I do not own Harry Potter and Avengers, this is fan fiction.
Natasha saw her man finish yet another book in his quarters and knew that he was not liking what he read. "Let me guess it wasn't a fluffy romance novel?" Harry looked at her and smiled knowing that she was just trying to lighten his mood. "It's a manifesto written by some anti mutant radical. This guy could be a real problem for most of us on this helicarrier."
Natasha asked why would a book cause them such problems. Harry told her it called for the armed oppression of anyone with extra ordinary powers and or abilities. "He pretty much says that these powers are a form of heresy against God, because only God was supposed to have such powers."
Natasha understood why he hated the notion behind the book. "So basically using religion to excuse an argument form someone who hates people having abilities that he will never have?" Natasha saw that Harry was nodding his head. "I been through the same thing several times and it never ends pretty."
The two finally finished getting dressed and went down for breakfast when they were met by a strange sight. The man looked like Nick Fury, but there were two things that made him doubt it was him, for one he looked younger and for second he was not a cyclops. He had two perfectly normal looking eyes.
"Glad to see you to did something productive in your last outing. What is it? I got something on my face? " Harry in full gear pointed at him." INTRUDER ALERT, ALL HANDS TO THE MESS HALL, THIS IS NOT A DRILL!" Harry materialized his rifle and was aiming straight to his head. "Who are you and where is Nicholas Fury? Answer now or I get the information from your corpse."
Natasha was surprised by his reaction. Nick on the other hand found it amusing to say the least. The few people that heard his call came rushing in with weapons in hand and aimed at him. "I have tried to get you people to respond like this to my readiness drills for years, and he only been here a fraction of the time and he gets you to mobilize like your his agents instead of mine."
He heard a person laughing as he walked out of the mess hall with a smile on his face. "I told you Nick my brother tends to motivate people and they end up following his lead. He was like that when we hit those damned concentration camps. More importantly you owe me 20 bucks."
Nick took out his wallet and handed the man a 20 dollar bill. "Your little medicine you made for your son was distributed to a lot more people than you ever intended. I am Nicholas Fury, Harry Potter you should have known the formula would be used for other people. It gave me back my eye and cured your brother."
Steve walked over to him and gave him a big hug. "To think the first person I would hear shout like that would be you, I always believed it would be Bucky. Thanks for what you did for my little girl. If anyone ever says that we are not brothers I guess your actions just proved them wrong."
Harry was quite happy to see his brother alive and well, but he was still suspicious of Nick's intentions. "What did you expect I spent years as a spy, the fur of a wolf may change but never his habits." Harry knew it was an old excuse he used with his niece. "So I ended up helping my brother when I healed my son. I also ended up helping you. For the first I and happy and for the last I am disappointed."
Nick looked at him with a serious look in his eyes. "Disappointed who?" Harry knew he was Nick Fury when he saw that. "Steve thanked me for helping him, but you?" Nick saw why he was disappointed and smiled. "That would be fraternisation between the ranks, and thus prohibited. But I am grateful Harry, I just can't show it."
Steve walked over to Natasha and looked her over. "I was right Harry, you do have a thing for red heads. So you are the woman that finally got my brother to fall in love after his wife died. For that I am eternally grateful, please take good care of my brother he tends to push things a little too far sometimes. "
Natasha smiled at him and told him he did not need to worry, that she was already looking after his brother and she was particularly glad to do so." He is my husband so trust me I will keep him safe and on the short and narrow. I am not becoming a widow anytime soon. " Nick decided to also mention that he did not remember being at their wedding.
That was when Natasha asked if besides the warm news that he had both eyes and the family reunion did Steve Rogers have any business with their esteemed employer. Nick got the message loud and clear change subject topic or change eating habits. "As a matter of fact Steve here decided to join your team to help his brother out. It turns out he misses working with Harry and wanted to as he puts it fight the good fight again."
Steve looked at Harry and he knew what he really needed at the moment." Since you just woke up Steve how about you join me for breakfast and I can help you catch up with everything you missed? " Steve looked quite happy to see Harry caught on what he was telling him with their own developed hand signs. " Sure thing, I would also love to hear about how you been. "
The three walked into the mess hall and Steve could not help but to laugh about Harry's choice in breakfast. " I been in ice for over a few decades and you still are eating the same thing. Common Harry I told you that you need variety in your diet. " Harry looked at him and could not believe he was a block of ice just a day prior. "And I keep telling you that when you get as old as me, similarity makes you feel comfortable. I have eaten this for several decades before you were born and will continue to eat it after my great grandchildren are born as well."
Harry began telling him everything that changed and he was certainly glad that he missed both the Koren and Vietnam War. To be precise he called them both a political hornet nest that he was glad to have avoided. Harry told him he wished he had actually gone on his last mission of it meant that he could have avoided those particular wars.
He told him the advancements in medicine and technology. Steve told him they were amazing but the fact remained that they were generally centered around killing or living longer to kill. "Consider your brother is apparently so favor by a death goddess and it should not surprise you how much his knowledge revolves around killing or causing harm." Natasha said enjoyed her meal.
"Natasha please keep talking like that you are liable to make me blush. " Steve laughed and he decided to ask about both his nephews and his little girl." Well your daughter is now division head of a British intelligence division and she actually dated Nick for a while before he according to him had to break things off. "
" As for my boys, Victor is making himself a real pain in the neck, and Logan had a bad case of amnesia caused by an adamantium bullet. Happy to report my son Logan made a full recovery thanks to some potion I made and some alien technology. " Steve almost choked on his coffee when he mentioned the part of the alien technology.
" Forgot you still believed that we were alone in the universe when you last were awake. Sorry to tell you we are not alone and in some cases we wish that was true and we were alone. Turns out the entire pantheon of Norse gods actually do exist and believe me Loki is much worse in person than in any of the stories. "
Harry finished his breakfast and so did Steve and Natasha. They all waked up to the debriefing room to hear what they next mission was going to be. What they found was Nick trying to explain to a bunch of old men and women why he could not tell them where the Fountain of youth was because he actually never found it.
The council turned off the communication but some of them did call him either greedy, selfish or a two faced liar. "Well it seems that all our allies want to know how I got to look much younger, Harry what are the chances of you making some more of that potion and letting me give it to the members of the Council?"
Harry looked at him with a serious expression." About the same as you actually telling my niece the truth, going back to her on your knees and begging her to make an honest man out of you and marry you. "
Nick did not like the honest part of his answer, he always felt that he was honest to a degree. "So slim to none then. Mind telling me a reason that I can tell the council? I know it will be a blatant lie but try to make it really good."
Harry looked at Natasha and she blew him a kiss. "How about the fact that it takes several centuries to make it? 700 years to be precise." Nick smiled when he heard him say that. "How long did it take you to make it?" Nick asked and once again he told him the same thing. 700 years.
"You mean it took you that long to make it? " Harry tried to clarify it." The main ingredient I use was a philosopher stone. It takes a person 700 years to make it or the lives of an entire continent. The time is to collect and harness the blood for the stone. My oldest friend made the stone and I was keeping it for a good occasion. Curing my son seemed like something they would actually agree to do. "
" So do you know how to make one? No never mind you are going to tell me it takes 700 years and by then the members of the Council and most of their families will be a pile of ashes somewhere. I get it no need to go into detail. "
Steve asked if he was not sorry he had his potion used by himself and Nick." You are my brother Steve I don't mind it at all. Nick as long as he uses those extra years to try and grow some compassion and telling your daughter the truth of their break up, and I will not be as angry as I am with him. "
Natasha asked what truth was he talking about. " The fact of the matter is the only reason he broke up with her was so that she could continue to raise in position and she got to do the job she loved doing. If he had married her the higher ups in British intelligence would have replaced her because they would call her emotionally compromised. "
Nick sat down and was speechless as he heard that. Harry was indeed right. He did break up with her for something that would make her happy. Her happiness meant more to him than his own." So you knew all along that was the true reason. Why don't you tell her then? "
Harry smiled at him." You would make this old man tell her something that she needs to be told by you? " Nick told him he did not look a day over 25." I been around Nick, I know how she would want to find this out. I do hope you kept a few drops for her to drink when she finally retires. I know you still love her, and she loves you as well. "
Steve actually decided to say that he actually didn't think he was worthy of dating his daughter, much less marrying her." You might have helped in my recovery Nick and for that I am grateful. But the fact that you cower to tell her something so simple. I want my little girl to marry a man who can protect and support her. A man that can accept and stand by her decisions. So far that is not you. "
Nick decided that this was a topic for another day." AIM is actually trying to turn a deadly virus into a biological weapon capable of crippling national economies. Your mission is to find this biological weapon and both get the antidote for it and destroy the data and samples of the weapon. If you are able I also need to know which nations they would plan to hit first and why?"
Natasha rose her hand to ask a question. "Mission Limitations?" Nick decided to tell them this was supposed to be a black ops mission so no witnesses and no survivors. They could not have the group know it was them who destroyed their weapon or they could decide to alter their plans rendering the captured Intel useless.
Steve was given something that pretty much screamed patriotic and military poster boy to Natasha. Harry was later heard that it simply looked like the old armor and shield he used to use. "Actually Harry this stuff has better armor and the shield is a bit lighter than my old one. I guess they improved in making armor, but I have to ask why a skull mask?"
Harry smiled at him as they boarded their new jet and answered as they took off. " I spend killing enemies of my homeland quite a few years after I heard that you were missing in action. As for the mask, it was actually your daughter that came up with the idea. She always did complain about the whole unnecessary use of deadly force and it fits my nickname. "
Steve smiled and told him that as far as he remembered his nickname was late for supper. Natasha laughed as she heard that." Then you are in for a surprise. They call him Reaper. Some even call him the Herald of Kali. I know I love him, but at first even I found him scary and that is saying something, specially when my own nickname is black widow."