It was a smaller airfield, out of the way of the public eye and therefore the perfect place for the Avengers quinjet to set down. It also helped that Tony had been able to pay for the privilege of using it while ensuring that their presence wasn't going to be widely publicised.
Thus, apart from a few workers off in the distance, the quinjet was met by a single person, his blue-grey cloak flapping in the breeze kicked up by the landing craft. Almost as soon as the engines had cut off, the rear ramp lowered.
Tony was standing front and centre, wearing his usual jeans, Black Sabbath
t-shirt and a sports
coat. In his hand, he carried a familiar-looking red and gold case. Beside him was Clint, a long duffle slung over his shoulder and a broad grin on his face. Flanking the two were a pair that Harry had not been expecting – Matt, his cane clutched vertically in both hands, his head cocked slightly as he obviously took in his surroundings using his other senses; and Peter, bouncing slightly on the balls of his feet, his head craning every which way as if trying to see everything at once.
Harry stepped forward, a broad grin on his face.
"Thanks, for coming, guys," he said, shaking first Tony's hand and then Clint's.
"Our pleasure," Clint replied.
"Hope you don't mind us bringing the new recruits," Tony said, jerking a thumb at Matt and Peter. "Capsicle and Nat are on some deep secret assignment for S.H.I.E.L.D., I could find out what it is, but I just couldn't be bothered. And Bruce had some kind of family emergency. Something about a phone call from his uncle. "
"It's not a problem at all.," Harry replied. "Thanks for coming, Peter, Matt."
It was as he was greeting the two men that Harry noticed movement on the quinjet's ramp behind them. a shadowy figure was hesitantly coming into view.
"Doreen?" Hary asked surprised.
The girl shot Harry a nervous smile and a small wave.
"Hi, Harry. Hope it's okay that I tagged along?" she said uncertainly.
Harry shot Tony a look, but the billionaire simply shrugged.
"She heard and tried to sneak aboard. Who was I to say no?" he said.
Harry gave the man an exasperated look before smiling at the girl.
"It's good to see you, Doreen, but I thought that you'd still be in school," Harry said.
"Hey!" Doreen shot back. "Peter's skipping school, too. And I can help, you'll see."
"She's got the makings of a fine Avenger," Clint remarked.
"Well, the more the merrier," Harry said, hiding his misgivings.
"Besides, if you and Point Break could handle an alien invasion by yourselves, then I'd think a handful of aliens would be a piece of cake," Tony remarked, "especially against all of us."
"Some aliens combined with some wizards," Harry corrected. "But I'll go through all that with you when we get home."
"Home?" Peter perked up. "Are we staying at your place? Is it magical? Are we gonna get to see all kinds of strange things that'll turn us into frogs if we're not careful?"
Harry gave them a lop-sided grin. "Something like that."
Then, after pulling out a piece of rope from his pocket, he flicked it out.
"Everyone grab hold, take a deep breath and try not to throw up when we get there," he said.
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"This is your place?" Tony asked after number twelve Grimmald Place had pushed its way into existence in front of him. "Bit of a fixer-upper, isn't it?"
Harry ignored the man. He knew exactly how bad the old Black ancestral townhouse was. And, really, there was nothing that he could say to defend it, even if he wanted to.
"Just be careful of what you touch in there," he said, "there's a lot of dark magical items that could hurt you."
Harry led the five of them across the street, up the stairs and into the foyer. The instant that the door was closed, Kreacher popped into existence. The fact that there was instantly a gun, a glowing gauntlet, a stick and two raised hands aimed at him didn't seem to faze the house elf in the slightest.
"Master. Miss Hermione and Master's other guest are in the parlour," Kreacher said before turning and shuffling away, muttering too quietly to himself for all but Matt to be able to hear.
"What was that?" Doreen asked, staring after him.
"That was Kreacher," Harry replied. "He's a house elf. Think 'Elves and the Shoemaker' and you're on the right track. They're bound to a wizarding family and get their magic that way and simply love to work."
"A symbiotic relationship," Matt said after a moment's thought.
"Sounds about right," Harry replied. "This way."
He led them through the hallway and into the front parlour where Thor and Hermione were sitting, chatting. The instant that Thor saw who entered behind Harry, he was up on his feet.
"Stark! Barton! It is pleasing to see you both again," Thor boomed as he gave each man a hearty slap on the shoulder.
"Easy there, Point Break," Tony smiled, having stumbled to the side somewhat at the force applied to him.
'Glad to see you back on Earth," Clint smiled.
"Thor, these are our newest recruits," Harry introduced. "This is Matt Murdock, otherwise known as Daredevil; Peter Parker, also called Spider-man; and Doreen Green."
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