Chapter 126 - Ch: 58-60

Chapter 58: A Wrong Kind of Vibe.

Mera could not really smile enough at the thought of what happened. It really and truthfully was the best to be back home. She grinned from ear to ear when moving her way out of the bedroom with Harry. It had been a long reunion for the man she had lost so much time with. And it had been worth every moment.

Her fellow queens lined up against the wall. Four medallions between them, with Mera holding the fifth medallion, and Harry naturally holding the medallion. Sara just flashed a smile towards Mera the second she walked over towards her.

"We know that smile all too well, don't we, ladies?"

All of the girls broke out in wide grins at Sara's statement. Kara moved over towards Mera and wrapped her arms around her fellow medallion holder. Mera paused for a second and exchanged a long hug with an even longer kiss with Kara. She moved down the line to kiss all of the Queens one by one, not to be outdone. She saved the last kiss for Harry.

Harry enjoyed the feeling of the Merfolk Medallion holder pressed against him. The Rightful Queen of Atlantis parted ways from Harry with a very soft smile on her face. She brushed a strand of hair out of his face before taking in all of the atmospheres around her.

Two of the guards walked over with the mystical staff Hila used to try and conquer them all. They moved over to hand the staff to Mera. Mera declined the offer much to their surprise.

"No," Mera said. "He should take it. I would feel better if the staff was in his hands.

Harry took the staff graciously. He examined it. Most mystical artifacts had a mind of its own and this was no exception. The staff had several bumps all over the edge where the rune stones were carved. Nyssa, Sara, and Gwen all looked curiously at it.

"It has great power," Harry said.

Gwen picked up where Harry left off. "And as we all know, with great power there must also come great responsibility."

Harry had to agree to be honest. Those who did not understand how to properly wield an object of great power often times were obliterated by the artifact. Harry conjured a case to put the staff in. He would have to study it at every angle at any time.

The staff and the strange markings remind Harry of the fact he had one final medallion to collect. And that final medallion was a pretty big deal to be perfectly honest. Harry's eyes flashed onto his own medallion as it flashed into the palm of his hand.

"And this is it," Kara said. "It's the big one."

The term "big one" never had been more appropriate of a descriptor because of the Phoenix Medallion which Harry intended to put his hands on in due time. His fingers brushed over his own medallion.

Closing his eyes could make him almost feel the most potent medallion of them all. It danced out of Harry's reached. It not only danced out of Harry's reach it taunted him.

"I'm glad to see you survived," Harry said after a moment's thought. "As I thought you would have."

Mera looked out in the damaged kingdom. Pride led to them to fall and fall big time. She would have liked to lie and say everything was going to be perfectly fine. Mera never once wanted to delude herself to the truth of the matter.

"We have a long way to go before everything is fine," Mera concluded.

She would have liked to do everything to rebuild her kingdom. Atlantis had become a home to her even though Mera first arrived under some less than ideal circumstances. She put her hand on the front door of the palace. Things remained quiet right now. Hila's followers either left or remained on their best behavior.

Her sister lingered in the cell down below. Perhaps in time, Mera would have an opportunity to talk to her. Mera had to learn to stomach her.

Harry wrapped an arm around his wife's shoulder and pulled the redhead in very tight to him. "Stay with Atlantis. Rebuild…and if we need your help, we will call on you."

Mera appreciated his words more than anyone else could ever realize. She leaned in towards him and tried to put so many words into a long kiss. Mera hated to have to back away from this. She hoped that the kingdom of Atlantis would be righted pretty soon. She hated to have all of these loose ends which needed to be tied up.

"Thank you," Mera said.

"No," Harry said. "There's no need to thank me. Just keep ruling with strength and courage."

Mera moved to the hallway where Lori waited for her. Lori looked at her queen with a very nervous look. Mera placed a hand on Lori's shoulder and smiled at her.

"I should thank you for your help," Mera said. "I don't think they would have been put on the right path without your help."

"I've done what anyone would have done if they had the opportunity to do so," Lori said.

Be that as it may, Mera appreciated any help which could be given. She really hoped that Atlantis would return to the shining paradise it had been previously. There had been a few thoughts in Mera's head which pointed out to the fact that it was not over.

Hopefully, even time, her sister would have redemption. Hila's rage pained Mera and caused a hole to tear into her heart. She thought that Hila should be capable of so much more. She thought Hila would have been capable of so much more. Disappointment hit Mera completely regarding Hila.

"Good luck. And if you need me, you know you can call."

Harry turned to the others and smiled.

"We only have one more left to go," Nyssa said. "And this one is not going to be easy."

The big one, the Phoenix Medallion, the one which could be anywhere in space, taunted all of them. The holders of the medallion flashed away to prepare their next move.

So much could have gone wrong if Isobel did not get her hands on this particular item. She returned to her own body and did not have to possess one of a descendant. A descendant who looked a bit nervous every single time Isobel was around. Isobel could hardly blame Lana for her anxiety issues. She might have had the same problem had the situation had been reversed.

Isobel clutched the item in a box, careful not to put her imprint directly on the item. It might have corrupted the findings. She would need the budding Oracle to see where the item was.

Hailey was not the only one who was in the meeting place. One of the Dragon's companions lingered outside. Her blonde hair pinned back behind her head and one blue eye shifted with pure agitation when directing her attention towards the approaching Isobel.

'What's her name?' Isobel thought to herself. 'Oh, Rose, that's right. Her name is Rose Wilson and…yeah, she could be trouble.'

Isobel took a couple of steps in front of Rose. Rose crossed her arms and faced Isobel.

"What are you doing here?" Rose asked.

Rose knew enough to be automatically suspicious of anything Isobel did. The woman pulled a sneaky attack before. While Sara and Harry had her mostly behaving, Rose still had the sense she could pull something when her two masters were distracted.

"I'm taking a walk," Isobel informed her.

Rose very much doubted she was just taking a walk.

"I know you don't trust me," Isobel said as if this was the most obvious thing in the world. "And I understand what you've been through. It must be frustrating not getting payback on your father after everything he put through. Well, just imagine if you felt that same frustration for many more years. How it might eat up at you on the inside. Do you think you could like with that?"

Seconds passed before Rose just walked away.

"You better not do something you're going to regret."

Isobel had a few regrets regarding what she did in the past. The stunt she was going to pull was not among these regrets. She waited for Rose to move. The very second Rose walked out to the end of the driveway.

'She's going to say something to Harry. Well, let her.'

The doors pushed open from Isobel and she moved inside. Hailey sat on the ground dressed in a fuzzy pair of pajamas with her legs crossed over. She looked up at Isobel with the trepidation one would expect. A solo hand placed on her shoulder did not bring Hailey any enjoyment. It just made her even more nervous.

"Do you have it?" Hailey asked.

"It took me a while to track it down," Isobel said. "You don't want to know what I went through in order to get my hands on this little item."

Hailey would have to agree. She did not want to know what Isobel had to go through to get her hands on the island. The box placed down on the table in front of her.

"So, do that thing you do?"

Two every calm breaths came out before Hailey got straight to work. She opened the box. A nice diamond necklace shined brightly. Upon closer inspection, the diamond might not have been as authentic as Hailey examined it. She took the necklace in hand and waited for the bombshell to hit her.

Nothing, which actually surprised Hailey. Did it disappoint her? No, not really. She felt kind of relieved that those strange vibes did not wash over her when feeling up the necklace.

Isobel was less than pleased by the fact she did not see something right away. Nails dug into a pillow from Isobel's grip. She took in a deep breath and tried not to allow an explosion of magic to wreck the house.

Hailey's head snapped back just as her grip of the necklace had been replaced. She saw something flashing through eyes. A premonition the likes of which she had never seen before.

"Yes, what is it?" Isobel asked.

A long minute passed before Hailey started to wondered if she overwhelmed the poor girl with the hard vibrations passing through her.

"She's here. She's in Smallville."

"Where?" Isobel asked.

"She's in a Manor House," Hailey added. "It's fortified by guards, and it's by a river…there's also trees behind it. There's a sign on it….I see the letters R, A, and L on it."

Isobel dipped through Lana's memories at the geography of Smallville. She suddenly realized where the Countess had been hiding. She grew even more excited at the thought of being closer than ever before to finally gaining her revenge. It was way too good to be true.

"I have her!" she yelled.

"There's someone else there," Hailey said. "It's some weird minister guy…it's almost like he's looking at me through the vision."

"The Deacon," Isobel murmured. "Perfect."

Harry ascended the steps until he reached the landing. The address was where he wanted it to be. Harry knocked on the door and waited for someone on the other side of it to answer it.

Amanda Potter opened her door with a wide grin on her face. She threw her arms around Harry and greeted him with a strong hug before backing off and allowing Harry some room to get into the Penthouse. Emily sat at the table and waved at Harry.

"I say we had a pretty good day, yesterday," Amanda said. "And I'm glad we saved Atlantis!"

"Well, we helped just a little bit," Emily said. "It was Harry and his Queens who did the vast majority of the work, wasn't it?"

Amanda glared at her sister. Emily responded with one of those grins and extended her tongue a little bit to Amanda. Amanda shifted back with a sigh. She turned back from her sister, who was supposed to be the mature one.

"You don't mind if we worship you, do you?"

Harry just cracked a smile. The two girls, who would be his twin sisters in another life time, looked at him with heated gazes in their eyes. The heat of the room was getting more intense the more Amanda and Emily looked at him. Amanda acted like she was going to drop to her knees for a second before someone cleared her thought.

Lily appeared, seemingly out of nowhere, with a bottle in her hand. She walked over to the room and threw herself at Harry with a tight hug. She smashed her lips against Harry's with a kiss. Harry grabbed onto Lily to properly to feel her supple body pushed against his. His hand rested on her backside.

A knowing grin passed over Lily's face when she walked over. Amanda and Emily looked rather put out. Their mother still could get the better of them out after all of those years. Something about Lily just schooling her twin daughters on a regular basis seemed rather off-putting for them. Yet, it only inspired them to be better.

"Yes," Lily responded. "That's how you greet some properly. And I believe we have some business to get down to before we pat ourselves on the back."

Four chairs came out with Harry sitting down. Lily poured them all a drink from the bottle. Amanda and Emily had been surprised Lily had brought alcohol.

"Under the circumstances, it's appreciated," Lily said. "I trust the two of you can behave yourselves after a couple of drinks?"

"We always behave ourselves," Amanda piped up.

Lily gave her one of those mother looks which brought Amanda back into line. The twins took their drinks and tipped back one. Everything came up pretty good in their opinion even though there was still a lot of work to do.

"Do you have the weapon that you took from Hila?" Lily asked.

Harry placed the weapon on the table. The weapon had been held in a clear casing. It was thin enough where Lily could still analyze it, but thick enough where someone would not accidentally set it off.

"Perfect."

Someone's foot brushed against Harry's leg from underneath the table. He could not tell which someone touched him from underneath the table. Only a someone had brushed at him underneath the table.

"We're….might have a weapon to take down the White Bumblebee," Lily said. "Maybe, it depends on a couple of factors. There have been rumors that he's at his weakest now."

"One would think it would be the perfect time to strike, wouldn't it?" Harry asked.

Lily sighed in frustration. She had been waiting for a chance to get the better of that man since he killed several of her family members and friends. The only problem was getting to him. Lily had to take a long drink to survey the situation and get her thoughts in order.

"In theory, we should be able to get to him," Lily said. "Unfortunately, though, it's easier said than done when our target is behind fortified wards."

It could be a problem. Harry watched as Lily pulled out a journal and put it on the table.

"Everything that I know about the castle," Lily said.

Harry took one look at the map and did a double take.

"Back in my former world, this castle is a school to learn magic," Harry said.

The twins looked fascinated and had millions of questions. They looked a bit more excited about the prospect of learning magic in a castle of magic. Harry barely avoiding smiling at the looks on the faces of Amanda and Emily. He did see the entire process of learning magic to be just something he was used to.

"There are ways in," Harry continued. "But, I'm not certain if they would work."

Lily poured them all another drink. "It would be worth exploring. Tell me everything you know about this castle."

Deep down Lily felt Harry knew a lot of this castle back home in his world. The Fortress of the White Bumblebee had been something that Lily and her allies had wanted to get into. Hell, even the top leaders of HIVE, or the most senior members, did not know of a way in. They all feared meeting him as much as their enemies did.

Genevieve Teague felt fame and fortune getting closer to her. For generations, her family made their attempts to grab onto the Stones of Power. They slipped out of their grasp with generation after generation and famously eluded them. The obsession reached her and frustrated her even more.

She consulted the family library to see whether or not something could be found. Hours of very extensive searching brought a large thick tome in her hand. The large tome waffled across the table. The people in her room looked towards her. Damien Darhk leaned back in the chair and sipped some tea. Darkh calmly popped his jaw back to his place.

"When I get my full power back, I won't miss that," Darhk said. "Do you have something we can use?"

"Yes and no."

Darhk hated word games. Women played them more often, although men were not immune to these little games which kept Darhk guessing. He detested getting the go around more than anything else.

"Perhaps you should explain it to me," Darhk said. "We don't necessarily need you alive to get the Stones."

The HIVE leaders lingered around the table which made Genevieve feel on edge. It was not rare she was the only person in the room with very powerful men. These men had an attitude of coldness which chilled this woman to the bone. She shifted herself back an inch while flipping through the pages on the table.

"You might not need me alive," Genevieve told her. "But, it is necessary for me to guide you."

"Arrogance, I like it," Darhk said. "Or maybe it's confidence…tell me what you need to tell us."

"The stones unlock the secrets of the universe," Genevieve said. "The secrets to the life, the universe, and everything."

"Forty-two," Darhk said. The other members of HIVE looked at their leader. Darhk shifted in thinly veiled agitation. "Nevermind."

One needed to keep themselves highly motivated and in good spirits especially when their body was going to decay. Dark held no delusions about the fact that once his usefulness ended to Deacon Blackfire, he would be sent back to the ground. Darhk racked his mind about what Voodoo spell Blackfire used in bring him back to the life. He put his hand on the top of his head.

Once he had the stones, then things would change. Darhk could not figure out why the entity wanted the stones to begin with. Joseph Blackfire talked about bringing about the end of days and then bringing about the salvation of those who survived.

'And this is why I don't like priests. They always don't make any sense in the real world.'

"The power will be mine…ours," Genevieve said.

Darhk caught the slip. He appreciated the fact the high-class woman was going to betray than at the first chance she got. Darhk understood how the game was played more than anything else.

The stone rattled next to the table. Genevieve picked up the stone.

"Does that have anything to do with the quest we're undertaking?" Darhk asked.

The woman shook her head. They saw several emotions through her face. Sometimes there was contempt, other times disgust, and many other times, agitation. Fear had been a very new one. Darhk thought one had to have a soul to be capable of fear.

"She approaches. She's been stalking me for countless lifetimes."

Darhk would have rolled his eyes if he did not fear them falling out onto the ground.

"Who is after you?"

Genevieve ignored Darhk's words and rose up. She peered out of the window into the distance. No one was there just yet. Genevieve reached into her drawer and pulled out a long silver dagger. The dagger flickered in the light.

"If she comes, I'll be ready."

"Don't waste your time," the haunting voice of the Deacon came through her ear. "Be strong, my child."

"I'm having nightmares of a past life!" Genevieve snapped. "And you tell me to be strong."

Only two people in the room could see the entity who bobbed back and forth. The rest of the room had been very ignorant of the presence of Deacon Blackfire and they should be very glad for that fact.

"It's not a past life you are having nightmares of. You may be fearing what's to happen. That's why you need to help us get the Stones and soon. It is not for your sake. It's for our sakes."

The preacher's rattling breath came against Genevieve's ear. She took in a very deep breath the second that breath hit her.

"For all our sakes."

Darhk watched the encounter with his mouth halfway open. He said nothing. He just wanted to let this one play out and see how it went.

Harry thought he had a couple of productive meetings. He had to return to Smallville to check on some people. Sara joined him the second she arrived.

"How's Laurel?" Harry asked.

"Pretty good, although she mentioned about wanting you to stop by sometime to see her," Sara said. "Although, she understands that you're busy and it might be hard. Especially when I told her what we were up to."

Laurel received her abilities through contact with Sara's medallion so she had a sense that they were on a very important question. She asked Sara what she could do to help. Sara told Laurel it would be best if she kept an eye on anything suspicious around Starling City. There had been rumors HIVE had been working out of there.

"I'm going to have to make time to see her," Harry said.

The Black Canary had been kicking ass and taking names from what Harry could gather from the papers.

His first stop on this little trip to Smallville would be the Potter House. Harry stopped at the edge of the driveway and came face to face with Rose who had been waiting for him.

'I don't like the look on her face,' Kara thought.

'Yeah, I know that look,' Sara said.

"Isobel is up to something."

Rose moved up to both of them. This question put another complication on them. Sara thought she had this settled, but apparently not.

"I'm going to have to keep a closer eye on her," Sara said. "Or have someone else tag her….Fleur and Gabrielle had to return back to France at the worst possible time."

"Why did they have to go?" Rose asked.

"Business, there's...a dispute with a rival tribe," Sara said.

'Sorry about that,' Fleur chimed in. 'It actually was a very simple solution. Everyone's good and we should be coming back in a day. I'm sorry if you had any problems.'

'Don't worry about it,' Sara said. 'I can handle anything myself.'

"I've been going through Isobel's room when she wasn't around," Rose said. Harry's gaze caught Rose full on. She did not blink. "Yeah, I know, that's kind of reckless."

"Actually, it's very reckless," Harry said. "She could have put all kinds of protections up which could have hurt you."

Rose shrugged it off. "I didn't have a problem getting in her room or rifling around her desk. I found some of her notes even. She has been jotting out a couple of plans…and I found this book."

Sara and Harry took a good look at the book.

"And I think she roped the Bookworm's sister into whatever she's doing," Rose said. "Because she has those powers….I really hope Isobel hasn't been forcing her to use them."

"I just have one question?" Harry asked. "What's Veritas?"

"It's The Goddess of truth in Roman Mythology," Rose said with a shrug. "Exactly what this has to do with what Isobel or Hailey's after…I don't know….Hailey left to visit her mother, or so she claims."

Harry had another problem on his hands. They were no closer to finding the Phoenix Medallion or breaking down the barriers of the White Bumblebee's fortress. Harry decided to tackle this one because it seemed more urgent.

"So, let me see her notes."

Rose handed them over and Harry looked them over in meticulous detail.

Chapter Fifty-Nine: Ancient Secrets.

The presence of her ancient enemy drew nearer. Isobel sensed her both within the tip of her finger and also depressingly far and out of reach. She reached as much as possible to grab onto her enemy. Isobel felt something, an invisible wall of some sort bounce her back. The jarring attack might have caused many to waiver. Isobel was not many. She did not waver underneath certain frustration. She just kept moving forward for better or for worse.

The location Hailey located came underneath Isobel's nose. A strong hand caught her on the shoulder and Isobel turned around. A hand gagged her mouth instantly. The witch's instincts to fight kicked up in an instant. She feared the Countess had found her.

Instead, both the White Canary and the Dragon stood in front of her Isobel did not like the look in her Mistress's eyes. Those blue eyes terrified the witch to no extent given how much they burned a hole into her face. Sara's mouth hung open and she only had one thing to say.

"What were you thinking?"

Isobel refused to bend down even after feeling the submissive pull of the power of her mistress. No, she must stand strong. She must stand durable. The witch must stand up and face anyone no matter what the consequences. Something felt as if it had been caught in the back of her throat.

The White Canary lacked the patience right now. Sara's hands shifted to her hips when leaning just a tiny bit closer to Isobel. "Well?"

"Tonight's the night I settle an old debt," Isobel said.

"You're going after her, aren't you?"

The words of the Dragon pierced her resolve greater than any fang. Isobel wished they would have been maybe a couple of minutes later. This might have already been done. She would have already succeeded and gotten out of there without any problems. The argument forming in Isobel's mouth was about to pop out because she knew what the White Canary was going to say.

A loud rumbling echoed from the other end. The hairs on the back of Isobel's neck stood up. Sara and Harry grabbed her and shifted her back into the shadows. The cool air brushed over her. Something was about to happen, someway and somehow.

Damien Darhk stepped into their line of sight. They could see him. All indications showed that Darhk could not see them. Something about his aura unsettled both of the holders of the medallion.

Harry closed his eyes while maintaining the tight grip around Isobel's arm. The power swimming through the air pushed Harry closer towards the edge to ever before. What kind of strange power was going through the air? It was very intense and immense as well.

"Make sure to get it done tonight."

Those words made Harry very curious. He tried to see if there could be a better look. A half a dozen well-armed men stepped out of the room. They were HIVE drones. And there was something very funny about them which Harry could not quite put his finger on at the moment.

"Let me at them."

Isobel's tone came out in a very harsh whisper. Darhk and his men spoke in very low voices. Whether or not Isobel's target was even lingering around, they had no idea. There were enchantments which could fool even the most sophisticated of trackers.

'Should we get him,' Sara said. 'We might not have another opportunity like this.'

Said opportunity passed in a puff of smoke just as fast as Damien Darhk did. Harry blinked. He stood there for one minute and then the next minute Darhk vanished in a blink of an eye. The insanity of the situation just caught Harry off guard.

The HIVE goons were still around and something was very much wrong. A stirring feeling popped into the bottom of Harry's stomach. He went from completely fine and then ten seconds later, Harry had been struck with what appeared to be some kind of magical illness.

Isobel's eyes glazed over suddenly. Sara, unaffected, had been confused. She noticed one of the HIVE drones turning around ever so slightly. His eyes bugged out and lips pursed when approaching them.

'Shit.' 

That word resounded with Harry and he would been hard pressed to disagree. The thumping in the back of his head made Harry stand up as straight as possible and take one burning breath. The medallion had not been disabled in any way whatsoever. Harry would have been hard-pressed to figure out what the hell was going on.

"Feed!"

The loud growl from the meteor mutant could be heard. Sara knew whatever he was after, it wasn't going to be anything good. She took a device from her hand and threw it down onto the ground. A loud sonic boom erupted from the device.

Harry snapped out of it. The mutant's frustration had been disrupted. Harry blasted a bolt of light at the creature and knocked him down on the ground. Sara grabbed him by the hand and grabbed Isobel by the other hand.

Under normal circumstances, Harry would have fought against feeling. Under these circumstances, they would have to make an exception to the rule. They disappeared in a blink of an eye and dropped down out of sight.

Harry had no idea what weakened him so severely, and it was very important he would find this out sooner rather than later.

Tess Mercer always had been fascinated by the mysteries of life ever since she was a little girl. Some of history's greatest mysteries were just a second away from being solved with the right research.

She got her hands on the journal which discovered a lot of interesting events leading up to the meteor shower in Smallville and after the meteor shower. The author wrote about a couple of strange legends inside of the journal. Tess slowly pushed her tongue over her lips and smiled when looking over. A couple of the names mentioned in the journal piqued Tess's interest something fierce. She might have been onto something big if her guess was right and under these circumstances, Tess also felt it had to be right.

She would find out in a matter of moments as a knock on her door brought another key to solving this mystery to Tess's doorstep.

"The door's open."

Said door opened and one of the children of Starling City's most prominent family, the Queens stepped in. And the Queens kept popping up in Tess's research. Olivia Queen locked eyes with the redhead who closed the journal and stood up.

"You wanted to see me?"

The question sounded very casual to the point where Tess just had to offer a grin. She patted the chair across from her desk. The oldest Queen daughter made a couple of strides across the room. She did not sit down just yet. Her eyes just merely locked onto Tess's from all the way across the room.

"Yes," Tess said. "Yes, I wanted to see you if you don't mind asking a couple of questions. I know this might come to a shock to you but your parents might not have been everything you thought they were."

"No, not particularly."

The blunt statement caused Tess's interest to be piqued when she was pretty sure it would be spun the other way around. Their brief meeting in Russia defied all kinds of expectations Tess already had built up in her mind about Olivia. She now found herself very curious about a couple of things.

"Did you know that your parents were members of a secret society of the elite?"

That question was one where Tess hoped to fish for some important information. Liv's lips just responded by pursuing out lightly.

"It depends on which one you mean," Liv said. "My parents were connected to a couple of things, organizations the likes of which you would not believe."

Once again, all expectations Tess had been going into this meeting with had been shattered and turned around on her. The Queen Heiress, she was full of many surprises. Surprises Tess could not even begin to comprehend the longer they talked together.

"Fascinating," Tess said. "But, I'm referring to an organization known as Veritas. Where they were seeking out information about a traveler from a distant planet who all reliable legends state to be either the Earth's savior or its conqueror."

It was Liv's turn to break out into a smile. "Because those are the only two options an alien traveler to the planet Earth could have. I suppose they couldn't just set up a vegetable stand?"

Tess offered a sheepish smile and nodded in response. No, it really wasn't the only option an alien traveler would have. It was the most logical option for many alien travelers to have though. Especially the one they were referring to.

"Have you heard of this group before today?"

A glass of wine had been already poured. Liv took a light sip of the wine. It had been a very long time since she enjoyed a nice refreshing glass of line and it did refresh her. She took another drink for a second and considered the statement.

"It's actually the first I heard of it. Before today, there hasn't been even the slightest hint to this group."

There had been secrets, way too many secrets, especially when they regarded her parents. Liv did not even know where to begin. There was a huge part of her who really did not want to know much more.

"I'm busy trying to deal with the mess my father wanted me to clean up before he died," Liv said.

Tess answered with a nod while taking a long sip of the wine in front of her. The sins of the father, that was always a pretty awful cross to bear. Tess never knew her father and was very much glad for it most of the time. She drained the glass of wine and took in a deep breath when peering over the glass towards Liv.

"The end of the world might be a more important thing than the plight of one single city," Tess said. "You know of the medallions and the quest of the dragon, am I right?"

Liv answered with the briefest of nods and pulled back a half of an inch. She did know about that and she knew about everything else regarding it. She did wonder where it might have been going.

"I'll see if I can find anything."

Tess nodded and poured herself a glass of wine. "That's all anyone can ask at this point."

X-X-X

Claire woke straight up out of bed and flew up towards the cave. The loud siren squealed in the back of Claire's ear and sent her straight to cave. It was a message her biological father brought to her.

"Clara."

That one word caught her and it had been coupled with a lot of disappointment. Claire really did not care that much about her father. She only cared about achieving success. Still, he rarely called her, not for a good reason anyway. Claire stretched out her neck and listened to the words.

"What do you want?" Claire asked.

Jor-El had only been happy to speak.

"I would like to have thought despite everything that happened, you had not forgotten about the mission. Your mission in acquiring the Stones of Power. I did impart upon you how dangerous they were in the wrong hands. And I did inform you how essential they were to get before they fell into the wrong hands."

Jor-El spoke in a calm manner. Claire was well aware of the man's warnings.

"I'll find them," Claire said. "But…."

"There are no excuses, Clara," Jor-El said. "Time grows short. You are not a grown woman. I thought that you would understand the value of your hesitation after your human adoptive father perished because of your hesitation."

Clara's eyes flashed with anger at the words coming from this ghost AI.

"You leave him out of this conversation."

The anger flashed into Claire's voice. She could not believe Jor-El and could not believe he would stoop so low to bring her father into this particular conversation. A man who had been there and raised her.

"Jonathan Kent was more of a man than you ever could hope to be," Claire said.

"That's an irrelevant point, my child," Jor-El said. "And you know it."

"Clara?"

Kara popped into the cave behind them. She could have sworn Clara talked to someone in the cave. She talked to some disconnected voice from the other side of the console. Kara stepped a little bit closer, tension ramping up when she did. Goosebumps popped up over her arm.

"Hello, Kara."

Kara realized instantly who Clara was talking to. A few seconds passed before Kara looked in the generation direction of the cave. He had stored his artificial intelligence here, to ensure that whatever hopes he had for Clara would come to pass.

"Jor-El," Kara said.

"I believe you should understand that this is a private conversation between father and daughter," Jor-El said. "Therefore, it would benefit you if you would depart right now."

Kara stood rooted firmly on the ground. She wished to look Jor-El right in the eye and give him a piece of her mind. Unfortunately, with Jor-El being a cracked voice, disembodied and unable to do anything, that was beyond impossible right about now.

"I can help Claire with whatever she can do."

"I would highly advice in accepting any help she does," Jor-El said. "Her father did what he thought was essential to helping Krypton and as a consequence of his actions, there is no more Krypton."

Kara knew as well. She knew everything about the mistakes her father made. How, he, along with Zod and Brainiac, helped facilitate the end of the planet. Kara tried to justify the actions of Zor-El of being a pawn and maybe in some way, he was. In other ways though, Kara believed, unfortunately, that he knew exactly what he was doing. Her stomach turned in huge tension knots.

"This is a conversation you should not be a part of, Kara Zor-El."

"I disagree," Clark said. "She has just as much of a right to be here as anyone else does."

Kara crossed her arms together and nodded in response. She followed Claire her to protect. Kara intended to help her cousin along in any way possible. She did not care the means which were needed to help her along, not by a longshot. Kara grabbed Claire's shoulder and stood firmly behind her.

"You're not getting rid of me and you're not scaring me off," Kara said. "And if you have my help, you'll also have his help. You know, the Dragon."

A long and very terrified pause followed.

"Do hasten your search on the stones, Clara," Jor-El said. "Time is running out. And there will be severe consequences if those stones are further tainted by human greed."

Harry returned home. He supposed insisting he was fine would not work. Isobel sat on the chair next to them. Fleur popped in at Sara's request. She had training as a healer and was used to exotic magical ailments. She would be the best person to take a look at Harry and see what was up.

Several long minutes passed with Fleur performing a series of tests on both Harry and Isobel. The longer these tests went, the more Fleur frowned. Harry knew Fleur and knew the girl liked a challenge more than anything. The flummoxed expression on the woman's face showed that she was getting frustrated and could not figure out what the hell was going on here.

"Well, I don't really know what to make of this, to be honest with you," Fleur said. "Physically, you seem like you're fine. And there are no tell tale signs of magical fatigue or anything."

"It only happened to me and Isobel," Harry said. "We know this individual, he affects people with magic. And the stronger the magic, the more he affects them."

The thing is, Harry was not certain whether or not Darhk knew of the weapon he had developed. And perhaps, the weapon had been developed entirely by accident. Harry actually thought about as much. He wondered about a couple of variables regarding this man.

"Perhaps in time your magic will adapt to his powers," Fleur said. "It has in the past. According to legend, at least."

Isobel enjoyed the optimism of the White Canary's servant. She hated to be the barrier of bad news, but something told her that it was not going to be that easy. Things like this rarely were that particularly easy. Isobel stretched out her legs with a very light sigh coming from her.

"I was so close," Isobel said.

"There will be other opportunities," Harry informed her.

Isobel knew that the Countess would be on high alert now and would avoid any encounter with her. A few seconds passed with Isobel stroking her hair back.

"I understand your feeling," Fleur said. "Some of us…we act that way towards the White Bumblebee. We hope the rumors of his demise are true, even though we fear he's just planning a fresh assault."

Fleur did think it was very peculiar how the Dragon's resurrection did not stir up the White Bumblebee and bring him out of hiding. She clicked her tongue into her mouth and spent the next couple of minutes considering what to do next.

"Let's hope that we can find a way around this," Sara said.

"Well, if we can take him out before he becomes a problem, that will be great," Harry said. "The biggest problem I can see is if Darhk creates an army of meteor mutants just like him."

Sara, yeah, Sara could see where that would be a problem. A light knock on the door brought them out of the conversation.

"Is this important?" Sara asked.

"Very."

The door opened and Liv stepped in. Tess followed in a couple of steps behind her. Harry noticed a journal hanging from her hand and there had been a couple of questions in his mind. He suspected those questions would be answered in due time and maybe even bring more unsettling questions as time had gone on.

"We believe that HIVE might be after the stones of power, now that they've aligned with Genevieve Teague," Tess said without preamble. "Her family has obsessed with the stones and Darhk…well, Darhk believes the stones have a way of finding the location of the Phoenix medallion."

Harry did not doubt it for a second the stones would have a way of acquiring the final and most powerful medallion of them all. There were still a couple of questions.

"The traveler, that's a hard one," Liv said. "I would like to think that the person who had been sent to Earth, would be a savior. But, power can corrupt even the most gentle of us."

Liv, for instance, held her parents on a pedestal. She would have been foolish to state that they were not corrupt in some ways. Her father hinted enough through some correspondence left behind that there were a lot of problems.

"Those stones they have been something which many have hunted down," Liv said. "Although that was my father's obsession more than my mother's, I think. She just regarded his hobby with the slightest bit of interest."

"Seems like you know more than you were letting on, don't you?" Tess asked.

Liv just answered this question with a half-shrug. "I know my parents enough to come to some logical conclusions. That's pretty much it. I wish I had more of an idea how to uncover the secrets of the universe. And I wish I could speak to the Traveler."

"Well, I'm certain she's just about as confused as to the location of the stones of power as you are."

The heiress turned around to meet eye to eye with the Kansas farm girl standing behind her. They only met in passing a handful of times. Liv admitted that when she thought of a powerful individual, Claire Kent was one of the last people Liv would have ever thought could hold the power to save them all or to damn them all. Regardless, she locked eye to eye with the woman and smiled despite herself.

"I should have figured out it was you," Liv said.

"Well, it's obvious," Tess said. "She was adopted by the Kents around the same time as the meteor shower. Veritas was angry they could not find her and prepare her…but I guess in the end, it was for the best."

Claire's childhood would have been ripped apart at the start if she had been taken in.

"My father is putting pressure on me to find the stones," Claire said. "He's hinted there could be consequences if they are not acquired in due time."

"That, don't doubt," Tess said.

"I agree."

Harry had just stood back and listened to the conversation. The Phoenix Medallion rested in the annals of space and he would have liked nothing better than to acquire the medallion right now, at this very moment. The Stones of Power, they presented a unique opportunity.

"I'll help you find the stones," Harry said.

Claire could tell he had some kind of motive to finding the stones. Kara explained that they might be useful in his quest. The Stones and the final medallion falling into the wrong hands would not be ideal for any of them.

"Well, believe me," Claire said. "I'm going to need all the help I can get."

"We have no doubt about that."

Kara gave her cousin a playful smile. Still, with their resources pooled together, they could potentially locate the stones.

There was one problem, which started to bubble to the surface and kept rearing its ugly head. The potential for HIVE having weapons they could use against Harry. Harry always hated weakness and this was a very big one. The Dragon Medallion could not shield him.

Harry did manage to push through against one and fight him off. He was not completely crippled. Now, he felt sore and tired which was not a good combination.

'We'll get to the bottom of it,' Sara assured him.

The determination etched in Sara's voice made Harry confident they could get to the bottom of it in due time.

X-X-X

Damien Darhk stood atop of the world in a stance which many hated to see him in. There would be enemies and also some allies who would knock him off. His next goal was to find a way to return back from this cursed, half-existence he currently had been in. Darhk knew that as long as he breathed, Blackfire had his fingers wrapped about the edge of his neck.

"Overall, we are very pleased on the trials," one of the HIVE leaders said.

Darhk was not looking for a pat on the back. It did feel very nice to be appreciated for a successful run every now and then though.

"Our leader is going to need an army to be able to stand up to the Dragon once the Elite has prepared him."

The HIVE Elite and the White Bumblebee, two entities Darhk did not get a chance to meet just yet. He hoped soon that HIVE's faith in the White Bumblebee would be justified.

"And he will have an army," Darhk said. "He will have power. And the Phoenix Medallion and its great power will be ours to turn to the Dragon and the rest of his companions."

"Failure is not an option, for any of us."

The screens went black and left Darhk standing in the background. Deacon Blackfire crept out of the shadows.

"We have found a way to temporarily negate the Dragon's abilities," Blackfire said. "Alas, it puts a strain on the test subjects."

"It's just a means to keep him off of our backs," Darhk said. "Those meteor freaks, they're expendable."

Once they acquired the stones, Darhk would have the leverage he needed. The power was so close he could taste it.

"Pride, and greed, two deadly sins you have in abudnance, my friend."

Those warnings only fell upon deaf ears as Darhk's obsession for power grew stronger yet. The HIVE leader planned to avenge his death at the hands of the Dragon.

Chapter Sixty: Mutual Benefits

A loud scream came out of Claire Kent. The desire to punch something and punch it hard visited her. The Last Daughter of Krypton made her way out into the Kent Farm. It had been a place where she did a lot of thinking. The past four years turned her life upside down. The last year really turned Claire's life all topsy-turvy in ways she could only imagine. She needed to calm down and more importantly, she really needed to think. She needed to think before she lost all sense of herself.

Okay, it was easier said than done to think when she was in this particular situation. Claire took a couple of deep breaths. She spent some time in this same barn many times trying to gain control. And now the control was losing it.

She spun around to see a figure standing in the shadows. The figure wore a green hooded top and a pair of workout pants. Claire's eyes flared with heat vision. She retracted the attack a second later.

"Whoa, hold it up," Liv said. "I come in peace…maybe I should have told you I was going to swing on by before I did. Because I was just this close to leaving in pieces."

Liv pushed her thumb and fore finger together as if to symbolize how close she was to being ripped apart. Claire put her hands next to her body and took a sigh.

"I didn't mean to be hostile with you," Claire said. "It's just that…well, I've had a lot of pressure put on me."

A second passed with Liv taking a deep breath. She put an arm around the other girl. Both of them walked through the dimly lit barn and parked themselves down onto the hay. It was not the most comfortable bench in the world, but it worked out well.

"I understand, "Liv said. "I've got a lot thrown on my shoulders after my father died. It's a lot to sink in even after you learn they are part of a secret society which worshipped some traveler from the stars. Half of them wanted to use him or her or whatever as a weapon and the other half wanted to help them. And there are a lot of people blinded by greed. And I honestly….I really don't know what to make of it."

Claire sighed and took in a deep breath. She leaned back against the wall. The traveler was here and boy was that something to mentally deal with, to be honest. She did not know what to make of a lot of it either.

"Are you sure I can live up to whatever expectations they had for me?" Claire asked. "I talked to Doctor Swann who said that I had the potential for great things. But I had no idea."

Claire really wished she would have asked more questions while Swann was alive. She watched Liv stand up and pull out an arrow before lining it up with a bow. She shot the paint can off of the shelf. The cans dropped to the ground. Liv turned back around to face Claire.

"Sorry, it just helps me concentrate," Liv said. "And we always have great expectations thrown on us. There are a lot of people who don't understand that just because you have a big trust fund, you don't have your problems. And you don't have your issues."

Liv reloaded the arrow and shot another paint can off of the shelf.

"And when your father offs himself out of guilt, you really have to consider what you've done in your life," Liv said.

"You ever wonder if you could have saved him?" Claire asked.

"Are you talking about me or you?"

The words caused Claire's grin to turn extremely sheepish. Liv fired another arrow at the paint can and knocked it to the ground with a clatter. The green-hooded girl moved over and picked up the paint cans before putting them on the shelves.

"Want to give it a try?" Liv asked.

Claire was apprehensive about the very thought. Liv put the bow into her hand.

"What's the worst you could do?"

This question could have been answered in so many ways. Liv put her hand on Claire's shoulder and adjusted the stance.

"It comes naturally to some people more than others so don't be discouraged if you don't do it on the first try."

Claire held her hand on the bow with Liv guiding when possible. A deep breath came from her as she motioned the bow and arrow into position for the can on the shelf. Claire fired the arrow at the underside of the shelf and knocked the shelf off of the bolts. This caused Liv to break out into a slight smile.

"Okay, not bad for the first time."

The shelf on the ground indicated very differently. Claire narrowed her eyes. Liv just threw her hands up in the universal sign of "busted."

"Okay, fine, it kind of sucked. We can work from there though. And you'll be a little bit better every time we try. Trust me on that one."

Tess contacted Harry with the intention of leading him to take a look at something. Harry was not the only one there. Shado tagged along, with Sara.

"If you one into one of those meteor mutants, you're going to need some backup," Sara said. "And I know, you can handle yourself. But, if you had some backup, you could handle yourself a little bit better."

Harry did not necessarily disagree with them at all. Sara and Shado stuck shoulder to shoulder with Harry as they made their way to the meeting point. Tess waited for them. The businesswoman dressed in an overcoat and a pair of sunglasses to disguise herself. He could tell something was up, by her demeanor and the fact she held a key card belonging to someone who was not Tess Mercer.

"You won't even want to know what kind of strings I had to pull to get us into this place," Tess said.

"Is this the kind of place which is off limits for visitors?" Harry asked her.

A long moment passed where Tess offered both a sigh and a nod. This was a location which was most certainly off of the map. She escorted Harry, Sara, and Shadow into the base. She put the keycard.

"There were a lot of meteor rocks which had to be collected after the meteor shower. I'm sure you realize that even after that kind of fallout, there was going to be some which were going to slip through the cracks and cause problems."

"And that problem is HIVE," Sara said.

Tess escorted the trio past the security check point. So far, so good, and so far, no one who would cause them trouble walked around. Tess thought that was the main thing to worry about. One wrong move could mean the difference between achieving success and failure.

"We've got past the easy part. The vault awaits."

Harry only imagined what awaited in the vault. Shado and Sara looked behind their shoulders and then looked forward to a second. Nothing came around them. They were good to go.

Tess opened up the vault. She stepped inside and punched in an access code. A contact lens came out of Tess's pocket and she pushed into a retinal scanner.

"You can get past any sophisticated technology," Tess said. "You just have to have the right equipment to get through the cracks."

Harry found it very impressive, to be honest. They stepped past the vault. Several multicolored glows filled the vault and obscured their vision. Harry, Sara, Tess, and Shado adjusted their vision and moved towards several rows of green rocks, red rocks, and some other assortments of rocks. The red and green rocks amounted about eighty percent of the contents of this vault.

He stepped up towards the green rock and placed it into the palm of the hand without any pause. The trace amounts of radiation could be felt.

"I wouldn't recommend being in this vault for any more than two or three hours," Harry said. "Constant exposure to the radiation is going to cause some issues as well. I don't think it's the green rocks unless there's some other variable there as well."

The closer Harry stepped to the red rocks, he could feel the drive to take any and all of these women in this vault become stronger. Sara, Shado, and Tess, they all demanded to be taken. The flare of the red rock hit Sara. She stepped closer towards him and started to undo Harry's pants before Tess grabbed Sara.

"Okay, these ramp up a person's sex drive," Sara said. "Or at least they ramp up a person's sex drive when they are in proximity to Harry."

Shado could not necessarily blame Sara for feeling the lust when being near Harry. It took every single fiber of her being not to jump him as well. Tess turned herself away from Harry and looked at the ground. Harry took a couple of deep breaths. The medallion clutched into his chest and the shield around him caused all of them to get their heads together.

"Green ones have high levels of radiation and no effect," Tess said. "The red ones cause Harry's pheromones to go high and everyone to get as horny as fuck. The gold piece isn't really causing any problems, is it?"

Harry scooped up the gold piece in the palm of his hand and studied it for a second. A few test spells performed on the edge of the stone gave Harry a good idea of the chemical composition of the stone.

"This can cause energy from someone of the same origin," Harry said. "Or even the potentially permanent loss of a person's power."

It went without saying that they needed to get this gold piece of space rock out of the facility. Harry put it in his pocket and replaced it with a harmless yellow rock to ensure that it would not be missed.

"I have an idea," Tess said. "It might be a shot in the dark, but maybe they combined the green and red rocks to create a synthetic rock?"

Harry took a moment to consider Tess's words. The idea was very promising, to be honest. Could some form of synthetic rock have been created?

"I think it's time for us to take a trip to Star Labs."

They all could agree to do that. Sara's cell phone came off. Harry leaned in towards her and raised an eyebrow.

"See you in a bit," Sara said. "I'm sure it's nothing….but Laurel insists that I swing by. I'll let you know after I'm done…go on without me."

The two kissed each other. They still felt some heat from the Red Kryptonite flowing in between their bodies before parting away from each other. Harry grabbed Shado and Tess around the hands after Sara departed. The three of them left the inside of the vault.

Tess figured they should have teleported into the vault at the first place, but she supposed there could be some concerns. Plus, it added another layer of excitement to sneak into the vault.

Caitlin Snow read the latest news about Atlantis being taken back. She had been very pleased Star Labs played no small role in helping take back the country. Now, she had to focus on a lot more work, even though Caitlin still thought about that part of the adventure. A certain green-eyed young man kept flashing into Caitlin's mind. She daydreamed just a minute before pulling back into reality.

'No, stop it,' Caitlin thought. 'You shouldn't be distracted. That's gotten you into trouble way too many times.'

The brunette scientist looked up to see a figure stepping around the corner. A bright smile passed over her face. Caitlin's cure for tedious boredom had arrived. She moved around the corner.

"Harry," Caitlin said.

"Hello, Caitlin," Harry said.

"And Tess and Shado," Caitlin said, after all, it would be rude not to acknowledge the other members of the party as well. "It's nice to see you all."

"Nice to see you again, Doctor Snow," Tess said. "You've been working hard, haven't you?"

Caitlin broke out into one of the more amused smiles possible. There had been a part of her which looked very pained. Tess, Shado, and Harry moved with her into the lab. A cup of coffee had been poured between both them. Caitlin would not have said no to something stronger right now. Unfortunately, though, the something stronger would have been bad given how she was trying to be professional and at work.

"The Particle Accelerator is about ready to launch in the next year, year and a half," Caitlin said. "Wells is working us around the clock. He's actually out of town now talking to investors and trying to make sure they don't end up pulling the funding through being too impatient."

Caitlin had some high hopes for that particular experiment as did all of the people in Star Labs.

"I actually have to ask your opinion on something, "Tess said. "Just a scientific curiosity."

A frown passed over Caitlin's face. She could really tell there was something world-changing going on between these three, and all of Harry's other companions. She kept her full attention on the three before her. Caitlin took another drink from the cup of coffee and frowned when looking at them.

"What do you want to ask me about?" Caitlin asked.

Harry pulled out a piece of paper with a few numbers written on it. He tapped the paper a few times and a flash of green light popped into the picture. Caitlin's eyes widened when she looked at the pieces of paper.

"How much do you know about the meteor shower in Smallville?" Harry asked.

"A little bit here and here," Caitlin admitted with a shrug of her shoulders. "There are a lot of rumors that those meteors infected a lot of people, killed much more, and gave a select few of them powers."

"And some of those powers have the way to manipulate powers," Harry said. "I want to see if this combination of these two rocks can swipe the powers from someone."

Caitlin spent some time intently studying the chemical composition possible. Tess lifted up a wooden case and put it on the desk. The rocks inside of the case rattled against them. A few red rocks and a few green rocks could be seen in the case.

"You want me to mix two space rocks together to try and see what they make?" Caitlin asked.

"I'm sure you're up for the challenge," Tess said. "And I know that Star Labs has the facilities to make it work."

Caitlin did not necessarily argue with these points. To be perfectly honest, she was very curious to see how this experiment would go. She thought it could blow up in their faces. Harry put a hand on Caitlin's shoulder and steered her back.

"I don't know much about science, but I know you're good enough to pull it off."

Having confidence from Harry Potter made Caitlin more intent to see what could be done.

"Okay, let's do this."

Damien Darhk stepped down the hallway. He came very close to achieving something great. One of the HIVE soldiers stepped behind him and told him a very interesting thing.

"Did you know that the Dragon fell to one of our soldiers?" the soldier asked Darhk.

Darhk would have been lying if he was anything other than very interested. He took a long drink from the bottle of water of water left on the table.

"Do you know what we've done?"

The answer just had come in the form of a very obvious shrug. Darhk could not be surprised. He talked to a soldier and not a scientist. Darhk took another long drink from the water bottle.

"We're keeping him secured just in case we need protection."

Darhk gave approximately half of his attention. A loud scream came from beneath the dungeon. The screams grew in volume the next two times and dropped in volume the next time. Darhk broke out into a smile.

"I think our guest is getting accommodated."

The screams escalated one more time until it finished. The man down in the basement beneath them blacked out. Darhk finally got his hands on this college professor who had information of the location of the second stone and potentially the third stone. The only problem screwing up the plans boiled down to the Professor not wanting to say a single word. Darhk swept down the hallway.

"Nothing?"

The two HIVE thugs came up from the basement. They stopped directly in front of Darhk and responded by shaking their heads. Darhk drew in his breath and ascended the steps to see the man on the floor. Scratches scarred the man's face. Blood stained the side of his face. They failed to cut deep enough. Darhk walked in and held the man around the chin.

"He's a strong one to break. But, I'm sure you can break him."

Deacon Blackfire hovered behind Darhk's shoulder. The other men in the room did not react to Darhk's presence. Their lack of relaxation proved one crystal clear point to him. Darhk turned around face the image.

"You're not here."

"Oh, I'm always here," Blackfire said with a dry chuckle coming from his throat. "It's just if I need to be seen. And you need both salvation and guidance by brother."

The HIVE representative stepped towards him. A deep breath coursed through his body. Lungs burned from the pressure of walking into the picture. Darhk reached in and touched the side of the wall.

"Look at me."

The eyes of the professor stared at him. No sound came out of his mouth. Darhk retracted a blade out of his sleeve and pointed it at the neck of the horrified young man. A gurgling sound came out of his mouth.

Darhk reached into his belt and pulled out a bottle of water. He dropped three drops of the green water to jolt the poor college professor back to life. The college professor squirmed underneath the water after it had been splashed in his face. Horror spread over his face when he stared at the demonic individual before him.

"Please," the college professor whispered. "No more. No more, anything…no more."

"I'm afraid I can't let up on you," Darhk said. "Look at me. Just look me in the eye. Tell me everything that I want to know, and I'll let you go free."

Skepticism came over the eyes of the college professor.

"The stones, I want to know where they are," Darhk said. "I'll allow you a quick death. Trust me."

The college professor did not trust the hideous glare of the man next to him. He opened his mouth one more time to try and scream out in pain. The scream fell back into his throat. Burning began to describe the feeling of this man hooked against the wall.

"I can't…I won't," he said.

"You will and you can," Darhk said. "Just tell me. Because it will be very painful for you to be alive."

A white hot knife stabbed into the college professor's thigh.

"Luthor!" he screamed out loud.

The word screamed from the man resulted in Darhk pulling away from his knife from the man. He slumped against the wall breathing heavily from the impact.

"Luthor?" Darhk asked.

The man answered with a nod, with more blood pouring down the wounds which had been created. Darhk treated him just enough to keep the man alive. He allowed the pain to continue to flow through his body.

"Yes, Lionel Luthor…he's the one who you want talk to…he's got people on the outside…he's making plans to acquire the other two stones. I don't know which one he has."

"And you've been talking to a convict."

Darhk's accusing voice was very mocking when he spoke to the young man leaning against the wall. Blood smeared the wall with Darhk's hand wrapped around his neck and pushing him against the wall.

"You're going to tell me everything. Time is running out. Tell me everything or else."

Terror paralyzed the man. The thought of what more this sadistic human being could do to him was a very terrifying and very somber experience. Darhk's eyes gazed into the man's and the first hints of rotting flesh filled the air. It was a very disgusting smell which tormented the man pushed against the wall.

"You're going to be a very helpful young man if you don't do anything foolish."

Caitlin's attempts to combine the two very similar series of rocks had been unprecedented. She turned towards Harry for a half of a second and frowned.

"For the record, I think you're completely insane."

"You won't be the first person to tell me that," Harry said.

"The radiation could kill you if it's configured wrong," Caitlin said.

"It won't. I have complete faith in you."

Boy, nothing like having pressure put on her. Caitlin pushed the button to open the doors. Harry stepped in despite her better judgment. Caitlin took pretty much every failsafe possible to ensure that there were no problems. The glowing light blinded everyone in the room.

"Get out of there if you start feeling bad," Caitlin said. "How are you feeling?"

"Actually, I feel like I'm getting a burst of energy."

Tess blinked in surprise. Harry having a burst of energy was the exact obvious of what she thought was going to happen. She turned towards Shado and towards Caitlin.

"Maybe there's something else we're forgetting," Caitlin said. "Are you sure you wrote these notes down right?"

"Yes, I double checked them," Harry said.

Caitlin looked towards the notes to make sure they were all in order. She became of the opinion there was pretty much no way it could have been wrong. Harry stood there strong and tall as ever before.

"You should step out of the room now."

"He'll be fine," Tess said. "He is a god. Have you ever worshipped a god, Doctor Snow?"

This statement caught Caitlin completely and utterly off guard as did Tess's hand cupped her cheek. Alarm bells started to ring in Caitlin's head. The synthetic Kryptonite had some effect on Tess. And Caitlin as well gave her cheeks burned.

"There's something wrong."

Caitlin closed her eyes and tried to get her thoughts in order. The thoughts of dropping down to her knees and worshipping Harry brought Caitlin into a stupor. She shook her head on a constant basis. Her dry mouth could not really get out any words.

Tess kissed Caitlin on the lips. This did not help Caitlin focus. No, it did the exact opposite. Her tongue pressed against Tess's. Their hands grabbed each other.

The door opened with Harry coming out to the sight of one lovely redhead and one beautiful brunette kissing on each other. He could feel the pull to come join them as well.

Shado stripped off her clothes already and walked over towards Harry. She put a hand on his forehead and pulled it back with a mock surprised gasp.

"We should get you out of those clothes before you get overheated. Maybe it affected you all."

Tess and Caitlin joined Shado in ripping off Harry's clothes.

"The combined Kryptonite enhanced my pheromones, only it's much stronger than what affected Sara and me with the Red Kryptonite in the vault," Harry said.

Both girls kissed Harry very hungrily while Shado made quick work of Harry's pants. Caitlin and Tess broke away from Harry just enough to be in a position to tear each other's clothes.

"I'm still burning up," Caitlin said.

"Oh, you're hot alright," Tess said.

The redhead had plenty of experience in kissing women. She gave Caitlin a passionate lip lock. Caitlin returned the kiss with just as much fever as possible. Her nails dug into the back of Tess's neck with their lips smacking together.

Shado decided to spend some time alone with Harry. She dropped down in perfect position and went in for the kill.

Those warm lips surrounded Harry's hard cock head. Shado worshipped every single inch of Harry's cock head. Her warm tongue caressed Harry's hard cock and then swirled around him. Shado pulled back and then licked from the base of his cock. Shado reached between his legs and stroked his balls.

"You should come over here and help."

Tess did not need to be asked twice. She pulled away from the kiss from Caitlin which caused the scientist to whine. Shado moved over, still planting kisses on Harry's inner thigh. Tess dropped down to her knee and grabbed Harry's hard cock. She stroked him before pushing his hard cock into her mouth. Tess took a very warm suck of his cock into her mouth.

"Fucking hell!" Harry groaned.

A loud smack of her lips showed how much Tess craved Harry's cock. She worshipped every single inch of his thick prick with her mouth while also fondling his balls.

Caitlin's look of lust was something which could not be beaten. She moved over and pressed her chest against Harry's muscular chest and kissed him. Harry felt up Caitlin's body in all of its warmth.

Tess pulled away from Harry's hard prick. She crawled onto her knees and grabbed Shado before kissing her. Both lovers intertwined together with a very passionate and warm kiss. Shado nibbled on Tess's lips and tried to make her way inside.

"Your turn," Harry whispered in Caitlin's ear.

Excitement reached Caitlin as she dropped down to her knees. She took Harry's cock into her mouth and sucked on it while also cradling his big balls. Caitlin drew her warm lips around the base of Harry's cock and then pulled out to pay attention to the head. She stroked the base with her lips smacking and releasing his cock. Caitlin's hunger could not have been defeated by any means whatsoever.

"Caitlin," Harry groaned. "Oh, that feels really good."

Caitlin did not even back down for a second. Shado and Tess moved over and fondled Harry's balls. The combination assault of the three of them made Harry feel amazing. Caitlin sucked Harry's cock, Tess took his right ball, and Shado took his left ball. All three of them combined made him feel good. Then to top it all off, they all met in the middle and made sweet love to Harry's cock head with their mouth. They kissed and licked hi.

The first few blasts of cum fired into Caitlin's mouth. Caitlin took a full load without any complaints. Harry held onto the back of the head to fire into her mouth as the three vixens kept sucking on him, kept worshiping every inch of his throbbing manhood.

Caitlin smiled and turned around to meet Shado with a kiss. She shared the wealth. Harry's cock hardened instantly at the sight. Tess sprung up and wrapped her legs around Harry. Her heated slit ground up and down on Harry's very hard cock. Her warm lips took as much of Harry's hard cock into her as possible.

"YES!"

Tess impaled herself down onto Harry's hard rod without any shame whatsoever. The lust dancing through her eyes flowed through her body when rising and dropping down on his throbbing hard cock. Her perfect legs wrapped around Harry when she rode Harry pretty much as he stood. He grabbed Tess's juicy ass to steady her.

Every inch of Tess's body pushed up against him. Harry moved to the table which thankfully had been mostly cleared off. He cupped Tess's chest and squeezed those two perfect breasts. Harry dug his mouth around her right nipple and sucked it. Tess threw her head back.

Caitlin and Shado kissed each other some more and felt up each other's warm bodies. Shado now prepared herself to have some fun. She swept Caitlin up against the edge of a filing cabinet and spread her legs.

"You like what I'm doing to your body," Shado said. "It's only getting prepared for your new master."

Shado's warm fingers caressed Caitlin's sex. She craved every single touch Shado could give her. Shado worked herself deep into Caitlin's body and her cunt squeezed around her.

Suddenly, Shado pulled out and spun Caitlin around. Their hard nipples rubbed together the second they kissed each other. Fire spread between both sides with their hair being grabbed. Shado and Caitlin worked against each other.

Tess arched back and took more of Harry's engorged prick into her slick center. She smacked her thighs down onto Harry. She enveloped Harry deep inside and squeezed him.

"Oh, you feel so good," Harry said.

She wanted to make him feel really good, as good as he was feeling her. Tess wrapped her legs around his body and worked over his cock with her slick, warm vaginal muscles. Every rise and every drop took more of Harry's big throbbing cock inside of her.

Loud sounds of lust behind them only made Tess ride Harry even more. Shado shoved her fingers deep into Caitlin's cunt and masturbated her into submission. Tess worked her warm legs against Harry. His mouth sucked her breasts and made the redhead explode into lust.

Every last inch of Tess's perfect body worked Harry completely over. She drove down onto his big cock and stretched her cunt around it. Warm drops of cum coated Harry's prick. She pushed up from him and drove down hard onto Harry's massive cock.

"I want more," Tess breathed hotly in his ear. "Give me more."

Harry drove his big cock into Tess's tugging quim. His balls ached and were ready for release. He felt Tess working over his cock. Her nails dug into his shoulder when bouncing up and down.

Something really soon had to give. Caitlin and Shado moved their lustful romp over next to them. Harry channeled his sexual energy through their pussies and caused them to have one of the most powerful orgasms ever known to man. Harry grabbed Tess and drove her down onto him.

Tess tightened her warm womanhood around his prick. The Sorcerer touched all of the places which made Tess just burn up with the lust she felt for him. Harry drove his big cock inside of her all of the ways. She pulled almost all the way up and then out.

His balls gave way for Tess received one of the most mind-shattering orgasms ever. Harry cupped Tess's perfect ass and rammed his cock into her. The two lovers met together with Harry tensing up and sending a very warm discharge into her.

Harry painted Tess's walls white with his milky discharge. It was more prominent and thicker than ever before. Tess dropped down to the base of Harry's cock and stretched her warm walls down around him. She ground up and down on Harry to pull more around him.

"Fuck," Tess said. "Fuck."

She finished riding him. Harry's big cock pulled out of her and Tess had to drop onto the chair at the latest sexual aftermath.

"She's ready."

Shado finished kissing Caitlin's pussy one last time. The brilliant brunette had her thighs spread and ready to go. Harry warmed over and pressed his warm body all over Caitlin's.

"Oh, your cock is hard already," Caitlin said. "You fucking stud, I just might keep you."

"Most might," Harry said teasing Caitlin with several warm caresses and grinding his big cock against her entrance.

Caitlin spread her legs out and breathed heavily. She had been more than ready to receive Harry's thick iron pole into her tight pussy. She grabbed onto his back with her legs spreading.

"Please, fuck me!" Caitlin yelled.

Harry aimed his cock towards his latest lover. Harry drove his big cock inside of Caitlin's warm pussy. Her tightness enveloped Harry on all ends. His big cock entered her wet pussy with Harry almost pulling out of her and then driving deep inside of her body.

Caitlin thought she had died and gone to some kind of good place which she was given the pleasure she demanded. Harry drove deep into her body and spread out. She only just could look up to see Shado's perfectly tight and wet pussy hovering inches above her face. The stars Caitlin saw from Harry bringing his hard cock into her negated her feeling from that. His throbbing balls smacked against her thighs the deeper Harry went inside.

Shado lowered herself down onto Caitlin's face. The warm juices trickled into the mouth of the very eager and talented brunette scientist. Shado licked Caitlin's perfect pussy, taking more juices into her mouth. The hunger Shado felt could not be stopped by any means.

Twelve inches of big throbbing cock compliments of Harry drove into Caitlin's quim. He pulled her up off of the table and then set her back down. Her warm juices caressed his cock and only made Harry want to drive further inside of her perfect body.

Everywhere, Harry's hands went. Caitlin thought she would pass out from an overdose of pleasure the deeper Harry drove himself into her.

"She's talented with her mouth," Shado said. "I'm sure you'll enjoy the fruits of her labor even more before this is all said and done."

Harry knew this would not be a one-time event. He kept burying himself into Caitlin's warm depths and then pulled out of her. The throbbing length touched Caitlin all over her inside. He stretched her out without leaving any room whatsoever left in her. He rose up and drove down with a very hard thrust.

Shado rose up from Caitlin's mouth to allow her screams to come out.

"YES!" Caitlin screamed.

He buried as much cock as possible inside of her tight body. Shado bounced up and down on Caitlin's face. Harry watched as Shado's perfect hair lovingly caressed her own face. Those two dark eyes, burning with lust came into position in front of Harry.

Harry worked Caitlin to multiple orgasms. Each of them more impressive than the last. His balls ached with need, but he needed to drive into her even more. He needed to take as much of Caitlin's juicy pussy as possible. He really needed to feel her warm caressing against his big throbbing cock.

Caitlin took everything Harry could give her like a champ. Twelve inches buried their way into her tight body. Harry pulled almost all the way out and drove deep inside of her. She came repeatedly and often. The heat in her body slowly faded as Harry indulged her.

"She's backed up even before being exposed," Harry said.

"Well, she won't want to get this up again," Shado said.

"I don't think she would."

Tess masturbated on the chair. Her pussy ached from Harry hammering it earlier, yet she could not get enough of watching it drive into Caitlin's snug pussy. It was like a drug she could not quit.

A grunt coming from Harry meant the end had been near. He fired his load deep inside of Caitlin's warm pussy. He pushed in and smacked into Caitlin as hard as humanly possible. Caitlin clamped down onto him and milked every single inch.

Release the likes of which Caitlin never felt came into her body. Harry spilled his seed deep inside of her body. She felt very pleased with the results of what happened.

Shado crawled across Caitlin's body the second she pulled out. Harry positioned himself elsewhere on the desk. Shado rubbed her ass and groin against Harry. Harry cupped Shado's warm sex and then moved down to caress her ass. His flesh rod stood at attention against Shado's warm and very inviting hole. His massive throbbing cock came very close to her warm hole.

"Fuck."

Those breath came from Shado. Harry positioned himself at her back entrance and slid himself cock first into her tight ass. Shado grabbed Harry, biting down on her lip when she did so. Harry was now all the way inside of her ass.

The firm tightness of Shado's ass around Harry caused a groan. He could feel the inside of her well-toned ass. Harry pushed his cock deep into the woman's perfectly warm back hole. He pulled out completely and drove deep inside of her.

"Take my ass!" Shado begged him. "Fuck it hard!"

The two of them moved together. A second cock appeared in thin-air thanks to the medallion, the only thing Harry wore on his nude, sweaty, muscular body. The second hard light construct of a cock entered Shado's pussy. Harry felt both holes as he fucked them without any hesitation whatsoever.

"Yes," Harry groaned.

He needed to take her ass and pussy with vigor. The wizard felt a built up. Shado was already cumming from the double-penetration and the overall stimulation of her body. It only made Harry drive deeper inside of Shado on both sides.

Sweating it out for all of them seemed to be the best. Harry only felt his normal libido, which to be fair, was very strong, to be honest. Harry thick rod pushed deep inside of her warm asshole. Every inch of it caressed Harry the further he pushed inside.

Shado's body shook with every last action. Harry worked her over at both holes. His cum building up for the fourth time tonight, just ready to see Shado. After the fun she had with both other women, Shado was more than ready to get her fair share tonight.

She had been with Harry longer than both of them and had not gotten as many chances at him as he would have liked. Harry pushed his massive cock deep inside of Shado, both of them.

Something had to give and Harry was going to give Shado a huge load of cum inside of both of her perfectly tight holes. He groaned and started to jerk up. His balls released their bounty into Shado's tight ass and warm pussy.

Shado threw herself down onto Harry and took as much cock as possible in both of her holes. She felt so good at of having Harry drive into her as hard as possible.

The combination just made Shado fell beyond good. Harry pulled out of her warm ass and pussy. His construct disappeared and he made a mess on his cock.

A mess Tess and Caitlin eagerly helped clean up with Caitlin taking his balls and Tess preparing to lavish more worship on his cock.

The lust the four shared was not completely gone.

'And now I'm pissed I didn't make the trip to Central City,' Sara thought.

'I'll make it up to you later,' Harry said.

'Good.'

Also good was the cock sucking and implied fucking. It was a good thing Star Labs was a skeleton crew today and Wells was out of town.

Not that any of their libidos cared.