Chapter 51: Thawing.
Volcana sat in a side office off the Patronus Incorporated main lobby as she thought what happened over the past couple of months to her. Or really, what happened over her entire life, it had really been just a never ending duck and run with the various government groups that were after her. The red haired pryokinetic tried to reconcile everything that occurred in her mind and it was a really long haul to figure out everything.
The fact of the matter was that she made more than her fair share of mistakes that landed her in the tight fixes and lead to big problems more often than not. The red head understood that as her powers were unique and thus it made her a desired commodity. The fact was that the government really was trying to reclaim their assets at all times and to the government, Volcana was an asset and nothing more. That was not an existence that she wanted to live but it was an existence that she loved living.
The red haired girl folded her arms and just thought about it, perhaps now she could have a bit more freedom although she would never be free. There was going to be that much but at least she was in a place where the government was not going to touch her. The security in this building was second to none and Volcana realized that not even she could escape if she wanted to. In many ways, she had been traded to a different prison but in another way her situation improved.
It was a confusing existence for a girl like her to live but that was the life that she lived. Yet it was the cards that she had been dealt with during her life.
The red haired girl offered a labored sigh for that thought as she heard the footsteps approaching her. She turned around to allow her eyes to focus forward and spotted the figure approaching her closer and closer.
Harry sat down in the chair across from Volcana and offered her a bit of a reassuring smile which only made Volcana marginally better at this point. The red haired girl decided to be the one to break the very long and awkward silence that the two of them had.
"So, I guess I screwed up big time," Volcana offered in her attempt to break the ice. Harry did not say anything right away, he just sat there silent and thoughtful. The pryokinetic took another moment to reflect and think about everything that occurred. "Would it really help to say that I'm sorry for everything that happened."
Harry just paused at this point as he looked at the redhead and just allowed her to spend a few moments, pondering, and thinking about what she said. The red haired simply crossed her arms together and just waited to see if Harry was going to say anything to her. The wait was an annoyance to say the very least.
As it turned out, Claire did not have to wait for very long.
"You made mistakes, but I suppose that I honestly can't fault you for that too much," Harry answered in an honest voice as his eyes remained on Claire and she nodded in response. "You did what was right in the end and helped us a little bit in there. That being said, Cadmus would have never given you any freedom."
"I know, I know," Claire responded with a sigh and she closed her eyes to think about what happened. She was desperate and tried to do the easiest thing to get her freedom. Yet there was no freedom to be had, and the redhead understood that now. "It's just…"
Claire paused at that moment to try to collect her thoughts as she felt the frustration wash over her body. There was a moment of time where the redhead just sat there and really tried to take a moment to ponder her predicament. Then she spoke again in a somber and serious voce.
"It's just that, I was so sick of everyone trying to use me for their own benefits and I wanted out, I wanted freedom," Claire added in a tense voice. "I guess I stuck my foot in my mouth all of the time but it's not something that is hard to do. I just guess I should have taken you up on your offer the first time. None of this really would have happened, you know that."
Harry just offered a bit of a smile to Claire, he was not sure if he would go that far, but at that point he was really grasping at straws. Still there were some good things that had come out of this entire bothersome mess.
"You got the third Stone, and everything worked out in the end," Harry answered Claire and she nodded in response, that much was true. "We're that much closer to taking down Cadmus and hopefully we'll be able to put them out of business for good."
That was one hope that Claire would have to agree with as she realized how much Cadmus and the government in general had used her. It was like a constant pain that never left her and it always frustrated her one million percent. Indeed, it was so frustrating that it achieved a statistical improbability.
"I need to check out a couple of other things, you'll be fine, won't you?" Harry asked and Claire nodded in response as she looked out through a window. "You'll find that security is tight nothing gets in or out without me knowing a thing about it."
'Luna sure does test it however, but then she's Luna,' Harry thought to himself with a chuckle as he walked off to leave Claire there.
With another motion Harry zipped over to the next room where Longshadow sat in a containment unit where he was being studied by Karen and Hermione who both sat there. Harry walked over to the two girls and asked for their assessment on the situation. He wanted to know their thoughts on what was going on.
"So, did you find a way to stabilize him yet?" Harry asked Karen and Karen paused before she answered.
"Yes, he's no longer subject to cellular degeneration and he should be brought back to normal in due time. Everything will work out fine after a couple more days, we bought him maybe six more months."
"More than enough time to stabilize him in a permanent manner with the technology we have at hand," Hermione inputted as Harry nodded in responded and Longshadow stepped forward and he peered out of the containment tank. "Sorry about keeping you there, but we must make sure anything that Cadmus left behind has been purged."
Longshadow just waved off the apology as he understood what the crew at Patronus Incorporated had to do. He had an idea that if he was used as a weapon to attack them, he did not want to be a burden in that way.
"You seemed to be a defect to the entire cloning process," Hermione answered as she looked over the readings. "Defect in a good way for you developed a will beyond the intended purpose that Cadmus had. In time, you might change in other ways."
Longshadow waited as Hermione paused and the Native American took a moment to ask a question that had been burning in his mind. He could not wait long enough to ask that particular question.
"What is my purpose in life?" Longshadow asked at this point and it was at this question where Harry looked oddly thoughtful.
"Many of us try and define some kind of greater purpose in life, but very few of us do," Harry answered him in an even voice and Longshadow just responded with a nod. "Only you can decide what your purpose is. You can be much more beyond what Cadmus had for you and have a life of your own, all you have to do is try and move beyond that purpose."
Longshadow nodded but his true origins were something that caused him a great deal of discontent. There had been information fed into his mind and the minds of his fellow Ultimen about how they came to be but it was just dry facts with no emotional involvement or connection. In reality he was just a blank slate to be written and re-written in any way possible.
He had a lot to think about where his life was heading and what direction he was going in with it.
Eight long years of her life had been missing from Starfire's memories from the point where she had saved her fellow Titans from getting killed at the hands of Brainiac all the way to the point where her friends had helped saved her. A lot had happened in those years as they had thought Starfire was dead and the team had split up.
Starfire remembered her trip to the future where the Teen Titans broke up because she had disappeared. As it turned out history had a point of repeating itself over and over again, that was one thing that the redhead alien could remember every single thing. She took a moment to sit on a table with her head between her legs, dressed in a gown that just barely went down to her knees.
"Just relax, we need to make sure that Cadmus did not leave anything behind," Kara remarked to her as she prepared to scan Starfire.
Starfire allowed that all to settle in but she had one thing that entered her mind which was a very pressing fear that she had to speak of. She had to voice it to the group that had rescued her.
"Am I in danger of dying?" Starfire asked in a bit of a terrified voice but Kara just responded with a warm smile.
"We're not going to let you die, but you just got to relax and let us scan you," Kara answered as she tried to scan Starfire, not wanting to miss an inch of her. There was a moment where the blonde was watching the scan and seeing if anything had been left behind. She was practically holding her breath because there would be a problem if Cadmus had done anything to Starfire.
Nightwing, Raven, Cyborg, and Beast Boy all waited in the background for their teammate to get a clean bill of health. They heard the door open and Harry arrived to check up on what was happening from their newest guest. Kara was hunched over the scan of Starfire's body, carefully checking to ensure that she did not miss anything.
"So, any good word?" Harry asked and Kara turned around to allow the scan to complete when she talked to her husband.
"So far Starfire is checking out quite nicely," Kara informed him and Harry responded with a nod, it was nice to see that something was going right for once. "We're not completely out of the woods yet but so far so good."
Harry shook his head that was something that always tended to be the truth.
"I thought not," Harry answered they never was out of the woods with anything and Cadmus had Starfire for who even knew how long. "Does she remember anything?"
"Not a thing," Kara confirmed sadly as she looked at Starfire and a sad expression crossed over her face to show the disturbing thoughts that she might have had regarding what might have happened to Starfire. "You know, that might be for the best."
Everyone in the group would have to agree because being kept for a prisoner for a short amount of time was not a situation that anyone wanted to deal with. Being kept as a prisoner for such a long amount of time as Starfire had, that was a potentially demoralizing experience and one that Starfire would have liked to forget had she been able to remember what happened. Yet, she did not remember it so all the two Potters had managed to take a moment to scan her over.
Starfire waited patiently in the other room and tried to rack through her mind what happened. There was a loud explosion and darkness that happened. Her sister's betrayal just finally hit her at that moment and the alien princess was going to go over everything in her mind. All of her people were likely dead because of this, that much she remembered. It seemed like she was the last of her kind.
There was a chance that others had escaped but Starfire assumed the worst which really put a damper on her normally upbeat personality. She barely even felt the scan go over her as it tried to pinpoint what these government people did to her. Things were far different than the innocent days where the Titans went against the likes of Mad Mod, Mumbo, and Control Freak.
Control Freak, Starfire smiled as she remembered him, he was what Earthlings might have called a dork. Those were the good old days for sure.
"Okay, we've got good news for a change," Kara remarked at that point.
"Really?" Raven asked as she let out the breath that she had been holding. She tried not to tap into her emotions due to the havoc they still caused on her powers at that time. "She's completely clean?"
"Scanner says yes," Cyborg said feeling a bit happier than he had for years that the entire team was back together.
"So, are things going to go back to how they were?" Beast Boy asked in a voice that seemed to offer a great deal of hope and optimism.
It seemed like the team was about to defer to Nightwing at this point, for the fact that he was the former leader of the Teen Titans. There was a long amount of pause as Nightwing pondered the predicament that they were in. It was not going to be something that was just easy to turn a switch on and off at will.
"So what do you think?" Raven asked at that point to break Nightwing out of his thoughts.
"Ask me later," Nightwing answered as he saw Starfire be released but she was a bit weak on her feet.
"I'd take it easy for a few weeks and get something to eat," Harry answered at that point and Starfire nodded in a grateful manner.
Eight long years she had been placed in containment and she had a lot of catching up to do, and what better way would to catch up would be with her friends.
The former Titans were all together for the first time in years and years and the group walked off to try and catch up like old times. Harry and Kara watched them leave with a smile and knew that if Cadmus tried anything, they would be shut down. There were still a few other things to do on this day and they wasted little time in doing it.
There was still a lot to do and time was running short in which to do it.
The Minister of Magic election was heating up in a sense with Lucius Malfoy throwing around whatever funds that he had left. Of course, there was always someone who could be bought and Lucius understood that fundamental fact about elections as he continued to work himself into that seat. He wanted to bring things back to the old world which ended up destroying itself with the old ways.
Sirius had thought about his lot in life, to be honest he did not really want the job as Minister of Magic. Even if he thought long and hard about what he would have done different and there was a lot that he would have done differently after all that had transpired. There was a need for an overhaul, not that he needed to wait for long at that moment.
Right now, Tonks and Remus were at Sirius's campaign headquarters which was really a modified shop that once sold Muggle magic tricks. Sirius had picked it up for cheap and Remus brought Sirius the latest polls.
"It's going down to the wire between you and Lucius," Remus informed him at that point. "The International Confederation of Wizards candidate is coming up on the wire and there are a couple of dark horses coming up…but this is interesting."
"What is interesting?" Sirius asked as he took a look at the paper.
"Apparently The Weasley Twins are running on a lark and they're sneaking up to fourth place," Remus answered as he looked at the polls right now.
"Wait, the Weasley Twins, I wondered what happened to them," Tonks replied with a smile crossing her face. Then it hit her suddenly when she looked at Sirius. "Wait, they're both running together as one candidate? Is that even legal?"
"There's nothing to indicate that it isn't, even a fictional character can get on the ballot somehow," Sirius answered at that point and Tonks just looked at the ballot with an amused expression on her face.
"That would explain the hundred or so write in votes for Spongebob Squarepants."
"I'm personally pulling for him myself."
Sirius spun around to protest but he saw the Flash standing in the doorway in all of his glory. The Fastest Man Alive had just sped in and Tonks greeted him with a smile before running over and hugging him and leaning in for a kiss but then she stopped.
"So is there something that you two want to tell us? Sirius asked at this point.
"That you need a flea bath?" Tonks replied and Remus offered a tense smile, he would have to agree Sirius did look a bit grimy after what he did.
"So, you're moving your way up the polls," Flash responded as he switched the subjects nearly as fast as he ran before he looked at the print outs. "I'm surprised you haven't had any assassination attempts on your life."
A look of mock remorse spread over his face at that point as Sirius turned his attention to the Flash. He seemed to be a bit hurt out of that potential declaration and he offered a a response in mock sorrow.
"What? Anyone try and assassinate little old loveable me, why would someone do such a thing? I mean that's not going to happen that much, I'm someone who won't be killed, have you ever seen this face? That's just not the type of face that you try and assassinate."
"There have been about nine attempts on his life," Tonks answered at that point.
"Well you're supposed to take the shot for me, you're my bodyguard," Sirius responded at that point and Flash helped himself to the cookies and punch on the table. The dark haired heir of the House of Black watched the Flash before he decided to enlighten the Fastest Man Alive on one simple fact. "You know, I don't think we've checked those cookies and punch for poison yet."
Flash suddenly made a face and he spat them out on the ground. Sirius just leaned back on the chair and propped his feet up on the table as he watched the Flash try and not swallow any crumb that he had put into his mouth. That was a moment that Sirius would have burned into his mind for the rest of his life.
"I'm sure it's fine, Sirius wouldn't touch any food that might have had poison in it," Tonks answered but Remus just had a shadow of a smile cross over his face.
"Although given how much he used to eat on the Hogwarts Feast, he'll eat anything that stands still long enough. Even if it's going to make him sick."
"And after the Azkaban food, poison is a step in the right direction," Sirius answered as he grimaced at the thought of what they tried to pass off as food in Azkaban. It was quite rancid to say the very least. Sirius leaned against the table and his eyes moved from Remus to Tonks all the way to Flash. Sirius took a moment to read the lasted poll results. "Lucius is losing favor, he's going to have to pull something out of his arse."
"That's a visual that I didn't need to think about," Tonks responded with a slight shudder at that point.
Sirius just laughed as he kicked back. The actual election would be taking place in a few months but what kind of country Britain would be would remain to be seen. Right now it was just going to be a puppet government for the moment all things considered.
The election heated up and a scary thought filled the mind of one of the candidates. Sirius began wondering what would happen if he actually did become Minister of Magic. That was a scary thought to say the very least and one that Sirius really thought long and hard about for more than a couple of moments.
Victor Fries or rather his head had a lot of time to ponder his lot in life and what he had to deal with throughout his time. Ever since the disease that his then wife suffered it had been a long road downwards to this point. His red eyes looked out and there was a flicker of emotion as he thought about everything. That emotion was not anger but rather it was regret and sorrow with what happened in his life.
Victor had worked at Patronus Incorporated over the past few months as penance for what he did but that did not completely alleviate the guilt that swarmed in his heart from what had transpired. There was no amount to make up for what he did, especially those that he killed even if it was somewhat justified given what had happened in his life. Yet it only allowed him a certain amount of justification and there was a limit to all of it.
The former super villain saw the group of Potters enter the room.
"Good day," Victor greeted as he wondered what they had to discuss with him now. Word had reached his ears that they had rescued a number of people from a government facility and Victor found himself rather fortunate that he did not suffer a similar fate. "May I inquire what the reason is for your visit?"
"I believe we have the means to return you to a physical body and give you a second chance at life," Harry answered as he looked at the criminal long and hard. "Of course, the process is not without complications and without a test subject, we cannot say how it will work out well or not. The simulations have appeared to have worked out well."
"Then allow me to be your test subject so this process can be fine tuned," Victor answered in a crisp voice as he knew that there was something about this that could go right. "I know what your work is like and I know that all of the variables have been fine-tuned. Let us not wait a moment longer and put me in the chamber to return my body back to normal."
Harry did so as he carefully picked up the container containing the head of Victor Fries. With another swift movement he walked Victor over. Linda prepped the chamber for him to go into and Kara and Karen both manned the controls for it to work. Fries was walked over as this would either revolutionize medicine or be a flop of colossal proportions.
They had hoped for something that would revolutionize everything for they had worked long and hard on this even before Fries was there. It could be fine tuned to grow limbs or a fresh heart or lungs, millions could be made off of this technology, providing it worked long term. It was not something that could be rushed out on the open market before it was ready.
Victor was set into the chamber and the glowing green light surrounded him.
"I am ready when you are proceed with the operation," Victor answered in his most crisp voice, calm and collected as always.
"Very well then, I'll pull the switch to put you under," Harry explained and if Fries would have had a neck he would have nodded at this point. "And when you wake up, you'll be waking up as a new man."
The switch had been pulled as Victor was sedated. Kara kept a close eye on his vital signs as it dropped to the bare minimal to be sustained. It was only a miracle that Fries could survive when he was just a head but that was the process of the longevity that he enjoyed due to his unique condition.
"Vital signs are dropping to the safe level," Kara answered as she turned over to Karen. "Prepare to bombard him with the radiation at a rate of thirty nine Kryptos per nano-second."
Karen did what she was told as she bombarded Fries with the radiation, powered by the magically modified Kryptonite that had ran the machine. They had fine-tuned the process where the Kryptonite would jump start dead cells, but at the same time would not be so lethal to make the process to be inert.
Harry inserted the tubes that contained cell samples that Batman had of Victor Fries in the Bat Cave before he had sustained the accident. How Batman obtained such a thing, Harry could not say. He was just going to go for the obvious answer and that was that he was Batman and that was just the type of thing that he did.
The machine began to light up and Kara spun around to relay another set of instructions to Karen.
"Taper off to half intensity for thirty seconds and then return to normal for sixty."
"Right," Karen answered as she typed in the information and they saw something forming, a brand new body that was growing from infant stages into toddler hood.
"Congratulations, we're now playing Rao," Linda stated with a bit of smile crossing her face before she added. "But it's for a good cause."
"Make sure to slow down the process, it's going a bit too quick and we don't want to shock him," Kara suggested and once again Karen did as she was told. "Are those vital signs sticking to normal Harry?"
"Yes, they are," Harry agreed as he watched the vital signs taper off bit by bit. They were getting closer and closer to achieving something great. "He's changing right on schedule, his body is shifting, I think we about got it."
The entire team let out a sigh of relief, they certainly hoped that they had him, but right now all they had to do was wait and watch. The four of them checked the vital signs as a teenager followed by a grown man shifted in the stasis tube as Victor Fries was reborn fully before their eyes. The radiation had been tapered off as now the body would not need to age beyond this point.
A mild mannered middle aged scientist rested in the pod with a receding hairline and he looked like Victor Fries did before the accident that turned him into Mister Freeze. The pod opened and Harry turned to the newly reborn Mister Fries.
"How are you feeling?" Harry asked.
"Cold," Victor Fries responded, but Harry had never seen so one seem so happy at feeling the sensation of feeling cold. "I can feel it."
"That means it's working," Kara answered at that point as Karen and Linda fetched a set of clothes.
Victor Fries had no idea what he was going to do from here, but one thing was for certain, he had gotten a brand new lease on life and he was going to make the most of it one step at a time.
He only had one thing to say to the Potters at this point from the bottom of his heart. A heart that was no longer frozen with emotions that were not numb to everything that was going on in the world. He spoke in an honest manner from the bottom of his heart.
"Thank you."
The sentiment was appreciated as Victor Fries prepared to live the next few days of your life.
"If there are any complications, please don't be afraid to seek out our help," Kara replied and Fries look at her. "Just to be on the safe side."
"Of course, of course, better safe than sorry," Fries answered and the Potters nodded in response that would be a great sentiment for all of them, it was better safe than sorry.
"Cadmus is about to make their move."
"And we're sure about this, how?"
"I've got people looking into things, and I even sent the Question to do some nosing around," Batman answered which got a few groans from the assembled main seven of the League.
"Oh come on, not that kook," Flash managed at that point as he looked at the World's Greatest Detective.
"He is a little high strung," Wonder Woman offered in a diplomatic tone of voice as she crossed her hands.
"Maybe, but he gets the job done and if anyone can unearth a conspiracy in the government, it would be him," Batman answered at this point. "The events of the other evening at Cadmus prove something that we have feared for a long time."
"It always goes back to Arcane, doesn't it?" Green Lantern asked at that point.
There was some nods and some grunts around the table.
"We did keep them out of the loop regarding the situation regarding the potential prisoners Cadmus was holding," Superman offered as he looked at Batman and made no bones about how he did not like that situation.
"That was information that you obtained when you were in Luthor's body," Batman reminded him and Superman just nodded remembering it well, as he decided not to tell Harry and Kara when the League had said that they had too much on their plates.
Not that the League had enough time to catch their breath, they were a rather busy crew in themselves. The League sat around the table at the Watchtower and all of them took a couple of moments to figure out the next move they should make.
"Donna is a bit reluctant to tell me anything that's happening, because I think that she thinks that the League will find out," Wonder Woman answered as she looked at her fellow members of the League before Batman cut in with the question that was on all of their minds.
"Would you have withheld information if she had told you?"
Wonder Woman's eyes narrowed towards Batman as he stared back and did not flinch not even for a second. The World's Greatest Detective and the Amazon Princess locked in a battle of wits with each other.
"It's between blood and between this team, I'm sticking with my sister if she asks me to keep information confidential," Wonder Woman responded at this point. "Although I do wonder how much you keep your own teammates back in Gotham City in the light."
"Kind of hard not to hear that shouting match between you and Nightwing," Superman offered as he rubbed his ears, they still were ringing from what happened.
There was a moment where Batman was silent before he offered on cutting declaration of "No Comment."
The League had known that it was time to switch tactics at that point and it was the Martian Manhunter who had spoken up next for the first time in this meeting.
"Cadmus seems to have dozens of facilities and most of them are not on paper," The Martian Manhunter answered at that point. "There are only two people who may know where they are all."
"Waller and Luthor," Green Lantern confirmed at that point.
"Waller believes what she's doing is right though," Wonder Woman answered at that point. "Her record speaks for itself; she has fought hard for what she believed in."
"And she believes in Luthor," Green Lantern fired back in a skeptical tone of voice but there was a point where Batman shook his head.
"She believes that we're a threat and that the end justifies the means," Batman cut in and the League focused their full attention on Batman. "And let's face it; this team is always going to be a cause for a concern. Any one of you could become a threat, and there are around twenty of us now and growing."
"Are you trying to say that she's right?" Hawkgirl asked as she raised an eyebrow.
Batman said nothing else but rather he turned around and started to leave. The truth was he would be a fool not to think that Waller had a point, especially after the incident with the Justice Lords. He hoped that Green Arrow and the Question, along with a few other members would be able to maintain the balance.
Yet, Batman also did wonder in the back of his mind if he was escalating the problem and he turned around to get up.
"Keep me posted if you hear anything and I'll do likewise," Batman answered before he began to walk from the Watchtower and remembered that he neglected Gotham City for far too long. At over forty years of age, Batman certainly was not getting any younger and had lost a few steps, but that just caused him to train harder.
Superman had followed Batman away from the League Conference room and there was a moment where Superman was following closely behind his long-time partner. The two of them had known each other longer than any other League members had together and Superman could almost tell that Batman was having some serious misgivings about something.
"Do you really think that we're more of a problem than a solution?" Superman asked and Batman remained stoic as he did not answer at that point.
"Yes and no," Batman answered in a cryptic voice. "Cadmus is dangerous because it could make the League's threat become some self-fulfilling prophecy, so do remember that when we take our next step."
With those cryptic words, Batman had exited the Watchtower to leave Superman in a lurch as the Man of Steel had a great deal to think about in a very short time. This Cadmus situation seemed to be spiraling out of control where the League was rapidly being backed into what seemed to be like the ultimate no win situation. Luthor got some sick joy out of it too as he played both parties from behind the scenes.
Superman shook his head; he would not let this Cadmus situation get the better of him, no way and no how. He could not let them win for any reason whatsoever, especially given that so many people looked up to and counted on Superman.
The League would prove that they were not the threats that Cadmus thought they were but there were many people out there who would always wonder. Trust was always a shaky issue as it took years to build but only mere moments to shatter in an instant.
It had been a great farming year for Jonathan Kent as the harvest had been cleared up and right now the elderly farmer made his way into the barn to try to fix his trusty tractor. Despite the fact that it was not really the most dependable anymore, Jonathan could not bear and give up on the old girl. Even as right now, the old girl seemed to be about ready to give up on him.
Jonathan had been to his latest physical and the doctor cautioned him against any hard labor, but he decided that since he knew how his body felt, he was going to press on anyway. Besides, how would the work get done on the farm anyway? Kara, Karen, Linda, and Harry all stopped by to help out every now and again, but Jonathan did not want to grow dependable.
The farmer chuckled and really thought that Harry might want to cut back on the interdimensional traveling just a bit. Especially considering that he kept getting bonded with a girl every time, even if they were an alternate universe version of Kara.
Jonathan felt a numb sensation in his arm that he tried to shut out immediately, but suddenly he felt a little light headed as well. His breathing became slowly more and more shallow, maybe he should have sat down a while ago and taken a drink of water. There was a tightness in his chest as well.
Jonathan took a step forward across the barn before he clutched his chest and then dropped to his knees before he slumped to the ground.
The moment Jonathan dropped to the ground a figure crept from around the barn. She had short shoulder length blonde hair, wore a black jacket, along with a black sports bra, and a short pair of black jean shorts with knee high black boots. She stepped inside having remembered this place from her memories.
She saw the old man on the ground and felt compelled to save him, although she did not know why. Her eyes were more of a shade of green then blue from the person that she was spawned from. She stepped over and placed her hands on the chest of Jonathan Kent.
With a mere motion the blood was pumping once again to his heart and it beat, weakly, but it still beat. She made sure to make a lot of noise to alert the woman who was sitting on the front porch as the autumn breeze had blown through.
Galatea flew high into the sky to watch the old woman rush towards the barn and give a panicked yell of "JONATHAN, NO!"
She pulled out a cell phone to call an ambulance which was good as he would not be sustained for long without the proper medical attention. This gave Galatea a moment to fly around the area of the Kent Farm to see if that would jog any more of her memories that had been blocked. There was just something about her mind that was a never ending haze of fog.
Galatea dropped down and she saw on the mantle a picture of a blonde girl with blue eyes that resembled her and a dark haired boy with the most gorgeous set of green eyes imaginable. She found herself staring at the photo for several minutes before Galatea had recognized the boy from the photo.
Oh yes she recognized him alright, even if he was riding her or maybe she was riding him in the dreams. She sucked him off a fair few times and he gave her anal sex as well, it was all good as far as Galatea was concerned. Her heart skipped a beat when she thought about how good those dreams were.
She broke the frame containing the photo and used her heat vision to cut the blonde girl out of the photo, before she kept the photo of the dark haired boy, stuffing it into the side pocket of her jacket.
"Remember your mission, tie up the loose ends!"
Galatea dropped to one knee as there was a buzzing in her ears to remind her of the mission that was at hand and she turned around to fly off.
There was some kind of mind control chip in the base of her head along with a lead casing with liquefied Kryptonite within it. If she had stepped one toe out of line, Lex Luthor had his hand on the kill switch that would release the Kryptonite into her brain and kill her.
Of course once her usefulness was reached Cadmus planned on terminating her anyway, but that was something that was unknown to Galatea.
To Be Continued in "Uplink."
