A/N: Sorry that it has been so long since I last updated! It's almost been two weeks! Well to make it up to you, I am doing two chapters this weekend, so here is one and keep a look out for the second either later tonight or tomorrow. :) Enjoy!
"Remus! Stop hounding your cousin and answer the door," Daddy yells knocking on the door that is hiding Papa and Uncle Tony from view. They apparently are having a discussion in there, though I suspect it's more of a shouting match.
"What is it Sirius?" Papa asks pulling the door open to look out at us.
"Your son is what it is. I know that you are mad at Tony and that you want to give him a piece of your mind, but that is going to have to wait until later. Right now, Harry needs you. He thinks you are mad at him because you didn't say hello to him or give him a hug."
"Oh Harry, come here," he says grabbing me from Sirius and holding me to him. He walks us into the room and sits down at one of the chairs around the giant table in the room. "I swear to you that I am not mad at you. I just got a little distracted is all, when I walked in here and saw you injured," he explains, and I nod my head against his chest.
"I'm sorry, I should've listened to Uncle Tony when he told me to stay put… I just got bored!" I mumble, my voice muffled by Remus' shirt.
"Shush now pup, everything is going to be alright. You are right though, you should have listened to Tony, but that cannot be changed now and we will deal with it later. Tony, our talk is nowhere near finished but we have more pressing issues to deal with right now," Remus replies.
"We need to contact Dumbledore, or at the very least Snape. They need to be informed of what Loki did to Harry. As much as I hate to admit it, this is very much out of my league as well… but it sounds to me like it was a part of Him. Another piece like the ones they have been hunting," Sirius says turning to Remus. I don't know if it is just me, but I have absolutely no idea what they are talking about.
"Can I meet Dr. Banner?" I ask turning to look at Uncle Tony.
"If you want… he's probably in his lab. I mean as long as it is ok with your Dads," he replies with a nod and I smile. He is one of the few left that I haven't met.
"Go ahead and take him Tony. Remus and I need to meet with this Nick Fury fellow. We need to explain to him what we know. In order to get onto the ship we had to bypass certain laws in this country, and inevitably attracted the American Ministry of Magic's attention. We have some politics to figure out," Sirius says taking me from Remus and handing me off to Tony. "I'm going to be bored, so I know Harry would be."
"Alright, but I have one more thing to confess. I think that Nick knows about Harry. Or at least he implied it, I threatened him and told him not to discuss it with anyone… I knew Nick could be harsh, but the idea of him training Harry to work with us rubbed me the wrong way. Also, I want to apologize to you both. I have never been more terrified than when I realized Harry was gone. It was rude of me to not immediately contact you, and I have acted completely irresponsibly but please let me make it up to you in some way," Tony says pulling me in closer to his chest as he stands up.
"I know you are sorry Tony, and I know you regret many things that have happened, but we are going to need some time to figure things out and move forward. We love you, and you will always be family," Remus says clapping a hand onto Tony's shoulder before moving away again. I snuggle deeper into Uncle Tony's chest and wrap my arms around his neck. Even though everyone says it's his fault, I don't blame him at all. He saved me.
Uncle Tony and I left for Dr. Banner's lab, while Daddy and Papa went to find Nick Fury. They decided that it was probably for the best if I wasn't there when they got together, and Daddy refused to let Papa go without him… he said something about the werewolf temper, but I don't know if I believe that that is a real thing.
"Hey there, Tony. What took so long? The kid alright?" Dr. Banner says as we walk into the lab. He doesn't look up at us when we walk in, and I can't help but notice his grubby clothes. He also looks like he hasn't slept in a really long time.
"Uncle Tony, is he a werewolf too?" I ask him tugging on his shirt sleeve to get his attention since I am walking beside him.
"No kiddo, he's not. He does look a bit like Papa after a full moon though. Remember? I told you that like Papa, he has another side. He just turns into a raging green giant instead."
"Just checking. Can I go say hi?" I ask staring up at Uncle Tony and glancing over to Dr. Banner. I think he can probably hear our conversation but he still hasn't said anything. And Uncle Tony told me to trust him if anything were to happen, so I want to meet him!
"Well go on then," he says giving me a slight nudge in his direction. "Banner, I brought someone who has been dying to meet you. Harry, meet Dr. Banner, Dr. Banner meet my nephew Harry."
"Why hello there Harry, it is a pleasure to meet you," he says squatting down in front of me and shaking my hand. "I am happy to see that you made it back onto the ship in one piece. You had us all extremely worried, but obviously no one more than your uncle here, but I doubt he'd admit that."
"Oh no, I will definitely admit that... I don't know what I was more afraid of, you being gone or having to have to tell your dads what happened. At least we are over both of those hurdles now… so Banner, what are you working on?" Uncle Tony says walking over towards us. When he reaches us, he picks me up and sets me down on the table so that I am at eye level with everyone and with the screens.
"Triangulating the rays to try and secure a location of the teseract," I hear Dr. Banner respond, which seriously means nothing to me. So I zone out, ignoring the two of them and messing with the screens in front of me. The one is a touch screen, hopefully I am not messing anything up.
"Hey Uncle Tony?"
"Yeah, kiddo?"
"I've gotta go to the bathroom."
"Just give me five minutes, and I will take you. I am in the middle of something."
"Kay," I respond squirming a bit in my seat. I mean I don't have to go that bad…
"I can take him Tony, then you can finish up here," Dr. Banner says from across from me.
"Is that alright with you Harry?" Uncle Tony asks.
"Yup!" I chirp, jumping down off of the table. I almost fall over, but Dr. Banner quickly grabs a hold of me to steady me. I turn to him and give him a smile which he returns before grabbing my hand and leading the way out of the lab.
"So Harry, how long have you been living with your Uncle Tony?"
"I don't know… not that long. Papa and Daddy moved us out here to get away from people at home. I'm not supposed to talk about it, but it was to keep the bad guys from finding us…" I trail off unsure of what else to say.
"That's ok. You know I have spent a large part of my life on the run from people. I know what it is like to try and hide from people," he says slightly smiling at me.
"It's not that bad, I mean at least I have Daddy and Papa. And then I got to meet Uncle Tony. You are a lot like Papa I think you'd like him," I say as we reach the bathrooms, and Dr. Banner ushers me inside and into a stall. As soon as I am done, I come back out and wash my hands at the sink that Dr. Banner is leaning against.
"So, I hope that by saying I am like your Papa, you are complimenting me…" he says trailing off and staring off into the distance.
"Well, like you, he has another side that he can't really control… it always makes him really nervous and he is always afraid that it will do something and he won't be able to remember what he did. Uncle Tony told me that you turn into a big green guy when you get mad, and that you can't control him, like Papa. And just like Papa you are very calm and nice person otherwise, but you don't think people should like you or get close to you. You should talk to Papa, I think you two could help each other," I say drying my hands with the paper towels.
"I don't know what kind of help I could be. It sounds to me like he already has everything I wish I did," he mumbles, more to himself than to me.
"Sometimes, it's nice to know that there is someone else out there that is in the same position as you."
"Alright kiddo, I will talk to him. Though it will probably have to wait until this whole Loki thing is over…"
"Before we go back to the lab, can we go get some juice?"
"Sure thing," he says with a laugh. "You got all old and wise on me, and then the next second you are asking for juice. You are something else Harry."
"Hiya!" I say walking up to a man and a woman standing near one of the food counters, while Dr. Banner works on getting me a glass of juice… though really he is just trying to find a lid for it so I can take it back to the lab.
"Hi…" the man says hesitantly turning to look at me. The woman barely spares me a glance.
"My name is Harry! What's yours?" They are dressed up in armor, or at least some sort of fighting outfit, so they have to be Avengers like Uncle Tony.
"Hey Harry, are these two bugging you?" I hear someone behind me ask and I whip around to find Agent Coulson behind me.
"Nope. I was just saying hi. Are they Avengers like Uncle Tony, Thor, Captain America, and Dr. Banner? I've met all of them… these two don't seem very talkative."
"How did you get down here anyway?" the woman asks.
"Dr. Banner brought me down to get me some juice after taking me to the bathroom so Uncle Tony could work in the lab. Daddy and Papa are meeting with Nick Fury."
"Your Dads are on the ship?" the man asks. I nod my head.
"Well duh, when Uncle Tony called them and told them what happened, they were not very happy."
"I've been meaning to come and find you Harry. I owe you a thank you. If it weren't for you, who knows what Loki would have done to me. But, I also want you to know that what you did was not very smart. You are a young boy, and Loki has a lot more power than you. You have to trust us adults to take care of things," Agent Coulson says, kneeling down in front of me so that he is looking me in the eye.
"I'm sorry," I mumble staring down at my feet.
"Come on Coulson, cut the kid a break… I think he probably learned his lesson when Loki took him. The name is Clint by the way, and this is Natasha," he adds gesturing to the woman next to him and I nod my head.
"You are Avengers too right? I wanted to meet all of you but Uncle Tony told me that I wasn't allowed to go looking for you because you were busy and I wasn't allowed to make myself a nuisance…"
"Come on Harry, we should get back to the lab. We don't want Uncle Tony getting into any more trouble, and I doubt your dads would be happy to know that you are off wandering about with me when you're supposed to be with Tony," Dr. Banner says walking over to me and handing me my juice while placing a hand on my shoulder. He turns me and directs us out of the room.