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"Hmm? Oh right. Gotcha. No killing reporters. Where was I?" |
"How you were going to handle the fall out." Daphne answered with a mix of awe and fear in her voice. |
"Oh. Right." She shrugged her shoulders. "I’ll wing it. Let’s get back inside the outer wards have been breached." She turned to walk back into the Great Hall. |
Harry was right next to her in an instant with wand in hand. "Trouble?" |
She shook her head. "Nah. It’s Alpha team testing the temporary wards that I placed. Ooh ooh ooh! Now they’re currently looking at the wards that were placed before I added my own." Carmen skipped to her seat. |
"She’s..." Daphne Greengrass was at a loss for words. |
"I know. I know." Harry said as he made his way back to his seat between Fred and George. |
After glaring at her brother, she sat down and continued her conversation with Professor Flitwick just as a loud roaring sound was heard throughout the castle. |
Carmen looked to her brother. "He was never one for subtlety." |
"You hired him." He shot back with a laugh. |
Anthony Bargrove had not set foot on British soil since he had graduated from Hogwarts. So when his boss asked him and his team to help fix and reset the wards, he immediately said no. It was his wife; his perfectly flawed in every way wife, that convinced him to come back here. |
"Love. Just go. You need to confront your demons. You have shown me many places in this world, but you skirt around Britain. Do this for me. I expect to see the palace someday.’ |
She had kissed him passionately and placed her hand on his heart. After she broke the kiss she looked into his eyes. "Go baby. I will wait for your return.’ She had smiled at him and he melted. |
He came back to himself as his second in command revved her engine. These wards were shit. He would do it for his boss, but more for Hogwarts. She deserved that much. |
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Albus stood with his wand out. "What is that noise?" |
"That my dear Headmaster, is why you need to revise your Mundane studies course." Carmen flashed from her seat at the head table and stood in front of it with both hands behind her back as the doors burst open and three people on motorbikes came in. The three of them dismounted and took off their helmets. |
The tallest one was a male. A very tall male with long black hair to the middle of his back that was unbound. He had broad shoulders and a muscular build with tanned skin and deep blue eyes. |
The other two were females. One had short blue hair and was a head shorter than the male with a slender build. The other had thick black hair that reached her shoulders and had a slender athletic build. She was shorter than the other two, but would be considered tall for a female. |
"Hey boss. Thanks for the invite." He said as he shed his cloak to the ground. The two women behind him had a gun in one hand and a wand in the other. Carmen caught sight of Fred, George, and Harry standing with wand and knives in hand slowly making their way over. |
"Well you know me. Try to do it all..." |
Anthony snorted. "...And realise you can’t fix the world." He chuckled as a blade dropped into his hand. |
Carmen could feel his magic and knew it was him, but she had taught her people to trust but verify. She smirked at him. "Shall we dance Tony?" |
"Yes. We should me thinks. I would like to see what has become of the Great Carmen LaVaunt being stuck here at a school." |
"Bring it on pretty boy." She smirked. |
They both flashed to each other with weapons in hand. They each ended up with a gun at each other’s temple and a knife at the other’s throat. |
"Tell me Tony. What was the last thing that you said to me in Baghdad?" Her eyes were locked on his. |
"You can’t change a thousand years of teaching." |
Anthony took his turn. "We were hiding in Peru waiting for an extract. What did you say about the food I offered you?" |
"Yuck! No ranch. I mean if you’re going to offer me food, at least give me ranch!" She pouted. |
Anthony lowered his weapons. "We were in the middle of a forest woman! Where in the hell was I supposed to get ranch? I assume that you know who we are." |
"Assume nothing Tony." Carmen did a spinning back kick to his chest and pinned him to the ground in parseltongue. She blasted the other two down the end of the hall. She was confident that the message she had sent to her brothers would ensure a cushioning charm. "I will protect this school with my magic, my blood, and ... |
Anthony looked at her square in the eyes. "No problem. Ma’am." |
Carmen stood and held out her hand. He took it gratefully and stood. "You’re a crazy bitch. You know that?" |
"That’s why I stay alive my friend." She motioned to the other people of Alpha team. "Come on you two, we have work to do." |
"You throw us into a damn stone wall and just expect us to get to work?" One woman asked. |
"Sorry?" She looked to the students ready to defend her. "Stand down little ones. They’re with me." |
The student’s lowered their wands. |
"Miss LaVaunt. Would you care to introduce your guests?" Albus asked with his wand still in hand. |
She bowed her head to him. "My apologies Headmaster. This is part of my Alpha team. They are good people. They have been magically and physically verified. I will tell you more when we have more privacy." She gave a pointed look at Madame Umbridge. "They also have diplomatic immunity. Moving on." She turned to her staf... |
She was cut off by the beautiful woman with short blue hair with gray eyes who stormed up to her. She was clad in neck to toe leather. "These wards are fucking shit boss!" She turned her ire to Morpheus. "You let her do this?" |
"I didn’t let her do anything. She’s a grown woman." Morpheus countered. "She can do what she wants." |
"Jamila..." Carmen started. She knew where this was going. |
"The damn nomaj repellant wards are fucking fractured to all Hades. There are no black creature wards. No black magic wards! And for fuck’s sake! Are there gods damn Acromantula in a forest next to a school?!" |
"Jamila..." Tony tried as Carmen ran a hand down her face in frustration. |
The person now known as Jamila continued as if she hadn’t been interrupted. "Who in the actual fuck thought it was a good idea to keep Acromantula next to a fucking school?!" |
Many of the students looked a mix of awe and intrigue. Some students were outright laughing. |
"Ja..." Tony and Carmen tried at the same time, but were cut off as Jamila stormed up to the head table. |
"You look the oldest. You in charge?" |
Albus was taken aback by the witch’s attitude. "I am the Headmaster. It is a pleasure to meet you madame." |
Morpheus had to be slapped repeatedly on the back by Severus as he had choked on his tea in laughter. |
"Can it! What the hell is wrong with you? No black magic detectors. No animagus detectors. No..." |
"JAMILA!" Tony roared. |
"Calm down. Take a breath." Tony tried to sooth the irritated witch. "Relax." He turned to the Headmaster. "My apologies Headmaster. She can be a little...intense when it comes to the protection of the magical world." His voice was polite, but his blue eyes were hard as stone. |
"Allow me to introduce myself and my team." He motioned with his right hand. "This is Nicole. Although she goes by Niki. She’s a trained Swords Mistress, Wards Mistress, Charms Mistress, Battle Magic Mistress and Potions Mistress." |
The person known as Niki gave a bow. |
Tony continued as he placed both hands on the shoulders of Jamila. "And this firecracker is Jamila. Arithmancy, Potions, Warding, Runes, and Herbology Mistress. We are Alpha team of LaVaunt Industries. Thank you for welcoming us." He gave a small bow towards the headmaster. |
"You look familiar my boy. Your accent tells me you once lived in Britain at some point. Were you a student here perhaps?" |
Tony slowly made his way towards the Head table, but instead of addressing the Headmaster he addressed Professor Sprout. "Hello Professor. It’s been a long time." |
"Yes it has Mr. Bargrove. It appears you’ve done well for yourself." |
He chuckled. "I would like to think so. Did some time in the military. Including a few ops with that..." he jutted his thumb behind him at Carmen. "...crazy chick." |
"Hey!" Carmen said indignantly. The students laughed and most of the staff chuckled. |
"I made a life for myself in the States. I have a gorgeously perfectly flawed beautiful wife with the heart of a saint, the mind of a Slytherin, and the soul of a poet. She’s due in two months with our first child." |
Tony covered his ears as the shriek hit him. |
"What!?" Carmen screamed. "Why didn’t you tell me?! I never would’ve asked had I known! I’ll send you back right away. Bravo team would do a good job. Fuck! Sarah must be pissed! I haven’t seen her in a while. I’m a terrible boss!..." |
Carmen just kept rambling and running her fingers through her braids. |
Tony looked at Morpheus and made eye contact. He then pointed his head at his rambling sister. |
Morpheus nodded and flashed to his panicking sister and smacked her in the back of the head. |
"You good?" He asked. |
"Yeah. Sorry about that." Carmen looked to Tony. "She o.k?" |
Tony had a goofy smile on his face. "Perfect. She’s still feisty as hell. Eating all sorts of crazy stuff. Carmen she’s the one that told me come here. Something about closure and confronting my demons. Relax boss. The pregnancy is going great. NO! No! No! No! I know that look." |
"Fuck." Tony swore softly. |
"Sarah Bargrove is expecting a child in two months. I just found out." |
"Caille. Please!" Tony begged. |
"On it. I’ll send one from Human Services. When is the meeting? I should point out that you might want to deal with that douche nozzle sooner rather later." |
"Caille. Come on! Remember churro and ice cream night?" Tony begged again, but was being ignored. |
"As soon as we’re done here. Problems?" |
Caille shrugged. "Word has gotten around. I know that you want me to shop local, but it’s getting more difficult. I could have them killed if you want, but you made it a point to not have a high body count here." |
Carmen crossed her arms while pondering if she should kill him or not. |
"Carmen!" Harry, Morpheus, and Ron bellowed. |
She sighed dramatically and dropped her arms. "Fine. I’ll deal with it." |
"I’m out." Caille popped away. |
"What is the task that you wanted her to do?" Fred asked Carmen curiously. |
"Shopping for the baby of course!" Carmen squealed even as Tony moaned. "No godchild of mine..." |
"Godchild?" Harry asked. |
"Yup. Wait I’m still godmother right?" |
"Of course you are silly witch." |
"Right. No godchild of mine will grow up not having the best of everything. Especially since I’ve been waiting forever for you to knock your wife up in the first place." |
Tony just shook his head and sighed. He was resigned to his fate of the house overflowing with more stuff. He continued through his old professors. "Professor Flitwick. Longtime no see." |
"It has been some time Mr. Bargrove. I’m glad that things are going well for you." |
"Things are going very well. I hope I will be able to chew your ear at some point. Outside of working for the crazy witch, I teach Charms part time." |
"It would be my pleasure Mr. Bargrove. I will however assume that "chew your ear’ is a slang term." Filius raised a brow. |
"It is." Anthony smirked. "It means to talk. Ask questions. Share ideas." He moved down the line until he met black eyes. "Hello Professor Snape." |
Severus gave a short nod. "Mr. Bargrove." |
"I should tell you that you are a favourite among us Muggleborn Hufflepuffs." |
The entire hall gave a shocked gasp. |
"And why is that Mr. Bargrove." Severus said with narrowed eyes. |
Tony stormed over to where McGonagall was sitting and stared her in the face with eyes as hard as stone. |
"You treated us like shite. You made sure that we knew our place in the pecking order of society in the U.K. You! Professor Snape, never fed us lies about what our lives would be once we accepted that accursed letter. You! Professor Snape, always made sure that we knew our place. That we knew that we were nothing!" |
Morpheus made to step forward to stop him when his sister grabbed his arm. |
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