Chapter Seventy-Nine: Catch Me If You Can.
Zoom speeds up the pace to run circles around Harry. To the point where there's about twelve different versions of Zoom in several different places on the ground. Harry takes a deep breath and waits of Zoom to reach a certain point. A couple of seconds pass until Harry moves in for the kill.
The Dragon pounces and catches Zoom with a bolt to the chest. All of the mirages fade from existence with a loud growl. The one and only Zoom pops down onto the ground. Harry raises his hand in the air and fires at Zoom. Zoom ducks out of the way.
"You can't stop me!"
Harry decides not to argue with the sadistic man. It's very hard for him to focus and to attack as is without adding any kind of argument into the equation. Two more blasts fire at Zoom. Zoom dodges the blasts. He also dodges a Canary Cry. The cries come close to striking him down.
"You will pay for betraying me!" Zoom shouts to Black Siren.
His momentary preoccupation with Black Siren allows Harry to jump in and catch Zoom with a running kick to the back of the head. Zoom falls down onto his knees and allows a very strained breath to come out of him. Zoom holds himself up off of the ground by one hand before almost collapsing down to said ground.
The speedster's fist vibrates through the ground. Rocks shoot up from it. Harry dodges the rocks from impaling into him. Each time a rock comes close to him, Harry dodges and deflates them.
Gwen rolls over and rises to her feet. Anger bubbles through her. She hates Zoom just caught her off guard. Three of the speedsters zoom at her on either side.
A blur flies through the air and lands on the ground which distracts them for the moment. A very winded Kara throws her head back and coughs a couple of times. A small drop of blood appears on the back of neck.
"You didn't quite make it inside, did you?" Gwen asks.
Kara helps Gwen up to her feet just in time with a large figure dropping down onto the ground. The meta-human lifts his beefy arms and claps his hands together. A sonic boom rocks them and drives them back. The figure claps his hands two more times to send both Kara and Gwen back down onto the ground.
The two heroines decide to cut in and grab an arm a piece to prevent him from doing something like this attack. The struggle takes place with his hands nearly clapping together. Sara jumps in to add her own contribution to this game. A couple of kicks drop him to a knee. Sara rears back and connects with the pressure point to the side of the neck of the attacker.
Sand kicks off of the ground as one of the meta-humans move towards him. White Canary and Black Siren team up with a double team cry to destabilize the sand storm. Killer Frost seals the sand particles with a blast of ice. She pulls away with a groan.
"I never liked that guy."
Zoom rushes towards the Dragon. The Dragon flashes out of the way and Zoom slams down against the gates at the speed of light. He rips the gates from his body and huffs and puffs before going directly at his adversary one more time.
"Come on!" Harry yells as Zoom rushes towards him again. The sadistic speed demon flies past Harry and lands down onto the ground with a thud. "If this is the best you can do, then you can do better. You can do much better than that!"
The speedster circles around Harry and hurls lightning at him. Harry deflects all of the attacks and enrages Zoom. Zoom keeps moving around in circles and closes in on his adversary. He howls loudly and sends one more blast of lightning into the air. Harry avoids the attack just in the nick of time. Zoom flies down onto the ground and Harry pops him directly in the point of the jaw.
"Stay still, "Zoom growls at his adversary.
"Why don't you make me stay still?" Harry taunts him. "Unless you don't have what it takes."
Zoom rises to the bait and charges Harry hard and fast. Three bolts of lightning fly out of Zoom's hand. Harry dodges them and then jumps up to smash into the speedster. He super-charges the sword in his hand and rushes towards Zoom. Zoom splits in three and circles Harry on all ends.
Harry keeps calm in the face of certain destruction and swings the sword around. He slices into Zoom without any problems whatsoever. Blood splatters from the speedster the second Harry turns around. He holds himself back and Zoom rises to his feet.
A cyclone rises up off of the ground. Another one of Zoom's meta-humans rises to attack him. This meta-human manipulates the very weather around Harry. Harry drops to his knees and takes a deep and calming breath. The figure drops down to the ground and starts shaking.
Zoom disappears into the night and crushes the ice bridge on his way back up to the castle. A solid green dome flashes over the top of the prison system. Gwen, Kara, Sara, Black Siren, and Killer Frost all rise up to their feet.
"You sent him on the defensive," Black Siren tells him. "That's not good."
Killer Frost throws her head back and rolls her eyes. "You don't say. Zoom's on the defensive now, which means he's going to try something dangerous to take you down."
Harry hopes that Zoom is desperate because it makes him reckless. Kara and Gwen not getting Jesse out of the prison throws a very unfortunate wrench in Harry's plans but he's going to have to make do with what he has and more importantly, he's going to have to find a way around everything.
The walls of the prison shake when Zoom returns. His blood burns a hole through the ground. The speedster steadies himself and takes a large deep rattling breath. A couple more breaths follow with Zoom struggling to keep himself together.
'He's in your head now.'
"NO!" Zoom shouts to the voice.
The prisoners all cower against the wall. They fear what Zoom will do now he's finally on the defensive. He slumps against the wall never feeling rather weak. The hardened men he keeps lock in there, they all start whimpering and shivering.
"I will have my day. I will have it. I'm not going to lose control!"
A bolder, braver person, could argue that Zoom already lost control. His body shakes, sparks of energy fly out, and just a general uncomfortable feeling comes along his prisoner. The speedster's entire mindset reaches a critical point. He shakes his hand back and growls.
One of the trapped prisoners is a speedster. Zoom lusts for all of the power he can get from either this speedster or by other means. The speed demon reaches from the cell and rips the prisoner out before hurling him onto the ground. The prisoner smashes hard into the ground and turns over. He undergoes a case of the shakes when trying to lock his eyes into Zoom.
"You will give me the power that I want."
The prisoner struggles to get to his feet. Zoom never gives him the chance. Many speedsters Zoom collects to experiment on occupy these cells. He's just the one who allows Zoom to experience his power. Zoom rears back and heart punches the man in the chest.
The other prisoners scream in terror as Zoom sucks the speed force essence from this prisoner. He has no opportunity to get out of here. The sadistic speedster absorbs so much energy from him that he turns into a withering old husk on the ground. Then, Zoom drops him down onto the ground.
"You will help me, Jesse Wells!"
Jesse hates this situation she's in right about now. She tastes freedom, and then Zoom rips it away from her. This action represents another dose of cruelty Zoom inflicts on her. Psychological torture is far worse than physical torture as most people will agree.
"I won't….I'm not going to help you!" Jesse yells at him.
Zoom slams his fist through the side of the cell and causes Jesse to keep slumping. The dark energy sucks all of the life out of the air and all of the breath leaves Jesse's body when she tries to keep her head above the water. She reasons it will be okay even though reality is not on her side.
"Your father will suffer for your insolence."
"Actually, it's already too late for that, sir."
Zoom turns around for the small army of meta-humans. He realizes they did something that betrays him even further from their words. He spends a second waiting for the opportunity for them to verify.
"Wells is dead."
"I TOLD YOU TO LEAVE HIM UNHARMED!"
Zoom's hand shoots out and finds the throat of the meta-human. The meta-human struggles against Zoom's hard grip and the strangling gentleman is trying to draw some breaths from Zoom's grip. Zoom holds onto the man's throat and slams him against the cell a couple of times to keep rattling him.
"I TOLD YOU NOT TO KILL HIM!"
The meta-human's speed force energy is not potent. Zoom simply rips him apart. Prisoners and followers alike step back in horror with what Zoom does to this man.
"And now, you'll understand the price of failure," Zoom growls towards them. "Now, you understand, what I've been telling you this entire time. You will understand that if you fail me, you will suffer a fate worse than anything you can ever imagine."
Zoom's eyes glaze over in anger. Finally, he feels a burst of power and it should be enough to slay the dragon and to bring him down to reality.
'You have to slay him soon,' a voice comes in the back of Zoom's ear. 'Your forces are already rebelling, and it won't be too long enough even more decide to be tempted by him. You need to strike hard and make an example.'
The man once known as Hunter Zolomon does not make a habit of listening to the voices inside of his head when they talk to him. He will not deny this one makes some sense.
If what that meta-human says is true, than Harrison Wells is dead. Jesse's heart skids to a stop at the thought of her father and his demise. She hardly believes it. It is one of those things which makes everything just turn around in the back of her head.
'No, it can't be true.'
This thought enters Jesse's head at the drop of a dime. She refuses to acknowledge her father's death to be one hundred percent true. She cannot even properly cry for him. Not when Zoom traps her inside of the cell. Grief is going to have to wait until later.
There's a chance, a small chance, the minion could be lying. But, why would he risk being ripped to shreds by Zoom. This is something Jesse struggles to comprehend.
'It's going to be okay,' a voice not her own states in the back of the head.
Normally, a random voice is a cause of concern for anyone and Jesse Wells is no exception to this rule. She strokes the side of her head and wonders if all of this time in this prison cell finally drives her insane. She would not be the first person to go completely mad inside of this cell.
'You have to focus. You have the power. You have strength. Strength enough to get past this cell. And maybe strength enough to beat Zoom. You're just holding yourself back from this. But you can't. Not now.'
Jesse wonders what the mysterious voice in her head talks about. She has some kind of power. How? And more importantly why? Jesse takes a few seconds to calm herself down. An invisible hand squeezes her shoulder and gives her some form of clarity.
Then, something builds in her body. The ripple inside of Jesse's stomach gives her the feeling, the thought she might just end up throwing up right about now. She keeps herself calm and steady. Those fingers brush against the back of her neck when she takes a couple of deep breaths.
Jesse feels herself vibrating against the cell. It is very hard for her to keep her head straight when this vibration. And if Zoom catches her, she's dead.
'Don't worry. Zoom's not coming back for a few minutes yet.'
'Oh, a few minutes, is that all?' Jesse asks.
She stops and realizes she's engaging with the voice inside of head. Yeah, it's official, she's completely and totally lost in her mind.
Zoom's close by, but not as close as he was before. He's circumventing the fortress and making Jesse tense and nervous. The invisible hand on hers squeezes Jesse and makes her stand up very straight. Something inside of her body builds.
A small amount of confidence bubbles over to the surface. Jesse throws her head back a tiny bit and takes a deep breath. The energy keeps passing through her body when building over her. Jesse holds a hand over the top of the walls of the cage and draws in some power towards her.
She feels it around her. Jesse starts tapping into something great. Her hand vibrates at a certain frequency and than it stops.
Jesse backs off and sits back down in the cell. Zoom passes her in a blink of an eye. She holds in her breath for a second. If Zoom finds out she's taps into some kind of speed force energy, Jesse Wells can kiss her ass goodbye.
'Just relax.'
She stops and waits for Zoom to depart. He does not even acknowledge her. His mind fixates on something else and it gives Jesse a moment to relax. She only rises when she's certain Zoom's gone and there's nothing he can do to harm her.
'Let's try it again.'
The last time Zoom fought her, he caught Gwen completely off guard. Gwen Stacy is confident this will not happen again. She rises up and takes a couple of deep breaths before holding her neck back. Kara and Sara join her on either side. They are ready.
"Well, we know Zoom," Black Siren tells them. "And we know he can't unfortunately help himself from making an entrance. So he's going to make one pretty soon."
"Yeah," Sara tells him. "Where did he go?"
Killer Frost flicks a smile, sardonic and cold as it may be at the rest of the group. "Knowing Zoom, he's off to absorb some more power from one of his prisoners. Because that's a typical response, just grab onto more power. There's nothing bad that can come from that."
The sarcasm is much appreciated, at least in Gwen's mind. She looks up to the mountain. Kara, Sara, and Gwen move in to fight.
"I'm ready for him this time," Gwen tells them. "He just caught me off guard. I can't believe he was too fast for my spider sense."
"Zoom's not human," Sara tells Gwen. "Which means I have no problems hurting him."
"If we can hurt him," Kara chimes in.
"I'm not sure if we can hurt Zoom. But I know that Harry's the one that can hurt him."
The lightning rumbling from the top of the mountain is no mere lightning. Zoom drops down from the top of the mountain and looks down at the group of heroes he faces with burning contempt in his eyes. The feeling is more than mutual when both sides square off.
"You're going down," Kara tells him with her eyes flashing with light.
Gwen sends a line of webbing at Zoom. Zoom breaks free and rushes her from behind. Gwen senses him coming at her this time and dodges the attack.
Zoom reaches Black Siren and throws a fist at her. Black Siren narrowly avoids his assault. The bolt of lightning cuts through the air and lands on the ground.
"I have no room for traitors!" Zoom yells.
"You've gone too far!" Black Siren yells and she screams at him.
Zoom shoves his hand through the scream. A more powerful and potent scream knocks him off. Zoom holds his hand onto the ground and slams down onto it. Both Black Siren and White Canary fly into the air and crash down onto the ground.
Kara uses her heat vision on Zoom's back. Zoom turns around and super speed his hand through the heat vision and nails Kara in the face. She struggles to get out with Zoom turning her over. Zoom vibrates his hand towards the back of her neck.
She catches his arm. The two vibrate their hands against each other until Kara flips into the air. She grabs Zoom in a chicken wing and hurls him over the back of her head. Zoom crashes down onto the ground. Kara flies at him and throws hands him. Zoom blocks the hands and then snatches her by the cape before flipping her down onto the ground. Kara crunches down onto the ground.
Zoom pulls her up to a standing position and then drives her down to the ground hard.
A blast of ice catches Zoom in the chest. It slows him down more than once which allows Gwen and Sara to knock him over down onto the ground. Zoom rises up and lifts his arms. He creates two black tornados with his arms and drops both of the holders of the medallion down onto the ground.
"I can crush you in a million different ways before you blink."
His eyes fall down on the traitor on the ground. Black Siren touches a hand to the ground to get herself up. Zoom stands on the top of her head.
"Your Dragon fears me," Zoom says. "And now, I'm going to show all of my men watching from the top of that mountain what happens to those who defy me."
"Saturday morning cartoon villain much," Black Siren groans.
Zoom does not pay her any mind and lifts one hand to prepare to go in for the kill. Suddenly, a flash of light erupts next to him and knocks Zoom away.
The speedster bombards him with a vicious attack and knocks him back onto the ground. Zoom throws his hands up only to get some super-fast punches down to the back of the head.
The dust clears and Jesse Wells, wearing a red suit which clings to her body and prevents the speed force from burning it off of her, turns up.
"You have powers," Zoom yells. "But, not for long."
Jesse dodges Zoom's attack. She wastes no motion in using Zoom's momentum off of a counter attack to flip him down onto the ground. Zoom tucks and rolls onto the ground. Jesse charges at him and a super fast punch drives into Zoom's chest to knock him down onto the ground.
"You were saying?" Jesse asks him with a slight smile popping over her face.
The anger Zoom exhibits is second to none. He rises up to go after Jesse. Jesse blocks the punch and comes back to fire back two more at Zoom.
"You're going to pay for what you've done to me, Zoom."
Another force bombards Zoom from the other side. Zoom receives a blade to the side of his neck. The sadistic speedster finds himself face to face with the Dragon. He prepares to step back and rush to regroup only to strike against a wall.
"I don't want you trying that one again," Harry informs Zoom. "You're going down now."
"Hardly, hero!" Zoom yells.
He rushes his enemy with a flare of lightning whipping through the air. Harry avoids Zoom's attack just in time. The lightning strikes down on the ground. Jesse comes in from the other side and catches Zoom with an attack.
"Just like we practiced."
Harry and Jesse combine their energies into one huge concussive blast. A rip through space and time opens up. Several skeletal hands push through the time vortex and drag Zoom inside of the portal. He struggles to break free, but it's all for nothing.
Kara, Sara, Gwen, Black Siren, and Killer Frost close in on the area. Zoom's ripped to shreds thanks to the sadistic speedster on the other end of the portal. Those screams only escalate the more Zoom's dragged into the portal.
"It's done," Jesse says.
She starts to collapse. Gwen catches her and helps Harry hold her up. The Meta-Humans on the Fortress look down in shock. Black Siren turns towards them and takes a step forward.
"It's over."
Jesse collapses down on the bed from the fatigue of using her new abilities. Harry looks in on her for few seconds. He hears footsteps and Gwen walks over towards him.
"It hasn't really set in with her yet," Harry says. "How are you feeling?"
Gwen smiles when joining Harry in watching Jesse rest. "I'll be fine. He just caught me off guard. And besides, Dad always told me I was hardheaded."
The two share a moment of laughter. Harry turns and walks past the room which Killer Frost and Black Siren are in. Zoom's forces did not attack them, which was a miracle. Then again, they saw what Harry did to Zoom and they did not want the same fate.
Harry moves through the doors where Kara and Sara wait for him and Gwen to join. On the table sits half of a Phoenix. Carving into the back of it is several rune lines. Harry steps ever so closer to the statue and touches a finger to it.
"One step closer."
"So, we just wrap up things here and head to the next one?" Kara asks.
Harry confirms things with a nod. "Right."
Chapter Eighty: Moving Forward.
Dread fills the body of Jesse when she stirs awake. It takes a few seconds for everything to come to her. Her father is gone and is not coming back. It's with a heavy heart that Jesse comes to that unfortunate realization. And that unfortunate realization drags her out of this particular state of slumber.
"Hey."
An attractive blonde woman stands on the outside of the room. She dresses in a black tank top and a pair of tight black pants. Jesse spends a few seconds trying to figure out which one it is. Then again, her recall is not as good as it once was given the fact she just went through a couple of revelations.
"Gwen, isn't it?"
The girl nods in confirmation. "I'm just coming to check on you, to see how you're doing."
"Well, no offense, but I've been better."
Jesse figures there's no choice other than to get out of bed and face Gwen. She's pretty hot, Jesse has to admit that much. Then again, perhaps the physical attractiveness of another woman is the last thing Jesse needs to think about right now.
"Harry's back with your father's body," Gwen tells her.
Jesse spends a second thinking about what to do. A sickening feeling twists the pit of her stomach. She spends another couple of seconds debating on what to do.
Closer, closure is the thing Jesse needs most of all. She closes the distance across the room with a hand outstretching and grabbing onto Gwen's. Gwen stands up straight and moves as close as possible to Jesse. A small smile pops over her face.
"I want to see him," Jesse tells her. "Please. I want to see him. I have to see him."
Gwen thinks she can accommodate Jesse's request. The two walk down the hallway where Harry is currently standing over the body of Wells. Jesse's mouth opens up halfway. Seeing her father's body, unmoving, without any signs of life is very unsettling to the girl. It takes a certain amount of inner strength for her not to lose it. Gwen reaches over and grabs her hand to hold Jesse up and keep her strong.
Strength is what Jesse needs right now. She spends the next couple of seconds debating on what needs to be done.
"Jesse, come in."
She walks in. So many conflicting emotions run over Jesse's mind. The phrase "mind going a million miles a minute" gets thrown around a lot. But, to be honest, Jesse's head throbs from the thoughts going through her mind. She debates a lot about what to do, how to do it.
Jesse throws her arms around Harry and wraps him up in in a huge. A slight flush comes to her cheeks when realizing how warm and how firm Harry feels against her body.
"Thank you for bringing my father back. And thank you for saving me…it means a lot to me. I swear it does."
"I know it does," Harry informs her while pulling away from Jesse. A strand of hair leaves her face and drops down onto the ground. "It's not easy, but I'm glad I can piece him back together from the form they left them in."
While not relinquishing Harry, Jesse does shudder a slight amount. She can only imagine what those monsters did. Not all meta-humans were bad, Jesse remembers this from one of her father's lecture. Unfortunately, she also remembers that both bad and good people get those powers. And power goes to the head of someone.
"We can bury him and pay our last respects," Harry gently tells her.
Jesse nods in understanding. Her hands do not leave Harry's side. Strength comes from many places and for now, Jesse draws strength from Harry.
"T-thank you. I appreciate everything. From the….well I appreciate everything that you're doing, for me and for everyone else and for…thank you for saving me."
For a genius, words fail Jesse all too often. To be honest though, there's a terrible ordeal. Jesse turns away and notices half of a statue of the Phoenix. She spends some time understanding the significance of the statue and the power which comes along with it.
"After Dad's buried, I want to come with you."
"Oh?" Harry asks.
"I…I don't know, but you're working on something really important," Jesse says. "And…there are too many memories here. I have to get away from here….my friends…they think I'm dead. And…they might have moved on, I don't know. And you're the best one to help me with these powers."
"Are you sure?" Harry asks.
Boldly, Jesse leans in and kisses Harry on the lips. Harry only places a hand on the side of Jesse's head to direct her into his mouth. The two meet tongue to tongue with each other before pulling away.
"Does that look like someone who isn't sure?"
For the first time in a very long time, Killer Frost senses something amounting to clarity. She walks down the hallway where Zoom's prisoners were just a couple of days ago. Footsteps come from behind Frost. She turns and the Black Siren stands against the wall.
"Do you think all of them deserve to be out?" Frost asks Siren.
Siren shrugs in response. "I don't know. Some of them are innocent victims. Others…well, I don't know. It's not for us to decide. One could argue that we belong in a cell."
"Maybe," Frost says with a shrug of her shoulders. "I guess I wouldn't necessarily argue against it. You know given that we did help Zoom in a lot of things."
After the accident, foggy memories of a time she tries to push back have been long since forgotten. Caitlin Snow's trauma allows Killer Frost to rise. The woman lives up to her name but a lot of people she recalls killing were not salt of the earth people.
"I guess this is the first step to building a better world. You know, we didn't do much to help the perception that all meta-humans were deranged sociopaths who need to be put down at the first possible opportunity."
Killer Frost cannot deny Black Siren's point. A couple of people turn up at the end of the hallway which catch their attention. Sara and Harry show up. Black Siren smiles at the alternate dimension copy of her sister.
"So, you're going?" she asks.
"And you're staying," Sara counters.
Black Siren confirms what is being said with a slight nod and a very slight sigh in response. "Yes, I figure that it's best for us to stay."
"Someone has to help them find their way," Killer Frost remarks out of the blue. "I'm not sure if I'm the best person to do that, but….."
Harry leans in and puts a hand on Killer Frost's. The warmth causes her to jump up. The fact he's not affected by her touch causes several very naughty possibilities to enter her mind. Possibilities Caitlin does not think about in several years.
"You do have something inside of you that will help. Zoom took advantage of you."
"Hey, I'm not going to argue with that."
No one argues with that. Zoom is a manipulative and sadistic individual, and Caitlin is glad to see the back of him to be perfectly honest.
"I understand there's something bigger going on than babysitting us," Black Siren tells them.
"There's a facility we've set up to help you help meta-humans," Harry tells her. "It's not going to be easy."
"Few things that are worthwhile in life are that easy."
A moment passes before Black Siren moves in and throws her arms around Harry. As much as seeing Sara snaps Black Siren out of a very homicidal state, Harry being here also makes things worth while. She cannot explain it, but he's one in a while.
"And I'm glad you fucked the bitch out of me."
Harry just smiles and Black Siren leans in to plant a very hungry kiss on Harry's lips. The sorcerer pushes his fingers onto the back of Black Siren's hair and increases the kiss. The two lovers join each other, with Harry holding the back of her head steady and kissing her.
"And you're not going to leave without saying goodbye to your sister."
Finally, after a long kiss, Black Siren pulls herself away from Harry. She positions in front of Sara who smiles at her. Black Siren reaches in and grabs Sara back the back of the hair.
"I wouldn't dare and dream anything else."
Black Siren tries to dominate her sister with a kiss. Unfortunately for her, or maybe fortunately for her, Sara's able to turn the tables with a very intense kiss which drives the Black Siren completely insane with lust. The two of them kiss each other.
"Oh, things are getting pretty hot," Killer Frost says.
Reluctantly, Sara pulls away from Laurel-2, while leaving a series of nibbles on her mouth. Sara steps back from her.
"If you need us, you know where to find us."
"Yeah," Black Siren tells them. "Gwen told us how to get in contact with you."
Goodbyes always were the hardest part. Thankfully, they now had cross-dimensional technology to make this very easy to cross over to different worlds and to interact with each other. The two girls could not thank Harry enough for everything.
And perhaps, given time, they would thank them for anything.
"Don't do that, it doesn't look dignified!"
Emily Potter wants to reach forward and smack her twin sister for the goofy dance she just performed. Harry, Sara, and Kara stop by Horizon.
"I'm excited," Amanda tells her. "Don't you know what this means? Don't you realize what this means? They've found half of the clue for the location of the Phoenix Medallion."
"I know that," Emily tells her sister with exasperation oozing through every inch of her voice. "Would it kill you to have a little more dignity though? That's all I ask. Just a little bit of dignity."
Kara laughs and given what she knows about Amanda, dignity might be a little bit hard at all. Amanda turns outside of the window and stares at the Phoenix Statue.
To be fair, there's not a lot of it which makes sense right at the moment. All of the strange symbols on the back of the statue brings Kara to a very strong state of confusion. A stolen look to the twins shows she's not the only one who feels confused.
Harry puts a hand on her shoulder.
"Don't worry, once we get the other half of the statue we'll be able to understand more of what it means."
"I just feel like we should know," Kara says with a slight tilt of her head back.
Harry wraps his hand around Kara's waist and allows her head to rest on his shoulder. Amanda and Emily run scans on the statue.
"There's something there, "Amanda says with a swipe over the statue. "I'm not really surprised, given that it's forged from the Phoenix herself."
Amanda claps her hands together with a soft moan escaping her lips. It's hard not to pull out of this. It is a very exciting thought of what's going to happen next.
"I can't believe it," Amanda says. "We're so close to getting them all together once again. It's…it's so exciting."
Finally, after all of this time, the holders of the seven medallions are going to be together one more time. Amanda can hardly even contain her excitement. Emily puts a hand on Amanda's shoulder and makes her come back to Earth.
"There's still so much work to do. We don't even know where the other statue half is and….."
"You can rest assure that I am tracking that as we speak and we'll get an answer within the next few orbital cycles. It's further away than the first half."
"I guess they couldn't put the statue parts on back to back Earths," Sara remarks.
Harry nudges her with a playful smile and a grin. "Of course not, of course they couldn't. It would have to be a challenge."
Then again, there's a lot of challenges to come. Not only did they have to find the second half of the statue, but they need to find the medallion. And with the medallion comes the Phoenix medallion holder herself. Dormant, perhaps, in the vastness of space.
"We'll make it," Kara says with confident brimming in her voice.
"So, how's Jesse doing?" Amanda asks.
Harry turns to her sister. "She's coping about as well as you can expect. She's back on the Kent Farm, currently resting. I don't know how she's taken the fact there's a version of her father very much alive."
"Yeah, that's pretty weird running into an alternate version of your dead family member," Amanda says with completely stoic deadpan while gazing directly into Harry's eyes.
One thing the entire group can say without any doubt is there's a lot of work to be done. Only step one towards getting the Phoenix Force Medallion is performed and there are several more steps to come.
These powers bring Jesse some surprises to be honest. She stands at the foot of the barn outside of the Kent residence. There's markers going down the road on all side. Harry moves over and straps a wrist band to her. The band is high tech and lighter than air.
"So, I know you can go fast," Harry remarks to her. "I just want to know how fast you can get. And more importantly how well you can navigate occupational hazards."
"How many are those are out on a lonely country road?" Jesse asks before she can help herself.
Harry gives her a pat on the shoulder. "You might find some surprises out there. Just do the best you can and remember this is just a test. Just an assessment of how good your powers are and how much you need to return."
A smile and a wave comes from Claire as she walks behind the barn. Despite the great power and great responsibility she has to the Earth, there's still a desire in her to keep up with the chores. She does stop to watch the track as does Hailey and Rose who sit on the edge of the farm.
"All's quiet for now," Hailey informs Harry in a soft voice.
No visions of doom and gloom for a very long time now and that was very good for Hailey to be honest. Seeing people around her in peril is not really the most comfortable thing to go through.
"I just hope it isn't a calm before a storm."
There's something about Rose's pragmatic statement which makes Harry break into a small smile. He sits down between the two girls on the blanket set up. He holds a small silver device in his hand. The device slides on the ground and blasts out a projection screen which allows them to see Jesse on her travels down the country roads.
"So, how fast do you think she can run?" Hailey asks. "Faster than Claire?"
The mentioned woman's ears start to burn. Claire gives up the pretext of chores to walk over with interest as Jesse stretches her limbs out by the barn. She spends a second eying the red material stretching her.
Gwen walks out of the barn and moves over to join the group on the blanket outside. She takes a seat on Harry's lap and shifts just slightly to allow Harry to take a pretty good look at the image of Jesse and then the girl herself.
"So, how fast do we think she can go?" Harry asks Gwen.
"Oh, she can go pretty fast," Gwen answers while getting a comfortable seat on Harry's lap. "It's not a very controlled fast though. It's just a fast where…well you'll be able to see for yourself."
"Okay, Jesse, get ready. And on my signal, you can go. Remember it's a test run! Do not try and burn yourself out. And remember, hazards come from any direction. Catching them before they happen will be the difference between a success and a failure. Use both your eyes and ears when you move down this course."
A second passes and Jesse nods in confirmation. She's ready, oh boy is she ever ready to travel down this road. Jesse stretches a little bit more.
Harry holds up a hand and smoke billows from the palm. The word "go" forms in the air and Jesse goes. Jesse goes fast and moves down the road.
Claire leans in to watch the movement. It's hard to follow the progress at first as Jesse picks up speed while going down the road as quick as humanly possible.
"She's going to cross the first hazard," Harry tells them.
"And she's picking up some pretty good time!" Claire yells.
Jesse navigates around the hole on the road which could have tripped her up. She has no time to waste before adjusting her speed to avoid a gust of wind which comes close to knocking her over.
'You can do this, you can do this, you can….'
A speed bump slows Jesse down. She is too busy thinking that she stops looking. Jesse skids a little bit on the road. She tries to make up for lost time and lost momentum by swinging her arms. Jesse gets right back into the run only to hear the loud horn of a semi-truck going down the street.
The entire group awaits Jesse to see what she's about to do. The fast woman hurls herself over the truck while running in mid-air. Her arms whip around in a very solid whirlpool style effect before dropping down onto the ground. Jesse keeps going as fast as humanly possible. She skids down on the ground and leaves two very prominent burn marks over where she runs.
"She's getting it," Harry tells the group. "But, she still has a couple more occupational hazards to hit. She just has to keep her eyes open."
Several rocks line the road, some of them jagged and some of them with the potential to trip Jesse up. Jesse navigates the rocks to the best of her abilities. She veers to the right, and then to the left and then circles around the rocks before popping down.
Jesse edges closer to the finish line. She notices pieces of glass lining the road. Jesse has about three seconds to map out a course to avoid getting her feet cut up at this speed. Only two seconds, this quick thinking pleases and excites Jesse when she keeps moving as fast as humanly possible. Her legs keep pumping and going further and further to the destination.
She slides past the finish line. Not a very graceful landing. She almost skids into the barn. Jesse puts a hand up to block from careening into the barn.
"So, how did I do?"
Harry moves over and grabs Jesse. He checks the speedster for any injuries. Once, Jesse is in the clear, Harry moves away with an approving smile.
"Well, I need to compare another run time to your second run time. Then we'll see how good you can do."
Jesse prepares to go through the course again. Harry does not mention whether or not there will be any changes to the course.
"Kid's going to do alright," Rose concludes
Harry holds out several pages worth of notes after the fact. Gwen walks up behind him and puts a hand on his shoulder. Harry shifts over to allow Gwen to sit down so they go after the notes.
"She's going to be amazing," Harry tells.
"Doesn't hurt that she's hot?" Gwen asks. Harry just gives her a smile and wraps a hand around Gwen. He touches her bare back through the shirt. Gwen shivers before returning back to the conversation. "Yeah, she's really going to be good though. She mastered the course pretty quickly."
"Well, we're going to have to think of a harder one."
Gwen and Harry shift closer to each other. They almost come close to a kiss. A knock on the door puts the kibosh on that for right now.
The door swings open and Jesse appears in the room. She wears nothing other than a long shirt, one of Claire's old ones, which comes down to her knees. It fits nicely around her nicely-shaped hits and her nipples poke out from the other end.
"I can't stand it," Jesse breaths.
"What?" Harry asks her.
Jesse looks a bit sheepish. Harry puts a finger underneath her chin which does not help the girl's current state to be perfectly honest. Harry moves her in close.
"Tell me, and maybe I can help," Harry tells her.
"Well, I've masturbated…I've masturbated about a half a dozen times tonight, and I'm still as horny as hell. I think…I think there's other changes…."
Jesse tears off her clothes to reveal her body. She moves in and rips Harry's shirt off before kissing him. Her hands move against Harry's body and grinds against him. She moans against Harry when Harry holds his hands against her back. Jesse closes in on Harry, with a single leg wrapping around his hip. Harry pushes his fingers up.
Those fast hands have Harry out of his belt already. Harry puts a hand on Jesse's ass and gives it a squeeze to get her attention.
"Sorry! I NEED COCK NOW!" Jesse yells pulling Harry's pants off.
Gwen steps back to observe the show. She is not sure if Jesse realizes there's a third party in the room.
Two hands rub all over Jesse's lower back. Harry moves his hands up to reach her back. Jesse wraps her leg around Harry. Her moist pussy lubricates the tip as Jesse attempts to close in and engulf Harry's cock inside of her warm sheath.
"Sorry, I fucking need it," Jesse growls before driving Harry's cock inside of her.
Her warm pussy takes Harry's cock inside of it with one fell drop. Jesse's eyelids haze over with lust when bouncing up and down on it.
Harry steadies Jesse so her pussy slides around him. The super-fast bouncing makes Harry's cock feel really good. And Jesse's tight body makes this feel this much more amazing. He grabs onto her ass and feels Jesse's legs when the horny woman bounces up and down on him.
Finally, something more fulfilling in reducing about three toys to dust and making her fingers raw, brings Jesse to a fulfilling feeling. Harry leans in to kiss her neck and suck on the side of it. It makes Jesse really throw herself up and down on Harry.
Harry drops down on the bed and Jesse pulls herself away from Harry. She turns around and faces away from Harry. Jesse's juicy ass sticks in the air before she slams down onto Harry's cock. Jesse traps Harry's cock between her vaginal walls and rides him at super speed, going reverse cowgirl style on him.
The bouncing ass causes Harry's arousal to only increase. He touches Jesse from behind and gives her ample ass a couple of tight pinches. Harry pushes a finger inside of her ass and this causes her to really moan.
"Ohhhh!" Jesse moans.
Her beautiful body is a blur and Harry's is one of the few people who can keep up with it. Harry grabs onto her waist and drops her down onto him. His cock pushes up inside of her body.
Twelve inches of meat leave and enters Jesse very quickly .She enters a state of super-hyper sensitivity. Orgasms come several per minute, each more intense than the last. Her super-fast mind processes then and makes he feel so good. The endurance and the stamina has keeps her fueled and keeps her going.
"Damn, girl, did you wear out those toys earlier?" Harry groans.
Jesse snaps her head back and moans. She realizes hands are caressing her breasts and sticking to them as they bounce. Gwen becomes an active party and Jesse accepts it. The two women enter a scorching kiss with each other as Jesse bounces on Harry's cock in the reverse-cowgirl style. Her tight ass smacks against him.
Harry groans and it feels so good to have Jesse's warm pussy wrapping around him. Her friction makes his cock strain and puts him through desires. The fact she impales down onto Harry with super speed only makes this even more erotic. Harry throws himself up inside of Jesse with his cock piercing her insides.
"Jesse!" Harry groans.
The girl only bounces faster on Harry. She wants Harry to cum. Juices make Harry's cock nice and slick and puts it deep inside of Jesse's body. Her thighs keep vibrating and her entire body pleasures Harry's cock with one constant vibration.
Harry pushes into Jesse. His balls start to give way to her tender affections. Harry pushes himself up and down into her.
"Jesse, I'm close."
Jesse only grabs onto his cock between her walls and spears down onto him. The super speed gives her a side effect of being a super-nymphomaniac who craves Harry's cock and cum. She grabs onto Gwen's hair and darts her tongue all around the mouth of the girl. She tastes divine, but Jesse cannot wait to dig into another set of lips.
The last few minutes cause Harry's body to burn with a never ending friction. Jesse takes Harry deep inside with a few more pumps of her pussy around his cock. Harry grabs Jesse's back and keeps working himself into her. His balls come very close to losing their bounty and one more push drives Harry over the edge.
Thick strands of Harry's juices shoot into Jesse's waiting and willing body. She keeps bouncing and driving down into Harry. Jesse manages to work Harry to a very messy climax. Harry keeps playing with her ass while Jesse and Harry cum together.
The next thing Jesse knows, Gwen pushes her back on the bed. Jesse's quick hands disrobe Gwen and leaves her naked and open for a kiss. Gwen shows how skilled she is by driving Jesse nuts with this long kiss.
"Mmmm!" Jesse moans through Gwen's kiss.
"I wonder how fast that tongue really can be."
Gwen turns herself and sits on Jesse's face. Jesse worships her pussy with her tongue. And the tongue is much better than any vibrator in hitting her. The only thing which is better is Harry's tongue when he speaks snake. But, Jesse's tongue is a contender for second place. The girl experiments in what gets Gwen going and it's now off to the races.
"Put your finger in my ass and get it ready," Gwen growls at Jesse.
Jesse obeys the older girl. It would be rude not to. A finger slides into Gwen's backside and drives her completely beyond the bend. Gwen throws herself back and rides Jesse's probing finger. It keeps entering her ass and then Jesse's tongue is now buried deep inside of her ass.
Harry positions himself in front of Gwen. He cups Gwen's chest and kisses her. Gwen returns the kiss and runs her hands down Harry. Her thighs spread for Harry to drive into her while Jesse licks out Gwen's ass.
"Oh, fuck, I can't wait," Harry breaths.
Jesse takes in a deep breath and has nothing other than Gwen's fine booty surrounding her face. She feels Harry's balls slap against her chin. It takes Jesse only a few seconds to realize that Harry fucks Gwen while Jesse eats her ass out. And it excites the speedster to no degree.
Twelve inches part Gwen's walls and push into her. She adapts to the size and takes him. Gwen runs her fingers down Harry's back and uses her spider strength to push Harry inside of her. Harry pulls back almost all the way and drives himself into her.
"I can't…I can't even wait either," Gwen moans for him. "Oh, fuck, Harry! This is perfect! Fuck me over her face!"
A tension rises through Gwen's body. Harry's hands make sure to pleasure her to every degree. Harry leans in and sucks Gwen's neck. The love bites Harry leaves on her neck is only second to none. She grabs Harry's cock. Gwen's vaginal walls stick to the surface.
Harry marvels out how good it feels when Gwen milks him with her tight walls. He pulls back from Gwen and drives his hard cock inside of her from this position one more time.
The warm pussy muscles stretch and contract around Harry. Harry fills up Gwen. The girl's eyes flood over with so much lust its very intoxicating for Harry to see it. He pulls away from Gwen and shoves himself cock-first inside of her wet pussy.
"Harry, mmm, Harry, yes!" Gwen moans as Harry fills her completely up. "Right here, that's the spot! Oh, that's really the spot!"
Harry holds onto Gwen and keeps pumping his sizable cock inside of her tight sheath. Gwen pushes against Harry and lets him go with a couple more pumps. Gwen throws her head back and another moan follows from her.
Jesse wants more of Harry's cock. She feels a cold blast of air erupt between her legs and stimulate her pussy lips. It does for now, although Jesse wants her turn.
'Good things come to those who wait.'
She worships Gwen's ass while Harry drives his big breeding rod inside of Gwen's warm canal.
Gwen's leg bends back and then springs forward to hook onto Harry's hip. He pulls her in closer. The horny woman's sticky walls reach around and squeeze Harry. Harry pulls back from her and attacks Gwen's breasts with the vigor one would expect.
Feeling these soft, warm, breasts against his face only makes Harry hungry for more. Gwen's walls close in on him with a super speed. Harry grabs onto Gwen and pulls himself up and then slams into her. He wants to cum and cum soon.
Those big balls dangerously come close to bursting. Gwen holds herself back up and then drops down back to take as much of Harry as humanly possible inside of her tight canal. Harry stretches her out and then pulls all the way out of her.
"Fuck, Gwen! Get ready."
"CUM IN ME!" Gwen screams with her neck rolling back and mouth hanging open in lust.
One more push and Harry starts firing inside of her. The cum spills out of Harry's cock and into Gwen's pussy. Gwen closes around Harry's probing prick and starts milking him. Her legs find their way wrapped around Harry's waist and keep squeezing him.
Some of the cum dribbles out of Gwen's pussy and goes all over Jesse's face. Jesse throws her head back with a smile after Harry finishes driving his cock inside of her.
The moment Harry pulls out of Gwen, Jesse is quick to stake claim to Harry's cock. Her mouth works him up and also tastes the combined juices building on it.
Then, they're off to the races one more time.
Chapter Eighty-One: Across Several Earths.
An extremely biting and very cold wind snaps over the Arctic. The cold only barely registers in the mind of Harry Potter when he moves over into position from the Arctic. The truth being told, Harry's very much on a high, something which does not fade any time soon.
One half of the Phoenix Statue, one half of a clue leading to the Phoenix medallion enters Harry's grasp. He cannot help to do anything else other than be very happy. Yet, Harry reminds himself there's a lot of other issues and a lot of other problems to be honest.
It's just one small step to achieving his overall goals. Harry is very close though. He stops by the Fortress and falls into it. Harry has a general idea of the location of the other half of the statue after the statue having been scanned over at Horizon. He just wants a second opinion to make sure things are working out just fine.
Harry steps into the Fortress where Kara is hanging out. Indigo and Lara do the majority of the work with Kara sticking by them to make sure everything is okay. The moment both medallion holders lock eyes, she moves across the area and throws her arms around Harry.
"Hey," Kara comments before pulling away from. Harry. "So, how did things go with Jesse?"
"She's coming into her own," Harry informs Jesse. "Where's Claire?"
"She's doing a sweep of the area," Kara tells him. "She'll be meeting us for a few seconds."
Lara's voice cuts into the Fortress. "We have a ninety-five percent probability of knowing where the other half of the statue is. Although, given how far it is, it may take some time to gather the needed power to get you to this particular area of the world."
A small smile passes over Harry's face
"Take all of the time that you need."
A small boom echoes from outside to signal Claire's arrival. Claire moves into the Fortress. Not in a really bad mood and in fact in very good spirits all things considered.
"So how did it go?" Kara inquires Claire.
"Pretty good, better than I thought it would at any rate. There aren't as many meteor mutants in Scotland as there were in Smallville. That being said, I think that they are nastier than the ones of Smallville."
Claire shudders when thinking about the hordes of meteor mutants she recalls fighting during the teenage year. Some of them were not bad people, but power can do a funny thing to the psyche of many people. Claire realizes she's day dreaming given the funny looks both Kara and Harry are giving her. She snaps her attention out of the day dream and back to the people where it should have been on.
"Sorry," Claire answers. "It's just…."
"Oh, we understand," Kara offers.
Seconds pass before Claire finally gets herself back into a state of somewhat thinking what she has to do. She takes a deep breath and focuses forward.
"Anyway, there have been some strange meteor mutants over there. Not as many though, and ARGUS and I have been making sure they have been picked up if they caused trouble."
"Thankfully the meteor shower hit a place which was not too populated," Harry tells her.
She concedes Harry's point one hundred percent. A lock of dark hair brushes away from the edge of Claire's face when she tries to get her thoughts back together.
"Well, to be fair, one would not think that a town as small as Smallville would be hit all that hard by the meteor mutants either. We were proven wrong there."
Kara smiles and pats her cousin on the shoulder. A lot of challenges visited Claire in her short life. There were going to be a lot more challenges to come. Thankfully, with the Fortress built, Claire's more than ready, and Kara, Harry, and all of the others would be there to help her. That much makes Kara feel really good about herself.
"And we finally have a match."
Indigo does not disguise the very evident triumph dancing through her voice. Harry looks in the direction of the artificial construct as she pops back into the scene.
"Where?" Harry asks her.
"The other half of the statue is on the thirty-eighth parell Earth," Indigo informs Harry. "There should not be too many problems accumulating enough power."
"It would be a day though," Lara informs Harry.
A day, a day they can wait. Harry senses the Phoenix Medallion getting close to slipping into his hand. And with this sense of the Phoenix Medallion, he also senses some kind of darker power lingering on the outskirts. He hopes that this dark power will not be a problem.
"So, do you think that it will be easy to get the statue?" Kara asks. Harry gives her a long look across the way. "Oh, yeah, that's…that was kind of a stupid question."
Harry puts a hand on Kara's shoulder. He hopes its going to be easy, but hoping something is going to be easy and the actual reality of the situation is two very different things.
Amanda whistles when showing up on the Kent Farm. She always enjoys the nice contrast of the farm to the hectic and insane life of the city. She does love Metropolis and spending a lot of time there, but still, Smallville is a nice place to kick back, relax, and more importantly be left along with one's own thoughts.
Her twin steps a few feet by Amanda. They move onto the Kent Residence. The new girl, Jesse, sits outside, with an entire plate of sandwiches. She tucks into them which causes Amanda's eyes to widen. Her twin's hand grabs the side of Amanda's arm and makes her stand up a bit straighter.
"And here we thought you were the one who has the ability to inhale food," Emily teases her sister. "It looks like this girl has you beaten and hard."
Amanda throws her head back with a soft smile and moves forward. Another part stands on the outside of the farm. Hailey is drinking a glass of tea while resting against the tree. The twins walk over towards her.
"So, how are you two doing?" Hailey asks.
Both twins break out into small smiles directed towards their friend before they lean in.
"Well, actually," Amanda says before pausing. "We just want to know how you're doing…you know if you had any…."
"Episodes?" Hailey asks.
Maybe not the word Amanda thinks of using. Still she tests the word in her mind and it works out pretty much like a charm. Amanda answers with a nod and she keeps eye to eye with Hailey from the other end. Hailey's gaze falls onto Amanda.
"No, I didn't have any episodes."
Perhaps it's through experience, but Amanda Potter senses there's something else. The green-eyes of the woman and also those of her sister, albeit in a more subtle way, lock eyes with Hailey. Hailey attempts to keep her head above surface and try not to succumb to a stare down from both sides.
"It's not any episodes. But, there's a feeling that something big is going to happen. Something that will not effect this world, but many worlds in this chain of the multiverse."
Two sets of eyes keep their position on Hailey and the girl flushes for a couple of seconds. She takes a long drink of tea before continuing the explanation.
"It's very hard to explain. It's just a feeling like I said. I haven't seen anything. We might know more when Harry gets ahold of the Phoenix Medallion. But, ever since he's began his search, it's just….I don't know."
The twins nervously raise their eyebrows. Hailey's budding gifts are interesting and also a bit concerning. Especially considering they have no idea how they precisely work. There is just some kind of vibe. She rubs the side of her temples and brings out a sigh.
"I'm sure you'll know when it happens," Amanda remarks before turning towards her sister. "I wonder how close Harry is to getting his hands on the second half of the statue."
"Actually, I'm heading to the Earth where it is right now."
Amanda and Emily almost jump up into the air. Harry stands behind them with a small smile across his face. Amanda puts her hand on the side of her neck and throws it back before flashing Harry a dirty look. Harry just smiles and is not that all shaken by this dirty look. Emily bursts out into laughter which causes Amanda to turn her visual aggression upon her sister.
"Do you have to sneak up on people like that?" Amanda asks him.
Harry puts a hand on Amanda's shoulder and causes butterflies to go into the pit of her stomach. It is difficult to stay angry at Harry for too long especially with this smile.
"No, I don't have to, per say."
A second passes and Amanda throws her head back. She walks off to one side where Emily moves in front of Harry.
"So, you found it?" Emily asks.
The second half of the statue being almost in their grasp was some very good news. Emily tries not to bounce up and down. She would like to think she has a tiny bit more dignity than that, although perhaps not as much dignity as one might think.
"Yes," Harry tells her.
Jesse's over there next to Harry with a smile. Harry raises an eyebrow.
"I did say I was coming with you."
Harry has a feeling they are going to need all of the help that they could get. Gwen, Kara, and Sara already wait outside of the farm. Harry walks over in the direction of Hailey who is looking towards him.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Hailey tells him. "For now."
The sense something is going to happen prickles into the back of Hailey's mind. She cannot shot the thought completely out of her mind. Harry walks over and pats her on the shoulder before turning his attention towards Sara, Gwen, and Kara. Jesse joins them a second later and the group makes a long walk to the caves.
From there, it was to the Fortress, and then it was through the portal to Earth Thirty-Eight. They are ready to see what life is going to bring them.
Alex Danvers tries to keep a straight face even though the presence of the DEO's newest recruit frustrates her. It was bound to happen eventually, Kara's growing powers put them into a position where she's going to go out and do something.
'Maybe it was too much to hope for it would be several more years before her powers bubble to the surface,' Alex tells herself.
The younger girl moves over to the older, kind of weary DEO agents. Alex tries to keep the sour look off of her face.
"I can't believe you worked at a place for this for so long," Kara tells. "To think you've been able to keep this secret from me for…how long was it again? About three years or so."
Alex racks her brain and nods. It seems to be a pretty good estimate for the time she's at the DEO. And it feels like an entire lifetime ago. Then again, as Alex reminds herself, the time during the DEO, she's a very different person. If her family knew the sudden change in her, from the wild party-girl to the more down to earth person, they only approve of it.
If her mother only knew what Alex has been doing, well maybe there would not be that much approval. However, what her mother does not know, would not get Alex in trouble.
"Yeah, three years, give or take," Alex comments.
"You've changed, I didn't notice," Kara answers.
"To be fair, you were a bit wrapped up in your studies," Alex tells her. "Much more important things to do than to worry about what your older sister has been up to."
One could sense Kara potentially forming an argument that worrying about what her older sister was up to was the most important thing out there. Alex appreciates Kara's concern, but she needs Kara focusing on what's going to happen.
"We can't avoid you wanting to go out there. And I've talked to my bosses up top, and they agree, it's better for you to be here and learn how to use your powers in a responsible way. Than be out there on your own, being freelance and rogue and potentially jeopardizing DEO missions."
There were enough freelance vigilantes out there for Alex's liking. The newest one was a one in the hood who disappears and appears in a blast of fire. They were being called the dragon. Alex is not sure if it's a man or a woman going around. Whoever it is, they are very dangerous.
"I can't wait to get out there and save the world!"
Kara almost knocks over a model which is set out on the table. To be fair, they really should do a better job in clearing that up. Alex reaches over and stops Kara from making a further spectacle of herself.
"Whoa, slow down there, tigress. First before you learn to run, you have to learn to walk. And to learn how to walk…."
Kara takes in a deep breath and cuts off Alex.
"Okay, look, I'm sorry. It's just that, well, my sister's a bad ass secret agent, and I want to be a part of that action. Is that really too much to ask about?"
Alex tries not to break out into a smile from her sister giving her ego a nice little pump up. She moves Kara over to an area where there was a lot more room and a lot more damage.
"Things have been pretty quiet," Alex answers.
"So, that's good?" Kara asks.
"Well, in theory," Alex answers.
She remembers herself of one of the cardinal rules of being a super-secret government agent. Quiet does not always mean a good thing. If something was quiet, it means someone is planning. Alex hopes to impart this wisdom on her sister soon enough. It's just that right now, Alex has little desire to upset Kara and more importantly to rock the bubble.
The blinking lights start kicking up around them and there's a bleeping sound. Alex stands up rigid and Kara notices her sister's body movements.
"So, I'm guessing that's not a good thing?" Kara offers.
"No, it's not a good thing," Alex confirms with a very evident sigh going through her body.
Alex walks over towards the edge and peers out. The acting director of the DEO submerges herself in the shadows and raise.
"A warp has opened up," one of the scientists says. "There's unfriendlies coming through it. One of them is moving very fast."
Kara stands up straight. "Well this looks like a job for…well me."
"No!" Alex yells.
Kara turns to Alex with a look of utter surprise on her face. A second passes before Alex shakes her head.
"I mean it's too soon for you to go out. We don't know what we're going against. They could have anti-Kryptonian weapons. Those are pretty abundant thanks to….."
Kara sobers up just in time to realize her sister is likely looking out for her best interests. For better or for worse, Kara waits for more information. She is very curious as to who decides to enter this dimension at this particular time.
The portal brings them into Earth Thirty-Eight. Harry leads the way, with Kara, Sara, and Gwen stepping out of it. Jesse makes her way a little bit more behind them. She looks up and down the streets.
"So, where about is the other half of the statue?" Jesse asks.
Harry lifts the half of the statue he has. It glows orange with a few waves of light pointing outwards. The statue rumbles in Harry's hands.
"That's incredible," Sara remarks. "It's almost like it's trying finding a way to…."
"Return to its other half?" Kara asks.
Harry shoves the statue back into the back. If he reads things right and there's no reason to see why Harry cannot read things right, the statue is pointing about Northeast to here. He spends the next couple of seconds standing out.
"Back," Gwen hisses.
Her danger sense kicks in and the entire party steps back. A helicopter combs the area. The dark streets shine in a spotlight when the helicopter moves around. A jeep comes over across the ground with all five of them holding in their breaths.
"Looks like our arrival could have been a bit less…."
Harry holds up a hand and realizes there's a sixth party in this alleyway. And this person is running very fast. Harry knows it's a calculated method to separate him for the rest of the group. At another time, Harry might have fallen for such a trick. These days he's more measured and more calculated with what he has to do. Harry looks down the alleyway at the mysterious individual.
A blast of light erupts from the alleyway and several flaming knives fire. Jesse and Kara dart around to catch all of the knives at super speed. The ground shakes and causes several rocks to jut out of the ground. Sara and Gwen use their acrobatic abilities to block it.
Harry follows the pattern of magic through the air and punches through it. A figure, invisible at first, flickers out of the surface. Harry drives her up onto the roof and causes her to crash down onto it.
The figure dresses in dark-green attire with a pair of haunting green eyes just visible outside of a full face mask. She retracts a blade and rushes towards Harry. The blade shoots into flames.
Harry retracts the blade on his own and blocks the woman's attack. Both grunt when pushing back against each other. Harry slams his shoulder deep into the ribs of the attacker and drops her down onto the ground. She jumps all the way back up.
"I'll cut that medallion off of your neck, you fraud!"
It takes Harry only a second more to realize his attacker wears a Dragon medallion of her own around her neck. Harry dodges the flaming dagger coming to him.
"Who are you?"
Harry watches her disappear into green flames. He notices the figure drop around Harry. Three arrows come out. Harry blocks them all with ease and then bombards her with a beam of energy. The figure launches off of the ground and flips down onto the ground.
A couple of breaths forces the second attacker to drop down to the ground. Harry moves over. The figure grabs Harry's neck by her legs and flips him to the ground. Harry turns out in the attack.
Jesse runs up the building to attack the attacker. The attacker dodges the attack, spins around and catches Jesse with a vicious roundhouse punch to the back of the head.
"You can't stop all of us."
Gwen, Sara, and Kara surround this second warrior from all sides. She looks like trying would be a good option. Fortunately, better judgement gets the better of this person. The attacker extends her neck down and then falls off of the roof with a deep breath.
Right before she hits the ground, a puff of green smoke appears in the distance and the Dragon vanishes off into the night and into the embers.
"What the hell?" Sara asks.
"There's a Dragon on this Earth."
A second passes before footsteps are heard from above. Some of the government agents make their way up the fire escape of the building. Harry leans down, helps Jesse up, and the party makes themselves scarce.
The only thing the government agents come across are some busted daggers, a scorched rooftop, and an entire mess of unanswered questions. None of the government agents have any idea.
"We lost them."
The mysterious woman in green stands on a rooftop and seethes in unmistakable fury. She cannot believe some imposter tries to come here. And if he targets her Earth, than there are going to be some problems. She won't let it happen.
The DEO interrupts their little meeting, and they are beginning to be a problem. The only reason why she does not strike them all down where they stand is because they do serve some purposes. The figure throws her head back and rushes to the edge of the rooftop.
She jumps down from a higher rooftop and lands on a lower one. The figure keeps running until reaching the edge of a window. The window flings open and the figure drops down. She moves down into a temple. Several pictures line the walls of memories which she would like to avoid.
The figure flings her hood down to reveal a sixteen-year-old girl with an angry glare in her eyes. A lightning bolt scar lines her forehead and her green eyes just burn with fury.
She would get to the bottom of this and he would pay.