Chapter Fifty-Five: Matter of Family Part Six.
Chapter Fifty-Five: Matter of Family Part Six.
Some said that being back in costume after a long time off was riding a bike and perhaps that was true. That being said, Harry was just trying to get back into the swing of things the best that he could after being mostly on the shelf for over a month or so.
That being said, Nightwing really made his way into the city, out on patrol once again. The grapnel gun that he had in his hand worked right a charm. It was really glad to be back into the swing of things, in more ways than one.
'You whipped that thing up pretty fast, didn't you?' Amanda thought, watching in awe as Harry went from the building to building at the speed of light, gaining momentum and making up for the fact that he was limited in certain ways.
'Remember, he has a manufacturing facility underneath the Lair and if he could get the blue prints, there's a chance that he could get it done,' Faora thought and sudden realization dawned upon Amanda.
'Oh yeah,' Amanda thought with a smile on her face.
'And my sister has her oh duh moment of the evening,' Emily thought and Amanda shook her head immediately, with the green eyed wizard moving his way from building to building.
'It's not like you don't have them from time to time yourself, Emmy,' Amanda thought, folding her arms across her chest with a rather prominent scowl when she glared at her sister and there was a clearing of someone's throat to get them back into focus.
'It really is the ultimate man cave though, isn't it?' Dinah asked and there was a moment of laughter from Harry.
'If that's what we want to call it….'
'Truth be told, that's the truth,' Jaime thought in amusement and there was much laughter throughout the bond. When it had a chance to die down, she spoke once again 'We had to just only rework the casing and the components for it to be more inline with the tech that the rest of us use.'
'Yes, I knew that,' Harry replied, his lips curling in amusement but he said nothing else other than that. He thought that they all did a good job on that particular piece of equipment, and allowed them more solid movement.
'Yes, after all of the time we spent on that, how couldn't we know that?' Faora asked Jaime and Jaime shook her head.
'Just trying to explain it to everyone else, in case they didn't quite get it,' Jaime thought and she paused long enough to hear some grumblings through the bond link that they got it. 'So what are we dealing with tonight….you really think that he's going to return fire…..'
'I wouldn't put it past him, the bastard is spiteful to begin with, but I gave him a real reason to be pissed off.'
"So, you really think that he's going to try something tonight?" Oracle asked and there was something akin to annoyance dripping from her voice when she spoke and it had nothing to do with the mission at hand. It had to do with the atmosphere at her workplace taking a turn for the worst with the newest addition to the work force.
"I'm pretty much betting on it."
'So an offense on Blackgate Manor, Wayne Manor, or the tower?' Faora thought and there was a pause before she amended her statement.
'We're standing by and we should really head it off at the source, before he has a chance to strike,' Dinah thought and Jaime nodded feverishly from her position. The fact of the matter was that she was a little bit away from Harry, but it would be better if they put some distance.
Two different Nightwings would add to the urban legend surrounding him and Harry could not help but be pleased about the mindfuck that he would be performing on certain criminals. Some of the rumors that he heard coming through the grapevine caused him great amusement.
"So, is there anything that I can do for you?" Nightwing asked Oracle and she gave a moment of surprised anguish. "Because you seem to be pretty out of it today, and you're not your usual self."
"It's not….well it's not really your fault," she replied, shaking her head to try and clear the cobwebs from her mind. "It's that new guy, he's starting to get on my tits and not in the good way, not that I'd want him on them in that way….his name is Nashton…..Edward Nashton…..and he's the sort of guy that you feel like you need to take a shower…..you know in acid, several times, just when he looks at you."
"Yes, I've met people like that before," Nightwing said and he maintained his momentum, swinging down to a lower rooftop, not once breaking his stride.
"He obviously…..well he has more issues than….." Oracle said, struggling to find the right words to describe him.
Harry decided to let her vent, it likely was something that she wanted to really get off her chest and Harry was going to let her go to town. He never met the Nashton guy really but he just had a feeling that he might not like him.
'So, I think that if Harry's going to go back on the scene, I think that I should be developing my own unique identity and my own costume,' Jaime thought and there was a moment where she paused. 'As amusing as the double Nightwing thing is…..I really want to be my own person….'
'I was thinking about getting out there as well,' Diana thought and she smiled. 'Mission control is great and all but….'
'Action is where it's at,' Dinah commented, she was thinking more about her civilian identity than anything, given that Black Canary was being more prolific. While your average citizen might not put two and two together, there was an ever pressing chance that she would run into someone who had more than a few brain cells to rub together. Then there would be some trouble for her. 'You know there's nothing stopping you from helping out….'
'Well I'm busy at school and working with Doctor Sandsmark, but it's something that I would like to keep on the back burner for the future,' Diana thought. If only she had more time but then again there were a lot of people in the bond who could say the same thing.
'It'd be awesome, you'd be great out there,' Lyta chimed in through the bond link, and Donna was more subdued but she would have to agree with her younger sister. As horrifying as that thought might have been to her that was.
'We could use all of the help that we could get,' Harry told Diana and she smiled through the bond link at him. 'Especially when things are getting a lot worse out there.'
'Noted,' Diana replied to him, which was one of the reasons why she was thinking about it.
'There's a storm coming, it seems like the Ocean is calm, but you can feel it,' Jaime thought and that's why she was going to stick with this longer than she intended to. But if she was doing some good then it was just as well. Plus it gave her something to do and ready made punching bags to take her aggression out on.
'I think we all feel that, it's quiet, especially by Gotham City standards,' Dinah thought but not everyone had packed it in for the evening.
'One thing that you might have noticed, there is a lot more activity around the area of Amusement Mile,' Faora chimed in.
"So, there seems to be a lot more activity around the area of Amusement mile?"
Oracle got straight down to business, instead of things that were personal and smiled. "That's something that goes without saying to be honest, the Penguin runs that place like a tight ship, and there's a lot of well-armed thugs down there, ready to shoot first and ask questions never."
"Won't be too well armed though," Nightwing said and he smiled, anything to make the Penguin's life just a little more inconvenient he was a fan of. "Myself and my associates are destroying the guns that we disarm from them, so they don't find their way back on the black market."
"That makes sense, given otherwise, Branden would just have his goons sell the guns, and we'd have the same mess we had last time."
Nightwing peered down and he could see Black Mask arrive, and unfortunately he wasn't alone.
"And tonight just got a bit more dangerous," Nightwing muttered and he could see Black Mask and several of his best men exit the limo. They all patrolled the industrial district, which bordered Amusement mile. "Seems like they're going to want to protect their territory."
'That could be a problem,' Black Canary thought and Nightwing swiftly in agreement.
"Yes," Batman said over the radio. He was on the other side of Pioneer Bridge, patrolling.
"Black Mask's men are just outside of Amusement Mile…thought you might want to know in case they try something."
"Understood," Batman replied tensely and it was agreed by both of them it was going to be a very long night.
Which given the early morning that was to come, that could pose a problem but it couldn't be helped. That was just par for the course for the costumed crowd of Gotham City.
It was a morning that Harry had been waiting for, preparing for, for an extremely long time and he smiled despite the fact that he didn't really get enough sleep last night. But to be fair, he was used to functioning on less and he did feel revived after the big work out that he had this morning.
Today was the day that many people had been waiting for, the official launch of the Red Sun. That was going to kick off what should be a big day but that was just beginning. Later in the morning, he had an interview with Juno Jones in regards to the release of this cutting edge piece of technology and it was going to blow sales up to unprecedented levels. It just needed one last nudge to do so.
Harry was going to have to say that he was fairly pleased with the initial projections that were coming out, quite pleased as well. This was going to be a fascinating day for him, if all went well and he thought that the day would go rather well.
'You should really be happy, we all are with this,' Faora said and she smiled, brimming with excitement.
'It's really going to be amazing," Karen commented, bouncing up and down, in excitement and she tried to keep herself calming down.
'Well it's going to be really big,' Jaime said with a smile on her face and the Alphas were abuzz. Harry was heading off towards his morning shower after the work out just thinking about it.
The time for hype was over and Harry was confident with all of the testing that the Red Sun would live up to all of the hype that it had been given and then some. There were a lot of pundits who said that it would change the way that people look at communications.
'Nothing like putting pressure on people,' Harry thought, more to himself than his fellow bond mates, but the fact of the matter was he agreed with them.
If he was going to change the world, he was going to have to start with a bang, and if it would inspire others, so be it. It would very much give him further competition to reach into that market even more.
That being said, Harry was mentally going over some last minute notes about what he needed to stay in his speech and he had a lot that he wanted to say and that he was going to say. He just wanted to make sure that he hit all of the necessary points because this was the future of his company that was on the line after all.
He barely could see that someone was standing there right before him, deciding to join him. He noticed that she was behind him after seconds and a pair of lips started to plant some tender kisses on his shoulder, and then hit the back of his neck, whilst she nipped him in an extremely affection manner.
"Hi, Rose,' Harry turned around and he saw Rose standing there in all of her naked glory, her red hair forming a curtain about the area of her face, when she looked at him with an adoring expression dancing in her eyes.
"Hello, Harry," Rose whispered in a seductive purr, licking her lips as she watched her nephew. With a well practice routine, both of them started to wash each other's bodies.
The contact was getting rather intimate really quickly and Harry could feel his aunt's skilled hands working him over, brushing against him a little bit and he returned fire, running his hands all over her tight ass with a smile.
Suddenly, perhaps brazenly, Rose backed Harry up against the wall and ran her hands over his body, giving him a massage.
"You seem rather tense, and why wouldn't you be?" Rose asked him, her lips pressed up against his ear and she whispered in it. "Today's a big day for you, isn't it?"
"The biggest," Harry said with a smile crossing his face, whilst her talented hands continued to heat things up, and the steam wasn't completely from the shower. They cupped him down low and Harry shifted against him, but she firmly pinched his thigh to get his attention.
"No, relax, I'll take care of you today, it's my job to ensure that you're relaxed for today," Rose said, her tongue trailing down on her lips, causing moisture to appear around them. "And I think we both know just how to do that, don't we?"
Harry groaned with Rose's hand tracing her way down his abs, and she was getting to work on him.
"I'm at your beck and call honey," Rose said and she smiled, her fingers brushing against him. "You seem to be the tensest down here."
Rose dropped down to her knees, her wet hair flipping back to showcase her beautiful face. She grabbed Harry's balls and slowly ran her hand all the way down him, stroking him rather nicely, and he groaned as her hand worked him over.
Harry smiled with the redhead vixen using her tongue to run her way down his cock and lick his balls. After she completely bathed his manhood in salvia, she eased it into her mouth, wrapping her tight lips around it and sucking him hungrily.
Harry closed his eyes, keeping her head in place, the more that she worked her mouth around him. His balls were aching with desire and the woman continued to pick up a steady pace, rocking her tight mouth around him.
"Oh, Auntie, that feels so good," Harry whispered, running his hands over the back of her head and her wet and wild mouth worked him over, sucking him like a Popsicle. She gave his cock a nice going over with her talented tongue and caused Harry's balls to tingle when she kept working him over.
Harry reached down, grabbing her wet breasts, fondling them, and things were beginning to heat up, in more ways than one. His balls ached with need the more that she worked him over.
She reached up, fondling his heavy balls and working them over, as her mouth worked him over a little bit more. Her hand placed on his hips as well and she moaned as Harry face fucked her. His manhood speared deep into her throat and she took more of him down into her throat, closing her eyes tightly.
That felt good, that felt amazing but she thought that there could be something that felt better. Her lips popped around him, her salvia coating his manhood the more that she worked him over, nice and easily.
Eventually she pushed herself back and allowed his cock to splatter its gift into her face. Rose cooed hungrily, catching his cum on her tongue, and she swallowed it greedily.
"You said that you were at my beck and call," Harry whispered, pulling Rose up to a standing position, his cock already hard once again.
She tingled with desire, with his manhood against her dripping slit once again.
"And I'm going to take you as hard as I can," Harry whispered, pressing her against the shower wall and he grabbed her breasts, scrubbing that. "But first, I think that this dirty slut needs to get cleaned first."
"Yes, Harry, I'm your dirty little slut, fuck your filthy aunt like the whore she is, fuck me so hard that I'm going to need to…."
Harry spun her around and she spread her legs, with his hands placed on her ass. His finger pushed into her puckered little hole, fingering her tight little asshole in and out. She moaned hungrily and his cock pushed against the edge of her hot slit. All she needed was him inside her, and that's what she wanted…
She wanted him, really badly, so badly that she could feel him. He was up against her walls, and he eased his way into her, stretching her hot slick walls apart, continuing the journey to the center of her body.
Rose arched her hips back, and moaned, his hands running down her breasts, and he kissed the back her neck, sparks of desire flowing through her body when his hands went to work on her.
His thrusts quickened their pace, pushing into her body, and his balls hammered over her ass. She was feeling good, really good even, and his manhood continued its journey into her. She closed her eyes, his hand running over her breasts, and he pinched her nipples. That really caused her to go completely and utterly nuts the more that he pounded away at her.
Harry thought that he established a nice tempo and he was driving her nuts.
"I think that this is relaxing, wouldn't you, Auntie?" Harry whispered, licking the back of her ear and Rose nodded, her legs spreading just that much more, to accommodating his full girth into her.
"You know how to stretch me out baby, fuck me."
'Yes, fuck my baby sister make sure she doesn't remember how to walked,' Lily said, leaning back into the office chair that she was and she was fingering herself in time with Harry fucking Rose.
Rose could feel this stud dominating her once more and he pushed himself deep into her body. His balls rested against her asshole and he once again nearly pulled away the way out, before pushing back into her once again.
'My god,' Rose moaned and Harry smiled, running his hand over her breast and causing pleasure to tingle through her body.
'Yes, I'm your god,' Harry agreed, and he nipped the back of her ear once again and continued to push into him.
He pulled out of her and then Rose was spun back around. His manhood pushed against her slit once again.
He eased his way into her, telling her without words that he wanted to see her eyes, her face, when he fucked her.
Rose could feel him once again and she was cumming hard. His mouth wrapped around her wet nipple and he sucked it, slowly biting down on it.
The redhead vixen could feel the steam continue to rise from the shower, and her wet moist lips devoured Harry's manhood.
Harry smiled. "You can't wait….you're literally sucking my cock into your lips…."
Harry pulled almost all the way out and Rose panted. His lips were all over her body.
His cock was now out of her, brushing against her bare stomach. She felt the tip of his head against her smooth toned flesh and she flushed her eyes.
They were opened with heavy lidded desire and the obvious tone of "fuck me" eyes. Rose pushed her hips towards Harry, waiting for him, she wanted her master, her nephew to take her in every way possible.
His fingers dug into her hips once again and he brushed against her womanhood. Her dripping lips were this close to taking him in her and then he pushed into her.
Rose's legs kicked up, resting on Harry's shoulders and she moaned loudly, as Harry pumped his way into the wall.
"Are you still with me?" Harry whispered hotly into her ears, cupping her ass and that caused her to clench onto him.
"Yes, please, fuck me," Rose whispered and she pressed her lips on the side of Harry's neck, kissing it, leaving marks there. He returned the favor, doing likewise to her in response.
The redhead could feel him bury into her, as the two of them went at it in the shower like rabbits, matching stroke for stroke.
Rose's slick center was treated with the love and passion that she needed and her hips continued to roll up to meet his manhood stroking into her.
"I want….all of you, please don't leave me hanging," Rose begged him, her hand on his shoulder and she could feel Harry continue his journey into her center. Each thrust was bringing her close and closer to an ear splitting orgasm.
Harry pumped into her, her legs spread as far as they were going to go, her nails digging into the back of his neck.
Rose's eyes flashed with lust and she pumped her hips up, meeting Harry when he plowed into her tight and hot center. The two of them worked back against each other.
"Getting closer, hang on," Harry said and he had Rose's leg up by his shoulder, slowly bending to kiss his way down it, as he fucked her.
"Keep it up, keep it up, I'm here," Rose said, stroking her fingers through her nephew's hair quite lovingly when he pushed himself into her. His manhood parted her thighs when he pounded into her.
Harry grunted, he worked up a nice and steady tempo. Rose was rolling her hips, matching his thrusts move for move and eventually something had to give.
Rose saw stars, her pussy clenching Harry's magnificent rod and she nearly slid onto the ground but Harry kept her up, his hands cupped underneath her ass.
He thrust into her faster yet and Rose could feel his warm seed spilling into her body. Each thrust of his cock emptying his balls caused a miniature explosion in her. The glass around the shower cracked and they were bathed in a never ending cloud of steam.
Things were about to get hotter when Harry finished his path into her.
The Evans female felt her nephew finish in her, and she was the one who felt relaxed with pure bliss dancing through her eyes as he pumped the last load of seed in her.
She shuddered with delight, their mutual orgasm being quite delightful.
Selina made her way to Gotham General, walking with a purpose, her arms hung next to her side. She had just heard what happened with Holly and obviously that was a cause of concern so she rushed over instantly to check up on her.
She had been found beaten severely in the middle of an alleyway, with bumps and bruises and everything that went along with that. The GCPD had received an anonymous phone call that pointed her in the right direction.
Alexandra Potter was with her when she had got the phone call and had decided to tag along. She let her due to the fact that she didn't want to argue with her.
Selina was trying not to lose her composure, because she was not the type of woman who would do something like that. That being said, her mind was going completely wild at the thought of what happened.
"You know, you should go soon, I know today's an important day for you," Selina said, stroking Holly's hair when she sat by the chair, watching over her.
Faora calmly sat next to her, checking her watch. "I know…..but I wanted to make sure you got here okay…..we both know that this might have been a message for you."
Selina didn't say anything. "If it is, I can handle it."
Faora waved off her words rather calmly. "I know you can handle it, but I'm pretty sure that the people who did this might be able to handle themselves as well."
Selina didn't answer that statement right away, she just sat silently.
Faora could pretty much piece together what was happening, at least for the most part. There were a few blanks but she had got a pretty good idea on what was happening.
That being said, as much as she would like to stay here for a bit longer to give Selina the support that she needed, business called. She wasn't being interviewed on television for Juno Jones but at the same time, she needed to be there. She wanted to be close at hand.
The most important day in the short history of RAO and it could be the day that really put the company on the map hard.
Selina watched Holly stir, but she was pretty much out of it. She got a severe beating, but they didn't go too far, because her being dead would not serve the purpose of the person behind this. The pain killers did it.
The woman saw Alex's gaze on her and she tried not to be bothered by it. Both of them were not bringing up something.
'You know it as well as I know it Selina, we both know who's behind this,' Faora thought to herself, and she looked at the woman, who was both making eye contact and avoiding it at the same time. That was an amazing feat in itself.
"So, what is the GCPD going to do about this?" Faora asked and Selina's eyes snapped towards hers. There was a look of intensity flashing through her eyes when she sighed.
"We both know the answer about how effective they're going to be about this."
The GCPD was going to look the other way, and the fact was considering Holly's colorful past and job history, she would be considered little better than a prostitute. And prostitutes were on about the same level as Gotham City trash as far as many in the GCPD were concerned, at least by those who were important enough to make the decisions.
"You know, Harry could really flex some of his capital and he could get someone to look into it."
That statement was thrown out there, and Selina took it back immediately. "Please don't go there, in fact…..I would prefer that you would not mention it at all to him, because….well just don't mention it to him."
Selina could see the expression on Alexandra's face darken several shades and the woman looked to be about ready to ask the question.
"I think that you should go to him, but that's your choice," Faora said to her and she decided to go in for the question. "Why?"
"Because it's my problem," Selina said swiftly and Alex's eyebrow corked up for a second. Selina felt like she was under interrogation and there was a bit more annoyance. "And I don't want to bring anyone into this, and besides, I can really deal with it."
"Do you have a problem with Harry being involved?"
That was a loaded question and Selina did not blink, even though she was giving a slight internal wince at what was said. That being said, her arms folded over her chest and she stared forward.
"It's just that, you have some kind of tension with him, and it would be considered sexual but at the same time, you are avoiding him for some reason," Faora said, deciding to drill her for information and to see exactly what her problem was.
Selina's mouth opened and shut, she doubted that the fact that this is complicated would get her out of trouble.
Perhaps she should explain things but she saw Holly stirring a little bit out of the corner of her eye. So she was partially glad that she was able to shift focus to her.
Faora decided to let this one go and she checked her watch again.
"I better go now," she told Selina and Selina turned to her, nodding swiftly. The two of them shared a brief but passionate kiss with each other. "I'll see you later ,and we'll pick things up later."
"Right," Selina commented, she was really expecting that and she really had no problem with that but she was going to be try to be evasive as possible.
Harry was sitting in the Green Room, now completely relaxed. He was waiting for Juno to bring him out on the stage but he decided to take care of some business.
"So are you sure everyone is out of the building at the same time?"
It would have seemed like a one sided question to anyone who might be listening in but the person on the other end of the phone was trying to keep their voice quiet.
"And he arrives at the same time every morning…..You're absolutely certain? It's like clockwork….accurate…..without any change every morning?"
Harry waited for the confirmation and a smile popped over his face. "Thank you, you've been a big help."
That being said, Harry smiled, he loved it when a plan came together. That being said, he tried not to look too bond villain and he should have been sitting here stroking a pussy.
That being said, there was a knock on his door.
"We're going to go on after the next commercial, Doctor Potter," the stage hand commented in a crisp voice and Harry got up from the Green Room. "I trust all of your accommodations were in order."
"Yes."
Harry smiled as the man sighed. He took that sigh as the fact that this particular man experienced some rather picky guests and he was the one who got the brunt of it if there was an uneven number of M and Ms. That being said, he looked more relieved than anything.
Outside on the stage, Juno Jones watched, her audience was a group of women in their twenties through their early fifties.
There were a few of Harry's females in the audience as well, with Rose, Faora, Kara, and Jaime all sitting around, enjoying the show to come. Diana wanted to come but it was unfortunate that there were a couple of classes that she just couldn't miss.
The younger girls might have showed up but they had to be at school. Not that half of them weren't considering playing hooky today to get their hands on the Red Sun fairly early, but in reality, they lived with Harry in the tower, so they could have gotten their hands on it before it even hit stores if they played their cards right.
"Communications is vital in this day, between man and woman, parent and child, employee and employer," Juno commented turning to address her audience with a smile on her face. "We need the means to help us communicate, and now there is no excuse to avoid that important element of our lives."
Juno held up the Red Sun and there was numerous oohs from the audience, and she looked around.
"This came out today, and initial projections are saying that they're going to sell lot hot cakes," she said with a smile. "Today, we've got a very special guest to tell you all about it, the genius behind the Red Sun and the RAO Corporation, I'd like to give you a warm welcome to Harry Potter."
Harry walked onto the stage and there was a loud round of applause with the green eyed wizard making his way to the stage. Juno made her way down to greet him and grabbed him into a tight hug, as they went to commercial briefly, and kissed on the cheek.
"Good to see you again, honey," Juno said with a nice wink with a smile on her face and she lead him up the area of the stage, with her leading him up by the hand.
The applause continued all through the commercial break and Juno watched for the light to blink. She and Harry were on the stage, sitting there. Her legs were crossed and she dangled her high heel from her foot a little bit.
"Thirty seconds," one of the stage hands said and Juno nodded; waiting as the seconds ticked on before they could officially come back onto the air.
Harry smiled in amusement, the applause only slightly died down and Juno watched, her arms crossed and she cleared her throat, before talking over the applause.
"Well, they're pretty excited to see the phone, I think," Harry replied and there was a loud round of laughter from those who managed to hear him.
"Doctor Harry Potter, Ladies and Gentlemen," Juno said in an excited tone and she laughed. "It seems like you've done it all and before the age of eighteen even. A childhood prodigy, with numerous doctorates, and correct me if I'm wrong, they're in Physics, Mechanical Engineering, and Chemistry, and you're working on another one in Electrical Engineering…"
"Not to correct you, Juno, but I have just completed my thesis in Electrical Engineering and I'm currently studying criminal psychology, I want to know how the more twisted minds out there work," Harry said and Juno whistled and there was a great applause from them. "And there are more that could be in the future."
"Well the sky is the limit for you, and the RAO Corporation, has really taken a foothold in Gotham City and Metropolis, and it's reach will be expanding all throughout the world," Juno commented.
"We feel that Gotham and Metropolis are two big technology sectors that we can lay our groundwork for expansion," Harry said and she nodded.
"There are people lining around the block, and it's not yet Black Friday, to get a look at the Red Sun, the new mobile phone put out by the RAO Corporation," Juno said and she held up the phone on the desk. "This is in front of me, the highest cell phone that's on the market and…..from what I'm understanding, the Red Sun outstrips it by a fair margin."
"Yes it does, I'm sure many cell phone conversations lead to a never ending stream of you asking a person if you can hear them now and having the battery burn out at the worst possible time…..we know that this will make talking over long distances easily. Also, there are hands free capabilities where you can keep your eyes firmly on the road where it belongs."
Juno gave Harry a bright smile but there was a ring on the cell phone.
"Hello, Karen," Harry replied and he smiled. "Yes, I can hear you perfectly, the reception is great. They're lining up around the block all over Metropolis are they…..well it's going to be a ground breaking day? Security is going to earn their money and then some."
The phone clicked off and smiled, as Harry turned to them.
"Yes, this is in fact not only a phone but it's the phone," Harry said a grin and he prepared to run down a list of all of the features.
Right after a word from their sponsors, one of them being the Red Sun from RAO. Just to hammer in a bit more of that last minute hard sell.
A limo pulled up in the parking lot of the Iceberg Lounge and the door flung open of the limbo. The Penguin exited the limo, he was in a foul mood. After what happened the other night, he was pretty pissed off and even his most trusted subordinates were giving him a wide and open space.
His plans for Potter were flushed down the toilet and what was worse, certain costumed rodents were getting involved in his business, and god only knows what other headaches would be coming. He was in a really foul fucking mood and Cobblepot being in a foul mood meant that he was even a less pleasant person to hang around than he normally was.
Tracey and Dudley exited the limo behind them, both of them keeping a distance and not really making eye contact with each other. And most certainly not saying a word about it but the Penguin was saying plenty and the fowl was in a really foul mood.
"I must have lost about fifty guns last night, those don't run cheap they don't," Penguin grumbled.
"We lost about as many men, you know," Dudley piped up but he turned towards the young man who was known as Mr. Walrus.
"I don't give a fuck about the men, they can be replaced, they're a bunch of dime a dozen thugs," Penguin said. "Someone is going through, dismantling all of the military grade weapons that I painstakingly rounded up."
"We did manage to keep hold of some of it, to be fair," Tracey replied to him and Penguin turned towards her, an ugly scowl on his face.
"Well pin a bloody medal on us, but we lost more than we gained," The Penguins said with a loud grunt and he turned around to check something in the limo. "And what's worse, Black Mask decided to get uppity and invading our territory. If isn't that just a kick in the nuts. He thinks that just because he's got that fancy suit and millions of dollars, he can just march in whenever he wants to….and take things. About as bad as the Waynes in my opinion, and he'd be bloody pissed if I compared him to that rich ponce but I don't give a fuck, do you see me giving a fuck?"
Cobblepot's rants went to grumbling and Dudley opened his mouth to ask, "what about Potter?" but wisely, Tracey placed her hand over his mouth and shook her head, mouthing "don't go there". After Harry Potter broke Penguins' arm, the last thing they needed was his name to be brought up.
Penguin turned around to face his Club and then it blew sky high right in front of his face.
"BLOODY HELL!" the Penguin yelled, being knocked on his ass from the explosion.
It was like the night club was there one second and it was gone completely the next. The smoke nearly choked him when he looked up at where the club once was, his eyes completely watering. There was no question about it.
He rolled over, onto his hands and knees ,overwhelmed with what was happening. This was his dream and his dream went up in smoke just like that. There was no one inside, but that wasn't a solace to him.
If people had been blown off, he hadn't been half as hacked off as he was right now.
"YOU SON OF A BITCH, YOU SON OF A BITCH!" The Penguin screamed at the top of his lungs, smacking his umbrella over and over onto the ground, damaging some of the pavement. There was nothing that he could say.
Dudley's ears perked up at the wail of the sirens that could be heard and even someone of his somewhat substandard intelligence knew that something was happening.
"We better get you out of here," Dudley said, managing to haul Cobblepot back to his feet.
The Penguin allowed him to do, coming to his senses. If the police had found him around the wreckage, things would be made.
There would be some people who would quickly go to the conclusion that it was some kind of insurance fraud. Even though that was not really true, that was the obvious answer.
The Penguin was hauled back into the back of the limo, not even bothering to buckle up. The driver looked on and Tracey roughly nudged him in the shoulder.
"Do I need to stick a gun up your ass now to get you going, drive, just drive!" she yelled angrily, and they drove off completely.
The limo made its way there, and the police showed up moments later. Cobblepot's dream went up in smoke.
The fact was that he would and could rebuild like he did before but it was just really the principle of the matter more than anything else. The bird was angry, and his anger continued to bubble over to the surface and beyond said surface, that was for sure.
Harry Potter smiled, he was dealing with the press regarding the release of the Red Sun, but there was an even bigger news story that temporarily halted that. The Iceberg Lounge went up, the exact same time that Harry Potter was seen by millions of people live and in person on the Juno Jones show.
Perhaps one could consider that timing to be interesting, but it did give him an airtight alibi. Not that there was anything to connect him and if the Penguin wanted to squawk about him, then there would be a few uncomfortable questions that he would have to answer.
In other words, it would be kind of foolish for him to go there.
'The demand is far outstripping the supply, just like we predicted,' Karen commented to them with a smile. 'People are lining up around the block and most of the major outlets in Metropolis are already selling out within the first hour.'
'Really, that's impressive,' Diana said in an awed voice. A lot of people in her class had taken a sick day, kind of suspicious that was the day that the Red Sun was going to come out on the market, live and in living color.
'We're trying to get people to believe that they're in limited demand,' Harry thought and he smiled. 'Naturally we know that it's not true, because we've got a second shipment ready to go.'
'It will make everything seem more desirable and the demand will grow,' Patricia chimed and her smile bubbled onto her face but why shouldn't it have been? They were doing excellent out there.
'That's actually some sound strategy,' Pamela replied, popping in for a second and Harry smiled.
'As if you doubted me anyway.'
There was no doubt at all and that was also something else that went without saying. That being said, Harry was walking up the driveway now towards a small quaint little home. It wasn't really that fancy but it looked like it was taken care of.
Harry remembered that night well after the attack on Alfred, where Sarah Essen told him that he wanted to talk one on one with him. The invitation got extended for a little bit of dinner. It took a while to get things arranged because of the busy schedule that both of them had.
Especially today of all days, especially today of all days, given the Press run that he had been on and the fact that she had been one of the GCPD that responded to the explosion at the Iceberg Lounge. So this went without saying that this was a later dinner than it might have normally been.
Harry thought that the Penguin's life was about to be get more difficult now. There was a package sent to the GCPD that connected Cobblepot to the Penguin. While he might be able to talk his way out of things for the time being, he was being watched and his less than legal activities were being furiously investigated.
Funnily enough, if he didn't make this person, Harry wouldn't have attacked him with such fury.
That being said, Harry was out of the suit that he was wearing and on his way for dinner. He was dressed fairly casually, with jeans, a nice shirt, and a comfortable looking coat, because quite frankly, it was getting kind of cold in Gotham City because they were deep into the month of November.
Gotham City was going all out for the next major holiday, with a lot of hoopla for Veteran's Day and a new monument being erected to pay tribute to those who had served their country who were born in Gotham City, but there were already some stores that were getting ready for Thanksgiving and obviously Christmas.
With those thoughts in his mind and there seemed to be many of them, Harry rang the doorbell to announce his arrival.
He only had to wait seconds for the door to swing open and he saw Sarah Essen standing there. She was close to thirty from what Harry could tell, around twenty nine or so, but she kept a figure that most women in their teens and early twenties would be envious of. Then again, that went with the territory and the job that she had.
That being said, she was wearing a tight sweater and a tight pair of jeans. She surveyed him for a second, a smile on her face. Her eyes looked at what he was wearing with interest and she smiled. "Harry, it's good to see you come in."
Harry invited himself in and it looked as nice as it did on the outside, on the inside, he would have to say that. That being said, she was checking him out, taking what he was wearing in with the greatest of interests.
"So, would you like something to drink?" Sarah asked, to be frank, after the day that she had, she needed at least a drink and then some more. It was one of those nerve racking days that would drive someone to have at least one drink.
"That would be nice."
Sarah turned around and walked over to the cabinet, with Harry taking a seat. When she returned, she had a glass of scotch.
Harry raised an eyebrow and looked towards her. "You know, I was expecting winne….."
She smiled at herself. "While wine is pretty nice, you seem like much of a scotch man and to be honest I prefer it myself."
She sank her way down on the chair and her nerves were relaxed after a nice long drink. She shook her head. "And besides, after the day that I figure we both had, you deserve a drink."
"Fair enough," Harry said with a smile taking a drink of the scotch and smiling at the taste of it.
'Ah, I want some,' Amanda said but that was cut down instantly.
'Absolutely not,' Lily replied shaking her head. She wanted to nip that particular problem in the bud.
'Yeah, you're bad enough sober especially since….'
'It's not like you didn't either, Donna,' Amanda hissed through her teeth.
'It's not like Donna didn't do what,' Hippolyta said, managing to give the Mom look through the bond.
Harry smiled and allowed this situation to play out although there were two females who were in trouble. Emily and Gabrielle seemed rather amused about the heat that Donna and Amanda were getting due to their parental units.
"So, you're on track for one of the greatest records imaginable with the Red Sun out there," Sarah said. "So, did you expect to sell them out that quickly?"
"Actually, I figured, the market is choking for something new."
Sarah couldn't deny. Her phone crapped out on her at the worst possible times and stranded out in the middle of the night in Gotham City with fucked up transmission in her car, cop or not, would qualify as the worst possible time.
"So, my day was pretty eventful, how was yours?"
"It was fine, not even a jay walker at least until someone decided to try and blow up Oswald Cobblepot's Club right in broad daylight," Sarah said and she looked at him with a pointed gaze. "In the middle of bright daylight, at the same time you were in the middle of an interview with Juno Jones."
Harry could not help but smile in spite himself. It was fairly true but the fact of the matter, how much did she know? She knew more than she was telling to be honest.
A timer went off thus causing that conversation.
"And that's the food," Sarah told him, the table had been set up ahead of time.
"Let me help."
She smiled, it was hard to get someone who would help out.
"I should insist that you don't do anything because you're a guest in my house, but I have a feeling that that's going to fall onto deaf ears," Sarah said to him and the two of them made their way around each other. "There's a lot about you that's public knowledge and a lot that's a mystery to be honest….."
"Well to be fair, I know that you're one of the most honest cops in Gotham City," Harry said and Sarah smiled at the thought of that. It might seem like a compliment but it wasn't that much to do that.
"Not that's hard to do but I try my best to be fair, even though half of the people around me aren't," Sarah replied. "Transferred in from New York and thought that was mess but Gotham City makes New York look like a playground….but I guess that we go about things rather different ways. You go about your business in the dark of the night, under a cloud of mystery. But we fight the same battle."
Harry smiled at her, he figured that she had put two and two together.
'So she knows that you're Nightwing,' Black Canary said to Harry.
'Not sure,' Harry replied. 'Let's see where this one goes and we'll find out.'
"Well, so you've found out something but….."
"Very good detective, and very good at my job, although a lot of people aren't going to put together the puzzle pieces," Sarah said and she looked at him. "You haven't made it too obvious but I figure that the mysterious ninja was either you or Bruce Wayne."
Harry said nothing but she figured as much. His non reaction pretty much told her everything that she needed to know.
"Your resources pretty much put a blinking arrow on you," Sarah told him and she dropped the other piece of information. "And I figure that Bruce Wayne is Batman."
It was now that there was a long pause and Harry suspected that the ball was thrown back into his court. He was going to run with said ball for as far and long as he was able to.
"So you've figured it out, have you?" Harry asked her and she nodded. "You've got the information, so what you're going to do with it?"
The fact that she had this bombshell was pretty big but it was not as big as the next one she gave.
"I want to help you."