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Blinded	By : ssdawn Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Draco/Hermione Views: 26887 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Blinded Chapter 19
As soon as Draco stepped back into the building where he'd found his son he felt chilled. This was an evil place that any good person would be able to sense. Children had been tortured here along with who knows what else. His mind didn't even want to go there at the moment. He had to stay focused on why they were there which was to rescue Hermione. There was no question about whether they were going to save her, they just were.
Stepping quietly through the mess at the entrance wasn't the worst thing, but hearing a woman give out a blood-curdling scream was heart-stopping. The crack of the whip made him hurt inside as if it was happening to him. Thank the Gods that she was alive he kept telling himself, but what torture was she going through right now?
They'd already decided that they couldn't go running in with a surprise attack or the MacAteers would probably kill Hermione outright. They had no leverage and nothing to bargain with now that Draco had rescued the children. The MacAteers held all the cards in their hands. They'd wanted to capture Hermione and now she was at their mercy. Another crack of the whip with more blood-curdling screams made Chason reach out quickly holding Draco against the wall forcefully. Chason shook his head at him, whispering, "Don't, you'll get her killed. We need to wait."
None of them were supposed to move in until they heard from the leader of the Hit Wizards. They needed to all be in place in order to rescue Hermione and take down the MacAteers. The command had been: Don't rush in like fools. Between the lack of sleep and the adrenaline running through him, he felt very much on edge. His blood boiled standing there just listening to Hermione being tortured and not being able to do anything. Once again in his life, he was failing Hermione Granger by not being able to step in and stop her torture. Gods, it was like he was back at the manor all over again. To stand and do nothing almost killed him when he was younger, especially because it had been his aunt doing the dirty deed. Now he didn't want to stand around and let this happen to her again. His body shook as Chason held him from running in.
Draco tired of listening to her screams and the laughter from the MacAteers. Carefully looking around the corner, his heart stopped for a moment. The kidnappers had her strung up from the ceiling, arms overhead with her body dangling and twirling. A circle of men whipped her with leather horsewhips. Hermione's shirt was hanging in rags from the excessive use of the whips. The blood flowed freely down her back and was forming in a small pool at her feet. Draco not normally squeamish felt his stomach turn at the sight. Chason standing next to him looked pale as he watched his friend dangling and bleeding.
"We can't wait any longer. If this continues she'll die from blood loss." Draco expressed his concerns to Chason. He felt the panic bouncing through him, especially when he saw that same fear in Chason's eyes.
"Fuck this…Hell hath no fury!" Draco yelled as he ran out into the open, wand raised.
The dreadful curse that he never wanted to associate with himself again came out of his mouth, "Avada Kadavra!" The curse hit the man who was in the process of raising his whip. He fell face forward into the pooled blood.
The shock from Draco's surprise attack opened up utter chaos as MacAteers, Aurors, and Hit Wizards started battling. Harry Potter came out of hiding taking the closest kidnapper out with a severing charm across his chest. Nothing stopped him, even while being drenched in his enemy's blood. He noticed Ron Weasley fighting on the other side of the room and quickly taking down his opponent. If he had to be here with anyone to rescue Hermione, at least it was with the people who'd taken down the evilest wizard of their time. They knew what they were doing despite them being dumb shites when it came to personal relationships.
Draco tried to make his way closer to Hermione who hung, head down and unconscious, and hopefully not dead. He tried to keep her always within his eyesight as he battled another enemy.
"Malfoy," someone screamed out his name sending a Stinging Hex his way. Draco easily shielded himself while thinking, 'Amateur'.
Again he heard his name being shouted out as he sent a blasting curse towards one of the MacAteers. Once he was disposed of, he turned towards the man summoning him.
"Malfoy, was it you that found the brats?" asked Conall MacAteer. Draco remembered this man's face from pictures shown to them earlier. He was supposedly the man in charge of the family business now.
"How do you know me?" Draco asked back as the two men kept sending hexes back and forth dodging each spell.
"You don't think I would recognize that hair color? We looked at that same color of hair for many months as your son was a guest here." Conall sneered at Draco, which made Draco's blood boil even more than it had earlier while waiting for the signal.
"You're a disgusting piece of shite MacAteer," Draco spit back while he sent a knockback jinx towards Conall.
Conall flew backward, but quickly scrambled onto his feet. "Did you kill my cousin? You'll pay for that." The glare sent his way made Draco worry about what was coming next.
Conall glanced once more towards Draco, turned suddenly, then charged towards where Hermione was still passed out and hanging from the ceiling. With all of the fierce fighting going on no one had a chance yet to get her down. It had been pure luck so far that she hadn't been hi in the crossfire.
Without hesitation, Draco rushed after him only seconds behind. Conall was almost by Hermione when Draco jumped, his arms grabbing the man's legs and tackling him to the floor. The men rolled, soaking up Hermione's blood which was puddled on the floor. Draco grimaced as the wetness soaked his clothes and the coppery smell flooded his senses.
Conall reached out his hand pulling the blond's hair. Draco head-butted Conall and the man groaned in pain. The men's skirmish knocked Hermione around as she dangled around limply in small circles.
Where were the other Aurors and Hit Wizards? Draco, even though once a Death Eater, felt he wasn't the most qualified to deal with this particular bad guy. The only thing he needed to do was get Hermione out of this hellhole.
At the worst time possible Hermione started groaning in pain. Draco tried to draw Conall's attention away from her. Conall turned his head to stare up and sneer at Hermione hanging above them. Still hurting from knocking heads, Draco used the first spell that came to his mind, "Verdimillious," green sparks shot out of the end of his wand and into Conall's eyes.
"Fucking, buggering hell," Conall yelled out in pain as he dug into his eyes.
The distraction worked as he jumped up sending a severing charm at the rope holding Hermione. She fell limply into his outstretched arms. With no hesitation at all, he apparated away from the hellish place landing roughly on his knees in a wheat field cushioning their fall.
Draco held Hermione close to him as the tears started to fall while looking at her. There were dark bruises on both sides of her face where she'd apparently been punched. Her beautiful eyes were swollen shut with blood running out of them instead of tears. Gods, it was worse than he thought. If she wasn't dead yet, she soon would be. If the outside looked this bad, then the damage inside was probably worse. He needed to quickly get her to St. Mungos, but he needed a portkey.
He didn't dare go back to find Potter or any of the Hit Wizards to locate a portkey. He knew those in charge had them for a quick getaway after they rescued Hermione. There was no way that he was leaving her alone out here. He would kill anyone who tried to hurt her again.
Draco held her tight against his chest as he rocked back and forth apologizing, "I'm so sorry we didn't get here earlier. I'm so sorry…they hurt you…so much," the words stopped.
With his head bent down, he didn't see Hermione move but jumped a little when he felt a cold hand move up to the side of his face.
"You came," the words were spoken almost in a whisper as if it hurt to even get that out. "Th..thank…you." Hermione's hand went limp and fell to her side. Utter panic went through him and his fingers shook feeling for a pulse. Thankfully he felt a very weak one, but knew time was running out for this woman he held tenderly in his arms.
Hearing running behind him, he looked around in alarm not knowing whose side those footsteps belonged to.
"Bloody Hell," he heard someone say looking up into Ron Weasley's red face. "Harry I found Malfoy and he has Hermione" Draco still held her tightly to his chest. There was no way that he was letting this fucktard touch her.
Harry came running up to them and stopped like he had hit a brick wall, "Dear God, is she dead?"
Before Draco could answer Harry a soft voice said, "I'm not dead yet Harry Potter."
Harry dropped down next to them and tried not to gasp as he got a closer look at her. Potter's distressed face showed how he was also feeling inside. Harry's hand came out to touch her, but he pulled it back just as quickly running it instead through his impossibly, forever mussed up hair. Sighing, he dug into his pants pocket pulling out a Muggle pen.
"Hold on to her tightly Malfoy and let's get her some help." Harry's hand clamped onto his shoulder, and Draco's fingers touched the pen. In a whirl, they were transported to a busy emergency room at St. Mungos.
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Phew! That was hard to write! Now she is safe and I didn't end with as horrible a cliffhanger. Next time we'll find out how hurt Hermione is and where the story goes from here. I promise the Dramione action will start happening soon. Thanks for hanging in there with me through all of the dark and dreary parts of this story.
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