Joseph had Dolohov by the collar and was swinging him around, slamming him first into one shelf then into another, the glass orbs smashing as they hit the stone floor. Dolohov was beaten, his face cut up, purple, and bleeding. Two fingers on his left hand were broken and three on the right, his wand snapped. Joseph was not holding back as he beat the man from one side to the other. Some might question why he was 'toying' with the Death Eater, truth is he wasn't.
Dolohov had learned the art of self healing. He channeled his magic through his body just like Joseph. It was impossible to beat the man quickly, you had to keep up a steady attack and try and wear the man down. Truth is, Joseph loved it it gave him the chance to beat the crap out of a person, something he rarely got to do as most would have been dead long ago.
"Figure it out yet?" Joseph asked as he hurled the man onto a large table. "Figure out how, you, the first man to ever beat a Beast, ended up getting taken ALIVE by Alastor Moody?"
Dolohov couldn't reply (his jaw was broken) as he slumped off the table and to the floor. He barely had the strength to look at the teen.
"He never denied your win, never let anyone say it was 'luck' or a 'fluke'. You won that fight, but you lost something, didn't you?"
Joseph just kicked the man in the face before picking him up again and used him to destroy another set of selves.
"There is a price to beating a Beast."
Dolohov was scared. He knew the teen was not underestimating him, not gloating. He was just talking as he worked and that really scared him. The young Beast wasn't even breathing hard. He knew it would take another twenty minutes or so before the teen could finish him, and Dolohov knew that would be just fine for this teen, this Beast. He had one thing he could do so with his mostly broken hand, he reached into his robes and grabbed the Rune Stone.
Joseph sensed the change and charged using his wand to cast a spell to stone the stone. The explosion and fireball launched Joseph thirty feet down the aisle, where he landed with a thud. Quickly getting to his feet, he found Dolohov gone.
In a field far away (in truth he did not even know what country he was in), Dolohov collapsed face first. Burns covered most of his body. At this rate, it would take months, maybe even a year or more, for him to heal.
He had underestimated the teen, underestimated he had been owned by him from the first shot. Even his in his escape, the teen was faster using the spell to damage the Rune Stone. If he lived through this, he would find away to regain what he had lost all those years ago...just as soon as he figures out what it was.
Joseph was pissed he had missed the chance to kill Dolohov. He walked through the different rooms heading for the chamber. Any anger he had quickly vanished as he walked in, right as Neville was able to catch Bellatrix in mid air and slammed her to the stone.
Her head had bounced on the stone, causing her to see spots. Not so quickly, she regained her feet and drew her wand as Neville Longbottom pulled two wands and readied for a fight.
"YOU DARE TOUCH ME..." she screamed as she started sending curse after curse.
Neville dodged, ducked, and side stepped everything as he returned fire, moving closer and closer. The spells hit her, cutting her, leaving massive bruises on her exposed skin. But she would not go down. Getting in arms reach, Neville grabbed her and rolled, pulling her along and slamming her to the stone again.
Over and over he cursed and beat her. Her eyes were glassy, her breathing forced, but she would not stay down. Joseph had walked up beside Neville, looking at her confused.
"We are not seeing something," Neville spoke. He was not letting his disappointment show.
Joseph nodded and looked around. Luna had just used a rolling leg lock on a masked opponent, followed by a spell that he was sure smashed the Death Eaters spine.
"Ms. Luna," Joseph called with a pleasant voice. "Could you come here for a moment?"
The blonde had smiled and skipped over to them, it was one of the funniest things he had seen in a while, spells flew everywhere, screams and shouts filled the air, bodies hit the ground, and here the smallest member of the team just skipped through it like it was a Sunday walk.
"Yes, Mr. Beast?" she asked with a smile.
Bellatrix had made it to her feet, but she was bent over at the waist. Neville wrapped an arm around her neck and pulled hard, falling back and bringing her over. The sound of her head being driven to the stone was rather...musical (in Neville and Joseph's ears anyway). The three watched as Bellatrix stirred, her arms and legs moving. She could not get up, but she was not dead nor had her neck broken.
"As you can see," Joseph started. "She seems to be far tougher then she should be. We feel we are not seeing something,"
Luna smiled as she knelt down and looked, her eyes starting to glow brighter. A Masked Death Eater took that moment to land behind Luna, wand up and spell on his lips as he aimed at the tiny blonde. Neville and Joseph just raised a wand each and the next thing anyone knew, there was a large puff off blood red mist where the masked dark wizard or witch stood.
Harry was just watching. This was part of the plan: he would stand back and watch. Oh, he did send a spell here or there when he saw someone in a little trouble but mostly he stood there leaning against the deactivated arch.
The main reason for this was simple: Harry had not yet learned to fully control his magic. Albus and Tom were probably the only ones that could actually duel with him and not be turned to dust. If he fought here and now, he could easily kill his friends and allies. So he had to wait. Watching Neville catch and slam Bella was fun. Watching him beat the crap out of her was a little strange. Watching her keep getting up worried him.
Snape had made good observations. Dolohov had excellent recovery skills and would take time, Bellatrix had spent most of her time training to attack not defend, and had never shown recovery magic like Dolohov.
Watching Luna skipping through the battle was always funny. She had shown she was as skilled in combat as she was strange. Did not take away the chuckle Harry gave as she watched his blonde friend. Luna had knelt to look at Bellatrix, her eyes glowing and Harry made his move and walked over to his friends.
"She has a small thin blue light covering her," Luna said and Harry joined them. "just like Harry's, only slightly different."
Harry sighed, the first piece of bad news, "You mean there is a prophecy about her as well?"
"Yes Harry," she replied.
"So...what your saying is?" Joseph started.
"No matter what we do, we can't kill?" Neville finished.
"Correct," Luna spoke matter of factly.
"Probably can't capture her either, she would always find a way to get out." Harry added as he watched Neville and Joseph look at each other, smile and then look at Harry.
"I can work with that," they spoke at the same time.
Hermione was watching, healing, protecting, all while trying to get over the desire to lose her lunch. Harry had planned for this to be a one sided fight. And it was it was brutal and barbaric. She knew what these people had done and would do again. They could not be redeemed no matter what the headmaster thought. But still, the violence she was watching was to a level she had not planned.
Neville and Joseph had started to attack Bellatrix again this time they looked to be doing more damage instead of trying to put her out. She would have to ask Luna about that later. The fight was winding down now, the bodies of injured or dying Death Eaters covered the chamber. Where the only casualties on the Order's side was Vance who had a cut over her eye and a black eye, and Moody who had had his fake leg blasted off. He was sitting against the wall and just attacked with any spell he could come up with while Kingsley stood guard.
As the last spell was cast, it seemed over...except for the grunt and scream as Neville had Bella on his shoulders before he threw her down onto a table.
"Did you seriously just put Bellatrix LeStrange through a table?" Ron asked as he walked up along with Fay, Ginny, and Luna. Most of the Order was checking the bodies.
Neville just looked at his friends and with a straight face, "No."
Longbottom just grabbed Bella by the hair and set her up again as his friends just watched. Joseph had gone to the stash of items he had asked Croaker to make sure were there and pulled out a second table. This one had metal wire covered in sharp spikes wrapped around the table.
Neville picked her up on his shoulder again and slammed her neck head and back down straight into the wire. The scream actually brought a sliver of pity for her...which was quickly removed after a second..
Joseph was not idle. As the others watched, he jumped from the dais down into the channel between the stone dais and the seats and pulled the cover off a third table, this one again wrapped in wire and covered in broken glass. The look in his eyes told everyone, he was just having a ball.
It was about a five foot drop from the dais to the floor. Neville picked the woman that had destroyed his family, put her on his shoulder again, and took a running jump down, driving her through the third table (Joseph had lit on fire just before Neville jumped).
The fire, the crash, the sound. It made everyone stop as Neville stood and just looked at the broken body of the creature that ruined his life.
It took a moment before a sound was heard. Then Harry stiffened and everyone watched him lift his hand ,pointed a finger, and twirled it around. The signal to wrap it up
Tom had arrived.
Dumbledore knew the signal and he came gliding down the steps. Bella did not realize she was the only one able to run, she only saw black spots and had to crawl up the steps and out the door. Unable to stay on her feet, she somehow made it to the Atrium of the Ministry.
Harry, right behind her 'running' to catch her.
A/N yep I am leaving it there next chapter will have the duels,
Harry has a plan he told no one about,
one sided beat down, I always found that if it wasn't for bella and Dolohov then the DE's that were with lusiuc in the DoM seemed rather...weak. so i targeted them first.
REVIEWS HOW MANY CONCUSSIONS DO YOU THINK BELLA GOT?
