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Miles Stebbins (soddinghell) wrote in all_roads,
@ 2008-03-05 22:21:00

Entry tags:

*thread-completed, dominic abbott, ernie macmillan, hannah abbott, hestia jones, miles stebbins, npc

Rescue mission; various [MS, EM, HJ, DA, HA]
WHO: Miles, Ernie, Hestia, Dominic, Hannah, various Aurors and Death Eaters
WHERE: Cornwall, Ministry, TBD
WHEN: Monday, 10 January, 2000; early morning
SUMMARY: The raid of the Death Eater's hideout in Cornwall and the secretly-planned, soon to be not, rescue of Hestia Jones. COMPLETED THREAD.
RATING: Hard R

"Fucking ground is fucking cold," Miles groused in an undertone where he lay, belly-down, under a line of trees not far from the hideout. Warming charms couldn't compete with lying in the snow, at least not the ones Miles could do without a noticeable flicker of light. Bloody weather. Fucking Death Eater scum.

"What are they waiting for? No one's moved in an hour. Let's get in there, take the bastards out and set up shop to catch more!"

On edge lately because Ernie had been so, distant and quiet and complete unlike himself – damn it, it threw off their whole comedy routine, you know? – Miles wasn't taking waiting with any kind of patience at all. He wanted in there, he wanted Death Eaters captured, or if it came to it, dead and he wanted to pick off the rest as the arrived, completely unsuspecting for what lay waiting for them.

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lost_ernie
2008-03-06 03:49 am UTC (link)

To say that the time since Dominic's talk with Ernie had went slowly was an understatement. Hestia had somehow become part of his extended family, though when he wasn't sure, and it was hard to know that she was captured by THEM.

"Clever boy." he said, rolling his eyes and reaching out to elbow Miles. Gods damn it, wasn't it time yet? It seemed time. She was there, he could see the house, and he couldn't even just rush ahead. "Fucking cold and fucking boring and it should be bloody...fucking...time." He glanced at his watch and groaned. Talking with Miles in Miles language was enough to give him a migraine, almost as large as the one that came with waiting here doing nothing.

"Listen..." he hissed softly. "Listen, when we get in there, we should stick together. No use having our arses kicked tomorrow for doing something foolish, right?"

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soddinghell
2008-03-06 03:59 am UTC (link)

"Right." Miles rolled his eyes and grinned, shifting on the ground to elbow Ernie back. This was a bit more like the Macmillan he knew! "I know you're scared, Macmillan," he whispered, keeping his voice to that hoarse quiet despite the burst of merriment, "but I've got your back. You can't go wrong when the great Miles Stebbins has got your back, you know?"

And then the familiar, teasing camaraderie was over as a low hoot from the line of trees sounded and the Aurors lying on the ground moved as one unit, swarming the house in force.

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lost_ernie
2008-03-06 04:32 am UTC (link)

"I..." Ernie's reply was cut short at the signal. This was it. Wand poised he rushed into the house, hexing one of the Death Eaters and rushing toward the stairs. He wasn't concerned with finding the Death Eaters lingering in the house, not now at least. Now he wanted to get Hestia the hell out of here.

He eyed the door that he knew was Hestia's, wanting to open it himself but Dominic had insisted that it would be TOO obvious. Instead he kicked in the other door, the one across from it, and gave it a cursory glance. No one was in there, no one to hex and take his anger on for this. Someone WOULD get his anger before this was over, he was certain of it.

"What do you think, Stebbins?" He tossed over his shoulder. "Think I should take that one too or are you tired of admiring my skill by now?" Stebbins had to open that door. He had to. Dominic had been very insistent on that point, and Ernie wanted Dominic to trust him, to let this be something that brought him into Dominic's family so to speak instead of just an outsider.

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soddinghell
2008-03-06 04:55 am UTC (link)

"Macmillan, where the bloody hell are you going?" Miles yelled as Ernie dashed for the stairs, but followed Ernie just the same. Someone had to keep him in one piece for Hannah, after all, and Miles certainly wasn't above the gratitude of a pretty blonde who would stuff him full of damned good food for his trouble. Besides, less people to fight for the pleasure of taking down Death Eaters upstairs if they got there first.

Back to the wall to keep it covered as he covered Ernie's back and looked out for any Death Eaters emerging from the upstairs, he snorted as Ernie kicked one door open. Cowboy tactics, as the one Muggle-raised trainee liked to call them. Well, ye haw!

"Fuck that shit," he said, rising up to the challenge Ernie issued without a clue he had just been 'handled' by his best mate. "This is what kicking a door in should look like," and then executed a skillful roundhouse at the door at the same time as he aimed his wand for the lock, the door flying open and hitting the wall with a ferocious crash.

Ready to turn to Ernie with a grin, it was wiped from Miles' face as the last person he expected to see entered his line of sight. Hestia?

"What the FUCKING FUCK?" he howled, wand up and already shouldering himself in front of Ernie to give his partner in crime time to recover from that sight. "What kind of bloody shenanigans are going on in this place?"

"Jesus Christ! It's about time you two rescued me," Hestia retorted, worked up now in a cross between the anxiety of waiting, the anger that had burned hot many times the last few days and tearful relief to see her boys. "Kidnapped and replaced and it took you nearly THREE FUCKING DAYS to realize it?!" Right now, she couldn't have been more proud of the both of them, and even though she had known they were coming, she found it easy to play relief as she lunged at them and hugged them both close at once.

"HOLY FUCKING SHIT! YOU WERE KIDNAPPED?" Miles yelled, holding her with one arm as he waved his wand arm around in agitation. There was not doubt that, even over the noise of Death Eaters being subdued, anyone could have missed that.

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lost_ernie
2008-03-06 05:31 am UTC (link)

Ernie was SO relieved to see Hestia. Though he had seen the false Hestia a few days ago, he knew instantly that this was the real Hestia, and he was SO happy to see her, regardless of the fact that he already knew that Hestia had been kidnapped, the feeling of relief and excitement that he felt at seeing her now was genuine.

"Bloody hell, Hestia..." He leaned in to the hug, whispering into her ear. "I'm so glad to see you." That much was true, and if Miles overheard it wouldn't be too jarring.

That being said, he knew that he had to put on a decent act and act suitably shocked. "What the hell happened?" He demanded, throwing up his hands. The details that Dominic had fed him were hazy at best, and he wanted to hear it from Hestia herself. Reaching his wand behind him, he used it to shut the door. The last thing that he needed was for a Death Eater to surprise them while he and Miles were with Hestia.

There were just too many questions now, questions that he wanted to answer, but one huge one, the how this happened, and another, one even more pressing than the one before.

"Are you alright?" It was the thing Dominic had stressed to him, that he was to ensure that Hestia was not only alright but that she stayed that way. He was to ensure that she got immediate treatment for any injuries that needed it and to get her to St. Mungos as soon as the opportunity presented itself if that was necessary. She looked fine, but he had no idea how things worked, if something was wrong with her or the baby and he just didn't know what to look for.