Chapter Forty Four "Stranded Part Three."

Chapter Forty Four "Stranded Part Three."

It was the fourth day that they were in the Savage Land although Harry did not even begin to guess how much time had passed on the outside world. Although if he had to hazard a guess, he figured that a fair amount of time would have passed. Never the less, he could not be concerned with what happened outside of the Savage Land, he had to be concerned with what was going on in the Savage Land right now. His green eyes fixed for a second.

Shanna moved in right next to him, after the nice romp that the two of them had each other, she felt even more refreshed and eager for another round but once they got out of this alive. If they got out of this alive that was. The blonde trailed her tongue over the edge of her lips and braced herself, hands clutched together over the staff that she had in her hand.

"Moment of truth," Rachel whispered although the Savage Land was a savage place and Sinister's genetically altered dinosaurs patrolling around was proof of that. These beast might have been quite nasty.

"He's corrupted our land," Zala said as she stood next to Harry. "I want him gone."

"You'll have him gone, although you should not make such demands to your lord," Illyana said and the woman paused and bowed her head. "Yes, you should bow before your superior."

The blonde smiled as she wished that she had her powers back but never the less she was going to make do with what she had right now. Yet, she had to make do with what she had now and she had a lot of tools at her disposal so she was not all that upset that she was suffering a lot. The blonde flipped her hair from her face and closed her eyes.

It was now or it was never. Really, Illyana knew that tomorrow would have to come and her heart skipped another couple of beats. She stood rigid on the ground and her stomach did a twisting pivot as she as she took another half of a step forward.

"Don't worry, it's what we're all thinking," Laura said although Cassandra seemed more cool.

Harry wondered if there was any other nasty surprises that Sinister had for him. Knowing that bastard, he had a few that could be pulled out at any time. Cassandra grabbed him by the wrist and pointed out a trip wire.

Harry's eagle eyes would have noticed it but he was glad that Cassandra pointed it out. His eyes flashed in front of it. It was going to open a hidden cave.

"Essex likely has something nasty in there," Shanna said as she held her spear.

"And speaking of nasty…." Rachel said as there was a demonic looking T-Rex coming at them. It's large head, big teeth, and short stubby arms along with its scaling skin.

Harry slipped on a pair of brass knuckles on, they would not be charged as much as they would, but there was enough residual magic in them to make his point. He lifted up his arm and swung for the fences.

BOOM!

The creature was nailed in the face with one huge punch and they watched, unable to believe what just happened. The wizard's hand connected with the most feared predator in this prehistoric world and he skidded back.

"I really don't have any time to deal with your shit," Harry said to the T-Rex and the creature bared its teeth as it stared down at him.

The next thing it knew, it got nailed in the back by Laura who had fashioned another blade. While it was not as sharp as her claws, it was pretty damn sharp and it got the job done.

Harry watched the creature and he could see by some of the traps that were around them, they were getting closer. He took Essex's Marauders out but that left the big gun right there. The wizard took half of a step forward as he looked up.

"Getting close?" Rachel wondered, she did not enjoy being kept in the dark.

"No….and yes," Harry said, there was all the reason to believe that this could be another trap designed to trick him. In fact, he figured that much was really obvious. All he had to do was step into the unknown and win the day, and win another battle. His green eyes flared for a brief second as he became even more focused.

Helena was the last person to talk about someone being cryptic…..so she decided not to say anything. Rachel on the other hand, she could not really keep her mouth shut. "Did you just graduate from…."

"Stay still," Harry whispered as he heard something.

Just the wind but one could never be too careful when they were in the Savage Land. Harry could have heard the genetically altered dinosaurs but he had another plan. He had one little device, it did not even need to be activated by magic.

He hurled the disc into the air towards the bush and it made a loud racket, like people talking. That caused the dinosaurs to rush forward.

Some might call him cowardly directing the fight away from him but Harry did not think that he was cowardly at all, no, no, not at all, he preferred the term intelligent.

And he was about ready to see what was behind door number one. His hand reached the door but he stopped.

"Too obvious, too easy," Harry said as once again he wished he had X-Ray vision but then again, he came prepared.

"Another gadget?" Laura asked with a raised eyebrow and Harry pulled the pair of goggles on his face and allowed him a restricted use of X-Ray vision.

"Never know when they might come in handy, although this is the last one," Harry said.

"Oh good, because I swear you seemed to be pulling them out of your ass for a minute," Laura said and Rachel said.

"Hmm, pulling gadgets out of someone's ass, pretty hot, if I may say so myself," Rachel said and Laura longed to face palm.

Harry meanwhile was at the edge of what he needed to do.

Nathaniel Essex was a man of many plans, as he learned to do in his centuries alive. Once he had all of what he needed, he slipped out of the backdoor. He had left another group of Marauders to perish at the hands of the Star Child and his lovers.

He long since slipped out the entrance the moment that Harry entered the headquarters. The flickering and sadistic image had appeared, taunting Harry with glowing eyes and bared its sharp teeth with a malicious glint flowing through his eye.

'You son of a bitch,' Harry thought to himself, and given that there was no one else to hear that.

"As you might have guessed, Arcane, I am no longer in the Savage Land, although you and your friends running around to find me, it was an amusement, and by the time you get this message, I will have grabbed what I wanted to get. But thanks for playing, you were always an amusing adversary to go up against, no matter what the time. Although….one of these days, it will be down between you and I and we'll see which one of us survives. I think we both know the answer to that."

Harry was not all that interesting in hearing Essex prattle on, and it was something that the man was good at. All he was interested in was locating the crystal which he hoped would restore their powers. Any other Kryptonian technology, well he did not see it.

Harry found what he was looking for as Essex was speaking of "Survivor of the Fittest, this and superior species, that" but he never really paid the man much mind. It was only a minor annoyance that the man disappeared but given that he was likely a clone to begin with, he was not going to be too fussed about at, at least that's what he was going to say.

He searched around the lab and he touched the crystal. It was behind a weird field and Harry studied it for a second. The last thing he wanted to do was rip the crystal out and fry everyone in the room to a crisp and that included himself.

Green eyes burned bright as Harry once again held onto the crystal and twisted it for a half of a second. He braced himself, for a second he thought that it did not work, and perhaps it might not have, had he overdid himself just a little bit more.

Much to Harry's surprise, the crystal was out and he could take a deep breath in relief. Green eyes burned brightly and Rachel suddenly felt the thoughts coming back on.

"WHAT IN THE FUCK HAPPENED?" 

That charming declaration was given by one Kitty Pryde and she was not the only one who were freaking out. Harry massaged the side of his ear as he cringed and he shook his head.

'Jesus Kitty, do you think that you could get a little bit louder,' Rachel thought as she felt like her brain was ringing. She was only in more pain during that time when her powers started to fail and there was something that resounded in the back of her head.

'Sorry but….I thought something….actually I thought that something happened, what happened?' Kitty demanded and Harry paused but it was Laura who answered.

'Would you believe that it was a long story,' Laura thought.

Gwen chimed in happily through the bond. 'Yes….yes I would. I would actually be in more disbelief if it was a short story that was easily resolved without any problem at all.'

'Yes, I can see that,' Harry said as he chuckled in amusement. 'Now that we have the capabilities, we should be back in a few days, I think.'

Kitty was not going to try and let them all off the hook from that answer. 'Back from where….back from where exactly?'

'Well that's an interesting tail now, isn't it?' Rachel asked as she enjoyed keeping everyone in suspense for a little bit. She did not really want to keep them in suspense too long for she might come across like a jerk but never the less, she wanted to keep them in suspense for a little bit. The redhead grinned as Jean decided to chime in.

'Well that doesn't really tell us much of anything, now does it, honey?' Jean asked as she closed her eyes and tried to get the thoughts.

'Harry punched a dinosaur in the face,' Illyana chimed in cheerfully.

'Okay, now I'm really interested,' Wanda offered and there was a moment where Zatanna jumped in on the bond link. She could not help it, even though she was new, her curiosity brimmed wildly.

'You didn't travel through time did you?' Zatanna thought, given all that happened, she would not be surprised.

'No, not yet,' Selene said dryly and some of the girls were about to ask but she decided to cut in before she got bombarded with questions upon questions. 'Actually you're going to know when the time is right, it's really interesting…..one could tell years of stories off of it.'

'I can hardly wait,' Kitty thought with a smile. Although she hated being teased.

'Well you should be able to contain yourself because it's not time yet,' Selene said as she looked forward with glaring eyes.

'Hey….you know…'

'You enjoy tormenting them, don't you,' Emma thought to her darker counterpart as she placed her hand underneath her chin and smiled. 'Actually, I do admire it….but you can get a bit wicked sometimes, you know.'

'You just know how to make with the sweet talk, don't you Emma?' Harry thought and Selene was have to agree. 'We'll talk to you all later, we got to double check to make sure there's nothing nasty out there.'

Harry smiled, in many ways, he thought the Savage Land was a pretty interesting place to visit but it was not a place where he would have wanted to live for any extended amount of time. Even though the monuments for him were amazing, he knew that he would return but he had to move.

"Remember, return often, although next time, things will be a bit less turbulent," Zala said to Harry and he smiled back at her.

"I'll keep that in mind," Harry said, although there were a few females that he would be….getting to know a bit more, but that was something that went without saying. His green eyes flashed for a brief second as he clenched his fist together and was ready and willing to rock.

They made their way to the plane and Harry tested it out, he wanted to make sure it was smooth sailing after they made a couple of trips. Then it was on to Tibet.

The shield that he put around the crystal was hopefully going to be able to block any attempts to tamper with it. How he did not think of such a thing when he put the crystal here in the first place, well he did not know. He supposed that decision was something that he was yet to make and it would be a stupid decision that he made to keep the flow of time.

Although perhaps he was able to make that decision right there and no matter what he did, that was just what was meant to be.

Shanna waited and she stepped over.

"I suspect that I'll see you soon enough," she said and Harry gave her a burning kiss, which she returned. Harry pulled back after a second and grinned at her.

"Oh believe me, you will be seeing me all too soon," Harry agreed as he placed his hand on the side of his head and he turned around to walk off. His green eyes were flashing with amazement and his grin continued to cross over his face. Their kiss continued for another moment as Harry wrapped his arms around her waist. Her breasts pressed against his chest as he ran his hands through her blonde locks. His green eyes burned.

"After that performance, I hope so," Shanna said as she licked her lips hungrily.

"Well, I wouldn't want to let down your expectations," Harry said as he continued to grin wildly. Without another word, he made his way to the edge of the plane which was ready to go. The girls awaited for him inside and Harry stopped for a second. He pondered his next few words and he brushed his hand through his hair. With a bright smile on his face, he turned back to both of the females. "I'll see you next time and I hope that I'm able to come here without any problems."

"You mean without a crash," Shanna said and Harry nodded. The blonde could not help herself with the grin on her face. "Well best of luck with that and trust me, you're going to need all of the luck you can."

Harry laughed as he gave both of the girls a very hearty goodbye and made his way onto the train. Now that Essex had cleared out, thinks were….well things were a lot less Sinister. There was no other way to describe what happened than that. With a heavy heart and a bright mind, Harry turned on his heal and made his way onto the plane. There was a long way to go.

"We'll know if it's able to get up in the air in a moment, "Zinda said as she clutched her fist on the edge of it.

"Once we clear this area…although we might come out on the other side of the planet," Harry said to her and she nodded.

"This plane….well it's running like a charm," Zinda agreed as she closed her eyes and Harry placed his hands on her shoulders. It took her a moment to really figure out what she wanted to do and keep herself calm. Her heart hammered against her chest as the blonde leaned towards the other side of the window and saw the Savage Land disappear. They knew that they were out when the cold air and snow caused the Savage Land to give away.

Laura smiled as she popped her claws and they healed instantly. The "skint" was like music to her ears and now they were delayed.

"A lot could happen in four days," Rachel commented.

'Don't you mean twelve hours,' Kara thought and there was a second where she paused and she placed her hand onto the side of the head and finally realized it. 'Oh time dilation, naturally.'

'It's okay, we were thinking the same thing,' Jean commented with a bright smile on her face. 'So it wasn't as bad as we thought it was even though some people were freaking out.'

Kitty had to protest this statement. 'What do you mean some people, you were kind of really freaking out as well and by kind of, I mean really freaking out. You're really….really…freaking out.'

'I wasn't freaking out, I was just concerned,' Jean said sternly as she folded her arm and bit down on her lip.

"So, it's flying like a charm," Harry told Zinda and the blonde nodded with a smile. "How about the auto pilot?"

Harry sat in the seat next to her and his grin got even wider. Zinda was the one who responded as she closed her hand together. The blonde was peering forward. "Well why don't we test it out?"

With this declaration, Zinda switched on the auto pilot. The plane almost learned from her and flew the exactly same way that she did. Granted there was room for improvement.

"And now that the plane can fly itself, I think I should keep myself occupied," Zinda said as she moved over to Harry's chair and straddled his lap. "I think you might have a good idea how I'm going to do that."

"Yes, I might," Harry said as his hands roamed her body and the two of them kissed. Their tongues danced with each other in passion as Harry grabbed her ass with a double handful.

Harry slid off the bottom half of her uniform and pressed his finger on her heated mound which caused her to moan. She bit down on her lip and her moan escalated a bit more as Harry rubbed her heated mound. She forced her dripping hot pussy into his hand and Harry played with her folds.

"Harry," she purred in her seductive accent and her nipples pushed out of her shirt as Harry squeezed her breasts.

More heat rose from her loins and Harry brushed against her hot slit. He worked her up to a fever pitch and dragged his thumb over her hot mound.

"Mmm, delicious," Harry said as he slowly popped his fingers with her juices into his mouth and sucked them hungrily. His eyes flooded over and his stomach hungered for more of her. As much of her as possible.

He pulled off her uniform to reveal her breasts incased in a blue bra. He revealed them to allow her luscious orbs to bounce free and Harry placed his mouth upon her nipple and started to suck on it, causing her to moan hungrily.

"Oh, fuck yes," she moaned at the top of her lungs as Harry continued to work his magic on her nipples and her center was being assaulted with his fingers.

Her dripping hot box was revealed and Harry's tool was becoming larger in his pants. Shakily, Zinda lifted down and gripped his package through his pants.

"Fuck," Harry grunted but he licked and bit down on her nipple as she played with his package.

She pulled down his pants to reveal his throbbing tool right before her eyes. His rod was there and she motioned for him to get up.

Harry did get up and Zinda pushed him back down onto the chair. Her hand wrapped around him and she stroked his dick until it grew in her hand. The moans of the wizard were becoming strong as Zinda pushed her hand up and down on him, causing him to throb within her grip. The wizard closed his eyes as she gave him a strong handjob and wrapped her tit flesh around him.

"Like this, do you lover?" Zinda purred as she worked his pole with her tits.

Harry's groans and pleasurable grunts showed the state of him for sure. He was in heaven as she gave him an amazing tit job. The wizard's eyes closed as she popped her lips around his tool.

His fingers roamed her body, paying attention to her ass and pussy. She moaned as she continued to work her employer over.

Zinda panted, she wanted him to cum all over her tits. That would make her feel so good. She kept rocking his pole back and forth, her breasts clenched his tool as she rocked herself back and forth. She bit down on her lip until she left an indent in it and she was this close to bringing him to his release.

Harry felt his balls tighten, he knew that he was getting there too, he could feel it, it would be amazing. His balls twitched as she seductively licked the head of him and was about ready to have a load pumped on her amazing chest.

"Oh yes, oh fuck, oh yes!" Harry grunted as his balls tightened and he unloaded his cream on her face with a rapid fire series of thrusts.

Zinda moaned as Harry rocketed a heavy load of cum down onto her chest. It clung to her breasts and nipples with a nice heavy coat and his balls were heavy as they sprayed her chest. The woman moaned as she leaned back.

She slowly pulled herself up, wrapping her hand around Harry's flaccid member and pumping it. It got hard in no time as she was about to pull herself up. Her walls were this close to going around his rod and she pushed down on him.

Zinda impaled herself down onto Harry's member and wrapped her nubile thighs around his shaft as she pulled herself out. He was nearly all the way out of her.

Harry could feel her juices of arousal on him and he squeezed her breasts hungrily. This encouraged the blonde beauty to ram herself down on him once again. Her velvet vice clamped around his huge dick.

Zinda threw her head back and she was riding that monster for everything that was worth. The blonde's face was caked with sweat and he grabbed her breasts, fondling them, and she moaned as his member sought her heat.

"Time to take things to the next level," Harry grunted as he groped her ass and slowly pulled out.

Her whine stopped when she was turned around, and her legs were draped over the chair. She was bent at an angle, her pussy right across from Harry's member.

Zinda waited for him, he hovered over her entrance and his dick brushed against her dripping hot slit. He was nearly inside her and he was about to penetrate her. Her mind was going into overdrive and Harry had her right where he wanted her. In fact, he hovered his prick over her hot entrance.

He squeezed her pussy and them rammed himself into her. She screamed at the top of her lungs as he pounded into her. His rapid fire thrusts were getting more so as he pulled nearly out of her and rammed into her as hard as he could. The wizard held onto her breasts and groped them.

"Yes, oh yes, more, deeper, please, more!" she begged him as he worked her breasts over.

"As you wish."

Time ticked by as the plane flew itself to the next destination. Zinda's pussy was giving a work out and she was getting a better job perk. She was getting fucked miles above the Earth and that was mind blowing to say the very least.

She wanted to hang on until Harry finished and each thrust brought her closer to a pleasurable explosion. His member pulled all the way out of her.

She waited a little bit more and wondered if this could be classified as legalized torture. The one thing she knew was that it would be worth the wait and sure enough, his dick rammed into her walls, stretching her out.

Mind blown, there was no question about that, her mind was blown. Her whimpering continued to kick up as Harry worked himself into her.

Each thrust brought her closer to the edge but Harry holding onto her hair and pumping himself into her reminded her that her body was craving something. She wanted to be conscious.

"Cum, please, please, I don't know how much longer I can stand it," she whimpered and Harry cupped her.

"Soon, my love, soon," Harry breathed in her ear.

His rod speared into her center and she mewled loudly as his member sought her heat over and over again. His rod rammed into her center and Harry held onto her breasts, pumping himself into her. He was going to bring a heavy load into her.

Zinda's cunt clamped around him and Harry was this close to finishing. He held onto her breasts and gave her a few more strong thrusts. He wanted to build this up and his balls were heavy, about fit to burst. He was this close.

He pumped himself into her and the woman's eyes closed as Harry fired his thick load into her. His burning white seed pumped into her womb and caused her to scream in lust.

She collapsed and Harry was glad that the auto pilot was working to expectations.

Harry wondered if he was a bit too late to show up to do anything. He was with Cassandra, Laura, and Helena, as the four of them slinked in to the area. The fact of the matter was that this could be a misinformation type of situation.

He did not think so, or at least he hoped not. Harry's green eyes burned bright eyed and he was ready to tackle anything and everything. He closed his fist together and took a half of a step forward. He was most certainly ready to do this.

Helena turned her head over her shoulder and peered. The situation by this temple was a bit too quiet for her liking. The dark haired woman wanted something a bit more….well she wanted something a bit more restless.

"Close," Cassandra mumbled and Laura nodded, not that it needed much verification but still the fact that she was able to figure things like this out, that spoke well for them all. "We're too close."

"We need to be careful," Harry whispered to both girls and there was a sense that they were grumbling that they were careful. Never the less, the two of them walked forward.

Assassins were on the grounds ,knives stuck in their back, it was a gruesome end to be had to be sure. Harry recognized them, he had never forgotten a face, especially if it was one that he punched. Never the less, he was there and his eyes were rolled up in the back of his head. Not much blood had flowed from his body but the look on his face was the look of a man who realized that he was completely and utterly fucked and there was pretty much nothing that he can do about it.

"Good night," Laura whispered and that was a sentiment that was revealed by all.

Cassandra almost expected to see something, anything. These assassins were of the Hand and not even their Elite members. Just rather by the numbers assassins that had ran afoul from a Master Assassin. Given what she knew about the Hand, she would not be surprised if they had been sent out by the group as some kind of demented exercise to help trim the fat.

There was a young man on the ground, actually he was one of the assassins, and he was pinned to the wall in such a way where he would not be killed but humiliated and showed that he was inferior to the person who attacked him. The man's mutterings began in earnest.

"Shiva, Shiva, Shiva," the man kept muttering and he looked around and saw Cassandra. His legs, arms, and potentially his spine had been broken but he had been left alive.

"Shiva?" Laura asked and she turned to Helena for confirmation. "Surely not…."

"She would be this brutal," Cassandra said and there was a sense to her that Shiva's presence was still in the air.

"So you two know each other?" Laura asked and Cass turned to her, but did not say anything.

Harry knew, he did not say anything either, rather he was scanning the area. Helena was doing her own scans and both of them came to the same conclusion at the same time. It hit Laura and Cassandra as well but naturally Helena spelled it out.

"That was merely a message that she's out there," Helena told them and there were nods all around. "She might have…"

"Fed the information that something was going on to lure us here, and maybe she tricked the Hand as well and took them out," Harry said as the man against the wall kept muttering "Shiva" over and over again. His lip twitched for a brief second as he shuddered against the wall. It was almost sad to watch and Harry knew that this would had been given the most non-fatal going over possible.

He had not seen Shiva fight but boy had he heard tales.

"What message is she sending?" Laura asked as she looked up.

"That she's out there and she's…..well I'm sure this is her game and while she's aligned with the League of Shadows….she strikes me as someone who doesn't exactly follow Ra's Al Ghul's line unless it suits her, and she must have her eye on me," Harry deduced.

"Do you know that or are you just assuming that because every female with a pulse wants to jump down your pants?" Laura asked and Harry raised an eyebrow, with a half grin directed towards the young mutant.

"What do you think?"

"Well….I figured as much," Laura said and there was no need to say exactly what he figured.

Helena wanted to see if there was another clue but Shiva was pretty through as always. Cass looked around and while her mother didn't have much to do with her, her presence was felt a few times throughout her life. Her father taunted her saying that she would never be as good as her and would always be weak.

Given what happened to Cain, there was no telling who exactly was the weaker one right there. Cass's grin was something that could not be denied. She looked up and raised half of an eyebrow. She saw Harry staring there.

There was nothing but even a trace of anything, not that he expected it but still it might have been intriguing to see what this person would leave behind but there was nothing, other than the broken bodies of the Hand warriors that had been beaten severely.

Harry was coming close to piecing together the message although he was never completely sure.

"I kind of wish that I was able to go," Kitty said as Harry had completed giving her a detailed description of his adventures in the Savage Land.

Harry smiled. "Maybe for your birthday."

Rachel shook her head in amusement as a group of them were sitting in the dining hall, one of the three actually, in the Stronghold sipping on drinks. The group was enjoying everything with each other. The redhead telepath piped in with a grin on her face. "Yeah, that'd be a really romantic hot spot."

Zatanna shrugged as she joined them. "I don't know, it would be fun, an entirely lost world…."

"It wasn't as glamorous as one might think it is," Rachel said as she shifted on the table.

"Are you sure that it's not because you're being a wet blanket?" Kara commented, she was a bit upset that she did not go. She wanted to see the alter of Har-Rell and make sure it was up to her specifications. And if it was not, she wanted to ensure that things were built.

"So what became of your little trips, all of them?" Kitty asked Harry.

"Well I had to take care of some business overseas and get some readings of something extremely strange that had been sighted above the North Pole, which turned out to be Sauron," Harry said as he smiled at them.

"It seems like you have had a most exciting day," Kory said as she dipped breadsticks that she was eating into mustard.

"Well excitement is something that my day never lacks," Harry agreed as he smiled as M'gann watched Kory's eating habits with a raised eyebrow but said absolutely nothing.

"That's for sure, who knows what adventure tomorrow might bring?" Kitty asked. "Don't you have that field trip to Emma's school tomorrow?"

"Yes, that, and also I'm having lunch with Barbara, Chloe, and Gwen before that," Harry said as he smiled.

"So, Barbara's your next….um person on your checklist," Kara said with a smile and Harry looked at her. Kara gave an innocent whistle and a smile and went back to eating her sandwich. The blonde licked her spoon dry, making sure Harry's eyes were met with it.

"If one must say that, then yes," Harry agreed as he looked at Kara who sat there, legs crossed as she leaned back a tiny bit and showed a hint of her cleavage. He smiled as he gave all of the girls who were sitting at the table, kisses. "I'll talk to you all later, I have some business that I need to take care of."

"Right, we'll all see you later, Harry," Kitty said with a smile, as the implication of what she was going to do when she saw him flashed through her eyes.

The green eyed wizard walked forward and saw Atlee standing there in the hallway next to him.

"Atlee, how are you doing?" Harry asked in a bright voice and the girl smiled as she stepped forward to greet her teacher.

"I'm fine, Professor Potter," Atlee said to him. "So….I'm thinking that I want to take things to the next level."

Harry raised is eyebrow and Atlee quickly managed to say what she meant, nearly tripping over her words in the process as she did so. "You know my powers, I want to take those to the next level, but I need your….your help at doing that."

"Of course, Atlee, there's no problem, you should know that," Harry said with a firm smile and she grew flushed about the area of the cheeks as Harry stared her down. Harry was the type of person who tended to burn a hole through the eyes of someone as he stared them down. "We're going to start….exactly when is it you want to start?"

"How about….um Thursday if you're not busy," Atlee said, as she picked up a time where her class load for the Shining Light School of the gifted was rather light.

"Thursday sounds good for me, if it's good for you," Harry said as he reached forward and placed his hand gently on her shoulder.

She flinched for a second but Harry's hand was off her shoulder just as quickly as it was on her shoulder.

"Yeah, fine, perfect, I'll see you, um thanks," Atlee said as she leaned forward and surprised at her daring, she kissed Harry on the cheek.

"Karen wants an assessment of your progress as well, so I think we can arrange for the three of us to meet," Harry told her before she was out of the earshot.

Atlee shook her head; she had been hanging around girls at this school too much because what popped in her mind was a rather taboo thought about what a meeting between these three might have been like. Her heart skipped another beat.

"Okay, well, um I'm looking forward to it," Atlee said and Harry smiled as he watched her.

He could tell that she was a bit nervous around him but he was the first male that she had seen in a long time, having been buried underneath ground for so long. The emerald eyed wizard took his next step forward and shook his head as he kept walking forward to where he wanted to go.

His office was right ahead of him and he entered it where he was expecting a phone call in a matter of moments. His green eyes flared up immediately as he took a half of a step forward.

Sure enough, right on cue, the phone rang. Harry let it ring a couple of times before he picked it up.

"Mr. Potter are you…."

"Yes, I'm here, feel free to speak," Harry said with a smile. "So how are you?"

The woman on the other end of the phone began to speak. "I'm fine….I was just calling to confirm that the demonstration is next Friday."

"Yes, and our mutual friend has agreed to help test flight the craft, given her experience, I'm sure we can find no better person," Harry said with a grin on his face.

"No, we can't," she agreed for a brief second as she paused and spoke. "You do realize that this contract could net both of our companies…."

"I know what it means to us, it means something to you, you have something to prove, although those that matter, they should know that you are your father's daughter," Harry said with a firm glint in his eye and the woman on the other end let out a slightly labored sigh. "And you don't need to prove anything to anyone, no, I don't think that you do."

"You might be right," she commented. There were always people who said that she was coasting off of her father's legacy but then again the Luthors wanted to buy her out and send her packing. There were a few members of the Board of Directors who were breathing down her neck and in Lionel's back pocket. The partnership with RAO and it's owner did not come at a better time.

"Don't worry, I won't let you down, after all, it's not only the reputation of your company that's on the line but my company as well," Harry answered and she smiled, even though he could not see it. "And you can't get any better endorsement for this plane than one flew by an Avenger."

"Well I can't really argue with that one," she commented as she shifted herself back in the seat. "I'll see you Friday."

"Looking forward to it Miss Ferris," Harry said with a smile on his face.

"Mr. Potter, I told you before, we're equal partners, you're not my employee, you should call me Carol," the woman over the phone said.

"Of course, and you should call me Harry," Harry told her and Carol Ferris sighed.

"I walked right into that one, didn't I?" she asked.

"Pretty much yes," Harry said laughing. "I'll see you soon."