Disclaimer: I am not Alan Dean Foster, George Lucas, J.K. Rowling, Michael Reaves, or Steve Perry.
Enter Pius Thicknesse, watching the battle with satisfaction.
Ministry Trooper. DA base, 30 seconds and closing.
Snape now heads for Harry.
Snape. I'm on the leader.
Harry is chased by Snape.
Hedwig. [whistles]
Percy. [on Hogwarts] Hang on, Hedwig.
As Harry angles the targeting computer, he hears Sirius's voice again.
Ghost. Use the Magic, Harry. Let go, Harry.
Snape. The Magic is strong with this one.
Ghost. Harry. Trust me.
Harry switches off his targeting computer.
Jigger. [to Ollivander] His computer's off. [to Harry] Harry. You switched off your targeting computer. What's wrong?
Harry. Nothing. I'm all right.
Hedwig. [beeps and whistles]
Snape fires and hits Hedwig.
[squeals]
Harry. I've lost Hedwig.
Jigger. The Dark Mark has cleared of the region. The Dark Mark has cleared of the region.
Ministry Trooper. DA base in range.
Thicknesse turns Dolohov.
Thicknesse. You may fire when ready.
Ministry Trooper. Commence primary ignition.
Thicknesse's satisfaction is equal to Snape. The Death Eater has Harry locked in his computer.
Snape. I have you now.
But just as he's about to fire, Bole explodes.
What?
Enter the Ford Anglia.
Ron. Ya-hoo!
Pucey. Look out!
Pucey is destroyed, and Snape is knocked out into space.
Ron. You're all clear, kid. Now let's blow this thing and go home.
Harry fires at the Dark Mark, as Spielman, silently praying for a miracle, prepares to fire on Hogwarts. Hoping to delay the inevitable, he desperately stalls.
Spielman. Stand by. Stand by.
Harry and the Ford Anglia fly away from the Dark Mark.
Stand by. Stand by.
Panic begins to ensue in the Dark Mark's control room.
Dolohov. They've fired proton torpedoes down an auxiliary heat shaft. Incoming! Incoming! The reactor will blow!
Thicknesse blinks, stunned, refusing to believe it.
Thicknesse. [aside] Impossible. This station is invulnerable. It's unbeatable. It is unthinkable that it could be beaten. Unthinkable . . .
The Dark Mark explodes, killing everyone on board, including Dolohov, Rosier, Trimble, Bletchley, Vaisey, Burke, Tuft, Spielman, Nott, Urnveld, Berrycloth, and even Thicknesse himself.
Exit all.
