Chapter Fifty Nine: Alliance Part One.
Harry followed Tess, keeping a few steps behind her and also his back up was a few steps behind him, even if she remained invisible. The woman walked with a purpose towards the location that she was heading, it seemed that she planned for what she wanted to do for an extremely long time at least that was the sense that Harry got. Regardless, Harry followed her keeping up the pace, and wondered how close they were. Harry had the sense that they were very close.
"My team has sighted something, we're going to meet up with them," Tess answered when she turned around and looked at Harry. "If you have any further information about this, I would like to know it now."
"Trust me, you know all that you need to know," Harry answered when he kept his eyesight firmly on Tess. She was a wild card to him, no matter how much she intrigued him. Although Harry got a sense that she was intrigued by him as much as he intrigued her.
Still it was prudent to keep a few steps ahead of her in the mental department. It was a never ending game of mental chess between the two.
There was a pained grunt and Tess quickened her steps forwards, before she saw four figures lying on the ground. She stopped at a skid and pulled out a remote control device. She looked at it and the four of them did not look active. In fact all four blips registered one thing and that was there was no brain activity.
"What happened?" Harry asked her and Tess spun around to enlighten him on the matter.
"I don't understand what went wrong, there were fail safes on them in case they got out of control, but only I was able to activate them."
"Fail safe or a killswitch," Harry responded, keeping his voice calm and crisp, although he was not sure how much he liked Tess using the meteor-infected in such a way, the more he thought about it but he supposed that she had reasons.
Tess did not seem fazed at all and answered the question without missing a beat.
"Whatever you want to call it, the point is moot, as all of them are dead," Tess responded when she turned around and tried to figure out something.
Suddenly, the device she held in her hand burned it and it flew out of her hand before landing on the ground with a thud. Tess rubbed her hand, wincing at the fact that it did that and Harry turned to her, wondering what happened. It should have not activated the fail safes in her team without her pressing the button and also it should not have reacted in such a way, at least that's what Tess figured.
There were many questions in her mind and the answers became few and far between, but her heart beat against her chest never the less when she moved forward and heard the growling sound behind them.
Was it the creature, this monster of doom?
"Death will visit them before the Doomsday."
Did that have some kind of meaning Tess missed, that could in fact be quite literal because she understood one thing and one thing alone. That was that Death visited these young people and now the Doomsday was here. Could the monster be savvier than Tess suspected, she assumed that it was a mindless brute and judging by the expression on Harry Potter's face, he seemed to be thinking about the same lines. Then again, Tess never quite knew what Harry Potter was thinking, he was an enigma.
One that she hoped to figure out one day for sure, but he was an enigma never the less.
"It's not the monster, at least I don't think," Harry stated when he motioned for Tess to go forward. "I think there was something that went in there."
Tess's eyes snapped up, this was one of the many buildings in this section of town that were own by Luthorcorp, in fact it was a research and development lab that Lex Luthor himself used. Perhaps someone was giving the monster marching orders to steal items from the lab, for what reason, Tess had no idea. However, she was determined to find out no matter what.
She intended to clean out the lab by now but in all of the excitement, she never got around to it. She stepped inside, carefully fingering a gun that she had on her. It was best to shoot first and ask questions never but suddenly she stopped cold in her tracks. Things had gotten from strange to simply downright weird. Questions led to even more questions and fewer answers which was something that Tess did not like.
"If anyone is there, I demand you to show yourself!" Tess yelled but sparks flew in the air to cause her to back up a little bit and stagger back a little bit.
There were lasers that shot out to attack her but Harry quickly grabbed Tess and pulled her out of the way. He yanked her out of harm's way so fast that both of them fell backwards onto the ground. Harry landed first and Tess landed on top of him , almost straddling his lap when she looked down into his eyes.
Tess and Harry stared at each other in this compromising position for a moment before Harry cleared his throat and Tess got the message, scrambling to her feet but she composed herself with a dignified and stoic expression. She spun around and saw the walls vibrate and the fact was they started to hum.
"We've got to run," Harry answered when the walls lit up again but the doors swung shut before them.
"That might be a problem," Tess responded in a dry voice but Harry shook his head, before he forced the doors open, before he scooped Tess up in his arms. "Hey wait a minute..."
"Keep your head down, and don't say a word!" Harry yelled in a voice that left no room for argument as Tess decided to play along, at least for now.
Harry sped off before he flew to the nearest window with Tess in his arms. Tess figured that there was something different about Harry Potter now.
'I will kill whoever's behind this,' Harry thought to himself, smacking himself because he had no choice but to expose his secret to Tess.
They landed outside the building and Harry put Tess down on the ground, before she shook her head to clear the cobwebs. That was unlike anything else she ever experienced in her life and she wanted to figure what was happening. When she caught her breath, she found her voice, and there were more explosions, before an energy spike hit the power lines.
"I don't suppose you want to tell me what's happening now," Tess answered but Harry put his hand up to stop her from saying anything.
A sadistic voice echoed to taunt Harry and a symbol burned into the Luthorcorp facility that they left. There were three points, connected in a wavy line in an upside down triangle. Harry put the pieces together as only he could before he was spoken too.
"I'm coming for you Harry Potter, soon the protector of the House of El will be gone, the house will fall, and Doomsday will come. You cannot stop it."
Harry stopped before he recognized that voice, he recognized it and he knew what it was and knew that there might be trouble.
'Brainiac? But how could it..."
That was another question that Harry had to answer at another time as for right now, he sensed Doomsday was on his way to Metropolis, his hunger no longer sated by picking off random farmers in the country.
When it rained, it poured.
"Every single computer in Luthorcorp...damn it, I've been locked out."
Tess placed her hands on the pedestal before she shook her head, now was not the time to lose her head, there would be plenty of time for that later, as of now she would have to shake off everything that happened. She stood outside and looked up, trying to get back into the system.
"Was there anything you did that might have caused the Luthorcorp computers to get compromised?" Harry asked when he weighed the danger that was Brainiac in his mind. There was no sugar coating anything, not this time. Since Brainiac was back, it was not good but it made no sense, he destroyed Brainiac back in Krypton.
Didn't he?
Tess paused, racking her brain over before she answered the question that Harry had for her. "I've...I found this crystal in Afghanistan and hooked it up to the Luthorcorp computers to analyze it."
Harry turned around and knew that was the crystal that Karen brought to her Earth, which meant that it was not his version of Brainiac that he was dealing with, rather the Earth 2 Version of Brainiac. Somehow, someway, Brainiac hitched a ride on the crystal and made his way here with Karen which would explain the way Karen acted when she was here. And the fact that someone was giving her direction.
When Karen lost the crystal, she seemed to be a lot clearer with what she was and what she wanted to do, that much Harry did remember. He shook his head, there would be time to play a million theories later, right now, he had bigger problems than that crystal.
"You hooked up an unknown crystal to the Luthorcorp computers," Harry managed when he looked at Tess and Tess took a step back before she nodded.
"I assumed that the Luthorcorp computers would be...safe enough, we have the best firewall protection that money can provide," Tess answered but immediately she saw the fallacy of that statement. "Don't tell me we got attacked by some alien computer virus."
"Well for all intents and purposes, yes, it's the Brain Interactive Construct, and it's prime objective is simple, ensure that all life on Earth perishes," Harry explained to Tess, who nodded. "I...dealt with it before, but I feel that it came back for more after everything that's happened."
Tess took this matter in before she responded. "That's the thing about a computer virus, no matter how many times you try and fix your computer, they always find a way to sneak back it."
Harry knew nearly nothing about computers but he knew something about Brainiac.
'Why would Brainiac be intent on making sure that the Destroyer rolls over the planet?' Harry thought to the Lifeline Reading device.
'Because what you have referred to as Doomsday, is the son of Zod and Faora,' the Lifeline Reader thought back to Harry.
'Well that explains it,' Harry thought, this was another attempt to serve Zod that was Brainiac's objective the entire time.
A very familiar figure broke Harry out of his thoughts and Tess looked up to see the man approach.
"Detective John Jones, Metropolis Police Department, I wish to speak to Mr. Potter about the incident at the Luthorcorp facility."
Harry spun around, he recognized the Martian Manhunter immediately and was curious. Tess, unknowing about his true identity, stepped forward.
"I can assure you that all Mr. Potter did was make sure that I got out of there safely," Tess stated in a firm voice when she looked the Martian Manhunter in the eye.
The Martian Manhunter looked back at her with a reassuring gaze. "I can assure you that Mr. Potter is not being accused of any crimes, I wish to have a word with him as he may have seen something vital that could stop the rampage of murders going on through Kansas."
Tess eyed Harry but Harry turned around and walked off with J'onn, following him out of ear's reach.
"I trust Jor-El informed you about Doomsday," Harry whispered to the Martian Manhunter and the Martian nodded.
"Jor-El feared the Destroyer would come but he had hoped, perhaps foolishly, that Kal-El would be ready before he could rise," The Martian Manhunter stated when he looked at Harry. "Where is Kal-El? I checked the Kent Farm and the Daily Planet and..."
"Kal-El is learning a skill that I think we hoped that he never had to learn," Harry responded to the Martian Manhunter and the Martian got it immediately.
"He has to learn how to kill to defeat the Destroyer, it was Jor-El's greatest fear come true," the Martian Manhunter stated and Harry nodded. "Do you think he'll be ready?"
"I don't know," Harry responded when he looked out into the distance before he looked into the sky. Right now Clark was with Kara, Karen, Raya, Lois, Lana, and Chloe and they were doing everything that they could to prepare him. "He will not stand alone."
"No he won't," the Martian Manhunter agreed when he turned to Harry.
"But we have another problem," Harry answered to the Martian and his full attention was on Harry. "Brainiac's back."
"I would advise you to seek out Jor-El and ask for his advice on how to deal with this problem," The Martian Manhunter responded to Harry without missing a beat.
Harry thought it would be a cold day in Hell before he would ask Jor-El for help about anything. It went without saying that Harry was not too fond of him, especially after the way he treated Kara. Harry knew what it was like to be treated badly by a person because of a bad relationship that had with a parent. So Jor-El did not endear himself to Harry from the onset.
The Martian Manhunter sensed Harry's thoughts and turned to him, offering him a crisp gaze.
"No matter what your problems were with Jor-El, he will realize that Brainiac is bigger than anything that you could ever have against each other," the Martian Manhunter stated when he looked at Harry.
"I can handle Brainiac, I've beaten him before, I can beat him again," Harry stated when he turned around.
"Careful, Herald of Death, pride comes often before a fall, as you Earthlings are so noted in saying."
Harry tried to pick up on the energy spike and he had a good idea where Brainiac was heading.
"Tess, I think I can stop this, but do you have a place to stay, that's off the Luthorcorp grid?" Harry asked when she looked at him.
"Handle what you need to handle, I can take care of myself."
Harry saw the determination in her eyes, and Harry knew that she could take care of herself.
"Remember, there's a murderer out there," Harry answered when he looked at Tess, and she nodded, understanding before Harry vanished into thin air.
She would figure out how he did that, one day but right now she was out of control thanks to that Brainiac, whatever he was. Harry knew something more than he was telling and Tess found herself frustrated by the lack of knowledge that came her way. Despite her best efforts, she lost control.
Now was the time for Harry to trust the instincts that many said rarely lead him wrong. That was one point that Harry would take to the bank, the dark haired Herald of Death wondered if he was about due for something really bad to happen, it was only the law of averages. He stepped forward and the Martian Manhunter promised to keep an eye out for the Destroyer for him.
That was good as far as Harry was concerned for that would give him a chance to deal with Brainiac, once again Harry could tell where he was heading and where he wanted to go. The computer had one purpose and one purpose alone, and that was to collect all of the knowledge that he could.
Harry heard a thump behind him which put the young dark haired hero on high alert, he knew that something was creeping out there, something that should not be creeping out there. His hands curled a little bit when he looked over his shoulder, and waited for it to come.
He saw one of the Prometheus bodysuits move towards him but it had to be a prototype, in fact he knew that it was a prototype. Harry scanned the information from the Luthorcorp database, understanding what was ahead of him and found the information. Most of the suits had been thrown out by Tess or so he believed, but there were a few that Lex hid before his untimely demise.
"What you do is a folly."
Brainiac's voice grinded to Harry when the super powered suit moved towards him, directed towards Harry but Harry dodged the attacks.
"You are fast, you are skilled but ultimately those powers are squandered."
"Kara was right, for a computer you talk too much," Harry answered before he shook his head.
"Perhaps, but I know of your defeat of my counterpart in what is designated Earth One. I learned from the mistakes of this counterpart, combined I would be designated the Brain Interactive Construct Seven Point Zero. I retrieved the data from this universe's version that he left on the Luthorcorp computers."
Harry blasted the suit but it was nothing except for an empty shell. The real Brainiac was elsewhere.
"You've been a thorn in the side of many plans throughout your days, Herald of Death. But you will not compromise my objective for I know of the way to destroy you."
Harry sent an electro-magnetic pulse through his hands but the machine was nowhere yet it was everywhere.
"I've been having people try and kill me since the day I was born, you're nothing more than that," Harry answered when he saw Brainiac infect a tank of experimental nanobots.
The nanobots constructed into the more familiar form of Milton Fine, who stood before Harry. Harry went after him, to try and blast him with a powerful charge of magic.
A field appeared around Brainiac, blocking him and Harry flew backwards.
Harry became invisible and Brainiac stood, not bothered by anything.
"You may have become invisible but you still give off a certain degree of body heat and I will find you."
"Again, for a computer, you talk too much," Harry answered without saying another word and he stood to face his enemy, before he sent another pulse through the air.
Brainiac calculated the situation based on what he knew and he responded in a cold, methodical, and logical way. He knew that his defeat would be probable, but he did not have to win, merely ensure that Harry Potter, this Herald of Death, did not win on this day. He circled his enemy, preparing to move in for the kill.
"Today is the day where it is written that the House of El falls. It has been allowed twenty further years of lingering on this planet but the Destroyer will assume its role and there's nothing anyone can do about it. Even Death's chosen cannot hope to stop my plans."
Harry dove at Brainiac but Brainiac shot several cables at him. He kept them at bay with his powers for a moment but something happened to Brainiac, at least this version. He adapted to Harry's powers and sent a pulse of energy through the field.
"I'm sure your powers didn't tell you about that," Brainiac taunted Harry when he pushed him back towards the wall and Harry struggled against the force.
Several wires implanted themselves into the back and side of Harry's head, with Brainiac trying to download a backup copy of himself into Harry.
Harry blasted Brainiac back into the wall, before he staggered back and nearly collapsed to one knee. The young wizard panted with his head ringing and a burning sensation going through it but he turned to Brainiac, his eyes narrowed.
"I bet your program didn't tell you about this," Harry taunted Brainaic, but suddenly, Brainiac shot a disc at Harry.
The disc connected with his chest and Harry tried to remove it but a cold chill enveloped his body. Harry dropped to the ground, temporarily paralyzed, long enough for Brainiac to step in for the kill and he raised his hands to finish off the only one who could save the House of El from its doom.
A blur shot in and knocked Brainiac through the wall with a telepathic pulse, sending him flying through the wall. Brainiac flew back, with the hands phasing through his chest when he was put through the wall. She pushed him back with each passing motion and he fell down to the ground with a thud.
Harry looked around, feeling like he suffered a really bad case of the flu, before he blacked out. After all of this, that stupid pile of microchips was going to be the one that defeated him. That was about right.
Brainiac stopped, wounded, so it appeared that the Herald of Death had a contingency plan. The White Martian was on the list for those who would suffer first before Doomsday came. Her suffering would be long and drawn out.
It mattered little for thanks to the information he pulled from the Luthorcorp computers that Lily left behind, he knew exactly how to strip him of the Herald of Death powers and his powers in general in fact. He knew that the nexus point of Herald of Death powers flowed through Harry, which meant all Heralds of Death lost their abilities and anyone who were gifted by the abilities would lose their powers as well.
Kal-El would be trapped in limbo where he would perish and if he should ever escape, it would be too late, for Doomsday would roll over the planet. Brainiac wished to finish the job he started, because he left nothing to chance and for that, he left to repair himself.
Then the Herald of Death, now powerless, human, and mortal, would be easily destroyed. Brainiac deduced he was nothing without his powers but a deluded child.
The White Martian damaged him more than he thought, he would need twelve hours to prepare before he finished the job but it was unlikely that the Herald of Death would reclaim his powers in that time.
Harry shook his head, trying to get his head back together, and it took him a moment before he realized what happened. Somehow, someway, Brainiac injected himself with something and he found himself back to the Shining Light Foundation, strapped to a table.
"Woke up in time."
Megan stood over Harry, trying not to focus on the fact that Harry was strapped to the table, naked. Yet that was the only way to make sure that Brainiac did not leave anything behind. She watched Harry for a long time before she turned her head towards him and spoke in a crisp voice.
"I'm sorry about the state of undress, but it was the only way," Megan answered in an apologetic voice when she turned to Harry. She could not resist offering another point to lighten the mood. "Perhaps since I've seen yours, maybe you would like to see mine."
Megan could not believe that she was brazen enough to say that but to be honest, that was one of those things that went through one ear and out the other. Then again, being eighteen years old, such a comment would not get Harry into too much trouble but he seemed to brush that off. At least that's what it seemed and for that Megan felt rather grateful that he did not make a big deal of it.
"My powers are gone," Harry managed when he looked at Megan and Megan stepped back, an apologetic look swimming in her eyes.
"Yeah, your powers are gone," Megan agreed when she looked up at Harry, taking a moment to let everything sink in. "I don't know what Brainiac did, if I hadn't intervened when I did, he would have tried to take everything from you and leave you nothing but a dried out husk."
"He shouldn't be this powerful," Harry responded when he looked up at the sky and tried to levitate the book on the shelf but his powers were gone.
Harry went over the events in his mind and knew what happened. Tess hooked up the computer to the crystal and then everything went haywire. There was no point in denying that fact and Harry turned around before he saw that Brainiac was gone.
"Sorry, but John Jones is on the phone, you know our mild mannered detective from the MPD," Megan responded when she looked at Harry with a slight knowing glint in her eye. "You know in the same sense I'm a mild mannered teenage assistance at the Shining Light Foundation."
Harry got the message immediately and he took the phone.
"The Destroyer has been sighted, now's the time to halt what you're doing and bring back Kal-El," The Martian Manhunter stated over the phone.
"Tiny problem with that," Harry answered when he took a moment. "It's Brainiac...he found a way to take my powers."
"Did you not go to Jor-El?" the Martian Manhunter asked him over the phone.
"Look, Jor-El wouldn't be able to help me, if Brainiac knows how to remove powers now that have been granted by Death," Harry answered when he knew that Kara, Karen, and Chloe were trapped, unknowing to what happened. Should it come time to return, then they would be in that realm without any way to get out. Then again, Harry suspected that Death allowed Brainiac to take his powers, to punish him for something. "I'll find a way to take down Brainiac, reverse it."
"Without your powers..."
"I'm not helpless," Harry responded when the straps were off and he got to his feet. "Keep following the Destroyer and if you think you can shut him down or at least stall him, be my guest."
"We both know that's Kal-El's battle to fight," the Martian Manhunter responded over the other end of the telephone.
"Yes, I know, but it won't be his to fight alone," Harry answered when he turned out.
Tess's warning that Death would visit them for the Doomsday had Harry on edge more than he ever cared to admit to anyone whether it be man or Martian. Harry expected his boss to pop out of nowhere to give him a performance review about what happened so far. Given the fact that Brainiac stripped Harry of his powers, Harry felt Death would find that performance quite lacking.
"Tess Mercer on the other line, she wants to know what happened," Megan stated and Harry nodded.
"I'll be in touch," The Martian Manhunter stated when he got off to allow Harry to talk to Tess.
"Eighteen people were killed tonight and twenty one others were injured," Tess stated without preamble. "And every single Luthorcorp building, I've been locked out. I tried to hack in remotely but..."
"Brainiac shut you down," Harry answered when he looked onto the Shining Light Foundation computers, so far the security was the only thing that held so perhaps he was not as shut as he thought.
"What kind of danger are we looking at?" Tess asked Harry and Harry paused for a moment before he responded with his grimmest assessment yet.
"The end of the world as we know it."
Tess hitched in her breath before she tapped her foot on the ground on the other end of the line. It was to Harry's understanding that she mulled over certain matters in her mind but it was fine for Harry. She could take all of the time she wanted or needed for it gave Harry time to consider his next move, whatever that might be. The dark haired young man leaned forward and pondered his predicament.
"I don't suppose you have some rabbit to pull out of your hat that might allow us to stop this," Tess answered after a long thought.
'At this point, I don't even have a hat,' Harry thought, he was sure that he was in more hopeless situations in the past although it took him a while to remember any of them.
"I'll let you know if I come up with anything...but keep a low profile and keep your head low," Harry managed when he turned around and grabbed a change of clothes, before he put them on.
Megan watched Harry make his way to the door and she stepped in front of him.
"Did you stop Brainiac?"
"No, I could only damage him, but he'll be back online within a half of a day, maybe a day," Megan answered when she looked at Harry.
"And how long have I been out?" Harry asked the young Martian girl who bit her lip before she responded to that question.
"Ten and a half hours."
Harry swore when he mulled over the situation in his mind, yep there were instances where things were more hopeless; but they did not happen in the then and now, rather they happened when Harry could put them in the past. Putting everything in perspective, Harry wondered if there was any way around what he needed to do and he decided that there was only one thing to do. He knew that he risked his very livelihood to do so but perhaps he could stall Brainiac for long enough until his powers returned.
"I'm going after him."
Megan's eyes flashed in terror when she stood on her tip toes to stare Harry straight in the eye and ask what was the most obvious question in the world. "Are you insane?"
"Perhaps, but there's no point in waiting around here, I've got to stop him, if I can defeat Braniac, maybe I can reverse what he did to me."
"That's insane, Harry, you're smarter than this, don't be like Kal-El, think straight!" Megan yelled at him, when she stepped up to face him and he shook his head. "There is one other way, and we both know what it is."
Harry's lips curled into a smile, he did know it, granted he did not like it, but he knew it and knew what he had to do. Perhaps it was what he should have done from the beginning but he was too stubborn. Now it was time for two people to put together pride and their differences to stop a common threat. A threat that endangered their mutual interest and Harry knew one thing.
It was time for the Prince of Darkness to strap on his ice skates.
"Megan, can you get me to the Fortress?"
Megan without pause nodded, before she scooped up Harry, and flew him out the window to the Artic.
'Now I know how Clark feels,' Harry thought dismally when Megan carried him in her arms all the way to the Fortress of Solitude.
Harry dropped down to the Artic snow and ice when he slipped and slid. He wished his powers returned. In fact, he went over every single possible scenario in his hand where he could bring his powers back but there was nothing. He was sure that there was something that he missed but his powers were secondary to the fact that Brainiac was out there as well as the Destroyer.
"I know we had our differences Jor-El, but now's the time where we need to work together," Harry answered when he stood out there, agitated that he had been demeaned to begging for help from someone. He clutched his hands and shook his head, before he adjusted his stance a little bit and stared out into the Artic. "Brainiac has returned."
"I was under the assumption that the BrainInteractive Construct met its final demise."
"Believe me, that assumption was shared by me but this is another version of Brainiac, from an alternate timeline and he is as dangerous if not more so than the one you've known," Harry answered when he stepped forward and shook his head. "I know that there was a point where the universes split but there has to be something that you know that will allow me to stop Brainiac."
"I do not think that you understand the gravity of the situation that you have caused with your attempts to meddle in Kal-El's destiny," Jor-El lectured Harry but it was at that point where Harry's temper rose a little bit.
"Look, you can talk about your son and his destiny all day and all night but if you don't help me deal with Brainiac, your son won't come back to have a destiny. He's been sent off to fulfill your will, so he can take out Doomsday. You know, the planet's greatest destroyer, something that he's supposed to defeat. Despite my great powers, I couldn't defeat him but that's down to him!"
Harry dropped to one knee, he felt fatigued and weaker than he ever did before but then he stood back up. No, he would not be reduced to pleading with him.
"You know what, I was an idiot thinking that you would care, I sometimes wonder if you want Clark to fail for your own sadistic amusement," Harry stated when he turned around but another voice called after him.
"Harry, Jor-El will assist you."
The voice of Lara finally spoke up, there were times where Harry forgot she was even here, yet she was there and she spoke to him. Harry stopped in his tracks and spun around. He waited in the snow and ice before once again Lara spoke in a firm voice.
"We both understand the danger that Brainiac poses if he is allowed to remain unchecked and the end game would be to enable the bloodline of Zod to succeed. Therefore it will be in our best interest to assist you, is that correct Jor-El?"
Lara framed this question in a matter that Jor-El only had one answer to give and one answer at all if he valued his existence.
"Yes, it will be important but you must promise that my son will return from where you have sent him and fulfill what he's destined to do," Jor-El answered to Harry, it almost sounded like Jor-El was pleading with Harry for his son's well being.
"I'm not...Kara and I have done nothing but ensure that Clark remains protected but yet you take us for granted," Harry stated when he stared back at the walls of the Fortress.
"Jor-El was mistaken with his claims but we must assist you Harry," Lara answered in a firm voice. "Not because of the situation but because now you are family."
Harry did not know what to stay to that.
"Show me all you have on Brainiac," Harry stated when he finally found his voice and regained his composure.
The Kryptonian symbols flashed before Harry's eyes and he strained to understand them, he wished to understand them but there was something blocking his understanding. With his powers completely gone, he could not understand any single symbol that he read. He wanted to but it was utter gibberish to him.
"Is there a problem?" Lara asked Harry.
"I can't read it, it's nothing to me, my powers, they're gone, and..." Harry responded before he trailed off, straining, he had to remember.
"Then there is only one thing that we must do to assist you," Lara answered when she took a moment to gaze on her niece's mate.
"Show me what Lana saw," Harry stated when he held his hands together before he paused at that moment before he added, knowingly. "And show me everything that she didn't see as well."
"You are quite resourceful to understand that I purposely blocked some knowledge from the mind of Lana Lang, for fear that Lily Potter would get her hands on it," Jor-El stated but he knew that there was anything he must do. "This is the knowledge of the universe and should be only processed by those of strong mind and strong hearts. Should you be unable to process than you will be unable to even move, for your mind will be destroyed."
Harry paused before he stated without a preamble. "Some things are worth the risk."
A great deal of blue light bombarded Harry when he saw his mind surrounded by the knowledge, perhaps in this knowledge he could find a way to return his powers and stop Brainiac, while bringing the others home.
To Be Continued in Alliance Part Two.