Enemies-On-All-Sides (I) [Chapter 212]

Harry finally returned to Rita and Katerina who were still waiting for him outside the Ward line with the Minister’s head in his hand still looking like Voldemort. Rita gulped before turning a bit green when she noticed the severed head and Katerina was looking somewhat dissatisfied.

“Ah… I see, you are unhappy with me” Harry decided to state the obvious while staring at Katerina as his form and robes started to shift back to their original state.

“Well, I was hoping to have some fun” Katerina admitted, looking a bit sullen. Though thankfully, Katerina was nothing like the real Bellatrix.

“What did you do to the rest of the family?” Rita asked worriedly.

“I simply knocked out everyone else… I am not a good guy by any definition, but I am not a monster” Harry defended himself even though his defense sounded pretty weak. “And Kate, I will let you have fun some other time, the war isn’t over yet” Harry assured Katerina that there will be a lot more action for her in the coming days.

“I will hold you on to that” Katerina nodded her head with a grin. “So, what now?” Katerina asked since the sun would be coming up within the next couple of hours.

“We are done for the night, so Rita, why don’t you pay Cuffe a visit and convince him to publish your exclusive interview with the Dark Lord?” Harry suggested and Rita nodded her head after hesitating for a bit. She needed to hurry if she wanted to publish the interview in the morning edition of The Daily Prophet.

“Okay, wish me luck” Rita said with a shaky chuckle after taking a long breath, but she didn’t wait for either Harry or Katerina to reply before she disappeared with a loud crack.

“She didn’t even give us the chance to say anything!” Katerina exclaimed in bewilderment.

“Well, it was a difficult trip for her, so I can’t blame her” Harry mused with an amused look on his face. “By the way, we have to make another stop before we finally return” Harry said and Katerina hummed with a nod as she clearly remembered the plan. She already knew where they were heading, so without waiting for Harry, she disappeared from her spot with a loud crack and arrived inside one of the alleys near Diagon Alley.

Moments later, Harry arrived beside her with a soft pop. “Give me the head” Harry told her and Katerina removed Dolores Umbridge’s head, which was hanging from her belt and held it out, but instead of grabbing the head with his hand, the severed head started to float in the air.

“Do you want me to wait here?” Katerina asked curiously.

“Yes, even though you aren’t well known, the Aurors would be able to recognize you pretty easily and if they manage to realize who you are, it would take them long to connect the dots” Harry explained and even though Katerina looked slightly disappointed, she nodded her head in understanding as once again, Harry’s form and robes started to transform.

Moments later, he looked just like Voldemort… The Diagon Alley was supposed to be empty right now, except for some homeless people, but Harry wasn’t taking any chances, just in case someone saw him putting the Minister’s and his senior undersecretary's heads on a pike. After that, Harry strode out of the alley like he owned the place…

Just like he expected, there was nobody in sight as only criminals and such scum were active at this time of the night and they mostly stayed within the limits of Knockturn Alley… Harry jabbed his bone-white Wand toward the ground and started to Conjure a couple of pikes. When he was done with the pikes, he put the heads on the pikes one by one before he decided to leave a message carved into their foreheads.

Well, it was something Voldemort would do…

‘They denied my RETURN’ Harry quickly carved those words on their foreheads with pretty ease before pointing the Wand in his hand toward the sky. “Morsemordre” Harry didn’t need to utter the Spell, but once again it was something Voldemort would do. The dark sky was lit by the eerily glowing Dark Mark floating in the sky.

Satisfied with his actions, he turned around on his heel and returned to the alley where Katerina was waiting for him. There were still quite a few matters he needed to attend to, but he was too tired to deal with them right now. With that decided, he started to shift back to his original state.

“It was quite a productive night” Katerina said as she yawned and stretched her body.

“Yes, it was… We got quite a lot done tonight” Harry agreed as he started to open a portal leading them back to their base. “I wonder how the aftermath is going to be” Harry added with a grin as he offered Katerina to enter the portal first.

“It would be pure chaos and I am going to love every moment of it” Katerina cackled as she stepped through the portal. Harry simply inclined his head in acknowledgement as he was also going to enjoy the aftermath quite a bit… To be honest, he would be surprised if the Ministry didn’t collapse during the aftermath.

While pondering how to take advantage of the situation, he also stepped through the portal and the portal closed behind his back as soon as he was gone…

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~~Washington D.C., Columbia Heights~~

Inside a normal-looking single-storey house, a woman sleeping was roused awake when the telephone started to ring. The woman groaned in annoyance while shifting in her bed, but she finally got up even though quite reluctantly and picked up the telephone. “Yes?” The woman asked.

“Ma’am, you are needed” A male voice said from the other side.

“Do you have any idea what time it is?” The woman asked with a frown as she stared at the clock hanging on the wall. Even though her head was filled with gray hairs, her eyesight seemed to be still quite sharp.

“Yes, I know, but this is an emergency. I have already arranged a pickup for you” The voice from the other side spoke in a grave tone, and the woman finally released a deep sigh at that before she cursed Keller inside her mind. She was a happily retired woman… Well, not as happily retired as she would like to say because she missed the action, but she was still retired.

“What happened?” She asked, removing the duvet.

“You will be debriefed when you arrive at the Headquarters” The voice from the other side answered, making the woman frown.

“You are the Director, it wouldn’t look good on you if you keep asking for help from your predecessors, you know?” The woman asked, but there was no heat or contempt in her voice. In fact, she sounded mirthful.

“Leave that to me and I believe we will be needing your help on this” The voice explained with a sigh.

“Alright, I will be there” The woman said before she finally put down the receiver. The woman cracked her neck before she finally climbed out of her bed. She picked up the revolver which was resting beside the telephone and started to fiddle with it. After inspecting the bullets, she put the cylinder back into its place and nodded her head in satisfaction.

The woman stared at the wall where all of her pictures were hanging. The wall was filled with various types of pictures, all of her achievements and medals that she could at least show off… After checking out some of the pictures, her eyes finally landed on one of the pictures. That picture was taken when she joined the agency.

She looked so young and she had come such a long way after that. So much has happened since then. That particular picture was a stark reminder of that fact…

‘Margaret Elizabeth Carter’ She read the name of it and snorted in amusement before she finally decided to get ready…

By the time her pickup arrived for her, she was already dressed and ready for action. The small pickup took her to the airport where a private jet was already waiting for her. The private jet took her to New York and when she landed, there was already a chopper and a familiar face waiting for her.

“Good morning, Agent Coulson” Margaret Elizabeth Carter or usually known as the woman Peggy Carter, greeted the man waiting beside the chopper with a pleasant smile on her face.

“Good morning, ma’am” The man now known as Coulson greeted her back with a pleasant smile on his face before opening the door for her. Peggy gave him a grateful smile before she climbed into the chopper and he followed her into the chopper after that. It was already morning now, and from the dark bags she noticed under Coulson’s eyes, she was certain that he was yet to get any sleep.

“So, what happened?” Peggy asked after putting on her headphones.

Coulson, instead of answering her, signaled the pilot to put them on a private channel and when it was done, Coulson turned back toward Peggy, who was waiting for an answer. “Ma’am, we have finally located Grindelwald and his missing followers” Coulson answered and Peggy leaned back in her seat as the realization finally set in.

She finally understood why she was being called back…