Chapter 11-
Andromeda's arms were very, very sore from climbing into the elevator shaft, and the last thing she wanted to do was fix that stupid elevator to the little sanity the occupants inside it had.
"Ok." Andromeda said to Ramar. "Let's just get this over with." Andromeda looked down. Considering the movie she saw on the plane was 'Speed', this was not one of her favorite places to be.
"Come on!" Jade said from the elevator. "We're going stir crazy in here!"
"It frightens me to think they could get any more psychotic than they already are." Ramar commented, looking up to see how far up the next floor was.
Andromeda didn't hear her; she was too busy preventing a heart attack. "We're pretty high up." Andromeda said.
"And we're going to have to go higher," Ramar said, pointing up. "The next floor is up there."
Andromeda looked up. Sure enough, she could see the elevator doors about four yards above her. "How are we going to get up there?" Andromeda asked, knowing the answer, but not wanting to.
"We'll have to climb the cables." Ramar confirmed, grabbing on to the cables sticking out of the elevator.
"Great." Andromeda said under her breath. She followed suit, and grabbed onto a cable.
~*~
What was it Andromeda had told Severus to do if he wanted a taxi? Severus was pondering this on the side of Broadway, but he couldn't come to a conclusion. Was he supposed to stick out his wand? No, Andromeda laughed at that.
"Severus?" A voice called. Severus recognized the voice, so his natural reaction was to walk away very fast, and pretend he didn't hear it. But the body of the voice was too fast for him. Next thing Severus knew, Remus Lupin and Gilderoy Lockhart were standing by him.
"What are you doing out here?" Remus asked him. Severus was about to answer, but he noticed that Remus had Gilderoy by the collar, and Gilderoy was wearing handcuffs.
"Might I ask what Lockhart is doing?" Severus asked with a sneer.
"I had to bail him out of jail." Remus said, giving Lockhart a disapproving look.
"It was an autograph signing!" Gilderoy said, trying to fold his arms despite his handcuffs.
"Let's just say he's banned from every night club in the tri-state area." Remus said, giving Severus the hint that he didn't want to know.
"I see." Severus said. "And where is that strumpet of yours?" he added, referring to Gloria.
"Where is Gloria, anyway?" Remus asked Gilderoy, forgetting that Severus had called his fiancée a strumpet.
Gilderoy shrugged, getting even more tangled up in his handcuffs. "Don't they take the handcuffs off after you're let out of prison?" Severus asked.
"Severus," Remus said, "Do you really think it would be wise to inflict Gilderoy on the public?"
"Right." Severus said. "Anyway- did Andromeda tell you what hotel she's staying at?"
"We were just on our way there." Remus said. "I need to lock Gilderoy in the mini-bar. You can come along if you'd like."
Of course Severus 'didn't like' but he certainly didn't want to sit on the end of Broadway and contemplate the nonsense Andromeda had fed him about what Muggles were like.
~*~
By now, Andromeda and Ramar were half way up to the next floor. They would have been nearer to the top, but the SSS girls kept shaking the elevator whenever one of them went momentarily stir crazy.
"So- grr..." Andromeda said, trying to make conversation while pulling herself up the cable. "Why are you- uhg- in the SSS, anyway? You don't seem to be- ow- nearly a psychotic about Severus as the rest of them."
"That's just because- ow- my interest in Professor Snape is genuine." Ramar replied. "I really do think he's- grr- handsome and charmingly sarcastic."
"And- uhg- the other girls don't think that way?" Andromeda asked.
"Not really." Ramar said. "You've- ow- heard them. It's all sexual innuendoes."
Andromeda nodded the best she could. "Well," she said, "I'm glad someone-..." Andromeda's sentence was cut off just as the elevator doors opened.
~*~
Severus was seeing Gilderoy to his room to make sure he didn't burn the hotel room on his way up. He was also going to check his room for pointy objects that Gilderoy could choke on.
They were passing by the elevators when Gilderoy suddenly burst out, "What does this button do?"
Gilderoy jabbed the elevator's 'up' button, and the doors burst open, revealing Andromeda Stone and Ramar Raven, clinging on to the cable for dear life.
"Sweetie Pumpkin!" Gilderoy exclaimed, "What are you doing in there? An elevator shaft is no place for a lady!"
"Gilderoy!" Andromeda said. "I am so glad to see you!"
"Really, sweetie pumpkin?" he asked.
"I feel safer when you're in plain view." Andromeda quipped. "Help us out of here!"
Severus heard the familiar voice of Andromeda, and quickly rushed over to Gilderoy. He looked into the shaft and, sure enough, there was Andromeda and another SSS member.
"Severus!" Andromeda exclaimed. "Get us out of here!"
"Why?" Severus asked. "So you can humiliate me as you like again?"
"Severus, I'm sorry, but this isn't the time!" Andromeda said. "Gilderoy pressed the up button, the elevator could be coming up any second now!"
"Only if you let me deal with the SSS in my own way!" Severus said.
"No killing, Severus!" Andromeda said quickly.
"Fine. No killing." Severus said, a hint of disappointment in his voice.
"Hurry, Severus, the elevator's coming!" Andromeda said with urgency.
Gilderoy, however, who heard none of this conversation, continued staring at the beautiful light of the 'up' button, and decided it might glow brighter if he pressed it again. Then he heard a voice in his ear that said, "Push the button, Gilderoy. See what happens if you push the button."
"Gilderoy, what are you doing?" Severus asked, noticing Gilderoy's finger moving closer to the up button.
"Gilderoy!" Andromeda screamed, "Don't you dare!"
But it was too late, the elevator moved up, and it caught Andromeda and Ramar as it came up. But it didn't stop. It kept going up and up and up, hurling Andromeda and Ramar to the very top of the building, where it was likely they would be smushed into jelly.
"Gilderoy, what have you done?!" exclaimed, pushing Gilderoy aside and looking up the elevator shaft, thinking of a plan.
"I know," Gilderoy said with a little laugh, "You'd think it would glow more. Stupid button."
That's it. Sorry this one took long too. Oh well... Chamber of Secrets is coming out in four days! Woohoo! I made a shirt that has Snape's picture on it, it says 'Severus Snape Society' and then it has their motto underneath. I'm so proud... (sniff) Anyway, next chapter Andromeda and Ramar have to think fast to keep from being jelly-fied.
Andromeda's arms were very, very sore from climbing into the elevator shaft, and the last thing she wanted to do was fix that stupid elevator to the little sanity the occupants inside it had.
"Ok." Andromeda said to Ramar. "Let's just get this over with." Andromeda looked down. Considering the movie she saw on the plane was 'Speed', this was not one of her favorite places to be.
"Come on!" Jade said from the elevator. "We're going stir crazy in here!"
"It frightens me to think they could get any more psychotic than they already are." Ramar commented, looking up to see how far up the next floor was.
Andromeda didn't hear her; she was too busy preventing a heart attack. "We're pretty high up." Andromeda said.
"And we're going to have to go higher," Ramar said, pointing up. "The next floor is up there."
Andromeda looked up. Sure enough, she could see the elevator doors about four yards above her. "How are we going to get up there?" Andromeda asked, knowing the answer, but not wanting to.
"We'll have to climb the cables." Ramar confirmed, grabbing on to the cables sticking out of the elevator.
"Great." Andromeda said under her breath. She followed suit, and grabbed onto a cable.
~*~
What was it Andromeda had told Severus to do if he wanted a taxi? Severus was pondering this on the side of Broadway, but he couldn't come to a conclusion. Was he supposed to stick out his wand? No, Andromeda laughed at that.
"Severus?" A voice called. Severus recognized the voice, so his natural reaction was to walk away very fast, and pretend he didn't hear it. But the body of the voice was too fast for him. Next thing Severus knew, Remus Lupin and Gilderoy Lockhart were standing by him.
"What are you doing out here?" Remus asked him. Severus was about to answer, but he noticed that Remus had Gilderoy by the collar, and Gilderoy was wearing handcuffs.
"Might I ask what Lockhart is doing?" Severus asked with a sneer.
"I had to bail him out of jail." Remus said, giving Lockhart a disapproving look.
"It was an autograph signing!" Gilderoy said, trying to fold his arms despite his handcuffs.
"Let's just say he's banned from every night club in the tri-state area." Remus said, giving Severus the hint that he didn't want to know.
"I see." Severus said. "And where is that strumpet of yours?" he added, referring to Gloria.
"Where is Gloria, anyway?" Remus asked Gilderoy, forgetting that Severus had called his fiancée a strumpet.
Gilderoy shrugged, getting even more tangled up in his handcuffs. "Don't they take the handcuffs off after you're let out of prison?" Severus asked.
"Severus," Remus said, "Do you really think it would be wise to inflict Gilderoy on the public?"
"Right." Severus said. "Anyway- did Andromeda tell you what hotel she's staying at?"
"We were just on our way there." Remus said. "I need to lock Gilderoy in the mini-bar. You can come along if you'd like."
Of course Severus 'didn't like' but he certainly didn't want to sit on the end of Broadway and contemplate the nonsense Andromeda had fed him about what Muggles were like.
~*~
By now, Andromeda and Ramar were half way up to the next floor. They would have been nearer to the top, but the SSS girls kept shaking the elevator whenever one of them went momentarily stir crazy.
"So- grr..." Andromeda said, trying to make conversation while pulling herself up the cable. "Why are you- uhg- in the SSS, anyway? You don't seem to be- ow- nearly a psychotic about Severus as the rest of them."
"That's just because- ow- my interest in Professor Snape is genuine." Ramar replied. "I really do think he's- grr- handsome and charmingly sarcastic."
"And- uhg- the other girls don't think that way?" Andromeda asked.
"Not really." Ramar said. "You've- ow- heard them. It's all sexual innuendoes."
Andromeda nodded the best she could. "Well," she said, "I'm glad someone-..." Andromeda's sentence was cut off just as the elevator doors opened.
~*~
Severus was seeing Gilderoy to his room to make sure he didn't burn the hotel room on his way up. He was also going to check his room for pointy objects that Gilderoy could choke on.
They were passing by the elevators when Gilderoy suddenly burst out, "What does this button do?"
Gilderoy jabbed the elevator's 'up' button, and the doors burst open, revealing Andromeda Stone and Ramar Raven, clinging on to the cable for dear life.
"Sweetie Pumpkin!" Gilderoy exclaimed, "What are you doing in there? An elevator shaft is no place for a lady!"
"Gilderoy!" Andromeda said. "I am so glad to see you!"
"Really, sweetie pumpkin?" he asked.
"I feel safer when you're in plain view." Andromeda quipped. "Help us out of here!"
Severus heard the familiar voice of Andromeda, and quickly rushed over to Gilderoy. He looked into the shaft and, sure enough, there was Andromeda and another SSS member.
"Severus!" Andromeda exclaimed. "Get us out of here!"
"Why?" Severus asked. "So you can humiliate me as you like again?"
"Severus, I'm sorry, but this isn't the time!" Andromeda said. "Gilderoy pressed the up button, the elevator could be coming up any second now!"
"Only if you let me deal with the SSS in my own way!" Severus said.
"No killing, Severus!" Andromeda said quickly.
"Fine. No killing." Severus said, a hint of disappointment in his voice.
"Hurry, Severus, the elevator's coming!" Andromeda said with urgency.
Gilderoy, however, who heard none of this conversation, continued staring at the beautiful light of the 'up' button, and decided it might glow brighter if he pressed it again. Then he heard a voice in his ear that said, "Push the button, Gilderoy. See what happens if you push the button."
"Gilderoy, what are you doing?" Severus asked, noticing Gilderoy's finger moving closer to the up button.
"Gilderoy!" Andromeda screamed, "Don't you dare!"
But it was too late, the elevator moved up, and it caught Andromeda and Ramar as it came up. But it didn't stop. It kept going up and up and up, hurling Andromeda and Ramar to the very top of the building, where it was likely they would be smushed into jelly.
"Gilderoy, what have you done?!" exclaimed, pushing Gilderoy aside and looking up the elevator shaft, thinking of a plan.
"I know," Gilderoy said with a little laugh, "You'd think it would glow more. Stupid button."
That's it. Sorry this one took long too. Oh well... Chamber of Secrets is coming out in four days! Woohoo! I made a shirt that has Snape's picture on it, it says 'Severus Snape Society' and then it has their motto underneath. I'm so proud... (sniff) Anyway, next chapter Andromeda and Ramar have to think fast to keep from being jelly-fied.