A Birth day

Jack watched the creature disappear and he stood up walking to Angus he noticed his arm " great Roberts going to be pissed" he said then looked out of the shop " hope that's Marcus their tending" he said and moved out side clearing away the crowd. Kneeling down he checked Marcus and found nothing more than a bump on his head . Gently he tapped his cheek to wake him as he then looked back at Angus " just a bump on the head but I'll get Jess to check him while Robert is giving you a lecture" he added with a chuckle feeling Marcus move against him.

"ah welcome back to the waking world " Jack said holding out his hand for Marcus to take so he could stand and he could get all three of them back to the duplex. Once he was sure Marcus was on his feet Jack looked at the shop taking his wand he held it up " reparo " he said and the shop began fixing its self , once it was back as if nothing had happened he slid his wand away " shame to leave it in a mess" he said.

"Thank you," Angus said. "I hope Ollivander forgives us."

"Did you two do all that?" marcus frowned, looking at Ollivanders.

"We had some help from the thing," Angus said. marcus noticed Angus' arm.

"Oh fabulous. Robert's going to ground us," Marcus sighed.

"Nah," Angus said. "In the scope of things, its nothing. He'll tell us to be careful with sharp objects--basically, the 'don't-run-with-scissors' lecture, and then he'll send us on our way. Thanks, Jack. Couldn't have done it without you. And, I'm a glad that Ollivander and his shop have both survived. Jada is safe, and all is relatively well with the world for the moment. Now, before the women have a panic attack, we should get home. Jack, did you put Marcus's brains back in his head when you scooped him up?"

"Did I lose some?" Marcus teased. Angus drew his wand.

"Shall we head home?" Angus asked, apparating them back to the yard in front of the duplex.

Jack looked to Marcus " I said the same thing" he said with a chuckle as Angus and Marcus spoke to each other. " was their any to scoop?" he teased Marcus before taking Angus good hand and porting them all back. Apearing in the duplex Jack moved to escort Marcus and Angus to the duplex "Once your back in the duplex nd sat down I'll fetch Robert" he said walking with them and opening the door for them both to enter. " you can stop worrying ladies both are home, alittle scuffed but other wise here" Jack said as Ruby walked over and saw Angus arm.

" oh dear lord, Roberts not going to be pleased at that" she said grabbing a tea towel to gently place over it. Aria looked at Marcus and moved to check his head where she found a small lump.

"nothing broken" she said " you have a hard head." he said with a chukle as she accioed an ice pack and placed it on the lump.

"He either has a hard head or all that air up there in the that empty space is a good cushion," Angus teased. Marcus scowled at him. The ice pack that Aria brought was welcome relief, though.

"Thank you," Marcus said.

Jada was looking wide eyed at Angus and marcus, seeing that both of them, as well trained as they were supposed to be, coming back wounded from dealing with the faepyre because of her. Angus saw the look on her face, and it told him everything. He went over to her.

"Jada," he said. "look at me. This honestly is nothing. We've all had far worse than this. We're used to it. It's just a hazard of the job. On the good side, we've driven him off from Diagon Alley for now. I think we might have taken a little of the wind out of his sails. We wounded him, and believe me, it was far more serious a wound than he gave to me. Unless he heals instantaneously, he's going to be off our backs for a little." He looked at Ruby. "Minerva McGonegal would have been proud of me. I used a bit of transfiguration and took a wand and made it into a silver tipped, flaming spear. I hit him in a lung with it, thanks to Jack's good skills with fighting. We made great partners on that one."

Aria chuckled but said nothing to Marcus at Angus quip. hearing Marcus thank her she smiled to him " your welcome" she said softly then saw Angus walk over to Jada and talk to her " hes right , these are just minor wounds" she said " he ahs a hard head and well hes got a high pain tolerance, but I do wish he would learn to dodge" she added and chuckled Ruby chuckled too.

Hearing Angus praise Jack Ruby smiled " glad he was there to help and yeah hes a good fighter , been doing it along time" she said then heard him mention transfiguring a wand to a silver tipped spear " wow nice thinking " she said then looked at him again " you did hit him before you were hit right?" she asked placing down two cups of Irish coffee for them both,

"I did," Angus said. "I had Jack hurl Ollivander's store counter at him, and then I chucked my homemade spear at him. I think we pissed him off, but hopefully, we've driven him away for awhile. Jack set a cleaning up spell in place before we left, so hopefully, when Ollivander returns, he isn't going to be terribly put out with us." Without thinking he reached up to yank the wand fragment out of his arm when, at that moment, Robert came in unannounced.

"Don't you dare," Robert told Angus. "Do let me take that out. There's no way for you to know if you can do it safely or whether you'll bleed out trying it. When you get your healer's certification, then feel free to do surgery on yourself. Until then, do let me do it." As Robert walked by marcus, he paused and pushed marcus's ice pack aside and laid his hand on the back of marcus's head to reduce the goose egg there and to relieve the fierce headache marcus had and put the ice pack back. "Give it a little. It'll clear up. No concussion, just a hard knock. You okay otherwise?"

"Fine, thanks," Marcus said.

"Good. Let me go check the pirate," Robert said. He went over to Angus, took out a pair of scissors, and cut Angus's peacoat from him and then his sweater.

"I liked that coat and that sweater," Angus sighed.

"Buy more," Robert said. "These two things are done for. Be glad it wasn't your duster. Well, it actually isn't so terrible. Just a through-and-through flesh wound. You've had worse just in sparring. However, since it will be messy to get this thing out, let's go upstairs for a few minutes to take care of it. I'll bring him back, Ruby, after I put a plaster on him."

Robert took Angus upstairs to tend to the wound.

Aria chuckled hearing that Angus had in fact got the creature too. " good, he deserved it" she said as she saw Robert walk in as she was about to tell Angus not to try and pull out the wand fragment from his arm. Seeing Robert she simply smiled and watched as he checked Marcus first " thank you Robert" she said smiling to Marcus knowing he had just confirmed what she knew.

Ruby watched Robert check Marcus then walk over to Angus and check him by cutting his jacket and shirt. " I can repair it" she said but then heard Robert " oh well yeah best to just by a new one, I'll get Clive to send over some choices " she said picking up the pieces Robert had cut away from Angus's arm. She nodded as Robert told her the were going up stairs and would not be long since he needed to check Angus arm . " okay I'll get the kettle on." she said with relief in her voice.

It only took Robert about a half hour to carefully remove the wand fragment and to slow the bleeding and wrap and dress the wound. While that was going on, marcus built a fire in the fireplace and started it to take the late autumn cold and dampness out of the house. Jada, for one, was glad for the warmth, and she settled in on the floor in front of the fire with one of Angus's mystery books.

Once Robert had finished tending to Angus, he helped Angus clean up and find a fresh tee shirt. They both came back downstairs together. Robert had the long jagged wand fragment in his hand.

"He's a tad nauseated, Ruby," Robert said. "I think that's been caused by the wand fragment itself. It was an ebony wand with a basilisk horn core. Clearly, it aligned with dark arts. I think it might well have been the faepyre's own wand that Angus picked up strictly by coincidence. He'll be fine, but I think it just isn't aligning with his seers' energies." He handed her a small bottle of nausea potion. "I cast a spell to reduce soe of the nausea for now, and you might find that seers tea will help him too. I' not entirely certain on that, but it's worth a try. His appetite could be a wee bit off tonight, perhaps, but I wouldn't worry about it. If you have complications with the wound, let me know. Otherwise, I think the boys are fine."

Ruby saw Robert and Angus with his arm bandaged walk down and she moved over to where they stood " thank goodness it wasn't too serious" she said smiling . She took the small bottle of nausea potion.and nodded as he said Angus would benefit from Seer's tea " I'll get on that" she said as she quickly kissed Angus on his cheek with a smile. " thank you Robert for checking on him" she added as she then turned and moved to the kitchen making a cup of seers tea for Angus.

Aria sat with Marcus she had seen the lump on Marcus head slowly shrink with the ice and what Robert had done and she was glad. " hows the head?" she asked Marcus " if its still hurting I can get you some painkillers." she asked as she took a quick look as Marcus relocated the ice bag on his head.

"Good work, Lads," Robert said. "I think you've given him a kick in the teeth. He's not defeated but you did inconvenience him for a little. Well done. Sometimes, when we run into beings like this that are over our own power levels, we need to chip away at them until we get them down to a manageable level. If we get a lead on him that we can continue to reduce his abilities, then that's what we'll do. If not, I'll have to formulate a different strategy for us. When I get that figured out, I'll let you know. Until then, do you have everything you need from diagon alley?"

"For now," Angus said.

"I think you two, and Jada, of course, need to lay low for a little," Robert said. "You need to stay closer to home, and if you need something, you let someone else know, and they'll get it for you."

"I'm not a fan of hiding, Robert," Angus said.

"No, I know you're not," he replied. "Its temporary until I see what we need to do next. You're buying me time. In the meantime, this weekend is Stir Up Sunday, so make your damned pudding." That made Marcus laugh.

"I already asked if we could do that," Elwood said.

"Well, now is the time. See you later," Robert said, leaving.