Harry Potter: Desperate Measures
Part 7
It was Friday morning at the Ministry of Magic. The end of the day was rapidly approaching and everyone was eager to call it a day and go home. All save the Minister of Magic and his only son. They had spent the past twenty-four hours contemplating their next move. They had two aces up their collective sleeves and they were wondering how to use them. Originally they had planned to simply use their aces to force the Weasley's to open the Potter Family Vault so they could acquire the last evidence implicating them to Lord Voldemort. A rather poorly disposed of piece of evidence that ended up in the hands of the one person who they feared the most.
Framing him had not helped them acquire this evidence because the vault was now in his wife's name. Killing his wife did not work because not only did she leave the vault to her children, she made one of her brother's the person in charge of her children's trust. Should anything happen to all the children the vault's contents would then go to the Weasley's. As tempting as it would be impossible to eliminate, frame, remove that many people without drawing undesired attention to them.
"What is our next move father?" Draco asked.
"We move up our timetable. We must force the Weasley's to have Jasmine Potter open the vault." Lucius stated.
"And her sister?" Draco inquired.
"She's still comatose, the Weasley's don't know this, but they don't need to. We show them a photo with the current version of the Prophet and they'll do as we say to get her back."
"And Potter Sr.?"
"He'll be with the Weasley's most likely. He wouldn't dare do anything foolish until he has his daughter back and that won't be till we have his evidence against us."
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"Can I help you sir?" The receptionist asked the hooded figure as he entered the ministry office.
"I'd like to speak with Minister Malfoy." The man said.
"I'm sorry, you'll need to make an appointment." The receptionist stated.
"That's ok. I'll show my self in."
The man walked towards the door and kicked it open. The receptionist called for security and as soon as the aurors' arrived the man shed his cloak and drew a very large object that had been obscured by his cloak.
With a pull of the trigger the man unloaded a large number of projectiles around the aurors. The men scattered as the bullets impacted on the walls surrounding them.
"All right Harry, one distraction underway." Dudley said to himself as he continued down the hallway fire burst from his rifle.
~*~*~ ~*~*~ ~*~*~
"Minister." A voice called out from the fireplace.
"I'm busy." Lucius bellowed.
"Sir. we have a security breach. Someone with a muggle machine gun is on his way towards you. The aurors have been unable to deter him and our closest hit wizard team is still several minutes away."
"Seal the building and shut down the floo network. I don't want this person to escape."
"Yes sir."
"Looks like Potter didn't wish to wait father." Draco sarcastically said to his father.
"Then do your job and dispose of him." ordered Lucius.
Draco bowed and proceeded to do just that. He was reaching for the door when the minister's fireplace ignited and out came Harry Potter.
Harry's first move was to take the weapon in his hand and smash Lucius Malfoy across the face with it. Blood flew from Lucius' mouth as he collapsed into a heap on the floor. Harry then pointed the weapon at Draco and opened fire. The blonde slytherin barely managed to jump out of the way of the barrage of projectiles. With a quick incantation the room was magically sealed. The only way out now was the fireplace, or the window. Harry tossed the now useless weapon at Draco's head. Draco barely managed to avoid the object but was not able to avoid the sliding kick delivered by the weapon's owner. Quickly getting to his feet Harry grabbed Draco by his robes and tossed him against the wall. He picked him up again and tossed him into the magically sealed door. Draco pulled out his wand and cast a spell. Harry managed to avoid the spell and then tossed a book at Draco's hand. The book impacted against its target causing Draco to drop his wand.
His opponent disarmed Harry tackled the man directly responsible for destroying his family. Harry grabbed Draco by the throat with his left hand and proceeded to pummel him with his right hand. All of his frustrations over the last few weeks were being released on his now helpless opponent. Visions of his wife and children being attacked by hit wizards flashed in his memory before every blow Harry delivered to Draco. Adrenaline coursing though his body, Harry seized his foe, lifted him off the ground and tossed him against the wall, just missing the window. The wall next to the window conformed to the impact from Draco's body.
A groggy Lucius Malfoy managed to gain some semblance of consciousness and pointed his wand at the enraged man. Harry, noticing the older Malfoy just in time, ducked as a slowly muttered killing curse flew by him. Lucius, wobbling as he moved, moved his desk with a spell so he could kill Potter only to find his room empty, save his son. Lucius looked around again but saw no one. He turned towards the door and watched as Harry Potter, discarding his invisibility cloak, slugged him in the nose. Before Lucius knew what was happening Harry had grabbed hold of his robes and flipped him back against the entrance to his office. Harry then returned to Draco who was regaining his senses. Draco's right eye was swollen and he could not see out of it. His nose was shattered and bleeding profusely. Several of his teeth had been knocked out and he could taste his own blood. Harry brought him back to his feet and looked him in his one good eye.
"This is for Ginny and Daniel."
Grabbing him by his robes he spun him around and tossed his rival through the window of his fathers office. The people on the ground watched as Draco screamed like a little girl all the way down to the ground before he smashed into it. Harry looked out the window and watched to make sure his family's assailant was dead. He turned to see Lucius, his son's wand in hand, glared at him maliciously.
"Expeliarmus!" Lucius yelled.
The spell threw Harry through the damaged wall and broken window.
Lucius hobbled over to the wall and looked out to see that his foe was dead. "Goodbye Potter."
"Goodbye Malfoy." Harry who had caught the lower ledge said as he grabbed hold of Lucius' leg and pulled him down with him. The two men fell clutching each other, trying to spin in the air. They were both jockeying for control, hoping to use the other to cushion their impact.
The two men fought all the way to rapidly approaching ground.
It was Friday morning at the Ministry of Magic. The end of the day was rapidly approaching and everyone was eager to call it a day and go home. All save the Minister of Magic and his only son. They had spent the past twenty-four hours contemplating their next move. They had two aces up their collective sleeves and they were wondering how to use them. Originally they had planned to simply use their aces to force the Weasley's to open the Potter Family Vault so they could acquire the last evidence implicating them to Lord Voldemort. A rather poorly disposed of piece of evidence that ended up in the hands of the one person who they feared the most.
Framing him had not helped them acquire this evidence because the vault was now in his wife's name. Killing his wife did not work because not only did she leave the vault to her children, she made one of her brother's the person in charge of her children's trust. Should anything happen to all the children the vault's contents would then go to the Weasley's. As tempting as it would be impossible to eliminate, frame, remove that many people without drawing undesired attention to them.
"What is our next move father?" Draco asked.
"We move up our timetable. We must force the Weasley's to have Jasmine Potter open the vault." Lucius stated.
"And her sister?" Draco inquired.
"She's still comatose, the Weasley's don't know this, but they don't need to. We show them a photo with the current version of the Prophet and they'll do as we say to get her back."
"And Potter Sr.?"
"He'll be with the Weasley's most likely. He wouldn't dare do anything foolish until he has his daughter back and that won't be till we have his evidence against us."
~*~*~ ~*~*~ ~*~*~
"Can I help you sir?" The receptionist asked the hooded figure as he entered the ministry office.
"I'd like to speak with Minister Malfoy." The man said.
"I'm sorry, you'll need to make an appointment." The receptionist stated.
"That's ok. I'll show my self in."
The man walked towards the door and kicked it open. The receptionist called for security and as soon as the aurors' arrived the man shed his cloak and drew a very large object that had been obscured by his cloak.
With a pull of the trigger the man unloaded a large number of projectiles around the aurors. The men scattered as the bullets impacted on the walls surrounding them.
"All right Harry, one distraction underway." Dudley said to himself as he continued down the hallway fire burst from his rifle.
~*~*~ ~*~*~ ~*~*~
"Minister." A voice called out from the fireplace.
"I'm busy." Lucius bellowed.
"Sir. we have a security breach. Someone with a muggle machine gun is on his way towards you. The aurors have been unable to deter him and our closest hit wizard team is still several minutes away."
"Seal the building and shut down the floo network. I don't want this person to escape."
"Yes sir."
"Looks like Potter didn't wish to wait father." Draco sarcastically said to his father.
"Then do your job and dispose of him." ordered Lucius.
Draco bowed and proceeded to do just that. He was reaching for the door when the minister's fireplace ignited and out came Harry Potter.
Harry's first move was to take the weapon in his hand and smash Lucius Malfoy across the face with it. Blood flew from Lucius' mouth as he collapsed into a heap on the floor. Harry then pointed the weapon at Draco and opened fire. The blonde slytherin barely managed to jump out of the way of the barrage of projectiles. With a quick incantation the room was magically sealed. The only way out now was the fireplace, or the window. Harry tossed the now useless weapon at Draco's head. Draco barely managed to avoid the object but was not able to avoid the sliding kick delivered by the weapon's owner. Quickly getting to his feet Harry grabbed Draco by his robes and tossed him against the wall. He picked him up again and tossed him into the magically sealed door. Draco pulled out his wand and cast a spell. Harry managed to avoid the spell and then tossed a book at Draco's hand. The book impacted against its target causing Draco to drop his wand.
His opponent disarmed Harry tackled the man directly responsible for destroying his family. Harry grabbed Draco by the throat with his left hand and proceeded to pummel him with his right hand. All of his frustrations over the last few weeks were being released on his now helpless opponent. Visions of his wife and children being attacked by hit wizards flashed in his memory before every blow Harry delivered to Draco. Adrenaline coursing though his body, Harry seized his foe, lifted him off the ground and tossed him against the wall, just missing the window. The wall next to the window conformed to the impact from Draco's body.
A groggy Lucius Malfoy managed to gain some semblance of consciousness and pointed his wand at the enraged man. Harry, noticing the older Malfoy just in time, ducked as a slowly muttered killing curse flew by him. Lucius, wobbling as he moved, moved his desk with a spell so he could kill Potter only to find his room empty, save his son. Lucius looked around again but saw no one. He turned towards the door and watched as Harry Potter, discarding his invisibility cloak, slugged him in the nose. Before Lucius knew what was happening Harry had grabbed hold of his robes and flipped him back against the entrance to his office. Harry then returned to Draco who was regaining his senses. Draco's right eye was swollen and he could not see out of it. His nose was shattered and bleeding profusely. Several of his teeth had been knocked out and he could taste his own blood. Harry brought him back to his feet and looked him in his one good eye.
"This is for Ginny and Daniel."
Grabbing him by his robes he spun him around and tossed his rival through the window of his fathers office. The people on the ground watched as Draco screamed like a little girl all the way down to the ground before he smashed into it. Harry looked out the window and watched to make sure his family's assailant was dead. He turned to see Lucius, his son's wand in hand, glared at him maliciously.
"Expeliarmus!" Lucius yelled.
The spell threw Harry through the damaged wall and broken window.
Lucius hobbled over to the wall and looked out to see that his foe was dead. "Goodbye Potter."
"Goodbye Malfoy." Harry who had caught the lower ledge said as he grabbed hold of Lucius' leg and pulled him down with him. The two men fell clutching each other, trying to spin in the air. They were both jockeying for control, hoping to use the other to cushion their impact.
The two men fought all the way to rapidly approaching ground.