Chapter 41
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Damn, its been such a long time since I updated this story or any of my stories really. Sorry for such a long wait. I've been busy with school and then with taking care of my hospitalized father. You will be happy to know that I have already finished the next few chapters of this story so the wait shall not be long. I would expect the next chapter within either a weeks time or less. Again, sorry for the long wait. I hope you enjoy the chapter.
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New York Apartment, Harry's POV:
"I'm 90 percent sure that it's just a coincidence." Harry said as he watched his girlfriend pace around their apartment in frustration.
"So, let me get this straight. You think that it's pure coincidence that suddenly a super powerful being is going to possibly be arriving on Earth in a month, right after you found out he wants you dead extremely badly?" Natasha said as she glared at him.
"I mean…maybe?" Harry responded. Natasha just growled at him. Harry relented and held up his hands in surrender.
"Alright so I might possibly have a galactic dictator slash mass murderer after me but it'll be okay." Harry said as he got closer to her until he held her arms to her side comfortingly.
"You have a plan?" she asked. Harry smiled.
"Of course, you don't get to where I am without having a plan." Harry said smiling at her.
"You have no plan." She stated as she looked at him unconvinced.
"I have a plan, just need to talk some of my people." Harry said to her.
"You promise?" She asked. Harry nodded.
"I promise."
"Alright so what do you think, do you have a plan?"
"No! You literally just told me about the situation right now. We're nowhere near being ready to go against a galactic force of any kind, much less one of the most powerful ones in the universe." Ren said as he looked back at Harry in exasperation. They were currently in their secret R&D department on what use to be Azkaban.
"I had a feeling you were going to say that." Harry said with a sigh.
"How did the rest of your team take this news?" Ren asked as they looked for any prototype that might give them an advantage in the oncoming battle.
"Not well."
Flashback:
"Fuck" Harry let slip at what Thor just said.
"Wolfe, you know something about this?" Rogers asked with a slight glare. Harry thought about his words carefully.
"I may have had an assassin try to take my life very recently under the premise that they were going to offer my body as some sort of peace offering to the one they called Thanos. I have no idea who the man is but he's apparently pretty powerful and wants to kill me for some reason." Harry revealed as he saw everyone now looking at him expectantly.
"Really? You have no idea why?" Clint asked with a skeptical raised eye brow.
"I'm not claiming to be the nicest person but I'm pretty sure even I can say with some surety that I have never pissed off someone who has the power to commit mass genocide." Harry said a bit sarcastically.
"Ok, let's take a step back for a moment. Point Break, you sure that the wolf refers to Harry. No secret artifact or anything it could also possibly mean?" Tony asked.
"I can't say for certain. He is called The Mad Titan for a reason after all. However, I can think of no other thing that this planet holds that may hold his interest that has to do with a wolf.
"Ok, well let's just assume his target is indeed Harry. What do we do?" Natasha asked.
"The Mad Titan is a powerful foe that even I would think twice about facing. He also has many servants who are a threat as well. I know not how many he plans to bring with him but we should suspect an invasion at the level of the Chitauri or higher." Thor said solemnly. No one said anything at that.
"Alright, fine. How long do we have before he gets here?" Harry asked.
"He has found some way to speed up the travel of his army. It will most likely be near a month before he arrives." Thor said.
"Well…lets get to it."
End of Flashback
"Tony, surprisingly, took it very seriously. He went straight to work. I think he's currently trying to make some prototype missile. An EMP of some kind I believe." Harry said remembering his normally humor heavy friend.
"I see. How about Banner?" Ren asked.
"Silent and pensive as usual but he seemed on board to help and that's all I need to know." Harry said.
"What about your girlfriend?" Ren asked.
"She's… not pleased. More about me being the target then the actual invasion itself I think." Harry said.
"I wouldn't blame her. Even for someone like her who is supposed to be trained for any situation. You can never fully take the human out of anyone after all." Ren commented. Harry just nodded but said nothing.
"So…what's the plan?" Ren asked as they stopped at the end of the room after having looked at all the prototypes in the room and deeming them useless.
"I want you to as quietly as possible, alert our security and private military to a situation. Also, install air defenses in every major city you can. Use magic as needed, use my name if you need to. Also, alert the ICW of the coming threat. Hopefully we can handle this without them but I'd rather be safe than sorry." Harry said after a moment of thought.
"I will do my best. What will you do then?" Ren asked.
"Hmm…I think I need to go talk to a snake. I should also probably get some documents in order as well. I may not see you for some time Ren, with the training I plan to do.
"Training? You? This must be serious." Ren said trying to bring a little humor back. Harry smiled at the attempt.
"Har- har. I'll see you around Ren." Harry said as he flashed away from the secret island.
Wolfe Cove
"Sammy, being lazy as ever I see." Harry said as he walked up to his snake in her natural huge form, lying on his beach. Sammy just lazily opened one eye and stared at him with a bored expression. Since she didn't verbally respond, Harry continued with a sigh.
"Look, you may have been right about me not improving. I'm not going to go into a whole spiel about it. Let's just say I need to get a lot stronger and I need to do it fast." Harry finished. Sammy stared for a moment longer before her body started to glow and morphed into a much smaller, condensed, human form.
"You sound like you're in trouble. It sounds odd coming from you." She said in monotone.
"I may have pissed off an evil galactic overlord known for mass genocide across the universe." Harry said as he started to pace on the sunny beach.
"How much stronger is he?" she asked.
"Strong enough to manipulate cosmic energy, whatever the hell that means." Harry said back.
"Well. That doesn't sound good." Sammy said. It did start to annoy Harry how casually she was taking this.
"Look, we're on a short time limit. Are you down to do some training, or aren't you?" Harry asked.
"Sure, we start tomorrow. I assume you want nonstop training?" Sammy asked.
"Preferably." Harry answered back.
"In that case, go visit your sister. It sounds like you may not come back from this and you probably don't want any regrets. I'm not a hundred percent sure on what humans do when they are faced with possible death but I'm pretty sure you have some things to square away right?" Sammy asked a bit forcefully.
"I wasn't aware you cared but yes I was planning to do some stuff before we started."
"I care about the pipsqueak. Don't care too much about the other stuff." Sammy said.
"That reminds me, I need to genetically make a dragon that'll be loyal to Rose as an apology gift because SOMEONE let her watch GoT." Harry exclaimed as he glared at Sammy. Sammy didn't even bother to look guilty.
"She was going to see it at some point." Sammy pointed out.
"Didn't need to see it now!" Harry snipped with some annoyance.
"That's your opinion. Are we going to spend the rest of the day arguing or are you going to find a dragon?"
"I hate you."
"I love you too."
"You did it, you really got me one!" Rose said jumping up and down at the positively tiny black dragon that was rubbing it's head against her palm.
"I said I would, didn't I?" Harry asked rhetorically.
"Yes, but where did you even get it?" Rose asked as her parents looked on from the background in concern.
"Oh, you know. From the wild I guess." Harry lied. The truth was, this particular dragon was one of the babies of the mother dragon he had killed a few years with a train and explosives. The rest of its siblings had already hatched and the people at the reserve were sure this one was a stillborn before Harry worked some magic and stole it.
"I'm going to call her Nessie." Rose said. Harry rose an eyebrow at the name but said nothing. He just nodded as he was trained to.
"Here, why don't we go to your room and I will show you how to take care of it." Harry said as Rose immediately grabbed his sleeve and pulled him up the stairs. When they reached the living room, Harry sat down and patiently explained what the dragon would be eating both now and later as well as how to take care of its waste.
"So, now that we go that out of the way, are you excited for Hogwarts?" Harry asked as he assumed she would be going. Rose scrunched her face before shaking her head. Harry looked surprised at her response.
"You don't want to learn new magic?" Harry asked.
"I do, but they won't teach me magic like you teach it. They're just going to try and show me how to use a wand and wave it around. I don't even need a wand." Rose pouted. Harry couldn't stop the loud laugh that escaped his throat. Rose frowned and punched him in the arm for his laughter.
"It's not funny." She insisted.
"It's a little funny." Harry insisted right back. She moved from a pout to a glare. The tiny dragon, seeming to pick up on his new caretaker's mood, turned its head and glared at Harry too.
"Alright alright jeez." Harry said as he put his hands up in surrender.
"You're not excited to at least meet more people and make friends?" Harry asked. Rose looked at him.
"Were you?" she asked. Harry smirked.
"Touché." Harry said
"Did you like your time at Hogwarts?" Rose asked. Harry actually thought about it before answering. Did he enjoy any parts of Hogwarts? His mind quickly flashed to Daphne and Tracy who he was still strong friends with to this day.
"It wasn't all bad. I found people who helped make it tolerable. It was definitely useful as much as I like to pretend it wasn't. It will be good for you Rose I promise….and if it's not I'll kill the old prick." Harry said. Rose just giggled at him.
"Harry. How come you came today?" Rose asked. Harry just looked at her with confusion.
"What do you mean?" he asked her.
"We just saw each other. Even for you, this is really soon. Plus, I can sense that something is bothering you." Rose said. Harry looked at her with suspicion. Had her mental powers grown like his had at her age. Harry had to literally place a magical block in his mind to stop him from the sensory overload that he would now experience at his mental abilities full range. It helped but also hindered him. He could no longer control people like he use too nor were his senses as sharp as they use to be. An annoying sacrifice but a necessary one. He left his thoughts and focused back on his sister.
"Can you actually sense that or is it just a feeling you get?" Harry asked
"Both." Rose answered almost immediately. Harry smiled.
"I'm going to be busy for a while and I just wanted to make sure I could hang out with you before I couldn't anymore. That's all." Harry assured her. Rose still looked at him with suspicion but decided to say nothing and just let it go.
"If you say so." She said.
"I do say so." Harry replied. Rose dropped the subject but Harry got the feeling it was still bothering her. He didn't know how to make her really feel better about the situation. She clearly knew something was up but Harry really didn't want her worrying or getting involved in any way, shape, or form.
Harry continued to hang out with his sister for a few more hours before he decided it was time he left. First though, he needed have a talk with his parents.
"Rosie, can you go upstairs, I need to talk to your parents for a moment in private." Harry said to his sister. She pouted at him but decided to leave to go play more with her new dragon. Arthur got up from the couch he was sitting on in the living room and tried to get up to leave as well.
"No, you stay as well Arthur." Harry called after him as he was making his way out. His biological twin looked back at him in surprise and then suspicion.
"You actually got her a dragon?" Lily almost hissed at him in annoyance having held it in all afternoon. Harry had to keep the smirk off his face when he heard her.
"Well she made me promise to get her a real one so there it is. Should be fine, I am confident that she'll be able to handle it, she is my sister after all. Now, let's get back to what I originally wanted to talk to you all about." Harry at in an armchair with a serious expression on his face.
"What's this about?" Arthur asked, interrupting his parents who seemed to be prepared to go off on him again.
"I need you to find the most secure location you own, then buy even more protections on it. I want it more fortified than Hogwarts. I want you to move there for a while." Harry closed his eyes as he saw the confused looks in their eyes.
"Why, are we in some kind of danger?" James asked.
"Yes, there is a threat that is coming to our world and I want you to stay as far out of its view as possible." Harry told them.
"What kind of threat are we talking about?" James asked.
"Think Voldemort but on a galactic scale and with limitless power." Harry told them honestly. It was almost comical the way all three of their faces turned to a pale ashen color as they processed what he had just told them.
"You're serious?" Arthur asked.
"I am. Let me get this out of the way right now. You can't help so don't bother asking. This is something beyond you and will be handled by myself and others who specialize in saving the world. If we can't handle it then the world's fucked and I want you to stay as hidden as possible." Harry stated leaving no room for argument.
"You expect us to just sit on the sidelines while there's apparently someone ready to destroy the world coming soon?" Arthur spat.
"I EXPECT you to listen to what the hell I just told you to do and watch over my sister while I try to save the world. If that is too much for you then I'll tie you up and LEAVE you somewhere till it's over." Harry said with anger slipping into his voice and power cackling in his eyes. Harry looked back at Arthur who, to his credit, held his gaze steadily and continued to glare at him.
"And if you lose?" Arthur almost whispered.
"Then were probably all going to die anyways. Now, are you going to do what I say or are you going to make me tie you up?" Harry questioned.
"We'll do it." James cut in, not giving his child anytime to answer.
"Dad?" Arthur said looking at his father with some confusion.
"When it comes to combat, Harry knows more than any of us by a longshot. If he says we're better off doing what he says and hiding, then I'll trust his judgement." James said.
"I also agree." Lily spoke softly. Harry nodded in relief at them participating willingly. Would have been awkward to explain to Rose why he tied up her parents and brother.
"Good, now, I suggest you warn anyone you care about in the slightest to do as you are doing." Harry said to them. The Potter clan nodded in agreement though Arthur did so reluctantly.
"Glad were all in agreement. I'm going to say goodbye to Rose." Harry walked away without another word and headed back up the stairs to find his sister. He approached her door and knocked to give her some warning before coming straight in. He saw her holding a flame in her hand and showing it to her new pet. The dragon seemed delighted by the appearance of the flame in her hands.
''Rose? I need to leave now." Harry said. Immediately the flame disappeared and he got the wind knocked out of him as a little red rocket collided into his abdomen and hugged him tightly. Harry wrapped his arms around her as well and got down to one knee so he was closer to her height. He padded her on the back as she continued to hold him.
"Don't do anything stupid okay?" Rose said to him. Harry' s eyes widened at her words. Did she hear what they said downstairs.
"What do you mean?" Harry asked her.
"Your planning to something really stupid, dangerous, or both." Rose almost whispered. Harry thought about what she said.
"How do you know?" Harry asked. He felt her try to shrug against him.
"I just do. Promise me you'll be okay." Rose demanded.
"Rose I-…"
"PROMISE!"
"…Okay, I promise you." Harry said. Rose finally looked back at him and her eyes looked red and puffy. Harry felt a pang of anger and happiness. He was upset because he made his sister cry but also happy that he clearly meant so much to her.
"You better not lie." She said with a cute scowl.
"Have I ever broken a promise to you?" Harry asked good-naturedly trying to steer away from the sad feelings that Rose must have been feeling.]
"Sammy says there is a first time for everything." Rose shot back.
"Sammy also says that rats are much better to eat than one would think. Not sure if we should be basing logic off what she says." Harry said causing Rose to giggle. Harry smiled at seeing her smile.
"Alright, I have to go kiddo. I'll see you soon yeah?" Harry said the words tasted empty as they left his tongue. He felt like he was betraying her with everyone syllable that left his tongue. Rose seemed oblivious to his inner turmoil though and just nodded enthusiastically. Harry placed one last kiss on her cheek before departing and making his way out of her room and down the stairs. He saw the rest of the Potter clan talking quietly amongst themselves.
"I have to go. Remember what I said. Two weeks at the latest from now." Harry told them as a reminder of when they needed to be in hiding. They nodded in acceptance and with that, Harry disappeared from view in a flash.
Wolfe Cove
Hours Later
Harry reappeared on the beach of his island and saw Sammy in her human form in some jacket and sweatpants with her hair tied up. Harry just raised an eyebrow at her new look.
"Really?"
"You're the one who wanted this to be serious." Sammy replied without even acknowledging his presence. Harry just shook his head.
"Does that mean you're ready?" Harry asked. Sammy just nodded at him.
"I am. First, I have a skill I believe you will find useful. I will help diversify your combat in almost any environment." Sammy told him. Harry gestured for her to continue and show him. Sammy just looked away from him and started walking towards the ocean. Harry looked on in confusion at her until she reached the water. His eyes widened.
"Sammy?"
"Yes?"
"Are you Jesus?"
"I am not." Sammy look like she wanted to laugh at him as she stood on top of the water and stared back at Harry.
"…You're not actually the biblical snake I named you after, are you?" Harry tried again. Sammy rolled her eyes.
"Just tell me how you think I'm doing this already." Sammy ordered.
"That wasn't an actual answer." Harry grumbled. He looked closer and used his magic sense to see how she could possibly be standing on water.
"Hmmm. Somehow….you pour magic from your feet into the surface and manipulate it in some way.
"Indeed. Anything else you can see?" Sammy asked. Harry shook his head.
"No that's about it." Harry confessed.
"I'm using magic to trick the water under and around me into thinking it's a solid material without having to actually turn it to ice." Sammy explained. Harry looked on with surprise.
"I didn't even know such a thing was possible." Harry admitted.
"It's magic idiot, anything is possible." Sammy reminded him. Harry nodded in understanding. Magic was all about using ones will to manipulate the world around them. He took a tentative step on to the water and had his magic seep into it. He watched the magic glow slightly at what he was doing to it. He tried to push down on the water surface only for his foot to sink through. Harry pulled it back out of the water and thought about it more.
"Think of it like transfiguration." Sammy hinted. Harry's eyes lit up in understanding and tried once more. He looked at the water and pictured how it should both look and act while his foot was on top of it. This time, his foot sunk only half an inch before coming back and resting at the top.
"Ha. I did that quick enough. What's ne-…" Harry asked but was silenced as he was forcefully summoned towards and then powerfully banished further into the ocean.
"A skill is no good unless it can be used in combat. Either you learn how to use this in combat correctly or drown." Sammy said as she started casting spells in a rainbow of color at Harry who was still trying to Get his balance with both his feet on top of the water. He tried to cast a strong enough shield to block the attacks but as soon as he did, his concentration on staying above water slipped and sunk back down into the ocean.
Harry woke up on his beach coughing up seawater.
"What the hell Sammy!" Harry yelled at his companion.
"You should have prepared better. Now get up, were going to do it again." Sammy said that.
"ERGHH. Fine, just give me a sec to catch m-FUUUUUCCCCCKKKK SAMMMYYYYYYYY!" Harry yelled as he was once again banished towards the ocean rapidly and slammed into the water.
"Hahahaha, This is going to be fun!" Sammy said to herself as she went to go use Harry for target practice.
Millions of miles from Earth
Thanos's POV:
Thanos sat in the throne room of his ship in silence as he drank from a golden goblet in contemplation. He thought about the upcoming invasion on Earth. He frowned in anger and glowed red for a moment as he remembered all the effort to keep his movements hidden only to have a spy hear everything from one of his underlings who had decided to get inebriated. He punished the fool personally for ruining the secrecy of their movements. Thanos, of course, was not worried even with his enemies now knowing that he was coming. This however did not mean that he should throw caution to the wind. He needed to remind himself to not underestimate his enemies despite what his personal thoughts were. He needed to find his enemies weaknesses.
Thoughts of his enemy of course drew him to think of his supposed equal in the Wolfe boy. Even Thanos could see why such a prophecy should be taken seriously. He had watched the boy grow in power in the decade and a half that the boy had begun his journey. Even he had not gained power so quickly when he was younger. There was no more time to let the boy live. He was already a force of nature and would soon be too much to deal with if he continued to grow. He would not let something as foolish as the possibility of death stop him. He was Thanos after all. He was the only being in the universe worthy to court death itself. He was death's champion!
His goblet cracked as he seemed to have gotten a little carried away in his thoughts. He focused once more on his plan to deal with the Wolfe boy. His seers had not been able to scry the boys presence in years but he did have some spy's still on Earth. They spoke of Wolfe courting a female who had a white complexion and blazing red hair. Thanos wished to face the boy in single combat away from the rest of his companions to finally lay rest this prophecy. Perhaps he could take the woman to lure Wolfe into a one on one battle between them. It would need to be public as well. The useless fools he called his army had started to whisper that he was losing his strength. He of course had killed many for the insult but that was not enough. He needed to show that he was still the most powerful. Once the boy was dealt with, the infinity stones would be his with ease and he would begin the full conquest of the universe. He would need to woman first.
"Xo'I" Thanos called out. Almost immediately a gray creature in a dark robe entered and bowed to him.
"My lord. You have need of me?" Xo'I asked him.
"The woman from the reports. When we arrive, have some men take her first. We shall use her as a lure as well as blackmail. "Thanos commanded.
"As you wish my lord." Xo'i said before leaving the room. Thanos looked after the man until he left the room. He then looked back at his red drink and watched as the reflection of himself slowly turned into the face of the Wolfe back staring defiantly back in a stilled image. Thanos continued to look at the frozen image of his opponent until he was satisfied and had it disperse. He looked up once more and sat back comfortably in his golden throne with a smirk.
'It shall be fun to crush you little wolf.'
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Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter. It's not too long compared to some other ones but it's mainly for set up. Remember to favorite/follow/review if you liked the story... or didn't like it I guess. Until next time, Peace!