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Unhinged 2: Til the Flame Burns Out	By : nikki13088 Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Draco/Ginny Views: 3348 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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A/N: I can't apologize enough for making you guys wait so long for this chapter. I've just been going through so much with my mom and then I'm always working...UGH! I do not intend to make you guys wait as long for the next one. I hope you guys enjoy. This is the longest chapter I've written so far so hopefully it delivers.
Aurora felt the hair on the back of her neck stand up as the sound of screaming in the distance filled her ears. She had an idea of how horrific this place must be, but this was just downright chilling. She would have been completely paralyzed by fear if she wasn't so angry that her parents had been locked away in such a place for so long. That thought alone gave her a bit more confidence that she could pull this off.
"How many more of you are out there?" A man asked her as he dragged her through the halls.
"It's just me." She answered as she tried to keep her voice steady.
"I don't believe that for a second." He accused, as he brought his face closer to hers. "How did you manage to get onto the island then? Only a Ministry Official can Portkey... do you still want to stick with your original answer?"
"It is just me; my aunt works for the Ministry and the original plan was that a group of us would Portkey here together... but I thought I could do it alone to try and keep everyone else safe." She said in disappointment as she hung her head.
She desperately tried to sell her performance and it wasn't hard to muster up some tears in her eyes to play the part better.
He looked her over for a moment in silence before he turned to the other guards. "I want a full sweep of the island done." He ordered before he turned back to her. "We'll see if you're telling the truth." He took a piece of her platinum blonde hair in between his fingers and looked at her. "Now what about these special powers that seem to run in the family? You got any of those yet?" he asked with a smirk.
"If I did, I would have used them already." She said through clenched teeth.
He brought a few strands of her hair up to his nose to take in her scent. "You sure there's not a little ice princess in there?" he asked with an evil grin.
Aurora's heart raced at his action, but his skepticism of her powers had her worried he would slap a neck device on her before she could make it to her parents.
"Believe me... I would have killed you with them by now." She warned with a disgusted sneer on her face.
He suddenly grabbed her shirt and pulled her close to him making Aurora let out a small whimper of fear. She felt him reach behind her and pull the knife out from her back pocket before he released his hold on her. She let out an emotional breath of relief when she realized her thoughts of what he was going to do to her were wrong. She felt him pat her down further before he took the knife in her sock as well.
"With all these weapons on you, it's easier to believe you have no powers." He said in amusement before he continued to drag her down the hall.
Harry finally threw himself down on the couch after pacing his room for the last hour. He ran his fingers through his hair before grabbing a handful of it and letting out a long breath. He squeezed his eyes tightly shut to keep any emotion from slipping out. He was trying so hard to stay hopeful, but the last two days he started to give up.
He looked over at Draco, who was just lying on his bed staring up at the ceiling. He tried talking to him again, but it was useless. He was worried about Draco and his mental state; he was completely broken. Every bit of him seemed shattered and lost... he hardly knew the man in the next room anymore.
"That alarm... what do you think is going on out there?" Harry asked in yet another attempt at reaching the Slytherin.
Draco sat up and looked at him before he walked over to the wall. Harry was surprised by the sudden action and met him over there.
"You know what I think, Harry?" he mumbled out before he looked up at him. "I think it means nothing... just like all the other times that fuckin thing went off." He sneered before he turned his back to him once more.
Harry had lost count at the amount of times one of the security alarms was tripped in the lab and every time he was hopeful it was a way out. He knew Draco was right though, it never was anything more than just an alarm. A constant reminder that they were trapped in this hellhole.
The door to the lab opened and a guard walked in, it was routine for people to constantly be coming in and out of the lab all day that Harry and Draco paid little to no attention to them anymore. It was only when Harry caught sight of Aurora's platinum strands that made his breath catch in his throat.
The guard threw her to the ground right outside of Draco's room where she picked her head up and saw her father across the room, his back to her. She wanted to completely breakdown right then and there, but she remembered Eve's words and she tried so hard to push her emotions aside.
"Dad?" she choked out.
The sound of Aurora's voice hitting Draco's ears made his eyes instantly well with tears. He wasn't even sure if what he heard was real or not, he had been hallucinating and he was so tired of being disappointed. He turned to face her, and everything became real again, but he couldn't move for some reason. He was so scared that if he took one step she would disappear. He moved his mouth a few times to speak but nothing came out as he tried to figure out if she was really there or not.
"Aurora?" he finally managed to force out.
She went to take a step towards the glass to meet him, but she felt the guard yank her back and force her down onto her knees. She heard the sound of her wand being snapped in half before he threw it to the floor beside her and then she saw him reach for the neck device on the table.
She looked back up at her father and anger filled her as she took in his and Harry's appearance. They looked ill and like they hadn't slept in weeks. Her father's bloodshot eyes were locked on hers as he mentally debated on whether this was all another hallucination or not. She didn't want to fail him, after everything her parents have done for them, to protect them... she owed her life to them. All those times she took them for granted and all the love and overprotective attempts they always drowned her in were things she never thought she'd miss.
"I'm not taking a chance with any of you lot, so let's just slip this on." The guard said as he took a step towards her.
She balled fists tightly as she started to feel the temperature in her body drop. The sound of crunching ice filled her ears as the floor beneath her covered with a thick layer of frost before it reached the man's feet.
"What the hell?" he said to himself as he finally realized it was Aurora.
He quickly went to jump forward to wrap the device around her neck when his legs were frozen in place. He tried to keep walking closer to her, but his body started to cover with ice, and he reached forward to try and grab Aurora. His fingertips desperately reached out to try and harm her in any way.
Aurora's eyes never left her father's, even as she felt the guard's fingers skim a few strands of her hair as he tried to grab her. She finally stood up and turned to face him, his entire body except for his face was covered in ice. Her fists were balled so tightly that her knuckles turned white, making the ice that encased the man start to crack and pierce into his body. He let out a painful scream as the ice continued to crush him.
"I told you I'd use them to kill you." She said menacingly before his face was iced over and his scream was muffled.
Aurora's tightly balled fists finally went limp and the icy form of the man crumbled to the floor. She turned back to her father, who still just had this shocked expression on his face. Whether it was because he still couldn't believe she was there in front of him or that she had powers and just used them to kill a man, either way, Aurora didn't care, she just had to get them out of there.
Another alarm went off and although she knew it would draw more guards to her, she also knew it ment the others were inside and she felt a sense of relief. She hardly made a move before the door to the lab was blasted open and more guards filled the room.
"Aurora, get the keycards and a let us out!" Harry quickly demanded before she got herself killed.
She ignored Harry's words as she narrowed her eyes and released a shaky breath before she ran full speed at the men across the room. She lifted her arms as two tall waves of ice formed and crashed down on them. She jumped over one of the metal exam tables and kicked another guard in the chest before she landed on the floor and skidded to a stop on a path of ice. She brought her hands together make two thick walls of ice crash into each other as more guards came running in and started throwing spells at her. The entire room dropped in temperature as the walls and floor covered in thick ice. Aurora made large shards rise from the floor and then break apart into sharp tiny pieces. She felt so much adrenaline running through her and her powers were raging like never before. A blast of ice filled the room shattering the glass walls that surrounded Harry and Draco, making them both take cover.
She felt a spell graze her thigh and she let out a small hiss of pain before quickly ignoring it and focusing on the guard running towards her. He kicked her hard in the chest making her fall back onto the floor. He walked towards her as Aurora made the floor cover with a thin layer of ice and watched the man fight to hold himself up before she threw a small ball of ice at him, making him hit the icy floor hard. She noticed one of the men going to grab the same neck device that the other guard tried to use on her, and she quickly pulled the last knife she had from her bra and threw it at his hand. He screamed out in pain as the blade pierced through his palm and she grabbed the device from him before crushing it with her powers and snapping it in half.
She watched him only grow angrier as he pulled the knife from his hand and swung it at her. She jumped back and quickly dodged another strike as he repeatedly swung his hand viciously around like a mad man. He caught a piece of her shirt and then grabbed her to him, but before he could do anything else, Aurora formed a large, sharp icicle in her hand and jammed it right into the side of his throat. His tight grip on her quickly loosened and she fell to the floor before scrambling backward and watched him drop dead before her.
She jumped back up to her feet and ran over to Harry and Draco. It was Harry first who snatched her up into a tight hug and looked her over to make sure she was alright.
"That was brilliant." He said to her. "A bit terrifying... but brilliant."
She flashed him a bright smile before she turned to her father. He still was silent and looked at her as if she were a ghost.
"Dad?" she called softly to him.
She wanted to hug him so badly, but she knew the emotions that would come with that and she needed to keep a level head right now. She was also a bit hesitant from the look on Draco's face. He looked both shocked and scared to see her there as he continued to stare at her.
"What's wrong with him?" she asked Harry.
Harry wasn't sure what to say.
The sound of the next shot of serum being injected from Harry and Draco's neck device made Aurora turn her attention to them. She brought one hand up to Harry's and one to Draco's and froze them until they started to crack and then finally snapped into two pieces.
"How long does that last before you can use your powers?" she asked them.
Harry just shook his head. "I don't know."
She looked at him and then to her dad again. "We need to get moving." She said as she went to lead the way.
"You shouldn't be here." Draco's voice filled the room, making her turn back to look at him as he grabbed her a little rougher than intended. "Why are you here? You need to get out of here now. Do you know what they'll do to you?"
"Dad, it's ok." She tried to calm him down and the way his voice cracked made her want to cry.
"No, it's not, please leave... please get out of here." He begged her.
"DAD!" she yelled out as she grabbed his shoulders and gave him a hard shake. "We need to go... now." She said locking eyes with him.
He wasn't sure if this was real or not but seeing and hearing his daughter meant everything to him and even if this was all a dream or another hallucination, he decided to go along with it. He finally nodded slowly at her words before he felt her grab his wrist and drag him behind her.
"Whoa, Aurora, wait, you can't just go marching out there without a plan. Who else is here with you?" Harry asked.
She stopped and looked at him. "Everyone." She said before she opened the door to the hall and poked her head out.
Harry exchanged a quick look with Draco. "Wait, I'm confused, I thought you were captured? Who else is here?"
She turned and looked at them both with a bit of annoyance at all the questions. "Look, we are on a tight schedule." She said as she looked at the small watch she had on her wrist. "Everything is precisely planned and every question you keep asking is throwing us off track. So shut up and follow me." She snapped.
She quickly led the way out into the hall, her hands covered with a light frost as she went into full defense mode.
"Aurora, wait, hold on," Harry called to her to try and get her attention as she continued to keep moving through the halls. "Aurora, please!" Harry finally yelled as he grabbed her arm to stop her. "Just tell me... James... is he alive?" he asked, tears in his eyes as he locked eyes with her.
The lights suddenly went out and they were all standing there in complete darkness.
Aurora smirked to herself. "Yeah, he's alive." She said as the lights started to flicker a bit.
Guards started to fill the hall and block their path to the elevator and stairs. They all had their wands drawn on them and shot a disabling charm at Aurora before she could make a move.
"GET DOWN! DON'T MOVE!" one of the men roared down the hall.
Harry and Draco stopped right away, their minds going back to the day Crystal was shot point-blank right in front of them for trying to help them escape. Aurora slowly took a step towards them with her hands up to show she was unarmed.
"Aurora, it's over, stop before they kill you," Harry whispered to her as she took another step towards them.
"I MEAN IT, GET DOWN!" the man bellowed.
The lights kept going in and out every few seconds as the guards neared Aurora. She slowly got to her knees and continued to hold her hands up as she kept her eyes on the flickering lights. She was quietly counting under her breath as she thought back to the plan they set in motion. When the lights finally went out once more and didn't come back on right away, she knew James was close by.
She could hear the guards starting to approach her and that's when she felt it. She could feel every piece of hair on her body start to stand up and a metallic taste filled her mouth. When she watched her platinum, blonde strands start to lift in front of her face she looked past the crowd of men before her and saw the figure of a person down the hall who she knew to be James. She felt her breath catch in her throat as she watched a wave of electricity stream down the hallway, bringing every guard to their knees as it struck each one of them. She didn't even flinch as she saw it coming right at her, she trusted him and knew he would never hurt her. She felt butterflies in her stomach as she felt it miss her cheek by a few inches and run through her hair so fast it made it whip wildly around her face.
She jumped to her feet and ran towards him as more guards entered the hallway.
"James!" she called out to him for some help from the disabling charm she was under.
Flashes of electricity filled the dimly lit hall and Aurora ran right into one of them and felt it throw her backward harder than she anticipated.
"Aurora!" Draco called out to her as he seemed to somehow finally snap out of his delusional state.
Before he could run to her side she was up again and running back at the guards, bursts of ice filled the hall every time her feet hit the floor. She slid on her knees past two of them and spun around freezing each one of them in place. She skidded to a halt right before James as he watched his powers blast apart each one of the frozen men.
Harry and Draco were forced to take cover behind one of the corners of the hallway so they wouldn't get caught in the crossfire. The entire scene was so chaotic they could hardly keep their heads up long enough before debris came flying towards them. Harry finally grabbed Draco by the shirt and dragged him down the hall towards James and Aurora and made sure to keep up with them.
They all turned another corner to go towards the elevator, but it was blocked by more guards, so they quickly ran through to the side door and went to take the stairs.
"Go!" Aurora demanded from them as she and James held the rest of the guards off.
Harry paused for a moment as he quickly locked eyes with James for a slight moment before chaos broke out once more. He and Draco started taking the stairs two at a time as soon as they knew Aurora and James were close behind them. There were spells being thrown from the stairs above them as they attempted to make their way up them. Harry turned his attention to James as he saw a flicker of lightning out of the corner of his eyes and then he was gone. He just watched as this electrical current he knew to be his son jumped from each light in the stairwell and watched them pop until it they were all standing in the pitch black.
The silence that suddenly filled the stairwell was unnerving as the only sound that could be heard was their heavy breathing. A loud buzzing sound filled the silence and then a zap of electricity hit the four guards that were waiting at the top of the stairs for them that they were all unaware of. It took a second before the door to the next floor opened and James' silhouette could be seen in the doorway.
"Let's go!" he called down to them as Aurora was leading the way once more.
They were barely through the door of the next floor when spells were being shot at them again. Aurora felt a disabling charm hit her again, this time much harder than the last one as she fell against the wall and dropped to her knees. James saw another disabling charm coming right for him, but before it could hit him he turned to his father and hit him with a bolt of lightning in hopes it would help his powers surface.
The electrical shock hit Harry so hard he fell backward into Draco and they fell to the floor. Harry flinched as a painful tingling sensation covered his body. He felt Draco pull him up to his feet before he quickly pulled his hands back from Harry when his powers started to surface.
Harry exchanged a quick look with Draco as his powers came back and he stood up on shaky legs. He could feel the electricity coursing through his body as a familiar feeling filled him. It seemed like years since he had last felt his powers and it was a feeling he didn't realize how much he had missed. He watched as more of Adwell's men filled the hall, it was as if they would never stop coming. This time some of them were armed with more than just wands but weapons as well. Both curses and bullets came flying at them and hit this magnetic shield that Harry formed in front of them all. He then pushed it back towards the guards where every spell and bullet that they threw flew back at them and took half of them down.
They all started running down the hall to get to the next elevator or staircase to keep moving up but kept getting ambushed my more of Adwell's men. Harry's powers filled the hallway making the rest of them duck down as abstract bolts of electricity bounced off the walls.
Draco felt something cold under his hand as he leaned against the wall and saw it was ice. He glanced at Aurora, who looked back at him thinking it was either of their powers, but she was still fighting off the disabling charm and Draco's powers hadn't surfaced yet. Aurora focused her attention to the end of the hallway where there were guards ready to open fire on them. Just as one of Harry's bolts of lightning made its way down the hall, from out of nowhere Scorpius grabbed it and turned it to ice. He swung it like a sword as he let it pierce through one of the men that had a gun and then ran towards the other guards before thrusting it into one of them until they were pinned against the wall. He quickly pulled it from the man and threw it like a spear at another two guards coming at him and watched it impale them both.
He quickly ran over to the others when the hall seemed all clear.
"Are you ok?" Aurora asked him as she met him halfway down the hall.
"Not really, I got blood all over my damn shirt." He sighed in frustration as he looked himself over.
Aurora just rolled her eyes before turning back to her father, who looked even more shocked to see Scorpius than when he saw her.
"You're alive?" Draco choked out as he stared at him in disbelief.
It was more than once he was told his children were dead and any hope he had of them still being alive was gone. He had seen his sons blood covering the body of one of Adwell's men who claimed to have killed him, so to see him standing before him very much alive was the last thing he expected.
Scorpius exchanged a sad look with Aurora before he grabbed his father into a hug. He could feel from the way he hardly hugged him back that he was stuck in a state of shock. Scorpius pulled back to look at him, it killed him to see his father like this. He was always used to seeing him so put together and composed, so to see him in such a state killed him inside.
"We have to keep moving," James stated before they started making their way into the elevator.
"Dad, do you know where Mum and Riley are?" Aurora asked.
He just shook his head. "I haven't seen your mother in..." he trailed off. "And Riley escaped with Noah and-"
"Eve." Scorpius finished.
Harry and Draco just looked at him.
"Yeah, she's with us."
"Eve is here with you?" Harry asked.
"How else do you think we planned to break into this place?" Scorpius smirked.
"Dad, Riley didn't escape, she's still here. They cloned her and sent her off with Eve and Noah to get to us. She's still here somewhere." Aurora explained.
Draco just nodded as he took in the information, he desperately tried to hold himself together. He was terrified that he was going to wake up at any moment and they would all be gone.
"You were amazing," Harry said to James before finally grabbing him into a hug.
Once again any chance of a reunion between them was cut short as the elevator came to a stop.
"Dad? A little help?" James nodded to himself and Aurora as they were still under the effects of the disabling charm.
Harry just stared at James for a moment before he quickly nodded and held out his hand. Long thin streams of electricity released from his fingertips and sporadically danced around each of them before it hit them and gave them all a small jolt.
"That was a lot more graceful and gentle than when you do it," Aurora mumbled to James, who smirked at her.
Draco felt the small jolt run through his body, but he felt nothing surface. He wasn't sure why nothing was happening, all he felt right now was a mixture of shock and uncertainty. The sound of guns going off made him turn his attention to his children, who were already in defense mode. Bullets were starting to pierce the icy barrier that they had formed as James and Harry took down the men they were able to get to without being shot down.
Soon all shots being fired came to a stop and the attention turned from them to someone else. One of the men went to open fire when he turned to the guard beside him and shot him down instead before turning the gun on himself and taking his own life. Soon almost every guard in that hall was fighting each other.
Scorpius and Aurora's icy barrier finally faded before they saw Ellie and Eve on the opposite end of the hallway. Scorpius could see the glimmer of purple in Eve's eyes from where he stood as she started walking towards them. More of Adwell's men just kept coming from out of nowhere, many of them armed with Muggle weapons as they turned to Ellie and Eve.
It was Ellie who started to run at the men full speed as at least eight men started shooting at her. Every bullet that was about her to hit her ended up flying straight through her as her entire body turned to water before it crashed to the ground. The form of Ellie reformed behind one of the men and as he turned to her she held out both of her hands and released fire from one and ice from the forming blazing hot steam to burn his face. She felt something sharp graze her upper arm and quickly turned to water once more to avoid a few spells that came flying at her.
She caught sight of her father for a split second and lost her focus as she felt a spell hit her and slammed into the wall. She turned to see the man approaching her when Eve jumped in front of her and blocked the mans pulled back fist as he swung it at her. She kicked him backward and then another man went to take a shot at her when she used her powers to disarm him and grabbed the gun. She didn't hesitate to shoot him point-blank before quickly turning and shooting the other man that was behind her. She ran towards the others as she locked eyes with Scorpius for a moment and pointed the gun at him and pulled the trigger.
Scorpius flinched as the bullet hit a man that was right behind him ready to attack.
"Fuck woman, that could have hit me." He growled.
"If you keep sounding ungrateful I'll make sure the next one does." She playfully warned before turning to Harry and Draco.
She quickly walked up to them, she didn't realize how overwhelming it was for her to see them again... here in the lab that she had been trapped in for so long.
"Eve." Draco softly spoke as he locked eyes with her. "You came back?"
She wasn't even sure what to say to him or Harry. She felt so responsible for all the heartache and pain they were all going through. They piled into the elevator again and it grew silent as it continued to make its way up to the next floor. Draco took notice of the floor it was and panic set in.
"This is the floor... the non-magical one." He breathed out.
This was the floor that they never could seem to get past and it was here that he knew their plan to escape was about to fail. Everything he was fearing was about to happen and if this really was all real and not him hallucinating or some fucked up dream then he couldn't let it happen.
"Stop." He said. "We can't get out here... they'll kill you guys." He said in a panic.
"It's ok, we have a plan Dad." Aurora tried to explain.
He grabbed her shoulders and looked at her. "No, you don't understand, you can't use your powers... and hardly any magic. You won't get past his men, I can't-I won't chance any of you getting hurt." He rambled on.
"Draco, it's ok, when these doors open I need you to just follow Aurora and-"
"No, you're not listening." He cut Eve off. "We are as good as dead if we attempt to-"
"DAD!" Aurora yelled out before roughly grabbing his face in her hands and had him face her. She fiercely locked eyes with him and she held him firmly there in front of her. "WE ARE NOT GOING TO DIE! WE ARE ALL GETTING OUT OF HERE! NOW FUCKIN SNAP OUT OF IT!" she shouted angrily at him. "This is real, we are real... now do exactly as I say. Once these doors open you and Harry need to run, just keep running and don't look back."
He started to shake his head no at her command before she firmly held his face still again and had him look at her.
"Yes!" she said loudly as she dismissed anymore of his attempts to fight her on it.
He just stared at her; his eyes welled with tears before he looked at Harry who gave him a small nod of agreement at Aurora's words. When he looked back at Aurora, it was like he was seeing her for the first time.
The sound of the elevator coming to a stop and a hard bang against the doors made them all jump. The sound of gunshots, yelling and the occasional scream could be heard outside of the elevator. The doors barely opened as debris and bullets hit the wall behind them. One of the bullets ricocheted and hit Harry in the shoulder in his attempt to shield James from any harm.
He let out a loud growl of pain before seeing the look of worry cover his son's face. "It's ok, I'm fine." He breathed out heavily as he fought the urge to scream out in pain. "It's not as bad... as it looks." He tried to reassure them.
Draco still had his arms protectively clutched around Aurora and Ellie and took notice of the way Scorpius shielded Eve. He turned his attention back to the chaos and looked out into the hallway. He was shocked to see Blaise, Ron, and Luna all fighting against Adwell's men. All of them here fighting for him, Harry and Ginny to be free of this place... it was suddenly becoming quite real to him. If he had any more doubt of this all being real or not, it was when he saw Hermione that made him truly believe he had a chance of getting out of here and that this was indeed very real. He met her gaze from down the hall and everything almost seemed to turn to slow motion.
It was Hermione who kept Ginny safe all those years ago when she was pregnant with the twins. It was Hermione who helped him realize his feelings for Ginny so long ago... it was Hermione who told him she would do everything she could to get them back home to their kids. It was Hermione who reassured him and Ginny she would make sure the kids were ok and now here she was. He wasn't sure why, but just seeing her here gave him everything he needed to bring him back to reality.
He felt Aurora yank him by the wrist as she started running through the chaotic brawl that took place around them. Aurora felt her father pull her back towards him as a knife flew past her face and hit the wall beside them. Draco went to go attack the man, but he felt Aurora grab him once more and kept running as fast as she could down the hall. He had his other hand tightly wrapped around Ellie's arm as he dragged her behind him; his grip tighter than it should be in fear of her somehow leaving him in some way.
Harry wasn't too far behind Draco as he felt James and Scorpius keep pushing him to keep going and not stop. At one point though, he completely stopped as he caught sight of Luna and it didn't matter how much James and Scorpius urged him to keep running, there was no way he could ignore that she was so close.
As if sensing his eyes on her she finished taking down one of Adwell's men with the help of Blaise and ran to him. She was so overwhelmed with emotion she could barely keep her pace as her body trembled. Harry roughly pushed James and Scorpius back so he could meet her halfway.
"Harry!" Luna yelled out through her sobs before she threw her arms around his neck and pulled him tightly to her.
Harry ignored the pain in his shoulder as she latched on to him. He buried his face into her blonde hair and just took in everything. Her scent, the feel of her arms around him... everything that reminded him why he loved her so much. Neither of them could even speak they were to overcome with emotion. James felt Scorpius give him a hard pat on the back as he watched his parents reunite before he ran to catch up with the others.
The chaos had finally come to a stop for a moment to give them a chance to regroup. Hermione smiled at Harry and Luna's reunion before she turned to Draco. She didn't hesitate to run up to him and throw her arms around him tightly.
"I'm so happy you guys are alright." She cried as she hugged him tighter.
He finally hugged her back after a moment before he let out this emotional breath he seemed to have been holding in this whole time. "I can't believe you're here." He choked out.
She pulled back at his words and looked at him in disbelief. "Of course I am, I told you I would get you out of here." She reassured him as she took a step back and looked at Aurora. "You did amazing."
Aurora just smiled and bowed her head at the compliment before locking eyes with her father.
He had this fixed gaze on her before he nodded in agreement and grabbed her into a hug. This time she could feel every emotion that was running through him just by the way he latched onto her. He grabbed Ellie to him also and he couldn't believe the amount of happiness that filled him just by holding them. He wanted to breakdown right here in front of them, but he still couldn't help the hesitation that filled him that was forcing him to keep his guard up when it came to his emotions.
Eve just watched from the sidelines, her heart aching as she wished she was able to feel the love and embrace of a parent. She felt her eyes well a bit with tears before she felt Scorpius glance her way.
She quickly cleared her throat and took a deep breath before she made her way up the next set of stairs. "We have to keep moving. The next two floors are highly guarded, and we have to stick to our scheduled plan." She insisted as she led the way.
Ember, Noah, and Raven quickly followed Jake through the halls of the lab in search of Riley. All Ember could think about was whether Riley was alive or if she had been experimented on like their mother and made into some sort of monster. The mere thought angered her and would bring tears to her eyes but she tried her hardest to push any emotion aside as she continued to search.
"Jake, slow down!" Ember called to him as she ran a bit to catch up. She grabbed him by the arm to stop him from taking off again down a side hall. "Hey, hold up." She said as she looked at him. "You can't just go running ahead like that, this whole place is highly guarded. Let's stick to the plan."
"I am sticking to the plan. We need to get to Riley, don't we? Isn't this the floor where they were keeping her?" he asked as he continued to walk ahead but not as fast as before.
"Yes, but she could have been moved. If I can just get to one of the computers in here then I can find her file and see where she's being kept." Noah insisted.
"Alright, then let's do that." Raven agreed as her, Noah and Ember went to walk in the opposite direction.
"Jake?" Ember called again. "Come on."
He stopped and looked at her and then at Noah and Raven.
"Go on, we'll catch up," Ember said to them before she walked back over to Jake. "What's wrong?" she softly asked as she took his hand.
"I'm sorry, it's just... I know Noah and Eve helped us break in here, but I just can't help but feel like they could be leading us into a trap. I think we should continue going my way to avoid the possibility of Noah leading us to some room he can lock us up in."
Ember just looked at him for a moment before considering her next choice of words. "I think we can trust them."
He furrowed his brows at her comment. "You trust Noah?"
"I don't mean like that; I just mean with this situation." She corrected herself.
"You do realize he was using you? That he would have turned you over to his father himself if he had the chance and it would be you in Riley's place or even your mother-"
"Alright, enough!" she shouted angrily. "Where is all of this coming from suddenly? Why didn't you voice any of this when we were planning?"
"Are you kidding me? You're desperate to get your parents back... do you think anything I would have said would have really impacted your decision to come here?"
They both grew quiet.
"You guys coming? We have to go!" Noah called from down the hall.
Jake locked eyes with Ember before he waved his hand for her to go first. "After you."
Ember couldn't pinpoint it, but something seemed off with Jake. Of course, she didn't trust Noah as a person, but she did trust that his intentions were good when it came to helping them free her parents. She finally broke her gaze with Jake and followed Noah and Raven down the hall.
They made their way into one of the rooms that resembled the lab that Draco, Harry, and Ginny had been kept in only smaller and it had only one room. There were pictures of victims that had been kept there and experimented on up on the wall that Ember walked over to while Noah went straight to the computer to look up Riley's file.
She reached up and took down a picture of a little girl who she was sure was Eve. She taped it back up before she took down another one beside it of a woman who she assumed was Noah and Eve's mother. Her stomach turned a bit as she saw some before and after pictures of her after the experiments that had been done.
"She's on the floor below us where we're supposed to be in less than ten minutes," Noah said as he scrolled through her file. "Let me see what room she's in and if there are any codes we need to get in."
Ember nodded before she turned back to the wall of pictures. Her eyes falling on a familiar face as she reached forward to see a picture of Noah. She could hardly stand to look at the picture of him where he was hooked up to numerous wires and devices. The side of his head cracked open and ready for his father to mutilate.
She felt Noah snatch the picture from her and rip it in half. "I found her room, let's go." He demanded; a bit harsher than he intended but Ember knew it was due to the picture she was holding in her hand.
She gave the wall of pictures one last glance before turning to follow him when she paused and slowly turned back to it. She felt a lump form in her throat when her eyes fell on another familiar face. She reached forward and held it in her hand and brought it close to her to make sure she was seeing it clearly.
"N-Noah?" she called over to him.
"What?" he snapped before walking back over to her and looking at the picture she was holding.
He grabbed it from her as he too was in disbelief at what he was seeing. It was when Raven made her way over and looked over their shoulders to see what they were looking at that confirmed it.
"Is that Jake?" she asked as she narrowed her eyes to get a better look.
The three of them turned around to see him standing there with his wand tightly gripped and a neck device in his other hand. Ember was frozen, she couldn't react to the information she had just taken in and she couldn't even begin to understand what it could possibly mean.
"What the fuck Jake? What the hell is going on?" Noah snarled.
Jake flicked his wand so quickly and hit Raven with a spell that threw her back against the wall and knocked her out. He walked towards Noah and Ember; each step he took his body covered in metal as Noah continuously threw spells at him. Jake caught one of the spells in his hand and threw it right back, making Noah crash into one of the metal cabinets in the room.
He just took a small step towards Ember as he returned to his normal form. She didn't even flinch when he grabbed her around the throat and pinned her against the wall. His hand covering in metal as he squeezed tighter.
"Sorry Ember, but it's just unfinished business. See, Adwell approached me one day as I was staying at some Ex-Death Eater hideout and offered me something that nobody else could... vengeance. I knew very well who my father was and who had killed him and so Adwell promised I'd get to avenge him in some way by helping him collect you and your family. Having no family and no purpose in life made the offer hard to pass up, but it wasn't until he gave me a little more background on your family when the decision and the driving force behind my vengeance became clear."
His eyes turned a shade darker as he continued.
"My mother... the only family I had was taken from me about eighteen years ago. She was killed by your mother when one day her powers became too much and blew up half of the town. Do you know what it's like to have memories of your parents told to you by a Death Eater? To be raised by someone who doesn't even want you around. I was maybe two or three and I lost both of my parents because your mother killed them."
"It... was an a-accident." Ember choked out through the grip he had on her and her trembling body.
"Don't give me that shit! I don't care what it was... she was still taken from me!" He yelled in anger as he squeezed her throat a little tighter and heard her whimper. He looked at her for a moment before a small smirk finally crossed his lips. "I never thought you'd get so attached to me though." He said the last part in amusement. "Adwell knew how much you wanted to grow your powers and tried to get Noah to turn you over to him. Obviously, that didn't go as planned because as bad as that piece of scum treated you, he started growing soft and developed feelings for you. It was when he asked his father to turn his attention to your parents instead of you that Adwell knew Noah wouldn't go through with their original plan. So, I had an opportunity to revenge both of my parents and I knew with the help of Adwell's experiments I could have a chance of succeeding."
Ember glanced over to Noah, who was trying to pick himself up from the floor before her tear-filled eyes fell on Jake once more.
"The rest was all a set-up... me working at the café and catching your attention. We never saw each at Hogwarts because I never went. That clone of Riley was never the spy, though she was created to serve Adwell, the whole time it was me and it was just a happy accident that Matthew helped the wrong Riley escape with Eve and Noah."
"I-I thought you l-loved m-me." She choked out through his grip as her tears spilled down her face.
He tightened his grip even more and pulled her face inches from his. "The only thing I loved was manipulating you and making you so vulnerable to me that I was able to make you earn my trust."
He watched her eyes turn orange and then to a deep black as his grip around her turned hot. He smirked at her before he threw her against the glass room that was in the lab. She heard a loud snap behind her as the glass started to crack before she set herself ablaze. Before she could even make a move, Jake threw the neck device at her that instantly diminished every flame that surrounded her. He punched her hard with a fist a metal and watched her fall to the floor. All she could hear was a loud ringing in her ears as her vision grew blurry. She could feel blood dripping down her face and from her mouth as she tried to sit up.
She watched him approach her once more before something hard hit him and threw him across the room. The loud howl of a werewolf filled her ears and she looked up to see a pair of yellow eyes above her. She was surrounded by the large form of a werewolf as Noah protectively stood over her injured body. He viciously growled at Jake as metal covered him once more and they went head to head.
Ember managed to pull herself up and watched the two fight as she made her way over to see if Raven was alright. A loud whimper from Noah rang out and Ember snapped her head over to see Jake knock him out with one hard punch. He went to deliver a skull-crushing punch when Ember quickly threw every spell she could think of; every one of them just bouncing off of him. He ran at her and grabbed her by the throat once more, this time lifting her off the floor completely.
"Adwell is aware you're all here, so it looks like your plan has slightly changed because you won't be making it out of here. Just hang tight so I can go play the part for the rest of your family." He said with an evil grin before flinging her across the room once more, this time her body breaking through the glass room and hitting the wall behind her as she fell limp to the floor.
Eve flinched as a loud blast hit the wall right above her head. She peeked around the corner and quickly tucked back behind it as another wave of spells came at her.
"They should be here by now," Hermione stated as she quickly went over the plan in her head again to make sure she wasn't missing anything.
"They will be," Luna reassured her.
They had been cornered at one end of a hallway and half of them were under a disabling charm. Two of them being Harry and James so there was no way for them to give anyone a boost.
"We are as good as dead if we don't make a move soon," Blaise argued as he turned his attention to the door to the stairwell next to him where more of Adwell's men were trying to break through.
"I don't understand, why hasn't my father shown his face yet?" Eve asked more to herself than anyone else.
"Because he's probably waiting for us somewhere else," Scorpius said as he threw another spell around the corner.
All chaos stopped for a moment when a bone-chilling howl could be heard throughout the lab.
"Noah?" Eve said softly to herself.
Draco leaned over to Scorpius. "Did she just say Noah?"
"Oh yeah, Noah's a werewolf now." He casually answered.
"What the fuck happened since I've been in here?"
Scorpius leaned back over to his father. "Don't worry, Aurora's still a virgin." He laughed as Aurora leaned over and punched him in the arm.
Scorpius just rubbed his arm before looking down at the watch he was wearing, and his heart sank a bit. "Where are you Ember?" he whispered to himself.
The buzzing sound of a flickering light and his name being called made Noah finally open his eyes. He saw Raven leaning over him and a relieved look covered her face when she realized he was alive. He sat up and looked up at the hanging light fixture that was slowly swinging back and forth before his eyes fell on Ember across the room. He quickly scrambled to his feet before he ran to her side.
As he approached her, he slowed down his pace and just stared at her. She just sat there limp as ever, her head slumped but her eyes fixated on the shard of glass stuck in her thigh. He crouched down beside her, trying to get a look at her face to assess her current mental state. He didn't think he could feel any lower than he already did but seeing Ember like this made it possible and he hated himself for it.
"Ember?" he softly called to her.
He wasn't surprised when she didn't respond. He brought his wand up to the neck device she wore and unlocked it before slowly reaching up to remove it. As he leaned in he took notice of her breathing. He looked her over once more and saw a large amount of blood on the other side of her shirt. He moved her long fiery strands aside to see a large piece of glass had pierced the side of her stomach.
He quickly stood back up and ran his hands through his hair as he looked at her condition. He then turned to Raven and pointed to Ember.
"You're a healer, help her." He demanded.
"I'm an intern, I'm not a healer yet. I've only just done train-"
"I DON'T GIVE FUCK WHAT YOU'VE DONE JUST HELP HER!" he bellowed with rage.
Raven narrowed her eyes at him in anger before she looked at the redhead before her. "I'll do what I can." She said stiffly before looking back at him. "But I can't promise anything." She mumbled.
Raven pulled her wand out and knelt beside Ember before lifting her shirt a bit to get a better look. "I can't do this." She quickly shook her head at the seriousness of her injury.
"Grow a damn set Zabini." he snapped.
Raven gave him a hard stare for a moment before turning her attention to the glass shard. Before she could even attempt to examine it, Ember roughly pushed her hand away from her.
"No." she choked out. "Just let me die here." She quietly said as she hung her head again.
"That's not an option," Noah argued; his stomach twisting at her words.
The silence that filled the room was unsettling, nobody spoke, nobody moved. Noah could only look at Ember and the position she was in. He couldn't help but think how every decision he made in his life had brought him to this point right here. He was just some rich, spoiled kid who believed in everything his father told him. He believed his father's work was beneficial to both the Wizarding and Muggle worlds, but it was everything else but that. He hated himself that he was somewhat a part of this deceitful plan to hurt so many people.
As he continued to look at the pain on Ember's face and the devastation in her eyes, he finally realized something. He was already a monster long before his father turned him into one. He used to think how could his father do something like this to him, what did he do to deserve this? Now he could see why... now he finally understood why he met this fate... it was because he really did deserve it.
When he heard Jake telling Ember the reasons behind why his father turned to Jake instead of him, he couldn't entirely disagree. It wasn't like his and Ember's relationship was always a scheme, they did actually meet at Hogwarts and became close friends and his feelings for her were genuine. It wasn't until he learned of Ember's powers and how he had this need to please his father that he turned the information over to him. That was when everything changed, that was when his relationship with Ember became nothing more than some devious plot.
He tried to put any feelings for her aside when it came to his father's plan, but it was harder than he thought. He definitely had succeeded at making her hate him, but even pretending to use her as a tool was the hardest thing he had to do. Seeing the look of hurt on her face at the terrible things he said and did to her was unbearable. His intimate encounter with Raven was also just another attempt to put anything he felt towards Ember behind him. He knew if she had ever found out she would never forgive him and her hate towards him would be sealed... and it was.
"I'm sorry Ember." He said suddenly. "I'm sorry about Jake and... I'm sorry about..." he trailed off.
Ember looked at him, her tear-filled eyes narrowed at his apology as she grew angry.
"You need to get up and get back on track, we have to stick to the plan. You're not dying here." Noah stated. "Who gives a fuck about Jake, fuck that guy, he's an asshole." He angrily went on as he turned Ember's face back towards him as she attempted to turn away. "It's not about Jake and what he did to you... it's not about what I did to you. I'm just some piece of shit who made some fucked up choices. Right now, it's just about getting your family out of here alive and getting everyone back home safe."
The coldness in her eyes warmed up a bit as her hard stare softened a bit. Her breathing became heavier as she thought about his words. She had to push her feelings aside right now and focus, she couldn't even begin to take in the betrayal that just unfolded. The sound of Noah ripping a part of his already stretched out and torn shirt made her focus her attention to her injuries.
She grabbed the piece of shard in her thigh and held her breath before she slowly pulled it out. She let out a small whimper and laid her head back against the wall as she released a long breath. She watched Noah tie the fabric he had ripped around her thigh tightly before he nodded to Raven to go ahead with the larger piece of glass in her side. She had barely touched it when Ember let out a loud growl, her whole body tensing up.
"This isn't going to be pleasant," Raven warned her as she took a firm whole of the glass and started to gently pull it out.
The painful scream that Ember released made Noah grab her hand. He didn't expect her to tightly grip his hand in return as the pain became unbearable.
"Stop! Stop!" she cried out. "I can't... I can't handle it." She cried as she hung her head again.
She felt Noah gently grab her shoulders. "You can and you will. There's no other option... you can't give up." He whispered the last part to her.
He watched her pick her head up to look at him again, her eyes were filled with uncertainty.
Raven waited a moment before she grabbed the shard one more time and slowly pulled it out the rest of the way. Ember let out this heartbreaking scream as her body shook with pain. She was practically draped over Noah's arms at this point, her head resting against his chest as she shook. When she knew it was completely out, she pulled back a bit and looked at Noah; her brow full of sweat and her face red from the pain she had just gone through. She quickly pulled back from her close encounter with him and leaned her head against the wall to regain her breath.
Raven performed what spells she knew to try and slow down the bleeding and a mild pain-relieving charm until they could get her some proper help.
"Come on, let's try to get you up," Raven said as she put one of Ember's arms over her shoulders.
Noah grabbed the other side and helped her stand. She swayed there for a moment before leaning against the wall; blood dripping down her side as she tried to apply pressure. The tips of her copper strands were covered in blood as it laid against her wounded body. He quickly walked over to one of the busted cabinets and started digging through one of the drawers for something.
He made his way back over to her with a syringe in hand. "This will give your powers a boost." He said as he ripped the cap off with his teeth and gently grabbed her upper arm. He locked eyes with her again. "Let's get to your family and get the fuck out of here," he said before he stuck the needle in her arm.
The reaction was instant as adrenaline filled Ember's body from head to toe. She felt the warmth fill her veins as her powers surfaced and a bright orange-color glimmered in her eyes. All pain she felt was put aside as she let the flames engulf her body and she burst from the room and through the halls as this blazing ball of flames.
Scorpius looked at his watch again, his heart was racing as his mind went over the plan again in his head to make sure he had the times right.
"Are you sure they were supposed to be here already?" Draco asked him.
Scorpius silently nodded, afraid to speak as fear filled his body.
"They will be here," Aurora reassured them. "They probably just got caught up in something, who knows what kind of things Adwell has in this place."
"Ok, let's go," Hermione called from around the corner as they all quickly followed her down the long hall.
Just as they thought they had an opening to get up to the next level, they ran into more of Adwell's men. They went to quickly run back the other way when more of them made their way through the other door and had them surrounded on both sides.
"It's over! Give up now or die!" One of the men yelled out, his wand gripped firmly and pointed at them along with every other guard.
The eruption of flames that burst through the door down the hall and glided along the walls and floors made Scorpius breathe a sigh of relief. Every man Ember flew past was engulfed in flames and as she zoomed over his head he could feel something wasn't right. He watched her fiery flames take out the rest of Adwell's men and cleared the way for them to get to the next floor. They were halfway up the next flight of stairs when they met Noah and Raven on the way up.
"You guys ok?" Hermione asked them.
They exchanged a quick look before nodding.
"What's wrong? What happened?" Scorpius demanded as he grabbed Noah by the shirt with clenched fists.
Noah just stared at him for a moment. "It's Jake... he was the fuckin spy. He's working for my father." He said the last part in almost a whisper.
Scorpius' grip on Noah loosened, a look of shock covering his face as he locked eyes with Noah. They both could tell their minds went straight to Ember and the devastation she must be filled with. Scorpius moved his mouth a few times, but nothing would come out.
Silence filled the stairwell at the news about Jake. It was not just the ultimate betrayal to Ember but to all of them as well. They grew close to Jake and he played them this whole time.
"What about Riley? It showed she was supposed to be on this floor?" asked Raven. Her voice cutting through the silence.
"We looked; every room is empty," Eve reassured her. "We have to keep moving." She said leading the way.
"Come on," Draco said to Scorpius as he lighted patted his shoulder. "Stay focused, right?" he said to him.
Scorpius looked at him for a moment before he finally nodded and followed the rest of them up the stairs.
"We only have a few more floors and then Kingsley and Matthew are supposed to be waiting for us to Portkey off the island," Eve stated as they followed Ember's fiery trail up to the next few floors.
They had finally reached the top floor where everything was quiet; an eerie feeling filled the air around them. They looked out into the wide-open room and looked for any trace of Adwell's men or any of his experiments. Ember's fiery form finally came to a stop as she hit the ground hard and slid across the tiled floor.
She pushed herself as hard as she could, she didn't want to give up, but her body was failing her. She picked herself up on shaky legs as she grabbed her side where she could feel the blood soaking through her clothes. She could hardly see through the blood that spilled from her head and into her eye. She barely took a step forward before she felt herself falling. All she felt was a pair of arms catch her and the feel of them was so familiar. It was a feeling she missed more than anything in the world and when her vision came back into focus for a moment she knew why.
"D-Dad?" she choked out in barely a whisper before she latched onto him.
Draco grabbed her to him, he could feel her body trembling in his arms.
She completely fell apart in his embrace, all the pressure she felt to keep her siblings safe suddenly faded. She couldn't explain it, but she felt safe now even though she knew she was near death and they weren't even free of this place yet.
"Please don't let me go... please don't leave me." She cried as she buried her face in his chest.
"I won't, I got you... I'm here now." He choked out as his emotions surfaced. "You're ok now." He pulled back a bit to look at her pale bruised face. His hands and clothes already stained with the blood of his child. "Don't you leave me though, ok? You're going to be fine."
She gave a small nod as her lips trembled; any color left in them faded. "I-I'm tired... I'm so tired." She whispered as her rapid breathing started to slow down. "I... I'm just... just going to cl-close my eyes for a... bit." She said in small short breaths.
Draco gave her a hard shake, the tears in his eyes finally spilling down his face as he feared he'd lose her. He pulled her limp body closer to him. "You promise me you'll wake up." He demanded from her as he looked down at her half-opened eyes, one of his tears hitting her face.
She looked up at him and gave the slightest of nods. "I... pr... prom-"
Draco just stared down at her, a look of horror on his face. He felt for her pulse and it was faint, so faint he wasn't even sure if he really felt one or if his mind was messing with him again.
"You'll be happy she's dead when I get through with you all." Came a voice from across the room.
Draco looked up towards the voice. The first thing his eyes took in was the doors to outside and then they fell on Adwell. A coldness filled his veins at the sight of him and the anger and emotion he felt had the floor beneath him iced over in seconds.
Draco just turned to everyone behind him, a sneer like none other etched on his face. "Let's kill this fucker already."
A/N: I know, I know, I know there was a shocker in there. Please don't be mad! The idea for Jake was planted from the beginning but I did go back and forth on it for a while, especially when the two characters connected so well, but I guess it just made for a better betrayal in the end. I'm dying to hear what you guys think about this chapter so please review!
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