Ron checked Hermione's pulse and after a few seconds Ron found her pulse albeit, weak. He sighed in relief as her eyelids fluttered open showing him her beautiful brown eyes, making him smile at her. She smiled back weakly as he leaned down to kiss her forehead lightly then whispered in her ear, "Thank god, you're okay." Agent Knight kissed Hermione's cheek before helping her to her feet, then let Hermione lean on him for support as they walked over to Harry and Ginny who were almost finish disarming the bomb. "How are you two doing with the bomb?" Ron asked the two as Hermione placed a hand on her forehead as she felt a headache coming. Harry was deciding which wire he should cut, when a female machine voice spoke, "1 minute" and their eyes widened.
"Harry, hurry up!" Ginny urged Harry, who picked the red wire to cut, thus caused the bomb timer to freeze. They all sighed in relief. "Well done, Harry." Ginny hugged Harry then gave him a kiss that made Ron pretend to be sick as Hermione giggled at Ron's action and then lightly scolded him.
"Ron don't-" she was cut off by Ron's warm, soft lips on hers and she couldn't help to kiss him back as he wrapped his hands around her waist, pulling her closer to him. Hermione stood on her tiptoes as he wrapped her arms around Ron's neck when suddenly his phone rang, causing Ron to groan in annoyance while Hermione giggled. They had to break apart but Ron still had one of his strong arms around her waist as the other one answered the phone.
"Hello? Yes Harry and Ginny stopped the bomb...okay I understand...bye." He ended the call then put his phone in his pocket and wrapped his other arms around Hermione's waist, hugging her tightly. "Harry that was HQ… they will get the bomb and dispose of it." Harry nodded. "Now for the bad news...the Malfoys got away and hid out somewhere in Alaska and now we are asked to find them and arrest them." Ron explained as Harry nodded then Ron turned to Ginny and said, "Are you going to be alright here?" Ginny nodded before she and Harry got in the elevator and went downstairs, leaving the two alone. Ron smiled at Hermione who smiled back. "Want to go to America with us?" Hermione nodded and hugged Ron.
"Yes...I want to help you guys." Ron's smile dropped and shook his head, making Hermione confused. "What? Why not Ron?" She demanded an answer from Ron who sighed and kissed her forehead before speaking.
"I will never forgive myself if you hurt yourself...but if you promise that if it gets too dangerous, you will get out of there to safety…alright?" Hermione thought for a moment and nodded, causing Ron to sigh and said, "Then you may help us." She hugged Ron as thank you. "Come on- let's go and get some sleep."
The next day, blue orbs opened and looked around the room to a digital clock beside the bedtime table. It read seven o'clock in the morning. Ron painfully and gingerly got up; due to the injury he got from his fight at the airport, he was walking rather slowly. When he got to the living room, he found Hermione eating a fruit salad for breakfast as she was reading a book about Alaska. He walked over to her and then clapped his large strong hands, scaring her. "Morning Miss Granger! How are you?" Ron asked Hermione, as she placed a hand over heart and said,
"You nearly gave me a heart attack Ron!" She used her other hand to punch Ron's arm causing him to chuckle before kissing her on the lips. Hermione's anger melted away as she started kissing him
back when someone's cough made them part. With blushes on their faces, they looked at Ginny who wore a smirk as she went over to the fridge to get a tall glass of milk.
"Looks like you two are having a good morning." Ginny teased them causing them blush further in embarrassment making Ron's little sister laugh. She then became serious. "Ron... I will make sure that DARK hasn't planted anymore bombs here in Paris. Ron… make the Malfoys pay-pay for what they did to our family." Ginny's brother nodded as he gave her a brotherly hug when Ginny's cell phone started ringing. She went to answer it while Ron got some breakfast as Hermione kept reading about Alaska. Ginny then came back into the room with a smile on her face.
"Who was that Gin?" Ron asked Ginny before taking a spoonful of cereal.
"Fred and George." She said happily making Ron smile at his brother's names. "They will meet you at the airport then take you to LA HQ to give you things that you will need. Hermione, your parents are there too, and I know you want to see them." Hermione smiled and was excited at the prospect of seeing her parents again after what happened to her.
"When's the next flight to America?" Hermione asked the Weasley siblings, who shrugged as Ron got out his white Apple MacBook pro to search the airports timetables. He found the flight information for the next flight to America.
"The next flight is at eight tonight- it takes ten and a half hours... so we'll be in America at six in the morning." Hermione nodded then looked at the nearby clock and saw it was six thirty, noting that their flight would be leaving in another hour and a half. "Hermione go and pack so we can also get ready." Hermione did what she was told and went to her room and started to pack the essentials she needed for America, while Ron booked their plane tickets. As Ron was paying for their tickets, Ginny spoke, "You are so in love with her Ron..." She commented to her brother, who smiled shyly at his sister; "and I can see that she is in love with you as much as you love her." Ron smiled at Ginny and kissed her forehead as thank you and to show Ginny some brotherly love, before heading to his room to pack his bags for their impending journey.
"Hermione are you ready? Our flight leaves in an hour!" Ron shouted from the bottom of the stairs, holding his backpack and black suitcase that had the ANGELS logo. Hermione came down the stairs with a black handbag on her shoulder and was pulling a navy suitcase that also had the ANGELS logo. "Come on- let's go!" Ginny walked them out her door.
"Wait, where is Harry?" Hermione asked as Ron loaded their stuff into Ginny's car, a red Ford Focus. Ron then opened one of the back seat doors for Hermione. As she got in, Ron answered her question.
"He'll need to finish something here in Paris, and then we'll see him at LA HQ." Hermione nodded and understood as she buckled her seatbelt as Ron sat in the driver's seat, while Ginny sat in the passenger's seat. Ron started the car and started driving to the airport. When they arrived, Ron parked the car and then they all got out of the car with Ginny saying goodbye to Hermione, whilst Ron was getting their suitcases and bags out the vehicle. The two girls were hugging as Ginny whispered in Hermione's ear,
"Make sure you have fun, okay? Ronald is lucky to have you and I know he won't let you go." Hermione blushed a little bit at her comment before whispering back thank you to her. Then Ron came over and gave his sister a tight hug who then whispered into her brother's ear, "Let her go and I will kill you." She warned Ron as he gulped loudly before replying,
"I won't let her go…Ginny, I promise." Ron and Ginny parted with smiles on their faces as Ron then kissed Ginny's forehead. "Goodbye Gin- see you later." Ron and Hermione said goodbyes as they started to make their way to the airport.
On the plane, Hermione was reading a book whilst Ron was sleeping peacefully near the aisle seat. After a while, she needed to use the bathroom which meant she had to walk past Ron. The space between him and the chair in front of him was quite small so she had to be careful moving. Hermione tried to be quiet and silent as possible, but she tripped over something causing herself to fall on Ron who woke up with a sleepy smile on his face. "Hey- is everything alright Hermione?" He asked worriedly to Hermione, who smiled sheepishly at him, angry at herself for waking him up.
"I was just going to the bathroom...I kind of tripped over something...sorry, I didn't mean to wake you." Ron shook his head then kissed her on the forehead and said,
"It's alright...I don't mind." Ron commented as Hermione got off Ron and walked to the bathroom. After a few minutes, Hermione returned from the restroom; her protector moved back so she had enough space for her to get back in her seat. Ron was about to sleep again when the little girl sitting in front of them looked over the seat. He smiled at her causing the little girl to blush and shyly smile at Ron before sitting back in her seat. Hermione lightly nudged her boyfriend's arm and said teasingly,
"Looks like someone has a crush on you Ronald." She had a smirk on her face while Ron just playfully shrugged and closed his eyes to get some more sleep. Hermione continued reading her book while almost everyone was asleep. Hermione looked at the clock and saw it was late and she too, was now finally feeling sleepy. She put her book in her handbag and closed her eyes to get some sleep. She turned her head and placed it on one of Ron's broad shoulders and quickly sleep claimed her.
"We are nearing Los Angeles everyone, please stay seated, as we will be arriving exactly at six." The pilot announced to the passengers who started waking up, while Hermione was still fast asleep. Ron stared at his girlfriend who was sleeping peacefully on his broad shoulder and smiled. When the plane started to descend, Ron woke Hermione up, hating to do it but had to get her ready to get off the plane. Ron kissed Hermione's forehead causing her to move, but turned back to sleep. Ron rolled his eyes then leaned over and whispered in her ear,
"Hermione, I'm sorry love, but you need to wake up." Hermione groaned as she opened her beautiful brown eyes and sleepily smiled at Ron as he kissed her forehead once more.
When the plane fully landed, Ron and Hermione left to retrieve their bags on the conveyer belt. While they were waiting, someone shouted "RON" causing the two to turn around and saw identical twins with bright red hair and mischievous green eyes.
"Fred! George!" Ron hugged the two who laughed and hugged him back. "How you two been?" Ron asked his older brothers, who just grinned at Ron then looked at Hermione who was getting their bags. Ron walked over to her smiling. "Here, let me help you Hermione." Ron helped her as the twins walked over to give some assistance. Then one of them took Hermione's hand, kissing it.
"I'm Fred and that's my twin George… of course, your protector is our idiot brother, Ron." He joked making Ron frown as Hermione smiled and shook hands.
"I'm Hermione Granger- nice to meet you both." Fred and George smiled as all the Weasley brothers carried Ron and Hermione's bags before leading the two to their transport. The twins brought them to HQ where Ron and Hermione were given breakfast before going to the briefing room. Hermione sat on one of the leather chairs, while Ron was staring out the window that displayed Los Angeles. Both were waiting patiently as the twins told Hermione they had a surprise.
The metal door opened, showing Mr and Mrs Granger. "Hermione!" Their daughter jumped from the leather chair and hugged her parents, making Ron smile at the family moment. "I hope Agent Knight has been taking good care of you." Hermione nodded happily.
"He's been great mum." Ron nodded and excused himself from the room to allow the family moment among the three Grangers. When he was out of the room, he started to prepare for his Alaska mission to stop DARK from planting more bombs that would wreak havoc on the world. Ron was packing his bag pack with equipment when he felt slender warm arms wrap around his waist, making him smile; he turned around to see Hermione with a sad smile making him sigh as he wrapped his strong arms around her waist to pull her close to him. Kissing her forehead, he wanted to know what was troubling his girlfriend.
"Hey, why the sad face?" He asked Hermione who burrowed her head into Ron's strong chest as he hugged her tighter. Hermione muttered something, but Ron heard her.
"Let me come with you." Ron sighed before kissing her bushy brown hair. "I love you." Ron's eyes widened in surprise, then broke into a smile saying,
"I love you too and that is why I can't risk you getting hurt Hermione... please…stay here with your parents." She shook her head and looked up from Ron's chest with tears in her eyes causing Ron to sigh again as he wiped her tears with his thumbs. "Please, Hermione… promise me." Hermione nodded as she crossed her fingers before Ron leaned down to kiss her on the lips, which she was happy to reciprocate. After a few seconds, there was a cough causing them to break apart. They turned to see Mr Granger with a large smirk on his face as they created space between them.
"Hermione, your mother wants to talk to you sweetheart." Mr Granger told Hermione who was blushing hard like Ron who just continued packing his stuff quietly. When Hermione left, Jonathan clamped a large hand on the red haired spy's broad shoulder making him gulp loudly thus making Hermione's father smile at him. "So, I see you have a taken a liking to my daughter?" Ron just nodded and lowered his head as if he were waiting for a punch. But then Ron heard a laugh from Mr
Granger. "I'm glad it was you, Ron, that my daughter has chosen…but promise me that you will protect her." Ron smiled and nodded. "Come, I want to show you something that I have been working on." He showed his daughter's boyfriend his new invention. "Use it to defeat DARK." Ron smiled and nodded.
Ron entered the vehicle room to get ready to travel to Alaska which was a very long drive. He met Harry there. "Hey mate." Ron and Harry shook hands. As they were shaking hands, Ron noticed that Harry was acting a bit strange. "Come on- let's get to Alaska." Ron got in his father's dark blue ford mustang, while Harry used his own car as the two started driving to Alaska.
The two were communicating by screens that were located where the radio would be normally. Ron still curious to know why Harry was acting this way decided that Harry was hiding something. When they were close to their location, Ron had enough of Harry evading his question as to why he was being so secretive. "Alright Harry, what's up? You have been acting strangely ever since we left… spill!" Ron ordered Harry, who sighed and told him to pull over. When the two cars pulled over, Harry got out of his car and opened the back seat door to allow someone out. There standing was Hermione, who wore a sheepish small smile on her face. Ron frowned and got out of the car, his face red with anger as he walked over to Harry and Hermione. "What the bloody hell are you doing here!" Hermione and Harry winced at the harsh tone of his voice. "Harry why did you bring her!" Ron shouted at his friends who put his hands up in defence.
"Sorry mate but she forced me." Ron closed his eyes, sighing deeply as he ran his hands through his red hair in frustration saying
"Harry get in your car and go to one of the safe houses nearby." Harry nodded and got inside his car and drove to the safe house, while Ron grabbed Hermione's hand and literally dragged her towards his car. Still angry at Hermione Ron turned on her. "I can't believe you! I told you to stay with your parents...I promised your dad that I would protect you...arrggh." Ron walked about rubbing his forehead while Hermione just watched. Then Ron walked over and pinned Hermione between him and his car. "I'll drop you off at the safe house and you will stay there, understand?" Hermione bit her lip and shook her head.
"NOO Ron I want to help...please let me help you." Hermione begged, making Ron angrier who shook his head. "Please Ron! I can take care of myself...please… let me help." Ron clamped both of his hands roughly on her shoulders.
"Hermione- listen to me… you are NOT coming with us. I don't want to see you get hurt." Hermione got angry then slapped Ron.
"I'm not fragile Ron...I will not break into a million pieces...whether you like it or not...I will be going to Alaska to help you." Ron still shook his head as Hermione frowned and looked on the road and sat in the middle waiting for a car to run her over.
"Hermione get out of there." Hermione remained where she was sitting. "Hermione...I'm warning you- get off the road!" Suddenly, there was a truck coming from the horizon. "There's a truck coming...get out of the way!" Hermione looked at the vehicle and then back at Ron.
"Say I can come with you guys!" Ron grit his teeth as the truck came closer and closer towards them. The truck driver honked his horn trying to make Hermione move but she didn't budge an inch. Ron knew that she wasn't going to move, so he ran to her and tackled her on the other side of the road as the truck driver shouted as he drove past them,
"YOU CRAZY KIDS!" Ron let out a sigh in relief while Hermione was about to sit on the road again. Finally, Ron made a decision and grabbed Hermione's hand.
"FINE you can come with us...but, please stop trying to kill yourself." Hermione smiled while Ron just muttered under his breath. Hermione could only understand him calling her "crazy woman." Ron opened the passenger door for her before he got into the driver's seat to take off to their destination. While he was driving, he got his cell phone out and called Harry. "Hey mate, change of plan… looks like we have another person on this mission." Ron glared at Hermione who just grinned at him. "Alright, just meet you at the rally point then, bye." He ended the call and put his phone in his pocket and continued driving.
When they finally arrived, Ron and Harry parked their cars outside an old factory. They got out of the cars with their backpacks in tow. Then Ron frowned towards the two who smiled sheepishly at Ron as Harry went around the back of the warehouse while Ron walked over to Hermione. She gulped loudly and closed her eyes waiting for Ron's rules about keeping safe when she felt him kiss her forehead and whispered, "Stay safe." Hermione nodded then felt Ron put something in her hands. She looked down and saw it was his M9 gun. "This is filled with shock bullets and here are some magazines." Hermione nodded as Ron gave her a quick kiss on the lips, their foreheads touching. Ron then pulled out his chain that had five names of his deceased family members and put the chain on Hermione's neck. "Take this- dad, mum, Bill, Charlie and Percy will protect you." Hermione nodded, wanting to know more about his family life. "I promise after this is all over that I will tell you anything you want to know… come on- let's go." He grabbed her small warm hand and anxiously entered the factory, not knowing what danger could be lurking on the other side.