Resurection Stone, the Soul Stone
April 1st 2012
STARK Tower
3.40 PM
After a quick discussion with his mom, they decided it was best to apparate with Lily to STARK Tower. He and his son have done their best to ward the place and the magic has also been powered by Howard and Tony’s giant arc reactor. With JARVIS as its sentient guardian, it was possible that the tower has the strongest ward in New York and maybe in whole America.
When Harry apparated his family to the penthouse, he was not surprise at all to see Pepper and the twins. His grandchildren were huddling on each of Pepper’s side while a clingy visible Mia wrapped her arms around her neck, hiding behind Pepper’s red hair. That was odd. Mia was a shy thing and almost always invisible. It was very odd.
What surprised him the most was seeing Tony’s best friend and four of Tony’s suits in variant sizes in the living room. One of the suit looked manly and bulky, while the other one looked slimmer and lighter than Tony’s iron man suit. The other two looked to be in children height.
“Oh, my poor grandchildren, “ Maria gasped, letting go of Harry’s hand. She led Lily to the couch and joined the twins and Pepper.
Wanda put on a brave front with Lily hugging her beside her while Pietro immediately put his arms around his grandmother’s waist. He looked up at her with a gleeful look. “We were in the park and then there were aliens great Nana. But robots came and took us home.”
“Robots?” His mom asked curiously and finally noticed the armored suits standing close to the wall. “Oh dear.”
“They are suits made by sir, Mrs. Stark, “ JARVIS informed them from his speaker.
“J said Papa made the robots for us, “ she informed calmly, a little smile lighted up on her face. “because he loves us so much.”
“Very much darling, “ Pepper kissed her hair. “Very, very much. We all do. And when he come home, we’ll going to ask him more about these robots.”
Pepper looked very determined. Harry hoped Tony prepared a good explanation for this. After all, a woman’s wrath is such a frightening thing.
“When those aliens came, we were trying to get the children to safety and then Tony’s ro… suits flew to us and J told us to get inside them, “ Rhodey retold the story excitedly. “I’m in Air Force, but flying in one of those suits beats flying in all kinds of jet that I’ve flown before. It was… exhilarating. I don’t know he can make this thing.”
He looked rather dejected that Tony didn’t tell him. Harry clasped his hand on his shoulder. “Rhodey, you remember the time when Tony asked you to tell him about HYDRA whereabouts through the channels, right?”
Surprised, the lieutenant colonel looked wide-eyed, “ How…?”
The wizard looked around at his family, making sure nobody were listening. They were talking or in his mom’s case, reassuring herself that her grandchildren and their daughter-in-law-to-be were fine.
The older man whispered, “ 3 years ago, I found Tony in his workshop in an armored suit. It wasn’t a pleasant find, “ he sighed, “ but he explained that he needed it to fight HYDRA. When he finished with his missions, he stopped using the suit. I just didn’t know that he made more of them.”
Harry eyed the armors and shook his head in disbelief yet relief at the same time. “But thank Merlin he made them.”
“Yeah, those suits of his sure save our asses, “ Rhodey grinned, pride shone through his eyes for Tony’s brilliant creations.
“Glad you approve, platypus, “ a familiar voice said. “It’s yours by the way. I put a lot of big guns in it. You’ll love it.”
His son, Orion was standing near the elevator with Howard, Phil, Dr. Bruce Banner, agent Barton and his wife, Aria.
“Papa!” A twin shout could be heard from the twins.
“Tony!”
“Howie!”
“Mom!”
Pepper and his mom were soon by their respected beloved’s sides, hugging and kissing them. The kids immediately cornered their parents and hugged them tightly.
With Aria has her hands full of Lily, Harry decided to walk to her. They were cataloguing each other, watching for any sign of cuts and bruises.
Harry put his hand on his wife’s forehead, healing her bruise and the cut on her upper lip with his thumb. He put his arm around her, embracing both his wife and daughter. He gently put his palm on her cheek, “Better?”
She laid her forehead on his and gave him a small peck on his lips. “Much better, “ taking her eyes off of him and rubbed her cheek against their daughter’s hair. “I’m glad you’re both alright.”
“Worried?”
Aria and Lily gave him a sharp look to reprimand him. The healer grinned a little, “ I’m joking, dear.”
“It’s not funny, dad, “ his little girl pouted at him. She acted more and more like her mother every day.
“Okay, boys and girls, “ he heard somebody clapped their hands. That somebody was Hawkeye. During their reunion, apparently agent Barton has sat with Phil and Dr. Banner on the bar, the latter has Mia on his lap.
He waved his arm around to get their attention. “As much as I love a good reunion, let’s get right to topic of the day. What are we going to do about the aliens outside?”
“You heard the man, “ Tony sighed. He has Wanda on his arm, Pietro hogging his leg and Pepper laying her head on his other shoulder. “Let’s all sit down.”
Everybody started to sit down as Tony told them about SHIELD being attacked and that an alien had stolen their research, the tesseract, some sort of energy source cube. When J informed him about the invasion, he decided to invite Bruce here to be one of the heavy hitter against the invaders because apparently he could turn into a green giant. Many looked shocked when JARVIS showed them a picture of Banner’s alter-ego. Tony even brought Clint and Phil to help them fight the aliens.
“We need all hands on deck, “ Tony put his hands on his hips. “So…”
Before he could continue, a few people apparated into the building and stood in front of the bar. They were Teddy, Natalia, James, Captain Rogers, and Ms. Peggy.
James had his mask on him and he walked to Orion steadily and barked, “ Chlapeček! (Czech) I need you in the lobby. Now.”
His son looked startled but held his hand out for James to grasp. They apparated together and disappeared.
“Was that… The winter soldier?” Agent Barton looked flabbergasted, asking to no one specifically.
Natalia answered,” Yes. That’s Yasha, my father.”
“Your dad is the winter soldier?!”
“James Barnes,” Steve chipped in. “His name’s James Buchanan Barnes.”
Out of nowhere, Rhodey was standing next to Clint. “Hey Bruce, been a while.”
“Rhodes, “ the timid scientist nodded in greetings.
“Clint, didn’t know you’re in the spy world and what do you mean that was Bucky Barnes?” and then Rhodey looked at Natalia, “ I thought your dad was, Mr. Evans’ cousin, James Evans!”
“Wait, your dad is Maria’s husband cousin?” Barton asked. “Now, I’m confused.”
“They’re the same person. His name was James Barnes. He changed it into James Evans,” Ms. Peggy corrected him.
“I knew he was Bucky!” Agent Coulson exclaimed. When everybody looked at him, he blushed very hard and Clint guffawed loudly.
“Hey, I’m Clint by the way. Clint Barton of SHIELD, “ he told the good captain.
“Hi, my name is Steve Rogers, “ the captain held his hand out to shake hands with Clint.
“Bruce Banner,” he looked at the blonde man amusingly. “Is your full name Steven Grant Rogers, by the way?”
The man smiled and gave him a short nod.
Rhodey laughed, “ Your name is like Captain America’s name. I’m James Rhodes from the Air Force. Call me Rhodey.”
“Wait, wait. Is your parents a fan like Phil here?” The spy asked incredulously.
“No. He’s the real Steve Rogers, agent Barton, “ Ms. Peg looked amused at the archer. “And I’m Peggy Williams.”
“Are you related to former Director Carter, ms. Williams?” Agent Coulson asked.
“Well it’s me, agent Coulson,” Ms. Peggy smiled warmly. “Magic helps.”
“I’ve never heard of such a magic from my family,” the older agent looked confused. “Giving back someone’s youth is unheard of.”
“Wait, your family has magic?!” Clint looked taken aback. “Are you a wizard too?”
Bruce looked interested and Rhodes asked with a brow raised. “You didn’t know?”
Harry tuned out of their conversation and walked to Teddy and ask,” Teddy, why did James need Orion in the lobby?”
“Dr. Strange can’t enter the tower,” Captain Rogers explained beside him. “James told me about the doctor needing a permission to enter or something.”
“Who is Dr. Strange?” Aria asked suspiciously from where she sat with Lily. “James’ friend?”
“They were more than friends, “ Teddy gave them an eye roll.
“Dr. Strange is Yasha’s significant other, “ the black widow shrugged nonchalantly.
“Is she hot?” Howard asked from where he sat on the sofa with his wife and grandchildren. “Bet she's hot.”
The moment his adopted father asked the question, a big ring of golden spark appeared in the middle of the living room. He saw Aria and Phil pulled their guns out. Barton held his bow and arrow ready to aim. Rhodey held himself in a manner of offense. Almost everybody were tense, except Teddy, his wife and the captain with Ms. Peg.
“I wouldn’t say no to being hot,” someone stepped out of the portal, Tony and James behind him. “But sorry to say, you guess the wrong gender.”
The portal closed immediately after the last person had stepped into the living room. It appeared that the doctor was a sorcerer at the legendary Kamar-Taj by the significant looking portal and rings on his fingers.
This person, Dr. Strange has a goatee and white hairlines on the side of his dark color hair. He worn dark blue robe and an animated red cape on his shoulders. He walked confidently before he staggered a little bit.
James has taken off his mask and was quick to catch Strange by the waist. There’s a twitch on his brows, indicating his worried. The doctor turned 180 and turned his face towards his partner (boyfriend?) with a softened look.
“James, I’m fine,” he said softly. His voice was low, which Harry thought was meant to be a private talk. Unfortunately most people in the room were so shocked at this revelation that you could have heard a pin drop.
James had a lover was a shock, not because the person was a man, but because he’s in a relationship which was a wonderful news. It was a relationship that nobody knew about. Well, a relationship that his immediate family and his childhood best friend knew about at least.
“They almost took you,” James grunted, brows pinching in worry.
“Well, after they see a furious winter soldier in action, they’ll think twice about kidnapping me,” Strange rolled his eyes and smiled fondly at his lover.
“Well, technically it’s man-napping, “ his son interrupted from behind the couple. “I mean kidnapping is a general term, but usually use for kids who have been napped. And you are a grown-up, an adult. Should it be adult-napped or grown-up-napped? No, that’s not right. The term man-napped would be correct for this situation, so you were almost man-napped. Not kidnapped.”
The couple looked back at him and the SI CEO looked flustered at their attention that he waved his arms around. “Whaaaat! I’m in shock. You demanded me to go downstairs to get a stranger into the tower. Irony, the guy’s name is Strange, which is just strange. You just said, “ He’s my boyfriend. Let him in petit garçon.” How am I suppose to react to that?! You have a boyfriend. I feel hurt. You didn’t tell me you’re in a relationship. I thought we have something special. I’m your favorite. You should have told me!”
His son never changed. He still rambled when he’s nervous or hurt. And right now he was both. As much as he hated his son, adult son sad, he understood that James was a private person. The two always have a special relationship since Orion was little. He dubbed the older man as his godfather and James always cherished their connection. It’s not odd that Tony was feeling left out of the secret.
“A congratulation would be nice, “ James softened his voice.
His genius son looked dumbfounded for a moment with his mouth hanging open before he closed it and hugged his uncle and significant other tightly. “Congrats uncle James. I’m so happy for you. Doesn’t mean I’m going to forgive you for not telling me sooner.”
James put his free hand on Tony’s back and huffed, “ I’ll make it up to you, majhen fant (Slovenian).”
“I can’t breathe, “ the doctor puffed his breath.
“Baby, “ Tony clicked his tongue.
“Big baby, “ James conceded.
Tony grinned while his godfather pulled up a tiny smile. And all was forgiven in their world when the two agreed on something.
“This is the sorcerer supreme, “ Teddy muttered under his breath. “We’re doomed to lose that magic time stone.”
His wife hummed in agreement beside him, while Captain Rogers looked at the couple with a disapproving look.
Sorcerer Supreme? Small world. What a coincidence that James has the sorcerer supreme himself as a boyfriend. Amusing, Harry thought to himself.
“I don’t know what’s surprised me more, the fact that magic is real or aliens and all the shenanigans weren’t just some crazy story, “ Barton said.
“I already know about magic and Tony and Phil’s family. I thought I knew everything, “ Rhodey sighed in defeat. Bruce patted his back.
Ignoring Rhodey’s comment, the archer continued,”Or that Captain America and Bucky Barnes are alive or our Former SHIELD director turned younger than me or the fact that my foodie buddies were wizards, “ he looked amusingly at Ted before turning a hurt look at his work-partner, Nat, “ or that your dad is the winter soldier who is Bucky Barnes and Maria’s husband cousin or that he has a boyfriend. Oh God, how is this my life?!”
The SHIELD agent put his face on his hands while Agent Coulson patted his shoulder to cheer him up. “At least look at the bright side. Now you know more than Director Fury.”
The archer looked up and smirked. “Well, when you said like that…”
“Oh, my father and mom adopted me when I was a baby. My biological father is my dad Harry Evans or Harry Potter, the hero from British Wizarding world,” Tony rattled the information from the other side of the room. “He’s very famous in UK and American wizarding world.”
“You’re adopted?!” Agent Barton sounded stunned.
“You’re Harry Potter’s son?” Strange asked with a twinkling on his eyes that reminded him of a certain old wizard with half-moon shaped spectacles. “I heard of him from the ancient one. She told me he was the most powerful wizard in the world.”
His genius son grinned proudly while Aria looked at him in wonder and Lily beaming up. His parents smiled at the statement while Teddy smirked. Harry could feel his face reddened out of embarrassment. He cleared his throat and clasped his hands behind his back, “ I am nothing special, Dr. Strange. Just a simple healer and father of two wonderful children.”
Even exhausted, the doctor managed to wobble his way to Harry with James’ help. The man held his hand out, “ I’m Stephen Strange, neurosurgeon and the Sorcerer Supreme. It’s an honor to meet you, Mr. Potter.”
“Pleasure to meet you as well, “ Harry took his hand and smiled. Suddenly the sorcerer’s amulet emitted a glow while Harry could feel the Gaunt ring grew warm in his slacks’ pocket. The doctor had a thoughtful look on his face.
Ignoring the warmth from the ring, the healer snapped his finger and brought out two small potion vials from his pocket dimension, “ Drink these. This one will replenish your energy. Because you’re a no-maj sorcerer and non wizard, I concur that this will be best to replenish your magic core.”
After taking both potions, the neurosurgeon looked to be in best form. He looked in awe at Harry and thanked him.
Clint he looked up to the ceiling and threw his hands up and said,” You have healing potions too?! Too many Infos! My brain is on fire!”
“Anyway, what happened with you guys?” Tony asked, looking at his uncle for answer.
So Captain Rogers volunteered and informed them that he and Ms. Peggy were on their way to visit the Starks before leaving for the airport, when aliens began to attack their taxi. Then Teddy volunteered their side of the story and how the aliens had attacked Kamar-Taj and tried to take Strange’s amulet, the Eye of Agamotto.
The aliens failed and they succeeded in saving all the sorcerers and themselves. They transferred to New York and met Captain Rogers and ms. Peg before defending themselves against the alien soldiers. Then, they apparated to the tower where Dr. Strange was left outside the ward of the tower.
The attack on SHIELD, Kamar-Taj and New York seemed to happen at the same time, which was disconcerting. The aliens have planned these attacks. They were not random. They wanted SHIELD’s tesseract, Dr. Strange’s amulet and possibly something in New York.
They should begin to discuss things and procure a plan. If they were after that amulet, they could use it as a bait. That was what Harry wanted to say when a crash sounded outside of the penthouse, on the helipad outside.
The men immediately went to the tall windows to see what happened while most of the women stayed with the kids, except Natalia and Aria who followed the men.
There were a group of people in armors with swords and spears, but what stopped Harry from attacking them were the three fair faces in front of the group. They were the Norse Princes in all of their battle regal and Dr. Foster in a what Harry assumed was Asgardian dress. Harry and the other went outside to greet them.
Loki opened the conversation with a an open palm, “ May we come in?”
“Of course, “ Harry raised an eyebrow at him.
“Though maybe leave the soldiers behind?” Tony asked cautiously. “We have women, children and elderlies inside. You know how it is.”
“Of course, “ Thor tilted his head before commanding his troop to stay outside.
“Foster, it is a pleasure to see you, “ Tony narrowed his gaze at the lady scientist, “ not.”
“Stark, “ the astrophysicist addressed him coldly as she passed him inside. Tony trailed behind her, looking quite unhappy.
Thor frowned, undecided between being amused or offended on behalf of his girlfriend. Harry explained to him, “ They were acquaintances, but they never get along well. Even when aliens are in front of our door at this moment, they will still be hostile towards each other. Mind you, verbally.”
“Ah, I understand, “ Thor uttered in an understanding demeanor. “ ‘tis not every one could get along well. All that matters are respects for their special field of studies.”
“Wisely said, brother, “ Loki agreed.
Harry looked surprised. Just a few days ago, Loki still looked strain when talking about the visit and seeing his family again. Now he looked to be at ease and even complimented his brother. Something shifted in their relationship and the healer couldn’t help but be happy at this progress. It would be good for Loki’s mental state that he willingly reconcile with his family.
When they came inside, the man once dubbed the boy who lived held the godling’s elbow. “Loki, I thought you said you were visiting Asgard.”
“I shall explain inside, Harry, “ He looked seriously.
After they were all seated once more, Loki and Thor stood side by side in front of them. They introduced themselves as Asgard princes and told them about the attack and how the aliens, Thanos’ children managed to steal the aether, the alien thing that was use by Malekith last year.
The Asgardians told them that Thanos, the mad Titan had destroyed many worlds and planets to please his lady Death and now he had come to earth. Harry felt uncomfortable when he knew about Thanos reasons behind his murderous intention.
“Before everything are where they are, the universe created six elemental crystals,” Loki used magic to show them the universe and the six infinity stones,” these infinity stones each control an essential aspect of existence.”
Each stone began to light up as Loki explained,” Mind. Power. Space. Reality. Time. And soul. The aether is the reality stone.”
“We had the tesseract stolen from us, “ Clint informed the young gods. “Is the tesseract one of the infinity stones?”
“Yes. Our father put the tesseract here on Midgard for safekeeping then you midgardians took it out of the ocean, “ Thor looked thunderous. “You were trying to mess with things beyond your comprehension.”
“In my defense, I told them it was a mistake to experiment with it, “ Howard shrugged.
“Brother, “ Loki put his hand on Thor’s shoulder. They had a quiet conversation with their eyes before Thor surrendered and let Loki took over the conversation.
“Yes. The tesseract is the space stone, “ Loki agreed with the SHIELD agent.
Dr. strange held his amulet out, opened it and showed them the time stone. “I have the time stone. How many does Thanos have?”
“We have in our hand, one of his loyal followers,” Thor stated. “In his haste, he had informed us of Thanos having possession of 4 of the infinity stones.”
“Now we have concluded that he has in his hand, Space, Reality and two other stones,” said Loki.
“Is the last stone here in New York?” Steve asked, crossing his arms in front of him. “Is that why there’s a spaceship above our heads right now?”
“Yes, “ Loki replied. “And that last stone is in this room right now.”
“You mean this time stone?” Strange asked, holding out his stone.
“No, the last stone is here, “ Loki smiled mysteriously at Harry. “Because you, my friend, have the last stone. You have been guarding the stone this entire time.”
The older wizard could feel all eyes on him. He felt his throat suddenly dried out and croaked,” That can’t be true.”
“But it is, my dear healer,” the God of mischief insisted. “It has the same aura as the aether. I could feel it. You always carried it around in your pocket.”
“I didn’t,” he cleared his throat once more. “It follows me constantly and I only ever known it as the resurrection stone.”
He grabbed the warm ring and pulled it out of his slacks pocket, showing them the gold ring with the marvelous black stone on it. However, now the stone was glowing a dark orange color.
“When they are close to each other, it seemed to have call one another,” Loki marveled. “We have in our hands, the time and soul stone apparently. Thanos must never get these stones. If he collected them all,” Loki looked at all of them gravely,” he could destroy all that we know with a snap of his finger.”
Everybody in the room looked deeply in thought. Harry himself could feel a turmoil inside his mind. The pressure was high, but it was nothing new. This was the horcrux hunt all over again. However, this time they needed to keep the items safe, not destroy them. It was harder to do than say.
“We need to plan this through, “ Captain America started.
Phil sighed after finished talking on his phone, “ My brother just informed me that all the aurors… Our wizarding version of police are securing New York and MACUSA are trying to keep the aliens inside of the city. They’re quite busy at the moment. No one will be able to come in or out of here at the moment.”
“Even SHIELD?”
“It’s a procedure to put no-maj repellants and wards when an attack this size happen, “ Teddy concurred and when half of the people in the room looked at him expectantly, he added, “ I should know. I’m the head auror.”
“You are?” Clint looked at him in surprise. “Then why are you here? And not out there with the other arors?”
“Aurors. I’ve informed the president a while ago about this situation, “ the metamorphmagus emphasized in detail, “ the American wizardry president. He told me to handle and represent MACUSA’s name here. I need to help protect the time stone.”
“Tony, “ Dr. banner fixed his glasses.” Can’t you just apparate the SHIELD agents here to help us?”
“Apparition puts our magic in strain, “ he explained. "Transporting that many people will deplated our magic. "
Strange raised his hand and volunteered, “ With my portal, it will be no problem to bring them here. Although I need the exact location or a picture of the location to open the portal.”
The tension has decreased a bit with everybody offering their help and information. Even his grandchildren wanted to help.
“I can use my power to help you papa, “ Wanda, the red-headed girl offered. She pulled her bracelet off and floated the coffee table in front of them. “I can help Papa.”
“Me too, “ Pietro took his bracelet off and ran so fast it looked like he was disappearing from one spot and appeared in another spot. “I can help bringing things to you very fast.”
It was another shock for everybody who didn’t know about their powers, except for James, Tony, Harry and his wife. Tony just explained to them briefly that he saved the twins from some bad people and trained them to use their powers and gifted them with metal bracelets to suppress their powers so that they can live normally without accidentally using their powers.
Pepper looked pale and her lips trembled as she put her arms around her children. She probably have guessed that there were more to the story behind the twins’ rescue, but she held herself from asking further when she saw the look on Tony’s face.
Tony kneeled before the twins and cupped their cheeks, “ I have a very important missions for you two. I want you and JARVIS to protect Pepper, Lily, your great papa, great Nana and Mia while we fought them outside.”
“I have magic too, Tony, “ his sweet Lily told them.
“Accidental magic, silly Lily, “ Tony winked, “ but at least it will protect you from the aliens.”
“Do we have to protect that lady you hate too, papa?” Pietro whispered quite loudly.
Harry couldn’t help but chuckled at the scowled look plastered on Dr. Foster’s face. Thor just put his arm around the female scientist, which calmed her a tad. Loki just looked amused at the exchange between the little boy and his brother.
“Well…” his son looked contemplative.
“Even her, sweetie, “ Pepper gave Tony a disapproval look. Tony nodded reluctantly.
“Okay, “ the boy shrugged and his sister looked at Dr. Foster with a penetrating gaze. “We will protect you too, ms.”
“Thank you, “ Jane Foster gave her a small smile while Thor approved loudly, “ Thank you for your kindness, young lady, young sir. I and Asgard owe you. I shall return the favor in the future.”
His grandson seemed embarrassed at the attention while Wanda giggled and seemed to be smitten with the God of Thunder. Now it was Tony’s turn to scowl.
Harry was happy that even in this grave time, his family and friends could still laugh and come together to a plan. It brought back memories of the happy times before he, Ron and Hermione went on Horcrux hunt and the war that took them away from him.
Before the nightmares came back to the fore front of his mind, he squashed them. He couldn’t help but contemplate his life since he moved across the pond.
It’s been more than 3 decades since Harry James Potter survived from the Battle of Hogwarts. He never regretted his decision to leave England. Everybody that he loved had died except for his godson Teddy with his grandma, Andromeda.
Moving to America was the best decision he has ever made. Doing so, he met his belated wife and was gifted with a brilliant son and later they have the wonderful Stark and Jarvis couple as their family. With Teddy and Andromeda move to New York, Harry was overjoyed. He also find a good friend in James.
The British wizarding hero couldn’t hope for anything better than this new family that he has. And then he met the love of his life and was given a daughter from this happy Union. His family kept on growing with Tony adopting the twins and Teddy marrying Nat. Harry even considered Tony’s girlfriend as his daughter-in-law-to-be and Tony’s best friend Rhodey as a part of their family.
And now, there’s an alien invasion ready to invade his home. It’s bound to happen sometimes. He knew when he was chosen as the Master of Death, his life would never be simple.
Then he took a walk down the memory lane. The times when his family and friends suffered and throve over the years. When James as a brainwashed assassin tried to kill the Starks. When Howard was kidnapped and Tony with James went to save him. When he found out about his son and friend’s vendetta missions against HYDRA. When Tony’s struggle to find his science friend. When Loki appeared with all of his emotional baggage. When the aliens attack in London happened.
But then he also remember his son’s birth. Living happily in the Stark mansion. Teaching at Ilvermony with his son and godson. Meeting and marrying Aria. Holding baby Lily for the first time. James reunited with his daughter. Seeing Orion and Pepper finally together. Teddy marrying his love, James’ daughter, Natasha. Embracing his grandchildren. Warmth at seeing Peggy young again and finally live happily with the captain.
All those happy Christmases he spent with family and friends.
The older wizard looked around at his family and friends who were still planning.
“I can ask some of my sorcerers to help , “ Strange put his hands under his chin. “But with the attack this morning, I don’t think I can gather many of them.”
Natalia also added, “ And with your portals, the SHIELD agents could come with weapons and more gunfire to help us. But none of the quinjets or heavy artilleries can be transported here.”
“We have a couple of quinjets in SHIELD HQ in New York, “ Phil informed them. “Director Fury has commanded all able agents in New York HQ to help the civilians as of this moment. He’s waiting for us to transport more agents into New York.”
“So, we have the some of the Sorcerers on our side and SHIELD agents,” the Captain recapped. “We still need more people. That giant spaceship must have a lot of alien soldiers in it.”
“They’re just waiting for the right moment to attack us,” Ms. Peggy thought out loud. “We’re sitting ducks here.”
“Well it would be better if we had some of the Wizards in our corner,” Rhodey shrugged. “From what I can see Teddy, Tony and Harry do, their kinds packed a lot of punch.”
“Yes, their magic could do anything beyond our comprehension,” uttered Howard. “All those destructive spells and potions. They’re more powerful than bullets and bombs.”
Well, Harry could call the British Ministry of Magic to come and help them. Well they do owe him a favor after he helped save England from Voldemort. If not that, most noble wizards didn’t want to anger him so he could persuade them to help him. It also helped that most of Bristish senior aurors were his friends and the ministry of magic was his personal friend.
Unfortunately, Death and her grim reapers couldn’t help him because this was a matter of the living. But maybe she could make the so-called immortal Mad Titan able to be killed. Then, maybe they will have a chance of winning.
With a smile, the only thing Harry could say to help their situation was, “ Have I told you before that I led the British wizarding war when I was 18?”
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