Chapter Nineteen: Absolute Justice Part Two

Learning that one of the team members had gone missing, well that wasn't something that Harry considered to be ideal.. Harry spun around, after the rocky start that he got off to with J'onn, they got along fairly well. Now he had disappeared and the team was going into full crisis mode.

Except for Harry, he was so used to crisis that it might as well have been his middle name. It was time to cool his jets, calm his nerves, do what he did best, and he was the best there was at what he did. Plot out a plan that could get them out of this situation. There were times where he needed to just focus on the situation at hand and just get the job done. That's who he was and that's kind of what he did. The wizard was someone who never caved, no matter what, even when the pressure kicked up about twelve notches.

Courtney's eyes turned to them and she took in a deep breath before speaking. "It's happening….with you guys isn't it?"

"Yes and no," Harry stated in a calm voice, as he lead them into the sub-basement area of the Shining Light Foundation, so they could teleport up to the Watchtower. That was the only way in for security reasons. Of course given that the security of the Shining Light Foundation had been breached before, perhaps that might not be the best idea in the world but it was the best option they had available to them.

"Be a bit clearer, because some of us aren't following what you're saying," Shayera told him, agitation present in her tone.

Harry remained cool as he responded in a crisp tone of voice. "Well here's the deal, the problem is that these people are extremely dangerous. There are people within the government who have their own agenda and I've crossed paths with them more than once."

Clark's interest piqued up. Was it actually possible that Harry was going to tell him information that he had been sitting on and not sharing with everyone? There was a second's pause as Harry left them in suspense.

Not for more than a second as Harry's eyes turned towards them and a smile crossed his face before he let them in on the secret. He was going to spell it out as clearly as he could for them all.

"They are a covert government organization, they call themselves Checkmate, they have equivalents all of the world, and now they've taken interest in us or more particularly you," Harry told Clark and Clark eyed him. "I wouldn't be surprised if they knew who you are, where you came from, and everything about you. Some of the people do want to protect the world but others…."

"Are psychopaths?" Lois suggested cheerfully as she popped up.

"Yes, they are….the most psychotic of psychopaths," Harry remarked as he pondered the next drastic step he had to take.

Courtney stood up straighter to face Harry.

"So Icicle…."

"He's angry that his father was a murdering bastard that blew himself up," Shayera stated as she turned around. "Put him in a catatonic state, he's pretty much a vegetable. He took Carter with him or maybe Carter took him down with his last breath, I couldn't tell from my vantage point."

Shayera slumped her shoulders, it was the same song and dance every time she reincarnated, her life began, she met Carter in some form, one or both of them died. Sometimes she died first, sometimes he died first, for the sake of variety. The other died later, after watching many of their friends die around them, the cycle continued, lather, rinse, and repeat until the end of time.

It frustrated her to no end and the red head woman hoped that this life would be the last one. She was not a religious woman by any means but there had to be some higher power who had it out for her, who refused to break the cycle. Especially given that she was becoming more and more frustrated as time passed.

"We have a lead, we have to have one," Shayera stated, about ready to slam down her mace hard on someone and she wished it could be Junior's fat head.

Chloe was the one who answered as she tapped into the Shining Light Foundation computer system and tried to scan for their wayward foe. "Yeah….yeah I'm working on it, believe me, I'm working on it."

"Work faster, we're not getting any younger," Shayera stated to her, although her temper was rather short.

Courtney placed her hands on her hips, she could tell that the older woman was losing her patience.

"Shayera, cool it…it's fine," Courtney remarked as she took a look at what was essentially a crew of misfits that surrounded her.

The next generation of super heroes, well she hoped that it would go a lot better than the last generation of super heroes did. That one did not end well; the blonde blew her hair out of her face and sighed before Harry stepped over.

"Do you know if there's anyone out there that you can contact and warn?" Harry asked Courtney who shrugged her shoulders.

"We've been trying to track down other members of the team but they've….they're missing in action."

"Missing, no one misses them, they have not been misplaced," Nelson stated as he stepped out of the shadows. Harry nearly forgot that he was there.

"Kent, what has that helmet done to you?" Harry asked, that's why he had a long rooted distrust of magical artifacts. They always messed up someone in the worst way. There were horror stories that he could write volumes of books about.

Kent Nelson's eyes flickered around wildly as Lois made a cuckoo motion with her hand but it went unnoticed by anyone but Harry. Nelson rocked back on his heels his heart beating faster, faster, faster, there was no question about it, he was teetering on the edge of insanity and he spun his head around.

"Yes…no….yes…it has done much to me," Nelson commented in the most lucid statement. "The world….the powers….there are certain things that are not meant to be tampered with by mortal man but you know that better than anyone, don't you Harry Potter?"

"Yes, I do," Harry agreed and he did wonder about his own responsibilities.

'That guy's completely bonkers,' Karen chimed in through the mental link.

'I'd have to concur….he's a bit off,' Diana thought as she sighed. 'No luck in locating J'onn but….'

'Diana, don't do anything too reckless, whatever you do,' Kara thought to her through the bond link. 'I know I don't have room to talk but please don't do anything too reckless.'

'I'm….I'm going to find him, Zatanna and Arrow are searching with me, hopefully we won't blunder into a trap,' Diana thought although there was trepidation going through her thoughts and Harry chimed in through the bond link.

'That's what I'm afraid of,' Harry commented in a grim tone of voice.

The clock was ticking down and things were going more serious than they ever before.

"I need to speak to Doctor Fate," Harry spun around and Nelson's eyes widened before he mouthed the word "no" over and over again. Harry sighed. "I know what the helmet does for you but there are circumstances…."

"If you know what the helmet does, then why have him put it on?" Clark asked as Kara eyed him with a warning glare.

"Because there isn't another way, we might need the powers of the Helmet of Nabu to end this situation," Harry remarked as he placed his hands on the back in significance.

'Couldn't you put it on?' Lois thought to Harry through the backdoor that he left in.

'I like my brain the way it is,' Harry remarked in a crisp tone of voice and there was no further argument after that statement.

"We need him, Nelson," Shayera stated as she pushed the bag further into her line of sight. "He might be able to help us."

"If you're sure….but if it goes on once again it might not be coming off," Nelson stated as he snapped back into sanity for only a moment.

"Okay….Kara, Clark, Harry, Courtney, you follow the good doctor," Chloe told them as she decided to take charge of what was apparently a frustratingly dangerous situation. "As for Shayera and Karen…you two and Lara could keep watch."

Chloe thought that Lara would appreciate getting into things although after what Clark witnessed, it might not be wise to put Lara on the same mission team with Harry and Clark. Things might get a tad bit more awkward.

Clark looked ready….but he turned his head.

"Wait….what about me or Raya or Lana?" Lois asked, figuring that they would be paired with Clark.

Chloe was quick to respond to her. "I figure that you will be able to help with the patrol on the other end of the city, keep an eye for anything strange and you can report back. I'm sure Clark won't do anything stupid with Harry and Kara there. And if not, Courtney can blast him with that giant staff."

"Yeah, because she handles it pretty well," Kara commented and Courtney looked agitated but calmed down. "I mean, normally a teenage girl would be intimidated by a giant staff but…."

Harry offered her a warning gaze and Kara's mouth snapped shut.

Kent Nelson hummed and hawed before he slipped the helmet onto his head. His pupils dilated and Doctor Fate lived once again.

J'onn's eyes flickered open as he stared back at Waller who looked back at him like the cat who just caught the canary. It was hard to deny that this woman was pretty good at what she did.

"There's something about your type, isn't it, Martian?" Waller asked as leaned forward to peer at her prisoner. "You have certain fears, just like the rest of us. There are certain things that you're terrified of, much like the rest of us. And there are certain things that make you piss yourself like a little girl, much like the rest of us."

Waller wrapped her fingers across the edge of the door and flames shot up around the Martian Manhunter.

"I don't understand…."

"Oh, but you should understand, but let me spell it out to you, one letter at a time," Waller stated as she turned around. "Humanity is at a crossroads and there needs to be countermeasures to help us survive against these threats. We've found out that there are aliens living among us. Don't think that we haven't been watching and reading the signs."

Waller's stare was unblinking and her eyes never left J'onn's face.

"One or two of you showing up, I might chalk it up as a coincidence but when a few dozen of you show up, there's a problem," Waller answered as she made sure not to touch the flames. She also did not get too close to the Martian in case her sources were wrong about it negating his powers.

"You're an extremely bold woman when you're on the other side of a cage of fire," J'onn retorted as he glared back at her. "How about you…."

Waller cleared her throat and a smile crossed her face as she focused on the Martian Manhunter on the other side of the cage.

"You're very bold when taking on people without powers, I'm just here to level the playing field," Waller told him before she kept her eyes on him. "I'm not the villain in this situation; don't make any mistake about it."

"Am I making a mistake?" J'onn inquired to her and there was a long pause before there was a loud crash from outside the room that got Waller's attention.

"We're here to save the world and you can help us, if you join us," Waller stated but there was a second where her nerves were on edge. There was someone outside and it was most certainly not the welcome wagon.

Waller turned around and made her way down the steps. The Martian Manhunter was about to figure out a way to get out of there. The flickers of fire on the floor caused his nerves to escalate.

The doors on the other side of the area were smashed open, and Shayera made her way through them in the aftermath, before she slowly surveyed the room, her eyes flashing dangerously. She saw the Martian trapped in the fire cage.

"There you are," Shayera told him and J'onn nodded. "How did you get captured?"

"It's a long story," J'onn remarked briskly before he tried to push his way out of the cage but the fire flickered around him, causing him a great deal of discomfort.

"Hang on for a second."

Shayera hammered the apparatus with her mace releasing J'onn from the cage. The two of the moved through the door while Waller was distracted but knew they would not be in the clear for long. The two of them edged their way through the stairway area as they escaped.

"You know this isn't their main base of operations, don't you?" J'onn asked him and Shayera nodded before she smashed open the door with another violent swing of her mace.

It was not subtle, but it did the trick. It allowed them to keep escaping and rushing forward into the scene. There was an instant where they stood on their heels and Clark waited at the edge of the hallway. His head turned around before he addressed the group as they continued to go forward.

"The coast is clear."

"Great, let's make sure it doesn't end that way, we're almost there…."

Shayera's instincts kicked in as she dodged suddenly and J'onn grabbed Clark around the head before pushing him down towards the ground. There was a huge crack of ice shattering as icicles fired towards her.

Icicle Junior arrived and he was not pleased, not pleased at the slightest. His eyes flashed as he stepped towards them. He saw Shayera and smiled wildly towards her.

"Finally, not the hawk's wings I wanted to clip, but you'll do nicely."

The crazy villain aimed his attacks towards Shayera but she dodged the attack and the ice shattered against the wall. Moving quickly she maneuvered through the next barrage attempting to close the distance to him and smashed through the follow up attack with her mace.

As she was trying to figure out the best way to close the rest of the distance so she could smack him in the face and shut him up once and for all. He froze her legs to the ground and she struggled to break herself free.

"Guess I've got you there," Icicle Junior remarked as she tried to push her way out of the ice. "Shall I break you slowly, surely, clip your wings little hawk girl?"

"Take your time," Shayera grunted as he was more than an arm's length away and she was trying to get to him to come in close enough she could crack open his foul face with her mace. If she could free herself, they would have a chance.

"This is not your Fate!"

Doctor Fate showed up and blocked Icicle Junior's attack with an energy shield. Several icicles smacked against the shield as he held it up before he spun around and knocked him back with a magical attack.

Fate waved his hand and caused the ice to shatter around her. There was a few brief seconds before she turned her head around.

"Thanks….I'm glad that you…."

Icicle Junior nailed Doctor Fate hard in the back. While the helmet held the power, his body was still as brittle as any old man was. His eyes rolled into the back of his head as he collapsed to the ground. The helmet flew off the head of Nelson and clattered onto the ground.

"Inza, I'm coming home," Nelson managed as his blood spilled from his mouth.

"You bastard!" Shayera yelled as she aimed her mace towards him but a shield of ice appeared in front of her. A loud crack resounded as her mace smashed against the shield.

Kara and Karen popped back up as he ran off with the helmet.

"He took the helmet, didn't he?" Kara asked and there was nothing more than they had to say other than that.

Clark rolled over, rubbing the side of his head and he turned around, there was no two ways about it, there was a lot that all could have gone a little bit better. His wrist was tender from where he landed on it but he healed in no time.

They had to get the helmet before any trouble was gotten into with it.

Waller thought that entire operation could have gone better, but in other unexpected ways, it went to picture perfect precision. She was not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, especially when said horse bared so much fruit. Things were getting dangerous but she kept a rather calm demeanor. She was not called the Wall just for her girth, there was also nothing that could shatter her.

"Agent Mercer," Waller remarked as she turned to the redhead woman that stood before her. "You remember the terms of our agreement."

Tess nodded, she remembered the agreement, an agreement that was made a long time ago and she thought that it was a good idea at the time. Yet sometimes agreements become less so as time passed. So this little deal with Checkmate became less ideal as more time passed. The red head focused her attention on Waller, as she tried to keep her expression neutral.

If Waller ever had a hint that she undermined her in the any way, well Tess was going to be in for it. She was in rather deep, but she would find a way to regain control.

"Yes, I remember it well," Tess remarked in a calm voice, not allowing her expression to betray her even though there was a moment of indecision in her voice. The young woman stood rigid as she heard a tapping sound behind her.

"So, Checkmate reunion, am I invited?"

Waller spun around and she saw him standing before her, bold as brass, green eyes blazing in fury. Harry Potter stared her down. These two stubborn forces locked eyes and there was a moment where it was hard to tell which one showed more determination. Tess shuddered; an intense vibe passed through the room was nearly too much for her to stomach.

The redhead wondered if something was about to give because surely this wasn't going to be resolved peacefully.

"You have a big pair of balls coming here," Waller stated as she reached underneath her jacket but she pulled out a bouquet of flowers instead of the gun she intended.

"Trying to shoot me Wall?" Harry asked her as his eyes darted around the room hyperactively, a bright smile on his face. "I thought you'd have a bit more style than that."

Harry turned to Tess before he whispered in her ear, amusement crossing his face at the dismay on Waller's.

"Gotten to."

"What do you want?" Waller asked, as she sent the signal, Potter was here and this might be the best chance that she had to get him for slipping away all of those years ago. She was not about to let this one get away. He was right in the palm of her hand.

"Oh nothing much, world peace, an island where people won't bother me, and the heads of everyone on Checkmate on a plate," Harry remarked cheerfully before a smile crossed his face. "Wall, did you really think that it would be that easy? Did you think I would forgive the trying to kill me thing that easily?"

"You turned your back on Checkmate, you should know its standard procedure," Waller told him but Harry's eyes traveled over her, with a smile crossing his face.

"Yes and no," Harry remarked as he kept his eyes fixed on her in the shadows. "Here's what really happened, I'm not sure how much of it you remember. But I was like a fox in your henhouse, I disrupted your order. And now, I'm still disrupting your order. You are like a wolf disguised amongst the sheep and I shall lead you to the slaughter."

Waller's eyes flashed before she said one statement that Harry heard dozens of times before.

"You're crazy."

Harry shrugged his shoulders. "Maybe, most of us have been driven that way over a period of time."

Waller kept her eyes on Harry before a calculating expression spread across her face.

"You got in here but you won't get being out of here," Waller told him although her confidence faltered in the face of the bold expression on Harry's.

Especially since he gave her an expression that said "really, fool" and tried to apparate out of the facility.

A loud squealing noise echoed in his ears and he dropped down to his knees for a second. He kept his eyes on Waller before he nodded.

"Well played, well played, you know….I didn't think you'd actually figure out that you'd need to find a way to prevent magic from being performed in any building that I was in," Harry answered before he spun around to face Waller. "You know, I'll give you that, it's clever, extremely clever."

He rubbed his ear before the wizard turned around and faced her. There were several Checkmate agents with guns pointed on him, ready to fire once Waller gave the word.

"Bullets, well you think they hurt, but after what I've been through, getting shot up doesn't seem so bad," Harry commented before he turned around and faced them. "Especially where we're heading in the world but you know, it was a hell of a ride for you all."

"Harry, it's done, we'll end this the easy way or the hard way," Waller told him and the wizard's expression turned towards her, a smile crossing his face. "You know the rules, there is only one way to leave Checkmate."

"In a box, but I don't look good in boxes, so I prefer leaving this way," Harry stated as suddenly a flash bang erupted and blinded the guards. They tried to fire their guns but they jammed.

Harry grabbed Tess, catching her from surprise, as he pulled her towards the exit.

'Play along, I need a hostage,' Harry projected to her through the mental link.

'Wait, how in the hell can I hear you in my mind?' Tess asked to him, completely rattled by this turn of events.

Then again she was rattled by the act that Harry was putting on to apparently throw Waller completely off.

At least Tess hoped it was an act, because it was high likely that after every responsibility he undertook, he could have went completely bonkers.

'Long story, but the short version, every woman I sleep with, I have the potential to leave a mental impression on and I just turned yours on, struggle a bit more, yes, that's it,' Harry stated as Tess tried to get away but Harry grabbed her around the throat. She elbowed him to maintain the charade.

'Don't worry, I'll try not to damage anything I might want to use later,' she projected to him, barely suppressing a grin.

'Good girl,' Harry praised her as he saw them coming on all sides.

Tess wondered that if Harry cracked under the pressure of all of the responsibilities that he took on lately.

'Just a quick question, are you trying to get us both killed?' Tess asked him.

'Not blatantly, no, but accidents can happen,' Harry said as the lights went out in the building.

'And now we can't see,' Tess thought as she stopped struggling against Harry and tried to listen carefully. 'They're stumbling and bumbling in the dark.'

'They can't see either, that's good, I might be able to pull this off without getting anyone killed, the truth was that I wanted Waller to notice me, because that keeps her eyes off of her little flunky, and makes him do something reckless to play into our hands,' Harry told her mentally.

There was yells to get Harry, but that was nothing new to him. The wizard kept pushing forward, trying to escape the area but heard several crashes and a loud bang.

'We're almost to the secret exit point,' Harry thought as he edged forward. 'Waller acts like this is the first time I've been handicapped with no magic.'

'So you rigged the lights to go out then?' Tess asked him as she pressed herself tightly against Harry.

'Sure, that's a better explanation than anything else,' Harry thought but he had no idea who dropped the lights.

All he knew was that he was past the power dampening fields.

'You got away but so did I,' Harry projected back to her and Tess nodded before Harry vanished with a no so subtle pop.

He had what he wanted to, ears on the inside of Checkmate. Waller thought that she could one up him but just as they thought they had all the answers, Harry Potter changed all of the questions.

Vengeance danced in the mind of Icicle Junior as he held the helmet. There was the whispers of many voices around it, the mystical helmet of Nabu, Doctor Fate's helmet. He killed Doctor Fate, therefore that helmet should by all rights be his by divine right.

"You really don't want to put that helmet on."

Clark popped up in front of Icicle Junior. Shayera showed up, followed by Karen, Kara, and then Diana. Courtney stepped in as well, then Oliver stepped into the scene as well.

"So is this supposed to be some kind of New Justice Society or something?" Icicle Junior asked as he turned around to face them.

"The Justice Society was great in their time, but I think it's time to move onto the next age of heroes."

Harry stopped in front of him and the wind blew through his hair.

"The famous Harry Potter," Icicle Junior remarked dryly and Harry smiled back at him.

"I hear that a lot."

"It's time for you to meet your match."

Harry rolled his eyes before he stated in an exasperated tone of voice. "I hear that a lot as well. I wonder if you villains have the same script writers."

He turned to the group before he continued.

"Or they can't be bothered to think of anything new to say," Harry remarked to them before Icicle Junior held the helmet up and shoved it on his head.

There was a loud bang as he laughed out loud, the power maliciously spiraling around his head and his eyes snapped back, rolling into the back of his head.

Clark tried to rush in to attack him but he was blasted backwards. The Kryptonian spiraled backwards as Icicle Junior felt a flow of power erupt within him.

Harry aimed a blast of magic towards him to hyper enhance his senses. Between that and the helmet, that might be enough to fry Icicle Junior's brain but he put up a shield to block the attack.

"Chaos, meets order, meets opportunity," a deep voice echoed before there was an instant as he edged forward. "Your fate has been sealed!"

'I wonder if you've got a bingo off of this guy yet,' Kara thought as she dodged the bolt off of energy.

'A bingo?' Chloe wondered from afar.

'Really bad super villain cliché bingo,' Kara confirmed as she shot a blast of heat vision from her eyes but he blocked it with a shield.

'Ah, I see,' Chloe thought through the mental link before they rolled out of the way.

Courtney stepped forward and a full blast from the staff rocketed forward. The energy impacted Icicle but he pushed back with all of the might that he could muster. His eyes rolled into the back of his head and there was a thunderous round of laughter.

"You don't think…."

Shayera waffled him in the face with the mace which caused him to fly backwards. The momentum of her strike caused her to spin a full circle, her green eyes flashing for a few seconds. She looked down at her enemy, disgust flashing through her eyes before she said a few words. "You talk too much."

The helmet of fate was still present even though the wearer was distracted.

"Arrow, diversion!" Harry yelled as Green Arrow aimed an arrow in the direction that Harry pointed. The arrow shot through the air and impacted the ground.

The flare caused Icicle Junior to be blinded and Karen and Kara shot into the air at different angles. One sent heat vision high and the other sent heat vision low. This combined attack knocked their enemy off balance and caused him to stagger.

"No, I can't….I must…I must…"

Clark rushed in at Harry's motion but this time he dodged the attack and Courtney came in from the other side, blasting him with the staff in the chest.

"That helmet and you need a separation," Harry remarked as Icicle Junior screamed at the top of his lungs, the thumping of the helmet finally getting to him.

A scream was heard as Harry rushed in and tried to separate him from the helmet, slamming an energy scythe into his chest. It was not enough to kill him or send him to his eternal reward but it was enough to cause him unbearable pain. The connection between Junior and the Helmet of Nabu shattered.

Kara swooped in and plucked the helmet off of the top of his head, before she bolted forward. Junior tried to freeze her but Karen, Kara, and Harry blocked his attack with a shield.

Suddenly he dropped to the ground, his last ditch effort having turned up to be nothing. Despite all of the times that he killed the Justice Society members he was done.

Kara calmly walked over as he kneeled on the ground and blew at him, causing her own ice breath to immobilize him.

Icicle Junior was put on ice and had been stopped cold. Now they were going to send him off to the cooler where he would chill.

"It's over," Harry told them all and he held the Helmet in his hands, as it kept humming.

"You would be worthy," the Helmet told him.

"Trust me, we'd drive each other even more insane," Harry told the Helmet, he wasn't about to put any magical head gear on his head. "I will find another who is worthy for that helmet, although whoever wears it next might be halfway down the road of insanity."

"Agreed," the Helmet stated before it went silent.

Clark sighed, swallowing his pride was one of the things that he never thought he'd have to do but at the same time, it was something that he did far too often. He spun around with his eyes locked onto Harry's who just put the Helmet of Nabu away.

"Your plan worked," Clark told him and Harry smiled.

"Yeah, don't act so shocked, but it could have blown up in our faces just as easily," Harry informed him.

"Well that's the thing with any plan isn't it, we don't know what happens until we go out there and do it?"

Shayera stood there, arms folded. She was still a bit worn from the battle but she would live.

"You could have let us all suffer out there, to stumble around blindly but you saved us," Shayera told him and Harry inclined his head. "You must know what it is like to lose people around you."

"I do have empathy for that, but Junior was only one person," Harry remarked as he closed his eyes and brushed his hair away from his face. "And that one person whilst dangerous, is only a drop in the hat from what Waller and Checkmate could unleash on us."

Harry did wonder what would happen next but there was one thing that he needed to know is that given all of the players on the chess board now, they needed to stand together. Even though they would make some strange bed fellows in their attempt to get everything done but that was the nature of the game.

Clark did wonder what was going to happen next as well, but he did respect that Harry did hold many cards close to his chest for a reason. At least that's what he suspected although he wondered if there were any other secrets that he was dangling within his fingertips.

"The Solar Towers are being brought up tomorrow night," Clark remarked to Harry and Harry spun around, his shoulders shrugged.

"Worry about what you need to do and I'll worry about what I need to do, you've done well tonight, or at least far better than what you've been doing," Harry commented as he spun around.

There were a few ticks of the clock that passed.

"So what are we anyway, a new Justice Society or not?" Courtney asked and Harry turned towards her but it was Kara who answered.

"The Justice Society was great in its own time, but we're creating a new time, a new age of heroes and hopefully we'll be able to do what's best to protect as many people that we can. The world does need heroes, although most scarcely can understand why"

'Even if that world barely understands us,' Harry projected through the mental link and there was a sigh that Kara gave.

'Even if the world barely understands us, yes,' Kara retorted but there was really not that much more to say, except their little League of Heroes was expanding.

Which naturally should make certain people very upset for obvious reasons but Harry knew that those people would be upset whatever they did, so more power to them but the wizard's eyes flickered for an instant as he thought about where he would go next.

The Kandorians were high priority as he was almost sure that was who Waller talked about when she mentioned that Checkmate was preparing to protect the world. Pushing them could get ugly.

"You've done a lot," Lara commented as she turned to face Harry but Clark already slipped off into the night, his work done.

"Why does it feel like there's a lot that I have to do?" Harry asked her and Lara smiled at him.

"Because there is," Lara stated as she wrapped her arms around Harry and exchanged a passionate kiss with him. He returned it, wrapping his arms around her tightly.

There was a lot to do but Harry was ready for anything, he had outmaneuvered Checkmate again.

Waller could not believe that Harry Potter outmaneuvered Checkmate once again and made a fool out of her. Actually she could believe that he did it but she did not want to believe that he did it. She walked back to one of her offices but she stopped. The light was already on which meant there was someone there.

Waller entered the office and stepped forward. The woman turned her head from one side to the other and searched for anyone who entered the office. She found no one which caused her mind to run wild with frustration.

Once the office seemed secured, Waller parked herself down onto the chair and turned her head around for a little bit. The woman's neck arched a slight amount and there was a sensation that she found herself suddenly immobilized on the spot.

"Good evening, Amanda."

She was trapped in the chair and came face to face with Lily Potter. Lily was dressed in a skin tight leather cat suit and she turned, facing Waller with a wide smile.

"Amanda, Amanda, Amanda, Amanda, boy have you been busy, haven't you?"

"What's the meaning of this?" Waller demanded as she tried to pull herself free but she found her wrists trapped in position. There was no question about it, she was up a creek without a paddle and she could only stare Lily in her blazing green eyes.

"You're going after a certain group of heroes, aren't you?" Lily asked Waller as she placed her hands on the desk. "That's not agreed upon."

"I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about," Waller stated to Lily but the redhead woman's face contorted into a smile.

"This was not part of my game, now tell me, where's the Book of RAO?" Lily demanded as she eyed Waller.

"I don't have the Book of RAO," Waller protested and Lily peered into the woman's eyes for a few seconds before she nodded.

"I believe you, but I don't have the Book of RAO, the Traveler doesn't, Harry doesn't, and you don't, so we're running out of options of who does have their hands on that particular artifact," Lily stated as she watched Waller. "I'm sure you'd like it, to exile them from this planet, wouldn't you?"

Lily's face contorted into a smile.

"You know what, Waller, there's really no reason for you to continue this futile battle against this League, because you're going to lose, so I've spared you the embarrassment and deleted every single bit of information you've acquired on them from your computers," Lily continued with amusement flickering through her eyes. "No need to thank me, I'm just doing my duty."

"You won't get away with this," Waller stated but her arms were weighed down and fastened to the chair.

"I've heard that more than enough times, Mandy," Lily remarked as she placed a set of hands on the wall and leaned back against it. A knowing smile crossed her face. "So tell me, have you ever forgotten something, something big? Something that you swore you'd never forget but it just suddenly slipped you mind, poof, gone."

"What are you…."

"Answer the question, Waller, it isn't that hard," Lily stated, any mirth having left her voice. "You see, when you endanger my son, we have a problem."

Lily paused before she continued.

"And when you endanger my plans, we also have a problem."

There was another pause before the redhead woman continued.

"And when you do both in the same night, we have a huge problem."

Lily slapped her palm down on the desk for emphasis and gave Waller the most dangerous gaze she could muster.

"So did you ever forget something in the way that I described. Something vital, something important. Think hard now."

"No, I haven't," Waller replied as she faced Lily. She prided herself on having good recall.

"Well, I don't think that I should deprive you of an opportunity," Lily said as she lifted up her wand and pointed it at Waller's temple. "Obliviate."

To Be Continued in the Next Chapter.