Jugson stirred and as he became conscious the first thing he felt was the pain in his arms that were mangled. He then looked up and found the green eyes of the Boy-Who-Lived staring at him.
"Jugson right?" Harry asked.
Jugson didn't answer as his eyes swept the area in search of help or a way out. As they did, they came to rest on remains of his wand. A feeling of hatred washed over him. "When my Master..." He started.
"Voldyshorts?" Harry asked. "The half-blooded piece of shit that can't even beat a fourteen year old kid?" He drew a little closer as he kept his wand pointed at the Death Eater. "I think you were planning on killing us weren't you?" He asked menacingly. "So I should kill you first."
Jugson paled as the wand came closer to him.
"Call out to me," Harry instructed his wife.
"Wha..." Hermione started but then yelled. "HARRY, DON'T!"
Harry whirled as if startled by the yell. When he did, Jugson did exactly what Harry had hoped he'd do. He rolled to his feet grunting with the pain of his arms and dashed toward the open doorway and his freedom. Harry watched him go, watched another Death Eater disappear into the Veil that had taken his Godfather's life.
"Almost too easy," Harry said as the Death Eater disappeared.
"Not feeling guilty are you Harry?" Neville asked as he came out of his hiding spot.
"No," Harry admitted. "I heard them, they wanted to kill us and would have," He took a deep breath and said. "I want..." He stopped as he felt his mirror heat up. It was the signal from Sirius. "Order's coming," he said. "And there are still three unaccounted for and one of those is Malfoy," He turned and started up the path. "I'm going looking for them. Neville, you take my spot. Luna you take Neville's," He said and the two teens moved immediately.
"Be careful," Hermione said as her husband came near her.
"Aren't I always?" Harry asked innocently.
Hermione rolled her eyes and leaned to kiss him. "We already got most of them so we don't need to take any chances."
"I want Malfoy," Harry replied.
Hermione nodded as she watched Harry throw on his invisibility cloak.
Harry slipped out the door and as it closed, the room started to spin. When it stopped, Harry was happy to see the marks were still on the door. He quickly slipped through the Time room door, planning on retracing the original path. As the door closed behind him he knew the Death Eaters were down to only two. Mulciber was lying next to the shattered Bell Jar. The brain Hermione had thrown at him had its tentacles wrapped tightly around his neck. Harry felt no emotions as he looked at the bulging lifeless eyes staring back at him. "Mulciber is dead," He said to Hermione. "That leaves only Malfoy and Nott."
"How?"
"Not sure, but he's got the brain on him," Harry replied hoping his wife didn't feel guilty. "More than likely one of his friends stunned him or maybe even killed him like Jugson did LeStrange."
"Don't worry Harry. I'm fine," Hermione replied as she realized what he wasn't saying. "Go find the other two."
Harry left the Time room and started going from room to room. Finally in the Brain room he found the last two Death Eaters. As soon as he opened the door they both turned and pointed their wands at it.
"It's Potter," Malfoy snarled. "He's got some kind of invisibility cloak."
Harry just moved out of the way in time as two stunners streaked through the door.
"Wouldn't want me to drop the prophecy would you Malfoy," Harry yelled and then bolted for the door marked with the P. As he entered the room he scrambled into the spot next to Hermione and they waited.
The door opened slowly and it was a full two seconds later that Malfoy and Nott slipped into the room with their wands at the ready. Their attention was quickly drawn to the struggling man down the path lying next to Crabbe with his mangled legs.
"What? It's Rookwood and Crabbe," Nott said in alarm as he started toward the other two Death Eaters.
"Wait!" Malfoy commanded as he reached out for Nott's arm. "Something's not right," Lucius said as he looked around. "I got a tour of this place last year from Fudge and I don't remember this room."
"We've got to help Rookwood," Nott said pulling free of Malfoy's grasp. "He's about to die," He indicated the red-faced man struggling with both hands and just barely keeping the tentacled creature from choking him..
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