Incognito

✑ 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐.𝟕

𝚄𝚗𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝙻𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗
𝟺:𝟸𝟺 𝚙.𝚖 I

Lily's mother nodded reassuringly, "you'll be fine darling. It's an in and out mission, I'm on the perimeter just in case."

Lily herself nodded. They had finally tracked down the object Hagrid had wanted, which turned out to be a music box, and now herself, Erica, and Ophelia were tasked with bringing it home.

"Are we getting in here or not, Falcon?" Ophelia winked with one hand on the door to the warehouse.

"Coming."

Inside the warehouse was dark and peculiarly quiet. There were thousands of boxes piled in all four corners, it should have taken them ages to find the music box.

"What the fuck?"

Lily looked up the see Ophelia eyeing a small black box sitting on top of one of the stacks.

"This is too easy."

"We should get out of here."

Another voice from behind them: "not so fast."

The two spies shared a split-second glance before launching into action. The person behind them must have been a death eater. He leaped for the box, making a run past them.

Ophelia was first to react, jumping up to grab one of the pillars running along with the ceiling and using it as leverage to fling herself onto his shoulders, attempting to pull him down from there.

Lily focused on her Gryffindor training, knowing better than to intervene until there was an opening.

She saw it too late.

Ophelia had successfully got possession of the music box, but somehow the Death Eater had pulled onto her leg as he attempted to throw her off, deliberately breaking her ankle.

"FUCK!"

Another split second and the hooded figure was making a break for it.

"Follow him, Falcon! Dammit!"

"You're hurt!"

"Fucking go!"

So Lily sprinted back for the door, just in time to feel a forceful pain hit her on the head. The Death Eater had hit her. All of a sudden he had the drop on her. The ringing in her ears was stopping her from fighting properly. He was going to win.

Lily didn't know what happens when you lose a fight with a Death Eater. She wasn't briefed on whether they kill you, take you hostage, or worse.

His hands were around her neck. She was going to die.

BANG!

Lily heard a choking sound, immediately after a gunshot. The grip on her neck loosened, then disappeared altogether.
Slowly, cautiously, Lily turned to see the Death Eater on the ground. Dead.

Erica Evans stood ten feet away, smoke rising off her gun. She'd killed him.

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𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙵𝚊𝚜𝚝'𝚜 𝚁𝚘𝚘𝚖
𝟻:𝟹𝟶 𝚙.𝚖 I

It became clear that Lily Evans had no idea who her mother was when she watched her kill that Death Eater. For one, she was an excellent shot; Lily doubted Sirius could have made that shot without hurting Lily and that was some feat.

Secondly, Erica Aurora Evans was unafraid. Lily had stared in horror, but her mother had only loosened the grip on her gun and put it back into her holster. A grim expression on her face.