The day after Harry had finished dealing with Thor and the Destroyer Harry was sitting in the lab watching Tony test the first magi-tech bolt thrower. Tony was aiming down the range he uses for explosions with a new Iron Man Gauntlet, the repulsor now glowing orange and charging up. "Testing MT MK. 1 Bolt Thrower." With that said Tony let loose the shot causing minimal recoil on his arm and an orange magic bolt flew down range instantly, hitting the mannequin and launching it backwards into the wall. He continued to aim at each type of target and launched a Magic Bolt. When he was done Tony lowered his arm, "Jarvis, run the numbers for power usage and overall damage done." Jarvis replied in affirmative as Harry walked up to Tony.
"What do you think?" Harry asked as he watched Tony take off the experimental gauntlet.
Tony thought over how it felt for a moment, "It was easier to handle without the full armor, so I might make a portable glove for quick areas of self defense. The damage seemed similar but I don't know about power usage."
Harry nodded but thought the power usage a moot point, "Well I don't think the power drain will mean much when you're absorbing energy from other dimensions with the MT Reactor. What we need to test next is the flight systems using the Magi-tech repulsors."
"That's true. Not to mention that I found those Aztec runes that deal with the elements and I'm wondering if we can adapt some weapons to use them. I might be able to recreate the flamethrower I had in my concept suit from the cave." Tony said as he started disassembling the MT gauntlet.
Tony was about to continue his planning when Jarvis interrupted, "Sir the numbers have finished running." Holographic screens popped up around the nearest workbench showing lines of data summarizing the simulated damage from both versions of the repulsor. It seems the damage was better with the Magic-tech repulsors.
"Hmm, it seems that overall damage goes to the MT repulsor. They are a bit slower and more visible, but have a better performance. Especially energy. Seems that using magic means that the conversion of power for the muon repulsors takes more energy." Tony started mumbling as he looked over the data.
Harry was looking over his shoulder and realized that having a magic bolt thrower would be nice. It would take time for Tony to adapt to the fighting style and flying style. Tapping his chin he looked over at the latest version of the Iron Man armor and honed in on the chest and shoulders. "Hey Tony." When he didn't answer Harry looked over to see Tony already back at the design table. Rolling his eyes Harry stepped towards him, "Tony." Tony looked up from what he was working on, "What if you replaced some of the missiles and bombs you use with magic launchers and left the muon repulsors as your main attack weapon."
"That's actually a great idea. It would actually be the best of both worlds. I could fight as long as my body and mind could function." Tony was looking through a nearby stack of rune books when Jarvis interrupted.
"Excuse me sir, but there is something on the news that you should see." Jarvis intoned in his British lilt.
Both Tony and Harry watched as the TV turned on and showed Harlem in New York where two monsters were attacking each other. "-ight now we don't have any confirmation on what these two creatures are or how the monster that attacked Culver got to New York but the military has started moving in." Harry and Tony shared a look and both suited up jumping off the new landing pad on Stark Tower.
Falling from a skyscraper Harry pulled out his custom broom and took off after Tony who was already zooming away. He heard them before he saw them when a sonic boom followed by a loud explosion came from the ground. Harry started building up his magic to catch a nearby building that was falling after having it's bottom floor removed. While Harry started saving people form the collapsing building, Tony watched as the big green monster, he could recognize as Hulk, and another traded blows that were breaking the sound barrier.
Tony decided he knew enough about Banner and Hulk assumed the new guy was the bad guy and started peppering him with repulsor blasts and hitting the ground around him with explosions breaking his concentration and removing his support. Tony didn't want to bring down anymore buildings while Harry was evacuating the surroundings. When he was slightly distracted by a military helicopter nearby he was slammed to the ground by the gray abomination fighting the Hulk.
While evacuating and reinforcing the nearby buildings, Harry watched as Tony joined the fight only to get distracted and get slammed to the ground. Harry winced in sympathy and checked for more people, "Homenum Revelio." A wave of pale magic spread through the nearby buildings and came up empty. Happy with his work done he turned on his heel and sent a quick bolt of lightning to the Abomination and moved slowly to Tony.
Not seeing the bolt of plasma, Abomination was nailed in the back of the head and got pushed into an opening that the Hulk used to lay several hay-makers onto his face and body. Tony was able to slowly pull himself up, "Shit that hurt. Any idea about how to take this guy down?" Tony asked Harry as he straightened himself out.
"We should probably just keep damaging him until he can't fight anymore." Harry nudged Tony nodding towards the fight as they watched, Harry decided to give him a quick rundown of how he could keep Hulk from being captured by the military and what his plan was. While they talked, Hulk was slowly building rhythm with each hit he threw, his fists slamming with exceptional force each strike lending its recoil to the next causing more and more damage, until the Abomination recovered, blocking with his arms. Until he had the chance and grabbed the hulk's arm and broke it with a quick turn of his body. Hulk's roar of rage was followed by a brutal beat down. Harry, seeing the Hulk in trouble, used massive blasts of lightning to stun and damage the Abomination while a recovered Tony kept using small explosions and repulsor blasts to move the two behemoth fighters away from nearby buildings. Hulk's arm healed quickly as he blocked the knees and elbows that cut into his body with their sharp points. That's when the fight quickly moved into the Hulk's favor again. When Hulk pulled the Abomination into a death grip hug Harry flew over and started charging up his magic before catching the Hulk's attention, "Hulk!" When the big green guy turned towards him Harry pointed up with lightning on his hand. The Hulk understood and started spinning, swinging Abomination in a large circle and before too long the Abomination could no longer touch the ground and the Hulk spun him up and launched him straight above everyone's head. Harry held his attack until the Abomination was at the top of his arc.
With a terrific boom the Abomination was hit by a dozen strikes of lightning and blown down towards the ground. He landed with a sickening thud as smoke drifted away from his fried arms and legs. Harry landed next to Tony who removed his mask as the Hulk walked up to them with a big grin on his face. "Tiny man shoots big thunder. " Hulk then clapped Harry on the back causing him to stumble a bit and roll his shoulder. Harry was about to talk when the Hulk growled at something behind him, turning he saw military personnel advancing on the group with guns drawn and pointing at the Hulk. Harry turned to them and just crossed his arms as he stood in front of the Hulk. Tony put his faceplate back down and stood beside him.
When a certain General Thaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross came charging out of a nearby helicopter with a woman the army split but didn't stand down. "Hulk!" the young woman by General Ross came running through the battle zone. When she reached the Hulk she just smiled up at him "You did it Hulk, you beat Blonsky"
Hulk let out a huge grin, "Betty." Slowly the green was fading and the Hulk was shrinking, soon it was just Banner standing there with pants much too large and no shirt. So Harry waved his hand causing his clothes to come flying out of the wreckage caused by the fight and repair themselves around his body. Bruce looked over at Harry and gave him a grateful nod before turning back to Betty and pulling her into a kiss that was quickly interrupted by Ross.
"Banner! Good job, now it's time to bring you both in." Banner looked up at Ross and felt the Hulk rise up again letting his eyes turn a bright green. Ross seeing that quickly back stepped, but before he could spout any more orders Bruce and Betty disappeared into nothing. Looking around he saw Tony Stark and someone standing off to the side, "Was this your doing Stark? Some kind of stealth tech?!"
Tony just rolled his eyes, "I don't know what you're talking about. I just came here to save the civilians caught up in this mess." Tony then took off without waiting for Ross to say anything, Harry did the same, raising quickly on his broom leaving Ross staring at the wizard flipping him the bird. Harry didn't immediately go back to the lab and instead did a quick fly through of the area and repaired buildings that were damaged in the sudden attack.
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Back at the lab, both Bruce and Better where startled when they fell into a portal on the ground only to land in a lab they didn't recognize. "Bruce where are we?"
Bruce held her tighter, "I don't know, but I will get you out of here."
"Harry mentioned that this might happen. I was told to tell you that someone will be here shortly to greet you." A British voice said from the speakers of the room. It was only a few minutes later that Tony Stark himself walked into the room they were in.
Tony smiled at Banner, "Welcome to my lab Banner. Harry mentioned he would send you here if the military started sniffing around you after the battle. This is my lab in New York."
Bruce gave a slight nod, "Nice to meet you as well Mr. Stark. Who is Harry?"
Betty excitedly cut in, "Oh he's the guy who was flying on a broom and shooting out lightning!"
Tony nodded while Bruce looked more confused, but the sound of a door opening cut off their conversation. Walking in was Harry back in his street clothes. "Finally got here. Did you stop to pick up food or something?"
Harry just rolled his eyes, "No, I did a final sweep through for repairs and injuries." Bruce heard this and felt guilty for not thinking of that earlier. Betty noticed and gave him a smile rubbing his back. "Anyway I'm sure Dr. Banner has some questions right now." Bruce nodded and was about to ask something when the door opened again letting Fury march into the lab like he owned it. His dragon-hide jacket swirled around him as he got to the center of the room. Bruce's full attention was on Fury while Betty noticed both Harry and Tony giving each other a look before rolling their eyes together. Harry decided to interrupt, "You know Fury if you had waited five minutes I could have explained our position so you could swoop in and ask the final question, but now you have to wait for 20 questions to end."
Fury turned on his heel and gave Harry his best glare before huffing, "You, mother fucker, are getting on my last nerve." Clicking his tongue Fury stepped off to the side, "Well get to it, I don't have all night and the faster I get ahead of that ass Ross, the faster this is no longer a problem."
"Well for the sake of time saving I'm just going to do a little speech and you can ask anything else you might want to know after. Cool?" Harry asked, looking at Bruce who seemed hesitant but nodded when Betty whispered something in his ear. "Let's start off with introductions, I'm sure you know the braggart behind me." Harry said, throwing his thumb over at Tony who didn't even look up from his workstation and just threw Harry the bird. "My name is Harry Potter; Wizard, Enchanter, and Rune-Master." Harry gave a big wink and had small sparkles fired from behind him. Tony and Fury just gave him deadpan looks while Betty seemed excited and Bruce was confused. "The grumpy pirate in the corner is Nick Fury, Director of SHIELD and Spymaster. He's here to offer you some help with the issues you're having with the military, more specifically Ross. In exchange you would start working with me and Tony and with SHIELD when they need your help. Well yours or Hulks help really."
Bruce shook his head when the Hulk came up, "Hulk doesn't help people. I don't think I can agree if you want to unleash him on the world for a government's agenda."
Harry just gave him a look for a moment before having a big smile light up his face and said, "Well lets just ask what the Hulk wants then." He swiftly moved across the room in two steps and before anyone could react Bruce fell to the ground and two astral projections appeared floating in the lab. "Tony put on those magi-tech glasses and if you have extra." Harry just waved toward Betty and Fury while staring at Bruce and Hulk just looking at each other. "Now let's start working things out!"
