A/N: Yes, as stated in chapter 17 I screwed up, here is the real chapter 16, if you are new to this story then ignore these A/N's and keep reading... unless you want to laugh at my cock ups! (Edit: 2/1 (January)/2013)

Chapter 16

Charles watched in amazement as Harry worked amongst the people of the mining village in Sierra Lione. Emma was his guide as many of the X-Men and students worked with other villagers to improve living conditions.

"This is actually our first visit to this area. Harry has been taking us to places in Africa to deal with villages suffering from the AIDS epidemic or requiring food, water and other basics."

Charles was watching as his students and their teachers transformed wooden structures to stone and the same with metal structures. Several students such as Julian and Santo were using their powers to create a large crater nearby.

"What are they doing?" He asked as he indicated the digging students.

"Creating an artificial lake." Emma answered. "When they are finished with that they will work on a sewage system as well."

"This is amazing work, far beyond the expectations I had when I first dreamt of the X-Men." Charles enthused. "I'm curious, why doesn't the world know you are doing this?"

Emma had a look of disgust on her face. "Harry explained it best when he took us to Sudan. We arrived in a village that had been pillaged by marauders. The women had been raped and the children taken. All the men were dead.

"Needless to say, we wanted to go out for blood. But Harry warned us that we couldn't do it as the X-Men. We couldn't go out and start battles in foreign countries without having the governments of the world turn on us.

"Harry, Laura and Wolverine went tracking with Shiro and Warren whilst the rest of us remained behind to begin healing the survivors. They hunted down every single bastard and killed them. They managed to recover most of the children… the ones that were alive at least."

"They killed them?" He asked in horror.

"What did you think they would do? Smack their bottoms and give them a good talking to?" Emma spat.

"Surely there was another way?"

"When you can think of one that does not leave behind some kind of possible threat then you can bring it to Harry. Until then, I suggest you keep those opinions to yourself. Remember that although Harry's nature is Death, his desire is life. And his desires are very strong."

Emma walked away leaving the Professor to wrestle with what he perceived to be a challenge. He knew there was a time to kill, but there had to be a better way than annihilating large groups of people.

"AAAARRRRRRRRRHHHHH"

The piercing scream caused every head to turn towards the source where Harry was on his knees with his head tilted back and his mouth open in agony. As his soul mates rushed towards him he vanished.

"What was that?" Cessily asked worriedly.

"He was hurting… badly." Lorna said worriedly.

"I can't teleport to him!" Laura said frantically.

"He's blocking us." Celeste explained as her sisters tried to calm Laura.

"He doesn't want us to follow." Mindee continued.

"But we can't contact him either." Phoebe finished.

"Would Cerebro be of any use?" Charles offered.

"If Harry doesn't want to be found…" Phoebe began.

"He won't be." The three finished as one.

All around him there was destruction. Rubble was strewn everywhere. Buildings had clearly stood proudly only moments before… but this was evident only by the crumbling and smouldering brick walls… none of which stood higher than four feet.

There was not a body in sight.

But Harry could see millions of souls.

Souls that just stood there in shock and anguish at what they had just experienced. Harry knew what had happened. He knelt in the crater that was clearly a mile in diameter at the least. A nuclear explosion had occurred. The fading remnants of the mushroom cloud still hung in the air and the nuclear winds where blowing harshly.

Harry had experience with nuclear bombs, he couldn't be sure he got them all back in his world but he always managed to stop them going off in public places. He could feel the radiation burning his skin and eyes. His head was bald even as his hair constantly tried to grown back.

"Listen to me." Harry spoke quietly to the souls. He knew they had heard him. This wasn't Harry Potter speaking. Nor was it the Master of Magic.

This was Death.

"This is not the end for you. Find your way across to the other side where new adventures await. Leave this universe to me and I will seek retribution for your deaths."

Harry then focused on the other side and called forth Xander Harris. He communicated with the other side. He closed his eyes and focused on the soul of the man who became his father. He called out with all that he was.

"Hello, Harry." Came the sad yet proud voice of Xander Harris, Lord Hogwarts.

Harry looked up and saw the ethereal form of the man he loved all of his long life, the man who made him who he was today. He smiled. "Hi Dad."

"You don't write, you don't call-"

"Have you been talking to Deadpool?" Harry interrupted.

"Who?"

"Never mind. You see all the souls?"

"Yeah, how did this happen?" Xander frowned.

"Someone set off a nuclear device on this planet. There are millions of souls here, I felt them as they were snuffed out. Men, women and children. I will be seeking justice for them, but they could use a guide to lead the other side."

"Just like Genosha, Chernobyl and Hiroshima." Xander nodded.

Harry had visited the site of Chernobyl to see if he could speed up the process of cleansing the area of radiation. What he found were millions of souls trapped because they couldn't figure how to cross over. Some didn't even realise they were dead.

"Leave this to me. You take care of this side of the Veil." Xander assured him as he reached forward and hugged him, only Harry had the ability to touch a soul. "Remember: Don't be a stranger. We can spare a few minutes to talk, even if it is a little painful." He admonished as he wandered off and began addressing various souls of various species.

Harry sighed as he watched his father move off, a sense of homesickness and longing fell over him. He shrugged it off as he shifted to his dragon form and took to the skies.

Harry flew for more than ten miles before he encountered life. They were badly burned and some had broken bones from the force of the explosion and flying debris. He landed quickly to aid them.

"I can heal your wounds but you will need to continue fleeing the blast zone or the radiation will kill you." Harry said as he landed.

They were a mix of species, the more humanoid ones had pink skin and dark hair. On the ends of their chins were two dangling strips of skin, like a type of beard, but both male and female had them. Then there were the yellow, four-armed bug like creatures.

"Who are you?" One of the humanoid aliens asked.

"I am Death." Harry said without emotion or pause as he worked. "I felt the deaths caused by the explosion here and… it hurt. I came to help and to try and figure out what happened."

"We were celebrating… our King, he saved us all and then there was a bright light." One of the bug like creatures sobbed.

"Was your king caught in the blast?"

"Wouldn't matter." An elderly bug like alien said with pride. "Nothing can kill the Green Scar. He will rise up and seek vengeance for us."

"Do you know where he might go?"

Harry flew in dragon form in the direction the aliens had told him the Green Scar would go. He would likely regroup with the allies he sent to beings known as Wildebots, if not there then with the group sent to the Fillians and finally, in orbit nearby. Harry didn't relish the idea of searching the vast expanse of space.

He immediately dismissed the idea of searching for the Wildebots. They were described to him as Robots Gone Wild. He didn't think the natives understood the connotations that had for him as a human who lived through 20th century Earth's culture… but he tried not to let his imagination get away from him.

His main reason for not searching for them was that he had never encountered an artificial soul before and didn't want to waste time searching for what was hard to find when he could easily follow the light of souls. It was more likely that any souls he found, living or dead, would be able to point him in the right direction just as well.

He had to fly for over an hour before he encountered plenty of souls.

And a spaceship.

The blast of the nuclear device had disrupted the stability of the planet's tectonic plates and the natives were struggling to find safe harbour. Harry discovered the ship trying to save some of them

On the ground a grey-skinned alien stood motionless as lava erupted around him. Harry briefly thought of bringing Amara to the planet to help but decided to hold off. Above the grey-skinned man a being comprised of yellow rock was desperately trying to convince him to take his hand.

But all of a sudden the lava calmed and the ground began to stop trembling. Harry instantly knew why as he could feel the cause.

His soul mates had arrived.

"HARRY JAMES POTTER SUMMERS MCGONAGALL HARRIS! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!" Came the highly irritated voice of Lorna Dane.

"I can't believe Jean told you that." Harry groused as he turned around to face not only his soul mates but also the rest of the X-Men.

"Next time you decide to run off you had better not block us!" Dani hissed as she stormed forward and poked him in the chest.

"I didn't do it intentionally. Besides, I arrived in the middle of a nuclear fallout. Until I escaped the fallout zone I was bald, I don't think you would have appreciated it." Harry pouted.

"Then next time tell us what was happening!"

"Fine! I will!" Harry crossed his arms with that pout.

It lasted until he found a mass of black hair flying in his face as Laura wrapped herself around him.

"I couldn't hear you." She whispered in his ear. He could hear she was trying to rain in her emotions.

Harry kissed her hair and held her tightly. "I'm sorry, this never happened to me before. Millions of people were instantly killed in the blink of an eye and I was dragged here as I felt their pain. I have to find out what happened and make it right."

"You can't rebuild their bodies?" Scott asked.

"Their bodies were vaporised. There is nothing to build them from. All I could do was call for my dad from the Other Side and ask him to guide the souls on so they didn't remain trapped here."

"Who would do this?" Hisako asked. The thought of a nuclear bomb did not sit well with her. She grew up in Japan and had visited memorials and heard stories from her grandfather of the bombs of World War II.

"It was you humans!" The yellow rock creature spoke up angrily. "You had a bomb on the shuttle which you used to exile the Green Scar to our planet and you saw he was happy and punished him for it!"

"Humans did this?" Harry asked.

"Who's the Green Scar?" Logan muttered.

*THUD*

"I am." They all turned to see the ten-foot tall green figure dressed in gladiators armour.

"Hulk?" Scott asked. "What are you doing here?"

"Ask your precious leaders, Fury, Richards, Iron Man, Namor, Black Bolt, Xavier and Strange." The Hulk spat. "They tricked me and Banner into helping them and then they fired me into space to this world where I had fight for my life."

"Why would they do that?" Scott asked not quite believing it.

"Isn't it obvious darling." Emma drawled. "They decided that the Hulk is too great a threat to the Earth and decided to foist him off onto another planet."

"They killed my people. They killed my wife. They killed my unborn child." Hulk said quietly with anger simmering.

"That's horrible!" Hisako gasped.

"Now I will kill them."

"You can't! Earth needs them!" Dani argued.

"Earth needed me too, and when they were done with me they tossed me out like garbage. But then they took away all I achieved despite their attempts to exile me."

"You won't kill them." Harry said quietly as he tapped a finger on his chin thoughtfully.

"You gonna try and stop me little man?" Hulk demanded as he stomped up to Harry, the ground shaking with every step.

Harry looked up at the Hulk before he smiled and hovered up to eye level. "No, I'm going to convince you of a better way."

"Who are you that you would trespass on our lands?" Demanded a red haired woman dressed in a purple skin-tight costume. She stood next to an imposing white man dressed all in black with an antenna shaped like a tuning fork attached to his forehead. He sat on a throne overlooking the tables and various humanoid creatures in the large throne room.

"I am Death. Black Bolt, you will come with me to answer for your crimes against the Hulk and his people." Harry commanded.

The people around him laughed derisively.

"No one commands the King." The red head declared.

"No one defies Death." Harry retorted as he vanished on the spot before reappearing next to Black Bolt and causing them both to vanish.

"Is it true you actually battled Iron Man because you opposed their plan regarding Banner and the Hulk?" Harry asked. He floated miles below the sea's surface, he grew gills that he had learnt to mimic with his metamorphamagi abilities.

"Why do you ask?" Namor frowned. "Are you with that Oaf and the boy? They seek to aid the Hulk when he returns."

"No, the ones who sent the Hulk away caused a nuclear explosion that killed millions of people. The Hulk had claimed the crown of the planet and his wife and unborn child died in his arms."

"DAMN THEM!" Namor raged as the waters began to swirl. "I warned them! And now the surface world will reap the fruits of their arrogance."

"The Hulk knows of your actions and sends his appreciation. He offers the opportunity to sit and discuss the situation and possible treaties and trade negotiations. In the meantime, there will be a tribunal held tomorrow. If you wish to attend, hold this and say the word 'portus', it will take you there as a guest of the Hulk." Harry said as he offered a ring of pure gold.

Harry appeared on the Shield Helli-carrier completely invisible. No one could see or touch him as he walked up to Iron Man grabbed his shoulder and vanished.

Ben Grimm jumped up with anticipation as Harry teleported into the Fantastic Four's living room.

"Harry! Got another planetary invasion for us?"

Ben and the others were worried when Harry didn't even crack a smile.

"I'm sorry Ben, I'm here on very serious business. Reed Richards, you are charged with being party to attempted murder and genocide. You will come with me to stand trial for your crimes."

"What? Harry you can't be serious!" Sue argued as she moved to stand in front of her husband even as Johnny and Ben did the same.

"I am. You know what you did to Bruce Banner and the Hulk. You made serious mistakes and now you need to answer for them."

"We haven't seen the Hulk in ages, not since before the whole M-Day mess." Johnny snapped angrily.

Harry ignored them. "Reed?"

"Can I have a moment with my family?"

"Reed!" Sue exclaimed as her husband seemed wiling to give in so easily.

"Be at the Mansion by nine o'clock tomorrow morning. Do not make me have to come for you." Harry warned.

Tony looked around his dungeon cell. He wasn't chained to the walls but he was clearly a prisoner. His companion in captivity was Black Bolt. Again, neither was chained.

"Do you know why we are here?" Tony asked.

"We are hear to answer for our crimes against the Hulk and the resulting atrocities that occurred as a result, such as the mass murder of millions of people."

The two prisoners turned and saw Stephen Strange in the cell across from theirs.

"Strange! He got you too?" Stark asked as a bit of hope was dashed.

"Not exactly." Stephen answered hesitantly. "I was informed of my crimes and voluntarily submitted myself to his custody."

"So you could break us out?" Tony asked as the hope re-appeared.

"No, Lord Death is the Master of Magic. I could try but I would fail, and I would not try, we must answer for our mistakes."

Stephen began to explain exactly why they were being held prisoner.

Reed Richards teleported himself magically to the front gates of the X-Men's Mansion. He was already in trouble for mass murder he didn't want to add insult to injury by just rudely teleporting onto their property.

He went to press the buzzer to announce himself only to find himself seated next to Dr. Strange. Looking around he saw that he was in a partitioned clear cell in a building that looked like it belonged in early Victorian times. Seated opposite in a far more comfortable and open row of seats were various aliens… and the Hulk.

The Hulk was glaring at them angrily but did not seem inclined to move against them… yet.

There was a larger array of chairs to the right of their enclosed area and seated there were various heroes from Earth and a mixture of similar aliens as the ones that sat across from them.

To the left was a judge's box as seen in most American courtrooms. Seated there was Harry Potter, Death.

"I offer greetings to all life-forms present here today." Harry spoke firmly and clearly. "Our purpose here is to seek justice for the crimes perpetrated against, the being known as The Hulk and his loyal subjects and adopted planet as well as the human male known as Bruce Banner.

"The evidence will be presented and then the accused may speak in their defence."

Reed shook his head as Tony stood up and began shouting, only no sound came from his mouth.

"With respect Your Honour, may I join the accused?"

There was a rise in murmurs as Charles Xavier spoke.

"For what purpose?" Harry asked.

"Although I was not party to this decision, I should have been. I am a member of their group and in light of recent revelations I feel I should take responsibility for the actions of this group which I am a part of."

Harry frowned. "I have spoken with the Hulk about your participation. We know of your membership but we were able to agree that we would not hold people responsible for the actions of others."

Charles gave a sad smile. "Which makes it all the more important that I join the accused. A show of good faith and morality, I believe that after much soul searching over the past night, that I would have agreed with their decision, at the very least I know I would not have spoken and acted in Bruce Banner's defence like Prince Namor did. If justice is to be served then I should join them."

Harry was silent for a full minute as he contemplated the situation. The Hulk had wanted Xavier as well for what happened, Harry had talked him down. Now he had to decide whether to allow Xavier's request to be tried along with his peers.

He turned and looked at the Hulk. "We will allow Charles Xavier to stand with his comrades, but we will acknowledge the spirit in which he has made this offer, one in the search of peace and justice."

The Hulk just grunted and gave a sharp nod.

Harry waved a hand and Xavier disappeared from the public gallery to the defendants box.

"First we have a partial recording from the shuttle which exploded killing millions and destroying an entire city. It will be several hundred years before the area is habitable again. The recording is the message the defendants sent to the Hulk and Bruce Banner when they attempted to exile him."

Harry noticed Reed Richards stand up.

"What are you doing?" Stark hissed.

"The right thing, Tony." He said with resignation. "Sir, I have a full copy of the transmission here if you wish." He addressed the Tribunal.

Harry nodded and the disk vanished to reappear in his hand.

"Why are you doing this, Reed?" Tony demanded. "They have no right to hold us!"

"We took actions, our actions had consequences, now we need to accept responsibility for those actions. Admit it, you would expect nothing less from us if they accidentally wiped out one of our cities. Same for you and your people Black Bolt."

"Silence!" Harry snapped. "Pay attention, you need to learn from what happens here."

Harry handed the disk to Cyclops who loaded it up on a computer he had just returned with. A little bit of magic from Harry and the image and sound was increased so all could see. They listened as the voice of Reed Richards sounded and the video played.

"Bruce, we're so sorry, but you've left us with little choice…" On the video the men from the defendants box barring Xavier could be seen looking at the camera. "Time and time again, your anger and power have threatened the entire planet.

"So when we learned that Fury had sent you into space, we had to seize the opportunity.

"I have always thought of us as friends, Bruce. So I am truly sorry. But for your sake and ours, we're sending you away. It's the only way we can be sure.

"I know you must hate us, Bruce. But I believe in my heart that this may be the greatest opportunity of your life.

"We picked your destination carefully. A Lush planet. Full of vegetation and game. But no intelligent life forms. There will be no one there to hurt you. And no one you can hurt.

"You always said you wanted to be left alone… may you finally find peace."

There was a stunned silence as the members in the public gallery finally put together what had happened. They hadn't even given the Hulk a chance to defend himself, they had pulled a cowardly manoeuvre.

That didn't even take into account what they did to Bruce, the man they had a nerve to call 'friend'.

"The Hulk never made it to the destined planet." Harry explained to the gallery. "He was in a ship over which he had no control. He couldn't defend himself. His ship was thrown off course and he landed on a planet where he was forced into gladiatorial combat.

"He fought and nearly died several times. Then he joined the rebellion, he fought again, only this time he fought for his freedom instead of the forced entertainment of others.

"When he eventually won he found himself the reluctant ruler of the planet. All he wanted was to be left alone with his new wife and soon to be born child. But the planet needed him and he answered the call."

Harry turned to the defendants. "Then the worst of your follies occurred. The engine on your shuttle exploded. An entire city of millions were vaporised. Including the Hulk's wife and unborn child.

"You killed the Queen and Heir of an entire planet."

There were gasps as the enormity of the situation dawned on the public gallery, it was clear that Stark and Black Bolt were unaware of just what they had been responsible for. Stark was pale whilst Black Bolt had his head bowed.

"What is important to remember here is that we are not looking at this in terms of merely black and white." Harry continued. "The responsibility is yours." He told the defendants. "But they were a result of negligence not an active attempt at murder and genocide. This has been taken into account with regards to your sentencing."

Tony stood up immediately to protest. "You said we could defend ourselves!"

"I said you could speak in your defence. But the facts are straight-forward. Are you going to claim that anything said here is untrue?"

"No, but I would definitely argue that we aren't murderers!"

"So did I. At least, not in the traditional sense. No, you are guilty of negligence, but a negligence so great that you killed millions as a result.

"If you wish to speak then you may do so now. You may decide the order in which you wish to address the court.

"Black Bolt, Emma Frost has offered to broadcast your spoken thoughts to the rest of us, unedited."

Black Bolt slowly stood and nodded to Harry and then to Emma who was seated in the front row. She put a hand to her temple and closed her eyes as all the assembled began to hear the rarely heard voice of Black Bolt.

"I wish to deny my responsibility… but I keep thinking: what would I do if it were my people killed? My wife murdered? No. I will face my judgement. I ask only that I be allowed to make arrangements for my absence from my people." Black Bolt sat down as Namor looked at him in disgust.

"Your duties as a leader have been taken into account with regards to your punishment." Harry said reassuringly. He looked to next three defendants.

It was Reed who stood up this time. "At the time I thought my actions were not only justified, but I thought that maybe I was doing Bruce a favour. My first mistake was thinking I knew best for someone else." He said sadly. "Since the day we sent the Hulk into space I couldn't help but ask myself one question: What would Bruce have said if we offered him the opportunity to go to this planet of his own free will?

"If I was truly his friend I would have realised he would have jumped at the chance and offered his own astounding intellect to ensuring he made the journey safely. I would have realised that I didn't have to lose my friend entirely, I could have still kept in touch with him.

"I am a failure as a friend.

"I am not a murderer. But I am a killer… I am ashamed and I cannot bear to look my children in the eyes." Reed returned to his seat as tears filled his eyes.

Tony stood and stepped forward. "I don't think it really matters what I say. I've been judged without being allowed to have a proper American trial. I can't say I am surprised that many of you would go along with this, after all, you are wanted by the American Government for crimes." He spoke directly to people like Captain America.

"Did we make a mistake? Yes. We should have taken more care and put more precautions into the shuttle. But we were justified. I definitely don't believe we should be held accountable for what happened when the Hulk landed on the wrong planet though."

Harry didn't bother acknowledging Tony Stark, he just looked to Stephen Strange to see if he had anything to say for himself.

"Other than to express my remorse and accept my responsibility, I have nothing to say. We were wrong. We made a mistake. Now we must accept responsibility." With that, Dr. Strange returned to his seat.

Harry turned to the Hulk. "Do you have anything you wish to say?"

The members of the gallery couldn't help but hold their collective breath as the massive ten foot tall behemoth rose to his feet slowly. He looked like he was going to say something, but then just grunted and sat back down.

Harry lowered his head with a frown on his features. He had presided as judge many times in his home reality, but he had never had to deal with a case such as this. He and Neville had prosecuted many genocidal dictators, bigots, warmongers and the like. But this was the first case of accidental mass murder he had dealt with.

He turned and faced the defendants. "When the bomb went off, I was drawn to the centre of the event by the millions of souls that had been ripped from their bodies. If I hadn't been there then the place would have become haunted as the souls would be left to wander aimlessly.

"I have had to visit places like Chernobyl in both our universes, also Genosha in this universe. In other words, your actions had consequences beyond the grave.

"After much discussion with the Hulk we were able to come to an understanding and a suitable punishment. This is your sentence:

"For a period of one thousand years you will undertake hard labour on the planet where so many lives were lost. You will work not only to rebuild the city but you will put your minds and powers to work in restoring the ecosystem."

"We won't live that long!" Tony shouted.

"I am Death." Harry glared. "I will decide when you die.

"However, the Hulk has granted me a request. Just as he has suffered simply from the loss of his beloved wife, he has agreed not to subject your families to the same stress as they have done nothing to warrant it. As such, in one thousand years I will come to collect you from the planet and return you back to this place and time to resume your lives. Hopefully you will have learnt your lessons and become better men for it."

"Thank you! Thank you!" Came the cry of relief from a crying Sue Richards in the gallery.

The Hulk merely gave a slight incline of his head to the distraught wife.

"Know this: for every attempt at escape or defiance another century will be added to your sentence. I have never known a mortal soul to survive the mortal plane for more than five thousand years." Harry warned. "After that time I will have no choice but to kill you."

Harry waved a hand and the defendants vanished. Harry then addressed the gallery.

"You will find that you are unable to discuss what happened here today when you leave. Despite their crimes, those men are respected leaders of the world. If the population of Earth heard what had happened it could be detrimental to the stability of civilisation.

"Make sure you learn from their mistakes. Every action has a consequence. You will be responsible for those consequences. No matter how good your intentions.

"This hearing is closed." Harry declared as he stood and made his way down to where the Hulk and his people sat.

"I know it's not as bloodthirsty as you might have wanted, but in the long run both you and Bruce will be thankful you didn't push for their deaths." He told the Hulk.

"Still angry." The Hulk grunted. "But will enjoy watching them sweat."

"I'll be round at least once a month to give them a check up but remember, they are highly intelligent people so put their minds to work."

"Miek wanted blood. Miek will die before them. So will Miek's brothers. Then we will be no more." Stated an extremely large black bug like creature with four arms and huge carapace, it looked like a beetle but with a humanoid face.

"You can't reproduce?" Harry asked.

"Our last Queen was killed by the Spikes." He spat.

"Can you get to her body?"

"YOU WILL NOT HAVE HER!" Miek screamed causing the heroes in the gallery to suddenly go on alert.

Harry didn't move he simply responded calmly. "If I can get some of her DNA I can rebuild her body, due to the massive amount of souls lost from your planet I may be able to convince her soul to return to this realm. She could then help you rebuild your people."

"You can really do that?" The pink skinned female asked in awe.

"Sure. I can't do it for everyone, there is a bit of leeway here because of the mass death." Harry shrugged.

"Caiera." The Hulk said suddenly. "Can you give her back?"

The aliens that stood with the Hulk bowed their heads in sadness. They knew the Hulk as an unstoppable force that freed their whole planet from a tyrant, but seeing him like this… as another mortal capable of feeling sadness and emotional pain was new to them. It hurt them as well.

"I don't know." Harry admitted. "To start with, I would need a sample of her DNA to rebuild her body from. And then it would be up to my counterpart on the Other Side. For Miek's Queen, the fact that her not returning would result in the extinction of his people gives me a place to argue from. But otherwise for your wife… we would need to appeal to the compassion of the keepers of the Other Side."

"If Other Side is willing to return Green Scar's Queen, Miek will not ask for Queen as payment." Miek said resolutely.

"Your people will die Miek!" The pink skinned female gasped.

"We are warbound." Miek declared as though it explained everything. The others could only nod in understanding.

"Return to your planet, find the DNA of both Miek's Queen and the Hulk's wife. I will contact the Other Side and see what can be done." Harry assured them.

Harry returned to the planet in the blink of an eye, to the same place he had met the Hulk. Once there he again called upon his father.

"Harry! Three times in one year! What's the occasion?" Xander Harris' ethereal form smiled teasingly.

"Hey Dad, I was hoping to request a boon from the Other Side."

"I love it when you use those old timey words in your British accent… 'boon'." Xander giggled.

"You mean unlike when you say them and it sounds dorky?"

"Hey!"

"Look, one of the souls that died before the mass event was the soul surviving female member of an insectoid race. I was hoping we might be able to work something out so she could come back and help save them from extinction."

Xander though about it for a few moments. "You realise that with a single female they will rapidly reproduce? You aren't worried about them being a threat?"

"I'm aware of the possibility, but I think they could be worth it. The planet they live on is ruled by someone more than capable of smacking them about on his own if needed."

"Ok, shouldn't be a problem. You've racked up more than enough favours over here to cash in on." Xander shrugged.

"I have?" Harry asked surprised.

"Yeah! It's not the fact that you help so many souls cross over, it's that you prevent the truly evil ones from doing so." Xander said enthusiastically.

"Well… I hate to push my luck…" Harry began hesitantly. "The new king of this planet, The Hulk, his wife Caiera was killed in the blast, she was the only good thing in his life, any chance she could come back… if I can make her body that is."

"I'll put in the requests, give me an hour or so to track them down and make the offers."

"I think this is hers." The Hulk told Harry as he handed over a piece of cloth.

"Think?"

The Hulk just shrugged.

"Never mind, let's just get started." Harry sighed.

"Wait!" Miek suddenly called out nervously.

Gathered were the Hulk and his Warbound and the Illuminate, the Illuminate where there to witness the power Harry had.

"Miek must confess the truth." Miek said shamefully. "Miek knows it wasn't human's who killed our people. Miek knows it was the Red King loyalists."

There were gasps from the Warbound as the Hulk growled.

"Explain!" The Hulk demanded as he grabbed Miek by the throat and lifted him over his head.

"Miek saw them do it." The large beetle like creature explained frantically. "They put bomb on warp core, want to kill Green Scar!"

Reed Richards fell to his knees in exhausted relief at the realisation that he hadn't been responsible for the deaths of millions.

"Release us at once then." Tony demanded.

"Silence!" Harry snapped. "Your sentence will be amended, but you are still guilty for the crimes against the Hulk and Bruce banner."

"Which were justified!" Stark argued.

"What if Captain America decided to exile you off of the planet because your Superhero Registration Act posed too great a threat to the Earth? If you made it back, wouldn't you seek justice?" Harry retorted.

Harry turned away back to the Hulk and Miek.

"Why did you lie?" Harry asked.

"Didn't lie!"

"You withheld the truth. Just as bad in this case, the Hulk certainly thinks so."

Miek sagged in the Hulk's grip in shame. "Miek wanted to destroy humans. Destroy whole planet. Make others feel what Miek and his brothers do."

"You violated our oath as Warbound." The grey skinned male name Hiroim said solemnly.

"Miek knows. Miek accepts punishment." He said. "But Miek begs you to bring back Queen, let Miek's people live!"

"That particular decision is mine." Harry told them firmly. "But the decision about what to do about you Miek, that's up to your Warbound brother's and sisters." Harry had experienced a lot of cultures but it was the Goblins back home that had taught him about what it meant to be a warrior. Those experiences are what he gave to the rest of the world and he could respect something as sacred as a bond between warriors.

"Miek knows, Miek is just grateful his egg brothers won't be the last."

They had watched in amazement as Harry rebuilt the bodies of Miek's people's queen and the Hulk's wife. Then seeing the souls placed in those bodies. Stark and Richards were running through the scientific explanations in their minds whilst Black Bolt merely watched, thankful that he had made the right choice in accepting his part.

Dr. Strange merely watched, honoured to witness Lord Death save a dying race.

When it was done Harry turned to the Illuminate. "Although you are guilt free for killing the millions of people on this planet, you are still guilty of the crimes against the Hulk and Bruce Banner. Your crimes led to him nearly being killed. As this would have resulted in the deaths of both the Hulk and Bruce, I am changing your sentence to twenty-five years for both. A total of fifty years in service to the Hulk and his people."

Reed and Strange looked relieved whilst Stark looked outraged. Black Bolt was impassive.

"Miek, it has been decided by your Warbound brethren that you will serve the same sentence except on Earth. Your actions nearly caused an all out war."

"Miek understands. Miek is sorry." The beetle like alien said mournfully.

"I will be back often to check on you." Harry told the Illuminate. "Once you have completed your sentence you will be returned to this point in time on Earth.

"Hulk, could we speak privately before I return?"

Harry moved away as Hulk and Caiera followed.

"What I am about to discuss is private." Harry warned with a pointed glance at Caiera.

"We hold no secrets from each other." Caiera said with a fond smile at her husband.

The Hulk just grunted.

Harry smiled. "Good. Hulk, can you show me Bruce?"

The Hulk began to growl. "I'll never submit!"

"Don't want you to. It's just something I need to observe, a theory I want to test." Harry assured them. "I promise to kick you in the balls if you can't turn back." Harry grinned.

The Hulk suddenly burst out in surprised laughter at the audacity of the puny human. He laughed long and loud as the others a little way apart stared in awe at the sight of the Hulk laughing.

The Hulk eventually calmed down to a chuckle. He had to admit, it would take a lot for him to turn his anger and rage on Death. Especially after he gave him back his Queen.

The Hulk took some deep calming breaths and attempted to relax.

Harry watched carefully as the large green Hulk shrank to the Caucasian human Bruce.

"He really doesn't want to be locked away." Bruce warned.

"He isn't!" Harry said with a raised eyebrow. "Bring him back."

The change back was much quicker.

"See what you were looking for?" The Hulk grunted.

Harry nodded. "Definitely. You are Bruce Banner. You aren't two separate entities."

"I am the Hulk!" He said as he took a menacing step forward. "Not some pitiful little human!"

"You are both. You, The Hulk, are Bruce Banner without limitations or inhibitions. At the moment you are ruled by your anger and rage, but if you can truly accept that you are Bruce Banner and if Bruce Banner can accept that he is you, then you will have far more control over yourself, you won't be a slave to rage!"

The Hulk growled angrily but Caiera stepped between them, facing her husband. "I do not remember my time whilst dead, but I do know that Lord Death is not lying to you. He would not." She said soothingly.

"Look, it's not something you need to focus on today, or even this year, but you should think about it." Harry advised. "If not for you then for your son."

"Son!" The Hulk exclaimed.

"But I thought the baby was lost when I died?"

Harry just smiled. "What can I say, my dad pulled a few strings. He's a sucker for babies."

Harry walked into the Danger Room the next day to find Sue, Johnny and Ben along with Dr. Strange's assistant Wong and Black Bolt's wife Medusa waiting for the return of their family friends.

Apparently nobody was there for Tony Stark.

"Ok, remember, if everything went well then they have been gone for about fifty years since yesterday." Harry explained the assembled group. "They will need some time to readjust to life on Earth at this time and to the all of you."

"What do you mean 'if everything went well'?" Johnny asked.

"Depends on how well behaved they are. Every escape attempt will earn the escapee an added century."

"Don't you know if they tried?" The Sue asked.

"Nope, I won't know till they tell us. I haven't even tried time travel yet and I really don't want to." Harry shuddered.

"But how will you bring them back here if you don't go and get them?" Ben asked.

"My future self will handle that… speak of the devil!" Harry remarked as the former prisoners arrived with Harry in tow.

The Harry from the future quickly spoke up. "Before we begin, call me James, it makes it so much easier when there are two of us."

"Been doing a lot of time travel?" Harry from the present asked as the newly released men were greeted by their loved ones… and Tony just stood there looking miffed.

'James' just groaned. "Like you wouldn't believe. Anyway, here are your naughty boys. Reed, Stephen and Black Bolt were excellently behaved. They actually have a standing invitation at Bruce and Caiera's home. They actually only served ten years before Bruce decided to put them on probation for five years.

"Tony has been gone for one hundred years." James leaned in and whispered conspiratorially. "Bruce says he seems to be learning though."

"He accepted his two parts are the same?"

"Oh yes, but his colour reflects his mood. He's no longer always green."

"Cool. Anything I should know about the future?"

"Probably, but why ruin the surprise?" James grinned.

"I see I haven't regained my sanity yet."

"Our father's were Xander and James. Our stepmother was Nymphadora Tonks. We never stood a chance!" James laughed.

"You gonna stay for some nostalgia?" Harry asked.

"No, gets too tempting to ask and answer questions. Plus I still need to work on my time jumping. I can never make it exact, but at least I can now make it to within a day or two."

"Before or after you left?"

"After. Means I tend to miss out on certain events. We're getting better though!"

Harry gave the parolees a check up before sending them on their way. 'James' had already done so but it was always better to double check. 'James' had already departed after giving Harry the necessary details about the Illuminate.