Same as last, this is a draft chapter,

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Chapter 4: Nothing's as easy as it seems

'That was to close' was Harry's only thought as he took in his surrondings. The Mage had chosen to apparate straight back to the small flat above Harry's coffee shop, probably for the best, he thought.

Harry had taken the next day off, deciding against returning to New Mexico, unwilling to run the risk of further exposer to the organisation known as SHIELD. he was also pleased when he felt the magical signature of the Hammer disappear, he did not know where, and quite frankly didn't care.

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The next day Pepper came into the story looking ready to burst, she had that look in her eye, the same one Hermione got when she knew the answer to a perticularly hard question.

'Harry, have you heard the news?' she squealed

'No what?' he replies, his mind already formulating a thousand ways that his identity had been discovered.

'They've found Captain America, Alive!'

'Who?' Harry asked what he thought to be a perfectly innocent and normal question, but it seemed he had said something that Pepper didn't like

'What! How can you not know who Captain America is!' she basically screamed the sentence, earning herself a few stares from the customers, Harry however, found himself receiving a lot more stares than Pepper.

'Marcus, take over' said Pepper to one of Harry's employees before promptly dragging him over to a more secluded corner booth.

'I get your British and all, but everyone knows who Captain America is' Pepper voice showed she wasn't messing with him, she was genuinely shocked.

'Pepper, I'm living proof that your theory is wrong, but let's correct than shall we, tell me about Captain America' Harry chuckled. Across from him Pepper still seemed slightly skeptical but still proceeded to launch into an in depth story about Captain America, one she had been told by her mother when she was young.

She told Harry of Hydra, the Red Skull and the irreplicable super-soldier syrum. The last one stuck in Harry's mind, a syrum that amplified everything about the person,list with the death of its creator on the day if the very first test. Modern science had come close to recreating the formula several times according to Harry's research after Pepper had left, Red Skull and Captain Midlands had both been names of people injected with some form of the syrum, but both had severe side effects.

This intrigued Harry, it seemed to him that whilst the base formula could be recreated, it was missing something, a secret ingredient, a magical ingredient.

Harry remember a herbology class from his fifth year in which professor Sprout had shown them a vary rare plant that had amazing properties, even for a magical plant. The Plant, known as the Andes Spire leaf had the ability to amplify the mentality of the user with no side effects for a limited amount of time, depending on the user. The plant was also a key ingredient in several complex potions, such as felix felicus.

Could this be the answer, Harry thought, could the scientist gave stumbled upon the plant and used it. Never revealing its location to anyone. Harry decided to find out, meaning he would need to travel to South America.

The Mage left after Harry closed the shop for the night, the trip shouldn't take longer than a few hours to collect the plant and return. Turning on the spot, The Mage simply vanished.

Having only been to the Andes once before, The Mage appeared at the base of a mountain that appeared over 1500ft tall, above which the plant grew. The Mage would not risk simply apparating to the top, so he set of up the mountain, magic fuelled muscle driving him up.

The Mage reached the top nearly an hour later, his muscles still working at the same pace they had been at the beginning. It had been necessary to climb to this altitude as the Spire leaf did not grow below it. Searching in the dark corners between rocks, The Mage soon picked up the faint magic of the plant, and found it seconds later.

Prize in hand, The Mage set of back down the mountain, having seen a few plants he would like to add to the new collects, he would simply pick them before heading back.

It all seemed so simple.

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Another hour later The Mage reached the small mountain road he had started on. Turning on the spot, The Mage begun to apparate when something caught his eyes, a large plum of smoke coming from what he assumed was a village just down the road. Cursing this minds Hero-Complex, The Mage set off to find the cause of the smoke.

At full speed, The Mage could run 50 mph thanks to his magically enhanced body. Reaching the village in less than five minutes, The Mage quickly spotted the cause of the problem, several men in uniform running around with guns, firing at a target the Mage could not see.

Running at the closest man, The Mage delivered a punch that sent the man flying into a nearby building, a wave of his hand sent a stunning spell at a second who had noticed his attack on the first.

The majority of the gunman were still occupied with another target however and The Mage managed to take several more out before the guns stopped entirely, knowing he hadn't dealt with all the gunman, he turned to find himself staring at a very large, very muscular, very green thing.

The Mage hit out at the stomach of the monster, delivering a punch that could break bone, instead the great beast merely looked down at what it considered a rather annoying fly.

Attacking again, The Mage leapt into the air and struck again, this time with the aid of a knock back jinx, this attack was more effect, causing the creature to stumble somewhat. Later, The Mage would understand what an amazing feat this had been. In the mean time though he had only succeeded in making the Hulk angry.

And an angry Hulk was definitely not fun to be around.