Chapter Thirty-Six: The Goblyn Queen Awakens.
Harry tended to both Gwen and Jean. The aftermath of the ritual left them more pent up than ever before. He wouldn't have it any other way. He was able to drain off some of their energy in the most pleasurable way possible. He left them sleeping and smiling when he was done. The emerald eyed wizard turned over.
He checked on the woman who had drifted off into sleep. Maddie, Lily, whatever you wanted to call her, she was being restored back to life. He approached her and looked over at her body. It was a tricky and convoluted process to bring her back.
He brought her back and it was well worth the wait. Harry brushed his mother's red hair out of her body. Her nude body shivered when she came used to her surroundings. Harry made sure she was covered completely up.
"Sleep well," Harry whispered to her. He could see her beauty and obviously the power of the succubi enhanced her beauty.
He kissed her on her soft red lips when she slept. A smile curled across her face from the contact. It was almost like she knew when she was asleep.
Harry stepped over. Was he tired? No far from it, he was not tired. Harry sank down on the couch and took a nice breath. He shook his head, clearing the cobwebs from his mind. Harry looked her over and frowned.
It had been a long day for all of them. He would have to check up on the realms to see if they settled back down. He would pretty much agree that today was a success. He frowned when he looked over everything around him. His mother rested and got into a soft snoring fit.
'My lord?' Valeria tentatively broke in through the bond link.
'Yes, Valeria, what is it?' Harry asked her. He was in a calm state and he folded his arms over his chest. He wasn't short, but cool.
'There is a situation at the castle,' Valeria thought. 'You better….you better come here and check it out for yourself.'
'What is it?' Harry asked her. He hated being kept in the dark. Valeria's lips curled into a frown when she spoke.
'It's just something that you need to see yourself, I swear that it will be worth your while,' Valeria answered. She shifted her arms together. 'Someone broke through the security of the castle, and…..well you'd be very interesting with who he reports to.'
Harry stood up. He could see Illyana approach behind him. He turned towards her and she frowned.
"What is it, my lord?" Illyana asked him.
"Valeria said that she got an intruder that broke on through in Castle Doom," Harry informed her.
"The security there is tight though, isn't it?" Illyana asked. She looked towards Harry and frowned. "Yes, and I'm realize that there is no security that is fool proof. But do you think that's Doom? Is there any possibility that he has returned?"
Harry pinched the bridge of his nose. He saw Valeria blast her father right before his very eyes. Knowing Doom, he might have just been sent into oblivion and he could have found his way back.
He turned towards Illyana, who waited extremely patiently. "We'll find out, won't we?"
He reached on in and gripped her hand. The two of them stepped through the portal. Harry could feel something.
'It's a different kind of uneasy than what was caused by your mother,' Clea jumped on in through the bond link.
'Yes, it's someone who is trying to tamper with something that they shouldn't,' Umar chimed in. She was trying to figure out the perfect strand to search for. 'I'm not certain whether or not it's Morgan, but this does have her fingers all over it.'
'Wonderful,' Harry replied in an extremely calm voice. He would know when he arrived at Castle Doom. Could Morgan be making another play for Val? He would find out soon.
Valeria Von Doom looked at her captive prisoner with absolute contempt. She didn't have too much respect to those who entered into her domain without any permission. She looked over the man who struggled when he tried to break himself free.
"I'll never speak to you!" the man answered.
"Mind your tongue, before I remove it," Valeria said. She looked towards him and her nose crinkled. "But, I'm not the one who you should be worried about."
A portal opened up and Harry exited it. Illyana followed him. Valeria turned towards both of them and smiled.
"He's not that forthcoming with information, my lord," Valeria said in an apologetic voice. She frowned and Harry brushed past her.
"Yes, they really rarely are," Harry replied. He looked into the man's eyes. "He's certainly HYDRA. You can tell by the demeanor."
"HYDRA will control are, there's nothing that you can do to stop our rise!" the man yelled.
"And you can also tell by the fact that he pretty much vomits HYDRA rhetoric," Harry commented to her. "And, you really have no idea what's going on around you, don't you?"
"I don't….you don't have any idea," the man commented. He tried to remain upright and proud. Harry's amused eyes flickered towards him and he scoffed.
"What were you doing here?" Harry asked.
'There were some past problems between Doctor Doom and Red Skull,' Valeria informed him. 'But I'm not sure if the Red Skull would even attack Doom's domain. He doesn't want to create that intense of a war.'
'No, but you might be a different thing entirely,' Harry said. He disabled any surprises the man had on him. There were a few that he had to remove.
"Those explosives were a cute thing to try and smuggle in here," Harry told him. "But it isn't going to work all that well. Now, I'm going to ask you one more time and I'm not going to be happy if you don't give me the answer. WHAT WERE YOU DOING HERE?"
"HYDRA will reign supreme," the man said proudly. Illyana raised her arm and was about ready to blast this bastard into another realm.
Harry blocked her arm and shook his head. He knew that he needed to keep him awake.
"Well either you tell me willingly," Harry offered him. He stared into his eyes. The demonic flash of light went through his eyes. "Or I peal back the layers of your mind and tear out the information. I don't really care one way or another. Either way, I get what I what I want."
"Forget it," he spat angrily. "I'll never…"
Stubborn to the last but Harry pushed onto the top of his head. His blood poured out of the side of his mouth.
"You can't say that you didn't warn him," Illyana said to the man. His eyes nearly bugged out of his eyes. She turned over and looked Harry. "So, what did you find out?"
"The Red Skull is trying to tamper with things that he has no comprehension with," Harry said. There was a tone of darkness that flashed through his voice. He felt a slight amount of agitation when he spoke. He frowned. "And there's something lurking here."
Harry turned his attention towards Illyana. "Do you think that you can keep an eye on things here?"
"I can take care of myself," Valeria protested. Her voice was really haughty. Harry's eyes turned towards her and he swooped down onto her. She added a hasty "my lord" to her statement. It might have been a bit too late, too late when Harry's eyes approached her.
"I'm aware that you can take care of yourself," Harry responded. His gaze burned deep into hers. "But that doesn't really matter when your enemies are a bit more capable than you are."
He placed his finger to her lip in a warning manner. He didn't want to hear one word from her. He turned to Illyana who nodded.
"It will be fine, I'm certain that the two of us will be able to handle anything that goes on through," Illyana said.
"Yes," Valeria said. She knew better than to defy her master. Defying her master would lead to some trouble. Her eyes flashed in frustration. "Yes, I understand."
"Excellent, I'm glad that you have the message," Harry replied to her. He left through the portal.
"I think we should secure the gate from anyone who shouldn't be here," Valeria said. And she looked at the man who was tied to the pillar or rather nailed like he was a sacrifice. "And we should have someone clean this mess up."
"That would be for the wise, I think," Illyana agreed. She knew that her master was on the edge. It wasn't without good reason. The realms weren't this close to meeting together in some time.
'If the Red Skull and his supporters take advantage of this, we could have a problem,' Natasha warned them.
'It's why the Red Skull's supporters are being neutered as we speak,' Illyana commented. She knew that her master had a plan and that was more than good enough for her.
X-X-X
Morgan Le Fay's encounter with the mysterious red head left her completely confused. The burns on her hands completely healed but there was a sense that she missed something. Much to her frustration, she felt more bound to the Incubus King than ever before.
"I guess what they say is true," Morgan remarked. She tried not to get into the habit of doing internal monologues when no one was around. That seemed like more of a Victor Von Doom thing to do. That being said, she was completely thrown off from where she was. "Pride often comes before the great fall."
Morgan cleared her throat when she spoke. It could be clearing her thoughts. The realms were merging, something that only happened briefly once every thousand years. It was only a brief overlap.
The overlap wasn't a problem. It was what happened when the overlap occurred. There have been numerous crisis events that started overlapping things at an increasing frequency. Her beloved Fey Realm was not immune.
She remembered also that she could not return to her Fey Realm. That would be the first place the Incubus King would come and seek her out. She wondered if she just run into his arms.
"No, that would cheapen the thrill of the hunt," she replied to herself. She knew that it would be much more pleasing for both of them if he forcefully took her. It was getting harder to resist him after the red head used her powers to mark her.
There was a hint the Incubus King lingered in the shadows behind her. Morgan felt a knot well up in her stomach.
She also sensed that there were some dangerous forces that were trying to break on through. One of the most prominent of those dangerous forces was the one and only Red Skull. His devious actions did cause a bit of an issue with where she wanted to go forward.
"It's time for the Skull to get crushed like a cockroach," she said. She knew that they were going directly for Valeria. Those fools couldn't have figured out the connection. There were very few people with the mental abilities to figure such a thing out.
Morgan's lips curled into a frown. Could they have all figured it out? There was a deep frown that went over her face.
She could sense that one of the Incubus King's pets was keeping an eye on her. The ruler of Limbo was an extremely powerful protector. Morgan doubted that there would be a person brazen enough to mess with her.
There were people who were way too brazen for her liking.
Her pulse rushed and she turned her head around. There was someone lurking up around her. It was time for her to depart and make herself scarce.
You learned more by watching then by speaking. Morgan could see several shadowed figures pass by her. They didn't know that she was there.
'Focused on a single minded objective,' she thought. She frowned when she shrugged her shoulders. 'There's a road that I've been down far too many times to speak.'
Morgan could sense something stirring up. Did the Red Skull know what trouble he was causing?
'Does the Red Skull know what trouble he's causing by dealing with such delicate elements,' Riley thought in a surprised voice.
The group turned up to meet with Sin and Viper. Harry and Riley were there. Gwen recovered enough to meet them. Karen and Claire tagged along.
'I'm pretty sure that the Red Skull believes that he knows what he's getting himself into,' Emma answered swiftly. There was a tone in voice that indicated that she was none too pleased. 'But whether or not he cares is an interesting debate that I'm not sure any of us want to get into right now.'
'That's the truth,' Harry replied.
The HYDRA base was one that SHIELD cleared out a long time ago. Therefore it would be the last place where SHIELD would arrive.
Sin entered inside, followed by Viper. Viper seemed about as pleased as one would expect by having to mind a dangerous wild card like Sin. There was only one person who tamed her.
'I don't know how you managed to do that, but that is just a testament of your power,' Natasha said. She might have been deep under cover in both SHIELD and HYDRA, along with deep under the covers with Harry, but Sin didn't seem to want to follow any orders.
'Obvious, isn't it?' Harry asked them.
"Viper, Sin, welcome," Harry told them.
"It has been too long, my king," Sin said. She stepped forward and waited for acknowledge. There was a not so subtle glint in her eyes that she wished for a kiss.
Karen offered a thinly veiled roll of her eyes. She had been with Harry for a long time. She was used to the needy bitches angling attention.
"I'm pleased to see both of you," Harry said. He took a moment to see to Viper and Sin. Both of them kneeled down before him. "No need to do so."
'But good for training them so well,' Faora said.
'Not that it took that much, they need a strong leader to guide them,' Natasha chimed in. She knew that she had that same feeling many times and she was really glad that Harry took in her as a result. She didn't know what kind of guidance she would have without that.
'Strong leaders do the job nicely,' Harry replied. His face curled into a knowing smile when he looked both of the girls in the eyes.
"You seek information on the Red Skull, don't you?" Sin asked. She was never one to beat around the bush.
'Curious that she referred to him as the Red Skull and not her father,' Riley said.
'Well look at it this way, would you want to refer to the Red Skull as your father?' Gwen chimed in. Riley raised her eyebrow and she shook her head in negative.
'Okay, point well taken,' Riley replied.
Harry nodded. "I would like that information, but I would also like information on a project that HYDRA has been working on. But first I'd settle for the information on the Red Skull."
"Well, most of HYDRA doesn't even know that he still lives," Viper said. It was jarring news to her and she was sure that it would be just about as jarring to many others. The Red Skull was essentially the boogeyman even to HYDRA.
Harry thought about the fact that HYDRA lying to their own members might undermine their trust. But then again, he shook his head and dismissed the idea. HYDRA lying to their own members was something that should be assumed.
"He tries to breach the realms to get his hands on power beyond the wildest dreams of all," Sin replied.
One could also hear Natasha scoff through the bond link. 'That sounds like the Red Skull, alright. He always has been someone who wishes to get his hands on the most powerful thing. He does think of himself as superior to all else.'
'HYDRA is ready to expose SHIELD," Viper added.
"Well, that would play into things quite nicely, given that HYDRA is about ready to experience a shakeup of their own," Harry said.
"What do you have in mind, master?" Sin asked.
"That would spoil the surprise," Harry said. He could see Sin about to protest, perhaps quite violently. His demonic eyes flickered over towards her and that caused her to stop.
'I really don't know how you do it,' Natasha repeated.
'He has certain gifts,' Pepper said. She had been listening in during this entire meeting. 'And do not forget about X-23.'
'Thank you Pepper, I was just getting to that,' Harry said.
"Project X-23," Harry said. That caused Viper to tense up. "I take it this won't be an issue."
"It was HYDRA's attempt to duplicate the original Weapon X from the ground up," Viper informed to him. "As you might be able to summarize, there were numerous failed attempts."
Harry pretty much got that much. He could see both of the HYDRA agents grow suddenly numerous.
"But there was one that was perfect enough to be classified as a success," Harry answered. Both Viper and Sin answered by nodding their heads in response. "That would be Project X-23."
"Yes, it would be," Viper confirmed. "But it had to be put on ice because it was deemed to be a liability."
"Well, there are ways around that, I think," Harry replied. They all wondered what he had up his sleeve. "I will meet you back here within the next three days. Have the project ready for me."
"It will be done," Viper said. She thought that it had more potential than HYDRA was able to figure out.
'Wolverine with PMS?' Claire asked. She frowned when she thought about it. 'The mind boggles.'
'Yes, it does,' Karen agreed. She didn't want that image in her head though.
Harry returned to check on Maddie. She might not have been completely his mother now but there was enough of his mother within her that Harry was going to consider her about as much.
He could sense that she was awake. Sure enough, she was waiting for him. The attractive redhaired green eyed woman had her hair tied back when she looked at him. She wore nothing but a short silk bathrobe that covered only what needed to be covered. She approached him, sauntering forward. Her hips swayed when she approached him.
"Harry, I sensed that you were coming," she commented with a purr. She placed her hand on his chest and felt him. "So strong, so healthy, just like I assumed that you had the potential of being."
Her tongue trailed lightly across the edge of her lips. She caused it to become moistened when she looked into her eyes. Passion swam through her eyes when she looked him over. She stared him down and brought him forward.
Her form radiated sex. The combined consciousness of seven Succubi being used in the rituals played no small part of that. She placed her hand down onto his lap and she slowly traced down the waist band of his pants.
"I've watched you from afar, and you realize how frustrating it was to be on the other side of the barrier," she said seductively. She brushed her hands down his chest and unbuttoned his shirt. "It was like looking from the outside of the glass. I could look, but I couldn't touch. It frustrated me. But you knew that."
"So…"
"It can be confusing when you have duel identities," she answered. "My human name was Lily Evans, but for all intents and purposes, she did technically die. But she also lived on, that was quite the puzzler. You, Gwen, Jean, and your pets, you created the new entity, Madelyn, that stands before you. But, it doesn't really matter. I was made for you and for your pleasure, if you choose to have me."
Harry actually had a question that he wanted to ask her before their mutual lust overwhelmed the two of them.
"What did you do with Jean?" Harry asked her.
"Oh, she's just tied up at the moment," Maddie said in a sultry tone. She looked deep into his eyes. Her green eyes looked a bit more haunting than his. She trailed her tongue against her lips and caused them to moisten. "We were actually going to start something interesting, but you showed up."
"You were going to start without me?" Harry asked her. He raised his eyebrow.
Maddie's face fell. She could feel pain and despair that she did something to her master. "Please forgive me."
Harry led Maddie into the next room. As he expected, he found that Jean was strapped to the bed. Her hands and legs hooked to the bed where she was put spread eagled before him. Her legs spread in front of him, her moist slit exposed directly in front of him. There was whip cream and chocolate sauce smeared all over her body.
"She looks good enough to eat," Maddie said. She tore off Harry's shirt but she stopped when he cast her one of those looks. "Or would you prefer a two for one special?"
Harry motioned for her to strip. She did, her clothes pushed down her body. Her fit form unveiled slowly for Harry. Her red hair formed a seductive curtain around her body. Her full lush breasts exposed for him. They looked completely soft when he looked the over. Her nice curved body exposed. She had the perfect hour glass figure with an amazing strip of red hair that went down her.
"Lay down," Harry ordered her. He moved her in and extended the bed just enough to fit her. It was still snug where she laid next to Jean.
Harry waved his hand and the straps wrapped around her body. They were so snug around her that it caused her to twitch when they tightened around her.
"Please," Maddie begged him.
"Don't worry, you'll get the same treatment," Harry said. He performed spells on them that would both increase their pleasure and slow it down.
He summoned the chocolate sauce and whipped cream. He spread it out over Maddie's extremely hot body. She whimpered when he slowly played with her. The cream spread over her body.
"You do look good enough to eat," Harry added to her. "Let's start with your juicy center."
Viper folded her arms together. She pulled some important strings to get this project there. HYDRA was too busy with other things that a disabled project was the least of their problems. She tapped her foot on the ground and frowned.
She looked up and saw Harry arrive. Claire and Diana followed him on either side. They resembled a pair of bodyguards. Dangerous bodyguards no one would dare mess with. Viper was well trained.
"You have her," Harry said.
Viper saw only two women next to him. She understood that he would likely have more lingering around.
"Yes, I have her, but…..I'm sure that you can find a use for her," Viper said.
Harry raised his eyebrow and nodded. There was a knowing smile that crossed his face. He stepped forward and walked towards the containment case.
He saw a surprisingly soft face on the other side of the glass case. Dark hair formed her face in a curtain. Her tight and fit body was extremely athletic. There wasn't any hair on her body other than that on top of her head.
"That's surprising," Claire said. She looked towards the young girl and smiled when she looked at her.
"She's your gift," Viper said.
"And it's an excellent gift," Harry added. He thought about all of the uses he could use to her. "Stand by for the end."
Viper inclined her head. She knew that they were reaching the moment of truth soon enough. She watched Harry disappear with X-23.
Kara sat in the lab, her arms and legs crossed. Emma, Regan, and Martinique hung out, dressed in their casual best. Emma got to her feet and gave the woman a nice view. She looked over the body.
"It's official, Wolverine is more appeasing as a girl," Emma said. "But why would HYDRA put her on ice?"
"Viper said that HYDRA couldn't control her properly," Harry informed her. "Obviously they neglected to figure out the potential that a weapon like this had."
It went without saying Harry was able to unlock the potential of anything if he just put his mind to it. His hand brushed over the side of the case. He would bring her out soon enough.
'It's time,' Natasha thought to him. Harry raised his eyebrow and there was a calculating smile crossing his face.
'Yes, it is,' Viper agreed. 'I know the plan…'
'Do not act until the moment that I give the word, HYDRA needs to take control and then HYDRA is taken down,' Harry thought.
The world would need someone with the resources to rebuild it and Harry positioned himself to be the most attractive person to do so. He wasn't about to go public, not with his powers at any rate. He did plan to wipe out some unfortunate irritations with one swift motion if he could manage it.
Clea decided to jump on through the bond link. 'My lord, a complication has arisen.'
Harry figured as much. It did go without saying that even the best laid plans had snags in them.
Valeria impatiently waited for the other shoe to drop. Zatanna and Wanda joined her and Illyana in the meantime.
"Okay, this is the most awkward slumber party ever," Zatanna said, trying to break the silence and perhaps ease the mood.
Several sets of eyes locked onto her showed that no one was willing to take a joke.
"It's right outside the master's reach, whatever it is," Valeria said. She wished that she could snag it and get her hands on whatever was causing them trouble. "And you know that it's going to keep that way until it's ready to act."
"You locked the gates down," Illyana said. Valeria turned the Limbo princess. She nodded twice.
"Naturally I did but one can never be too careful," Valeria said. She got to her feet. "She's nearer than she ever has been. I swear that she taunts me. I swear that she gets off in doing it. Well, she's going to be bound and dominated by the master."
There was no need to ask who Valeria referred to.
"I hope that he offers me a first class seat to her domination," Valeria said. Smugness crossed her face when she looked on.
"Do you?" Wanda asked.
"Quiet," Illyana said. Something jolted her up and put her on edge. She rose to her feet and looked from one side to the other side.
"What is it?" Wanda asked. A cross look from the Limbo Princess showed Wanda that she wasn't going to be in the mood for games of any kind.
A sword appeared in Illyana's hand. It glowed within her hand.
A loud explosion echoed throughout their collective consciousness. There was a redhead female who got spat through the portal. She smacked into the ground with a thud.
Normally, Illyana would have been amused to see Ananym at her feet beneath her. That seemed to be a good look for her. The state of her fellow pet added some gravity to the situation. Illyana lurched forward and offered her hand.
"What happened?" Illyana asked.
"Look out!" Ananym yelled. She winced at the dagger plunged through her arm.
Something wicked arrived through the portal. It was obvious the Red Skull dabbled in thing that might be a bit beyond his control and had cracked the line between the realms.
'I'll warn him, try and hold the line,' Clea projected to them.
"Easier said than done," Zatanna said. There was one question that haunted her.
What was going to come through that portal?
To Be Continued on January 15th, 2015.