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So to recap: Ron, Luna, Neville, and Hermione are slowly dying from Basilisk venom, that Donnie needs me to get a sample of if he's to have any chance of saving them. McGonagall is busy fighting some sort of high ranking Kraang. And I've now got to rescue the currently unconscious Ginny, beat some crazy teenaged Voldemort, and a Basilisk, before our friends die all while wearing a blindfold. Yeah this is going to be awesome.
The mouth of Slytherin's statute opened wide, releasing the deadly Basilisk. With his eyes covered, Harry relied on his ears listening as the great serpent slithered out into the open chamber stopping in front of Riddle.
"Your orders, Master" the serpent hissed.
"Kill him" Riddle hissed.
Harry might not speak Parseltongue but the tone of Riddle's voice certainly sounded threatening, prompting him to take off running towards where he remembered seeing a row of pillars, when he first entered the chamber; he could hear the Basilisk following after him.
The Basilisk hissed just as it was about to strike at Harry, prompting the ninja to dive to the side just barely avoiding being eaten by the beast. Now having some idea of where to strike, Harry retaliated with a hail of shuriken, taking some pleasure from the basilisk's scream of pain as the throwing stars cut into its flesh.
"Get him!" Riddle hissed. "Do not let him escape. I am the Heir of Slytherin, the greatest of the Hogwarts Four. I command you to sink your fangs into him!"
Though he didn't speak Parseltongue, Riddle's hissing did give Harry enough of a heads up to know that the Basilisk was preparing for another strike at its master's behest.
The bones scattered around the Chamber's floor cracked under the weight of the Basilisk as the great serpent approached the ninja. Alerted by the noise, Harry kicked off the stone pillar, flipping over the Basilisk's head, narrowly avoiding its snapping jaws, landing on the serpent's back.
Tantō in hand, Harry slashed his blade across the serpent's hide causing the beast to writhe in pain, attempting to buck the ninja off its back.
"Kill him!" Riddle ragged, causing the Basilisk to try harder to knock Harry off its back, forcing the ninja to bury his weapon to the hilt, using it as a handhold.
Wonder how, McGonagall's doing? Harry thought hysterically, doing his best not to hold on for dear life.
McGonagall wasn't having an easy time of it. While hiding as Lockhart, Kraang Subprime displayed absolutely no skill or talent of any kind. She now sees that the alien truly was simply playing the role of the bumbling defense teacher as he kept her trapped on the defensive, as he rained down a barrage of laser fire, easily shredding through her conjured shields.
"Come on kitty cat" Kraang Subprime taunted. "Let's find out if you've really got nine lives."
Conjuring another shield, Minerva aimed her wand at the stalactites overhead, causing them to drop on the alien. Responding to the falling stone spikes, Subprime fired a focused laser beam from the Lockhart droid's wand, atomizing the rocks.
"Did you really think it'd be-hey! where'd you go?!"
Using the distraction Minerva had escaped from Kraang Subprime's sight. Using her cat form to sneak past the Kraang, Minerva planned to take up a position to fire on the alien from behind. But she failed to account for the bones littering the grounds, the sound of one snapping under her feet, alerting Subprime to her location.
"Got you loser!"
Minerva was forced to run as fast as her cat form could, dodging laser fire as Subprime laughed manically. Using her cat form's agility, Minerva pushed off against a bolder, transforming back into her human form as she sailed over the Kraang's head, and quickly countered with a few spells of her own.
Though her spells couldn't directly affect the Lockhart droid, the kickback from Minerva's blasting curses did have the desired effect of knocking Kraang Subprime off balance. Conjuring a large spike, the Gryffindor Head magically launched it like a spear, aimed at the alien sitting inside the Lockhart droid's chest.
But before the spike could hit home, the Lockhart droid righted itself giving Subprime just enough time to maneuver himself out of the way, though to Minerva's credit her spike did at least manage to tear off the Lockhart droid's left arm.
"Are you kidding me. Do you have any idea how much work goes into making a customized droid?" Kraang Subprime complained.
"This may surprise you, but I don't rightly care" said Minerva, keeping her wand trained on the alien.
"You know what I don't get about you freaks. We give you access to transgenic energy; that's what you call magic FYI. And you waste it on little parlor tricks."
As if to make his point, Subprime had the palm of the Lockhart droid's remaining arm open up, revealing what Minerva recognized as the man's wand. The tip then started to glow brighter than any spell she'd ever seen before releasing it all in a devastating energy blast.
The Transfiguration professor dived for cover, the beam passing just over head blasting cleaning through the stone wall behind her.
"Why rely on tricks when you can just blow everyone away?" Subprime laughed, as Minerva climbed to her feet. "Give it up, you can't compete with the power of The Kraang."
"You have a point" said McGonagall. "I can't hope to match that kind of raw power. But then again I don't have to."
Showing off her mastery, Minerva waved her wand transfiguring the rocks surrounding Subprime into stone knights. With a second wave, she magically animated them to attack the alien.
As expected the stone sentries didn't last long against the Kraang's heavy fire power; thankfully they weren't supposed to. The stone knights had served their true purpose, acting as a distraction for McGonagall to position herself by the central pillar of the chamber they were in.
"Woah take it easy" said Subprime, once he noticed the witch aiming her wand at the support structure. "Take that out and the whole cave will fall down on us."
"Guess we're going to see if cats have nine lives after all" Minerva smirked, fearlessly blasting apart the support, causing the entire chamber to collapse in on itself.
When the smoke cleared there was no sign of Kraang Subprime. For a moment it seemed that McGonagall's plan had worked too well, when suddenly a rock was shifted revealing the witch's cat form, squeezing her way through the debris. Once free she returned to human form, pleased to see that the Kraang had been dealt with. Though the collapse made it impossible for her to reach Harry to offer her aid.
With no other choice she started heading back towards Myrtle's bathroom, silently praying for Harry's victory.
Unfortunately, that victory was not going to come easy, as the Basilisk continued to try and shake Harry off its back. The young ninja was losing his grip when suddenly, the energy blast that Subprime had released earlier, came blasting through the wall knocking into the great serpent, only it's magical resistance allowing it to survive, as the impact sent it and Harry crashing through the stone pillars.
Removing his tantō from the Basilisk's hide, Harry took a cautious peak from under his blind fold, happy to see that while it wasn't dead the impact did at least knock it out. Harry prepared to drive his blade into the giant snake's head, when suddenly his weapon was knocked from his hand.
"Afraid I can't let you do that Potter" Riddle smirked, aiming Malfoy's wand at the ninja.
Having long since learned not to rely solely on his weapon, Harry dropped down from atop the Basilisk, into a fighting stance, prepared to face off against the wicked spirit.
"Don't think your pathetic muggle dueling wi…"
"Will save you here, Potter" Harry mocked. "Give it a rest. I kicked your grown self's butt, and I'm going to love punching you in the face too."
Angered by Harry's easy dismissal, Riddle whipped his wand at the ninja, releasing a number of curses that the younger boy had never heard of. Still as with any attack, it doesn't matter how powerful it is, if it can't hit its target, and Harry was certainly a hard target.
Using his quick reflexes, Harry ducked and weaved around Riddle's curses, slowly closing the distance between them. Riddle in his furry decided to try his personal favorite "Avada Kedavra!"
Honestly it didn't surprise Harry that Riddle would resort to the killing curse; in fact, he was surprised it took him this long, given that his older self practically relied on it exclusively. Still the curse was fast and while dodging wouldn't have been impossible, Harry wasn't about to let Riddle off that easily.
Activating his Blood Vein, Harry left Riddle speechless as he absorbed the curse's magic, leaving him completely unharmed.
"Guess nobody told you, I'm just full of surprises" Harry smirked, enjoying the look of desperation on Riddle's face as the dark wizard finally realized he couldn't win.
Still Riddle refused to surrender but before he could even think of a plan, Harry was all over him. Starting with a solid hook to the jaw, Riddle was regretting stealing so much of Draco's life force, as he fell to ground. Harry then followed up with a kick to the gut, forcing Riddle to drop his wand in pain. Harry's vengeful streak was out in full as he then dragged Riddle to his feet and started using his face as a punching bag.
"And that's for all the innocent people you attacked….and Mrs. Norris…I guess" said Harry, pulling the diary from Riddle's robes. "And this is for attacking my friends."
Just as it did against Quirrelmort, Harry's Blood Vein markings spread out from his arm onto the diary. Like a virus it broke down and destroyed the piece of Voldemort hidden within. And with one last agonizing scream, the memory of the sixteen-year-old Tom Riddle faded from existence.
With Riddle out of the picture, his spell on Ginny was broken, waking the Weasley girl.
"Hey, you missed the big fight" said Harry, happy to see his friend was back on her feet.
"So what happened to that ghost?" asked Ginny.
"Nothing more than a bad memory." Harry chuckled, enjoying his own bad pun.
"Harry look out!"
Ginny's warning came too late as Harry caught by surprise was knocked to the ground by a curse from an also recovered Draco Malfoy.
"This isn't over Potter" Draco declared, aiming his wand at the exhausted ninja, worn down by the day's events.
"That's enough, Malfoy" said Ginny, moving to stand protectively in front of Harry.
Ginny isn't ready to fight a wizard without her wand, not even one as pathetic as Malfoy Harry thought to himself. Sadly, Harry's body was now screaming in pain, having rushed into another battle straight after his run in with Kitsune in New York, did not leave him with a lot of strength left, even with magical help.
"Fine, you can go first fine" said Malfoy, his only thoughts on finally restoring his family pride. But before he can even utter a curse a noise from behind Harry draws his attention the next instant, Draco fell to the ground dead.
"Don't look" Harry warned, having realized the Basilisk had recovered and was now master less.
Taking care not to look back, Ginny helped maneuver Harry to rest on her shoulder as the pair tried to hobble away. Sadly, the great serpent wasn't about to let the one who'd injured it so badly escape.
The Basilisk darted straight for Ginny and Harry, it's deadly gaze preventing them from even daring to look back at it. Harry wasn't sure what he could do against the magically resistant beast in his current state, silently cursing the fact that Malfoy's last spell might've actually led to his undoing.
"Harry, give me your T-phone" Ginny demanded, taking his phone before he could respond.
The Basilisk lunged at them, intending to swallow them both whole, when suddenly the sound of a roaster crowing played from the phone, echoing around the chamber.
Harry wasn't sure what was happening but the next thing he knew; Ginny was tackling them out of the way of the falling Basilisk, the giant snake had fallen dead.
"A roaster crow kills Basilisks" Ginny explained, noticing Harry's confusion.
"Oh, come on!" Harry groaned, smacking his forehead, frustrated by how simple it could've been to kill the monster.
Still beggars can't be choosers, so Harry collected the sample of Basilisk venom and using the last of his strength teleported himself and Ginny out of the Chamber of Secrets.
Minerva wouldn't be ashamed to admit she nearly cried in relief once Harry and Ginny appeared in front of her in Myrtle's bathroom. Though apparently she was the only one there that felt that way.
"Oh you're alive" said Myrtle, looking slightly depressed at Harry.
"Problem?" asked Ginny.
"Oh, well I'd just been thinking…if you had died, you'd have been welcomed to share my toilet" the ghost explained, apparently doing what could be considered blushing.
Harry himself wasn't sure how to respond to that (Splinter didn't explain anything like this) thankfully Prof. McGonagall stepped up.
"Yes, well I'm certain Mr. Potter would've appreciated the offer" said the professor, practically pushing him and Ginny out of the bathroom.
With the venom sample in hand the trio quickly returned to Donnie, who quickly went to work completing his antivenom for the others. So after moving the turtle to the Room of Requirements, for safety, Harry, Ginny, and Prof. McGonagall headed for the hospital wing.
When they arrived, they found Madam Pomfrey, Snape, and Dumbledore all standing around Neville, Ron, Luna, and Hermione's beds.
"Poppy, stand out of the way" said McGonagall, surprising her longtime friend.
"Minerva, what're you talking about?" Poppy asked, though her confusion turned to anger once she noticed Harry approaching her patients. "What're you doing?!"
The medi-witch moved to stop Harry, only for McGonagall and Ginny to stand in her way.
"Just wait, Harry has something that can save them" Ginny explained.
"Oh yes, I'm sure Potter can at least give them a quick death" Snape drawled, earning a glare from the two Gryffindor women.
Ignoring Snape for the moment, Harry injected the antivenom into each of his friends, just as Donnie instructed. Following her instincts as a trained medic, Madam Pomfrey cast diagnostic spells on the four and was surprised to see that their conditions were starting to stabilize.
"What?" Snape demanded, fuming that he'd been bested. "How could, Potter possibly brew a powerful enough antidote?"
"Who said I made it" said Harry. "I just called my big brother."
Snape's face actually managed to sour even more at the thought of someone that his hated enemy's son called family, had succeeded where he had failed.
"Yes they're doing better but…"
"But what, Poppy?" asked Dumbledore.
"It's the petrification it's stopping the potion from spreading fast enough"
Harry didn't have to look to know Snape's sneer was back with a vengeance, instead his focus was entirely on his friends. He refused to let the night's efforts be in vain.
Only one thing left to try. Once more, Harry approached his friends but this time he started going through a series of hand signs, the very same that Master Splinter had been teaching him. "Rin. Pyo. Toh. Sha. Kai. Jin. Retsu. Zai. Zen."
"What is this Potter, desperate prayer" Snape sneered. But soon he and the entire room was watching with awe as a golden aura started to form around Harry's hands as he repeated his chant.
"Rin. Pyo. Toh. Sha!" as the golden aura reached its peak, Harry placed his hands on each of his friends, smiling as color started to return to their faces. Harry had done it; he had finally mastered the Healing Hands technique.
With friends no longer petrified and on their way to recovery, Madam Pomfrey had Harry perform the technique on the other petrification victims before he left. All the while, Harry couldn't help but enjoy the bitter look on Snape's face as once again, his hated enemy's son saved the day.
"I must admit, I'm surprised you agreed to come here" said Dumbledore, as he and Harry sat inside the Headmaster's office. The now powerless diary laid on the man's desk.
"Don't get me wrong, we're not friends" said Harry. "I just thought you should know what happened." That and things probably wouldn't have gotten that bad if I hadn't assumed you were behind it all.
"Yes such a shame about young Mr. Malfoy. Still I owe you my gratitude Harry. I…"
Before Dumbledore could say more his office door violently burst open. There stood Lucius Malfoy, a smug look on his face. And cowering behind his legs, heavily wrapped in bandages was Dobby.
"Good evening, Lucius" Dumbledore said pleasantly.
"Dumbledore, given your failure to stop the rash of attacks on…"
"Let me stop you there, Lucius. I'm afraid you're too late. The situation has been dealt with."
Once again Harry's more vengeful side reared its head, as he took great pleasure in watching Lucius pale at the sight of the diary he had tried to plant on Ginny.
Dumbledore then went on to explain what had transpired that night. After learning about his son's death, Lucius turned and marched out of the office. Dobby gave Harry a tearful look just before he moved to follow.
I'm not done with you yet.
Harry followed after Lucius, catching him at the top of the stairs.
"You know, I did warn you" said Harry, getting the man's attention. "Draco died because he wanted to be just like you."
Harry could see Malfoy's hands clench tightly around his cane.
"You'd best watch your mouth Potter." Lucius said coldly, not yet bothering to turn to face him. "Or you'll meet the same end as your parents. They were meddlesome fools too."
"I don't think I'll take advice from the man, that basically killed his own son."
Ok yeah Harry had to admit it was a low blow, but it certainly got the desired effect. Lucius' temper finally snapped, turning around, wand drawn, with a curse on his lips, the Malfoy head was caught by surprise, as Harry struck him with his Blood Vein, destroying his magical core.
Lucius stumbled back in shock but quickly recovered, his rage turned to horror as he realized he could no longer feel his magic.
"Your magic is gone" Harry said coldly. "Let's see how long you last in your circle as a squib."
His face twisted in anger Lucius lunged at Harry. But before the ninja could react, his attacker was held frozen in midair by Dobby of all people.
"House Elf cannot be bound to squib" Dobby explained. "You shall not harm Harry Potter!"
There was a loud bang, and Lucius Malfoy was thrown backwards, landing in crumbled heap at the bottom of the stairs. With his magic gone, Lucius was left with no choice but to run.
Dobby then turned to Harry, a look of gratitude on his face.
"Harry Potter has freed Dobby" the house elf said excitedly. "Harry Potter is more noble and more kind then Dobby could have ever imagined."
"Don't worry about it Dobby" said Harry. "In fact considering I basically just got rid of your job. I might have an idea of where you could do a lot of good."
Dobby agreed happily and a few days later the house elf would be happily working for Mr. Murakami (paid of course). Later Neville would explain the full ramifications of Harry's choice to destroy Lucius' magical core. Turns out a lot of purebloods like the Malfoy's make it forbidden for their families to be headed by a squib, locking up the vaults until a suitable heir is of age. With Draco dead and Lucius, a squib it was the end of the Malfoy family.
With the Battle of the Chamber over, no one was around to notice rocks shifting aside, revealing a bruised and beaten but very much alive Kraang Subprime.
With the Lockhart droid destroyed, the alien was forced to crawl along the ground on his tentacles, moving through a series of side tunnels stemming off from the main chamber. Until finally Subprime reached a sealed door, marked with a mural depicting the Hogwarts Founders surrounded by a number of witches and wizards, all standing opposite The Kraang.
Squeezing in under the door Subprime found a room containing a countless number of energy crystals. But unlike the crystal seen by Harry and the Turtles; these crystals contained human skeletons inside them, as they'd grown out from their chests until they engulfed the entire body.
"Kraang Subprime to Kraang. The Lockhart droid is down but I've found it. The Chamber now belongs to Kraang. Begin preparations for phase 2."
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