Chapter 8
The Heat Is On
Harry Apparated into the control room of Justice League Headquarters, with Spidey hanging onto his robes, and two other faces that the rest of the members had never seen before,
"Fred, George, what are you two doing here?" Ron W. asked, looking at his twin brothers,
"Well, thanks to Draco Malfoy, we had to close down early today, and for the next week." Fred said, an uncharacteristic frown on his face,
"Yeah," George added, his face equally disgusted, "by order of the Ministry of Magic."
"What happened?" Mary Jane asked, now looking at the unbalanced Hermione,
"I got hit with a Stunner," Hermione said, sitting down, "it leaves a person slightly unbalanced for a while after it's lifted."
"Tell me about it." Ron said, remembering his fourth year at school when he was a human target for Harry's constant practicing of the charm,
"You want to let me in on what's going on?" Mary Jane asked, looking at first, Harry, then, Hermione, then, her husband,
"We got ambushed." Harry said,
"We almost did." Spidey corrected,
"Yeah, almost," Harry said, "by Draco Malfoy, and a small handful of Death Eaters."
"How many?" Wolverine asked,
"Two," Spidey said, "What were their names again, Harry?"
"Vincent Crabbe, and Gregory Goyle, two of thebiggest knuckleheads I've ever met, and that includes my own cousin, Dudley." Harry said,
"They must have something upstairs," Cyclops said, "otherwise they never would've pulled off what they did."
"Yeah," Hermione said, finally standing, "they hit me from behind with a Stunner, and dragged me into Diagon Alley, Hagrid screaming after them all the way."
"How did you know that?" Ron W. asked,
"You forget something, Ron, a Stunner doesn't put you completely out, just enough so you don't struggle." Hermione said, reminding Ron the purpose of the Stunning Spell,
"Why didn't this Hagrid fella follow you to this shop?" Wolverine said,
"Because Hagrid's a half-giant, there's some places, like Diagon Alley, where if he were to try and run full out, he could seriously hurt, even possibly kill someone accidentally." Harry said,
"How tall is this guy?" Professor Xavier asked,
"Eight feet, six inches." Harry replied,
"Wow!" Mary Jane said, whistling,
"You should see his little brother, Grawp, he stands sixteen feet tall." Hermione said, remembering her last encounter with Hagrid's full giant brother,
"Uh-oh," Mary Jane said, turning to face the monitor, which was showing an alarm, "something's not right in paradise."
"What's up, M.J.?" Wade asked, turning to look at the monitor, his face fell when he noticed what was going on,
"That's weird, the Kimmunicator's frequency shows it's not moving, but Ron and Kim are."
"What do you mean?" Cyclops asked, looking at Wade,
"I have both Kim and Ron chipped, their mission clothes carry hidden microchips, so I can track their movements." Wade said,
"And what's this communicator thing?" Wolverine asked,
"Kim-municator," Wade corrected, "it's Kim's personal communicator to me, I can get in touch with her, without the use of comm links, or cell phones, both of which can be tracked conventionally." Wade explained,
"How can you track that, sugah?" asked a woman with long brown hair, the front of which had a white strip. Rogue, pilot, and resident southern belle of the X-Men,
"I just change frequencies on the scanners, and bingo, I can locate the Kimmunicator anywhere." Wade explained,
"What frequency is that?" asked another woman, this one, with flowing red hair, and beautiful blue eyes. Jean Grey, medical doctor, and telekinetic powerhouse of the X-Men,
"Sorry, Jean, it's classified, the military gave me permission to use it, since they don't anymore." Wade said,
"All this standin' around ain't helping those two none." Wolverine said, his voice gruff,
"Remember what I told you before, Logan." Ron said, reaching into his robes for his wand,
"Easy, Ron," Harry said, "I know what Logan's thinking, remember, and it might just work, if we could secure a few more hands, if you get my meaning."
"Huh? Okay, I got it now." Ron said, smiling widely,
"Is there something you're keeping from us?" Professor X asked, looking at Harry and Ron with complete interest,
"Ron, Hermione and I are not only members of The Justice League, we're also members of a secret society of wizards, and witches, they call themselves The Order of the Phoenix." Harry said,
"They're a private army, if you will," Ron explained, "led by our old Headmaster, Professor Albus Dumbledore."
"They fought against V-Voldemort during his first attempt to seize power, and they did a good job of frustrating him, too." Hermione added,
"If anyone will help us out, they will." Harry finished,
"But if this Voldemort is as powerful as you say he is, they won't stand a chance." Cyclops said,
"Ah, that's where you're wrong," Harry said, "the only wizard Voldemort has ever feared, is Professor Dumbledore, and since he fears him, so does his Death Eaters."
"They wouldn't dare attack the order with Dumbledore leading them." Hermione added,
"Okay, here's the plan, Fred, George, we'll need you to get to Hogwarts, get Dumbledore to call an emergency meeting of the Order, and get them here as fast as they can, hand them this note, it's been written by Superman, he's our Secret Keeper, then we can go over battle tactics when they arrive, they can't Apparate onto the location, but they can take a portkey here." Harry said all of this quickly, he then, walked over to several old pieces of parchment, littered on a table,
"Portis!" he said, pointing his wand at each of them in turn, and repeating the charm,
"Go, quickly, these are one-way portkeys they will get them here, but they'll have to find another way back." Harry said rolling up the parchment up, and handing them to Fred, and George, who were handed a separate piece of parchment,
"We'll be waiting, ready, one . . . two . . . three!" Harry said, counting off, the twins disappeared in a loud howling of wind,
"How long?" Wolverine asked,
"Well, it'll take a few minutes for them to explain to Dumbledore what happened, then it'll take a few more minutes to get the rest of the order rounded up, and a few seconds for them to get here, I'd say, about five minutes, all total." Harry said,
"Five minutes, Kim and Ron could be dead in five minutes, Harry." Jean said, looking at Harry,
"I doubt it, Jean, if they wanted Kim and Ron dead, they would've been killed right then, and there, especially if we're dealing with who I think we are." Harry said,
"Who?" Cyclops asked,
"Lucius Malfoy, he's just as blood-thirsty as his master, but he knows where the line is drawn, he won't disobey his master, or Luthor, if he wants to live, and right now, Voldemort is happy about something." Harry said,
"How do you know?" Professor X asked,
"My link with him." Harry said, touching the lightning bolt shaped scar on his forehead,
"I forgot, you can feel his emotions." Jean said, picking up on this,
"And then some," Harry said, "the last time I felt him in a bad mood, it left me sick for days."
"So, if his mood were to change from good to bad, you'd not be feeling well." Wolverine said,
"You catch on fast, Logan." Ron W. said,
"I may be a Canucklehead, but I do have brains, kiddo." Wolverine said, still remembering what Ron had done to him earlier,
"First thing's first, while we're waiting, I need to spend a little time with you, and teach you all how to throw off a certain curse, otherwise, I'm going to have to face you all in combat." Harry said.
A/N: Chapter 8 is in the books. Do you know what curse Harry is going to teach the league to throw off? I do. (Laughs loudly, and evilly,) In the next chapter, The Order of the Phoenix comes to the aid of the Justice League, and the JL finds the LoD headquarters. Now, the Legion of Doom doesn't stand a chance against all those witches, and wizards, right?