章 90: Chapter - 93 : The Breaking Point

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"Give me one reason, you pathetic mortal, why I shouldn't kill you right here and now."

Oh, shit.

Umbridge was dangling several feet off of the ground, suspended only by the hand wrapped dangerously tight around her throat. A hand that belonged to his furious father.

Umbridge let out a series of strangled grunts and twisted in Loki's grasp, but he held tight.

"Unhand me… at once," she managed to gasp around the restricting grip on her throat. "Or I will… have you arrested."

"Unhand you?" Loki hissed. "And allow you to raise your wand to another child?"

"This…this is a Ministry of Magic investigation," Umbridge choked. "What I do to determine the…the whereabouts of a very dangerous criminal is of no concern to you."

Hermione screamed when, faster than the eye could see, Loki threw Umbridge onto her desk with such force the wood splintered and collapsed, then yanked her up once again by her throat and slammed her against the unforgiving stone wall.

"Ministry investigation or not," Loki said "you made it my concern when you took it upon yourself to torture my son."

Harry internally groaned, well the cat was out of the bag now. So much for that secret.

"All right," he said decisively. "Dad?"

Loki at last looked to Harry, it took all of his willpower not to shy away when his father turned his gaze, full of maddened fury, onto him, never had he seen the god so angry. He must not have done that good of a job hiding his reaction as Loki noticeably took a moment to compose himself before addressing the teen.

"Yes, Haraldr?"

"If you don't let up on her, you're going to kill her."

"I'm well aware of that."

Harry stifled an exasperated sigh. "You can't kill her."

Umbridge whimpered pathetically when Loki's grip on her throat tightened causing her bones to creak audibly in protest. "Why ever not?"

"You can't just go around killing people, you'll get in trouble."

"No one will learn of what happened to her." Loki grinned ferally. "Her death will be a tragic accident, nothing more."

"I still have use for her."

"Of what use could shepossiblybe to you?"

"I finally have enough against her to get both her and Fudge booted from the Ministry. Now do you mind immobilizing her for the time being then getting me out of these ropes? They're chafing at my skin."

Loki seemed to go through some sort of internal struggle conflict, struggling to decide whether he should commence with his plan of torturing the little toad to an inch of her life, or heeding his son's request. It took several tense moments before he made his decision.

With much less force than he would have liked, Loki cracked Umbridge's head against the wall, not hard enough to kill her, just enough to knock her out.

The moment their leader hit the ground in a crumpled heap, Pucey and his gang broke from the stunned reverie they'd been frozen in and attempted to flee, but a small show of magic had the seventh years out cold and in an ungainly pile in the corner of the office.

"How do you manage to get yourself in these situation?" Loki growled, as he cut through the ties around Harry's wrists before moving on to his ankles.

"Pure dumb luck."

"No doubt inherited from your uncle," Loki cut through the last of the ropes, but when Harry tried to stand, he pushed him back and gently took his face in his hands. "How are you?"

"I'm fine," the teen tried for reassuring, but judging by his father's expression he didn't do a very good job of it.

"I doubt that." A cool, magic infused touch to the forehead soothed his fried nerves and calmed his trembling hands.

"Um, Harry?"

Harry turned to face his friends, the five of them were loitering nervously by the door, exchanging uneasy glances. Hermione had been the one who had spoken.

"Well…um sorry for interrupting, but…"

"What the hell is going on?"

"Eloquent as always, Ron," Harry snorted. "Right, everyone this is my dad, Dad this is everyone."

There was a beat of silence and then a soft confused, "What?"

"But…but Harry, you're father's dead," Hermione looked worried for a moment, as if she was afraid he'd throw a tantrum or start questioning his existence or something equally ridiculous.

"No, James Potter died."

"Yes, so isn't…"

"All right, maybe you should start from the beginning, Potter…or…." Draco faltered, looking terribly confused.

"Potter," Harry confirmed. "It make life easier for all of us."

"Okay…Potter, maybe you should start from the beginning seeing as we're making very little progress with this question and answer thing."

From her prone position on the floor, Umbridge groaned softly and began stirring.

"Later, right now we need to deal with her. And you," he looked to Loki, "need to leave."

Loki looked indignant. "I beg your pardon, I'm not going anywhere not after that…woman," he glanced distastefully in Umbridge's direction, "using the word in the lightest form possible, attacked you."

"While your desire to remain with me is greatly appreciated, and trust me it is, we need to deal with Umbridge, your presence will only complicate matters."

Loki glared halfheartedly at Harry, but relented after only a few seconds of enduring his son's pleading green eyes. "I will be at our usual spot in the forest, go there the moment you're done sorting things out and not a second later."

"Got it," Harry nodded. "But before you go, could you do something for me?"

It was nearing nine o'clock in the evening but the school was still abuzz with activity. All of the students had been assembled in the Great Hall and were, one by one, being questioned by a small group of teachers and Ministry officials, a team of Aurors selected by the ever fair Amelia Bones were ransacking Umbridge's office, searching for all sorts of dark or Ministry banned items, they were turning up with a worrying amount. Another team was interrogating Umbridge under Veritaserum, and the information they were gathering was damning for both her and Minister Fudge, while one last team was questioning Harry and his friends.

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