Harry: Hey, guys? Do you know where the author is?
Ron: Dunno. They said he was blown up by a nuclear bomb. Who knows? All we know is that he 'disappeared' from those cliffhanger protestors.
Hermione: They said he went to Afghanistan.
Draco Malfoy: Hey fellas! I found out the author's secret location!
Harry: Cool. How did ya know?
Draco Malfoy: He e-mailed me. He said it is a secret that can only be viewed by moi!
Ron: Come on! Tell me QUICK!
Draco Malfoy: Sorry. But yer have to pay.
Hermione: How much?
Draco Malfoy: Let's see...Since all of the country is searching for him....a few billion Galleons?
Ron: That's crazy!
*Harry takes a big brown sack and dropped it in front of Malfoy*
Harry: Here. Your few billion Galleons. Now, spill it out!
Draco Malfoy: Okay. Settled. Have it printed here. *waves piece of paper* HE IS IN....
*ground blows up beneath them* *all characters fly into graveyard*
*shovel stuck out of ground* *Red Scar jumps out of ground*
A/N: Well, well, well. Can't trust Malfoy to keep a secret. Oh, hello! I'm back!!!! Okay, so the rumors are true. I WAS in Afghanistan for two reasons. First, to research on gruesome killings and deaths. Secondly, to hide from the protestors. Actually, there was a plane heading from here to Afghanistan. So, I knew the protestors were going to kill me. So, I went back, the long way. And as for them, I placed an ADDing Device (Airplane Direction Diverting Device) on the engine. So, now, they must be in erm...somewhere in outer space? Anyway, thanks for your supportive reviews. Here's the second part of my previous chapter.
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Insanity Degree: (please refer to previous chapter)
Chapter 15
The Elude (Part 2)
Outside, on the roof, a small explosion could be seen.
"Oh, no!" Hermione exclaimed. "The time bomb!"
"This doesn't look good." Dumbledore said to himself.
"But I only set the bomb with 2 doses!" Ron said.
"TWO DOSES?! TWO DOSES?! Why, two doses could be good anywhere else!" Dumbledore said. "But, this is a place filled with oxygen tanks, hydrogen tanks, missiles and rocket fuel! With all these, the fire can easily spread. But, we have nothing to worry about. The only thing we need to worry about is the Rocket Fuel Plant. If any of those tanks in the plant are touched by even a spark..."
"We're roasted chicken," Sirius continued, "Then that.....Muggle guy.....I think he's a colonel.....by the name of Sandals or Sanders, I think....will take us!!!"
"GUIDED MISSILES LAUNCHIN'!"
Ron was surprised. "They are still hunting us down, even in an emergency?"
Voldemort seemed not to bothering about the bomb, or the missiles. He still laughed and jumped around to the end of the corridor.
Harry remembered something. "Wait. Remember the elevator we took up the hill?"
Everyone thought of the same thing. "THE STAIRS!!!!" They immediately rushed for any stairs to the lobby.
But of course, the plan did not work. From the speakers: "Ground floor lobby is on fire. Please take the emergency exits. A14 evacuation start. Use Intercross 90 if you're in range with F17 Quarters. Halfback to Yard 17 if you're in Intercross 70"
Dumbledore stamped his foot on the ground. "Damn it! We'll need an alternative escape!"
Harry whispered, "Are you sure he's a headmaster?"
McGonagall said, "Of course he is, you damned fool."
Ron pointed outside, "But first, THE MISSILES!!!!"
Six missiles were heading towards them.
"DUCK!!!"
Even though Voldemort did not take the advice and instead, concentrated on Phosphane Release, he somehow missed all of them. It was like a miracle.
The 6 missiles swooped through an open window and spun around Hitting a tall tower. The tall tower exploded and fell down on some 'innocent' soldiers.
The speakers boomed, "Guard tower 18 down!!!! I think 6 airplanes rammed it. You sure that there are no more hijackings since that September 11 thingy?"
Another voice boomed through the speakers, "OF COURSE THERE AREN'T!!!!!! IT WAS SIX MISSILES!!!!!!!!!"
"Ok then. Launch AETs (Alternative Evacuation Transports) NOW!!!!!!!"
McGonagall asked Dumbledore, "Great, now, how are we going to escape?"
"To the Observation Deck!"
They all ran for the stairs, leading for the Observation Deck.
Six soldiers were ready at the top, rifles aiming. But one shot of a missile launcher sent them flying out and landed right into a blazing inferno........
Harry asked, "Why to the Observation Deck?"
"To look around. We need to find this so-called alternative transportation."
Hermione pointed outside, "Look! A launch-pad!!! I've seen loads of those during our PEACEFUL trip to Miami."
Ron asked, "Why the countdown is on?"
Hermione replied annoyingly, "Because they are going to send out a rocket, silly."
Dumbledore suddenly shouted, "As their emergency alternative transportation!!!!"
"Huh?" Ron was confused.
Remus explained, "Pretty simple. The countdown started because they are going to use the rocket to escape from this area. Therefore, we have to hijack the rocket, so that we, too, can escape as well."
Sirius said, "But it is far away! We'll never be able to get there on time!"
Dumbledore thought, "There must be a fast transportation to use during an emergency to get there quick."
The speakers boomed, "Train 44A launched. Points C, Z5, B22 and G join. Destination Terminal 20. Train 44B on standby. 5 minutes to train launch. Evacuation on Sector Delta to full-speed. Wildfire to Section 84. Emergency shutters in Sector Pi close."
Dumbledore looked at a map nearby. They obviously placed codenames for everything, he thought to himself. The message was deciphered and understood. Destination Terminal 20 was classified in the map as the launch-pad. Points C, Z5, B22 and G were the points on the railroad, and if calculated correctly, will leave a straight-forward path to the launch-pad. Sector Delta was the area of the Asylum where the train station was located.
"Building Z15 down. Train 44A out of building. People in 1250M evacuate using B2 stairs."
Dumbledore looked out of the window and saw a high-tech bullet train zooming along a railroad as fast as an airplane on taking off.
"We must find the train station and hijack one of the trains," he said to them. "With this, we can get to the launch-pad safely. Is that clear?"
"Yes, sir."
"I CAN'T HEAR YOU!!!"
"YES, SIR!!!"
"Good."
Ron looked out of the window and saw something. "Or we don't need to find it at all, sir. The train station is right beneath us."
Just on time, the train beneath started to move.
"WE NEED TO CRASH ONE OF THE WINDOWS HERE!!!"
Ron quickly took his sledge-hammer and slammed the window but only to make a crack.
"Reinforced glass aloid panes!!!!!" yelled Hermione.
Dumbledore took his missile launcher and the missile crashed the window and it was left with no glass at all. The missile lowered and crashed Train 44A making a large explosion.
"Unidentified object crashed Train 44A. Evacuation in Section 2 start. Train 44B launched."
"NOW JUMP!!!!"
One by one, they jumped on the top of the carriages of the train. Voldemort, by luck, landed on the edge of the last carriage.
Immediately, a horde of soldiers jumped from the train, rifles aiming at the gang.
Ron asked Harry, "Do you think the train was expecting us?"
"After what we did back there, yes."
War began. Dumbledore shot at every single soldier on sight. McGonagall was karate-chopping their elbows and Ron was slamming the heads. Sirius was also executing them in an electric way. Remus Lupin began shooting with his ball at all the remaining ones, sending them flying down the mountain. Hermione polar-shot them as they tumbled down the slopes.
After all that, they rested on top, eating their barbecued dinner (of soldier's limbs).
Dumbledore smelt something in the air. "Smells like sulfur and acid put together ."
All looked at Voldemort. "It wasn't me."
Hermione pointed at a concrete pipe. "It's coming from there."
Dumbledore walked slowly towards the pipe and smelt with a deep breath....
And threw up.
"Must be their *cough* secret formulae *cough* created by a huge great *cough* pump."
Remus smelt it with a much lighter dose. "This formulae must be in gas form."
Harry, remembering his Muggle science lessons before heading for Hogwarts, asked Dumbledore, "Does gas fills up space, like liquid and solids?"
"Of course it does."
"Then, what happens when something blocks that pipe?"
"Well, the air pressure inside the pump will build up and get bigger and bigger and bigger, until it..." Dumbledore smirked and asked, "Does anyone one of you have a erm...a BALLOON INFLATING PUMPING DEVICE?"
Harry took it out from his pocket. Dumbledore examined and tested it out with his balloon. "Still working."
He took the balloon out and with it, he fixed onto the pipe. He began pump up and down rapidly. The carriage seemed to be moving a bit.
"Professor Dumbledore. What the damned heck are you doin' with that thing????" asked McGonagall.
"Well, as I said," he explained as he was pumping. "As I pump, the air pressure inside the acid pump will get bigger and bigger and bigger and bigger..."
The car of the train was beginning to inflate and get bloated. The steel panes bended and bolts and nails flew out. It almost looked as the car was about to explode. Dumbledore seemed to be having a very hard time with the last few pumps as he was sweating.
Suddenly, he stopped. "Okay. This is the last shot. A small push will send this carriage exploding. On the count to 3, you run to the next carriage. One, two....Hey, Professor McGonagall, do you think this carriage has people inside it?"
"Don't know."
"Well, there is only one way to find out. THREE!!!!" He pushed the pump and ran for his life.
The carriage exploded and green acid blasted out at all directions. Screams were heard as burning people flew out. The acid then turned into fire. Blood was seen all over the rail. The train then incidentally slowed down and the last carriage that was behind the acid car coupled back, forming a smaller train.
"That was exhausting!" Dumbledore exclaimed. "Hey, take a look at this!"
He rushed to the last carriage. There, a large metal panel was seen.
"This must lead to the cargo area," Remus suggested. He tried to open it. "It's locked with locks."
Dumbledore rummaged through his handbag and found a hook. "ENGORGIO!!!!" The hook expanded to enormous size. He hooked it with the panel. "Get ready your weapons. You might not know when this carriage is crowded." He pulled the hook. The panel was forced open.
They all jumped inside. No one was seen.
"They must be in the other carriages. Salvage this carriage."
All of them searched for anything, although unsure what they were supposed to find.
They found a circular panel at the back of the carriage in the 'EXPLOSIVE AND DANGEROUS CARGO' section. "This leads to outside," Sirius guessed.
"Why build a door to outside the train?" Ron asked.
"To take the cargo down obviously."
Then the speakers on the train boomed, "Weapon Rail tank V-164 up and going!!!! Evacuation 122 in bridge 2A4 on the go. Buildings 35, 37 and 45 down in Section Gamma."
Sirius forced open the back panel, using the huge hook, and saw a large green tank fixed to the railroad zooming towards them. In the background......a blazing city. The tank has thousands of guns, rocket launchers and cannons.
Dumbledore sighed and got back to the top of the train.
"SAY GOODBYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" he yelled as almost pulled the trigger until....
"FREEZE!!!!!" a swarm of soldiers appeared on the front car.
Dumbledore shot a missile and it hit the swarm at one go. The swarm flew to the back of the train and landed on the railroad behind the train.
"WHOOPS!!!!" said Dumbledore as the Rail Tank rolled over the swarm. The tank flew up but landed back onto the track......this time closer.
"Couple...couple..." The tank finally coupled with the train. "Good." He looked at the others. "Salvage the tank and push all the crates into this train."
They all went in and after a gruesome killing assault........"BOOM!!!!!! AARRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!" They pushed the crates filled with weapons into the train. After all the hard work, they got out of the tank. Before they went out, Dumbledore placed an explosive on the front door of the tank.
"COLLECTOR FOR WEAPON RAIL TANK V-164 LAUNCHING!"
A blue tank went up behind the Weapon Rail Tank and coupled with it. At the same time, using an unusual-looking device they found in the Cargo area, Dumbledore uncoupled the chain between the Tank and the Train.
And saw the Tank exploding when the people at the Collector opened the door. At this point they were on a bridge.
"SUICIDE MISSION Q STARTING!"
"What the..." Dumbledore went to the top of the train and looked. The train was approaching a junction. The point lever was pulled to the right, leading the train to the right. From there, another train was heading to this railroad. If they don't do something....
He took a speed monitor device and examined the speed of the train. After that, he examined the other train's speed. It was clear that his train is faster than that train. He quickly estimated the distance between the train and the junction and how long until it will reach... He quickly hatched a plan.
He gave an order to the people below. "Push at least 5 of the crates and throw them to the railroad. Someone fetch me a loaded rifle."
Although they do not understand these orders, they pushed 5 crates and threw them to the railroad, using the back panel. Harry found a rifle and looked inside for ammo, and gave it to Dumbledore.
He took it to the front carriage and aimed for the point lever. At his moment, he shot.
The point lever shifted, making the path lead to the left. The train went through the left rail and the moment the last carriage went through, the other train passed, entirely missed the targeted train.
The conductor of the suicide train was frustrated. "DAMN!!! AAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHH!!!!"
The train hit the explosive crates and BOOM.......the train was blasted from the bottom and it flew up and skidded on the track upside down. It hit all the other bombs, rolling and twirling and finally......AAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!
The train fell off the bridge heading far below...........and into a power plant. BOOOOMMMM!!!!!!
The whole power plant exploded into a mushroom cloud. The wires that were connected to the electric plant caught fire and the high voltage electricity carried the blazing flames right into the Space Asylum......
"POWER PLANT EVACUATE. WIRE IN FLAMES. WIRE IN FLA.....POWER PLANT DOWN."
Soon there was a blackout in the whole Space Asylum. All equipment in the Space Asylum malfunctioned except for the Announcement Radio and the AETs.
Dumbledore retreated into the Cargo area and high-fived. "Phew. That was close!"
It wasn't over yet.
A helicopter hovered above the train and shot missiles at the back carriage.
"I'll handle it!" Remus Lupin climbed back on top of the train and looked. He immediately triggered an idea.
"JECHT SHOT!!!!"
He kicked the football towards the rotor, causing the helicopter to go berserk. The ball returned and he punched it to the propeller and returned. He jumped into the air, spinning around 600 times and gave a massive kick to the ball. The ball spun all the way into the engine. The helicopter caught fire and fell down a gorge.
The burning pilot....."AAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!" let go of a steel pipe before exploding. The steel pipe landed on the floor.
"What's this?????" asked Remus as he picked up the pipe. It was actually a weapon.
"The Nuclear Pulse-High Range 4000 PANTHER 20A ROM 3" diameter ammo Shot Rifle!!!!" said Hermione.
"COOL!!!!!!" said Remus and pulled the trigger several times.
10 flickering blue balls shot out and headed towards the Space Asylum at high speed. They hit 10 buildings and all of them melted and collapsed.
"Towers A90, L34, G19, BACK, FTS, G70, HYT, Z12, Q14 and F21 down!!!!"
Dumbledore looked around and found two devices in a crate. The Uncoupling Device and the Locking Device.
He took them and looked around. Nothing interesting left.
"Let's get up," he said to the others. All of them climbed back up on the carriage.
That was when they saw a train carriage getting closer to their train.
"A SECRET ASSAULT!" Sirius immediately recognized. "When the train carriage couples with this train, the soldiers inside it will get out and hunt us down!"
Dumbledore remembered one of his devices he collected. He waited until the train coupled with the carriage. Then, he jumped down and placed the Locking Device on the door. The device's dials spun automatically. He then jumped up.
"The door is locked," he assured the others. "They can't get out."
"But, wesa have to disposa thema," Voldemort told him.
"And I think I know how to dispose them." Dumbledore walked to the front carriage and looked at the scenario.
They were approaching another junction on the railroad. One path leads to the launch pad, which is their destination, and the lever was pointing towards the path, meaning the train will head to that path. The right path was blocked by a wooden sign: DANGER! BRIDGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
Dumbledore looked at his equipment: an uncoupling device, a loaded rifle and a magic coal stone that will make any train go twice its speed.
He got a plan on how to dispose the carriage.
A/N: It ends here! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! More cliffhangers! Yes! What is the plan? Let's see if anyone of you can guess it. *sees airplane heading towards him* Uh oh. The protestors are here. *airplane releases guided missiles* Well, gotta run! To where, you say? Well, can't tell ya! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! *runs away as missile explodes at his back.*