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Chapter 59 **Rescue is at Hand, Part II**
Harry curled himself into a ball, keeping his eyes closed tight. His scar was still sizzling with pain; both from Voldemort's touch and close proximity.
"Well, that should send a message."
Harry wondered what Voldemort was talking about through the haze of pain. Then it hit him.
Voldemort had touched Draco's Mark then his scar. He had channeled Harry's pain through Draco and into his father. Harry cursed and wondered if his father might be there, trying to rescue him despite Harry telling him not to.
Suddenly Voldemort said, "Now for young Draco."
Harry curled tighter as the voice hissed, "Crucio," and Draco screamed.
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Another scream rang out through the dark halls and Severus frowned. From behind him Moody growled, "What?"
"Someone's being tortured."
"Potter?"
Severus shook his head, wanting to strangle the Auror for not using his son's true name. "No, not Harry. And not any of the others. I've heard them all enough to know who's who."
"Then who is it?"
"My guess if Draco. Though why . . ." It hit him. Severus cursed and closed his eyes, rubbing at his temples with one hand. Beside him Saerry whimpered and Moody growled, "What?"
"Imperius. Damnit, Lucius told me about this."
"What?"
"Liquid Imperius. It can keep a person under Imperius if the caster is on the other side of the world. Lucius must have had Draco under it. Damnit, why didn't I think of that? I gave that boy back to his father. Hell, I as good as killed him."
Saerry nudged his side while Moody didn't say anything. Severus shook his head and said, "Nevermind." He added, "They're probably in the throne room."
"Which is where?"
"Right around the corner."
The three of them crept forward and looked around the corner. Down a short hallway they saw a large room through an archway. Gathered at the far side of the room were masked and un-masked Death Eaters.
And just in front of the archway was Voldemort, Harry and Draco lying at his feet.
Severus pulled out his wand and came so close to pointing it at Voldemort and saying Avada Kedavra that is scared him. He took a shaky breath and gripped his wand tightly. Beside him Saerry let out a low growled and bared her fangs.
Moody growled, "We'll never get them all."
Severus snarled in return, "I don't care. Just get that damn Portkey to Harry. Saer, I want you to protect Harry and go back with him. He'll have you to take care of him if I don't make it back."
Saerry growled softly and nudged him with her head as if to say 'You'll make it back.' Severus stroked her sleek fur and felt the chain of her medallion under his fingertips. He forced a smile and said, "Don't worry Saer. It just a precaution."
Saerry growled and leaned against him, her full weight causing him to stagger slightly. Moody frowned at them and growled, "Ideas?"
Severus looked back into the room and saw, through a gap in the ranks of Death Eaters, another archway. And peering out of the hallway beyond it was a large black dog and a great brown and gray wolf.
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Sirius peered through the ranks of Death Eaters and saw Harry lying on the stone floor at Voldemort's feet. He pulled his lips back in a snarl and started forward but Remus grabbed his tail in his teeth and pulled him back.
Sirius snapped at him and Remus growled softly, nudging Sirius with his shoulder then jerking his head at the room. Looking again, Sirius saw another hallway across the room. And looking out of it was Severus, Moody, and the dark form of Saerry.
He growled softly and looked at Remus, who flashed his fangs in a parody of a grin.
The two of them watched as Severus made some sort of signal at them then waved at the Death Eaters backs. Sirius and Remus looked at each other then nodded. From the hall Severus nodded in return and Saerry flashed her fangs in a grin.
The rescue was about to begin.
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Harry lifted his head and opened his eyes. Voldemort still towered over him but he had stopped torturing Draco. Now he was speaking to his Death Eaters.
Then . . . . . "Crucio!"
Voldemort twisted in pain from the curse and whirled around just as a huge black shape bounded past him. It crouched over Harry and Draco, snarling at the shocked Death Eaters. Harry saw something silver flashing above him and he saw it to be a medallion.
"Saerry?"
The gaunt black wolf looked at him out of the corner of one black eye and gave what Harry discerned to be a smile.
"KILL THEM! KILL THEM ALL!!" roared Voldemort.
The Death Eaters leapt forward, wands raised, but were driven back as Moody bellowed, "Stupefy!" Many of the Death Eaters fell to the red light but more fell to the claws and teeth of another gaunt wolf, this one brown peppered with gray. A shaggy black dog suddenly skidded to a stop by Harry's head and gave a little whimper.
"Sirius," said Harry and lifted a hand to reassuringly pat his godfather's nose before the dog dove into the fray to help the other wolf, which was Remus.
Suddenly Harry heard Voldemort yell, "Crucio!" and then heard his father cry out as there was a loud thunk and the crack of bone.
Harry lifted his head in the same instant Saerry moved off of him and Draco to claw viciously at an approaching Nott. But he paid no attention to his aunt as no spell could harm or contain a werewolf.
He saw his father, one arm hanging limp at his side, facing off with Voldemort, who was sneering.
"Come to save your son after all Severus? You should have brought more help. For you will need saving before I am done with you."
Severus snarled, "If it takes my death to save my son then so be it. I owe his mother that much!"
Voldemort laughed. "Owe her? What do you think she thought of you Severus? She must have thought you were slime when she saw her son was also yours. Do you think she did Severus? Tell me."
"Lily was my life. And you took her away from me, forced me to harm her. You bastard! Die for all your sins and suffer in Hell! I'm certain I'll be there soon enough to join you."
Voldemort sneered again.
"See you in Hell Severus. Crucio."
Severus tried to dodge the curse but it hit him and he fell to the floor, writhing in pain. Voldemort watched, eyes bright. And from a few feet away Harry watched, terror at losing his father bubbling up inside him and forming in a blind, heated rage. Inside something cracked and Harry felt power, pure uncontrolled power, surge through him. The world shrank until it was only him, Voldemort, and his father. Harry suddenly through a hand forward, not knowing what he was truly doing, and howled, "AVADA KEDAVRA!"
Green light flashed and there was a dull thump as Voldemort's body fell to the ground. Severus lifted his head and saw his son sitting up, one hand throat forward, panting heavily. A moment later the green eyes rolled back up into their sockets and the thin body fell backwards. Severus got to his feet, ignoring the pain surging through his limbs and went to his son's side.
"Harry!"
He gathered the limp body into his arms and hugged it close. Something was suddenly pressed into his hand and Moody snarled, "Go!"
Severus looked down at the Portkey and held tight to Harry. As the device activated he reached out and grabbed a fistful of Draco's robes.
A moment later they were gone.
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The three reappeared on the Hogwarts lawn and Severus immediately conjured stretchers for the two boys. After placing them on them he wrote a hasty note to Dumbledore concerning Draco and laid it on the boys stretcher. Quickly he shot red sparks into the air. He had Dumbledore had agreed that red sparks would be a signal.
Severus waited until gold sparks shot out of Dumbledore's office window then grasped the Portkey again. He cast Harry a hasty look and squeezed his son's limp hand tightly.
"Be safe."
A moment later he was gone as the Portkey activated.
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As Severus reappeared he saw Lucius Malfoy going down under the weight of Saerry's wolf form. He whistled loudly and yelled, "MOVE IT!!"
Saerry leapt off of Lucius and bounded over to him, slashing an unsuspecting Macnair across the back as the man shot Crucio at Moody. Remus and Sirius swiftly joined them but Death Eaters blocked off Moody from them.
The Auror roared, "GET OUT OF HERE YOU FOOLS!!"
Saerry gave a loud yip and Severus held out the Portkey. Three canine noses touched it just as Moody vanished with a pop. He had Apparated.
"Crucio!"
The Portkey activated at that exact moment. The last thing Severus saw was Voldemort's livid face.
As they reappeared he thought Oh hell . . . That was his last thought before he fainted from exhaustion on the Hogwarts lawn.
A/N: Everyone's safe again! And no, Avada Kedavra did not work on Voldie. Why? That shalt be explained in the next chapter.