Last time, our heroes left for Death Eater Island for the final battle. The night before the attack, Harry, Will and Bloom all had the same dream; they were all in the same dream. There, The Stranger told them the same as usual; stay true to your resolve… ect. Only this time, he revealed his real name, Allen Shockley. Finally, the attack went underway. Our heroes had made it to the island without attracting any trouble, and were making their way towards the fortress, when both Steve and Virgil tripped the alarm. Now the fun really begins. On with the show!
Chapter 47: Assault on Death Eater Island Part 2
"You might want to start praying," said Maria, "Because here they come!" "Let them come," said Harry as he readied his wand, "This ends today!"
"Couldn't agree with you more!" exclaimed Steve as he tossed several 'grenados' into the ranks of advancing demons, slaying at least 50. He then pulled out his power-pole. "Time for this Rambler to get 'Keanu' on the demons!" Steve yelled as he charged at the demons. This seemed like a switch was pulled, because soon, all of our heroes were rushing head on into the oncoming ranks of demons, each fighter slaying demons in his or her own fashion. With the acceptation of Virgil that is. Virgil was scanning away with his laptop and PDA for the power source for the anti-teleportation field.
From above, The Guardians and the Fairies were also engaged in battle, as the air above the island was choked with flying demons.
The battle had proceeded for only 10 minutes, but to Harry it seemed like ten hours. He overheard Jill speak to Virgil, "What's the situation with that power source?" "Just keep them off me for a few more minutes and I'll have it nailed!" yelled Virgil over the noise of the fight.
On the other side of the island, things were pretty much the same. "How we doing!" yelled Fay over the din of battle. "I'd say we're doing okay for now!" yelled Max as he blew off the head of a demon with one of his revolvers. Just then Max heard Virgil's voice in his earpiece. "Max! I've found the source of the anti-teleportation field! There are two energy crystals on the island. Smash them and the field falls. One's not more than fifty feet left of your position!"
"What about the other one?" asked Max. "Jill's on it!" exclaimed Virgil. "What's going on?" asked Hermione. "Fifty feet in that direction," said Max, pointing to his left, "Is half of the source of the field. We need to smash it a.s.a.p.!" "No problem Boss Man!" exclaimed Skeater. Unfortunately for Skeater, an extremely large demon reached down and severed his head with its crab-claw.
"Oh my god!" exclaimed Ginny as Skeater's headless body fell to the ground. Within seconds, Matt, Caleb, Brandon and Timmy were all over the large demon, hacking it to pieces. The destruction of the demon seemed to cause a lull in the area. With a minute to breath, Hermione saw D.P. standing over the body of his fallen comrade, a stunned look on his face.
"You okay?" asked Laura gingerly. "No," said D.P. grimly, "I'm pretty f#ck$ng far from okay." "You can mourn him later," said Fay, "right now we have a mission to finish." "Give him a minute for crying out loud!" exclaimed Hermione, "He just lost his friend!" "I've lost more friends then I care to count!" snapped Fay, "It's a hazard of this job. Skeater took this job knowing full well that he'd die a horrible gory death!"
"It's a risk we all take," said Max, "We live with the knowledge that each mission, we can get killed." He stood next to D.P. "I know how close you were," said Max, "But now's not the time for you to fall apart." "You think I'm falling apart Boss Man?" said D.P. in a shaky voice, shaky not in fear or remorse, but in rage, "You think this is me falling apart!" he pulled out his nunchucks, "You ain't seen nothing yet!" With this he ran headlong into a fresh wave of oncoming demons, yelling at the top of his lungs. "And they say I'm crazy," said Fay as she went after D.P., "I'll get him back."
Meanwhile… "So where's this energy crystal?" asked Ron. "Ten feet below us," said Virgil, "We need to dig." Everyone in the group looked at Steve. "What?" he asked before realizing that everyone was expecting him to dig. "Fine! I'll dig. Just don't expect anything from me later."
It took Steve only 58 seconds to dig teen feet down to the crystal. By that time, Will and the other flyers had landed. "All the air demons are destroyed," she said, "How's it going here?" "Well," said Steve as he came out of the hole, carrying a large black crystal, "All we need is to smash this crystal an one other like it to bring down the energy field."
"Uh, when I said smash," said Virgil, "I meant to say that it needs to be hit at the precise location to destroy it, otherwise it'll explode." He pulled out his PDA and laptop. "This needs careful consideration…" However, Steve pulled out his blaster, set it for disintegrate and shot the crystal, which was soon reduced to ashes. "Or we could do that." Said Virgil.
Jill then activated her com-link, "Max, we've destroyed the first crystal." "That's great," said Max on the other end of the radio, "We're digging up the other right now." "There's bad news," said Maria, "Isn't there?" "There is," said Max, "Skeater's dead. And D.P. just went berserk." "Forgive me for sounding like a ghoul," said Virgil, "But I figured that either one of those two, or both of them would end up killed."
Meanwhile…
On the other side of the Island, Laura had just finished lifting the crystal from the ground. "Now it needs to be hit from precisely the right angle," said Virgil over the radio, but Laura crushed it with her mind.
Within seconds, at least 100 Aurors had apperated onto the island and began converging on the fortress in the middle, as well as our heroes. On the east wall of the fortress was a large door. As Harry and his group approached the others, he saw Scrimgeour limping over to Max. "Glad you made it Minister." Said Max. "What's the situation here?" asked Scrimgeour. "The island is all but secure," said Max, "Most of the remaining demons have fled inside the fortress. We're about to knock on the door."
Harry then rushed over to Ginny, while Ron held Hermione. Just then Fay returned with D.P. in tow, more like being towed by the ear. "Now D.P.," said Max, "What you just did now was understandable, and I respect your being angry and full of rage. However, if you ever go off like that again, you'll be fired for sure. Are we clear?" "Clear as a bell, Boss Man."
Suddenly a large cloaked shape leapt out from behind a bush. "AVADA KEDAVRA!" The green light of the killing curse had struck someone in the group, but Harry couldn't see whom. The next second, the air was full of the noise of various curses, energy blasts and bullets as the Death Eater died. 'Mad-eye' Moody, who had apparated with Scrimgeour, limped over to the slain Death Eater. "Macnair," said Moody, "A fitting end for a foul man."
"Someone go hit," said a worried looking Steve, "Who got hit?" "Fay did," said Jill, Harry saw Jill holding the still body of Fay, "She was looking the other way. She didn't even see the face of her killer."
There was silence for several moments before Max hefted his BFG 6000, aimed, and fired it at the doors of the fortress. Not only were the doors destroyed, but at least 30 feet of wall in either direction knocked down. "Let's finish the job." Said Max gravely. "Yes," said Harry, "Let's finish it before we lose any more friends.
The end of chapter 47. Next time, the battle for the fortress heats up. Who dies next? Until then, please read and review. See you next time!
