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A hideous shriek escaped Lucius' lips when the Nightwing boy bit him in the hand. "Damn brat!" he cried as he withdrew his hand from the child's arm. It took only a fraction of a second for the man to realize the folly of his instinct. The boy hadn't gotten far when Lucius sent a spell in his direction. "Crucio!" The dark wizard reveled in the shrill scream of his captive, the virgin scream of one who had never experienced true pain.

"I trust that you will learn to not do that again," Malfoy snarled, kicking the boy's shaking body for good measure. Not wishing to take any more chances, Lucius magically bound and gagged the child and used a simple levitation charm to move him drown the hall. As he apprached his destination, the door to his prisoners' quarters opened at the warlock's presence. A flick of Lucius' wand threw the boy into the room at Drake's feet.

"I've brought you a present," the man sneered, leaning pompously on his staff. "Shall we negotiate?"