A/N: I am glad to see that I got more reviews this last chapter. That is great and I hope the reviews keep coming in. I was thinking about what one of the reviewers had said, and believe she may be right. It might be better if I just post on certain day(s) instead of when I finish the chapter. With this in mind I have a question for you the reader. Would you rather have the random posting every two to three days (normally), would it be better if I posted on Monday and Friday only? That way you know when to look and it might give people a chance to review more. OR would it be better for some if it was Monday, Wednesday, and Friday? (Though this would limit the time people have to review if they don't know to look for the new chapter.) I will look at your votes in the reviews and post my next chapter on Friday with the results of the voting.

Dweem-Angel: I have heard that chapter 14 was confusing, though I wish you would have told me what confused you. That way I could have tried clarifying it for you. Well I hope that chapter 15 made things clearer. Thank you for reviewing.

Tabitha78: Thanks for another informative review. Well I decided that you deserved a detailed response to your reviews since you gave pretty detailed reviews for most of my chapters, except chapter 2 and 15. ;) I suppose you don't need to reply to the e-mail, I just wanted to make sure you got it. though some of the questions I put in the responses were real questions I had. ;)

Being evil is one of my privileges that I like to use a lot (Evil Grin). As for the zombies yes I had to have Harry and Tonks meet them at some point, otherwise that would have been no fun. lol

I have taken your comment in your review into account and that's why I put the above part in my A/N about posting only Mondays and Fridays. Though I am glad your addicted enough to check daily that means I am doing my job right.

Paul: Thanks for the review and yes it should resemble Sliders since certain aspects of it come from the show.

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Recap

Harry took the lead going into the tunnel and made his way down the passage making sure that Tonks was right behind him. However about half way down the tunnel Harry saw what he had been dreading. There were five big nasty smelling zombies standing in the passageway glaring right at Harry and Tonks.

Chapter Sixteen: Dead World or Virus World Part Three

Harry gasped at the sight and smell of the zombies. "Tonks this doesn't look to good."

Tonks just glared at the zombies. "Oh its not that bad, its only five against two. It could be worse."

The zombies growled as the first one moved forward. If there was one thing to make this worse other than the number of zombies it would be who the zombie once was. Once the zombie moved into the light Harry and Tonks could see whom the zombie resembled.

"No it can't be!" Gasped Tonks as she looked at the zombie.

"Don't think about who it was, only concentrate on what it is!" Yelled Harry, but his heart was being ripped apart. He was faced with the fact that the lead zombie was Remus Lupin!

The zombie moved forward and took a swipe at Harry who dodged it with little effort. Harry rolled back into a crotched position. "Merlin forgive me for what I have to do. Typioro!"

A whip of fire comes out of Harry's wand. Instead of the normal red or orange flame that the whip takes, this whip was a brighter red with an eerie blue tip. Harry swiped the whip from his wand at the zombie, making it move back to the other four.

"Just as I thought they are afraid of fire. Tonks we are going to have to use fire spells against them if stunners don't work!" Yell Harry to Tonks as he keep his concentration on the fire whip in front of him.

Tonks leveled her wand at the zombie resembling Remus. "Stupefy!"

Tonks sent the stunning charm right at Remus, and it hit him right in the chest moving him back a foot. However the stunner didn't even faze the zombie as he began to move forward again.

Harry seen the Remus zombie continue to move forward, and used the fire whip to keep him at bay. "Stunners are useless against them! We will have to take them out with fire, there is no other choice!" Harry fell back beside Tonks who looked about as scared as he felt. He distinguished the whip and leveled his wand.

Tonks and Harry both shouted the same incantation at the same time. "Ignispila!"

A small red and orange fireball flew from Tonks wand making impact on the Remus zombie right in the chest. A small red and blue fireball flew from Harry's wand and also impacted with the zombie at the same time Tonks did. The two balls of fire merged together on impact and engulfed the zombie. However to their horror the zombie did not drop like they expected. Instead it kept coming at them, while the other four zombies backed up away from the fire.

"How is it still coming?" Asked Tonks in a scared voice.

"I think it is because Remus was a werewolf in life. That might mean in death he retained his curse." Yelled Harry as he watched the flaming zombie continue towards them.

Harry tried to think about any spell that he knew that would help in this situation. There had to be something in his memory that would help him. Then he remembered a spell he had seen in a Defense Against Dark Creatures book he read. "Remus my old friend forgive me! Zenklioky!"

A large pure silver spear like shard left Harry's wand and nailed the flaming zombie right in the chest. The zombie moaned as it hit the floor of the tunnel.

"Tonks concentrate fire towards the remaining four before we see who they once was. That's the only way we can beat them!" Harry hissed as he looked at the four cowering zombies still blocking their path.

Harry and Tonks both unleashed fire spells at the remaining zombies and watched them fall to the floor moaning in pain as the fire engulfed them.

As the last one hit the ground silence fell within the tunnel. Tonks fell to her knees crying about what they had just done. Harry placed his hand on her shoulder as he thought about what he had done. Though the zombies were undead creatures, they were once living people. People that Harry possible knew and cared about. He had just slain five possible friends in one fail swoop of fire.

When they reached the castle both Harry and Tonks both went to bed without much conversation about what had happened in the tunnel. They both had to deal with what they had done. They knew it was necessary to do, but they still felt bad about doing it.

Harry laid in his bed looking at the ceiling thinking to himself. 'No matter how powerful I become I am still weak. I am still allowing my emotions to get in the way! I do know that my emotions can help at times, but they are also making me weak at times to! I need to find a way to become mentally stronger, I must not allow my emotions to make me weak any more!"

Harry finally fell into a restless sleep where he dreamed about his friends being killed. He was awoken around six am by a nightmare of Tonks being killed. He put on his glasses and looked over at Tonks. She was sleeping semi-peacefully in the bed next to him. He felt better knowing it was only a dream, but still it haunted him. How could he deal with the fact that he might lose her in this bloody war?

Harry slipped out of bed and changed into some clean clothes that Tonks had grabbed for him in the robe shop. He then made his way to the Room of Requirements to think. After pacing in front of the entrance thinking about a place to think he entered the room.

As he walked into the room he seen it had his favorite red and gold cushioned seat from the Gryffindor common room in front of a blazing fireplace. Harry sat in the seat and began to think of a book that would help him in his efforts to become mentally stronger. Seconds later a black book with blood red letter embroiled on it appeared beside Harry. Harry picked up the book and looked at the title, which read "Mental Health and the Ways Emotions Can Suppress Mental Strength by Craven Darkside." Harry looked and saw that there was a second black book with blood red letter embroiled on it. He picked up the book and read the title. "How to Become Mentally and Physically Stronger by Craven Darkside."

Harry spent the three hours reading the book in the Room of Requirements, and then decided to go and check on Tonks.

Harry secretly read the books at night when Tonks had fallen asleep. He did not want her to know what he was up to. If she knew what he was thinking she would try and stop him. He could not afford to have her undermine what he was trying to do. He needed to be both mentally and physically stronger to deal with the war he found himself in.

It was the last night before he was to leave that he found what he had been looking for. It was a ritual that would make him stronger both physically and mentally. He didn't especially like the idea of using a dark ritual, but he knew that it was necessary if he was to face Voldemort. However some of the parts needed for the ritual would be the challenge. Also finding a place to perform the ritual without Tonks finding out about it. though he didn't know if he could do it at all when it came right down to it.

Harry again looked at the ritual in the book. "This ritual must be performed under the cast of a full moon. If it is done under the blood moon the power received will be amplified ten fold, but it is not necessary. First a potion made of cut up ginger root, ground scarab beetle, and armadillo bile must be brewed for this ritual. The potion is to be taken right before the incantation is read aloud. Second a pentagram made out of powdered demon horn and powdered demon claw must be made on the ground. The performer of the ritual must stand right in the center of the pentagram. Third six drops of phoenix blood must be applied to the performer's chest in the place where their heart rests. Fourth Salamander blood must be smeared over the naked chest of the performer. Fifth the performer must take the potion, which should have been completed before beginning. The sixth and final step is to say the incantation aloud."

If Harry was going to complete the ritual as he had hoped to, he would have to find the parts for it. The potion ingredients would not be hard to get since he could get them in the potions classroom. However the demon horn and demon claw were going to be utterly impossible to get his hands on to. The phoenix blood and Salamander blood would be as hard to get a hold of as the demon claw and demon horn.

Harry put the book away and found Tonks to make she was awake for their departure from the world. They only had one more hour before they would have to leave, so he wanted to make sure that she was awake and ready to go.

Harry found that she was just waking up as he walked into the Gryffindor common room. "Good your up we leave in about an hour. How but we get some breakfast before we leave."

Tonks just nodded in agreement. She had not been a whole lot talkative since the encounter with the zombies. She made her way up to the girl's dorms to get a shower before going to eat.

Harry sat down in his favorite chair in the common room to wait for Tonks. He knew that she was still feeling badly about what they had to do against those zombies. Harry wasn't feeling as bad about it, but he still had a ball of guilt inside him for killing the zombie that looked like Remus Lupin. Harry tried to push the thought of what he did back in his mind, and tried to stay focused on what was to come. Tonks and him would be leaving this world and going to a new one soon. Though Harry hoped that it would be his world, ultimately he had a dreadful feeling that it wouldn't be.

Harry was brought out of his thoughts about the next world and the ritual when Tonks come down the stairs. Tonks just looked at him for a moment a bit shocked that he waited for her. She thought that he would have went to get breakfast without her.

They made their way down to the kitchen where Harry quickly found Dobby. Dobby was more than happy to get their breakfast for them. When Harry and Tonks finished their breakfast Harry looked at the timer, which read "00:05:02".

Harry looked at Tonks for a moment. "We better get to the Room of Requirements it is time to go almost."

Tonks nodded and followed Harry up to the Room of Requirements. Once inside they only had to wait a little over a minute for their time to run out on this world. As the timer hit zero Harry hit the button and opened the vortex. The bluish watery looking vortex appeared before them. Tonks turned to Harry and threw her arms around him squeezing him tightly. She then jumped through the vortex and vanished. Harry was in shock by Tonks action but decided to figure it out on the next world as he jumped into the vortex and vanished.

A/N: Well that's it Dead World or Virus World is finally finished. The next chapter will have our two dimensional travelers on a whole new world for exploration or it might be the world in which Harry gets home finally. Until Friday remember to REVIEW like you actually like this story and be sure to vote because I want your response to the question in the top A/N!