Harry Barton

AN: Thanks for all the reviews

First off, sorry if all the jumping around last chapter disrupted the flow, but I needed to get all the characters I needed in one place.

Penny is wise: Hermione/Banner, sorry not going to happen, she 15 going on 16 while he's mid 30s, just doesn't seem right to me.

Thanks to Penny is wise, Crazy as a Cheshire Cat, Kurohi Rokujou, roobug21301 for helping me with the ratings question.

Another question, what parings would people most like to see, Non-Harry pairings.

Chapter 8: Meetings

A week later found Harry down in the range, Darcy watching him as he played with his new weapon. Darcy likened it to Harry having a new pet. Tony hadn't been able to stop laughing when she had voice this one day over breakfast.
Harry hadn't been seen for the rest of that day, disappearing in a huff to go modify his new weapon. The weapon in question was a Stryker Strykezone 380 crossbow, it was a beautiful weapon in Harry's mind powerful and accurate and perfectly balanced.
In the week that he had had it, Harry had already modified it, to the extent that he doubted it was re-sellable.
Two electro-magnetic strips had been added to the arms, and one on the stock which lined up with the magnetic strips attached to the webbing he used to carry the bolts, this meant to annoying strap or worrying about Thor had tested it, and even he couldn't pull it from Harry's back without first de-magnetising the magnets.
A small motor had been added, to pull the strings back with the press of a button, it was silent and meant that reloading look under two seconds rather than the eight it would normally take. Harry has also had weight added to the stock, to allow him to fire it one handed if he needed too. Everyone had told him that the only time he should ever do that was in an emergency as it was highly inaccurate and would likely damage the muscles in his arm.

Darcy desperately wanted to ask Harry what he was doing, but didn't want to get kicked out, she had already been kicked out of Tony's lab for asking too many questions. She glanced up and saw Harry looking at her, he smirked slightly.
"Go ahead, I won't kick you out if you want to ask questions" his smirk grew as Darcy visibly relaxed. "Well then, I guess I have a few" she said with a smile as she moved to sit on the bench next to Harry.
She watched him for several minutes before her curiosity got the better of her. "What are you doing?" she asked, Harry just smiled at the enthusiasm in her voice. "I'm lowering the sight rail" he replied, being intentionally vague. Darcy just scowled at him "You know I have no idea what that means right?"
Harry just smirked "Oh I know" Darcy just reached over a slapped him on the shoulder "So do you want to explain for me?"
Harry smirked "I suppose since you asked oh so nicely" Darcy glared and hit him again which made Harry chuckle. "Ok, if you stop beating me I'll explain" He paused for a second waiting to be hit again, when nothing came he smiled "See isn't that better?"
Darcy just folded her arms with an expectant look on her face. Harry nodded and put the crossbow down, turning to completely face Darcy.
"Well what I mean is that I'm lowering the sight rail" Darcy looked like she was about to speak so Harry didn't pause in his explanation.
"That means this part here" he pointed to the piece he meant on the weapon "was too high for my liking, I was always having to adjust for the height difference, by lowering it, it allows me to aim more accurately and have the bow tighter to my shoulder" Darcy nodded "That kind of makes sense I guess" she said with a smile.
"What else are you going to do to it?" she asked excitedly "Not much, maybe make some fancy bolts like dad's got for his bow, why are you so interested?" Harry enquired "Not that is a bad thing" he rapidly added as he saw the indignation start to appear on Darcy's face.
Darcy shrugged and blushed slightly "I dunno, I guess I find it interesting what you can do" Harry smiled he couldn't help but think that she looked very cute when she blushed. "Well I've got to go, Jane wanted to talk to me about something" Harry nodded "I'll see you later?" he asked hopefully. Darcy nodded and smiled back at him as she walked out the door.

Sirius was frustrated they had searched this city for a week and there had been no sign of Harry. Remus was sprawled out on the couch opposite him, tired from a night of searching the seedier sides of New York for any clues. He sat at the small table running his hands through his hair going over everything that he knew in his head. His head shot up and he scrambled for his jacket, pulling the business card that Maria Hill had given him out of the pocket.
"Remus...Remus! Moony! Wake up" Sirius shook his friend awake "What do you want Sirius?" Remus asked sleepily.
"This" Sirius thrust the business card in front of Remus. "So what are you waking me up for? Call the number" Remus sighed as he flopped back onto the couch.
Sirius just stood there looking embarrassed "Well you see...the problem is" Remus opened his eyes and grinned up at Sirius "You don't know how to use a phone do you?" He asked with a snort of laughter. Sirius just pouted and sulked as he held out the business card.
Remus grabbed it and wandered into the room with the phone. Five minutes later he came back in "So?" Sirius asked impatiently "Does she know anything?" Remus nodded "She thinks she knows where he might be, or someone who can help find him" Sirius nodded bounding to his feet "Well what are we waiting for then?" he asked. Remus couldn't help but smile at his friends enthusiasm "She'll meet us this afternoon, she has to finish up a report first" Sirius sighed "Fine, but I need to do something, sitting around here will drive me crazy"
Remus shrugged "Well I guess we could head back over to the ministry, you still need to decide what you want to do after we've found Harry" Sirius shrugged "I dunno, I guess I'd have to see what Harry wants to do first" Remus nodded, they would just have to wait and hopefully by the evening they would know where Harry was.

Charles watched Wolverine and Shadowcat exit the plane and move across the grounds towards the mansion at a dead run. Charles turned to Jean "gather everyone, we've got a serious problem" she nodded and ran out of the room.
10 minutes later everyone was gathered waiting to see what the professor had to say. Charles looked around the room, there was worry in his friends eyes, but no fear, he hoped after what Logan and Kitty had to say that that wouldn't change.
With a thought Charles silenced the room and nodded to Logan who stood up and spoke. "We were tracking Magneto across Europe for the past few weeks, it's the first time he left the states for several years and we wanted to know why. To start with we wandered around Northern Europe but eventually we ended up at a prison called Nurmengard in Germany Magneto entered but we were denied entry by the guards."
He handed Charles a photo "He left about an hour later with this man, I have no idea who he is or why Magneto wanted him" Charles shook his head "Nope I don't recognise him either" Logan shrugged anyway we followed them for half an hour before they just vanished"
Jean looked at Logan "You mean you lost them" Scott gave a snort of laughter at this. Kitty shook her head and spoke up "What he means is we were following them down the street and they literally vanished, into thin air, there was no where for them to have gone or hidden, it was almost as if they teleported"
Charles looked at them sharply "Was there a slight pop noise as they vanished?" He asked Logan nodded "Yeah, why?" Charles looked worried "Then that man Magneto is with, is a wizard, they have a skill called apparition which is like teleporting but you can only move to places you have personally been before"
"Great" Storm spoke up "If Magneto has found an ally and an ally who is a wizard as well, this could be very bad" "Worse" everyone turned to look at Bobby "He broke him out of prison, we have no way of knowing what that man has done or what he's capable of"
"The kids right" Logan growled "Nurmengard look like a fairly substantial prison, I don't think they'd keep just anyone there." "Ok listen up" Charles spoke over the chattering that had started up. "We need to keep an eye out for them, and if any of you see either of them, observe only. Jean, Scott I want you to head over to Salem academy and talk to Headmistress Belby and see if she recognises this man." Jean and Scott nodded "Is it Ok if we leave in the morning?" Scott asked. Charles nodded his consent. "Logan, Kitty I need you to head to New York, talk to the ministry there, Storm I'd like you to go with them, also if you get the chance head over to Stark Tower and see if you can either get Stark or SHIELD to run facial recognition to see if he pops up anywhere." Logan grumbled at this, him and SHIELD never really got along but with Kitty and Storm agreeing to it he couldn't really say no.
"Ok well you can all leave in the morning, but everyone remember keep and eye out for this man" the members of the meeting all nodded and the room split into groups all talking quietly about what they had just learnt.

Meanwhile in a dusty old house in London, Dumbledore had called an order meeting and it was clear to everyone he was furious. Molly looked nearly as angry sat on his left, fingers tapping ferociously on the table.
Everyone sat waiting for Dumbledore to start the meeting. "So there's still been no work on Harry, I want to know where he is, seriously does no-one have any clues" Tonks spoke up "You know everything we know, someone turned up at his home, told Harry he was his father and they left together, since then we haven't heard hide nor hair from him"
Dumbledore scowled and sat back in his chair "I say leave the brat" Snape spoke up causing almost everyone to glare at him "It's obviously another cry for attention, and I'm guessing his pathetic excuse for a god-father and the wolf were in on it as well seeing as they've disappeared, I bet they're watching us from somewhere and laughing at us"
Tonks was about to jump up and start berating him when Moody's hand on her arm stopped she looked at his and he shook his head slightly, breathing heavily Tonk's leaned back in her chair and tried to relax. Fleur spoke up "But why is he so important, I mean he's just one boy, what can he do that rest of us can't?"
Dumbledore looked at her "My dear" he said, trying not to sound condescending "He is the only one here apart from me who has managed to escape Voldemort multiple times, if the public we're to learn that he's gone they will panic and Voldemort will gain a lot more support"
Moody shrugged "So why don't we tell everyone that he's gone training, private tutors, and get back to what really needs to be done which is stopping this attacks" Dumbledore tapped the table thoughtfully "That could work, but we still need to find him"
Moody snorted "And how do you propose we do that?" Dumbledore sighed why did Moody have to keep questioning him "We keep doing what we have been" Dumbledore nodded "He'll turn up on the Hogwarts express in a month, Molly I want you to meet him there, explain how disappointed we are with him" Molly nodded while trying to keep a straight face, but inwardly she was jumping for glee she would show that boy what it meant to run away from her.
Dumbledore looked around the table "Well if that's all, oh and can someone contact Remus and Sirius and tell them we still haven't located Harry please, I very much doubt they left without someone's help" before anyone else could say anything, and with half the room glaring at him, he stood up and exited the house through the floo.

Moody, Tonks, Kingsley, Mcgonagall, Flitwick and Fleur Delacour had stayed behind after everyone else had left. "I swear he's losing his mind, I don't know what he's thinking anymore" Mcgonagall said.
"I agree" Flitwick added "I hardly recognise him anymore, his actions don't seem like someone who cares about the good of the wizarding world" Moody nodded "There's been 15 attacks in the past week, and we've done nothing to respond, every time I contact him all he asks about is Potter and if we have found him yet, I don't know what is obsession with that boys is"
Tonks gave a snigger she couldn't hold in "Maybe it's sexual" she muttered slightly louder than she intended. Fleur giggled. "Miss Tonks" Mcgonagall sounded shocked but Moody and Kingsley were hiding smiles. "You got a better explanation?" Tonks asked cheekily. Mcgonagall just sighed and shook her head.
"Ignoring Tonk's mind for a moment, we need to decide what's to be done. I don't think following Dumbledore is going to lead us anywhere, not anymore anyway" She said sadly. Flitwick shrugged "So what are our options?" he asked.
"We could leave Britain" Fleur said, causing everyone else to glare at her "What?" She snapped back "I'm not say we should, or it's even right to but you asked what our options are that is an option, even if it's not a good one."
Kingsley was the next to speak up "We could try and force Fudge out of office, or make him accept Voldemort is back" Moody looked at him "aye and how to you propose we do that? Malfoy's money buys him whatever he needs"
Tonks nodded "Plus he has the Prophet in his corner, its not even a real paper anymore just propaganda for Fudge." They all nodded at this. Moody looked around, the mood in the room wasn't a good one, they had all looked to Dumbledore for leadership and guidance, and now that was gone. He knew he had to take charge before all their efforts were for nothing.
"Here's what we do" Moody spoke "We gather as much information as we can, we find out who wants to fight back and who just wants to follow Dumbledore and we do it our way, we need to start countering these attacks, the sooner the better"
The rest of the room nodded "Filius, Minerva I need you to go over that past few years of Hogwarts graduates, find out if anyone want to fight. Tonks, Kingsley you need to do the same with the ministry, tell Director Bones I'll be in to see her tomorrow, Miss Delacour" Fleur cut him off "I am going home for a few weeks, my father is looking for support to aid Britain on the continent, I will join him" Moody nodded "Well then, I guess we should get too it" With that the meeting broke up.

Harry looked up as someone on the door of the room which he had set up to be his workshop. "Come in" he called out. The door swung open and Loki was stood there. Harry blinked he hadn't been expecting Loki to come seek him out.
"Can I help you?" He asked the god confused with what he could want. Loki gave him a smile, something in that smile remind Harry of the twins after a spectacular prank. "I think young warlock we can help each other." Harry looked at him quizzically, "And how would we do that?" he asked, slightly suspicious of Loki's motives.
"Well lets start off with what do you know about me, and what I can do?" Harry blinked, that wasn't what he had expected, but he shrugged and answered anyway. "I know your the adopted son of Odin and Frigga, the god of mischief and magic, and you invaded earth when you found out you were adopted"
Loki nodded "That's about right" Loki paused "Now about helping each other out, I will do what I did for Merlin when he first discovered his magic, I'll teach you magic in it's purest form, not this wand waving and fancy words that you are taught nowadays"
Harry just sat there mouth open in shock. Loki let out a snort "Yes I did teach Merlin, now if you'll get over that little fact" Harry shook his head "Sorry, I just wasn't expecting you to be that old" Loki smirked "In Asgardian terms I'm not" Harry thought about this and nodded. "Basically what I'm going to teach you is how to manipulate the magicial energy that is inside of you. But first you need to learn what your magic feels like, for that you need to learn a skill that will allow you to draw upon you magic but also view your mind as if it were a room or vault where all your memories are stored"
Harry nodded then looked at Loki with a bit of suspicion "What are the drawbacks?" He asked. Loki thought for a moment "Well you'll have to sort through your memories so you'll end up having to relive some of them" Harry blanched at this but calmed down slightly at Loki's next words "But once you've done that, as long as you practice every night before you go to sleep you should never have to re-live that memory again"
Loki sat back and watched as emotions flickered across Harry's face as he thought about what he had just been told. He nodded his face determined "Ok, so what do I have to do?"
Loki nodded with satisfaction. "Well you have to use your magic to enter your own mind." Harry just looked confused "How is that possible?" Loki just shrugged "I don't know, you just can, the easiest way is to cast a spell and work out how it feels to you, then you need to concentrate and find that natural feeling inside of you"
Harry nodded "But my wand doesn't work" he said sadly "How am I going to cast a spell" Loki smiled "Well you created lightening to save Jane and Darcy didn't you" Harry nodded "but I don't know how I did that" Loki shrugged "But you remember the feeling don't you?"
Harry nodded again "Of course I do" with a small smile Loki nodded "Well then you just need to concentrate on that feeling" With a final nod Harry closed his eyes and concentrated on the feeling he had felt at the warehouse.

The door swung open with a bang breaking Harry's concentration he glared at Tony who had just burst into the room. Tony looked around before asking.
"Harry, what's going on here?" Tony moved and put himself in between Harry and Loki. Harry just scowled at him, but Loki smirked
"Really Stark, you really think I would harm the one person I know of that I can help?" Tony snorted "You're not going to turn him into one of your zombie soldiers, you couldn't have to father so you for the son is that it?" Harry put himself in front of Tony glaring at him.
"What's wrong why have you come in here yelling at him?" Tony looked shocked "Are you under some sort of spell?" he asked worriedly. Harry just rolled his eyes "No of course not, remember he doesn't have his magic" Tony stopped at this, he had forgotten about that.
"So what are you doing?" he asked confused "He's teaching me how to control my magic" Harry replied with a small smile. "But I thought your magic had gone" Harry shook his head "Not really, here sit down and I'll explain"
Tony setted himself down on the seat and listened as Harry explain what Loki had told him not long before. As he finished his story he noticed the smirk on Tony's face "So you really will be mini-merlin then?" Harry groaned and Loki just sniggered.
Tony then turned serious and looked at Loki "I'm pleased you doing this for him, I really am, but I will be keeping an eye on you understand" Loki nodded "I understand and I will do my best to keep that trust" Tony nodded "Good, now perhaps we should go tell you father what you're doing Harry"

That afternoon the entire Avengers team had gathered, including Harry, Jane and Darcy waiting for Fury he was bringing someone in who wanted to meet Harry. The lift swung open and Fury stepped out followed by a woman Harry didn't recognise, but he did recognise the next two people and he was on his feet and moving towards them before anyone else could react.
"Sirius, Remus" He shouted and threw himself into a hug with his godfather. "What are you two doing here?" He asked excitedly.
Before either of them could answer Thor's voice rang out "Harry step away from them now" he commanded. Harry turned confused to see Thor standing there Hammer at the ready, eyes fixed on Remus, everyone else just looking at him in shock at his reaction.
"He's dangerous step away from him all of you" Harry just folded his arms and glared at Thor "He's no more dangerous then any of us, less so most of the time" Harry Shot back.
Thor took a step forwards but a light voice spoke "Stand down Brother, he's no threat" Loki stepped into the light, how he had entered the room Harry wasn't sure, or he might have been there all along and he never noticed him.
"Of course he's a threat" Thor shot back, Loki just shook his head "No he's not, he's not like the ones back on Asgard he can't change at will and the warlocks of this world have created a potion that will allow suffers to keep there mind when they change"
Thor looked shocked and the hammer dropped to his side "The people of this world can do that?" Loki moved to stand next to his brother.
"They can, and I'm sure one day they will find a cure." He turned to look at Remus "I must apologise for my brothers actions, if you come and sit I will explain them" Tony stepped forward "Hey now, it's my home, I'll decide if they're allowed in"
He looked Remus and Sirius up and down before shrugging "Meh come on in" They looked at each other before shrugging and moved deeper into the room, settling themselves on opposite ends of the same couch.

Remus look around "Umm perhaps we should all be introduced before he explains what was going on" Harry nodded and introduced everyone, once the pleasantries had been done Sirius spoke up "Umm Harry we need to tell you something about your dad" Harry looked at him "I already know, I know what Snape did to him"
Sirius frowned "So you know that your an impossibility?" Harry just smirked, a smirk the was eerily similar to James' Sirius realised. Harry glanced over his shoulder "Dad come over here, we need to explain something to these two" Sirius and Remus just froze and stared as Clint wandered over. Clint gave them a smile as he moved to sit next to Harry. Remus was the first to snap out of his daze.
"Your James' cousin right?" Clint nodded "I am, yes" He gave a small smile and noticing that Sirius was about to speak cut him off "Maybe I should explain first and then I can answer any questions you might have" Sirius and Remus just sat there stunned as Clint repeated the story that he had told Harry over a week ago now.
When he had finished Sirius turned to Harry "This doesn't bother you?" Harry shook his head "Nope, your still my God-father and Remus is still an honorary uncle." Both Sirius and Remus grinned at this, and Clint smiled he could see the worry growing in Sirius' eyes as he told his story, but Harry had broken that worry with a few words.
Harry continued "What bothers me is Dumbledore sealed my parents will. I was supposed to come live with you while I was growing up" he glanced at Remus "Either one of you there was a sealed letter for my guardians about all this, but it was never opened." Sirius scowled "we need to do something about him" Harry grinned "Go speak to Tony, I believe he's already started" Sirius nodded and pulling a scowling Remus behind him went to go find Tony.

Several hours later Harry was wandering through the tower looking for Tony, he finally found him in the one place he didn't expect him to be, his office, sticking his head round the door he asked "Tony, is Ok if I call a friend?" Tony nodded "of course but you'll only have 50/50 or ask the audience remaining as your choices"
Harry just looked confused and just stood there, not really sure how to react to what Tony just said. Tony just sighed "We really need to get you watching T.V." he said with a shake of his head. He pulled his mobile from his pocket and threw it across the room to Harry who deftly plucked it out the air.
Pulling the crumpled bit of paper out his pocket he entered Hermione's number and dialled. He waiting while it connected and then rang. Harry scowled when the answer machine picked up, but he left a message anyway, hoping that Hermione hadn't gone on holiday and would be able to call him back soon, he need to talk to her about him not returning to Hogwarts for the following year. "So, how are you finding your new home?" Tony's question cut through Harry's thoughts. "Its...different" Harry noticed Tony's look "No bad different, defiantly not bad, it's just I'm still adjusting to being somewhere where people, adults actually care about me, I'm not sure I've ever had that before"
Tony grinned "And what about the city?" Harry shrugged "Haven't really had time to see much of it yet" Tony just sighed "Well you missing out then, it's the greatest city on the planet" He thought for a moment "Come on then I'll give you a personal tour" Harry blanched slightly at this "What does your personal tour consist of?" He asked warily. Tony just grinned "Nothing dangerous I promise" Harry sighed he probably would end up regretting his answer "Ok, why not them" Tony grinned and rubbed his hands together "Well follow me" He said.

Fury was worried, even if he didn't want to admit it. Coulson team hadn't checked in, in 48hours, they had missed there evac time and now their transponders had gone off line. "Agent Hill, any response yet?" Maria Hill looked up at her boss. "No director, emergency beacons aren't active either"
Fury smacked the wall in frustration "Damn it, people I need suggestions what's happened, where they went and what to do, I want the satellite feed from the past three days of the target area, and I want it 5 minutes ago"
Instantly people began running about, when Fury was in this mood it was best to do what he said immediately. "Director" Fury looked over "We've got a problem" Fury looked at him sharply "And what would that be sergeant?" The man look worried "There's no satellite coverage, it just cuts off five minutes after they land"
Hill spoke up "There was an EMP burst 4 minutes 39 seconds after their plane touched down, cut off everything, that's why we lost all contact with them." Fury looked around "Is there live satellite coverage?" he asked the room "We're patching into an NSA satellite now sir" Fury nodded "It's on screen now sir" Fury turn and moved over to the screen where the satellite feed came it. "There's nothing there"
Fury growled in frustration. "Damn it" he buried his head in his hands thinking hard. He looked up before reaching into his pocket and pulling out his phone. "Tony?" he asked when it connected "What are you doing?" His face contorted when he heard the answer "Damn it Stark, just don't kill Harry with your driving Ok?"
He nodded "Good, now I need you and the team in tomorrow morning" Fury rolled his eyes "See you then" He hung up the phone before Tony could annoy him anymore. Hill looked at him with worry "You sure calling the Avengers is the best idea?" Fury shrugged "Who knows, but its the only idea I've got"

AN: Thanks for reading please read and review, oh and if anyone's interested the Stryker Strykezone 380 crossbow that Harry has got, is the same one Daryl uses in the walking dead, I couldn't resist.