They didn't get a chance to stop for a long time. As soon as they had left the room with the trolls, they ran straight into a room full of the creatures that had killed the merchant and kidnapped Ashley. Leon, Luis and especially Hermione took great pleasure from killing every single one they could find.
"This is for John!" Said Hermione angrily, casting Crucio on one of them and watching it writhe in pain.
At the other side of the room, Luis and Leon were busy shooting down a large group of them. "This is for Ashley," shouted Luis, firing round after round of ammunition into one of the creatures.
When all of the insects were dead, they met up in the middle, laughing about good stress relief. Their smiles didn't last for much longer though, as they saw several heavy looking pillars that were slamming to the ground with immense force. "Do you want me to apperate us past them?" Asked Hermione nervously, and the two men nodded.
They appeared in front of a stone lift, which took them outside. "Been a while since we last saw daylight," commented Hermione, who was pleased to be out in the fresh air.
"I wouldn't exactly call it daylight," said Leon, though he too sounded pleased about being outdoors. "There's a building over there, do you want to take a break." He looked at the other two before laughing "maybe you can Fin something for Luis' hair problem, Hermione?"
Luis seemed extremely happy with this plan, and Hermione agreed they deserved a break. "If you boys make something to eat, I'll start looking through the books."
She set the wards before conjuring a chair and picking up a book on glamour spells. As she was flicking through the pages on hair, a certain spell caught her attention. She pointed her wand at Leon before whispering the incantation. When the spell took affect she couldn't help but burst into a fit of giggles.
"What's up with you?" Leon asked curiously, before Luis also started laughing.
"You may want to look in a mirror Leon," Luis told him, trying to keep his laughter to a minimum. He passed Leon a small hand mirror.
"Mione!" Shouted Leon angrily, "you were supposed to fix his hair, not ruin mine!"
Hermione started to laugh again. "Fine, I'll change it." She looked in her book for the counter spell, but then had an even better idea. She said another spell, and Leon checked the mirror again.
"Why are you doing this to me?" Asked Leon, who was now sporting pigtails.
Luis and Hermione laughed. "It suits you." Hermione told him, before receiving a glare and quickly changing Leon's hair back to normal. "Sorry, now I think I've found a spell to make your hair come back," she said, turning to Luis. Another wave of her wand had Leon doubled over in stitches.
"What did you do?" Luis asked a grinning Hermione. He grabbed the mirror back from Leon and began to scream. "Change. It. Back." He said slowly, trying to contain his anger.
"Not so funny when it's you on the receiving end is it?" Leon asked Luis, who was looking mortified. His hair had grown back, but was now a neon green.
Hermione gave another quick laugh before changing Luis' hair colour back. "There, all better."
"Not quite," said Luis. "Leon, grab her!"
Leon tackled Hermione gently and she fell to the ground. He pinned her there, allowing Luis to tickle her.
"Let me go!" She squealed, unable to stifle her giggles.
"Never!" Laughed Leon, before beginning to tickle her himself.
They spent the night in the building, before heading down into another mine shaft. They had only been there for five minutes before a familiar sound made Leon tremble slightly. "Not more chainsaws."
Hermione smiled, and started speaking. "I had a feeling there might be more of them. Which is why I made you both these." She went into her bad and pulled out two guns.
"Are these handcannons?" Asked Luis, sounding both Happy and shocked.
"Not just any handcannons. These have been upgraded to fuck. Mione, what's the firepower on these things?"
"I think it said 99.9. They're the most powerful weapons other than rocket launchers." Hermione told him grinning.
Leon turned to Luis, before smiling widely and saying, "do you fancy going chainsaw hunting?"
The two men disappeared, and the sound of gunshot rung through the room. Hermione spotted a few infected nearby and quickly killed them. When the two men returned, they headed through to the next room. "Hermione, I love you," Leon told her, still smiling about the weapon in his hand.
"Only because I made them for you," she said quietly.
"No, I really do love you. Not for them, but for you." Leon told her, kissing the top of her head.
"I love you too."
It wasn't long before the three of them were stood in a cart, heading down into the depths of the mine shaft. They each took a compartment of the cart, and raised their weapons to kill any infected that were waiting to attack.
Their plan worked well until they were stopped in another room of the mine. One of the infected had pulled a switch to stop the cart from continuing, meaning that each of them had some very close encounters with infected, as well as Luis being trapped in a compartment with another chainsaw wielding man. His handcannon took quick work of him though, and after a shot to the lever they were headed off down the mine again.
They picked a few more infected off on their journey, before a new problem arose. "We're going to fall straight down when the track cuts off!" Shouted Luis.
"No we're not. Grab on!" Replied Hermione, who quickly apparated them to the place the track should have led to.
The three of them fell to the floor panting. "Is my hair ok?" Asked Luis, obviously concerned after that other chainsaw had got too close for comfort.
"It's fine," laughed Hermione. They picked themselves back up and headed out of the mine shaft, collecting the "sacrifice" they had risked their lives for.
The three of them had just arrived into a large room, courtesy of the lift behind the lion door. There they found a massive statue of Salazar.
"Hind of creepy, huh?" Said Leon, gazing up at the statue in trepidation. "Let's just out of here before something bad happens."
Almost as soon as he spoke, the bridge to the exit sank into the water. "Come on," said Hermione, grabbing the two boys and apparating to the other side. As soon as they reappeared, a rumble echoed across the room.
"I don't think Salazar was too happy about us taking shortcuts," Luis said. The statue that was now across the room had started taking large steps through the water towards them. "Lets get out of here."
Hermione spelled open the lock on the door, and the three of them rushed through it. They weren't outside for long when the statue smashed through the wall and continued towards them.
They ran for mere moments before their escape options severely decreased. "We're going to have to apperate again," Hermione told the boys while pointing to the gap between them and their way out. Once again she grabbed the boys and disappeared with a crack. They stood across from the statue, who began to trip and fall through the gap in the bridge.
When they opened the door that lay ahead, they were greeted by the amused face of Salazar.
