Lois Lane barely had a chance to catch her breath before returning to the land of the living before Chloe threw her directly into a battery of tests. She barely caught her breath and now she was playing a lab rat.

"Chloe, is this really necessary?" Lois asked, she felt like she was waiting for the dentist and with some of that equipment that Chloe was pointing at her, she wouldn't be surprised.

"It's very necessary," Chloe said, looking at her older cousin with a stern glare in her eyes. "You're soaked to the brim in temporal energy, I'm not going to take any chances that you could sneeze wrong and cause a time rift."

"Oh come on, what are the chances…"

"Just sit perfectly still for about five seconds and don't say anything," Chloe said as she performed the scan. "Now, was that really too much to ask?"

"You're killing me, Chloe, you really are," Lois grumbled and Chloe gave her a bright smile. Lois shook her head, exasperated and sighing.

"No, Lois, I'm really not it's just…..I don't even know how long it's been from your POV, but it's been hundreds of years from mine, you disappeared….."

"Well lots of insane shit happened, which is suddenly becoming more clear…..yeah now," Lois said. "You know, I thought that there was something completely strange regarding Smallville, but I never imagined it was the….wearing your underwear on the wrong side of your pants kind of strange. Has that really become fashionable in the time that I was gone?"

"For about twenty years, yes, but not for much longer than that," Chloe said without missing a beat and Lois didn't really know if her cousin was being facetious or not.

"O-kay whatever….are we done yet?" Lois asked, crossing her arms.

"Now, Lois, if you behave yourself….hard as that is for you, you'll get a lollypop," Chloe said and Lois looked at her, corking her eyebrow.

"Condescending much, Chloe?"

Lois and Chloe remained silent with each other and Lois crossed her arms over her chest, blowing a lock of her hair out of her face.

"Well you're good to go…..most of the temporal energy has washed off of you," Chloe told her.

"Well that's good, I hate to get that crap on my clothes," Lois said and the doors slid open. She wondered who had interrupted this tender, tender moment.

Lois opened her mouth for a moment, her shocking violet eyes meeting the green eyes of this man….the only man that she had seen around as people flittered in and out. She almost thought that men had grown extinct, because they were rather scarce around these parts. There were mostly females around this base at any rate.

"Hello," he said with a smile. "You must be Lois."

"Yes, last time I checked," Lois said, managing to not make an idiot out of herself. It was a miracle that she patted herself on the back for. She had been a person who stuck her foot in her mouth way too many times in the past. "And you are….."

"Harry Potter."

Lois once again blinked, shaking her head. "Pleased to meet you…..sorry if I'm not in a better mood, my cousin seems intent to give me a deep scrubbing."

"Well, it's just to make sure that you're okay."

Lois waved her hand dismissfully. "Yeah, yeah, I know."

"She did look for you for months and months, you were a difficult person to track down," Harry said and Lois eyeballed him. "I'd ask you what it was like but….."

"No, it's fine, kind of like watching a movie on super-fast forward, over and over again, gives me a headache to really think about it," Lois said, there was only a few flickers of memories. She brushed her hair out of her face.

"Okay, well I'm sure that you'll be back on your feet and raising hell in no time," Harry said to her and Lois smiled.

"Chloe told you all about me, didn't she?" Lois asked him and Harry smiled back at her.

"Well, we're pretty much guilty as charged, but yes," Harry agreed and he made his leave. Stopping at the door, he turned. "Let me know if she causes any trouble."

It was hard to tell which one he was talking to and neither could ask for clarification. Harry was out of the doorway, pretty much as quickly as he appeared before either them could ask.

"So, is the Legion just all females and one male, or something?" Lois asked and Chloe smiled.

"It's….kind of complicated," Chloe said and Lois raised her eyebrow. "Actually it's very simple."

"Well if it's very simple, then you can tell me, Chloe."

"Let's continue your tests," Chloe told her without missing a beat and Lois was pretty sure that she had been just given the brush off treatment.

Lois relaxed once again, she patiently waited until Chloe was done for her. She saw Tess hovering around as well. That was an awkward moment of tension between the two of them but then again, there always seemed to be tension between Lois and Tess.

Go figure.

Harry had not forgotten about finding the Amazons, but it was unfortunately something that had taken a backseat to other projects and problems. Now that they had had some downtime, he, Kara, and Diana were sitting around with each other.

"The Amazons fractured at least once over the years," Diana commented, remembering the stories. "A group of them moved to Egypt. Where they went from there…..I don't know. There have been rumors that they have been beyond some man killings but nothing that we could confirmed."

"And that knowledge is about eight hundred or so years old."

"That as well," Diana confirmed to him, putting her hand underneath the edge of her chin and sighing. She knew that Harry could potentially be the key but it wasn't completely as easy of him touching the Amazons. At least that's what she was going to assume now. It never was that easy.

"Someone had to end up with the dolls," Kara said, leaning back. "Someone who would get great enjoyment out of them."

Diana's nose scrunched up at the implications of someone having great enjoyment out of dealing with her sisters. Harry placed his hand over her shoulders in a reassuring manner and she relaxed. It was always relaxing when he did this.

"Well, a lot can happen in eight hundred years, and they could be scattered in different directions, hell they could be in storage somewhere, just waiting to be found," Diana suggested, her mind running a million miles of a minute at all of the different theories that she had.

They were trying to find out what little they knew about the dolls but it seemed like that they kept going around in circles, without any place to go.

"You know, it would help a little bit if we found Circe," Harry said and Diana looked at him.

"Not sure you'd want her kind of help," Diana suggested, she had gone around with Circe a few times throughout her life and she didn't really want to recall these battles.

"Well, I don't think that we would want that kind of help but what else are we going to do?" Harry asked Diana.

"She would know how to track them…..where they went…..but the problem is finding her, and I don't suppose that the gods and the goddesses would know," Kara said and Diana decided to remind them of something.

"Ever since they abdicated from the island, I don't think that they'll be of much help, providing they have not further ascended where the affairs of mortals are even less than them," Diana said, pinching the bridge of her nose.

"I find it hard to believe that Zeus's soccer Mom skirt chasing days are over," Kara said and there was a moment where Diana cracked a smile but sighed. Humor was really the best medicine, the only thing that caused her from further spiraling into some kind of hopeless descent, and all of that. Well that and Harry's extremely firm and reassuring grip.

"There might be further clues on the island," Harry suggested and Diana half raised one of those eyebrows.

"Are you sure you want to even step one foot on that island, after last time?" Diana asked and Harry smiled. "It wasn't that friendly to you."

"I know it isn't," Harry replied, mulling it over in his mind and he came to one conclusion. They had to retrace their steps from the beginning of the road, and from there, they would be able to figure this out.

"It's changed," Diana said, when she was last lifted from the island, she was in a state of slumber. Harry kept his arm wrapped around her waist and edged her forward towards the island.

There were still a few subtle hints of the beauty of the island. It was considered paradise and rightfully so. The glowing trees, the lush beaches, the fresh air, and the sun beating down on them. It was just a perfect day, every day. A place where you wanted to move in and go to vacation.

Harry looked on the island, the leaves rustled around them. Kara, Karen, Imra, Tinya, and Zatanna followed them onto the island.

"Last time we were here….."

"No need to remind us what happened," Kara jumped in and the blonde shook her head in exasperation. "I don't know why ancient runes hate Harry and wish to murder him every time he shows up."

"It's a gift I have," Harry said, moving onto the island. The truth was, not much had changed since he was here when he retrieved Diana sometime back. There was the same sense of restlessness, the same sense of sentience.

Harry moved onto the royal palace, and Diana looked at it. The woman resolved to main strong but this was a place of many happy memories. The combat arena that was to the west also was another source of many memories.

Memories that were gone thanks to spiteful actions. Diana tried to stand up, tried to give herself strength, but it was not easy. In fact it was difficult and she hated the fact that paradise had been corrupted to this extent. It was one of the most offensive things that she ever experienced.

"Just take your time, we've got a while," Karen told her and Diana smiled, her jaw set. There were two words that escaped her mouth.

"I know."

Diana refused to be one who would give into weakness. Karen stood next to her, guiding Diana forward into the arena.

The statues next to them rumbled to life. Kara and Karen both looked at Harry at the same time.

"Don't look at me," Harry said and Zatanna just couldn't resist chiming in.

"I don't know why magic keeps trying to kill you."

"It's a gift," Harry said, as they rattled to life and he moved into the attack, with an intense blast, causing the statue to crumble to dust.

The choking clouds made it really hard to move to the distance and Kara walloped one of the statues, taking it over.

The others clattered to the ground in a feverish frenzy and the group stood there, wondering what else would break.

Silence filled the air, the type of dead silence that no one really liked. It put them all on edge.

Diana looked up the stairs. That was once where her room was and her sister's room was across the way. Taking a leap of faith, she made her way up the stairs.

Harry and Kara were right behind her. She opened her door and her room was left as it was hundreds of years ago. She took a step forward and could see the view. Only the view was not beautiful this time, it was eerie and dead and quite foreboding and by quite foreboding they meant very foreboding.

"Great Hera, why did you forsake us?" Diana asked calmly and she had moved on. She doubted very much that this question would be answered any time soon. Hera had long since took her eyes off of the island and was not answering any pleas.

Harry hoped to find something on the island but they were chasing ghosts, plain and simple. There was really nothing else to say about that, as much as he loathed to admit it.

"We better leave, there's nothing else here to find," Kara said as Karen turned up.

"We better leave before some kind of ancient magical rune decides to off Harry."

"It doesn't really happen that often," Harry said but he thought that some of the girls had a point. Magic seemed to like to kill him far more often than they would have liked.

"So, anything?" Chloe asked the moment that they reached their way back to the ship.

"No, nothing," Harry said and Chloe sighed.

"Figured as much," Chloe said, as they were back on the ship and back on their way back to base. "Lois is up and about….all of the tests passed…Tess and I are filling her in on what she needs to know."

"Have fun," Harry said and he could sense Chloe smiling at that thought. It was going to be some uncomfortable explaining that needed to be done but it needed to be done.

"Well, you sure in fact….have some interesting adventures," Lois said and there was a lot of laughter at that statement.

"Putting things mildly, but yes, we do," Imra agreed and some of the more absurd ones came to mind easily. The Legion had some weird moments in their time.

"We should put all of our adventures in a book….well Harry more so," Tinya replied and the other females in the Legion nodded.

"But it's not like we don't have some excitement around here," Salu added and Lournu, Nuru, and Ayla all nodded eagerly in agreement.

"Yes…..and…" Lois said and she turn Cir-El show up. That's where the situation took a turn for the completely awkward.

Cir-El stared at Lois, Lois stared at Cir-El. Both stared at each other. Things got awkward. Chloe had to clear her throat to make things be less awkward.

"Lois, this is Cir-El, Cir-El this is Lois," Chloe said to both of the girls and the girls smiled.

"Smallville spawned…..help us all, hope you don't have too many angst issues kid, trust me, no one needs to deal with that shit," Lois told her and Cir-El shook her head. "Who is the unlucky mother?"

Tess could not help but field this one, mostly because she knew it would wind up Lois a great deal. "Well I'm sure you could find her if you look long and hard in the mirror."

Lois's mouth hung completely open, and she resembled someone who was catching flies. Kara giggled at her side which caused Lois to turn around, giving the blonde the evil eye. "What are you laughing at, Mini-Me?"

Kara was looking at her and Karen was amused. "I did warn you that Lois had a sharper tongue, didn't I?"

"Reminded all anew, thanks," Kara said with a grin, as she picked up a cup of coffee and had a sip.

"So…..I heard rumors about Amazons existing but…..you didn't come around until after I vanished, or something," Lois said.

"We didn't become public until sometime after 2010 although there were rumors about us before then," Diana confirmed. "We did visit Man's World several times over the centuries. I was the first person to become an ambassador, if that's what you were wondering."

Lois responded with a swift nod. "So….your sisters….they disappeared….sorry about that. I mean, I wanted my sister to disappear a few times, but I'd never go through with it and I can only imagine what you're feeling and…"

"Being entombed in a statue for almost eight hundred years and being somewhat aware of it," Chloe reminded Lois, before she stuck her foot in her mouth, something that she was very fond of doing.

"There's nothing on the island," Imra said and the girls shook their heads. "What about any of the other rumored establishments where the Amazons who have fractured have rumored to be?"

"Is it possible that those Amazons are still alive?" Zatanna asked and Diana blinked, she didn't think about that.

"Maybe," she admitted but if she knew Circe and she unfortunately did, that woman would have made sure that all of the Amazons would have been swept under, full stop.

"It's a start though," Imra said and Diana nodded, it was a start for sure.

"Well….Egypt….there are all kinds of places that they could be, and there are rumors of all sorts of weird magical and mystical disturbances in the air….and maybe aliens as well," Lois told them, she had looked into a lot of this stuff. "I know, tabloid stuff but….."

"You never know," Harry said, sometimes the outlandish and the insane seemed to be among the most plausible, at least that's what he thought.

"That might account for any Amazons in the area," Diana commented grudgingly. "Or something else."

"And there have been rumors of other alien artifacts in the area," Karen said and she sighed. "Kryptonians have visited Egypt at least once but don't know if they left anything behind of tangible value."

"We're just going to have to take down that splinter group," Chloe said, confirming what all of them thought.

If any of the members of the splinter group were still alive, then they might have information about their fallen distant sisters. In fact, one could argue that they might have acquired the dolls that their sisters had been made into.

Was it a long shot? One would have to agree it was.

"I'll see if I can do any more digging," Tess said, and the twins eagerly helped her do so.

Lois smiled, she thought that she would not fit in here at all. Perhaps she was mistaken after all because with this insanity, she thought that she might just fit in just fine.

Several candles were lit in a circle in an imperial temple that was outfitted with some of the greatest technology that money had to buy. Even if there was no money used, for it was pilfered.

At the edge of the hallway sat a large mirror of Greek design. It flowed with a mystical energy but the shadowed figure in the mirror was barely visible.

Several shelves contained dolls of women dressed in warrior garb. The most interesting part about these dolls were that they were all once female and they could be again with the proper ritual. It was only a matter of reversing the curse.

The two dolls on the edge held a place of honor. It was the queen of the race of proud warrior women, along with one of her daughters. The second daughter was unfortunately missing, which was a shame, because he had plans for her, big plans as well.

The swooping figure made his way forward out of the shadows. He was dressed in ceremonial robes that were of the highest material. Despite his regal threads, one could not forget his origin as a rough and brutal caveman. His hair was slicked back, normally it was a bit more wild. But for this time, it was nice and slicked back. His goatee was trimmed nicely.

He had many names, many aliases throughout the centuries that he had been alive. His latest alias was Vandal Savage and he swept his gaze over the Amazons. Then slowly, he turned to address the mirror.

"Speak to me,' Savage told the mirror.

"What do you want?" a bored and icy voice asked from the mirror.

"You could do for a little bit more respect, given that I'm the only one that you can help you get out from that mirror where you trapped yourself," Savage said and there was a set of accusing eyes looking at him.

"Yes, your majesty, what is it you request?" the figure from the other side of the mirror said. Condescending words dripped from her voice and this did not go unnoticed by Savage, although he kept his tongue in check.

"I want the location of the final doll…"

"You want a lot of things, but I'm not sure you understand what you're getting yourself into," the woman commented. "This type of magic…..well I would say ask Hercules what happens when you meddle in it, but it's not like he's fit to speak these days."

"I don't need to ask Hercules, when you have managed to wonderfully work yourself into a corner yourself," he replied bitingly and the woman's glare lasted for a short time before she dropped her shoulders.

"Very clever, if you were a bit cleverer, you wouldn't need my help," the woman replied.

"Circe, I might be long lived but my patience is not infinite, tell me where Wonder Woman is!" Savage demanded.

"Always the caveman, wishing to drag your latest conquest off to his cave by her hair," Circe replied in a drab voice and Savage stepped towards her. She commented in an even more condescending voice than the one she used before. "Did you try Themiscryria?"

She hoped that he would try the island, because the magic around the area of the island was dangerous and quite wild.

"I know that she isn't there….."

"Well she should be," Circe answered, clucking her tongue in her mouth. "But…..don't take my word for it…..I'm just the messenger…."

Savage's scowl was completely ugly.

"Unless someone took her, beat you to the punch, sorry if that was the case, and they're likely to come after the other Amazons if they found her….because you've got to catch them all," Circe said in an overly dramatic voice and she laughed.

Savage's vein slowly began to bulge in the top of his head but he sighed long and hard and turned away from her.

"Was it something that I said?" she asked, half mockingly.

The truth was that she had nothing better to do after being submerged into this mirror. She had to work with Savage and the only collateral that she had was the Amazons. And she knew someone like him wasn't going to honor the deal if he had no other need for him.

She was curious to who found Princess Diana. There were a couple of theories but surely not…..but it would explain a lot of things. And might complicate matters but it could help matters as well.

Circe was just going to have to wait and see what was going to happen next. Eagerness filled her being.

This would be interesting.

"I think we hit the jackpot," Tess informed Harry and Harry raised his eyebrow. "Actually I'm not sure, but it's kind of possible."

"It is leading to Egypt, isn't it?" Chloe asked and Tess nodded in agreement.

"There is a temple that is in the middle of Egypt….it's very Greek in origins but at the same time, it's been punched up with some other things," Tess replied and Harry paused before he asked a question that he knew he could regret. But he had to know.

"What sort of other things?"

Seeing was believing and Karen whistled as she saw the images go on the screen. "Well….that's most certainly punching things up."

"And that does explain why there were Kryptonian artifacts here," Kara said and Cir-El nodded.

"Along with a few other nasty surprises," Cir-El said.

Diana remained silent for a second more before she offered her determined declaration. "My sisters….they could be in there. Or someone who knows where they are in there. Therefore, we are going in there."

Diana said this with such determination that would have to be extremely foolish or extremely brave in order to argue with her now. No one was fool-hardy enough to try.

"Well said," Chloe said, nodding. She knew where Diana was coming from and would want to help her in any way whatsoever.

"So, it's settled, isn't it?" Harry asked and all of them nodded.

There were three potential paths that this one could go and Harry mulled over each and every path in his mind.

The first one was that one of the splinter faction Amazons was there. And hopefully they would be willing to point them in the right direction. If they weren't hostile and if they were, well they'll deal with that in due time.

The second potential idea was that the dolls were there, at least some of them. Hopefully stored there by a friendly party, but Harry wasn't going to his breath on that one. As it was, they were putting out a team.

The third potential path was that this was going to be a trap.

"So, Diana, you're with me, with Karen, Kara….Imra, Tinya, Cir-El," Harry said and he looked around and saw Zatanna there. "Zatanna, would you like to come as well?"

"Well, if there are any magical enchantments around the temple, you're going to need some help, won't you?" Zatanna asked him.

"Yes, yes, I will," Harry said, he could really not shake this uneasy feeling that he was having.

"You now it is a trap, don't you?" Kara asked and Karen turned towards her younger counterpart, releasing her breath out in a long sigh.

"Of course he does," Karen replied to them with a second sigh.

"Well better the trap that we can bait, then the one we don't see coming," Diana said, answering for Harry. That was something that she learned in the Justice League.

You couldn't really be gunshy about walking into a trap all of the time, because you wouldn't be able to accomplish anything.

It was time for them to go, the team boarded the ship, ready to go. It was time to track down the Amazons and rescue them.

To Be Continued on August 4th 2014.