Escape
Chapter 12
James sat as his desk at the Auror department staring at a picture of him and Lily. It had been taken shortly after they had left Hogwarts. He had his arms around her waist and they were both laughing. Even now, it still seemed unbelievable that she had truly been his.
He mentally kicked himself. She still was his.
Just then, he heard quick footsteps behind him. He turned to see Mad–Eye walking up the row of cubicles toward him. When he reached James, Mad–Eye said, "We found it. One of the Death Eaters we arrested yesterday caved."
James flew out of his chair instantly. "Where is it?" he asked feverishly, as though he would Disapparate at any second.
"Hold on, Potter. First we'll assemble a team and figure out a plan." With that, he stalked off, James following in his wake.
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Lily sat at the table, surrounded by her fellow prisoners. Mary was trying to get her daughter, Elizabeth to eat, but to very little avail. Lily thought that Elizabeth looked rather peaky and thin – generally not a good sign. The dark–haired woman who was sitting opposite of Lily, who's name she now knew was Claire, gave a cough. Lily looked at her. Claire lifted her knife, looked at it for a moment, and then put it in her lap. She then gave Lily a significant look. Lily nodded in understanding and copied what Claire had done.
Their knifes probably wouldn't cause much damage, Lily thought as they were marched back to their cell, but maybe, just maybe they could injure a Death Eater just long enough to get his wand. It wasn't much, but it was all the hope they had.
Once they were back in the cell, Lily and Claire placed the knives in corners of the room. Suddenly, the door opened. Two Death Eaters quickly entered and headed toward Lily. She glanced at Claire, who ever so slightly shook her head. The needed time to comme up with a plan.
For the first time since she had arrived, Lily went quietly with her captors. They gripped her arms so tightly that her fingertips were starting to go numb. But all she could think of were possible plans that she and Claire could discuss with the others. The finally stopped outside of a room. The Death Eater on her left let go of her as he pulled out his wand, while the other one pulled Lily's arms behind her back. He opened the door while the Death Eater behind Lily pushed her roughly into the room.
Once Lily's eyes had adjusted to the darkness, her heart began to race in panic. In the center of the room was a table that was about as high as her hips. At each corner of the rectangular table were shackles. Pupils dilating, she turned her attention to the walls. There were various whips hanging on there. A table against that wall held other dangerous and terrifying objects that Lily knew were not just for torture, but something much more – intimate.
As the frightening reality of what was about to happen to her sunk in, she instinctively tried to back away, but instead backed into the Death Eater who was holding her wrists and felt something bulging into her bottom. She highly doubted it was is wand.
She could feel her captor's hot breath on her neck. "Go ahead and fight Mudblood. It's so hot when you do."
She pulled away from him with all of the strength she could muster. Lily somehow managed to get out of his grasp – only to fall on the stone floor.
Both Death Eaters came down on her. She fought with all of her might – twisting, kicking, punching. She hit one of them in the stomach with a hard kick, heard a groan and thud as he hit the floor. But the other one's fist made contact with her temple.
Momentarily disorientated, the two Death Eaters managed to hoist Lily to her feet and onto the table.
But it all came flooding back – the masked men, the torturous sex toys, the impending danger she was faced with. She began to struggle anew, flailing like a fish out of water as the two men struggled to keep her in place . The somehow managed to pin her felt arm down long enough to chain it to the table. Lily cried out in fear and doubled her efforts of escape.
Lily suddenly flooded the room. She looked up to see something she never thought she would.
James was in the doorway, wand held aloft, his hazel eyes burning. With two jets of red light, the Death Eaters were on the floor, unconscious.
Then he was at her side, her arm was free and she was in his arms. He held her steady as she sobbed onto his shoulder. "I never thought I'd see you again," she cried.
"You didn't think I'd leave you here, did you?" he said. "Come on, we've got to get you out of here."
They broke apart and James reached into his robes and pulled out her wand. She took it gratefully before they ran out of the room.
The scene outside was complete chaos. Death Eaters and Aurors were dueling ferociously as prisoners tried to escape in the madness.
James pulled Lily by the hand, but she resisted. "We have to get the others!" Lily called out over the sounds of the battle.
He was momentarily torn. He wanted to get Lily out of here as quickly as possible, but the determination that was so clearly etched on her face made him cave. "Okay, where are they?"
Lily said, "This way!" before leading him down the corridor, dodging hexes and jinxes along the way. They finally reached the cell that Lily had been confined to for so long. She blasted the door open with her wand.
The startled women inside looked up at Lily and James in confusion. "What's going on, Lily?" asked Mary, gripping her daughter tightly.
"We're getting out of here! The Aurors found up, let's go!"
They didn't need telling twice; they immediately jumped up and headed for the door. With James in the lead, they made a run for the exit, once again dodging curses along the way.
After some time, they ran into Sirius, who had just stunned a Death Eater. "It's good to see you again, Lily," he beamed at her.
"Like wise," she replied.
With Sirius now in tow, they made it outside.
Lily deeply inhaled the cool night air and looked up at the star strewn sky. She never thought she'd see it again.
But she was suddenly pulled roughly down to the ground with James had gripped tightly around her own as curses flew over they're head.
James helped her back on her feet and said, "You have to get out of here," as he pulled out an empty butterbeer bottle tapped it with his wand and said, "Portus,"
"No way! I'm not leaving you here."
"Yes, you are. Everyone, gather around!" he called to the other women. "Everyone touch some part of this."
"I'll see you in a bit," James said to Lily. He tapped the bottle with his wand once more before Lily felt a pull from behind her navel as she was pulled into oblivion.
