Beginning a New Path

by stargatesg1fan1

Massive multiverse crossover between Harry Potter/Buffy/Stargate/Star Trek Enterprise/X-Men/Fantastic Four/Iron Man/Highlander/Justice League/Underworld/Star Wars and More in that order. Harry Potter is the main character. Full summary inside. Non-Traditional-Harem, Builds up to Awesome Power Harry. 1 Million Words. 150 Smut Scenes (Very Sensual Story).

57. Chapter 57 Lara Croft Verse OP Arc

Ongoing Path – The Lara Croft Universe

Authored by Stargatesg1fan1

Betaed by Leonineus

Disclaimer: I own nothing of any recognized characters or universes within. I merely play in the worlds and inside the bodies of the characters created by other writers. Many aspects of cannon would be different if I did own these universes I write in. In the Lara Croft verse in particular I would try my best for a third Lara Croft movie. The following story is just one glimpse at a possible alternative. I hope you enjoy it.

The females bonded to Harry Potter in this universe are:

Lara Croft is played by the lovely and luscious Angelina Jolie

Kate Middleton is played by Kate Middleton (I'm not even attempting to use her new title)

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When Harry's mind integrated with the consciousness of his newest counterpart the mage became aware that his new identity was now that of William, Prince of Wales. The heir to the British throne was currently in his bed inside of his apartment in Buckingham Palace. With a casual ease the deity reached out with his mind and made sure his guards would not pay any attention to anything unusual from within his suite.

The year was 2001. While perusing through his newly integrating memories Harry came across the recollection of a childhood friend of the young Prince. Lara Croft and William had been thick as thieves in their youth while Lara's father, Lord Croft, had been the Prince's tutor in history. But then Lara Croft had begun to mature into a beautiful young Lady. William had made the mistake of getting caught by a relative, an aunt, masturbating to an image of Lara. This was deemed behavior unfitting for a future King and so the "distraction" was removed. Lord Croft was dismissed from his position with honor while no specific reason was given. William had continued to follow the exploits of the adventurer Lara had turned into over the years, following in her father's footsteps but had held back from reconnecting with her. Lara was deemed as being the incorrect type of Lady for a future King by polite society because she was brash and unconcerned about politics.

"Damn the politics," Harry declared as he sat up in bed and swung his legs off the side. "Aristotle," the mage prompted.

"Yes Master," the replicat replied as he appeared before his creator.

"Take over my duties here at the palace while I go reintroduce myself to Lady Croft," ordered the god while his clothes shifted from nightwear into something more appropriate for going out.

"Sir, I've just established a sensor reading of Lady Croft's manor and I believe it is under attack," Aristotle informed his master.

"Well we can't have that now, can we," replied the sorcerer before vanishing, his wormhole transporter taking him to the appropriate location.

When he materialized once more the Fey was invisible while wearing a version of his battle armor from his time spent as Tony Stark. This armor was midnight black and blended in perfectly with the shadows even if its wearer wasn't completely invisible. Harry watched as Lara dispatched the first three attackers to drop through the ceiling in her main hall on ropes. The warrior warlock greatly admired Lady Croft's skill. More automatic weapons sporting mercenaries showed up and Lara cut them down as well using a bungee line and a knife. Meanwhile the observing Fey maintained a telekinetic shield around the fast moving tomb raider. Lara was moving swiftly enough that none of the bullets touched the shield but it was better to be safe than sorry.

Lara ran down a hallway and hid behind a corner as more mercenaries poured into the house. A group of enemy men began working on retrieving the quite interesting clock which was held in Lara's laboratory behind much bulletproof glass. Harry ordered his orbiting cruiser to duplicate the clock piece with a few modifications. The real clock piece appeared in the deity's trunk pocket dimension. The warlock had been following the beautiful pajama clad Lara down into the bowels of her manor. Lara slid down a dumbwaiter shaft into her garage. The Potter male simply phased through the floor and followed.

Once inside of her garage filled with expensive vehicles the Lady Croft made for her weapons cabinet. Unfortunately more mercenaries arrived before Lara could finish entering the code. Lara dove behind a nearby work bench.

"Lara, Lara, are you there?" The voice of Bryce, Lara's resident techie, questioned over the ear piece of her nearby cell phone.

"Bryce, I'm in the equipment room. These guys are stealing my bloody clock," Lara declared in a whisper.

"I saw. They've locked me in my trailer," the techie replied.

"You'll need to be my eyes Bryce," Lara informed her employee while picking up an air tool and removing the socket and replacing it with a screwdriver.

"Are you armed?" Bryce questioned.

"In a way, yes," Lara agreed.

"There are three bad guys and one is standing by the Aston Martin," Bryce informed Lady Croft.

Lara stood up quickly and took out the first goon with an air propelled screwdriver. The other mercenaries began firing on Lara's position. Lara worked on dispatching the second one but missed on the first shot. After taking out her target on the second attempt Lara concentrated on the third enemy mercenary. Lady Croft missed the first one getting up and recovering his wits. Harry figured it was time he made his appearance. The sex god faded into view in front of the crouching beauty. The sorcerer pointed a hand at each of the remaining conscious mercenaries. Twin gold beams of laser light shot from the gauntlets mounted on the warrior's wrists, drilling holes neatly through the hearts of the two enemies. As the men dropped to the ground dead the mage returned his focus to Lara.

"Who are you?" Lara demanded while aiming her makeshift screwdriver gun at the well muscled man dressed in some kind of skintight full body armor who had just appeared out of nowhere.

"I'm hurt Lara that you don't remember your old friend," Harry replied with an amused tone while removing his face mask.

"William," Lara gasped out. "I mean Sire," Lara said with a bow.

"Relax, Lara. It'll always be William to you," the sorcerer assured as he held a hand out for the tomb raider.

"What brings you here William?" Lara inquired as she allowed the handsome Prince to help her up.

Lara hoped she had managed to keep the nervousness she felt out of her voice. The handsome blonde had been the first male Lara Croft had ever developed a crush on. The number of fantasies the young woman had developed in her teenage years centering upon William was truly staggering. Even to this day a warmth spread throughout Lara's body when she saw something about the Prince in the news. Lara had always assumed somebody had noticed her fondness for William back when she was his friend and that was the reason her father had been honorably dismissed. Even as a teenager Lara had never been considered "proper" Lady material. This view of her and her past experiences were why Lara chose to care so little about what others thought, especially those in high society. But there was something about William that had always made Lara care what he thought of her.

Looking into the Prince's brilliant eyes and scanning his muscular physique revealed nicely via his skintight armor made Lara desire the heir to the throne of England all the more.

"You didn't think I wouldn't be keeping tabs on you now did you? I recently developed a way to slip my minders and followers and thought I'd come see you. I find your current guests less than welcoming," the mage pointed out.

"My clock," Lara gasped, suddenly remembering what was being stolen.

"You mean this clock?" The warlock queried with amusement as he summoned the object behind his back and brought it out to show Lara.

"How did you get that?" Lara demanded as the wizard handed her the unique piece.

"I noticed what the goons upstairs were after so thought I'd beat them to it. I'm afraid you'll need some repairs on the wall in the back of your lab. That wall was out of sight for the intruders so they didn't see me cutting through with one of my lasers. Then I simply used the adaptive camouflage feature of my armor and replaced your time piece with a duplicate," Harry explained.

"But where did you get the duplicate from?" Lara queried, amazed at some of the technology her old friend possessed.

"You remember how I used to always be very interested in technology?" The warlock prompted.

"Yes, I remember your tinkering," Lara answered with a smile.

"Well I have had the best tutors in the world and have turned my tinkering into some truly useful technologies. You'd be surprised what I've been able to come up with given the resources at my disposal. Your servers aren't as secure as you think and you took many pictures and scans of this device. I constructed a duplicate time piece to study. Those who took it know even less about its inner workings than I did. They won't figure out they have a fake for some time," explained the mage.

"Brilliant," Lara declared with a wide smile. "I'd better go check on my servants. Care to come along?" The quite relieved woman invited.

"Of course," the deity agreed.

The pair ran upstairs and found rain coming in through the broken skylight and the vault raided. Hillary, Lara's manservant, came out of his hiding spot and immediately spotted the Prince.

"Sire," Hillary exclaimed before bowing.

"You may rise, Hillary," Harry asserted.

"Thank you Sire," the butler replied.

"Would you like some assistance repairing this damage?" The sorcerer inquired.

"What did you have in mind?" Lara queried.

"One moment," the warlock said before raising his wrist and tapping a few buttons in the gauntlet. A holographic keyboard was suddenly projected in the air in front of the mage from a projector in his chest plate along with a computer screen. Harry accessed a chat program and expediently sent messages to the correct personnel. The personnel were actually human form replicats under Aristotle's command. "Cleanup should begin within the hour," the Prince explained after the holographic interface had disappeared.

"Amazing," Hillary declared.

"Won't your minders realize you're gone if you order them to come here and clean this mess up?" Lara questioned.

"Those aren't my normal minders. I've got resources that my bodyguards and family know nothing about," the wizard assured. "Now…how about we go have a drink and catch up," the deity suggested.

"I'd like that," Lara agreed before leading the way towards the kitchen, not bothering to change out of her night clothes, knowing William would get a good view of what she had to offer.

Later that morning the pair of old friends were still catching up when Hillary brought in a package that had just arrived for Lara.

"Thank you Hillary," Lara said after accepting the package.

"Wait Lara…don't open it yet," the sorcerer cautioned while bringing his wrist closer to the large envelope. "Someone in your line of work should invest in scanning technology for your mail," explained Harry while a holographic representation of the contents of the envelope was projected.

"What is life without a little risk," Lara teased after the scan revealed the letter to be safe to open.

"Longer," answered Harry dryly.

"The letter is from Strivling, Clive, and Winterset," Lara announced after opening the letter. The god was already reading the letter via the scan. A moment later, Lara's teasing smile vanished to be replaced by a look of shock. "The letter is from my father. It was written before he died and has been delivered today as he instructed."

The warlock moved around the breakfast table and prepared to provide comfort to Lara as she broke the seal on the envelope within the envelope.

The letter read:

To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour

-William Blake

"It's a clue isn't it," Harry suggested. "I remember how your father used to always like to let us figure things out so cryptically."

"Yes and you used to get so frustrated. The clue leads us to the library," Lara explained as she stood.

Once in the library Lady Croft went straight for a sheet covered bookshelf and ripped the sheet away. Lara located a book called The Writings of William Blake. Harry passed his scanner over the book.

"It's contained in the binding of the back cover," the mage announced.

"That's the All Seeing Eye," Lara pointed out after turning to the back cover and noticing the symbol embossed into the paper.

Lara pulled out a boot knife and made quick work of the binding. Two sheets of rather fragile looking paper were folded up within the secret pocket. This message read:

"My darling daughter, I knew you would figure this out. If you're reading this letter, I am no longer with you. I miss you and love you always and forever. It also means I have failed and must place a terrible burden upon your shoulders. Lara, by now I'm sure you have discovered the clock I concealed. The clock is the key, Lara, to unlocking the hiding place of two pieces of a sacred icon. This is the magical triangle I told you about when you were a little girl, the Triangle of Light. But it is no bedtime story. The triangle was forged from metal found in the crater of a meteor that had fallen to Earth at the exact moment of the previous alignment of the nine planets. The People of the Light built a great city in this crater where they worshipped its ability to control time. The triangle gave its possessor a power that could be used for good or for great evil. Their abuse of this power led to the destruction of the city. In order to ensure that no man would ever again possess this power, its creators split the triangle into two pieces and hid them at opposite ends of the Earth. Lara, do you remember the jasmine that only grows in one temple on the ancient Khmer trail in Cambodia? Find that flower and you will have found the entrance to the Tomb of the Dancing Light. This tomb is where the first half of the triangle is hidden. You must be there at the exact moment of the second phase of the planetary alignment. You must hurry. There is very little time. As the planets move into alignment the world will be in great danger. A secret society filled with devious and dangerous men known as the Illuminati seek the two pieces in order to fulfill an ancient prophecy of reuniting the two halves of the triangle. You must prevent this at all costs. I'm asking you to complete my work by finding and destroying both halves of the triangle.

"I've got to stop the Illuminati," Lara declared after she finished reading the letter and handed it to her friend.

The wizard pretended to scan the letter for a moment before replying, "You won't be going alone."

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"How exactly do you plan on getting all the way to Cambodia, retrieving the clock, and then back in like fifteen hours?" Bryce, Lara's tech support, questioned.

"William has offered to fly me," Lara answered.

"My transportation knows no equal on Earth," the Prince assured.

"And why do you need that outfit?" Hillary asked, referring to the skin tight suit Lara now sported.

"While she's wearing that suit very little can hurt her," Harry assured. "And she looks quite fetching in it."

Lara looked more than "fetching." Lady croft was stunningly gorgeous. The suit hugged all of her curves in the right places.

"Shall we be off then," Lara proposed.

"Let's," Harry agreed before leading the way out of Croft Manor into the back yard.

"Where's our ride?" Lara questioned.

"It's just straight on ahead," the sorcerer asserted before seemingly disappearing into thin air.

Lara kept on walking and found herself in the comfortably furnished interior of some kind of aircraft but a transport that didn't seem to worry too much about the normal aerodynamics Lara was used to.

"Have a seat while I program the autopilot," the Prince offered.

Lara sat down on one of the comfortable couches in the back of the craft. A few moments later Lara thought she felt the craft taking off as her friend walked back and joined her on the couch.

"We're on our way," Harry announced.

"Really…what type of engine does this craft employ and why don't we feel any g forces?" The Tomb Raider inquired.

"Inertial dampening systems and gravitic propulsion," the reality traveler replied.

"You have been a busy Prince," Lara pointed out. "We have a few hours to kill. Whatever should we do?" The brunette beauty inquired suggestively while making no hint to hide her admiring gaze as it swept over her long time crush's muscular physique.

"Well since you brought it up…how about each other?" The sex god answered while letting a bit of his aura loose so Lara could feel his immense arousal.

The lithe woman wasted no time in pouncing on her old friend, crushing her lips to his while straddling his lap. The pair began to work at removing their skintight body armor in between groping and caressing each other with their hands.

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By the time the couple reached the temple that was their destination they were both back in their body armor.

"Amazing…they can't hear us?" Lara inquired while looking down upon the group of native workers trying to pull down the main entrance to the temple.

Lara noticed the man she had been directed to as an expert on her clock, Mr. Powell, sitting and observing the workers. It was obvious now that Mr. Powell was behind the attempted theft of the clock.

"No they can't," Harry assured. "In stealth mode this vessel is silent and completely visible to all modern forms of detection. My scans show that the entrance in back of the temple is unobstructed if you know where to look," the mage added while bringing up a holographic image of the temple. "I'll set us down in back."

Soon the craft was on the ground in back of the temple. Walking beside his bride the mage led the way along the correct path with the aid of the link to his ship built into his suit, or so he explained to Lara. In actuality the fey's orbiting cruiser was providing detailed sensor scans of the surrounding space. When the pair stepped into an open courtyard the perceptive mage sensed the wards trip. There weren't any significant magical populations on that world that Harry could detect but that didn't mean there had never been magical peoples on that Earth. The wards felt old. The god felt the enchantments scanning and judging the intruders. After a few moments the warlock sensed the wards stop their scans before an illusion was conjured up of a little girl giggling and running along a nearby stone corridor.

"Ignore it," Harry instructed while leading along the correct path.

"What is it?" Lara questioned.

"It's an illusion generated by the temple's defenses. It's either here to guide us along the right path or lead us to our doom. I'm not sure which. Either way this is the correct path," the sorcerer assured while continuing on.

When the correct spot was located Harry stopped.

"I don't see an entrance," Lara said amusedly while looking around.

"We'll make our own," assured the fey while pulling his lover tightly to his side and aiming one of his arm gauntlets at the ground.

A powerful laser cut through the stone. Moments later the couple was dropping rapidly into the gaping hole Harry had opened up. When they were several dozen feet down the god slowed his rate of descent until he and his wife gently touched down on the floor of the main chamber.

"More antigravity technology I assume?" Lara asked.

Harry gave a short nod before beginning to examine his surroundings. The pair had set down upon one of the walkways lining the large room where a piece of the triangle was hidden. The god could sense the wards within the room. It was only a few moments later that Powell and his men could be heard entering the chamber from the front entrance. The Prince and Lady pulled up their hoods and masks before triggering the camouflage suite built into their armor and faded into the background. The chamber was filled with statues of winged gargoyle like creatures, larger humanoid figures, and one giant statue of Shiva the Destroyer. A tank of green fluid sat between Shiva's crossed legs. Set into a central platform on the ground floor of the multi-tiered chamber was a metal and glass framework which held a roiling molten metal inside contained by magic.

Powell announced, "What we are looking for is hidden in time and not just space. This clock is the key."

"No, this one is," Lara whispered while pulling the real clock from a pocket built into her gear.

"Lara, I think you're going to want to see this," Harry whispered while drawing his partner's attention to the nearby wall he had been examining.

The chamber was crawling with invisible and out of phase replicats. The replicats had already scanned and analyzed the entire temple and therefore their master knew most of what was to be discovered within the enchanted structure. The replicats were breaking down the complex ward structure and would soon know the purpose of every enchantment.

"Return the eye into the stone's embrace," Lara began to read in a whisper while analyzing the writings on the wall. "The wheel of heaven will turn. Exhume the light from its water grave, to receive the gift of heaven as you are condemned to the depths of hell."

"That sounds promising," Harry commented.

"It pretty much means if you touch anything you'll get your head chopped off," Lara said.

"We have two minutes Mr. West," Powell spoke up from the lower level. "You're the tomb raider…figure this situation out."

Alex West was a tomb raider Lara had history with. West had stolen something from Lara when she had shown him trust. Currently the tomb raider was analyzing one of the carvings on a statue which depicted men putting swords into slots in the center dais in a certain configuration.

"We need to take the swords and put them in those slots in the floor. Let's hurry up," West called while climbing up onto Shiva and starting to take her four swords.

The mercenaries at Powell's command assisted the tomb raider. Meanwhile Lara had discovered the true place the clock was supposed to be inserted. The clock cradle in the floor of the dais was merely a decoy. Luckily so was the clock Powell intended to place in the decoy cradle.

"That's it…count it down," Powell ordered West after the swords were inserted into the locks. "The timing needs to be perfect."

"No shit," West replied.

As West counted down the last minute until the first phase of the planetary alignment Lara brought her real clock up to hover in front of the real eye. Lara fit the piece into the slot at the correct time and the center jewel lit up while the object began to slowly rotate. Harry felt the shift in the wards. The swords shifted position. A large battering ram like object with a pointed tip suspended from chains attached to the ceiling began to swing back and forth, coming quite close to the container of green liquid between Shiva's legs. The battering ram didn't quite have the momentum. Harry could tell his wife intended to jump onto the ram in order to accomplish the task but he held her back with an arm around her waist. On the next pass the god raised his hand and sent a blast of pure force into the ram. The pointed object of considerable mass short forward so fast the urn between Shiva's legs exploded.

"How did you do that?" Lara whispered into her husband's ear.

The god could have made up another excuse involving technology but he decided to reveal a bit of the truth to his lover.

"I'm a wizard," the immortal male replied.

Lara would become aware that her husband was a wizard for the moment but not yet be made aware that he was in fact a god. Light began flooding from the urn as the liquid drained away and the wards shifted further.

"Pure light, fire and water," Powell declared.

The light rays sweeping the room soon coalesced into a beam shining directly on the dais. A corresponding burst of light shot up from the dais a moment later. The wards caused a pool of silvery potion to surge up out of the now open metal and crystal structure and deliver the half of the triangle the tomb raiders sought. Before Powell could grab the piece of the triangle it flew out of reach and straight into the waiting hands of the god.

"It's Croft," West declared even though he couldn't see the invisible pair. "It has to be. She's the only one who could have gotten here."

Before any other actions could be taken the wards shifted again and the silvery potion that had delivered the triangle to the tomb raiders began flowing along grooves in the floor and straight into the many statues around the chamber. The potion was an animation potion and each statue was carved with specific runes to allow the wards schema to control them. The statues were set to protect the triangle from thieves.

"Stay close to me," the wizard warned his wife before raising his hand and summoning the clock from the nearby wall.

"What is happening with the statues William? You know, don't you," the perceptive tomb raider probed.

"The statues are guardians of the triangle. They're coming alive and aren't very happy with us," the mage explained.

The stone ape warriors wielding swords began to attack. Powell and his men opened fire with their weapons. Harry let loose with his laser weapons while Lara used her guns.

"Do you want to stay and fight dear or get the hell out of here?" Harry asked as he casually blasted a stone golem to bits with an invisible disintegration curse.

Powell's men were dropping like flies to giant spears and swords being thrown by the guardians.

"Are you kidding me…I'm having a bloody fantastic time," Lara declared while testing out some of the enhancement features of her armor which increased her baseline strength quite a bit.

One kick from Lady Croft sent one of the golems to pieces. Winged gargoyles began attacking, proving harder for the mundane mercenaries to kill than the ape warriors. Two of these gargoyles screeched and charged the Potter warrior and his mate. The fey stepped up to his woman and placed his arm around her waist.

"What are you doing?" Lara asked.

"Just hold still," warned the wizard.

The immortal male felt his lover's heart beating fast as the gargoyles leapt at them. A moment later the stone creatures passed clean through the couple, Harry having taken himself and Lara out of phase. The gargoyles came around for another pass after collecting their wits and Harry decided to stop toying with them. Faster than Lara could follow a sword was in her man's hand cutting through the stone golems. The Infinity Blade made its presence known. The gargoyles disintegrated at the incredibly powerful sword's touch.

"Can we go taunt the bad guys now?" Lara requested with a happy grin.

"Sure," the fey agreed before teleporting down to the platform upon which the giant statue of Shiva sat facing Powell and the remaining mercenaries.

"You taunt…I'll deal with this thing," Harry declared while gesturing at the Shiva statue as it started to come alive.

Powell and his men slowly started backing out of the chamber while Lara nervously replied, "You do that love."

The Shiva statue stood and faced the smaller wizard.

"You should pick on somebody your own size," the mage yelled at the statue before trying something new. The god summoned forth a glowing giant avatar of himself shaped out of his power and telekinetic abilities. The avatar shimmered large and in charge in the air facing the Shiva statue, a glowing blue sword held at the ready. "Is this large enough for you," the warrior taunted.

The Shiva statue put two of its hands to its temple and activated the wards to cause the six key swords to fly into its hands. Harry's avatar charged. The fight wasn't much of a fight. The opponent statue was big but it was slow. The Shiva's creators had never intended it to face a wizard of Harry's caliber. But back during the time of the temple's creation there hadn't been many magicians of a high quality. As the combat avatar sliced through the giant Shiva statue with ease using a mere shadow of the Infinity Blade's true power the sex god pulled his wife tightly to his muscular frame and teleported outside of the temple into the cloaked ship. Powell and his remaining men had already made good their escape. With barely a thought the immortal Potter shut down the wards of the temple. Someone could stumble into the temple and get hurt if the wards were left active.

"So, you're a wizard. How long has that been going on? I don't remember any magic tricks when you were younger," Lara pointed out.

"It's a recent development in some senses. That's all I'll say about how that happened for now. A guy has to keep a little bit of mystery," the fey said as he maneuvered the ship into the air.

"Your secrets will definitely keep this girl interested," Lara purred.

"That's good to hear Lara," Harry began. "Because I definitely wanted to keep you around," the mage added while setting the autopilot to follow the compass to the second piece of the triangle.

The destination was near a ruined city in Siberia, Russia. Normal non-magical technology would not work near the city because of the impressive wards burning any unshielded technology out. Harry's technology didn't suffer that problem.

"I suppose we have some time to kill while we heard towards our destination," Lara said suggestively while standing and unfastening her armor, pulling it down over her shoulders.

"That we do," Harry agreed while removing his own armor. "What would you like to do to kill the time?" The mage teased with a grin which Lara returned.

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"This is a real vacation resort," Lara joked as she stepped out of the ship, surprisingly not feeling the chill of the environment.

Lara, as a newly made wife of a sex god, did not yet realize she possessed the invulnerability of a true immortal granted by her mate's aura inducing quite a few changes in her being at the moment of their first true union. With the endurance of a Kryptonian and more Lara Croft would never again be susceptible to mere cold.

"We could turn it into a vacation resort if you like dear," Harry teased while leading the way down a long rocky tunnel that led straight to the heart of the ancient city.

The first sign the couple encountered that they were on the right path was an ancient bell frozen over. Harry reached up and wrung the bell. A loud tone reverberated throughout the city, triggering long dormant aspects of the wards. A doorway burst open where a once solid barrier of ice had stood. Neither Lara nor her companion flinched as the ice shards sprayed at them. A thin glowing barrier of energy became visible to stop any ice shards dead when the projectile matter was inches from the pair's face.

The duo proceeded forward into a room of metal and water. A steel representation of the solar system stood dormant over a bubbling pool of water. A large stone walkway surrounded the structure. Glowing golden orbs of light appeared floating through the air periodically around the structure. The orbs looked somewhat like an ascended Ancient.

"The ancients called that phenomenon a time storm. They said time was broken here," Lara said while gesturing towards the orbs.

"The triangle piece is being used to amplify the wards that protect this place. Part of the effect of drawing power from the exotic matter the triangle is made up of is that bursts of tachyon particles are created. Those orbs are the tachyon bursts in our visible spectrum. Let's steer clear of them shall we," the fey suggested.

"Let's," Lara agreed.

"Harry, my analysis of the ward schema shows that the smaller arms holding the smaller orbs meant to represent the planets would begin rotating around the larger sun representing orb as the alignment of the planets became imminent. The second piece of the triangle is inside of the sun structure," Aristotle informed his creator.

"There," Harry said while pointing towards a certain point near the base of the sun sphere which was different than the other indentations but similar arranged in a pattern around the circumference of the sphere. "There is a place for the clock to work as a key."

The wizard summoned the clock out of his trunk dimension and telekinetically conveyed it into the appropriate slot. Immediately a blue field of energy opened up meant to convey the person who placed the key in the correct position into the sun sphere's interior. Instead the skilled mage manipulated the magic to transport the second piece of the triangle out of the sphere. This deliverance of the missing triangle piece happened rather suddenly but Lara caught it easily while her lover retrieved the clock/key.

"What do we do with it now?" Lara asked while inside she really wanted to assemble the triangle and use it to bring her father back.

Lara's desires were known to her loving husband.

"My dearest Lara…I know what you wish. My power is greater than that of the triangle. I do not need such trinkets to bend time to my will," the sorcerer assured as he waved his hand and caused Lord Richard Croft to appear out of seemingly nowhere; not a day older than when he had perished all those years ago. "I even know what you do not dare to hope," continued the mage as a second figure, an attractive blonde woman appeared beside Lord Croft.

"Mummy," Lara whispered before she rushed forward and embraced both of her startled parents.

"Lara," Susan Croft whispered, feeling none of the fatigue that had robbed her strength in her last days. The elder Lady Croft was in fact healthier than was possible for an unaided human to become due to the nanites in her system. "How did we get here?"

"You used the triangle didn't you?" Richard inquired as he eyed the object in the Prince's hands while he hugged his two favorite women.

"No, I did this with my own abilities. The triangle is a mere toy," Harry declared while banishing the triangle to his trunk where it would remain safe.

"I feel we're in for an interesting story," Susan declared. "My you have certainly grown darling."

"Come; let's get back to William's ship. I have so much to show you," Lara urged with a smile that would not leave her face.

Lara didn't realize it at the time but when her gaze swept to her mate her emotions were so intense and her feelings for him so strong her desire to jump him was powerful enough to ring true across their bond. Yes, the fey immortal would be getting quite lucky in the near future. Lara began to tell the story of her life since her parents' passing to the elder Crofts as the group walked back to the cloaked vessel, warm and secure under the power of the sex god's aura.

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Over the course of the next few weeks the members of Illuminati who had committed various crimes throughout their lives found their secrets revealed to authorities in a series of anonymous tips courtesy of a certain deity. Those wealthy Illuminati members whose lawyers were good enough to get them off on technicalities met with an accident arranged by undetectable replicats. Powell suffered a special fate. Powell had personally killed Lara's father in the past. Therefore the power hungry murderer received special attention from a replicat shadow. While in prison Powell would constantly find the ire of the convicts around him directed on himself. The former Illuminati mercenary would go to bed at night often wishing for death but it never came. For the replicat assigned to shadow Powell wouldn't let its target die but that didn't mean the replicat wouldn't ensure much pain both physical and mental for the mortal murderer.

West was the only Illuminati affiliated person who was spared the fey's wrath. This was in part because West had once been held affectionately by Lara and in part because West was nowhere nearly as bad as Powell and that murderer's ilk.

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Several years later in 2003…

"Will you be requiring anymore of my services at the moment Sire?" Kate inquired as she stood in front of her employer's desk after just having dealt with the daily business affairs.

Harry looked up from some documents he was examining to admire the form of his twenty-one year old personal assistant. The warlock had discovered Kate Middleton at St. Andrews University a few months previous. The sex god's erotic senses had homed in on the highly sensual young woman when he and his wife had been investigating the area in which Hogwarts was located at in Scotland in other universes. Instead of a school of magic Lara and her officially new husband had discovered the University of St. Andrews.

Kate had been lying on her bed next to a laptop which displayed fake pictures of the celebrity Prince William and his new wife Princess Consort Lara having sex. Harry admired that the fakes were quite well done. Kate had been in the middle masturbating to the erotic images on the screen of her laptop when the royal couple had teleported into her room. After their recent public marriage Harry had revealed a little more of his past to his wife. Lara knew her new husband was a powerful being that traveled between universes and that he had amazing sexual powers. The tomb raider was also made aware that by mating with her lover she became immortal. The only aspect of her partner Lara didn't fully comprehend was that he was a god and the true extent of his powers and just how many other wives he held in other universes or that there were in fact other aspects of him in other universes. Lara just assumed her husband had traveled to her reality to join with her childhood friend and that was that.

Lara reveled under the sexual aura of her mate. With the knowledge that disease would not affect her, the new princess agreed to entertain more women in her husband's bed and even relished the thought of experimenting with another female. Kate had presented the perfect opportunity. An intense threesome resulted from that first encounter. Kate had graduated top of her class from an accelerated program of study shortly after and took up a position as Prince William's personal assistant. The attractive young woman also took up a position in the royal couple's bed. The rest was history.

"Yes, I do believe I will require some of your special attention," Harry agreed while waving his hand and causing his office door to close and seal tightly so that the pair wouldn't be disturbed.

Kate smiled sultrily at her magical companion and began removing her clothes.

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Santorini, Greece…

Harry, with Kate, teleported onto the yacht Lara had asked him to build for her to do her underwater exploratory missions. The yacht was a marvel of technology built with some of the secrets the deity had in his massive multiverse compiled repository.

"My two favorite women in this universe in bikinis," Harry said to announce his arrival, drawing Lara's attention from where she had been examining the extensive holographic scans the yacht's sensors had taken of the surrounding ocean floor. "This must be my lucky day."

"Hello you two," Lara greeted. "I was wondering when you'd get here."

The curvy princess wearing nothing but a revealing black bathing outfit and a knife strapped to her thigh sauntered up to her husband and captured his mouth in a sultry embrace.

"I'm sorry your Majesty. Your husband required some of my special attention," Kate informed her mistress with a knowing smile.

"Hmm…I hope you left some for me," Lara purred after the kiss was over.

The two women grinned at their ongoing joke. Both women had come to acknowledge the fact that no matter how hard they tried they could never tire out their favorite male.

"So what are you looking for here in Greece my love?" Harry queried.

"The Luna Temple," Lara announced.

"Let's see if I recall your father's history lessons correctly. The Luna Temple was built by Alexander the Great to store his most prized possessions collected from all of his travels around the world. By Alexander's law nobody was allowed to record the location of the Luna Temple. In 330 B.C. the Temple was destroyed during a volcanic eruption, disappearing into the sea," Harry explained.

"I couldn't have put it better myself handsome," Lara agreed.

"So the earthquake that hit this area yesterday uncovered the Temple?" Kate inquired.

"Yes," Lara confirmed. "The other treasure hunters in the area are looking for the Temple in a location based off of the currents as they knew them before the quake. I on the other hand have real time data thanks to my dear husband's sensor and satellite resources."

"You made sure the cloaking field was up on your ship when you came out here right?" The deity queried, while also tapping into his resources to confirm that indeed no other humans were around.

"Of course," Lara confirmed. "You drilled your lessons into me well my love," the princess assured while emphasizing the word drilled with a thrust of her hips against her spouse's groin.

"Keep that up wench and I'll be doing some more drilling into you," Harry growled.

"Promises promises," Lara teased with a grin.

"I always love watching her majesty having her lessons drilled into her," Kate declared.

"Go, change into your armor before I change my mind and ensure we get no work done today," Harry urged while considering whether or not he should just throw up a time dilation field and ravage the two beauties.

But there would be plenty of time for play later. Lara soon returned wearing a skintight set of body armor in the silver color she had come to enjoy. Kate would be staying on Lara's yacht.

"This is the part I love best," Kate said to Lara as the resident mage tapped into his powers to activate a special ward upon the yacht.

"He is rather impressive," Lara agreed as a glowing energy barrier sprang up over the upper part of the yacht and the vessel surged beneath the waves, the sea water sliding over the energy shield.

Like a gateship from Atlantis an Alteran ionic drive propelled the sleek and transformable yacht beneath the water at a fast clip. Inertial dampeners kept the ride smooth and comfortable for the vessel's passengers. Sea life such as sting rays and a school of shark swam up to the glowing field, curious about the strange sight. A holographic view of the surrounding ocean floor provided guidance for the explorers as they progressed towards where the scans showed the Luna Temple to be hidden.

"There, that is a column or it was," Lara declared while pointing out a broken column covered in ocean fungal life.

"And that looks like a tight fit," Kate observed while indicating the small opening the yacht would have to get through in order to reach the Temple.

"Our William has penetrated much tighter openings," Lara assured with a teasing tone.

Indeed, even as she spoke Lara saw reality seem to bend around the opening causing spacetime to bend and stretch so that the opening was larger than it had been moments before. Even though she had been married to him for years her wizard's power still awed the Princess. Further obstructions didn't provide any serious hindrance to the yacht and soon it slipped up into air again in a cavern that happened to be the remains of Alexander the Great's fabled Luna Temple.

"This is incredible," Lara declared as the light from the glowing energy shield illuminated some of the Temple's interior.

A moment later dozens of lights sprang from Harry's fingers and floated around the Temple in order to provide plenty of light.

"Shall we my love?" Harry queried as he wrapped his arm around his wife's waist.

"Let's," Lara agreed.

Moments later the two lovers were floating through the energy shield and into the moist atmosphere of the sunken Temple. When they touched down on the slanted floor Harry threw out his hands in a sweeping gesture, generating a wave of visible energy that vanished into the structure of the surrounding stone. Lara didn't even need to ask her partner what he had just done. This wasn't the couple's first exploration mission. Whenever the royal pair explored it was standard procedure for the deity to reinforce whatever structure they were exploring when they entered.

"Well is it what you expected sweetheart?" Harry questioned. "We have dozens of bronze and precious metal statues, gold, jewels, and many priceless artifacts."

"It's what I've always pictured and more," Lara agreed. "And I know our journey wouldn't have been nearly as comfortable or accident free without you. Thank you so much."

"Anything for you," Harry assured.

Lara approached a mural on the wall which depicted a chest or box which had light rays emanating from under the lid. Legions of men surrounding the box on a horse drawn chariot which bore the box were being felled by whatever was in the box.

"Lara my love," the Fey began. "This might be a good time to tell you this Temple has wards."

Harry had long ago explained to his wife some of the finer workings of magic. Lara understood quite a bit from her mental and soul bond with her spouse.

"And what should I know about some of the functions of these wards?" Lara queried.

"Well if you try to tamper with some of the artifacts near the statue of Alexander over there then your attention will be drawn to that globe hanging from that metal structure attached to the ceiling. If you remove the orb the Temple will start to fall apart. Alexander didn't want anyone to leave the Temple alive with the orb. Call it his security system," the mage explained.

"Can you disable it so we can do as we like safely?" Lara questioned while having little doubt her man would be up to the task.

"Of course," the sorcerer assured.

The Potter wizard pulled his wife tightly to his body, copping a feel of her amazing bum in the process, and lifted into the air. The couple ascended towards the structure which held the orb.

"I don't think anyone wanted this orb removed," Lara observed as she examined the metallic structure holding the glowing object of her curiosity in place.

Four metal spikes spaced evenly around the orb at the locations of the vertices of a pyramid secured the orb in place.

"I do believe you are correct," Harry agreed as Lara grabbed the orb while he reached out and grasped one of the spikes.

The sound of shearing metal was heard as the super strong god ripped the spike away, releasing the orb into Lara's grasp.

"Thank you," Lara said to her favorite male.

"No problem," the sorcerer replied while using his power to mend the metallic structure.

"Now how about we see what can be done to explore this place and preserve its treasures," Lara suggested.

The couple floated to the ground. The scans had revealed the structure of the Temple to be more extensive than the one main chamber the couple found intact. Once the pair of explorers was standing in the middle of the main chamber Harry closed his eyes and extended his powerful senses to probe every speck of matter within the Temple's perimeter, even the collapsed portions of the Luna Temple. The sorcerer channeled his power into several different energy constructs at once. Stone separated from the surrounding Earth in the outer shape of the Temple so that the Temple grounds were a separate entity than the surrounding ground. Then the immortal mage teleported everything within that structure away from its current location and back to an open area of Croft Manor, being very careful to hold the structure intact.

Lara's yacht appeared in her large personal pond.

"I'm so hot for you right now," Lara informed her husband after his display of power.

"I do so love it when you say that to me," Harry announced as he walked out of the nearest entrance beside his wife onto the grounds of her home.

"You two always bring back the best artifacts from your adventures," Lord Croft said as he met his daughter and son-in-law outside of the recently materialized Luna Temple.

"Hello Daddy," Lara greeted her father with a hug. "Where is mum?"

"Your mother was invited to a retreat with the Queen. I talked to her a short while ago and she is having quite a bit of fun with her Majesty. Did you have a pleasant trip?" Richard Croft inquired.

"Quite pleasant," Lara confirmed as Kate joined the group after leaving the yacht.

"You didn't have any trouble with competition?" Richard questioned as he gazed over the structure of the Luna Temple while his son-in-law began floating around the Temple and magically restoring it.

Collapsed tunnels were cleared of debris while the broken rock restored itself to the right position for an intact passageway. All signs of dirt and clutter were vanished. In a matter of minutes the Luna Temple was restored to its natural and original brilliance on the grounds of Croft Manor.

"Not at all," Lara replied.

"Our data was far more accurate. Any competition Lara might have faced was hunting in the wrong spot," Kate explained.

"Splendid," Richard said with a large smile as the resident Fey touched back down among the trio. "Can I have a look around inside?"

"Explore to your heart's content Daddy," Lara urged.

Lara's own brilliant smile made an appearance as her father eagerly rushed inside the open entrance.

"He's like a child let into a candy store," Kate pointed out.

"Yes, sometimes I think it's all a dream having him and mum back. Thank you so much love for giving them back to me," Lara whispered before turning to face her husband and leaning into his embrace, kissing him with all the affection and love she felt for him.

Both women were quite aroused due to the deity's aura by the time the kiss broke but any plans for further sexual gratification were put on hold as Richard called out, "Lara you have to come see these manuscripts. There is an intact library in here."

"A library you say?" Lara called back eagerly. The brunette looked back at her spouse and bit her full bottom lip in indecision.

"Go my love. We have eternity to partake in each other," Harry assured. "And just to tide you over," the sex god added while sending pleasure bolts into both women present, triggering quite satisfying orgasms in both.

"Tonight I'm going to rock your world," Lara promised after she had recovered from her climax.

"You always do," Harry assured before Lara turned and went into the Temple.

A half hour later saw Lara and Harry sparring throughout the manor using the bo-staff. Lara was in rare form, using all her skill against her mate to try to score a hit. But no matter how fast Lara moved and how much skill she employed the Princess could not hit her husband for he was moving at above mortal speeds. Lara was moving faster than a mortal too without realizing it but not enough that the others in the manor would notice. Harry twisted Lara's staff aside and gave her a tap on her delicious rump.

"You'll pay for that," Lara promised with a devilish grin.

"Don't make declarations you can't hold up Lara my dear," Harry replied.

"But I can hold that promise my love. You may not pay when we are sparring here but I can make you pay when we spar in bed," the buxom brunette assured.

"We'll see," the sex god answered with a grin to match his wife's expression.

The reality traveling Potter was master of the bedroom and all of the carnal arts within. The tomb raiding couple enjoyed a good verbal spar as well as a physical match. The verbal spars were always as filled with sexual innuendo and flirting as the physical encounters.

"How are your historians coming looking up orbs referenced in Greek history?" Lara queried as the sparring match ended.

"They are making progress. We've uncovered hundreds of orbs already but none quite match the one from the Luna Temple," Harry replied.

In actuality the historians were human-form replicats who were scanning this universe's historical records into Harry's multi-verse compiled database.

"Daddy is still searching the library in the Luna Temple," Lara said. "Hillary will have to bring Daddy meals because he isn't going to leave the Temple for quite some time. "Fancy a ride on the target range?"

"I'll just watch you while you do your thing. I do so love to watch you in action," Harry declared. "Your horse is waiting at the front step. And here is your riding gear," the mage added as he waved his hand.

Suddenly Lara was clad in her riding gear with all of her equipment. Any sweat covering Lara's body from the workout vanished along with any tiredness the Princess had felt.

"I never tire of magic my love," Lara said as stepped up and kissed her lover tenderly.

"And I never tire of you," the deity declared. "No, go enjoy a ride."

Lara found her favorite horse waiting.

"Hello boy. Let's go have some fun," Lara told the horse while mounting him.

The target range used to be a simple riding range where painted targets popped up. Now the targets were holographic and Lara's gun was a high powered plasma weapon. The enemy targets jumped out at Lara as she rode along the course. Each shot from the raven haired beauty was a kill shot. The enemy attacked from different directions but Lara never faltered.

After Lara finished with her ride she arrived back at the porch to be met by her husband. Each time she laid eyes upon the handsome wizard Lara felt a new rush of positive feelings towards him; love, lust, and a mixture of other thoughts she enjoyed. Lara knew her mage would always be there for her just like he had been for the past few years.

"That was exhilarating," Lara declared as she dismounted.

Immediately the Princess' horse vanished back to his stable and her clothes returned to exactly what she would have changed into under ordinary circumstances. Lara also felt amazingly clean.

"Are you up for an adventure?" Harry queried.

"Always my love," Lara agreed. "What new problem is the country facing?"

"Not just the country. The world faces a threat presented by Jonathan Reiss, the Nobel laureate. Reiss is now an expert bioterrorist. Reiss believes the orb is a map to a powerful disease that he can sell to make billions. Reiss has hired a man named Chen Lo and his brother Xien who run a group of Chinese bandits called the Shay Ling," Harry explained while projecting holograms of the individuals in question.

"You're suggesting Reiss is after Pandora's Box," Lara surmised.

"Yes, my historians contacted me during your ride," the deity confirmed.

"We'd best go tell Kate we're going on another trip," Lara suggested.

When the mission had been announced to Kate the young woman asked, "So Pandora's Box is real?"

"Yes. In 2300 B.C., an Egyptian pharaoh found a place he named The Cradle of Life, where we, life, began," Lara explained.

"At this location," Richard broke in as he entered the room proper. "The pharaoh found a box which brought life to Earth. The pharaoh opened the box but found no life remaining, only the Ramante or anti-life. The anti-life was a plague which came as a companion to life. This is the balance to life because in all things in nature balance is required; yin and yang, right and wrong, men and women. This plague leveled the pharaoh's army. The pharaoh's son dispatched his finest warrior to take the box to the end of the world."

As her husband projected a hologram of the world Lara indicated India and continued the story, saying, "2000 years later Alexander the Great reached India. Alexander's army was ravaged by a plague after one of his men found a box among some human remains. Alexander felt the box was too powerful to be held by any mortal man so returned it to its home in the Cradle of Life. The box has never been seen since."

"And how did Alexander find the Cradle?" Kate questioned.

"Alexander found it using a map that was with the box before hiding the map. The map was named Mati," Richard answered.

"Eye in Greek," Harry stated.

"Yes," Lara agreed. "Our orb is the map to the Cradle of Life."

"So are you going to go after the box first or stop Reiss and his minions from existing as a threat?" Kate asked her lovers.

"Let's get the bad guys first," Lara projected over the essence bond she held with her husband before saying as much aloud. "We'll need some information on the inner workings of this Chinese gang," Lara suggested. "Terry Sheridan, you remember me telling you about him. He knew those Chinese gangs quite well."

"Don't worry love. I already know everything Sheridan knows and more," the warlock assured.

"Somehow I'm sure you have that taken care of your Highness," Kate said to Harry.

"Indeed," the Fey confirmed.

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China, a remote mountain range a short time later…

Harry set the ship down in a clearing at the base of one of the mountains were the Shay Ling were known to operate out of.

"A good hike should be enjoyable," Lara declared.

"All the same we should probably activate the stealth feature on our armor," the mage suggested.

"A good idea," Lara agreed before doing so, vanishing from sight to the common mortal.

Harry could see his wife just fine and she could see him given the enhancements she went through in becoming bonded to him. The couple took off into the mountains. After only a short while the sensors on the armor picked up natives with weapons crawling around the area. Further along a well traveled path the couple found a yellow truck where a crate with a terracotta warrior inside was being unloaded.

"Somehow I don't think they acquired that artifact through legal means," Lara sent over the bond.

"I would have to agree with you," Harry answered.

The couple reached a camp crawling with armed Shay Ling not long after. Up in the cliff face above the ground installation a cave system was carved out. The entrance to the cave system was a carved tribute to Buddha. Lara stepped up and wrapped her arm around her husband without prompting. The deity took off and floated up into the cave, careful to avoid the crews of men at the entrance which were in the process of hauling another terracotta warrior up into the cave entrance via a system of ropes and pulleys.

Chen Lo answered his ringing phone when the invisible couple entered the cave system. Both members of the super couple were able to easily discern both sides of the conversation.

"I take it you did not particularly like the messenger you sent to me," Jonathan Reiss said as Chen Lo answered the phone.

"I did not actually like that messenger. But I did like the men I lost retrieving the orb from Princess Lara," Chen Lo lied.

"He is going to bluff to Reiss. That is a very foolish move," Lara sent to her mate.

"Chen Lo probably plans to find a way to kill Reiss after getting the payoff for the orb," Harry suggested.

"It is not my fault if you underestimated Princess Lara," Reiss pointed out.

"What I underestimated Mr. Reiss is the value of this orb to you," Chen Lo rebutted.

"Chen Lo, there are an incredible number of truly horrifying diseases in this world. Children are even more susceptible to certain varieties of these horrors than adults. It would be truly saddening if little Shiho or Tai were to contract such lethal afflictions," Reiss said suggestively in reference to Chen Lo's children.

"If you harm those I care about then I will give your orb back to Princess Lara and warn her exactly who is after it," Chen Lo declared. "I have heard rumor her highness does not take being stolen from lightly. The last thieves who stole from Princess Lara ended up dead and that was before she became a Princess. Now that she is a Princess I would imagine there are a whole lot of government agents willing to keep Her Royal Highness happy."

"I will pay you an additional twelve million dollars once you have delivered the orb to me," Reiss promised while secretly planning Chen Lo's death.

"We have a deal Mr. Reiss," Chen Lo agreed.

"See to it that you do not break our deal this time," Jonathan Reiss warned in a threatening tone before hanging up.

Chen Lo called Reiss a not so complimentary name in Chinese before stalking towards the entrance of the cave with the intent to issue orders to his men. When the murdering thief was near the mouth of the cave he tripped and stumbled forward straight over the edge of the cliff. The man's screams were heard until he died against the rocks at the bottom.

"That was brilliant," Lara declared, knowing her mate had caused the gang leader's accident.

"He was a rather disagreeable fellow," the god replied, having sensed the man's past evil deeds. "Let us see if we cannot arrange 'accidents' for the rest of Chen Lo's gang. They don't need to be left capable of murdering and terrorizing more innocents."

"That sounds like an excellent idea," Lara agreed.

The invisible couple went about their task efficiently.

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Shanghai, Flower Pagoda, 8:50 PM…

The area was teeming with more members of the Shay Ling gang. The camp Harry and his wife had taken out was just one of the Shay Ling's compounds. Soon Reiss' helicopter touched down on a nearby roof.

"My men have the roof covered," Reiss said over the phone to Chen Lo's younger brother, Xien.

"Set down in the square instead so that my men also have things covered," Xien instructed.

"Alright," Reiss agreed before cutting off the call.

Xien and his men had a fake orb in a crate they were planning on giving Reiss. Chen Lo had not had time to inform his brother of the plan to kill Reiss before his death nor of the change in price.

"Here is the money. Come and get it," Reiss' man shouted from the open door of the hovering helicopter.

Harry and Lara watched as Xien handed over the crate at the same time as Reiss' man passed a bag supposedly filled with money. The immortal couple in fact knew the bag was filled with fake money.

Before the Asian criminal who accepted the bag of what he thought was money could even verify the bag's contents, Reiss' man said, "Sorry, you lose."

Xien and his comrade were dead on the ground from shots to the head before they even realized the trouble. Reiss' man jumped back into the helicopter as the armored door was slammed shut. The transport rose rapidly in the air as the Shay Ling gang members arrayed around the area tried to shoot the craft down but with no luck.

"They were all dealing with fake currency," Lara declared with amusement as she and her mate teleported back to their cloaked transport.

Harry guided his ship after Reiss' black helicopter. Reiss arrived in Hong Kong just as the sun was rising for a new day. The bio-terrorist group set down on the roof of a modern marketplace, the eastern equivalent of a shopping mall. Reiss had a lab hidden in place sight in the Times Square Marketplace.

"How about we string Reiss along," Lara suggested as she and her man invisibly followed the bio-weapons manufacturer and dealer into the lab facility. "Can you make Reiss think he has the true map?"

"You know I can. I can even provide a map to the approximation location of the Box by linking this duplicate to our true map. But without the true key Reiss would never make it far enough. But I see what you have planned. I like it," Harry projected to his wife as he reached out with his powers and caused the fake orb to look and feel exactly like the real orb with a bit of transfiguration.

A few more enchantments and the fake orb would lead Reiss to the approximate location of the box. The couple then set about exploring the modern bio-weapons research lab in order to give Reiss time to decode the map.

"The orb is almost completely decoded. I think it is time to clear the lab," Lara suggested.

"Let's clear the building," Harry suggested as he ordered his cruiser to materialize a fusion grenade in an empty section of the lab.

A few seconds later the ground shook as the grenade went off, throwing many of the lab workers off their feet but not seriously injuring any of them.

"That should get the authority's attention," Lara declared.

"But we will have longer than the normal response time to scare Reiss out of here because he has paid some corrupt officials off," the Fey announced.

"I do so love making evil men piss themselves," Lara informed her mate as she summoned her main plasma gauntlet onto the wrist of her armor.

"Aristotle, Lara is getting impatient. Speed up the computer's decoding so we can get Reiss out of here," Harry instructed his companion replicat.

The replicat did as directed, interfacing with the slower computer and speeding up the decoding process. Seconds later the decoding announced it was complete. The second Reiss' people had retrieved the data Lara opened fire with her plasma weapon. Rapid bursts of superheated plasma began peppering the labs, causing destruction and damage the likes of which the terrorists had never witnessed. Reiss and his lackeys ran for the nearest exit. Lara gunned some of the mercenaries down for good measure. Lara continuously moved and never shot repeatedly from the same place so even when several of the mercenaries returned fire they didn't come close to the beautiful immortal.

"Brilliant shot dear," Harry declared when Lara actually managed to cleanly vaporize the head of one of the mercenaries.

"Damn…they have all run away," Lara said when she noticed all of her targets were gone. "I guess I will just have to find something new to play with," the brunette added while turning to focus on her husband. "You know how randy shooting at bad guys makes me," the Princess said while approaching her favorite man with an extra sway in her luscious hips.

"I do indeed," Harry agreed. "How about we go take care of your friskiness? Reiss and his goons can catch up to us whenever they manage."

"It sounds like a plan," Lara agreed before kissing her husband, biting his bottom lip gently as his hands explored her curves.

The immortal couple disappeared from the ruined bio-weapons lab so that Lara could get one of her daily doses of divine male.

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Africa near Kilimanjaro…

A native of the region named Kosa who was an old friend of Lara's answered his phone.

"Kosa," Lara greeted. "How are you?"

"Lara," Kosa replied in a loud voice, not used to using the phone.

"You had the jeep cleaned," Lara observed as she and her mate flew in over the vehicle.

"Of course I did Lara. I know how you like your equipment," the dark skinned African said. "Where are you? I cannot see you."

"Keep going straight at a steady speed," Lara instructed.

Moments later the Princess and her husband dropped into the jeep. To the mortal Kosa it appeared as if the couple flew in on jet packs. In actuality the jet packs were an illusion to disguise the fact that Lara and Harry flew in under the wizard's power.

"Lara, welcome back to Africa," Kosa greeted.

"Kosa, I do not believe you have had the pleasure of meeting my husband William yet," the tomb raider introduced as she climbed into the front seat and took over driving.

"Your highness," Kosa replied with a nod towards the Prince.

"William will do fine, Kosa," Harry assured.

"Do you ever do anything normally?" Kosa questioned Lara.

"That could disappoint you," Lara teased. "Besides, normal is overrated," the Princess added as she glanced amusedly into the rearview mirror at her super powered mate.

"The box is that way," Harry announced after a half hour of driving while pointing towards a mountain.

"The locals call that The Mountain of God," Kosa announced. "There is a tribe which lives on the mountain who might help us."

"The tribe protects the box. We should go make peace with them first or they might attack us and get hurt," Harry suggested.

"They might get hurt?" Kosa questioned. "Don't you mean we might get hurt?"

"Not likely," Lara assured. "William is carrying enough weaponry to take down a small country."

Lara soon parked at the outskirts of the tribal village. Kosa made the introductions, giving a short bow to the tribal chief in respect. Lara followed suit but Harry did not bow. The African natives stared at the mage with hostility.

"I bow to no man," Harry projected into the mind of the chief. The chief's eyes widened at the telepathic message. "Do not acknowledge what I am," ordered the sorcerer as he sensed the chief's realization that one of the new arrivals was some type of god.

The chief didn't exactly know what type of god but the Africans believed in many gods and spirits. Or at least the Africans of this tribe held such beliefs. When the chief recovered himself he inquired about the reason for the trio's visit. Lara brought the orb out of a backpack in response. The tribesmen immediately recognized the orb.

"I hope you realize what you are doing," Kosa said, translating the chief's words. "If you trespass on the Cradle of Life you risk flooding this entire world with death."

"Evil men are coming for the box. The box is no longer safe here. It will be safe with my mate," Lara assured while indicating Harry.

"I believe you are correct," the chief said. "But I feel I must warn you that no one who has gone looking for the box has returned. The land beyond the canyon belongs to the Shadow Guardians. The Guardians do not sleep or rest and they move like the wind. Anything that walks their territory will be killed. Only with the orb can the Cradle be revealed. Inside of the Cradle you will find a place of madness where Sky and Earth are one. Direction is meaningless. I will give you twenty men who will take you as far as they can."

"Your watchfulness over time has been greatly appreciated," Harry said in the tribe's native tongue, surprising Kosa. "I bless your tribe with good fortune and prosperity," the god announced.

Aristotle would leave a replicat behind to ensure his master's blessing held. The tribe recognized the power in Harry's words and bowed as the trio was led out of the village.

"The box is up there near the summit," Harry announced as the group drew nearer some minutes later.

"How did you know?" One of the tribesmen, Mbaya, questioned.

"I can sense many things that others cannot," the Fey replied.

"I will go with you all the way and fight the Shadow Guardians when the others turn back," Mbaya promised.

"You are a brave man Mbaya," Lara announced.

At that moment all seriousness was broken by one of the tribesmen pointing out how funny the accent of the two royals was.

Not long after that groups of mercenaries began repelling down from helicopters.

"I'm afraid this is as far as you go with us my companions. Thank you for your help. That includes you Kosa," the deity projected right into the minds of the mortals.

Before the mercenaries could spot the tribesmen and Kosa and begin slaughtering the spear wielding warriors Harry teleported them back to their village.

"I do believe Kosa will be cross with us. But better alive and mad then dead," Lara pointed out.

"Not many can stay mad at you for long honey," the wizard informed his beauty.

"Too right," Lara agreed.

The mercenaries surrounded the immortal couple. The pair did not put up a fight. But when the mercenaries tried forcing the pair to the ground the thugs found Harry and Lara unmovable. The hired guns tried kicking at the shins of the couple but only succeeded in hurting themselves on the body armor the pair wore. When two mercenaries laid hands on Lara's shoulders to physically force her to the ground Harry moved so fast the others barely followed his movement. The god literally ripped the offending mercenaries' arms off and beat the men to death with them with one powerful blow. Several mercenaries shot at Harry's head but the bullets bounced off a glowing shield and rebounded onto the shooters.

Reiss was standing nearby observing all of this.

"Well this is unexpected and explains why the royal couple is out here without a heavy escort," the bio-terrorist said. "Force seems inadequate so I'll try a different track. If you help me I will make it worth your while."

"Alright Reiss, we'll guide you to the box," Lara agreed with her most charming smile.

"You will," Reiss said in surprise.

"Of course," Harry agreed. "We won't even move to harm you," the sorcerer assured.

Reiss gestured to his men to surround the apparently invulnerable couple and suggested, "Lead the way."

Harry led the group into the canyon which bordered the lands of the Shadow Guardians. By the time the caravan moved out of the canyon it was already dark out.

"I can sense their fear," Lara informed her mate.

"They have reason to fear. If they knew what lurked in the shadows and the Earth around us they would run back the direction we came in terror, Reiss or no Reiss," Harry pointed out.

Ancient looking trees with massive tangled roots lay before the group. The moonlight played over the trees eerily, casting shadows that moved. The sound of what seemed like rocks moving was heard.

"The Cradle of Life is through this clearing?" Reiss wanted to know, unable to suppress the nervousness from showing in his voice.

"Indeed it is," Lara assured.

Nearby rumbling was heard along with the sounds of the primates hiding in the trees. Harry could hear the elemental demons moving about, preparing to attack the trespassers. The wards protecting the Cradle were controlling the guardian demons. The mage led the way further into the clearing. A sudden deep noise made by one of the demons startled Reiss and his men. The mortals focused their attention in the direction the noise had come as the demons wanted. The sounds of one of the mercenaries screaming announced that the first kill was made. The foolish goon had separated from the main group.

"What was that?" One of Reiss' men asked. The man then ordered another pair of mercenaries, "You two go check that screaming out."

"Keep moving," a nervous Reiss said as he grasped his handgun, feeling slightly reassured by its presence.

Soon the sounds of the demons grew louder and more frequent, scaring off the primates hiding in the trees. Then the sound of automatic gunfire was heard. The mercenaries spread out and started shooting.

"Get back in formation now," Reiss' second in command ordered.

Elemental demons began appearing out of the trees, rock, and the ground itself. Mercenaries were skewered with claws and pulled back into the Earth by the hideous demons.

"Holy shit," Reiss' second in command declared when a nearby man was pulled up into the trunk of a tree by the head.

"Run," Harry shouted at Reiss and his remaining men. "The box is this way," the mage cried while projecting an illusion of him and his wife running off in the direction they had been traveling.

Reiss and his men were quickly picked off by the demons.

"Fools," Lara projected to her spouse. "Can I do the honors?" Lara inquired.

"Be my guest," Harry agreed.

Lara ran with the orb for a nearby spire of rock which looked like a tiny dormant volcano. The god moved when the demons appeared, smashing them to pieces with his bare hands. Harry grinned as demon after demon died at his glowing grasp. Lara dropped the orb into the opening at the top of the spire which triggered the wards to destroy the demons. The spire collapsed into a hole in the ground. Harry caught his mate in a telekinetic grip, drawing her away from the hole. Pulling the Princess to his side the Fey floated down into the Cradle of Life. A silvery rough rock comprised the walls. Numerous tunnels where gravity routinely reversed ran like a honeycomb throughout the region. Strange light flickered throughout the passages.

"There is powerful divine magic here," Harry declared.

"Divine magic…I've never heard you speak of that type of magic," Lara replied, immensely curious.

"Technically you have. Any magic I do now is divine magic. Divine magic is any magic performed by a being considered by convention to be a god," Harry explained, walking further into the Cradle.

"Wait…are you saying you are a god?" Lara demanded.

"Maybe," was the deity's reply.

"I'm the wife of a god," Lara whispered in shock.

"I'm still me…just…," the sorcerer replied.

"An all powerful being," Lara supplied as she followed her spouse.

"I'm not all powerful, just really powerful," Harry assured.

"So what are you a god of?" The Princess inquired.

"Sex," the Fey answered.

"Of course you are," Lara replied, suddenly realizing she was walking on the ceiling. "Are you doing this?"

"No…that effect is caused by the wards of this place," the wizard announced. "And there is the box," the reality traveler said while looking down at a box glowing with power on a pedestal in the middle of a pool of bubbling black acid. "Those Greek gods certainly did love their acid pools."

"You sound like you have experience with the Greek deities," Lara said in a questioning tone.

"I do. I'm married to a couple of them," the warlock informed his Princess as he summoned Pandora's box into his hand.

"I do believe we have a lot to talk about," Lara stated and surprised she felt no ill feelings towards her newly revealed divine mate at his latest revelation.

"We do," the mage agreed as he banished the box into his trunk. "Let us hold that discussion back at the manor. We'll take the Cradle back with us."

Lara agreed and watched as her lover transported the entire Cradle of Life back to the grounds of Croft Manor with very little effort.

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"You've done it again," Richard Croft declared when his daughter and her husband appeared on the lawn near the Luna Temple.

"Yes we did daddy," Lara agreed. "William put the Cradle in the ground. The entrance is right here," the tomb raider informed her father while pointing to the clearly visible entrance.

"You can go exploring if you want. I've made sure you can't be harmed," Harry told his father in law. Lara looked at her mate curiously. "I have friends looking out for all of your family," the mage assured his wife over the bond.

"Where is Kate daddy?" Lara inquired. "William and I need to have a talk with her."

"Kate is in the manor," Richard replied, his attention already focused on the entrance of the Cradle.

As Richard entered the Cradle the royal couple made their way into the manor. The raiders of tombs found the young woman at her desk next to Harry's study in the manor.

"You're back," Kate said with a smile as she spotted her two favorite people.

"William is a god," Lara declared without preamble.

Confusion reigned on Kate's features for several moments before a smile played across her lips and she replied, "Of course he is…in bed." When the brown haired female saw the Princess was completely serious she questioned, "What exactly do you mean by saying William is a god."

"Exactly that…he's a reality traveling divine being," Lara assured.

Kate gazed over her future King with a new realization, looking at him as if she had never laid eyes upon him before and eager to take everything in.

"Well that certainly explains why he is so powerful," Kate observed.

"Indeed," Lara agreed. "In fact I'm surprised we didn't consider the possibility sooner."

"That might have had something to do with me," Harry suggested, causing the two women to focus on him.

"How do you mean?" Lara asked.

"Well my aura…it's a field of my power that is constantly surrounding me. My subconscious often takes care of controlling it. I didn't really have any desire for you two ladies to know what I was sooner. My aura might have influenced you to ignore some subtle cues that you would have normally picked up on. You two are rather observant," Harry explained.

"Too true," Lara agreed.

"Is there any particular reason you didn't tell us what you were sooner?" Kate queried as she stood from her desk chair and walked around to lean back against the front, her short skirt showing off her toned thighs nicely to the fey deity.

"I have found in my travels that a little bit of mystery reaches a long way. You were always going to find out about my true nature someday. But that didn't have to happen right away. Plus going into a new universe as a known god can get boring after some time. I like to mix things up. Imagine an eternity of the same entrance scenario," suggested the warlock.

"I could see how that could get old rather quickly," Lara agreed while Kate nodded her head as well.

"So if you are a god and not just a wizard…do you have any other powers you haven't shown us yet?" Kate inquired.

"You have no idea," Harry said in a husky voice that suddenly had the two women wet in their nether regions for him.

The sorcerer was channeling sensuality and passion into his voice laced with his power. Carnal desires flooded Lara and Kate. Their every thought turned to just how gorgeous and amazing their divine mate was. Kate began to spread her legs as she ground herself back against the hard desk. Harry strode forward and pressed his hand to the young woman's cheek. Kate leaned into the touch as it lit all of her senses on fire with heat. As the Prince kissed the beauty in front of him his Princess came up behind him and pressed herself against his back. Lara's hands skillfully undid her husband's trousers and freed his manhood from the confines of his undergarments. As usual Kate was not wearing any knickers under her skirt and this was most certainly advantageous to the young woman as she received her favorite male's rod in her smoldering quim. Both women could not yet realize it but they were in for the most erotic time of their lives over the course of the rest of the day.

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The trio of immortals was back on their bed on the beach when the two women awoke.

"Hello ladies," Harry greeted his mates.

"How long were we out?" Kate inquired.

"Not long," the wizard assured.

"Are all of our discussions going to end in mind blowing sex?" Lara inquired.

"Are you complaining?" Kate asked in surprise.

"Not at all," Lara said. "I was just curious."

"Maybe not all of our discussions but quite a few of them might," Harry answered.

"We should be sweating and feeling the heat judging from this tropical climate," Kate declared as she noticed her surroundings.

"It will be quite hard for you to sweat now that you are both fully aware wives in the bond. Sex with me will be one way to generate a good sweat but other than that not many things can tire you out in the multi-verse. Your forms are now highly resilient," Harry explained.

"Wicked," Lara declared with a grin.

"So what happens now?" Kate questioned.

"Now you can do whatever you want…all of my resources are at your disposal," Harry replied.

"I can sense so much knowledge in your repository…too much to comprehend at once," Lara said as she explored the bond.

"You have neural nanites to enhance your comprehension capabilities in addition to the hyper-dimensional portion of your mind which will greatly aid in any efforts to understand fully my multi-verse spanning repository. But despite those aids it will still take you some time to adjust to the new ways of viewing reality. Eventually you will get the hang of it. You have your own personal replicats to guide you," the Fey informed his mates as two distinctly female replicats became visible prowling up and down the beach nearby.

The lovers laid there for a few silent minutes as the two women began to explore their bond more fully.

"Yes," Kate cheered as she figured out how to tap into one of her new powers.

The result was visible as her breasts swelled to greater size.

"A most delicious use of your shape shifting abilities although your previous size was perfectly suitable for your curvy form," Harry observed.

"Wicked," Lara declared a moment later, drawing Harry and Kate's attention to the fact that the tomb raider was floating above the bed. "We can fly!"

As the brunette beauty began to twist, spin, and twirl in the air Kate suddenly let out a peal of laughter.

"What has you in stitches?" Harry questioned his wife.

"It's silly really…but Lara is a tomb raider…and you are these really powerful sex god who routinely shags hundreds of women. You my husband are a womb raider!" Kate's declaration was ended with another peal of laughter.

This time Lara had heard Kate's words and burst into laughter as well.

"Harry Potter Womb Raider…I like that title," Harry declared with an amused grin.

"You can raid my womb any time love," Lara informed her spouse.

A mischievous look came across the heir of the Marauder's face. Moments later the sorcerer vanished.

"Where did he go?" Kate queried.

"Oh…ugh….I think I know," Lara whispered as her insides began quivering.

"Where is he?" Kate asked, curious at the expression on Lara's face.

"Inside me," the Princess whispered before moaning.

Kate suddenly realized what was going on.

"He must have tapped into the powers of one of those superheroes he has in his library of powers. I think one of them…Ant Man or something like that could become really tiny," Kate suggested. "How does it feel?" The curious brown haired beauty queried.

"Fantastic," Lara moaned.

Harry heard Kate's question and tapped into another power of his, duplicating himself. Suddenly Kate was joining Lara in letting out moans as the miniature god frolicked in their nether regions. The deity duplicated himself a third time but in full size and appeared between the two women. Lara had floated down to the bed when she began experiencing the latest round of pleasure induced by her husband.

"Be careful what you say around me," Harry declared with a grin that didn't leave his face for the next several hours as he slowly pleasured his wives.

Oh yes, Harry was going to have great fun in this incarnation. Lara and Kate were also going to greatly enjoy spending eternity with their new husband. The lost tombs of that world would now be open to the three mates as would the wombs of the two women be open to Harry Potter. No matter how uncertain the Fey's future and the course he took in his multi-verse travels some things never changed. Harry would always be welcomed into the beds, bodies, and hearts of women everywhere.

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Author's Note:

Fanfiction withdrawal induced depression and the realization of how pathetic my existence is. That's what has finally made me break my dark period. Frankly a lot of readers are going to continue to treat me like shit and make me feel used no matter what I do. Fanfiction . net only enabled them to do this easier. I'm truly saddened by the fact that there are so few authors who put forth the effort to write a long fic with a lack of plot holes and spelling and grammatical mistakes. Authors like Robst, Witoswmp, OldCrow, and a select few others are the only reason I even bother reading fics anymore.

On another note…after watching the Dark Knight Rises and Total Recall I have developed a strong desire to have Anne Hathaway, Kate Beckinsale, and Jessica Beal sit on my face. Not all at the same time mind you…I don't think my face could survive that or even my skull. But one by one would truly be awesome. Perhaps I shouldn't be allowed to write author's notes when I'm lying alone on my bed in my room suffering from apathy and fanfiction withdrawal.

P.S. All my betas have abandoned me.