Harry shot up in bed and groaned as he gripped his head. "What hit me?"
"Few hundreds bolts of lightning," said Holly as her image was projected next to his bed. "Your battle with the Aquamancer awakened some bit of knowledge Kessler left you. Not only did you learn Cryomancy from Daphne in a second, you also did something dangerous." She projected a chart next to her. "You absorbed natural ionic radiation into your body at the same time you summoned all of that lightning. What happened next… do you remember anything?"
"Just… ice and then the woman getting struck by lightning."
"Apparently, she also had knowledge of Electromancy and used that bolt of lightning to escape."
"Is the ionic energy why no one is in the infirmary but me and your projection right now?"
"That and one other thing," said Isabel over the intercom. "Your body was overcharged and giving off lightning. White Lightning."
"I was the only one who could get close," said Holly. "Whatever you did, you were giving off White Lightning. Like what Cole claimed Kessler used. Luna is fine, she's recovering from her little Radio Interference brought about by the Aquamancer."
"What about the girl I fished from the lake?"
"She's fine. She tried to take an evening dip in the lake and found the woman waiting beneath the depths before she placed the device on her. Her name is Lavender Brown. She's Parvati's best friend, evidently."
"What compelled her to go for a swim at that time?"
"That's just it, Compulsion, or at least hypnotic suggestion. We think the Aquamancer was also proficient in Legilimency."
"Making her an ample threat, but not one we can't deal with."
"What did she want," asked Cindy over the intercom.
"She said she wanted to kill me. That's it. No reason. No orders. Just random want."
"Obviously not random," said Isabel. "You don't prep for a kill if you don't already know who you're going off against. This was a targeted attack. But from who is the question."
"First Sons," asked Luna from the hall as she walked in.
"Not their modus operandi," said Harry. "They're hit and run. Not targeted assassination. Not yet, at least. And besides. Majority of them are No-Maj, from what we've seen. The single exception being the Commander."
"Any luck tracking the woman,"
"No. Same with the Commander. I don't get it! Why the hell can't I see them?!" Harry blocked his vision as her entire body sparked up and Holly's projection distorted slightly. Something about the Aquamancer came to mind and Harry Charged to the Ravenclaw dorm, heading to the first year boys dorm before finding the book on wand lore and Charging to the Server Room, Luna already there. He flipped through the book.
"What are you looking for," asked Cindy.
"Anything on crystal wands. That's what was hanging from her belt."
"Crystal wands," asked Isabel. "Sounds like something a Lumomancer would cook up."
"A Light Mage," asked Cindy. "Why would they create something like that?"
"Illusions," said Daphne over the intercom. "My grandmother was a Lumomancer. Only one of her generation. Found out from my mum before school started. Grandmother left notes that Lumomancers were proficient at tricks of the light. Smoke and mirrors. Full invisibility. Anything having to do with light. Mirrors, crystals, glass. They loved using all of them. Grandmother even wrote that her predecessors even created special items out of crystal to augment their magic. Maybe she's also got Lumomancy under her belt of old magic?"
"If that were the case, why not use it against me," asked Harry. "I'm getting sick of this."
"I'll bet," said Isabel. "There's only so much bullshit one can take before it starts getting overwhelming."
"There's always a chance someone is pulling the strings on all of this," said Luna. "Someone like the Voice."
"We knew he was doing something from the shadows," said Harry. "But what would he gain from this?"
"Whatever it is, I wouldn't be surprised if more unusual stuff started happening," said Isabel. She turned to the door as she heard a knock. "Come in." They watched as a young girl with blonde hair and blue eyes with yellow circuit lines.
"Yellow lines," asked Harry. The girl tapped into a tablet.
"Am I intruding, Ms. Daniels?"
"You're good Whispers. Though I'm surprised you were able to keep this from us. Why didn't you speak up before hand?" Whispers tapped again into the tablet.
"My father cautioned against it until I knew there were people we could trust." Harry activated Schematic to try and see what tablet she was using when he got a surprise.
"Are those nanobots in your bloodstream," asked Harry. Isabel turned to him in surprise before turning back to Whispers as she nodded and typed again.
"My father injected me with them in an attempt to restore my voice. This was four years ago when you first showed up, Harry Potter."
"MacGrath," muttered Harry and Cindy.
"It wasn't long after we saw the events of Empire City that I began showing similar abilities to you. We don't know what sparked it, but we suspected it was the nanobots."
"What is your name?"
"My name is Lily Moon. I'm in Slytherin with Daphne, Tracey and Millicent."
"Nice to meet you." Harry shook her hand. She nodded.
"Guess we should classify her," said Isabel. "What's next in the Latin alphabet?"
"Delta after Beta," said Harry as he observed Lily's eyes. "What caused the yellow coloring? Was it the inclusion of nanobots? Or is this the natural color of a third type of Technomancer?"
"If it were the latter," said Padma. "We'd have seen more popping up. This may be a result of the nanobots." Harry conjured a syringe.
"Do you mind?"
"You're going to take some of my blood," asked Lily.
"To examine the nanobots, yes. The more we know about Technomancy, the better. If we can understand how outside influence affects Technomancy, we can be prepared for the future." Lily stuck out her arm and Harry took a small sample of her blood. He Charged to the Bunker where Draco and Neville were working on something. Holly projected herself and an image of everyone in the Server Room into the Bunker as he went to one of their microscopes. "These nanobots are amazing." Draco and Neville turned to him.
"What are nanobots," asked Neville.
"Obviously it's in the name, Longbottom," said Draco.
"Nano means small, bots is short for robot."
"Someone's been paying attention," said Isabel. Harry examined the nanobots.
"Self-replicating, looks like they're programed for rapid cellular regeneration as long as the tissue isn't too damaged. Hold on. There's a name on them. I can't make it out. Luna, can you Charge Izzy here? Her eyesight would make this easier."
"On our way," said Luna as her and Isabel's images disappeared as well as Lily's. Harry looked up as Isabel and Luna landed. Harry went to the landing area and helped Lily steady herself as she stumbled after landing.
"Figured that'd be your first time Charging." Lily nodded as Isabel went to the microscope.
"Alright. Let's see what we got here." Harry went up behind her as Lily looked around.
"Who's the new Technomancer," asked Draco.
"Lily Moon," said Harry.
"Why are there no other guys," asked Isabel, distractedly. "Particularly older guys."
"You're a teacher," Harry and Cindy reminded her.
"Yeah but they won't be when they graduate."
"Mind out of gutter, Isabel," said Cindy.
"Yeah, yeah. I see the name. Let's see…" She sat up straight and turned to Lily. "What's your father's name?"
"Alexander, why?"
"…Alexander Anderson?" Lily looked at her, surprised.
"Do you know him?"
"We're old friends." She turned to Harry. "I think Fate is on our side, Kid." She smiled brightly as she fingered her necklace. Harry knew she only messed with it when Elijah was on her mind.
"Ok, how?"
"Her father is part of a religious organization known as Iscariot. They're Church sanctioned vampire hunters."
"And… how are you friends with him?"
"It's a long story. I'll tell you later." She turned back to Lily. "You have a phone?" Lily nodded. "Text your dad. Tell him your teacher, Professor Daniels, would like for him to come to the school for a discussion."
"You want me to sound like I'm in trouble?"
"I used to play pranks on him in the past. We had a falling out, but I think it's well passed time we bury the hatchet. Especially since me and my dad aren't talking. Schedule it for this weekend. We'll have our discussion there."
"Oh, that reminds me," said Harry. "Do you mind if I go and get Sasha and Zed to have them install internet connections at Daphne's family home?"
"Knock yourself out, Kid. You know how stir crazy they get sometimes."
"Oh, I know." Harry went to his private computer and found an email. He opened it and saw it was from M. 'What does she want, now?'
Second Rate,
Need you to meet up with me in Tokyo this weekend. And bring that design you cooked up not too long ago.
M
"Why does she want my design?"
"Who," asked Isabel.
"M. She wants me to go to Japan this weekend. And bring that ship design."
"You're not going, are you," asked Neville.
"Longbottom's right to worry," said Draco. "We can't trust her. Or her boss."
"I know that," said Harry. "But we don't have to trust them, just tolerate them until we can find a way to not be dependent on their information. They seem to know more about the First Sons than we do."
"That won't be the case for long," said Isabel with a grin. "Trust me on that, Kid. We get Old Alex on our side, we've got access to not only a very impressive information network, but we can work to get the Christian fanatics on the side of magic. Especially if Alex has been made head by now."
"Head of what, exactly," asked Hermione.
"The Iscariot Organization. They've been producing advanced sciences for years, including the prototype nanobots in Alex. These are an upgraded version. I've his bots designs before. I thought Whispers' looked familiar and the Iscariot logo was the nail in the coffin."
"Fate must be on our side then," said Cindy.
"Just another thing to thank Eli for," said Isabel, softly, tears starting to well in her eyes. Harry took notice and turned to Cindy.
"Mom. Given everyone's reluctance on me going alone, why don't we make this a class trip? Technomancers in one of the most technologically advanced countries in the world. We could even ask Danzo to give us a tour of his company." Isabel gave him a small thankful look before turning to Cindy.
"I'll take them. Danzo owes me a favor. Plus, I think he's still looking for a Technomancer of his own for Akagi Industries."
"Too bad I'm unofficially part of DMT." Harry turned to Lily. "You willing to come?" She turned to Isabel.
"We'll go after Alex and I have our discussion. In the meantime, you guys still have classes until the weekend comes. Tell your father I'll meet with him… Saturday at noon." Lily nodded and sent the text to her father.
"Which means I'll take Sasha and Zed to the Greengrass residence in the morning. Daphne will come with me, so we can enter the wards."
"Will you have enough time to get things done before you head back," asked Cindy.
"We're only setting up power, internet and getting them a DMT computer for home use. I'll show Astoria the basics for her to practice on her own until I visit to tutor her again. It shouldn't take more than three hours. I should be back before Isabel's done.
"Still, maybe you should push the Japan trip to Sunday."
"Alright, then."
"So," said Draco. "We've got a plan. Now what do we do about Granger and the other Patil twin? They'll want to go as well, I assume." He turned to the projection of Hermione who shifted slightly.
"I wouldn't mind going. I've always wanted to go to Japan."
(Author's Notes)
Sorry for the late update. This last week, I've been sick with pneumonia. Barely had enough energy to try writing. All stories will be on hiatus for now so I can get better and not overwork myself. Until next time, Y'all.