Free as a Bird

Amay

(A/N : This chapter would contain some.  . . unpleasantries. So if you aren't a fan of them, you can skip this chapter, I totally understand. And yes, this is going to be a looonnng chapter).

(A/N 2.0 : The above song, the Hanging Tree from the Hunger Games will be featured soon in this chapter, as a short excerpt since I couldn't fit in the whole song due to word count constraints.
You could either play it and read this chapter, or you can simply play it when the time is right).

Theseus and Dakota quickly made their way to the warehouse. Both of them had their wands at the ready, just in case.

Theseus peered at the warehouse and advanced forward. Dakota made sure nobody was attacking them from the back and followed Theseus into hiding.

"We've got to get to the warehouse and free  them. Then we'll tackle Graves" Theseus decided, "Dakota, are you okay?"

"I dunno, Anna seemed a bit off. She was keenly interested in helping Queenie. Sure, I understand that she's pregnant and all, but we could get a little bit of her help. . " Dakota began, "Never mind me, let's go!"

Newt was in the basement with Jacob and an unconscious Tina. They decided to wait for a while until they get a bunch of backup because there was no way in hell they were going to attempt to take a risk and face Graves by themselves.

"Do you think someone will respond?" Jacob asked.

"I'm sure. There's at least a hundred Wizarding families around the streets of London" Newt sighed. He looked at Tina, who was lying down, her head on top of a bunch of sacks lying around.

He gently stroked her hair.  He didn't want to wake her up, frantically and he wanted the Memory Charm to cancel the Imperius Curse as slow as possible.

"Newt. . . you do realize that you're . . . stroking Tina's. . hair" Jacob pointed out.

"Yes, I'm fully aware, thanks. Besides, she's my girlfriend" Newt said, confident, "Poor Tina, she's always been the true hero, getting into dangers and. . ."

"Newt" Jacob put on a poker face, "Newt. We need to talk about the propo--".

Suddenly Tina turned around. Her eyelids fluttered open and she looked straight at the ceiling.

"Tina! Thank Merlin!" Newt helped her get to a sitting position, "Are you alright?"

"Where are we?" Tina asked.

Newt quickly explained to Tina about what had really happened, since Tina's memories were a bit foggy. Once the puzzle was complete, Tina felt a sudden jolt in her memory.

"Oh no, I'm so sorry, Newt! I didn't mean for this to happen! I . . I didn't know that this was . . . happening!" Tina panicked, but Newt pressed his finger to her lips.

"Tina. . . you have nothing to apologize for" Newt pressed a kiss on to her forehead.

"No, it's just so. . !" Tina squabbled but Newt pulled her in for a hug. Tina clutched onto his shirt and sobbed, leaving tear marks on the fabric.

The door opened with a slight click. Newt drew his wand and kept a hand over Tina's shoulder, shielding her from any evil force that had to penetrate through the entrance.

"Clever. Very clever" Graves walked in, followed by two floating living breathing bodies.

"Theseus! Dakota!" Newt exclaimed. Graves had put them in some sort of a bubble ball. It was a very complex piece of magic.

"Sensing a Patronus, are we? Quite clever for your age, Mr Scamander" Graves drew his wand, "And Incredibly stupid".

Tina turned to her former boss, a stern expression on her face.