Chapter 6
Previously
Hermione paced back and forth in front of the wall, that became a door. Hermione slowly opened the door and led Dean inside. The room was just perfect for what she needed for Dean. It was...
filled with punching bags, boxing gloves, basically everything needed to release some rage. It was exactly what was needed for Dean you could see he was angry with the way he held himself physically, the look in his eyes showing that he was filled with rage. He was trembling in his attempt to reign it in. However, Hermione was also angry, but she just hid it better. The place of her nightmares, the place that she thought she escaped from took a girl from England. She thought she was far enough away to be out of their grasp. She thought this place was safe. A sanctuary, but no, the place she ran from kidnapped a young girl, Mary Thomas, the same as they did in Russia.
Dean gasped when he entered the room after her. "Either wrap your knuckles or put some gloves on." Hermione's voice softly ordered him. He went and slipped on some boxing gloves before heading over to a punching bag and starting to release some of his pent-up rage. Soon the only sound you could hear was the collision of his fist on the punching bag. At this Hermione went over and wrapped her knuckles before heading over to another bag and hitting it. To her it felt like each hit on the bag was her hitting one of her problems or a name she had been called.
Punch
The Red Room
Punch
Missing girl
Punch
Voldemort
Punch
Death Eaters
Punch
Монстр (Monster)
Punch
Убийца (Killer)
Punch
Every person she killed
Punch Punch Punch Punch
The sound of crying broke her out of her thoughts. She swiftly turned around to see Dean sitting with his head in his hands crying. Hermione slowly approached him and sat down next to him. Before Dean looked across at her with his blotchy tear stained face causing Hermione to open her arms and for Dean to gladly accept the hug and cry into Hermione's shoulder. This being completely out of character for Dean as he is usually very strong but Hermione knew he needed the comfort. His parents are dead and his sister is missing. This is the sort of comfort she wanted after being taken to the Red Room but never got.
The 2-year-old Mia lay crying for her parents in the cold metal room they said was hers. She soon cried herself to sleep.
The next morning she awoke and begun crying anew for her parents at this point one of the Red Room trainers came in slapped her and said,"Прекрати плакать сука, эмоции делают тебя слабым." (Stop crying, the emotion makes you weak.) That was the lightest punishment Mia ever got and the easiest day.
Outside the room of requirement classes continued, however, students and teachers were not focusing. Some of the students were worried that something had happened to Dean or Hermione because they hadn't been seen since breakfast that morning. Others were concerned for Mary Thomas who was missing. The teachers were anxious as Mary wasn't taken by the Death Eaters they had no way of knowing if Mary would be found and they didn't know how to assist/comfort Dean because it was his little sister that was missing. It was particularly distressing for Professor McGonagall who saw Dean as one of her little lion cubs.
Before anyone realised it was lunch and the topic of conversation was exactly what it had been at breakfast. The conversations throughout the hall were about the kidnapping of Mary Thomas or about Dean and Hermione. Some were concerned that whoever had taken Mary and killed Dean's parents had gotten Dean and Hermione. Others were concerned that something had happened to Hermione considering how angry Dean was and certain other people (Draco Malfoy) were hoping that was what happened as they didn't like her.
Before long students and teachers were back off to lessons for the afternoon, but everybody's minds were preoccupied with thoughts of Mary Thomas, Dean Thomas, and Hermione Granger.
Hermione sat by Dean for a while just sitting and holding him as he cried. As Dean cried for his parents, his sister releasing his pent-up emotions exhausting himself. He fell asleep in Hermione's arms. At this point, Hermione simply sat and held him until she felt that he had fallen asleep so simply thinking of what she wanted a bed appeared in the corner of the room. Then if anyone was there it would have surprised them Hermione lifted Dean up and tucked him into the bed. Hermione knows that she is stronger than a 16-year-old girl should be, she knows how and why.
8-year-old Mia is fighting 12 other girls all at once, none of them was allowed weapons or mercy. Mia Catches one of her opponents off guard and twists the neck, there is a satisfying crack and the other girl falls dead to the floor. This continues with each of the other 12 girls dying at the raven-haired 8-year-olds hands. Soon Mia Kurskova is the only girl standing.
"Взять ее"(Take her) said a man standing in the room watching the carnage that just occurred. Mia was grabbed and taken out of the room then strapped down to a table. They then injected Mia with a serum. It hurt as it burned through her veins but she couldn't show her pain. She learnt that the serum made her stronger, faster and caused her to heal faster.
A few hours passed where Hermione started with the punching bags again before moving on to fighting dummies that were charmed to fight back all while watching over Dean as he slept. He fell asleep around lunch but he started moving around on the bed about half an hour before dinner. Hermione slowly walked over to Dean and gently shook his shoulder to which he awoke.
"Dean," Hermione spoke softly to him, "Go, have a shower."
Dean got up from the bed but before he reached the shower turned towards Hermione and said, "Do you think I'll ever see Mary again?"
Hermione's heart clenched at the thought, she knew no matter how scared she was of the Red Room she had to return. She knew she had to get Mary Thomas back home, back to her brother. Looking Dean in the eye Hermione said with so much conviction that you just had to believe her, "Dean, I swear to you I will make sure your sister gets home." Dean gives her a thankful look for the reassurance but doesn't know if what he so dearly wants will happen, so turns and walks to the shower. Hermione then gets up from the bed and heads to have a shower of her own while in her head planning how she is going to get Mary back. She may be a ruthless assassin but she still has a heart... somewhere.