Harry Barton

AN: Thank you all for reading and reviewing, sorry I haven't gotten round to fixing the first chapter yet, keep meaning to put something keeps popping up.

Chapter 9: Rescue and Talks

Harry's eyes snapped open as he heard a strange noise. He groped around in the dark until he found the light switch. Sitting up he noticed that it was the phone that Tony got him that was making the noise, reaching over he opened it up. "Hello" he said sleepily. "Harry?"
"Hermione" Harry sat up right at hearing his best friends voice "Are you Ok, why are you calling so early?" He could tell Hermione's confusion by her voice
"Early? Harry its 10, have you just woken up?" Harry groaned "Oh right yeah, I didn't tell you I'm not exactly in England anymore" He held the phone away from his ear as Hermione all but shouted down the phone
"What? Harry James Potter explain now!" Harry sighed "Hermione, calm down, I'll tell you everything, but first off do you have a laptop or computer with Skype or MSN?" Hermione's confusion was clear "Of course I do, why does that matter?"
Harry smiled slightly "Because this is an international call, and from what I know they're really expensive" He chuckled at Hermione's whispered "oh no"
"So what's your account" Hermione rattled off her account, "Ok well sign in and I'll find a computer, sign in and add you Ok"
"Ok" she now sounded very excited "Speak to you soon" Harry nodded, forgetting Hermione couldn't see him and hung up.

Harry made his way downstairs to the Living room, a small comfortable room which Tony had set up when the Avengers team had moved in to allow them to relax in a quiet room, he booted up the computer, still amazed and how fast and silent it was. He quickly logged in Tony having set an account up for him the week before. He entered Hermione's account details into Skype and waited. He started to nod off slightly when a beeping sound shook him out of his slumber, he noticed Hermione had accepted his friend request and was calling him. He hit answer and then stood up to open the window, as the breeze washed across him he felt himself wakeup.
"Harry? You there" Hermione's voice asked Harry moved back and sat down "Can you see me too?" he asked.
Hermione nodded going red staring at Harry's chest. Harry was confused before he looked down and realised he hadn't put a shirt on, he blushed slightly as well and ran out of the room to grab a t-shirt
"Sorry about that" he said as he came back into the room. Hermione shrugged "It's fine I just wasn't expecting it" Harry smiled at her and sat back down relaxing slightly "So Hermione how have you been?"
Hermione smiled back "I've been good, better now I've returned to my parents" Harry sat up worried "Why what happened where we're you?"
Hermione shook her head "Nothing bad, I just left and went to Grimmauld place, thinking I would be safe there and I would get to see you, but then the twins beat some sense into me" Harry gave a snort of laughter at that "Really those two?"
Hermione just nodded "They convinced me that I needed to spend time with my family" Harry nodded "Well I'm glad they managed to do that" Hermione smiled then her face became determined and Harry knew that look, it meant he would be answering questions.
"Now enough about me" she said "Where are you and what's going on" Harry looked conflicted "Promise you won't tell anyone?" Hermione looked at him "When have I ever let you down?" she said sadly.
"Hermione it's not that" Harry said quickly "I just don't trust Dumbledore anymore and I'm worried he'll force me to return to England." Hermione nodded "We'll were leaving for our holiday tomorrow, so I won't get a chance to see anyone, and my parents are trying to get me to leave Hogwarts and go to school overseas"
Harry nodded "I think you should, you should also get the word out to as many muggleborn students as possible to get them and their families out of the country" Hermione looked shocked "Harry how can you say such a thing?" Harry rolled his eyes
"Hermione I've seen the papers, the ministry is refusing to believe Voldemort's back, Dumbledore doesn't seem to care that he's attacking people from what Sirius has told me all he cares about is getting me back under his control, and then there's the Death Munchers and Hogwarts, Dumbledore won't punish them he'll just give them a slap on the wrist eventually they'll end up killing someone and he'll still push for them to be given another chance"
Hermione just looked shocked "Harry how can you say such a thing, he's the only one Voldemort fears and he's our headmaster." Harry snorted "Hermione Dumbledore wants the purebloods to rule England, he hates muggleborn's he's just very good at hiding it"
Hermione looked as if she was about to start ranting at him, but he raised his hand "Hermione just listen to my explanation please?" She nodded "We'll since 1945 he's been the head of both the ICW, Chief Warlock for our ministry and headmaster of Hogwarts right"
Hermione nodded again "In that time, the laws on what muggleborn's can and can't go have got stricter, the anti-creature faction has grown, and all these laws that purebloods can get around like the use of underage magic have been introduced"
Hermione nodded "But he couldn't do anything about it" she seemed to be grasping at straws, not wanting to believe what she was being told "Hermione the Chief Warlock has full veto powers on any trial and law, if he say no to it passing it can't be passed" Hermione looked really upset, all her beliefs had come crashing down.
"You sure that is right?" she asked in a small voice. Harry just nodded sadly "It's in a bunch of books, I can give you more examples if you like" Hermione shook her head "I don't think I could deal with that, I just need to think on this for a bit"

Hermione sat there thinking before looking at him "Right well now you can tell me what's going on, and where you've gone." Harry smiled, well you might as well get comfortable, it's kind of a long story" Hermione nodded and Harry began his story, he told her everything leaving nothing out and by the end Hermione was both over joyed for him and furious that the headmaster someone she looked up to could do something like that.
"So now you know" Hermione nodded "I don't understand how can Dumbledore trust Snape so much?" Harry shrugged "I don't know, it's not like he's entirely sane"
Hermione chuckled "That's true, I guess I need to talk to my parents, I don't think I can return to Hogwarts now." Harry nodded "Where will you go?" Hermione looked conflicted "I'm not sure I'll talk to my parents" Harry nodded, and glanced at the clock "Damn we've been her for almost two hours, I've got to go Hermione, I'll speak to you soon?"
Hermione smiled "Of course, oh I almost forgot, my parents are taking me to America on holiday this year, we're travelling the east coast and in two weeks time, we'll be in New York happens to be your birthday, can I see you?" Harry's face split into a large grin "I'd love that, I'm sure it won't be a problem, see you then"
Hermione smiled "Bye Harry" and broke the connection. Harry sat back feeling slightly relieved he had been worrying about Hermione.

"So, is Darcy going to be jealous?" Harry jumped at Tony's voice, he spun on his chair and glared at him "Why would Darcy be jealous?" he asked with confusion.
"Because you we're speaking to another girl, and you and Darcy have been hanging out a lot" Harry just looked more confused "So what's wrong with that, we're just being friendly" Tony grinned "Well you see..." Clint appeared and whacked him over the back of the head. "Stop confusing him, hi Harry" Harry grinned at him "Morning dad" he then noticed Clint was in his SHIELD uniform "What's wrong?" he asked concern showing in his voice. Clint shook his head "We're not sure, but Director Fury's called us in for a meeting, I need you to stay here and keep and eye on Loki" Harry nodded. "Thanks, come on Tony we need to go"
"Dad" Harry's voice made Clint stop "Be safe alright?" Clint nodded and smiled "Always" he replied.

The Avenger's had landed on the Helicarrier and we're now waiting for Fury he walked into the room looking more worried than he had been in a long time. He didn't waste time with pleasantries but got straight to the point.
"I've asked you to all be here today because I need your help, I know I am not in command of the Avengers initiative anymore but Agent Coulson and his team have disappeared" "Are they alright?" Natasha asked.
Fury shook his head "As of this moment we have no idea" Tony was the next to speak up "Why don't you fill us in on what's going on?" Fury nodded "Agent Hill, bring me those files please" Maria Hill walked over and handed out a set of files.
They opened them looking confused "What are these?" Steve was the first one to speak. "These are a set of surveillance photos taken over the last 52hours over a barn type structure in Mexico"
Tony just looked up "That's nice, we planning on buying it?"
"Stow the crap Tony and listen for once" Everyone around the table blinked, it wasn't Fury's usual way of making people be quiet.
"24 hours ago Agent Coulson and his team arrived on this location, we had picked up readings of an 0-8-4 I sent them into investigate. 5 minutes after they arrive we lost all communications with them and haven't heard anything since"
The room was silent everyone trying to process what Fury had just told them. Tony was the first person to speak up "Coulson wouldn't do that unless he had no other choice, are we assuming they've been captured" Fury nodded.
"We are, and I am asking if you'll go have a look and see if you can find them." The Avengers all looked between them. Clint finally being the one who spoke up "It's Coulson do we even have to think about this?"
Thor shook his head "he's a friend, I look after my friends" Bruce nodded "I'm in, the other guy needs to come out soon anyway, better he comes out to help"
Steve looked at Fury "Mind if we borrow a Quintet?" Fury shook his head "There's one prepped and ready when you are" Steve nodded "Lets suit up then, Barton you're flying." Clint nodded and the team broke up to prepare.

Vernon Dursley was having an awful day, first off his car had broken down half way to work, leaving him to walk the rest of the way. Once he had reached work, he was hungry and tired. Then work went terribly, nothing went right, then he had lost the company two contracts which lost the company money which meant he would lose he had to call a taxi to get home, and had to listen to the man talk for 40minutes about crap he didn't care about. He had just arrived home to find a police car in his driveway.
He growled under his breath it was all that damn freaks fault. What Vernon didn't know was that for the first time he was actually right. With a scowl firmly placed upon his face he stomped up to the door and threw it open.
"What's going on here" he demanded. "Mr Dursley?" the office asked him. "Who wants to know Vernon spat, we're fine upstanding citizens has that boy been spreading lies again"
"My names Officer Shaw, and of this moment you're under arrest for child abuse and neglect" any rational person at this point would have sat down and listened, however Vernon wasn't a rational person "What do you mean child abuse what has the freak being saying I'll kill him for sure this time, that filthy bastard he's not even human"
If he had expected the officer to nod and agree with him he was mistaken, Shaw's baton slammed into his stomach dropping Vernon to his knees, two more officers stepped in and secured his hand's behind his back. Leaning forward Shaw whispered quietly into Vernon's ear "I hate child abusers and I doubt you will ever be released from prison, we've got the statements from the neighbours about how Harry was made to do all the manual labour, as well as that gang that your son runs, we also found the cupboard where it was obvious someone had been sleeping, if anyone's the freak it's you"
He straighten up, "put this one in the dining room with his wife, we're just waiting on their son now." The officer holding Vernon nodded and forced him to his feet before all but dragging him into the other room. A scuffling sound came from outside and Dudley Dursley was dragged into the house in handcuffs, blood running down his face "He tried to resist" the officer said sheepishly. Shaw just shrugged "Put him with his parents" he turned to the detective who was cataloguing everything.
"We done sir?" The man nodded "We're done, oh and if they get hurt more I'll back up self defence" Shaw gave a small smile and laugh before walking into the dining room. He looked at the Dursleys with disdain "You're all under arrest for child abuse, neglect, Dudley Dursley you are also under arrest for assault and the sale of controlled substances" he gave a nod to the other officers, "Take them down to the station and book them" The Dursleys were dragged out screaming about freaks and magic. Officer Shaw just smiled slightly touching the wand he had hidden up his sleeve. "Well Dumbledore" he thought to himself "I'd like to see you get them out of this" with a satisfied nod he turned and left the house.

Harry was sitting at the table with Sirius and Remus, waiting for news from the team, he hated the fact that he couldn't go with them, but admitted to himself that they could take care of themselves and he would just get in the way.
"Worried about your father?" Harry jumped, he hadn't even heard Loki enter the room, he turned to face him "What have we told you about sneaking up on us?" he glared half-heartedly at the Asgardian. "But yes I am" he added
Loki shrugged "Not my fault if your too caught up in your brooding to be paying attention to your surroundings" Sirius and Remus looked at each other "I'm sorry" Remus said I don't think we've been properly introduced.
"I'm Loki" At this Sirius and Remus stared at each other "Loki, as in the god of mischief?" Loki grinned "The one and only" Remus chuckled "We built a shrine to you in our fifth year" Loki grin just got wider "Oh I'm well aware, the antics of the Marauders kept me entertained for the few years, I am sorry about the loss of your Brothers"
Sirius just nodded "We were at war, it happens, however much we wish to change that" Loki bowed his head slightly "Wise word's indeed" before he turned to Harry "Now how far have you gotten with you training Harry?"
Sirius and Remus looked confused "What training?" Remus asked "Oh damn, sorry guys I have been meaning to tell you, but I haven't had time, guess no time like the present" He stood up and moved over to the couch "Come on, I don't know how long this will take, we might as well be comfortable"
Sirius just shrugged and moved over to sit next to Harry, Remus and Loki taking the other couch. Over the next half hour Harry explain to Remus and Sirius what had happened to his magic and about the abomination in his head. "Did Dumbledore know?" Sirius asked through gritted teeth when Harry had finished his explanation.
Harry shook his head "I have no idea" Remus let out a breath "We should guess he does, you've been in the hospital wing enough times" Harry nodded "Well, we'll just have to ask him when we next see him then" Sirius nodded.

"So what have you mean learning from Mr trickster over here?" Sirius asked. Harry smiled "Well I've been learning how to reach for my magic, and organise my mind." Remus glanced at Loki "You've been teaching him Occlumency?" Loki shrugged "If that's what you call it yes, it will allow him to naturally control his magic, without the use of a wand or foci"
Sirius nodded "It's true, it's why there's so few people who can do true wandless magic" Harry nodded "Well I think I'm nearly there, I can control that lightening now" Loki smiled "Good" he glanced at Sirius and Remus, "Are you two going to watch?" he asked them, they just nodded in reply.
"Right" Loki turned back to Harry "I want you to reach for you magic, but instead of manifesting it as lightening, I want you to levitate this cup" he said indicating the cup on the table. Harry nodded and took a breath closed his eyes and reaching inside himself, he felt his magic quickly, he opened his eyes and waved his hand at the cup, it shook slightly, he narrowed his eyes in concentration and waved his hand again, again the cup shook. This continued in the same manner before Harry got frustrated and slumped back in his chair.
"I can't do it" Loki narrowed his eyes "Well you never will with that attitude" Harry was about to retort when Remus sat forward "Harry what are you imagining when you want to cup to move?" Harry looked confused "What do you mean?" Remus thought for a moment "Doing this is the same as transfiguration, you need to picture what you want the cup to do in your mind"
Harry's face cleared up and he nodded sitting forward determinedly. Reaching for his magic again he imagined the cup half way to the ceiling he pushed his magic forward and waved his hand, the cup rose unsteadily into the air and Harry broke into a grin.
He turned to Loki and his concentration broke and the cup fell the the ground. Harry looked at the broken cup "oops" he said with a wry smile. Loki grinned "Well you getting there, how do you feel?" Harry grimaced "Kind of tired"
Loki nodded "That is to be expected, your not use to using your magic like this, its like a muscle it needs training, which you have done enough of today, you need to relax and recover" Harry nodded and sat back in his chair, his mind turning to Clint and wondering what he was doing right now.

Six hours after the meeting with Fury and four hours of flying, and around the time Harry was thinking about him Clint was landing the Quinjet about 200 yards from the building, and shut it down. "There's no sign of Coulson's Bus" Natasha said "No heat signatures from anything either" Tony looked at him strangely
"You mean those chimneys that are giving off smoke aren't giving off heat?" Clint shrugged "That's what the sensors are telling me" Tony nodded "Well I guess we'll just have to go take a look"
Steve stood up "Tony I want you and Bruce as back up, if something goes bad we'll need your strength and fire power to get us out, Thor I want you on perimeter fly around and see what you can see, make sure no-one gets away, Clint, Natasha and me will be on entry, we do this as quietly as possibly until we're found then we go loud and fast, finding our people is top priority, that understood?"

They entered the building carefully, Clint glanced at Steve, this wasn't what they were expecting, it was white, almost sterile, one door either side of hall and one at the end. Steve shrugged "We don't stop for anything, Hawk go left, Widow go right, clear and enter."
They both nodded and moved to the doors. "Go Now" the doors swung open and they both entered the rooms their own way, Widow stepped in slowly guns raised ready to react. Hawk leant on the door before swinging himself round bow aimed ready to fire at a moments notice. "Clear" they both reported in moments later. "Tony, Bruce, all clear out there?"
Tony's voice came back over the radio "All clear boss, no movement, I still want to check out those Chimneys." Steve looked conflicted "If anyone will be able to work out what they are for it's him" Natasha said.
Steve nodded "Ok go, but only after Thor gets back from circling round above us". You could almost feel Tony's pout "I'll sit and wait then." Steve nodded "See that you do Stark"

Steve then nodded at the far door. They moved into position, Steve ready to move in first with Clint and Natasha covering him. Steve flung the door open and pulled up short when he found himself in a stairwell. "Anyone else getting a really bad feeling about this?" They both nodded "Hey Stark?" Steve spoke into his communicator again. "What's up this time cap?" Steve just shook at his head at Tony's lack of mission protocol "Is there a door hatch up on the roof?" There was silence for several minutes.
"Tony?" Steve sounded slightly worried "Sorry, had to gave a look, there is, but it's weird?" Steve looked more worried "Weird how?"
"It's a blast hatch, what sort of room hatch is a blast hatch?" Tony sounded confused. His next words were more worrying. "It seems to be surrounded by some sort of energy shield, I've never seen anything like this before, there's no obvious power source for it, it just seems to be there" Steve looked at his partners "Ideas?" They looked conflicted "We could have friendlies in here, we need to know" Steve nodded "Any chance of you opening that hatch Tony?"
There was silence for several moments "No way, if I fire on this shield the shield will just absorb the energy from the blast and get stronger, I don't have enough fire power to overwhelm in it one blast either"
Steve grimaced "Understood Stark, see if you can't find anyway to shut the shield off." Tony nodded, not that Steve could see that "Will do cap, call you when it's done" Steve nodded "Natasha go up, see if there's any other doors up there, we'll wait here, call if you find anything" Natasha nodded and moved carefully up the stairs gun raised.
"We've got one door up hear" Natasha called down softly. Steve nodded and him and Clint ascended the stairs slowly, Clint watching down the stairs but there was no movement. They knelt in the corridor next to Natasha.
"Three guys in there, sitting at desks watching monitors" Steve nodded "Eliminate them, we can't let them warn anyone else were hear, do it slow and quiet" Natasha nodded "I'll go first, Clint you back me up, Steve watch the door?" Steve nodded "On your go Natasha" Clint moved to beside the door and took hold on the handle, and looked at Natasha, a single nod told him she was ready. Clint pushed the door open a single click was all it took for the men to look up he reached for the alarm put two shots from Natasha's gun and a single arrow from Clint was all it took to stop them. Clint looked back at Steve.
"All clear" he moved over to the consoles "It looks like we've got a detention centre at the bottom of the stairwell" he said looking at the plans. "I've got a guard roster, 15 guards on duty today, including these ones" Steve nodded "Let's go see if our people are here then."

They reached the bottom of the stairwell without encountering any more guards, this way Clint signalled with his hand. Two guards appeared before them, but before anyone else could reacted Clint put an arrow in one, and Steve's knife found the others throat.
They moved forward again only pausing for a second as Steve retried the knife he had thrown. They rounded the corner and found themselves in a open room, facing eight of the remaining guards, no-one moved for a moment before one of the guards brought his rifle up and started shooting "Intruders" he shouted hitting an alarm on the wall.
Steve, Clint and Natasha dove for cover as the guards opened fire upon them. Natasha returned fire with her pistol, Steve drawing his and returned fire. He looked at Clint "I need a distraction, explosive arrows might be useful right about now, we can't afford to get held up" he shouted at him. Clint nodded, drew an arrow and swung himself out of cover and fired. The explosion that followed gave Steve the distraction he needed jumping over the table he had ducked behind he quickly dispatched the remaining guards with a few quick moves and bashes of his sheild.

"Lets go" he shouted to Steve and Natasha. The three of them ran down the corridor. Then came to a stop in front of a steel locked door. Natasha stepped forward and swiped the I.D she had grabbed from one of the guards against the reader on the wall. The door swung open and they were faced with Coulson and his team kneeling on the floor hands behind their heads, the remaining two guards behind them gun's aimed at their heads.
"Don't give them what they want" Coulson said, before the one the guards stepped forward and hit him on the back of the head with his gun. Steve Natasha and Clint stood there waiting, they knew if they made a wrong move Coulson and his team were dead.
Before anyone could react the two men crumpled to the ground. Steve looked up shocked to see Tony standing there, he couldn't tell because his suit was on, but he guess Tony was grinning "I found the back entrance, as well as their fancy plane"
Coulson pushed himself to his feet "You found our bus?" he asked "Sure did" Tony replied. Steve nodded "Let's get back then" he said as he helped Fitz to his feet. Tony nodded "Can I ride with them on the way back?" he asked. "Only if you promise not to touch anything" Coulson replied with a laugh.
Clint hung back slightly, and Natasha looked at him worriedly. "I'm fine, I just hope it's never Harry in that position, I don't think I'd be able to be stay calm" Natasha stepped forward and kissed him lightly.
"He never will, I will help you look after him" Clint smiled "Thanks, we better catch up before they come looking for us" Natasha nodded and they hurried after them.

Dumbledore took the letter from the Gringotts owl who dropped in off then flew away, he opened it warily and swore at his contents, luckily no-one was in his office, the only people who were listening where the portraits and they were loyal to the sitting headmaster.

Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore

You are here bye require to return all the properties, possessions and money that has been removed from the Potter Vault in the past 13 years, this request must be complied by, by the end of the calendar month else a retrieval team will be sent to recover all these items.
You are now a persona non grata within the goblin nation, any business you may have must be done by a representative or by owl.
If you wish to challenge this ruling or extension on the time to pay back what you have taken you must get in contact with Mr Potter and if he allows it, we here at Gringotts will consider it, depending on Mr Potter's testimony and if we believe he is being truthful.

Chief Ragnok
Head Of Gringotts
Warleader

Dumbledore placed the letter down on his desk and stood up angrily, how dare that boy ruin all his plans. With a sigh he knew he would have to contact Harry, lying to him wouldn't be a problem, he thought for a moment, maybe he could get Sirius freed and then an unfortunate accident would occur, and Sirius' will could be manipulated, yes that would solve many of the problems. With that planned and a smile Dumbledore looked at his time piece, it was time for him to make his month trip to see his lover. He touched the portkey hanging on his waist muttered the activation phrase and was whisked off.

Voldemort sat in his throne looking out over his loyal followers, each one loyal to him and him alone, their fear of him made sure of that. "So my friends" his quiet silky voice filled the room, he never had to ask for silence his presence did that for him.
"Have we had any word on Potter yet" "My Lord" Lucius Malfoy stepped forward and bowed his head low. "Speak" Voldemort said lazily "Rumour has it that not even Dumbledore knows where he is, the ministry is still denying all claims of your return, believing Potter to be an attention seeking brat"
Voldemort's face didn't change "Good, make sure it stays that way, the longer my return is kept silent the better" his eyes scanned the crowd.
"Severus, what news from the old fool" Snape stepped forward and bowed "He's more concerned with finding Potter than countering your actions My lord, he also believes that Potter may have left the country and since he has been thrown from the ICW there is nothing he can do"
Voldemort smiled slightly a creepy and terrifying smile "My Lord?" Voldemort fixed Snape with a gaze but waited for him to continue "Why does it matter, if Potter has left the country we could just take it and deal with him if he returns" Voldemort turned thoughtful "Snape I believe you have redeemed yourself, come take your rightful place in my inner circle"
Snape fell to his knee "My Lord, you honour me" he rose and took his place next to Malfoy who nodded at him. "Rookwood" a man stepped forward "Will the vampires join us?" Rookwood shook slightly "No My Lord, not while Dumbledore still lives, they fear him and what he could do" Voldemort scowled a dismissed him with a wave of his hand.
"McNair" Another man stepped forward "The werewolves will they join?" McNair took a breath to steady himself "Greyback's pack will join, however the rest fear Dumbledore too much, his hatred of these creatures is well known"
Voldemort growled in anger "It seems that our allies require Dumbledore to die before fighting for us, very will he shall die." a silence filled the room "Go, find more people who are willing to fight for our cause" Voldemort stared out across the room "You may leave now" With a collective bow Voldemort watched his followers file out of the room "Severus wait" the man in question paused, turned and bowed waiting for orders "I have a mission for you"

AN: Please read and review, I don't know when the next chapter will be out, hopefully in the next couple of weeks, but it its not don't worry I have no plans on abandoning this story.