Prisoners by megamatt09 Chapter 9: Appeasing The Unappeasable, a Harry Potter + Smallville Crossover fanfic

"So this is what you wish for me to do?" Alura asked with a slightly raised eyebrow when she mulled over what she was asked in her mind. She was trying to figure out if that was feasible within her own mind. "You want me to take one of my inventions, make it so it doesn't work as well, and pass it off as a failed experiment. Will the Council not force me to work on it day and night to make it work?"

"You could say that it is a temporary process," Jor-El offered then with a shrug. "You may have been premature to release this technology..."

"No the Council needs to learn their place," Harry responded without saying another word, as he carefully turned over the situation in his mind. He gripped his hand with Kara who nodded before him. The couple remained resolved and ready for action, even if that action would lead to something where they would suffer greatly. "If they...if we figure out a way for them to leave us alone."

"Well I don't think you can do that without overthrowing the Council," Jor-El responded in a grim voice which Kara simply smiled about with a glint in her eye when she thought about that.

"Hold that thought."

Said thought was held, at least for a moment, when Kara folded her arms over her chest and inclined her head forward ever so slightly. The blonde knew that they were playing with some kind of dangerous fire in their attempts to appease the situation. One might even argue that the situation was not going to be appeased any time soon. She thought that this was an inevitable and unfortunate conclusion to make.

Still despite that fact, Kara put her faith that Harry would come up with something tangible that could allow them to win the day. She thought that they were beginning to form a connection of some sort. In fact, she was going to go as far that they were destined to meet on this day. The blonde turned her head towards Harry, blinking a little bit, before she snaked an arm around his waist.

"So what do you think, Harry?" Kara asked him with a bright smile on her face and it was then where Harry thought the matters over, before he decided to offer his response.

"I think that we shouldn't try for this appeasement of the Council. If I've learned anything when dealing with the government, that is they believe what they want to believe. Therefore, when we go against them, they will shut us down coldly and carefully to begin with. We will stand up to what we believe is right."

Jor-El frowned at this statement before he felt inclined to answer. "Not that I disagree with your assessment but do you not think..."

"I think that we should consider all of our options, from that angle," Harry offered Jor-El, when he turned to them all. "Alura's technology should be used for good. And if Krypton doesn't understand what its purpose is, perhaps there will be others that will."

"You'll never get away with it," Jor-El stated but Kara smiled a sweet smile.

"What are they going to do to us?" Kara asked when she watched out the window, and noticed that Zor-El was gone. That did not bode well for any of them, she feared that he would rat out their position to the Council.

"My brother has departed," Jor-El stated when Alura looked slightly frantic and breathed heavily.

"Can't you get him back here?" Alura asked, in an almost pleading voice, knowing the consequences. The more she learned about Zor-El, the more she was disturbed and the less time she ever wished to spend in his company.

Jor-El turned around and without another word, left to track his brother down. Alura put a pair of hands to her face and sighed for a moment, before she turned her head around to face Kara and Harry.

"The Entire House of El will be the death of me," Alura stated when she looked at the two of them with a look of utmost frustration in her eyes.

She respected Jor-El for his genius and his accomplishments, even if there were some things that he did that defied all explanations. He did what he did because he was Jor-El and there was something that really explained what drove him. The young scientist turned around to face her two companions, hoping that they held the answers that eluded her.

"So what do you think we should do know?" Alura asked Harry and Kara, because she was at a loss for words and time was running rapidly out, faster than she could imagine. They were in what one might consider to be a high pressure situation.

That question would have been answered, had another party showed up. She also had long blonde hair and blue eyes, dressed in blue robes. Kara blinked and her eyes widened, she could hardly believe it but it was another friendly face, albeit one that was far younger than she remembered her. She stood there tall and proud but then Kara remembered something.

Today was the day that she met Jor-El and fell in love with him, delivering a message to him from the Kandorian Council about something or other. Of course, things changed due to the fact that Harry and Kara were here and alternate timeline was being created. That fact, along with the fact that Jor-El ran off after his brother and there was no telling if he was going to return any time soon.

"My name is Lara Lor-Van, my father has sent me with a message from Jor-El," Lara stated when she turned to look to Harry. "Are you Jor-El?"

"No, I'm afraid I'm not," Harry stated when he looked at the young woman, Kara's aunt as he remembered.

"Oh," Lara stated, she sounded a bit disappointed but she snapped her eyes up carefully and she looked business like. He was standing towards two women who might as well be twins, except one was wearing glasses and the other was not. "Well...I can wait for Jor-El to come back, this message is urgent."

"It comes from the Council doesn't it?" Kara asked, unable to help herself. It felt odd how she was technically older than both her mother and her aunt now, of course given the yellow solar radiation; she didn't look a day over eighteen or nineteen years old.

"Yes it does," Lara offered with a smile, when she watched this young woman. "The Council... well they're on the war path about your technology."

"I suppose you're going to turn me in," Alura stated, when she turned to Harry and Kara for back up.

Lara waved her hands to assure her that there was going to be nothing of the short. "No, great Rao no, I would never want to do such a thing, I respect your technology and I think that it's a good thing that you are doing what you are going to do. I hope that you continue to be able to do that but...you know the Council disagrees."

"As they always do," Alura sighed, there was nothing more than she wished to say about the Council.

Lara nodded, before she turned to the other two. "I'm afraid that we haven't been formally introduced."

"I'm Kara, this is my lover, Harry," Kara responded without another pause, saying that endearment with pride.

"It's a pleasure to meet both of you," Lara stated, before she paused and heard the footsteps of someone approaching. She could see the tension of the group, and she shared their belief that it was very likely that something was going to happen.

It was only Jor-El and Alura made the decision that she hoped would not come back to haunt her later on.

"I will construct the decoy technology," Alura stated, her eyes narrowed and a calm expression appearing in her eyes.

"If you're sure?" Jor-El asked the woman, he had been unable to track Zor-El down and he made it clear that he was willing to do what he could to make sure the will of the Council was invoked.

"Yes, I'm sure," Alura stated with a firm voice and a set jaw, but Jor-El turned to Lara who stood there.

"You must be Lor-Van's oldest," Jor-El stated when he looked at Lara.

"Yes, I am, and you must be the all powerful Jor-El," Lara stated when she eyed the scientist. "I would have expected you to be taller for some reason."

Jor-El turned around, if he got the reference, he did not say, his mind was doing what he must to construct the decoy technology. Then they could do what they could to get the probe together which would help heal the planet before it got destroyed.

Kara hoped that her father would not do anything that would damage their hopes in saving this world out of some kind of demented greed but it became more likely by each passing instant that he would.

Several hours later, for better or for worse, the group concluded what they hoped to be the completion of the technology that would fool the Council. Alura turned to Jor-El, Lara, Kara, and Harry, hoping to convey to them what she did.

"I altered the device where it would filter yellow solar radiation for only a short period, that of ten minutes before it would burn out, and then the red would bombard the body, cancelling out the effects," Alura explained and they all nodded, understanding. "The super powers being removed from someone's body will be a painful process with how I tweak it, but it is not lethal. We want to teach a lesson that they will live to remember."

'Although if they didn't learn from the Kryptonite episode in the lab, I'm not sure what they would learn about,' Kara thought when her ears perked up and she clutched Harry's hand.

"And the Council Army is here," Jor-El stated when he peered out the window, but another group made their way up the stairs, breaking down the door.

Harry had to give the devil their due, the Kandorian army could be pretty fast even without super powers. They made their way up the stairs and broke down the doors, before they arrived in the middle of the room, and then they snatched Lara and Alura with fury.

As expected, Zod was the one that lead the charge, even if he was rather low on the totem pole at this present point, he had many friends in the Kandorian military. Friends in extremely low places as it turned out, with Zod eying them a little bit, with a bit of sadism dancing in his eyes when he watched his enemies carefully.

"None of this would happen if you did not stand down and do what is necessary for Krypton," Zod responded in a callous and quite nasty voice when he stared down his enemies. They were prey and he was the predator, dangerous and nasty, mean and cruel. He was staring back at them with the eyes of the killer.

"Dru-Zod, you lied to us," Jor-El stated, feeling a bit twisted. Their fathers were associates and perhaps even friends and Jor-El respected the younger Zod.

"No the true lie is harboring those who will wish to do harm to that of Krypton," Zod responded when Alura and Lara were held to them. "Zor-El only wants the technology for personal greed, but...I wish to do it to save those who cannot save themselves. Make no mistake about it, I do not do this for personal greed, but I do this to protect those who cannot protect themselves, I will save this planet."

"If you use this technology for all of the wrong reasons, then you will doom it," Harry responded when he eyed Zod. "You don't get it, when you squabble over this miracle technology, it won't matter thirty years from now because Krypton will be a memory."

"LIES!" Zod snapped, losing it a little bit, he had no idea who this young man would.

How dare he, how dare him come in here and spout all of these lies? He knew one thing to be true and that was that Krypton would live on forever and a day. There was no question about it, Zod would have his moment and then everything would crumble beneath his feet, all would bow before him, all will get on their knees, and bow before that of Zod. All would worship him as the man that saved this planet, and brought it into a new golden age.

All would kneel before Zod. Men, women, and children would all be on their knees before him.

"You know it to be true, the natural disasters, it's getting rocked by more and more attacks with each passing year," Jor-El stated in a calm voice, before he saw Harry and Kara make their move. "Please, implore you to stand down."

"Jor-El speaks much wisdom, it would be wise of you to do as he says," Zod stated in a nasty voice when he eyes the mysterious couple. He had no idea where they came from but he knew that he would be honored by them. "So I would advise that you stand down, or else."

Kara and Harry locked eyes before the blonde had a smile twitch over her face. She acted like she was going to kneel before Zod before he stated. "I vote for, or else."

Kara knocked Zod with a super powered punch to send him flying. This allowed Harry to pull Alura and Lara out of harm's way, before he flicked his wrists, and caused the tear gas grenades to blind the Kandorian army.

"Get out of the way," Jor-El stated with a grunt, before one of the army officers shot him in the back hard.

Down went Jor-El, blood splattering from him, and he lost the feeling in his legs. He could not even move and Harry and Kara looked down. The shooter was blasted into the wall and then more were sent out the windows on the high floor they stood on with Kara's super breath. She stood beside Harry to give him a look that said "what now?"

"Don't worry, I got one more trick up sleeve," Harry whispered to Kara, who knew that only she could hear him with her super hearing.

Several things happened in a row, one thing at a time. A blinding bright light shot them in the face, filling the lab. Harry levitated the limp and bloodied body of Jor-El up in the air, where he dangled, swaying from one side to the other. He closed his eyes and the right enveloped them, before they blasted off in a flash of light disappearing.

Zod was not happy, he burned up a lot of political capital to plan this attack, and all he had to do with it was a broken jaw. He could barely talk and he had a feeling that he would not be able to chew solid food. He had no idea who that blonde was, but he was not going to let this one go. He would make her kneel before Zod and then he would have her executed.

He massaged his jaw, it hurt, it hurt badly, he could taste his own blood and shattered teeth. That wasn't good at all and what was worse, they disappeared with the technology that would have made him and saved this planet. Did they not see that he only had the best interests of Krypton in mind?

"So we're back... here?"

"It makes sense when you think about it," Harry offered Alura when she asked that question. "We ran from here less than a day before and they would not even dream that we would come back here. I mean, logically speaking, why would we? Therefore this would be the last place they would watch, when they are under the mistaken illusion that we would never come back here."

Alura thought it was good to be home, no matter what, and she turned her head a little bit, watching and waiting, not to mention she took a moment to sit down. Jor-El was down on the bed, his bleeding ceased but he was still not out the woods yet.

Lara smiled in spite herself, when her father drafted her to take this message to Jor-El, something told her that this was not exactly what he had in mind when he sent his oldest daughter out for today. Now she was not complaining, that could spice up her mundane life and lead to her having an adventure. At least that was the idea that she had been trying to figure out in the back of your mind.

"Should my technology be able to heal Jor-El, without a question," Alura stated, without missing a beat, before she reached into the back and pulled out the portal yellow solar simulator. "I can't help but think I'm playing Rao with such a thing. Bringing people back from the brink and all that."

"If it saves people, then it's the right thing to do," Harry offered her and Alura nodded, she would not argue with that point. The blonde focused her expression on Jor-El, who rested on the cot, and twisted the knob.

'Here goes nothing,' Alura thought to herself when she bombarded Jor-El with the yellow solar radiation.

So far so good, it was working; Jor-El began to move his arms, something that he could not accomplish before. That was a pretty good sign for things to come, if she must say so herself. His fingers started to twitch a little more, that was always a good sign. Alura turned up the frequency ever so slightly, not wanting to harm Jor-El. If she blasted him with too much, too soon, that could put his body into a state of shock.

Kara and Harry watched in rapt anticipation, wondering what would happen yet. Jor-El was not out of the woods and for a brief second, Kara swore that she heard his heart stop. Perhaps it was from the shock of what happened, that was a likely outcome. Yet, that event was only temporary, when Jor-El rocked himself back and his eyes began to glow, before he sent heat vision shooting to the ceiling, setting it on fire.

Harry offered a smile when he quickly put out the flames that shot up in every direction from Jor-El's spontaneous heat vision. "Yes, we know it works."

"I hope that no one else knows it works," Jor-El stated when he looked at them. "The yellow solar radiation gives off a distinct signature that could be tracked if someone is given just cause to do so. You may have brought them here, even if your reasoning was sound."

"Well it's a good thing that I shielded the device from all detection," Harry stated when he looked down at him.

"I was unaware that any amount of shielding technology would block out the equipment of the Council," Jor-El responded when he gave Harry the most skeptical of looks. "Even I found it difficult to get that level of technology out."

"Well then it's a good thing that I didn't use technology," Harry responded and this caused Jor-El's eyes turned to him, carefully analyzing the situation, before he nodded his head.

There were some matters that even the mind of Jor-El could not fathom and one of those matters was going to have to be magic. This particular concept boggled his mind and quite frankly offered him a certain level of confusion. It was not that he did not acknowledge that it did not exist, there was plenty of proof that it did. It was one of those things that he did not think too much about, for it perplexed him.

"So now what?" Kara asked, when she eyed Harry.

"That question never leads to anything good," Lara remarked casually but Kara shrugged.

Harry mulled over everything that he had to do through his head, there were several things that he had to do now but there was one thing that nagged him in the back of his head. The Council would chase them to the ends of Krypton, and then Zod was still out there. Although he would have to be eating through a straw for the next few weeks thanks to Kara smacking him in the face, he was still dangerous and deadly.

Then there was Zor-El, who was motivated by greed and was kind of shifty to begin with. Alura was not at ease with Zor-El for some reason and how they got married and had a child, well that was one of the greatest mysteries in the universe. In fact, Zor-El reminded him of Snape, which was not a good thing. Harry did not have that much time to think about this for a sudden burst of inspiration hit his mind.

"It's time that I meet the Council face to face," Harry responded when he looked at the trio of blondes and Jor-El.

"And what will this accomplish?" Lara asked when she looked at Harry.

"I'm hoping to give them a well-reasoned reason why they should leave this alone," Harry stated when he shrugged his shoulders, before he wondered if he was hoping for a bit too much. "At least...at least when I go in there, I'll handle them better than I handed the government in my world."

"So your government was behind the curve as well," Alura stated with interest. "And utterly frustrating."

Harry gave a slight smirk before he responded. "You have no idea, but that's essentially it."

He stood at the edge of the windows facing the outside of the In-Ze estate and he would have to stick his head into the mouth of the lion to get what he wanted. That was something that this wizard did many times before. And it was not like he was going in there without a plan.

"If you go, I'm coming with you," Kara responded when she firmly stood beside Harry, and her gaze left no room for argument.

"And I will as well, for I have a few words for the Council," Jor-El stated in a crisp and determined voice, after the Council tried to seize some of his inventions, he meant to speak to them as well.

"If you insist," Harry responded when he rolled his shoulders in a slight shrug. He was not about to argue. There was one more piece of business that he had to do before he left. "I'm putting protective enchantments around this place. I'm not sure how long they will hold but they should hold long enough before we got back."

"Be careful out there," Alura stated and Harry and Kara smiled.

"Don't worry, we will," Kara responded, before the trio moved off, leaving Alura and Lara alone.

Some people would see adversity, but Zor-El saw something else and that was opportunity. The opportunity that he would step forward and seize the keys to this world and prove his worth beyond that of his brother. He was set back in a minor manner but he had it in his hands. He managed to visit Alura's mentor, who had some basic information on her technology. Money talked and it got the technology into the hands of one that would use it properly.

"Don't worry, we will," Kara responded, before the trio moved off, leaving Alura and Lara alone.

He set up the area around his lab where if he was not fast enough, he would die a painful death. He closed his eyes and sped through the traps, ducking and dodging around each individual attack. He reached the end of the lab, casually blocking them, before his head turned around and he nodded carefully.

His eyes squinted, before he focused a heavy blast of heat vision and burned his family crest into the wall. The smoldering sensation could be seen when he smelled the freshly burned symbol. He turned his head around, before his head inclined himself.

"Excellent," Zor-El responded, his grin twisted around, when he tried to jump into the air and fly.

He crashed down to the ground and grimaced, angered that he could not do so. That was the one thing that Alura was unable to do, figure out how to fly and now Zor-El also failed to replicate that very essential power. He pushed himself back and tried to speed against the wall but he halted to a stop and used his X-Ray vision.

That was a useful power; he could see his enemies even if they were concealed. Along with the super hearing, that would make him practically invincible. He could hardly wait to test out the powers in a more practical and worthwhile manner, his grin twisted into a malicious tone when he turned his head around. Everything was going according to a certain level of plans and he arched his head forward, before he thought what he needed to do.

The power went to his head but it was in his hands. Zor-El thought he would be destined to be the lesser of the two brothers, his father stated that much. Of course, now with these powers, his father would have to concede that Zor-El was superior to Jor-El in every way. He looked up and figured that if he could find a way to make these powers more permanent, than he would be able to fly higher than them all. Some kind of body armor would be the most prudent tactic that would filter the yellow solar radiation and would allow him to get what he needed to get done, completed.

He knew of these two companions of Alura's, this mysterious blonde and her dark haired companion, they would need to get killed, that much was for certain. He knew that they had powers of some sort, and they were not given by this technology. Zor-El hated when things did not go his way and he would have his way pretty soon.

Now he prepared to set out, his spies at the Council indicated that Jor-El was on his way, along with his two targets. This was a situation that was too good to be true. He would prove to the Council that he replicated the technology and then he would take out these two problems. And if these two problems had a little accident, then that would be just as well. Then he would offer his heartfelt condolences Alura about her loss, and move on in when she needed someone the most.

It was a plan that he was foolproof and one that he would be able to enact on his own, at his own time. There was no question about it, every single bit of his plan was beginning to fall into some kind of place.

"I know you think that you're doing right, but mark my words, what you are doing will tear this entire planet apart. I don't think you've figured out the gravity of trying to use this technology for a weapon of war."

Harry said his piece to the council but he figured that like with many governments on his planet, talking them to would be an exercise of both frustration and fury. It seemed that was one thing that varied little the universe over. Those in charge tended to be the biggest idiots and as a result, Harry wished to throw his hands in the air and scream in fury.

"No issue?" Jor-El asked when he turned to the council, once again he was reminded why he did not like speaking to this government body. "I think that there are many issues, starting with the fact that you are ignoring a very pressing issue. The fact is that in addition to this technology, our planet is dying."

"Again Jor-El?"

The Council heard this song and dance from Jor-El a few times before in recent years and while it was true that it was a minor issue made major the first time, this time it was far more dangerous. The actions of Black Zero over the past number of years and their rise caused everything to become unstable. The members of the court waited for Jor-El to back up his findings with proof but this time, they were surprised that he did, throwing the papers down on the table.

"You will see the scans I have made, the unstable actions on the core and the number of natural disasters that have sped up over the past decade," Jor-El responded when he held the papers, his own copy.

"And it will only get worse, the planet is being broken apart," Kara stated when she eyed them. "The technology that you want to use for war should be utilized to heal the planet. That is the purpose, help our people, not hurt our enemies. Alura's dream must not be compromised."

Kara thought that statement would have gotten through the Council members, had they actually cared to consider anything beyond their own body of work. The blonde bit her lip nervously when she put her arms together, and watched them, all of them. They whispered in mutterings.

"Your opinions are noted but the Council has decided that Alura should hand over the technology and work with us to make it work," the council representatives. "All of her crimes will be forgiven."

"And by crimes, you mean defending herself against you attacks don't you?" Harry asked, he was not going to let this one go without a fight.

"Yeah, how is it a crime when she only fights what he believed in?" Kara demanded when her eyes flickered in danger and she was half tempted to boil them all.

"Enough, we have spoken, the Council will bring you as well for your crimes of treason."

Harry thought that they had a pretty loose interpretation of treason and what it was. They refused to listen to any reasoning, even if it was smacking them in the face. He turned around to them.

"Did you not read the proof?" Jor-El asked, when his eyes stared down the Council.

"We will consider your proof but our own studies will need to be done," the Council Representative stated.

Jor-El inclined his head, when his arms folded across his chest, and he thought about this. He knew what they meant; they meant that their studies would be done when they would get around to it. Then they would hem and haw, before they decided that the proof they had was inconclusive. He understood a lot of everything that was happening and he turned his head around, crossing his arms, before his head bowed, a sardonic expression crossing his face.

"Do you not..."

There was a blur that arrived at super speed before them. Zor-El stopped and faced them.

"I managed to crack Alura's technology and I wish to serve the Council," Zor-El stated when he bowed down a little bit before he faced them all.

"Zor-El this is a pleasant surprise but how do we know you tell the truth?" the council stated but he used his heat vision to light the candles on the wall. He then blew them out with his super breath, before he struck a pose.

"Seeing is in fact believing, dear council," Zor-El responded when he tapped his feet on the wall and Harry and Kara both had a feeling of dread. "And I will help you bring in those interlopers and Jor-El. Alura, naturally was lead down a road where she was brainwashed by these two. Wherever they come from, they might look like Kryptonians but I believe that they are invading aliens."

'You miserable lying...' Kara though to herself before she mentally trailed off, grumbling, it was no use to do anything. The blonde found herself backed into a corner and she sighed heavily.

Zor-El rushed forward and aimed a punch towards Kara that would have knocked her head off. She had the reflexes to duck the attack, before she pushed herself up into the air and knocked Zor-El backwards to the ground. He crashed face first onto the ground, landing with a solid thud and he turned around, blood splashing from his nose when he coughed.

"You won't take us down that easily," Kara stated but the guards moved in, this time heavily armored.

Zor-El looked up, before he bounced his heat vision off a crystal structure, sending them down, trying to take out Kara, Jor-El, and Harry. Jor-El got the worst of it, with Kara and Harry getting out of the way.

Harry dove at Zor-El, flying at him, before he flew him out the window, with his hands wrapped around the Kryptonians throat. The two flew from the Council meeting place, over Kandor, with their hands wrapped around each other's throat.