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Chapter Six: Cure.
Diana arrived outside of the Shining Light Foundation, with a smile on her face. It had been a few weeks since Harry left the island and she longed to see him again, and maybe even do more. Her mother managed to set it up where Diana was the official ambassador for Paradise Island in Man's World. Granted, there were some people who were wondering about this entire mess and a bit paranoid about an entire island that was off the map until today but she walked forward with confident strides. There was no way that she was going to miss this for the world.
The double doors of the Shining Light Foundation swung open to allow her entry and she stepped inside with a bright smile on her face, to continue to step forward. Her dark hair swung away from her face and Diana walked forward before she caught sight of a familiar face.
"Diana!"
Kara was the one who greeted her.
"Hello Kara, it's nice to see you again," Diana responded and Kara offered a bright smile across her face before she invited the dark haired woman inside.
"You as well," Kara answered, when she saw Karen sitting there. Karen moved over and greeted Diana with a tight hug.
"It's good to see you again," Karen stated with a smile when she sank into Diana's arms, her embrace felt quite nice. The blonde relaxed a little bit into the warm embrace of the Amazon.
Diana saw the person she wanted to meet, and she saw him walking down the steps. She moved forward and grabbed him into a hug, before pushing him against the wall and capturing his lips with a searing kiss. His green eyes snapped open in surprise but Harry turned around, watching her carefully and putting his hands on her hips, moving them down her body.
Harry felt her legs lock around him tightly, but given that there were people moving around the lobby, that was the extent of their greeting, at least for now. The young wizard pulled away from her, as Chloe came down the stairs.
Chloe offered a knowing smile towards Harry. "Hey, Diana, nice to meet you again."
"Hello Chloe, glad to see you again," Diana responded when she grabbed Chloe's hand in a gracious handshake.
Megan edged out of the background and grabbed Harry, before she whispered something in his ear.
"Harry, you've got to see this, something's going down on the news," Megan responded and Harry nodded, before he edged away, leaving Diana, Kara, Karen, and Chloe to interact.
"So how did you and Harry get together?" Diana asked, making conversation.
"Well it all started when Harry saved me when I was an inch from death, you sort of grow attached to someone when you have a life debt to him," Chloe offered with a smile before she added in a confident voice. "But you know what, I'd be with Harry regardless, he actually is quite perception."
"Although he said he didn't used to be that way, until he met me," Kara answered with confidence. "So are you here for the long haul, Diana?
Diana nodded with a smile crossing her face. "I am, mother decided to put me here in hopes of bridging the two worlds. I'm going to stay here for a while."
"And I'm sure there are certain fringe benefits in taking the job," Karen answered with a smirk crossing her face.
Diana had to admit that the other girl had a point; she took the job in part to be near Harry and hoped that they had a bit more time to spend with each other. She had this feeling that they barely scratched the surface of what Harry could do the island and Diana needed certain itches that needed scratching. Now that she sampled a bit of him, she wanted the entire package and could hardly wait to acquire that.
There was a long pause before Harry returned and the look on his face indicated that he had no good news. He threw the papers down on the table when he watched them carefully and Chloe, Kara, and Karen spun around, with Diana following him.
"Three reports like this just in the last hour, and the hand of something sinister was at foot," Harry answered as he showed them the papers.
"They experienced symptoms that made them rapid, and caused them to lash out," Kara read as she looked at it and dread spread over her body. "That sounds like the….Shrieking Madness."
"Come again?" Chloe asked, looking at Kara with a raised eyebrow.
Kara decided to explain it to her. "It has a more scientific name than that, but it's what it's commonly called. Thara told me about it, it was the disease that infected most of the people on Argo and killed them. It also wiped out many Kryptonians four hundred years before the planet's destruction, and crippled our economy. But it only infects Kryptonians."
Kara decided to get to someone who would be an expert on this, Thara cured the Shrieking Madness on Argo but the damage had been done and most were either dead or in a catatonic state.
"Thara, have you heard the reports?" Kara asked to her friend over the phone.
"Yes, Kara….it sounds like the Shrieking Madness," Thara responded in a fretful tone of voice as she let a deep breath in and out. "But I thought that it only affected us."
"Someone must have reversed engineered it to effect humans," Kara responded, fretfully biting down on her lip.
"I'll see if I can pop in and get a blood sample from one of the infected," Thara told her and Kara waited.
Two minutes later, Thara popped up and had the blood sample in hand. It was in a vial and the blood bubbled sinisterly.
"Chloe, please get this blood analyzed immediately," Harry requested and Chloe nodded but his cellphone went off with a text messages.
'Zombies, mansion, need assistance. TM.'
Harry, Kara, Karen, and Diana all sped off, with Thara and Chloe staying there to analyze the blood.
"So how long does it take to manufacture a cure for this Shrieking Madness?" Chloe asked Thara and her face fell.
"About six months," Thara responded in an agitated voice. "And that's about six months we don't have, at this rate, the Madness will burn through all of humanity in three, if we're fortunate."
Someone wanted to commit genocide on a global scale to humanity but what they would have to gain? Surely the Kandorians could not be that cruel, surely they would not be able to infect humanity at such a rate.
"I'll run this through the Shining Light Foundation computers, if anything can find a cure, it can," Chloe responded before she walked forward, she was half distracted by what was going on around her. She hoped that it would work out well like a charm.
Tess backed against the wall, swinging a baseball bat with all of her might, eyes widened, and breathing heavily. She was up against the wall in the literal and figurative sense of the world, her heart beat up against her chest when she worked herself up against the wall. Two of her security guards lost their minds after they dosed off after a late shift and were about ready to tear her throat open. One of them scratched her and she felt the stinging pain.
"Remember, try not to hurt them, they're human beings."
Karen dodged a swing from a sharp object and swung around, before she kicked the monster in the back of the head. The monster dropped down to the ground.
"Yeah, tell it that," Karen stated, when she ricocheted her heat vision off of the pipes, and caused the water from the sprinkler systems to blind them.
The zombies stepped back but Harry caused fire to fly in the air. Zombies were resistant to fire, that much he remembered, and that allowed Kara, Karen, and Diana to administer sedatives to them. Thankfully Harry had a few on hand, in case the guests at the Shining Light Foundation got out of control.
"Are you okay?" Diana asked, bending down and checking on Tess.
"Other than the fact I feel like the extra in a Slasher film, I feel fine," Tess responded as she shook her head a little bit and cleared the cobwebs.
Her heart beat sped up a little bit and Harry, Diana, Kara, and Karen all could tell that she was a bit out of it. Harry placed a hand to her forehead and felt the burning sensation underneath his hand.
"You're burning up," Harry responded but this caused Tess to roll her eyes slightly.
"Yes, this is something that I haven't noticed," Tess responded, before she felt her heart beat faster.
"You've been infected, haven't you?" Kara asked when she prepared the sedative, but Tess lashed out and knocked her against the wall.
"Get out of here!" Tess yelled when her eyes became bloodshot and her teeth gritted, when her hands shook. Her skin became completely white and clammy, before she turned towards him and gave a shrieking growl.
"Back, I'll take care of this," Harry stated to his girls over his shoulder, as he spotted Tess advancing closer to him. Diana, Kara, and Karen to their credit stood their ground. "Tess, if you're in there somewhere, fight it. I know you like to be in control but you're not in control, you are out of control."
Tess, it appeared, was not in the mood for listening or reasoning, when she dove at Harry but the wizard ducked the attack, before he spun around and pivoted on his foot, before he nailed her into the back of the leg with a kick. The infection gave her some super vulnerability against attacks and Harry dove at her, but Tess dodged the attack.
"Tess, it's time to take your medicine," Harry stated but she blocked the sedative. A stunning spell did not work, her adrenaline was too hyped up for it to have any effect whatsoever.
Kara dove at Tess but Tess grabbed her by the hair, shrieking mad and whipped her back. Diana dove at her, before flipping her over, and taking her down by the legs. Karen dove at Tess's head.
Harry mulled it over, there was bad news and worse news with this situation. The bad news was that the virus enhanced Tess's strength, reflexes, and stamina. But there was worse news than that, the worse news is that in a matter of time, it would cause her to burst into flames and die in an extremely painful spontaneous combustion. Her blood would boil, her organs would burst, it was not a good way to die at all. Her eyeballs would be reduced to mush, all over the next seventy two hours.
"Tess, calm yourself, I think I can help you," Harry stated when Tess dove at Harry, and grabbed his arm, before her fingernails, now able to cut through solid steel thanks to the virus.
Kara's eyes widened but she was unable to stop that in time. The blonde carefully watched when her husband was scratched, and before she could react. The blood splashed out onto the scratch wound Tess had from when she got infected.
Tess threw her hands onto her head and screamed out loud, when the scratch healed over, her eyes became less blood shot, and her skin regained color. She dropped to the ground into the arms of Harry, holding her up, as her body gave a shuddering breath.
"What happened?" Kara asked, giving the question that was on all of their minds.
Harry shook his head. "I don't know, it was like a miracle, and she's….I don't know."
That was the fact of the matter, Harry simply did not know and now Tess could barely stand on her own two feet. She was still breathing and by a miracle, healed, completely. He ran a scan on her and would have to do a more detailed one to make sure, but the Shrieking Madness left Tess's body and she dropped to the ground, sinking into Harry's arms.
"Your blood healed her just like that?" Karen asked, trying to piece that together in her mind.
"It's….well I have a theory about my blood but I want to run it in a test in the Shining Light Foundation," Harry responded but Tess was responding rather well for someone who nearly died. A few scanning spells indicated that her vitals were back where they should have been.
Kara decided to add in the obvious point. "And we want to make sure that the virus didn't infect you. I know you're immune to most viruses that infect humans because of your powers, but we shouldn't take any chances."
"Well, you haven't been infected," Chloe remarked in a relieved voice, and Kara, Diana, and Karen all shared that relief. "But there are several interesting things about your blood."
Kara felt a bit of dread flood her. "Is this the good kind of interesting or the bad kind of interesting?"
Chloe shrugged her shoulders before she took the plunge. "Well your mileage might vary on that one."
Chloe took a few minutes to really enjoy keeping them in suspense before she burst out and said what was on her mind. The blonde threw her hair back a little bit and turned around with a twisted little smile on her face.
"Well for one thing your pheromone levels are shooting off the charts," Chloe responded when she grabbed Harry by the hand and looked at him. "Now, I know this is the Herald of Death thing, for the most part, but I don't think it's ever been that intense."
Harry thought so and Kara and Karen thought the same thing, so all three of the Heralds said in unison.
"It was the altar that we touched."
Chloe nodded, that was the thing that sent them off to the island for all of those weeks but this only scratched the surface. The Altar, whatever it was, it changed them a little bit but for how and what the scope was, she had no idea. The blonde carefully eyed the readings before she snickered.
"Well, if I'm reading these readings right, I'm sure that you won't have much trouble in the relationship department, as those pheromones that you were throwing off, will attract every women that has an attraction to you if you're in contact with them long enough," Chloe added when she read them. "Of course, that attention might not be the best, so I'd advise carrying a taser or something."
"Or I'll keep them in line," Kara responded, cracking her knuckles and Karen nodded in agreement.
"But why did his blood heal Tess?" Karen asked.
"This is curious….his blood has two elements that shouldn't exist together but yet they've turned Harry's blood into a powerful healing agent that is the cure to any disease," Chloe responded before she watched it. "Kind of."
Kara was carefully caught with this question and a frown crossed her face. "What do you mean, kind of?"
Chloe decided that it would be best to elaborate based off of the readings that she got off of the computer at the Shining Light Foundation. Granted there were parts of it that she did not understand but it was time for the blonde to do her best. Throwing her head back she answered it.
"Harry's blood is sentient."
Kara let out the breath that she was holding and her eyes shifted a little bit before she stated one simple sentence. "How?"
Chloe smiled before she was all too happy to elaborate what she meant with this statement. "His blood only healed Tess because his blood judged her worthy of being healed. So in theory, we could use Harry's blood to manufacture a cure but it's rather particular to who it heals. Therefore it could kill those that it judges undeserving of living."
Thara, who sat there the entire time without saying a word, finally spoke up, her eyes on the group. "Fortunately, we have a way around that."
She took this as her cue to elaborate this.
"Chloe and I have run a few simulations, with help from Alison," Thara responded and Alison smiled when she looked at them. "We have formulated a cure that should work but it needs one more element."
Diana raised an eyebrow before she watched Chloe shift to grab a remote control device from the desk drawer. "And that would be…."
"The blood sample from a pureblood male Kryptonian," Chloe concluded as she let the bomb drop.
"Well there's only one candidate for that, but he's pulling an emo mime act now," Karen responded, her voice dripping in disgust at the way Clark was acting as of late.
Kara was not too happy and she bit her tongue with the choice words that she had about Clark's recent change of attitude ever since Jor-El took a firmer hand in his training.
"Well I guess we're going to have to draw him out of hiding," Chloe stated whilst she pushed the button on the remote control device she had and waited patiently.
"And what makes you think he's going to come?" Alison asked as she spoke up for the first time. She was starting to come out of her shell a little bit but given how she had been raised, as a lab rat in the Department of Mysteries, it was hard to really relate to people.
Chloe watched the door, tapping her foot patiently, a shit eating grin appearing on her face. "Oh he'll come, if he wants his ears to stop bleeding any time soon."
Clark Kent could be a particularly stubborn person but he showed up at the Shining Light Foundation, a pained grimace etched on his face, when he massaged his ears.
"Clark," Chloe casually stated with a grim smile as she watched Clark, pleased that her "Clark signal" worked wonders.
"What in the name of Rao is your problem, Chloe?" Clark asked whilst he clutched his ears, they rang quite painfully from the sonic blast only tuned to his ears only.
"And it speaks," Chloe remarked dryly when she eyed Clark. "Look Clark, I know you don't like needles but we need a blood sample, the fate of the world depends on it."
Before Clark could get in a word edgewise, Chloe stabbed him in the arm with the Kryptonite needle, magically enhanced to get around the cure that all of them had been given some time back. He gave a pained anguish but it was not a fatal dosage. His eyes widened carefully when they got blood shot and Chloe extracted the blood from him. It looked painful but to do was oddly therapeutic given Clark's recent acts of Superdickery.
"The fate of humanity depends on this blood sample," Chloe responded, almost apologetically but not quite. "Sorry I didn't bother asking you the polite way, but there wasn't enough time. This is a time sensitive matter."
The cure was synthesized and Thara's face spread into a smile, a relieved one. The cure was being dispersed through the city and around the world. Hopefully that would make humanity immune for this virus.
"And it's working, thankfully it's working," Thara responded before she hugged Harry and Kara in relief. She realized what she did and pushed back, blushing slightly.
"The sentiment is appreciated," Harry responded with a smile, which caused her to turn away to completely hide her embarrassment, but Kara gave a knowing smile.
"Well, everything is going back to normal, and thanks to the cure, people won't remember anything they did under the influence," Chloe stated when she shifted and smiled, before giving a cough. When she thought about it, everything worked out well.
"That might be for the best," Harry concluded and they all agreed with nods.
"Well that was an eventful first day," Diana commented as she thought about it and wondered what tomorrow would bring.
"Every day is an adventure around here," Kara concluded, she would learn that soon enough.
"Why did you do it, Clark?" Chloe asked when he woke up and Clark's eyes turned towards Chloe, widened but then they narrowed in annoyance.
"I did it to protect…."
"To protect, that's always a funny term, isn't it?" Chloe asked, watching him through narrowed eyes.
"My powers, they're important, I figured that I could save everyone if I…."
"What Clark, distanced yourself from everyone?" Chloe asked when she eyed Clark and sighed in an exasperated manner, before she shifted back a little bit "And….then what, what were you going to do? Did you really think that was going to work?"
"I had to work that was what Jor-El told me," Clark responded but his voice trailed off, he realized how lame that sounded. Chloe's eyes widened and Clark could tell that was the wrong answer whatsoever to give her.
"So Jor-El told you this," Chloe answered in a crisp voice but it was Kara's turn to jump in.
"If Jor-El told you to jump into the sun because it was your destiny, would you do it?" Kara asked Clark. "We could have restored your powers easily, without you having to go to him."
"I didn't….I don't want to," Clark responded when he turned around huffily but the door gave off a glow that stopped him. "I can't believe you removed the Kryptonite cure to prove some kind of point."
"You don't have the defensive card to pull, after what you've pulled," Chloe answered closing her eyes. "You could be on the beginning of a road that leads to the deaths of countless people."
"What?" Clark asked, unable to believe what she said.
Kara was too happy to fill Clark in. "I'm not going to mince words, you betrayed us in the future."
"That's impossible, how do you know it was me?" Clark asked.
Kara turned around. "You thought that you were doing the right thing but Zod manipulated you like a chess pawn. Of course he manipulated you a little too good as he manipulated himself into the ground. And the Kandorians suffered."
'And Harry died because of your actions and that won't happen,' Kara thought to herself as Harry stepped up.
"I'll deal with Zod," Clark responded as he stood up on his feet.
"I hope you're mentally ready to handle him, Kal-El," Kara responded looking him into the eye. "Zod is more dangerous than anything you've ever faced before."
Clark felt annoyed at being treated like he was made of glass. "I've beat him before."
"You caught his Phantom Zone shade off guard once, that won't happen with the real deal," Kara responded when she folded her arms and peered in Clark's eyes, she dared him to contradict anything that she said, because she all knew it was true. "Clark, I understand your desire for independence but independence can be a high price to pay when you are out there against someone who would tear you limb from limb."
Kara paused before she added.
"I don't want that future to happen, not now, and now ever," Kara stated when her eyes closed and she threw her head back. She wished it would never have to happen this way but it did. "We can only avoid that future if we stand together."
It was almost like what Kara said drifted into one of Clark's ears and out the other. He nodded carefully. "May I go now?"
"You may, if you promise to go back to the farm and apologize to Lois, Lana, and Raya because of your actions," Kara responded when she watched Clark and looked him dead on in the eye. "Next time you pull a stunt like this, I swear, I'll remove that cure and dunk your head in liquefied Kryptonite. It won't kill you but you'll learn your lesson."
"And I can crank up the frequency on this button a lot more than I blasted you with," Chloe answered and Clark nodded, before she let him go off.
She did not even know if Lana and Lois returned to the Kent Farm yet. They were out searching for various leades on the Kandorians that landed and Chloe hoped them the best of luck. So far, no Kandorians had taken the olive branch that Harry threw out to invite them for the Shining Light Foundation. Chloe sighed in frustration, with her husband throwing his arms around her.
"It will be okay, Chlo," Harry stated when he nuzzled his face into the back of her neck. "He's…..he's going through a difficult time I think."
"As always you rationalize even the most irrational of things," Chloe stated with a smile but she felt the comforting and relaxing embrace of her husband's arms around her. That was something that gave her clarity and the ability to calm.
"So what is our next move?" Karen asked when she hung out from the door.
That was a really good question and they hoped to answer that one in due time. Now began the waiting game that the two of them played and the blonde closed her eyes before she took a moment to tap her foot on the ground, twisting her head from one side to the next.
"We wait, we watch, and we hope," Kara added, hoping that they had this one in their court, because if not they were screwed. They played what was called the waiting game.
The footsteps of Major Dru-Zod approached him, when he noticed that a modified version of the Shrieking Madness was released into the city, he was not displeased. It was all that he could do to keep his temper in check when he walked forward, taking a few steps in stride. The Major walked forward and hoped that he could punish the person who caused this. Who so foolishly revealed them to the people before the time was right. Zod thought that left some form of carelessness and strategy.
He saw the man, a soldier in his army named Coats, who engineered the virus. He was warned by Faora about the consequences of doing such a thing but yet he did it anyway. Zod stepped forward, preparing to make this man pay for what he did but there was no need because Coats dropped to the ground, a knife plunged between his shoulder blades, blood splashing down to the floor as he fell.
This lead to Zod's curiosity spiking up to a new degree and he reached forward, pulling the blade from his back, with a note attached to it. The blood of Coats rolled off of the note which stained his fingers. Yet despite this, Zod opened it.
Zod,
Keep a tighter leash on your men. If I ever catch hint of any of them doing something like this again, I will not hesitate to take them down. This is your only warning. Don't test me, because we can destroy you all. We are watching. Don't take us lightly. We will do anything to protect the savior of Kandor.
A.G.
Zod took the paper in his hand and clutched it tightly; he was rather amused at the thought of this paper in his hand. It hung from his hand and he watched the paper drop to the floor. Coats was a fool on two accounts from where Zod stood. The first account was creating the modified Shrieking Madness plague, for he did two things. He opened himself up to exposure from the humans and secondly, if he made a misstep he could have infected them all, including his fellow Kandorians.
But this next move, oh this one, it took the cake, to borrow a phrase from humans. He exposed himself to someone and got stabbed in the back, quite literally. Zod's face contorted into a grin, he could hardly believe his luck when he thought about it. He could claim ignorance about the entire thing not that there was anything to prove. It was not a plan he learned of until it was executed.
"So, the fool decided to unleash a plague unchecked into the city."
Zod turned and the man dressed in black stood in the doorway. There was a moment where Zod nodded towards him. He was a slimy example of humanity, with greasy black hair and sunken dark eyes that even made Zod distrust him completely.
"Yes, but we know one thing, there is another with blood that can help give us our powers back," Zod answered as he kept his eyes on this man. He was not the man one turned their back on.
Jor-El and Alura, they were still out there, and Zod needed to make sure that they were loyal to the cause before he made his next move.
"Remember our agreement," the greasy man stated.
"I must find her first," Zod answered, eyes still locked beadily on this poor excuse for a human. "Mr. Snape, you have done an adequate job with the modifications and I as always will keep my end of the bargain."
"That is acceptable," Snape stated in his most oily voice, looking forward to finally get the prize that he had been denied all of those years ago, when the Dark Lord killed her. Yet fate had given him another chance and he would claim what is his. "Potter is nothing but an arrogant brat."
Zod turned around and without warning grabbed Snape around the throat. Despite his lack of powers, Zod was in pretty good shape and had a pretty good grip. The Kandorian pressed his thumb to the side of Snape's neck, causing his eyes to bulge slightly. He squeezed the throat of Snape causing him to gasp and blood to flow from his mouth when Zod choked him down.
"You presume too much," Zod stated when he let go of the throat of Snape and that allowed the greasy wizard to drop to the ground like a piece of paper. He mentally noted how natural Snape looked on his knees before a superior. "You may leave."
Snape felt annoyance at being dismissed like a common school boy by this Zod but he would have to play along for a little bit longer. He waited almost twenty years, but Snape would have what he earned from his services. He edged back, massaging his throat.
Zod spun around before he saw one of his men, tall and black, staring at him. "Basqat, has our prisoner spoken yet?"
"Only some nonsense about Nargles," Basqat stated when he watched Zod. "Is that some kind of Earth code word or something?"
"She knows something about this Blur and who he truly is," Zod stated, his current working theory was that the Blur and Harry Potter were one in the same, although he was waiting for the right moment to visit the Shining Light Foundation.
He saw the offers for help and a few of his soldiers seemed inclined to answer them, a problem that he would have to deal with soon enough. Lest their loyalties shift away from him, that was something that could not be allowed to shift.
"So, I think that I should thank you for saving my life."
Tess offered that statement in the most direct, nonchalant manner when Harry turned up and checked up on her.
"I've run some scans, you're perfectly fine," Harry responded, the two locking eyes and smiling.
"That lines up with about how I feel, perfectly fine," Tess answered with a smile crossing her face when she threw her head back a little bit and sighed deeply. The young woman carefully took a moment to look at him. "How did you heal me?"
Harry wondered if he should say anything with how he healed Tess, but the most direct route to the answer often tended to be the truth. So that was the tact that Harry went with when he answered with a smile on his face. "It was my blood, it dripped into your wound and it cured you."
Tess raised an eyebrow, impressed by this but did not say much more of anything. "So did you know your blood could heal me?"
Harry once again opted to go for the truth, no matter how dangerous or how difficult it was to say. One could often say that honesty was the best policy and that was the policy that Harry was going to go for. The young wizard's face twisted into a smile when he looked Tess up and down.
"My blood is unique as it could either heal people or kill them slowly and painfully," Harry responded and at this response, she let out a whistle. "It depends if they're trustworthy enough."
"So I should be fortunate that your blood judged me to be worthy," Tess answered and Harry nodded.
"Pretty fortunate, yeah."
There was a long awkward pause where Harry and Tess watched each other, there had been some tension between the two of them. Granted, they worked together a little bit, but there was still some trust that needed to be built to them. Tess took a moment to consider Harry, sighing before she broke the ice with a simple question. It had been on the tip of her tongue and she had to say it.
"So any luck with your mother?"
This one caught Harry off balance for a second. "She's on the move."
"So is she running from someone or leading you on?" Tess asked, she got a few hints that there had been some problems between Harry and Lily in the past.
"Maybe both knowing her, she might have tried to play the wrong game with the wrong person," Harry stated when he watched Tess who smiled.
"You know, Lily is a valuable commodity to Zod, as are you, with your abilities," Tess stated when she dropped her voice, almost afraid that the room was bugged. "You gave…."
"Tess," Harry hissed through his teeth before he waved his hand and caused the anti-eavesdropping charms to be put up around the room. He turned towards her before he nodded his head and invited for her to continue. "Okay, you may continue."
Tess was a bit miffed but she understood. "You gave those three powers, if Zod connects the dots, you could be in for a problem."
Harry agreed but he had plans to deal with Zod should the time go right.
"I think that they need guidance from someone," Harry responded when he spun around and Tess smiled after him before he left.
"And that person is you?"
Harry did not say anything for a moment, but he took a moment to think about everything. Sure he thought that he might help them out, because Kara, Karen, and Harry all feared what would happen if they thought that Zod was their only option. The young mage ran into one huge problem and that was the fact they seemed to be a bit reluctant to step forward. The young wizard thought about that.
"I suppose they should have a second option, so they don't think that Zod is the be all and end all," Harry answered in an honest voice and Tess inclined her head with a nod.
"So maybe the two of us should get together sometime when we aren't getting killed," Tess added, when she amended hastily. "You know so the two of us can talk business."
Harry offered a knowing smile towards her. "Right, business."
The two of them knew what the other was talking about and Harry and Tess decided to part ways. Indy brushed past Harry, looking from him to Tess, with a slight smile crossing her face when she watched Harry leave, keeping her eyes slowly on him.
"Yes?" Tess asked and Indy turned her eyes towards Tess before she got straight down to business.
"Someone is trying to hack into the Luthorcorp Computers," Indy responded and there was a moment before Tess raised an eyebrow. "They did not get through the main firewalls but the fact that I could not trace them poses a problem."
"Yes it does, find a way to track them," Tess responded when she looked at the girl. Her hacking skills were out of this world, she even made that Chloe girl look like an amateur. So Tess had little doubt that she could trace this one.
"I have an inquiry," Indy stated and Tess turned towards her with a raised eyebrow, before inviting her to continue. "What is with the relationship between you and Harry Potter?"
"Professional," Tess answered curtly but Indy slowly processed that in her mind.
"Yet, you look at him like you hope for something more," Indy answered when she watched Tess.
"Miss Go, I expect you to do your job and not make inquiries about my personal life," Tess stated in a firm voice.
"Noted," Indy stated in a monotone when she nodded her head and moved off before turning around. "Logically speaking, he appears to be a prime example of manhood and therefore he would be an adequate partner in sexual…."
"Indy, track them before you lose the trail," Tess responded tensely and Indy answered with a nod, understanding that it was probable that she stepped beyond her required bounds.
"Noted," Indy repeated when she moved towards the computer and her eyes glowed a violet color when she prepared to see who was trying to get into the system that should not be.
Her mind processed every single bit at an insane rate, millions of little bits per second.
Tess stepped off, trying to piece together what her relationship with Harry Potter truly was. She grabbed the door knob and twisted it, bending it in her hand. She frowned, these door knobs weren't what they used to be or she did not know her own strength.
She shrugged and pushed the door open, busting the hinges.
Kara stood at the edge of the Fortress of Solitude, dressed in a white top, red jacket, and tight blue jeans that stretched around her body. She wanted to make sure that Clark went back to the Farm like he was supposed to and wasn't hiding out at the Fortress. Lana and Lois would return in a little bit from their hunting for the symbols. Harry followed Kara closely.
Kara stood, hands on hips, when she addressed the Fortress AI.
"Kal-El's training has ceased until he gets his head on straight," Kara declared to Jor-El.
"It is imperative…."
Kara pulled out one of the crystals which muted Jor-El and a second crystal that removed him from having the controlling focus in the Fortress. He was still there but he could merely observe.
"Finally, thank Rao" Lara breathed, but they did not really hear her. She did not know it was possible for an AI to get a headache until now.
"You need a time out," Kara responded crisply to Jor-El and she enjoyed the peace. "For the record, I know you're still here but the Fortress control has gone dormant for now. It's your fault that Clark acts the way he does now. But hopefully he'll improve. I hope."
Harry wrapped his arms around Kara, and she smiled mischievously, leaning forward towards his ear.
"Harry, I want you," Kara breathed in his ear, her hot breath hitting the tip of it.
Harry's eyes widened before he voiced the question, not sure he heard her correctly. He raised an eyebrow before he spoke to her slowly. "Here, in the Fortress?"
"Yes, Harry," Kara responded with a smile when she blew cold air on her chest, causing her erect nipples to stick out from behind her white shirt. "I want you to fuck me every single way possible in the Fortress, while Jor-El can't do a damn thing about it."
Kara grabbed Harry's crotch firmly with her hand, with a super strong squeeze, before she looked him in the eye.
"Think you're ready to do that, babe?" Kara asked to him, but Harry responded by wrapping his arms tightly around her and pushing his lips onto hers with a kiss so hot that it could have very well heated up the entire Artic.
Kara wrapped her legs around Harry, with Harry holding her in his arms, before he tipped her back on the block of ice, and kissed her hungrily once again, pressing his lips on the side of her neck, cupping her breasts carefully and causing her to moan.
Smut/Lemon Begins.
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Smut/Lemon.
Harry wrapped his arms around Kara as they basked in the afterglow of their sex.
"Amazing as always," Kara breathed and Harry kissed her on the lips which she hungrily returned. They conjured some clothes and flew back.
Lara sensed them leaving, she had to admit that their love making was quite prolific. It was more satisfying looking than anything she ever experienced. Conceiving Kal-El was quite the adventure, as getting Jor-El in the mood tended to cause her to exhibit a great deal of creativity.
Speaking of Jor-El, she thought they broke him.
And she wondered if it was possible for an AI to have a cold shower.
A dark haired girl with blue eyes dropped down outside of the Kent Farm. She wore a black jean jacket with a white blouse, and black leather pants. Despite everything it was good to finally find her way home.
Her name was Mia Kent, at least that's what her adoptive parents had given her. She was the last daughter of Krypton, sent to Earth by her parents Jor-El and Lara, and her birth name was Clara Jor-El. She crashed in a field and was found by Jonathan and Martha Kent, who raised her as their own daughter.
When she was fourteen years old, she saved the richest girl in town, Alexis Luthor, from driving her car over a bridge and from drowning. That started a friendship that turned into an obsession on Alexis to find her secret. Mia's memory was a blank but she remembered a flash of light and that was it.
She saw the Kent Farm still intact which was a relief. Then her eyes widened when she saw a weird young man entering the farm.
"What are you doing here?" she demanded, as she stared him down.
"What do you mean?" Clark asked when she turned around to stare him down. Clark was not in the mood to put up with this, after the day he had. "What are you doing here?"
"This is my house, you creepy douchebag!" Mia yelled at the top of her lungs before she grabbed Clark around the throat and threw him halfway across the field, causing him to crash in a crumpled heap. She flew into the air and grabbed Clark by the scruff of the neck. "And you're being evicted!"
Clark struggled against this girl, who was more powerful than he was.
Lana, Lois, and Raya turned up and saw Clark in trouble, again.
"Put him down!" Lana yelled when she saw Clark in the hands of this mystery girl, whoever she was.
Raya thought that she must be one of the Kandorians, and took steps to protect Clark from her, fearing that she might bring him to Zod. Although it struck her how much this mystery girl looked like Lara, only with dark hair.
And she looked like she was going to defend herself, no matter what.
To Be Continued in the Next Chapter "Legend of the Doom Patrol Part One."