CHAPTER 8
Harry explained the plan to Sam and what he had to do. She was appalled at first but the more she thought about it the more she knew that General Hammond was right. These Corporations were only looking out for themselves and more profits. They didn't care about who they were harming or what affect it would have on earth.
The more she thought about it the more she liked the sense of justice it brought. Early Sunday morning Harry flew to Washington D.C. He found Senator Kinsey at his home in Arlington, Virginia and waited until the Senator went into his private office.
Harry walked up behind him and paralyzed him and then went around to the front of his desk. He saw that the safe was open and he went in and looked at all his papers. He found the file folder he was looking for and a computer disk. Harry pulled out his wand and cast legimens on the senator and read his mind. The more he looked the more disgusted he became with the senator.
The Senator was straining not to release the memories that Harry was looking at. The senator had various mistresses that he had over his lifetime. The various political deals he conducted to gain power. The meeting with the corporate conglomerate that began the infiltration of the NID. He witnessed the ten well known corporate CEO, two of which were household names in some countries and thought of as benevolent captains of industry. It sickened Harry to watch the real men in the meeting. Harry finally got the pass codes for the disk and the procedure to send and receive messages.
Harry stopped his probe and looked at him "You are a real piece of work aren't you? You are a selfish man who cares nothing for others around you. You don't deserve to live. With that Harry touched his forehead and the Senator's eyes became blank and lifeless.
Harry apparated away to a computer he had in his hotel room. He took the file, a disk, and the codes he took from Kinsey and found the locations of the ten other corporate CEO's that were funding the NID.
He spent the next seven days finding each one of them and eliminating them. At each person he left a note "Quit funding the NID or you will be next."
Three of them were in Europe and they met ends that were questionable. One was in Russia and he found that a hundred mercenaries could not save him. He died impaled on a pike in front of his house. In South America one Telecom mogul had been drowned in his own pool. The guards could not help him as Harry had conjured a piece of Plexiglas and stuck it one inch below the water. The look of the mogul's eyes as he breathed water for his last breath was what justice looked like to Harry.
The middle eastern oil tycoon didn't fare any better as Harry traveled into his study. The man seemed less surprised than Harry believed. Hissam began talking as soon as he felt Harry's presence. "I knew as soon as the others were killed that you would come for me. Our cooperative has been found out. It is just as well as I never really believed in the cooperative's cause."
Harry scoffed "You believed enough to sink ten million dollars into it."
Hassam smirked "You are very well informed. If you must know I sank that much into it because Islam could not be left behind."
Harry stood in the shadows "Hassam the Koran says to treat the infidel as you wish to be treated, yet at every turn you wish to place them under your heel out of jealousy for what they have achieved."
Hassam stood up in irritation "They are faithless and yet live better than just about everyone in the world. They do not deserve that which they were given."
Harry raised his wand arm "Says the man that lives better than ninety-five percent of the rest of the world. Imagine what ten million dollars would have done for the rest of humanity? Harry sent a piercing hex through his neck."
In America Harry went to New York and found the last three men huddled in a Manhattan office building conference room. When he came they did not move except one man lifted a shiny brief case onto the table "Please we will stop all of our covert activities with the NID and pay you well to leave us in peace."
Harry scanned their thoughts and found the miniature bomb they had planted in the brief case. He pushed the one older man down and applied a sticking charm to them so they could not leave their seats. "Gentlemen what makes you think I can be bought off?"
They looked at him with concern "But you wanted us to stop, isn't that the purpose of the warnings?"
Harry looked at them "The messages were not warnings; they were death certificates because I wanted you to know I was coming. I wanted you to know that all the money in the world could not save you. You were bankrupt of the one thing that could have saved you…morals. You started this little venture to earn more profit and to prove you could control others." Harry removed the cash from the suitcase and placed a sticking charm on it right in front of the three executives.
"Gentlemen the bomb you thought I would leave here with will remain with you. You can't move from this room and when the bomb goes off it will be your deaths, not mine." Harry disappeared as the three men began to yell and shout for help.
Harry landed on the street below and five minutes later an explosion ripped through a tall office building across the street from a little coffee shop. Three men in chairs hit the pavement after being blown out of the office building from the explosion. Harry apparated away in the confusion of the explosion.
The next week the NID cockroaches that were agents tried to run to ground and hide. Harry found the four top directors and they died a traitor's death. He left one guy with such a bad fright that he gave up that kind work completely and gave Harry the remaining information to dismantle their secret off world base.
Harry's last act was a visit to the President of the United States. He appeared in the office and held his hands up in a show that he was not there to harm anyone. "Mr. President, General Hammond sent me. He was afraid to call you because he could never be sure of who was listening.
Harry sat down in a chair after handing over a file "I was asked to take care of your mutual problem and it is done and that is the evidence and proof of their crimes. I am to tell you that I will be joining SG1 as another technical advisor.
The president looked at him and then picked up his red phone "Please get me General Hammond on the line."
He hung up the phone and looked over to Harry "Did you save the ones you could?"
Harry looked down and shook his head "No Sir, none were savable and they all had committed unspeakable things with no remorse for their actions."
The President smiled "You ok?"
Harry looked at him "No, but I always do the right thing."
The president looked at him "I wish I always knew what the right thing was to do. I envy that you still see the world in black and white."
Harry looked at him with heavy eyes "Everyday it seems to turn a bit more gray."
The president looked a little saddened by his response as the red phone began to ring. "General Hammond I have a member of your command in my office. He said that you sent him."
The President smiled and nodded "He fits that description. Ok thanks." The Presidents face took on a serious look and then he looked mad before he buzzed the intercom for his chief of staff. "General Hammond thanks you for taking care of this and I will be coming out their next week."
The President stood and looked out the window for many seconds until a knock was heard on his door. "Come in." he stated absently as he turned to find Harry not there. Charlie Wilcox, his chief of staff entered.
"You wanted to see me Mr. President?" he stated as he closed the door.
The President gave him a grave look "Charlie I just found out some things that require my attention and I need a good reason to visit Colorado Springs next week. It involves National Security and no excuses. Tell the Secret Service I have a conference that will not require their presence in a secured military facility."
Charlie looked at him "Mr. President is there anything I need to be aware of?"
The President looked at him "No Charlie, it is nothing I can talk about but knowing you, you will figure it out before I return." The President smiled at him "It is nothing we can ever talk about." Charlie chuckled and turned to leave "You will give me some notice if I need to do damage control." The President laughed as Charlie exited the room.
The President buzzed his secretary "Madeline I am not to be bothered for thirty minutes and place a secret Service agent at the door and tell the Secret Service supervisor to come here in twenty-five minutes with a camera."
Harry heard her answer "Yes, Mr. President."
Harry appeared on the couch as the President sat down in a chair next to him "I hear I have you to thank for taking care of two problems for this country?"
Harry didn't look up "They were unscrupulous men who deserved far more than what they got. They are another reason my world is more gray today."
The President looked at him "Yes and I believe if General Hammond words mean anything, you are going to be joining your wife on SG 1."
Harry looked at him and smiled "Any time with her is a good day."
The President pulled a folder out of a drawer from the lamp table and opened it "You're a Brit from merry old England born in 1981 to James and Lilly Potter. They are deceased, murdered by a guy named Voldemort. You killed him in 1998 at seventeen."
Harry looked a little upset "I know my history and I do not wish to be reminded of it. It was painful enough to live through."
The President closed the folder "Yes, well from what I have read you didn't have it easy and still you sit in front of me because you have impressed a lot of people not easily impressed. Of note to this list are General Hammond, Colonel O'Neill, and Lieutenant Potter.
Harry turned to him "It was not my intent to impress anyone but Sam. If she is happy with me then I am happy with that."
President smiled at him "Yes, so I have heard. You are a conundrum to me Mr. Potter because I am a politician at heart and I am not used to dealing with people that have no agenda."
The President sighed "I want to know what drives you."
Harry looked at him "You want to know if I will ever turn on you or this country?"
The president looked surprised for a second and then smiled "At the heart of it yes." He admitted to Harry. "You represent both a shield from what is out there in the Universe but on the other hand you represent a sword."
Harry smirked "Any weapon, especially a sword, can cut both ways."
The president looked at him to study him for a few seconds "You are much more intelligent than people give you credit and you don't miss much. You value candor above all else and you don't like manipulation." Harry nodded in agreement.
Harry looked him dead in the eyes and gave him a warning "I am not a weapon to be used in a cavalier manner and I will not be manipulated to do your bidding. I only got involved because someone I love was in danger. The people that caused this are all dead. It is a rule that no one should violate…ever."
The President smirked "Noted Mr. Potter and I agree with that." The President stood up and opened the office door "Alex come on in because I have someone I want you to meet."
The President gestured to Alexander to sit down. "This Alexander is Mr. Harry Potter and he is on special assignment for me. Anytime he says he needs to see me it is your job to find me and bring him to me." Harry looked up at the President in shock.
The president smiled at Harry before continuing "You are to ask him no questions and you are to do what he asks."
Alexander sat up straighter "Mr. President I…"
The president looked at him giving him a stern glance "Alexander there is no compromise here. This is important to me, the country and the world."
Alexander looked at him "Yes, Mr. President. I understand."
The President went to his desk and signed two sheets of paper and then took a stamp and stamped both the top and bottom. He brought them both with him. The President turned to Harry "I need an oath from you that you will obey the laws and ideals of this country and protect it with your life if necessary."
Harry looked at him "Sir, an oath for me is more serious than you can imagine. I do not give them lightly."
The president smiled "Harry I am going to manipulate you right now because I have 300 million Sam's that I care about and I need this from you before we continue. You need to swear it on your life and magic."
Harry looked at him and then smiled "You don't play fair." Harry then pulled out his wand and pointed it towards the ceiling and smirked "Did your file on me say that I can perform a form of mind reading."
The president laughed "I remember that one of the requirements for dealing with you is candor, so you have my permission as soon as you give the oath."
Harry smiled "I, Harry James Potter, swear on my life and Magic to follow the ideals and to protect the United States with my life as long as its leaders deal with me with candor, so mote it be." A white Aura surrounded him and flashed to acknowledge it.
The President looked at him "The laws Harry?"
Harry looked at him "If I had done that then I would already be dead, you will hear about it tomorrow but I protected the ideals of this country."
The President leaned forward "I already know some of what you speak of. You made a good point and I agree with you. You are more intelligent than you appear."
The President turned to Alexander and handed the two sheets of paper "These are two ultra top secret executive orders stating that Harry is granted citizenship of this country for services rendered. I need you to make him two US Passports one in the name of Harry James Potter and the other in James Evan Black."
Alexander looked shocked before the President continued "You are to make his Wife two passports "Samantha Anne Potter and the second Lilly Marie Black. Her current picture can be found through the Air Force, she is a Lieutenant stationed at Cheyenne Mountain. Are there any questions?"
Alexander looked between Harry and the President and then sighed "No sir, no questions."
The President smiled "Thank you Alexander." And then turned to Harry "I will make you only one promise Harry and that is I will give you all the information I know when I can."
Harry stood up and had his picture taken in front of the flag. He nodded to the President "Good day to you sir. This has been an experience." Harry apparated out of the room.
The President laughed "I like that guy." He turned to Alexander "I think he will be something we hear about in the future, in a good way."