Chapter 37
The Statue Of Liberty Incident 1980
The Commandant of the Auror Corps General Alexander Ackerman (currently also holding the Ceremonial Position of Supreme Commanding General (with the Dirtiest of Blood) of the Aurors, a title used primarily when dealing with Great Britain) was having a field day. Major Williamson, the Auror from England, had just sent a requisition order for a C-130 with seating for 14 and crew. Damn, he thought. Looks like I'll have to talk to SECNAV again.
Shortly after their Commissioning, Katja decided to take all three Security teams to the new movie playing at the Base Theatre. It was the sequel to the hit 1977 film Star Wars, which apparently had been renamed Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope sometime in the last three years. Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back was quite a good movie, and everyone enjoyed it.
Just as most of the newly Commissioned Officers were going on leave (to see their families, move, etc.), the base got a call from the Statue of Liberty in New York. It was slightly after normal business hours when the Communications Officer Jordan Paris called the Commander of the Base.
"Sir," the communications officer said when he got on the phone.
"What is it, Mr Paris?" asked the Commander.
"Sir, There has been an attack on the Statue of Liberty. The FBI called us in, hoping that we could shed some light on the situation," he replied.
"Do they think that there is Magical Involvement?" asked the Commander.
"They are unsure, sir, but they want to make sure."
"OK, contact that British major, Williamson. Tell him to take those British Aurors and those two new Lieutenants with him. Black and Wagner. Tell them to wear Civilian Clothing—like what NCIS would wear."
"Yes, Sir," said Jordan as he hung up the phone. "Communications to Major Williamson and Lieutenants Black and Wagner, please report to the Deployment Room immediately," he called into the intercom.
The requested Aurors with security detail immediately made their way to the Deployment Office. They were dressed in their day-to-day Blue uniforms.
"Major Williamson, and Lieutenants Black and Wagner, reporting as ordered, SIR!" announced Williamson as they walked into the room.
"We have just received word of a possible terrorist attack on the Statue of Liberty. Squibs in FBI do not know whether there is Magical Involvement or not, and it is your job to determine that. If there is no Magic, get the Hell out of there and let the Mundanes do their job. Major, I'm asking you to take those Lieutenants who seem to get in trouble with you all of the time, because this might be a good case for them to start on."
"YES, SIR!" said Williamson. They snapped to attention, turned on the heels, and left the office. They then took a portkey to a secluded area near the Statue, where they found FBI Agents scouring for evidence. They went up to the lead agent.
"Hello, sir," started Katja. "I'm Lieutenant Katja Wagner of the Marine Corps Criminal Investigation Division. We are here to help find who did this."
"I'm FBI Agent Alex Lee. Pleased to meet you." Agent Lee started. "The Crime Scene is over this way; I'll make sure that we can give you some space to get your job done. Just don't go messing with us—this is Our Turf—us and the Park Service, but they don't have Cops, so they called us."
"We will hand over any data that we find to you," responded Williamson. They started to look. Since they knew that they were going to Mundane crime scene, they had disillusioned their wands, so that none of the Mundanes would be suspicious. It was soon clear that there had been magic involved, so Williamson cast a Memory Charm over all the cops saying, "The Croations did this, but you didn't find any physical evidence. Go home."
After the Mundanes left, Williamson called into HQ. "Sir, we have confirmed magic usage. We are getting the Magical Signature right now, can you have the techs run it?"
"I'll get Dr Jijo Forense on it right away. She's the top woman at Forensic Detection," said the Commander. Soon, they had a possible match for the Signature, so the team Apparated to the location (somewhere in Winnipeg, Manitoba). When they Apparated in, they were quickly surrounded by people who did not look friendly at all. The last thing that Katja saw before being knocked unconscious was the red of the Stunning spell.
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"We caught you," said the leader, who was wearing an ugly sort of cross on his clothing. "Our government doesn't listen to us! You will make our Great Country of Canada fall!"
"Are you some sort of Terrorist?" asked Sirius. One of the responses that he received was a punch to the face.
"No," the Leader said. "We are Freedom Fighters who wish for all foreigners out of the Country. They corrupt our ideals! That Malfoy dude was right, 'These people are trying to overthrow the government, [and] They think that their ways are so much better than ours. That's why death is too good for them.' Your Views aren't right!"
"What does that have to do with us? We're Canadians."
"You were born elsewhere, and therefore you should be EXTERMINATED!"
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At Auror Headquarters at Quantico, the Commander was getting an alarm. "Petty Officer! What's this alarm?" he shouted at his yeoman.
"Your team has been relieved of their wands. I can track the wands if you want," answered the young petty officer. To this, the Petty Officer nearly received a hand to the face as the Commander motioned. "DO IT!" he yelled. "And see what the hell those Brits are doing! That protection detail."
Presently, the protection detail showed up at the Commander's Office. "We are here, Commander," said Commander O'Brien. "We let them go because that was team two. We can get them once you find them, sir."
The trace took a little longer than usual, and the yeoman quickly offered to get the Commander a cup of hot coffee, black. What the Commander didn't know is that the yeoman was planning on procuring that coffee from the coffee house on the other side of the base.
Finally, they got the trace. "Team One is the British Officers. Team Two is Red Squad. Team Three is Gold Squad. Team Four is Blue Squad," the Commander quickly split the teams. "We are on an Alert Situation! RED ALERT, SQUADS RED, GOLD AND BLUE! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!"
Quickly, the called-upon squads got to the Commander's Office, where he laid out a map of the target area. "Team One, you will take the Hostiles from the North; Team Two, take them from the south; Team Three, take them from the East; Four gets the West. Apparate in two minutes. Regular Use-of-Force Rules are in effect," the Commander told his people.
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"You are going to die!" said the Lead Freedom Fighter as he punched Sirius in the face. "Tell me where the Headquarters is!"
"I don't know!"
The leader punched Sirius in the face again. "What about the O-13? What type of device is that? Tell me where the Headquarters is, or you will die!"
"Since it is logical to assume that you will kill us anyway, I refuse to give the information. Either way, I don't where it is!"
"I will kill you! Crucio!" said the leader, feeling that he didn't just want the foreign Auror to die, but die in pain. "No one has every been under longer than five minutes without personal damage! Maybe you require another form of motivation." He turned to Katja and yelled, "Crucio! Crucio!"
She screamed in pain, but not as much pain as one would expect. At first, Sirius thought that the leader was just hitting her with a low-powered Cruciatus curse, but then saw the look of frustration on his face. "Why isn't she screaming loud enough?"
"You just don't know enough magic. I could kill you without my wand, right now." She was starting to get angry, and her magic wanted to be released. Remembering the incident when she threw a couple of students across the Common Room, she tried to break the bonds that were holding her.
"You can't do that. Those are unbreakable, except for my wand," the leader said triumphantly.
"Are you stupid, Terrorist?" she asked him. "The first thing that you learn in Auror training is to check for wands. I had a wand up my sleeve the whole time!" She then cast a cutting curse at Sirius shackles, which broke open. She then used the "Commande" curse on the Leader to force him to let her go, but as soon as she released him from the mind control, he started firing Curses and Hexes at them. Katja figured that her use of an Unforgivable would be forgiven, since she was in extreme peril.
The Terrorist was in a fury and pointed his wand at them and started, "Avada ..." which was as far as he got before there was a massive surge of popping sounds that almost sounded like popcorn. Soon, the Secret Hideout was filled with shouts, as the ambushers got ambushed by the Aurors. Soon, the Aurors got to the room that they were being held in.
"What took you so long?" asked Katja. She looked and the terrorist leader was being put into magic-suppression handcuffs after taking a Stupefy to the chest. "Where's Sirius' wand?"
"We'll get it for you," said the Captain of Blue Squad. "Accio Sirius' Wand! What about your other wand?"
"I hadn't thought about it," she started. "Don't summon it. It won't work for you."
"Lieutenant, I am a Captain with more power than you! Of course I will be able to Summon it!"
"If you do, I am not responsible for what happens," stated Katja.
"Are you threatening me, Lieutenant? I will have your commission for this!"
"Actually, I was just stating that the Blood Wards will almost certainly prevent you from Summoning and holding the wand. If they don't stop you from holding it, then they will stop you from using it for anything more than a Lumos. Accio Katja's backup wand!"
Her wand came flying towards her, but managed to hit the commander on its way, causing a large burn to appear on his robes. "Now can we please get out of here?" asked Katja.
The next month was filled with treatments for the Cruciatus Curses that both she and Sirius had taken and debriefings. First, she had a debriefing with the Base Commander. Then, she had a debrief with the Commander, Atlantic Station (the Commander for the whole of the Eastern Seaboard). Finally, she had a debrief with the Commandant. All three of them viewed Pensieve memories and felt that her use of the Curse was justifiable.
Katja was happy when the time July rolled around, and even happier when the end of July came, since she, Major Williamson, and Sirius were going to England. They had been assured by the English Ambassador and the Minister for Magic herself that there would be no repeats of the last time the three came to England.
The trio, along with bodyguards, arrived in England on 27 July. The arrival date meant that the three had to be someplace safe by nightfall, because it was a full moon. She knew that she wouldn't be able to avoid this moon, so they went to the Potters', where they saw James, Remus, and a very pregnant Lily Potter. The Animagi and Werewolves would be locked inside the Ballroom, so as to avoid potentially biting Lily, who couldn't transform for obvious reasons. Now that she Marked Sirius as her mate, it wasn't as bad being around Remus. They played the night away in their animal forms.
At exactly 0830 on 30 July, Neville Longbottom was born to Frank and Alice Longbottom, and at exactly 0930 on 31 July, Harry James Potter was born. Sirius and Katja were immediately named Godparents, and it was during this ceremony that Katja noticed someone standing outside the nursery doors.
The man was wearing an old cricketer's uniform and seemed to have a cricket ball in his pockets. The man had a cream-coloured frock coat (which had a piece of celery attached to it), striped trousers, and plimsoll shoes on. The odd thing was, thought Katja. Is that he seems to know us, even if we have never met him...before! Putting two and two together, she realised who the man was. She, Sirius and David went out into the hall to talk to him.
"Sir," Katja asked. "Are you The Doctor?"
"Doctor Who?" replied the man. This response seemed to make Katja even happier. "I'm sorry, but have we met?" he asked.
"No, Doctor," she replied. "Not for you, at least."
"What do you mean?" asked the person known as The Doctor.
"We, David and I, come from the future. We were both sent back in time, where we met you in approximately 1977."
"I don't remember that," said the Doctor.
"That's because it hasn't happened yet!" said Katja before she continued, "For you, at least."
A look of realisation came to him. "Me, from a later time-line went back in time to meet you at an earlier point in your time-line! Which one was I, by the way?"
"Sorry?" all three asked.
"Which incarnation was I? I couldn't have been with this one" the Doctor clarified.
"I believe it was your tenth incarnation. For a number of years, you had some rubbish luck, regenerating every couple of Earth years, but Ten seemed to be doing well," replied David. "The only downside was that he looked eerily similar to a former opponent."
"Did I look good?" asked the Doctor.
"Better than ever," said David as they all turned to look at the baby Harry James Potter, the boy who would become Saviour of the Wizarding World.
A/N: Jijo Forense is a reference to Abby from NCIS (Jijo is the Japanese for 'Abigail' and Forense is Catalan for "Forensic" as in "Forensic Scientist"
Regular Use-of-Force Rules means no Killing Curses, Imperious, or Cruciatus Curses
In addition to the regular disclaimers, I must add that I don't own NCIS, Doctor Who, or any related items.