Author Note: I can't say much without giving away spoilers, but there isn't much dialogue in this chapter. Weird, huh?

Disclaimer: This story will feature characters from Marvel's Cinematic Universe and Harry Potter which are creations of Marvel Studios and J. K. Rowling respectively and I take now credit for any recognizable characters.

This is rated M for violence and possible suggestive content.

"Blah." = normal speech

'Blah.' = thoughts

*This* = scene change

Stark Attraction

Chapter 2

Harry had to convince a rather vigilant guard that he was 'just taking the wolves for a walk' before he could actually leave the base, but one turn behind a rather large sand dune and they were out of site of the watch towers. It occurred to him for a second that he was about to cause that particular guard a world of trouble, but he was too busy to worry about the consequences of suddenly disappearing from a military base in the middle of the desert; there was a billionaire to find.

Of course, this wasn't Harry's first time hunting down a terrorist organization, so he knew what to do. He cast several spells to make all three of them undetectable by sight, sound, smell and touch. Then he checked his pockets for everything while grinning, since he remembered one instructor's mantra 'it's better to have it and not need it, than end up getting eaten and shit back out later'. Last he pulled out his phone and turned it off, because he will always remember the time he got a call from a drunk ex while escaping from a crazy priestess trying to use him as a human sacrifice, 'thank you, Jackson'. Finally he pulled down his hat, gripped Sweets' black fur, and hoisted himself up on to the large animal's back like he usually does when they go for a run. He pointed his companions in the right direction and they moved quickly into a run, the wolves long loping strides causing the scenery around them to blur.

When Cupid, the faster of the two wolves, paused to sniff the air it took a second for Sweets to stop next to his brother. Sweets appeared to pick up the same scent as Cupid and Harry noted the rock formation in the distance.

"So, he is here?" the man asked, more as a confirmation. Cupid's grey eyes turned to him and he made a yipping in affirmation. "I need to get closer," Harry said and without saying anything else they moved forward.

In the sand at the base of the mountain, the wizard was able to spot recent tracks made by more than one person. He jumped down from Sweets' back and ordered the two wolves to stay at the bottom of the slope under shade and a ward, and then he moved up the slope. When he made it around a large boulder, Harry saw that it was hiding the entrance to a basin surrounded by rock walls. Harry spotted the large cave that had been dug into the rock at the back of the basin. It was getting dark so it was likely that most of the camp would be going to sleep soon, meaning it was the perfect time for him to act. Harry treaded silently down the slope and into the camp.

The wizard sneered at what he found, 'It's even worse than I thought,' the camp was stocked with plenty of supplies, mostly weapons, with Stark Industries' logo printed on each crate, 'This much high-grade inventory would mean Stark Industries has been dealing under the table to the enemy, which combined with Stark's disappearance leads to several rather alarming conclusion.'

There were even more weapons crates along the sides of the passages leading into the mountain. When he saw the cameras mounted on the walls he smiled, cameras always meant a guard station, and a few feet away from the entrance he found what looked like a control room where he quietly observed the cameras over the guard's shoulders. There was no movement on the cameras and no sign of Tony Stark, but Harry did see something that caught his interest, so he slipped back out into the tunnel and kept moving.

The lights flickered as he came to the same heavy metal door that he had seen in the control room, which was obviously suspicious being the only closed door like it in the entire cave. Harry glanced behind him to make sure that the tunnel was deserted. His lips twisted into a frown when he saw the camera focused right on the door, but then the lights flickered again and the red light on the camera went out for ten seconds before the system appeared to restart and the camera turned back on. It was an opening that he could exploit if and when it happened again, so he made sure to silence the door to make sure it didn't draw attention when it opened and waited for the lights to go out again. Suddenly the cave went black, and the metal door was closing behind him silently two seconds before the camera turned back on.

Behind the metal door, two men were leaned over a bench in a rock-walled room. On closer inspection, Harry recognized the genius billionaire that he had been asked to help find, and it looked like Tony was up to something. He silently observed as they made plans to build a battle suit, and then implant what Tony had called an Arc Reactor into the American's chest. Harry found himself admiring the man's will; he knew what it took to keep fighting even when your enemy had you in their grasp. It looked like the terrorists made a big mistake when they kidnapped Tony Stark, the man wasn't just going to roll over and do what they wanted.

Harry was about to reveal himself when the leader of the camp came in and threatened Yinsen but Tony was able to stop the leader, who issued a deadline to Tony and left.

After the terrorists left, the two prisoners went into action. Harry watched as Yinsen performed the operation on the American, and almost immediately afterward Tony got started building the suit of armor as Yinsen worked on the computer. The hammer fell and the ringing was loud in Harry's ears. Time seemed to slip by as he watched entranced by the two men.

The wizard knew he couldn't interrupt or there would be a lot to explain and time was of the essence, so he waited until they were ready to start up the suit and then silently apparated to the top of the ridge where he had entered. It took a second to blink the spots from his eyes after he was blinded by the mid-day sun, but then he quickly got ready. Tony and Yinsen would be making their exit soon and the terrorists would try to stop them, which Harry didn't see happening with Tony's suit of armor, so then they would try to run. There was only one way in and out of the basin and it bottlenecked, when the kidnappers tried to flee they would be running right to Harry.

He realized that he had a decision to make; he could watch Tony and Yinsen make their own escape and let the terrorists that were smart enough to run get past him; or he could take cover where he was, cause a distraction for the prisoners and take out anyone that came his way. Harry made up his mind when he heard a commotion come from inside the cave. He pulled his Sig P226 from the pouch-like holster he had on his right hip and strapped to his thigh; the fact that the holster looked like a pouch kept people from realizing he was carrying a gun and it wasn't the only thing he kept in his weapons pouch.

He raised his left hand and cast an over-powered flame spell on a stack of crates before he ducked behind the boulder; it had the desired effect, and he heard an explosion go off in the middle of the camp. Screams filled the air, and he took up a shooting position at the opening. He shot five terrorists in the head before the others were able to react, because they couldn't see him, they started firing all around. When a shot got too close he inched back and took out four more shooters. He could hear gun shots coming from inside the cave and prayed for the two men inside before taking out another terrorist who had been heading into the cave to assist his comrades in stopping the prisoners from escaping.

With their attention divided between the cave and the entrance to the camp the terrorists were disoriented, but with the shooter taking out anyone that went near the cave most of them had turned their focus to the top of the ridge surrounding them since that was the most likely place for the shooter to be.

With all of the bullets sending up dust in his face Harry had to duck; thanks to the fact he had his eyes magically fixed he didn't need glasses but times like this he wished he still had them to protect his eyes. He kept his ears open as he blinked sand and small pieces of rock from his eyes. The shooting stopped but then there was a strange thudding noise before he heard yelling and the sound of bullets bouncing off of metal. Harry looked around the boulder in time to see Tony using flamethrowers that were mounted on the arms of the metal suit to catch most of the camp on fire including the crates; the wizard didn't spot the other prisoner though. With all of the weapons crates about to blow, Harry new that it was time to go. He jumped up, simultaneously stowing his firearm, and ran down the slope away from the camp. When he reached his familiars he leapt onto Cupid's back and told them to run.

The giant explosion that went off behind them sent out a shockwave that knocked the wolves off their feet and sent Harry flying into a sand dune. His ears were ringing as he squinted and looked around to see Sweets and Cupid shaking their heads, he did a quick check to make sure they were all alright. Then his eyes were drawn to the flying metal behemoth that suddenly shot out of the smoke cloud, and he spotting Tony going down.

Harry got up and found his hat that had been blown off in the explosion and dusted it off before using a sticking charm to keep it from falling off again. Then the three took off again with the wizard guiding them in the direction of the falling genius. The suit went down behind a dune, and the wizard urged the white wolf to go a little faster.

The crash site was a mess and Harry saw Tony lying in the middle of the largest pile of debris. He walked over to the man and checked his pulse and breathed a sigh when he found a strong heartbeat. Cupid whined and licked the billionaires face while his brother whined too and looked at Harry.

"He's alive," Harry said not sure if it was to relieve the anxious familiars or himself; it would be more than tragic if the man were to die after escaping. "I need some help pulling him out, but be careful."

Cupid is the faster of the two while Sweets is the stronger, so the black wolf moved closer to the unconscious man. The green eyed man grabbed one side of the leather jacket Tony was wearing while the wolf gripped the other side in his teeth and they both gently pulled the man out of the sand. They let go of the billionaire when they had completely pulled him from the broken suit. Harry cast a diagnostic spell and it told him that Tony was slightly dehydrated and malnourished but mostly just had cuts and bruises with one banged up right shoulder, a minor concussion, and a giant hole with shrapnel in his chest which the spell classified as major damage. 'No, duh,' he thought, but his medical training had been in stopping people (himself) from bleeding out and dying long enough to find help, he didn't know how to pull the shards from Tony's chest or repair such a large wound.

The cuts and bruises weren't life threatening, and the shoulder and concussion could heal naturally without problems, so Harry summoned his bag from his pocket, took out the canvas tarp and poles to give them some shade, and then got his magically-refilling water canteen from his pocket. He had to remove the wielding gear from the man before he poured the water over Tony's body to cool him down. They would need to wait until the billionaire was conscious to move, so Harry and the two dire wolves crowded under the tarp being careful of the injured man.