Kapitel 128: Chapter Forty Six: A Sapphire Burns Bright Part One.
Chapter Forty Six: A Sapphire Burns Bright Part One.
Chloe Sullivan paced back and forth like a caged animal in the apartment that her and her cousin shared. She was….well she was not in the soundest mind, one could say that for sure. The blonde closed her eyes, as her thoughts frantically ran through the back of her head. She was wearing out a hole in the carpet but that was secondary to what she really was thinking. It went without saying but her mind went a mile a minute and did not seem to be slowing down for anything whatsoever.
Her heart hammered across the back of her head and the blonde went over the scene slowly, frame by frame in her mind, as she analyzed everything that happened. Once again, it was hard to swallow but it happened, oh boy, did it happen. Chloe swallowed once again.
'Get a grip on yourself, Sullivan, and focus, even though you can't, still do it!' she shouted at herself.
Chloe went over what happened in her mind, she was heading by the Daily Planet for a visit and the only thing she saw was her cousin disappearing in the flash of green light. It looked like from her vantage point that Lois touched something. That did make a lot of sense, Lois would touch something that she should not and get herself in a problematic situation. Chloe had to admit that she would have done the same thing but still the point stood.
The knock on their apartment door jerked Chloe out of her stream of consciousness thoughts. Shakily, she put her grip on the doorknob and opened it up. She breathed as it was Harry Potter.
"Oh, Harry, thank God you're here….um….I don't know how to break this to you, so I'll do it anyway. Lois was abducted."
Well Harry thought that this qualified as urgent news as he saw Chloe pacing around back and forth.
"She was just there minding her own business, well minding her own business for Lois, when suddenly there's this ring, and what does she do? Well she grabs onto it and it causes her to disappear into a flash of light," Chloe said, speaking a million miles a minute as her breathing became very labored. She shook her head. "I don't even know what happened, she could be vaporized or something but….."
"Calm the fuck down….please," Harry said as he put his hand up and Chloe stopped and stared, looking at him.
"Right, calming the fuck down, I am so calming the fuck down," Chloe stammered as she shook her head. She wondered what the hell was happening but she was pretty sure that she did not like it all. Never the less, her mind going a million miles a minute as it did, managed to taper off into a state of relaxation. "Or as calm as I'm going to be since my…."
"I know, please sit down before I have to force your hand," Harry said as he looked at Chloe and she sat down. "Tell me everything that you could see about what happened and….think clearly, please."
Harry handed Chloe a glass of water, which was treated with a calming charm. He did not need a hysterical blonde girl who tripped over her own words trying to spit them out with the accuracy of a crude machine gun.
"Right….um, let's see," Chloe stammered but she could not really think of it. "I'm sorry, but it's kind of confusing and it happened so fast."
"Just relax," Harry advised her and Chloe narrowed her eyes and spoke to him in an eerily calm tone.
"You do realize that telling someone to relax is the least likely way to get them to relax, don't you?" Chloe asked Harry.
Jean decided to chime in her two cents. 'She does have you there.'
'Yes, she does,' Kitty agreed from the other end of the bond and there was a second where Harry paused.
"Start from the top," Harry said to Chloe and she nodded carefully. Her mind was going completely wild with what happened. "You were going to the Planet to visit Lois."
"Yeah, and I saw her running out frantically, you know how Lois is when she smells a story," Chloe said without missing a beat and Harry nodded swiftly, he did know all too well. "So anyway, there's this….blast of green light and suddenly….she's gone. She touched something, I was halfway across the parking lot when she did and I don't have fifty different kinds of visions like some people do."
Harry just smiled but said nothing. He invited Chloe to continue.
"Could it be aliens?" Chloe asked and Harry raised an eyebrow. "I know, alien invasions happen so often in this city that you can set your watch to them because they happen so often but still….still…..could it be?"
"It could," Harry agreed with her and the blonde raised an eyebrow. Harry did not mean to be vague, although vagueness tended to come very often with him.
"Could you be even more vague?"
"Take me to the scene of the crime, just think about it, and we'll be there," Harry said to the blonde and she gripped his arm. She had no questions as to why because magic made even the most impossible of things possible.
She vanished with a slight pop on the scene but already SHIELD was there. It appeared that there might have been another witness to the sudden disappearance of Lois Lane.
"I figured that you'd find out about this," Natasha said as she greeted Harry with a professional handshake and then stole a kiss when her fellow SHIELD agents were not looking. She was rather discreet about that.
"Yes, you have," Maria said as she turned up and she greeted Harry. "Mr. Potter, it's good to see you as always."
Given what she saw and she saw plenty, the last time she saw Harry Potter for an extended period of time, Maria thought that she was doing a pretty good job in keeping her composure. Then again, she was professional.
Kara, Jean, and Kitty turned out at the scene because Harry thought they could help look with everything. Plus they were the three girls who were the closest, so there was that.
"So have you been busy?" Harry asked Maria and she nodded before offering just one word to the wizard.
"Very," Maria said as she combed over the scene in a half distracted manner. Her dark hair went in her face as she looked over everything but there seemed to be a trace. "Whoever did this….well….I'm not certain that it was on purpose."
"Did you say its green light?" Harry asked Chloe, realization dawning on him. He was going to hit himself for that realization not dawning on him much sooner. Never the less, his blazing green eyes fixed on hers and Chloe's mouth hung open halfway as she nodded.
"Yeah, green light, that's right," Chloe confirmed with a frown, wondering where this one was going to go. Granted, she had a few ideas but she wondered how many of them were off of the mark.
Harry knew what was going on now. "Well, I don't think that Lois has been abducted, but her natural curiosity and strong will has given her an interesting opportunity to say the very least."
"Exactly what do you mean?" Chloe asked and Harry wrapped an arm around her waist and turned to Maria, who was curiously listening in on the conversation.
"It means that Lois Lane has been chosen by one of the elite set of corps in space," Harry said to Chloe and suddenly it dawned on them all. SHIELD had information about them, thanks in part to SWORD. "I need to get to my Fortress, to send a message. I'll be back soon."
Without another word, Harry flew off at the speed of light and left Chloe to chat with Kara, Jean, and Kara.
Lois Lane did not really take kindly to disappearing into a flash of light. She looked up at the tower structure that she was outside and she closed her eyes. She shook her head and there was a moment where the dark haired woman stood up straight and saw that the green ring was on her body. She saw a glimpse of herself in the mirror and she took half of a step forward.
The dark haired woman shook her head and the green costume that wrapped around her body was something that took her off guard as she caught a view of herself. The green top rode up halfway up her body. She had a flat stomach that was emphasized by this shirt. She had a green and white top with a green lantern emphasized on her chest. The green pants wrapped around her body snugly and Lois wondered if they were supposed to be this tight. They seemed to be too tight from law.
"Step forward please, my child."
Lois shook her head and there was one thought that entered her head. 'Foreboding.'
The dark haired woman took a few steps forward and she paused. She corked one eyebrow as she clutched her fist as she looked high up to the pedestal where several individuals rested before her. Lois frowned as she watched them above her. She wondered what was going on.
There were several blue creatures with gigantic heads and looking at her. She held the ring in her hand and there was a glow of it.
"Lois Lane, of Earth, welcome to the Green Lantern Corps."
It struck Lois immediately as she shook her head. Two females stood off to the side and it was the first time that Lois noticed the two of them. Then again, she had been the slightest bit preoccupied with the blue headed creatures that currently peered at her. The woman swallowed for a brief moment and she rolled her head back as she turned and stared them down. Both girls were exotic looking beauties.
The first girl had silky dark green hair and a light green skin. Her white and green uniform fit snugly around her body. Lois noticed that she had a nice set of D-Cup breasts and a flat stomach, along with a shapely tight ass that looked like it could stop traffic. She had bright green eyes, although a different shade of Harry's she noticed. She turned for a second to whisper something to the other girl and that allowed Lois to get a sense of her tight ass.
The second girl had golden hair that almost matched her golden skin. She had sensual looking golden eyes and a lust inducing frame. She wore a tight white outfit that showcased her immense cleavage and she also had a delicious set of D-Cup breasts. The outfit stopped at her thighs which showed off a dazzling set of legs that could stop traffic. A set of white boots looked like they could stop traffic and Lois looked at the woman, shaking her head as she watched the person before her.
"Arisia Rrab and Jennifer-Lynn Hayden, welcome," the blue head man said as he peered at Lois. "Now, I'm sure that you have questions, Lois Lane of Earth."
"Yes, a few," Lois said in her usual calm voice. She was trying not to really lose sense of herself but her arms folded over her chest. She watched them. "Just who are you people?"
"We are the Guardians of Oa, of the Green Lantern Corps," another one of the big blue headed people said. "We are an intergalactic peace keeping force that undertake law and order throughout the entire universe."
"I see," Lois said as she let her breath out in a slight whistle. Her neck craned back as she stared down the big blue head people that were above her. "But, why me? What does this have to do with me?"
"We are getting to this point, it appears that patience may not be a strong suit of yours," one of the Guardians said and Lois looked at them, her mouth hanging halfway open in protest but then she snapped it shut after a moment.
She realized that maybe, just maybe, these Guardians of Oa might have had a point. Patience had not been her strong suit for a very long time, which caused her father no amount of headaches. Then again, Lois was going to argue that her sister was completely worse all things consider.
"Yeah, patience was not a strong suit, but seriously, why am I here?" Lois asked. "Should I even be here?"
"If you weren't worthy of the ring then it would not have chosen you," one of the Guardians commented although there were more of a few of them who wondered if she was Green Lantern material.
Earth was a rather backwater planet as far as many planets in the universe was concerned and it was nothing that was important. The Guardians thought that 2814 was a sector that did need policing, even though there were some in the universe that would leave humans, barbarians as far as many people were concerned, to their own devices and the cream would raise above the crop.
The dark haired woman watched them as they conversed amongst themselves. She tapped her foot, noticing the green boots that she now wore. She was never one for fashion unlike the other girls but she had to admit, that they kind of suited her a little bit. They were not an amazing green like Harry's eyes were but they were do.
"We feel that your position on Earth will be beneficial with your role in the Green Lantern corps," one of the Guardians said and Lois corked an eyebrow halfway up.
"Position…have you been spying on me?" Lois asked in a half of a yelp and the woman gave the Guardians a challenging glare, much to the amusement of the two females standing there.
"We prefer the term research," one of the Guardians state without missing a beat but he stared down at Lois and cleared his throat. "Of course, the fact of how you got here is not relevant. The fact of the matter is that you and here, and you have some….moderate abilities but you need to be trained. Therefore, Arisia Rrab and Jennifer-Lynn Hayden have consented to train you."
Lois wondered how long this training would take and she shook her head. "You know….I'm not perfect for the job. I can be pretty stubborn and I don't take orders that easily, not to mention I can be pretty reckless."
"You'd be perfect then," Arisia said with a smile and Jennifer, or Jade as she was often called, looked up to face the Guardians.
"Also, Har-Rell has sent a message, he is wondering why Lois disappeared with a green lantern ring," Jade said.
One of the guardians chuckled although the others became serious. "He never misses a trick, does he? He would have made a great Green Lantern, but that is not his place in the world, unfortunately. Tell me what he needs to know, in fact, I'm certain that Arisia can undertake Miss Lane's training until you are able to return."
"Don't get too side tracked with him though," Arisia muttered out of the corner of her mouth and Jade shook her head as she made her way to Earth to appease Har-Rell.
"So you mean to tell me that Lois Lane has been chosen for the Green Lanterns?" Harry asked as Jade turned up to deliver the news and the green skinned Green Lantern looked at him with a mild smile.
"Yes….and yes," Jade said as she looked at him as she looked into his emerald green eyes. "Although I'm quite curious as to why the ring did not zoom to you."
"Maybe it did," Harry suggested and Jade paused and looked at Harry thoughtfully. "I mean, I was right at the Daily Bugle before the ring arrived…..but Lois is good. Plus, I have a bit too much on my plate and I have other things to do."
"That's what the Guardians said, more or less," Jade said in agreement as she looked at him. "She won't even be gone for that long, at least not on Earth. From her vantage point, it will seem like a long time. Although we can't seem to slip one past you."
"I have eyes and ears everywhere, you know," Harry told Jade as the green skinned woman watched him with a smile.
"Yes, I know," Jade said as she thought about Harry's wide network, most of them, actually pretty much all of them, some of the best and brightest females in the world. "I won't mince words…..I think that you would have been a great Green Lantern."
"Maybe, but Lois will be, she's strong willed enough," Harry said as he stood outside of the headquarters of Ferris. He was waiting for Carol to join him. "Don't worry…..so what's been happening in space?"
"I don't think we have enough time in the day, but I'll give you the short version of it," Jade said as she smiled. "The Skrull….they're being transferred to holding cells. Although you did get some of the spoils of that particular war, and the Kree….well they're being watched closely. Even though Mar-Vell is now on the throne, there's still some underlying resentment towards you."
"I figured as much," Harry said with a sigh as he rolled his eyes into the back of his head. "So if the Guardians or the Corp need any help…."
"I know you'll make yourself available and that's appreciated, believe me," she agreed as Jade looked into his eyes with adoration. Without another word, the two of them parted ways, mostly because they had to get back to their respective lives.
There was this unspoken declaration that the two of them would get together before too long and with Harry, there was no need to expand upon what that meant.
Harry walked about eighteen steps and he met Carol Danvers outside of the Ferris Aircraft. She greeted him quite heartily with a hug and a burning kiss, with the implication that there would be something more later.
"It's been a long time since I've been able to fly something this amazing," Carol said and Harry raised an eyebrow at her. "Well, the Quinjet, that's pretty good but this….this is unlike anything that's ever been seen on Earth."
"It's a rather primitive aircraft by Kryptonian standards but the best that we can do by Earth's technology," Harry said as Harry and Carol made their way up the steps to meet the person that was there.
"CAROL!" a female voice shouted as she greeted her.
This woman had jet black hair as dark as midnight and blue eyes that were shimmering. She had an angelic face with high soft cheekbones but she looked rather formidable despite that. She wore a purple blouse that hid her assets although it was easy to see when someone looked hard. A conservative skirt stretched down on her knees.
"Well, Carol, how are you?" Carol asked as the blonde smiled at the dark haired woman.
"I'm doing fine, Carol," Carol Ferris said as she smiled back at the blonde.
"So, you two were roommates in college," Harry said and he looked at Carol and Carol with a smile on his face.
"Yes, and the stories that we can tell you well….."
"Let's not get into that just yet," the CEO of Ferris Aircraft said as she reached forward and gave Harry a strong handshake. "It's good to see you again, Harry."
"As it is you, Carol," Harry told her as the two of them stared each other down. "Are you ready for the test flight?"
"Yes, and you couldn't have brought a better person on board to test things," Carol Ferris said as she looked with a smile as the blonde member of the Avengers walked forward. All things considered, both Carols had done alright for each other since their wild college days but that was beside the point. She cleared her throat with a brief smile etched across her face. The dark haired woman kept her eyes on him as the three of them made their way upstairs briefly. "You know, the Board's going to get off my back regarding this one…."
"Well, the Board might think that you're easily maneuvered out but I disagree," Harry said to Carol Ferris as Carol Danvers positioned herself to fly the plane.
"And this will be the beginning of a partnership between RAO and Ferris that will shake the foundations of the business world," Carol told him with a bright grin. "Then again, you already have your fingers in a few pies already."
Harry raised an eyebrow and only offered one statement. "Oh, do tell?"
"Well the deal with Wayne, the deal with Starr, the deal with Frost Industries, and you've observed Shaw's companies, oh and there's Stark, that was another one," Carol said as she shook her head. "Hammer and LuthorOsCorp are your two most persistent rivals and I'm sure you're going to find a way to neuter them as well."
Harry shrugged his shoulders and offered an extremely obvious and very transparent "guilty as charged" type of expression on his face. He sat down beside Carol and offered the woman a drink, which she accepted.
"Finest wine in the world, and I know you don't drink…."
"Once in a while," Carol said as she watched him with a smile. Given how stressed she had been lately, she could loosen up a little bit.
"Okay, Carol, we're ready and in position when you are," Harry said over the intercom.
"Yes, and remember this is a test flight, so no need for anything too serious, and if the plane gives you any grief, make an emergency landing, this isn't a mission with the Avengers after all," Carol told the blonde.
The Blonde member of the Avengers shook her head with a hearty. "Yes, I know!"
There was a faint sound of the plane taking it off and Carol and Harry watched Carol fly it. The CEO of Ferris Aircrafts was amazed how smoothly and how soundlessly it flew.
"I'm going to have to work on it being a bit too noisy but other than that good," Harry said and Carol turned towards him, a bemused expression on her face.
"I could barely hear it at all," Carol suggested and Harry smiled.
"Exactly, but you shouldn't be able to hear it period, hence it's a flaw," Harry said as he watched the plane. "The flight looks good, not as good as the person flying it but still good."
The test flight went smooth other than those admittedly minor quibbles.
After the test flight, Harry, Carol, and Carol returned to Carol's office at Ferris Aircraft. The three of them sat down to talk about the test flight.
The blonde Avenger smiled as she shook her head. "I thought that the plane handled pretty well."
"I'd say," Harry agreed with a wide grin on his face. "Although there are a few minor and I stress that minor flaws. But you think…."
"Yeah, I know, you think it was only slightly noisy despite the noise being barely heard," Carol said although she could see that Harry had a point. "It ran smoother and I could go faster than any other plane that I have ever flew."
"It looked that way as well," Carol agreed as she offered Carol a drink. She looked at it, she had problems with drink before but she figured that one could not hurt.
Besides, it was a point you did not have a test flight everyday. She could tell Harry was rather pleased and he did not get pleased that easily. Then again, why should not he be pleased?
"What a day, what a flight," Carol Danvers said as she kicked back with the drink and smiled. "So, was it up to your specifications?"
The CEO of Ferris Aircraft and Airspace drained the drink into her mouth and put it down, nodding, as she thought that it the spot. Carol stared at Carol with piercing blue eyes and nodded. "Yes, I think it went well, it went better than expected."
The superheroine smiled. "Well that's Harry, he does tend to beat all expectations."
"That I do," Harry agreed, there was no need to be modest. Modest was not who he was and he folded his arms over. He leaned back as he tapped his foot on the ground. "And….I think that I passed the trial that you wanted."
"Yes, I….wasn't really skeptical but at the same time…."
"Seeing is believing," Harry offered her and Carol smiled back at him.
"Pretty much yes," Carol said as she reached into her desk drawer to find a pen. She was about ready to sign the agreement and begin the business partnership with Harry, officially on paper. Although she suspected that the two of them would see a lot of each other. A lot more of each other as she thought. "So, you have the papers that I can sign?"
"Always," Harry said as Lana showed up right on cue with the papers. "My personal assistant brought them up, my lawyer made sure that they were all binding and not anything that your Board of Directors can find fault of."
Ferris nodded, that was the most important thing to her. Especially given the fact that she was sure that Luthor had a stooge on the Board but she could not prove it. She had an inkling that there was something there.
The documents were handed to her.
"Thank you Lana," Harry said as he kissed his assistant briefly.
Carol paused but she shook her head. The black haired woman was not surprised, given some of the rumors that she heard about Harry. Of course, it was not your average playboy millionaire, this was something different and she was really curious to figure out what he was all about. She wanted to find out what made him really tick.
"Well, this appears to be all in order, but give me a minute to look it over," Carol said and Harry waved his hands to ensure her that he was perfectly pleased with that. The dark haired woman flipped through the document, smiling, this deal was everything that they had discussed and more. "This is….a rather generous deal."
"I take care of my partners, and I figure that the two of us can work with even more, one of the most powerful business networks in the world but I think that Ferris is missing out on it," Harry told the woman and she smiled.
"Well that's an oversight that I'm going to correct with my signature," Carol said as she held the pen in her fingers and without another word, she scrawled her name on the dotted line.
"Welcome to the team," Harry said as he held his hand out and she took it, shaking it.
She paused, looking into his eyes, they were gorgeous, especially up this close but….business before pleasure, business before pleasure.
"Well, it's a pleasure doing business with you," Carol Ferris said as Carol Danvers and Lana had left, leaving the two of them alone. And that was a tantalizing possibility.
"And naturally, I like to know my business associates a bit better," Harry told her as he stood in front of her. They were so close, close as close could be without touching.
"Yes, I can….see that," Carol said, any bold statement that she could have made was lost from her throat on the way past her lips.
Time was something that stood by still, edging one moment at a time as Harry stared her down. The dark haired woman felt like her back was pressed against the wall and rightfully so, perhaps. She closed her eyes tightly as she waited for the other shoe to drop.
"So, maybe the two of us could get together outside of the office," Harry said to her with a smile. "Over dinner."
"Dinner….well it would be kind of rude for me to pass up a free meal," Carol agreed as she placed her hand onto her hip and stared at Harry. "So…..next week sometime?"
"That would be nice, maybe Wednesday or Thursday?" Harry asked as she looked back at him and mentally consulted her schedule.
"It would be perfect….Thursday, at seven," Carol said and she looked at Harry. She was about to make a comment about dessert but she stopped herself immediately thinking that it might be a bit too forward.
"Perfect," Harry commented to her with a wide grin. "That's perfect…..I'll see you then."
"Oh you will see….."
Harry suddenly heard something, grabbed her around the waist, and jumped behind Carol's desk.
There was an explosion that resounded and Carol looked up in confusion.
"What the….." Carol managed as she saw a trio of woman walk out, marching into her office.
"We have found her," one of them said as the women were dressed in skin tight pink latex with their faces being covered. "The potential is strong with this one, she will be a great member to the Corps. She has loved and lost before."
"What are?" Carol thought but she was engulfed in a pink energy bubble.
Harry, being, Harry went after them but he was blocked by an energy field.
"You are not to stop us, Har-Rell, although we do have plans for you," one of the females said in a ghostly almost haunted voice. It had a degree of lust.
Harry was bounced against the wall with a surprising force and a crystalized pink shell wrapped around him. He really knew no more.
At least until he was free, when Kara, Jean, and Wanda turned up, helping him free.
"What happened?" Harry asked and Carol, now in full Ms. Marvel attire, turned up.
"That's a good question," Harry said but there was another voice behind them that answered.
"The Star Sapphires happened," Jade said as she turned up.
"I'll get the Avengers," Ms. Marvel said and she got out her Avengers ID card. They had a feeling that they were going to need all of the help that they could get given that these Star Sapphires pink pimp slapped Harry Fucking Potter.
"They took Carol, we just barely missed her," Kara said and she turned to Wanda who explained.
"I managed to slap a tracer on her before she went through the portal," Wanda added but how good that would be, she had no idea. It was better than doing nothing.
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