A/N: Here is the next chapter hope you enjoy it.
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This situation clinched it for Harry; he was not having a good day! Things were looking up for him when he finally told Tonks the truth, but now it definitely went to hell! He could Apparate out to safety, but he wouldn't leave Tonks behind. He couldn't get her to Apparate with him because then it would show that she was working with him. Harry could not allow that to happen since he still didn't know if Tonks would stay with him or not. Fighting them was out of the question at this point too. It would be suicide to take on two fully trained Aurors, and would it be worse if Kingsley helped them making it three on one. Though Harry doubted that Kingsley would help them, especially now that Hardy had relieved him of command. Surrendering was out of the question as well. If he simply gave up then they would find out who he was. The minister would just love to find out his star puppet was a rebel against him.
Hardy glared at him as he pointed his wand at him once more. "As for you Mr. Wolf, it is time for you to decide which fate you want. You can either serve life in Azkaban or get the Dementor's kiss, the choice is up to you. Though I personally hope you choose to fight, that way I can save us all a lot of time in the end!"
"Hardy you have some nerve relieving me of command. I assure you that I will be…" Kingsley started to say to Hardy was but interrupted in mid statement.
"Stupefy!" Hardy said as he quickly reared around at Kingsley. A smirk came to his face as the stunned Kingsley fell to the floor. "I grow tired of all these games!"
"Hardy that was uncalled for." Dawlish said as he stared at Hardy.
Harry finally seeing an opening slipped his hand into his robe pocket. He had only a moment to make a decision, and he had. Though he feared what would happen as a result of his decision. As he felt his hand grasp the cold skull in his pocket he knew it was his only hope. He just hoped that everyone else would understand the situation he was in and why he had to do it.
Harry quickly activated the skull by pressing the small emergency button on it. The button would alert the whole group to his emergency Portkey, but right now he didn't care. Harry and Tonks both felt the familiar tug behind the naval as they were whisked away from the room at the Leaky Cauldron and landed firmly in the safety of the Jade Scorpion's Headquarters.
Tonks looked around a bit confused. "What happened? Where are we Harry?" As the words left her mouth she quickly wished she hadn't said them as she saw five people standing around them staring at them.
"Wolf! You had better have a good reason for bringing an outsider here!" Said Ice Queen as she stared at him.
"I am sorry Ice Queen but I didn't have a choice. Spade I think it is best if you speak alone." Harry said as he looked at the stern stare coming from everyone of the group members.
Spade looked at him for a moment. "I think that would be wise. Your lady friend can stay here with the others while we talk in my office."
Tonks looked at Harry for a moment with concern clearly showing on her face. "Why can't I come too?"
"It is best if you stay here for now. I will explain what I can later, don't worry they wont hurt you." Harry said to her and then turned his attention to the rest of the group. "Will you!" He demanded in a tone that clearly showed he was not asking but telling them.
Spade looked at his face for a moment and a small impish grin came to his. "They wont harm her Wolf. We are all friends here, your emergency arrival just threw us off a bit."
Harry gave Tonks a comforting hug and then followed Spade to his office. Harry closed the door behind him and then cast a strong silencing charm around the room.
"Now than maybe you can explain what happened?" Spade said in a calm but hard tone as he looked at him.
"It is a long story, but I will get to the main part. I went to find the lady that is out with the others. I was talking to her when a group of Aurors ambushed us. It would seem they are after me in connection to the instant at your pub the other night. I had no choice but to bring her here with me, I couldn't allow them to take her in. if they questioned her too many facts about me would have come out that shouldn't." Harry said trying to tell as much truth as possible without giving away too much to Spade.
Spade just looked at him for a moment trying to contemplate everything. "We do not give asylum here to people Wolf, but we could put her somewhere safe if that's what you want."
"No." Harry said as he leaned against the desk. "I want you to allow her to join just like you allowed me to. Her and I are a team as it were, and I will not lose her again after finally getting her back!"
Spade sat back and the impish grin returned to his face. "I figured you would say that. I think it is time to bring her in and let her decide what she wants to do Harry!"
Harry felt his heart skip a beat at the sound of his real name. Then it occurred to him that Tonks had unwillingly let it slip when they arrived. That meant that the team now knew his real first name. Though they still didn't know for sure who he was. "The name is Wolf, Spade! Harry no longer exists!"
"Sorry Wolf, but no matter how hard you try to hide behind a new identity you can't escape your past. No matter how bad of one you had, it will always be part of you. Now lets get your lady friend in here and sort the rest of this out." Spade said as he walked over to the door. "I will be right back with her, you wait here."
Harry sat down in the seat in front of Spade's desk to wait for him. A couple of minutes later Spade walked in with Tonks. Spade returned to his chair, and Tonks sat down beside Harry.
"Now then miss…ah what's your miss?" Spade asked as he realized that he had not been introduced. "My name is Spade by the way."
Tonks grinned as she looked at him. "Call me T…"
Harry quickly clamped his hand over her mouth before she could say her last name. "Just call her Black Panther."
Tonks looked at Harry coldly as he removed his hand from her mouth. "Why did you do that?"
"Because milady here in this place we value our privacy and as such we never use our real names. What lives we lived before coming here stay outside these walls." Spade said answering Tonks question before Harry could.
Tonks didn't know what to think, but wanted answers. "Where is here and how are those people out in the other room. Why weren't they happy when we arrived?"
"All will be revealed in good time Miss Panther. For now all I can say is that you are welcome to stay pending admission into our exclusive organization. Wolf since you are not yet a full member, I cannot allow you to act as her sponsor. As you know I personally sponsored you for admission, because of what I saw you do. I am afraid however since no one knows Panther that it may be hard to get one of them to sponsor her."
Before Harry could ask anything there was a knock at the door. Spade stood up and walked over to the door. "Yes?"
"Sorry to disturb you sir, but I need a brief moment of your time." Blade said from the other side of the door.
"If you will excuse me for one moment. I will be right back." Spade said as he left his office to speak with Blade.
Tonks looked at Harry when the door closed. "Harry what is happening here?"
"Panther here it is Wolf, please remember that I am a fugitive now, and it is important to keep up appearances." Harry said trying to stay calm as he spoke in a hushed whisper.
"Ok Wolf, tell me what is happening here? Who are these people?" Tonks asked seeming to be even more scared than she was when she was being held hostage.
Harry looked at her for a moment and then pulled out her wand from his robes. "Here I almost forgot to give you this back." Tonks took the wand from him and sat waiting for a real answer. "The people here are some friends that are helping me train for the war I am in. I can't tell you a lot about them, because frankly I don't know a lot. As Spade said I am not a full member yet. I have only passed two of the tests to enter into the organization."
Tonks still didn't look convinced as she looked at him. "I have missed you so much. I am happy to be here with you, but you do realize you are in some serious trouble right?"
Before Harry could answer though Spade and Blade both walked into the office. Spade closed the door and sealed it with a powerful sealing charm as Blade cast an even stronger silencing charm.
Harry looked at their odd behavior and became a bit worried. "Blade what's wrong?"
Blade didn't say a word he just looked at Spade. Spade moved to his seat and then conjured a seat for Blade. "Sit down Blade and I will explain to them. Wolf, I have just received some disturbing news from London. One of my contacts tells me that the Ministry is in an uproar after your little trip there. It seems that the Aurors believe that Silver Wolf is holding two Aurors hostage. Now I know for a fact that you only brought one person here with you, so maybe you could explain to me what is happening here."
Harry felt his heart plunge up into his throat making it hard to speak. It took him a few seconds to swallow the lump down. "Spade, you said that when we come here we leave your old lives behind. Why is that different now?"
Blade turned to look at Harry. "Wolf it isn't that we care much about your past. What we are concerned about is what is causing them so much concern. Anything said in this office will not leave it Wolf. I give you my word about that, and you know you can trust me."
Harry stood up and looked at them for a moment. "Fine, I will tell you what is going on. If you accept to allow Panther to test for admission also! Otherwise we are both leaving this island."
"Wolf that is the reason I asked Blade to join us. He has offered to sponsor her for admission since you can't." Spade said as he looked at Harry.
Blade stood up and placed a hand on Harry's shoulder. "Look mate, I told you I liked you, and trust you. I will sponsor her for admission, but you really need to tell us what trouble your in. That way we can help you get out of it."
Harry waited till Blade sat back down and then looked at Tonks for support. "The Aurors that ambushed me came because they think I know the location of a missing person. When they ambushed me I was with Panther explaining to her what had happened. They burst into my hotel room and I did what came natural at the time. I grabbed her and used her as a hostage, hoping I would be able to get both of us out of the room. I am sorry Tonks." Harry said as he looked down at the floor.
Tonks jumped up and hugged him tight. "Its okay Wolf, but the name here is Panther."
Harry forced a fake smile as he looked at Spade and Blade. "They believe that I am holding two Aurors hostage now because of my big mouth. They think that I have Nymphadora Tonks and Harry Potter hostage."
A look of understanding flashed across Blade's face but Spade still looked a bit lost. "Ok let me get this straight. Miss Panther here is Nymphadora Tonks right?"
Harry and Tonks both nodded in agreement.
"Then where is Harry…Wait a minute!" Spade said as he finally realized what it meant.
"That's right Spade, I am or was Harry Potter, the Boy-Who-Lived or whatever the hell people call me now a days!" Harry said as he glared at Spade.
Spade was speechless as he looked at them. Blade on the other hand stood up and looked at Harry. "I know there was something special about you when I met you. It doesn't change the facts that you are a good person and you will only be Wolf to me."
Spade stood up and looked at the three people in front of him. "I understand that you are Harry Potter, but there is one little matter that does concern me. You two are Aurors!"
"Correction!" Harry shouted as he glared at Spade. "I was an Auror! I told you I gave up that life! The night you met me in your pub, I had my things packed, because I was done being Harry Potter! That was the night that Harry quit existing! However with my bad luck I spouted off to that bastard Hardy that I was holding Harry hostage. Which is really funny if you think about it, since I am in a way holding that part of my life hostage!"
Blade turned to Spade. "Spade it isn't like they are here to capture us. They don't even know what we do, so they couldn't have come for that. Also it would be cool to have Aurors on the team. Especially loyal ones that can act as spies for us, if we need it."
Harry felt himself becoming enraged by Blade's comment. "Why is it that people insist upon using me as their PUPPET!" Harry shouted and slammed his fist down on to Spade's desk. However what followed caused everyone to jump back in horror. As Harry's fist hit the desk his hand got really hot and burst into flames causes the top of the desk to ignite. All the papers on the desk quickly went up in flames as the ball of fire erupted on it, which was Harry's fist a moment before that.
