A DAY'S WORTH

Chapter 4

Disclaimer: All recognizable characters belong to their respective owners.

-ADW-

HELICARRIER

BRIEFING ROOM

AUGUST 20TH 2010

Clint was bored. Well more bored than he usually is which was saying a lot given he was bored most of the time. Except when he was fighting of course. There was nothing boring about fighting. However, right now he was exceptionally bored. As if all the boredom in the world had moved from whatever it was squared most of the time and covered him with its fearsome aura of boredom.

"What are you thinking about?" Natasha asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I am bored."

"Well that's new." Natasha said dryly as she flopped her booted feet on the board room table.

"How about a spar?" Clint suggested and Natasha raised the other eyebrow.

"In here?"

"This table looks pretty strong."

"I doubt it can support your wait after I have smashed you through it."

"You wanna test out that theory?"

Before she could reply, the door opened and the SHIELD director stalked his way in followed swiftly by Phil Coulson and Maria hill. Behind them came a younger pretty blonde woman Clint had never seen before. He unconsciously found himself straightening to attention and a glance at Natasha showed that she was the epitome of a good soldier.

Fury made his way towards the head of the table which had no chair while his three companions got into their seats. Fury placed a small device at the table, Clint recognized it as a portable high-tech projector made by J-Corp that very few high ranking SHIELD members carried around. Fury tapped it and the room was plunged into darkness and when he looked where he knew Natasha was seated, there was absolutely nothing, not even an outline of her frame.

"I think I am going to marry her." A voice said dreamily and Clint looked at the head table to see a life like image of Jack Daniels, CEO of J-Corp eating ice cream. Next to him was a pretty girl about thirteen, with light-red hair and green eyes also eating her ice-cream. Behind the girl was another man, this one younger than Jack Daniels with a mop of black hair and green eyes standing with his hands playing with the girl's air.

"Oh, I pity her." The girl giggled.

"Jenny!" The raven haired man exclaimed. "You are being rude…. I think."

"Oh please." The girl retorted. "I am pretty sure he pity's her as well."

"That may be true but you know how sensitive old men can get." The man replied and they laughed together.

"Laugh it all you want but I am marrying my PA." The man actually pouted. "Er… my former PA."

"Like I have told you before, Mary doesn't have any plans of marrying anyone." The younger man said, a hint of a smile playing on his lips. "Let alone you."

"Just because you fuc_" the younger man immediately covered the girl's ears with his hands and she rolled her eyes. "Fumbled around with her doesn't mean you know everything about her."

"Fumbled? Really Jack?"

"Well, can't have the little blighter learning swear words at this age." Jack said grinning at the girl as he tried to mess her hair, she gracefully moved her head out of reach.

"Oh, I doubt Little Jenny here is as innocent as you think."

"Oh, got yourself a boyfriend have you?" Jack wiggled his eyebrows at the girl who just giggled at him. "You really have a boyfriend!"

"Well…" the other man started almost hesitantly. "I remember quite an enthusiastic goodbye the other day between her and Ginava"

"Oh her, but I thought she was called Gellova!" Jack frowned before he grinned at the girl that was blushing lightly. "So, you are into the single-party government huh?"

"Ok, I am going to stop you right there with your stupid_"

"Hey don't call me stupid!"

"I wasn't_"

"Yes you were."

"I wasn't_"

"Oh please! You call me stupid at every chance you get."

"Not my fault you keep insisting on_."

"Children!" the girl snapped and the two men raised their eyebrows at her. "That is enough or you will be grounded for the rest of the summer."

"Ok I don't sound like that." The younger man frowned and the other two burst into laughter.

"Oh, Harry." Jack sighed happily. "That is exactly how you sound like when you say it. Little girl's voice included."

"So, your girlfriend Gulliver_"

"She is called Gianna and she is not my girlfriend!"

"Oh no that doesn't even sound anywhere near Gulliver at all." Jack argued.

"Well, to be fair Gulliver sounds like a name for a giant." The raven haired man said and Jack snorted. "Jenny's girlfriend would be the last person anyone could mistake for a giant."

"Speaking of, Harry's girlfriend is really quitting?" the girl, Jenny asked clearly trying to distract the two men. "I was just beginning to like her."

"Mary wasn't my girlfriend." The young man that Clint knew was Harry Potter answered. "We just had a few nights to ourselves and when either of us didn't get what we had wanted, we called it quits."

"So you did…. Fumble with her?" the girl giggled and they all laughed again. The three life like images froze with the expressions so lifelike that Clint found himself smiling as well. The image suddenly started shrinking until it was just a small window above the little J-Proj.

Clint was going to have words with the person responsible with naming the products from that company. He was beginning to suspect that the girl, Jenny was responsible but even she wouldn't give something like this such a ridiculous name.

However the name didn't reduce on the brilliance of the J-Proj. The projector apparently produced light so black that almost that it absorbs any light in the area it has been directed, at least that is how Jack Daniels had described it when it was released. In that bubble void of any light, it then projects its own light which reflects to the eye as images so real that if one wasn't aware they would think it was a real person. The area of projection can also be adjusted by the user.

Clint glanced at Natasha and saw that she also had a smile on her face as she watched the happy family. Grinning, Clint opened his mouth to tease his best friend only to be fixed with a one-eyed glare.

"You will not talk about Romanoff's fumbling." The SHIELD director snapped. "Not in this meeting and most definitely nowhere near my person."

Clint was too shocked by the fact that Nick Fury had just been trying to be funny that he just gaped at his both.

"From that little conversation which happened about three months ago…" Fury started. "It is clear that those three knew Agent Romanoff was a spy. That fact proves our initial theory that they were in some elite force most likely British even if there is absolutely no record of a Jack Daniels or Harry Potter in their database or any other database around the world."

Clint had no idea how Fury had come to that conclusion but he nodded in agreement.

"The fact that there is no record of them means that they must have been in a very elite force, one so secret that they couldn't risk anyone finding about them." Fury lectured and tapped on the little projector in a certain pattern and the other window disappeared showing another bigger window.

On the newly displayed bigger window was a number of newspaper articles all showing the assassination of notable individuals. Individuals that Clint knew by heart having been on the team that had investigated their deaths. Clint and his team had found that the assassinations had started around 2000 and all the victims had one thing in common, they were all a pain for the British government. There had been many attempts to bring them to justice but somehow they had always managed to remain on the other side of the law.

From their investigation, they had managed to narrow down the killers to three as from the little they could get from the scenes and while relating each assassination with the others, there had been certain patterns that would have been missed by most. Out of more than fifty assassinations, there were three distinct patterns that were being used, so subtle that Fury himself had been the only one to spot them initially.

Therefore, they had managed to zero down to three assassins. Three assassins so good that anyone who knew about them wished that they never found themselves on these people's bad side.

That was until 2006 when suddenly there were no more assassinations. All information about the group vanished and even what little SHIELD had in its databases also vanished. For the next two years ever since the assassination of the six mafias, there were no more assassinations of that kind. At least until Ombra had showed up.

In hind sight, Clint saw that clearly Ombra was one of the three infamous British assassins as his methods were similar if not the same as those employed by one the three. What happened to the other two though, Clint could only think that he was about to find out.

"I imagine that each one of you knows that this Ombra character was obviously one of the three responsible for these assassinations." Fury said and another window popped up in front of the one with the articles. It showed Ombra. A picture that clearly showed that he knew it was being taken as just as with his fellows, he somehow managed to kill highly protected people without being caught on anything be it camera or even motion sensors.

In this picture, Ombra's body was faced away from the camera while he looked at the camera over his left shoulder, his wine red cloak swirling at the edges slightly. His face was covered in shadow thanks to the hood but two dim blue orbs were visible where the person's eyes should be. Clint unconsciously suppressed a shiver as he saw the intimidating figure known as Ombra.

"The question is…" Fury said as all the windows disappeared and three more came up. "…what happened to the other two and what does it have to do with them."

One window had the frozen image of the happy group they had watched at the start of the meeting while another had three humanoid outlines of the British assassins. Or rather two outlines with the third one now having Ombra. The third window, the biggest of them had the picture of the girl who was glaring at the camera with an intense frown and information about her.

Name: Jenny Summers

Date of birth: 8th October 1997

Father: Jacob Summers

Mother: …/ Claire Summers

Official guardians: 1. Harry James Potter, 2. Jack Daniels.

"This girl is probably the most important piece of this puzzle." Fury declared.

The other two windows disappeared leaving the one with Jenny summers while one another appeared showing the burial of a British General, probably the youngest in history. The general, Jacob Summers, was buried in their ancestral grounds and the picture had Jenny herself, a woman Clint assumed was Claire Summers, Jack Daniels and Harry Potter.

"Through her, we meet Jacob Summers, the youngest British General in history who happens to have absolutely no relation with either of these two." Fury paused to make sure everyone was listening. "He enrolled into the army after getting the girl's mother pregnant and thanks to his skill flew through the ranks until he suddenly died in 2006. In-between he somehow became a general and was killed in 2006 leaving his newly wedded wife and daughter with ridiculous amounts of money."

Slowly, what Fury was driving at started to sink in Clint's mind.

"He made his daughter the ward of these two, Harry Potter and Jack Daniels, individuals he could only have met in the army and yet there is no record of either of them ever being there." Fury continued. "This can only mean that they were part of an elite force, so secret that their existence was so secret that there is no record of them. A force that contains three people, Jack, Jacob and James. Three individuals who earn huge amounts of money."

The window which had the outlines of the three assassins popped back and now each outline had been replaced by a person. Jack Daniels, Jacob Summers and Harry James. The members of the J-Force. Founders of J-Corp and J-Plus Hospitals.

"That is what Agent Romanoff managed to dig up." Clint looked at Natasha in surprise. "However, we can only imagine that they managed to dig up just as much from her therefore, she will be _"

The door opened Tony Stark, the new SHIELD Consultant.

"You are late."

"Tony Stark actually. And you are Nick Fury." Tony Stark replied. "Anyway, you didn't exactly give me directions."

"You have always known where the Helicarrier was."

"Well, that is beside the fact." Stark replied as he took a seat and plopped his legs on the table. "Anyway you know what they say… Tony Stark is never late."

"Nobody says that." Natasha replied.

"They say it all the time on the news. Wait do you guys even watch news here?"

"Can we continue please?" Phil said and Fury continued.

"I think he has made his point clear enough." Stark interrupted just as Fury opened his mouth. "We have serial killers on our hands. People way beyond the skill of any SHIELD agent and capable of beating some of the greatest security systems the world has seen. The question is, 'What do we do about them?'"

"Unfortunately, Stark is right." Fury conceded. "These people are skilled, and clearly protected if they have managed to keep out of our radar all this time. We can't directly confront them as we have no concrete evidence, all this is speculation. We also have no leverage on them as they have stayed on the other side of the law in all that matters. Trying to take them down will likely not work out in our favor if the little of what we know of their skill is alarming."

"Well, as your consultant I think this is the part where I come in and impart my glorious wisdom." Stark said as he stood up. The windows that were still being projected collapsed and another one appeared. This one showing Harry Potter moving with Jenny, both had bright grins on their faces and their green eyes were sparkling in happiness.

"A wise man once said 'If you can't beat them, then eat them.'" Stark continued. "We need to worm our way into that little perfect family. Get in there and become part of them. Just because they can fight doesn't mean they are enemies. Ombra has done things that Ironman wishes he could do but he is unable to."

Stark surveyed all of them.

"These people…" Stark gestured with his hand as images appeared and disappeared, each depicting the three. "…they are not our enemies. They are willing to stay perfectly out of any one's hair so long as we stay out of theirs. I say we leave them be. Let's keep an eye on them but not interfere. Just because they are not with us doesn't mean they can't be in the future."

And with that Stark strode out of the room.

-ADW-

AUGUST 21 2010

POTTER COTTAGE

WALES

"Ok first, you need to forget about controlling the elements." Jenny watched where she was seated leaning on Jack. "You seem to be under the impression that your abilities mean controlling the elements. You are wrong."

Jack snorted at Harry's words. Harry can be pretty direct when he wishes to, especially when he is imparting some knowledge that he knows you will not like.

"That is not what I have been told all my life."

"Well, clearly you have been lied to." Harry answered. "Or maybe the one that was telling you didn't know any better."

Jenny heard a muffled sound of protest and glanced across the clearing to see the rest of the Inhumans royal family. After they had found Black Bolt and Medusa, Harry had managed to locate the rest of the inhumans and brought all of them back to the cottage. At least the nice ones. There was Gorgon, a tall muscular dark skinned guys with hooved feet. There was Karnak the guy who looked like an Asian that Harry had retrieved from a group of drug dealers. Harry had apparently sent the other Inhumans back to the moon without asking for permission and the Queen, Medusa was mad at him. The fact that he managed to create a necklace that allowed Black Bolt to speak without obliterating everything did nothing to reduce on her ire.

"The elements are a force of nature." Harry lectured and Jenny remembered Harry telling her that he used to be a teacher in his former life. She had never gotten to understand what his 'former life' was about but from what she could guess, he was either relieving his life or probably living in another person's body. Somehow, she had never got the courage to ask him directly even though she knew that he would tell her.

"If you try controlling them, they will resist. You would need complete mastery to be able to control even one, let alone all of them." Harry paused and Crystal just continued staring at him in attention. "What you need is getting familiar with them, get to understand how they work, emphasize with them and with that, you will become capable of giving them direction rather than trying to control them."

Suddenly, Harry burst in flame. Crystal jumped away with a yelp and Jenny gasped despite having expected something to happen. She felt vibrations on her back and knew Jack was laughing at her.

The fire disappeared and only the grass where he had been standing was burnt. Next, steam seemed to collect together and soon he was holding a glob of water. The water changed shape into a miniature unicorn, a dragon, a humanoid shape and finally sword that Harry brandished in his right hand and swung it around expertly. He bent down and slashed over the grass with the water sword. The sword then dissipated and transformed into mist which was blown away by wind that was suddenly blowing across clearing.

Harry slowly lifted from the ground like he was no longer under gravity. Suddenly he shot to the sky and dived and flew around the clearing like a dolphin for about a minute before he settled down in his initial position in front of Crystal. Crystal was watching Harry with a mixture of longing and admiration.

"I think the crush has just evolved." Jack whispered to her and she giggled slightly.

"I didn't control any of that." Harry stated. "I am familiar with each element you saw and I was able to manipulate it to do what I wanted. You want to learn how to fly, you will need the same familiarity that I have with whatever element you want to use."

"Are you saying she could fly with more than just wind?" Karnak asked, the royal family having approached the two when Harry started his demonstration.

"Yes." Harry answered the man. "Crystal here has a genetic connection with each element which I don't have. It is only because of my magic that I am capable of accessing them and even then it took me years of practice to form a connection and it isn't even half of what she already has."

"So, if by any chance you had her connection?"

"I could teleport through fire and lightning, I could fly with any of the elements, I could be near indestructible as I would be capable of turning my entire body into fire, I would be a human livewire, I_"

"Bloody hell, have you thought of anything else since you met her?" Jack exclaimed and Harry chuckled.

"As a matter of fact, I have only just thought of it as I am not prone to wishful thinking." Harry replied. "It is only his questions that prompted me."

"Can we get to the flying please." Crystal interrupted ignoring the glare she was receiving from her sister.

"Alright little elemental." Harry said as he gestured for the others to step back. He stepped nearer and held her hands in his. "Close your eyes, try to shut out everything and concentrate on my voice."

Crystal followed Harry's instructions. The blush that had started to bloom on her cheeks slowly disappeared and her face relaxed.

"You are special, Crystal Amaquelin. More special than all the other Inhumans." Harry continued, his voice soothing and Jenny found herself on high alert. "For you are part of nature, you have a connection that no one else can ever achieve. The elements are part of you, part of your genetics and whole being, all you have to do is embrace that connection."

A warm breeze swept across the clearing while sparks of lightning travelled across Crystal's body. There was a visible wave of heat surrounding the two.

"Ok, you and I are going somewhere very far where we will not be getting any unnecessary tans." Jack declared and effortless lifted Jenny and retreated to the house. They got in the window where they could still see and hear what was going on outside.

"Within that connection, each element is unique." Harry continued. "Each one feels different from the other as you have used each of them separately. Now concentrate on the feeling of the wind element, familiarize yourself with it, let it engulf your entire being."

The wave of heat as well as the lightning disappeared, the breeze that had been whipping across the clearing seemed to settle down and the other inhumans relaxed. Jenny could now see Crystal's blonde hair swaying slightly.

"Can you feel it?" Harry asked and Attilan princess nodded. "Now direct it to what you wish it to do."

With her eyes still closed, Crystal slowly levitated off the ground. She reached about 3meters off the ground and then started gently moving this way and the other. She opened he eyes and grinned at her family as she giggled in happiness. Lockjaw was running around after her barking in happiness and Jenny couldn't help grinning as well as she saw her friend's happiness. Crystal slowly levitated back to the ground in front of Harry who was watching in pride and engulfed him in a hug mouthing 'Thank you' over and over.

She released him and was soon hugging her family. Jenny got out and joined Harry where he was watching the family of Inhumans.

"You look happy." She told him seeing the proud smile on his face.

"It feels good to teach a bright student." Harry told her as he gave her a one arm hug. "A feeling I am very familiar with thanks to you."

Jenny blushed. She knew Harry likes to teach anything relating to magic. Unfortunately, Jenny wasn't a witch and even then she knew Harry could have found a way for her to perform magic, witch or not. But she didn't want that. Jenny knew that Harry had lived with people like him. Family members who he shared with everything and that were capable of what he is also capable of. And Jenny didn't want to intrude on that. As much as she wanted to do magic, she wasn't sure she could pull it off like Harry or those he used to live with. Perhaps she was just being a coward she was also perfectly ok with being normal. She had enough paranormal in her life already with both her fathers. On a wizard and the other a highly skilled Vigilante who runs around in a magical suit.

-ADW-

FOUR DAYS LATER

POTTER COTTAGE

WALES

"The kingdom of Attilan is indebted to you Harry Potter." Black Bolt said quietly, still not used to his voice.

"I will remember that." Harry answered shaking his hand. "There will be a time when I will need as many allies as I can get, so I hope I can count you among those that will be on my side."

"Most definitely." Black Bolt replied. "I know my wife has not shown it during our time here but she is grateful especially for what you have done for her sister and the rest of us all."

"Oh don't worry about her, she is just afraid that her sister seems to be interested in me." Black Bolt nodded. "In any case, here in this vial is a potion that will instantly grow back her hair to whatever length she wants it."

"Are you sure?" the man asked as he eyed the vial suspiciously. "After how she has treated, you are still willing to help her?"

"I honestly haven't been offended in anyway by your wife's behavior." Harry replied with a smile. "However, Little Jenny instructed me to do everything in my power short of overthrowing your brother myself, to ensure that you take back your kingdom and I am of the hope that Medusa being able to access her powers will help in that endeavor."

Black Bolt glanced at the red-haired girl who was attempting to squeeze the life out of Crystal. The rest of the Inhumans were waiting patiently with their port-keys in hand. Harry had made them after a brief visit to the moon with Black Bolt to plan their assault on Maximus' forces.

"That girl…" Black Bolt said. "Just how powerful is she?"

"Like she would tell you, she is just 'plain Little Jenny.'" Harry assured him. "But in all seriousness, with everything that is at her disposal, she is probably the most powerful being in the universe."

-ADW-

AN: Hello to those who have stuck with me until now. I am still looking for a Beta so if you are interested please PM me.

As for the story, well, I am going to shuffle a few things around in the MCU to fit what I want and how Harry will be affecting it. Everything Harry will be doing, no matter how random it may seem will be in preparation for the 'task' he was brought for. Till next time.