She Spy
Chapter 4
Getting to the spying
"SS-2 to SS-1. Come in SS-1. Are you in place? Over."
"SS-1 to SS-2. I've been in place for the last fifteen minutes! Let me do my job in peace! Over."
Hermione groaned and leaned back in her swivel chair. Her long wavy brown hair was pulled back into a ponytail, revealing the headset placed over her ears. A small tube-like thing came from the earpiece and curved up towards her mouth.
Hermione didn't know why in the world she was so nervous. All she had to do was stay in her home and listen to what Chloe said. Chloe was out doing the real work.
"SS-1 to SS-2. Target in sight. Removing headset now. Be back in twenty minutes. Over."
Hermione nodded and took off her own headset. Chloe was being weird about the whole communication thing. She had made up their codenames, SS-1 and SS-2, from a dopey muggle show she had seen recently. She believed the name was She Spies, or something like that. Hermione didn't really care. She just wanted this damn job over with. Problem with that was that they had barely even started.
Why did Malfoy have to be the leader of the Death Raiders? Her job would be soo much easier if someone stupid was in charge!
'Woah,' Hermione thought, 'did I just kind of complement Malfoy?'
She thought back to her days in school, the good days. Yes, Malfoy had been smart, only just below her in grades, something that had never ceased to annoy him and delight her.
Unconsciously, her hand drifted up to touch the scar adorning her left cheek. She could remember the day she had received as clearly as she could the last five minutes.
*Flashback thingy!*
Hermione flew back and hit the wall behind her hard. Malfoy came up in front of her before she could recover, holding her up, and coming dangerously close to her face. His face was almost as it always had been in school, smooth, pale, and all-around beautiful. His hair was different, though. What had always been slicked back was now let loose, coming down in shaggy layers just beyond his ears. Through his right brow was a cut, and from it dripped blood.
Hermione was pulled from her scrutiny by a quick movement from him. He had pulled up his hand, and with it brought a small dagger. He smirked at the expression of fear Hermione knew was evident on her face and brought the knife to her left cheek.
"What's the matter, mudblood, are you scared?" he asked in a falsetto voice, running the back of the blade along her skin, making her shiver.
"Yes, Ferret-breath, I'm scared. Are you finished yet?" she asked, amazed that she had actually said that. Judging from the expression on his face, Malfoy was surprised too.
"I could make you quake, mudblood. You would fear me like nothing you've known before," he said, moving closer to her face.
"Your breath is enough to make me run for my life," she replied, cringing inside at the stupid words flying from her mouth.
Malfoy jerked the knife, ripping it across her skin. Hermione's head snapped to the side, and she clutched at the slash, attempting to alleviate the pain. Malfoy laughed and grabbed her hair, bringing her up on eye level with him, which was really painful, seeing how he was a good four inches taller than her.
"I could finish this now," he said, bringing the bloody dagger to her throat. "I could finish this and have you gone from my life forever. I will, however, let you live. Until next time."
*End flashback!*
Hermione shivered and pressed her fingers to the scar. It had taken a whole week in the hospital to heal the cut, but the scar would remain there evermore.
It was after that when she decided to learn forms of self-defense, deciding magic wasn't always enough. She became a black-belt in karate and had itched for the longest time to try her new skills on Malfoy, but she had not seen him since the incident when she got the cut.
Her mind wandered again, until she became away of a small sound coming from her headset. She picked it up and put it on. She immediately regretted her action, for Chloe was on the other end, yelling as loud as she possibly could into her speaker.
"I'm here, stop it already!" Hermione yelled back, quickly turning down the volume on her set. She heard a soft mumble in reply, and realized she had turned her set down too low.
She turned it back up and said into the mike, "Could you repeat that please?"
She heard Chloe sigh and heard her say, "I said, 'About time'. Where were you anyway? I told you not to take the set off!"
"I'm sorry. Now, what about this contact?" she asked.
That was who Chloe had been meeting; a Death Raider traitor who wanted Malfoy gone.
"Oh, you won't believe what he said! I'll tell you as soon as I get home!" Chloe said, her voice bouncy and happy.
"Wait, no! Tell me now, don't-," Hermione started, but stopped as soon as she realized no one was on the other line. She gave a little scream of frustration and ran her hands through her hair. She supposed this was Chloe's payback for not being on her set. She sighed and sat back in her chair, waiting for Chloe.
*Time passes*
Hermione jolted upright as soon as she heard the key turning in the lock. She was halfway to the door by the time it was unlocked, and had the door pulled open before Chloe had the chance to do so. Chloe smiled at her, flouncing in, dropping her purse and trench coat on the chair next to the door.
"No more stalling, Chloe! What did you find out?" Hermione demanded, hoping that her eye wouldn't start twitching from irritation like it did occasionally.
"Nice to see you too," Chloe said, walking into the living room and plopping down onto an overstuffed green sofa. Hermione followed her impatiently, stopping in front of the sofa, blocking all means of escape.
"Please, don't make me wait anymore. What did you find out?" Hermione cried out.
"I know how we can get in his house."
**
Howdy doody again folks. Still not a very long chapter, but you've got to expect that from me. Hope you all liked it.
Draco will, I repeat, will be in the next chapter. Yes, celebrate and be happy, blahblahblah..
Okay, peoples, just amuse me here, k? I've always wanted to do one of these.
Thanks to all my reviewers, and here are some responses to your comments:
Blanche Dubois(): Yes, that was the reason I wrote the beginning of the chapter like that, and I hope you'll keep reading even though smut is still a while in coming. I hope you don't mind action, because that's kind of the way I write. I'm sorry to disappoint you, but Hermione doesn't do a whole lot of spying (at least, from what I've got planned so far she doesn't). There will be definite moments where she does spy and get *cough* intimate *cough* with Draco. Secrets will also be found out.
Okergirl: Glad you like it, and Draco's coming in next chapter. (I don't get your other review. What does W mean?)
Mina-chan2: As you can see, I am still writing. I'm kind of hooked on my own story, and I try to write at least twice a week. I'm glad you like this.
Black Kat Kisato: Glad you like it, and like I said before, I am still writing. Thanks for your encouragement!
White-Dragon-Goddess: Thank you! (Picks up ego, starts polishing off rust and banging out dents).
sea-Shel123: Thanks, my ego is going to get all shiny and pretty from all of this complementing! And thanks, I love my username too.
Red Queen 1: Thank you! And um. I'm glad you liked it and all!
~piedermort~(): Thanks! (Ego starts expanding) I'm unendingly happy you like it.
Whew! That took longer than I thought it might. Thank you to Blanche Dubois(), who is my biggest reviewer so far. Got to go, enjoy and review!!!!
TTFN
Crazy_Peanut_Chick
Disclaimer: I don't own any HP characters, only the plot and Chloe.
Chapter 4
Getting to the spying
"SS-2 to SS-1. Come in SS-1. Are you in place? Over."
"SS-1 to SS-2. I've been in place for the last fifteen minutes! Let me do my job in peace! Over."
Hermione groaned and leaned back in her swivel chair. Her long wavy brown hair was pulled back into a ponytail, revealing the headset placed over her ears. A small tube-like thing came from the earpiece and curved up towards her mouth.
Hermione didn't know why in the world she was so nervous. All she had to do was stay in her home and listen to what Chloe said. Chloe was out doing the real work.
"SS-1 to SS-2. Target in sight. Removing headset now. Be back in twenty minutes. Over."
Hermione nodded and took off her own headset. Chloe was being weird about the whole communication thing. She had made up their codenames, SS-1 and SS-2, from a dopey muggle show she had seen recently. She believed the name was She Spies, or something like that. Hermione didn't really care. She just wanted this damn job over with. Problem with that was that they had barely even started.
Why did Malfoy have to be the leader of the Death Raiders? Her job would be soo much easier if someone stupid was in charge!
'Woah,' Hermione thought, 'did I just kind of complement Malfoy?'
She thought back to her days in school, the good days. Yes, Malfoy had been smart, only just below her in grades, something that had never ceased to annoy him and delight her.
Unconsciously, her hand drifted up to touch the scar adorning her left cheek. She could remember the day she had received as clearly as she could the last five minutes.
*Flashback thingy!*
Hermione flew back and hit the wall behind her hard. Malfoy came up in front of her before she could recover, holding her up, and coming dangerously close to her face. His face was almost as it always had been in school, smooth, pale, and all-around beautiful. His hair was different, though. What had always been slicked back was now let loose, coming down in shaggy layers just beyond his ears. Through his right brow was a cut, and from it dripped blood.
Hermione was pulled from her scrutiny by a quick movement from him. He had pulled up his hand, and with it brought a small dagger. He smirked at the expression of fear Hermione knew was evident on her face and brought the knife to her left cheek.
"What's the matter, mudblood, are you scared?" he asked in a falsetto voice, running the back of the blade along her skin, making her shiver.
"Yes, Ferret-breath, I'm scared. Are you finished yet?" she asked, amazed that she had actually said that. Judging from the expression on his face, Malfoy was surprised too.
"I could make you quake, mudblood. You would fear me like nothing you've known before," he said, moving closer to her face.
"Your breath is enough to make me run for my life," she replied, cringing inside at the stupid words flying from her mouth.
Malfoy jerked the knife, ripping it across her skin. Hermione's head snapped to the side, and she clutched at the slash, attempting to alleviate the pain. Malfoy laughed and grabbed her hair, bringing her up on eye level with him, which was really painful, seeing how he was a good four inches taller than her.
"I could finish this now," he said, bringing the bloody dagger to her throat. "I could finish this and have you gone from my life forever. I will, however, let you live. Until next time."
*End flashback!*
Hermione shivered and pressed her fingers to the scar. It had taken a whole week in the hospital to heal the cut, but the scar would remain there evermore.
It was after that when she decided to learn forms of self-defense, deciding magic wasn't always enough. She became a black-belt in karate and had itched for the longest time to try her new skills on Malfoy, but she had not seen him since the incident when she got the cut.
Her mind wandered again, until she became away of a small sound coming from her headset. She picked it up and put it on. She immediately regretted her action, for Chloe was on the other end, yelling as loud as she possibly could into her speaker.
"I'm here, stop it already!" Hermione yelled back, quickly turning down the volume on her set. She heard a soft mumble in reply, and realized she had turned her set down too low.
She turned it back up and said into the mike, "Could you repeat that please?"
She heard Chloe sigh and heard her say, "I said, 'About time'. Where were you anyway? I told you not to take the set off!"
"I'm sorry. Now, what about this contact?" she asked.
That was who Chloe had been meeting; a Death Raider traitor who wanted Malfoy gone.
"Oh, you won't believe what he said! I'll tell you as soon as I get home!" Chloe said, her voice bouncy and happy.
"Wait, no! Tell me now, don't-," Hermione started, but stopped as soon as she realized no one was on the other line. She gave a little scream of frustration and ran her hands through her hair. She supposed this was Chloe's payback for not being on her set. She sighed and sat back in her chair, waiting for Chloe.
*Time passes*
Hermione jolted upright as soon as she heard the key turning in the lock. She was halfway to the door by the time it was unlocked, and had the door pulled open before Chloe had the chance to do so. Chloe smiled at her, flouncing in, dropping her purse and trench coat on the chair next to the door.
"No more stalling, Chloe! What did you find out?" Hermione demanded, hoping that her eye wouldn't start twitching from irritation like it did occasionally.
"Nice to see you too," Chloe said, walking into the living room and plopping down onto an overstuffed green sofa. Hermione followed her impatiently, stopping in front of the sofa, blocking all means of escape.
"Please, don't make me wait anymore. What did you find out?" Hermione cried out.
"I know how we can get in his house."
**
Howdy doody again folks. Still not a very long chapter, but you've got to expect that from me. Hope you all liked it.
Draco will, I repeat, will be in the next chapter. Yes, celebrate and be happy, blahblahblah..
Okay, peoples, just amuse me here, k? I've always wanted to do one of these.
Thanks to all my reviewers, and here are some responses to your comments:
Blanche Dubois(): Yes, that was the reason I wrote the beginning of the chapter like that, and I hope you'll keep reading even though smut is still a while in coming. I hope you don't mind action, because that's kind of the way I write. I'm sorry to disappoint you, but Hermione doesn't do a whole lot of spying (at least, from what I've got planned so far she doesn't). There will be definite moments where she does spy and get *cough* intimate *cough* with Draco. Secrets will also be found out.
Okergirl: Glad you like it, and Draco's coming in next chapter. (I don't get your other review. What does W mean?)
Mina-chan2: As you can see, I am still writing. I'm kind of hooked on my own story, and I try to write at least twice a week. I'm glad you like this.
Black Kat Kisato: Glad you like it, and like I said before, I am still writing. Thanks for your encouragement!
White-Dragon-Goddess: Thank you! (Picks up ego, starts polishing off rust and banging out dents).
sea-Shel123: Thanks, my ego is going to get all shiny and pretty from all of this complementing! And thanks, I love my username too.
Red Queen 1: Thank you! And um. I'm glad you liked it and all!
~piedermort~(): Thanks! (Ego starts expanding) I'm unendingly happy you like it.
Whew! That took longer than I thought it might. Thank you to Blanche Dubois(), who is my biggest reviewer so far. Got to go, enjoy and review!!!!
TTFN
Crazy_Peanut_Chick
Disclaimer: I don't own any HP characters, only the plot and Chloe.
