A group of fine Legion females descended, nervously moving around. Imra lead the charge, with Tinya, Ayla, Lournu, Nuru, and Salu. It was a full team for sure.

'Okay the sound of the distress signal is close by,' Imra thought, her nerves pretty much on a hair trigger but Tinya looked around.

'There's the ship, it's downed,' Tinya thought, taking half of a step forward. It was obvious that whatever they tried to do, that ship was brought down and hard. The group of Legion females took their steps forward, waiting to see what they were precisely going to deal with.

They came across their enemies, and they did not look too friendly. While it was a good idea not to judge a book by its cover, these things looked not to be the welcome wagon that they were expecting.

Said aliens fired on them, showing that looks could in fact everything.

"This isn't the reception we wanted," Salu said, going to microscopic size, and then going underneath the enemies. They continued to fire on them, but the woman dodged and weaved her way underneath the attacks, trying to confuse them.

BOOM!

A rocket buster of a punch nailed her adversary, doubling him over in pain, and Imra tried to lock onto their minds. It was a hard thing to do, because of the angry buzzing. It was like a hoard of stirred up hornets that continued to swim their way through their heads.

"Take cover!" she shouted, and sure enough, they didn't need to be told twice. The laser fire collided with the side of a platform.

"Oh, this is great, they want to kill us," Tinya said with a strained gaze forward. "That treasure must be something if they want to kill us for it."

"Well, it's like Harry said, there's something of that ship of value, even without the Starfire elements," Ayla said, bringing them back to the original purpose of this mission.

They looked like your standard group of alien slavers, so being a group of young girls, it was a rather dangerous mission for them to go on. Yet, they were far different in the sense that they were firing on them.

The ship that they used looked like a slave ship but….

Perhaps it was stolen as well, actually that could be the case. Including the wardrobe, in fact, the wardrobe and ship would lure people who have valuable cargo into a false sense of security, that they were alien slave traders. Then, wham, they would get struck.

"They must not get to the cargo, she's too valuable."

"I think we got that," Luornu muttered underneath her breath, as she split into three, trying to create a diversion.

One of her duplicates dodged the laser blasts and she did a cartwheel, the breath nearly knocked out of her as she came close to being taken out.

That was a close one, in one of those "almost lose your life" type of ways. Never the less, she refused to give up, and she locked eyes with Imra.

It was time to try something new. Tinya was lifted into the air by Lu, Or, and Nu, and tossed up like a cheerleader.

She slipped through the ground, becoming intangible. The aliens were caught off guard and that allowed the other members of the Legion to go in with an attack.

The dark haired woman rushed forward, and she smiled as Imra managed to get close enough to them to rewire their minds.

"I'm in!"

Nuru rushed through, dodging the blasts from the men as they went forward. Tinya grabbed her around the waist and the aliens shot each other, bringing them down.

"Okay, that was nice for nearly killing ourselves," Tinya said, driven completely breathless as they made their way to the ship. "So Indy….."

"Give me a minute," Chloe chimed in, trying to hack through the lock of the ship. The blonde was at work. The technology was tricky to find a way around but did she ever enjoy a challenge? She would get it, she knew that it would.

BOOM!

"That's not exactly the stealthy get inside thing that we wanted," Luornu said, as her duplicates became one. They managed to block the aliens but there could be some more trouble on the ship.

Chloe answered fairly defensively. "Hey, it did the job, didn't it?"

There could not be no arguments about that one, as they were inside.

"Wow, look at that power source," Tinya said, her eyes wide as saucers, looking around carefully. "So….where do you think Starfire is?"

Chloe passed the baton off to Harry, who gave the girls his conclusion. "Actually, I think that Starfire is the power source."

That got an amusing reaction but before they could further get this theory out there, there was an indication that their temporary defenses faltered outside.

It was back to the statues, before Harry could hear from the girls. The weirdness of this distress signal caused him to draw some interesting conclusions.

He could hear steps from behind him.

"Oh, hey, Lois," Harry said and she paused for a second.

"I guess you heard me coming," Lois said and she shrugged, making her way forward. She could see Harry was busy at work at something but she figured she could use a wall to bounce her words off of if nothing else. "I couldn't sleep, so I guess that I should just fix myself a cup of coffee."

"You know, if you can't sleep, having a cup of coffee won't help you," Harry said and Lois sighed, crossing her arms and peering back at him. "So how are you settling in here?"

"Well it's weird, but not as weird for me as you would think," Lois commented, deciding to take the seat that Harry offered to her. "I mean, I spent a lot of time in Smallville. If that isn't the nexus of the weird, I don't know what is…..but then again, being trapped in a time travel loop that was never ending…..don't quite remember what broke that one to be honest with you."

"Well that's simple, it was me dying."

Lois was taken aback with how nonchalant he was when he said that. Her eyes focused on him and mouth hung up. "Seriously?"

"Yes, seriously," Harry agreed, not even letting his smile leave. "But, we found you and we're dealing with a couple more problems."

"Wayward females always find a way to you," Lois commented, not that was an accusatory thing, mind you, she was in fact smiling. And stating a fact, she was most certainly stating a fact. "But…..I guess…"

"It's something that has been true for many years," Kara said, parking herself down next to Lois and swiping a cup of coffee herself. "Any progress?"

"No on the ship and no on the Amazons, but the team is getting in position and as for the Amazons…..well I'm sure that we can bring them out of their state of slumber," Harry said.

"Providing Circe cooperates," Lois said. If Circe was anything like mythology, they were going to have to tread lightly with her.

"Oh she will, if she knows what's good for her," Diana said. She didn't often get vindictive but when she did, you better watch out. It amused Kara and Harry to see how vindictive that she got and they both smiled knowingly.

"That's a fact, isn't it?" Lois asked in amusement and she had familiarized herself with the archives, so she pretty much got herself caught up on many years of history. Of course, there were some elements of it that was kind of patchy. Then there was all of those crisis events that caused everything to get stirred up beyond all recognition.

"You better believe it," Diana said and Rachel waited silently.

"So, do you think that your team will be able to find her?" Rachel asked and Harry turned to her. "I'm not even sure if…..well it's just going off of a hunch."

"Sometimes a hunch is right, you'd be surprised," Kara said and there was a cracking sound. It was the signal that indicated that they were in.

"Okay, just hang tight, I'll get you inside, I just have to hack the lock. Give me a minute."

Harry smiled as Chloe worked her magic and Lois showed a strong amount of pride at what her cousin was doing.

"Okay, I've got the lock."

There was a loud boom and Lois put her hand over her mouth, stifling her laughter.

"So, looking at this, the ritual is starting," Harry informed Zatanna and Karen, who showed up next. Diana looked at Harry, raising her eyebrow.

"How long?"

Harry decided to give a rough estimate, but he could be off the mark by a whole lot. "I'd say somewhere between about twenty four to forty eight hours give or take."

"Well, I waited this long, I don't think that it would hurt me to wait a little longer," Diana said, she looked forward to the reunion.

"Well would you look at this power source, I wonder where Tinya is?"

"Actually, Chloe, I think that I've figured it out," Harry said and Rachel opened her mouth. She thought that they pretty much came to the same conclusion but now it was time to spell it out. "Would you like me to the honors?"

"Be my guest," Chloe said, passing the baton off to Harry.

"Actually, I think that Starfire is the power source," Harry said, and he paused, allowing that reaction to hit a fever pitch. He performed a test comparing the energy given off by the ship and Starfire's biology. "Actually…..there's no thinking about it, I know."

Lois had her mouth open. "So you found another one put in stasis….."

"Wayward women have a way of finding their way into my lap," Harry said, which caused Kara some amusement.

"I want to go with this one personally," Rachel said, holding her hand out and Harry took it, without any words.

"Let me know if there are any complications with the Amazons."

"I will," Karen agreed, and Harry and Rachel disappeared off into the distance.

"How do they get from there to there….that must be halfway across the galaxy?" Lois asked and Chloe opened her mouth but she slowly turned to the blonde to give her the evil eye. "And I swear, if you say that it's magic, I'll hit you."

Harry and Rachel arrived and sure enough, they were in the middle of a war zone. Rachel nearly forgotten how hostile certain groups of aliens could get.

"I'll take them, you take the ship," Rachel said, levitating a set of rocks into the air, and forming a shield.

Harry left Rachel to her own defenses, knowing that she could handle herself. Tinya, Luornu, and Ayla waited for him in the ship.

"There she is….are you sure it's a she?" Ayla asked and then she slapped herself on the top of the head in sudden realization. "Of course it's a she, because they've referred to her as one….naturally."

"Yes, naturally," Harry replied with a smile, and he looked at the energy source. The problem was trying to move this around would be…well it could be problematic.

He heard there were some signs of life inside. He raised his finger and gently tapped on it.

Yeah there was something certainly alive inside there. He could hear the sounds of combat going on around them.

"How's it going out there, Chloe?" Harry asked.

"Well, actually our side is winning so there's really no need for you to get involved, unless you don't have to…..Raven really evened the odds, come to think about it," Chloe commented, as she bubbled with excitement. "So….."

"That's good, she should hopefully keep them off my back at least long enough to remove this thing," Harry answered, trying to remove the object from where it was but unfortunately, it was stuck. That wasn't really an idea situation. "I don't want to damage it."

'We're getting them close to the ship,' Imra thought and suddenly Harry had an idea.

Carefully, he removed the power cell from the ship, trying not to drop it or jar it in anyway. There were two reasons why he didn't want to cause something to happen.

The first and most obvious reason was that there was a living breathing female inside there. He could sense her signs of life and the fact that she was somewhat aware of what happened in there. That was something that would make anyone with any semblance of sanity scream their heads off.

The other problem was that there was a lot of juice in that power cell so if he dropped it, it would be a really big boom.

"Do you got it?"

"Yes, barely, but I got it," Harry grunted, trying to pull the power cell out of the wall. His hands shook as he was careful not to drop it.

'Okay, Imra, work your magic, get them onto the ship,' Harry thought, his mouth closed shut as they tried to herd the aliens onto the ship.

Tinya saw the ship's warp drive and she knew what Harry was going to do.

'Rachel, portal, please,' Harry said, hoping to get this cell through the portal along with the rest of the team without damaging anything else.

'It'll be a pleasure,' Rachel replied with a half smile, she could tell that they would have needed to move quickly and would only be happy to accommodate them.

More bombs started to drop and Rachel got the portal open. The power cell was close to being delivered the Legion headquarters.

"Okay….did you steal some girls from these guys, because they look like they're about to rip you apart?" Chloe asked.

"It's very likely," Harry replied to her without really missing much of a beat. The fact of the matter was that it was not only possible but it was highly probable.

Never the less, Harry reconfigured the warp drive of the ship. It already rumbled to life and all Harry had to do was wait for that moment.

"Okay, we've got to leave now."

There was no question about it, he didn't really need to mince words. They knew.

The ship was reconfigured and sent off. The backlash caused the already abandoned planet to be scorched. Thus proving why it was not a good idea for them to stand around.

Not that it mattered because Harry Potter and the Legion of Super Heroes, along with Raven, were home free and escaped intact.

The power cell now rested on the table in front of them and Harry smiled as he looked at it. Imra "heard" the same thing that Harry heard, which made it fairly interesting all things considered.

"She's alive in there, as we figured," Harry said and the assembled group of heroes looked around, to say this was a fate they would not even wish on their worst enemies would be putting it very mildly.

"She…she can find a way out of there, can't she?" Luornu asked and there was silence as no one seemed to feel comfortable enough with asking her question.

"We'll see, let's see if we can reach out and touch her first," Imra said, as she tried to locate different psychic patterns there. Harry grabbed her hand, the act serving as a duel purpose of giving her strength and additional focus.

She hoped that she would find a way to crack through the edge of the power cell.

"Hello?" Imra asked and suddenly, Kory's voice popped through her mind.

'Yes, um, hello,' she thought, she was reluctant to speak up and Harry could figure out why this was.

'Don't worry, you're among friends now,' Harry replied to her. 'You are Princess Koriand'r of Tamaran, aren't you?'

'Yes, I am,' she confirmed with a tentative tone to her voice and it was obvious to anyone who listened that she was kind of nervous. 'I'm….'

'Don't worry, we're here,' Rachel commented as she was brought onto the call.

'Rachel, is that you?' Kory asked.

'Yes, it's me,' Rachel replied with a smile. 'But a long time has passed….since the last time we talked….and it's been a very long time….how did you come to be in that state that you were in.'

Kory seemed to be remembering something and Harry suspected that it was somewhat painful and kind of traumatic as well.

'That's alright, take your time,' Harry encouraged her, he didn't want her to get too upset. That would be bad and they wouldn't solve anything.

'It was them….they were after….unique females I guess,' Kory said, if she had a physical head right now, she would be shaking it. 'And they managed to find my sister….but she cut a deal with them.'

'Oh of course,' Rachel thought, this wasn't the first time that Blackfire sold her sister into slavery to cover her own ass. 'She was the one who sold you to them…..'

'Yes, but she didn't realize that these people don't like paying money….so they decided to take her as well to avoid paying,' Kory said, and she was saddened. While her sister was wrong to sell her, what they did was wrong as well. Two wrongs didn't make a right, or however the human saying went.

'So, exactly how did you get in this mess?' Imra thought. 'Well other than the getting sold part, we know that….'

'You know what, I'm not sure….some of the alien slavers, they sold the unique females off to the most despicable races that you can think of,' Kory said and she had seen her fellow prisoners disappear time after time, the fear that she would be next coursing through her mind. 'But it never happened with me, and I found out why. They discovered that there was a more valuable way to deal with me.'

'That was the energy source that I found on the ship, that….'

'Yes, they stripped me of….they stripped me of my body,' Kory thought and Karen made a noise of anger.

Stripping someone of their body was something that was only reserved for the most hardened of fugitives, and not something like that.

'Calm down, you're becoming unstable,' Imra thought and this was what Harry kind of feared. Moving the power source form one location to the next might have caused some things to be unstable. 'Only when she has high spikes of emotions.'

It was almost like Imra managed to pluck Harry's concerns from his mind, likely because she had done so.

'Okay, I'm calm, sorry about that,' Kory said, her fierce warrior temper nearly caused an explosion. She could still feel pain long after her body was stripped from her and it would make her want to cry if she had the ability to form tears that was.

'But before the slavers could sell you, the pirates stole you, and decided to use your power source for their ship,' Harry thought.

'Essentially, there was likely a few hundred years in between that, but you got enough of the story…..'

'Harry,' Harry offered to her as he left that statement in the air. 'Harry Potter.'

Her power core back to glow once again at the sound of that name, and Kara smiled, it appeared that he had been an urban legend throughout the universe.

"Okay, that was an unexpected reaction," Tess said and Chloe could not help but cut in with a few words of her own.

"And by unexpected, you mean completely expected, right?"

"Yeah, I guess," Chloe said, blowing her hair from out from in front of her face with a long sigh.

"I believe we have a way to restore her," Alexis said and Alexandria nodded. "And by, we, I mean me….."

"But it could be dangerous…"

"Which makes it a challenge, wouldn't you say so?"

"Oh yes, I'd quite agree," Alexandria said and Harry raised his eyebrow, wondering what they were talking about.

Did he really want to know?

"So, since the Amazons are being freed, I put the two of you on that project, it might keep you out of trouble," Tess suggested and the twins looked on in mock outrage, the implication that they would be trouble absurd to them.

"It's time," Karen reminded Harry and Harry nodded.

Diana waited, she was nervous, this could go right, she hoped. This could go very wrong, she feared. There was about a million things that could go wrong with this and Harry grabbed her around the waist.

"Just calm down, soon you'll be reunited with them….with a lot of them," Harry said, thanking his lucky stars for magical space because he could not accommodate these many Amazons otherwise. "Actually with all of them."

Diana smiled, she could not wait, and Zatanna, Kara, Karen, and Rachel walked around in a circle with each other.

"The ritual checked out, and there's no way that this will free Circe from the mirror, trap us all, or something like that?" Zatanna inquired nervously.

"Do you really have so little trust for me that you would think that I would do such a thing?"

"Yes," Diana and Kara said in unison, which caused Circe to fold her arms, acting like a two year old who was having a temper tantrum.

"So, we're all ready, right?" Harry asked and everyone nodded. They really shouldn't have stalled for any more time. Energy flowed through the air, as they struck the statues of the Amazons.

Seconds might as well have been minutes, rather than hours.

The women rose from the clay statues like Diana suspected that she might have years later. Then again, given with all of the Crisises that happened, her mother never told her the straight story of how she was conceived. There was the clay statue story, the Zeus thing, the clone thing, and the time traveling Har-Zod thing but that was beside the point.

"Look," Zatanna whispered, excitement bubbling from her voice. It was always exciting to see a complex magical ritual working mostly as it was intended.

The Queen of the Amazons was the first one to wake up, slowly returning to life. Hippolyta was very rarely confused about her surroundings, for there was a reason why she was the queen. That was not the case here. She saw her daughter, staring at her with an apprehensive look in her eyes.

"Diana?" Hippolyta asked, the fact that she was naked and in a room full of people didn't really faze her whatsoever.

"Mother….Diana….Harry…. Kara?" a young Amazon who looked like a miniature version of Diana said as she stirred to life and several of her sisters followed. There must have been dozens of Amazons in that room and all of them were in a state of being disoriented and confused.

"Yes," Diana commented to them. "You're here….."

"I just remember the island being attacked, and then nothing," Hippolyta said, she felt a headache coming on.

Diana smiled, that meant that they didn't have to be aware of that there was a world going on around them, and they didn't really experience it.

"It's a long story," Diana said and Harry smiled at the Amazons.

"We better allow them to regain their bearings, and we should explain it to them, once we make sure that they don't have any negative side effects," Harry replied as he looked at the Queen.

"Yes, and it is good to see you once more, Harry."

Harry smiled, as Chloe walked in, not really worried about all of the naked women. All of the impromptu orgies had made her mostly immune to such a sight.

"Circe," Hippolyta said, seeing the woman trapped in the mirror, tensed up.

"I'm not going anywhere….not yet," Circe said but she locked eyes with the Queen of the Amazons and turned to Harry. "We had a deal…"

"When I confirm that there is no backdoor for you to double cross us we do," Harry confirmed.

"Why do I get a feeling that you're the one who is going to double cross me?" Circe asked but she held her tongue short from spitting out demands.

"You know, if you're going to accuse Harry of that, maybe he should leave you trapped in the mirror for another thousand years," Kara said, her temper boiling to the surface.

"You know what, in the interest of fairness, we'll just leave your fate in the hands of the Amazon Royal family."

Circe could not help but feel dreadfully uneasy about that thought. Hippolyta looked at the woman and it was obvious that the Queen knew that Circe played no small part in their troubles.

Business before pleasure, as she prepared to get checked over, and she was sure some of them would want a complete checking over by Harry later.

She was naturally first in line for that one, royal privileges and all.

"So they failed."

The voice that said this was cold and hostile.

"She's been liberated, but it doesn't matter, I have what I need for my army."

To Be Continued on August 18th 2014.