AN: So here is the awaited next chapter. This chapter was quite difficult to write, not in the sense that I lacked enthusiasm but more in the fact that the DC universe is vast with thousands of story lines, thousands of characters and well it is a big universe and deciding what I want to include and what I want to cover is difficult.
I have to say I have been really pleased with the response I did not think it would be this good. I know some have wandered about Harry's abilities but rest assured I have worked them out and well I have given this story the title it has for a reason.
Even so I forged ahead and have a better idea of where I want to go and what I want to do.
So anyway here is the chapter I hope you all like it and leave a comment or a review at the end.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or the DC Universe.
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(Last Time)
The orange ship began to crumple up as Harry used his powers, the metal screeching in protest and a number of explosions occurring, all of which were trapped within the telekinetic bubble that was growing smaller and smaller. Within a matter of minutes, the ship had been compacted into a metre wide ball, which Harry pulled towards him and allowed to smash into the ground just in front of him.
Raising his leg and resting his foot on the now compacted ship, Harry looked over at the others. "Any other questions?"
"Very impressive!" Starfire said as she clapped her hands together excitedly.
"Dude! That was awesome!" Beast Boy cheered as he gazed at Harry with stars in his eyes.
"You couldn't have done that from the start?" Raven asked in a resigned tone.
Harry shrugged in response. "I was not sure how powerful that cannon they were charging up was, if I had done that and it had gone off then it might have been to powerful for my psychokinetic bubble to contain."
Raven looked thoughtful t that before she nodded, seeing his logic.
Robin however had a different opinion as he glared at Harry and shook his head. "What were you thinking!? There were people in there and you killed them! Heroes never kill, I don't care who you think you are but that is fact!"
"They had a war ship and had already threatened to wipe out the city," Harry said waving the annoying boy wonder off. "Besides if we had left it, no doubt one shay government organisation or other would have taken the ship and stolen and weaponized whatever technology they scavenged."
"That was not your call to make!" Robin replied angrily.
"Then whose call was it. Those who have power kid, like me, Raven, Beast Boy, Starfire and Cyborg we sometimes have to make the difficult choices, ones that others don't have to. When you grow up a bit more and see the world for what it is you will understand." Harry replied, he had very little patience for people like Robin, who enjoyed preaching and parroting ideals that other had forced on them.
Cyborg and Beast Boy looked slightly uncomfortable with what Harry had said, but neither of them denied it or corrected him.
Raven looked like she couldn't care in the slightest; in fact she had taken a step forward so she was standing shoulder to shoulder with Harry.
Starfire also did not look that bothered; instead the rumbling of her stomach showed that she was hungry. "Hello friends, I am hungry can we go and do the eating?"
Harry shrugged at that as he turned away from the scowling Robin and instead met Starfire's excited green eyes with his own calm emerald eyes. "Yeah sure, how about some Shawarma?"
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(A week later with Harry)
"So Harry I am wondering, why did we not join the team Robin wanted to create?" Starfire asked, her faintly glowing green eyes locked on Harry's back as he inspected a large oval door, patiently waiting for him to answer the question she had been pondering over for the last week.
Looking past Harry Starfire, or Koriand'r as she was called in her own language glanced at the oval door Harry had inspecting for the last few minutes, it was made out of some kind of dense metal alloy and looked to have a very complicated locking mechanism, which used fingerprints, a retina scan, a code and a password.
"Well, I didn't join Robin's little team of heroes, because I think being a superhero is stupid and pointless." Harry replied absentmindedly as he continued to inspect the large door, a person could call the door's security a little bit overkill, especially when you consider it was in a reinforced building, with a whole mess of other highly advanced security.
But then when one considered that this was in fact a vault door, one which was inside Gotham cities biggest bank, a vault which had been created to protect the wealth of Gotham's social elite from the greedy clutches of whoever might want to steal it, which considering this was Gotham, the most crime ridden city in America and the home of more than one supervillain, meant that there was really no such thing as overkill.
"And I am not sure why you are saying we, I didn't force you to leave Jump City and follow me…" Harry added on not even glancing back at the pretty alien princess as he continued to analyse the vault door.
"Why do you think being a hero is stupid, back on my home planet of Tamaranean heroes were greatly revered and looked up too?" Starfire said curiously, her head tilted to one side and her beautiful face scrunched up in confusion as she tried to work out why Harry thought such a noble profession stupid.
"Because what idiot puts their life on the line and doesn't get paid. Heroes are all self-righteous morons, they take all this responsibility onto their shoulders claiming that those with great power have the responsibility to use those powers for the greater good. That is all well and good, but then instead of using their abilities to make real change, they waste them, they believe that because they have power that that excuses them from having the responsibility to choose whether a criminal lives or dies. Instead of killing some murderous, thieving psychopath like they should, they just put them in a prison or an asylum, one which said villain breaks out of before going on a rampage causing even more damage." Harry replied a scowl on his face as he looked away from the vault door and instead looked over at Starfire, his face softened a bit though as he saw the curiousity in her eyes.
The young Tamaranean Princess was still wearing her tight, very revealing formfitting purple outfit, it was a very hot outfit and Harry had more than once told the beautiful alien of the appreciation he had for it. Right now however he wasn't in the mood to flirt, instead he was beginning to get worked up as he often did when he was discussing how useless he thought superheroes were in the grand scheme of things.
"On top of that what do superheroes gain from doing what they do and what do they really achieve? They have just as many haters as they have fans, they have to put their lives on hold so that they can use their powers to save the ungrateful masses. Every villain they put away more often than not escapes and goes on a rampage, only for them to fight them again and throw them back in prison. The life of a superhero is futile, inefficient and stupid." Harry replied with a scowl, before he turned back to the vault door, placing his hand on it as he began to channel his telekinetic abilities through the door.
"So if you hate superheroes, wouldn't that make you a supervillain?" Another voice asked, getting both Harry and Starfire's attention, as they looked over and saw the petit figure of Raven leaning again a nearby pillar. The purple hood of her cloak no longer covering her head, revealing her smooth grey skin, vibrant violet eyes and silky shoulder length purple hair. Overall the girl was a beauty, easily on a par with Starfire, Harry had told her how attractive he found her, but unlike Starfire who tended to smile and hug him, much to his pleasure, when he made such comments, Raven more often than not just ignored him.
"I don't hate superheroes, I think their methods and the way they operate both laughable and naïve, but even so I admire their intentions, they want to use their powers to make the world a better place. I could get behind that, only I think they may find my methods too… bloody." Harry replied with a grin and a wink to Raven before he turn back to the vault door, his smile widening as he continued to channel his power into the door. "As for being a supervillain, that's just ridiculous. I find supervillains to be more inane than superheroes, all they do is draw attention to themselves, get the crap beaten out of them, then they break out of jail and the whole thing starts all over again. So no I wouldn't want to be a supervillain, besides what on earth gave you that idea?"
To punctuate that statement Harry sent one last burst of telekinetic energy through reinforced vault door, turning the whole door to dust as he telekinetically ripped it apart on a molecular level. With a grin Harry then stepped over the threshold. As he did so he simultaneously destroyed all the alarms, motion detectors and cameras in the vault with a single click of his fingers, as he entered, it was the same trick he had used when he first entered the bank. His break in would be picked up on by the authorities eventually, but by the time was it did he would be in and out without notice.
"Maybe it is because you are in the middle of robbing a bank…" Raven replied blandly as she pushed herself upright and followed the grinning Starfire into the vault as they both followed Harry. "I would call this a little bit supervillain-esque.
"Robbing is such an ugly term Raven." Harry replied as he pulled a brown leather satchel form where it had been resting around his shoulder, a very expensive satchel he had bought a while ago from Diagon Alley, a satchel that had a number of high quality expansion charms on it. "I prefer the term liberating."
Harry's eyes glowed a faint green as he used his telekinesis to rip apart the insides of the vault, shattering the rows of reinforced metal draws as he began summoning all the gold, jewelry, artifacts and money in the vault to him, before he funneled it all into his satchel.
"Since when did you have a magic handbag?" Raven spoke up a curious expression on her face as she saw Harry's bag being filled with more than should be possible.
"It is a satchel, a magic satchel…. Indiana Jones had one." Harry replied grumpily as he continued to very swiftly empty the massive bank vault and unload its contents into his finally crafted satchel.
"I am confused is a handbag not something that is usually carried around by a woman?" Starfire spoke up her eyes sparkling as she saw all the gold and valuables flying through the air.
"Now see what you've done." Harry replied irritably.
Raven's lips twitched upwards as she heard that. "So you were explaining to me how you are not a villain when you are in the middle of 'liberating' the contents of a bank vault."
"Well of course I am not a villain, I am more like a modern day Robin Hood. You know stealing from criminals and the rich social elite, those who profited from the suffering of others. Which by the way applies to most of the people who keep their money here, plus most of them also have ties to the mob, so a lot of this is blood money anyway." Harry replied, telling a little white lie as he did so, though to be fair he was pretty sure most of the people who kept their money here in this mob run bank were bad, and for the ones that didn't, well they were insured so they would be fine.
"So does that mean you are going to be giving all of this money to the poor and needy?" Raven asked as she sent Harry a disapproving look. "After all isn't that Robin Hood was famous for, steal from the rich and giving to the poor…?"
Harry paused momentarily at that, noticing as he did that he was now pretty much done clearing the vault, which was actually good timing as they would have to get out of here soon too. His entrance into the bank and the vault might have been subtle, but he was not sure how long it would take the police, the Batman or whoever else was watching over Gotham tonight to work out something was wrong.
Smiling Harry turned to Raven, the flow of stolen goods ceasing as he finished his task. "Trust me Raven all this money will be going to a charity that is very close to my heart. I will be giving it all to the charity; Homeless Animals Rescued and Relocated in Yorkshire. It is a very well respected charity… in Yorkshire… in Britain…"
Raven's eyes narrowed suspiciously as she heard that.
"Well anyway." Harry said loudly as he clipped his satchel shut and once again slung it over his shoulder. "Best be getting out of here, the night is still young and I wouldn't want us to get in trouble for loitering after all." Saying that he glanced around in amusement at the bank vault he had just moments ago cleared out.
"Friend Harry is right, the night is still young and I want to see more of this Gotham…" Starfire said nodding her head, hovering off the ground in excitement as she did so.
"Right well you heard Starfire let's go check out Gotham, I want to see if it is as bad as people say." Harry said as he led the way out of the vault. Taking to the air after he did and heading for the hole in the ceiling, Raven and Starfire both following him, it really is useful when everyone in your group can fly.
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(10 Minutes Later)
About ten minutes later Harry, Raven and Starfire landed on the other side of Gotham, many miles away from the bank they had just robbed was. Currently they were in a particularly bad part of Gotham, the buildings were all old and decrepit high-rises, the streets were narrow and poorly lit. It only took a single glance to see the place was a dive. Normally Harry wouldn't have stopped off in a place like this, instead he would have gone to a nice luxurious hotel, used some of his ill-gotten gains to buy their penthouse suite, one which preferably had a Jacuzzi.
After which he would leisurely prepare for a night on the town, maybe heading to a casino to cheat at poker or on those betting machines they had, or maybe head to a few bars and see where the night takes him. Normally Harry did this alone, now though he had two companions, two particularly sexy and beautiful companions who would make his evening a lot more exciting. He doubted he would get anywhere by flirting with either of them yet, Koriand'r was mostly oblivious to his flirtation and advances, still enraptured by the new planet she found herself on, and Raven… Raven was quite a closed off person, and did not seem all that receptive to his puns and innuendoes… he didn't even know her real name yet as he was certain Raven was an alias.
That is what Harry had been hoping this night would turn out like, a group of unlikely associates, who one day might be friends or maybe something more, having a good time and spending their heaps of newly acquired cash on frivolous and trivial things. Just generally living the dream.
Unfortunately though it was not to be, as Harry was flying over this part of town heading for the much nicer part he had heard a shriek cut through the night air, before it was followed by a loud cry for help. Harry was not able to ignore it, for all of his moral ambiguities and mocking of superheroes, he was still a relatively decent human being. He didn't needlessly hurt the innocent, he didn't thrive off other people's pain, and when someone called for help he would always answer. He was not a perfect human by a long way, he wasn't even sure if magicals could be considered fully human in the first place? Even so though he was a flawed, slightly selfish, slightly overconfident being, but he still had a shred of decency in him and would not ignore a genuine cry for help.
Crashing into the alley's broken and worn asphalt, Harry's arrival did not go unnoticed by the occupants of the small and dingy alleyway he had entered, neither did the arrival of Raven and Starfire. The orange skinned Tamaranean like Harry loudly smashed into the asphalt with a loud crash, sending a spray of rubble in all direction as the ground cratered beneath her. Raven much more subtle than the other two, elegantly glided to the ground, soundlessly touching down, her hood once again up and shadowing her dark eyes as she looked on grimly at the scene in front of her.
Lying on the floor of the alley, his head caved in was the limp and unresponsive body of a young man. Standing over this man was a group of five thugs, all of them were wearing coats or hoodie's their hoods up and shadowing their faces, with one or two of them going so far as to also have a scarfs wrapped around their faces. The group of men were all currently laughing amongst themselves, as one held a bloody metal pipe, three of the others were carrying knives and the final one had a gun, a gun he was currently pressing into the forehead of his other victim.
It was a young blonde woman, who looked to be either in her late teens or early twenties. Her blue eyes were wide with fear, and her expensive clothing was partially ripped and torn. Currently she was being backed up into the wall of the alley, the barrel of a gun pressed to her head as five violent men leered at her.
It took Harry only a single look to come a swift conclusion on what had happened here. By the looks of it the scared young woman had been with the unconscious, or maybe dead young man that was currently lying in the gutter. For whatever reason the young couple, he assumed, had decided to walk through this part of time, why they would was a mystery to Harry, but he had no doubt they had a reason. Either way they had come to this particularly bad part of town and were attacked, the man was struck with metal bar whilst the woman was shoved against the wall. What would have happened next would likely have been very unpleasant and ended with the man dead and the woman soon to follow.
Luckily however Harry, Raven and Starfire was here.
Instantly the men stopped laughing as they saw the three new figures loudly make their appearance. Immediately the thugs were all on edge, although the younger black haired boy with green eyes could be mistaken as a normal human, the other two couldn't. One of them was grey and was wearing a purple cloak and a tight black leotard, the other was orange and had on a very tight and formfitting purple top and skirt. So yes, they were not your run of the mill people. In fact judging by how unique the two women were it was likely that they were some of these superheroes who had been becoming more and more popular and common in the world.
"Good evening gents." Harry said with a tight smile, approaching the group of thugs as he did so. His emerald green eyes moving from the bleeding man on the ground to the terrified woman pressed up against the wall. "Having a good night?"
"Keep moving kid!" The thug with the gun said, as he turned his weapon from the innocent woman to Harry, his face set in a scowl as he decided to try and use scare tactics. "You don't want to cause any trouble here do you…punk?!"
"Really?" Harry said in mock surprise, as he took another step forward his sharp gaze locked on the gun wielding thug. "Well it is a good thing that you know what I want and don't want isn't it?"
"Fuck off and you won't get hurt!" The man with the bloody metal bar said gruffly, slapping the blood stained bludgeon against his palm to emphasis his point as he did so.
"I going to say… pass." Harry replied softy, as he stuck his hands in his pockets and gave the group a mocking smirk. "You bunch of mindless, incompetent cretins have pissed me off… and well… I don't like it when people piss me off!"
"Well you have fucking pissed me off too!" The man with the gun snapped, his patience at an end as he levelled the gun at Harry and fired it.
Harry didn't even blink as the sound of multiple gunshots echoed around the dark alley, nor did he move an inch as four bullets tore through the air towards him. In fact the only thing he did was let out a bored sigh as he used his abilities and all four bullets froze in midair.
Starfire and Raven however did react to the man's assault on Harry. Starfire acted first, her warrior training kicking in as she leapt into action. Taking to the air, her hands glowed with green energy as she threw a bolt of the same glowing green energy at the gun wielding thug. Making him let out a yelp of surprise as he tried to dodge, he was only partially successful, instead of the bolt of energy blasting his head to pieces it instead struck his shoulder, shattering the joint and forcing him to drop the gun as he fell to the ground with a scream of agony.
Raven's response was to draw on her magic power, making a nearby dumpster glow with a faint black outline before with a thought she sent the dumpster flying through the air striking the man with the metal bar head on and turning him to a bloody paste as it smashed him against the wall on the other side of the alley.
"Low life amateurs" Harry muttered as he scowled at the other three thugs as they began to back away their eyes wide with fear, as they found themselves facing someone bigger and meaner than themselves, someone who they can't threaten or intimidate. Seeing this Harry allowed the bullets to fall to the ground at his feet, the metal shells bouncing off the pitted and bumpy surface of the alleyway with a clinking sound. He could have just used the bullets, all it would have taken was a thought to send them blasting through the men's heads. But he was not in the mood to do that, he was still a bit pissed off as he saw the dregs of humanity once again preying on the innocent.
"P-please d-don't hurt us!" One of the knife wielding thugs said as he dropped his knife. "It was just supposed to b-be a bit of f-fun it wasn't s-supposed to go this f-far."
Harry's smiled softly at that, giving the three hoodlums a moment of hope before he crushed it… literally. Raising his hand Harry used his telekinetic powers.
All three men exploded in a shower of blood and gore, their remains splattering over the streets as Harry ripped them apart on a molecular level with his telekinesis.
The woman let out a scream of terror as she saw that, before it all got a bit too much for her and she just passed out. Soundlessly falling to the floor, her eyes rolling up into the back of her head.
The gun wielding thug, and the nominal leader of the group also let out a scream of horror at that, he was still on the ground, one hand clutching his ruined shoulder as he desperately tried to crawl away. "Leave me alone you monster!"
Hearing a violent murderer/ rapist calling him a monster, Harry scowled before with a twitch of his finger he telekinetically lifted the man up and dragged him over to him, the terrified man struggling to break free as Harry made him hover in front of him. Piercing him with his emerald eyed gaze.
"So I am curious mister thug, why exactly do you think I am a monster. Weren't you the one who attack this innocent young couple?" Harry asked an eyebrow raised.
"Innocent?!" The man spat back incredulously, a hysterical laugh leaving his mouth as he found himself staring into the cold green eyes of this devil in human's flesh before him. "They weren't innocent, they came here to buy a shit ton of drugs off us so they could sell it on to all their rich little friends. They were drug dealers and they tried to cheat us!"
The man was telling the truth, Harry could immediately tell that, he didn't need to see Raven's nod of confirmation to tell him that much. Harry's eyes shifted from the man to the unconscious woman as he heard that, he had assumed the couple had been innocent, but it appears he had been wrong. Even so this group of men had attacked them with the intent to kill them and worse, there was no denying that. Criminals preying on criminals, it seemed Gotham had got to the point that it was eating itself alive, this city truly was as bad as he had heard it was.
"So what do you think of that then hero?! You are helping the bad guys!" The thug shouted, his voice still hysterical as he continued to try and break free of Harry's grasp.
"I'm no hero…" Harry's finger twitched as he said that, and a loud crunch followed as the man's neck was twisted in a one hundred and eight degree angle, his head now facing the wrong way. Clenching his hand into a fist Harry then compacted the now dead man's body, compressing him into an area the size of a fifty pence coin as he used his telekinetic abilities. The body of the man Raven had crushed against the wall soon followed as Harry destroyed his body as well.
"So what do we do now?" Raven asked softly as she looked over at Harry. Killing was not something that was new to her, but even so she took no pleasure from it, but she knew that sometimes it was necessary, even if it was very unpleasant. These men were vultures, carrion who would have continued to prey on those too weak to fight back. "What do we do with them?" She added on as she looked at the unconscious bodies of the young couple they had initially come here to save.
"They're criminals aren't they?" Harry said as he looked down at them, noticing the slight rise and fall of the young man's chest and the faint stirring of the young woman. It seemed they were both alive.
"Does that mean you are going to kill them?" Starfire asked uncomfortably. She understood the necessity of killing in battle and war, she also understood that some people could not be redeemed. But still killing unconscious and unarmed opponents did not sit right with her. "Could they not redeem their honour?"
"No." Harry replied as he looked first at Raven and then Starfire, a slight smile on his lips. Previously he might have been tempted to kill them, they were drug dealers after all. They peddled drugs to vulnerable and addicted people, making money off other people's weakness and suffering. But looking at Starfire and seeing the conflict on her face, Harry decided on perhaps a better or at least less violent way to deal with them. "We'll drop them off at the police station, their pockets full of the drugs they were going to buy. They are scum, but they are not monsters, we'll let the courts deal with them."
Raven and Starfire both nodded at that.
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(Ten minutes later)
Watching carefully from the top of a nearby building, Harry frowned as he saw the police taking the two bound drug dealers he had left on their doorstep into the police department. He really hoped that he wouldn't regret letting those two have a second chance, personally he found second chances tenuous things, things that were just not really worth the effort. Even so he had made his decision, and hopefully the young man and woman would sort their lives out, if not… well they had better hope to never meet Harry again.
"Right then, now that that is dealt with let's find a nice hotel and enjoy a good soak in a Jacuzzi together!" Harry said with a grin as he turned to look at Raven and Starfire.
Raven let out an amused sigh and rolled her eyes as she heard that.
Starfire however looked concerned. "But I don't have a swimming costume… is it not earth tradition that a costume should be worn for water activity?"
"Oh that's not a problem at all, I will introduce you to the glory that is skinny dipping?" Harry replied with a grin, and a wink to Raven, who in response let out yet another sigh.
"And what is this dipping of the skin?" Starfire asked, curious over this unfamiliar phrase. She had learned the English language from Harry a week ago, but even so she still struggled to understand some of the human's foreign phrases and sayings, things that didn't quite translate over well into Tamaranean.
"Oh you are going to love it!" Harry said with a grin as he slung an arm around Starfire's shoulders. "And so am I!"
"No you won't." Raven spoke up as she brushed past Harry and took a confused Starfire by the hand. "I will go and take Starfire to find swim suit."
"Spoilsport." Harry replied good-naturedly as he watched Raven begin to lead Starfire away. "Make sure you get bikinis, really skimpy ones!"
Raven stopped at that and turned to look at Harry at that, an unimpressed look on her face. "You go and sort out a nice hotel room, one with three rooms."
"Wouldn't it be more financially prudent to get a single room between the three of us, we're in a recession after all and besides we can all cuddle together and share a bed… call it a team bonding exercise?" Harry replied enthusiastically.
"You've just robbed a fortune from a bank. I think you can afford it." Raven responded dryly, a deadpan expression on her face.
"No, no, no Raven, I liberated a fortune from a mob run bank, there is a difference." Harry replied back quickly, a smile on his face as he enjoyed the back and forth banter he had with Raven. "Besides that's all going to charity…"
Raven raised an eyebrow at that, and Harry's grin grew bigger. "Okay point taken, I'll get a three bedroom penthouse with a hot tub, but you have to wear a bikini in the Jacuzzi too!"
"Tell you what I will wear a bikini if you wear one as well." Raven replied her mouth twitching again as she fought down a smile, she too was enjoying the back and forth she had with Harry.
"I'll wear a mankini and that's my final offer." Harry replied.
"On second thoughts never mind." Raven said a look of mock revulsion crossing her face.
"Ok that was just hurtful." Harry called out as Raven and Starfire left, a grin on his face. "I'll be at the Hampton's Hotel and Casino! Actually fuck that I will just wait around here for you to get back and then we can head their together."
Raven gave him an acknowledgement wave as she heard that, before both she and Starfire took to the air. "We shouldn't be too long."
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(Twenty Minutes Later)
Flying lazily through the air, Harry breathed in deeply loving the feeling of the cold wind rushing over his face. The ability to fly was probably one of his favourite things about his powers, it gave him a sense of freedom that standing on the ground never could. This last week had been good for Harry, he had met two beautiful girls around his own age, both of whom had powers. He had just stolen a shit ton of money, mostly from criminals and he was about to enjoy a night with his two new friends in a Jacuzzi. So yeah things were good.
Now Harry generally enjoyed the life he lived, but it could get pretty damn lonely. He was a nomad by nature, moving from place to place, never stopping anywhere for long. When he went on nights out he would spend his ill-gotten gains extravagantly, buying drinks for everyone and enjoying everything life had to offer. Sometimes he would get lucky and take a woman home for a nice leisurely shag, sometimes he would not.
His life was pretty free and easy but as he said before it was also lonely, he was practically a ghost moving from placed to place never stopping anywhere for long, always moving under the different government's radar, only ever being known as Harry. The people he met on his nights out he inevitably forgot about, the women he took home he never saw again, most of them were gold diggers and the ones that were not, well they were just normal humans, they would not be able to keep up with him, nor would they probably enjoy his lifestyle.
Raven and Starfire though were different, they were both like him, they were alone and they were different. Starfire was an alien far from home, who had been sent to another planet to be a domestic slave, she had escaped though and come to earth and from talking with her he had discovered that she had no intention of ever going back home. Raven, well she was more of a mystery, but she was running from something he could tell that much. He didn't know her well enough to know what it was she was fleeing from, but he was more than happy to wait until she was comfortable enough to tell him.
The two of them Harry thought would be good companions to have, and he was more than happy to have them tagging along with him on his adventures for as long as they wanted too. Plus they were both really, really hot.
Continuing to soar leisurely through the air Harry was soon knocked out of his thoughts by the sound of something hurtling through the air towards him. Spinning around Harry's expression darkened as he saw three black, bat shaped projectiles flying at him. Easily recognizing them as Batman's…. batarangs, oh how he hated that stupid name.
"Batman…" Harry grumbled in irritation, he had run into the dark knight before on a few of his other trips to America. The man had never yet caught him or got sufficient evidence together to link Harry to any of the numerous crimes he had committed against the corrupt and bad, but even so the bat themed hero was really annoying. The man was persistent and constantly tried to catch Harry so he could bring him to justice, so far though he had failed.
One of the reasons why Harry had chosen to come to Gotham to rob the mob run bank was that he knew it would piss the dark knight off. A bit of payback from Harry, but it seemed to have back fired, Harry hadn't thought Batman would be able find him so easily, especially since he left no evidence that he was in town… was he becoming predictable? Apparently though Batman had managed to find Harry, probably because he had been leisurely flying around the rooftops whilst he waited for the girls to finish their shopping. Either way Batman had found him and he had immediately dealt with Harry how the Batman always dealt with deeply suspicious characters like Harry when he was in Gotham, with force.
Raising his hand Harry stopped all three batarangs in midair far enough away that if they exploded they wouldn't affect him, Harry rolled his eyes as he watched the non-powered hero appear on the rooftop below him. The man was wearing his long black cloak, a grey suit of reinforced body armour, his black cowl pulled up over his head, a pair of black bladed gauntlets on his arms and around his waist was his yellow utility belt. He really was a pain in the arse.
"What's with the unprovoked attack batm…" Harry began to say as he prepared to crush the Batman's toys into dust, before he could however his eyes flickered to the batarangs as a flashing light appeared on each of them, instead of exploding though, a loud, earsplittingly shrill sound erupted from them.
Hearing it Harry let out a gasp of pain as he immodestly clasped his head, his control over his telekinetic abilities cutting out as he did so. Causing him to fall from the air and unceremoniously land on the top of the rooftop Batman was standing on, his hand still clasped on his now bleeding ears, his head ringing with the earsplitting sound.
The sound soon came to a stop as Batman rushed towards him, his long cloak flapping behind him. Pushing his himself to his feet blood trickling down from his ears Harry tried to use his abilities. But he just couldn't at the moment though, his abilities, his magical telekinesis relied on his will and concentration, but his head was still ringing with the sound created by those goddamn batarangs, he couldn't concentrate.
Within moments Batman was on him, his mouth moving as he demanded something from Harry despite Harry being temporarily deaf, the Batman's fist already swinging as he tried to punch Harry in the gut and knock the wind out of him.
Harry didn't allow him to though, instead he leapt backwards, relying on his heightened reflexes and stronger than normal body to dodge. Telekinesis was not the only ability he had received from the Kryptonite's radiation after all, he had also gained slightly heightened, strength, speed, durability, reflexes and regenerative capabilities, they were nowhere near on the same level as someone like Starfire but they did make him stronger than an ordinary human.
Harry continued to dodge Batman's swift assault and his gadgets, constantly backing away and dodging as he knew he would not stand a chance if he went against the man in hand to hand combat. Harry instead continued to dodge, patiently waiting for his ears to finish healing and for the ringing in his head to stop so he could fully wield his abilities again.
Batman however seemed to realise this as he intensified his assault, moving faster and faster, his attacks now clipping Harry as he continued to try and dodge. Eventually Batman managed to get Harry, a low sweeping kick struck Harry's legs, knocking him onto his arse as the Batman loomed over him.
Harry cursed as he saw this, his ears were all but healed and the ringing in his ears was fading, he needed a few more minutes. Concentrating as best as he could Harry sent a blunt force wave of telekinetic energy at Batman, the wall of power striking Batman head on and sending the dark knight staggering back a few steps but nothing more.
Harry could see the Batman's' expression darkening as he lunged for Harry again.
Before he could make it so much as a step though the dark knight was sent stumbling backwards again as an angry Tamaranean Princess crashed into him. Her eyes and hands glowing green as she used her much greater strength and speed to put Batman on the defensive. Starfire unlike Harry was a trained warrior, well-practiced in fighting with both weapons and hand to hand combat, this made her more than a match for Batman as she drove the dark knight back. Her movements swift and deadly and her expression angry as she defended Harry from Batman's ambush.
Blinking in surprise Harry felt an arm under him helping him to his feet, looking over he could see Raven looking at him in concern.
"Are you alright Harry? We were on our way back when Starfire heard you fighting, we tried to get here as fast as we could." Raven said as she helped Harry onto his feet, her arm around him as she let him use her as a support.
"Yeah I am fine… thanks for the assist…" Harry replied as he raised his hand to his ears, the hand coming away bloody. "The bastard took me by surprise, I didn't know he had a sound based weapon."
"Looks like we can't even leave you alone for a few minutes without you getting into trouble." Raven replied back, her tone dry. But looking over at her Harry could see the concern on her face, it was nice to be worried over.
"Looks like I will have to continue letting you tag along then." Harry replied back a smile on his face.
Before anymore could be said they were distracted by a shout of surprise.
Looking over they were shocked to see Starfire had been knocked down, her arm held behind her as Batman kept a knee on her back, stopping her from bringing her much greater strength to bear against him. It appeared Batman's skill and experience was able to trump Starfire's strength and training.
Seeing this Harry felt anger flare up in him as he thrust his hand out, his mind much clearer and the ringing gone from his ears as he once again used his abilities to their fullest. Batman was sent flying off Starfire and crashing into the ground behind him, before the dark knight could struggle to his feet, he found his body frozen as Harry used his telekinetic abilities to freeze his limbs and muscles, before he lifted him off the ground and into the air, the only thing he could now move was his mouth and his eyes.
"You okay Starfire?" Harry called out, getting a nod of acknowledgement from the girl as she got back to her feet. With that done Harry then turned his attention to Batman. "So Batman, what the fuck was with the unprovoked attack?"
Batman didn't reply as he just glared back at Harry.
"I am tempted to report you to the police for stalking and assault. I have never been found guilty of committing a crime and yet here you are going vigilante on me for no reason." Harry said a scowl on his face.
"You robbed a bank tonight." Batman growled in response, not showing any fear despite his predicament. "I recognised your MO."
"Do you have any proof? Any camera footage, any fingerprints, any witnesses?" Harry asked with a raised eyebrow. "Or did you just see me innocently flying about and jump to the wrong conclusion."
"I know you robbed that bank, you mysteriously come to Gotham and a high security, mob run bank is robbed, robbed by a powered individual, the same ones a number of other banks have been before." Batman replied before his gaze drifted over to Starfire and Raven. "Or individuals…"
"The world is a bigger place now, new powered people are turning up all the time. I've even heard they are grouping up now, some kind of league of justice or some other such pretentious shit." Harry replied dismissively before he glared at Batman, a hero he had heard was involved in the newly forming team of superheroes. "The only criminal I see here is you, assaulting me for no reason. You're going to have to be punished you know that don't you...?"
Batman didn't reply to that his expression only darkening as he silently challenged Harry to do his worst.
Harry rolled his eyes as he saw that before he flicked his fingers downwards.
Instantly Batman was slammed into the roof of the building… hard… and head first.
Flicking his fingers again Harry then sent the dark knight up in the air again before he slammed him back down. This carried on for a few minutes as Harry slammed Batman into every available hard surface he could find. He wouldn't kill the man, as for all he pisses Harry off he does a good job a reducing the crime rate in Gotham from ridiculously terrible, to just terrible. Plus he admired the way this non-powered human tried to be a hero and fight against the super powered villains. He was still annoying though… like really really annoying.
Motioning downwards one more time Harry sent the now unconscious Batman smashing into the roof of the building a final time before he released his grip.
Another gesture of Harry's hand had Batman's utility belt being yanked free of his waist before it flew over to Harry.
Seeing Raven and Starfire's questioning expression Harry grinned at them guiltily. "I promise I will only use his toys and gadgets for good…"
"Child…" Raven muttered as she looked away, her lips once again quirking upwards in amusement, as she instead looked down at the dark knight. "So do you want to see what's under the mask?"
"Yeah why not" Harry replied as he clipped Batman's utility belt around his waist, after of course destroying the tracking beacon Batman had placed on it, as well as the ones he had placed on Starfire and Harry. Harry had after all dealt with Batman's bullshit before, he knew how tricky he could be. "It'll be fun to hold it over him when I see him next. Also you're magic aren't you Raven?"
Raven gave Harry a curious look as he asked that before she nodded her head slowly.
"Well do you think you can have a look in his mind whilst he is down and see if you can find out his password for this?" Harry said as he held up a small hand held data pad he had taken from Batman's utility pad.
Raven nodded her head at that before she looked over at the unconscious Batman's body, wielding her magic as she did so, she transformed the cracked cement around him into metal restraints to keep him pinned down so she could dive into his mind. "It'll take a few minutes though."
"Take your time." Harry replied as he continued to fiddle with his new utility belt, making sure he had destroyed all of the tracking beacons Batman might have put on it as he did so.
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(An hour later in the Hotel Jacuzzi)
"So what do you want to do tomorrow?" Starfire asked as she glanced over at the other two, all whom were currently relaxing in the Jacuzzi, allowing the hot bubbling water to wash away the aches of the day
The Tamaranean was currently wearing a skimpy two piece purple swimsuit, one she had picked out personally as it accentuated her curves and breasts. She had chosen it partly because she though it was cute and also because she knew Harry would appreciate it. She might not understand some of Harry's flirting but she knew he found her desirable, just as she found him desirable.
Raven was also settling down in the Jacuzzi a small smile of contentment on her face. Her swimsuit was a one piece, black and much more conservative than Starfire's. "I am not sure but I think we should leave Gotham, Batman is not going to be happy we beat him up and stole his utility belt."
"Ahh who cares what old Brucey thinks." Harry replied nonchalantly from where he was sitting opposite the girls, fully naked, much to Starfire's delight and Raven's embarrassment. As he spoke Harry continued to look thought the data pad he had stolen from Batman, or Bruce Wayne the reclusive billionaire as they had discovered him to be.
"So did you find anything interesting on that?" Raven asked as she looked over at Harry, avoiding looking at his bare lower half as she instead met his twinkling emerald eyes.
"Yeah tons actually. The paranoid bastard has details on nearly every superhero and supervillain he has ever met on this, including their abilities and their weaknesses, this thing is a goldmine." Harry said with a grin. "I mean there is even detail on this… Justice League he has begun to create with a number of other heroes. Have to say the name is shit… I would have called it the Avengers or something catchy like that…"
Starfire looked interested as she heard that, shifting over so she was leaning against Harry as she looked over his shoulder. Raven also looked curious as she moved over so she could take a look, making sure to keep enough distance between them though so she wasn't touching him. She liked Harry but she wasn't sure she liked him like that yet.
"Also Starfire." Harry said a she looked over at Starfire, their faces a few inches apart. "I think I know what we will be doing over the next few days?"
"What?" Starfire asked with an excited grin, looking forward to whatever he was planning next.
"Do I really want to know?" Raven asked with a resigned sigh, not moving away though as she really did want to know what he was up to.
Harry smiled as he saw their reactions. "Well tell me, have any of you ever heard of the Helmet of Fate?"
Both Raven and Starfire shook their heads at that.
"Well get ready to, as we are going to steal it!"
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AN: So what did you all think? I have tried to make Harry a chaotic neutral character, moving more towards an antihero than a villain. That being said I also wanted to show that things aren't always what they seem and that it isn't just aliens and villains that can be the bad guys but also normal people.
That being said the next chapter is going to be good, I have a load of ideas, some of them surprising. I also mentioned that the Justice League as it is, is only grassroots at the moment, having just formed very recently. Not the all-encompassing power it becomes. Also this means that a number of the villain associations have not been formed yet.
SO other than that I hope you all leave a comment or a review and I will see you later.
Seagate.
