Chapter 12
It was the craziest thing he had ever done.
Harry had cast a special spell on Piotr that he called the bubble-head charm. He had then phased him out of the ship.
Piotr had watched as the ship vanished from view.
So here he was floating in space whilst a vast armada bore down on him. He could see the ships cannons and lasers heating up.
Piotr closed his eyes as he prepared to face his death.
Again.
In space there is no sound. The lack of air means that there is nothing to carry vibrations. So Piotr floated there for several seconds in the silence waiting to feel the heat and impact. Curiosity got the better of him and what he saw shocked him.
Flying around the large ships was a huge dragon blasting liquid fire at anything that moved. He wasn't sure how the fire could survive in space but he chalked it up to magic.
"Pete, you gonna join in or you gonna let me have all the fun?" Came Harry's mental voice.
"Da, but I am stuck here!"
"Magic doesn't require air to fly and float. Just will it. Or even better, try a line-of-sight teleport. Look at what you want to teleport to and do it. Go for the engines, we don't need to kill all these people, just strand them out here so we can join the others."
Colossus glanced at the nearest cruiser. It was easily a thousand metres long. Each ship was made up of curvaceous triangles in a conical formation pointing forward. At the back of each structure were the engines. Glowing yellow lights that propelled them through space.
He focused and attempted the teleport.
Unfortunately he found himself standing on the nose of the ship staring at a confused bridge crew through the large viewing windows. He saw one of the aliens reach for a side arm to fire at him.
Colossus raised his arms to shield himself but nothing happened. He chanced another look and saw the captain of the vessel holding a weapon, the one who had tried to shoot him was dead. Obviously the Captain didn't want to expose the bridge to the dangers of space.
Colossus shrugged and then started walking to the rear of the ship.
"Pete, fly, I'll have taken out the rest of the fleet by the time you reach that engine by walking." Came Harry's laughing voice.
He looked up and saw six ships were already beginning list aimlessly as they had lost their engines. He focused on flying and began soaring down the length of the ship.
He wasn't sure how he was going to handle this. He couldn't rip the engines off as they were firmly embedded. But his armoured form could likely handle the heat so he stepped into the white-hot engines and began tearing away at whatever he could grab.
"I got nothing against the big guy, but I don't see him as a pin-up." Logan snorted as he and the rest of the team stared at the large mural that depicted Colossus destroying the Breakworld. It was crude, but unmistakeable.
They had landed safely thanks to Harry and Colossus' distraction, not to mention Harry making the ship invisible. Their destination had been a tomb known as the 'Palace of the Corpse'. It did not inspire hope. As soon as they arrived Scott began sending the mental signal and the reinforcements began to arrive, much to Agent Brand's annoyance. She soon found herself to be a little fish in a pool full of sharks. There was no way she could stand up to the X-Men, the Avengers, the Fantastic Four and other assorted heroes. That didn't even take into account the fact that Odin had arrived with a veritable army of Asgardian warriors.
They were currently outside as the X-Men along with the Fantastic Four examined the interior of the tomb.
"Just ain't fair. I don't even make the calendars back home but your tin man is an inter-galactic super star." Ben Grimm moaned.
"Well it don't leave much room for doubt." Wolverine commented. "Howzit work? Is that the sun?"
The image showed Colossus holding what appeared to be The Breakworld in his left hand and a yellow ball of light in his right. It definitely looked like the sun and he appeared to be using it against The Breakworld.
"Best guess." Cyclops shrugged.
"So what? Solar eclipse? Super nova?" Hisako asked.
"Very likely Miss Ichiki." Beast acknowledged. "High marks for the stowaway student."
"I'm not… I have a new…"
"She's called Armour." Wolverine spoke up. "She's our new teammate."
"Oh it's lovely. God knows the team's going to need some new blood." Emma drawled.
"Did he teach you the handshake?" Cyclops asked glibly.
"Kid's earned her spot." Wolverine stated firmly.
"Woohoo! Haven't had that much fun in ages!" They spun around to find Harry and Colossus had just arrived and clearly still hyped up on adrenalin.
"Da! Much fun! Must do it again!" Colossus beamed.
"Jeeze! Rub it in why don't ya!" Ben pouted. "First he gets his mug in the centrefold and now he has all the kicks doing… wait, what was he doing?"
"Blowing up alien armada!" Colossus said loudly still riding high.
"ALIEN ARMADA! What the hell? You couldn't have brought me along?"
"Next time, friend. I bring you myself." Colossus promised.
"I'll be holding you to that, ruskie."
"Did a five year old draw that?" Harry asked as he examined the mural of Colossus. "I swear Jean could do better… hell! Danielle could do better."
"I believe these people are warriors, Harry. Not artisans." Beast pointed out.
"Meh. So, what now? Conquer the planet and then call it a day?" Harry asked.
"If you had waited to hear the rest of my plan-"
"We would now be splattered across half the system." Harry interrupted Brand's rant. "Get to the point and stop bitching or I'll drop you back home and we'll handle this my way."
Agent Brand had to force herself from drawing her gun and firing at the egotistical idiot. Sure, he had power, some decent plans and plenty of allies. But he also had a knack for pissing her off.
"The Breakworld is lead by a vicious warlord named Kruun, known as the Power Lord. He has ordered a failsafe built which is the size of a large moon. We should split up."
"At last, something we can agree on." Beast smiled.
"You and Richards are coming with me."
"And so ends that era."
"You and Richards are the Science Squad. I need the nerd patrol available in case we need to disarm it."
"You know she's right, Hank." Reed said.
"Alas, yes." Beast sighed. "Though it pains me greatly to admit it."
"Would it help if I said I was coming with?" Harry asked.
"Would you be willing to 'pop a claw in her eye' in Logan's place?" He asked hopefully.
Harry looked at Logan curiously.
"She is seriously pissing me off." He shrugged.
"Hank, you know I can come up with much more effective ways to annoy her." Harry grinned.
"I suppose, but there is something absolutely satisfying about hearing someone scream as their eyeball goes pop." Hank sighed with melancholy.
"Wow… you must really hate her guts." Ben remarked.
"Moving this little discussion along… Let's go address the troops." Harry interrupted, he decided not to point out his own father's nightmares on that subject.
Brand instantly began marching outside leaving the others to follow behind her. Milling about in the beating sun were the various heroes and warriors who had answered Harry's call.
"If I can have your attention please!" Brand called out loudly.
The first few people nearby looked up at her curiously before returning to their conversation. The rest didn't even blink. Mostly because there were over one hundred people and they probably couldn't hear her.
"I SAID CAN I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION?!"
"Perhaps if you were to address the individual you seek by name they would answer you." Thor offered with a wry smile.
"I'm addressing all of you." She sneered.
"You are?" Luke Cage asked.
"Yes!"
"Well… who the hell are you?"
She tried to ignore it, she really did. But the sounds of giggling from behind her were scratching her last nerve.
"Lord Death, you know this wench?" Baldur asked Harry.
"Wench! God I love it!" Logan laughed hysterically as he leaned on Hank gasping for breath.
"Take a seat Brand, this is not your show." Harry tried to be serious but this was too much fun.
"This is my mission, Potter."
"Yes, but these are my friends. You want their help you have to play by their rules. Otherwise you can go and complete your mission on your own."
"It would be wise for you to heed his advice, child." Odin spoke up with a smile. "The warriors of Asgard will not follow just anyone."
Agent Brand growled as she clenched her fist. She then pivoted and stormed off to the side away from the rest of the X-Men.
Harry smiled and cast a charm that enabled everyone to hear him. He had long since modified the Sonorus charm as the excessive volume was excessively annoying.
"Friends! Heroes! Countrymen! Lend me your ears!"
"I believe he has used this speech before, Father." Thor said quietly to Odin.
"For us, yes. For him it is his first time." Odin smiled.
"We are here on this planet to defeat an evil foe who seeks to attack us without warning. These people claim to be warriors but they attacked from the shadows like assassins!"
The warriors of Asgard booed and hissed.
"If I am to die and see my friends die I would have them stand and face me with honour that I might see their eyes and know them before I go."
This was greeted with shouts and cheers and the sound of spears hitting shields.
"We shall defend our planet, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds…"
"It doesn't have quite the same impact as the first time he made this speech." Baldur remarked from behind Odin and Thor as Harry paused, Brunhilde had rushed up and was whispering in his ear.
"I have?"
Brunhilde nodded.
"When?"
"…"
"Bloody hell." Harry exclaimed quietly, despite the fact that everyone could hear him. "Sorry folks, seems I gave this speech before… or will again… for the record, time travel should not be contemplated when sober!"
The entire contingent of X-Men and Avengers were startled when the warriors of Asgard gave a combined "Here, here!"
"Harry, you do realise you just quoted Caesar and Winston Churchill?" Hank asked.
"Well yeah! If you're gonna quote someone, quote the best!"
"Harry… your plan?" Scott prompted.
"Huh? Oh, right!" Harry said as he spun around to face the assembled fighters. "The plan is simple, the X-Men will be coming with me to deal with whatever the failsafe is. You bunch of bloodthirsty warriors will head straight to the capital. Put down anything that stands in your way but avoid needless engagements with civilians. When you reach the leader of this planet, Kruun, do not kill him or his people, just contain them and wait for me."
"What! Surely they must die Lord Death?" Tyr demanded.
"Peace my child." Odin warned. "Lord Death wishes to take this planet, they are warriors. They will only respect someone who they see defeat their leader."
"What? You're not gonna take the planet for yourself?" Agent Brand still hadn't learnt tact… or when to shut up.
"I am the King of Asgard, that is my place. Why would I seek to abandon my people?" He asked with a pointed look.
"So you're just going to let him conquer the universe one planet at a time?" She sneered.
"'Let him'?" Odin laughed. "My child, I will be at his side when he calls for me!"
"And it won't be a planet at a time." Brunhilde smirked. "More like systems and galaxies at a time."
"Actually, he won't conquer them in the traditional sense." Odin mused thoughtfully. "Many will simply flock to his banner."
"You are blinded by his hyperbole." Brand scoffed as she stormed off.
Harry had just watched the exchange. He had always planned to conquer Earth, after a fashion. Really he would simply annihilate the governments economically. By removing their influence. Without money to worry about there would be little for a government to do. Managing a planet was hard enough, he really didn't want to deal with the headache of ruling a universe.
He shook off his thoughts and brought himself back to the matter at hand. "Ok, Odin is in charge of this battle. Remember the rules of war, especially the first one!" Harry ordered before he turned back to the X-Men and they headed off.
"What rules?" Luke asked.
"When Lord Death was but a young boy, his father taught him the rules of war." Odin explained. "Rule one is: Don't die."
"One that soldiers all to often break." Captain America sighed.
"Too true." Odin agreed. "But Lord Death merely becomes annoyed with us for giving him more work to do when he fixes us up." He grinned.
"Do you have to call him 'Lord Death'?" Luke grimaced.
"That is who he is." Tyr frowned, she didn't understand the confusion.
"Do not worry my friend, the mortals of Midgard are not as familiar with the Aspect and still fear what he is." Thor explained.
"No, it just sounds really creepy when you call him that." Luke corrected.
"As I said." Thor smirked.
The army of warriors marched towards the city in the distance. The land was barren and desolate except for the approaching pair of female natives. One was dressed in simple linen garments and appeared somewhat submissive to the taller woman who was dressed in slightly more colours and sported various pieces of metal on her outfit like fashionable armour that offered little protection.
"Stand aside citizen." Thor ordered. "We seek no conflict with any but Power Lord Kruun and those that support him."
"My name is Aghanne, and this is Daffi. We seek an alliance and an audience with the one known as Colossus." The taller one spoke respectfully.
"Our brother Colossus is not here. How do you know of him?"
There was a slight pause and a flicker of an unreadable expression across Aghanne face. "He is the one prophesied to destroy the Breakworld. It is important that I find him. Could you direct me to him?"
"I speak on behalf of Colossus, at his behest." Brunhilde spoke up as she stepped forward. "You may speak to me as though you were speaking to him." She had alerted Harry mentally and now Emma was in her head connecting her team to Brunhilde so they could see through her eyes.
"I may only speak with Colossus." Aghanne declined.
"Then you have failed your mission. Now stand aside and impede us no longer." Thor ordered, he didn't wait as he began marching off.
"We have sick and wounded." Aghanne tried.
Thor and the army kept marching though Odin and Brunhilde stayed where they were.
"Our brother, Colossus, is a warrior, not a healer." Brunhilde pointed out.
"And he is the only one who can defeat Power Lord Kruun and save my people."
"There is always another way, child." Odin said sternly. "Even now the warriors of Midgard and Asgard march to dispatch Kruun." He indicated the marching army that was passing by them. "Colossus and his brothers have another mission they must attend to."
"You refer to the Retaliator pointed at your planet." Aghanne smiled softly, but not kindly.
"Not my planet, but the planet of my friends and allies. If you know of a threat to Earth then you should speak quickly." Odin scowled as he advanced on the tall green skinned female.
Aghanne just smirked. "Then perhaps you will reconsider bringing Colossus to me."
"Tell me, do you know what a telepath is?" Brunhilde asked.
"Foul beings that are destroyed at birth." She spat.
"On your planet, yes. On Earth there are quite a few. One of the more powerful ones stands behind you." She smiled.
Aghanne paled as she span around. It wasn't the white skinned woman that caught her attention, no. It was the excessively large reptile with liquid fire dripping from its mouth that froze her to the spot.
Daffi fell to her knees in fear.
"Do you have what we need, Emma?" Harry asked in his gravelly voice.
"I do." Emma frowned. "It is quite disturbing, to say the least."
"Do tell, my child." Odin encouraged.
"She knows nothing of the failsafe weapon except it exists. But she was the one who created the prophecy. She carved the mural of Colossus and controls their pre-cogs. She wants this world destroyed."
"FOUL CREATURE!" Aghanne screamed as she leapt at Emma.
She was intercepted by a blast of liquid fire.
"That was unfortunate." Brunhilde sighed.
"Oh?" Harry asked as he shifted back to human form.
"We might have been able to get more information from her."
"I dumped everything she ever knew into Harry's head." Emma informed them.
"Yeah, thanks for that by the way." Harry said sarcastically.
"You have so much space I assumed you could handle it." She shrugged.
"What of this one?" Brunhilde indicated Daffi.
"She wants nothing more than to make this a better world for people to live in." Emma answered.
"Daffi, take me to your people and I will heal your sick and injured." Harry ordered.
"My friend, I do not believe she can answer." Odin laughed. "She has withdrawn inside herself at your display of power."
"We should focus on our priorities first." Emma cautioned. "We must discover the nature of the failsafe and neutralise it."
"Wise council." Odin agreed. "Brunhilde and I will rejoin Thor and the army."
The X-Men had split into two teams, Beast had gone with Agent Brand to attempt to infiltrate the base beneath the failsafe which was being built on a small moon. They decided that a small team would be easier to slip in especially as Beast had access to magical powers.
The rest had boarded the SWORD ship and headed to the moon directly.
As they got closer they had the horrific realisation that the moon was something else.
"Aw come on Stretch, let me say it! You know the kid is gonna try and beat us to it." Ben whined. He was currently piloting one of the Fantastic Fours ships that Harry had teleported into the area for them.
"It's juvenile and puts us at risk of being detec-"
He was interrupted by the radio crackling to life.
"If anyone says-" Emma's voice was suddenly interrupted.
"That's no moon… that's a space station!"
Silence followed the British tones of Alec Guinness' delivery of the famous Star Wars line.
"You see, you wouldn't let me say and they went and spoilt it with a recording."
"That wasn't a recording." Came Emma's annoyed voice.
"It was very accurate." Reed commented.
"Considering Obi Wan is sitting here next to us, it's not that surprising." Scott's amused voice came through.
"Huh?" Ben intelligently inquired.
"Harry is a shape shifter." Scott explained.
"See Stretch? Not only did you prevent me from getting there first but they also got to see Obi Wan say it!"
"I'm picking up small ships, probably fighters on approach." Johnny reported.
"Dah! I have been looking forward to this again!" Colossus said excitedly.
"What does he mean?" Reed asked.
"Take a look out the window and see." Kitty sighed in aggravation.
Outside they could see Colossus and a huge dragon laying into the small fighters. The dragon was batting the ships around with it's claws and wings whilst Colossus would ram them.
"Don't wait for us." Came Harry's mental voice. "We'll catch up."
"Hey! You promised!" Ben wailed.
Johnny had to leap for the controls as Ben vanished.
"IT'S CLOBBERING TIME!" Ben's mental voice screamed in their heads as they watched The Thing join in the carnage.
"I BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE LEAVING NOW!" Beast yelled over the howling wind.
He and Brand had been heading to the base beneath the failsafe when a huge snowstorm erupted in front of them. Brand quickly explained that this was a weapon employed by Kruun.
"JUST START DIGGING!" She yelled back.
Beast couldn't see the logic in staying put. By the time the storm passed – if the storm passed – the X-Men would have reached the failsafe itself and Odin and the army should have taken the capital. He didn't respond except to grab Brand's arm and teleport to Odin. There were enough brains with the X-Men that he could be more useful should the army encounter a more intellectual problem.
They arrived to find pure carnage. There were scattered bodies everywhere and all of them natives of the Breakworld.
Thor's mighty roar could be heard in concert with the impact of his hammer as bodies went flying. Groups of Asgardian warriors could be seen engaging groups of native guards.
Luke Cage and Captain America fought side by side as they ploughed through what appeared to be civilians.
"Why did you bring us here?" Brand demanded.
"Would you believe I craved a fight?"
"We need to get to that base!"
"The others will have that well in hand. We should remain here so that we can lend assistance as there are no experts on alien cultures or science here." Beast pointed out. "Besides, I have missed my time amongst the Avengers." He grinned as he turned and bounded off towards Captain America.
Brand growled in irritation before she was splattered in alien blood from behind. She spun around to find an Asgard warrior standing over a decapitated enemy.
"Thou should'st save thy pondering for after the battle!" He cried before turning away and wading back into the battle.
Brand spun around and began fighting her way to Beast. If she was going to get dragged along into this crazy mission she would enjoy the view whilst doing so.
"I can't find any uplink to the missile." Reed reported as his the other members of the team fended off the attacking Breakworlders.
They had successfully breached the fighter barricade and landed on the space station that housed a giant planet sized missile aimed at the Earth. Reed had hacked into the computer systems but he was unable to find any way to stop the missile.
"What can you find?" Sue asked as she maintained her force field to protect her husband.
"This 'moon' is being kept in place by orbital thrusters. They are constantly firing to maintain its target on Earth."
"But you can't access the missile's own navigational systems?"
"It's as if there are no direct connections what so ever."
"Darling, if you can access the orbital thrusters then point this thing in the opposite direction. If this thing fires then at least it will give us more time to deal with it if turns around and heads back to Earth." She advised.
"Yeah, whilst you do that I'll go and see what I can find inside the missile." Kitty agreed.
"I already tried phasing magically." Emma said. "This metal seems to be resistant to magic."
"I can do it with my natural mutant abilities." Kitty explained.
"Take me with you." Colossus instructed.
"I can't. There is something about this planet's metal. It's making me sick. I doubt I will be able to make it out the same way I got in." She said sadly.
"Then I will stay in contact." Emma declared. "As soon as you reach your destination we will have Nightcrawler teleport to your location."
Kitty quickly began phasing through the space station and into the missile. It was hard going as she hadn't been kidding when she said the planet's metals made her sick. She was already running a temperature.
"Kitty, are you there yet?"
"Are you going to keep asking that?" Kitty asked snidely. Emma had now asked her four times. "I swear, if I could I would turn this car around!"
"You have been gone for almost twenty minutes, Katya." Colossus chimed in.
"I told you this planet-" *BOOM* "What was that?!" Kitty demanded as the whole 'moon' seemed to shake.
"It would appear that Harry got bored of taking out the Breakworlders one by one." Emma reported. BOOM"He has taken to magically blasting large sections of the moon off along with the enemy."
"As long as he remembers I'm still in- oh crap."
"Katya! What is wrong?" Colossus asked worriedly.
"This missile doesn't have any guts! It's completely solid except for a hollow room at the top with nothing but smooth shiny-"
Kitty was thrown to the nearest surface as the missile began to shake, the same with the rest of the team on the surface of the space station.
Outside Harry, Armour and Cyclops watched as the missile blasted out from the middle of the space station and into space.
"It doesn't have any thrusters or boosters." Armour commented.
"Why would it? A solid metal object with a hollow tip fired with absolute precision. It's not a missile. It's a bullet." Cyclops said ominously.
"And last time I checked, Earth doesn't come supplied with a bullet proof vest." Harry sighed.
"Do we have a plan?" Armour asked.
Any answer was interrupted as Colossus teleported in followed by Emma, and the rest, he was clearly agitated.
"Harry! Katya, she is in the missile!"
"Really? She made it? That's great, let's join her." Harry smiled.
Harry stood there trying to teleport but frowned when he couldn't.
"We did try that." Emma rolled her eyes.
"Weird, there must be some magic blocking me or an energy field."
"I did detect mystical energy readings whilst I was trying to stop the missile- bullet." Reed confirmed.
"Alright, stay here. I'll have to handle this solo." Harry said before he refocused his magic and practically bulldozed his way through the magical barrier protecting the bullet.
"Hey Kitty, nice ride you have here. Didn't feel like springing for the convertible?" Harry quipped as he pulled Kitty off the floor of the bullet's hollow tip.
"Can we stop this thing?" Kitty scowled.
"Probably."
"Then save your jokes till we've finished." She warned.
"As you wish." Harry conceded. "Magic is going to be a problem. This metal seems fairly resistant to it, but not as much as Cessily's skin."
"So you can't do anything?"
Harry took on a look of mock offense. "I can do plenty!"
"About the damned rocket!"
"Bullet."
"WHATEVER!"
"Ever seen the movie Armageddon?"
"You want to blow it up from the inside? How? Can we get that much explosives?"
"Would a couple of nuclear missiles do the trick?"
"This is over my head… we need the others." Kitty sighed.
Harry teleported the X-Men and Fantastic Four to their location.
"I thought you couldn't teleport through." Kitty asked them.
"We didn't." Emma said with a raised eyebrow at Harry. "Is there a particular reason for bringing us onto this one way death trip?"
"Harry wants to use nuclear missiles to blow up the bullet." Kitty explained.
"There are other alternatives." Reed offered.
"Like?" Harry asked.
"We could send it into the Negative Zone."
"What's that?"
"A dimension which is negatively charged as opposed to ours which is positively charged."
"Is it inhabited?"
"Possibly."
"Next option!" Harry said, clapping his hands decisively.
"I could try phasing this bullet." Kitty offered.
"Katya! That could kill you!" Piotr objected.
"Or I could leave it and let it destroy Earth." She countered.
"Doesn't matter, we still have to worry about where it goes after it passes through Earth." Harry dismissed the idea quickly.
"Did you manage to alter the trajectory?" Scott asked Reed.
"Only by one degree before it fired." Reed admitted. "It will still clip the Earth at the worst."
"Do we know what path it will take?"
"Without my equipment I couldn't say."
"Magic people! Why don't we just head back to your lab and find out? All we need is for someone to stay here as an anchor point." Harry pointed out.
"I'll stay, I've survived this much." Wolverine shrugged.
"It's not a death trip, Logan. I can easily beam you out and I still have plenty of time to blow this thing from the inside." Harry reminded.
"The X-Men can remain here."
"Not Katya. She is sick." Piotr objected from where he was supporting the ailing Shadowcat.
"Oh… sorry, was kind of preoccupied." Harry said as he waved a hand at her.
Kitty suddenly felt much better. "What did you do?"
"Boosted your immune system. Nothing else, but if you find yourself feeling ill again, try surrounding yourself in a shield."
By the time Harry and the Fantastic Four returned to the bullet, they had determined that the bullet's trajectory would have it miss Earth but hit the moon. Considering the moon's significant effects on the Earth they decided that was not a good thing either. They had simply exchanged one disaster for another.
Reed had been able to establish that if the bullet was phased through the moon it would travel into deep space for many millennia. So everyone but Kitty and Harry left the bullet as it neared the moon.
In orbit around the Earth seated in a position between the planet and incoming bullet sat the SWORD space station on which was assembled many of the remaining heroes of Earth who where not on The Breakworld.
"She can really phase something that big?" Spiderman asked Professor Xavier worriedly.
"This will be her first attempt at something quite so large. But I have faith."
"Then why are we here?"
"In case my faith is not enough." He smiled sadly. "Should the moon be destroyed, our first task will be to handle any rock and parts of the moon heading for the surface."
"Ok, but what about the gravitational issues? The tides will get thrown out of whack. There will be a tidal wave so intense that the entire planet will be flooded. It will be Noah's Ark all over again!"
"I believe I can stabilise the planet's gravitational fields until Lord Harry or someone else can implement a more permanent solution." Dr. Strange offered.
"You 'believe'?" Spiderman asked, the tone of his voice was one of terror.
Dr. Strange just gave him a small smile and a shrug.
As they approached Earth's solar system Harry teleported everyone but himself and Kitty off of the bullet. Harry would stay behind and continuously heal and refresh Kitty so she could phase the bullet long enough.
It was a very painful experience for Kitty as she seemed to react to the metal badly. It took just over a minute to pass through the moon but it was still very taxing.
"Ok, let's get you out of here." Harry said as he went to pick up Kitty. He was surprised when his hands went through her.
"Oh god! I can't unphase!" She cried.
Harry tried again, this time phasing himself.
"Oh thank god."
"You are still phased." Harry warned. "I just put myself in the same phase as you. Let's get you back to the mansion so I can go clean up Breakworld. Then I promise I'll get to work on you."
"Odin, you bored already?" Harry asked as he teleported in next to the King of the Asgardians. They seemed to have successfully subdued the natives and Odin was resting comfortably in a large throne in what was obviously the throne room.
"Indeed, this pitiful excuse for a warrior and leader was quick to fall into pleading and bargaining when it was clear we had bested him." Odin snarled as he aimed sharp kick at the hog-tide Kruun's butt. "Even more despicable that he kept throwing his men at us and refused to fight himself. My son was most put out."
True enough, Thor stood sulking in the corner. "Was to be a battle sung of in the halls of Valhalla, instead it was merely a fishing trip with my father that we shall laugh about later."
"Relax Big Guy." Harry smiled. "I promise to call you in for the next big battle."
"I shall hold you to your promise, Uncle." Thor warned with a smile.
"You're on the list behind Ben Grimm."
"The Thing? Ha! Truly a man after my own heart. His blood sings for battle as true as any warrior of Asgard." Thor boomed.
"I think he could use a better battle cry." Sif grimaced slightly.
"Nay, my child." Odin spoke. "His cry doth speak of his heart's love of life and battle. That he can form his words and not be a slave to the lust of battle speaks to his control."
"His battle cry?" Harry asked.
"IT'S CLOBBERIN' TIME!"
Harry took a step back as they all bellowed The Thing's catchphrase at him.
"That's his catchphrase?" Harry asked. "Guess it's better than my Dad's."
"Which was?" Luke Cage asked.
"SAVE THE TWINKIES!"
"Twinkies?"
"He had a thing for snack treats… of course I later, regrettably, learned that he was referring to his second wife's… assets." Harry admitted.
"Assets?" Thor asked.
"Ahem." Luke Cage coughed and gestured around his chest as discreetly as possible. Which wasn't very.
"I never forgave his first wife for telling me that." Harry groused.
"Perhaps we should move things to their conclusion before I am forced to reveal why your father's first wife revealed that information." Brunhilde smirked.
Harry looked at her in horror. "I told you?"
She just smiled.
"Moving on!"
Harry stood with Odin and Thor on a grand balcony that overlooked a wide road that stretched out into the capital. It was filled with the citizens of The Breakworld.
At Harry's feet, on his knees was Kruun, deposed Power Lord of The Breakworld.
Harry had a sonorous charm on, a standard one as he wanted the effect, he was going to put the fear of Death into these people.
"Listen up you worthless pieces of scum. I am your new Lord. I have defeated your leader and his armies. I have thwarted your attack on my world…"
"I always wondered how Harry would do this." Thor muttered to his father. "I certainly imagined him to be less… blood-thirsty."
"Remember the stories of how his father conquered the goblins of his own world. Lord Death knows well how to handle these types of people." Odin reminded him.
"… one insignificant pebble floating towards myself or my allies and I will destroy this planet myself." Harry continued on. "You want to fight? Fine, you can find willing opponents amongst yourselves or you can wait till I need an army and you will be on my list of people to call after Lord Thor."
"Ah, good. He remembered me."
"Be sure you remember your brethren in the halls of Asgard." Odin warned with a smirk.
"I won't be here checking on you everyday, but remember that if I find you have caused trouble on this planet, my planet, I will do this to you!"
Harry conjured his lightsabre and proceeded to hack off all of Kruun's limbs as he screamed in agony.
"I will leave you to live your lives like this." Harry snarled. "But if you are loyal and obey my rules you will find my favour and receive rewards beyond the likes of this!"
Harry vanished his lightsabre and began to re-grow Kruun's limbs. Kruun and the Breakworlders stared in amazement.
There was a loud thud as every citizen including Kruun fell to their knees in supplication.
"He is very effective."
"Now you know why we have never had any real problems with the Frost Giants in several millennia." Odin chuckled as Harry rejoined them.
"Dammit! Always with the bowing." Harry grumbled.
"It can't be that bad." Thor offered.
Harry just scoffed. "Every time I come back here no one will look me in the eye, everyone will waste my time with honorific's like 'My Lord' or 'Great and Glorious One'. It will be worse than when I first met Dobby. God forbid they ever learn my full name!"
"I could inform them if you like." Odin teased.
"Don't you dare!"