Doctor Hancock looked a little taken aback. "I must say that's an encouraging sign," he said. "Obviously the spirit has not managed to influence your behaviour to any great extent or you would not be capable of asking us to get it out. Don't worry; we'll have it out of you in no time. Dr. Patil should be here any minute. In the meantime, I should really contact your parents as well. Are they in the waiting room?"
"There's only my Dad, Bob Dobbins," said Harry. "He should be waiting outside."
"We'll get him for you," said the doctor as he picked up a phone and instructed the person on the other end to send Mr. Dobbins into the exam room immediately.
"Dad!" shouted Harry the second Dobby entered the room. While Dobby had gotten better at pretending to be human, Harry really did not want the doctor to get into a long conversation with him. He didn't want the doctor to suspect that there was anything strange about Dobby after all. The last thing he needed was for the Doctor to realise that Dobby was an elf and not the middle-aged man he currently looked like courtesy of an enchanted bracelet.
"There's nothing to worry about," said Harry immediately, before the Doctor could even say hello to Dobby. "They say that there's a chance that I could be possessed but the Doctor says that they can fix that. Right? Doctor?"
"Yes, yes of course," said the doctor looking askance at Harry before turning to Dobby. "There is absolutely no need to worry. We'll have your son Jim here fixed up and ready to play Quidditch in no time at all. We have a specialist here on staff and he should be able to fix Jim up right away. In fact - there's Dr. Patil, right there," he said as a distinguished looking dark skinned man entered the room.
The two doctors conferred quietly for a few minutes before Dr. Patil approached Harry and beamed down at him. "So, Jim is it? Dr. Hancock tells me you've been hanging around ghosts. Deathday parties and the like?"
"Yes, sir," said Harry. "I used to go to a school in Scotland and it had dozens of ghosts staying there."
"Hmmm, well, well, well. Whatever will they think of? And I suppose no one ever considered the dangers of things like this happening?" said Dr. Patil frowning in disapproval before he took out his own wand and cast a series of spells at Harry.
"Will Mas...my boy Jim be all right," asked Dobby looking a bit frantic. The glamour enchantment worked very well at displaying the emotions that Dobby was feeling.
"Yes, sir," said Dr. Hancock is an extremely reassuring tone. "There is absolutely no need to worry. Dr. Patil is absolutely the best at dealing with this type of situation."
"Hmmm, well it looks like you were quite right Dr. Hancock. There are definitely signs of a spirit. Rather a strange one I would say. On one hand, it is surprisingly strong with a rather dark residue and yet it barely registers on some of my detection spells. It's almost as if it was just a fraction of a spirit but that would be impossible. Still, I don't see any reason why we can't have it out of Jim right away," said Dr. Patil as he opened up a bag and started removing odd bits of equipment that Harry could not recognise. There were what looked like potions ingredients and stones with runes carved all over them and crystals and delicate looking silvery instruments of some type.
Harry found himself stripped down with things placed all over his body. The rune covered stones were placed on his neck and belly button. The doctor painted his chest with runes drawn in a silvery liquid. Crystals were hovered around his body before being placed in a circle surrounding him. Then the doctor started waving his wand and chanting a ridiculously long incantation and then there was pain.
Pain...Pure unadulterated pain blasted through his body. It started from his scar and swept in waves throughout his body. For the longest moment, there was nothing but agony. It was the most intense agony that Harry had ever felt. It was even worse than that time his scar had exploded in pain at the graveyard. Pain...nothing but pain.
He could not have said how long it lasted. It seemed to go on for eons but then suddenly it was over and the sudden absence of pain felt wonderful. He relaxed limply onto the examining table. There was a dull ache in all of his muscles and he realised that he must have been clenching them. Dimly he realised that the doctor was still pottering around him, removing the various paraphernalia he had used for the operation.
"Well, well, that was a stubborn little spirit wasn't it, it was really stuck in there," said the doctor as he peered at a little vial he held in his hand. It contained a dark grey mist that bubbled and spun like a miniature cloud inside the vial.
"What...what are you going to do with that?" asked Harry.
"Not to worry, Jim. This is going to be destroyed immediately. We can't have something like this floating around after all. I'll be taking care of it personally," said Dr. Patil as he dropped the vial inside a box that had sides six inches thick.
"Now, as for you, young man," Dr. Patil said as he turned and beamed down at Harry. "I'm afraid we are going to be keeping you under observation for the next three or four days. Mostly just to make sure that there are no long term problems related to your possession but Dr. Hancock also tells me that he needs to treat you for a few other minor ailments. Something about damage caused by a snakebite."
"Nothing to worry about Jim, Mr. Dobbins," said Dr. Hancock as he nodded to Dobby. "We just need to give you a few potions to fix you up. While we're at it, we can even look at getting rid of some of those scars of yours. That's if you want to get rid of them of course."
"That would be nice," mumbled Harry as he fell into an exhausted sleep.
"And don't worry, once we're done I'll be happy to certify you fit to play Quidd...oh he's asleep," said Dr. Hancock.
"Yes, the ritual would have taken quite a toll on him. Please admit him and keep a close eye on his vitals, Dr. Hancock. Page me if there's any change," said Dr. Patil before he left the room holding the box containing the piece of Voldemort's soul very carefully.
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