Chapter 15
Baltimore, Maryland Loric Resistance Safe House
Harry had wisely chosen to install hard-light holographic projectors along with detailed scanners in all of his resistance safe houses. The tech had runes on them which would disintegrate them at a command or if the wards on each safe house determined a hostile being was tampering with them. The holography tech allowed Harry to appear in each safe house while being anywhere in the solar system. He was currently physically in Florida with the other Garde while visiting the Baltimore safe house.
"This setup is quite impressive," Adam said as he sat at a holographic terminal where he could access a Loric archive.
The AI built into the Archive was watch-dogging everything Adam did to make sure he didn't violate Harry's trust. After what they had been through Harry was extending Adam a limited amount of trust. But that didn't mean Harry planned to let Adam know about the LuLoric base until the war was over if ever. Adam knew there were other safe houses. He just didn't know the extent of the Loric resistance Harry had been setting up. It was a constant ongoing process. Harry had AIs tasked with buying up safehouses and hiring workers to come in and set up the basics. Then automated drones would come in and set up the more advanced tech and runes. All it would take after that was Harry, Hermione, or Luna visiting the safehouse to energize the wards initially.
"Thank you," Harry said.
"The computer systems alone are far in advance of what we had access to," Adam admitted. "It would seem Setrakus Ra was not able to take Loric technology with him when he came to Mogadore. I wonder why."
"I have been able to get into some of the hidden council files. There is still a lot I don't know," Harry lied. He had in fact gleaned this information from some of the Loric far more willing to speak than Pitticus Lore and the other Elders present at the time of the Fall of Lorien. Even if
those Elders weren't willing to talk much to Harry, there were many other Loric available. Harry had even spoken with Setrakus' mother using his ability to summon spirits thanks to replicating the Hallows. "When Setrakus survived Pittacus' aborted assassination, he immediately fled Lorien for fear Pittacus would finish the job. Pitticus watched him like a hawk. He had no time to take any technology. I believe he has recreated much of the research he was pursuing on Lorien from memory. It's obvious he knew enough about some Lorien technology to advance your people's computer technology slightly. I can tell because Loric intelligence on Mogadorian technology from before the Fall was more primitive. But Setrakus hasn't been able to advance you anywhere close to where Loric was technologically speaking. His research was focused on genetics."
"What exactly was Setrakus researching?" Adam asked curiously.
"The enhancements you have seen in select Mogadorians are an example. His research was focused on giving legacies to non-Garde. He wanted to control who had legacies and who didn't. He fell in love with a Loric who didn't have legacies. She didn't seem to mind. But Setrakus did," Harry explained.
"It's fascinating to know what drives him," Adam said.
"It is," Harry agreed.
Harry was prepared to summon Celwe, Setrakus' deceased wife, should the need arise. She was quite ashamed of what her former husband had become. Seeing her spirit at the right time could definitely distract Setrakus in battle. Harry was working with Hermione to make it so Celwe could control a clone body. It had taken a little work to be able to create the clone to look like Celwe's long decomposed body. But Harry and Hermione were resourceful.
"I bet if you wrote a book about Setrakus Ra's life and published it after the war it would be very popular," Malcolm said as he came into the basement of the safehouse where the command center was set up.
Malcolm spent time in both the LuLoric base and the Baltimore safe house to keep Adam company. Malcolm spent a lot of his time reconnecting with his wife Patricia who was currently living on LuLoric.
"It probably would be," Harry admitted. "I may end up doing that or tasking an AI to do it. How are our new Chimera?"
"They were pretty happy to see Crayton. They are recovering nicely," Malcolm answered.
Adam on one of his missions had discovered the Mogadorians experimenting on six chimera that had come to earth with Crayton. Adam had managed to liberate the Chimera without revealing he was working for the Loric. The Chimera had been in need of some healing after Mogadorian captivity. Olivia and BK had been overjoyed to see more of their kind. Harry had already taken genetic samples of each Chimera and was prepared to clone them if need be. The Chimera
population couldn't take anymore hits to its genetic diversity. If it came down to it, Harry could do a little genetic manipulation. Yet it was preferred to let nature take its course in providing genetic diversity.
LuLoric Base
"So, what's the verdict Doc?" Nine asked jokingly as he and Marina stared up at the hologram of their baby.
Marina's pregnancy had progressed to the point where it was quite far along. She was very obviously showing at this point. Her child was a little girl.
"I think the verdict is that you have two options. Option one is that Marina shouldn't go out in the field anymore unless she's sitting in a transport and we bring any injured to her. Option two is that she goes and spends some time in her private room, several months room time. When she comes out she will be ready to deliver the baby. I suppose there is a third option. We could fit her with a golem like Ella is using," Harry explained.
Ella had been successfully inserted into Mogadorian captivity. Setrakus Ra was none-the-wiser about the fact that the great-granddaughter he had living with him was in fact a golem.
"The idea of spending months trapped inside of a private room doesn't sound very appealing," Nine admitted.
"That's because you can rarely sit still," Marina said fondly. "I could get a lot of sleep in." She was becoming more tired lately because of the pregnancy. "I don't like the idea of leaving you alone in the field without me for months either. We're all needed now."
"What about option three?" Nine asked her.
"That sounds complicated. Would the golem be able to use my legacies?" Marina asked Harry.
"Only telekinesis. We are actually using a micro-wormhole to control the golem remotely. Telekinesis or in Ella's case her telepathy as well can travel through the wormhole. But nothing else can go through," Harry explained.
"That isn't a whole lot different than what my abilities can do anyway," Marina admitted.
Marina had started training up the ice generating power that had been revealed in the other world. In the other universe Harry could see that Marina in her rage over Eight's death had impaled Five's foot and then one eye with icicle spears. Marina had been able to access the same legacy in this universe as well.
"I could offer you a few more rooms in the base under the time dilation effect of your private rooms. You'll have the ability to change your view as well and access to the entire Loric archive of entertainment as well as our archive of human entertainment," Harry pointed out.
"I'd like to go that route," Marina said.
"Agreed," Nine replied while secretly being a little worried Marina would get tired of him being stuck so close to him for so long.
"I'll have it prepared in an hour," Harry said. "The time dilation will end within an hour of you being ready to give birth."
"You can time it that accurately?" Marina asked in surprise. "Of course," Harry confirmed.
"Would it be bad form to bet on if their relationship survives such close proximity to each other for so long?" Sarah asked as she stood next to Harry and watched him finish activating the custom time dilation console he had built outside the suite Marina and Nine were now within.
It would only be half an hour their time before the couple was ready to come out. So, Harry and Sarah had decided to stay there. Two of the chimera in dog form, Biscuit in Golden Retriever form and Dust in gray Husky form, were playing tug of war with a piece of cloth they had found. One of the other chimera named Gamera in turtle form followed after the dogs. Regal was a chimera in hawk form who perched nearby watching. Bandit was another chimera in racoon form watching with Regal. The orange tabby Chimera named Stanley was off somewhere in the base likely hanging around Sam. The orange tabby had a fondness for Sam.
"Their relationship will either come out stronger or likely ended. I don't think it is a good idea to bet on such things. We won't have to wait long to find out," Harry said.
"True. BK and Olivia look pretty happy together," Sarah said as she nodded towards the two Chimaera currently both napping laid against one another both in beagle form a little ways down the hall.
"They do," Harry said with a fond smile. "Good for him."
The two lovers sat side by side in a love-seat Harry had moved from an adjacent room into the corridor. When the field ended they stood up and returned the chair. Nine and Marina exited the room hand in hand.
"You look about ready to pop girl," Sarah told the heavily pregnant Marina. "I feel like it," Marina said.
"Hermione and Luna are set up and ready," Harry said.
The group made their way just down the corridor where Hermione and Luna were waiting. The two witches were going to deliver the baby. After that it was a waiting game. After a time, Nine came out of the procedure room looking tired but smiling.
"She's a healthy girl," Nine said. "We named her Sophie."
"Congratulations," Sarah said with a grin as she pulled Nine into a hug.
"Yes. Congrats man," Harry said as he engaged Nine in his own back slapping man-hug. "Thanks," Nine said.
And like that the Loric population increased by one more.
Baltimore Safehouse
"This is Ashwood Estates," Adam said as a hologram appeared on the screens showing a very well-to-do neighborhood just outside of Washington DC. "It's where the top ranking North American based Mogadorians and their families live. Your probe intelligence suggests there is a minimal presence at the moment. It's likely the families that were stationed here could have been moved to another location on Earth or joined the fleet."
"Then what is the point of attacking it?" Sarah asked.
"That's a good question. Mogadorian bases are connected to one another. It will be easiest to penetrate the digital security of another base through this base."
"Adam and I believe it to be a good target," Malcolm said. "There is also the possibility of recovering the equipment used on my mind. Perhaps we can regain my lost memories."
"I also suspect the scientists who experimented on Malcolm and I recorded video footage of his experiments," Adam explained.
"That could be very useful to have and go through," Harry mused. The plan was discussed a little more and refined.
Alpha Centauri Star System
"It looks enormous," Sarah said.
"How big is it?" Six asked.
"As big as the island of Manhattan," Harry answered. "All three stations are this big," Hermione added.
The group of four was currently flying towards one of the Loric space stations orbiting a planet in another star system. In this case it was the Alpha Centauri star system. The space station looked like a large snow flake made of a gleaming Loric alloy. It was beautiful. The waypoint had been delivered to Alpha Centauri first since it was the nearest star system to earth. The space station had already been under construction back on LuLoric inside of a pocket dimension. It had been a matter of delivering the station through the waypoint and getting it settled.
The starship docked with the space station. The four disembarked onto the space station and began their tour. Harry took them to one of many garden areas embedded frequently throughout the station. It contained a mixture of Loric and Earth vegetation.
"This will definitely work," Six said as she walked through the garden complete with its own appearance of an artificial sun. "I feel like I'm walking outside on Earth."
"We want the decision to live on one of the space stations to be easier," Hermione said.
"It certainly seems like you'll get your wish," Sarah noted. "All of the most advanced living accommodations Loric technology can provide. I'm almost sorry we won't be living here, almost."
"Someday we'll be on Lorien itself and will be experiencing that," Harry said. "And that will be what we make it," Hermione added.
"How soon until it is fully habitable?" Six asked.
"It can house two and a half million right now with half the station done. It may be the size of Manhattan. But this is a space station. It can't quite support the air resources of the same size of Manhattan comfortably. Each station can comfortably house five million. We'll just build more stations to house more people until planet-side resources are available," Hermione explained.
"I don't think even you could fill this station Harry anytime soon. But we would have a lot of fun trying," Six said with a smirk at her lover.
"I never thought childbirth would be comfortable. But with you it's a walk in the park," Hermione added to Harry.
The group continued the tour of the space station before heading back to LuLoric.
LuLoric
"Look at what I found," Sarah said as she accessed her account on the base's network to pull up a web page on a holo-display.
Sarah had entered Harry's lab where he was working on his various projects. Harry examined the website headlines for various articles.
MOGADORIANS UNDERMINING GOVERNMENT
EARTH'S LORIC PROTECTORS DRIVEN INTO HIDING
MOG ATTACK IN CHICAGO: IS THIS THE ZERO HOUR?
"It's They Walk Among Us," Hermione noted from where she had come up to stand beside Harry. "That's the magazine Henri went to southern Ohio to check out."
"Yeah. Those guys didn't have a website before," Harry said. "It looks like they have evolved. My question is where they are getting their information from."
"These articles were written by a JollyRoger182," Sarah said. "Paradise High Pirates," She muttered.
"What is it?" Hermione asked.
"I think Mark James wrote those," Sarah said.
"If it is him then he has hooked up with another information source," Harry observed.
"There's more on the site," Sarah said.
"Let's look through it," Hermione suggested.
Harry nodded as they gave going through the website of They Walk Among Us their complete attention.
"Well this explains why the Mogs haven't taken They Walk Among Us down so far," Harry said as he worked at his holo-interface.
"Why?" Six asked from behind Harry.
Six had joined them and was standing with her hands draped on Harry's shoulders.
"Because someone very skilled with computers is backing them, very skilled. In fact I'm beginning to wonder if it is another Loric. The techniques I'm seeing seem almost Loric," Harry said.
"Another Loric," Six said surprised.
Hermione got a look of realization in her eyes and mentally reached out to contact someone. A minute later there was a knock at the door. Hermione mentally triggered the door to open. Crayton was standing there.
"What can I do for you?" Crayton asked.
"You said you traveled to Earth on a ship with more than just Ella. You mentioned several others before but that you lost track of them. Did any of them happen to be very skilled with computers?" Hermione asked.
"Lexa," Crayton said. "Why?"
"You think it is this Lexa who is supplying Mark with information and keeping They Walk
Among Us up and running from the Mogs," Sarah said.
"It sounds like it," Hermione agreed before quickly telling Crayton about the website.
"From what little I know of her computer skills I believe Lexa would be capable of keeping the Mogs off her back," Crayton admitted. "But I'll be the first to admit I have not kept up with anything computer related since leaving Lorien. I only had the basic classes they taught all Loric in school. Henri is more familiar with computer systems than I am."
"Thank you, Crayton. Please let Henri and Adelina know what we have learned," Harry said.
Crayton nodded and left.
"Harry, there are articles on this site accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense Bud Sanderson of being in league with the Mogs helping pave the way for the invasion," Hermione said. "It also says he is taking Mogadorian genetic treatments. Pictures are here showing a dramatic decrease in the age he appears to be," Hermione said. "I could see this being with Setrakus Ra's capabilities with the genetic experiments we have seen out his people so far."
"That's assuming he didn't just clone Sanderson and replace him with a brainwashed puppet," Six pointed out.
"That's a good point," Sarah said. "I wonder just how much of the government knows about the Mogs."
"I suspect we'll soon find out," Harry said.
"Should I contact Mark?" Sarah asked.
"Yes. The AIs here on LuLoric will prevent any Mog tracking and will also prevent them from tracking Mark. Though Lexa seems to be doing a pretty good job. I doubt she was able to recreate all of a Loric computer system though unless she salvaged one off of a ship. The base tech would be hard to come up with here on Earth without a lot of effort from an engineer," Harry said.
"Mark has sent me a lot of emails," Sarah said after she finally opened her email account. "About what?" Six asked curiously.
"Here is one," Sarah said before beginning to read. "Sarah, I don't know why I keep sending these emails. Part of me hopes that you're reading them, using them to help the Loric, and can't reply for your own safety. Another part of me worries that you aren't even out there, that you're gone. I refuse to believe that... I need to hear from you."
The email went on in that tone with Mark asking that she contact him if possible. "Email him back," Hermione suggested.
Sarah did so.
LuLoric, Harry's Suite
It was evening. Sarah had gone off to do some reading. Six and Hermione were sitting on either side of Harry watching a movie with them. The movie was an older movie called Into the Blue. Hermione and Six both noticed a certain problem Harry was having.
"How should we take care of that?" Six thought at Hermione knowing the older woman would pick up the thoughts telepathically.
"It's obvious that Jessica Alba's character in a bikini is what is doing it for him, not that I blame him. She's gorgeous," Hermione said. "Keep him occupied for fifteen minutes while I get set up. And then I'll send him coordinates to go to."
"I can do that," Six said with a grin.
Harry was confused when Hermione mentally paused the movie.
She pecked him on the lips and said, "See you in a bit. Have fun in the meantime." Harry wasn't sure what she meant until he felt someone undoing his pants.
Begin Smut Scene
Six fished his very hard cock out of his pants and immediately dropped her mouth upon his tool. She began vigorously sucking his dick bathing it in her saliva. She only did this for a minute or two before standing, pulling down the boy shorts she wore to bed, faced away from him, and lowered her juicy quim onto his shaft using telekinesis to keep him straight.
"That fucking hits the spot," Six said before moaning as his shaft burrowed into her snatch. She bit her lip before saying, "Damn you always stretch me open just right."
Harry was in heaven as he watched Six begin to raise and lower herself on his shaft. He had a wonderful view of her tight butt as she moved up and down. Harry was really turned on from watching the scenes from the movie of Jessica Alba in a bikini. Six's pussy felt absolutely wonderful as it pulled at and massaged his length. He watched her glistening lips part to take him deep into her womanly core. Thanks to the gift from Hermione's patron it felt like the very first time he was ever inside of Six's snatch. He just sat back and enjoyed it. He lost focus on time. Before he knew it Six was crying out his name as she shoved her rump back into his lap while cumming. The feeling of her snatch pulling at his shaft also pulled him into the abyss. He came deep inside her cunt injecting her with his hot seed. Six ground her butt against him milking every last drop out of him.
Then she rose off of him, turned, and dropped her mouth back onto his shaft. She cleaned his cock of all of their combined juices.
"It would be rude to send you to another woman with my cum on your dick," Six said when she was done. "Hermione just sent you some coordinates. Go find her."
Six rose and walked off towards the shower naked without a care. He received the coordinates from Hermione. He apparated to one of the transport pads on the base. After transporting down to Earth he quickly apparated the rest of the way. Harry allowed himself to float in the air when he got closer to the spot. What he found was a scene from the movie he had just got done watching. The boat from Into the Blue was present. So was Jessica Alba swimming in the same skimpy bikini from the movie. She appeared to be swimming away from a tiger shark heading her way as swiftly as she could heading towards the boat. She had a snorkeling mask on. She wasn't going to make it to the boat.
"I love this woman," Harry said as he launched himself into action.
Harry used his telekinesis to launch himself at the tiger shark. He landed on top of it. Before the shark knew what was happening Harry's fist shot down and delivered a Loric physiology powered blow that killed the shark. He ignored the magic he could sense which meant this was a conjuration.
"Sam" as Alba's character was named stopped short and turned to face him. He knew it was really Hermione using her metamorphmagus ability. But he was going to think of her as Sam.
"How...how did you do that?" Sam asked.
"I'm not from around here," Harry said. "Are you alright?"
"Thanks to you," Sam answered. "I'm Sam," She said as she treaded water.
"Harry," Harry replied as they swam the short distance to the boat.
It was glorious to watch her pull herself out of the water.
"Thank you for saving me," Sam said as she pulled him into a hug.
"You're welcome," Harry said. "It was nothing."
Sam pulled back and said, "It was everything. You saved my life." She bit her lip sexily. "You deserve a reward."
"What did you have in mind?" Harry asked.
Sam bit her lip shyly before kissing him. Harry returned the kiss as he felt her hand curl around his hardness. Soon Sam had his swim trunks down and was sucking his dick. She slowly made love to his cock with her mouth while looking up at him meeting his gaze. Harry was once more transported to a state of nirvana. What must have been quite a while later she pulled off his dick with a wet pop.
"I need you to fuck me," Sam said while squeezing his cock.
"You got it," Harry replied as he stood and helped her to her feet.
Harry guided her over to the ladder up to the upper deck of the boat. She got the idea and braced her hands against the railing before spreading her legs. She looked back over her shoulder at him and wiggled her hips invitingly. Harry needed no further invitation. He didn't want to take her bikini fully off because he felt it accented her body. So, instead he pushed the triangle of cloth covering her cunny to the side and used magic to stick it out of the way. Sam watched him hungrily as he fed his shaft into her gash. She was plenty wet.
"Yes," Sam hissed as his thick tool speared into her tight opening. "That's what I want. Stuff me full of that big hot cock."
Soon Harry was fully impaled inside of her tight snatch. He paused a moment so that they could both enjoy it. Then he gripped her hips and drew back. When only the tip was in he reversed course and once more buried his bone in her puss. Sam cooed approvingly as he began to saw in and out of her snatch with slow deep strokes. She stood there and took his dicking loving every minute of it. They both gradually felt their climaxes building over the next twenty minutes. He would slow his pace when either of them got too close.
"I'm going to cum soon," Harry warned.
"Cum inside," Sam urged. "I want to fill your hot load fill me."
Harry gripped her hips tightly, sped up, and then cried out as he began to pump her pussy full of his hot semen. Sam cried out too as his orgasm triggered hers. She could feel Sarah and Six climaxing at the same time up on LuLoric. Sam gasped and moaned as Harry thrust against her sending ecstasy into her cunny.
"That was fantastic," Harry said as he leaned against her panting.
"I'm not done with you yet. I want to give you something special for saving me," Sam said before kissing his nose.
Harry pulled back slipping out of her. She went over to a towel lying out on the deck of the ship. She laid down on her belly. Looking over her shoulder at him she reached back with her right hand and spread her right butt cheek open.
"Hell yes," Harry said as he got the hint.
Warning Anal from Here
Sam moaned approvingly as Harry got down behind her and buried his tongue between her cheeks. He spent a little time tonguing her asshole before she felt him shift for the main event. He felt her mind telepathically enter his as he positioned his prick at her asshole. She loved to feel what he felt while buggering her. They both let out a deep moan as he pushed his hips forward and down. His hardness pierced through her butthole and slowly pressed down into her bowels. She shifted her intestines slightly with her metamorphmagus powers to accommodate his length until his groin was firmly pressed against her rump. She turned her head and accepted his mouth claiming hers. When his tongue invaded her mouth like his prick was buried in her butt she sucked on it. When they broke the kiss she clenched her rectal muscles around him.
"You're so big," Sam gasped. "Fuck. Give me a minute."
Hermione didn't need a minute thanks to their magic. But Harry appreciated her devotion to her role. After giving her the minute, he drew his hips back watching her asshole cling to his length. When only the head was still inside her lewdly stretched ring he reversed direction and buried his bone back into her backside with a meaty slap. Sam cried out with a deep moan. Harry repeated the action. He settled into a rhythm of slow-stroking her derriere with very deep-penetrating strokes. She closed her eyes so she could better focus on the sensations that he was feeling. She knew how much he loved taking her ass and delighted in giving it to him. She completely understood why he felt that way after experiencing things from his perspective. All of his ladies understood and all now regularly them him bugger them.
"Your ass is so tight," Harry growled into her ear.
Both of them could use their magic to see themselves screwing from different angles. He was pressing firmly down upon her with his chest against her back. She looked so small beneath him. The view from behind was especially raunchy. It didn't look like her tiny asshole should be able to stretch side wide. But her rectal ring was widely stretched around his girth.
"You like that tight ass," Sam said. "It's yours. Fuck my tight ass. Take your time and enjoy it."
Harry intended to enjoy it. Sam laid there gripping the end of the deck peering off into the ocean as he butt-fucked her. They both lost track of time in their rhythm. He could sense when they both came close to cumming. He would pause to let the intensity die down, stilling his movements in her butt. During these cool-down periods they would just lay there gently kissing. After what must have been half a dozen of these cool-down periods both were ready to cum.
"That's it. Fill my ass full of your creamy seed," Sam urged as she started pushing her butt back up at his thrusts while clenching tightly with her rectal muscles. Only her magically enhanced physiology and metamorphmagus ability allowed her to clench so hard around his Loric- enhanced cock. The smack-smack-smack sound grew in volume as they sped up. Sweat poured from Hermione's features from more than just physical exertion. The intensity of the sensations flowing through her butt, her pussy, and Harry's prick were overwhelming. "Oh fuck! I'm going to cum. I'm going to cum on your cock!"
Hermione's orgasm started explosively. Her pussy literally erupted with her nectar. Her butt muscles clenched and pulled at the member buried in her snug passage. Harry groaned and pressed her down into the deck as a surge of semen flooded out of his cock injected deep into her guts. Hermione's gasps and groans turned into a squeal as she felt this combined with feeling his ecstasy. Their mental connection made sure they were both feeling one another's climax. They came for what must have been minutes with him creaming her rump.
When their orgasms gradually subsided Hermione still in her Sam form just laid there with a dreamy smile on her face letting his full weight settle onto her. This felt right to Hermione, fulfilling Harry's wildest and most raunchy fantasies. She could sense that Sarah and Six were also both basking in the afterglow of their orgasm as was Harry.
End Smut Scene
Loric Universe
The Harry cuddling down on the boat with Hermione in the form of the character Sam didn't realize that he and his lover had been watched. Their audience was currently floating above them having observed the entire scene.
"That was hot," Path-Hermione said as she sat next to her husband holding his hand.
"It was," Path-Harry agreed from where he sat next to his wife in chairs he had conjured to fit them specifically. "The soul-star connection work well for you?"
"Yes. I experienced everything as if it was me," Path-Hermione confirmed with a pleased smile.
The Harry and Hermione who had just had sex down below now possessed soul-star connections with their counterparts hovering above them. Path-Harry and Path-Hermione would now experience everything the local versions of them did without the local versions being aware of it. They had this same arrangement with many other versions of themselves throughout the multiverse.
"So did I," Path-Harry said. "It was very fun."
"You have always had an intense relationship with Susan," Path-Hermione mused. "Not that I blame you. She is gorgeous."
She was of course referring to Susan Storms, one of her fellow wives to Path-Harry.
"She is. But so are you my dear. Don't forget, my love for you is the stuff that defies the barriers between universes," Path-Harry said. And Hermione knew it was true. Many of the universes they had traveled to and now existed in had contained a Harry Potter loving a Hermione Granger. Relatively few universes had a Harry Potter loving a Susan Storms or her counterpart. It warmed Path-Hermione's heart to think of this. Of all the beings in the multiverse it was Hermione Granger Potter who knew Harry Potter the best. "So what do you think of this new universe?"
The newest universe they had appeared within was known as a Path seed verse by their group.
"It's very interesting," Path-Hermione began. "Of course there is the obvious. Six and Sarah. They are both incredibly beautiful. They are ideal Path-wives." Path-Harry couldn't help but agree with his wife. The two young women were both gorgeous. He was enjoying all of the memories of sex with them and would enjoy the experience a lot in the future. "Then there is this conflict with the Mogadorians and the ability to see into a neighboring universe in this cluster."
"Yes. I do not care for what is happening in the neighboring universe at all," Path-Harry said with a frown. "It's very hard not to change things. I definitely like what my counterpart has done here. That Sarah gets separated from Number Four/John an awful lot. And the fact that they haven't even had sex yet is mind-blowing."
"Yes. It's very strange," Path-Hermione agreed. "I mean he passed up a member of his own race who he should really be continuing his species with for her."
"I agree. Sam and Six just don't seem to fit well together. Don't get me wrong. I like Sam. But I don't see him being with Six," Path-Harry mused.
"This thing my counterpart has going on with your counterpart's subconscious is intriguing," Path-Hermione said with an amused smile.
"You mean how she is secretly submissive and loves submitting to his desires," Path-Harry said.
"Yeah. That. She is only submissive to him," Path-Hermione pointed out. "It does make for some very hot sexual experiences. I don't know why I've never had a conversation with your subconscious," She said teasingly.
"Stay away from him. I can't control what he thinks at all," Path-Harry said. "I suspect if you get into contact with him universes will die."
"He can't be that bad," Path-Hermione said teasingly. "So any plans to interfere with this verse?"
"None at the moment," Path-Harry said. "I find it too entertaining as it is. And between your counterpart and my counterpart's subconscious we are already seeing plenty of entertainment."
"I agree," Path-Hermione said. "Any trouble hiding our presence?" She asked.
"This local Harry is nearly to godhood for a reality-bound god. So, not really," Path-Harry said.
The two lovers continued to chat about this universe as they began familiarizing themselves with everything. Sarah and Six were unaware that they had just been upgraded to a physiology that was literally capable of surviving within a star and were near-unkillable. They were also unaware that they had just been connected with an even more powerful being on the deepest levels possible. If they ever did eventually find out it wasn't something they would be displeased about.
"You look deep in thought," Hermione said to Harry as they prepared to head back into the swamp to try to steal a small craft the Mogs classified as a skimmer.
Harry had dispatched cloaked probes to monitor the Mogadorian activity and gain any intel. It was only recently that the Mogs had begun to pull out of the base that conditions were right for what they wanted to do.
"She's right. What are you thinking about?" Six asked.
They had returned to the motel room where they had stayed after leaving the swamp the first time. The rooms had been rented out the entire time and had appeared to be occupied just in case anyone was watching.
"Ella's latest encounter with her grandfather," Harry said.
"What about it?" Six asked.
Harry elaborated, explaining, "Setrakus said, 'They already had a ruler. They just refused to admit it. The Elders were ruled by the planet itself. Lorien made their choices for them. Who would be Garde and who would be Cepan.'"
Hermione's gaze widened as she got it.
"He's talking about Lorien like it is sentient," Hermione said.
Harry nodded and said, "I'm beginning to wonder if that is the case. I think maybe the Elders could interact with this sentience and it is what chose who was Garde and who was not."
"That's...that's wow," Six said. "Why would they keep it a secret?"
"If nobody knew about Lorien then there was less chance of threatening it. I doubt even Setrakus has told others about it. With the other Elders dead, he would be the only one who knew of such an entity's existence," Harry said.
"I see why you were so deep in thought," Hermione said. "This does require some thinking. We'd better head out if we are going to make it to the base anytime soon."
The other two nodded. They headed out to the transport they were taking. The trio only had to wait a few minutes for the others to come out. Eight looked exceptionally dazed.
"Nargle problems Eight?" Hermione teased.
"No Nargles. I just shagged him rotten," Luna said with a dreamy grin.
Eight blushed deeply.
"Go Eight," Nine declared.
"Now that we've established that everyone is now getting some as the Americans put it let's get going," Marina said.
Harry nodded even as he piloted the transport out over the swampland. The other transport would hang back as backup. The ladies ended up heading to the back of the transport while the guys sat up front.
"I didn't know it could be that good," Eight said, referring to sex.
"Just wait until you get some practice at it," Nine said. "It can get really good." "He's right," Harry confirmed.
"Listen to this guy," Nine said as he jerked a thumb at Harry. "It must be freaking amazing with three girls."
"We don't do it together as often as you would think. But when we do it is pretty fricken amazing," Harry admitted. "Here, put these on," He said as he gave each of them an armband. "And these are for the girls," He added as he gave more bracelets.
"What are they?" Eight asked.
"They will make it so sex will be just as good and new when you first experience it even after you've had sex thousands of times. And you'll have the experience to make it better then," Harry explained.
"Wicked," Nine said. "Thanks."
"Yeah. Thanks," Eight agreed.
"No problem," Harry answered.
A gentle beep from the control console of the transport caused everyone to be quiet. "What is it?" Six asked as she came up beside him.
"A small Mog patrol," Harry said. "Four Mogs in a boat." "Sounds like a song," Nine quipped. "We kill them?"
Harry manually took control of the transport and guided it to a stop slightly out of the way the patrol would pass.
"Let's see if they pass us by first. If we kill them then we have a higher risk of tipping the other Mogs off that someone is present," Harry said.
The transport's cloaking was more effective when stationary much like a disillusionment charm. A few moments after Harry had stopped moving a sleek looking pontoon boat came into view. One Mog was piloting the craft while the others looked around all over. One of the Mogs looked right towards their transport. Yet he didn't raise any alarm when his eyes slid over them.
"I can't say letting those pasty Mogs go by unchallenged sits well with me," Nine said.
"I know what you mean," Eight said. "Especially when it would be so easy to turn them to ash."
"There will be plenty of Mogs for you to kill soon enough," Luna said with a somewhat distant expression.
"We should be good to move on," Harry said as the pontoon boat moved out of sight.
He got their transport moving again. The mood of the previous conversations had been broken by the appearance of the Mogs. Luna and Eight moved to the back of the transport as did Marina and Nine. Hermione and Six came up front to sit with their boyfriend.
"I think we need to upgrade the weapons on the transports to the new PBs," Hermione sent to Harry and Six.
The Loric hadn't really pushed their weapons development preferring to use the basic energy weapons they had developed long ago along with their legacies. Harry and Hermione had decided that was a mistake. One of their recent successes was what they were calling the PBs which stood for Plasma Beam. This shot an accelerated stream of plasma. They had gotten the idea from a favorite television show in their old universe, Stargate. In fact the plasma beam weapon looked a lot like the Asgard plasma beam weapons from Stargate.
"It would probably be a very good idea. But is there enough room on the transports? They aren't as big as the ships," Six said.
"It would have to be a slightly scaled down version," Harry said. "But it is definitely doable. There is so much to do. I also wouldn't mind upgrading the shields on the transports. The hull plating is fairly durable. Yet I would feel safer with a much stronger shield."
"Same here," Hermione agreed.
Although the small fleet of ships Harry and Hermione had been building was based on the Loric vessel that had brought Loriens' survivors to Earth, it was a different design. The new version was bristling with overlapping shields and weapons. It was a craft built for both exploration and war.
"Look," Hermione said as she pointed up.
Descending out of the clouds was a Mogadorian warship. It was the size of an aircraft carrier or slightly larger. Gun turrets protruded from its underside. The Garde present were all having flashbacks of when they ran towards their transport as children. They remembered seeing ships just like the one above over Lorien.
"I remember," Six said in a quiet voice.
"Me too," Marina agreed while the guys simply nodded.
"Ok. We're going to go on the assault at Ashwood now," Harry said. "You know the plan. Contact us if you have any trouble."
Harry shared a look with Luna. She understood. She would keep them safe. Marina, Eight, and Nine were very strong. Luna with her wand had more varied abilities.
"Kick some ass," Nine said.
It was known by the Garde members that Harry had Ximic. They didn't know about his ability to apparate. He had been focusing on learning teleportation like what Eight possessed. Harry, Hermione, and Six walked to the back of the transport where a large Lorelite stone created using the liquid Lorelite in Marina's chest sat. The girls grabbed onto his arms and he teleported them to an identical stone in Washington.
"Everything going ok down south?" Sam asked.
"Just peachy," Harry answered. "Here?"
"Almost there," Adam said where he sat at the front of the transport next to Malcolm.
Emily and Sam sat in the back ready for a fight. Bernie Kosar and the other chimera were all inside the transport. Malcolm pilots the transport to a stop a little less than a mile from Ashwood. Even though the transport has cloaking it isn't perfect.
"Let's see what we are dealing with," Harry said as he mentally ordered the probes attached to the top of the transport to detach and fly over the estates.
They hadn't wanted to risk sending in the cloaked probes until right before the mission. A hologram materialized in the back of the transport which showed Ashwood Estates. Very few Mogs could be seen.
"It looks abandoned," Malcolm noted.
"It is. Almost," Adam said as he laid eyes on a team of Mogadorians who were carrying an abnormal chair out of one building.
"Dr. Anu's chair," Malcolm noted.
"Yes. It would appear they are trying to recover or repair it. It's likely that after the incident with your escape they are realizing that Ashwood is compromised. So, they likely moved all personnel to the fleet," Adam said. "The General," Adam said with an odd tone as a tall powerfully built Mogadorian stepped out of the building behind his team.
"You know him?" Six asked.
Adam hesitated before admitting, "He is my father." Harry exchanged a look with Six who nodded.
"We can scrub the mission," Harry offered.
"No. The General does not approve of me. I am a disappointment. The mission must go on," Adam said. "You should know. The General has been enhanced by Setrakus Ra's science. He has been augmented to be stronger and faster than most Mogs. He will also be resistant to some attacks, especially with the sword he wields."
"Good to know," Six said. "That will help."
"It would probably be good to capture that chair in tact if possible," Sam noted.
"He's right," Malcolm agreed. "It may prove useful in the future to understanding what the Mogs did to me and likely others."
"If possible, we will get the chair intact," Harry said. To Hermione alone he sent, "Can you replace it with a transfigured copy?"
Hermione quickly mentally consulted Harry's subconscious about her limits. She got the go ahead.
"Yes," Hermione confirmed.
Their experiments had shown Harry and Hermione that Loric and Mogadorian technology was
resistant to the damage done by their arcane abilities that complex muggle devices suffered.
"There is an FBI team nearby watching Ashwood," Harry announced after closing his eyes.
"What...how can you tell?" Adam asked.
"I can sense their minds," Harry answered. "Loric telepathy is one of Ella's legacies. I made it a point to learn that with my Ximic."
"What are they watching the Mogs for?" Six asked.
"I'm surprised he can pick up anything at this distance," Sam whispered to Emily.
Hermione overheard and thought to herself, "You're not wrong Sam. I would imagine Harry's range has something to do with his power. He is almost a god after all."
Hermione filed it away as one of the growing abilities her lover had displayed since magic and Loric energy had become available to him at the same time.
"The agent heading the team is Special Agent Karen Walker," Harry said. "Oh this could prove useful. Hold on, I'm going to patch all of you in."
Emily let out a gasp as she suddenly felt the presence of Harry in her mind. The others felt it too. Closer to Ashwood, Karen Walker was looking up at reports of a suspicious activity not far
from the estate when she felt a presence like she was being watched. She felt like her skin was crawling when a voice began speaking in her head.
"Agent Walker," Harry telepathically sent. "This is Harry or Number Four as you know me. I am speaking in your mind. We are nearby. If you think your response I will hear you."
"How are you doing this?" Karen asked.
"Telepathy. It is one of my abilities. It seems we have a common enemy as you have finally
realized," Harry said.
"You are able to read my mind?" Karen asked, very alarmed.
"Yes. But I didn't dig too deep. Just enough to see you have realized the threat Mogadorians pose to humanity. We intend to take Ashwood to use it to access the Mogadorian intelligence network. I am contacting you now to tell you that you shouldn't interfere. Afterwards we should talk," Harry said.
"Agreed," Karen replied. "Now please get out of my head." "Of course," Harry replied before breaking off contact. "That was somewhat unsettling," Malcolm said.
"Agreed," Adam replied.
"So I take it you found something in her head that lets you believe we can trust her," Six said.
"Yes. I can read what she truly thinks," Harry answered. "I got the full back story of the Mogadorians dealing with the human governments around the world, or at least as much as she knows. It's pretty big. I'm still processing it. We'll talk about it after we take Ashwood."
"Can't you just dump it in our minds with telepathy?" Sam asked.
"With the exception of Hermione, you wouldn't have the mental training to be able to process the information. It could cause you to go insane unless I took the time individually to settle it in your mind. A conversation would be faster and less dangerous," Harry explained.
"Right. No implanting knowledge telepathically right now," Sam said.
Harry and Hermione exchanged an amused look. Her skill in legilimency and occlumency would allow her to handle an info dump.
"Alright. It's time to attack," Harry said. "Everyone will be invisible until we reach the gate house."
Harry laid his hands upon Malcolm and Adam. Six laid her hands upon Sam and Emily. Hermione could make herself invisible. The group walked up the road to Ashwood. When they were within sight of the gate house, Harry and Six acted. There were three guards inside. This had been talked about beforehand. The three guards were torn out of the gate house with telekinesis and smashed down upon the spear-tipped top of the wrought iron gate. The Mogs exploded into ash.
Malcolm, Sam, and Emily began setting up in sniper positions. Malcolm was now using a Loric rifle. Hermione opened the gate and the group proceeded forward. Per the plan, Six took Adam invisible. The armor Sam, Emily, and Malcolm did not have built-in invisibility. What it did have was active camouflage which acted like a weak disillusionment charm. It was the Loric equivalent of a ghillie suit to let them blend into their surroundings. They slowly moved forward from concealed position to concealed position as Harry moved forward.
"Six Mogs headed your way," Six reported mentally.
She and Adam had slipped on ahead to try to cut off any outgoing communications. The six Mogs haven't been alerted to anything wrong yet. When they appear coming up the access road they immediately catch on to the fact that something is wrong when they see what appears to be a single human. They draw their blasters and take aim. Harry's shield bracelet expands out to absorb the blaster fire. Then he is charging them. With his speed he is soon amongst them. He was wielding his glowing crystal sword which he had nicknamed Lorien's Edge or just Edge for short tore into the Mogs. He was efficient with his jabs of the pointed tip. Within seconds a cloud of ash floated around him.
"That was so hot to watch," Hermione sent telepathically.
His only response was the mental equivalent of a grin. He continued down the access road until the homes within Ashwood Estates themselves came into view. A trash truck with Doctor Anu's chair parked next to it was a little ways away. The General was nowhere to be seen.
"They're in the backyard of the house with the chair next to it coming from behind," Sam reported from his position.
When the squadron of Mog warriors followed by the General came into view, a massive fireball from Harry's lumen was already hurtling into their midst. Two warriors in the lead were engulfed by the fireball entirely before it broke apart. The warriors screamed in pain as they died and turned to ash. Harry's shield absorbed the follow-up blaster fire from the other Mogs. Now that the element of surprise is gone, the snipers open up. Sam and Malcolm quickly make their shots count before the Mogs wizen up and take cover. Emily had sniper training but specialized in healing. Her shots tended to not be as accurate as a result.
"We meet at last Number Four," Andrakkus Sutekh calls in a booming voice. Andrakkus is tall and very muscular. He is confident. The tattoos on his skull are the most intricate Harry had come across outside of Setrakus Ra. "I have long hoped we would meet."
"Andrakkus Sutekh," Harry said calmly as he stared coolly at the Mogadorian general. Harry got the feeling there was something different about the sword on the General's back. Harry experimentally tried telekinetically tugging at the General. The General quickly grasped the handle of the sword and drew it. The telekinesis stopped having any effect. Instead Harry telekinetically picked up one of the other Mogs that had switched to observing. The Mog let out a surprised yell as he was propelled towards the general telekinetically forced to grab onto his leader. Using the other Mog, Harry started to pull the general towards him. Andrakkus used his sword to cut his subordinate to ash. "This is going to be an interesting fight."
"Indeed. You are more intelligent than other Garde I have encountered," Andrakkus admitted.
Without any other words exchanged, Andrakkus charges towards Harry bringing his sword down in a powerful overhead swing. Adam hadn't been kidding when he said his father would be faster and stronger than other Mogs. Andrakkus' speed almost took Harry off guard, almost. Edge came up and met the downwards swing of Andrakkus blade and stopped it cold. Andrakkus' surprise at the much smaller Edge halting his attack cold was apparent for only a fraction of a second before Andrakkus' large boot lashed out at Harry in a powerful front kick that would have knocked the wind out of him if he hadn't been prepared for something. Harry turned his body as the blow impacted and let the boot glide past him. His left elbow to Andrakkus' chin staggered the general momentarily.
Andrakkus leaps back to disengage and as he does the grass all around him becomes brown as it dies. The blade wielded by Andrakkus was drawing in the life force. A bolt of energy shot out of the sword a moment later straight towards Harry. He stepped to the side just enough to let the energy pass by him. He could sense how foul the energy felt as it did. It was slightly similar to the feel of a withering curse. Harry had mentally ordered his shield not to deploy. This energy was beyond the Loric shield's ability to survive. The shield would block one shot and then be destroyed. There was no purpose in wasting his shield when it could block many other attacks meanwhile Harry was perfectly capable of dodging.
"I must admit that Setrakus Ra's enhancements are impressive," Harry said. "If he hadn't committed genocide against my people I could almost admire him."
This seemed to surprise Andrakkus. Harry took the moment of surprise to attack. He closed the distance in the blink of an eye and struck out with Edge. The crystal blade rang out and flashed with a blue light as it struck Andrakkus' blade. Andrakkus countered with his speed and strength. The two opponents exchanged a flurry of strikes and parries before disengaging. It quickly became apparent that both were wearing very effective body armor. What would have been several relatively minor slashes if performed against skin were not even a scratch thanks to that armor. The two circled one another. Then they engaged again. They started throwing in elbows, firsts, knees, and kicks to their sword engagement. Andrakkus with his enhancements was strong. There was no doubt about that.
But it would seem Harry was stronger. And it soon became apparent that Harry's endurance was greater. The general began to slow down. It was obvious the Mog knew it too. He tried one last desperate move with his sword that ended up with Edge taking off Andrakkus' right arm at the
wrist. As if that wasn't enough to stun Andrakkus, Harry tried out a move he had always wanted to try. He stepped to Andrakkus left side facing the same way as the Mog and drove his right fist down hammering it into Andrakkus' groin. The force of Harry's blow was so hard that it actually transmitted through the armor into Andrakkus' groin. Harry ended the technique by driving his right elbow up into Andrakkus' jaw with enough force to knock him unconscious. It seemed Mog physiology was close enough to a humans' that they also experienced the "knockout triangle" in the jaw area. The few remaining Mogs that had been spectators looked stunned at the loss of their leader.
They didn't have long to remain shocked before they were literally shocked. The lightning storm that Six called down turned the vat born spectators into a cloud of ash she summoned up a breeze to blow away.
"That was so hot," Six said as she became visible.
"Agreed," Hermione added.
Harry simply grinned as he cauterized the wound over Andrakkus right wrist. He could have tried reattaching the hand with his healing legacy. But he sensed there was so much going on inside of Andrakkus' body with the augmentations that had been done that it would be very difficult. Why expend the energy on a captured enemy. Adam approached cautiously.
"You let him live. What is to be done with him?" Adam asked.
"For now we'll stick him away in a prison we've built in an undisclosed location away from Earth," Harry answered as he stood. "After the war we can review what to do with him."
Adam nodded and said, "I was able to prevent any outgoing transmissions. We have access to their network."
"That's great news," Harry said. To Six and Hermione he said, "Can you two take him to the prison?"
"Sure," Six agreed.
He wouldn't have trusted either of them to go alone. But together they could handle Andrakkus. It wasn't that he didn't trust his girlfriends. It was that he was worried for them. Six telekinetically floated Andrakkus in front of them as they went over to the Loric transport which had been summoned through the neural link. They soon took off.
"That was a pretty bad-ass fight," Sam said as he, Emily, and his father came forward from their position where they had been sniping enemies.
"Thanks," Harry said with a grin. "Let's see what we captured. I believe our FBI friends will be joining us soon."
Adam still looked slightly stunned by the turn of events. Never-the-less he pushed through his emotions and headed inside to begin looking through what they had captured.
"I was only on the Mogadorian communications network before I shut it down. In that short time I managed to confirm what we already suspected. The relocation of trueborns to safe Mogadorian strongholds along with troop movements to population centers suggests that invasion is imminent," Adam said before he entered the house.
"Lovely," Harry said.
Malcolm, Sam, and Emily followed Adam inside. Six hung back, now fully visible.
"Are you alright?" Six asked.
"Yeah. Just a lot going on," Harry said as he shared with her how that fight had gone in the other universe.
"So in that world the shield bracelet was destroyed. It looks like I wasn't even there. And Adam was forced to kill his own father with a sword through the back," Six summarized.
"Yes. Those are the differences," Harry confirmed.
"Damn. I definitely prefer our version," Six said.
"Same here. There's more," Harry said as he also shared a vision of the latest from Ella and Setrakus Ra.
Setrakus had just cast a Loric charm on Ella or rather her golem. "What does that charm do?" Six asked worriedly.
"The intent was sort of a bastardized version of our charm. Any harm visited upon Setrakus Ra would instead be transferred directly to Ella," Harry explained.
Six with a horrified expression said, "He would sacrifice his own granddaughter."
"He didn't prevent the death of Ella's father in the invasion when I imagine he could have," Harry pointed out.
"Will it work through the golem?" Six asked.
"Not like he intended. The golem will be injured instead of him. If Ella was still connected to the golem when that happens she would feel everything as if she was wounded herself. I intend for her to be disconnected from the golem when that happens," Harry explained.
"So if he expects us to hold back to keep from killing one of our own he is in for a rude awakening," Six said.
"Yep," Harry agreed.
"Well that could be a useful surprise to spring on him. I see what you meant by a lot going on. We should probably head back down to the party at the Mog research base in Florida," Six suggested.
"You're probably right. Just let me reach out to Agent Walker to let her know we have to go deal with a parallel operation and will be back to talk," Harry said.
Six watched as he closed his eyes and initiated telepathic contact with he human woman. She studied her boyfriend gauging how well he was truly doing. He looked calm and in control. She knew he must be under and immense amount of pressure leading the Loric resistance. Yet he seemed to be handling it well. Six hoped that she, Hermione, and Sarah were providing plenty of stress relief and not contributing to it. She thought they generally got along and shared him pretty well. It helped that Hermione knew him so well.
"Done," Harry said as his eyes snapped open. "I also let the others inside know we were heading down to Florida."
Harry took her hand, intertwining their fingers, and led her into the Loric transport. Once they were at the Lorelite stone, he wrapped his arm around her waist.
"One second," Six said before she leaned up and kissed him.
The kiss was familiar and tender.
"Love you," Harry said.
"Love you too," Six returned, happy that she had stolen a moment. Then they were gone.