A/N: The ending of this chapter is actually where this whole story originated. I just had to get here. Haha. Also, last chapter of cannon. Yay. And only two more chapters after this. So, if you guys notice any plotholes that either AJ or I missed, please speak up and I'll try to tie them in if I haven't already - yes, the Black Widow and Harry confortation will happen in one of those two chapters. :)

Harry and Angitia talk in italics and when someone is talking over the hearing devices it will be in bold italics.

Chapter Twenty-One

Harry?

Harry woke in his room. Angitia was hissing in his ear. "Up, little one! Something is going on!"

The man groaned, a hand coming to fall on his forehead. He hadn't been out for very long - which he deduced when he casted a tempus. It had only been about thirty minutes. In all honesty, he shouldn't even be up. He didn't know how he was awake.

"Stop thinking. I am helping with my magic. What did tall bat say it's called? It makes the mutt uncomfortable and the werewolf interested."

"Parselmagic?"

"Yes. That. Now move, little one. We must make haste to the angry one."

"What does the director want?"

Angitia slithered to the floor and waited by the door. "I'll explain as we go. We must leave. Now before it's too late!"

With another groan, Harry clambered to his feet. "Late for what?"

"No hiding. Everyone is healing." As Harry moved out the door, Angitia wrapped herself around his body. "Genius is leaving. Stripes is about to board with Hawk and Widow. Lightning has left to find Green."

A smile graced Harry's lips at her nicknames for the humans, seeing as it was impossible for her to pronounce their names. So she came up with different ways to distinguish them.

"Wait. Leave? Why?" Picking up the pace, Harry was jogging down the hall. Sometimes he was forced to pause to gain his breath back. He did as Angitia said and used no magic, allowing his stores to slowly fill up.

"I don't know. I just listen. The angry one knows."

"Where is he?"

"Main room."

"Right. Got it." Harry continued to move until he made it to the bridge, and there, as Angitia had said, was Fury. "Director, what's going on?"

At the sound of Harry's voice, Fury turned to face the wizard. "Loki survived. The Avengers are in pursuit."

There was an oddly guarded look on the director's face that had Harry on edge. The young man peered at the one eyed man, waiting for him to elaborate. When none was offered, Harry asked, "How's Phil?"

A disturbing grin was planted firmly on Fury's features. "Agent Coulson died in the line of duty."

Harry's whole body went rigid with anger. "You're making a ghost of Phil, like you did to me?"

Fury's grin dropped immediately as if it was never there and glared at Harry. "Your death was a success. His will be as well. The Avengers were unfocused. With Agent Coulson declared dead, they were united in their anger and need for vengeance."

"You will tell them you lied afterwards?" Harry hadn't meant to ask it as a question. He didn't want to believe that Fury would make Phil go through what he had endured. Phil would follow orders, regardless of his own beliefs. As much as he respected his father, they didn't always agree when it came to blindly following orders.

"No. It's the Avengers greatest strength. Coulson's status is now Security Clearance Level Seven. Understood?"

Harry's whole body tensed even more at the director's orders. Let them believe Phil was dead? The Avengers respected Phil, all of them did. Harry couldn't do that to them. Not again. If that meant exposing his own status and ruining his cover, so be it. His sudden reappearance would cause anger and strife, but he would deal with the fall out when and if the time came.

Looking up with blazing green eyes, Angitia's head rearing next to him, Harry hissed out, "I refuse."

When Director Fury merely raised an eyebrow, Harry took a deep breath before repeating what he said in English, "I refuse." When the director's eyes narrowed, Harry continued, "I'm not officially an Avenger, sir, but I am part of the team. Your plan worked to motivate them, but Phil's 'death' will hurt them. They need to know the truth."

"You refuse? And how do you think they'll react when you suddenly show up with tales of a living Coulson?" Fury glared, "You lied to them. Why would they believe you?"

"Because I was under orders. Because I was threatened. Because they know this is how you work. Because they know you only care about the outcome. Why would they believe me? Why, director, should they believe you?"

Fury stiffened and stared at Harry with a calculating look, "Romanoff and Barton are agents. They will side with me, they follow orders. The others are wild cards, important to the Avengers, but ultimately not so to S.H.I.E.L.D.

"If you fail to follow orders, Potter. You're done. You'll be listed as danger to society, an enemy to S.H.I.E.L.D." His lip twitched and the man shifted his gaze towards the window, "You won't be allowed access to Coulson and Barton."

Harry frowned. "Allowed access? You forget, I have magic."

"I have your family."

"You can't keep them from me. You make me chose between S.H.I.E.L.D and the Avengers, Director and I will choose the Avengers. I will not keep this a secret from them."

Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out his miniature broom and enlarged it. Harry quickly mounted his broom and hissed out a warning before hovering, ignoring the director's growl of,

"Watch me."

Giving in to a laugh, Harry apparated outside. With Angitia clinging tightly to his body, he took to the skies. He disillusioned himself as he flew, his eyes latched onto the fighter plane that was heading towards shore. A voice crackled in the earpiece, "We have an unauthorized departure."

Using his magic, Harry changed the frequency to tune into the Avengers' conversation. He heard that Loki was presumably at Stark Tower.

Putting on a burst of speed to fly past the aircraft, Harry headed towards Stark Tower. When the building was in sight, Harry's blood seemed to freeze. Tony was free falling towards the ground, a block of metal following the inventor's descent. Moments before Tony face planted onto the concrete, the metal caught up to him and Iron Man shot up into the sky.

Harry looked up to take a calming breath, but groaned instead. There was a gigantic hole in the sky where weird, misshapen things were falling out.

"What are they, little one?"

"Not sure. Aliens I believe."

"Little one, you must drop your magic. It is almost drained. Fight with only your hands and weapons."

Nodding, Harry dropped the disillusionment charm. As Tony started blasting the aliens, Harry landed and shrunk his broom for safe keeping, sticking it in his pocket. The drain on his magic made the man stagger, his hand reaching out to a wall to steady himself.

As he stood there gaining his balance, people came racing out of buildings, screams filling the air. Other idiots simply stood there and gaped at the aliens. Stable, Harry straightened as Black Widow spoke in the head piece, "Stark, we're heading north east."

Tony snorted before he replied. "What? Did you stop for drive-thru? Swing up Park, I'm going to line 'em up for you."

Harry could do nothing but watch as Tony banked around Stark Tower. The jet that held the rest of the Avengers soon arrived, shooting at the aliens that Tony had brought with him. Thor arrived and head towards Stark Tower. Harry himself felt powerless because no matter how much he reached for his magic, the tendrils of power slipped through his grasp much like water through a sieve.

He had a Pepper-up potion, but Angitia would yell at him for using one when his magical core was dangerously depleted. The potion didn't replenish his magic; instead, the potion gave the imbiber the impression of doing so. Many wizards and witches had drained their core in battle and lost their magic.

An explosion tore Harry from his thoughts and forced his attention back to the battle in the air. The young man's eyes widened as he watched the jet spiralling towards the ground, smoke trailing behind it. Pushing his exhaustion from the forefront of his mind, Harry took off running in the general direction of the quinjet's descent. While he ran, he shoved people towards buildings to get them out of any immediate danger. Most didn't argue. Harry wasn't sure if it was due to self-preservation or because he had a hissing snake coiled around him.

"What the hell is that?" Harry paused both in relief that Clint was ok and to see what had caught the archer's attention. "It doesn't look like a Chitari."

So that's what the aliens were called. Weird. Looking upwards, Harry paled at the sight of something... huge. All Harry could really think of to call it was: Leviathan.

The thing looked like a hybrid between a centipede and a whale. It was something that shouldn't have existed - it didn't matter if the centi-whale was from another universe or not. The mental image of how a creature like that could have been created was much too disturbing.

"Stark, are you seeing this?"

"I'm seeing, still working on believing. Where's Banner? Has he shown up yet?"

The shudder of disgust that tore through Harry turned to one of disbelief. The Leviathan was a form of transport, Chitari were clinging to its sides and jumped onto buildings as the large beast from space swam through the air.

"Banner?"

"Just keep me posted."

Cocking his head to the side, Harry studied the thing. The Leviathan defied reality. There was nothing to keep it up in the air. All it had were fin type things and feet. Neither of which should have been able to keep a being of that size flying. The only plausible way that the centi-whale could possibly keep from falling is if it had some sort of technology that kept it stabilized.

Surely Tony knew that. The air pressure in space and on the earth were completely different. Where in space anything could float without aide - or swim in the Leviathan's case - on the earth it shouldn't be possible.

"If I use my own magic, will the magic you're providing keep me from running out?"

Angitia hissed angrily before shifting so her face was directly in front of his, her words lashing out at him, "You know Bat says there are many things unknown. This is one!"

Harry pulled out a Pepperup Potion and downed it even as Angitia bit down hard on his skin - though she didn't use any venom. Harry glared down at her and snapped, "I can defeat them. The others can't. At least not easily."

Tony's voice came through the earpiece, "We got his attention. What the hell is step two?"

"I will not have you dying on me! You are mine!"

Harry nodded to Angitia - having heard her demand - but ignored her warning and apparated with a loud pop to follow the centi-whale's path along the rooftops. The wizard sent out his magic towards the Leviathan searching for anything electrical - or something close enough to electricity - that he could cause to explode.

"What's the story up -" Rogers' voice broke off as Harry apparated again.

"The powers surrounding-" Harry only caught some of Thor's statement as he apparated, but easily understood the words he was able to hear. "-impenetrable."

Tony, it seemed, was agreeing, "Thor is right - these guys."

"How -" Harry apparated multiple times in one setting in order to not hear her voice.

"-team." He couldn't tell who said that.

Harry tuned them out as he apparated on top of the Leviathan. He sat crosslegged on its back, hands gripping the scale like body coverage of the creature. He pushed his magic into the body so he could find any weaknesses that the centi-whale may have.

Finding what he was looking for, Harry pulled back and grinned, catching the last part of Tony's words, "I'm bringing the party to you."

Harry looked up as they rounded another corner; in front of him were the other Avengers standing in the middle of the street. With a loud pop! Harry apparated to the top of the building to the right of them, crouching down with his magic ready to spear towards the Leviathan's weakness if the team couldn't handle the beast.

"Dr. Banner. Now might be a really good time for you to get angry."

Unable to hear the doctor's reply to Rogers, Harry watched as Banner morphed into the Hulk and sent the Leviathan crashing into the ground. Tony sent a rocket down the Leviathan's mouth, causing the creature explode.

The Chitari that were crawling up the buildings pulled off their masks to hiss, yell, scream at the Avengers.

More centi-whales and Chitari passed through the portal - the smaller aliens were on some flying contraptions that allowed them to shoot the people who had not found shelter. Harry listened as Captain Rogers barked out orders.

Clint was on the rooftop - Harry chuckled when Tony had told Clint to: "Clench up, Legolas" - informing the others about weaknesses and strays, Tony was to keep a perimeter and Thor had to bottleneck the portal with his lightening, the Black Widow and the Captain would stay on the ground while the Hulk had the fun part of just smashing things.

Harry knew he would be most helpful with Thor - who already knew about him. Harry apparated to where Thor was on the tower and looked at the god. "I can help."

"How can you help?" Thor hadn't even jumped when Harry appeared. Instead, the god just narrowed his eyes at the wizard.

"I know one of their weaknesses."

"You know of their weaknesses so soon?" Thor's eyes narrowed slightly. "How?"

"Fury lied. I have magic."

"You have the ability to fly? "

"Yes." Though Harry didn't understand what that had to do with anything.

"Good. I need this tower to strengthen my lightning. We will speak of the director later time permitting."

To strengthen his lightening... interesting. Perhaps the god meant to use the tower as a conductor. Harry unshrunk his Firebolt and kicked off the tower to hover near Thor. Without waiting, Harry kept a tight grasp on the broom with his knees as he stretched one of his hands forward. Hoping that all the Leviathans had the same weakness in the same spot, Harry sent his magic hurtling towards the beast.

For a moment, nothing happened and Harry deflated. But then, the Leviathan exploded, causing even more Chitari to shriek with anger. Thor laughed heartily before raising his hammer. "Friend you are." With that, clouds grew dark and heavy above Thor before lightening came crashing down on the building and onto Thor. The god pointed his hammer at the portal and shot the lightning to the opening in the sky, making multiple Chitari and a Leviathan crash into the ground.

"That will hold them."

Harry nodded before pointing onto the ground. Multiple people were being herded by the Chitari. Thor didn't answer, just jumped off and went crashing into the ground. Harry shook his head, but before he could join him, Clint's voice caught him off guard, "Thor's taking on a squadron down on 6th."

"And he didn't invite me," Tony mourned.

"Wait... there's something in the air. Where Thor was."

"Got it."

Harry didn't follow. Instead, he held the fort, keeping the Chitari from following after the Captain. He dropped his disillusionment and grinned at the aliens, his guns appearing in his hand - which caused the Chitari to focus on him.

He kept Angitia disillusioned. The Chitari not really noticing when some of their own slowly fell to their knees in pain, their bodies spasming as venom ran through their systems.

Harry kept fighting, sweat dripping down his face. When he killed one, another two took its place. Looking up, he saw that the aliens were arriving unhindered through the portal once more.

"Angitia!"

Immediately she latched around him as Harry disillusioned himself. He mounted his broom before kicking off the ground to fly upwards, dodging shots as he headed towards the portal. When he had a clear shot at a Chitari, he sent his magic towards their flying machines, causing the beings to tumble down to their deaths. When he encountered a Leviathan he sent them quickly to their deaths, hoping that no one was crushed under the aliens body.

"Stark, you hearing me?" Harry paused at the director's words. "We have a missile headed straight for the city."

"How long?"

"Three minutes, at best. Stay low and wipe out that missile."

Harry landed on the ground, swaying. The effects of the Pepperup potion was fading, and he could tell his vision was going. For a few moments, all he could see were black dots dancing around in front of him. He fell to his knees, his breath coming out in heaving pants.

Steadied, he climbed to his feet and jumped on his broom, staying low to the ground and going to where he had last seen the Captain and Thor fighting side by side.

"I can close it!" The Black Widow's voice came across the speaker as Harry landed a short distance away, returning Thor's nod of greeting. "Can anybody hear me? I can shut the portal down!"

"Do it!" Rogers barked out.

"No, wait!"

"Stark, these things are still coming!"

Harry's body froze as his gaze went upwards to the portal, understanding what Tony had planned.

"I got a nuke coming in, it's gonna blow in less than a minute. And I know just where to put it."

Harry, unable to keep his balance on his broom, shrunk it and placed it in his pocket as he began running towards Stark Tower. His balance was off and he weaved around. His knees started to buckle, but before he could fall an arm wrapped around the wizards body.

Harry could only blink as his body was forced to twirl around by the force of that arm and he found himself chest to chest with a grinning Thor. A grinning Thor who was running while holding Harry up. "We meet again, Little Sorcerer, and yet I still know not your name."

The smaller man could only grunt as Thor heaved him up and over his shoulder, carrying him in the fireman's hold. Angitia hissed angrily - "What are you doing? Stop attempting to squish me!" - while moving around furiously until her whole body was wrapped around Harry's torso.

Harry could hardly breathe as her large body was constricting his lungs since she did not want Thor's shoulder and Harry's hips to crush her. "Angitia... I need... air!" She loosened her hold only slightly, but at least the wizard could breathe.

Thor was still running, holding Harry with one arm across the wizard's legs while swinging his hammer with the other. Harry - who found it difficult to raise his head - could only stare at the ground as Thor ran, wondering what the god looked like holding something that couldn't be seen. He snorted; it was amusing just imagining it.

"Little Sorcerer, I would know your name."

As Harry didn't see a way to dissuade the god without taking up too much time, he simply stated, "Harry Potter."

"Ah. Harry the Potter... an interesting trade for a sorcerer."

How did Thor get that from his name? Still, Harry didn't bother to correct the god. Harry the Potter was better than Little Sorcerer... He wasn't that short...

They were about to cross a bridge when Tony flew into the portal. Thor stopped and Harry dropped to the ground, wiping his brow as he stared blankly up into the portal.

"Come on, Stark."

Harry staggered forward away from the Thor, waiting for Tony to come back through. Tony had to. The wizard didn't know what he would do if the man didn't come back. He had watched over Tony for too damn long to lose him to aliens and a nuclear bomb.

"Close it."

Steve's words seemed to make Harry's heart stop.

Angitia was no longer wrapped around him, but had her head raised, acting as his protector. "You need to stop your magic, little one."

Knowing that she was right, Harry didn't move as he dropped his disillusion. He heard a whispered "Harry?" before he saw it.

A second, a millisecond, before the portal closed, Tony came through. Harry should disappear, let the others think they imagined him, but he couldn't dredge up the strength - plus Angitia would berate him. Again.

But Tony continued to fall. "He isn't stopping!" Came Thor's voice.

Harry distributed his weight and braced himself. He then raised his arms upward towards the falling man, calling up all the magic he could muster and sending it out towards Tony. His eyesight blackened. He never noticed his body starting to shake.

"What's he doing?"

"Catching him," Clint whispered.

"With what? Magic? Thor, get him!" Came Steve's voice, but then his voice broke at the end.

Harry knew what he looked like. Magic whipped around, causing his hair to fly with the energy. His eyes, he knew, sparked green power as his magic shot towards Tony.

"What is that? Stop him!" Steve jumped forward, but Angitia struck out, not biting, but in warning. She let out a long hiss as she swayed in front of Harry as he worked. A loud, thud came as the Hulk landed somewhere behind him.

"Hurry, little one!"

Sweat dripped down his face as he finally caught the tumbling man with his magic and quickly, carefully brought him to the ground in front of them.

Unable to stay standing, Harry fell to his knees as he bowed his head forward.

"Let him do his work! Tony will be fine!" Clint shouted even as the Black Widow dropped down from one of the flying contraptions behind Harry, though her whispered "Harry?" wouldn't distract him as he forced his eyes to focus.

He pushed magic into his hands and ripped the mask away, showing the face of Tony. Looking down at the man's breast plate, Harry could see that the light wasn't on. Acting quickly, Harry pulled up what was left of his magic as he could and intertwined it into Tony's body, willing the man to breath.

Not sure how long he stayed there, he sighed in relief when Tony took in a giant breath and opened his eyes. He looked around wildly before his eyes landed on Harry, "I knew I saw you!"

"Thank God," Harry murmured before he collapsed onto Tony's chest, utterly spent.

A/N I'm not too terribly good with fighting scenes, especially ones that I didn't create. Blarg. But hey, this is the last chapter that is based off the movie. :D

IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ: I'm going to post Chapter 22 two days before I post Chapter 23, BUT it will be unedited. My mother - and beta - said she would be amused if people were to read what I have written before she gets her hands on it. I agreed purely because I will be amused. I hope you will be too... if you don't get a headache from reading it. If you have no desire to read a chapter that hasn't been edited, you can wait until I post Chapter 23 because I will change Chapter 22 to the correct, edited version at the same time.