14 June 1892— St. Mungo's Hospital
When he had received Hatchitt's call for backup, it hadn't been in his mind that Cartwright would be gone when they showed up. The realization of losing a member of the squad had hit him, but Faustus knew better than to let that knock him off guard. There was little time to do much else than to fight their way out. Upon landing he only had about a 30 seconds before hell rained upon them and spells flew left and right. With a reinforced squad it was easy enough to fight their way out, but they'd gotten hit with a wave of their opponents' reinforcements.
They had come in the form of exploding potions, and it was all Faustus could do to avoid getting hit in the face with a nasty liquid that nearly dissolved a boulder behind him in less than a minute. The shattering glass from the vials of potion acted as shrapnel, glancing across their faces leaving small red streaks of blood. Faustus' spell hit his opponent square in the chest, giving him time to look around to see Sterling fighting for his life against two men. "Sterling!" He shouted, running to help the former head auror as a third man appeared behind him.
Before he could reach him, there was a great roar, and Faustus was thrown into the air. At once, he felt a searing sting at his side that felt as if he had been dipped into a pool of acid. Then, his head connected with something solid and everything went black.
It was the slight ringing in his ears that awoke him. And then there was the scalding pain on his arm and his abdomen that quickly did the rest of waking him up. He would have shot upright if he hadn't been on a stretcher that was already levitating in the air. Gasping in pain, Faustus opened his eyes, resisting the urge to convulse. The first thing he saw was red - ah, that was his own blood - and then he looked beyond his burnt arm to see that he was in a hospital - St. Mungo's. Fighting the darkness that was quickly descending upon him, Faustus looked to his right just in time to see a familiar figure sweep through the open doors, her robes fluttering gracefully about her as she hurried towards the group surrounding him.