32 Chapter Thirty-Two

The next morning he awoke with a smiling Natasha on top of him. Apparently he had been casting his modified tickling charm on her in his sleep and she could not resist the urge.

A few hours later, they came out of the bedroom and found the family and Jane in the sitting room. The moment they were seen, Loki and Thor smiled, Odin looked away and Frigga blushed, but smiled. Even Jane was looking at him with awe on her face. Damn! He had forgotten the privacy charms again.

Loki was the first to speak. "I'm glad to hear that you are feeling better this morning. Had it not been for father's quick action, the entire castle would be speaking of your latest miracles!" he enthused.

"This morning was mild. Harry must still be tired." Natasha said unabashedly. Jane's mouth hung open.

"Truly?!" Thor asked amazed. "Surely you have found your divine calling, brother!"

"Please stop?" Harry begged. He was certain he was blushing so hard his hair might be turning red.

"You need not worry. We are your family. We would prefer not to be awoken by the sounds of your passion, but do not deny you your expressing your love with your Lady." Odin said. Then he smirked, seeing how uncomfortable Harry was, "Indeed it is good to know that Natasha will not be leaving you for inadequacies in the bedchamber."

Frigga, having caught on, decided to add her own two cents, "I heard talk of some of the ladies of Asgard sending their men to seek instruction from you. If you keep this up, we'll be seeing a whole new generation born in the next year or so."

Jane actually nodded. She was thinking Thor should have a talk with Harry. Not that he had any inadequacies, but the sounds she heard coming from Harry's chambers, had her interested in experiencing what Natasha was experiencing.

"Okay, that's it. If we're going to be everyone's target this morning, this target is choosing to go home. Coming Natasha?" Harry asked, having been shocked at both Odin and Frigga getting in on the act.

"Not quite yet." Natasha said. "I'm arranging a bit of a holiday for you at the Island. Everybody here is invited, including Jane."

"What about my work?" Harry asked. His blush had faded to only nuclear levels.

"I'll arrange that Tony takes over for a bit. You were never meant to be in charge of installations anyway. As for the institute, maybe it's about time for them to come visit the island anyway. We'll have our vacation first and then they can come to you." Natasha insisted. "As for the rest of you, stop hammering Harry about our time together." she urged. When Loki made to speak, she pointed a finger at him, "Don't. One crude joke and I'll shoot you in your groin and refuse Harry to treat you."

Loki shut his mouth instantly. With Harry around, her weapons could probably do some serious damage at this point. Thor laughed at him and stood up. "So, when are we leaving?" he asked, putting an arm around Jane.

"Let's have breakfast first." Frigga said. "Odin and I will only join you this evening. We have some arrangements to make."

They were soon sitting and eating breakfast. Loki had decided to send his next volley over the trenches and Harry was currently being eaten by an animated chair. Soon after, Loki's cloak decided it wanted to be eaten and started jamming itself into his mouth.

Frigga spoke up, "I said no tricks at the table!"

"Dinner table." Harry and Loki said together.

Frigga just shook her head and said, "Is it too much to ask for a pleasant meal without interruptions?" She wasn't really angry. She knew Loki was doing his part to keep Harry busy and happy.

After breakfast Thor and Loki went to fetch some things they wanted to take along while Harry, Natasha and Jane waited. While they waited Jane took Natasha aside and asked, "Is he really as good as you make him out to be, or did you say that to stroke his ego?"

"His ego doesn't need any stroking and like I said, he's better than that normally. There's this charm he came up with that makes it feel like your entire body is being embraced and kissed at the same time. It drives me insane. This morning he was doing it in his sleep and I couldn't resist." Natasha finished with a dazed look. "I'd have him show you, but it would ruin you for other men."

"Has he ruined you?" she asked, slightly flushed.

"Irrevocably." Natasha replied happily.

"Aren't you afraid of him losing interest?" Jane asked.

"Oh, I don't intend to. Are you?" Natasha asked.

Jane seemed to think about it. "I am. Thor is not my normal type and I care for him deeply, but I am afraid he'll lose interest as I grow older and he stays basically the same age." she finally said.

"That's something you'll have to address then. It's a fact of your lives. If you can't handle losing him later…" Natasha trailed off.

"Then it would be better sooner." Jane finished with a crestfallen look.

"Probably." Natasha said.

"That's so unfair, though. You get to have your man and he's basically immortal." Jane pouted.

"And I've got my own situations that I have to deal with, but I've made peace with them." Natasha said. She couldn't just go blurting out that she was ageless as well, after all.

"Why doesn't Odin or Frigga have a problem with you though?" Jane asked.

"Extenuating circumstances. I'm not at liberty to discuss them." Natasha explained evasively.

"Okay, fine. But I'm going to enjoy this week and put those thoughts behind me for a bit." Jane decided. She couldn't force the Black Widow to tell her secrets, after all. "Any chance we can invite two of my friends along for the week?"

"You'd have to ask Harry. It's his island and he's protective of it. Not many humans even know it exists, let alone lets them onto it." Natasha said.

Jane nodded and decided to try anyway. She walked up to Harry, just as Thor and Loki showed up. "Harry, do you mind if we invited two of my friends along? They've been with me a couple of years and they will keep everything they see a secret, I promise."

Harry studied this woman. His first instinct was to say no, but she was important to Thor, so he would give her a chance. "If they're willing to sign magically binding Contracts, sure. You don't need to because Thor trusts you, but I don't know them."

"I'm sure they'd be willing to sign a Contract." Jane said. She didn't necessarily believe in magic, but if he could allow them to go, she'd have some extra company and she wouldn't mind having Eric and Darcy around.

"Okay, then. We can go pick them up first." Harry shrugged.

As soon as everyone was ready, Harry cast a glamour on Loki, and had them take a portkey back. Jane had been sceptical of a piece of rope that could transport them to earth, but once they landed she was a believer. "Could have warned me about the turbulence," she said as she hunched over and almost lost her breakfast.

"Sorry about that." Harry said sheepishly. Loki was smiling. "You get used to it." he tried to comfort her.

"I'm not sure I want to." She complained as she stood up.

"Okay, call your friends." Harry said as he handed her his phone. "We need to know where to pick them up."

She made a quick call and found out they were staying in an apartment in London, but they weren't there. They were trying to go to Greenwich to see the Convergence, but were being blocked by agents. They apparated to the location and this time Jane did lose her breakfast. "That was even worse!" she exclaimed as she finally got up.

"Maybe we can give it a couple of minutes before we go to the Island?" Thor asked worriedly.

"It's not a bad idea. I'd like to see the convergence anyway." Harry said. They soon found Jane's friends and when the agents tried to block them again, both Harry and Natasha flashed their badges and they were let through.

"You're agents?" Darcy asked. "You don't look like agents."

"That's how you know we are. A good agent can't be distinguished from a regular citizen," Harry joked.

"But they're not usually hot either." Darcy said as she looked him up and down blatantly.

"I like her. Can we keep her?" Loki asked, when Darcy checked him out too. Too bad it wasn't his real face.

"No." Jane said instantly. "Keep your hands to yourself," she said to Darcy. "You never know where he's been."

"Aww, man!" she complained, completely ignoring the look from her intern.

They were soon in the exact location Erik had predicted the event will begin. They took out some equipment and started measuring readings Harry didn't understand. He was taking his own readings with magic.

Thor was looking over Jane's shoulder, but when he couldn't understand what she was doing, he walked over to Harry only to be stopped by a wall of force as Harry suddenly lifted his hand. "Watch out. It's started. I can feel breaches opening up all over the show." To show him what he meant, Harry moved his hand and right in front of Thor a portal appeared and he could see Svartalfheim through it.

"Whoa!" Darcy said. "How are you doing that?" she started walking to Harry.

He lifted another hand blocking her as well. "What did I just say about breaches? Everybody stay where you are!" he sent some magic through that breach as well so she could see what she had almost walked into. It showed the ground far below. This one was somehow connected from Earth to Earth, but a hundred meters off the ground. "You almost walked to your death!" he exclaimed.

Meanwhile, Harry was testing the energies he felt in play. If he could reproduce it, he might find an easier, better way to move from place to place. As they watched, portals to the other realms started opening over their heads. Harry started checking them as well. They were much bigger and manifested themselves fully without him needing to focus any magic through them. It gave him the opportunity to monitor the portals in their natural state.

After a couple of minutes, he actually thought he had it, but he'd need to test it after the Convergence, to ensure it worked correctly without the energies still in play at work. A couple more minutes and the Convergence had ended. Harry still 'felt' around for portals, but after they disappeared no new ones seemed to pop up.

"It's over." Harry said. "You can move again." then he looked at Jane and Erik who were looking at him like he'd just grown a second head.

"What are you?" Erik asked.

"That's a secret until you sign a Contract that will enforce you to not reveal it." Natasha said for him.

"Did you record any useful data?" Harry asked.

Erik shook himself and answered, "Yes actually. It'll take a couple of months, but we'll work through it. In about five thousand years someone will be able to use it." he laughed.

"Someone can use it already, maybe." Harry said mysteriously. "Okay, are you ready to sign a Contract?" he asked producing three of them from his pocket. They were standard ones that someone couldn't reveal his secrets without his permission or the information would be wiped from their minds.

Erik took his and signed it without reading it. Darcy looked at hers first, "Does this thing say that our memories of your secrets will be taken away if we try to tell someone?" she asked incredulously.

"That's right. And if you don't sign them we'll take them anyway and you can't go with us to see more." Natasha said.

"Damn it! How am I going to post about all this if I can't tell anyone?" she asked as she signed the document anyway. "Sign the Contract Ian." She said to her intern. He reluctantly signed his Contract.

"Good," Harry said. "Okay, so we're going to go on a bit of a holiday." He turned to Ian. "Sorry, Ian, but this is invitation only. On the bright side, now that you've signed the Contract, Darcy can tell you all about it when she comes back, if you don't break the Contract." Then he turned around. "Okay, so let me see if I've got this right." He lifted his hands and turned them like one would a steering wheel, clockwise. As he did so a faint shimmer could be seen appearing, if you knew to look for it. "Cool." Harry whispered. "Okay, you stay here while I check that it's stable."

Before Harry could move, Thor had jumped through the portal. A second later he came back through. "It worked just fine." he said. When Harry just stared at him, he said, "As your oldest brother, I was simply protecting my youngest sibling. You weren't certain, so I decided to risk myself rather than you."

"Thank you, Thor." Natasha said. There was flint in her words and Harry knew he had almost done something risky again without discussing it first. He mouthed 'Thank you' to Thor, who just smiled and walked through the portal again.

"Did you just emulate the Convergence effect on your own?" Erik asked as he moved to the portal and stuck his hand through, "Remarkable." Then he walked through.

Soon everyone was through, except for Harry, Darcy and Ian. Darcy turned to Ian. "Okay thank you for your service, but we don't need you anymore. Bye." And she too jumped through the portal.

Harry looked at Ian, shrugged and walked through, letting the portal close behind himself. "That wasn't very nice." Harry said to Darcy. He was smiling though. "Not nice, but so funny. You should have stayed to see his face. It was priceless."

"What did she do?" Loki asked with his own smirk.

"'Oh, by the way Ian, you're fired. Bye!'" Harry imitated her voice… exactly.

Loki started laughing. "We really should keep her. She's fun."

Jane walked up to Darcy who was still looking at Harry in awe for impersonating her voice so perfectly and grabbed her around the shoulders. "She's mine, find your own." she said at Loki.

"Hey! I don't belong to anyone. Besides you've got your own hunk. I say if this guy wants me, he can try to catch me. I might even let him..." then she looked Loki in the eyes, "but this is catch and release. I don't do long term with people I just met."

"Wait until you see who you are talking to first." Jane warned.

"Oh, right! I forgot I had that up." Harry said as he released the glamor.

Darcy just stared at him. "It's Loki! Oh come on!" then she turned to Harry. "How could you just forget?"

"Harry sees through his own glamours, so he sometimes forgets." Natasha informed her.

"Glamours?" Darcy asked. "You do magic?" then she walked up to him and took his hand and shook it. "Darcy Lewis, are you single?"

"He's already spoken for." Natasha said coldly.

Darcy slumped, then smiled again. "Can't blame a girl for trying." She walked up to Loki and slapped him hard through the face, "That's for New York."

Loki was holding his face, "Is this going to happen all the time?" he asked.

Jane just laughed. "That's what I did, when I saw him first!"

Harry turned to Loki, also smiling, "You did attack our world intent on enslaving the race."

"I said I was sorry!" he whined, then he also smiled. "I guess I do deserve it, though."

Erik had been watching since Loki was revealed. At first he was scared out of his mind. When he took the slap to the face, though, he suddenly shook himself. He walked up to Loki, and kicked him in the groin. When Loki fell to the ground, he kicked him twice more. Then he smiled, "I feel better. Now I could do with a drink."

Thor was laughing. He knew the man couldn't do any real damage and that Loki was partially acting, but he was happy Erik had taken it so well. Last he had seen the man, he was still in shock and had started acting strangely. He saw a bit of his friend in the man that was led away by Harry to the bar. They were laughing too.

As they approached the bar, Darcy suddenly stopped and pointed at the hot spring, "Is that a Dragon, hanging out in your Jacuzzi?"

"It's a hot spring and yes. That's Puppy, Wolverine's dragon." Harry said nonchalantly. Taking his place behind the bar. "Can I get any of you a drink?" he smiled at them.

"Maybe it's time you told them where we are?" Natasha suggested. Apparently Harry had forgotten all about the introduction phase. Their guests nodded in agreement.

"Oh sorry about that." Harry apologised. Then he spread his arms and said, "Welcome to New Atlantis. This is my island getaway and home to a magical animal sanctuary." He pointed to one of the greenhouses. "Don't go into any of the greenhouses, as the plants there could very likely kill you. If you see the unicorns, wave at them, if they approach you it means you're an awesome person, but no photos." Harry warned.

"This is my bar, where the alcohol from the taps won't make you drunk and are basically limitless." He pointed at the houses. "The last one on that side will be your place while you visit. The third one is the Asgardian Embassy on Earth and also the house where they stay. The other houses all belong to people. The cabin in the woods is Logan's. I suggest you don't enter it without permission." Harry finished.

"Nice introduction. Now they'll only have fifty more questions," Loki said as he sat down at the bar. "Do you have any Odin's Brew?" he asked.

"Sorry, Loki. Odin's Brew is exclusively made for Asgard. The one bottle we have here is Odin's, which he brought for himself. We do have a nice half-century Firewhiskey, specifically made for Asgardians and some quarter-century firewhiskey that was made for us mere mortals' constitution." Harry said. He poured two glasses for Loki and Thor and handed them to them once Thor came to join him. He then poured some normal, fully enchanted, firewhiskey to Erik, Jane, Darcy, Natasha and himself. "To the start of a good holiday!" Harry toasted lifting his glass.

Everyone toasted and drank. Erik, Jane and Darcy all coughed up some smoke, before sighing in satisfaction. "That's really good." Erik said.

"It has the added effect to calm the nerves along with the enchantment to do this," Harry said as he took a sip and blew out some fire.

"Awesome!" Darcy said enthusiastically. She immediately took another sip and tried for herself. She did not succeed, but kept on trying. Natasha eventually showed her the trick. After a while, though Darcy complained about not being used to such strong liquor, so Harry poured her some Butterbeer. She enjoyed that even more. She ended up adding the Firewhiskey to cola and alternating between the two drinks.

Harry tried it too and found that he really liked it. "Thanks, Darcy! This was a fantastic idea."

"No problem." Darcy shrugged.

At some point, Natasha left to put on a bikini. Harry just conjured a screen banished his clothes to his room, and conjured some swimming trunks for himself before running and jumping in the pool.

Darcy looked at him jealously, and even more so when Natasha came out wearing a bikini. "And here I am without anything to wear. I'm sure Natasha could help you out," she said to Jane, "but there's no chance I'm fitting in one of those." As she said it she cupped herself, "These puppies need proper support."

"You could always swim in the nude. It's quite liberating." Loki said. She seemed to be considering it.

"Oh, sorry about that," Harry said. "I could probably open a portal for you so you could go fetch some stuff?" Harry said. "Do you have a picture of somewhere in your home where I can open a portal?"

Darcy took out a phone and Harry winced. He had forgotten to warn them about electronics. She unlocked her phone and started looking. It didn't seem to be broken. "Awesome!" Harry exclaimed.

"Quite useful, yes." Natasha noted.

"What?" Darcy said as she looked up at them.

"Magic normally destroys electronics." Natasha explained. "Turns out Harry's new portals don't have that side effect."

"There was a chance I'd lose my phone?!" she exclaimed. "Not cool! You warn a girl before you destroy her social life!" Then she looked at the phone, when she received a message. "Cool, five bars." She looked at the message. "That's strange. Ian wants to know where we are." Then she looked at Harry, "Did you wipe his memories?" she asked.

"He must have tried to tell someone." Harry shrugged. He summoned Ian's Contract and saw that it had indeed been broken. "Yeah, he tried to speak to someone about it. Too bad, he seemed nice."

"Those Contracts were real, then?" Erik asked, shocked.

"Yes, so I don't suggest you tell anyone unless you want to forget about this place." Harry said.

"So, now that we've signed a Contract, can you tell us what you are?" Darcy asked.

"He's known as a Wizard where he comes from. Our tradition calls him a Sorcerer or Seidr. Either way, he is the most powerful spell caster I have ever met. And he is my newly adopted brother!" Thor bragged.

"He actually got me to sign an unbreakable Contract that stated I won't try to attack or overthrow anyone again." Loki spoke up.

Erik sighed in relief, "Oh, thank god." he said. "No offence," he said looking at Loki, "but you're not exactly my favourite person in the world."

"I quite understand," Loki said solemnly, "and for what it's worth, I'm sorry I did that to you."

"You keep out of my head and I'll be fine." Eric said. Those kicks to Loki's groin really helped. He might have to do it again tomorrow. Until then he was really enjoying his drink and watching a dragon grooming. This day was so strange, but somehow he couldn't care.

Darcy presented Harry with a photo of her living room. Harry asked her a couple of questions to narrow it down some. He didn't want her to walk into someone else's home after all. When he thought he had enough information, he concentrated and opened a portal. Darcy put down her phone and walked through. A couple of minutes later, she came back out in a one piece bathing suit and a towel around her neck.

Loki actually looked her up and down appreciatively. "I can't stop you from looking, but hands off." Darcy said tartly, before she jumped into the pool after throwing her towel on a stool.

"Don't you need some sunblock?" Jane asked when Darcy came up. She was getting kind of warm herself. "You're not exactly tanned anymore."

"I could always apply some for her." Loki offered with a smile.

"Not necessary. I put up a charm in the area. No sunblock required." Harry answered Jane's question.

"And here I was just considering letting him put some on me. Oh well." Darcy joked and dove away.

"Sometimes brother, your magic is so convenient it becomes inconvenient." Loki said as he looked after the gorgeous girl in the pool. What he would do to rub some lotion on her.

"Sorry, bro." Harry apologised with a shrug. "I think she was just teasing anyway. She has a friend to apply lotion after all." he pointed out.

"Harry, do you mind opening another portal for me?" Jane asked.

"Got a picture?" Harry asked back.

Jane didn't and she frowned. "Isn't there another way to get the location?"

"I suppose there is." Harry sighed, before he popped away.

"Does he do that often?" Jane asked.

"Yes." Thor, Loki and Natasha said at the same time. "You get used to it after a while." Natasha explained. Thor was about to warn her, but then Harry popped back and she almost fell off her chair.

"Can't you send a warning or something before you appear like that!?" she exclaimed.

"And let that scare you too?" Harry asked. He had brought the Pensieve.

"I suppose you have a point." she said then looked at the bowl. "What's that?" she asked.

Harry looked at Thor and let him explain. After five minutes, Harry had a portal open for her. She had wanted to see the memory first. She was animatedly trying to explain how it shouldn't be possible, but Harry just smiled. She took quite a bit longer, but when she came back it was with a bag, she had quickly thrown together. She thanked Harry and then walked off to the house Harry had indicated. She came running back in the same clothes. "How is it bigger on the inside?!" she screamed excitedly as she ran up. Harry just smiled again.

He was soon going with them to give them the tour. The magic on the front porch made it so they didn't track any sand in either and that was just another thing to explain. Erik and Darcy were delighted with their rooms and the magic on display. Natasha showed them the kitchen and all the magic at work there. The fireplaces and lights were still magical, but Tony had insisted on normal light switches even if the lights themselves were magical.

When they came back Harry had conjured some swimming trunks and focussed some intent on them to make them last longer for the male guests and soon Darcy was found staring at Loki. He was lean, but fit. Just how she liked them. "Like what you see?" Loki asked with a smirk.

She pulled herself together and said, "Meh." and carried on floating around the pool in Tony's pool chair, drink in hand.

"You have truly set up a wonderful Island here, Harry." Thor was saying. "It will be nice to come visit here more often."

"How often were you thinking?" Natasha asked.

"Didn't you hear? Harry said that one of the houses is the Asgardian embassy, which means its Asgardian soil. We can visit Asgard whenever we please." Loki interjected with a large smile on his face. "And Thor is right. It will be fun to spend some time here. Maybe later Harry can show me that broom he's told me about?"

Harry just smiled and disappeared. "You do realise you're going for a ride, right now, right?" Natasha asked him.

"I was hoping." Loki said with a smile.

Harry reappeared with two brooms in hand. "Are you ready?" he asked excitedly.

"You really do love your brooms don't you?" Loki asked.

"Hey, why are you carrying old-school brooms?" Darcy asked from the pool. She had heard Harry popping away and coming back.

"These, my dear, are Harry's magic flying brooms. We're about to go for a flight. Want to join me?" Loki asked.

"Hold on there for a second. No first time flyers carry passengers on my island." Harry interjected. "You don't even have a flying license." he finished.

"Oh please, how difficult can it be?" Loki scoffed.

He found out. After the first time that he fell off, he started more slowly. He had attempted to follow Harry's example and the broom had ripped out of his hands. "Yeah, you shouldn't attempt to do as he does. He was a natural born flyer back in his home world. He was internationally known for his skills." Natasha had said with a smirk.

Loki did not give up and half an hour later was flying laps around the island at full speed. When he finally landed, his grin was from ear-to-ear. "I see why you love these brooms," he told Harry, "At first I struggled, but then once I got the hang of it, it started feeling simpler, until it became second nature. It feels almost natural now, like this is how man was meant to fly." he said in wonder.

"Finally, someone gets it!" Harry crowed to the sky, falling down on his knees.

"You just made Harry's day." Natasha said with a happy smile on her face. She'd wanted to join him, but wasn't magical. She had hoped someone could share this with him. "He's always complaining that people like the Magic Carpets more."

"There's not even a comparison. Magic brooms are obviously better. They handle and manoeuvre so much more directly, that there really is no way that anyone could think of them even in the same category, besides the fact that they fly." Loki said. "It's like comparing a portal with the bifrost. They still take you places, but one is obviously better than the other."

"Even I must admit. Harry's portals do seem more convenient." Thor said. "Would you be able to make one to Asgard?" he asked Harry.

"Let's find out." then he got a glimmer in his eye and a vindictive smile crossed his lips. "Oh, this is going to be fun." He said. He walked over to the pool and concentrated. He lifted his arms and turned a portal into existence. The next moment a figure in gold armour fell through and landed in the pool. "Yes!" Harry crowed.

From the pool rose Heimdall. Thor and Loki burst out laughing. "I am going to get you for that. You do know that I'm in charge of the bifrost, right?" Heimdall asked as he jumped out of the pool and approached Harry, just to disappear through another portal. Everyone looked up to see Harry with his hands out in front of him, having just opened another portal.

"That was amazing!" Loki exclaimed. "I've never been able to trick him! That all-seeing eye of his would not allow it."

"But you sneak around without him seeing you all the time." Thor said, still chuckling.

"He can still see when I'm planning something, though. He also notices when I vanish, so he's always on guard." Loki explained.

"You have to teach me how to do that." Harry exclaimed. "I don't like him looking at me all the time. Private moments are supposed to be private." He was thinking of when he spends time with Natasha.

"You do realise that while he can see all, he doesn't have to watch, right?" Thor said. "He's aware, but doesn't focus on it, as it were."

"That does make me feel slightly better." Harry admitted. "But I'd still like to know I'm not being watched."

"I can teach you," Loki smirked, "for a price."

"What do you want?" Harry asked. Loki looked at the broom. "Deal, it's yours." They shook hands.

"I think you got the bum end of that deal. He was probably going to give it to you anyway." Natasha said as she walked up to Harry, touching his broom as she went. Harry knew instantly what she wanted. He cast a charm on her bikini and her front to ensure they didn't fall off and mounted the broom.

"She's right you know." Harry smirked. He then pointed at Loki, when Darcy approached him. "No passengers until you can cast a sticking charm without me."

"Can you cast one of those now?" he asked hopefully, looking at the girl.

"If you promise to take it slowly." Harry countered.

"I promise." Loki said.

Harry cast a sticking charm on her and had Natasha demonstrate how to mount, explaining how the sticking charm worked. Just in case he cast another sticking charm inside her suit, so that it wouldn't tear off if Loki accelerated too quickly. "Oh!" Darcy exclaimed as she grabbed her chest. "Warn a girl before you magic her goods!"

"Sorry, it's just extra security." Harry apologised. He had to unstick her hands from her chest before they could take off. Half an hour later, Darcy was a new member of the 'broom support' club. Loki was a supporter of the 'giving lifts to well-endowed girls in skin-tight outfits on brooms pressed up to your bare back' club. He didn't want to come down, but relented when she asked anyway. Apparently she was getting cold too high up. He could tell.

When they landed, Harry had turned himself and Natasha invisible to see what Loki would do.

"Harry! Get your butt out here and undo this sticky magic!" Darcy was screaming.

"Perhaps it will come loose in the pool?" Loki offered.

"Fine, but fly there, I don't want to have you carry me. You'd use the excuse to grope." she said.

"I would not! I can be a perfect gentleman, I'll have you know!" Loki exclaimed. Damn, she was on to him.

Just as they got to the water, Harry unstuck them from each other with a smile as he and Natasha became visible again.

"I'm free!" Darcy cheered as she fell sideways into the pool. With how cold she was, the pool actually warmed her up.

While she was under, Loki just glared at Harry. "What?" Harry asked. "You knew the water would do nothing. I thought you could be a perfect gentleman?"

"That counts as your next attempt." Loki informed him. Loki focussed and dispelled Harry's conjured pants. "And that is mine." He laughed as Harry looked down.

"Nice!" Darcy said from the pool, ogling him.

"That one didn't work out for you, did it?" Natasha asked Loki with a smirk, as Harry conjured himself another set of swimming trunks.

"It could have gone better." Loki admitted.

"Down, girl!" Jane said to Darcy. It didn't stop her from having caught a glance, though. She had thought the same thing, but would never admit it.

"What? I'm only a woman." Darcy defended. "Who knows, maybe Red is open to sharing him?" she asked, looking at Natasha hopefully, a pinch of mischief in her smile.

"Who knows?" Natasha replied with a smile, catching on. Darcy had a wicked sense of humour. Loki seemed stung. "He does wear me out sometimes. Maybe if I could tag someone else in, I'd have time to recover?"

"Wait, what?!" Harry and Loki exclaimed together.