Chapter 14
Hermione opened her eyes to find herself in a beautiful mindscape that showed the grounds of Hogwarts. She was standing near the black lake. Students could be seen playing off in the background. She turned and found Subconscious-Harry standing next to her.
"Back for some more," Hermione said with a small grin.
"While I would never turn down more sex with you my Hermione," Subconscious-Harry said while causing Hermione to shiver when he said my Hermione. "Your body needs more time to recover from our last round. You could push it or we could use magic to speed things up. But it isn't necessary."
"So screwing Sarah, Six, and I all in the same day satiates you. Good to know," Hermione said. Subconscious-Harry fixed her with a heated gaze that passed as soon as it appeared. "So if not to bend me over something and have your way with me why am I here?"
"It is related to sex," Subconscious-Harry began. "Sex and excitement and love," He added as he began to slowly walk.
Hermione followed alongside him as they walked around the lake. "Now I'm intrigued," Hermione said. "Go on."
"As you know when you first start a relationship everything is new and exciting. But it fades as you become used to the person. That applies to sex as well," Subconscious-Harry said. "But I'm not telling you anything you don't already know."
"I'm aware. Don't tell me you've come up with a solution for it?" Hermione said.
"I have," Subconscious-Harry explained. "I modified the designs for the anti-pregnancy armbands you ladies wear." Hermione looked in awe as an illusion showing a beautiful bracelet enchanted with some of the most complex spell work she had ever seen wrought upon it. "The
bracelet's anti-pregnancy feature can now be turned on and off from a conscious mental command of the wearer. As for the newness effect as I'm calling it this is how it works. I have sampled the memories and emotions felt by you, Six, and Sarah the first time you were with Harry in every way orally, vaginally, and anally. Obviously, I already have Harry's memories and emotions. Your bracelets will now be able to make it so you experience that same level of excitement and intensity each time you are with him. In short being with Harry will never get old. I have created a male version of the bracelet for Harry."
"This is brilliant," Hermione said as she thought back to the first times she and Harry had made love. "So we get the excitement without the awkwardness of not knowing what we are doing. Conscious-Harry is going to love this."
"He will," Subconscious-Harry agreed as he thought back to the first time he drove himself inside of Hermione, into Six, and into Sarah. To feel that again every time was a wonderful gift. "You can obviously turn the effect on and off with conscious choice."
"You've done everything you can so that your conscious counterpart will never get bored in our relationship and that we ladies also won't get bored," Hermione noted. "Is there a reason for that?"
"I've been able to look into the pasts of various realities and see different versions of the ancient gods. I'm trying to learn what worked for them and what didn't. Without the advances I have made towards our relationship I have noticed that they were never satisfied with their partners. They were always taking in new partners and leaving behind a trail of offspring without any ability to care for them. As someone who loves you, Six, and Sarah with all of his heart I find the thought of that tragic. Eventually the ancient gods grew bored with life and moved off to do other things. Some of them have gone exploring in different universes. Others moved beyond the mortal realm never to be heard from here again. I am uncertain where they have gone truthfully. I am working on a modification to our bracelets which will allow us to fully control what we experience emotionally outside of making love," Subconscious-Harry explained.
"You hope to be able to control the newness factor in other parts of life. Like the feeling of excitement you get from exploration and when we are young in life?" Hermione asked.
Hermione had done a lot of reading including exploring the feelings of those who had lived for a long time.
"Yes," Subconscious-Harry confirmed.
"I would love to work on this project with you," Hermione offered.
"I would appreciate that," Subconscious-Harry. "Controlling emotions during sex for short periods is easier than long term. But I have no doubt with you and I working together we can manage it."
The two spent considerable time in his mindscape talking. In the outside world relatively little time passed.
"You look deep in thought," Six said after they had just finished transporting back to the penthouse in Chicago.
"What's on your mind?" Sarah asked.
"It's nothing important," Harry said.
"It's still bothering you," Hermione pointed. "Something from the other universe?"
"It would be easier to show you," Harry said before causing a scene from the other universe where Sam displayed his lack of confidence forcing John from that universe to boost him up verbally.
"I can see why it bothers you. Not only did that John have to step aside from pursuing the other me in addition to Sarah. But Sam wouldn't have had the confidence to do it without the other you boosting him up," Six said.
"It bothers me," Sarah mused. "The question is if Sam will have the confidence to see things through. I mean I get why he has confidence issues. He was bullied a lot in school. And I imagine a small part of him wondered if his dad actually abandoned him."
"Understanding why he has confidence issues doesn't make it any less awkward that John is the one who has to boost him up," Hermione said.
"Enough talking about Sam's love life in another universe. Let's go do something fun," Harry said.
Harry took his three ladies out on the town. They decided to start with the Lincoln Park Zoo.
"The problem with zoos is that you don't often get to see the animals," Sarah noted as they stared at the butt of a line laying mostly out of sight.
"If you were only here with humans that would be true," Harry said as he focused his animal telepathy and got the line to come over and give them a good close up roar.
"Amazing," Sarah said with a wide grin.
"That he is," Six said while looking at Harry instead of the lion.
Hermione followed behind invisibly as they moved from animal exhibit to exhibit. She and Six took turns sharing Harry's arms with Sarah. Whichever one of them wasn't on Harry's arm was invisible keeping watch for the group.
"It looks like the zoo will be closing shortly. Let's go find dinner," Hermione suggested.
"What are you ladies in the mood for? French, German, Italian, Chinese, or something else," Harry suggested. "This city has everything."
"I just realized in the future we will be able to take a day trip to any of those places with the teleportation available to us if we want," Sarah mused.
"There are benefits to being with an alien genius," Six said. "Italian sounds good."
"Mmm...carbs," Sarah said. "But not all of us are blessed with a super fast alien metabolism or an extra-universal metabolism."
"Quit playing Sarah. We all know you still have the metabolism of a teenager," Hermione teased. "Besides that, there is Loric tech which will keep us fit even if we over eat."
"I love Loric technology," Sarah said with a grin. "Someday we should definitely visit Italy." "That sounds like fun," Six agreed.
"It's a wonderful place," Hermione said. "Harry took me in our old universe."
"Jealous," Sarah said teasingly.
Harry listened to his ladies banter as they walked. He used his neural link which could connect with his systems anywhere on Earth to locate a good Italian restaurant. He subtly began directing his ladies in that direction.
"Mogs," Harry and Hermione sent telepathically at the same moment.
Both of them had spotted the three Mogs trying to appear humanlike. The Mogs were wearing their telltale dark trench coats. No tattoos were visible on their bald heads like would be expected of three Mogadorian scouts.
"Let's follow them," Harry said as the three Mogs slipped into an alley. "Invisibly," He added.
Harry took Sarah's hand and brought her invisible with him. Six and Hermione were able to make themselves invisible. They slowly made their way down the alley to where the three Mogs were retrieving an envelope taped to the bottom of the dumpster.
"What do we do here?" Six asked mentally.
"I scanned the contents of the envelope. It's a note from Five basically saying that he is unable to reveal anything due to a Loric charm," Harry said.
"He was only able to tell that much because it is extremely low value information that was excluded from the contract he signed. He isn't allowed to reveal any sensitive information. But the only thing the contract can't protect from is revealing its existence. Five thinks it is a Loric charm so that is what he calls it," Hermione explained.
"Should we dust them?" Six asks as the scouts began to move off.
"No. Their deaths would be more suspicious and might reveal we are onto Five," Harry replied.
"Let's follow them back to their safehouse within the city."
It took twenty minutes of watching to reach the run-down warehouse the Mogs were using as a base of operations in Chicago. Harry and his ladies did not go inside. Instead he set up a cloaked probe to monitor the comings and goings of the Mogs. Then Harry took his ladies out to the restaurant they wanted. The topic of Five was heavily discussed.
"I'm finding it really hard to enjoy the food," Six said. "Even though I know it is good." "I know what you mean. Just knowing the Mogs have a base in the city," Sarah admitted. Hermione had erected an anti-eavesdropping charm around their table.
"I think it is time Matt went undercover," Hermione said.
Matt was the name Clone-Five had chosen to take on as a permanent human name. They may all retake their Loric names in the future. It wasn't decided yet. Clone-Five wanted to differentiate himself from Five.
"Agreed. I think Five has warn out his welcome," Six said. "Do you think it will happen without a fight?" Sarah asked.
"We'll try our best to make sure it does. Just in case the rest of the Garde will be on standby," Harry said.
Loric Base P1, Kuiper Belt
Harry and Hermione had come up with the idea of seeding many different space station bases throughout the solar system and even just beyond it. There were actually three transporter waypoints heading to three of the closest star systems to Earth. Within a few months those transporter waypoints would be in orbit in those solar systems. Once that occurred, construction
robots would be sent through to begin seeding those star systems with Loric space stations and bases. At least one cloning facility would be set up in each solar system.
Loric Base P1 was the first prison space station in Earth's solar system which was just referred to as Sol. The Loric system was referred to as Lor. Each star would be given a name in addition to a numeric destination.
Five sat up suddenly in a spartan bed within his prison cell. Bars made of an alloy not found on Earth separated Five from Harry, Six, and Marina. It had been decided that they were the best three to speak to Five. Five took in the situation and appeared calm.
"So you figured it out," Five said. "We did," Marina confirmed.
To Harry he said, "You are far more intelligent than was expected based off of what the Mogadorians know. How much were you holding back?"
"Intelligent enough to know a compliment posed in a way to try to get information," Harry said.
"You should know that this station you are on is quite a distance from Earth. Should you try to escape it is fully capable of killing you. You'll find the Dreynen dampeners neutralize your abilities," Six informed Five.
"Why not just kill me?" Five asked. "I'm obviously a traitor to your cause."
"Despite what you have become you are still Loric," Marina pointed out.
"So am I just to be left out here to rot?" Five asked. "When you lose the war will I starve?" They ignored the lose the war comment.
"You are being given access to certain human television programs. You are also being given access to certain Loric cultural histories such as our art and some of our entertainment," Harry said visibly surprising Five.
"You'll be fed regularly by the automated systems here," Six said. "Someone will be by periodically to speak with you," Marina added.
"You cannot hope to defeat the supreme leader. He is more powerful than your Cepans were led to believe. He is more powerful than he was at the fall of Lorien. He has progressed. It's what he does. He will free me," Five says adamantly.
Harry shook his head and led the ladies from the room. As soon as they stepped out of the room and the door had closed Marina lost her calm façade.
"He's every bit as bad as that vision had suggested," Marina said as they walked towards the airlock.
"He is," Six agreed as they cycled through the airlock and boarded their short range transport meant for quick travel within Sol.
For security reasons the prison stations didn't have transport platforms. The transport would have them back on LuLoric base within the hour. The trio continued to talk about Five's mental stability for the trip back. It had gone about as well as could be expected.
Harry was in the penthouse sitting in a love seat with Six on his lap. Having one of his ladies sit in his lap always brightened Harry's day. The only way it could be better was if they were naked. They were absorbed in a vision from the other universe where that Six and Sam were having an awkward conversation about their feelings for one another. Six was basically telling Sam that it was too dangerous to get distracted with relationships right then. Their conversation was interrupted by Eight teleporting in to bring them to Ella. Ella was in trouble.
Eight teleports in front of Harry and Six.
Eight opens his mouth but is interrupted by Six saying, "Ella?"
"I have ESP and it can be creepy how much you all know," Eight said. "Yes Ella. I take it it's happening in the other universe too?"
"It is," Harry said as he stood easily lifting Six to her feet but sorry to have the feeling of her bum vanish from his lap.
Six smirked at the visible bulge in his pants and telekinetically helped him adjust it so it was less noticeable.
Mentally for Harry's benefit only she projected, "You and I will continue this later lover." Six wasn't a tease by any means. But she had recognized the fact that when her boyfriend was worked up and left hanging for a bit he always ravished her harder later. She couldn't deny she loved that bit. "Let's go see what is up with Ella," Six suggested and gestured for Eight to go first.
Six's hips were working overtime on their way to Ella. Harry's eyes were glued to her rump. She was very much aware and encouraging of this. They found Ella in her bedroom. The blankets have been kicked off. She's very rigid and a trickle of blood where she bit her lip is on the side of her face. Marina is trying to wake Ella. All that happens is Ella clenching and unclenching her fists in the sheets.
"Marina, back away from Ella," Harry says in a calm commanding tone.
Marina does it and asks, "What's going on?"
"I believe this is a form of telepathic attack from Setrakus Ra," Harry said. "To what end?" Malcolm asked.
"To incapacitate one of us Garde. I think me in particular," Harry said. "Either me, Eight, or Nine. It's one of us that is likely to take on Pittacus' mantle." Harry wasn't about to narrow it down for Setrakus and confirm that it was Harry himself who had Ximic. Setrakus could be listening in through Ella. "Let's step into the other room."
Everyone left the bedroom and went into the living room. "Now tell us," Sarah said.
"In the other universe Ella ignored Sarah or Malcolm, in other words humans. When that Number Four shined Lumen into her eyes Ella latched onto her hand glowing with Dreynen energy and pulled him into a coma with her," Harry said. "We shouldn't talk about anything sensitive around Ella."
"How do we help her?" Marina asked.
"I have to think about that. There might be some technological means to defend against Loric telepaths," Harry said.
"We should be able to come up with something given a little time," Hermione added.
Harry and Hermione were both very strong with legilimency and occlumency. The strong possibility existed that one of them alone would be enough to boot Setrakus Ra out of Ella's head. But the possibility also existed that they would just end up getting drawn into the nightmare that Ella was in. This didn't quite seem like the nightmares Setrakus Ra had induced in Eight, Nine, and Four before Harry had started turning the tables.
"We'll go work on that right now and see what we can come up with," Harry said. Harry and Hermione left and transported back to their lab on the LuLoric base.
"So obviously we need some type of air gap before we try telepathically interfering. But that should probably come to see if there is a way to shut down telepathic influence around the victim of a telepath," Hermione said.
"I was thinking about the fact that Setrakus Ra seems to be coming for Ella. He has obviously figured out that she is his granddaughter given the interest he is showing her. What if we came up with a way to let him 'take' her. But it's really a dummy of her while Ella is safely tucked away on the base here," Harry suggested.
"That has potential," Hermione admitted. "Then maybe we can swap Ella for the fake under as being the one under attack."
"There are several magical options for a golem," Hermione said thoughtfully. "That is more likely to fool Setrakus."
Harry and Hermione began searching through their Loric archive for the several different golem options. One of the first things Hermione had done after creating an archive in her old universe was to digitize every magical book she could get her hands on. With the Loric AIs that could search through the information quickly it took very little time to get to what they wanted. Then it was the matter of building the golem. Once they were happy with the result they transported back to the penthouse.
Marina was still sitting with Ella while Nine was pacing in the room. His girlfriend rolled her eyes at him. He didn't do well with situations he couldn't physically fight. But she was working on training him.
"You two work fast," Six said as she came into the room followed by the others. "Is that a clone?" Malcolm asked.
"No. This is an entirely artificial construct," Hermione answered as they laid Ella's golem down next to Ella using telekinesis.
Harry then telekinetically lifted the golem's hand up to touch Ella's forehead. Ella seemed to shudder while the golem's muscles locked up. Then Ella let out of a breathe of relief. Her eyes slowly fluttered open.
"Ella, can you hear me?" Marina asked as she leaned closer and then glanced anxiously back at Harry and Hermione.
Hermione nodded in consent. Marina moved closer to Ella and wasn't attacked.
"What happened?" Ella asked.
"Setrakus Ra attacked you telepathically," Marina said.
Ella sat up in alarm and said, "I remember. It was horrible. It was the future. He said he was my grandfather."
The other Garde all expressed varying degrees of shock at this.
"I'm afraid it is true Ella," Crayton said as he stepped into the room.
Crayton had been brought down for when Ella awoke now that there was no longer any danger of Setrakus Ra peering in.
"You knew," Ella said with tears brimming in her eyes.
"I suspected," Crayton admitted. "We were trying to work out when to tell you." Ella then noticed the golem lying next to her and did a double-take.
"What's going on?" Ella asked. "What is that?"
"That is a fake copy of you. We call it a golem," Hermione said soothingly. "It takes its direction on how to behave from your mind. You don't have to consciously control it. Although you can when you want to. We were able to transfer Setrakus Ra's attack from you to it. He currently thinks he is still attacking you I would imagine."
Ella shuddered as she remembered that vision of the future that Setrakus Ra had shown her if he had his way.
"What was going on with the attack Ella? What did you experience?" Marina asked. Ella was afraid to tell the others what she saw. But she knew it could be important.
"It was after an invasion, a vision of the future. The few humans that were around cowered in fear. He had already wiped out a lot of the human population. Six, Sarah, Sam, and Emily were brought before us. Five was working for us. Setrakus Ra had named me his heir. I was different. He made me make the decision. But there was really no decision. They were all executed," Ella said with tears in her eyes.
"That was him torturing you," Harry said soothingly. "He is trying to get inside your head. Instead we have a plan to get inside his head."
"Tell me," Ella said.
They told Ella of the plan using Clone-Five to stage Eight's death.
"We think once the majority leave the penthouse Setrakus will order an assault to come retrieve you," Hermione explained. "Harry will be staying back. We will use some technology so that you can remotely control the golem while safely tucked away on LuLoric."
"I'll do it," Ella agreed. "Any chance to get back at him."
Ella's tone of disgust left no doubt in anyone's mind who she meant. Six, Marina, Eight, Nine, and Matt all prepared to head to Florida. Harry would be remaining behind.
"I want you to do something for me," Harry said after drawing Hermione aside to their bedroom in the penthouse.
"Of course," Hermione said.
"I want you to go along and keep an eye on Six. I know this is all staged. But I would feel better with you there to watch her back. Luna is going along I realize. While skilled with a wand, Luna doesn't hold a candle to you," Harry explained.
"Of course I'll watch her back," Hermione agreed. She bit her lip and said, "There's something I want to show you."
"What is it?" Harry asked curiously. "Let's go to my private room first."
Harry nodded and activated the transporter. When they reappeared on LuLoric they were in her private room. He felt her activate the time dilation feature. They sat on her couch.
"When I was aided in coming here by my benefactor he gave me a gift. He made me a metamorphmagus," Hermione explained as her features began to shift. Within moments Harry was sitting next to who appeared to be Fleur Delacour. In a flawless imitation of Fleur's voice, Hermione said, "It took me up until now to master the ability to change." She shifted again until Tonks was sitting next to him, saying, "Wotcher, Harry. Fancy a shag?" She shifted again until Susan Bones was sitting next to him. "I know what you are thinking. You are thinking you would never ask me to change for you Harry. But the thing is I find it incredibly hot changing for you. I will gladly become anyone you want and let you have your way with me. So who will it be Harry?"
Hermione began shifting between different women sensing through their connection what woman gave him the strongest reaction at this point. She settled onto Fleur for the first time. The couple did not leave her private room for some time to come. Harry was a very happy man.
The group that left for the Everglades did so very visibly. Since the Mogs knew where they were going, they took a plane instead of teleporting down with a Loric transport. Harry sent a Loric transport down using the transport's basic AI. It would be waiting for the group if they needed it. Harry himself was sitting in the John Hancock center tagging anything they didn't want to lose in a raid with portkeys. The portkey spell no longer tired him out windlessly.
"It's sweet that you're worried," Sarah said as she watched him tagging items. "But Six and Hermione can take care of themselves. Together I think Setrakus Ra would have a run for his money."
Harry suspected Hermione could kill Setrakus Ra herself.
"I can't help myself. I love all three of you so much," Harry admitted.
"We love you too," Sarah returned with a warm smile she reserved just for him. "Can you imagine growing up in a place like this?"
"It would have been fun. That's for sure," Harry said. "But I do miss the trees of Ohio."
"The trees were beautiful," Sarah agreed with a nod. "There's little enough of that here."
"Chicago holds beauties of its own," Harry said as he looked at her.
"Flatterer," Sarah said before taking his hand and kissing him. "Where are they now?" She asked out of curiosity.
"They reached the Everglades and are on a fan boat," Harry reported as a small holographic image appeared nearby which showed the group speeding along the Everglades on a fan boat.
Harry had cloaked sensor probes following Six's group.
"That looks like fun. I'd like to do that someday," Sarah said wistfully.
"We can do that," Harry agreed. "We'll have a lot of somedays to explore with after this war is over."
"I have to admit that your transporter waypoint technology makes me very happy," Sarah said. "Knowing that I'll be able to come back and forth between Earth and Lorien is very relieving. Without it we would probably make very few trips in between."
"I'm very fond of Earth. Just because we plan to recolonize Lorien doesn't mean we will abandon Earth," Harry said.
"Good. Because I can't imagine my life without you," Sarah admits while holding up another gun from the weapons room for him to make into a portkey.
"I couldn't imagine my life without you," Harry replied.
It was these quiet times with Harry that Sarah cherished the most. She took every chance she got to spend some time alone with him. She knew there was likely going to be a Mogadorian raid on the penthouse soon. Yet that didn't ruin how much she enjoyed the moment. She knew with Harry there that the Mogs wouldn't stand a chance. She wrapped her arm around him and laid her head on his shoulder. She wrapped an arm around her.
"Nine has a lot of guns," Sarah said after a few moments.
"That he does. Now I wouldn't have minded having these growing up," Harry said. Harry could feel Sarah rolling her eyes.
"Boys and their toys," Sarah said. "I'll take my Loric rifle any day."
The Everglades
"That cooling trick you can do is awesome," Six sent to Hermione as she noticed the sweat stains on Nine's shirt.
The weather was hot and humid. Hermione had applied cooling charms to them as soon as they arrived. When the others had called the two ladies on why they appeared so cool, Hermione had said it was something Harry could only do with himself and those he was sleeping with. Marina looked jealous and eyed Nine with a baleful mock-glare.
"It is pretty great," Hermione agreed. "I miss Harry."
"I miss him too," Six agreed. "It feels wrong to be going on this mission without him. I can't help but feel like we should have left Marina behind to watch over Ella. Except we know for sure Harry will be facing combat. Down here it may just be mock combat."
"And if she sees combat it will be part of the larger group," Hermione pointed out. "Even though we know the logic of our decision it doesn't help us stop missing him any less. With any luck we won't be gone for long."
"If we are Sarah will be one sore girlfriend," Six thought amusedly.
Hermione couldn't help but agree with Six. It was only between the three of them that kept Harry sexually satiated. And of the three of them it tended to be Six and Hermione who could handle it rougher because of their Loric and witch physiology respectively. Matt touched back down on the boat from where he had been off flying ahead to check things out. In reality, Matt had gone to the nearby Mogadorian research station to report in what little he could say. It wasn't much.
"It's safe to talk," Hermione said out loud after she finished casting a silencing barrier and an illusion around the boat.
"I reported in. They are massing troops for Invasion. One of the warships is nearby," Matt reported.
"How many of the warships do the Mogs have?" Marina asked.
"I think they probably number in the dozens. I don't know for sure. There are hundreds to thousands of smaller craft. The warships have been traveling to Earth since the fall of Lorien. From what I understand they have enough resources to attack one more planet," Matt explained.
"So a warship being overhead is a very bad thing," Eight said.
"Yes," Matt replied. "Pull up there," He said while pointing to a patch of mud that could very loosely be called an island.
The island was actually the supporting land for an ancient looking tree with gnarled roots. Matt immediately heads over to the base of the tree to a cluster of roots. He reaches down into a patch of mud beneath the roots. Matt pulls out the chest. An alligator head could be seen through the tall grass.
"Tell that thing to go away," Marina told her boyfriend.
"Alright," Nine says and concentrates on his animal telepathy. His expression takes on a look of concern as a second set of eyes appears beside the first. "Shit," Nine curses as a third set of eyes appears.
The three heads rise out the water connected by one thick scaly neck to a single body. The beast's torso is coated with a thick oily black fur. It had a pair of leathery black wings and stood over fifteen feet tall. The mutant gator took to the air and tried swooping down on Marina. Nine telekinetically pulled her out of the way. Nine pipe-staff in hand charges in. Eight teleports in to help. From this point it was the pre-choreographed fight scene. Five sucker-punched Six into unconsciousness. In reality, Six immediately went invisible while an illusion Hermione generated made sure anyone watching would see her out of the fight. Five and the other Garde carried out the pre-choreographed fight scene where Eight ends up dead. In reality it is a clone of Eight that was never allowed to form right inside that dies on the retractable dagger Matt has strapped to his wrist.
Meanwhile in Chicago, Nine's Penthouse
"It looks like it is showtime," Harry said as the sound of something landing on the roof confirmed what their sensors already told them. A small Mog troop carrier had just landed on the roof. Harry looked at Emily, Sam, Malcolm, Ella, and Sarah. Ella was invisible to all eyes except those present. Her golem "slept" in the bed within the nearby room. Everyone was wearing the skintight body armor Harry provided to his people except Ella's golem. Each also carried either a Loric pistol or rifle. "Is everyone ready?"
"We've got this," Sam said while Emily and Malcolm nodded. "Yes," Sarah said.
"I hope so," Ella replied.
They can all see as about a dozen ropes suddenly slide down the sides of the building on multiple sides. The Mogs on the repelling ropes blow open the windows with blaster fire before swinging in. The moment they unclip from their repelling ropes, Harry acts. He telekinetically reaches out and delivers a hard shove to each. A couple of Mogs are able to catch themselves on their repelling ropes. But for the most part the rest plummet out the windows backwards to their deaths below.
"I love the sound of Mogs screaming," Sam said with a grin as a few Mogs could be heard shouting as they fell to their deaths.
Two Mogs climbed back in through the shattered windows, more cautious this time and sticking near their ropes. They made sure that even when they were off the ropes that they moved so that the supports between windows blocked them from open air. It didn't help them any. Sam and Sarah had been taking aim. Two piles of ash fell to the floor as Sam and Sarah squeezed off a shot each from their rifles.
"I don't think Setrakus Ra sent enough Mogs," Sarah mused as she pulled the trigger twice to squeeze off two rapid shots and dust two more Mogs.
"It's sad that we have to actively let him take Ella's golem," Sam said quietly to Sarah.
Emily and Malcolm had purposefully taken up position down the hallway to kill any Mogs that came in from other parts of the penthouse. They were intentionally leaving a blank spot open by not covering the actual room that Ella's golem was in. Emily let out a surprised cry as a blaster round hit her in the shoulder by one lucky Mog. Malcolm dusted her a moment later. Her armor had protected her. But there would be some bruising later.
"The Mogs have taken the bait," Ella informed Harry.
A single Mog had managed to quietly break the window of the room Ella's golem was in while his compatriots were providing a distraction. A few moments later the sound of a Mogadorian ship taking off could be heard.
"They're pulling back now that they've got what they really came for," Harry said as he allowed himself to become visible. His glowing Loric sword was in his hand. He had dusted a few Mogs that didn't even know he was there until it was too late. "That was fun."
"Are we in the clear?" Sarah asked.
"Stay here and I will check," Harry said before he vanished back into invisibility. Harry apparated all around the penthouse including up to the roof in rapid succession confirming the Mogs were gone. "We're clear."
Sarah rose and shouldered her rifle before walking over and pulling Harry into a kiss. Sam went to Emily to check on her.
"Battle always gets my blood pumping," Sarah said with a grin when they ended the kiss.
"Don't I know it," Harry said with a grin. "Alright everyone, we're evacuating to LuLoric. The Penthouse has served its purpose."
Harry closes his eyes and reaches out with his magic. He remotely activates all of the portkeys in the place tied to objects. Anything of any importance vanishes from the penthouse.
"Amazing," Malcolm says with a grin.
"I think I'm going to miss this place," Sarah said as she looks around.
"It was a pretty nice place to stay. Maybe if it's still standing after the war we can come back to visit," Emily suggested.
"That's a big if," Sam added.
They all took a silent moment to think about the penthouse. "Are you ready to go?" Sarah asked as she took Harry's hand.
"Not yet. Adam just let me know he is meeting me here," Harry answered. "I'm trying to decide where he can meet us now. We can use another safehouse. I've been briefly thinking about letting him onto LuLoric. Theoretically it is as secure as we can make it with what Hermione did when she arrived. But I'm learning it isn't best to test some things when it comes to Setrakus Ra."
"I agree. If Adam is captured he might not be able to hold up under interrogation or torture. Maybe another safehouse is appropriate," Sarah agreed.
"Prudence is wise," Malcolm agreed.
"Alright. I'll let him know about one of the nearby safehouses," Harry said.
"Why don't the rest of you head up to LuLoric. I'll stay with Harry," Sarah said.
The others left. Sarah found one of the sofa chairs they weren't bothering to take with them and pushed Harry in it. She then climbed into his lap.
"Woman, you're playing with fire," Harry said with an amused tone.
"I wasn't aware of the fact that anytime my butt touches your groin you instantly get a hard-on," Sarah said deadpan with an amused tone of her own. For good measure she wiggled a little bit. "Eventually that reaction is going to fade."
"Never," Harry said.
"Just hold me," Sarah said.
Sarah laid back in his arms.
"How's your family?" Harry asked.
"You see them pretty often Harry. I mean my dad and brothers work for you."
"I meant on a personal level," Harry said.
Paul, Tim, and Jake had all taken on roles helping organize the colonization effort. The several Loric AIs Harry had made based off of an AI contained within his archive helped out greatly.
"I think they're good but feeling anxious about the impending war," Sarah said. "It's more than just the extended family. All of us have friends," She explained. "And before you offer to help we realize you can't help everyone. If you help the friends then they'll want you to help their friends and family."
"You know me too well," Harry mused. He was thoughtful for a moment. "It will take me all of an hour under time dilation to come up with a good plan. But I'm thinking we drop care packages at the homes of the friends that include something that will make them less noticeable to the Mogs and will maybe dig a quick underground bunker with some supplies."
"You're sure it won't take too many resources away from the war effort?" Sarah asked. "It should be fine," Harry assured.
"Thank you. You're such a good man," Sarah said before tenderly kissing him.
Sarah had the brief thought that she didn't deserve him. Out of all the humans on Earth, she was the one he had chosen to mate with. And yet she couldn't even make up her mind to carry his children. She had to remind herself that it wasn't that she wasn't willing to have his babies, it was that she wanted to wait a little bit until she didn't feel like such a child herself.
"Do you think we have time to take care of that not so little problem that's against my butt before Adam shows up?" Sarah asked.
"I think if he shows up I can make him forget why he is here for a time and not notice us," Harry said.
Sarah grinned. No more words were needed.
They had done it. They had faked Eight's death. Six, Marina, Eight, Nine, Luna, and Hermione were all onboard the cloaked Loric transport which was currently hovering nearby the site where the staged fight had taken place. The staged fight had stuck fairly close to what happened in the other universe. Except Matt hadn't gotten one of his eyes put out. That wasn't something they were willing to do. It wasn't necessary to sell their story. Hermione herself had transfigured a scar onto the leg of each of the Garde present to make it look like Eight had died.
"Let's head back to dry land. Harry is waiting for us there," Hermione said.
"Dude couldn't wait to be back with you two huh," Nine said even as the transport began moving slowly just over the surface of the water towards the town where they had rented the boat.
"Can you blame him?" Six said with a half-smile.
"Not one bit," Marina said before her boyfriend could say something stupid. "Any idea how things went in the penthouse?"
"Harry and the others kicked Mogadorian ass. They really had to try to let the Mogs take Ella's golem," Hermione answered.
"So now we have two spies in Setrakus Ra's camp," Eight said.
"We do," Six agreed. Marina, Eight, and Nine continued to talk about the possibilities of what they could learn via their spies and recapping the fight while Hermione and Six had a private conversation. "Your illusions were fantastic. How much did that take out of you?"
"I'll be fine by the time we get back to land," Hermione said. "It was more mentally taxing than energy intensive."
And that was true. Ever since taking up the deathly hallows Hermione packed a larger magical punch. Hermione wouldn't be surprised if she was capable of taking on and defeating Voldemort or Dumbledore in their prime. Harry could likely take on both wizards at the same time and come out of the victor.
Hermione was quiet for a moment as she felt Harry's excitement through their connection. He was excited to see her and Six. He was also worried for them. His emotions were always there in the back of her mind just as she was sure he was able to sense hers. Normally the two of them used occlumency to ignore the emotions. But at the moment Hermione wanted to feel him. She could tell he was also focusing on the Mogadorian warship that was even then hovering over the wetlands. Even with all they had learned since being exposed to those from Lorien it wasn't often that you got to see such a large example of alien technology.
The shear size of a Mogadorian warship meant that it had a lot of room onboard for shield generation. Although, it wasn't like the warships had needed much of that shield strength when attacking Lorien. Very few of the Garde had been capable of attacking the ships in space. By the time the ships had entered atmosphere most of the Garde had either been dead or engaged
with the beasts and ground forces. The surprise nature of the attack had meant the shield strength hadn't been tested much.
Soon the transport reached the town where Harry was waiting. He was in a second Loric transport which was parked on the edge of the wetlands under cloak. As soon as their vehicle touched down next to his, their door opened. Harry was waiting. Six was first out the door and immediately enveloped in a hug from Harry. Hermione came out and joined them.
"I so don't like being parted from you two," Harry whispered to his two lovers. "We can tell," Six said.
"And we feel the same," Hermione added.
They held the hug a moment longer before drawing back.
"So, what now Harry? Are we heading back to base?" Nine asked after he and the others had left the ship.
"Not quite yet," Harry said. "I feel like there might be opportunities down here with that ship still hovering overhead and their research base here."
"Also a lot of dangers," Eight pointed out.
"That too," Harry agreed.
"You aren't thinking about taking on the warship yet?" Marina asked.
"Not quite yet. Though I wouldn't say no to destroying it if an easy opportunity arose," Harry answered.
"You're thinking about one of the smaller ships," Hermione said.
"Yes. It would be nice to have a physical copy of one of their ships to experiment with. Not to mention intelligence suggests their own ships can get through their shields," Harry said.
"How exactly are we going to steal a ship?" Six asked.
"Adam thinks he can hack one and disable it with software. But it is easier done from one of their command centers. He has come up with a plan where we take one of their residential compounds," Harry explained.
"I'm liking the sound of this. Let's take it to the Mogs," Nine said with a grin. "I agree," Marina added.
"I'm in," Six agreed.
"So am I,' Eight replied.
Hermione simply nodded.
"Come on. You all look like you could use a shower. I've got rooms at a nearby motel. They aren't much. But they'll let you get cleaned up," Harry said.
Motel Room, Later
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Six moaned as Harry's tongue lapped at her asshole. He had spent the last forty-five minutes using that tongue to lick her pussy to multiple orgasms before he had switched to her asshole. At first she hadn't known what to think. Before he ate her to multiple orgasms they had been in the shower together. He had fucked her from behind vaginally to climax but hadn't gotten off himself. She hadn't been super surprised because he had screwed Hermione into unconsciousness bringing the older woman to climax multiple times before finally injecting her with a large load. During the time he had been screwing Six from behind, Harry had stuck his finger up her ass. The experience was pleasurable. Six had read the journals Katarina had left behind. Katarina had possessed the foresight to talk about sex among the Loric in those journals. Because of this along with discussions with the other girls about the Loric archive, Six knew that she like all Loric women were physiologically more capable of enjoying anal sex than human women. As a result anal sex was more common among the Loric. So as Harry's tongue tongued her asshole Six knew what was coming and just went with it.
Harry stood up with his cock throbbing begging to get inside of Six's delicious rear. She was laying on the bed on her stomach with several pillows beneath her. She looked over her shoulder at him, her eyes lidded with lust.
"I think I'm ready," Six said. "Come and get it."
Harry positioned himself so that his cock was at her back entrance. He watched his thick shaft slip between her buns, aimed right at her asshole. He channeled the magic into her backside to make this easier on her, unaware that her physiology made it unnecessary. Harry held his dick steady with his right hand. He pressed forward and down with the tip of his prick lined up right. Six was looking back over her shoulder. They both watched as her asshole slipped around the tip of his manhood. She was surprised by how much her butthole opened up to take. Harry paused for a moment, their eyes locking. Then he continued to press forward watching inch after inch disappear into her butt. Then Harry's groin came to rest against her butt cheeks. He felt her intestines gripping his entire length, her rectal muscles clenching down around the base experimentally.
"Are you OK?" Harry whispered.
Six shuddered. The tone of Harry's voice was one of barely restrained desire. She could sense he wanted nothing more than to move, to move his length through the resistance of her anal sleeve. But he was restraining himself for her.
"Yeah. You're huge like this," Six said. "I'm ready whenever you are. Fuck my ass handsome."
Harry leaned down and kissed Six hungrily as he drew his hips back. They both felt as his cock slid nearly out of her depths until just the tip remained. Then he thrust forward slowly again until her rump took the impact of his groin. His length surged back into her tight confines. Harry repeated the motion.
"Fuck yeah," Harry hissed after breaking the kiss. "Your ass is so tight."
Harry leaned back so he could get a good view of Six's cute little butt being impaled on his shaft. He loved watching her asshole sliding up and down his shaft. The feeling of her heated confines lubricated by his magic moving against the length of his manhood was intoxicating. It was something he could never get enough of. He also loved the sight coupled with the feel. Her butt was perfectly shaped. It was small and rounded. Her flesh was somewhat pale in the lighting of the room. He was busy supporting himself with his arms at the moment. But he knew when he squeezed her ass the flesh would be supple beneath his grip. He admired the smooth muscle of her back beneath him. He also admired her long legs which formed perfectly with her butt. The entire package was enough to make Harry's desire achieve new heights. Harry wanted Six in a way that only a really gorgeous woman he deeply cared for could inspire. She had an arse that was just made for fucking.
Six found herself lost in the sensation of having her ass stuffed again and again by her lovers tool. It was a similar filling and evacuating sensation to vaginal sex. But it was also different. Six wasn't really sure she could articulate the differences. This act just felt naughtier. She felt Harry's shaft pulse within her. She could feel his gaze upon her, drinking it all in. She heard his moans as he pumped her rump. She found herself really wanting to know what this was like for him.
"What are you thinking?" Six found herself asking.
Instead of trying to articulate it verbally, Harry initiated a spell meant for very intimate lovers. Suddenly Six would feel what he was feeling. Harry could choose to feel the same as her. But the moment he just wanted to share what he was feeling.
"Oh," Six gasped as she suddenly experienced what Harry was feeling.
She felt what it was like to have a cock. She also felt what it was like for that cock to be enveloped by a hot piece of ass such as herself. She felt her partner's desire for her. He was so
incredibly attracted to every bit of her that it took her breathe away. She suddenly understood why he had used his tongue on her butthole. The thought of doing that to her had really fueled his sexual motor so to speak. She felt how to squeeze her rectal muscles at just the right time to enhance his pleasure. It was like Six was in two bodies, her own and his. She was helping him bugger her own arse. In this state of being in two bodies and sharing any sense of time was lost for the two lovers. Six & Harry just enjoyed the feel of him shafting her guts over and over. She could feel as each stroke into her bowels sent a small surge of pleasure up through the bottom of his dick which flowed out into his groin. She likewise experienced a similar surge from her intestines into her pussy.
At some point Six had come up onto her hands and knees. She was now bent over kneeling before her lover, exposing her ass to him for his pleasure. It was now for their mutual pleasure. Connected mentally by the magic the two lovers experienced her sodomization as one. They watched as her asshole lewdly stretched around his length, clinging to him as he drew back before giving away as he sent his shaft back into her. The tip of his length reached so deeply into her she was feeling parts of her body she hadn't been able to consciously feel before. Harry's mouth came down to her ear and nibbled there.
"Do you feel that? Feel how good it is for me to be buried in your arse," Harry whispered.
"Oh fuck yes," Six said. "I can. I can understand now why you always want to fuck a hot piece of ass. I can also see why you never want to take it out. Just enjoy my ass. It's yours for the taking."
Being given permission to enjoy Six's ass as much as he wanted enhanced Harry's pleasure beyond what it was before. He was surprised that was even possible. There was no need to rush things, no need to cum quickly to relieve her discomfort. There was no discomfort for Six. She was enjoying having his dick slid into her rump again and again. He kissed his way down her back and leaned back. This gave him the opportunity to watch the incredibly hot sight of his dick disappearing in and out of her butt. Harry loved watching his manhood move between her parted cheeks. He knelt there enjoying her backside for over an hour. Finally, the sensations became too much for him.
"Oh yes baby. Cum in my tight little ass. Pump it full of your cum," Six urged as she sensed his climax approaching. "Mark your territory deep in my ass."
Harry had sped up his thrusts. Six had started to shove her rump back to match him. She could take it. His climax caught him by surprise. He felt his seed shoot out of his dick inside of her. Spurt after spurt of his hot cream followed. The ecstasy which surged through his dick and balls was nearly enough to make him lose concentration. But he maintained his focus on cumming. He held his muscles relaxed and just let the orgasm go. The moment his first surge of seed hit her guts Six's body reacted. She also was experiencing his orgasm. Hers triggered as a result. Her climax was violent. Her pussy pulsed, clenching and releasing rapidly. Her rectal muscles were doing the same. She leaned forward and down onto the bed. He followed her down, his prick never moving from her bowels. An outside observer would have seen a hot scene of a beautiful woman having her widely stretched asshole injected with hot semen. Both lovers were
letting out grunts and groans as this went on for close to five minutes. Humans would have given out by this point and passed out. Neither lover was human. Finally, their orgasms peaked together and slowly began to come down.
Harry laid on top of his lover, still buried inside of her. They were both covered in a sheen of sweat.
"You...are...a...god," Six declared between gasps for breath as she laid there panting.
"Thank you," Harry said.
Harry rolled them on their side and got them up to the head of the bed. He pulled her back against him. When he eventually went soft and her ass pushed his member out he let it rest between her cheeks satisfied. The two lovers cuddled and fell asleep that way.
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Later
Six awoke to the feeling of her body feeling good all over. She felt absolutely wonderful, especially her butt. Then her memories came flooding back to her of what she had done with Harry. If her first time was anything to go by she would be giving him her butt often. That was when Six noticed the gentle movement of the bed and the feeling of being filled in her core. Then she realized it wasn't her but one of the other ladies. She turned her head and realized what was going on.
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Hermione laid on her left side with Harry spooned behind her. He was slowly pumping his prick to and from her pussy.
"Good morning," Hermione greeted with a warm smile, her eyes half-lidded from the state of gentle pleasure she was in. "Harry said you really seemed to enjoy your first time getting buggered. Sorry, I missed the finale."
"Yeah...it was...something," Six said with a shrug.
"I know the feeling," Hermione said with a grin. "How's your butt?" "A little sore. But not too bad," Six answered.
Both ladies could tell how much it turned Harry on to listen to them have a casual conversation as he skewered Hermione's lower lips. Harry's hand reached across Hermione and cupped Six's cute butt. She let out a pleased gasped as healing energy flooded her rump. Soon it didn't feel like she had taken his large prick up her back door the night before.
"All better?" Hermione asked.
"Yes. Like I could go again," Six said.
"Oh," Hermione gasped as she felt Harry throb within her. "You might need to. He likes that idea."
"I know. I felt that," Six said while biting her bottom lip.
The connection all three ladies shared that they could feel it when any of the others got screwed like they themselves were the one receiving the dicking was a powerful thing.
Hermione and Six continued to carry on their casual conversation as Harry gently screwed Hermione for some time. Eventually he would fill her slick pussy with his load as she climaxed. Then he would switch over to Six and pump her to two vaginal orgasms before once more claiming her rump. It was a good way to wake up.
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