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WARNING: This should be rated "T" as it is a very dark and violent chapter. If you are a fan of Sirius, don't read it.

Chapter 3 – Revenge Served Cold

Bellatrix Lestrange truly hated the "Mudblood Whore" as she would always refer to that ##*&#&#((#^^ despite it being proven that "IT" (another name she gave her) was the blood granddaughter of her beloved Lord Voldemort. It was because she had always wanted the Dark Lord for herself and didn't want to share him with anybody, even relatives. Relatives (especially heirs like that #$#*&&((### Half-blood heir Hades or Herman or Hiroshima – whatever the brat's name was) took up the time and attention of the Dark Lord and took it away from Bellatrix.

The Dark Lord had never had sex with her, or any other female as far as she knew and thus, in her mind, he was saving himself to increase his magic as it was rumored that Merlin (and even that #$(#*& *&*& Dumbledore) retained their chastity as the sacrifice of love, family and sex could enhance one's magic. Personally she didn't believe such a thing, at least until she was unable to seduce the Dark Lord. If she, the greatest and most desirable temptress of the Magical World (in her opinion), could not lure her Master into her willing bed he had to be chaste. She'd gladly go to his bed, the couch, dining room table or even (shudder) a field of flowers to have him.

Once the knowledge that her Master had sex (at least once) she couldn't bear it. Not only was it a great insult to her personally but he was protecting the MUDBLOOD WHORE and the WHELP FROM HELL and even SNAPE, who, it was revealed, was the biological father of the WHELP FROM HELL. The Dark Lord had given no explanations as it was no one's business except his. Everybody except Bellatrix had accepted it but it burned in her soul.

Another thing which infuriated her to no end was that she would never know who the #*$#*& #&#*& & seductress was who had (in her mind at least) raped her Dark Lord when he was still a student. If only she knew, then she could avenge herself against that WHORING SLUT.

"She could be dead" Rudolphus had told her. Bellatrix had the nasty (and stupid) habit of thinking out loud, but so far she had done it in the privacy of her bedroom. He feared the day that she did it in hearing distance of one of her enemies (which consisted of most of the Death Eaters) or the Dark Lord or his family.

"Well then I will find her grave, defile it and do…horrible things…to the mangy corpse and…."

"And the Dark Lord would probably torture you because, if you think about it, being his lover and bearing his child, even without marriage, makes her a relative of sorts and you know the penalty for harming his relatives."

MUDBLOOD and Snape had eventually married (after Snape's long period of recovery) and they produced another WHELP. It was a girl who they named Athena, so she became the WHELP FROM HADES.

Then something occurred that threatened to push Bellatrix over the edge. The MUDBLOOD was again pregnant and the Dark Lord was once again estatic and there was nothing that Bellatrix could do about it. She went into a deep depression and wouldn't eat or sleep. She'd just walk the halls of the fortress where all of the faithful had taken refuge after Dumbledore's purge, muttering something which was unintelligible.

Even Voldie was worried about her but other than killing his relatives and bedding Bellatrix (neither of which definitely wasn't going to happen) there was nothing he could do, except, maybe obliviate and reprogram her.

"She feels like she has nothing to live for" Rudolphus informed the Dark Lord. "Since the world believes you are dead and your most faithful are either dead or in hiding, you have ordered that no torture, killings or even 'pranks' Death Eater-style will be done until you are ready to emerge."

The Dark Lord actually sighed and told Rudolphus that he'd think of something that would give Bellatrix's life…meaning.

Luckily for all concerned, Sirius Black had begun his hunt for that #$*# & &* & Snivellus who had proclaimed himself the new Dark Lord and was recruiting followers. Black had his own "followers" who went with him. Being Sirius Black, he announced his intentions and started his search in France.

Granted, it was the French Rivera as there had been "rumors" (well not really) that Snape was getting his funding by gambling at the casinos and using magic to win. Sirius wanted to start his hunt by doing a bit (or rather a lot) of partying before the hunt began in earnest.

Voldie summoned his Inner Circle and gave Bellatrix the task of finding the "Knights of the Light" as they were calling themselves, and bringing back ALIVE as many as they could. If it was necessary to kill a few then so be it BUT Sirius Black was to be brought back alive or else! He had decided that Lily and Sev would have the honor of doing what they would with Black who had slandered them both.

Bellatrix was estatic when informed that she would lead some of the faithful to apprehend Sirius Black. Even when they were children she had always disliked her cousin and when he was sorted into Gryffindor she began to hate him as he had shamed the Black Family and had been delighted to do so. When he went to live with the Potters, his mother disowned him and burnt his name off of the copy of the Black Tapestry which was kept in the heir's domicile.

However, after the death of Orion and his new heir Regulus, Sirius had once again become the heir – only he really didn't because Lord Arcturus had disowned him. Sirius knew it, Dumbledore knew it and James had known it but the rest of the world thought he would become the Lord Black and inherit all monies, properties, Wizengamot votes and be in complete control of the family. As stated before, the rest of the world didn't know about the disinheritance so he got away with just about anything.

All Bellatrix had to do was to bring him back ALIVE. "Can I torture him a little bit?" she asked Voldie.

"No because you will get carried away. You can kill or torture anyone else, but Black must be captured and in fairly good condition."

Well it was better than nothing and to be on the safe side, Voldie cast a compulsion charm on her to do no harm to Sirius unless he was escaping and only then not enough to harm him.

Rabastan and Barty had been sent out to reconnoiter and find out where the Knights of the Light were "searching" and found them still in Monaco after 10 days partying like there was no tomorrow. For the Knights there wouldn't be a tomorrow or at least one worth living.

"We have to hurry" Rabastan advised "as they are supposed to leave the hotel in two days. Apparently, they had run up a rather large bill and Black had to pay most of it to stay a few more days. The bellhop, who I bribed to tell all, said that every night there was a wild party and the liquor bill was more than he earned in salary and tips in a year. Plus they trashed the place, insulted the chambermaids and were thrown out of one of the casinos for bad behavior. The bellhop said there was a rumor going around that Black and one other 'Knight' had 'broken the bank at Monte Carlo,' so I think they used magic to do it."

"We believe" Barty added "that the best time to attack would be from 2-4 a.m. as they are usually drunk as skunks and almost incapacitated around that time. We might be able to apprehend them without any killing."

Thus it was the next day at 3 a.m. that Bellatrix and her force entered the hotel room to find everybody except Remus Lupin and three prostitutes passed out in various stages of undress and…incapacitation. Remus was stunned by Rabastan before he could sound an alert and the others followed suit. All that was left of the mission was to obliviate the prostitutes and get the Knights back to the fortress.

However, it had happened so fast that it wasn't the "thrill" Bellatrix wanted and needed. She just had to harm or kill somebody and the Dark Lord had said nothing about…Muggles.

"If we horribly kill the whores, it can be blamed on Black and the others especially when they 'disappear' and stick the hotel with part of the bill" she rationalized.

So it was decided that all but Rudolphus and Bellatrix would portkey the prisoners back to the fortress while the two Lestranges "tidied up" and did some framing. After casting silencing charms and rounding up the hookers, Bellatrix conjured some knives and "went to town" on the unfortunates.

The next morning – or rather afternoon as the guests slept late – three chambermaids entered the room to clean and saw a sight from Hell. Police were called, investigations began and the press was having a wonderful time reporting the massacre. Rudolphus had the presence of mind to gather all the luggage of the Knights so that it would seem they had killed the whores in an alcohol and drug induced frenzy and fled.

Cameras in the casino had pictures of Sirius and most of the others and photographs were printed in the press warning that they were "armed, dangerous and on drugs and who knew what else." One of the newspapers acquired a few pictures of the dead women and printed them, much to the disgust of many people. The Knights were now the most wanted and dangerous persons in Europe and even the Daily Prophet covered the story despite Dumbledore trying to prevent it.

Dumbledore tried to calm the populace saying that the Knights were probably captured and framed by Severus Snape, but the Prophet had sent Rita Skeeter to Monaco and she personally interviewed some of the hotel staff and got the "real dirt" about the wild parties, etc. All of the Knights' names were tarnished beyond repair and even Dumbledore couldn't save their reputations.

Voldie actually complimented Bellatrix about framing the Knights and she was invigorated by the capture and killing.

All of the Knights were interrogated with Veritaserum for several days and many interesting things were discovered. All but Sirius Black would be killed and much to her delight, Bellatrix and a few of the more vicious Death Eaters were given leave to torture the Knights until they died. It took five days for the last of them to die as many of the spells and hexes used by Sirius on Snape were used on them in a sort of revenge.

As for Sirius, he remained defiant to the end going so far as to spit on anybody who came near him as he was had been disarmed and all of the portkeys, extra wands, and the many other things on his person had been removed as had those things on the other Knights. He fully expected to be rescued and survive as he was the "good guy" and a Knight of the Light and as everyone knew that good always conquered evil. But that wasn't the law and he had to sit and watch his friends being tortured and killed.

After the last of the Knights had been killed, Severus Snape finally made his appearance. Naturally Sirius called him every name in the proverbial book, threatened his with dire consequences and how he would be finishing the job he had started until "Snivellus, the coward that he was, managed to escape instead of being a real man and accepting his just punishment."

Snape only laughed at Sirius and then silenced him because he wanted him to listen to his just punishment. It shocked the living hell out of Black as it was the most horrible thing he had ever heard.

"Is this Bella's idea?" Sirius asked, trying not to show his fear.

"No" replied a very calm Snape. "It isn't even my idea. I won't tell you whose idea it is only that you had humiliated and abused her."

Sirius thought it must be one of the many (very many) females who he had used and abused trying to get some pitiful revenge but that smug Snape wouldn't tell him whose idea it was. Thus Sirius would never know (while he lived at least) that Lily Evans thought up the perfect punishment for the likes of Sirius Black.

Several large packages were received by Rita Skeeter with a note that they were to be enlarged before opening. It was a gift for her "excellent reporting" and would give her another scoop. A very happy Rita enlarged all of the packages and opened the package that said "Open Me First" and she eagerly did. She then threw up her lunch, breakfast and probably would have thrown up her dinner from the night before but she had skipped it. She didn't know if she would ever want to eat again.

Amelia Bones and several Aurors were called to the Prophet's offices to investigate something that the Editor-in-Chief was wary of printing. "Rita Skeeter had to be sedated because she couldn't stop screaming" the Editor stated.

Anything that the Editor didn't want to print and that made Rita Skeeter scream and be hysterical had to be bad, which was why Amelia brought more Aurors than usual. Only the first package had been open as the Prophet's staff didn't dare open the others due to the first package being so horrific.

Amelia and her Aurors were all sickened and shocked. The first package contained Sirius Black. He was still alive but was no doubt wishing he wasn't. He had been obliviated of most of his memories. He had also been blinded, his ear drums broken and his arms and legs had been cursed off his body so it would be impossible to regrow them. His tongue had been burned off and last but not least, so was his "family jewels."

In other words he was worse than the vegetable he had intended to make Snape into. He was imprisoned in his body but without benefit of his senses and limbs and his mind was now that of a young child. He had no sense of being and would never understand what had happened to him. It would be a mercy if he had been tortured and killed like the others contained in the remaining packages. Sirius was only going to make Snape a vegetable but Lily had gone much further as even a mindless vegetable can sense, eat, drink and feel.

Lily and Sev had graciously given Bellatrix the task of following their directions and avenging all against Sirius Black. Once again, Bella had a reason for living and new admiration for the MUDBLOOD WHORE.