"I hope you are not planning to turn my house into a prison or a dungeon" Jacklyn drawled dryly when she found that Harry was keeping four prisoners in her house.
"Well… No, not exactly. If my apartment was a bit bigger and not within any sort of civilization, then I would have used my own apartment to keep them" Harry answered unconvincingly, making Jacklyn roll her eyes at him.
"I might start charging you gold if you keep using my house as your personal dungeon" Jacklyn wondered aloud and Harry gasped in horror at her words.
"You can't do that!" He blurted out looking horrified. He wanted to keep using her house as his prison. It was a nice place to hold prisoners.
"Hmm… Who knows?" Jacklyn mused with an amused grin on her face. "Alright! So, what are you going to do with them?" Jacklyn asked as she pointed toward one of the prisoners.
"I am currently working on something which would keep her reined in… I will probably need a couple of days more to finish it and when I am finally sure that she won't be able to stab me in the back, I will send her on her merry way so that she could work for me" Harry answered dismissively while staring at Rita Skeeter.
"I wasn't able to get to the Death Eaters so I don't know who he belongs to, so I am going to keep him knocked out for the time being" Harry explained while looking at Dobby, the fanatical and crazy house elf.
"I found her quite intriguing so I offered her to work for me… She accepted" Harry explained while looking at the female version of Moody. He didn't know her name yet, so he decided to call her female Moody for the time being.
"Then why is she knocked out?" Jacklyn asked as she raised her eyebrows at him.
"Well, she might have decided to work for me, but that doesn't mean I trust and I couldn't have asked her to tag along… They would have asked me a lot of uncomfortable questions" Harry sighed while shaking his head. Jacklyn took another look at the Witch and nodded her head in agreement. Harry was right, they would have asked a lot of uncomfortable questions.
"So, what about him?" Jacklyn asked as she pointed toward the only Wizard among the captives. "Did he decide to join you too?" Jacklyn asked curiously.
"I never asked him" Harry shrugged dismissively. "He was the leader of the group so I decided to capture him as I want to know who hired them, if possible…" Harry raised his hand and stared at it before turning back toward Jacklyn, who was waiting for him to finish his sentence. "...and if not, then no skin off my shoulder as he is going to be my Legilimency practice subject" Harry finished with a feral grin on his face.
"Fuck! Have I ever told you that you can be fucking scary!" Jacklyn blurted out with a grimace.
"You might have mentioned it sometimes" Harry commented airily before a grin formed on his face.
"...By the way, there was something I was wondering after you told me about the fight…" Jacklyn started to speak with a conflicted look on her face and Harry simply urged her to continue speaking… "You told me that you used the Killing Curse to kill some of them… I mean… Did Voldemort use the Killing Curse to… you know, kill your parents?" Jacklyn finished nervously.
For a bit Harry simply stared at Jacklyn before he started to chuckle while shaking his head. "The Killing Curse is a weapon, Jacky… It's like hating the knife instead of hating the person who stabbed you" Harry said while chuckling and Jacklyn simply inclined her head with a thoughtful look on her face before finally nodding her head.
"That makes sense…" Jacklyn said while nodding her head. "So, when are you going to wake her up?" Jacklyn asked as she jerked her head toward the female Moody in an attempt to change the topic.
"As soon as I learn how to use sign language" Harry answered, making Jacklyn blink in confusion, but before she could voice her question, Harry decided to answer her unasked question… "She is mute" Harry added, making Jacklyn nod her head in understanding…
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~~Timeskip~~ (A few hours later)
Himera Kuznetsov blinked in confusion as she regained her consciousness… At first, she didn't know where she was or what was happening to her, but then all of a sudden, everything started to come to her… She finally remembered that they were on a mission to kill Harry Potter, but the boy turned the tables on them. She remembered how she had decided to bail after realizing that she couldn't beat the boy and she would probably die.
She remembered the boy catching up to her… She remembered accepting his offer and then nothing. No… That wasn't right. She remembered a golden glow surrounding Harry Potter's hands before she lost consciousness… Harry Potter had knocked her out. She almost growled out in anger, but that wasn't important right… She immediately reached out toward her spare Wand… She wasn't a fool. The boy had knocked her out, there was no way he would leave her primary Wand on her.
"Good morning… So, you are finally up" Someone spoke up from the side and Himera immediately recognized the voice. Her head whipped in that direction only to find Harry Potter standing with his guardian, Jacklyn Harper.
Himera immediately shuffled on her feet and stepped away even though there was already a respectable amount of distance between herself and Harry. /Calm down, I am not planning to attack you/ Harry quickly made some gestures with his hands, making Himera freeze in her tracks.
The last time she met him, he didn't know sign language, she was pretty sure about that. She started to wonder how long she was knocked out… /Where am I?/ Himera asked using sign language. Using sign language with only a hand was hard, but she could manage it as sign language was the only way she could interact with anyone.
/You are in America/ Harry answered her using gestures. /And before you ask, it has been only a day since you were knocked out/ Harry added as he could easily guess what she was planning to ask next.
Himera froze for a second time before she wordlessly scoffed at him. /You learned how to use sign language within a day? I find that very hard to believe/ Himera gestured furiously. First of all, her new boss not only knocked her out without her consent, but now, he was even lying to her.
/I learned how to sign in an hour, but you don't need to believe me… After all, as long as I am paying you gold you don't have any problems do you?/ Harry signed and Himera was so tempted to scoff at his unbelievable claim, but she decided not to bother with it… The only thing that mattered to her was gold and if the boy paid her to claim that he had the biggest dick in the world, then that was what she would do.
/Yes, as long as you keep paying me our pre-determined amount of gold, I won't have any problems/ Himera gestured back. Harry simply grinned and pulled out a pouch and threw it over to her… Usually, she wouldn't have caught the pouch, but she realized that if Harry wanted to kill her then he could have easily killed her, so she caught the pouch with her hand and she immediately knew what was inside the pouch.
She looked at Harry who was already signing with a grin on his face. /30 Galleons, as decided. You may count them at your own leisure, but now that you work for me, tell me about yourself and start with your name/ Harry finished gesturing, making Himera freeze for a second. While a part of her mind wanted to count the gold, she decided to do that later.
She wanted to know if he was a boy of his word or not… If she didn't find 30 Galleons inside the pouch then she would know that she couldn't trust him and if he could go against his word, then he could easily stab her in the back too and in case, there were 30 Galleons in the pouch, then she would treat herself with a shopping trip. So, she dropped the pouch on the ground and started to write her name on the ground.
When she was finally done, Harry called out her name aloud. "Himera Kuznetsov" Harry stated and Himera simply nodded her head. After that, she started to use sign language to tell him about herself. She was a Muggleborn from Russia and she was a student in Koldovstoretz. Unfortunately, she was unable to finish school as when she was in her sixth year, some Muggles broke into her house and killed her parents before kidnapping her.
/Kidnapped you? Do you know who they were?/ Harry asked her with a curious look on his face. Now, Harry had a pretty good idea why Himera looked like a female Moody. He wasn't certain, obviously and that was why he asked.
/They called themselves Hydra and I don't want to talk about them/ Himera gestured furiously. She didn't want to talk about those monsters.
|Hydra!| The word clicked inside Harry's mind. He had a perfect memory and clearly remembered the Ancient One mentioning Hydra and how she could have stopped them. /Hydra. Tell me about them/ Harry gestured and Himera immediately shook her head.
/Not happening/ Himera gestured with a firm look on her face. Harry huffed in annoyance and pulled out another pouch from his robes and threw it toward her. She caught the pouch and this pouch was much heavier than the last one, which made her eyes grow wide in surprise.
/50 Galleons and I will pay you more if I feel like it/ Harry gestured and she stared at him suspiciously. She had tried to tell the others about Hydra, but everyone had scoffed at her until now… Harry Potter clearly had an interest in this Hydra, but he handed her 50 Galleons and offered her to pay more…
So, like any other well-adjusted individual, she started to tell him what happened to her after she was kidnapped by Hydra…
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/They were quick… Very quick and they didn't even give me a chance to pull out my Wand before they hit me with something and whatever they hit me with paralyzed my body…/ Himera stopped for a second. /After they shot my parents, they put a black bag around my head and started to drag me/ Talking about the death of her parents no longer bothered her as what happened to her afterward was even more horrible.
/While I was being dragged, I felt a sting in my arm and moments later, I lost consciousness. The next time I woke up, I found myself inside some sort of vehicle, but my face was still covered so I didn't see anything. I felt another sting in my arm and I fell asleep again/ Himera stopped gesturing and was about to sit down on the ground, but Harry Conjured her a chair with a jab of his Wand.
She gave him a thankful nod before sitting down… Her new boss Conjured two more chairs and her new boss and his guardian also sat down… /What happened to me after that wasn't pretty. Are you sure you want to hear all of that?/ Himera asked, just to be sure…
/Sure, go on/ Harry simply urged her to go on and Himera internally grimaced. She never liked talking about this part, but her new boss might be the first one to believe her story. This wasn't the first time she was revealing her nightmares to someone, but nobody ever believed her… It grated her at the beginning, she still remembered breaking down and losing her will to live after they laughed at the horrors she went through.
She had even tried to kill herself multiple times, but her damn powers kept her alive… She was forced to move on and make peace with her nightmares… Bringing back all of that up was going to be painful for her, but she knew that she could handle it, probably… Refusing now would be bad for her reputation as she had already accepted the payment for it.
/The next time I woke up, I felt a searing pain in my stomach…/ Himera gestured as she slowly raised her shirt to reveal her stomach. /They were apparently putting a brand on me/ Himera signed as she pointed at the number 26 branded on her stomach before she lowered her hand and traced a long scar along her lower abdomen.
/At the same time, they were also cutting me open to remove my womb… I realized that later when I stopped having periods/ Himera signed with a stoic look on her face. She never cared about becoming a mother, at least not anymore and she knew that she was going to be a really bad mother even if she tried. /During the process, I once again lost my consciousness/ Himera added before lowering her shirt.
She noticed that both her new boss and his guardian were watching her with stoic looks on their faces, but she could see anger in Jacklyn Harper's eyes, but her new boss's eyes were only filled with indifference… /The next time I woke up was when the horrors started for real… I found myself inside a bone-chilling cold cell, completely naked and there was another cell, right across the hall, but there was a naked boy of my age in that cell. He was branded with the number 25 on his stomach/ Himera revealed.
/At first, I was really embarrassed thanks to my nakedness, but my shame didn't last long as there were other things we had to deal with… For example, there was no food. We had a tap in our cells for water, but no food. I tried to learn if he was a Wizard or not, but apparently, he was a normal human… It was torturous to stay inside those cells. We couldn't sleep due to the chill or the hunger/ Himera paused a bit to take a deep breath.
She didn't even bother to look at Harry or Jacklyn before she started to speak again. /They kept us in our cells for a week and the boy was barely alive while I was in much better condition and that is when the P.A. system came alive/ Himera shuddered a bit.
/I still remembered those cold words… 'Thank you for participating in this experiment. I can easily notice that both of you are clearly starving, so, let me arrange a meal for you…' He paused and that is when our cell doors unlocked, surprising both of us and the person using the P.A. system spoke again. 'Enjoy your meal' There was a hint of amusement in those words and after that, the P.A. system went dead./
/I was the first one to come out of my cell and after looking around, I didn't find any food. Boris… That was the boy's name and he was the first one to understand what was happening, and as soon as he did, he came out of his cell and lunged at me/ Himera raised her fake hand. /He bit off two of my fingers while he continued to cry and apologize to me. It took a lot of effort on my part, but I killed him… Due to starvation, he had become much weaker than me/ Himera slowly lowered her head.
/I didn't eat him… At least, not at the start, I looked around for an exit or any other cell, but that hall only had two cells. I starved for five more days before I finally gave in to my hunger…/ Himera sullenly gestured and raised her head to see how her new boss and his guardian were taking her story. Jacklyn seemed to be torn between looking angry and sympathetic at the same time while her new boss still had that stoic look on his face.
She wondered how such a young boy could be so indifferent after hearing something like that… /I am sorry you had to go through with all that/ Harry apologized and for the first time, Himera felt that Harry felt genuinely sorry for her…
/You believe me?/ Himera gestured furiously. The way he was acting made her feel like he truly believed her. The others who she had told about her kidnapping and the horror she experienced at the mercy of Hydra had either laughed at her or they had called her a liar.
/Yes, I do believe you… I don't know much about Hydra, but I have heard their name and I do know that they exist/ Harry revealed. He felt really bad for Himera… Nobody should have gone through that and he was sure that there was more to her story.
Himera narrowed her only eye on Harry in suspicion… She knew that Harry Potter was only 14 years old and powerful he might be, but he was still young and sheltered. This wasn't the first time she had told anyone about Hydra… After escaping from that hell, she had told the cops about Hydra, but instead of believing her, they had arrested her. After escaping from the cops, she had tried to appeal to the Aurors, but instead of helping her, they had laughed at her.
She never told either of those parties what Hydra forced her to do for food, as there was a chance that they might declare her as a cannibalistic monster, but they should have at least tried to believe her… They should have at least tried to find out if she was telling the truth or not. After that, she gave up on the authorities and she had told the full story to some individuals, but none of them ever believed her.
So, Himera knew that Hydra wasn't a term someone could stumble upon out of the blue, especially not someone as young as Harry Potter… /Where have you heard about them?/ Himera asked with a look of suspicion marring her face.
/Hmm… No, I am not going to tell you that, at least, not yet. I might feel sorry for what happened to you, but that doesn't mean that I will allow you to give me an order/ Her new boss gestured coldly, but once again the look on his face was completely indifferent. Yes, he did feel bad for her, but it didn't mean that she was anything more than someone he wanted to use. /Now, if you may please continue with the story/ He gestured.
Himera wasn't pleased with the dismissal, but she knew that lashing out won't help her… Her new boss could easily beat her into the ground even if she was armed, but she wasn't armed right now… At least, she didn't believe that Harry Potter was a part of Hydra. With no other option, she simply resumed her story even though she really wanted to know how Harry learned about Hydra… 'Maybe they tried to kidnap him just like they had kidnapped me, but this time they failed' Himera guessed internally.
Yeah, it was plausible… Harry Potter was immensely powerful. It kind of boggled her mind, but it was highly plausible that Hydra had tried to kidnap him and her new boss had wiped the floor with them just like he did with her group… She winced a bit, but she was internally pleased. Anything bad happening to Hydra was good news to her…
/After I was finished with my… meal, some sort of gas started to fill the hall and the cells and once again, I was knocked unconscious/ Himera revealed. /The next time I woke up, I found myself in another cell, but this time, there were two differences. In my opposite cell, there was a girl instead of a boy and I had my…/ With that, Himera continued to tell them her morbid story…
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