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While they were waiting for Ginny and George to get back Ron went back to see how Hermione was doing.
"Hey Mione", he said as he sat down next to her.
Hermione looked at Ron. She gave him a weak smile.
"Hey Red", She buried her heads into his shoulders. Ron put his arm around her.
After a minute he pulled her head up.
"We're going to get you out of here, Mione."
She nodded. Ron saw Luna had recovered Hermione's wand. He looked at Luna.
"She is too weak to use spells and needs help walking."
Hermione watched as Ron Luna talked.
"Hey, I am right here guys" She said her voice sounding weak instead of strong like she wanted.
Ron took her hand "We know dear."
He reached down to his ankle and pulled the gun he was carrying out of its ankle holster and handed it to Hermione.
"Mione," Ron said gently "I don't want you to try and use magic. If you have to defend yourself use the gun."
Hermione nodded she knew Ron was right. She did ok in firearms training, and the gun would not require her to use any magical energy. She knew she was too weak to use magic,
As Hermione took the gun Ginny and George returned along with Arthur and Charlie Weasley. Harry and Ron looked at George and Ginny but they offered no explanation. Ginny handed Harry a Bag.
As Harry took the shotgun and flash bang grenades out he explained to everyone the plan. Harry, Ron and Ginny would go through the door. Ron would go right, Harry left and Ginny center. Once they called clear then Arthur, George and Charlie would come up to help with any additional Dragon members the three of them had not taken out. Luna and Hermione would stay in the basement until the warehouse was cleared.
Once everyone said they understood the plan. Harry, Ron and Ginny went up the stairs.
Harry loaded the Shotgun and the three of them also covered their ears with muffs.
Harry looked at Ron and Ginny. "Ready?"
Ron and Ginny nodded.
Harry lifted the shotgun. "On three he said. Then he counted One, two."
When Harry reached three he fired the shotgun into the door and kicked, the door swung freely. Harry kicked it out of his way and tossed a flash bang grenade. The sound of the grenade was deafening.
As soon as the grenade went off Harry went through the door. The guard to the right was stunned by the grenade. Before he could recover Harry hit him with stunner and bound him with magical ropes. Ron was also able to stun the guard on the other side of the door.
As Ginny came through the door she saw the other four dragon members rising from the table they had been sitting at in the warehouse. She quickly hurled the flash bang grenade she was carrying. The grenade went of in between them and they too were stunned.
As Harry bound the guard he was responsible for he shouted "Clear"
Ron also shouted "Clear" as he stunned his guard.
Ginny could see the guards in the warehouse starting to recover from the flash bang and immediately cast a Confringo spell at them. She needed to keep them off guard.
As George came through the door he saw Ginny cast her spell at the four guards in the warehouse. He immediately pointed his wand at the guards "Ad Dormio"
Two of the guards dropped where they stood, Sleeping. George smiled to himself. His new sleeping charm worked. He would have to teach that one to Harry and Ron.
The other two guards however had finally recovered and started to cast their own curses at the group that had just forced their way through the door. The battle began in earnest.
***
Yaxley glared at Deloris Umbridge. Torture was one thing. He had watched Umbridge subject the Granger girl to pain he knew would break the strongest wizard in days. Granger held out for three before Umbridge finally broke her. He did not think she needed to be given to Benedict. Yaxley felt rape was crossing the line.
"You broke her Deloris." Yaxley struggled to keep his voice even. "Is it necessary to give her to Benedict?"
Deloris glared at Yaxley. "Yes it is." She saw Yaxley shake his head and she continued "Giving her to Benedict is not meant to break her. What do you think Weasley will do when he finds out she was taken by Benedict."
Over the last three days Deloris exacted her revenge on Hermione Granger. Umbridge used her full array of spells to torture her from the Cruciatus curse to her own whipping spell. When not using spells she used physical torture. The Muggles had all sorts of tools that were useful for inflicting pain. Umbridge was surprised at how long it took to break the Mudblood bitch. In the end she broke as they all broke in the end.
Deloris was broken from her reverie by the sound of explosions from out in the warehouse.
"What the…" Goyle muttered as he opened the door to see what the noise was.
"Shit." He turned to Yaxley and Umbridge "Potter and Weasley" He shouted as he stepped out of the office, taking out his wand.
Umbridge looked at Yaxley. She was shocked. How the hell did Potter and Weasley find them? She did not ask but instead quickly stepped out of the office. She would just have to kill Potter and Weasley sooner than she planned. She quickly evaluated what she was up against.
She saw that not only was Harry Potter and Ron Weasley were fighting with her forces, but three other Weasley's as well. She recognized the eldest as Arthur Weasley and decided if she could kill him it would break the other Weasley's. She aimed her wand at Arthur and muttered "Umbra Pila." A round dark ball shot from her wand and hit Arthur Weasley in the chest…
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Arthur came through the door. He immediately started dueling with one of the Order of the Dragon guards. He easily blocked the curses that were cast at him. Then he muttered the incantation "Telum" and four red bolts fired from his wand in their direction. Three were deflected by the shield spell, the third struck the guard and he was knocked back.
Arthur followed with a disarming spell but that was deflected by another shield spell. The Order member fired another spell at Arthur. Arthur could make out the silvery shape of six daggers flying in his direction. Arthur was once again able to block the curse with a shield spell. Arthur and his opponent were now circling around each other. Each trying to find a weakness they could exploit. Arthur was so intent on his opponent he did not see or hear Deloris Umbridge join the fight. He suddenly felt something cold hit his chest.
***
Ginny was taking things in. George and her father were dueling with the two order members that had been in the warehouse. It was clear the order of the dragon members were outclassed. Ginny saw the door to the office open and saw Goyle and Yaxley step out. The third figure to come out aimed her wand and a dark ball shot from her wand. Before she could shout a warning her father was struck by the curse and fell to the ground.
"You Bitch!" Ginny screamed at Umbridge and immediately started sending curses at her.
***
Ron and the guard he was dueling were pretty evenly matched. Neither of them could seem to get an advantage over the other. For each curse or charm they would cast at each other the other would block it. Ron decided he would need to create a distraction. He suddenly remembered a flock of canaries. Between attacks he started to summon a flock of canaries using the Avis charm.
He could see his opponent was confused by the appearance of the small birds around Ron as they were fighting. Ron hoped that his opponent would think he was barking mad. His opponent continued to send curses at Ron, and Ron easily blocked them as well, sending his own curses as well as conjuring additional canaries.
Once Ron conjured about eight little canaries he pointed his wand at his opponent. "Oppungo"
The birds flew at the Order member. The order member tried to block the birds with a shield spell, but these were birds not a curse or spell. Soon the birds were attacking him, biting and scratching at his face.
The birds were the distraction he needed. He hit the guard with a stunning spell, knocking him unconscious. Ron quickly looked around, his father was still dueling one of the guards. It appeared that Harry and George had subdued another one of the guards, and Ginny appeared to be doing the same as he was.
Ron heard the door to the office open and Goyle came out, he then shouted something into the office. His companions soon came out. Ron was shocked to see Deloris Unbridge, who drew her wand and suddenly a black orb flew into his father's chest. His father went down. She heard Ginny scream "You Bitch!"
Ron started to step in the direction of Umbridge but Goyle had noticed him and started firing curses at him.
***
Harry watched as the man he just hit with four magic bolts fall down in a heap. He too took a few seconds to take in the situation. It appeared that the Weasley's had the situation under control. George and Charlie were dueling with two of the guards that had recovered from the flash bangs and stunners. Harry realized they must be he guards that were by the door. He cursed himself as he remembered he had not taken their wands.
Mr. Weasley was also locked into a duel with another Wizard but he seemed to have the upper hand, and the guard Ron was fighting was trying to fight off…Harry tried not to laugh… a flock of canaries? Hermione must have taught Ron that one.
Suddenly the door to the office flew open and Goyle came out. Right after Goyle Yaxley and Umbridge joined the fray. Before Harry could do anything Umbridge hit Mr. Weasley with a curse and he went down. Harry heard Ginny scream at Umbridge. Harry turned back to Luna who was still watching the door to the basement making sure no one could get down to Hermione. He shouted to Luna. "Arthur"
***
Luna watched the battle, knowing she would have to get to Arthur quickly. The wizard that Arthur was dueling turned to attack George as he too was running to Mr. Weasley. Luna quickly shouted "Carcer" The dragon member was suddenly unable to move as his arms and legs were suddenly bound magical chains. George quickly followed up with a stunner, knocking him down.
As soon as Luna made it to Arthur she started casting counter curses to the curse she thought hit Arthur. The counter curses did not work. She knew she could not help Arthur and she did not have the time to wait for the battle to be over. She looked at George, "We have to get him to St Mungos now!"
George grabbed his father's arm and the two of them disappeared with a pop. Luna also disappeared with a pop as well.
***
Hermione heard as the door get blown, and the shouts of Ron and Harry. "Clear", they screamed. She then heard the sounds of a pitched battle going on. It was killing her to not know what was going on. She was used to being in the middle of the action. She knew Luna was right she was in no condition to fight.
She looked at Luna who was standing by the door at the top of the stairs, watching the battle. Hermione then heard Ginny scream, and the Harry shouted to Luna. To Hermione it did not sound like the battle was going well. She steadied herself once she stood up and started to slowly walk up the stairs.
***
Ginny was locked into a fierce duel with Umbridge, neither of them able to get a clear advantage over the other. Ginny fired the magic bolt spell that Harry taught her. Umbridge was able to easily deflect the three red bolts and countered with her own spell. Ginny barely deflected the spell.
Ginny sent three more curses at Umbridge in rapid succession. Umbridge was able to defect the three curses again and to Ginny's surprise she disappeared. Ginny heard a pop behind her. She knew Umbridge had apparated. Ginny started to turn to face Umbridge but she was not fast enough. She felt her wand blasted from her hand.
Umbridge stared at Ginny. "Time to die", she said as she raised her wand.
***
Harry was holding his own against Yaxley. So far he had been able to hit Yaxley with a couple of minor curses but they were not enough to finish him off. He blocked the two curses Yaxley sent in his direction and then fired off his own counter curse. Yaxley barely blocked them.
Harry saw Umbridge disarm Ginny out of the corner of his eye. In slow motion he saw Umbridge raise her wand. Harry screamed "Ginny No!"
As the words left his mouth he felt something slam into his side knocking him down. As he fell he lost his grip on his wand.
***
Hermione cleared the door. She saw Ron, Harry and Ginny dueling, Charlie was making sure the other Dragon members stayed out of the fight by binding them with magical ropes before they could awaken from whatever spell had knocked them out. She could not see George, Luna or Mr. Weasley. That did worry her.
She noticed suddenly Umbridge apparate behind Ginny. Ginny was confused for just a second, which was long enough. Ginny was not able to recover in time and Umbridge disarmed her. Hermione heard Harry scream at Ginny as Umbridge raised her wand again. She also saw Harry get knocked down by Yaxley losing his wand. He had been distracted by Umbridge disarming Ginny and Yaxley was closing in on Harry for the kill.
As she watched Hermione knew what she had to do. She raised the gun Ron had given her and aimed it at Umbridge. Pop, Pop, Pop. She fired three rounds at Umbridge and all three hit her in the chest. She then aimed at Yaxley and fired three more rounds at him. This time she only hit him with one round, finally she aimed at Goyle, She hit him in the chest and the head.
***
Yaxley smiled to himself as he watched Potter fall down. It looked like they had beaten Potter. He started to walk towards Potter when he heard three load bangs. He saw Umbridge fall to the ground out of the corner of his eye. He then felt something whizz by his head, and then something slammed into his shoulder, knocking him back.
Yaxley started to look for the new threat. It only took him a second to spot Hermione Granger with a gun in her hand. He saw the gun buck two more times and Goyle went down. He aimed his wand at Granger and fired a bolt of shadow energy at Granger, hitting her.
As he apparated from the warehouse, he felt blood coming from his shoulder, and saw he was the only one from the Order still standing.
***
Ron was shocked as Goyle's head suddenly exploded. He turned to see Hermione holding the gun he had given her. He also saw Ginny retrieving her wand, Umbridge also was also down on the ground. He looked in Harry's direction just in time to see Yaxley fire a curse at Hermione. Hermione went down as the curse hit her square in the chest
Ron ran to Hermione, and immediately gathered her up into his arms, calling her name. Hermione did not wake up, and she was cold. Ron heard footsteps approaching him. He turned to see Harry and Ginny running up to him.
"Harry" He cried.
Harry took in the scene quickly. Hermione was once again unconscious but this time she was not responding to Ron's attempts to wake her up. She looked very pale. Harry knew they could not us apparition to get her to St. Mungos.
Harry quickly went outside the ware house to find out where they were. Once he got his bearings he dialed the Special Services squad room. Sgt. Farel answered on the second ring.
"This is inspector Potter, I have an officer down at" Harry quickly gave the details where they were at. He did not break the connection so Scotland Yard could use the GPS to confirm his location. He then used his wand to send a Patronus to Luna, asking her to come back with help.
That done Harry went back to into the warehouse. He arrived as Luna and Trapper arrived from St. Mungo's. They quickly started working on Hermione. After a minute they finished casting what healing charms they could. Trapper stood up and walked to Harry.
"We've done what we can for her." He shook his head as he spoke. "The rest of her injuries are non magical. What happened to her?" He asked "I have never seen anyone injured this bad that lived"
Before Harry could answer they could hear the sounds of emergency crews from the Metro police arriving, led by Sgt. Farrell. He directed the paramedics to start working on Hermione.
He knelt by Umbridge's body, feeling her pulse and said "This one's gone"
The paramedics quickly stabilized Hermione and loaded her into a waiting ambulance, Ron insisting he ride with her, along with Luna and Trapper.
Even though they had rescued Hermione Harry knew it was still going to be a very long night.