Prologue
Author note: spoilers for 01x09: Planets Aligned. Pretty much the entire episode. And I am using dialogue from the episode. This story is the fourth in the Magical Flashpoint series. It follows "Proving Ground – Flashpoint Edition".
Although all original characters belong to me, I do not own Flashpoint, Harry Potter, Narnia, or Merlin.
Team One advanced on the two story house, weapons raised and ready.
"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make heaven of hell, hell of heaven," a girl in a closet chanted to herself.
Jules and Sam raced down the side path of the house.
Inside the house a man stared at the alarm panel as it beeped and lit up. Side Path, West.
"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make heaven of hell, hell of heaven."
Sam and Jules reached the back drive and a gate next to the attached garage.
The alarm panel beeped twice. Back Drive. Side Gate, East. The man stared, tension building. Riiinngg. As the phone wailed, the man turned toward it, realization crystallizing into decision.
"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make heaven of hell, hell of heaven."
The man stared at the ringing phone but did not answer. Outside, Sergeant Greg Parker let out his frustration in a hiss of, "Come on, pick up the phone."
Team One forced the garage open, rolling under the half-open door.
On the phone, the man growled, "I swear to God, I will kill her and I will take you down."
"The mind is its own place, and in itself…"
The closet door opened, the man standing there. "Penny?"
"No!" the girl shrieked in fear.
As she looked up at the man, he said grimly, "It's time."
