"BLOODY HELL!" Elizabeth shouted. He could hear something like swearing over the bangs and cracks but not very well. He was impressed by their vocabulary, and thought it might even be Elizabeth… ELIZABETH! Where was she? He had been vaguely aware of fighting a Death Eater but now he was fighting to kill. Or maim. Either one would work. "SIRIUS! JUST STUN THEM-DON'T KILL!" he heard his former best friend shout. "STUPIFY!"he yelled and BANG the attackers were both on ground.
"Good, now we can interrogate them."Elizabeth said breathing hard.
"Um, Elizabeth. That one's not moving."
"Oh shit" She said, staring. Sirius actually thought she looked quite pretty right now, in sweats with her tongue sticking out in concentration and wisps of hair falling out of her ponytail.
"Yeah, way to follow your own rules. 'Just stun them, Sirius.' She said 'Don't kill' and now her guy's dead. Oh, the irony." Sirius mocked .
"Just tie him up. Let's see what he knows." She dragged him over to a chair where she magically bound him. Wordlessly, she pointed her wand at the man. He was a small fat balding man who was obviously an alcoholic. They could smell the stale beer on his breath. 'Perfect' Elizabeth thought. 'Just perfect.'
"AAAACCCKKK" he coughed. "You tryin' to bloody murder me?" he asked. Then, catching sight of his already dead friend, he swore profusely. "Bleedin' KIDS. He told us it would be easy. Said it'd be a two second job. Pop in, kill two greenies, pop out. No harm done. 'Couple of kids, no problem at all.' Said that he did."
With a wave of Sirius' wand, he fell silent. The teenagers had heard enough. Soundlessly, Elizabeth unbound him. He waddled over to where is companion laid on the floor and was immediately gone, taking the guy with him.
"Glad that's over" Sirius said, mostly to lighten the mood. Elizabeth turned to stare at him. She shook her head at him. Her face was pale and tired. She went up to her room and shut the door. She stayed there all afternoon. In the meantime, Sirius wrote a letter, read, even tried to figure out how to work a cell phone. But after the 30th time it said "Say a command" he finally admitted to himself that he couldn't concentrate, not when Lizzie was scared and alone and worried upstairs. So, finally he went to try and rouse her.
"Elizabeth. You have to come eat." He said through the door.
"No."
"I'm not going away." There was a pause, then the door opened and he smiled. They were actually halfway through dinner when he got annoyed at the silence. "Look. I don't know what the hell your problem is but-"
"Didn't you hear what he said?" she demanded.
"Huh"
"The guy we caught. Didn't you hear what he said?"
"Yeah. He told us 'Said it be easy didn't he' Thought he was a bit mad, if you want to know the truth."
"Exactly. Didn't he. Didn't he." She said quietly.
"Now I think you're mad. So what? It doesn't mean anything." He remarked.
"Yes it does, you idiot. It means that somebody put him up to it. Somebody wants us dead."
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