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Chapter Three
The Muggle Authority Attack
There were sirens coming from outside. Harry dashed to the window. The Muggle policemen were standing outside. Including a SWAT team.
"I wonder what that is all about." Max, Harry's older twin sister, asked as she entered the room the two siblings shared. When she saw Sirius she said, " Oh, hi Sirius. That answers my question."
Harry knew that the Dursleys had phoned the police about Sirius when they had left the kitchen.
"SIRIUS BLACK!" an officer yelled through a bullhorn from outside. "Come out with your hands up."
Sirius reached for his wand.
"No," Max said, "they're only muggles. You'll only be in more trouble."
Max walked carefully to the window. She let out a horrible gasp as she looked out the window. Harry followed her to see what was wrong.
Colonel Lydecker was standing out there along with what looked to be about three of his own TAC teams. Lydecker was the one who had trained the two twin Potters. Manticore had been horrible. They had escaped the facility years ago, but they knew that the colonel wouldn't rest until he had all thirteen of the missing X5's in his grasp.
At Manticore they had been chained to the bottom of a pool, tortured, taught military hand signals, and been taught self defense better than any of the people who worked in the building. Some things they were taught shouldn't have been taught to children.
Using recombinant DNA in their child soldiers to make them perfect, the facility had in fact made them into fighting machines. The staff learned the hard way about teaching children like them though. The X5's were brilliant and very independent. The people working at the facility didn't realize this until after the breakout. They then deemed the children too smart for their own good.
"Everyone out of the house," the officer yelled.
Lydecker jerked the bullhorn out of the officer's hand and started yelling profanities into it. Threats were also made.
Max made a split decision. She explained the plan to Harry and Sirius. Harry not only trusted his sister, he always followed her plans. Even if they were made on the spur of the moment. They followed it.
Sirius transformed into his animagus form. Max handed Harry a small piece of material to cover the barcodes on the back of the twins' necks. That would be a dead giveaway to Lydecker that they were in fact X5's.
They walked outside and were quickly moved aside. The three of them stood still as the paramedics checked them for injuries. Both Harry and Max winked at each other and then at Padfoot.
Max's plan had of course been a success.
"Did you see Sirius Black in the house? Either of you?" Lydecker asked.
"No," the twins said in unison.
Lydecker looked as if he recognized them. He opened his mouth to say something but was cut off before he even started by Remus Lupin, Mundungus Fletcher, Arabella Figg, Albus Dumbledore, and Fletcher's team of Aurors.
They came charging across the Dursleys' front lawn.
"Are you two okay?" Remus asked.
"Yeah," Max said.
"Snuffles is okay too," Harry said. He knew he sounded foolish saying that, but he knew that most of the others knew what he was talking about.
"Hey! Where is my team of Aurors?" Max asked.
"They are on their way from another mission ma'am," Fletcher told Max.
"You're Harry and Max Potter," one of the Aurors had so thoughtfully supplied to Lydecker's next question of their names.
"Potter," Lydecker said, looking at Max, "have you been trained in self defense?"
"Yes," Max said clearly enjoying the mayhem.
"You are definitely coming with me," Lydecker said grabbing Max by the arm.
Harry moved forward to help his sister but stopped moving when she winked at him.
"Unhand me you creep. I'll have you arrested," Max said.
"By whom may I ask?" Lydecker said.
"Ancient Chinese proverb, none of your beeswax," Max replied looking very smug.
Harry knew she was just playing childish games. He also knew that if he crossed the line Max could easily take him on and win as she proved the night of the escape from Manticore. She volunteered to distract the staff and give the others just enough time to get by.
"Let's go talk to your parents then," Lydecker steered Max over toward the Dursleys.
"They are not my parents. They are my Aunt and Uncle. I just live with them. You would want to talk with my Godparents. They are Remus Lupin, Melody Cauldwell, and the escaped convict you are looking for now, Sirius Black," Max said.
She pointed out Remus. Then she started to stare in a different direction.
"Melody? Is that you?" Max called to a woman standing behind Lydecker. She was wearing a TAC team uniform. "Oh no. Don't tell me you were tricked and sucked into this, by this clown" She pointed at Lydecker.
"Wait a minute!" Lydecker cried. "Agent Cauldwell, bring me the visitation sign in for the X5 series before the escape of my brilliant and deadly bakers dozen."
"Yes sir," Melody said. She walked over to the black Humvees and Tahoe's.
"Here you are sir," she said while she handed him some papers.
"Let's see," Lydecker said while scanning the list. "Potter, Potter. Here we go. There are three names here. James Potter, Lily Potter, and Tom Potter. Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, Melody Caulwell, and Albus Dumbledore are also on this list. All of whom visited either 452 or 623. Male and female, twins, the oldest of the X5 series, and 452, the female, was the best of all the series. Both experiments were one of the special 13 escapees. Each had their deciphering trademark. Lightning bolt scars on their forehead. Just like that." He pointed at the scar on Max's forehead.
Max swung her body around and dropped into a combat stance. Harry followed. His combat stance mirroring his sister's.
"So you are X5's,"Lydecker said casually.
"Who said we were X5's or whatever? We're not going any where with you, creep," Max said.
"Yes you are," Lydecker said pulling a gun out of his pocket. "Or else the dog gets it."
Sirius whined and transformed into his human form. Harry looked shocked and was very concerned. Max started laughing.
"So what," Max said.
"Max you'd let him kill me?" Sirius asked looking really shocked.
"Of course not. If he actually cocked that gun and pulled the trigger nothing would happen. He still has the safety on," Max said gazing at Sirius.
Lydecker turned the safety off and cocked the gun, "What were you saying 452? I will shoot him. You and your brother come with me or he dies. Your choice."
"I choose neither one. I'm not going with you. Nor is Harry. You put us through way to much training, or me at least. Harry didn't have training at the same extent as me. I know that the only thing you can do by firing that is to send electricity through my godfather's body. He'll just pass out," Max said with a smug smile.
"So you do pay attention. And remember," Lydecker exclaimed. Lydecker continued to speak but was cut off by Max yelling out of the blue, "Look out, sir!"
Startled, Lydecker spun around and dropped Sirius. Max took out her wand and yelled, "Obliviate."
The people around them got blank looks in their eyes. Harry blinked and they had gone back to what they had been doing before having their memories erased.
"Good job Max," Dumbledore said.
"Hope your okay. Sirius needs to remember to come by Arabella's first next time. We thought he was a Death Eater," Remus said.
"Okay," Sirius said. He looked like a child who had just been scolded.
"Got it. Nice seeing you all again. I have to finish tutoring Harry though," Max said.
"Bye," Everyone called.
"Bye," Max and Harry said.
Everyone hugged each other and the others left. Harry and Max went back inside to start Harry's review lesson on apparation.
Chapter Three
The Muggle Authority Attack
There were sirens coming from outside. Harry dashed to the window. The Muggle policemen were standing outside. Including a SWAT team.
"I wonder what that is all about." Max, Harry's older twin sister, asked as she entered the room the two siblings shared. When she saw Sirius she said, " Oh, hi Sirius. That answers my question."
Harry knew that the Dursleys had phoned the police about Sirius when they had left the kitchen.
"SIRIUS BLACK!" an officer yelled through a bullhorn from outside. "Come out with your hands up."
Sirius reached for his wand.
"No," Max said, "they're only muggles. You'll only be in more trouble."
Max walked carefully to the window. She let out a horrible gasp as she looked out the window. Harry followed her to see what was wrong.
Colonel Lydecker was standing out there along with what looked to be about three of his own TAC teams. Lydecker was the one who had trained the two twin Potters. Manticore had been horrible. They had escaped the facility years ago, but they knew that the colonel wouldn't rest until he had all thirteen of the missing X5's in his grasp.
At Manticore they had been chained to the bottom of a pool, tortured, taught military hand signals, and been taught self defense better than any of the people who worked in the building. Some things they were taught shouldn't have been taught to children.
Using recombinant DNA in their child soldiers to make them perfect, the facility had in fact made them into fighting machines. The staff learned the hard way about teaching children like them though. The X5's were brilliant and very independent. The people working at the facility didn't realize this until after the breakout. They then deemed the children too smart for their own good.
"Everyone out of the house," the officer yelled.
Lydecker jerked the bullhorn out of the officer's hand and started yelling profanities into it. Threats were also made.
Max made a split decision. She explained the plan to Harry and Sirius. Harry not only trusted his sister, he always followed her plans. Even if they were made on the spur of the moment. They followed it.
Sirius transformed into his animagus form. Max handed Harry a small piece of material to cover the barcodes on the back of the twins' necks. That would be a dead giveaway to Lydecker that they were in fact X5's.
They walked outside and were quickly moved aside. The three of them stood still as the paramedics checked them for injuries. Both Harry and Max winked at each other and then at Padfoot.
Max's plan had of course been a success.
"Did you see Sirius Black in the house? Either of you?" Lydecker asked.
"No," the twins said in unison.
Lydecker looked as if he recognized them. He opened his mouth to say something but was cut off before he even started by Remus Lupin, Mundungus Fletcher, Arabella Figg, Albus Dumbledore, and Fletcher's team of Aurors.
They came charging across the Dursleys' front lawn.
"Are you two okay?" Remus asked.
"Yeah," Max said.
"Snuffles is okay too," Harry said. He knew he sounded foolish saying that, but he knew that most of the others knew what he was talking about.
"Hey! Where is my team of Aurors?" Max asked.
"They are on their way from another mission ma'am," Fletcher told Max.
"You're Harry and Max Potter," one of the Aurors had so thoughtfully supplied to Lydecker's next question of their names.
"Potter," Lydecker said, looking at Max, "have you been trained in self defense?"
"Yes," Max said clearly enjoying the mayhem.
"You are definitely coming with me," Lydecker said grabbing Max by the arm.
Harry moved forward to help his sister but stopped moving when she winked at him.
"Unhand me you creep. I'll have you arrested," Max said.
"By whom may I ask?" Lydecker said.
"Ancient Chinese proverb, none of your beeswax," Max replied looking very smug.
Harry knew she was just playing childish games. He also knew that if he crossed the line Max could easily take him on and win as she proved the night of the escape from Manticore. She volunteered to distract the staff and give the others just enough time to get by.
"Let's go talk to your parents then," Lydecker steered Max over toward the Dursleys.
"They are not my parents. They are my Aunt and Uncle. I just live with them. You would want to talk with my Godparents. They are Remus Lupin, Melody Cauldwell, and the escaped convict you are looking for now, Sirius Black," Max said.
She pointed out Remus. Then she started to stare in a different direction.
"Melody? Is that you?" Max called to a woman standing behind Lydecker. She was wearing a TAC team uniform. "Oh no. Don't tell me you were tricked and sucked into this, by this clown" She pointed at Lydecker.
"Wait a minute!" Lydecker cried. "Agent Cauldwell, bring me the visitation sign in for the X5 series before the escape of my brilliant and deadly bakers dozen."
"Yes sir," Melody said. She walked over to the black Humvees and Tahoe's.
"Here you are sir," she said while she handed him some papers.
"Let's see," Lydecker said while scanning the list. "Potter, Potter. Here we go. There are three names here. James Potter, Lily Potter, and Tom Potter. Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, Melody Caulwell, and Albus Dumbledore are also on this list. All of whom visited either 452 or 623. Male and female, twins, the oldest of the X5 series, and 452, the female, was the best of all the series. Both experiments were one of the special 13 escapees. Each had their deciphering trademark. Lightning bolt scars on their forehead. Just like that." He pointed at the scar on Max's forehead.
Max swung her body around and dropped into a combat stance. Harry followed. His combat stance mirroring his sister's.
"So you are X5's,"Lydecker said casually.
"Who said we were X5's or whatever? We're not going any where with you, creep," Max said.
"Yes you are," Lydecker said pulling a gun out of his pocket. "Or else the dog gets it."
Sirius whined and transformed into his human form. Harry looked shocked and was very concerned. Max started laughing.
"So what," Max said.
"Max you'd let him kill me?" Sirius asked looking really shocked.
"Of course not. If he actually cocked that gun and pulled the trigger nothing would happen. He still has the safety on," Max said gazing at Sirius.
Lydecker turned the safety off and cocked the gun, "What were you saying 452? I will shoot him. You and your brother come with me or he dies. Your choice."
"I choose neither one. I'm not going with you. Nor is Harry. You put us through way to much training, or me at least. Harry didn't have training at the same extent as me. I know that the only thing you can do by firing that is to send electricity through my godfather's body. He'll just pass out," Max said with a smug smile.
"So you do pay attention. And remember," Lydecker exclaimed. Lydecker continued to speak but was cut off by Max yelling out of the blue, "Look out, sir!"
Startled, Lydecker spun around and dropped Sirius. Max took out her wand and yelled, "Obliviate."
The people around them got blank looks in their eyes. Harry blinked and they had gone back to what they had been doing before having their memories erased.
"Good job Max," Dumbledore said.
"Hope your okay. Sirius needs to remember to come by Arabella's first next time. We thought he was a Death Eater," Remus said.
"Okay," Sirius said. He looked like a child who had just been scolded.
"Got it. Nice seeing you all again. I have to finish tutoring Harry though," Max said.
"Bye," Everyone called.
"Bye," Max and Harry said.
Everyone hugged each other and the others left. Harry and Max went back inside to start Harry's review lesson on apparation.
