Angels Light

Chapter 23

AN: Hello all, welcome back. Firstly as always thanks to everyone who reviewed, favorited, followed and sent messages regarding this story. I actually don't have much to say at the moment so let's just get to the chapter.

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For Thor Odinson obtaining the memories of his once future-self had the consequence of shifting all of his priorities. Once the rage at learning of that information had cooled he'd spent a bit of time using occlumency to further control his emotions and walled the memories off to be further investigated when he had time. His focus had needed to be on the trial and though he was not speaking at the trial the show of solidarity went a long way as all of the Avengers, bar Natasha, had been present. It was only after the trial was over for the day and they'd been leaving that he'd received word of the attack on Grimmauld Place. He'd almost flown off, the flames of his rage stoked once more, when Steven stopped him and declared that he would go with him. Tony and Clint both volunteered to accompany him as well and as such the four of them had taken a quinjet from Washington D.C to London.

The quinjet made the flight in nearly four hours which was long enough for his rage to cool once more. When they finally arrived Clint was able to set the quinjet down in the street which was both a show of his skill as a pilot and the capabilities of the upgraded quinjet as its wings were capable of folding in. Exiting the vehicle they found that there was still a heavy presence of S.H.I.E.L.D agents and other people in black suits with white dress shirts. The noise of the jet had caused people to emerge from their homes but seeing four Avengers they chose not to disturb them. There was a barricade around number 12 though they cleared it easily and were soon greeted by one of the suit wearing people who was rather non-descript with short cut brown hair and brown eyes.

"Prince Thor, my name is Brian Falsworth, I'm with MI-13."

"Never heard of that one before." Said Tony.

"We are a somewhat new branch assembled from several different departments. I believe Prince Thor would know us as The Kingsmen." Said the agent getting a look of recognition from Thor.

"I do, I think it's best if we spoke inside."

"You said your name is Falsworth, any relation to James Falsworth?" questioned Steve.

"My grandfather, he said you knew each other." Said Brian.

"We did, fought together, bled together. He was a good man, one of the best I knew." Said Steve

As they entered the house they found several individuals inside who Thor identified immediately as a aurors as they were the signature red battle robes of that department. He shifted to James mid-stride ignoring the looks this received from agents and aurors alike with his focus more on those he was already speaking with.

"What do you know?"

The attackers were mercenaries. They used a ward buster on the front door which caused the explosion that allowed them to gain entry. Lord Black took down one in the hall here before going to reestablish the wards. Lupin headed upstairs and took out 6 more sparing only one so there would be someone to question. The leader fled while he was distracted." Said the man.

Not long after receiving the summary they arrived at the office within which they found Siris, Remus, Fury and Amelia Bones along with another man dressed the same as the MI-13 agents. As they entered the man looked upon James with shock clear on his face before he schooled his features. They stared at each other for several long tense moments before they hugged each other tightly.

"I'd heard rumors but hadn't believed them." Said the man.

"It's good to see you as well Elliot."

"So you mind explaining how you know these guys?" questioned Tony.

"This is Elliot of House Prewett. He was fostered by my father as a boy and as such we've known each other since he was about 10." Said James.

"As for the Kingsmen they were an intelligence service, completely independent of the British government created and sponsored by several families after WW2. Houses Potter, Black and Greengrass were some of its founding members as was James Falsworth." Said James surprising Tony, Clint and Steve.

"After the HYDRA debacle the Queen called me in. King George VI was one of the founders of the Kingsmen as well, the Queen discovered this and wanted to bring the group in line. They were merged with a few other smaller departments and rebranded as MI-13." Said Fury.

"Now that everyone is caught up, what do we know about the leader of this attack?" questioned Steve.

"His name is Fenrir Greyback." Said Remus bringing the rooms attention to himself.

"Son of a bitch! How the hell did he slip through the net?" questioned Brian.

"Don't know, but he's been hear for months. The attack on the Dunbar's was certainly his style." Said Remus.

"Mind filling in those of us not in the know?" questioned Tony.

"Greyback is a monster. He's a werewolf, one who delights in causing pain to others." Said Sirius his tone dark.

"He takes particular interest in biting children hoping they turn and grow to hate humanity as much as he does." Said James.

"Greyback was dealt a heavy blow a few decades back, he bit a 4-year-old kid and that kid was stumbled upon by William Corvinus, the leader of the Lycans. William took the kid in and in retaliation on the kids behalf pretty much destroyed Greyback's pack. Most of the pack members accepted William's offer and became Lycans, he killed those who didn't and a few escaped and have been pretty much in exile and hiding since then." Said Amelia.

"He's definitely got a sponsor then. Someone brought him back into the country, gave him a place to bunker down and hired the mercenaries to work with him." Said Clint.

"Why wait so long between attacks though, guys like that don't sit still not for months." Said Tony.

"Because his target wasn't in the open, in fact he was pretty unreachable." Said Steve causing Sirius, Remus, Fury and James to look at him.

"Harry." Said Remus.

"He wouldn't dare." Said Sirius darkly.

"It's the only answer. We know he stole a school schedule from the Dunbar residence. Those things show not just Hogsmeade weekends but home weekends and scheduled trips as well." Said Amelia.

"But this isn't a home or Hogsmeade weekend." Said Elliot.

"That means someone has been watching the house. As soon as he got word the place was active he called the attack." Said Clint.

"Nick." Said James

"I know. I'm putting everything I've got into finding him. I'll have Coulson add to it if I need to." Said Fury

"Why wait we can track him now." Said Tony getting the rooms attention.

"While I was doing the upgrades into your helmet I added a tracking system to it. It can pick up prints and highlight them for you to follow, footprints, tires, fingerprints if you can pick them up it can track them, only one set at a time though." Said Tony.

"That's assuming he didn't use a portkey or apparate though." Said Brian.

"Portkey is out, those things are monitored whoever is hiding him won't risk that." Said Amelia.

"Apparition is also out. He's not a formally trained wizard and old Voldie didn't allow anyone to teach him that back in the day." Said Sirius.

"So we put a team together and track him using the Stark tech." said Elliot.

"I don't have my suit, it's still at the tower." Said Steve shaking his head, he hadn't thought he'd need it that day since they were only going for the trial.

"You guys don't have a spell that does something similar?" questioned Clint.

"No, though after this I'm definitely going to put in the request to have people develop it." Said Amelia.

"Here try these." Said Tony handing Clint a pair of sunglasses causing him to raise an eyebrow.

"I'm working on some upgrades for you too. These have the tracking software but that's it, you'll have to call Jarvis and have him activate the function." Said Tony.

"Alright, let me grab my bow." Said Clint.

"I'll go to Hogwarts and see Harry." Said James.

"Hold off on that will you. I'd like to join you, but I need to pick some things up from the Tower." Said Tony

The trips to and from Avengers Tower were made by way of teleportation, specifically lightning teleportation. Thor much like Harry and Prue had the ability to teleport on his own, however rather than turning into orbs of light he turned into a bolt of lightning. In this instance he took both Tony and Steve with him, having them hold onto the handle of his axe in order to do so. Upon returning to the tower Steven went to pack up his suit while Tony and Thor, or rather James as he was still in his mortal form, made the trek to the lab where Tony packed up a few things that James shrunk down allowing him to carry them around more easily.

Once they were ready the left once more teleporting back to London and dropped Steve off so he could help tracking the werewolf. Upon their arrival in Scotland Tony was not impressed at the sight of the rundown castle and had been ready to start teasing until James handed him a pair of glasses that Harry made. Slipping them on he froze as suddenly he could see the castle in all of its splendor and while not as majestic as Asgard it was still quite the sight to behold. Not only that but looking up he could see kids hovering and darting around in the sky riding actual brooms, though more stylish than anything he'd ever seen.

"Okay now I'm jealous." Said Tony getting a chuckle from his companion.

"Aye, it is certainly impressive. You should see it from the lake under the moonlight though." Said James.

"So why are we so far away from the gates?" questioned Tony.

They had appeared on top of a hill giving them a view of the gates as well as the castle perhaps half a mile ahead of them.

"Hogwarts is surrounded by a magical barrier. While I could get through the barrier I have no need to break it when I can simply walk to the gate and be let in."

The walk to the gates wasn't bad at all and Tony honestly used the time to allow himself to breath in the clean air. The walk didn't take long either, which was a plus as in less than five minutes they were standing at the entrance gate and Tony raised an eyebrow at the statues of winged boars on each side. They were met at the gate by Hagrid, a giant of man he'd met at the BBQ that was thrown at Potter Manor at the end of the summer. Once they were through the gate and passed the initial greeting Tony found his attention turning away from the man to the sight of a carriage, or rather what was in front of them, a pair of skeletal looking winged horses, though the wings were more leathery like a bats instead of possessing feathers.

"Those are Thestrals, while they may appear scary they are much similar to regular horses." Said James

The carriage took them from the gates and up a long sloping path that ended at the huge double doors of the Entrance Hall. There were a number of kids milling about outside many of which were watching the carriage as they stepped out. Standing at the doors was another person that he'd met at the BBQ, this one being the schools Headmistress who regarded them sternly, at least until James stepped forward and hugged her. When he pulled back she tried to maintain her stern visage but there was a glimmer in her eye that Tony noticed, thanks to the observation skills he'd picked up from Clint and Nat.

"How is he?" questioned James.

"Physically he's fine, in fact Poppy has already released him." Said the woman wordlessly inviting them inside.

"And the others?" questioned James

"Ms. Clearwater will recover soon enough. As for Albus it was a near thing, he required Whitelighter attention and has yet to wake." Said McGonagall.

From there they walked quietly for several minutes before she led them to a door and opened it revealing a meeting room. At her look both Avengers stepped inside and took seats before she entered and closed the door which glowed for a moment.

"Now that we will not be disturbed tell me what's going on." Said the woman.

"The attack was led by Fenrir Greyback." Said James causing her eyes to widen before they narrowed.

"At the moment we have a team composed of auror's, S.H.I.E.L.D, and MI-13 agents tracking him alongside Remus and our teammates Clint Barton and Steve Rogers." Said James.

"That's quite the response team. What of your other brother?" Said McGonagall.

"With Amelia, she won't let him leave her side until its done."

The woman nodded once before she turned her gaze to Tony, and he found himself gulping.

Natasha had returned to Russia; after the meeting that morning she'd given Bruce her support for the trial and said her goodbyes knowing he'd be gone for a while. Doctor Strange had been kind enough to help in this endeavor by creating a portal for her to step through. At the moment she was simply waiting as Yelena had put feelers out to find her quarry and until they did she could only wait around. Her sister she discovered had become something of a recluse, she only really left home to teach her classes and she was wealthy enough that she didn't have to work. After the last week she'd expected to find her sister lounging on the couch watching TV or reading on her tablet. Instead she was dressed to kill, literally as she was wearing tactical gear and was checking down the sights of pistol.

Apparently they managed to locate the target and Yelena had gotten word of his location while she was away. She'd made quick work of switching out her clothes and getting into her mission gear. The dragon scale suit that Harry had gifted her was the most advanced body armor she'd ever come across, it was incredibly tough and most conventional weapons had little to no effect. It shrugged off knives and bullets with ease and could even stop rounds from a sniper rifle, though she herself would definitely have some bruising if hit with the rifle round. Having been made from the hide of a dragon it was also quite warm and didn't get cold easily. It was also incredibly form fitting so much so that beneath it she had to wear a micro bra and G-string. She'd also worn the contacts that Stark had given her for Christmas, while she'd trained with them this would be her first time using them in the field.

At the moment the two of them were sitting in a car outside of an apartment building doing their final checks. Finally she pulled out a case and handed her sister an earbud while she slipped the other one into her own right ear.

"Check."

"I hear you." Said Yelena.

"SPIDER where's our target?"

"Fifth floor, room 503."

The voice was female, the AI that Tony had installed to work with her. Of course he'd thought it was funny playing on her codename and naming the AI SPIDER.

"Do we have any support?" questioned Yelena.

"Two teams of SHIELD agents are standing by." Said SPIDER

"Right then, let's go."

At her word the two stepped out of the car, their jackets serving to shield the from the cold and hide their weapons from the civilians on the street. Once inside the building they went directly to the elevator and rode it up to the fifth floor. They found the apartment easy enough and she nodded to Yelena who gave her a look before approaching the door and knocking, upon receiving an answer from a gruff male voice she spoke a code phrase, one only the three of them would know.

For a moment there was silence and the sisters shared looks before the door opened allowing them entrance. Stepping inside revealed a small apartment with only the single room, the bathroom and kitchen. Turning back towards the door they were greeted by a man who they knew stood at 6 feet exactly, he had long dark brown hair, blue eyes and a full beard connected to his mustache. Hi most notable feature was that he only had a single arm as his left arm was completely missing from the shoulder down.

"Do you remember us?" questioned Natasha.

"Natalia and Yelena." Said the man causing them to relax.

Yelena with just that approached and pulled him into a hug which he returned with his single arm. When they broke apart he and Natasha simply shared nods as Yelena had always been the more physically affectionate of them. With the greetings exchanged he led them further into the room allowing them to take a seat on the couch while he settled into a chair.

"Your taller." Said the man looking at Natasha.

"The result of an Asgardian ritual." Said Natasha

"How much do you remember?" questioned Yelena.

"Not a lot, it's all scrambled and more comes in every day. Sorry I shot you." Said the man.

"You remember that?" questioned Natasha.

"My memories of you two came back quickly as did my memories from before I fell. Everything else is just muddled." Said the man before taking a drink from a bottle that was beside the chair

"So why have you come?" questioned the man.

"We've come to take you home. Steve pulled some strings and there is a safe house ready for you in North Carolina near Fort Bragg."

"America, they know who I am?" questioned the man.

"They know that you are a captured American soldier who was experimented on and brainwashed into thinking you were a Russian soldier." Said Natasha.

"It helps that it's the truth." Said the man.

"You'll be in the care of SHIELD with security provided by the US Army, but not a prisoner. Instead you'll be considered a special needs patient that was a prisoner of war." Said Natasha.

"What will you do, stay in Russia?" questioned the man.

"No, I'll join you both in America. That was part of Natalia's original deal with S.H.I.E.L.D, they were just unable to find me at the time." Said Yelena.

"Well, there's nothing keeping me here."

Ten minutes later they existed the building with the man carrying a bag over his right shoulder and a duffle in his hand. Climbing into the car they were soon on the road quickly joined by two more cars acting as security, it would be a long trip, but it was in this manner that James 'Bucky' Barnes would be returning home to the United States.

The meeting with Headmistress McGonagall had gone much better than Tony thought it might. Had they had the conversation as little as a year ago he'd have been soundly rejected in his proposal but her determination to see Hogwarts reclaim its position as the top school in the Wizarding World had made her more open to his approach. She would have to present his proposal to the school's Board of Governors but had confidence that it would be approved. Leaving the meeting hall she led them down to the room that had been given to Harry for a lab space and while he wasn't there both Hermione and Daphne were talking. At the sight of the three of them the two girls jumped up to greet them being especially formal with James as he was Harry's father.

"Where's Mr. Potter?" questioned McGonagall after the greetings.

"He's down in the caves." Said Hermione.

"Caves?" questioned James.

"Yes, apparently there are crystal caves beneath Hogwarts and Kaci showed him how to enter them."

The girls led them out of the lab and down the corridor where a statue of gate could be seen open. Passing through the gate they found themselves walking down a set of stone steps that spiraled down until they touched down on natural earth. All around them was the natural cavernous space of a cave and the after only a few more minutes they found Harry with Professor Wong surrounded by crystals on each side of them.

"This is quite the find." Said Wong.

"So I wasn't overthinking it?"

"No, these crystals are indeed exuding their own magic, in fact it is resonating with the natural magic of the Earth."

"And why exactly are you interested in crystals?" questioned McGonagall.

"My guess is he wants a lightsaber." Said Tony by pure reflex.

"Well yeah, it's on the list, but not now." Said Harry causing him to blink in surprise.

"As for right now, I initially wanted them so I could enhance the quality of the theatres, the picture and sound quality aren't good at all. I have to figure out a way to transfer the picture and audio to the crystal then read that information from the crystal but that was the idea for the crystals."

"What are you thinking now?" questioned Hermione warily.

"I think I may have found the solution to my communications problem." Said Harry.

"What communications problem?" questioned James.

"Well the floo is well and good but I don't like leaving myself that exposed. Initially I thought of just using phones but that's a no-maj concept and wizards would never accept it. So I need a magical solution, one that couldn't be ignored by the more zealous purebloods." Said Harry.

"What's wrong with the floo?" questioned Daphne.

"It requires you stick your head in a fireplace and leave your butt in the air." Said Hermione.

"Exactly, I mean it's still good for travel, but we need to upgrade to something better for communication." Said Harry

"Well it's a good thing I came." Said Tony catching Harry's attention.

"While I can't help with the magic I can help you with design and bringing your ideas to life. Since you loved the holo-table so much I brought you one along with your own personal computers and a server big enough to host your projects and your own personal AI." Said Tony.

"Seriously!"

"Indeed, in fact Mr. Stark was generous enough to donate some tools for the schools usage and not just your own." Said McGonagall.

"Come on, let's get you setup, you can come back down here later." Said Tony turning to head back to the entrance of the cave with Harry following after him quickly.

"Could he really make a lightsaber?" questioned Hermione once the two were away.

"Energy weapons are not uncommon among the greater galaxy, though I have only seen guns myself." Said James

"We should get him to do it, at least a toy version. We'd make a fortune." Said Daphne.

"He already has enough money." Said Hermione frowning.

"There's no such thing as enough money."

They tracked Greyback to the Battersea Power Station, which was the perfect place for him to hide as it had been abandoned since the 1980's. The auror's had stopped any further pursuit as they'd been able to tell wards were erected around the building and hadn't wanted to tip him off. As they hadn't wanted to alert them they'd had to wait while the wards were slowly picked apart though in the meantime they'd been able to pull up the buildings schematics and come up with a plan of action. Once the wards were down they'd been able to quickly determine that Greyback wasn't alone as there was another 20 people in the building.

They decided against calling in Thor and Tony as this operation would need to be done quietly and the presence of those two would undoubtedly attract attention. Hawkeye and Captain America were the first to enter the building with the archer using a grappling arrow to attach to the roof of the building and a retracting tool to pull them up to the roof. Once on the roof they entered the building through the skylight finding only the ground floor was occupied. Professionally Hawkeye found himself disgusted by the pure laziness as they were so sure of the protection of their wards they hadn't bothered to actually guard the place.

"Breach."

The order was given softly so as not to be heard and for several moments it was as if nothing was said before the doors exploded inwards allowing the Auror's and agents to begin pouring in. Immediately a mixture of spells and gunfire began filling the room. They saw at least one person had some sense as he was in the rafters opposite them with a rifle but before he could make use of it an arrow covered the distance and planted itself in his neck. With the target down Hawkeye and Cap shared a look and a nod before the archer moved his sights to find another target.

Taking a breath to steady himself Steve leapt from the rafters hitting the ground after only a few seconds and rolled to his feet before tossing his shield towards a wall and causing it to bounce in a different direction. Pushing himself into a sprint the super soldier closed the distance between himself and his target quickly blowing by them but not before pushing their head so that it slammed into the machinery they'd ducked behind. One person turned to him and brought their pistol up only for them to be pitched forward as they were hit in the back by the shield. Closing the distance he hit them with a running clothesline and grabbed the shield as it rebounded, turned and blocked a spell made of red light.

The wizard went to shoot another spell only for an arrow to hit him in the back of the neck and exit partially through the front. For the next few minutes the area was a blur of activity as he navigated the place blocking spells every now and then before taking out a mercenary before a howl ripped through the air and caught his attention. Sprinting towards it he stopped upon seeing Remus approaching a man who was down on the ground and had a wound in his left leg with the flesh hissing and steaming around it. The physical description he'd been given told him easily that this was Fenrir Greyback who was glaring hatefully up at Remus. The man moved and Remus responded by lifting a pistol and shooting him in the other leg getting him to howl once more. Seeing another man rushing over Steve tossed the shield hitting him in the chest and sending him flying while the shield flew back into his hand.

"I've been looking forward to this day for a long time. Unfortunately for you there are some people with questions that need to be answered." Said Remus before shooting once more this time hitting him in the chest causing him to slump.

"Remus?"

"He's not dead, the bullets are silver which hurt his kind, but he'll be fine. If I wanted him dead I have some that would pump silver nitrate directly into his bloodstream." Said Remus.

The cleanup went by rather quickly as out of the 21 enemies only five survived while among the auror's, SHIELD agents and MI-13 they only had two injuries neither of which was life threatening. Greyback himself was the only prisoner SHIELD was taking and that was only because Fury called it that way, not even the auror's had put up a fight as they already had orders to let the agents take him from their boss. Remus only stuck around long enough to make sure Greyback was secure, and smiled when the agents shot him again with something called an Icer round to make sure he stayed out before he left.

When the rainbow light of the Bifrost touched down on the fields of Wakanda it immediately caught the attention of the people especially as it penetrated their shields so easily. Visuals quickly tracked where it landed and were not surprised when they saw Thor standing there after the light left. The Border Tribe was of course the first to respond led by W'Kabi, Wakanda's Head of Security

"Prince Thor, by the order of your appearance I'm guessing your business here must be important." Said W'Kabi.

"Indeed. Normally we of Asgard respect the wishes of isolationist lands but I must speak with T'Challa on an urgent matter and my time on Midgard is short. I am merely waiting here out of respect." Said Thor.

"If I may ask, what manner of business do you have with our Prince."

"There are several issues to speak of, one of which is Ulysses Klaue."

The name had W'Kabi's eyes widen in shock before he regained himself and turned away. It was not long after that the Black Panther arrived dropping down from a ship to land in front of the Border Tribe and strode forward.

"You have business with me." Said the man once he stood before him.

"Indeed there is much for you to know and unfortunately very little time."

AN: That's it, chapter's done. I know it's shorter than usual but I felt like this was a good place to stop. While I could have made the chapter longer it would have just been filler so I felt like it was better to just end it here. IDK when the next update will be but it won't come out as quickly as this one. That said thanks for reading and please review. Until next time, LATER.