Westchester, New York—

Scott Summers—

Then I heard a loud pop behind me. I turned to see Hermione standing there. She looked upset. Hermione then walked off to somewhere. Something definitely happened when she went to pick up her cousin from Hong Kong. I followed her to the backyard. I heard a scream and another pop. Hermoine was gone again. I ran back to James and Harry.

"She's gone." I say

"What do you mean?" James asked

"Hermione apperated somewhere when she got to the backyard. I don't know where." I say

James began to panic. James got up to search for Mia when the office type phone behind the couch began to ring. James presses on the phone so we could hear it.

"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED OVER THERE?" A voice on the other end yelled

James groans like he knew who it was. Harry scrunched up his face like he knew as well.

"Hello Fury. Now what happened over there?" James asked

Now I get it. It's director Fury of SHIELD. I was told he is a muggle born and was in Hogwarts like 20 years before James. Fury has been trying to get the X-men on SHEILD's payroll for years now. He thinks it would be safer for us if we go on our missions with some form of government agency backing us. According to Harry, Hermione is the only one of us that is on SHIELD's payroll.

"Hermione apperated into my office while I was having a meeting with Barton looking very upset over something. Barton had to take her to Romanov and his wife so we could get a fucken word out of her. Now what the hell happened over there?" Fury growled out

"We don't know Fury." James said emphasizing each word, "She came back from picking someone up who was in Hong Kong and doesn't have magic themselves and when she came back she upset and then ran off."

"Who was she picking up?" Fury asked

"Her cousin Bruce Banner." James said

There was silence. I'm going to take a guess that he knows something we, or at least I don't.

"Fury? You there?" Harry asked

"Did you say Banner? As in the hulk? The one that Ross is after?" Fury asked

"Yeah I did. Why are you asking?" James asked

"Bruce and Hermoine had something happen a while back before she started to date Scott. They ended it before it went to far. And Bruce left for college and Hermione left for Hogwarts." Fury said

"Do you know exactly what happened between them?" Harry asked

"No one does." Fury paused, "Well, Romanov may know what happened. But that's a long shot. She likes to hide things until a person is deemed worthy of the information. And Hermione may have asked her to keep it quiet."

"How do we find out this information?" I ask

"You are going to have to ask Bruce. He's your best option right now." Fury said

"What if he won't tell us?" Harry asked

"Arrest him without triggering the hulk. And then bring him to me. It's our only chance to find out." Fury said

"So basically put the most powerful stunner we know on him?" Harry asked

"Try Okay. He doesn't have good control over the other guy. He hurt Romanov a while back because of him." Fury said

Somewhere in upstate New York—

Natasha Romanov's point of view—

We finally got Hermione to sleep on the couch. She had been weeping into my leather clad shoulder as Clint rubbed her back all day. We were the only ones who knew what happened with her and Bruce. That was my only leverage when I talked to Bruce right before he ran. Not that Fury knew. He may suspect but he doesn't know for sure.

Earlier we apperated to Clint's farm house to find that his wife had taken the kids to the nearby amusement park for the day. They came back a couple of minutes ago. The three saw Hermione laying in the living room. Laura began to worry over her niece that was asleep on the couch and covered with the only blanket she would sleep with here. According Hermione it smelled strangely of Clint no matter how many times we wash it.

I got to be thankful that Hermione was Clint's only family member that was known to SHIELD and was his next of kin in his file. And vise versa.

"What are we going to do? We can't go up against the hulk." Clint whispers not wanting Laura to over hear us

I understand completely. Unless the family member is already in the business that we are, they are going to be kept out of conversations like this. Like, James had been in this type since the founding of SHIELD and SSR in World War 2, Harry since his sixth year at Hogwarts when he started to learn about Riddle and how to take him down in the next year or so and Mia, like me, was born into this type of thing not having a choice. And from Fury told me, Hermione is the only X-men to be on SHIELD's payroll.

And Stark, well, he is billionaire genius that can figure stuff out with his computers and money, unless Fury wants to tell Stark himself after that stunt stark pulled at the press conference. Fury was planning on me to go in to Stark Industries and become Pepper Potts new assistant.

And that year Hermione helped Harry hunt MoldyVoldy's horcruxes down with that Weasley brat, they stayed in SHEILD safe houses and SHIELD approved hotels. Even once gone over to Canada to clear their minds after Weasley brat ditch them for home. They had to come up with a new plan after losing one of their ranks.

"I honestly don't Clint. All I know is that we got to keep an eye on her from now on. We know what she will do in this type of mood." I whisper back

That sent a shiver down our spins as we thought about what Hermoine did to Fury when he got Hermoine into this mood. First, she would cry her eyes out. Second she would sleep for hours. Usually Hermione had a vision or something in this state. And finally she would get very mad and start firing off curses and spells. Hermione is very unpredictable.

We could not look at Fury in the eye for weeks after what Hermione did. And before Fury, Hermione's boyfriend's father made her that angry. Alex Summers, Scott's younger brother, almost beat the crap out of his father for that. And Scott almost went to the hospital because of that.

"I just don't know who the target for this round will be point at this time." I whisper

"Why not?" Clint whispers

"Because I don't know if Bruce will be in danger or not." I say as I look to Hermione

Hermione was going to be mad when she fully wakes up. We then saw Hermione tossing and turning in her sleep. We all knew she had seer abilities when she was sleeping. Then we heard Hermione say, 'In justice I'm taken up, In mercy I'm cast away'. It was like her future self was talking to someone. It was creepy when she did that. But people with Barton blood walk and talk in their sleep. First it's the talking from the age of 15 and when they hit 23 they start to walk.

Hermione's point of view—

dream—

There was destruction everywhere. New York was a war zone. Most of the people around were mostly injured. There was very few deaths around.

Alien looking things were running around the city on the ground, flying in the air and climbing on buildings. Harry, uncle Clint, Natasha and I were fighting these things with Tony Stark aka Iron Man, Captain America and a blonde man with a hammer that had Norse runes on it. Captain America gives the orders. We fight everything we see.

The scene soon changed to the end. We had won the battle. We walked the villain to the lobby where Lily waited for Harry and I with dad at the door. The enemy broke free Harry went to protect Lily. The man threw a knife at Harry. But it missed Harry and hit Lily.

"Mum!" Harry yelled

"No Lily." I say

I begin to panic. Harry and I ran to Lily so I could heal her. I did everything I could to heal the fading witch in my arms.

"Mum. No don't leave me. I need you. Please don't." Harry said crying

Tears ran down his cheeks. It was very rare and sad to see any of the Howlett boys cry. They usually say crying is for the weak. But when someone like Lily dies or is dying, then a Howlett boy will cry.

"I have to my baby boy. Mamma is going to leave now." Lily said

"Mum no. We're going to get you help. You're going to be better. Just wait and see. Hermione is going to call her mentor." Harry said

He looks at me.

"It's too late. The blade went too deep." I say

"I love you baby." Lily said with her final breath

You could feel Lily floating away to heaven.

"Mum." Harry cries shakily

But there was no answer. Harry yells causing his magic to flare out in dangerous amounts. Harry then stands up and looks dangerously to the man we captured. Harry starts to the man but was stopped by a pair of arms. The arms belonged to dad as he was the only one strong enough to hold Harry down. Harry smells him and tries to get free.

"Let me go. He killed Mum. Let me go!" Harry said

Harry soon stopped struggling. He went limp and began to sob. This wasn't like the death chamber in the department of mysteries. This could get him into serious trouble with the American Government. And Harry is technically a Canadian citizen so he could be deported.

End of dream—

I bolted up right with a gasp of air. Tasha was sitting on the couch with my legs on her lap. It looked like that she was putting cool water on my forehead.

"The avengers are going to be activated." I say

Then I pass out again.