Daniel had been silent the entire time he mended Ginny's arm. He was silent as they gathered the bound wizards and disapparated from the rooftop. He didn't say a word as they carried the Dark Wizards to a small holding cell, chaining them to small cots. In the briefing room, Alexis was thrilled.
"So sorry about Jarred. He was a fine soldier and friend," he had said, not seeming to care at all. He asked for the wizards to be brought foward. So Harry, Ginny, and Daniel brought them foward, bound with magically conjured ropes.
"Pleasure to see you again Alexis," the slashed and bloodied cat-eyed one spat.
"A pleasure as always Joshua. Ah, and you as well Hector, and Terrance. I must say, you really have done a job on those muggles."
All four of them burst into laughter. Harry was disgusted that Alexis could laugh at the deaths of hundreds with these horrible men. Harry decided to interupt their cruel laughter.
"So that's it then isn't it? You've got your guys, we can go now, right?" Harry said, already taking Ginny's arm and pulling her to the door.
They had nearly reached it when it slammed shut, a golden shimmer appearing around the frame.
"Ah, but wouldn't you prefer to witness these felons punishments?" Alexis said nastily.
Harry paused.
"Punishments? You're going to arrest them aren't you? I don't really care-"
"Not arrest them! Heavens no! Come here now Potter!"
Harry felt himself and Ginny being pulled backwards toward the table. Against their will, they spun around.
"Time for a show. We'll all take turns shall we?" Alexis said, raising his wand at the rogue agent in the center, Joshua.
Daniel looked surprised, but said nothing.
"Crucio!" he cried, and Joshua's smile was wiped away, replaced with agonizing pain.
He screamed and twisted on the floor. Alexis showed no sign of letting up, grinning wickedly.
"Stop it! That's inhuman!" Ginny screamed.
Alexis withdrew his wand, looking up in a sort of happy surprise. Ginny had never argued him before, only Harry.
"But Mrs. Potter, don't you like it? This is meager punishment for the lives they have ended, no?"
"Holding someone prisoner is one thing. Torture is another," Ginny spat furiously.
Inside, Harry cheered her on. Even Daniel seemed awestruck by the situation.
"Have you ever had a taste of the cruciatus curse Mrs. Potter? It's not nearly as bad as you think. Example. Crucio!" Another of the rogue agents took the curse full on, howling in pain, thrashing violently on the floor.
"Stop it! STOP!" Ginny screamed, tears running down her face.
Harry didn't blame her. The sight was terrible. He was shocked and disgusted. He had known Alexis had been cruel, but not like this.
"Please Mrs. Potter, shut up and watch! You'll grow to enjoy it I swear!" Alexis yelled, his voice thundering across the room.
Harry stepped foward.
"Don't talk to her like that!" he yelled, becoming very hostile.
Alexis laughed happily at the uprising. Then he turned. One by one, green flashes flew from his wand, and the three agents dropped like stones to the metal floor, cold and dead.
"Don't you understand a thing Potter? Death is just a release. The real tragedy comes in the form of pain, and loss. Or, watching others in pain," he said, grinning, as he turned his wand on Daniel, performing another cruciatus curse.
Daniel screamed and collapsed. Harry and Ginny instantly shot foward, lunging for the American Minister. He broke the curse and turned to them, waving his wand. With a bang, they were frozen in place, unable to move their legs. Harry's wand was unreachable in his pocket, Ginny's had rolled a few feet to the right.
"What are you doing?" Harry asked in disbelief.
"Don't you get it yet Potter? The isolation? I never told your family you were alive. I told them you had died weeks ago! That your bodies were being shipped home at the end of the month! Ah, the joy. I wanted you myself Potter. A test. I had always aspired to Tom Marvolo Riddle. He was somewhat of an equal to me. Those men-"
he paused, pointing at the three dead agents, "were acting under my orders. I wanted to see what you were capable of Mr. Potter, and now, I must ask you for something else. Where is the Elder Wand?"
Harry saw it now. It was never about the deaths. It was the Elder Wand, the wand who's power should, according to how it had acted before, be transferred to Alexis, if he took Harry's wand, or disarmed him. That hadn't happened yet, however.
"Gone!" Harry said quickly.
Alexis laughed.
"If I kill you, Harry Potter, the wand will transfer its powers to me. But what good is that if I don't know where you've hidden it? No, you'll lead me to the wand," Alexis smiled coldly, obviously quite pleased with himself.
Many thoughts raced through Harry's mind. Thoughts that he should have know history would catch up with him eventually, that someone would obviously want control of the Elder Wand, the wand that would not allow Voldemort to kill him during the battle of Hogwarts, because Harry had mastered it, after it was passed unknowingly to Draco Malfoy, who's wand Harry had taken by force. This had given him the wands control, and the Elder Wand would not kill its master, thus when Voldemort had attempted to kill him with it, the wand had instead backfired, killing Voldemort instead.
"You won't get it. I won't give it to you!" Harry yelled, his voice faltering a bit.
"No? Perhaps this will persuade you," Alexis said, a gleam in his eye that showed he was ready to kill.
He turned his wand to Ginny, who looked up at him, fear flooding her eyes and her face growing much paler than usual, revealing every freckle on her face. Harry screamed and twisted in his binds, desperately trying to block Ginny, but to no avail.
"AVADA..."
A/n: Omg what will happen to Ginny? And did anyone see all that coming? Find out what happens next chapter!