"Hermione," Ron screamed over and over again.
The next two hours all he seemed to do is scream. Every once in a while Harry would scream or Ginny. Even Daphne and Neville screamed once or twice. Parkinson looked away most of the time and Crabbe and Goyle were upstairs laughing.
Malfoy seemed to be the only one not reacting. He sat there watching her suffering. He seemed deep in thought when Bellatrix was gone.
"We need to get out of here," Harry moaned.
"No really?" Parkinson sneered.
"Shut up Parkinson," Ginny said.
"Arguing is not going to help," Daphne cried.
"Can anyone get the ropes off?" Neville asked.
"No we've just been sitting here the whole time," Ron said.
"Ron it's okay," Ginny tried to reason.
"Yeah, we'll get her out," Neville reassured him.
"Not very likely," Parkinson said softly. Everyone except Malfoy turned on her.
"What?" Ron all but screeched.
"I'm just saying, think about all the contributing factors," Parkinson explained.
After a few hours of arguing and crying and freaking out, most of them were asleep. Only Malfoy and Ron lay awake. Both thinking of ways to get Hermione out.
Finally even Ron couldn't keep his eyes open. Malfoy thought in the silence, watching Hermione sleep a floor above him. She had fallen asleep long before anyone else because the torture had taken a lot out of her. Dried blood surrounded her arm and tears dried on her face.
"Hermione, I promise I'll get you out of here. Somehow," Malfoy whispered in the darkness. Everyone around him slept but his eyes were never heavy. He lay thinking. For hours he thought of how he could get everyone out. Crabbe and Goyle had gotten them into this and Malfoy swore to everyone who was listening that he would get them out.
He played with the ropes, trying to get them off. They weren't normal ropes, they had to be cut with a special knife. Bellatrix had cut Hermione's when she was in the room. She had pocketed the knife in a pouch on her hips. If only Malfoy could get it, but how?
Then they would have to get out of this room. It was surely locked tight. Malfoy decided to look around. He struggled to stand, not being able to use his hands, but succeed.
On one side of the room was a cell door, much like the Azkaban kind. It was locked at least five times. There was a set of stairs up to it and there were a few lights in the room. The other side of the room had one window, much like the cell door. There were a few pillars, thick and touched the glass ceiling. Is it even glass? The floor was stone and the walls were brick.
There really was only one escape but that would involve someone coming down. They would open the door and Malfoy could hopefully get the knife. But there were so many things that could go wrong.
They would have to wait until morning at least, and even then nothing might happen. Hermione might just be tortured all day and they could do nothing but watch and listen. Malfoy couldn't handle it. He would go insane before they get out of there.