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A/N: Question for you all should I start naming my chapters?

Harry had not slept all night, he left the tent and checked on Ron and Hermione who were sitting above the hall of records, they were under disillusion charmes but Harry could see them, located close to the wards set up by their adversaries, Harry could see them cuddled close in the cold night and his heart felt like it had been ripped out, Harry turned and went up the mount to a rock outcropping that was facing east, Harry wished to be back at England, and to be waking to a boring day of planning his wedding with Ginny and Molley.

Harry watched the sun come up and Bill brought a cup of coffee to him. "Sorry we ran into Custer last night but only hit a convenience store, they were out of tea, so we had to settle for coffee". Harry took the warm cup. "I looked at the ward plan you have, it is a nasty set of wards, if we go to break it it is going to set off alarms,. What is worse is that if we breach all the way to the last one it will destroy everyone in that ward. That's the bad news. The good news is we don't have to take them down, we can tunnel through, but we will need someone inside to shut down that last ward as it will go off except for those authorized".

"How do we get someone inside?"

"That I don't know".

"Could we use polyjuice?"

"No, that doesn't change the magical makeup of the person. We can't just pop in either since there is a anti-apperation ward".

"What if we apperated from inside the anti-apperation ward".

"That might work. The wards will still be in place though and I need to see if they detect any magic being used. There are 12 total wards we have to tunnel through, then the last one we need to shut down".

"Harry, sat thinking, "Bill I am telling you this in confidence, will you keep what I am telling you secret?"

"Harry, I have known you long enough to know it is necessary or you wouldn't ask, yes I will keep it".

"After we get Ginny and the others out, I am going to send you all home, but I am going to stay. I have unfinished business here, thing is I may not return, take care of Ginny".

"How do you figure on getting rid of her?"

"I have portkeys for each of you and the prisoners to the burrow, and have a jinx that will keep her away from America for 10 years unless I lift it. It will take away one chip from the dark wizards that are here, then I am going to cut off the head of their organization".

"Harry, I know better than to talk you out of all this. I think after we get this done you should go home. That said I know what happens to people who cross you, and good luck. I will keep your secret, but now we have to get Ginny and the others out. Come on adopted brother and future brother-in-law, that sounds weird, and lets get some breakfast and figure how to get my baby sister and your future wife out of there. I will when we are alone try and talk you out of all of this".

Harry and Bill went back to the tent, Hermione had done her trick just as she had when they were trying to find the horacruxes. This tent was different much roomier and had a heater and a/c unit. Harry got a shower and put on two wrist holsters for his wands, picking up the mystery hawk amulet with the strange runes and his totem.

Percy was on watch and Hermione, Bill and Harry were studying the runes on the ward map, they had to figure out the rest of them. They were on the second day of the 48 hours Harry figured they had.

Harry laid his totem on the table, it began to glow and a image of Ginny appeared. "Harry, I can feel you are close. I don't think there is anyway for you to save me, all magic used anywhere within the ward they have set up, is detected, and the last ward will destroy everyone around. Harry just go home".

"Ginny, I am not going to leave you in there".

"Same old hero, you have till 7 am on Tuesday, they are moving us then and bringing in an army to make sure you don't try anything".

"Ginny have you seen the contol runes?", this from Bill.

"Bill, what are you doing here?"

"Force W is here, we will get you out".

"I think I can do better than tell you hold on". Ginny turned and held something up in front of her but to one side, they could see a sleeping guard and the control runes. Bill quickly wrote them down.

Harry saw the guard move, "YOU WHAT ARE YOU DOING, CRUCIO".

Harry heard Ginny scream and the picture was gone. Harry jumped up and BIll grabbed his arm. "Harry if you run in there you won't make it and if you do everyone will die. I hate to say it but Ginny has had this done to her before, she will handle it".

Harry and Bill began carving runes with a passion. Hermione continued to work on deciphering the ward map. Bill showed Harry the right runes to carve and Harry suggested some changes that would open more than just a physical path but one that could be used to apperate or portkey. They had figured out how to shut down the final ward, but they still had to get in to do that.

Harry took the first night shift and told Ron and Hermione he would wake them, when it was their turn. Harry got into position, he saw the man who had cursed Ginny come out, he had to stop himself from killing him just before the man apperated away just inside of the outermost ward.

Harry pulled out the Hawk amulet and studied the runes, he wondered if some of the powers that he had to discover would get him into the control runes. He began trying to untangle the web of runes, though he had looked at it many times since it was given to him he saw them in a new light, he saw the 3 base languages. Even beyond that there was a unity of the runes. He found one made a bubble of heat around him, another he found a protective bubble. He found one that was extra long, it was hard to read and long, Harry realized it was just before dawn. He repeated the runes and they made no sense. He so wanted to save Ginny and the other people, he repeated the last rune in the series and suddenly he was standing in front of the control runes. He turned and saw Ginny fitfully sleeping, she stirred and looked up and their eyes met, Harry grabbed the totem he had made for her off of the table, then Harry was sitting back on the rock he had been on all night. He looked down to see the man he wanted to curse so bad return just inside the ward. Had he fell asleep and dreamed all this, no he was holding Ginny's totem.

Harry was relieved by Percy and Fred, he walked back stunned, he couldn't risk trying the teleport again. It could be that it pulled him back when the man returned so he wouldn't be found out. But Harry thought he knew the answer, he and part of the area from outside was extended to where he wanted to go, but it could only hold him there for a short time, he wondered how long it would take to recharge, he had till 7am tomorrow to get Ginny and the rest out. Harry deciphered the runes involved in the string Harry was working on when he was teleported.

Harry figured out that the recharge would be done at 4am tomorrow. Harry told Bill of the amulet and when it would be ready. They would assault the wards outside of the Hall of Records entrance after dark. No one ever seemed to come out in the night. They had to time this right, they needed to take down all but the last ward by 4am, then Harry would take down the last one. They figured that the transport group would be there by 5am in order to get things ready to move the prisoners. Also when they hit the guards an alarm was sure to be sounded giving them maybe 10 minutes.

They went over the plan and everyone retired early, but before they did Harry gave each of them a portkey like the one he received in the form of the hawk necklace, he had figured it out and thought maybe they would be safer if the wards went back up. At full dark Harry and Bill started to break the wards. The first 5 outside wards were punctured as planned, the sixth put them behind.

A small group of men apperated into the apperation point, since the wards were still in place just with holes off to the side, the men noticed nothing, not even the two disillusioned men standing in the dark watching them walk into the Hall. One dressed in black robes trimmed in silver and wearing a crown, the president.

Harry and Bill finished the final ward and moved the rest of Assault Team W into position. The next 6 wards would be breached as soon as Harry returned from deactivating and destroying the control runes for the last ward. Bill wanted to do it but Harry refused, he would take care of it and try and take out the guard in the room with the cells while he was at it. Everyone was wearing one of Harry's portkeys and had enough to give one to each prisoner known to be inside, plus more for unplanned visitors.

A/N: OK, a showdown is coming but not all showdowns puts an end to the problem and sometimes people get hurt that we hoped wouldn't. This chapter did cover everything I wanted to finish in chapter 14, of course this is chapter 21. This is the longest story I have written and I am worried it is suffering, if it is let me know, I write for enjoyment and improvement, so it helps to get feed back. The next chapter is going to be a hot one so stay tuned.