It wasn't often that Severus was caught off-guard - but there was something to his left which had warranted a closer look; the 'exterminate' was heard, closer this time, but discounted because there were closer things, more dangerous things than a word in the muddle, and wasn't that -
And that was as far as his thought process allowed him to go, because one minute he was on his feet and the next minute he was hit by something with roughly the same force and speed as a wrecking ball. She had caught him hard enough to send him sliding a few inches.
And, of course, his first reaction was indignation. "Have you lost your -"
And there was that word again, closer and louder and oh, bollocks, what was that thing firing at them? He didn't have time to contemplate the fact that Martha had very likely just saved his life; he shot off a blasting hex in the general direction of the thing while scrambling to disentangle himself from her and get to his feet.
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And that was as far as his thought process allowed him to go, because one minute he was on his feet and the next minute he was hit by something with roughly the same force and speed as a wrecking ball. She had caught him hard enough to send him sliding a few inches.
And, of course, his first reaction was indignation. "Have you lost your -"
And there was that word again, closer and louder and oh, bollocks, what was that thing firing at them? He didn't have time to contemplate the fact that Martha had very likely just saved his life; he shot off a blasting hex in the general direction of the thing while scrambling to disentangle himself from her and get to his feet.