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Unhinged 2: Til the Flame Burns Out	By : nikki13088 Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Draco/Ginny Views: 3349 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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A/N: I'm so sorry it took so long to post this chapter. I usually update a lot faster than this. I don't intend to ever take this long again to post, life just got in the way this time. I really hope you enjoy this chapter, it is the longest one I've written so far.
ENJOY!
Hermione paced back and forth in the kitchen, broken glass and debris scraped under her shoes as she desperately searched for the right words. She stopped to glance around the table as her mind frantically searched for the culprit as she tried to piece everything together.
“I know nobody wants to point fingers, but I’m just going to say it... it’s obviously Noah.” Ember snapped.
“I’m not the fuckin spy,” Noah said defensively.
“Bullshit, you’ve been training to work alongside your father for years. You even told me your plans to work at the lab and now we’re just expected to believe you’re not the spy?” she angrily stated.
“You know what that’s rich coming from you, maybe you should turn your attention to your new boy toy Jake over there. His whole family is nothing but murders and Death Eaters!” Noah shot back leaning over the table to meet Ember’s glare.
“My father and my family’s history have nothing to do with what’s happening here,” Jake argued.
“How the hell do we know that? My father and your father could have been best pals for all we fuckin know.” Noah went on as he felt Eve grab his arm and pull him back down.
“Well, it is a bit coincidental that you took us to that neighborhood and then the next thing we’re all being shot at,” James mentioned, looking at Jake. “And Riley almost died.”
“Are you insinuating that I set that all up?” Jake said through clenched teeth as he made to take a step towards James.
Scorpius’ eyes fell on Ember as he watched her start to realize that Jake would seem like the prime suspect. “Let’s not forget this guy Matthew.” He said as they all turned to Matthew who was sitting at the end of the table. “You are the only one who has been back and forth from here, besides McGonagall and we know it’s not her. You were able to escape with Eve, Noah, and Riley and even Portkeyed out of there. Then we all get attacked and you’re not even here when it happens then conveniently turn up shortly after?” Scorpius pointed out.
“You can’t be further from the truth; the lab wasn’t as secure as it is now. Adwell is smart and has upped his security because of what I did.” Matthew tried to explain.
“You have all these supposed inside men feeding you information but you’re probably the one who is playing us,” Blaise said angrily.
“And how do we know it’s not you Zabini?” Matthew argued.
“Raven and I were the ones who helped Hermione and Ron find these kids! If I wanted to deliver them to Adwell I would have had those men take them that day we rescued them you bloody fool!” Blaise raged.
“You’re all looking at the wrong person, what about Eve?” Matthew suggested.
“Why would you think that? You were the one who offered me freedom from that place.” Eve choked out; a bit hurt that Matthew suddenly turned on her.
“I did yes, but that’s because I believed you were a decent person.”
“Were?”
“Well, I know I’m the last person anyone wants an opinion from.” Said Raven. “But it could be more than one person. It could be Matthew, Eve and Noah... they all came together. It could be Kingsley for all we know.”
“Kingsley wouldn’t betray us like that... he helped us fight during the last war.” Luna chimed in.
The arguing suddenly turned to yelling, causing anger to fill the room as people pointed fingers at each other.
“ALRIGHT ENOUGH!” Molly yelled out. “This is insane, we are only assuming someone here is helping Adwell, but for all we know, those men could have just gotten lucky. For all we know when Eve set off her powers the other day outside of the wards they picked up a trail.”
The room grew silent as Molly’s theory set in.
“Now... we have a lot of work to do and a lot of repairs to be made. Hermione why don’t you partner with Blaise and Matthew and get another ward up and add some extra security to it somehow.”
Hermione nodded as she, Blaise and Matthew made their way outside.
“Luna, go check on the girls upstairs while I check on Ron’s injury. As for the rest of you... get to work and if I hear one raised voice from any of you... a spy in our midst will be the least of your problems.” Molly warned before she stormed off into the other room.
The rest of them sat there in silence before Ember finally took her wand out and walked outside to start repairing the back porch. The tension between everyone was at an all-time high as they all slowly started to disperse from the room.
“Do you want me to take a look at that?” Eve asked, gesturing to the cut on Scorpius’ head.
“Oh, nah, it’s ok... my grandmother could take a look.” He said as he started picking up cups and plates from the floor.
“Well, she’s helping Ron right now, so I don’t mind.”
“It’s fine... it’s not that bad anyway.” He said, not looking at her.
“Oh... I see.”
“See what?”
“Because I’m probably the spy, right?” she asked him.
He just looked at her. “I didn’t say that... I just.” He shrugged. “I’m not apologizing for thinking all of you guys are suspicious, so if your feelings are hurt then too bad.” He snapped.
She just nodded before she looked at him with watery eyes. “Well, I guess it’s too bad then.” She said before she left the kitchen.
He threw the glass cup he had across the kitchen in frustration. Of course, he didn’t want to think Eve was the spy... he didn’t want to think Jake was or anyone in the house. Like his grandmother said it could be nobody even. He tried to go with his instinct and his instinct told him Eve was nothing but good... that Jake was nothing but good. He also thought he loved Raven and he trusted her and then she broke his heart so, in the end, his instinct meant nothing.
She continuously stuffed item after item into her endless bag, each item getting a hard shove to the bottom.
“Hermione?”
“What!” she growled out.
“What are you doing?” Ron asked her.
“What does it look like I’m doing Ronald, I’m packing!” she snapped.
“For what?”
“It’s too risky to try and find another safe house right now and since we’re leaving here in two days there’s no reason to put ourselves in danger.” She grabbed a handful of clothes from her dresser and threw them on the bed before she started sticking them in the bag. “I’m packing in case we get attacked again and need to quickly leave. I can’t believe I so willingly let these people in here... and now I’ve put all our lives in further danger while someone in here is playing both sides.”
Ron grabbed her shoulders and stopped her in her tracks. “Look at me.”
After giving an annoyed sigh she slowly looked up at him.
“None of this is your fault... if anything, you are keeping everyone sane and that’s what I need you to do right now... keep your head.” He said with a small smile.
She looked up at the bandage around his head and the cut across his collarbone before she nodded.
“And like Mum said, it could very well just be coincidental. There might not be a spy at all.”
“Who do you think it is?” she asked him.
“I think it’s Noah, definitely Noah,” Ron said quickly without hesitation.
“What? You just said there might not be a spy.”
“Well, yeah, but if I had to choose... he gets my vote. What about you?”
She just shook her head in disbelief. “I really don’t know who it could be.”
Ginny paced around her room for what seemed like hours. She hadn’t seen Draco or Harry since before Adwell took her to the Ministry. He didn’t want Draco or Harry to be any kind of an influence on the way she used or embraced her new powers. She felt so alone in this tiny room that was cold and dark.
“Hello! I want to see Draco!” she yelled out as she slammed her hands on the metal door. “Hello! Somebody!” she called louder.
She sank to the floor and ran her hands through her hair frantically. Being alone in this room was getting to her and the unknown of whether her family was ok was eating away at her. She clawed at her neck piece as she tried to break it with every ounce of strength she could muster up. She remembered Adwell saying her powers were strong enough to be somewhat present even with the neck device and implant, but she couldn’t feel any of them.
She walked up to the door and concentrated as she tried to make her body able to walk through it. She held her hand out and tried with everything in her to feel anything. She slowly moved her fingers forward to see if they would go through the metal door in front of her. She held her breath as she made contact with the door and just started to cry as her fingers touched the metal.
She slid down the wall and leaned her head back to try and calm herself down when she suddenly stopped sobbing. She looked up at the large vent in her room and suddenly had a small flicker of hope as she jumped to her feet. She stood under it again to evaluate how wide it was and if she could fit through it. After deciding that she could, she grabbed the leg of the metal bed that was in her room and started dragging it to the middle.
She quickly stood up on the bed and tried to pull the vent open but soon saw it was screwed shut. She climbed off the bed and looked around the room for anything she could use to try and unscrew the bolts. She searched under the mattress of her bed for anything of use like a broken spring or nail. After finding nothing she ran over to the small side table that had a few books on it and she ripped out a page and tore a small piece of the page up.
“Come on.” She whispered to herself as she tried to turn the piece of paper to metal.
Nothing was happening and she tried to calm herself so she could refocus. She took a slow steady breath and thought about everything she has been through these few weeks. She thought about how bad she missed her children and Draco and just being surrounded by her family.
“Please, please, please... focus Ginny.” She softly whispered to herself as she held the piece of paper in front of her again.
She started to feel the skin on the tip of her fingers turn stiff and then a light layer of metal started to form. She held the paper firmly and was only able to get the very tip of the paper to turn to metal before her powers completely failed her.
She hoped the small bit of metal she was able to form was enough to unscrew the vent open. She quickly stood back up on the bed and felt the tiniest bit of hope as she was able to get a slight grip on the stiffened paper and felt the screws start to loosen. Soon she was able to open the vent and she desperately tried to reach inside for an edge to pull herself up on.
She gave a hard push off the bed and caught the edge and hoisted herself up into the vent. She kicked her feet to try and get the rest of her body up and felt herself start to slip back down. She stopped and took a deep breath before she used everything in her to pull herself up the rest of the way into the tight space.
Just as she went to start crawling through, she felt someone grab her ankle and roughly pull her back out of the vent. Her fingertips desperately latched onto the lip of the vent before her hands gave out on her when one last hard pull made her fall. She bounced off the bed and then onto the floor before she turned over to see a blade to her throat.
“Get. Up.” The woman demanded in a calm but threatening voice.
Ginny pulled herself up and stared at the young woman. “Who are you?” She asked as she realized there was something very familiar looking about her.
“Jade, and yes... I’m Adwell’s daughter.” She said as she pocketed her knife.
“How-Why haven’t I seen you before?” Ginny asked as she tried to put her shocked expression aside.
“Well, you have been locked up in a single room for... what is it? Six weeks? Seven? Two months now?” she shrugged. “It’s hard to keep track of time in this place.” She said as she watched Ginny take in just how long she’d been in here.
“So, you’ve been locked up in this place like Eve?” She asked; she couldn’t help the sad look that covered her face.
Jade just gave a small smirk at her expression. “Don’t look so down, I’m not really Jade... more of a clone really... just one more of Daddy’s little experiments. He strategically places memories and then poof... it’s like I’m the real thing.”
Every time Ginny thought Adwell had gone too far, she would find out he had gone even further than she could ever fathom.
“Right now, you’re trying to figure out if I’m good or bad, correct?” she asked Ginny.
“You can read minds like Eve?”
She gave a small laugh. “Not at all... but your face said it all. I am one of the few around here without any powers.”
“How many people has he cloned?”
“Not many... a few special cases... don’t worry you’re not one of them... not yet.”
“Jade... please help me get out of here. I need to get back to my family, ple-“
“Stop!” she yelled, cutting Ginny off. “Don’t waste your breath, I will not help you no matter how much you beg and plead... I was designed to serve my father and that is the only thing I will do. Crystal got soft in the end but me being a clone... I can fake the feelings and the memories I think are mine... but empathy... that’s something I don’t have.”
Ginny just sat down on the bed defeated, desperately trying to keep her tears in but failing horribly. “Can you at least tell me if Draco and Harry are ok?”
Jade sat down beside her. “They are... for now.”
“For now?”
“Dad wants to put them downstairs; you know where all the failed experiments end up? Not that they’re failed experiments, but my father likes to keep his subjects perfectly preserved until he can use them again. So, he’ll probably just put them into a medically induced coma until he finally finds a use for them again. I myself was down there for almost two years before he decided to experiment with cloning.”
Ginny didn’t even know how to respond to her words, everything was as bad as it could possibly be right now. She had no way of getting to them, it’s not like she could stop it or beg for Adwell to reconsider. She was starting to just accept that this is what her life was now and the sooner she accepted that, then the less heartbroken she would be.
“You will get used to it... I mean, it’s nice to be wanted for something in the end, isn’t it?” Jade asked her.
Ginny just glared at her as tears of anger filled her eyes. “What about my baby?”
Jade looked at her stomach. “You mean your daughter? She will be born and then she will be taken... just like how I was taken from my mother. I don’t remember it happening, I’ve only been told about my true past. Well, technically... do I really have a past? Since I’m a clone? I suppose not.” She shrugged.
Ginny just fell into a silent fit of sobs and Jade stood up before patting the top of her head. “Don’t worry, eventually the tears will stop.” She said softly before she waved her wand over the vent to seal it up and then left the room.
Ember rinsed the rest of the toothpaste from her mouth before she glanced at herself in the mirror. She couldn’t help but think of her parents, especially her mother whenever she looked at her reflection. She was literally aching to be hugged by one of them, to feel their loving embrace again. She couldn’t believe how lonely she felt without them, even surrounded by all her sisters and brother.
She walked out of the bathroom and saw Jake across the hall waiting for her. They’ve been spending the nights together for a while now but now that the possibility of a spy could be amongst them, she felt like she had to distance herself. The idea of Jake working for Adwell this whole time made Ember’s stomach turn. Some of the points made by everyone earlier made everyone a suspect.
She walked over to her bedroom doorway and locked eyes with Jake. She wanted to so badly trust him, but with her parent’s lives on the line, she didn’t want anything standing in her way. She couldn’t even look at him anymore from how guilty she felt before she walked into her room. It didn’t take long before he was in her bedroom and standing in front of her.
“I just want you to know... that’s it’s not me. I know that means nothing to you and I understand why you can’t take my word for it.” He took both of her hands in his. “But I would NEVER hurt you. I’m not my father... I wouldn’t betray you... any of you.” He reassured her.
She looked at her hands in his and then up at him; her lips trembling with emotion before she slowly slid her hands out from his and looked at the floor.
He just nodded at her actions. “Ok... I get it.” He lifted her chin to look at her. “Don’t feel guilty, you’re doing the right thing.” He said, his voice cracking a bit as he was obviously hurt by her shutting him out.
He ran his thumb over her lip before he dropped his hand to his side and quickly left her bedroom.
Scorpius gave a soft knock on Ember’s door before he waited for her to open it. The look on her face made him enter her room without waiting for her to let him in. They both sat down on the bed with a heavy sigh.
Ember laid back on her bed and stared up at the ceiling. “Jake probably hates me.”
Scorpius looked down at her beside him before he laid back beside her. “Yeah, probably.”
Ember slapped him hard. “You're supposed to say no he doesn’t.”
“Alright, relax.” He laughed. “I’m just kidding. Believe me Ember, he doesn’t hate you... I mean unless he’s the spy then he must hate us all a whole lot.” He continued to try and hide his laughter.
“It’s not funny.”
“Ok, seriously, if Jake is the spy... I’ll be shocked.”
She gave him a relieved look. “Thanks.” She mumbled.
“Although, I never thought Raven would cheat on me either, so I was pretty shocked by that.” He shrugged before turning his head to the side to see her shoot him an angry glare.
She rubbed her face roughly before getting lost in her thoughts. “Scorpius... if he is...” she trailed off as the mere thought of Jake betraying her or any of them like that hit her.
“Hey, listen... in all honesty, we have no clue who it is. It could be him, Eve, Noah, Matthew... all of them. Who knows? Right now, we just need to stay focused. If and when it turns out to be that way... then you’ll get through it... just like we’ve gotten through all of this.”
She looked at him and studied his eyes for a moment before she nodded.
“Perfect, just the two people I wanted to see.” Came James’ voice from the doorway.
They both sat up at James’ entrance into the bedroom.
“Can I talk to you guys for a second?” he asked them.
“Pft, no, you sided with Noah about Jake possibly being a spy.” Ember snapped.
“Ok cool thanks,” he said, ignoring her comment and taking a seat on the chair in the room.
Scorpius gave a small snicker at the angry glare Ember gave James. “What do you want, Potter?”
“Ok, so...” he trailed off as he the awkwardness of the question set in and he nervously scratched his head.
“So?” Scorpius pressed on.
“Ok, here it goes, have either of you ever...” he cleared his throat. “Um, lost control of your powers or felt them surface during... um...”
“During what Potter, spit it out!” Scorpius snapped, sounding annoyed.
“During... you know... sex.”
Ember and Scorpius exchanged an amused look.
“You’re asking us if we’ve ever lost control of our powers while doing it?” Scorpius laughed.
Ember started to giggle before they both answered in unison but gave a different response. Ember saying yes and Scorpius saying no which prompted them to exchange a surprised look.
“You’ve never felt your powers grow stronger whenever you were with Raven in that way?” Ember asked him.
“No, you have with Jake?”
“Yes.” She answered timidly.
“Wait, why are you asking us? Did you-“
“No!” James quickly cut Scorpius off. “I mean... I wanted to, but... I didn’t want to hurt her.” He explained, lowering his head.
Scorpius’ tone softened a bit at James’ concern for Aurora’s safety.
“Listen, let’s be honest here... we’re going to do it eventually so-“
“Hey, ok now, don’t want to hear that.” Scorpius cut him off as he held his hands up.
“Ok, well any advice?” James asked, looking more at Ember than Scorpius.
Ember thought back to the night she shared with Jake when her powers surfaced and he calmed her down. “Well, I don’t think you will hurt her... if you feel yourself losing control just remember to slow down and breathe. You guys love each other... you will be each other’s balance and at that moment when you’re scared that you’ve lost all control... she will be the one to help guide you back. You just need to trust yourself... and her.”
Ember felt her brother’s eyes on her as she spoke before a smirk crossed his lips and she punched him in the arm.
“Shut up.” She mumbled before she blushed at her memory with Jake.
Scorpius and James started laughing before Scorpius’ eyes fell on Eve leaving the bathroom across the hall with what he assumed was another bloody nose. He saw her enter her room before he let out a hard sigh.
“I got to go... just listen to Ember, she seems to know what she’s talking about.” He said before he got up and walked across the room to knock on Eve’s door.
She opened it a bit and seemed surprised to see him standing there.
“Can I talk to you for a minute?” he asked her as his eyes locked with hers for a silent moment.
She finally gave a small nod before she opened the door to let him in and then closed it behind her.
“Listen- “
“It’s ok.” She said, cutting him off.
He just looked at her. “What’s ok?”
She looked down as she fidgeted with her hands. “It’s ok that you’re skeptical of me... whether I’m the spy or not. I really shouldn’t have been upset earlier, you should be cautious, and I know you want to apologize but honestly... you don’t have to.” She said softly before she finally looked back up at him.
He felt even more horrible now about thinking she could be the spy after what she just said. He wasn’t sure what to say now and so just gave a small nod at her words as the room grew silent.
After the awkwardness grew almost unbearable, Scorpius finally cleared his throat and pulled the necklace he made her out from his pocket.
“Um, so I sort of made this for you.” He said holding it out for her to look at.
She just stared at it and then at him, unsure of how to respond.
“The stone on it is made from that serum that was in that neck device thing. It’s like a soothing stone I guess you could call it. When you touch it, it will help stabilize your powers and keep you grounded.” He explained.
She softly took the stone in her hand and could immediately feel a difference. The pressure in her head and the constant pain she felt went away. She felt more focused and in control of what she was thinking and who’s thoughts she wanted to read.
“You made this... for me?” she said as a smile formed on her face as she rubbed her thumb over the stone again. “I... I don’t know what to say, thank you.”
He wasn’t sure why Eve’s smile made him feel happy. “Here, I’ll put it on you.” He said as she nodded before turning around and letting him slip it over her head.
She pulled her long brown hair back so he could clearly clasp it behind her neck. Scorpius clasped it before his eyes fell on her bare shoulder as her loose top slid to the side. He then looked at the long scar she had behind her ear where she used to have the implant. He couldn’t help but think about the awful life she lived in that lab and the memories he saw of her as a child.
He didn’t realize how lost in his thoughts he was as his fingers reached over and lightly traced the scar down her neck. The touch made Eve quickly snap her head around to look at him before the rest of her body turned to face him.
“Sorry.” He mumbled.
Eve felt just as awkward as he did at his action, mostly because she had to discreetly run her thumb over the stone again as she felt her powers surface at the feel of his touch. It was the feeling she had right now that scared her to death, this was the kind feelings she knew very little about. She liked that Scorpius was nice to her and that he was almost a friend, well she thought of him like that anyway. It was the way his fingers danced across her skin that made a lump form in her throat that she was almost scared to swallow.
“So how does it look?” she quickly asked as she tried to clear the awkward tension from the room.
“Oh, yeah, it looks great... perfect.” He said. “How does it feel?”
She looked down at the small stone that sat on her neck before she looked back up at him with a wide smile. “It’s amazing, I can’t believe you did this for me, thank you again.”
He nodded and thought about whether he should bring up the memories he had seen of her when she was little. He decided to not say anything since the necklace seemed to have brought a great deal of joy and comfort to Eve.
“Well, I’ll see you in the morning I guess.” He said as he headed to the door. “I mean... unless you’re the spy and you kill me in my sleep.” He said with a smirk as she shook her head at his inappropriate sense of humor.
Scorpius was on his way back to his bedroom when Raven quickly walked up beside him.
“We need to talk.” She said as she tried to keep up with his fast pace.
“There’s nothing to talk about.” He said stiffly as he walked into his room and went to shut the door when she put her hand on it to stop him.
“Scorpius, please!” she said loudly. “Please give me a chance to explain.” She begged him as her eyes filled with tears.
Scorpius took in a deep breath and slowly let it out before he looked at her. “This should be good... go ahead.” He said leaning against the door frame as he blocked her entrance into his room.
“I know how angry you must be and I’m so sorry I hurt you like that. I was so stupid, and I was angry with you for wanting to take a break because I didn’t want to lose you.”
“So, sleeping with Noah was the obvious choice to make sure I stuck around?” he mocked her.
“Of course not. Scorpius... when my mother left me and my dad, it was devastating. She hurt him so much by doing what she did, and she wasn’t loyal or faithful to him. I lied to you about me possibly being pregnant because I wanted to make sure you were committed to me. When you said you wanted to take a break it broke my heart and I was so angry that I did the worst thing I could think of to hurt you and it was so selfish of me to do and I am so sorry.” She choked out as tears spilled down her face.
He just looked at her, her green eyes sparkling like gems through her tears. The truth was, regardless of whether he ever was really in love with Raven or not, he liked what they had. He enjoyed being with her and did love her in some way, he probably assumed she was the one he would eventually settle down with. Pretending to not be bothered by what she did was hard, and he tried with everything in him to keep his cool.
“Please say something.” She whispered as she fell into a silent fit of sobs. “We’re meant to be together Scorpius. Don’t you see that, please give me another chance... please.” She begged him. “I mean, come on, a Malfoy and a Zabini... it makes sense... we should be together.”
He listened to her words and watched her continue to fall apart before him. He was silent for a while as he just watched her cry and get lost in his own thoughts. He finally took a step closer to her and cupped her face in his hands. He could hear her sobs soften as she started to calm down at his touch. He leaned down and softly pressed his lips to her forehead before he looked down and locked eyes with her. His face so close to her she could feel his breath on her lips.
“Fuck you, Raven.” He whispered to her with a sneer before he slammed the door in her face.
Eve walked outside onto the back porch and felt the light night breeze hit her face. She looked across at the perimeter of the wards and saw Matthew patrolling it. His accusation against her still hurt a bit but she tried to shrug it off.
“You can’t sleep either?”
Eve turned towards the voice on the porch swing to see Ellie sitting there.
“Well, the sun will be up soon, so I figured I’d get an extra early start on the day.” She said with a small smile. “What’s going on?”
Ellie just shook her head as she let out a frustrated sigh. “I’m just worried about saving Mum and Dad. I don’t think we are anywhere ready to break into that lab... I mean, we’re going to have to work together and as a team to pull this off and let’s face it... there’s not much of that going on right now.”
Eve sat down beside her. “I think you’re absolutely right.” She said as she studied Ellie’s face. “What about you? Do you feel ready?”
Ellie quickly shook her head.
“Well then let’s practice.” Eve simply said as she stood back up.
“What? Now? It’s like four in the morning.”
“So what?” she said as she picked up on the doubts running through Ellie’s mind. “Ellie... I don’t care if you guys think I’m the spy or not anymore because honestly... the only thing I really want to do is help your parents and Harry escape. It’s ok if you don’t believe me and I should have understood more why everyone is skeptical of me and Noah, but right here, right now... I just want to help.”
Ellie finally gave a small smile before she got up and walked out to the field with Eve.
“I feel pretty good about conjuring them up now, but I don’t feel confident about keeping them surfaced. They seem to die out on me.” Ellie explained.
“That’s because you’re losing focus and because you’re scared. You’re still holding back.”
“I’m not,” Ellie said defensively.
“Um... “Eve stopped to read her mind and then smirked. “You are. You’re still not over what happened at the party.”
Ellie looked at the ground. “I hurt people... when Mum lost control one night she almost killed her own family.” She choked out before she looked back up at Eve. “I don’t want that to happen to me.”
“If you don’t practice and if you continue to fear your powers then that could happen. You need to conquer them, you control them... they don’t control you.”
Ellie just nodded before silence filled the air. After a few moments Eve conjured up a ball of telekinetic energy and sent it towards Ellie making her lose her balance and fall to the ground. It wasn’t very hard just enough to rile her up.
“What was that? I wasn’t ready.” Ellie snapped.
“Well, you need to be. Come on, get up.” Eve said as she hit Ellie again with another wave of energy that made her fall over again just as she picked herself up.
“Stop, give me a chance!” she yelled.
“There are no chances Ellie, what if this was the real thing? Find a way.” Eve told her as she held Ellie down to the ground with an invisible wall of pressure that she fought to overpower.
“I can’t!” she shouted, tears in her eyes as she winced from the feel of Eve’s powers crushing her.
Eve knew she wasn’t hurting her; she knew it was all in Ellie’s mind. “You can!”
“Stop, no more!” Ellie cried out as she started to give up and shut down.
“Ellie, focus! You’re fine... you’re overthinking it, just do it!” Eve yelled at her.
Ellie’s entire body suddenly turned to water and flooded onto the ground and completely disappeared. Eve quickly stopped her powers and felt her heart sink when it happened, maybe she pushed her too far.
“Ellie?” she called out as panic set in.
She heard something behind her and snapped her head around to see this watery silhouette of a person forming from the ground up. After a few moments, Ellie’s features and body were whole again.
“Are you ok?” Eve asked her.
Ellie’s shocked expression slowly turned into a smile as she tried to catch her breath. “I did it. Did you see that?”
“Yeah, I saw it, you gave me a damn heart attack.” She laughed. “Alright, let’s get to work now.”
Scorpius couldn’t sleep no matter how hard he tried. He had dozed off here and there for fifteen minutes at a time but by the time four thirty came around, he just found himself laying there deep in thought. He looked over at the window when he heard noise from out in the yard and got up and walked over to see what it was.
He peeked through blinds to see Ellie and Eve downstairs practicing and a wide smile stretched across his face. He quickly threw on some clothes and grabbed his wand before he went to make his way downstairs. He was surprised to see Ember quickly making her way out of her room also dressed and on her way downstairs. They both just stopped to look at each other before they exchanged a quick smirk when Aurora and James also met them in the hallway.
“Oh, hey... I was just...” Aurora trailed off before they all ran downstairs to the backyard.
“You guys having a party without us?” James called out to them as they made their way to the middle of the field.
“About time you slackers joined us.” Ellie teased.
They all just stood there for a moment looking at each other as reality seemed to suddenly set in.
“Guys, we have less than forty-eight hours before we break into my father’s lab. We need all the practice we could get in... we can’t fail.” Eve spoke up.
They all nodded.
“Alright, no holding back this time then,” Scorpius said as he raised an eyebrow at Ember, who just gave him the finger in return.
“Let’s partner up!” Eve called out as her eyes fell on James and Aurora. “You both should switch it up a bit. You practice together all the time, so you’ll be expecting half of the things the other is going to do. Aurora, why don’t you partner with Ellie and James... you’re with me.”
James watched Aurora give a small snicker as she walked over to Ellie leaving Eve and James alone.
“How am I supposed to even attempt to take you down when technically you can just take over my mind and make me do whatever you’d like?” he asked with a bit of frustration.
“You know, mind control isn’t as easy for me as it is to read minds and move objects. If you stay focused on what you’re doing it will be harder for me to take over.” She explained.
He felt a bit more relieved at the bit of information she shared with him before he took his place a few feet away from her. Before he could conjure up any powers he saw a smirk cross Eve’s face before he lifted his fist and punched himself in the face. He staggered backward a bit before he shot a deadly glare at her as the rest of them fell into a fit of laughter.
“I’m sorry, I couldn’t resist,” Eve said through her giggles.
“Yeah, apparently neither could I.” James drawled, as he rubbed the side of his face. “No more messing around, I’m not going easy on you either.”
“Good, bring it.” She said as she narrowed her purple eyes at him.
Her concentration was lost when she heard a light buzzing in her ears and then felt the hair on the back of her neck stand up. She looked back at James who was already surrounded by lightning. A loud snap of electricity beside her made her jump back and put a shield of energy around herself.
He threw a bolt of lightning at her shield and watched the electrical currents cover her protective dome. They traveled down into the ground and then up underneath inside of it before she felt it hit her body and send her flying back onto the ground.
Eve picked herself back up as James was laughing at her with a smug look. He closed his hands together before pulling them apart again letting electrical waves dance back and forth between his hands. He formed a giant orb of lightning and threw it as hard as he could at her. He was surprised when Eve ran right at it instead of away from it and caught it in her hand. She used a small dome of energy to catch the ball of electricity and watched it sporadically shoot all around in the palm of her hand.
She just stared at it for a moment before she let it absorb into her hand.
She looked at James. “My turn.” She said before she released the electricity into her hand again and built off the energy of it making two balls form.
She walked towards him with them.
“You can throw them at me, but it’s not like electricity is going to hurt me.” He scoffed, teasing her strategy.
She threw it at the ground right in front of him along with her own powers. The ground in front of him exploded as he felt his body be thrown across the field. He hit the floor hard as he felt all the wind knocked out of him and just laid there for a moment as a painful moan escaped his mouth.
“I think I’m dead.” He winced, as he grabbed his ribs.
“You’re fine, come on, get up.” Eve laughed as she held her hand out for him.
“Easy for you to say, you’re still standing.” He shot back as he tried to sit up.
“What if this was the real thing? You’d give up and lay there like a little bitch?” she asked, folding her arms and looking down at him as laughter from the rest of them was heard clear across the field.
“Wow, geez, I’m sorry my body isn’t built to be flung and slammed into the earth at high speeds.” James sarcastically snapped as he reached up to take her hand.
The large amount of electricity still running through James’ body brought Eve to her knees with a painful scream. Her hand was tightly clamped onto his as her body shook from the shock that ran through her. It was the unbearable stabbing pain in her head that had her cries of pain filling the air.
James couldn’t make out the images that flashed through his head, all he could see was water. He heard screaming and splashing but nothing he could clearly see or make sense of. He locked eyes with Eve who seemed frozen in place as she too saw the same images he did. He swore it was a memory and not a very good one, it sounded like someone being drowned.
He finally unclasped his hand from hers as his powers died down a bit and watched Eve wrap her hand around the necklace Scorpius gave her. Everything seemed back to normal and nobody else seemed to see what they both saw as they continued to practice.
“I’m sorry, are you ok?” he asked her, offering his hand out to her.
She hesitantly looked at it before she felt it was safe enough to take and let him help her up.
“It’s fine... I’m fine.” She said.
“Eve, was that your memory? Was that you?” he couldn’t help but ask.
She looked at him with tears in her eyes and quickly shook her head to indicate that the subject was off limits.
She quickly cleared her throat and wiped her face. “Your powers are incredible, they’re strong and well developed. Your father would be really proud of you.” She through her heavy breaths, changing the topic.
He just looked at her. “You think so?”
“Of course, why wouldn’t he be?”
“I don’t know, I never really had the chance to talk to him about my powers... I kept them from him. I was going to tell him when... all of this happened.” He said, looking at the ground as he realized just how much he missed his father.
Eve couldn’t help but smile at the doubts James had.
“What?” he asked.
“Nothing, it’s just...” she paused as she thought back to the day she tapped into Harry’s mind when he was an emotional mess. “He misses you terribly and he loves you more than you could ever possibly imagine... that’s all.” She simply said, deciding to leave it at that.
He gave her a small smile before he nodded at her words.
“Ok, let’s get back to it.” She said as she held out her hand for him to take. “Do it again, I need to figure out how to overcome it.”
“Are you sure?”
She let out a shaky breath before she nodded.
He let a small trail of electricity form along his fingers before he hovered over her hand for a moment. He looked at her one last time before he grabbed her hand and she instantly fell to her knees once more. He tried to let her hand go but she kept her fingers tightly gripped around him.
She had her eyes tightly closed as she let the electricity run through her and soon accepting the feeling of it. She found her bearings and held her other hand out in front of her letting a telekinetic shield of energy form in front of her as the humming of electrical waves danced across it. She finally released her grip from James and took the large dome she made and threw it up into the air and watched it shoot lightning down from it like a storm cloud.
As the lightning hit the ground James redirected it towards the rest of them. Aurora used her powers to slow the electrical streams down and watched them form long, abstract jagged pieces across the field all around them. Eve used her powers to make them start to tremble and crack making them start to fall. Ember released a tall wall of flames that traveled across the now icy field making all shards and pieces of ice melt and it started to rain down on all of them.
All of them stopped for a moment to feel the cool rain hit their faces as the light of the rising sun lit up the field. It may have seemed silly, but it was so peaceful and calming to see. It made them feel a bit more united and confident that they would succeed; like there was hope for all of them and their parents.
Scorpius walked to the center of the field as the rain continued to fall and slowly lifted his hand up letting the rain hit palm. After a moment the rain started to slow down, and it turned to snow and started to fall a little faster. He turned to look at Ember who was staring back at him.
“We’re going to win.” She said softly before he nodded and pulled her into a hug.
Harry closed the same book he had read for the third time and tossed it aside on the couch before looking over into Draco’s room. It had been almost two days since anyone had even come into their lab room. They had no idea where Ginny was or if she was ok and Draco had seemed to be taking it hard. Harry tried to talk to him to get him to stay somewhat hopeful still, but he wouldn’t respond.
“Draco?” he softly called over to him. Harry gave a hard sigh before he rubbed his face. “Draco, I’m trying to keep my sanity in this place, but to do that I really need you to talk to me.” He pleaded.
Harry just continued to stare at the blond sitting on the floor of his room by the wall.
“Imagine the kids don’t even miss us and they’re just partying it up out there?” Harry lightly joked as he walked over and joined Draco on the other side of the wall.
His small smile faded when he saw his poor attempt at humor didn’t do a thing.
“I bet you anything-“
“Stop.” Draco cut him off, his voice hoarse as he finally looked up at him.
His eyes were red and puffy and there were dark circles under them, his face even paler than normal. He started to laugh to himself quietly at the situation they were in.
“What’s so funny?” Harry asked.
“This... this whole thing. I mean we’ve obviously lost; we aren’t getting out of here. Then you...” he trailed off as he started to laugh a little harder this time. “You’re still acting like there’s a way out. We can’t even get out of here so how do you expect someone to try and get in here to get us out? You’re crazy for still having hope... let it go Potter.”
“I won’t and neither should you.”
Draco just shrugged at him, tears in his eyes without little effort or an attempt to conceal them. He was becoming unhinged with every passing hour in this lab and Harry was desperately trying to keep him mentally stable.
“Draco, listen to me-“ he stopped talking when he saw Draco turn away from him and completely ignore him altogether.
He felt his heart sink a bit at his actions and felt less and less hopeful with every passing day. He was running out of things to say and things to do to keep himself from going crazy at this point along with Draco. He just knew they were running out of time.
“Ok, I think it’s time we all shared any kind of information we’re keeping from each other now before we head to Adwell Labs tomorrow,” Hermione said firmly, as she looked around the table at everyone.
They were all quiet.
“Let’s put the fact that there’s a spy among, or rather, that we think there is a spy amongst us. We can’t hope to succeed if we are all at each other’s throats or don’t trust one another.” McGonagall chimed in.
Eve looked across the table at Ellie as their conversation from earlier replayed in her mind. “Riley told me she met my sister... Jade.”
Everyone turned to her. “Who’s Jade?” they all asked.
Eve shrugged. “That’s a great question. It’s the first time I’ve heard of her.” She said as she gestured to Noah.
They all looked at him.
“We had another sister... Lucy, she died during an experiment when she was little. I only knew about her, not Jade. I have no clue who this supposable sister is.” He explained through a fit of coughs.
“Riley, what did Jade say to you?” Hermione asked.
Riley shook her head a bit. “Not much, just that she was Eve’s sister and then she just checked on my wound and took more blood. She didn’t share anything else with me.”
“And Noah? Anything else that you’re hiding that maybe you want to share with us?” Ember snapped.
He went to go off on her when Eve’s hand on his made him sit back in his chair and clear his throat.
“Ok, listen,” Eve spoke up. “Let’s start talking about a game plan here. I have an idea but it’s crazy.”
“Attempting to break into Adwell Labs is crazy to begin with, so an idea to possibly make it any easier is welcomed,” Ron said.
“Ok, well I think that we need to get someone in there first. As soon as we are about to enter Adwell labs we need to offer someone up as bait.”
“Bait?” Ember snapped. “That’s ridiculous.”
“I know how it sounds, but more than likely they will take them down to the floor that Draco, Ginny, and Harry are on. Possibly even the exact room because all of the initial testing and evaluations get done down there.”
“Fine, then I’ll offer myself up,” Scorpius said without hesitation.
“That’s not happening if anything I’ll go.” Ember snapped.
Before an argument could break out of who was going to be the guinea pig Eve spoke up again.
“Actually... it can’t be either of you. The thing is we need them to not put one of those neck devices on you. If they put one on then the plan won’t work. When they brought Riley in they knew she didn’t have powers so she wasn’t restrained by any sort of device. My father is very particular with how he processes new subjects that enter the lab. He doesn’t want anything to mess with their magical abilities until he runs all the tests that he needs.”
“Ok, well all of us have powers and they won’t take anyone else who doesn’t have powers, so who is going in?” James pointed out.
“Honestly, it should be Aurora,” Eve said hesitantly.
“Fuck that, that is not happening,” James said firmly.
“Why me?” Aurora asked out of curiosity.
“Because they don’t know that you have powers, they won’t inject or put any kind of device on you until you get to the actual lab. Once you’re in there you need to take down whatever guards are around and get your parents out. Once you leave that room the alarms will already sound but the rest of us will be in place already to back you up.”
Everyone was silent.
“She’s right, I know how my father is when it comes to admitting a new person to the lab. Everything is precise and since you haven’t exhibited your powers out in the open like that they don’t think you have any. They will assume of course that you do and eventually secure you once you’re in the lab, but initially on the way to the lab they won’t, just a simple binding charm.” Noah explained.
Aurora was overwhelmed by the task put upon her, but she didn’t dare show it. She gave a firm nod to the information being fed to her before she gave James a reassuring nod that she would be ok.
“How about a plan to get there or better yet, get out?” Ron stated. “As soon as things go south we need to get the hell out of there.”
“Ok, so only Ministry officials can Portkey and apparate to and from the island. Kingsley, Matthew or I can get us there, but we have to walk on foot to the entrance, or more so to the back entrance which we will need to fight to make our way inside most likely.” Hermione explained.
“I guess I’ll be the one to point out that to pull this off we’ll all need to have some kind of teamwork here.” Riley suddenly spoke up. “Everyone isn’t exactly getting along right now.” She stated; her voice filled with anger.
“I agree, I mean we could be telling our exact plan to the spy right now,” Ellie said.
“You’re right, so let’s plan as if Adwell is there waiting for us,” Hermione said.
“If my father really is waiting for us, then you can bet there is going to be more than just guards waiting for us there. I have no doubt he has some of his freak experiments on standby.” Noah added.
“By freak experiments do you mean my mother?” Scorpius snapped angrily.
“I didn’t mean her specifically, but if we’re expecting the unexpected... then yes. We have no idea what sort of mental state she’s in or if her mind is even her own.” Noah stated.
The table grew quiet.
“I think we should get back to practicing and finalize plans later.” Molly chimed in as she could feel the tension growing between everyone. “You all should be out there practicing, even you lot who don’t have powers.”
“She’s right, there will be plenty of opportunity for your powers to be disabled there or unavailable to you. Some floors are designed to block all magical ability and wand magic as well. We need to be ready in every way possible.” Eve continued.
After a few nods, people started clearing the room to head back outside for practice while Eve followed Noah to the bathroom as he started having another coughing fit.
“Hey, are you ok?” she asked him as she saw he seemed to be in a great deal of pain.
“Just dying is all.” He sarcastically said through his heavy breathing.
“Look at me for a second.” She said as she grabbed his face to look at her.
He watched her eyes grow a bit wide.
“What’s wrong?” he asked her.
“Your eyes... they’re changing.” She whispered.
He looked into the bathroom mirror to see a dark yellow tint in his eyes. He felt a large lump form in his throat at what could possibly be inside of him. It was disturbing that he was fine with dying from whatever was inside, rather than turning into some sort of monster.
“It’s probably just a side effect... if I’m lucky I’ll be dead before we head out tomorrow.” He said as he splashed water on his face.
She roughly grabbed his shoulder to turn him to face her. “Don’t say that. Noah... I know we barely know each other as siblings, but since we’ve been here together I actually feel like you’re my brother. I can’t lose you; I know you’ve done some shitty things and I know Father had a lot to do with your poor decisions, but right here, right now... I know you’re not the same man you were before. You are the only person I have left; you need to fight this... we may not have anything left to fight for, but we have each other and right now... that’s enough for me.”
He just looked at her, he was impressed by how much Eve had grown in such a short time as a person. To see her talking and acting like a real person rather than an experiment that their father kept locked up in a room for years. He felt a stronger bond with Eve now than he ever had in the past. The fact that she was able to express herself as she just had pulled at his heartstrings.
He slowly nodded at her words before he felt her tightly hug him. It was such a genuine hug and her hold on him made him feel the small amount of love she might have for him as a sister. It took him a moment to hug her back as he fought back the bit of tears that surfaced in his eyes.
The sound of the door being thrown open made Ginny jump in surprise and quickly hide her hand behind her back. It was Jade again and she just stood there for a moment and looked at Ginny.
“What do you have?” she asked her.
“Nothing,” Ginny said.
Jade slowly walked over to the bed that Ginny was sitting down on and looked down at her. Ginny just met her gaze and stared at her firmly before Jade suddenly grabbed a handful of her hair and turned her head a bit.
“You’re trying to take your implant out.” She said sounding impressed as she reached behind Ginny and grabbed the small metal shard she formed from her hand. “This is what you’re trying to use?” She laughed. “That’s going to hurt and cause you quite the infection.” She pointed out as she looked at the small cut Ginny had formed on her neck.
“I don’t care, I’m just trying to get out of here. I want to see Draco and Harry... I want to see my family.” Ginny demanded.
“Leaving here would be the biggest mistake of your life. You’re unstable, without that implant and that neck device you’ll walk right up to your own child and slit their throat without a second thought.” Jade warned her.
“I would never hurt the people I love.” Ginny fumed.
“You wouldn’t... but your powers are so strong that your mind is completely absent when they fully surface. So knowingly, of course, you wouldn’t... but the destructive monster my father has turned you into? Definitely.”
Ginny stood up right in front of her and stared her down. “I want to see Draco... NOW!” she yelled.
Jade just gave her a wide smile. “No.”
Ginny swung her fist so fast at Jade’s face she made her stumble back at the sudden impact giving Ginny a chance to make a run towards the door.
“Your daughter!” Jade suddenly yelled out making Ginny stop in the doorway. “I’ll take you to see your daughter.” Jade offered as she wiped the blood from her nose.
“Daughter? How?” Ginny asked.
Jade walked over to her and roughly grabbed her arm. “I’ll show you.” She said with a sneer as she dragged her from the room.
Ginny was confused as ever when she mentioned her daughter. Did she mean her baby? She followed her to a lower level and down a long hallway. She could hear crying and screaming in the distance from what she assumed were other people being experimented on. They finally stopped outside of one of the rooms and Jade unlocked the door and opened it to reveal a dark room.
“Riley, your mother is here,” Jade called into the room.
Ginny snapped her head over to Jade when she heard Riley’s name. “Riley? I don’t understand. I thought Riley escaped with Noah and Eve?”
“I know... that’s what they think too. This is the real Riley... the Riley that escaped with them... is a clone.” Jade said with an evil smirk.
A/N: Ok, so what do you think? I thought I would get into the attempted rescue in this chapter but I felt there were some things that still had to be build off of first and the chapter went on longer than I thought. I would love your feedback!! Please comment =D

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