Chapter 27 -
The Avengers found themselves storming a hydra base, there were very few members of Hydra left. The reason that they were currently attacking this base was because Loki's scepter's was apparently here. When Harry had originally heard that Hydra had somehow managed to get the sceptre he spent five minutes alternating between facepalming and slapping his head off any surface he could find.
The team had spent some time mapping out the area before and preparing before they had started fighting. They had eventually decided to go for a full on assault and were now charging through the hydra soldiers so they could get to the base. The base was surrounded by bunkers, towers, tanks and many soldiers that needed to be taken out. The weapons that Hydra uses were either standard weapons like simple guns with bullets or more advanced ones like guns with energy beams.
Thor was flying and jumping around wearing his usual Asgardian armour and had his trusty weapon, Mjolnir. Hawkeye, Bucky and Black Widow were sharing a vehicle that Natasha was driving. Barton, who was shooting arrows at anything he thought disserved shooting, was now wearing a dark Kevlar suit with purple patches. He had a bow, a quiver that been magically amplified to never run out of arrows and a gold ring from Harry that could turn into a bow and produce it's own arrows. He wore that with him in case his own bow broke and in emergency's it also acted as a portkey which was useful in emergencies.
Natasha meanwhile was wearing a suit like her old one but this one had blue lines and was slightly more advanced as it helped improve her wrist gauntlets in both power and range. She was focusing on driving as of the moment, physically hit anyone if they got too close which worked better than normal seeing as she had been given a slight increase in strength so she was now currently on the same level as Bucky in physical strength, stamina speed, etc. Though she would likely grow stronger in the future with a better mastery of her powers and removal of the limits that Harry had placed on her.
She would also send red blasts from her hands occasionally, she realised early on that she could change the amount of power she could put into a blast. she had been experimenting with her powers but simple blasting was currently what she was more at ease with.
Steve was driving around on his motor bike and wore a deep blue suit that had white and red stripe at the area of the abdomen and a star on his chest, Tony had also fitted him with special magnetic gloves that allowed him to summon his shield back to him which was useful and made it so that he could save time and didn't have to always angle his shots perfectly so it came back to him. Bucky, who was helping Barton shoot, wore his 'Winter Soldier' outfit, a bullet proof vest and a black mask that covered the lower half of his face. He thought it fitting that Hydra see their own weapon being used against them.
Tony was flying around and firing while wearing a beautiful and advanced suit of armour that was dark red with gold and silver and referred to by Tony as the 'Mark forty three'. Hulk on the other hand was wearing his usual purple shorts as he smashed anything and everything in sight that wasn't the avengers. Harry had also opted to go for the same option as Thor and alternated between flying in the air and fighting on the ground as he wore his full 'Raven' costume.
Harry teleported behind a ground of three Hydra soldiers, he slammed Leviathan into the back of one before hitting two others with a killing cure. He teleported to the top of a watch tower where he was greeted with four other Hydra soldiers. He whistled and all four turned to him at the same time, he teleported away just as they all fired and unintentionally hit each other. Harry landed at the bottom of the tower, he attacked the base and sent the tower falling down where it landed on several other soldiers. Harry saw two more hydra soldiers isolated from the others.
He teleported behind them and grabbed one by the back of the neck and threw him at a tree which he crashed into before falling to the ground, the other soldier was about to fire but Harry was faster. He stepped around the soldier and elbowed him in the back, he grabbed him by the arm then threw at him at three approaching Hydra soldiers and knocked them down like bowling pins. He heard the sound of engines and saw two Hydra vehicles charging at him with the intent of running him over.
He blasted one, causing it to explode and causing the other to swerve and crash into a tree. Harry sent an explosive spell at that vehicle just as the soldiers tried getting out, Harry heard another vehicle approaching just as that one exploded. He turned to the other vehicle which was charging at him. He sent a spell straight at it and the vehicle stopped as if it had crashed into a wall. Harry aimed his arm and levitated the vehicle into the air, he saw another vehicle chasing after Cap and tossed the levitated vehicle at that one causing a enormous crash.
Harry reentered the air and flew towards a tank, he was about to deal with it when it was rammed in the side by an angry Hulk, Harry knew when he wasn't needed and continued going. He descended and landed on the ground, sliding next to Thor who was currently punching and kicking any Hydra soldier that got close. Harry joined him by kicking one soldier in the side of the head with a roundhouse kick, Harry ducked a punch from another and grabbed him by the ankle. He pulled the soldier into the air and slammed him onto the ground before throwing him at another soldier.
"You having fun?" Harry asked Thor as he summoned Leviathan to him.
"I am indeed." Thor grinned before hitting another soldier with a left hook. "How about you?"
"I'm brilliant." Harry replied as Leviathan was coming close, his magic informed him of a danger behind him. Leviathan was getting closer, instead of catching Harry stepped to the side and allowed Leviathan to crash into the soldier that was behind him.
"I invented that move." Thor said as he summoned Mjolnir to his hand but like Harry he stepped out of the way at the last moment and allowed his weapon to crash into a hydra soldier.
"Maybe but I did it better." Harry grinned before flying away, he dodged a blast in midair and saw a bunker firing at him. He dodged another blast before sending an explosive spell through Leviathan, causing the bunker to burst into pieces. He saw Steve riding on a motor bike below him and flew down and flew alongside him, blasting any Hydra agent he could see.
He saw another watchtower a few seconds later and flew higher before crashing into it, causing it to fall down to crumble to the ground. Harry flew out the wreck and went to engage a group of Hydra soldiers on the ground.
"Shit!" Every Avengers heard Stark curse over the communication devices they all wore, the reason behind his cursing was the fact that he had just bounced off a shield that was covering the base.
"Language." Steve admonished.
Harry was momentarily distracted by the fact that Steve actually said 'language' but was able to stay focused enough to duck a punch from one Hydra soldier, he pushed that shoulder away with his shoulder and the soldier crashed hard into another soldier and the fell on top of him. Harry waved his hand and the two went flying through the air before crashing into a tree.
"I think we may have lost the element of surprise." Barton said dryly as he continued battling Hydra soldiers.
"I'm sorry, is nobody going to deal with the fact that Cap just said 'language'?" Tony asked.
"Oh good," Harry said as he elbowed one Hydra soldier before blasting another. "I thought it was just me who heard that."
"I know, I know." Cap said after taking out one vehicle by throwing his motorbike at it. "It just slipped out."
"And it will haunt you for the rest of your days." Harry said as he grabbed the back of a Hydra soldiers leg using the axe handle of Leviathan, he pulled on Leviathan and the soldier was pulled by his leg and fell to the floor. Harry held his axe in the air before slamming it down on the soldier, ending him.
"The city is taking fire." Jarvis informed Tony.
"Strucker's not going to care for civilians. Send in the iron legion." Tony ordered, the iron legion wasn't his best creation but still brilliant. A set of robots that could be controlled by Jarvis and assist in protecting and defending civilians while the Avengers fought off the bad guys.
Harry blasted two Hydra soldiers that were flying with jet packs before tossing Leviathan at a jeep, two hydra soldiers appeared in front of him. He ran forwards and slid under a right hook from the first before grabbing the second by the neck, the first tried to shoot him but Harry used the Hydra soldier in his hold as a human shield. The first Hydra soldier froze when he saw that he had shot one of his own, Harry took advantage of that and sent a cutting curse that hit him in the neck.
"There's an enhanced in the field." Cap said via the comms device.
"Clint's hit." Natasha added. "Harry you'd be useful here."
"Coming." Harry replied, he was about to say more when his magic suddenly flared up at a surprising speed. He teleported above to avoid whatever was coming at him. He looked down and saw a young man standing below, he looked to be around early twenties, he wore trainers, jeans and a black jacket with silver stripes on the arms and blonde hair. Harry quickly realised that this was one of the enhanced, he was about to stun him from above when he disappeared in a blur.
"Harry." He heard Natasha's voice in his ear peace.
"Coming." Harry said as he teleported to their location, he saw her kneeling next to Barton who was groaning in pain. It was clear to Harry that he had been hit in the side by one of those energy blasts. "The enhanced is a male, around six feet tall with blonde hair, looked to be in his early twenties." He said both to Natasha, and the rest of the team as he worked on healing Barton. "He's fast, super fast. If you see a blur coming towards you then that would be him."
"Got it." Cap replied.
"Who hit him?" He asked Natasha.
"A bunker." Natasha answered before sending a red blat at a group of hydra soldiers.
"Where's the bunker?" Harry asked as he looked around for it.
"It's been hulked." Natasha answered.
"Okay, got it." Harry said understanding what's happened. "Alright, I'm taking Barton back to the jet, I'll stabilise him from there then rejoin you all."
"Will he be alright?" Bucky asked after smashing one hydra soldier in the face with his metal fist.
"Should be." Harry grabbed Barton and teleported him to the Quinjet, being careful not to harm him or make the situation worse. "Are you alright buddy?" Harry asked.
"I'm still alive." Barton said dryly.
"That's good, the popularity of the bow and arrow would die alongside you." Harry joked. "Alright you'll be fine for now, can you feel any pain?"
"No," Barton shook his head. "it just feels numb."
"Good, we'll finish your healing properly when we get back. I'm going now okay, if anything happens then use your portkey to get out."
"Got it." Barton nodded just before Harry teleported out.
"What's the situation?" Harry asked as he teleported next to Natasha.
"Cap and Stark have entered the base." Bucky answered as he came up to them. "Thor's dealing with the last of the hydra soldiers and Hulk's just...being hulk."
"Cap," Harry called him through his ear piece. "will we still be needing a Hulk?"
"Doesn't look like it." Cap replied.
"I'll go deal with him then." Harry said before walking towards Hulk who tossed a hydra tank before roaring. "Hey big guy." Harry called and the Hulk turned, expecting a fight but calming down when he saw it was Harry.
"Bird man." Hulk said, recognising him.
"That'd be me." Harry nodded as he removed his hood and mask. "Did you have fun?" Harry asked, Hulk grunted before giving him a small nod. "How's Banner doing?" Harry asked.
"Bannner…" Hulk paused to tap the side of his head. "...Banner...not sad."
"That's good." Harry smiled. "Your speaking has improved as well, I'm proud of you buddy." Harry briefly saw what he thought was pride on the face of the Hulk but it was gone quickly.
"Bird man want Banner?" Hulk asked.
"Bird man want Banner." Harry repeated. "Can I have him now please?"
"Hmm, fine." Hulk snorted before he began transforming back into Banner, his transformations to and from Banner were much quicker and far less painful than before.
"We have a second enhanced, female, do not engage." The group heard Cap say over the comms.
"I'll take Banner back." Harry said to Natasha and Bucky before he grabbed Banner and teleported him back to the Quinjet.
"Yay...company." Harry heard Barton say in a sarcastic voice. Harry gently sat Bruce down and covered him in a blanket before placing some clothing options next to him.
"You doing okay?" Harry asked.
"Yeah," Bruce said with a small smile. "I'm doing fine." He said.
"What about the Hulk?" Harry asked.
"A bit annoyed but he's fine." Bruce answered.
Harry was pleased with that, it was a big improvement from before. He thought about Bruce's situation with the Hulk. He and the Hulk were...he'd describe it as friends...and it all happened since Harry became their mediator. Harry had explained to Bruce how Hulk in certain ways could be compared to an animal or child, neither would like being constantly caged and treated like a horrible burden. As for the Hulk, Harry had tried his best to explain all the numerous fears that Banner had and did his best to make both understand each other.
Harry had also had Bruce set times where he would let the Hulk out when they didn't have missions, during those times Harry would use spells to ease up on the pain of the transformation and then he would spend time with the Hulk. Sometimes he and the Hulk would just destroy some conjured dummies that Harry made and spelled them to constantly fix themselves, it was a good exercise that allowed Hulk to burn off a lot of energy. Sometimes he would just bring large amounts of food for Hulk and the two would share a dinner together and watch TV, he even invited Natasha a few times. Though Hulk ate more than the two of them combined.
Another and more recent thing that Harry had begun doing is putting Hulk in a room and playing music, Hulk liked different types of music from Banner. Bruce preferred some nice and calm music, Hulk on the other hand had a fondness of Skillet. Funnily enough his favourite of their songs so far was 'Monster'. It was quite an entertaining experience watching Hulk pace around a room, shaking his head to music.
Ever since the two began working with Harry they no longer hated each other, nor did they actively fight for control.
"That's great." Harry said before teleporting back out to help the rest of the team.
A little while later all of the Avengers found themselves back in the Quinjet after the mission was over, Stark had put away the sceptre while the others all took their seats.
"Nat, come here." Harry said to Nat and pulled her over to where Barton is.
"Is he going to be alright?" She asked.
"Yeah, now that we don't have to worry about getting shot I can focus on healing him." Harry said. "I'm no certified medical expert but I'm pretty sure that I could heal this no problem, I've been healed from worse than this. But there's something I want to try."
"What?"
"I want you to heal him." Harry said to Natasha.
"You mean with this?" She asked as her hands glowed red.
"Yeah," Harry nodded. "I saw Malekith use it to regrow limbs, it acts just like magic as well, I want you to try and heal Barton. If this works then not only can you heal yourself and the others in future situations but it also let's us know more about how good your powers are. Focus, remember it's all about will. You WANT Barton to get better. Give it a try."
"If you're sure." Natasha took in a deep breath, she slowly waved her hands over Barton's side but nothing really happened.
"Try again," Harry encouraged her. "remember to focus on what you want. You want Barton to heal because he's your work colleague, because he's a fellow Avenger and because he is your friend and an important person in your life. Try again, focus on what you want and the result you want."
Natasha took a second to relax and focus, she closed her eyes and imagined a healed Barton and how she wanted him to be healed. She waved her hand over his wound, she opened her eyes several seconds later and blinked when she saw that Barton's wounds had actually healed.
"Wow" Tony clapped. "Impressive."
"Well done." Steve added.
"Indeed," Thor said. "the Aether serves you well."
"Thanks Nat." Barton said, he was about to get up when Harry stopped him.
"Hold on." Harry said as he performed some spells on Barton. "Looks good to me, we can still take you to get another opinion if you prefer."
"Nah, I feel good and I trust the two of you. Besides, between your magic and the...whatever the hell is in Nat...I'm in good hands."
"If you're sure." Harry nodded, he turned to the other Avengers just as Tony began flying the jet up and away from the Hydra base. "Report guys." Harry said to the group.
"Well all Hydra soldiers are either captured and/or injured if they're not dead." Bucky said as he put away his guns.
"We'll shed some tears for them later." Harry said sarcastically. "What about the enhanced?"
"I've counted two." Steve said. "One male and one female."
"Describe the female." Harry replied.
"Dark brown hair, black clothes, I'd estimate her to be a young adult, early twenties or maybe one or two years younger." Steve answered.
"Powers?" Harry asked.
"Not entirely sure," Steve admitted "all I remember is seeing her wave her hand, a flash of red and then I end up falling down some stairs."
"At least you didn't break your hip." Tony said making an 'old man' joke. "As for the enhanced, I've managed to get some data from Hydra, we can check it out later. It might reveal more."
"That's good." Harry nodded. "Any injuries besides Barton?" Harry asked.
"Not as far as we're aware." Bucky shook his head.
"Can anyone give a report on the Hulk?" Harry asked.
"The gates of Hell are filled with his victims." Thor smiled, Harry facepalmed just as Natasha and the others gave Thor a look that clearly said that that was not the best thing to say while Banner was in hearing distance, Thor seemed to realise it, "But not the screams of the dead, of course." he quickly amended and turned to Banner. "No, no, no. Just wounded screams, mainly whimpering and a great deal of complaining plus some tails about torn deltoids and gout."
"Thank you." Bruce said to Thor even though he didn't really believe that was all that it was.
"Alright, just rest until we get back to Avengers Tower." Harry said. "We've earned it." His statement brought a bunch of agreement from the others. "Hey," Harry grabbed Natasha by the waist and whispered into her ear. "well done." He said before kissing her on the side of the head. She smiled at him and the two sat down, deciding to enjoy the ride back in peace.
A.N: Hey guys hope you liked the chapter. No, Harry has not yet met Wanda but we can look forward to that in the future. Speaking of Wanda, I've looked online and there have been some debate about Quicksilver and Wanda's age in the films. I've decided to have them both be twenty years old in my story. I think that's a safe age. Hope you all enjoyed the chapter, thanks for reading and feel free to leave a review.
