert safely changed and tucked into bed, he went over to the duplex and knocked on the door and then went in.

"I know its' late but I came to see Marcus," Michael said.

"Well, you found me. What's up?" Marcus asked. Michael laid out the incident that had resulted in Robert being attacked and injured at St. Mungos.

"Not good. Aria and I have a couple errands to do in the morning and then maybe she and I can go have a look to see if we can find anything helpful."

"Well, you might also see if Kate can use her skills like she did with me," Angus suggested, "and then make a sketch of each of the potions thieves. That would help security to identify them and catch them if they return."

"That's a good idea," Michael said.

"Maybe you and I could go prowl around that part of the hospital tomorrow and see if we turn up anything," Angus said to Ruby. "If Khaat or Jess would give us clearance."

"I'll talk to Khaat before she goes to bed, and I'll get it for you if you like," Marcus said.