Chapter 6
First Watch, First Call
It was past midnight, and sitting in the control room of the New Justice League headquarters, was Kim Possible, and Hermione Granger-Potter, each were sitting in seats next to each other, and watching monitors closely,
"I wanted to ask you something, Hermione." Kim said, looking over at the bushy haired teenager,
"What's on your mind, Kim?" Hermione asked,
"How does Harry know the real names of all of the members here?" Kim asked,
"He's a Legilimens." Hermione said,
"What's that?" Kim asked again, not understanding what Hermione had just said,
"He can read peoples thoughts, and interpret their emotions accurately." Hermione explained, her face not leaving the monitor in front of her,
"He's a mind reader?!" Kim asked, shocked,
"No, it's not like that, the mind is not like a book," Hermione explained, watching Kim's face slacken, "it's a complex thing, and for someone like Harry, he can dive into someone's mind, find certain thoughts, and interpret them with complete accuracy."
"Is there a defense to it?" Kim asked,
"Not a standard defense," Hermione said, "more like, a magical defense, it's called Occlumency, it's the magical ability to close off ones mind to external penetration."
"It sounds complicated." Kim said,
"It is, it took Harry the better part of three years to master it, and he's one of the most skilled wizards I've ever known." Hermione said,
"He can close off his mind too?" Kim asked,
"Yeah, and it can be frustrating at times, because I can never tell what he's thinking." Hermione said, a slight frown on her face,
"Do you three know why you were picked to be here?" Kim asked,
"Not really, I can understand Harry, but not Ron and I." Hermione said,
"Well, I think Superman decided that Harry wouldn't come, unless you were with him." Kim said,
"Yeah, but that still leaves out Ron." Hermione said,
"Has Ron ever been a help to Harry in the past?" Kim asked,
"Oh, yes, Ron, and I have always been there for Harry when he needed us most." Hermione said,
"That still doesn't explain Harry though." Kim said, hoping to get more information from Hermione,
"Remember what Harry said, about V-Voldemort? God, I got to stop hesitating when I say his name," Hermione said, shuddering slightly, Kim nodded, "well, that was only the half of it."
"What else is there?" Kim asked,
"When V-Voldemort attacked him, he transferred some of his immense power to Harry, making Harry one of the most powerful wizards alive." Hermione said,
"So, Voldemort transferred some of his power to Harry, and it was added to what Harry already had." Kim said, Hermione nodded, her eyes showing sadness,
"What's the matter?" Kim asked,
"It's because of that, that Harry is the only one that can kill him," Hermione said, her voice shaking with sadness, "a prophecy was foretold before Harry's birth, only they can face off against, and kill the other, if one of them is to live a normal life."
"So, Harry can't settle down, until Voldemort is eliminated." Kim said,
"And vice-versa." Hermione added, wiping her tears from her eyes, it was at that time, something on the monitor caught Kim's eye,
"Woah, what's this," Kim said, reading quickly, "stolen parts for plasma cannons, looks like Drakken's handiwork."
"And several potion ingredients were stolen from Diagon Alley this evening, Monkshood, Eel eyes, Powdered Root of Asphodel, Wormwood," Hermione said, then, her face fell, "oh no." she leaned over and hit a red button on the console, making a klaxon-like alarm sound throughout the facility.
"Okay, you called us all up here, what's the big?" Ron said, looking first, from his girlfriend, to Hermione,
"I'm not the one that hit the alarm. Hermione did." Kim said,
"Why?" Harry asked,
"Look at the monitor, and ask that question again, Harry." Hermione said, pointing a shaking finger to the monitor, which was displaying the stolen potion ingredients,
"Oh my God." Harry said, beckoning Ron to look at it,
"When did this happen?" the red-haired wizard asked Hermione,
"Only a few minutes ago, it was reported to the Magical Law Enforcement Squad just now." Hermione said,
"Bloody hell, this is big." Ron said, shaking his head,
"You want to talk to us, please, what's so special about Eel eyes, or Wormwood?" Spider-Man asked, looking at the monitor, and finding nothing out of the ordinary,
"Those are potion ingredients, Peter," Harry said, "if they were to be mixed together, at the right amounts, they'd make a very powerful, and highly illegal potion in my world, The Draught of Living Death."
"What is that?" Ron asked,
"It's a sleeping potion, Mr. Stoppable, one so powerful, it'll put a person into an irreversible sleep, no matter how strong they are, or even if they have powers of any kind, it'll even work on you, Superman." Hermione said, looking up at The Man of Steel,
"Oh, great, just what I didn't need to hear." Spidey said,
"And you think Voldemort might've taken them?" Superman asked,
"No," Harry said, "it's too trivial for just him, I'll bet he sent one of his Death Eaters to do it."
"Okay, we've just entered the freak zone." Kim said, looking at Harry,
"The Death Eaters are what You-Know-Who's followers call themselves." Ron said,
"Who's You-Know-Who?" Kim asked,
"Voldemort," Harry said, "again, I'm one of a selected few that say his name without fear, Ron still won't say his name."
"And I noticed that Hermione stutters when she says it." Kim said,
"I've been trying to break her of that." Harry snickered, smiling over at his wife, who returned the smile,
"What else, I know you didn't call us up here for just this, lady." Wolverine said, stretching slightly,
"Someone raided the Middleton Space Center this evening as well, they stole several parts for a plasma cannon, one that my father told me was to be used to get core samples for the unmanned Jupiter mission next month." Kim explained,
"That's got Drakken's fingerprints all over it." Ron said,
"If not Drakken, then Shego, that fits her M.O." Kim said, smacking her fist into her open left hand,
"Well, we got work to do." Superman said,
"What next?" Spidey asked,
"Kim, you and Ron go to the space center, see if you can find out anything from your father about the theft, Harry, I want you, Hermione, and Spider-Man to go to Diagon Alley, and check out the thefts there." Superman said,
"On it." Kim said,
"One little drawback, Clark," Harry said, "Peter is a muggle, and Diagon Alley has muggle-proof charms all over it."
"That's why you're going with him," Superman said, "they only work if there is no wizard, or witch with them."
"All right, I'll bite, let's go." Spidey said, pulling his mask over his face, and getting out of pajamas, to reveal his costume,
"Grab onto my robe, Peter, and stay with us, you can get lost in Diagon Alley easy." Harry said, smiling, the three were gone with two loud CRACKS,
"Mary Jane, I want you, and Wade to stay here, and monitor the two groups, if there's any trouble, raise the alarm, and send out the remaining members to the trouble spot." Superman said,
"What about the rest of you?" Mary Jane asked,
"Batman and I are going to check the last known whereabouts of the Legion of Doom's headquarters." Superman said,
"And that is where?" Wade asked,
"The Everglades." Batman said,
"Gator country, glad it's you, not me." Kim said, remembering her last encounter with an alligator, which had resulted in a ruined, brand-new pair of capri pants, as well as a few cuts on her legs from the saw grass in the area,
"We'll stay in contact, the rest of you, don't go anywhere until you're called." Superman said,
"Stay behind and wait, while the shrimp, his wife, and the human spider get the interesting job." Wolverine said, crossing his arms across his chest,
"You heard Harry, Logan," Ron said, "Diagon Alley is pretty much restricted, no muggles allowed without a magical escort."
"What about you, you're a wizard, you can get us in." Cyclops said,
"I could, but we'd all be in trouble with Superman for disobeying a direct order." Ron said,
"And besides, you could run the risk of running into Harry, or worse, one of Voldemort's Death Eaters." Professor Xavier's voice rang from the shadows,
"Didn't see ya over there, Chuck." Wolverine said,
"I'm afraid that Mr. Weasley is right, going to Diagon Alley would earn all of you the Wrath of Superman, and that's something I don't want." Professor X said,
"Yeah, but come on, Chuck, do you think that shrimp Harry, and his wife can handle some thirty odd people at once?" Wolverine said, his claws unsheathing with a loud skint,
"As a matter of fact, I do think he can handle thirty plus people at once, he's done so before, am I right Mr. Weasley?" Professor X asked, looking at Ron,
"Huh? Oh, yeah, Harry's handled loads of people at once before." Ron said, nodding his head,
"You sure you ain't got him under mind control, Chuck?" Wolverine asked,
"I'm positive, Logan," Professor X said, "as powerful as I am, I can't control the mind of a wizard."
"Why?" Ron asked,
"Because, there's too much magical interference, I need a clean lock on the person's mind to control him." Professor X explained,
"That explains everything." Wade said, turning to face the group at large, he had taken a seat in front of the monitors, and Mary Jane was occupying the seat to his right,
"I'm not staying here, and waiting." Wolverine said, but he was immediately greeted with a long wooden stick in his face,
"Stand down, Logan," Ron said, his wand inches from Wolverine's face, "I'm not going to let you jeopardize the lives of my friends."
"What are you gonna do, bub, tickle me?" Wolverine asked, unsheathing his claws again, but before he could use them Ron had struck,
"Petrificus Totalus!" he shouted, Wolverine's arms and legs snapped together, and he hit the floor with a loud thud, stiff as a board, and unable to move,
"What did you hit him with?" Mary Jane asked, turning around in her chair,
"A Full Body Bind, he's unable to move anything, the only thing he can do, is breathe, and he'll be that way until I administer the countercurse." Ron said,
"What does it do?" Cyclops asked, looking at the still form of his fellow X-Man,
"You become stiff as a board, and paralyzed, until the counter is applied, then, you regain use of your body." Ron explained,
"Almost like being shackled." Wade said,
"Except this is farmore effective." Ron said.
A/N: That ends Chapter 6, I thought I would have Ron hit Wolverine with The Full Body Bind, give him a taste of magic at it's best, I was originally going to have Ron use a Stunning Spell on him, but I thought that using The Full Body Bind would be more comical, Wolverine, unable to move, kinda reminds you of whenever Wolverine gets around Magneto, Chapter 7 coming up next, Harry, Hermione and Spidey run into a sticky situation in Diagon Alley, and Kim and Ron get trapped at Middleton Space Center, but you'll never guess by whom.