Chapter Twenty Three: Lantern's Light Part One
The Shining Light Foundation shined brightly in the early part of the morning. Harry's smile widened as he edged his way through the lower floor of the Foundation to check out how some of the guests were doing .A few new recruits found their way there in the past couple of months and there would be even more to come sooner than later.
He saw Karen there as well and he greeted his third wife with a bright smile on his face.
"Did you add Alura to the fold?" Karen asked to Harry as she watched a female of about sixteen or seventeen years old walk past them. She had dark hair and violet eyes, dressed in a white shirt and tight blue jeans. She was one of the recruits that she brought over from the Galatea Foundation as the two combined their resources.
"Yes, she was eager to be a part of it," Harry commented and Karen smiled.
"Naturally she would be, she looked about ready to jump your bones for a while now," Karen offered Harry with a wide and bright grin as she placed her hands on her hips and kept her eyes firmly locked upon the young man before her. She reached forwards and wrapped her arms around his waist. "Don't worry about our guests, I have everything under control."
"Yeah and I've….I've helped," another voice piped in as Alison stepped forward to join them.
Alison did not say much or even step out into public often. She worked with a lot of the orphans that had been recently been taken in.
"Her powers are rather interesting, able to control the very Earth itself with tremors," Karen remarked to Harry and Alison, both of them responding with nods.
"She did seem to be a bit terrified at first but given she lived in seclusion, that was understandable," Alison commented as she rolled her shoulders. She could relate, she really could to these people who were having more than a few problems fitting in. She remembered how she had been there in the past and the dark haired girl recalled it with frightening clarity.
Karen inclined her head with a nod. "Yes, Atlee is doing rather well. She's made a few impressive strides since she arrived here."
Harry was glad that there was some improvements that were being made by the guests, he really was. He was proud of all of the people who came through the doors of the Shining Light Foundation. As long as they made an honest attempt towards working through the many issues they had before coming through the doors.
"Morning, Dad."
Claire arrived, looking a bit sleepy, and eating a poptart as she crept through the lobby.
"Hey, Claire, how are you this morning?" Harry asked as he moved towards her. "Ready for the big test?"
"Yeah, I studied my brains out," Claire remarked as she barely stifled a yawn.
"Well then we should except nothing less than your best," Karen offered.
"Oh believe me, I don't do anything less than my best," Claire commented as the grin spread over her face. "I really need to get going, I'm going to be late."
"We don't want to mess up with your attendance," Harry remarked as he pulled Claire in a tight hug. She returned it before she spun around and skipped off.
"Well she's full of energy today," Karen remarked as Harry stood on his heels. "So what's on your agenda for today?"
"Well Kara and I have to fly out to Ferris Aircraft this afternoon, we'll be meeting Tess there, there's a big deal going on," Harry informed Karen and the blonde's head inclined with a nod. "But first I need to clear the ice between two people if we're going to get something to work."
Karen's eyebrow raised as she kept her eyes on Harry, before her mouth hung open in disbelief. The blonde's expression watched him before she offered her honest and quite brutal commentary.
"So, you've done some things that might be of questionable sanity recently," Karen remarked in a swift and diplomatic tone of voice as she eyed Harry and the wizard's eyes turned towards her with a smile. He offered her a glance if to say "continue". Karen did "Well, I think that among these things, you wanted to do or have done….this might be the most insane of them."
Harry swiftly nodded and waved his hand towards her. Karen inhaled and exhaled. Then she kept speaking.
"Well, I admire your….ambition I guess for lack of a better term but I still think that you're kind of nuts for trying to see this one through," Karen offered him with a smile and Harry said nothing.
"It's going to work or blow up in our faces."
"Oh, that's the most fun, isn't it?" Karen asked Harry and the emerald eyed wizard inclined his head with a smile.
Rachel popped through the doors at the Shining Light Foundation.
"Morning, Rachel," Harry remarked to her. "Lessons are going to be pushed back a day because of this business meeting I've had but I think you're making progress."
"Your encouragement is appreciated," Rachel commented with a smile in spite of herself tugging across her face.
"I'm glad it is," Harry informed her as he watched Rachel walk off upstairs. In exchange for her gratitude, she was helping out at the Shining Light Foundation, although given the things that Harry had on his plate right now, he needed all the help that he could get.
There was a lengthy pause before the doors opened, and Lana arrived.
"Hey, Harry, you wanted to see me?" Lana asked and it was then where Alicia made her way down the stairs. The woman stopped and paused, as she turned on her heels to watch Lana.
"I thought you wanted to talk to me about something, Harry," Alicia offered as she eyed Lana up and down, as the temperature in the room appeared to drop.
"Well, I actually wanted to see the two of you about something, it appears that given recent events, Clark might need a bit more coverage than Kara and I previously believed," Harry remarked to Lana and she felt a deep sense of dread run through her.
"Why her?" Lana asked as she tried to figure out the logic in this.
Harry smiled but evaded the question quite nicely. "The two of you, I understand that you've had some problems in the past with each other."
"Problems are an understatement," Lana offered in a sullen tone of voice as she closed her eyes. "She tried to kill me."
"Yeah and you accused me of trying to kill you when I was innocent but naturally you jumped to the wrong conclusion," Alicia fired back but Lana eyed her.
"Well, given you doused Clark with Red Kryptonite and tried to force him into a Vegas Marriage under false pretenses…."
"I could talk to you about false pretenses, because if you believe everything the tabloids say, you tricked Lex into marrying you, when you faked being pregnant with his baby because you were after his money," Alicia offered to Lana and her eyes glowed angrily, hinting the first appearance of heat vision.
"It was Lex and Lionel….there was no baby."
"You kept up the charade afterwards, didn't you…."
Harry waved his hand and a loud explosion echoed which caused both of the girls to spin around and stop trying to argue with each other.
"You both did some really stupid shit when you were younger so knock it off," Harry told both Lana and Alicia firmly. Both females fell back into line "Both of you need to work together."
Lana and Alicia both looked at the ground, because it was a fair amount better than looking at each other.
Harry was not done with them yet. "I want the two of you to shake hands and leave the past in the past. You have a responsibility and I'm not going to have any more headaches because you're not on the same page."
There was silence.
"Am I understood?"
Lana and Alicia eyed each other before the blonde stuck out her hand.
"Sorry about everything," Alicia stated as she reached forward and grabbed Lana's hand.
'Stuck up bitch,' she thought to herself as she grasped Lana's hand firmly to show her that she was not backing down.
"Yes, we said things that we didn't mean, time to start over," Lana said in a cool and crisp voice.
'Psychotic tramp,' she thought to herself as she asserted herself by adding pressure.
"Now, I want the two of you to return to the farm, or do you need someone to escort you back?" Harry asked.
Alicia and Lana had the air of two high school students who had been sent to the Principal's office for getting in a fight over something stupid in the hallway.
"We'll be fine," Lana offered Harry in a small voice and Harry's face contorted into a smile.
"Good, I'll see you later then," Harry remarked to both of the females as they departed.
Karen stood there, watching the entire spectacle as it unfolded. The blonde's blue eyes widened as she turned her head towards Harry, before a slight bit of a smile filled her face. Harry caught the smile and he returned it in kind. He stepped forward and grabbed Karen around the hand.
"You must think I'm crazy," Harry remarked Karen.
Karen shrugged. "Well yes, I think you are, but….you're also dedicated to making things work, even though it's the impossible that you're trying to make work."
Harry smiled that was fair enough. He stepped off to make his rounds, wondering if he was about ready to make a huge mistake. He was going to find out sooner or later. Of course, Lois and Raya should be good enough to mediate Alicia and Lana at the very least. Then they could do….well whatever they did with Clark, Harry did not honestly care what happened behind closed doors as long as anything that Clark did not interfere with his business.
His super enhanced hearing picked up a sound and Harry arched his ear off to one side, before placing a hand to his hip. A smile tugged on the edge of his lips as he heard a lustful moan on the other end of the door. There was a whimper of.
"Oh Harry."
Harry stepped forward and wondered if he should get involved but then he decided not to. The office was the one that Thara claimed for her own. He could tell that Kara's friend was giving him the once over. The wizard stepped forward and placed his head on the doorknob, before he was about ready to turn it.
He paused and stopped. The wizard's expression widened, he wondered if he should take the plunge.
Then again, if Thara was in need of some help, he was all about helping the Kryptonian women.
Smut/Lemon Begins.
-PROFILE-
Smut/Lemon Ends.
Thara had a goofy expression on her face after being drilled by Harry as hard as he possibly could.
"Is that what you expected?" Harry asked and Thara responded with a bright nod.
"Yes, all that and more," Thara stated as she pressed her body into his, feeling the fire spreading through her body.
Ferris Aircraft was a state of the art facility, with some of the most high tech jets in the Midwest and maybe all throughout the United States. Harry, Tess, and Kara showed up for the meeting on schedule, with Diana standing in the background, in her usual capacity as Harry's bodyguard and M'gann turned up as Harry's personal assistant.
'Amazing,' Diana thought as she looked at the jets, there was so much of Man's World that she hadn't experienced yet, even though she had been here for almost five months.
'It's pretty neat," M'gann stated as she held the notes that were in her arms. She saw Harry and Kara looking at her gawking at the planes in amusement. M'gann scrambled up as she nearly dropped her papers but she returned herself to an expression of mild dignity. 'Yes, everything's here, don't worry.'
'I never worry when you're around, M'gann,' Harry thought with a smile.
Tess looked up, breaking up this little psychic interplay as she spotted an approaching figure. She was a fairly tall woman with dark black hair and blue eyes. She had a business suit that maintained modesty, but at the same time showcased her feminine figure.
"Carol Ferris, owner of Ferris Aircraft, and you must be Tess Mercer," the woman stated as she reached forward and shook Tess's hand.
"Pleased to meet you Miss Ferris, I'd like to apologize for the unfortunate delays and the bad taste that you must have had left in your mouth by my predecessors," Tess commented as she briefly looked at the contract in her hands. "This will revolutionize air travel, won't it?
"It will, although the people on the board of directors have been breathing down my neck," Carol commented as she put her hands on her thigh.
"That's the problem with those stuffed suits, they never have the patience to get anything done," Harry told Carol and the dark haired woman twisted her expression towards Harry before a smile crossed his face. "I'm Harry Potter, the owner of Shining Light Incorporated and Tess's business partner at Luthorcorp."
"A pleasure to meet you," Carol commented as Harry reached forward to shake her hand which the dark haired woman accepted.
In a brazen action, Harry leaned forward and captured her hand into a light kiss, pressing his lips upon the top of her hand. This caused Carol's eyes to flood over from the pleasurable sensation.
"This is Kara, my wife and the co-owner of Shining Light Incorporated," Harry informed Carol and the woman nodded breathlessly. "This is Diana Prince, my bodyguard and this is Megan Morse, my personal assistant."
"Nice to meet all of you," Carol offered as she was on edge due to this being a business deal that could make her company sink or swim.
Tess picked up on the nervousness straight away. She could tell that there had been some bad business deals that fell through for Ferris aircraft at a time where they did not need for them to fall through. The redhead woman turned her attention towards the woman with a business like tone and expression
"I know you've had reservations about this deal, I would have as well if I had been in your shoes," Tess offered Carol and the dark haired woman's head nodded.
"Yes, I understand, it's just the last deal….well Lex Luthor dicked me around a lot, pardon my French," Carol remarked as she recalled their past dealings with clarity. "He thinks that just because of his last name it entitled him…"
"Lex is worm food and the past," Tess informed Carol as she group walked to their destination. "I believe that you have something to show us that will revolutionize this partnership."
"Yes, like I said, the Board of Directors have been breathing down my neck, I think they've forgotten the name on the company logo is still Ferris."
Tess sympathized, she dealt with some bothersome members of the Board of Directors, well she did until Harry bought them out to shut them up. That was one of the great things that he brought to the company and one of the many great things that he did for her personally, among others.
"I warn you, I haven't had time to have this tested yet," Carol commented to them but it was Diana who turned towards her, a confident expressing striding through her eyes.
"I'm sure that there's no time like the present to test it out," Diana informed Carol and the woman inclined her head with a brief nod, the confident smile crossing her face was infectious.
"I'm sure you're right," Carol offered as she lead the group. "We can talk about the particulars of it in my office, along with a couple of snags that we found in the standard simulators and some things that were not feasible."
"I assumed that would be the case," Harry commented to her before his expression turned with a raised eyebrow. "You can lead the way and explain everything that needs to be explained."
Carol had notes that nearly overflowed from her arms but she managed to grab onto them before they spilled from her arms. The CEO of Ferris Aircraft fixed her expression into a businesslike expression, even though she was distracted by the charismatic young man that she was spending some time in the company of.
'Easy does it Carol, no need to lose it,' she thought to herself, it was business as usual so she got down to business, the dark haired woman doing what she did best.
When she hit a certain stride, she could do it better than anyone else.
"I'm both amazed and impressed, you've put a lot of thought into this," Harry informed Carol as the two of them had a few seconds to themselves as they waited for the maiden test flight to begin. "You've got a first class operation going here, Carol, and don't let anyone tell you any differently."
In spite herself, Carol's face spread into a slight smile as she twisted her head around.
"It's been a rough couple of years," Carol offered as the door opened and Tess entered to join them to watch the test flight. "But I'm ready to get back on the wagon and see what I can do."
Kara filed in behind Tess, with Megan and Diana taking their positions outside the door. The two amused themselves in whatever way they could.
'Wish I could get up close and watch it,' Diana thought through the bond link.
'At least you're closer than we are,' Lara thought as she frowned. 'I'm at the farm, visiting Clark. He's doing about as well as can be expected although he has his moments of being too close to being like his father for my comfort.'
'Alicia and Lana haven't killed each other, have they?' Harry asked in a worried tone of voice and Lara paused before she smiled.
'No, they're coexisting, both of them are being overly polite in fact,' Lara commented, she would be almost amused by the situation to be honest. The woman thought that they would just wait to see what happened.
Harry decided that it was best to hope that this polite ceasefire continued between the two, because he did not think what might happened if it did not. The wizard watched the scene going on outside the windows as Carol placed her hands on the window and looked forward as she adjusted her headset to have constant communication.
"Are we ready to launch?" Carol asked him through the headset, her nerves on edge but she drew in a breath never the less and waited to see what was going to happen next.
"We're ready, Miss Ferris," the man on the headset stated.
The moment of truth was at hand as she waited for the test flight. The plane was here, it was handsome and rather durable as well. Not to mention light weight. She would not be able to say a child should be able to handle it but never the less, it seemed to be something that worked extremely well and was easy to navigate with.
Tess whistled slightly but paused and looked extremely professional. Her head spun around as she watched everything appear around her.
"Okay, okay, let's see what we can do now," Carol remarked as she crossed her fingers and hoped that the plane could maneuver its way through its first hurdle.
Carol placed her hands on the side of her face and brought in a deep breath before letting it out. She brought in a few more breaths before she placed a hand on her heart and watched the humming of the jet as it approached. The woman's eyes closed shut as she watched the plane fly through the air.
So far, so good, it gained the necessary acceleration at any rate. Carol placed her hands back onto the window as she watched it.
"Thanks to the camera inside the plane, we'll be able to follow its progress," Carol informed Tess, Harry, and Kara and all of them nodded but it was Kara who stood up straight.
Kara's eyes blinked as she turned her head around, and noticed there was a glowing orb that flew through the air right next to the plane.
'What is it Kara?' Harry asked to her.
Kara's eyes followed its progress numbly but Carol saw it as well. Her eyes widened as she continued to track the progress.
"Get out of there," Carol told her pilot in a frantic tone of voice over the headset as she pushed forwards against the window, biting down on her lip nervously. Her face flushed with the frustration that came with the pod that was about ready to crash into her plane.
There was a moment of complete silence and then there was an explosion that rang out through the air. Carol heard it and winced, this was not going to be good. She bolted out of the room as quickly as she could. It was amazing how fast a determined woman could go, even without having super powers. Her steps quickened, faster and faster.
'Oh my god, oh my god,' Carol chanted mentally to herself as she scrambled towards the door, nearly tripping over her feet but she somehow managed to readjust her footing as she made her way to the doors.
She pushed her way outside as she could only barely hear Harry and Kara behind her.
The ship crashed but thankfully her plane was out of harm's way.
Carol's eyes widened as she realized what she was thinking about, it was a ship. An alien space vessel, that had crashed landed onto her property. The woman scrambled towards the crash.
There was a man on the ground, at least Carol assumed that he was a man but never the less, he was writhing in agonizing pain. The dark haired woman reached forward as her hands trembled. She stood over the man, blinking, unable to completely comprehend what was going on before her.
"Um, hello," Carol remarked as she tried to use her foot to stir him back alive but the man twitched underneath her foot.
"Take it," the man breathed as he held out a glowing green ring for her to snatch.
"Okay, what I am…"
Carol, by some reflex, snatched the glowing green ring in her hand. There was a flash of green light that erupted around her.
'Harry….you know what's happening, don't you?' Kara thought to Harry as the two of them flew towards the light.
'Yeah, I know what's going on, just go for it,' Harry informed Kara through the mental link, as the trio was engulfed in the light that transported them off.
Carol dropped down, dressed in a green outfit with a lantern symbol on her chest. She spun around as her black hair flowed in the breeze and her mouth opened, numb shock filled her eyes. There was a second where she tried to hold her head up.
"Welcome, Carol Ferris, newest Green Lantern of Sector 2814."
Carol's expression turned towards them, these people. Her eyes widened and a dumbstruck look appeared on her face before she placed a hand on the top of her head. She muttered underneath her breath a few times before she snapped her head up.
"I think….I really think there's been a mistake."
Carol was about ready to respond to that extent.
"The Green Lantern energy ring does not make mistakes, you wouldn't be allowed that ring if you were unworthy of it."
Harry and Kara showed up immediately after those words were said and the eyes of the Guardians widened before they bowed their heads respectfully. There was a time where everything paused before the two of them stood next to each other.
"We have been blessed by the afterlife's chosen," one of the Guardians remarked in an awed tone.
Kara and Harry were amused and also alarmed by this turn of events. It was obvious that they were known the universe over but this might have been a bit much.
'We're famous,' Kara thought to Harry.
'Yeah, it's fleeting,' Harry told her mentally as he turned his head around and wondered what was going to happen now.
"Well, I might as well give this Green Lantern thing a whirl," Carol offered before she closed her eyes and something struck her as she walked with Harry and Kara. "Any idea why the two of you were caught in the light?"
Harry shrugged his shoulders, there were any number of explanations but Kara offered what he thought the best one was.
"Luck,' Kara offered as she shrugged her shoulders, the blonde spinning her head around and looking over her shoulder.
"Yes, that'd be about right," Carol agreed as she placed her hand on her hips and thought about what she had to do now.
It was crazy but she was from the world of business, so she was used to craziness happening fairly often. The dark haired woman twisted her expression around into a prominent, but slightly forced, smile and thought about the events that occurred around her. The business world was extremely cutthroat and now she was in the middle of something extremely insane.
"They must have be nuts to think that I'm the only person for this job," Carol offered them but never the less she stood up straight. A proud expression spread over her face before she placed a set of hands on the wall before leaning back against it. "Well I better give it my best shot, what do I have to lose?"
Kara opened her mouth but Harry cocked his eyes towards her, a warning expression flickered on his face. He was not about to go there, he grabbed the blonde firmly around the hand and she sank down onto a chair.
"Yeah, I appreciate you not answering that question," Carol remarked as she saw the desolate planet. "I don't even know why you two are sticking around, you should find a way back home."
Harry decided to let the dark haired woman in on the secret to why he decided to stick around for the show. The emerald eyes danced with a thoughtful expression.
"That Lantern going down where he did, it feels rather dodgy, I overheard something that you might not want to hear," Harry whispered to Carol and the woman raised an eyebrow as the two of them walked over until they were out of earshot. "There have been seven Lanterns in seven different sectors killed within the last three months."
Carol whistled at this thought before she offered her own statement towards Harry, her shoulders shifting. "If that's a coincidence I'll eat the Lantern."
Exactly, they're dropping like flies, given that the Lanterns are a galactic peace keeping organization, someone has their mind set on whacking them left and right," Harry offered Carol and the dark haired woman inclined her head as she thought about it. A hand cupped to her chin but Harry was far from finished speaking. "The ring could have reached anyone there at that air base but you got to it first. Which you wouldn't have done if you did not have certain qualities."
"A strong will power, but that's something that you have in spades."
Harry raised an eyebrow towards her.
"Sorry, it's just I read your story, can't blame me for doing a little due diligence, all of the things that you have to put up with, well it would cause many people to crack," Carol offered to Harry. The dark haired woman shifted on her feet before she added. "The ring came towards the base when you were…"
"No, Carol, the ring chose you."
It was at this motion and these words where Harry peered into her eyes and Carol felt shivers down her spine. She felt like he stared into her soul. Tacky and corny as it might have been that was the truth of the matter. She kept her expression fixed on him as time ticked by. It seemed like an eternity passed between them.
"Why do I have a feeling that the ring might regret it?" Carol asked she closed her eyes. "I just wish I can figure out how to get the stupid thing working half of the time. All I can do is energy blasts, and they aren't….well they aren't that focused."
The dark haired woman felt her statement finished quite lamely, at least that's what she figured. She twisted her expression towards Harry, an apologetic expression dancing through her eyes but Harry looked extremely thoughtful towards her.
"I don't know if I like the look in your eyes or not," Carol offered, having just met Harry a couple days ago and spent that time hanging out with him on this planet, waiting for her training to commence. She felt she knew a few things about him but at the same time, she knew absolutely nothing at all.
Harry looked extremely thoughtful before he explained where his thought process was going.
"You're good at visualizing," Harry informed her and Carol inclined her head with a nod before Harry continued to explain. "Then take those skills and apply them to the ring."
Carol's eyes widened before she turned towards Harry and an expressive eyebrow raised for a brief instant. She crossed her arms together and decided to lift up the hand with the ring on it. Harry grabbed his hands around her waist and held her into place, gently pressing up against her to get her adjusted properly.
She flinched for a brief second; this was the most personal contact that she ever had with a man, in an extremely long time. The wizard turned her waist around and held her arm up, with the ring held up in the air.
"Okay, visualize," Harry told her.
"Okay, visualize," Carol agreed as the ring began to hum to life.
She created a boxing glove from the ring. It lacked a bit of structure at first, but as she concentrated, she first created it and then controlled its trajectory.
She created a trampoline with her ring as well and then she created a swing. The woman's face contorted into a smile as she figured more and more out about the ring as she gained more confidence with it. It was a matter of piecing it together but when she got it, she really got it.
There was a sound behind her, clapping, slow and supple. A purple skinned man dressed in a lantern uniform with dark hair and a goatee stepped forward.
"Impressive," the man commented as he slowly stepped towards them. "Most impressive."
"Thanks but Harry gave me the heads up," Carol admitted to the man as she inclined her head towards him.
"Mister Potter," the man commented, before he turned his head off to the side. "We may have to borrow you to train the new recruits on a more regular basis."
"I wish I could help but when could I find the time?" Harry asked the individual before him. "So you know me but…"
"Sinestro," the man commented to Harry as he offered his hand for a shake and Harry took it, tentatively.
'Oooh, that's a name that inspires trust,' Chloe thought dryly through the bond link.
'Yes but we can't jump to conclusions,' Harry thought back to her but he did not keep his eyes off of Sinestro.
The man motioned for Harry to follow him and Harry did as he was asked. The wizard's expression flickered stronger yet.
"There is someone who is taking out the Lanterns and I want to find out why," he informed Harry before he twisted his head around and the wizard watched him. "I will be undertaking the training of Ms. Ferris, but you and your counterpart…I wish for you to do me a favor and keep an eye out for any suspicious signs."
'More suspicious than a guy called Sinestro showing up?' Chloe asked through the bond link.
'We don't know this guy is on the level or not,' Diana offered to them.
'Well if he wanted us to trust him, then he shouldn't have a name like that,' Chloe persisted stubbornly.
'She does have a point,' Rachel agreed as there were more mutterings through them.
Harry turned his attention away from the peanut gallery towards the man before him. The wizard's expression turned with a smile crossing his face. He placed a hand on the side of his face.
"I'll do that," Harry offered to him and Sinestro nodded his head, a smile crossing his face.
"Excellent," Sinestro stated before he prepared for his training with Carol.
Harry and Kara sat atop of a tower structure. Kara was dressed in a blue tank top with black shorts with no shoes. She smiled at the thought of having a few moments amongst all of the insanity.
"It does feel nice to be up here together," Kara remarked to Harry and the wizard's expression did not waver from his perch.
"It is," he agreed with her as he turned his head around and cupped a hand underneath his chin as he stretched.
There was a great degree of silence that existed but there was also a sense of some kind of calm before the storm. There was a feeling that something was about to break, the question was what was going to happen? The wizard's expression arched forward as he heard something but discounted it at least for now.
"I'm glad that after everything that's happened we can have some time to unwind just the two of us," Kara commented as she leaned into Harry and the wizard wrapped his arm around his Alpha, pulling her into him, feeling her body pressed against his shoulder.
Harry was more than glad for this point as well, the hectic last few months weighed on his mind more often than not. Everything with the Kandorians was especially a hallowing experience as Zod appeared to go underground after the incident in Gotham. Exactly what he was up to, well Harry did not pretend to have special insight into the psyche of the man.
All Harry knew was that Zod was playing an extremely elaborate game of chess, although he might be barking up the wrong tree if he tried to outgambit Harry. The wizard's expression twisted around as he watched the progress of the unique star system. It was always nice to sit outside and see the stars.
"I saw a bit of the training," Kara commented to Harry and Harry's eyes turned towards the blonde. "Poor Carol she's going to be sore."
If the situation was not so serious, Kara would be almost amused by it. The blonde pressed a hand up to her cheek and she turned her head around. She swayed her legs as they sat several hundred feet above the ground.
Mischief danced within Kara's eyes as she pulled Harry into her.
"These will be the times which we will think about for a very long time," Harry remarked to Kara, as he pulled himself into her tighter.
The two sat on the pedestal cheek by cheek and then they turned towards each other. Their arms wrapped around each other and blue eyes met green eyes. It was an extremely long time since they experienced something as deep and meaningful as this. He placed his hand on the small of the blonde's back and pulled her into his tender embrace.
Their lips met in a searing kiss and it was pure intensity beyond everything that they had ever seen.
Kara and Harry's super powerful hearing kicked in for a little bit as they turned their heads around and heard the sounds of a motor running. That was the most perculiar thing.
So was the voice that spoke over them.
"No man escapes the Manhunters."
Harry was confused but he saw a group of robots advance forwards. The blonde stood on her heels as well, arching her neck as she watched the approaching robots.
"Robots, the Manhunters," Kara told him as she turned towards Harry.
"Weren't they decommissioned?" Harry asked the blond beside him and Kara shrugged her shoulders.
"That's what I thought," Harry offered her.
There was another loud explosion that rang out through their ears and Kara and Harry, wondered if they were close to tapping into this mystery.
There was only one thing for them to do and that was to investigate this Manhunter thing.
The purple skinned figure watched from afar, Green Lanterns dropped like flies but his revenge would be even greater than that.
He would build up anticipation in their minds before squashing them like puppets.
Nothing escaped his notice, the notice of Despero.
To Be Continued in Part Two.