LONDON CALLING

Ruby sat and listened to Robert asking Angus questions as she placed the cool cloth on his forhead. She saw Edward walk in and sooth him so he would sleep " don't worry Edward Im not leaving his side" she told him but it was Kaden who spoke .

"Im afraid you will be when you sleep, I'll be right here I was ordered to by Jess to tendo to him until he was well enough that I could be dismissed." he told her Ruby looked at him.

"well you'll have to put up with me hovering then becuse this here is my man and Im not leaving his side" she told him . Kaden smiled and nodded.

"of course, I'd exspect no less" he said pulling a second chair up beside the bed for her to sit in. " if thats okay with you Robert" he asked " but I think you'll have a hard time making her leave." Ruby glared at both of them as if saying for them to try and make her leave, but she knew they wouldn't as they both knew she cared a lot for him. Kaden checked his vitals again and noted it down in the chart they had brought with them." his vitals are steady." he told robert and edward. " I think for now sleep is the best thing for him then maybe fluids in the morning?" he wanted to verafy it with Robert.

"Ruby, calm yourself," Robert told her quietly and in a steady tone. "I know you're upset, but this isn't the room to try to do battle in today. We all know your relationship with him. You don't need to force your position here. You can stay, so long as first, you're not in my way. And second, so long as you're not upsetting him or disturbing him. If he were still in St. Mungo's instead of here, you wouldn't be getting in at all right now. Give his current state, I wouldn't dare allow any visitors at all--not even you or Edward."

He continued his detailed assessment of Angus, documenting things in the chart as he went. He took a moment to boost Angus's vitals a bit, charted it, and then looked at Kaden.

"For now, I want his vitals assessed every fifteen minutes," he told Kaden. "I don't want them dropping from where I have them right now. Until we get the antidote in his system, we may need to be boosting this vitals a trifle perhaps once an hour. I'll see about borrowing a monitor from St. Mungo's to save us from having to check them by hand. When we get the antidote, I'm going to make him a potions cocktail of sorts. I'm going to combine that with Nigel's potion for the virus, a potion for fever, one for the itching, and a couple other things to reduce symptoms and to help stabilize him. If I do that and then concentrate it, we'll be able to reduce it to an all-in-one potion. It might honestly taste quite foul, given the things I'll have to combine, but perhaps we can dilute it into a sip or two of tea with some milk and sugar for him. That should help, especially if we're specific on which tea we use. I'm going to step out for a moment and go see how Edward's progressing on the antidote and then see how they're doing at picking up Angus's duties for today."

He found Kate was taking care of Abbey. He talked to her about Angus, and she was shocked and upset at how such horrendous malfeasance could happen. Robert promised he would take care of it. He sent a message to Khaat asking her to come home over lunch so he could talk to her. Then he went down to the kitchen, and he found Michael in Angus's office, reviewing Angus's past orders of groceries and supplies, and checking them to the pantry and the fridge and the barn. He had started a list of supplies and he had done some menu planning for the next couple of days.

"Our boy's not going to be in the kitchen for a few days, so I thought somebody needed to pitch in and keep things going," Michael said. "He is fastidiously organized, did you know that?"

"He's a trained chef. I would expect no less," Robert said.

"Well, he's made it simple to see what he's been doing and where he keeps what and what he orders on a routine basis. I went ahead and planned a week's worth of menus, and I'm making out a shopping list accordingly. What happened to him?" Michael asked. Robert repeated the tale, and Michael was angry.

"Little bastard. I hope you barbeque Redfern's ass or perhaps boil him in oil," Michael said.

"Well, he's not going to work for me anymore," Robert said.

"You do realize Edward is well within his right to sue the hospital and Redfern and the nurse for malpractice," Michael said.

"Yes, and I expect him to. I'll talk to Khaat, but at this point, I think we need to settle. It was a clear mistake on our part, and we need to not hide from it but admit it, correct it, and move on. Changing subjects, could you brew a pot of almond tea, please? I'm going to try to add a potion to it to try to make it less disgusting."

"If it's a foul thing, how about I add just a little cherry to it to make a soothing cherry almond tea? There are some dried cherries in the pantry. I can add them into the tea to add a bit of fruit flavor to it."

"Oh now that would be quite nice indeed. Go gently on the cherry. He's sick enough that he's disoriented yet. I'm hoping the almond tea will help anchor him into realizing he's home."

"Understood. I'll get some lunch cooking shortly. I have a beer cheese soup that Angus absolutely loves..."

"Oh, yes. I know the one. Yes, that's one of his favorites, and we could serve some to him in a mug that he could sip."

"Yes. You could. And I could put some burgers with it. Angus bought some pretzel buns, and they'd be great as burger buns with some portabello mushrooms and some swiss cheese and really great steak sauce on them."

"God, stop. You're making me hungry."

"I'll get on it, then. And I'm going to put on a chicken cacciatore over a cheese polenta for supper.'

"Kate will love you forever. That's one of her favorites."

"Well, if there's anything I can do for Angus, let me know."

"Just the tea for now."

"I'll do that straight away."

"And I'm going to go check on Edward."

Ruby took a long slow breath and calmbed her self " your right it won't do ether of us any good" she said camly then looked at Angus as Robert spoke to Kaden.

"of course" he said noting the new notes and nodding" I'll inform you of any change and I can send a note to Jess she could see what they can do at her end." he said writing a note and sending it by floo. Not more than ten seconds a moniter appeared right by the bed " well she works fast. He saw a note attached and chuckled " thought you might need this, Jess" he read and began placing patches and wired to Angus making the machine come alive with sound.

Ruby took hold of Angus's hand and held it in her own as she listened to the moniter and saw his steady breathing. Kaden placed a hand on her shulder to reasure her." hes in the best place beeing looked after by the best potions master around." Kaden said " I'll fetch some tea for you"

"Turn the sound down on that thing, Kaden," Robert said. "He's rattled enough as it is. The last thing I want is for him to have to deal with that constant freaking beeping. The only thing we need to know about is if one of the alarms go off."

He went across the hall and found Edward working on the Supershock antidote. He helped Edward finish it, and then they worked together to make the combination potion that had all the different potions in it that Robert believed Angus needed. It took some advanced potions making to combine potions that generally didn't work together, but with some adjustments and careful blending, they managed it. It was Edward that believed he could counter the bitterness in it by blending in some honey with it so it wasn't completely intolerable. Then they concentrated it so it would only need a quarter of a potions cup per dose.

Robert went downstairs and got a mug of Michael's blend of cherry almond tea and a clean potions cup. He added milk and honey to the tea. He added a dose of the new potion to the potions cup and filled the rest of the potions cup with some of the tea. Then he took the mug upstairs and the potions cup. He woke Angus just enough to give him the new potion, and Angus slipped straight back to sleep. Robert kept tight watch for the next twenty minutes to make sure Angus wasn't going to have any side effects from the potion. Edward stopped with his own tea mug.

"How'd he do with the new potion?" Edward asked softly.

"So far, so good," Robert replied quietly. "He isn't even going to remember I gave it to him. He was in such a deep sleep that I think I only got him to wake just enough to drink the potion. He was still 99% asleep. The minute I quit pestering him, he slipped straight off again. He might do that for awhile yet."

Downstairs, there was a knock on the door, and Michael went to answer it. He was surprised to see two aurors at the door.

"Yes?" Michael asked.

"We need to speak to Brian Quinn," one of the aurors said.

"One moment," Michael said, closing the door, having no intention of letting them in. He went upstairs to Angus's room and went in. "Robert, just so you know, there are are a couple ministry aurors at the door, asking for Brian."

"Now what do they want?" Robert frowned. "Tell Brian they're here. I'm coming too. They have no reason to be here." He went downstairs, and Michael found Brian outside in the pool. When Michael told him there were aurors here, Brian slipped on his swim robe and tied it shut and went to the door, finding Robert there too. When Brian opened the door, he recognized the aurors. He had trained them himself.

"Sorry, Brian, but we need to ask you some questions. Someone's leveled a charge against you," one of them said.

"Who?" Brian frowned.

"Kyle Redfern. He states you assaulted him at St. Mungo's this morning," the auror replied.

"Oh, for the love of..." Robert rolled his eyes.

"I did," Brian said, furious. "I backed him into a wall because he poisoned a patient! Did he tell you that?"

"No,..."

"Well, of course he didn't," Brian seethed. "You both know Angus."

"Of course. He's one of our mates..."

"Yeah, well, Redfern gave him the entirely wrong potion today, and he gave him a lethal dose. Did he tell you that?"

"Well, no..."

"The potion he gave Angus has a maximum dose of 5 drops. Redfern gave him an entire potions cup--1200 drops worth. That's 240 times the lethal dose. Angus is alive, no thanks to Redfern, because another healer and I happened to get there in the nick of time to save Angus. Redfern is lucky I didn't beat him to death."

"Why don't you tell us the whole story?" the second auror said. "And then we'll go to St. Mungos and see Angus."

"He's not there," Robert said. "I had him brought here with private duty nursing because i didn't trust that Redfern wouldn't get back to him." He motioned them to come inside and he took them all to Brian's office. Michael went upstairs to find Edward and he found him in Angus's room.

"We have a little trouble. Aurors are here. Redfern filed a complaint against Brian for assault," Michael told Edward quietly.

"Brian should have finished the job," Edward said, outraged.

Kaden nodded and moved to the moniter turning it right down so they could bearly hear th soft beep to say his heart was beating then he left to make tea for Ruby who had not moved from Angus side she watched as Robert gave him the pition in some tea and watched as he fell back into a sleep. When they both hard the knock Ruby ignored it focusing on Angus. She looked at Edward and sighed "sleeps good though right?" she asked but when they left she just brushed his hair off his face.

Kaden walked from the kitchen with the tea on a tray heading up the stairs t Angus room still in his uniform from St Mungos. Walking in he handed Ruby a cup and smiled as he sat near the moniter and rote his stats on the chart. " hes doing well" he told her and she sipped her tea. Once finished she took out teh book she'd been reading and began to read it again hoping it would help pass the time.

Brian recounted his story for the aurors, and they requested to see Angus.

"You're not going to be able to talk to him. He's entirely too critical," Robert told them. "I'll let you see him but if you wake him, minister or not, I'll have your badges. Are we very clear?"

"Of course, Minister," they said, still using his old title.

"Come with me, then." Robert took them upstairs and to Angus's room and took them inside. Brian and Michael followed. "Remember what I told you both. Do not disturb him." They looked at Angus, and it seemed to hit them when they saw how bad he looked just how serious this situation really was.

"You weren't underestimating it, were you?" the one auror asked Robert.

"No," Robert replied. "I wasn't."

"What are his chances?"

"Better now than they were," Robert replied. "I'll know more in the next 24 hours."

"May we have a copy of the hospital record for this incident?"

"Of course," Robert said. He got a piece of paper from Angus's nightstand, and he saw the little package still in it's brown paper shipping packaging in the drawer. He left it there and closed the drawer and wrote a note to Jess, giving her instructions to give them a copy of the medical record of todays' incident and also a copy of the incident report and a copy of Redfern's employee record as well as Finch's record. "This should get you what you need."

"You aren't going to tell us if he's going to survive, are you?" the second auror asked.

"Because I don't know," Robert said. "His chances are better than they were a couple hours ago, but I can't promise you anything right now."

"We'll need a statement from him."

"Not a chance," Robert said. "Absolutely not. Not until I tell you otherwise."

"Minister, Angus is our friend too," the auror said, wanting to be clear that they weren't necessarily taking Redfern's word for anything.

"Your friend is in critical condition. He's only here because i didn't dare leave him at St. Mungo's."

"And are you the healer of record for his care?"

"Yes. He's my patient, and I will be managing his care."

"I think that's all for now, then. We can get updates from you on him?"

"Of course," Robert said.

"I'll show you out," Michael said, escorting them downstairs.

"Now I'm certain I'm going to go see a lawyer," Edward said.

"Absolutely," Robert agreed.

"Feel like accompanying me to go sue the daylights out of Kyle Redfern, Ruby?" Edward asked.

Ruby stood up as Robert and two men she didn't know walked in but she stayed by his bed holding his hand. As they spoke to Robert she looked down at Angus praying he would pull threw and be alright. Hearing Edwards voice she looke up at him " hum. oh to right" she said kissing Angus on his forehead she reluctantly let go of his hand . " I'll be back soon hun" she said softly then moved to Edwards side. Ruby looked at him then went in for a hug " he will be llright, right?" she asked him.

Kaden sent the mote and five minets later a package arrived landing on his lap. He stood up and walked to Robert " I think this is for you, its from Jess" he said and handed it to him. " he must have some reports to have a file that thick." Kaden said placing it next to Robert.

"I can't give you promises, Ruby," Robert said, "but the fact that he's gotten this far says a lot. Hopefully by this time tomorrow things will look considerably better."

"We're not giving up," Edward told her, hugging her. He transfigured his clothes to a business suit. He was dressing well because he wanted the attorney to take him seriously. He wanted to be seen as the man of financial means that he was, and Angus's next of kin. "Let's go." He told her. He apparated them in to London to the lawyer's office in Diagon Alley. He knew who the top attorney was in London, and he meant to not take no for an answer. He walked in and gave the secretary one of his business cards that listed his werewolf slayer occupation as well as the owner of the vineyard, the olive oil company and the stables. He told the secretary he didn't have an appointment but he wanted to see the attorney. The secretary tried to get rid of him, and Edward was calm and steady but very determined. He pressed the point until she went into the attorney's office and took in Edward's card. A moment later, a well dressed gentleman in his 50s came out and looked at Edward.

"So you're Edward Donohue," the attorney said. "People read of your name everywhere. What can I do to be of service today?"

"This is Ruby Tyler. She's my grandson's girlfriend, and we're here on his behalf. I'm his legal next of kin." He handed papers from his suitcoat pocket to the attorney. The attorney looked at them briefly and handed them back to Edward.

"Come through to my office, and then tell me what your situation is," the lawyer said. Edward followed the attorney, who motioned for them to sit down across from the desk. The lawyer sat down behind the desk, and Edward gave him all the facts. Edward made it clear he wanted to sue Redfern and Finch for everything they had. The attorney was clear they were going to need to name St. Mungo's in the suit too. It wasn't something that Edward wanted to do. They negotiated until Edward's asking amount for St Mungo's was only 50,000 galleons. But he was clear, he wanted everything Redfern and Finch had, and he wanted them banned from ever practicing medicine again.

"Thanks, Kaden," Robert said. taking the package. "I'll make sure the aurors get it."

It wasn't more than a couple moments later, and Angus woke for a moment. Robert sat down on the edge of the bed.

"How are you feeling?" he asked Angus.

"Not sure there's a point," Angus said weakly.

"Yeah, you've put up one hell of a fight, but there is a point. You're getting better. By morning, you're going to feel worlds better," Robert said, knowing he was perhaps exaggerating just a little.

"Is there water?"

"Certainly," Robert said, giving him a few small sips.

"Robert," Angus said, "in the drawer of my nightstand. There's a package. It's for Ru. Make sure she gets it..."

"Angus, it can wait..."

"No, no. It can't wait. Make sure she gets it. Robert, don't let her think I didn't mean it."

"Mean what?"

"She'll know," Angus said, tiring. "So tired..."

"Go back to sleep if you can," Robert told him. He laid his hand on Angus's forehead and gave his vitals another bit of a boost. Angus slipped back into a sound sleep. "Keep careful watch, Kaden. I think it's really rattled him and he clearly doesn't believe he's going to survive this. I think he's got a decent chance--certainly a lot more of a chance than he had when he was at St. Mungo's, but I'm sure he does feel pretty lousy. We're not going to let him give up."

Ruby looked at Robert then Edward she nodded and looked at Angus " hes a strong man he'll pull threw, he has to" she said as she sw Edward change his clothes to a suit she changed hers too, into a trousersuit of her own, smart profeshional but it was not how she felt she wanted justice for the hugh cock up that had almost taken Angus from her. Now she was in her old mode of don't mess witb me. Poarting with Edward she walked with him to the lawyers office and looked at the secetary who she could see didn't belive Edward.

Walking into the back office she moved to a chair and sat down her hands over her lap as she let Edward speak feeling if she said one words she would burst into tears. She oly spoke to confirm her name and who she ws and how she was part of the claim. 

Kaden looked at Robert then at the draw Angus had spoken off " you can give her that when your better" he told him then looked at Robert " so we need to give him hope and the strength of will to want to pull threw this." he spoke softly as he checked Angus refreshibng the water in the glass for the next time he would want a drink.

The attorney said he would get his staff to investigate Redfern and Finch to see what their assets were to determine if there was enough worth suing for. Edward didn't care. He didn't care of all they got was a couple of sickles. He wanted it. He wanted to make a point. They discussed what Angus's assets were, and Edward knew they were considerable. Edward could easily prove he had been Angus's legal guardian, but now that Angus was an adult, there was no one put in charge of his estate, no will, no power of attorney if one would ever be needed. The attorney believed that he could get that established, under the circumstances, basically, put Edward in charge of any and all Angus's affairs until Angus could tend to them again himself. That would give Edward the right to sue Redfern on Angus's behalf. It was a technicality but an important one. The attorney clarified that if or when Angus married Ruby, Angus could either add Ruby or remove Edward or both, but that didn't need to happen now.

Edward signed the agreement giving the attorney the right to proceed on Edward's behalf, and the paperwork to move forward to establish Edward's legal right to tend to Angus's affair until Angus could do so himself, as well as the agreement to intend to sue Redfern and Finch. Edward wrote a check to the attorney to pay a substantial retainer fee. That concluded their business for now, but the attorney said he would be in touch.

When they finished, Edward stood and shook hands with the attorney and they left the office, going back out to Diagon Alley.

"I'll keep you posted if I hear anything, of course," Edward told Ruby. "I really do think that needed to happen. When the worst of the danger is over, Angus is going to need to know that some sort of justice is in the works for what happened to him. Is there anything else you want to do while we're here, before we go back? I hate to say it, but I'm getting hungry. I'm sure someone's back at Brian's making some sort of noon meal, but it seems like its been years since breakfast."