Ch 6 training
It was a usual night. Kodai was in the communications room, listening in on the school. Mainly Harry, his friends, and some of the teachers. Mainly Minerva, Dumbledore, and Umbridge. However, what he was soon listening to, was disturbing.
"Your dad's been attacked." Harry said, panting.
"What?" Ron asked.
"Your dad. He's been bitten. Blood everywhere." Harry said.
Kodai remained frozen at his seat. How did Harry know that his friend's father was attacked? He waited a few tense minutes, then heard Minerva speak.
"What is it Potter? Where does it hurt?"
Harry explained what he dreamt, and was taken to Dumbledore's office.
"Professor Dumbledore, Potter has had a… well a nightmare." McGonagall said, unsure what to call it.
"I was asleep, but it wasn't an ordinary dream. It was real. I saw it happen. Ron's dad, was attacked by a giant snake." Harry said.
"How'd you see it?" Dumbledore asked.
After some thinking, Harry explained it.
"I was the snake. I saw it from the snake's point of view."
"Is Arthur seriously injured?" Dumbledore asked.
"Oh no. He's perfectly fine. Of course he's seriously injured!" Harry all but shouted.
Kodai continued to listen in, as Albus gave orders to the various portraits in the room. When all was silent again, Kodai grabbed an RPD machine gun, his cloaking suit, and headed towards the castle.
His breath was laborious, his eyes overlooking every inch of the castle. The cloaking was operating perfectly. He found Minerva heading to her room, in a hurry. Kodai quickly followed her and snuck in her room, just as the door was about to close.
"Minerva, what's going on?" Kodai asked, de-cloaking himself.
"Crazy shit. Harry says he's dreaming things, or something." Minerva said.
"What?" Kodai asked.
"Arthur Weasley was attacked, by a snake. Harry says that he saw the whole thing, from the snake's point of view. It doesn't make sense. The snake reminds me of Voldemort. He had a snake with him in the last war." Minerva said.
"Wait. Harry's seeing things from a snake point of view. Said snake could be a pet of Voldemort. Could Voldemort be controlling him? Brainwashing him?" Kodai asked.
"Doubt it. This castle has an impressive defense. Doubt he'd be able to control someone in here." Minerva said.
Kodai was in deep thought, remembering something.
"The cold war. The Soviets, Chinese, and North Koreans were experts in brainwashing. They turned POWs against their own powers. The United States worked on their own brainwashing program, MK-Ultra. Didn't work."
Minerva paled, contemplating the possibilities.
"You don't thing…"
"Harry could be brainwashed, or possessed. It's a possibility. No defense is impenetrable. If Voldemort wants to break in and kill as many as possible, he will do it." Kodai said.
"Thanks for the comfort." Minerva sarcastically said.
"I can train you now. Into a more effective fighter." Kodai said.
"Thanks for the offer, but we teachers are very good a magic." Minerva said, smiling.
She's beautiful. Kodai thought, before quickly blinking.
"Listen, you may have survived the last war, but you may not be lucky this time. He's had a good amount of years-" Kodai said.
"15." Minerva interrupted.
"He's had 15 years to prepare himself. You want me to help you win this war. Let me train you and the Dumbledore's Army. We got plenty of weapons and hand-to-hand tactics that will be useful." Kodai said.
Minerva thought about it, and agreed with Kodai's plan.
"Okay. Most of the school will be gone for the holidays. So we'll have plenty of spaces to train." She said.
"Room of requirement. Don't want anyone to know."
The training began. Kodai started by training Minerva in firearms.
"Remember. Keep your weapon pointed downrange at all times, and when you're not using it, keep it pointed at the floor. Even if the safety's engaged, it could still go off." Kodai said.
"Okay. Now I've heard a little about muggle weapons. Some fire rapidly, others don't. Why's that?" Minerva asked.
"Automatic weapons are great at close range combat, but going full auto doesn't do well for accuracy. You'll want to fire in short controlled bursts, or semi-automatic fire. One bullet at a time. Let me show you." Kodai said.
Kodai picked up an HBRa3 assault rifle, and fired a long burst of gunfire. The target was shredded, but bullets were shot all over the place. Kodai inserted another clip and fired controlled bursts. The accuracy was greatly improved. He then switched to semi-automatic mode and fired one shot at a time. He went to the far end of the room, lined up the target thank god I put a scope on this rifle and pulled the trigger. The bullet hit the target, while not dead center, it was close enough.
"You try." Kodai said, giving Minerva the rifle. She checked the safety, and aimed at a fresh target. She pulled the trigger in short bursts, but the accuracy wasn't that great.
"First time with a rifle?" Kodai asked.
"With a muggle weapon, yes." Minerva replied.
"I see what you're doing wrong. Your tense over the place. Not good for aiming. First, you're standing to tall and rigid. Great way to get killed. Bend your knees. Place one leg behind the other. It'll help absorb the recoil." Kodai said, as he stood behind Minerva, helping her into position.
Minerva's next shots were better. She watched Kodai grab two more weapons. One was a big and very long weapon, the other was shorter, with a pump attached to it.
"Shotgun." Kodai said, raising the shorter weapon. "And sniper rife." Raising the bigger weapon.
"Why is that one so big?" Minerva asked.
Kodai let the innuendo pass, and explained the weapons in his hand.
"Sniper rifle is for long range shooting. Fire's a .408 caliber round. That's very big. Incredible range." Kodai said.
"And the other?" Minerva asked.
"Shotgun. Fire's an 8 gauge round. For shotguns, here's how the ammo works. The smaller the number, the more deadly. 6 gauge round is the deadliest. Get hit with that, you're screwed. With other weapons, it's the reverse. The bigger the number, the more lethal it is. For example. A .50 is more lethal than a .42 caliber." Kodai explained.
"Sounds very confusing." Minerva said.
"If you'd been around guns your whole live, you'd understand." Kodai said, loading the sniper rifle.
Kodai introduced Minerva to the mad-minute challenge. How many bullets you could fire off in a minute.
"Glad you're on our side." Minerva said, looking at Kodai's target. It was practically non-existent.
"Just remember one thing. All it takes is one. One bullet or spell to hit you. Then you're done for." Kodai said.
"That's good advice." Minerva said.
"One last thing." Kodai said. A large machinegun appeared, like one of the chain guns on the Yamato.
".50 caliber machinegun. Standard close-in-weapons-support. I plan on arming the school with weapons from the Yamato." Kodai said.
"Thanks." Minerva replied.
The two practiced on the heavy machine gun, shooting in controlled bursts, or semi-automatic mode.
"If your target is close enough, pull the trigger until there's nothing left. Of course, you're better off firing semi-automatic mode, because one .50 round will tear you to pieces." Kodai instructed.
The two of them left the room of requirement. All the weapons and targets disappeared, as they walked into the hallway.
"Something for lunch?" Minerva asked.
"Sure." Kodai said.
The two were calmly walking down the hallway, until they ran into Umbridge. Kodai immediately cloaked himself.
"Minerva." Umbridge said, patronizingly.
What a fucking bitch. Kodai thought, as he maneuvered to get behind her.
"Dolores." Minerva coldly said.
"You know, it's not like you to walk this part of the school." Dolores said.
"Everyone's out for the holidays. Thought I'd take a stroll." Minerva said, glaring at the shorter women.
"Well, that's fine and all. But, I have to report some strange things happening at the school to the ministry." Dolores said.
"What things?" Minerva asked.
"Near the beginning of the school year, I saw a large ship. The biggest I'd ever seen, exit the fjord near Hogwarts, and fire two salvos of weapons fire. Now, I don't know the whole details-" Umbridge said.
"Then it's none of your concern." Minerva cut it.
"Hem, hem! It is my concern. I'm the high inquisitor of Hogwarts. First, this new ship. Harry acting out in my class, claiming that Voldemort is back." Umbridge said.
"He is back, you stupid bitch!" Minerva spat.
"And that outburst. I think that Dumbledore is creating an army to take on the ministry. And this warship that appeared out of nowhere is the beginning. What else is going on at Hogwarts?" Umbridge asked.
"Nothing is going on here. I've no idea what you're talking about." Minerva said, keeping a straight face.
"Well, maybe the cruciate curse will lift your tongue." Unbridge said, pulling out her wand.
"You wouldn't." Minerva said.
"Try me." Umbridge said.
She never got the chance. She felt a strong hand grip her neck, and throw her against the wall real hard. Then the same hand applied great force to her neck. A voice then spoke out of nowhere.
"Apply pressure on the occipital nerve, in the carotid artery, unconscious in 8 seconds, dead within 10." Kodai said, counting down the seconds. After 8 seconds, Umbridge fell unconscious.
"Thanks for that." Minerva said, as Kodai appeared.
"You're welcome. In fact…" Kodai said, brandishing a knife.
"Kodai. You'll bring the ministry down on us." Minerva said.
"I got 24 nuclear missiles at my disposal. Dozens of shock cannons, and a weapon that can destroy this planet in the blink of an eye. They won't be any problem." Kodai said.
"Okay. Just control yourself." Minerva said.
"Oh. Like Miss Communist, miss Fascist, Miss Socialist, like she was going to control herself from torturing you. No way in hell." Kodai said.
"Just keep your temper down. You should head back to the Yamato." Minerva said.
"Good idea. It's a good time to run some drills." Kodai said.
"What drills?" Minerva asked.
"Yamato can also work as a sub. Somewhat. So I'll run drills on that." Kodai said.
"Mind if I come? Got nothing else to do."
"Sure. Come along."