Chapter Seventy: Heroes United.

After the dust cleared, Lorelei figured it would be time to check up on Harry. Their previous encountered proved she was not any less immune to his charms as any other woman. One would think she would have been able to be immune for them, given her abilities. Lorelei had been proven wrong, and happily, this time she was almost glad.

Harry grew into something beyond her wildest dreams. Lorelei wanted him and needed him. She went to the first place one might expect to find Harry after a situation. Lorelei met many manifestations of Death during her time. Death was such a sticky, tricky subject, it required a lot of legwork to be involved. There were many people, with differing responsibilities depending on where they were assigned during their afterlife.

The Endless branch of Death, Dee-Dee as she was called, Lorelei didn't really have a bad word to say about her, she doubted anyone did when they met her. So nice, even in the face of some of the things she had to encounter. And she had to encounter a lot.

Lorelei stepped into this particular realm before, less than a handful of times. She made a turn down the hallway and a bright warmth. One could see the reflections off to the side of the people actually being lead to their final reward. The screams off in the distance showed that there were some people who didn't find death a reward.

'Always run,' Lorelei thought. 'Well, at least I know Savage is going to be making up for lost time in his afterlife. There's not…..'

Lorelei stopped her train of thought before it had been derailed. She noticed an open door and stepped inside. The Asgardian looked at Dee-Dee and Harry, ensnaring each other in a heated embrace. Lorelei viewed them for a several minutes, and she could sense Harry about ready to work her magic.

The very thought of such made her loins twitch. Lorelei observed a few of his…..encounters with the girls, although they were far afar, and not up close.

Lorelei sensed Harry had become aware of her presence, so it was now time for her to step on in. The woman walked closer, hand on her hips when she approached. Dee-Dee turned towards her as well.

"So, is this a bad time?" Lorelei asked.

Harry pulled away from Dee-Dee, a knowing smile creeping over his face. He walked towards his ancestor, and approached her, smiling when he did. "No, not at all."

Dee-Dee leaned towards her with a smile crossing her face. "Feel free to come in."

Lorelei took advantage of the invitation. It had been a very long time since she entered this particular area, so she didn't really know what to expect. The inviting smiles coming from Harry and Dee-Dee made her come inside.

"I wanted to talk to you," Lorelei said. "And I wanted to thank you for saving me….it was a situation that I've got myself in, that I shouldn't have gotten myself in."

Harry didn't say anything positive or negative in response. Lorelei looked up at Harry, arms folded over her chest when looking towards him. Her sigh came over when staring at Harry, and she really didn't know what else to say in response. All she could do was look him straight in the eye.

"My own arrogance does me in sometimes," Lorelei said. "It's happened before. My sister, you remember Amora….."

"Yes, she does leave an impression on people," Harry said.

If Lorelei knew Amora, once she had the inkling, she would want to leave a very prominent impression on Harry. The goddess knew that hence why she was there. For once in her life, Lorelei wanted to be the one who would beat Amora to the punch.

"Regardless, I'd like to thank you for your assistance, even though this entire mess was through my own doing," Lorelei said. "When I see people like you…and Lily, through my bloodline though, I'd like to think I've done something right."

"Oh, if Harry's a reflection of who you are, I think you've done a whole lot right," Dee-Dee said.

Lorelei smiled at the commentary from the manifestation of Death. Her eyes looked towards Harry for a moment. Those green eyes, which had been unique, because they were very divine, had been passed down through the ages.

"After even all of the hardships you've been through, I'm pleased to see you've turned out pretty well," Lorelei said. "And I'm very happy to see what has become of you."

All of this time, all of this life, Lorelei searched for something she wanted, something she needed. It turned out she found it.

"You know, depriving yourself isn't going to be helpful with your mental state," Harry told her. "Even someone of your abilities, you do have needs as well."

Lorelei flickered into a smile and crossed the room, getting closer towards him. "Yes, I do."

She leaned closer towards him and gave Harry one of the more passionate kisses the woman could energy muster. Pure divine energy flowed between the two of them. Lorelei pushed her tongue into Harry's mouth and could taste the inside of it. He responded by kissing, and sucking on the side of her lips, both of them exchanging their passionate display with one and other without any problem.

The goddess moaned every time Harry nibbled the side of her mouth. She wanted all of this, in all of the worst ways. Harry was giving her what she wanted.

The two of them pulled apart, leaving a small strand of saliva between their mouths.

"This was far better than I had imagined."

Harry laughed and pulled Lorelei into a long kiss one more time. Their tongues battled together with fire. Lorelei reached her hands down and slipped the fingers deeper into Harry's pants.

"Yes, far better," she continued. "And it occurs to me in all of this, we have left your humble servant out of this."

"Well," Dee-Dee said. "Don't stop on my account."

"Oh, I've stepped on your toes by coming here," Lorelei said. "I think we can agree it's only fair that you get to join in on the fun."

Lorelei stepped forward and towered over the other girl. Her eyes sparkled with mischief and she licked her lips.

"I've tasted one form of Death, I'd like to sample another."

The goddess swooped down and caught Dee-Dee with a kiss. The passion between the two of them reached a fever pits. Hands grabbed greedily when working behind Dee-Dee, and the fun and games continued to happen between all sides.

The Asgardian pulled away and turned towards Harry, a smile on her. Harry invited her over, and judging by the pheromones in the air, he had a pretty good clue what was going to happen next.

Gotham City resembled many major cities, but there was one thing which was different. People locked their doors tight when they went to bed, out of fear someone would attack them as they slept. Sometimes, locking their doors at night was not enough thanks to the various bold, brazen, and quite frankly very colorful criminal elements which ended up being a part of Gotham City.

Several of these criminal elements holed up in a warehouse. They had stolen the second component of a biological weapon which could bring the people of Gotham City in the needs. These were rogue members of the League of Assassins, working with several radical factions of the Gotham City criminal underworld, who intended to bring everyone to their knees.

"We release this little baby into the city, and they're all going to be getting on their knees, and begging it to stop," one of the mobsters said. "We're going to be the kings of this city."

The assassin nodded silently. It was time to carry out the will of the true master of the League of Assassins, who had perished in battle some time ago. They would not let some pretender to the throne.

"Just make sure you have the third component," the assassin said in a grave voice.

The mobster waved his hands.

"Hey, hey, my boys are good for it, don't worry."

The assassins thought that would remain to be seen. Regardless, they watched with a careful eye when the truck rolled into the back entrance of the building. They only cut a deal with these rogue criminal elements, because there was strength in numbers, especially with the pretenders who had hunted them. They weren't going to go down if they could use them to the advantage.

"When we have it, eliminate them," the lead assassin said to the others, out of the earshot of the mobsters.

A figure made her way down, peering at them. Two of her least favorite groups of people joined together in one place. The League of Assassins teamed up with the scum, the members of the Gotham City criminal underworld.

The Huntress hung down for a little bit and saw one of the assassins move around to check the warehouse. She moved on down to the man's side and pulled out a crossbow. She aimed a solo shot at the man's neck and it dropped him down to the ground.

She slunk up to avoid the goons, all of them who were moving around. One of them shined a light into the shadows.

"Hey, there's someone up there, I don't like it….."

One of the goons decided to go all hog wild with the machine gun and blast the pillars off to one side. The wood platform cracked and tipped over, to dump some metal barrels down. The goons staggered, along with one of the assassins.

Huntress jumped down, grabbed one of the assassins, and pushed him forward into the sword of an attacker. The mercenary plunged the cold hard steel through the chest of the attack and dropped him down to the ground, blood spilling everywhere when he landed.

The vigilante stuck to the shadows and caught the assassin, wrapping a pulley rope around his ankle, and hauling him up to the ceiling. No screams, at least until the pulley rope had been released. The masked man slammed onto the ground, the wind having been knocked out of him.

Three more of the assassins surrounded her. Huntress realized she had fallen into one of the most unfortunate traps of the vigilante. One of them flung a dagger at her. She dodged the dagger when it propelled back and came back around to nail one of the goons.

A second dagger sailed over her head and hit the side of the wall. Huntress jumped high into the air and came down on the back of the head of one of the assassins. She waited for another assassin to charge towards her.

The charge of the assassin never came, due to another figure coming down and driving the rogue ninja down onto the ground. The figure, dressed up in the attire of the League of Assassins, grabbed the thug around the side of the arm and pulled back. The arm snapped back hard from the impact before he flopped down onto the ground.

Helena stepped back and noticed Talia standing in front of her.

"We had the same idea tonight," Talia said.

"It appears so."

Talia answered with a nod. "Good, because we can finish this one off twice as fast."

A group of mobsters stepped forward. They saw these skilled assassins be taken down, and one of them held a machine gun out. Talia was quicker on the draw, throwing a shuriken in the air. The shuriken caught the mobster in the hand and forced him to drop the gun. Another snap kick followed before the mobster dropped down from the impact.

The mobsters tried to regroup from the attack. Helena picked up the dagger one of the men dropped and flung it towards a rope. The rope ripped through and released an entire clatter of paint cans down onto the goons involved. The goons all scattered from the impact.

"You've grown a lot," Talia said.

"Glad to see you've noticed," Helena said.

"And your battle skills are more refined, although they do need work," Talia said. "There are times where a hot temper and impulse can get the better of you."

Helena saw one lone assassin moving through the shadows. She disabled the attacker with some jabs delivered at some very key pressure points. She doubled the man over and flipped him down onto the ground.

"Why do I have a feeling the apple doesn't fall far from the tree?"

Talia only turned around and caught one of the goons in the chest when he tried to grab her. She let him drop to the ground.

Eliza had been very pleased all of her daughters were in the same place at the same time because that was a very rare event to put thins bluntly. They had obligations with work and other activities.

"So, what time are they showing up?" Eliza asked.

"Five," Carol said. "And you know Harry, he likes to be a little bit early."

Eliza learned that about him, so she took some extra steps to prepare. Kara helped her, and well Alex and Carol knew more than enough to stay out of the way.

The door opened and Karen entered first of all.

"Something smells good," Karen said. "Oh, and Astra would like to send her regards, but she's not quite ready for a gathering this. She would like to tell you, Eliza, thank you for looking after Kara for all these years."

"It's not a problem," Eliza said. "So, Harry's on his way?"

"He'll be here…right now actually," Karen said.

Harry turned up, and Claire stepped in the doorway right behind him. She exchanged a smile with Kara, and Carol and Alex gave greetings. Lois made her way in.

"Hey, Doctor Danvers, you remember me, don't you?" Lois asked.

Eliza looked up towards Lois and gave the young woman a very knowing smile. "Yes, it's hard to forget someone who leaves an impression like you….you were very persistent in getting that interview a year back."

"Yes, and the security didn't really appreciate me going in and trying to get it, but hey, I'm glad you gave me the time of day," Lois said.

Eliza smiled and looked Lois straight in the eye.

"Not really a problem at all…..they shouldn't have been so rude to you. I'm not going to apologize enough for that, how rude they could be. The security guard in question, he's working on another job, and I don't want to have to deal with someone who doesn't accept freedom of the press."

"So, do you think I can get another interview soon, to see how things are progressing?" Lois asked.

"I don't see there's a problem, although the project died down," Eliza said. "I'm in between jobs right now…"

"Have you ever thought about a position at Horizon?" Harry asked.

"Hey, that's an idea," Alex said. "You won't have to worry about trigger happy idiots pulling your funding, when Harry gives you all of the support you could ever want, or need."

Eliza considered the statement for a moment, and smiled, it was hard not to give the sell job Harry was giving.

"You know, all of my daughters are working with you, whether it be officially, or unofficially," Eliza answered. "I'm feeling a little bit left out, especially when I can do so much for the world."

"I didn't mean to put you on the spot or anything," Harry said.

"No, no, it's not a problem, not at all," Eliza answered. "I mean, I didn't want to beg for a position, if there wasn't one open."

Harry leaned forward and grabbed the older woman's hand. The two of them leaned a little bit closer together to each other. Eliza thought for a wild moment something was going to happen here, even if it was in front of her daughters and their guests as well. And the thought of something happening right here got her more excited than she will ever care to admit.

"There's always a spot open for an enterprising woman such as yourself," Harry said. "Don't ever think you've got as far as you need to go. We can always go even further, with your mind and the resources of Horizon, we can do great things. Just like your daughters are all poised for great things."

Eliza smiled. Her daughters could be pretty great when they wanted to be.

"I'd say go for it," Kara said. "You're amazing before, but you can really reach your full potential working underneath Harry."

'Mmm, no comment,' Faith thought.

'Technically, saying no comment in the way you did, means you are making a comment,' Buffy thought. 'I just want you to know that.'

'Well, to be fair, you're reading between the lines a bit too much,' Faith said. 'Then again, what else can I expect from someone with a dirty mind like yourself.'

'The only reason why my mind's dirty is because it's spent too much time in contact with yours, and some of the filth just got scrubbed off,' Buffy thought.

'Okay, calm it down, save that energy for when it matters,' Harry thought.

'You enjoy making us wait, don't you?' Faith asked.

'No shit,' Daisy said, chiming in on the conversation.

"Yeah, there are a few benefits in working underneath him," Alex said with a smile.

'I'll say,' Felicity and Chloe chimed in at the same exact time.

Eliza wondered what else her daughters might have been implying other than the very obvious work relationship, but certainly, it could not have been.

"Well, if I say I'd think about it, would you not mind?" Eliza asked.

"Hey, I'd be disappointed in you, if you didn't consider all of the positives and negatives," Harry said. "I hated to jump you at dinner like this."

'I'm sure she would have preferred you would have jumped her during dinner in a different way,' Faith chimed in.

'Don't we all,' Buffy said.

No one could disagree it.

"And I would hate to take any more attention from the meal," Harry said. "Because it does look good."

"Hey, I helped, some," Kara said.

"And you did well, Kara, as always," Harry said.

Harry leaned over and caught her with a kiss.

"I'll see you later for dessert," Harry whispered in her ear.

Kara twitched and tried to avoid the pleasures she thought. Lois was giving her one of that sidelong smiles and winks at her.

'I think Lois wants a helping of dessert later as well,' Chloe thought.

'Typical Lois, you give her a taste, and she just can't have enough,' Lucy thought.

'Well, if you would have tagged along, then maybe you would have gotten a nice helping of dessert as well,' Chloe thought.

Lucy ground her teeth, she hated when her cousin was smug.

"So, here's to a world which is hopefully a lot less chaotic, and a few weeks downtime," Alex said.

'Oh, that would be boring,' the scarab thought.

'Trust me, boredom makes you appreciate the excitement more sometimes,' Alex fired back.

Felicity leaned back, many hours, and lots of cups of coffee later, she looked at the fruits of their labor. Horizon really didn't need to be upgraded, but saying something didn't need to be upgraded often lead someone down the road of complete and utter madness.

Daisy walked in, followed by Indigo. Both of them had been helping Felicity work along the clock.

"And I think we have the most obscenely secure network in the entire history of forever," Felicity responded. "I don't want to jinx anything but I'm pretty pleased with how this turned out."

"We all should be," Indigo said.

"You should be," Rose said. "All of you girls have done a good job in helping build on the framework."

Willow stepped in. She never saw such a secure computer system. She didn't work on the actual programming part, rather Willow had a far more important role, helping Chloe test for security holes, by throwing everything they knew at the system.

"Well, I think you're good, unless some super hacker smarter than all of us combined," Willow said. "But honestly, what's the chances of that happening?"

'Willow, don't tempt Murphy,' Buffy said.

'Are we not sure Murphy isn't some demon who is only summoned when people are overly cocky?' Faith thought.

'I wouldn't really be surprised,' Buffy thought.

Felicity took another drink of coffee. She drank so much of the stuff she was bobbing about on the desk and not in a good way either.

"Well, there's one person in Gotham City who might be able to get through," Felicity said. "She's….a legend, to be honest, and I'm honestly surprised Harry didn't find a way to get her on board with the rest of the group."

"Well, he didn't find a way to get her on board yet," Daisy said. "If I know Harry, he's going to bring her in sooner rather than later."

Daisy looked outside. Everything calmed down, especially when compared to the events of last week. Harry not only increased the security system around Horizon but also had access to other security networks around the world. He stepped down a very slippery slope, but Daisy understood all about necessity.

'Besides, it's not like he's doing anything the government isn't already doing themselves,' Daisy thought.

"Wow, what a day," Felicity said. "Did that take a lot out of you?"

"No, not really," Indigo said. "Maybe if you decided to drink a little less coffee, you wouldn't crash and burn about as much as you did."

'It's an addiction,' Lana thought.

'Hey, it's not an addiction, it's a way of life,' Chloe thought.

'Okay fine, it's a cult,' Lana thought.

'I'm not necessarily arguing with you on that one,' Chloe thought.

More threats would be always happening around the world, but no matter what happened, heroes would be there, and heroes will stand united.

"Well, all of this is done, and Harry isn't here," Felicity said. "I would have thought he would be here to check out the fruits of his labor."

The door opened, and Harry entered, with a young blonde woman none of them met before stepping behind them. She dressed in a professional red button up blouse, and a nice modest length skirt. A black headband rested on the top of his head. Sara stepped in as well behind them, taking the role of Harry's bodyguard for today.

"Speak of the devil," Felicity said. "So, what do you think?"

Harry accessed the computer system through the portable system and looked it over. All of the girls waited as if they were being graded.

"Everything is to specifications, and beyond," Harry said. "You've done an amazing job all of you."

"That's good, we worked really hard, like brain numbing hard," Felicity said.

"It's never going to be easy to build a better world," Harry said.

Harry thought he was in a lot better place than he was a year ago, and he most certainly would be in a far better place than he would be a year from now. He had an eye on several promising ladies, some of them working in various government organizations, who might be of use to him.

"Ladies, I'd like to introduce you to Gwen Stacy, she'll be working a lot with you a lot in the future," Harry said.

"It's nice to meet you," Gwen said.

Daisy had a feeling she encountered Gwen somewhere before, but she couldn't really place the meeting. Then again, in her job, Daisy encountered a lot of people.

'And there's another woman entering Harry's web,' Faith thought.

'Quite literally,' Buffy said, with a knowing chuckle.

'What are you talking about?' Faith asked.

'I'll explain later…well actually, I think I'll leave you hanging for a while until she's ready to join us in bond central,' Buffy thought.

Harry caught Supergirl flying out, ready to save the day out of the corner of his eye. He looked out the window.

'Today is a beautiful day.'

Sara and Daisy stood on either side of Harry, to look out. They enjoyed these moments because it would be fleeting.

"So, what's next?" Sara asked.

"Oh, I'm sure some interesting opportunities will drop on my lap," Harry said.

'Knowing your luck, I'm sure they will,' Faith thought.

End.

And there you have it, the end of Unchained. There's very much "the adventure continues" vibe with this final chapter. And I don't do sequels. I used to, not any longer. I left some doors open to potentially more to be done with this universe, in the form of blog exclusive chapters, but unless you follow my blog, you have no idea when those are happening, now do you?

Way to show up when the story is over, Gwen. Although, there's some implications she had at least one off screen adventure with Buffy and friends that we didn't see.

Join me on July 18th, 2017, for Emerald Flight 2017(working title at this moment), where we have a female version of Harry Potter marrying Kara Zor-El in Las Vegas. Because it's the five year anniversary of the original Emerald Flight series and I felt like I had to do something to celebrate.

So, that be that for this story, and again, I don't do sequels, so don't even ask. I'll be seeing how many people bother to read the author's notes judging by how many people ask for sequels. Really, in theory, it's the best place to confess to a crime. Although, I still wouldn't recommend that.

See you around the world later on.