Chapter 2

"Jane you can't be serious. You are going to take two men, two grown men out to the desert where anything could happen within fifty miles. This is a bad idea. They are obviously some sort of lunatic con artists. That man cannot simply just be a God, other than his unusual display of strength he isn't anything that special. The other young man who claims to be a wizards is likely just the best slight of hand we have ever encountered. This is a very bad idea."

Jane Foster was having a bad day. Her research had been stolen by secret government agents. She had hit a very muscular attractive blonde man with her car, not once, but twice, and now she has met a supposed magician, "Erik we have to do something. We have nothing left. They took years of research, research and work we just can't replace or duplicate. If I have a chance of getting any of that back its going to be through those two."

Erik Slevig was a respected astrophysicist around the world, but sometimes, especially this very moment, he really hated his life. He had lost many good friends over the year due to their quest for knowledge and he feared he was watching life's next victim, "Jane we don't know anything about these men. The story of Thor, the Norse legends I have read them since I was a small boy, its all crazy, folklore the vikings used to describe science."

"Magic is just science we don't understand." Jane tried to persist weakly.

"A quote who came from a science fiction author. Please Jane see reason."

They watched the two young men walk towards a pet store, while Harry was clearly confused as to what their objective was. Jane stared at them for a moment, "I have to do this Erik. Without them I have nothing. The worse that could happen is they take me out into a desert and kill me. The best that could happen though is that they are totally not half as crazy as we think and we could at least get something...Anything that wouldn't make me start from scratch."

The good doctor took a deep breath exhaling, "Okay, I am going to stay here though, I want you to text me every fifteen minutes, if you miss a deadline I am going inform my contacts in SHIELD and start an AVP for you at the sixteenth minute."

"Of course Erik, thank you!"

Jane immediately set off towards her vehicle while Erik put his hand in his head, praying to whatever God would listen that this wouldn't be a mistake.

Harry was very amused at the moment. He wasn't quite sure what Thor wanted to do at the muggle pet shop, but when he walked in proclaiming, "I need a horse!" All he could do to not start laughing out loud was stare in amazement at the man's craze. He truly he had no idea how things worked here on Earth, and Harry pitied Thor, and the whoever had to teach him the ways of the muggle. For his new friends sake, he hoped Mjolnir would not only restore his power, but teach him a valuable lesson that he clearly needed to learn.

Harry had learned why Thor had been exiled, but he wasn't sure he had learned his lesson. Unlike Thor, Harry had fought a war, he intended to explain to Thor just how much heartbreak came from it once they recovered Mjolnir, but he knew it would have to wait.

With never ending amusement Harry watched as Thor tried to haggle with the shop keeper for a dog that would be big enough to 'ride.' The saving grace came in the beautiful brunette form of Jane Foster in her rather large vehicle, "Hey do you guys still need a ride?"

Thor turned around grinning like a mad man, "Of course...Good shop keeper I thank you for your assistance, but I will no longer be needing the dalmatian that you spoke of. I am sure he would've been a fine companion, but we have been offered transportation in a much faster way. I bid you a good day my mortal friend...Come my young wizard, we must ride like the wind."

Harry snorted at the look on the man's face as he followed Thor to the vehicle. Harry never liked cars though, and he wasn't really sure he trusted these mortals just yet. He gave them all weak legillmency probes to make sure they were all being legitimate about who they were, but that didn't mean he was willing to put his life in danger and get in close quarters with them. As they approached the car Harry spoke, "I will take a different way. I brought my own transportation, it will only fit one person, but it is much faster than your vehicle. This will give me a chance to scout the base and figure out our plan of attack. Will I see you guys there?"

Thor shook his head and offered his arm, "Of course my friend, I appreciate your companionship and your help. Good luck young wizard, we will see you on the battlefield."

The green eyed warrior took the mans arm and ran off into the ally to summon his broom and begin his flight path to the base.

Jane was pretty sure Thor had just been let on by the young man, but she wasn't going to point it out as the blond clearly had faith in his new friend, or at least who they told her was his new friend. As they began their journey Jane took constant looks at Thor. He definitely looked like he had the body and appearance of a God, but could it really be true? Was it really possible? Was she falling for an elaborate hoax or trap? She was very nervous over the whole ordeal, but she kept a little bit of faith in humanity as Thor and herself made their way through the New Mexico desert.

Harry stood a good three hundred yards from outside the base trying to get a feel for how many men were actually stationed there. He detected at least one hundred with all his spells, but he knew no more than half of them could be muggle police officers or agents. He didn't detect any serious power like magic down there which gave them a bit of an advantage. He also decided to put a notice me not charm on all of his gear and fight hand to hand with all the muggles. He knew Thor would be doing the same. He figured if Thor regained Mjolnir and they needed him to do magic at that point he would do so. He also had faith in the young gods strength, he was after all built like a hulk.

It took Jane and Thor nearly half an hour longer to get to the base then him. He noticed the power surge down in the base was clearly beginning to increase as the God of Thunder approached his symbol of power. He could see that Mjolnir was reacting to his presence, but he wasn't sure if that was good or not. Surely the most powerful weapon in the universe would go to its master if he came this close. Harry was starting to develop one of his famous bad feelings that were usually never wrong. But he wouldn't leave Thor behind, it was his bloody Gryffindor traits that were going to get him in a lot of trouble or killed one of these days.

As he saw his two other compatriots he apparated quietly over to them. Jane yelped when she noticed him, "How did you get here so fast?"

Harry shrugged, "I flew of course. Wizards were not meant for cars, its why I decided to use my broom instead."

Thor took a confused look to this, "You can fly? I have never heard of a wizard that could fly. Is that a common thing where you are from?"

"Yeah actually we even play sports doing it back home. I played the sport professionally for a year so I am a pretty fair flier. If we get out of this alive and well I will show you later, but right now let me give you some numbers. There are exactly one hundred men on the base at the moment. I think we can expect at least ten scientist working on the hammer, ten tech operatives re routing airplanes and stuff from the area, maybe fifteen guys working other machinery, while the rest are likely security forces. I have decided to stand beside you in hand to hand combat unless we have to get desperate. I know the muggles have something called the rules of engagement though. As long as we don't pull out a gun and start shooting or killing, then they will fight us fairly. The moment we kill one of them though, they will open fire. While you may be immortal to gun fire, it would still hurt immensely, and I know for a fact I am not immortal to it." Harry explained.

Jane asked skeptically, "Do you get shot at often?"

Harry raised his shirt up his side revealing three scars that were right below his left ribcage, "Normally I just get hit actually. It was very painful."

Thor however exclaimed, "You are very detailed my friend, now what is our battle plan?"

Harry shrugged, "Breach the fence, go in stealth until we can enter the tube like area, and from there we will have to engage their forces. The faster we can get you to Mjolnir the faster we can get the hell out of here. Just remember we are also going to try and get some of Jane's stuff back, all of it if we can, but we need to get her at least something for her efforts of bringing you here."

Thor nodded quickly, "Jane Foster you have my word I will bring you some of your life's work back to you."

"I can't believe I am doing this. This is crazy." Jane proclaimed.

Laughing Harry responding, "This is just my usual day to day job, you should see what I do at parties."

Thor boomed with laughter, while Jane shook her head. Thor passed his Jacket over to Jane and Harry motioned for him to follow his lead. As they approached the base they tried to stay low to the ground as the rain that had recently started was hopefully masking their location. When they got to the fence line Harry began to bring out his wand, but Thor tore apart the bottom barb wire with his bear hands. Harry shrugged, "Well I guess that's one way to do it."

Thor hardly waited for Harry as he rolled underneath the fence and lashed out silently at a nearby guard, knocking him out cold. Harry whistled lowly as he chased after Thor through the first few men. The young dark wizard catcher always thought he was a great muggle fighter, but watching Thor tear through the guards made him realize just how far out of his league he was.

As they approached the white Quarantine tubes the lightning and rain increased two fold. Thor barely even looked back to see if his young friend was still with him as he entered the tubes. As they stepped into the light Thor spoke as a general for the first time, "We will fight our way through, when we get into the primary location of the hammer I will need you to cover me, while I recover the weapon. Can you do this?"

"I will die trying if I must." Harry said taking a deep breath.

"Then a warriors death we may both live right here. Good luck my friend. FOR ASGARD!" Thor bellowed.

Harry couldn't help but roll his eyes at the Asgardians theatrics. He followed the man as he charged head first into five guards. Harry finally was able to engage in combat as he took two men at the same time, dodging under a heavy kick, and blocking a heavy punch, then heaving his magic behind two hammer fist to the top of the guards heads. Thor had already dispatched of the other three and both men were running through the hallway again. Harry felt eyes on him and Thor, but he did not see any more guards as they continued there path through the maze of quarantine. He casted a wandless detection spell he knew and noticed the fighting force in front of them was in great number, but the man or women that concerned him was the one that was above and behind them. A lone man sat in a tower not fifty yards from their location. He was clearly posted in a sniper like position, but his weapon was what bothered Harry. He did not realize the muggles still found the bow and arrow as a sufficient weapon. He tried not to let the lone archer bother him, but he knew he must keep an open mind and be prepared to change tactics in the middle of the fighting if he must. He could apparate to the man, but he had to make sure the man was a threat before he blew his cover and did that.

As Thor barreled through the enemies at faster speeds than Harry could count, they had reached the end. The blonde demigod took a step towards the opening where they could see the hammer only to be slammed in the shoulders and dropping to the floor hard. Harry surged forward pumping his magic into his fist trying to take down the very large black soldier. Harry roared, "Thor get tot he hammer, I will handle him."

Harry dodged under to hay maker like strikes and shot up striking the man in the hip multiple times, but the man was hardly affected. Harry barely dodged a strike that would've shattered his knee, and wasn't as lucky when a elbow made contact with him in the ribs, then again in the face. He dropped to the ground hard, but when the man attempted to flatten him with his foot he rolled and swept out the large man's feet. He then slid over to where the man was on the ground climbing on top of him taking a mighty throat shot, then multiple face and ribs shot. The man seemed to regain his senses and threw all his strength into literally tossing Harry off of him. Harry had the distinct advantage in the fight now. He recognized that his opponent was discombobulated and he even had the high ground. With the slippery mudd he could probably take the man out of the fight in three moves, but he had to play it just right.

As the large man charged forward Harry leaped straight into the air putting both feet firmly in the mans chest taking both men to the ground, however Harry sprawled his body in the air to land close to the man and struck him hard in the temple causing the man to go completely unconscious.

Then a scream rang through the valley. The voice was clearly distinct as a males. Harry knew at that moment that Thor had failed to retrieve the hammer. He wasn't sure what to do then as he could see so many forces converging on Thor at that moment. He decided the best thing to do would be to come for his friend in a rescue mission, so he apparated to where Jane was waiting for the two.

Harry said in deep breaths, "Thor has been captured, we need to get out of here for a few hours, if I save him now there will be a death toll."

Jane immediately nodded as she ran towards her car, but he stopped her, "We don't have time, they are going to be sweeping the area, take anything you need with you now. I will cast some charms to make sure they don't find your car."

As she looked at him skeptically he spoke calmly, "I need you to trust me, if we are both going to walk out of this alive and free then I need you to put a little bit of faith in me right now. We have thirty seconds before the security force converged on us."

Jane nodded and Harry flicked out his wand firing powerful notice me not charms on her car and put a hand on her hip apparating her away. When they landed on the soft ground Jane immediately walked over to the trash can in her research office and vomited hard into the bin, she screeched at him, "What the hell was that?"

"That my lady was apparating. A very unfun way to teleport basically. The more you do it the easier it gets, like you won't ever throw up again, next time you will just be woozy, and every time after that you will improve. I promise I won't make you do it again like that, but we were in a hurry, trust me throwing up isn't so bad in comparison to losing your freedom." Harry explained.

"Let me guess, another lesson you learned from experience?"

"Indeed it was, and one that I will never repeat again. Let me say you never appreciate your freedom in the world until you lose it." Harry could see the bad memories of the Dursleys unfolding before his very eyes. But then he shook his head remembering what had happened to Thor, "I have a theory as to why Thor couldn't regain his hammer."

Jane looked interested, "You still think he is the God of Thunder?"

Harry shook his head, "I don't think, I know. I can feel his power. I mean two days ago do you think you would've believed someone who said you would meet a magician that would take you fifty miles across a desert in under ten seconds. You would've thought they were crazy, but now you have met a demigod and a magician, so I don't see how you can still be doubtful."

"Your right, I have just dedicated my entire life to science, and you guys seem to basically throw out the whole rule book. I watched Thor take apart those guys, and while you are a talented fighter, he made you look a child out there."

"I don't disagree with you. I was amongst the best in my world at hand to hand combat, but Thor made me look like a mere novice, I am hoping he can teach me some of that stuff, but that is besides the point. From what Thor told me I think he can't recover the hammer because his father has temporarily cursed him. Thor's arrogance and need for war is that of a boys need. I have fought war, and he has no idea the true consequences of it. I am going to help him though. He had to prove to Asgard that he is worthy of not only the hammer, but of the throne if he is to triumph. It won't be the first time I have had to convince a king that he is wrong."

Harry distinctly remembered his years with Dumbledore's portrait and how hard it was to convince the old man of some of the mistakes he had made in his life, but he had helped the old headmaster find peace allowing him to rest much easier in Harry's opinion.

At that point Dr. Selvig walked in, "My god, you guys are back quick? Where is Thor?"

"Captured by SHIELD agents." Harry and Jane both said at the same time.

"Dr. Selvig I was wondering if you could get in contact with your associates at SHEILD, if you convince them to hear you out, maybe they will let him go. They will undoubtedly put a tail on him, but I have a feeling there are a lot of people shaking their heads right now at the SHEILD base so they will be willing. Are you willing to help him though? Before you answer that let me tell you something. Thor is a lost boy, trying to find his way into being a man. I see greatness in him though, a greatness that is pure and powerful, but he needs proper guidance. In his eyes he will owe you a life debt if you help him out now. At that point he will listen to you, perhaps from there we can save him and get SHIELD off of our backs. But we have to play our cards right. Are you willing?" The green eyed man questioned.

Dr. Selvig looked at Jane who gave him a pleading look. He then groaned, "I will see what I can do, how are we going to get back there, I didn't see Jane's car out there?"

Jane then went into a fifteen minute explanation of how Harry and Thor had taken apart the base, mostly Thor, but Harry's more impressive feat by 'teleporting' them across the desert in under ten seconds. Dr. Selvig seemed much more inclined to help Harry after he had given him several demonstrations. Harry figured their must not be a strict American statue of secrecy since government wizards hadn't shown up at their door yet. He also thought it could be a bad sign that there is no type of government seeking him out for all his unregistered magic. It made him feel a little uneasy.

It took three hours, but Harry was finally getting ready to apparate Dr. Selvig back to Janes car where he would then cancel the notice me not charms so the government would think that he drove there. Harry then explained the concept of his invisibility cloack and told Dr. Selvig that if things went south he would apparate him back out of there and come for Thor himself violently if he had to. Harry told the good Dr. that he didn't think it would come to that though.

The plan went smoothly up until Erik was standing in front of an agent Coulson, while Harry stood behind them invisible. Coulson questioned, "Your associates are rather dangerous Dr. Selvig."

The good doctor quickly made up an excuse, "He was a distraught man agent Coulson. You took many years of his lives right from underneath of him. He was understandably upset."

"It says here he is an MD."

"He changed professions after he began engaging in an active relationship with my associate Jane Foster, I am sure you are aware of the Foster Theory since you stole all of her work."

Harry was impressed by the Dr.'s quick thinking, but clearly the agent wasn't, "We are aware of her theories and works Dr. Now I want to know how he made so many of my men, some of the most highly trained professionals in the world look like minimum wage mall cops?"

The older man answered a little to quickly, "Steroids! A bit of a fitness nut honestly. Raging temper like that makes him a dangerous enemy agent."

Harry could sense that not a single one of their lies were bought, so he stepped up behind his older friend in case of a sudden attack or order. But surprisingly Thor came out at that moment and Colson called out, "Just keep him away from the bars Dr. Selvig."

Harry couldn't believe their luck. Just like that they were going to be let go. He knew that they were going to be tailed for the next few days at the least, but they were free. Thor looked visibly shaken up when Harry observed him though, he instantly began to worry what he had left his new found friend to deal with. A surge of guilt hit him, no man is ever left behind, he should've taken him with him. When the two men were walking away Harry followed behind them and noticed Thor take a journal off the counter, so Harry stole a couple of odd looking trinkets on the desk that no one noticed due to his powerful compulsion charm. He hoped that Thor's friend Jane would appreciate what little they were able to get back for her.

When they made it back to the car Harry actually apparated into the back seat that way no doors needed to be opened. When the three men started driving off Harry began apologizing, "Thor I am so sorry. I had no idea what would happen to you. I thought they would just take you prisoner and that I would come back for you within a few hours when security went back down. I knew if I had tried to rescue you right away we would've racked up a body count."

The large muscled man remained quiet for several moments before sighing, "Do not worry yourself Wizard. You did the right thing. I hold no ill will to you. I did receive very grave news from Asgard however."

"Was it the frost giants?"

Thor's eyes never shifted off the road in front of him, "I am afraid not...Its my father...He is dead..."

Dr. Selvig immediately sighed, and Harry ran his hands through his hair, knowing all hope of returning to his world were lost with the All Father, "I am sorry young Wizard, I do not believe I will be able to get you the answers I thought. I also learned that my mother has commanded that I remain in exile while my brother takes to the throne. Loki will be a good king. I have the utmost faith in him. We were raised together, fought together, we are brothers after all."

Harry nodded sadly feeling for his friend, "I lost both of my parents when I was one years old. They were murdered right before my very eyes. A Dark Wizard by the name of Lord Voldemort had heard a prophesy claiming that a wizard born at the end of July would know a power that he knows not. The prophesy said neither could live while the other survives. It said the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches, and it was right. I waged a war at my home. I lost everything...My girlfriend, my friends, my entire family, I had no one left. I had two friends survive the war, one hates me now, the other is only a shadow of the man he used to be. My world has nothing left for me due to war. I am telling you this Thor, because I understand what your fathers last act was. I don't know if you will ever reclaim the hammer, but there is a chance at redemption."

Thor sighed, "There is no chance my young wizard friend I have made far to many grave mistakes."

Harry ran a hand through his now short spiky hair, "Let me tell you about a friend I had during the war. When I first met the man I hated him, he was one of my teachers though. An old friend of my moms and an arch enemy of my fathers. He treated me only as the son of my father, but behind close doors he watched out for me like the son of my mother, who he was in love with. You see he was the one that sold my family out to the Dark Lord about the prophesy, he was the reason my entire family was slaughtered, but he turned his life around. He became a spy for the light, he dedicated his life at any cost to defeating the Dark Lord. He didn't succumb to torture, he killed, he did what had to be done at all cost. He saved so many lives in the end, yet he sacrificed so much and we all thought so little of him when he died. I was right next to the man when he died, and I hated him. But he left me with memories, memories that contained the truth. He was the bravest man I ever knew. He sacrificed twenty years of his life to regain redemption, he protected me, saved my life more times than I ever could have realized. And ultimately won us the war. If a man who caused so much death can find redemption Thor I do believe you can as well."

As Erik drove silence reigned down between the three. Finally after several long minutes he spoke, "Perhaps you are right young wizard. You are wise beyond years. Perhaps I can find my redemption and purpose on this world."

Harry smiled placing a hand on his shoulder, "Don't give up until you do."

Dr. Selving took a deep breath, "You two can stay on top of the research lab for now. Jane will be happy to see you are okay Thor, I know how she looks at you. If redemption is what you are going to seek, perhaps she can help you find it. I may regret saying that one day, so I will ask you to treat her well."

Thor spoke softly, "I mean her no harm Dr. Selvig."

"I know you don't which is why I am allowing you both a place to stay for now. We have to figure all this out together. The hammer is going to be a beacon to a step into a new world, if the legends are true of the weapons power then we must make haste of our next few steps."

Harry and Thor both nodded in agreement as they finished the rest of the drive in silence.

Back on Asgard

The newest King of Asgard stood in weapons vault before a massive wall. He could be seen wearing his usual green uniform and armor, while also wielding Odin's spear. He tapped the spear on the ground gently causing the wall in front of him to collapse as if it was a giant puzzle. In its place stood a twelve foot giant, Loki the God of mischief said a few simple words, "Go to Midgard and finish off that foolish brother of mine for good."

(A/N) Sorry this update took so long. My laptop crashed and I had to get a chain drive to take the files off of my other computer. Since you would all have received chapter 3, on Sunday, I will go ahead and post it, so you don't have to wait another week for the update! Thanks for all the reviews, and for those who are waiting for a lemon Chapter 7 is all I have to say! Cheers!