A/N: I made a few mistakes in the last chapter and the only big thing that need to be fixed was the agent number. It's agent 462 not 432. Sorry, if I confused you! My mistake.

Chapter 10 - Clocks

April 2030

Hugo found Cyrilla staring at the TV set he had in the living room. He set down some food in front of her as she continued to stare at the screen as it played some drama series. Leora was upstairs sound asleep.

"I take it you never have seen a TV before."

"No." Cyrilla said as the show went to a commercial. "It's very fascinating and very addicting." Hugo chuckled.

"Yeah, it can do that to you." He said scratching his head. "The first time I got it. I stared at the thing all day and flipping through channels. I was overly obsessed with watching it and Leora likes the kid shows." Cyrilla smiled.

"I bet she does, what kid wouldn't like this thing." Cyrilla smiled at Hugo then she looked down at the plate in front of her.

"What's this?" She asked.

"Dinner." Hugo said shrugging a bit.

"You made me dinner?" She asked.

"It's what I do. I'm a father, remember?"

"Yeah, but I could have made it."

"Nonsense. You're cooking days are over. You don't have do anything you don't want to here."

"Wow, I really don't know what to say." Cyrilla said. "Well, actually there is one thing. I'll pay you back once I get a job."

"That really isn't necessary."

"Why not? As long as I'm living here it's only best that I do something productive for you. I'm like barging into your life."

"I wouldn't call it that." Hugo said. "I really don't mind." Cyrilla smiled at him. She felt so lucky to have found someone like Hugo to help her out in her time of need and a handsome fellow at that. Hugo smiled back at her.

Then there was a knock at the door.

"Hope it's not the police." Cyrilla joked. Hugo opened the door and there stood Albus Potter and his sister, Rose Weasley.

"Oh hey guys, what brings you here at this time of night?" He asked.

"Just thought I'd drop by to see how you're doing." Rose said. "Albus decided to tag along."

"Hey buddy." They gave each other a brotherly hug then Hugo hugged Rose and Rose kissed him on the cheek.

Rose looked and saw Cyrilla.

"Oh and who might this be?" As she eyed Hugo with a smug look. Cyrilla got up and smiled shyly at the two.

"Hi, um, I'm Cyrilla Lordingale. It's a pleasure to finally meet Hugo's sister and cousin. He had told me so many wonderful things about you two."

"Wow, I'm starting like her already." Al said nudging Rose. Rose smacked him on the arm.

"Ow, Rose." He muttered.

"So, you wouldn't happen to be related to Lorraine Lordingale? She went to school with us." Rose asked.

"Uh, she's my sister. She's three years older than me."

"Your sister, really? Wow." Rose gave Hugo a look, but Hugo narrowed her eyes at her when she did.

"So, did you just graduate from Hogwarts because I swear I don't remember seeing you graduate. I'm still learning names as Headmaster." Albus asked.

"Oh, um, no. I never went to Hogwarts?" She said looking down at her shoes.

"Oh, did you go to Beauxbatons then? I have an Aunt that attended there!" Rose asked excitedly.

"My sisters went there, but I never attended there either."

"Oh, then what other school is there?" Rose asked.

"I didn't attend any wizarding school. I'm a squib." Cyrilla said.

"Oh dear. I'm sorry if we pushed buttons or so." Rose said now feeling a bit sympathetic.

"It's quite alright. That's the reason I'm here. I met Hugo in Diagon Alley one day and he offered his home for Christmas Eve because my family went to a ball hosted by the Zabinis. I wasn't allowed so I came here."

"Because you're squib and they treat you like rubbish, right?" Albus asked. Cyrilla was about to open her mouth when Hugo stepped in.

"Alright, enough out of the two of you. She's been going through a tough time. She just ran away from home, well if its home that you call it?" Hugo looked at Cyrilla. She shrugged still feeling a bit guilty for 

running away in the first place. "Anyway all that matters now is that she can now actually make her own decisions." Hugo said.

"Sorry." Rose said embarrassed.

"Yeah, Sorry, Cyrilla. We didn't mean to intrude."

"No, it's ok. You're just curious." Albus and Rose both smiled weakly at her.

"Well, I'm glad you didn't turn out like your sister, Lorraine. She was a nightmare." Albus said. Cyrilla smiled that each one of them present shared a thing in common.

"Yeah I wonder how is Thor the Whore?" Rose asked Cyrilla.

"Thor…the whore?" Cyrilla repeated with a bit confusion.

"You don't know Thor? I used to go out with him until I caught him snogging Lorraine in 6th year."

"Oh, right. Thor… Lorraine mentioned him a few times that she stole him from someone else and how proud she was when she did. She really hated you." Cyrilla said. Rose looked away feeling a bit angry. "If it makes you feel better, they didn't stay together that long. It only lasted to 7th year with her like every other boyfriend she has ever had. She liked him a lot and it really helped her get over the fact that she was getting ignored by Scorpius Malfoy."

"Oh yeah, I forgot those two went out." Albus said. "Lorraine really screwed up Thor's and Scorpius' friendship." Albus scratched his head.

"Yeah now I believe Thor is working in the Ministry."

"He is? In what Department?"

"The detective one."

"The Auror Department?" Albus asked with his mouth hung open.

"Yes, that's one. I don't really know what he does there."

"He can't be an Auror!" Rose said quickly. "He would surely bring the place down and Scorpius wouldn't have had it."

"But Scorpius isn't there anymore. Isn't he held captive?" Hugo asked.

"By the Raidens, yes. We're on a mission to rescue him." Albus said. Rose giggled.

"You sound so cheesy, Albus." She said. "But back to Thor, I really don't see him as an Auror, unless…" Her eyes widened.

"Rose?" Albus asked. "Rose, come back to us."

"Oh, sorry. But that would be terrible." She said putting a hand to her mouth.

"What? What is terrible?" Cyrilla asked.

"What if Thor is the man called Sniper. I mean is so odd enough that he could ever go through with betraying Uncle harry and leading the Raidens, would it?"

"You know not that you've mentioned it, it does make sense a bit." Albus said.

"But why would you think Thor be the one of all the people you can consider."

"Well, he's supposedly young, around of age. He had to be a Slytherin because he's sly and cunning. Thor wasn't a bad student, he just was terrible at Charms either that he was only doing it so he can ask me out." Rose said.

"And you're leaving the last part out." Albus said.

"Oh, what did I leave out?" Rose asked.

"The part where he and Scorpius are enemies now. Scorpius is like a threat to him because must have found out what he was planning."

"I'm surprised they kept him alive then, if Thor hated him so much."

"They kept him alive to torture him of course. They will kill him in the end if we don't save him. I mean we are still his friends and he would do the same for us." Albus said. Rose nodded.

"Looks like you guys are on top of this. You know where he's at and you know who he is. But now it's the hard part, which is fighting." Cyrilla said. "You'll have to take down the whole group in order to get Scorpius out."

"But it's ok if you don't. At least you've tried." Hugo said bitterly.

"I forgot you always hated him." Rose half-whispered.

"I don't hate him. I just don't like him as a person. He can be a bit conceited ever since he saves people's lives. I don't like the idea of him being dead, but I hate it when he always comes out on top without even trying." Everybody nodded at his words.

"We should go." Albus said to Rose. "The quicker we go through with this the easier, it'll be for us to fight him." Rose nodded. They said their farewells and walked into the night without even a thought of what lied ahead for them.

Louis sat on his bed looking up at the ceiling. Not a thought in his mind. He was a bit bored for today was his day off.

"Louis!" His father called up the stairs.

"What?" He called back.

"There's someone here at the door for you." For him? Nobody ever comes and visits him. He thought. He slowly got off his bed and walked down the stairs as slowly as he could. He didn't want to think who it could be.

He reached the doorway and saw Duncan there. Oh for Merlin's sake not right now. He thought.

"Er, hey Duncan." He said awkwardly.

"Hey Louis. Do you mind if we talk somewhere private." Louis nodded. He really didn't want to have this conversation with him.

He knew what it was about. It was about their little kiss and he really didn't want to talk about nor did he want to hurt the poor fellow.

They reached a secluded spot on the beach.

"Er, so what did you want to talk about?" Trying to get the conversation over and done with.

"Look, that night at your house. I didn't mean to do that. I was pretty drunk that night and being gay and drunk is hard to control at that kind of moment so I'm sorry I caused problems for you. I heard that your girlfriend broke up with you and I feel really guilty about that."

"Eh, don't sweat it. It really wasn't going to last any longer anyway."

"Oh."

"So, is that the only reason you came here?"

"No, I came here because I need some help from a friend and you're the only person that would help me."

"Help you do what?" Louis asked squinting his eyes.

"Well, my family isn't really supportive of the whole gay and lesbian thing in our household. They don't know that I'm…" He found it hard to say it.

"Gay." Louis said for him.

"Yeah, gay. And there is a guy that I know of that wants to have a relationship with me, but my family doesn't support the whole relationship thing and they always loved seeing you and I was just hoping that you could probably…"

"Convince them or something?" Louis asked.

"Kind of. More like have my back, you know? I just don't know how to approach them. I need some guidance how to confront them."

"But I don't know how you want me to help? I mean what do you want me to say to them?"

"Well, if you were ever in this situation how would you tell your parents?" He asked.

"I don't know. I don't think I'd tell them unless the relationship is serious." Louis said scratching his head. He would have felt embarrassed to say that, but he knew that Duncan didn't care whether he was gay or not. He was only telling him the truth. It was Duncan for crying out loud.

"Yeah, so my mother has some idea of what I may be and she keeps trying to come up with ways to keep from seeing…well my boyfriend. Makes me sound like a girl doesn't it?" He asked.

"Ok, so let me get this straight. You want me to coach you in what you should say to your parents and then you want me to come with you when you're going to tell the real truth?"

"Yeah, will ya?"

"I guess I can help, but I don't know of what value I'll be, but shouldn't you be asking your, er, boyfriend?"

"I would if my family would let me see him again. His family is keeping me away from him too, but this is really what we want."

"Tell them that then."

"No, I need something more convincing. Something that would let them see eye to eye with me."

"Well then, I guess we've got a lot of things to work on, but yeah I'll help."

"Thank Louis."

"It's what friends do for each other, you know?"

"Absolutely."

"It certainly is huge." Rose said looking up at the face of Big Ben.

"Yeah." Albus agreed.

"I can't believe this is where he has been all this time." Rose said.

"I can't believe, we're the ones who are doing this and not anybody else."

"Oh relax, if we had back-up, they would surely escape and it'll defeat our purpose." Rose said.

"Right." Al said. "Well, let's go then. I think a storm might come soon and I don't want to get wet just yet."

"You know you can act such like a girl sometimes." Rose pointed out.

"At least I'm not afraid of thunderstorms and small rodents. Imagine that." Albus grinned at Rose. Rose smacked him on the arm as Albus chuckled.

"Don't test me, Al" Rose muttered.

"Alright, I say we head on in."

"Agreed." They snuck into the door marked 'Do Not Enter.'

"Lumos." Albus said in his head as his wand lit up. Rose copied him. They walked silently waiting for any sign of movement indicating they had found the right place.

Suddenly they heard horse laughing ahead.

"Nox." Albus said in his head as his light went out. Rose copied him. It took a little while for them to get used to the darkness, but it didn't last long when they saw a bunch of cloaked figures sitting around in a room in the clock tower.

Stairs winded up high above in the tower nest to where they sat. They were only joking around and playing card games. They were having a grand old time.

There were, however, a few who didn't want to join. Three were off by the sides either watching the game or just staring off into space.

There was one who was completely turned away from the others that were playing cards. He looked like he had no desire to join their fun time.

"What a threat." Albus whispered to Rose.

"I know, really." Rose whispered back. "You did bring the invisibility cloak, right?" Rose asked.

"Yeah, I have in my arms right now."

"Good." She said.

Albus watched as the man that secluded from everything got up to leave and walked toward the stairs.

"Oi, Sniper, where are you off to?" One of the Raidens asked from the table. The mask they had on their faces was hard to see because you couldn't see whether their mouths were moving or not.

"Up." He said darkly. It gave Albus a bit of shivers. Could this guy really be Thor Praisley? The one they knew from Hogwarts? He thought.

Thor had always had a dark nature around him, but he seemed to really carry his father's personality after all.

"Probably to sulk more." One of the Raidens muttered as they all chuckled. A spell shot right in the middle of their game and burned a hole in the middle of the table. They all looked up at Sniper with supposedly surprised looks.

"Darn, I missed." Sniper said and trudged up the stairs. The Raidens hunched more closely together looking afraid to talk. They started talking in hushed voices.

"Ok, I've got a plan." Rose whispered to Albus.

"About time. I was waiting for you to say so."

"I'll take the Invisibility Cloak and distract them. You go ahead and go after Sniper and find out what you need to find out. Just make sure he doesn't try and get back-up. I'll be keeping watch down here." Rose said.

"But Rose…"

"Oh, and you mustn't let him know who you are, Al. Keep your face hidden. Keep him guessing."

"Yeah, I know that."

"Ok, I'll distract them and you go up the stairs as silently as you can. I'll hold them off for as long as I can."

"But Rose, would if you get caught?"

"I won't."

"Rose, pranking and sneaking around is really not your thing."

"I know that I may not be the best at it, but it doesn't mean it doesn't run in the family. I have pulled a few tricks that you were never aware of." Albus still gave her a look. "Al, don't worry about me. If it is one thing you have told me a thousand times over is that I'm smart. I'll think my way through."

"Alright. If I'm not back, if I don't make it…"

"Al, stop it. You will! Find out as much as you can and I'll do the same. We'll contact each other when we're done." Albus nodded.

"Alright."

"Oh, Al, one more thing." Rose whispered.

"What?"

"Get him good for me." Albus smirked.

"Alright. Best of luck to you then." He said.

"To you too." They departed.

Rose took Al's Invisibility Cloak and flung it over herself. She moved out from their hiding spot with her wand in her hand.

She felt completely exposed because she kept forgetting she had the Invisibility Cloak on.

She started to crawl on the floor and she pointed her wand at one of the Raiden's shoes.

"Incendio." She spoke in her head. The guy's shoe lit on fire. She pushed herself back before the guy howled in pain. Chairs were being pushed back and she pounced up and walked quickly to the other side of the table.

"Ow, ow!" The man used his wand to put the fire up. "Who did this?" He growled at the group. Rose placed herself behind two of the guys.

"I did it, you git face!" She said in her best man voice. Both of the men jumped and Rose got out of the way before she could get caught.

"You dare mess me?" He threatened the man across from him.

"What? I didn't do it. He did!" He pointed to the guy next to him.

"Are you kidding me? I didn't do anything." They argued. The man who had his shoe put on fire launched himself across the table at the man across from him.

"I'll kill you, you bloody!" Rose raised her wand and sent the incendio spell on his butt. The man jumped a mile up clutching his arse. The man came down and broke the table in half as he landed on the hard marble ground still rubbing his arse.

"Look, what you did, you moron!" One of the guys shouted angrily. Soon a fight broke out and every person got themselves involved. They weren't casting spells, they were fighting in the muggle way. Fist in each other's faces and chairs being thrown at each other.

One man was running around clutching people by their cloaks trying to get them to stop, but they didn't listen. Rose backed in the corner and looked at the stairs as she saw the last bit of a black cloak going up the winding staircase.

Good, Albus made it up. Rose thought. Now, she had to think up something else to ensure he got back down alright, but that shouldn't be a problem for getting out was easier than getting in.

For one thing they could always run for it and apparate away as always.

Albus got up the stairs with no problems. As he got out of sight he walked slower to not let Sniper be on his guard.

After awhile, Albus was getting tired of walking up the stairs, but then the platform appeared not too far.

He got to the top and saw Sniper standing looking through the clock's face his back turned toward him and his head tilted on the clock's face.

Albus already had his mask on and his wand held out ready for anything that might surprise him, but Sniper didn't seem to take any notice of him. Well, at least not yet.

Sniper touched the clock's face and slid his hand all the way down then he turned slowly and that's when he saw him.

Albus can see only his eyes from his face for the rest was covered by the mask.

"You must be agent 252." Albus was surprised to hear he knew his code name. Nobody knew it besides himself, Dr. Mendot, and his boss, agent 462, who he had no idea whom he was. Sniper must have recognized his shock look through his mask.

Albus' mask wasn't as fully covering as Sniper's, but the hood really helped him hide his true identity.

"How'd you know my code number?" Albus questioned him. Sniper reached inside his robes and pulled out a piece of paper.

"I stole the whole list of them. I can be very…persuasive." Albus remained silent. Well, at least he didn't know his real name. It's better that way. Albus thought. Albus was grateful that he was at least oen step ahead. This had to be Thor, it couldn't be no one else, besides him. "How did you find us?" Sniper asked curiously.

"We got a transmission on the muggle computer that generated a number code that goes out to all of your members. We solved it oddly enough." Sniper nodded.

"Our mistake then. Your voice sounds somewhat familiar. Have we met?"

"We went to Hogwarts together." Albus said.

"You know who I am?" Sniper asked.

"Yes, I know exactly who you are."

"You seem a bit overly confident. You think you'll actually defeat me?"

"We'll see now, won't we? But first things first... where are you keeping Scorpius Malfoy?"

"Scorpius Malfoy, you say? He's dead!"

"I heard a rumor, you're keeping hostage."

"Well, I'm sorry to say he is long gone. Dead and never to return."

"You're bluffing."

"Am I?"

"You tell me where he is and I'll leave here and never turn this way again!" Albus said to him.

"Unfortunately, that isn't what I had in mind at all. You see, I've been looking for you and now that you're here, well let's just say I can't let you go that easily."

"What?"

"You have a scar, don't you? And when you feel a certain emotion you get a powerful source of energy flowing through your veins, is that correct?"

"How do you know all this?" Albus asked.

"I have my ways and you have yours."

"Then why do you care if I have a scar or not?"

"I care because you are one of the ones that are marked."

"Marked by what?"

"You are one of the ones who have worked alongside the Death Eaters and killed many innocent victims along the way." Sniper said. Albus heard the anger in his voice, but he was confused at what he was talking about.

"Believe what you want to believe, but I can here for one purpose and one purpose only and if you're not going to grant me my desire then so be it."

"So be it and so ends your life." They both took out their wands and bowed to each other like a real duel would start.

Albus and Sniper both exchanged nonverbal spells. Both casting and dodging spells. Every spell seemed to be casted at the same time. Blue hitting Red. Red hitting Yellow. Orange hitting Blue. Green hitting Silver. It would seem nobody would win. They were equally matched.

He's stronger than I thought. Albus thought as he dodged a blue spell aiming for his neck. Albus watched his movement picking up what he would do next. He spot spell after spell without a sound or so he thought.

Albus faked one way thinking Sniper was going to aim there, but instead Sniper casted the curse right where Albus spun into. The spell hit Albus in the arm.

Albus let out a painful shout. He held his arm that had red blisters all over. He can't let him win. He couldn't move it hurt so bad.

"You're good, but not good enough to defeat me." Sniper said and raised his wand a little farther up. "Any last words?"

Albus didn't say anything, but quickly thrust up his wand and shot a spell and hit Sniper squarely in the chest.

"I don't know why you're after me, but I didn't do whatever it is that you thought I did! I don't want to defeat you, Thor!" Albus watched as Sniper's eyes glared back up at him when he said Thor's name. Now, he knew it had to be him.

"I don't know what you're playing at, but I don't want to kill you. Tell me where you're hiding Scorpius and I'll stop hunting you." Albus said.

"I told you Scorpius is dead!" Sniper yelled out is voice a little raspy. He was holding himself where Albus hit him. He knew it wouldn't be long until he was back up and ready to fight.

"I don't believe you." Albus looked behind him. "But when I come back I expect to know more. I'll defeat you every time if I have to." He said and turned to walk away. He knew there was nothing Sniper could do at the moment because he was still recovering. Albus went down the stairs more noisily then he did going up it.

The group of Raidens seemed to have calmed down and nobody noticed him at first probably thinking he was Sniper, but then the tallest man there saw him.

"It's one of them. It's one of the Gymom!" He hollered at the guys. Sure enough they all turned and saw Albus as he got off the last step.

"Get him!" The man who seemed in charge yell. Every person jumped out of their seats, but someone grabbed him and he was plunged under the cloak with Rose.

"Where did he go?" One yelled.

"He must have apparated." One said.

"Funny, I didn't even hear a noise." The other said.

"You idiot, he has an invisibility cloak! Search for him!" The man in charge yelled. A lot of them were reaching out where Albus and Rose just were.

"Hurry and keep up with me, Al!" Rose whispered under her breath as they raced side by side under the Invisibility Cloak to get out before it's too late.

They both made it just in time and apparated as quickly as possible.

"That was close." Al said as they reached Rose's flat.

"We always make it close," she said, "It just what Weasleys and Potters do best."

Sniper never felt so humiliated in all his life. He had never really lost a fight until today. He should have defeated him. He had him and with the least bit of hesitation it turned the other way around.

He was putting some Healing Powder on his chest to heal pain. It was slowly starting to fade away.

"How you holding up?" Suiculm asked. Sniper didn't respond. "So, you battled agent 242, today." No, really? I just happened to be here trying to get rid of the curse he put on me. Sniper thought sarcastically in his mind.

"He wasn't the one." Sniper said.

"Yes, I know." Suiculm said and Sniper looked up at him sharply. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"You have a soft spot for people. You hesitate too much. If I told you, you could have ended up dead." Sniper looked away.

"Then who killed…"

"Agent 462."

"The leader, himself."

"Yes, the leader himself."

"How do I get to him?"

"I'm not sure if I should tell you. You're not the killing type."

"TELL ME HOW TO GET TO HIM!" He shouted his anger boiling. Suiculm smirked at Sniper.

"You received a note that he'll be back in his office on May 13th, right?" He asked.

"Yes, but it appears to me someone is trying to trick us." Sniper said.

"I have people in the Ministry and I believe one of them sent it so no, it is indeed not a trick." He said.

"Then, I won't waste time I'll find a way in and end this for once and for all."

"There is a catch."

"And that is what?"

"His assistant is like his bodyguard. He'll be there and he'll be on his guard. You have to get through him to reach agent 462."

"No problem. There will be no mercy for this." Sniper said. He was pumped up for this mission than even his boss knew.

"Good. Then I'll be waiting for your return in which we'll celebrate. Once you've killed agent 462. It'll surely be the downfall of Gymom."

"Consider it done." Sniper said.

A/N: So, what do you think?