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From MarketPlace we learn that family-values conservative GOP Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX) has been holding fundraisers at a strip club in Vegas. Sessions was publicly livid over Janet Jackson's "liberal values" when she bared her covered boobs during the SuperBowl a few years back (Pete Sessions… scolded Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake for forcing "their liberal values upon the rest of the country" after their infamous 2004 Super Bowl halftime striptease). Sessions was less upset about the boobs shown at his fundraisers at a Vegas strip joint. Here is how Sessions described the affair to the media, and below are lots more photos from the strip joint. It's priceless:
Sessions: That's right, we do a Las Vegas fundraiser every year and not only raise money, but see Las Vegas. It's a beautiful town.
Henn: Forty Deuce is a strip club.
Sessions: You know, I've never seen that. It is what I would call a burlesque show where there's a woman who comes out and has a dress on… Uh, she never get's naked. There's no nudity, there's no nudity in there.
This is how the club's owner, Ivan Kane, describes his brand of burlesque.
Ivan Kane: The key component would be to have girls who were dancers taking their clothes off, not just girls taking their clothes off.
Sessions spent more than $5,000 at Kane's club that night in March, according to federal disclosures. Those reports show Sessions spent another $2,100 on his hotel.
Here are some more shots from the club's Web site. This would be a screen shot of a video of a guy whipping a woman's ass with a riding crop:
This, below, is from a video on the site as well. It's hard to tell, but you'll note the woman, on the left, is wearing nothing but a top hat on her breasts:
Oh yeah, it's all fun and games until somebody pokes an eye out:
I wonder what her position is on a capital gains tax cut:
Anything with a flag can't be all bad:
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What, you've never saluted the flag?
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WESTOVER, MD – The Rutgers men's golf team opened its 2005 spring season with a sixth-place finish at the Drew Upton Towson Golf Classic on Sunday. The Scarlet Knights carded a 616 (312-304) to finish sixth in the 19-school tournament, held at the 7,005-yard, par-72 Great Hope Golf Club.
Loyola College won the team championship with a 595 (296-299), while Loyola's T.J. Shuart took home the individual title with an even-par 144 (71-73).
Junior Erick Morales (Bayamon, Puerto Rico) led the Scarlet Knights with a 151 (77-74) for the two-round event to tie for 13th. Senior Brent Pittman (Montvale, NJ) was two strokes behind his teammate, carding a 153 (78-75) to tie for 26th overall. Junior Jason Bataille (South Plainfield, NJ) tied for 49th with a 158 (78-80). Junior Mike Kosup (Flemington, NJ) and sophomore Seth Hirschhorn (Willingboro, NJ) each carded a 159 for the event to tie for 56th. Kosup finished with rounds of 84 and 75, while Hirschhorn fired a 79 on Saturday and an 80 on Sunday.
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Theories of Choice under Ignorance and Uncertainty
AbstractIn this paper, Knight's distinction between risk and uncertainty, and its significance for economic analysis are examined. The paper consists of a survey of some recent developments on the theory of choice under uncertainty and some applications of these theories to problems for which Bayesian Decision Theory has not proved entirely satisfactory. Two problems are examined in detail. The first is that of finance and insurance and the second is that of risk-taking behavior with special emphasis on lotteries. Copyright 1992 by Blackwell Publishers Ltd
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Many people don't know that lung cancer is a disease that can affect anyone. One in 14 people will be diagnosed with lung cancer and over half of those diagnosed will be people who either quit smoking decades ago or who never smoked a day in their lives. Lung cancer can happen to anyone regardless of age, gender, race, health or smoking history. Its patients have felt stigmatized, neglected and unsupported in their communities. Lung cancer is the least funded cancer even though it kills more people each year than breast, prostate, pancreatic and colorectal cancers combined.
These were the statistics I read while Google searching the disease that had suddenly invaded our lives. I had fallen into the role of caregiver and patient advocate without any warning or training manual. It was the hardest job I've ever had and at the same time, the most rewarding.
When my dad was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2002, his diagnosis came out of the blue and we had no local support. The isolation of a lung cancer diagnosis was intense. With little treatment options, incredibly low survival rates and no support or resources specially for his disease, the odds of survival for him began to plummet. This was our devastating reality 10 years ago. My dad died 11 months and 21 days after his diagnosis and he fought fiercely to live every one of those days. I promised my dad then that I would never stop working to support those affected by lung cancer. And I haven't.
Today, 11 years later, I am the director of support and advocacy for the largest lung cancer nonprofit in the nation, LUNGevity Foundation. I have created and managed support programs for people impacted by lung cancer and survivorship conferences that take place nationally and regionally. But it's been a long road of advocacy.
I encourage people who feel a calling or mission to become advocates for what they believe in to make a plan and stay the course. We need more of you in the cancer community to be the voice for those who can no longer speak.
I do have a few pieces of advice:
Take care of yourself.
While you are caring for the life of someone your love, don't forget to take care of yourself. You won't be useful to anyone if you are burned out and exhausted. Fighting cancer and fighting for someone's life is incredibly hard. Mistakes get made when we are tired or emotionally charged. Don't forget to take care of yourself. You'll do a better job at being a caregiver to someone else if you do. Take care of yourself and ACCEPT help from others.
Find the unmet need.
In my case and with a disease like lung cancer, our immediate unmet need was support for patients and families. Eventually that turned into access to information about the disease and treatment options and more funding for research so that there can be more survivors. All of those unmet needs put together are HUGE but taken a bit at a time they can be addressed. I'm not a researcher or a doctor, but I can navigate a patient during their journey to find the answers they may be looking for. I wasn't a social worker or therapist, but I could create a peer to peer support resource for people to walk the lung cancer journey together and build ways in which patients and families could help themselves. Find your unmet need and come up with an action plan to address it.
Connect with others.
There are other caregivers, family members, survivors and advocates who share your passion to advocate for your cause. Seek them out and connect with them on message boards, websites, and advocacy groups in your local community. Have phone calls, twitter chats, and meetups to discuss ways you can raise awareness and make an impact. If one person can make a difference, image what a group of like-minded people can do!
Be gentle on yourself.
I wish I would have taken this advice more. As caregivers to those we love we tend to take every victory and every setback personally. We also sacrifice our health and needs while caregiving. I remember when my dad passed away thinking that I hadn't done enough to "save him", as if anything I could have done would have stopped the progression of his cancer. "I didn't search the internet enough. I didn't explore 3rd or 4th opinions. I didn't tell enough jokes, pray enough or keep up a positive attitude 100 percent of the time. He didn't try alternative therapies." And a dozen other what-ifs and second-guessing-myself thoughts that flowed through my mind.
Today, I know the outcome would have been the same no matter what I did then, and from that experience I take away the precious memories and moments I was able to share with him as his caregiver and his daughter.
Looking back now I know the landscape of this disease enough to know that having access to information and treatment options, access to clinical trials and medications for side effects will make the road smoother for someone else. I know that having others to talk to can alleviate feelings of fear and guilt and isolation. Those are the unmet needs I've been trying to address.
Seek out support for yourself and your loved one while you are actively walking through cancer. And when you are no longer caregiving and ready to be an advocate, surround yourself with others who believe in your cause, will support you and help you to succeed.
Finally, don't lose hope.
Even if things don't work out exactly like you planned, don't lose hope that one day there will be more. More support, more treatment options, more awareness, more research and more survivors. I absolutely believe that there isn't anything greater than hope. It picks you up when you've been knocked down. It hugs you when you feel defeated, carries you when you receive good news, and it's the whispered promise that everything you have done and everything that you will do, matters.
Katie Brown is the Director for Support and Advocacy for LUNGevity Foundation.RELATED POSTS
It can be difficult for me to see all the way to 2022. Like so many diagnosed with lung cancer, I have to take things one day at a time. I was diagnosed fewer than two years ago, and I finished chemotherapy in June 2012.
And yet the National Lung Cancer Partnership's vision to double lung cancer survival by 2022 creates a new way to look to the future, adding an extra sense of purpose every day to my support of the lung cancer movement. I am certain that when survival statistics rise, public awareness and research funding will rise with them.
I found out I had lung cancer on February 9, 2012, during an afternoon I should have spent teaching my sweet third grade students. Instead, my family and I gathered together to hear a doctor share the results of a biopsy. I remember watching the doctor as he strung together a series of words; "tumor is malignant... found this late... talk to an oncologist."
The magnitude of those words was life altering. I was 29 years old. How could this have happened to me?
As the reality of living with lung cancer began to settle in, it became a part of my new life. But it was not a one-way relationship. I realized that lung cancer needs a face, a strong voice and above all, the research necessary to find cures.
I am not naïve about what it will take to get us there. So, barely two months after my diagnosis, I began my journey as a fundraiser for the 2012 Free to Breathe Dallas/Fort Worth Run/Walk. I was in the middle of chemotherapy and I had just a month before the event, but I raised over $10,000 for lung cancer research and patient programs. Suddenly, I had a new mission in life.
Looking to keep the momentum going, I attended the Partnership's 2012 Lung Cancer Advocacy Summit and continued my fundraising efforts in 2013. To date, I've already raised over $40,000.
Ultimately, I want to help researchers find more cures for lung cancer, and doubling survival is an important step on that journey. As a survivor who has tested positive for two genetic mutations, I know how much scientific progress is being made on the molecular level. With so much happening on the research front, it's meaningful to me that the Partnership recognizes that research, molecular tumor testing, clinical trials and patient education are the future of survival.
My personal goal for 2022 is simple: I would like to be alive. One day at a time, I am building toward that goal.
My most recent CT scan showed no signs of cancer. My fundraising totals continue to grow. Together, I know we will beat this disease. Together, we will double lung cancer survival, and we will continue working until a cure is available to everyone.
Cassie Gilmore is a lung cancer survivor in the Dallas/Fort Worth area of Texas. You can read more about the National Lung Cancer Partnership's goal to double the five-year lung cancer survival rate by 2022 at nationallungcancerpartnership.org/vision.RELATED POSTS
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, "This is not the end, but it is certainly the beginning of the end." I firmly believe that 2012 could be remembered as the year that changes the course of lung cancer given the efforts under way by patient advocates and medical leaders to bring responsible, safe and effective early detection to the at risk public.
In addition, by bringing best practices in a continuum of care linking prevention, early detection and treatment, we will stimulate more research and new approaches to identifying those at risk, preventing and treating lung cancer, more effective smoking cessation protocols and a better understanding of other causes of lung cancer.
Last February Lung Cancer Alliance has launched first of a kind "The National Framework for Excellence in Lung Cancer Screening and Continuum of Care," guidance for both consumers at risk as well as sites offering care.
The National Framework presents in three parts. First, it advises the public on their rights--starting with the right to know if someone is at risk for lung cancer. Risk factors include smoking history; family history of lung cancer; environmental exposures to radon, secondhand smoke, asbestos and other known carcinogens; exposure to battlefield fuels; history of other lung diseases. If someone has one or more of these risk factors, they need to talk to their doctor about screening with a low dose CT scan.
Second, the National Framework lays out guiding principles of screening and the continuum of care for screening sites. LCA contacts each one to ascertain that they are a multi-disciplinary team and that they follow a coordinated continuum of care for screening, diagnosis and disease management that complies with comprehensive standards based on best published practices. Once identified, LCA lists these sites and alerts the public on www.screenforlungcancer.org.
Third, the National Framework establishes the Lung Cancer Screening Excellence Forum. This Forum will be comprised of leading medical and health professionals as well as industry and insurance representatives. The Forum is a mechanism for the discussion of how best to collect data on outcomes, analyze the data and build feedback improvements into the system of care. If tissue, blood, breath and urine samples are collected during the screening process, biomedical research into all types of lung cancer, precancerous conditions and improved treatments can be accelerated and better coordinated.
The time has come for lung cancer screening and its continuum of care to be embraced. It is a matter of life or death. If we move swiftly and responsibly we can reduce lung cancer mortality by half by 2020.
Laurie Fenton Ambrose
President & CEO
Lung Cancer Alliance
There will be more than 220,000 people diagnosed with lung cancer in 2011. They will be our brothers, sisters, grandparents, co-workers, closest friends. They will be our parents.
Last year, my mom was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. She's never smoked. That's a fact that I always feel obligated to share when talking about her diagnosis, but sincerely hope one day won't be such an entrenched part of the lung cancer conversation.
Our family was shocked by the diagnosis and even more appalled to learn that lung cancer is the No. 1 cancer killer among both men and women, accounting for more than 1 in 4 cancer deaths. Surely, we thought, a cancer this prevalent and virulent - one that kills 80 percent more women than breast cancer - must receive significant government funding and public support. We were wrong.
Women Paying a Fearsome Price
As a daughter, my thoughts quickly turned to the more than 105,000 women who are diagnosed with lung cancer each year. This is a disease that kills more women annually than breast, ovarian and uterine cancers combined. Over the last several decades, women have come powerfully and effectively together to organize, mobilize and build critical public awareness and support for the diseases that threaten them most, particularly heart disease and breast cancer. With lung cancer diagnoses among women up six-fold since 1930, I couldn't understand why women had not applied the same conviction, energy and savvy to lung cancer. Then I looked at the numbers.
Lung cancer is poised to take the lives of 71,000 women this year and up to now, there hasn't been much reason to be hopeful. The overall five-year survival rate lingers at 15 percent, where it has been for decades. While new treatments and funding have propelled the survival rates for breast cancer to 90 percent, lung cancer remains in an unfortunate area of catch up.
With so few survivors, it's difficult to build and sustain a movement. And for those lucky enough to survive this dreadful disease, a sense of community can be hard to come by.
Rebecca's Tale
For my friend Rebecca, who was diagnosed with lung cancer at age 28, living with a lung cancer diagnosis has been an isolating experience. "Like many Americans, I was clueless when it came to lung cancer," she says.
"Every October, for years, I would dutifully pin pink ribbons on my bags and participate in breast cancer walks in solidarity for women. But then when I was diagnosed with lung cancer, I learned that it kills far more people than any other cancer (breast, colon, ovarian, melanoma, brain and leukemia combined), and there were hardly any walks, ribbons or support groups out there. I felt alone."
Since my mom's diagnosis, I have spoken with so many women who echo Rebecca's feelings of isolation and loneliness. Lung cancer is a disease that has never received public attention or research dollars in proportion to its prevalence or virulence. Precious little is said or written about it. The result is that the most lethal cancer killer of all runs rampant.
Together, We Can Change This
Determined to turbo-charge the lung cancer discussion, my family recently launched a nationwide educational campaign – Leaders of the Lung Cancer Free World – intended to generate greater public awareness and understanding of lung cancer. With three non-profit partners – the CHEST Foundation of the American College of Chest Physicians, the National Lung Cancer Partnership and Uniting Against Lung Cancer – the Leaders campaign aims to focus public attention on this unrelenting killer that affects smokers and non-smokers alike. The campaign has four distinct target issues: women, political leadership, the smoking stigma and general public awareness.
There are many ways to get involved. You can sign a petition encouraging the President and Congress to declare lung cancer a national health crisis, donate to one of three partner organizations, ask your representatives to support the Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act, follow the campaign on Facebook and Twitter or take a pledge to stop smoking.
Anyway you slice it, lung cancer is a national health crisis requiring our attention. Over the next five years, more than 1,000,000 Americans will be diagnosed with lung cancer. They will be our mothers, fathers, sisters, grandparents, coworkers, closest friends. Together, we can help save many of them.
Arielle Densen is a co-founder of Leaders of the Lung Cancer Free World, a lung cancer advocacy group, and created the James Sivartsen Prize in Pediatric Cancer Research at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. For the past six years, Arielle has served as a wish granter for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.RELATED POSTS
A few years ago, I saw Monty Python's Spamalot, the stage musical version of the 1975 comedy film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. At the souvenir stand, I could not resist the T-shirt with the words, "I'm not dead yet." I wore it a few times, and eventually it worked its way to the bottom of the pile in the closet and was forgotten. Little did I realize then just how much that phrase would come to mean this year.
In March, I went for a routine checkup and, as a longtime smoker, I agreed with the doctor that a chest X-ray should be done. Long story short, I was diagnosed with stage 2B non-small cell lung cancer in April. Actually, I was diagnosed with lung cancer; staging was done at the cancer center I went to 10 days later.
I chose to dive into learning all I could about lung cancer during those 10 days between appointments. It is amazing how little hope there is on the Internet. I soon came to realize that the one phrase that seemed to be missing from all of the articles I read was "if found early."
"If found early" is a phrase that is pounded into our heads in all of the cancer awareness commercials.
That same lack of hope started to appear on the faces of family and friends as I broke the news to them. Each of them had a personal link to a sad story about lung cancer. They all came up with a "if you need anything" or "my prayers are with you." Very few said anything like "you can beat this" during that first conversation. Thank goodness I have a longtime friend who not only beat lung cancer, but he did so nearly 10 years ago! This knowledge, along with his constant encouragement, gave me the strength to scream, "I'm not dead yet!" every time I read an article or saw someone trying to hide a tear when they saw me. OK, I didn't really scream it at people, but I did point to the phrase on that T-shirt.
I wore that shirt two or three times per week as I went through two rounds of two chemo meds, 28 days of radiation and the weeks between the end of treatment and surgery. I lost a lot of hair and got dark circles under my eyes. I was very tired most days. Instead of letting myself get worked up while waiting for all the pre-op tests, I took a trip to Maine and Canada to do and see things I had never experienced before.
In August I had extensive surgery to remove the lobe of the lung the tumor was in, as well as a few ribs and parts of some vertebrae that the tumor had been touching. While I spent a week in the hospital recovering, when I could get online, my status updates always included the phrase, "I'm not dead yet." My surgeons told me that the surgery went well and they would see me in two weeks. Recovery was very long and painful, but that phrase became my mantra, and I kept chugging along.
I'm not dead yet! And I don't plan to be for a very long time! At my post-op appointments I was told that I had a "complete pathologic response," which means that the cancer had been completely killed even before the surgery. Here I was, less than five months later, being told I was cancer-free.
Lung cancer is not a death sentence. I know this, because: I'm not dead yet!
Mary Tracy-Dolobowsky is a mother, wife, biker, nature/wildlife photographer, two-time cancer slayer (melanoma & lung) and lung cancer awareness blabber-mouth.RELATED POSTS


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Categories > Books > Harry Potter > Heart of the Warrior Book VI
Chapter 10: The Great Clockwork Caper0 Reviews
TMNT 2003/Harry Potter Crossover. Sequel to Books I through V. With enemies coming from all directions, Harry Potter will need all the help he can get.
On a winding dirty road, a grimy looking man with stringy grey hair walked down the street. If it wasn't for his curious attire, many would mistake him for an average middle aged man. This man was far from average. He wore a silvery body suit, adorned with images of clocks of different shapes and sizes, with a clock pendulum on the front of his outfit, swinging back and forth as he moved. On his face sat a curious pair of goggles, where the lenses were replaced by two miniature clocks. The man wore no few then twenty four different watches, marking the time I every time zone in the world. He was born Maxwell Eugene Windsor, but he had taken on quite a different moniker as of late. Windsor had been driven quite mad when he locked himself inside the New York City Hall Clock Tower. The grinding of the gears and the clanging of the bells within the clock slowly drove him to the brink of insanity. When he was found, he had taken on a new moniker. He was the Tyrant of Time, the Sultan of Seconds, the Master of Minutes, the Honor Guard of Hours, the Dean of Days, the Warrior of Weeks, among many other time related honors that he had bestowed upon himself. Hard luck petty thief Max Windsor transformed into the criminal mastermind of clocks known as Chronos due to having this one really bad day.
"Alas free, free from that wretched insane asylum," declared Chronos. "And onto a new life, a new land to pillage. The King of the Clocktower will assume his rightful place as ruler of this land…"
Chronos squinted, examining a sign to gain the merest clue of his destination.
"Ottery St. Catchpole!" declared Chronos in a triumphant voice. "I claim this land in the spirit of time!
Chronos walked forward before coming across a discarded newspaper. The villain bent down before picking up the paper. Much to his pleasure, the paper seemed to be quite legible.
"Very interesting, You-Know-Who is suspected to behind Muggle attacks," declared Chronos before pausing. "That's rather unfortunate, carry a child for nine months and name him You-Know-Who. No wonder he's lashing out on these Muggles, whoever or whatever they might be."
Chronos began to read the paper, looking quite amused.
"This has to be some kind of spoof paper," declared Chronos, before giggling madly. "Whoever wrote this is much madder then I could ever hope to be. I mean wizards, witches, cauldron, Ministry of Magic, Dumbledore, all sounds like a bunch of carefully formulated insanity. And I love it!"
Chronos gave another round of giggles.
"Harry Potter was…" declared Chronos in a mocking voice before realizing suddenly and his eyes going wide underneath his goggles. "Harry Potter, that wretched brat who foiled my attempts to make an honest dishonest living of petty thievery many years ago and made me the laughing stock of the New York criminal underworld!"
Chronos looked at the paper, scanning it briefly before his face contorted with pure fury.
"Harry Potter, pictured here with his girlfriend Ginevra Weasley, is said to be a strong opponent of You-Know-Who," read Chronos in a scathing voice. "I can't believe the gall of this Potter brat. First he ruins my life and then he decides to pick a fight with this You-Know-Who chap. The fellow's got a horrible name already, I say this is an outrage and Potter's time will be cut short."
Chronos angrily flipped through the paper, hoping to find more but his eye was caught by an interesting tidbit.
"Harry Potter is rumored to be staying with his girlfriend and her family at the Weasley family home, known as the Burrow," read Chronos nodding but something prompted him to read on. "The Burrow is located in Ottery St. Catchpole, a home of many magical dwellings. Among the features in the Burrow is a family heirloom, a clock that accounts for the whereabouts of every member of the Weasley family…"
Chronos threw up his hands with glee at the mention of a clock.
"Now that is some clock, I must have it for my collection, not to mention the profits that I'll make once I duplicate its features and sell it. After all time is money," declared Chronos before adding as an afterthought. "And revenge on Harry Potter, but matters of time come first and foremost, before revenge."
Chronos began on his merry way, towards the Burrow. He had a clock to swipe and if he was lucky enough, he could score some measure of vengeance on Harry Potter. Only time would be the decider of that fact.
At the Burrow, Mrs. Weasley was looking absolutely flustered looking at the latest copy of the Daily Prophet, as the Turtles, Master Splinter, Harry, Hailey, Ginny, Lily, Fred, George, and Ron were all gathered around.
"Oh, Harry, I'm sorry, but I can't even think why they could have guessed you were here, I mean, it's not like Arthur or I told anyone when you were coming," declared Mrs. Weasley.
"I'm glad those wards were reinforced yesterday, they should hold for about a year or so, unless someone tries to disable them, but they'd need to be an expert curse breaker to even get close in disabling them and there are so many different combinations of wards that can be used, so it would be a difficult task to knock them all out at once and I doubled up on some of the defenses whenever I could," explained Harry without taking a breath. "I just didn't expect the Daily Prophet would decide to print such confidential information."
"I thought that you and the Ministry were at an understanding," said Ron.
"We are but unfortunately, the Daily Prophet isn't among the priorities of the Ministry right now," declared Harry in a tired voice. "Still, I would hope that Voldemort would have better things to do then to try and kill me again."
Harry just sighed.
"The confrontation we had with the Foot and Death Eaters did prove that Voldemort might have a pretty good idea you were here anyway, Harry," suggested Leo.
"Yes, but the defenses should keep Voldemort out, but of course no defense is full proof," declared Harry. "We need someone to stay here when we go to Diagon Alley. I would, but there is also a very strong chance that Voldemort would attack anyone remotely connected to me. He's very likely to have people stationed in Diagon Alley."
"You've thought this out, haven't you Harry?" asked Hailey weakly.
"Of course he has," said Ginny. "He has to think like Voldemort, if he has any hope of surviving. Not pleasant but I can see why he has to. The only way he can survive is to think like the enemy. "
"Diagon Alley, shouldn't be too crowded," added Harry. "That could be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on how you look at things. Most people are purchasing things by owl order. The shops are open, but there are a few Aurors staked out. Not enough for my liking, but at least Scrimgeour took my suggestion in mind. It will be harder to hide in a crowd for Death Eaters. On the flip side, it will be harder for us to hide into a crowd."
"I don't know Harry," declared Mrs. Weasley in a fretful voice. "It might be a good idea if we followed everyone else and owl ordered everything…"
"No, I will not hide from Voldemort like a scared little kid," declared Harry forcefully. "Of course, if you all want to stay here, then be my guest. I'll take your lists and go to Diagon Alley by myself to get everything you need."
"No, Harry, I don't think that will be necessary," said Lily quickly. "As long as we keep our eyes opened and stick together, everything will turn out to be just fine."
"The problem is, the defenses should hold, but I'm a bit apprehensive in putting my full confidence in the defenses. Magic can fail," declared Harry. "Obviously a worst case scenario, but I think I'd be much more at ease if someone else was here to keep an eye and perhaps a wand on things."
"Look no further Harry," declared George.
"The Weasley twins are on the case," added Fred.
"We can stay here and make sure no one shady tries to find their way in," suggested George.
"You sure, it's not any problem for you guys, with your shop and all," said Harry.
"No, in fact, today just happens to be our day off," declared Fred.
"Of course, when owning your own business, one can take as many days off as possible," added George.
"Not that we needed to go in that many times, business in Diagon Alley has been slow, with those meddling Death Eaters, so our business has been mostly owl orders," said Fred.
"So, we only need to pop in a couple days a week, to send out the orders from our large inventory," declared George.
"Fred, George, use this to contact me if the slightest hint of trouble arises," said Harry, sliding the twins a spare communication mirror that he kept on him in case of emergencies. "The defenses should in theory keep out any dangerous threats, but…"
"We understand Harry," declared George as Fred nodded in agreement. "We'll get in touch with you at the slightest hint of trouble."
"Harry, I'd feel a lot better if someone was here to keep an eye on Fred and George," whispered Mrs. Weasley in a frantic voice. "They might be capable but…
"I understand," declared Harry, before turning to his brothers, before closing his eyes and pulling out his wand and waving it, before pointing it. When Harry opened his eyes, he saw that Mikey was glowing slightly. "Okay, Mikey, I guess you'll have to stay behind and miss out on the trip."
"Wait a minute, we're leaving Mikey in charge," declared Raph. "I think your wand might be on the brink Harry."
"Perhaps, but I wanted everyone to have an equal chance," said Harry.
"Michelangelo, return to the attic and watch from above," ordered Master Splinter.
"Right away, Master Splinter," declared Mikey, as he raced up the stairs towards the attic.
"Now, for the matter of your disguises," said Lily, turning to the three remaining Turtles and Master Splinter. "Even by the standards of the Wizarding World, your appearance may cause people to…"
"Freak out," suggested Raph. "Like that little punk Malfoy did when we were hiding out at Hogwarts."
"Well if I remember correctly, Malfoy complained to his father and nearly got us killed by the Ministry of Magic," declared Don.
"The Ministry of Magic considers you all a threat as it is, no matter Harry's best efforts to persuade them over wise," said Lily, as she removed a box from underneath the table, containing a pile of cloaks. "These are ordinary cloaks, but added to them are mild disillusionment and confundus spells to prevent people who don't know about you being there from getting too close to get a better look."
"Yes, and the plan for us to patrol the parameter of Diagon Alley at a distance," added Leo. "Now we don't have to worry about our appearance causing an absolute panic."
"So now it's settled," added Harry. "Put the cloaks on and we can complete our shopping quickly. If we'll lucky, we should be done within a couple of hours."
Several yards from the Burrow, Chronos crept in the bushes, as the sun glinted off of his many watches. Unfortunately, the information of the article lacked little in directions but did show a picture of the Burrow, so with some luck, Chronos would be able to locate the place in a matter of time. Craning his neck upwards, Chronos's attention was piqued by a flash of light coming in the distance. Underneath his goggles, his eyes widened when he saw that he was just a matter of seconds from reaching his destination.
"At last, that clock will be mine!" declared Chronos, as he rose out of the bushes. "I mean, this clock can keep track of the whereabouts of people. If the police knew such a clock existed, they would be tripping over themselves to try and get one of their own. It can keep track of anyone, including criminals. Not to mention, every parent might want one to keep track of their meddlesome brats. I mean, wouldn't you?"
Chronos looked around, before laughing and clearing his throat, looking rather serious, before he turned his full attention to the hobo he had been speaking to.
"Seriously, if you…perish the thought…had children, you would want this clock," declared Chronos in a somber voice.
"Spare change," declared the hobo in a slightly slurred voice.
"Of yes, of course," said Chronos, before reaching into his pocket and shoving a few coins into the hand of hobo. The hobo seemed satisfied and walked off. The moment he disappeared, Chronos broke into a loud round of cackles, waving his hands loudly. "The fool doesn't realize that I gave him American money! He won't get any booze around here with that!"
Chronos threw his head back and laughed madly, before growing suddenly serious and pulling out large bag from underneath his costume.
"Let's see what I've got in my bag of tricks," muttered Chronos, rifling through. "Clockzooka, clock arrows, the sands of time knockout dust, exploding cuckoo clock, so many excellent gadgets, so little time."
In the attic of the Burrow, Mikey sat with his legs crossed, looking out the window. His cat, Klunk, lurked around the attic, where the feline had spent the majority of his time, only wandering from the attic for brief times to be fed.
"Well, Klunk doesn't appear to be anyone outside so far," muttered Mikey. "Then again Harry's only been gone for two minutes."
Klunk pawed through a box before letting out a loud hiss and moving backwards. Mikey moved to his feet quickly, to see what the trouble was.
"What is it Klunk?" asked Mikey, before looking at the contents of the box carefully and relaxing to see that it was just a hair dryer. "See Klunk only a hair dryer, nothing to worry about, boy."
At the moment, the hair dryer appeared to glow a bright gold color, before slowly levitating from the box.
"Okay, Klunk, maybe this is something to worry about," said Mikey as he cautiously pulled out his nunchucks, as the hair dryer circled Mikey's head. Klunk wisely moved into one of the sleeping bags in the attic. Mikey swung his nunchucks, but he just missed the hair dryer and the device magically shot hot air at Mikey, nearly blowing him backwards.
Mikey leapt onto a table, aiming carefully as the hair dryer dove towards Mikey, but Mikey swung his nunchucks towards the hair dryer, slicing it cleanly in two.
"Ha, it's going to be a cold day in hell, before a mere hair dryer can get the best of the Battle Nexus Champion," declared Mikey triumphantly but his glee was short lived as small white particles crawled from the hair dryer, before pulling the two broken pieces back together.
The plug dangled from the hair dryer, before latching onto what appeared to be a rusted down toaster. The toaster and the hair dryer began to fuse together.
"At last, revenge," breathed the hair dryer as more white particles shot out, latching onto a coffee maker and a blender respectively, fusing them to the toaster as some kind of disgusting travesty of arms "Remember me, Michelangelo?"
"Not particularly," declared Mikey in a bewildered voice. "Mind refreshing my memory a bit?"
"Oh but of course, you don't remember me," declared the voice. "Nearly six years ago, you and your filthy brothers tried to fry me in a furnace at a junkyard. Think back Michelangelo."
Mikey screwed his eyes up, before his recollections of the past came back to him. His mind flashbacked to a tough battle in a junkyard in what seemed like a lifetime ago. Along with Raph, Don, Leo, and Harry, they were threatened by a group of nanobots, who had the intelligence of a two year old thanks to a scientific glitch, under the control of a hard luck hoodlum, who thanks to the help of the ability of the nanobots to dissemble and reassemble anything, stole a wide variety of jewels. Once the Turtles and Harry had caught up with the thief, he had ordered the nanobots to assemble into a fifty foot monster made of various pieces of rubbish found in the junkyard. After a scuffle, where the Turtles and Harry nearly got trampled, they managed to lure the body constructed by the nanobots over to a magnet, immobilizing it. Before the nanobots could dissemble the magnet, they were thrown into a furnace which melted the metal down, apparently destroyed them.
Unfortunately, it appeared that the nanobots were not as destroyed as previously hoped.
"Oh yes, I remember, you now," said Mikey, as he stepped out of the way, as Klunk meowed at his feet. "Mind telling me exactly how you managed to survive and how you ended at the Burrow of all places."
Outside of the Burrow, Chronos stepped towards the door, with a baseball cap, turned backwards, added to his regular costume.
"Now, for my extremely convoluted plan in gaining entry," muttered Chronos to himself, before raising his hand dramatically and knocking on the door of the Burrow.
Chronos stood outside, tapping his foot impatiently, as he heard mostly muffled bits and pieces of conversation from inside, that the time obsessed villain could barely pick up. After a matter of moments, the door opened and George Weasley poked his head out of the door.
"May I help you?" asked George curiously.
"Excuse me, Mr…" declared Chronos, before trailing off.
"George Weasley," supplied the twin.
"Ah, yes Mr. Weasley, the name is Maxwell Windsor, I am a photojournalist from the Clockwork Monthly and I was wondering if we could do a feature on that fabulous clock for next month's magazine," declared Chronos, before stuffing his fist into his mouth to stifle his giggles.
"You want to see our clock," declared George, surveying Windsor with a slightly suspicious look.
"Of course, from what I've heard it's a fabulous piece of temporal goodness," replied Chronos. "But I do want to see it for myself, to survey its greatness."
"Of course, right this way Mr. Windsor," declared George before removing a blue piece of candy from his pocket. "Want a sweet before you proceed?"
"Don't mind if I do!" declared Chronos in a boisterous voice, before snatching the candy greedily. He always was a sucker for candy, especially when offered by strangers. Chronos quickly popped the sweet into his mouth and chewed it with glee.
Chronos took a few steps forward, but a feverish feeling spread over him. He staggered back, feeling the emergence of several boils appearing on his face.
"No, this candy has been contaminated!" declared Chronos in a horrified voice. "The agony, the horror, the pure terror of it all. Is nothing in this world sacred?"
The boils seemed to grow larger as Chronos staggered backwards, with George snickering slightly as he shut the door. The boils eventually reached capacity before bursting, covering Chronos with green slime. Chronos yelled in horror, wiping the slime off of his face, but more boils appeared on his hands. It seemed once the slime touched bare skin, the process of the candy restarted. Chronos ran off, attempting to regroup and find a way to get the slime off of his face, without it replicating the boil effect elsewhere on his body.
Inside the Burrow, George walked towards his twin who was sitting at the table.
"Who was it?" asked Fred.
"Just some nutter wanting to look at our clock," declared George. "Or at least that's what he said. I think he might have been someone from a rival joke shop, most likely Zonko's. We did steal many of their customers with our cheaper prices."
"It couldn't have been a Death Eater," suggested Fred.
"No, I doubt it, he would have shoved his wand in my throat and demanded entrance," said George, shaking his head. "Plus, I doubt very much he would have knocked."
"Good point, but do you think he'll come back?" asked Fred.
"If he does, we do have a few more products that haven't been quite tested that might have some interesting side effects," said George with a mischievous glint in his eyes.
Back in the attic, Mikey backed off as his foe advanced on him.
"Before I destroy you utterly, perhaps I do owe you the courtesy of explaining to you why I'm here," declared the abomination made of household appliances. "To make everything simple, not all of the nanobots were destroyed that night. We were separated from the hive mind and latched onto the nearest item a hairdryer. We were still active but had no sense of direction, because of the hive mind being obliterated. Shortly thereafter, an old woman picked the hair dryer up and brought us back to this country, before making some adjustments to it using magic. The magic somehow caused us to gain sentience and duplicated our intelligence levels a thousand times past our normal capacity. Sadly, the woman passed on shortly and eventually, the hair dryer that we reside in found its way into the hands of a Mr. Arthur Weasley, who confiscated me from the Ministry before I could be properly sent to the Department of Mysteries to be analyzed and promptly destroyed. No doubt Mr. Weasley wanted to take me apart to see how I worked. "
"Damn your curiosity Mr. Weasley," muttered Mikey shaking his head, before leaping up, into a fighting stance. "Okay, Nano, you want a piece of this turtle, you might get a little more then you bargained for. "
Mikey swung his nunchucks wildly, leaping up but several nanobots shot from the coffee maker and blender arms of Nano, latching onto Mikey's nunchucks. The nunchucks were pulled, fusing to the body of Nano. Nano moved forward as Mikey stepped backwards, disarmed.
"So, do you think we can talk this over like mature adults?" asked Mikey cautiously but Mikey found himself having to dodge a swing by his own weapon that would have smashed his own head in had it connected. Mikey dodged around, his shell facing an open window. "I'm taking that as a no."
Nano moved to the attack, attempting to knock Mikey out of the window, but to his credit, the turtle managed to block this particular assault.
Outside, Chronos sat, rummaging through his bag for something useful. Something to get inside that Burrow and get his hands on that wonderful clock that would make him millions once he found a way to replicate it.
"Ah, this should do the trick," declared Chronos, as he pulled a clock arrow out of his bag. "This should allow me to pry the window open and this…"
Chronos pulled out a vial of his sands of time knockout dust.
"Should put anyone asleep for as long as I desire," declared Chronos, before moving towards the window and taking his tool, before trying to wedge it underneath the window. Chronos attempted to pry it open but his lack of upper arm strength caused this task to go longer then imagined. After a matter of moments, Chronos looked up, before seeing an open window near the attic. "Oh but of course, I shall sneak inside that way, but I'll need the proper equipment to sneak in through that particular avenue."
Chronos bent down before rifling towards his bag and pulling out a gun. With a press of a trigger a rope with a clock arrow tied to the end shot out, before the arrow jammed right into the side of the Burrow. Chronos bent down, before pulling out four suction cups from his bag, attaching one to each of his hands and feet. Stepping forward, the King of the Clocktower, grabbed onto the rope, ensuring it was steady, before gingerly climbing his way up the Burrow step by step, inch by inch, until he was moments away from the open window.
The fight between Nano and Mikey raged on in the attic, as Nano lunged at Mikey, knocking him backwards to the ground. Mikey pulled himself up towards the open window, just as Chronus came inches away from the open window. Nano charged at Mikey but Mikey moved out of the way and Nano smashed into the open window, knocking Chronos off balance and causing his suction cups to pry loose and slide down the rope slightly towards a lower area of the Burrow, right by the window he attempted to pry open
A bewildered look appeared on the face of Chronos, as he attempted to readjust his footing to return to the open window.
Inside the Burrow, Fred looked up to see the figure attempting to pull himself back up the Burrow.
"That the guy, the one who tried and get inside earlier?" muttered Fred.
George craned his neck upwards to get a better look, before nodding in agreement.
"I'll field this one," said Fred, nodding, before moving towards the window, with a small blue, disk shaped object in his hand. "Ah yes, this one should do quite nicely, give him the hint to take a walk."
"Excellent," muttered George, nodding his head as Fred moved forward, before opening the window just slightly. With a tap of his light, the object began to glow slightly and Fred quickly flicked the object towards Chronos, before shutting the window.
Chronos managed to regain his footing, before feeling slightly flushed. He had the urge to climb down, a disoriented feeling rising within his consciousness. The villain lost interest in the mission slightly, before feeling the strong urge to sit down and totally abandon his mission at least for the moment.
"One of my favorites," declared Fred from inside the Burrow to his twin. "The Disc of Disorientation. Causes whoever comes into contact with it to lose interest in what they are doing."
"Yes, but with a few unfortunate side effects, varying on the victim," added George.
"Like headaches."
"Uncontrollable hives."
"Dry mouth."
"Irritated Eyes."
"Irregular bowel movement."
"Among other symptoms that we have yet to determine from our tests" concluded George with a somber nod. "Once we figure out how to counteract these without reducing the potency of the magic in the disc, it will be good to go for sale."
"That it will," replied Fred with a nod. "Do you think our friend will come back so he can be the unwilling victim of more of our slightly untested pranks?"
"I think that's pretty much a given," declared George, with a nod. "He's obviously obsessed with sneaking in here, but we do have a few more surprises we can unleash on our new friend."
In the attic, Mikey continued to dodge the ruthless assaults from his attacker, as Klunk hissed on the ground. Mikey managed to catch Nano off guard with a pair of vicious kicks. Nano staggered back, long enough for Mikey to scoop up Klunk and make a quick beeline in the direction of the door. Nano positioned his body, using the hot air from the hair dryer to propel himself forward towards the turtle. Mikey managed to open the door, before slipping through the doorway with Klunk and slammed it shut, causing Nano to smash into the door at the last second.
"I liked Nano a lot better when he had the intelligence a two year old, wouldn't you, Klunk?" asked Mikey and the cat meowed in agreement, as his master bolted the entrance to the attic shut, before moving backwards down the stairs cautiously. "I mean at least then he was just destructive, now he's destructive combined with the ability to think logically."
At that moment, a small group of nanobots wormed their way from a crack by the attic door, before worming its way towards the bolt, disabling it. The nanobots found their way back through the crack and the door swung open, before the form of Nano made its way down the stairs.
"You'll have to do better then that to contain me, turtle," declared Nano, before propelling itself down the stairs, knocking Mikey to his back. Nano raised its arms, before slamming the nunchucks into the chest of Mikey. Another swing but Mikey managed to grab his own weapon and flip Nano to the ground. Mikey rose to his feet, before backing off.
"I'm warning you, don't come any closer," threatened Mikey, before stumbling reaching through an open doorway and grabbing the first item he saw, a half full glass of water. Drops of water splashed upwards causing Nano to step backwards.
"Back you fool, don't get too close to me with that thing?" demanded Nano in shaky voice which caused a grin to form on Mikey's face.
"At last, a weak spot," declared Mikey, waving the glass of water. "Come on, Nano, afraid of getting a little wet?"
"Back, back!" exclaimed Nano in a horrified voice, before shooting a stream of nanobots towards the ceiling and pulling himself out of the reach of Mikey, before climbing to the ceiling like some sort of demented spider. Mikey threw all caution to the wind, splashing Nano with the contents of the glass.
Nano gave a blood curdling shriek, as several motionless nanobots fell from the frame of appliances, with no movement in them. Still, Nano had some life left in him and managed to make his way from the ceiling down the stairs towards the kitchen, to regroup and gain his revenge on another day.
"After him Klunk!" yelled Mikey in triumphant and Klunk gave a hiss, his fur standing up on end, before following Mikey down the stairs after the retreating form of Nano.
Outside the Burrow, Chronos gave his head a little shake, before placing a clock-shaped shoe on each foot.
"This time, I will not fail in my endeavor," muttered Chronos, looking around wildly, before giggling randomly, before taking a deep breath. "These clocks will go off in a minute, springing up towards the Burrow and through that open window. Third time will be the charm and I will not fail this time."
Back inside the Burrow, Fred and George peered out the window from a safe distance, before shaking their heads in unison.
"Babbling about his plan out loud," declared George in a solemn voice.
"That shows either insanity, stupidity, or just plain sloppiness," added Fred.
"Or some kind of demented combination of the three," continued George.
"It's your turn to try and deter him, my evil twin," said Fred.
"I thought you were the evil one," remarked George.
"My mistake," said Fred in an apologetic voice. "I do tend to get us mixed up at times."
"Right, let's see, oh, this should be interesting, doesn't have much use other then causing intruders serious body harm, which may work quite well this case," muttered George, as he pulled out a handful of multi colored powder and moving quickly towards the window, pushing it open.
"Ten, nine, eight, seven, six," chanted Chronos in a sing song voice while snapping his fingers and bopping his head back and forth but George hurled the powder out of the window, knocking Chronos off balance. Just as Chronos fell to the ground, the clocks went off, propelling Chronos across the ground right into the garden.
"And that's not even the best part," muttered Fred, as he got to his feet to get a closer look at the festivities.
Chronos attempted to vainly pull himself up to his feet, but he found himself being pounded on the chest, shoulders, and head but what appeared to be a group of demented potatoes with arms and legs. The King of the Clocktower squirmed, attempting to push his attackers away.
"I thought that was one of the better additions," declared Fred from inside. "I mean, if our garden is going to be plagued by gnomes, we might as well take advantage of them as a security defense."
"Couldn't have said it better myself," declared George, before the twins looked up in bemusement at the sight of what appeared to be a weird mish-mash combination of Muggle appliances made its way frantically down the stairs.
"Now, there's something you don't see, even in the Wizarding World," remarked Fred in a nonchalant voice as Mikey made his way down the stairs, with Klunk in hot pursuit.
"Definitely," muttered George as Mikey seemed to be too preoccupied with his adversary to acknowledge the twins. "Dad's Muggle stuff must have had a slight…glitch again."
"More then a glitch," declared Mikey in an absent-minded voice as Nano managed to push the door open, in a bid for freedom. The door opened, as Nano sprung out the door. Mikey followed closely behind as Nano stood in the garden as Mikey stepped in front of him.
Chronos managed to pull himself away from the attack, clutching his head in agony, before looking over at Nano dodging Mikey's assault, before knocking the turtle off balance. He took the full absurdity of the scene before him in for approximately thirty seconds, before breaking into loud giggles.
"I must have hit my head harder then I thought," declared Chronos in between giggles. "I mean a giant turtle fighting a group of sentient household electronics. That's just wacky! Even more so than me!"
Chronos looked around, watching the turtle get knocked backwards. He stooped down, before shaking his head in amusement, before moving over towards his bag of tricks and removing the clockzooka from it.
"Time's up!" yelled Chronos but a group of nanobots shot out, wrapping around the clockzooka. Chronos spun around, as he was pulled into Nano. "LET ME GO YOU STUPID PILE OF JUNK!
"I need that weapon!" yelled Nano firmly as Mikey looked up, looking rather amused, looking from Chronos to Nano who were fighting over the clockzooka.
Chronos pressed the button, arming the clockzooka before firing three clocks in rapid succession. They smashed against Nano, sending the pile of junk backwards right towards a large puddle of water. Nano screamed as sparks flew from him, as the nanobots were shorted out by the heavy amount of water that it was exposed to. Chronos bent down, before removing his clockzooka from the puddle and doing a mocking bow towards the crumpled heap of lifeless household appliances.
Mikey stepped in front of Chronos, before picking up his nunchucks, which Nano had dropped in the scuffle. In a flash, Mikey decided to take care of this joker by disarming him with a well placed kick. The clockzooka flew to the ground and Mikey stood between Chronos and the weapon, to avoid his assaults.
"One side turtle!" yelled Chronos as he stood in front of Mikey in a battle stance. "You can't handle this, I'm a master of clock-fu!"
Mikey looked at Chronos with a bemused look as Chronos attempted to punch Mikey but Mikey casually caught Chronos's arm before forcing it backwards, causing the Manipulator of Minutes to stagger. Mikey sprang up and swung his nunchucks, before cracking Chronos in the face. Chronos fell down with a pained look on his face, his goggles broken by the attack. He reached for his bag, but Mikey kicked it out of his reach, before pulling Chronos up in a standing position and hoisting him up before knocking him backwards with a kick. Another kick and Chronos fell right into the garden.
"Not again!" yelled Chronos, as he got pummeled by lawn gnomes, while thrashing around in an attempt to escape his attack.
"That'd teach you to mess with a turtle," declared Mikey with a smug expression, before moving inside with Klunk moving at his feet.
"I doubt he'll get the message, Mikey," said George in a somber voice.
"Harry should be back soon and he's a bit more forceful then I am," replied Mikey, shaking his head as Klunk
"That he will be," declared George.
"No doubt he'll show this clock obsessed nutter the door," continued Fred. "
"Still maybe we'll get to test a couple more products before this guy's visit is cut short," declared George.
At that exact moment, Harry, Ginny, Hailey, Ron, Lily, Mrs. Weasley, Master Splinter, Leo, Raph, and Don materialized in the center of the kitchen, with the items they purchased in Diagon Alley. Harry seemed to be troubled about something but at that second, a loud bang echoed through the Burrow, causing Harry to rush over, before pulling his wand out.
"Honey, I'm home!" chanted Chronos in a sing song voice, before finding himself facing Harry's wand in his face.
"Who the hell are you?" asked Harry in a dangerous voice as Ginny joined him to get a better look. "What are you doing here?"
"My name is Chronos, I am the King of the Clocktower, the Master of Minutes, the Sultan of Seconds, the Honor Guard of Hours, the Dean of Days, the Count of Clocks, among several other titles that I have proclaimed myself," declared Chronos as he turned to face Harry. "And I am here to get revenge on the one known as Harry Potter and steal that wonderful clock in the kitchen."
Harry and Ginny exchanged an exasperated look.
"You want to steal the clock," declared Ginny in an amused voice as she pulled out her wand.
"Any and all clocks are my birthright, little girl!" yelled Chronos before turning to Harry. "Now step aside so I can claim my booty."
"My counter offer is this, Chronos," replied Harry calmly. "You have approximately fifteen seconds to start running or I'll show you the door personally."
"Who are you to order around the King of the Clocktower?" demanded Chronos.
"I'm Harry Potter," declared Harry in a casual voice and Chronos's eyes went wide, before pulling out the clockzooka and pointing it towards Harry, with a mad look on his face.
"At last, I finally get my vengeance on the one who caused me to be mocked by the criminal underworld!" declared Chronos but before he could fire his weapon at Harry, Ginny fired a stunner at him, knocking him completely out cold.
Harry looked at Ginny with an adoring look, before grabbing her in a tight embrace, kissing her passionately. The kiss broke just about a minute later, too soon for Harry's liking, but he had business to take care of.
"You know, Ginny, I was about ready to do that myself," said Harry as he let Ginny go.
"I know, but that's just one last thing you have to do Harry," replied Ginny looking down at the deflated body of Chronos. "Now what to do with him?"
Harry pulled a piece of parchment from his pocket, before tapping it with his wand and placing it in Chronos's hand. In the blink of an eye, Chronos was yanked into thin air, when he vanished.
"He should appear in some back alleyway in New York, hopefully behind a police station," declared Harry. "With any luck, he should be thrown into an insane asylum."
"Merlin knows with that outfit he should already qualify, without his actions," said Ginny before turning to Harry, as the couple walked back into the kitchen.
"Well that particular disaster has been averted," said Mikey. "Clock boy has left the building."
"Thankfully," muttered Harry shaking his head. "I'm ready for a day of rest after today."
"I don't know what he's trying to pull," declared Hailey, looking at Harry for the first time. "I know you told me to…"
"Hailey, I told you my opinion on the issue," replied Harry. "It's very suspicious that he's done such an about face in his beliefs, to oppose what his father stood for. But, it does reflect well on him when he pulled that stunt in front of all those people from the Ministry."
"I still think you should have hexed him into oblivion on principle," muttered Hailey shaking her head. "After all of the things he said about you, Ginny, Hermione, Daphne, Theodore, and pretty much everyone else over the years, he deserved it."
"You're not looking at this from a Slytherin mindset, Hailey," replied Ginny calmly. "Harry wants to find out what he's up to, give him enough room to hang himself if necessary. This looks to be about as much of a ruse to gain Harry's trust as it is for him to gain the Ministry's trust."
"Ginny's right, but the problem is, I don't know exactly why," declared Harry, rubbing his forehead deep in thought. "Plus on the off chance he has decided to not follow in his father's footsteps, it would reflect badly on me if I attacked him right then and there."
Harry sighed as confused looks appeared on the looks of Fred, George, and Mikey.
"Who are you talking about, Harry?" asked Mikey in a confused voice.
"Yes do clue us in," started George.
"Oh wise one," concluded Fred.
"I do owe you an explanation, I suppose, plus only Ginny, Hailey, and I saw pretty much everything, so it wouldn't hurt to fill everyone else in on the rest of the details," declared Harry, as he sank into a chair. "It all begins today when we were shopping at Diagon Alley."