Harry Potter The Avenger
AN: Sorry about the wait just returned to university so everything's a bit hectic, hopefully it has calmed down enough so I can settle back into a routine.
Thank you everyone who read and reviewed the story so far.
Glad that people like my adaptations on the characters, hopefully they will continue to be liked.
I am trying to work on the structure, make it easier to read and so on, not sure if I manage that here or not.
To all those waiting for Odin to find out, don't worry it will happen soon.
Chapter 9:
Harry was sat watching Pepper putting make-up gently on Tony's face to cover the scrapes from the fight last night. He could see the care in her movements and suspected she was falling in love with Tony.
"Mr Potter" Agent Coulson entered the room almost silently causing Tony to jump slightly and Pepper to glare at him as his makeup smudged
"Agent Coulson" Harry greeted with a nod and a smile at Tony's reaction.
"My director wishes to speak with you later today, are you free?" Coulson said.
Harry looked at Coulson with a raised eyebrow "Do I have another choice other than disappearing?" He replied
Coulson smirked "Not really" he said with amusement.
Harry sighed "Fine, I'll meet him" Coulson nodded in satisfaction.
"Mr Stark" Coulson said moving across the room out of the way
. Pepper stopped her administrations with a nod of satisfaction and moved to stand next to Harry. "Thank you for looking after him" Pepper said with a smile. "Why Miss Potts" Harry said with a smirk "One might think you care about him" he laughed lightly
Pepper laughed and hit him on the shoulder smiling lightly at him "You tell anyone and I will make you disappear" she said with a smile and chuckle.
Harry laughed with her. They fell silent and listened to Coulson berate Tony "No Mr Stark, you can't change the story, we have people to vouch for you. Just stick to that story and all will be fine" he said finishing with a sigh
Harry looked at Coulson warily "I'm not mentioned in there am I?" he asked worriedly
Coulson shook his head and Harry sighed with relief "No you managed to stay out of the films, and in the photos you just look like a flare or a shadow so we've managed to keep you out of it"
Harry nodded and turned to Tony his eyes turning Harry "No mention of me" Tony grinned and squared his shoulders "And what will you do if I do?" he questioned.
Harry smirked and glanced at Pepper who nodded with a smirk of her own. "I'll set Pepper on you" Tony paled slightly and nodded quickly "Ok, no mention of the all magical Harry" Harry grinned in satisfaction.
Harry and Pepper stood with Coulson off to the side while Rodney stood on the stage a introduced Tony. With a wave and a bounce Tony moved onto the stage. "So it's been awhile since I've been up so I'll just stick to these" he said raising the cards into the air. "Now I know there's been talk that I was involved on the freeway and at stark industries but..."
A reported cut Tony off "Mr Stark, do you actually expect us to believe that that was a bodyguard in a suit?" she asked with predatory smile
Pepper groan and Harry looked at her and raised an eyebrow at the look of worry on her face. "Don't rise to it Tony, stick to the story" she muttered.
Harry fervently hoped Tony wouldn't rise to whatever it was.
Tony just shook his head and patronizingly spoke slowly as if the reporters were idiots "Look, I know it may be confusing" Harry rolled his eyes, it only got confusing when Tony started talking like he was now. "It's one thing to ask questions about the official story and another thing to suggest that I'm a superhero." Pepper groan and rubbed the bridge of her nose in annoyance.
Harry sighed, he could almost guess what was going to come next, on the plus side it would annoy SHIELD, that would be interesting to watch. The reporter smiled wickedly as if she had just gotten her prize "I never said you were" she said.
Tony looked flustered and worried for a moment "Yes well good" he stuttered out, unusual for him "That is good, because that would be outlandish and fantastic, but really, no I'm not the hero type, I mean there's all my character defects, the mistakes, most of them public"
Tony's ramblings were cut off my Rhodes leaning over and whispering in his ear. Tony nodded and turned back to the crowd "Ok well the truth is" he raised the cards to look at him, before lowering them again "The truth is, I am Iron Man" Harry could help but snort with laughter and the instant pandemonium that statement caused or by Coulson's reaction of "Oh Fuck" Pepper looked torn between laughing at Coulson's reaction and going to kill Tony for being so reckless.
Coulson moved to leave before stopping and turning to Harry "I need to go and try and calm my boss down, keep yourself available for the rest of today" he said trying to calm himself down.
Harry nodded still smirking, he didn't know anyone else able of annoying someone so much with four words and Tony was. Coulson walked out and Harry turned to Pepper, "How long should we leave him before we get him out of there?" He asked.
Pepper just looked at him as if he was crazy "I'm not helping him, this time it's all his fault" Harry opened his mouth to argue, but realised that he really couldn't plus it would do Tony some good to get himself out of his own mess.
It was several hours later before Tony managed to get away from the press and get back home, Pepper, Harry and Rhodes had all followed him in and were now sitting in Tony's living room, Harry was looking out at the ocean while Pepper and Rhodes where deliberately ignoring Tony for being such an idiotic show-off.
"Come on Pepper, what do I need to do to make you forgive me?" Tony whined.
Pepper just glared at him "Make me understand why you did that?" she said icily, "We had everything worked out" she continued "But no the great Mr Stark can't just go along with something for once in his life" she spat out before turning away obviously trying to keep her temper under control.
Tony looked at the floor despondently before looking at Harry "You understand don't you Harry?" he asked in desperation.
Harry shrugged, "I get why the people need Iron Man, I don't get why you had to oust you're self as Iron Man" he replied.
Rhodes looked at him in utter confusion "What do you mean people need Iron Man?" he asked.
Harry shook his head and shrugged "People want a Hero, doesn't matter who they are or how old they are" he said bitterly.
At his tone Pepper and Tony shared a quick look, Pepper momentarily forgetting her annoyance, slowly they were beginning to understand the mystery that was Harry Potter through the small clues he gave them.
"What I mean" Harry continued "Is people want someone they can look up to, someone who they believe is going to look out for them, even if the government can't" he said with an apologetic smile
Rhodes gained a look of understanding "What you're saying is that with all the crap that's happening in the world they need to believe someone will protect them no matter what, like a hero from a story, and because Iron Man appeared, they made him that hero?" he asked
Harry nodded "To them it didn't matter who Iron Man was" he said and which Tony looked affronted
Tony looked confused "But I am Iron Man, Iron Man is Tony Stark" he said slowly as if trying to explain something to a small child.
Harry sighed at the arrogance, and the somewhat idiotic way Tony's brilliant mind sometimes thought. "Yes but the public didn't know, and they wouldn't have cared, all you've done is make yourself a target when you're not in your suit, and not just you but Pepper and Rhodes too" Harry said, hoping that Tony would understand.
The colour fled from Tony's face, and Harry breathed a sigh of relief finally he had gotten Tony to understand the implication's of his actions. "Shit" Tony said "I never thought, of that, I mean I've never had to, any time anything has gone wrong it's always been because of me, the press, the government has always gone after me"
He turned to Pepper "I'm so, so sorry" Pepper took one look at Tony's face and realised she couldn't stay mad at him. She nodded slowly still angry, but now she understood.
Rhodes shook his head "You do know the military are going to want it right?" he said with a look at Tony
Tony shrugged "Well they're not going to, I don't trust them" he replied
Rhodes raised an eyebrow "and they're not going to trust you with it either, they'll argue it's a weapons platform in the hands of a civilian." he said with a shrug.
Tony looked annoyed "But it's not a weapons platform" he said with a superior look
Rhodes shrugged and stood to leave "They're not going to believe that, now I've got to go and try and sooth the brass and explain why I didn't know about this" with a nod to everyone in the room he left.
"Mr Stark" JARVIS spoke up after a minute of quiet, as usual Harry looked around for the person who had just spoken before remembering that it was an AI. "Two people are outside wishing to speak with you, what should I tell them?"
"Who is it?" Tony asked.
JARVIS voice returned after a moment obviously having to ask the people at the door who they were. "They have identified themselves as Director Fury and Agent Coulson of SHIELD"
Tony sighed and nodded "Let them in JARVIS"
"As you wish sir" JARVIS replied as politely as ever.
The door swung open and two men entered. Coulson they recognised, the other man was slightly taller, dark skinned, with an eye patch over his left eye, his black leather jacket fell down to his knees and he had the air of a man who had seen things that no-one should have to. "Mr Potter, Stark, Miss Potts, my name is Director Fury" they all greeted him warily, Harry thought he looked like this worlds version of Mad-eye.
"Mr Stark" Fury said looking at him with his one eye as if seeing right through him. "I need to talk to you" with that he turned and walked out to the balcony. Tony just raised an eyebrow and Coulson smirked "He's expecting you to follow him, Stark" Tony just sat there for a moment before realising that these people wouldn't leave until he spoke to them. With a sigh he rose and walked out the balcony to where Fury was standing.
"Mr Potter" Harry and Pepper turned to look at Coulson. "I have been authorised to talk to you about the possibility of joining SHIELD" he said, obviously not worried about Pepper hearing what he had to say
Harry turned his gaze to Coulson "No, not at all" he said without having to think about it.
Coulson sighed "Mr Potter, you have some unique talents" he said calmly
Harry stopped him with a look "Agent Coulson, I've been used before, I am not going to join an organization that can tell me what do to, when to do it and how to do it, it doesn't matter what you try and bribe me with the answer will always be no" the tone of his voice seemed to leave no doubt in what he had said.
Coulson just looked at him "Would you defend the earth if it was in danger?" he asked
Harry looked at him as if he was stupid "Of course I would, but I would do it out of choice, not because I was told to" he said with a bit of confusion wondering what Coulson's angle was.
Coulson nodded "Very well Mr Potter, would it be possible for us to call on you for your expertise if it is required?" he asked hopefully catching Harry off guard.
Harry looked at him with confusion "I'm not sure what you mean?" he half asked half stated.
Coulson thought for a moment "What I mean is if we come across anything that seems magical in origin we ask you for help in understanding it" the hopefulness had returned to his voice
Harry sighed and leant back, he supposed that it wouldn't hurt to help, not that he would be able to stop himself so he nodded in understanding and agreement but before Coulson could say anything he said. "That sounds Ok, I guess, as long as I'm allowed to say no if I want to."
Coulson nodded "I believe that will be acceptable" Coulson nodded and made a note of his data pad.
Out on the balcony Tony and Fury were staring off at each other. "I am Iron Man" Fury said finally an air of amazement and annoyance at Tony in his voice. "Do you think you're the only superhero in the world?"
Tony shrugged "I haven't heard of any others, other than Harry" he replied his usual smirk in place.
Fury groaned "Mr Stark, you're part of a larger world and you're going to help us" he said determined not to lose his temper.
Tony looked at him as if he was insane "You want me to work for you?"he asked
Fury snorted with amusement "Mr Stark, from what I know about you, you will not follow orders so no I don't want you to come work for me" he said with a shake of his head
Tony couldn't help but grin, and nod in agreement. "So if not that, then what do you want from me?" Tony asked as he turned and leant his elbows on the railing.
"We need you to be a consultant, someone we can call on to help us with technology we don't yet understand" Fury replied knowing that Tony's ego would make him say yes.
Tony looked at Fury "That doesn't sound to bad, just don't feel too bad if you end up calling me every week with a new problem" he said with a smirk.
Fury looked at him completely unamused. "So what do you say Stark are you in or do I need to find someone else?" Tony shook his head "No, I'm in" Fury nodded in satisfaction, before he stood and took his leave.
Heimdall sat opposite Odin waiting for his decision regarding the Warlock on Midgard.
"So you say he's powerful but untrained?" Odin asked finally.
Heimdall nodded "I don't think he knows of what he is capable of, but I don't believe he would ever harm anyone he didn't have to, he has a great sense of what is right and what is wrong" he replied hoping that Odin wouldn't view him as a threat.
Odin nodded slowly and then stood, Heimdall standing with him. "I will speak to Loki, he is the most diverse magic user I know of and he is my son, I shall send him to Midgard to judge this warlock and if possible find out if he needs to be destroyed before he threatens Asgard" Odin said in the voice of a king, a voice that would broke no argument
Heimdall bowed "Then the Bifrost will be opened at your command my king" Odin gave a nod of satisfaction and strode from the room.
AN: So that brings us to the end of the first Iron Man film, the next few chapters will be completely my own, before the events of the second Iron Man film take place, any suggestions welcome.