Chapter 14: Gambit of Loki Part Two

Chapter Fourteen: The Gambit of Loki Part One. 

An explosion resounded out in all directions as Iron Man smashed hard against a wall. He winced for a moment but managed to adjust his footing and shoot back towards one of his enemies, the Crimson Dynamo.

At first, when these Masters of Evil popped up, he thought that his rogues gallery was having a convention because quite a few of them made up it's membership, people he'd run into in the past, namely Crimson Dynamo, Living Laser, and the Grey Gargoyle.

"So, these guys….again, isn't this the third time this week?" Hawkeye asked as he sent an arrow to a figure in the shadows and watched at the sweet explosion that came off.

"Well, it hasn't been that many," Black Widow commented as she went against Bulldozer of the Wrecking Crew. She dodged his attacks and allowed Hulk to knock him back with a huge rocketing punch to the face.

"It seems like a lot more,' Ms. Marvel commented as she flew over the heads of everyone. With the force of a ton of bricks, she crashed down onto Piledriver with a huge punch to the face. His knees buckled together as he was about to collapse to the ground.

Captain America returned fire, using his shield to block the blasts of the Living Laser but then he came face to face with someone that he knew very well and the would be leader of the Masters of Evil. Baron Zemo, also a representative of HYDRA fractured as it might be, he wished for revenge on Captain America for what happened in the past.

Then again, there were more than a few people who wanted revenge on Captain America.

"This race is over relic! You're time has long since past,' Zemo stated as he drew a sword from it's sheath and charged Captain America.

"I'll be the judge of that, Zemo," Captain America stated as he blocked the attacks of him. "Who are you working for?"

Anger flashed through the eyes of the nasty Nazi and he responded in a crisp tone. "I'm an independent agent Captain America. I work only for myself!"

Crimson Dynamo finally was knocked to the ground with a loud thud as Iron Man disabled his power armor. The Armored Avenger was not going to lie, facing someone like this was never going to be easy.

Bulldozer went for a shot at Iron Man but Hulk once again dove in and smacked him about.

"Alright, you and me now," a voice stated and the Hulk turned his head around to come face to face with an enemy that he had a go around with a few times in the past.

"Gladly," Hulk grunted as he cracked his knuckles and pushed himself forwards to face off with the adversary known simply as the Abomination.

The Abomination and the Hulk stood face to face. Green and nasty as the Hulk but lacking the heroic spirit of the Hulk, the two adversary's felt out each others defenses by throwing a viscous punch. Both blocked each other's punch and both growled as they continued to trade blows in an attempt to try and gain an upper hand against the other.

"Little help here," Iron Man stated as he was pinned to a wall of a building by Piledriver of the Wrecking Crew when out of nowhere a fist smashed Piledriver in the jaw knocking him down, and a follow up takedown kept him there. "Nice one Carol."

"Don't mention it," Ms. Marvel stated as she made sure the Wrecking Crew was wrapped up tightly.

The members of the Wrecking Crew were all stacked up in a neat little pile and the other members of the Masters of Evil were being taken down one by one. There was no question about it, this was going rather well for the Avengers.

Well mostly, Baron Zemo rushed out, leaving his team to take the fall.

"Really, Zemo?" Black Widow commented as she jumped in the air and landed in front of him. He pulled out a gun in an attempt to shoot her but she casually disarmed him causing Zemo to stagger back a little bit. Zemo followed this up by sliding underneath a vicious follow up attack from the Black Widow.

Iron Man was about to close in but suddenly he heard a loud pop in his head set and then static appeared in his ears. He winced at the sound of it as he tried to adjust the sound piece the most that he could but found that there was no way to properly adjust it.

"JARVIS….are you there?" Iron Man asked but there was no response.

"Okay….I don't think any of us expected…." Hawkeye started but words failed him as he stood there, his mouth hung open and a gap. He placed his hands on his side and arched his neck up and watched everything happening around him. The archer placed his hands on the bow and wondered what was going to happen next.

The answer was a portal opening up above their heads.

"What is it, what's going on?" Ms. Marvel asked.

"Don't care, just going to smash," Hulk stated as he saw the blinding flares of light as a creature made of ice appeared from the portal. Then one made of molten lava appeared.

"Now, that's a cute couple," Hawkeye commented as his eyes followed the progress of these enemies and his heart drummed against his chest. He looked at his arrows, they looked pretty weak when compared to these dangerous enemies. Hawkeye pressed forward and drew the string back to fire never the less.

"Scatter!"

Captain America said that, as he ducked his head to avoid a sudden ice blast. He flung his shield out but one of the creatures caught it and flung it down. The lava monster tossed the molten rock but Captain America dodged it.

"Get any civilians out of here, that's your first priority!" Captain America called in an authoritative tone of voice and Ms. Marvel and Hawkeye nodded.

They had no idea what these creatures were and Captain America had seen some weird things throughout his time but this took the cake and ate it too. He fought and dodged their attacks. In many ways, the Masters of Evil were a light workout compared to these beasts.

A loud explosion resounded outwards as large chunks of ice were thrown at them. Iron Man caused a shield to surround his body but his armor was cutting in and out.

"Oh come, come on, don't fail on me now, come on!" Iron Man shouted frantically as he tapped on the side of his armor and tried to get it working more but it kept fizzling in and out as his counter measures seemed to have no effect. The Armored Avenger's eyes were narrowed in pain as his arc reactor kept acting erratically.

There was an explosion as a hex bolt knocked one of the creatures back.

The Scarlet Witch appeared and Wanda surveyed the surroundings around her. Arcane showed up next, along with Phoenix, and Shadowcat. Kara followed behind them, currently lacking a code name. She was dressed in a blue top that wrapped firmly around her body along with a red skirt that showcased her legs, along with a pair of red boots that adorned her feet. The blonde's smile widened as she prepared herself for the situation at hand.

'Wanda, Kara, help me make sure nothing goes through that portal, Phoenix and Shadowcat, help the Avengers,' Harry thought to them as his green eyes flickered from one side to the next to see all of the enemies around them. His green eyes followed the progress of everything, his heart thumping within his chest, pounding heavily.

The two girls responded with brisk nods as they circled around the portals and tried to fire off attacks. Wanda's hex bolt struck something that was incoming through the portal but that was the only thing that came through, for now.

Kara closed her eyes and cued up her super breath by taking a deep breath of air before letting it out in a burst of ice cold air. Harry locked onto the energy signatures of the portal, it was a titanic struggle to get a fix on it. Yet, despite it all, he was struggling to close the link and slam it shut.

The problem with portals was they tended to take on a stubborn life of their own. As a result it could be increasingly frustrating to get them shut and the emerald eyes of Harry flared with power the entire time as he tried to get it closed. Summoning all the power that he could in an attempt to seal the portal shut.

Jean summoned all the energy that she was capable of now and knocked the creature for a loop. It took the entire collaborative effort from the team and the Avengers, but somehow, they drove it back.

Kara and Wanda covered Harry, making sure that nothing would be allowed to pass through the other side of the portal onto Earth.

'I'm not sure how much more time I can buy you," Wanda thought to him and Harry gritted his teeth as he commented to her.

'Just a few more seconds Wanda, just a few more seconds, just about there, just about done,' Harry breathed heavily as he sealed the portal shut.

Jean and Kitty caught Harry in their arms.

"I'm fine….just drained," Harry commented, as he swore that he fought someone extremely powerful to seal that portal.

"So…..one might say that we have a problem," Harry remarked as he lead the team to the safe house his mothers had established if he ever needed to meet with people that would not fit the criteria to enter the school.

Thor's expression, still that of a frog, shifted towards them and the Avengers watched him. It was a mark of how serious the situation was that no one laughed, even though the fact that Thor had been turned into a frog was absolutely outlandish.

"So….problem, think you might be understating that just a bit?" Carol asked Harry.

"Well, I was trying to stay optimistic," Harry remarked and several of the Avengers, along with some of Harry's own teammates gave him a surprised look. Kitty in particular got on her tip toes and felt Harry's forehead as if she was checking his temperature.

"He seems normal," Kitty commented in a light tone of voice as she barely hid the amusement that swam in her eyes.

"Very funny, Kitty," Harry told her and the brunette lightly kissed him.

"Ah, you know I love you, totally," Kitty stated and she felt a rush from behind her and she bit her tongue accidentally. She yelped.

Wanda stood behind acting nonchalant in an attempt to appear innocent of any wrong doing.

"Well….we've got a slight problem, okay maybe more then a slight one, we need to figure out what's happening with those portals," Harry commented and Thor's expression slipped into one of annoyance.

"There is no mystery behind these portals, young wizard, it is obvious who is behind them," Thor commented, his bold declarations still coming from a frog and Kara was trying hard not to giggle madly and she was not the only one.

"Yeah, Froor, just keep it cool, we'll figure this one out," Tony remarked as he eyed him and then turned to Harry as he spoke to him in an undertone. "You are trying to figure out, aren't you?"

Harry was indignant for a short amount of time but he responded in a crisp and casual tone of voice. "Yeah, Tony, I'm figuring it out….or at least I'm in the process of finding someone who might be able to."

The fact of the matter was, with Loki having been the one to put Thor under this spell, it was coming to make it extremely difficult to break. His green eyes fixed on the frog before him and there was a thought in his mind, he wondered what would happen if he could not break the spell.

"Your brother….is there something that you know about him, anything that he could have done, that might give me a hint on how to reverse this curse?" Harry asked Thor and the frog shook his head.

"If I know Loki….he would have made his trickery to be such that no one could find a way to break it, I would not despair young Potter," Thor commented to him as his tongue caught a fly buzzing in the room. "And these are not half bad."

"Um, that's more than I needed to know," Carol stated as she clutched the side of her head and shook it.

Harry was waiting for someone else to come here and sure enough he did not have to wait long. There was a flash of light to signify the arrival of his expert.

"Harry, sorry for the delay," Doctor Strange remarked as he showed up.

"We have a problem and it's not are simple transfiguration, it's something deeper," Harry remarked as he explained the situation at hand to Doctor Strange.

Doctor Strange listened to everything his old student had to say and he cupped his chin between his thumb and pointer figure of his hand. He pondered everything with his gaze fixed upon Thor.

"Well this is not an ideal situation," Strange remarked and Thor's eyes snapped towards Strange. "I will try and find a way to break the spell but given the nature of this magic, it's going to do more harm than good."

Thor was afraid of that, Loki was devilish and the face of Thor dropped as he croaked.

"Is there an exit clause or something, something that we can access to break the spell?" Wanda asked curiously.

Doctor Strange looked curious and pondered as his expression turned towards Wanda.

"There may be an escape clause, or there may not be, Loki is dealing with sorcery that I'm only slightly familiar with, as vast as my powers are," Strange remarked to them.

"Humility," Harry remarked to them and the group at large turned to him.

"I beg your pardon," Clint said with a raised eyebrow.

Harry was only too happy to elaborate on the sudden brainstorm that echoed through his mind. "It has to do with humility, Thor's….well Thor lacks it I think."

"I beg your pardon," Thor remarked in a grumble but Harry put his hand up.

"It's nothing personal but you can get rather bold and boisterous," Harry remarked.

'Room to talk much,' Phoenix teased slightly and Jean nodded in agreement.

Thor's expression contorted. "To think that I, Thor, God of Thunder, would have to learn humility, it's positively absurd."

Harry heard his tone, it was anything but humble.

There was no time to worry about that as Natasha's communicator blinked to light. The Agent of SHIELD with deft speed brought the communicator device into her hand.

"Yes, Commander Fury,"

""More of those energy portals have opened up," Fury informed Natasha through the communicator device. "Take Potter and have him close as many as you can find, the new kid will meet you at the ground base in New York to tell you more."

"The new kid?" Harry asked, although he was kind of miffed with Fury volunteering him on the mission. Granted, he was going anyway but it was the principle of the matter.

"Agent Mimic," Natasha informed him as she smiled. "She's a little wet behind the ears and….well she needs to watch where she's going not to be a klutz but she's pretty skilled as a fighter."

Harry was curious about that, it did sound like someone he met in the life that he long since left behind. Kara, Wanda, Jean, and Kitty moved towards them, with Thor being scooped up by Kitty.

"We'll do what we can to find Loki and make him reverse the enchantment," Harry told him and Thor's eyes widened as the frog shook his head.

"It may be easier said than done, but I wish you the best in this endeavor."

The group boarded the jet, as the newest member of SHIELD greeted them. She was dressed in a SHIELD uniform and her looks were not inconspicuous at all as she had spiked purple hair.

Harry stared at her for a moment. He had to stop himself from saying something, although it was obvious who this person was a spitting image of after all.

"Wotcher, everyone."

Okay, now Harry was scared.

'I'm experiencing that feeling of Deja-Vu,' Harry thought as he shook his head. He tried to convince himself that it was a coincidence even though it was hard for him to do so.

"Agent Mimic," Natasha remarked as she stepped forward and a diplomatic expression crossed her face. "I believe you have information for us."

Mimic nodded her head up and down as she stepped forward but nearly tripped over a rise in the sidewalk.

Kara took pity on her and zoomed in at super speed and caught her.

"Thanks, I swear sometimes I have two left feet," she remarked with a chuckle but nothing was broken, rather it be bones or equipment, so that was half of the battle won already. The young woman kept her eyes locked on the situation and she handed the device to Natasha. "This is the readings, all of them, with everything that you'd need to know."

Her hand was shaking and Natasha inclined her head.

"You've done well, this will be of a great help," Natasha remarked as she turned around and saw Harry.

"That's just barely scratching the surface," Harry commented in a calm voice.

The cryptic tones of Harry was not lost on anyone, so Kara decided to take pity on all the confused people out there and explain his thought process.

"There are more of these portal deals popping up everywhere, they work in a frequency where time syncs up every fifteen seconds, which is more than sufficient to allow whatever creatures that are native to that particular realm to pop in, but the harmonic vibrations change every nineteen seconds thus causing it difficult to pinpoint the influx matrix where the portals originate from on the hyper space axis of normality," Kara explained to them and she got her share of confused and befuddled looks.

Everyone but Arcane, Shadowcat, the Hulk, Iron Man, and Doctor Strange looked completely baffled.

"Portals open, hard to track because they keep changing quickly," Hulk clarified as he shook his head. "Simple really."

"Right, simple," Clint remarked as he rolled his eyes.

"So, are we going to get this done or not?" Carol asked and everyone was in agreement.

They made their way onto the ship with Carol piloting and Harry took the seat next to her.

"Flew one of these things a hundred times, but never anything quite like this," Carol commented lightly. "Chasing magical portals from a mystical realm to try and get an evil trickster that turned one of my teammates into a frog."

"It sounds like something out of a comic book," Harry commented and Carol laughed.

"It does, doesn't it?"

Harry's face twisted into a smile as he leaned back the seat and tried to determine everything that he was going to have to do.

"Well, it's just another thing that I could slap on my resume," Carol remarked to Harry and the wizard's smile widened as he surveyed her. "Then again, you've had your share of interesting things that you've done."

"Yes, a few," Harry remarked to Carol as he placed his hands on the board of the plane and his smile widened as he saw everything. "The sooner we can find the nexus points in the portals, the sooner we can find the source and take it straight to them."

"They keep changing and there may be dummy points," Doctor Strange spoke from behind them and Harry had counted on that. There were going to be dummy points and they were going to be proven to be the dummies if they were not careful. Regardless his gaze peered forward.

"There's something….something just appeared right in front of us," Carol stuttered a little bit as she tried to focus.

"The energy signature, it's just like the others and….." Agent Mimic stated but she stopped and her eyes widened as she watched the scene unfold and the ships sensors were going wild.

"It says we're being attacked but….I can't see anything," Carol remarked and Iron Man leaned back, calibrating his sensors.

"The suit's not picking anything up," Iron Man remarked to them but Harry inclined his head, a frustrated grimace crossing his face.

"And you know what's worse," Harry informed them and the group's eyes switched towards Harry's. They wondered how things could get any worse than they were getting now, well Harry was about to inform them of that fact.

"We're being sucked right into it," Iron Man managed as he leaned out the window and the Vortex opened wide open. "Well, that's just great."

"Carol, see if you can…..steer up," Captain America stated.

Ms. Marvel bit her lip as she tried to steer the ship up but she could not get the controls to work properly.

"Not responding at all, maybe if I can try it manually," Ms. Marvel remarked but then she clarified. "You know, get out, fly the ship, with my powers."

"Too dangerous," Harry remarked as he made his way outside the ship and went to fly through the vortex.

"And yet that isn't!" Kitty cried but Kara grabbed her by the wrist.

"Arcane knows what he's doing," Kara remarked to her and Kitty sunk down on the chair and smiled but the smile was strained. She was seriously worried about what could happen next and the brunette thought things were going to pick up in the worst way.

Harry was about to close the portal, he had his finger tips inside the blasted thing and was this close to bringing it shut. His eyes screwed shut as he started to pant heavily. The green eyes of Harry Potter flickered open and shut as his heart kept beating across his rib cage, performing the death march to end all death marches.

'Okay Harry, nice and easy, mate, nice and easy,' Harry thought to himself as he felt the energy vortex go wrap snugly around him.

What he did not count on was, three, four, more portals opening up, right inside of the ship with the members of the team inside being pulled suddenly through the portals.

They were teleported somewhere but to where, Harry did not have the foggiest notion. He fought the energy waves around him.

To add to the fun, the group was split up.

"So, your masterful plan was to bring the Avengers here?" Amora questioned Loki, unable to process this properly in the back of her mind. It was taking an extremely long time for her to wonder about the logic or lack there of in Loki's mind.

Loki's face grimaced, he knew that this plan would be questioned but he was prepared for it. His eyes flickered a tiny amount and a grin widened across his face. It was nearly scary how wide his grin was.

"Amora, do not….do not question me," Loki remarked as he slapped his palm down on the pedestal and leaned forward and watched everything swirl around him. He leaned towards a mirror and placed his hand on the side of it. "Report."

"Loki, we have done it, the last line of defense is down, they are fleeing."

The grin that crossed over Loki's face was devious and demented, but then again, the man himself was quite devious and demented as well. He drummed his fingers across the edge of the throne that he leaned back on and sat up straight. He prepared himself from what was going to happen next and his greed ridden eyes continued to watch the scene around him.

"Feel this moment, Amora," Loki remarked as he basked in the height of his glory and Amora turned around so she was not able to face him without inspiring vomit for a while.

"Careful, trickster, pride goes before a fall, your brother learned that…."

"I kindly tell you not to compare me to Thor," Loki remarked to Amora. "He thinks he's far better than me, all mighty. Well I proved my superiority to him."

Amora did not even bother to comment on the hypocrisy of that statement. She was interested in one person and she decided to tell Loki this.

"So, if your plan has worked, what of the Star Child?" Amora remarked. "I believe he has set your scheme back a short amount of time."

Loki's eye twitched but other than that eye twitch, he said nothing.

"It's a minor setback," Loki finally remarked in a crisp tone of voice as if there was no more that needed to be said about it.

Although despite his calm demeanor, Loki's temper was starting to bubble. He kept his actions calm and cerebral, but there was something about this Star Child blocking his plans. He partially blocked this latest attempt to bring doom and gloom to the people of Midgard.

"And the fact that he's here, is not as much of your design as you intended it to be," Amora remarked in a crisp tone.

"Yes, Amora, thank you," Loki commented in a brisk tone, he was very much annoyed that things were not going his way but he had no need for this woman to rub the salt into his wounds.

His eyes locked on the dots that he could track. He knew his brother foolishly came here, despite his handicap. Loki did not see how a mere frog had posed him much of a threat.

He pondered as time swirled around on an hour glass and he could see those sands ticking by like a twisted sympathy, soon all would fall and Loki would be the one that would reap the benefits that would lead to his most impressive victory.

"Time will deliver us all in the end, my dear Amora," Loki remarked and the woman folded her arms, her golden hair falling in front of her face.

'We'll see,' she commented as she put her hands on her hips and prepared an escape route if Loki's plan went south.

This mad plan of Loki's….well it would merge the realms, but that might do more harm than good. He was hell bent on getting revenge and since Amora owed him a favor, she might as well be here beside him.

Amora knew that it would be foolish to remain in the trickster's debt for too long, as he tended to accumulate interest. It was another time, it seemed like an eternity ago and she had been promised Thor.

Of course Thor's constant spurning of her had caused her mind and her thoughts to wander to another. The Enchantress wanted someone else in the palm of her hand and the legend of the Star Child and his prowess….well it was fascinating.

The pursuit would be quite interesting and Amora's face flickered into a smile. The Executioner stood beside her, not saying a word. He was the perfect minion, strong and loyal and would kill at a moment's notice. The golden hair of Amora flipped over her face as she twisted her face into an even wider smile than she had before.

"Bask in it, Amora, bask in it, feel it," Loki remarked to her.

"Yes, I'm feeling it," Amora remarked but she wondered what she was feeling.

Harry's head throbbed in agony and the green eyes of Harry kept flickering in and out as he tried to remain conscious. He tried to force himself to his feet but he collapsed down to the ground. His body was shaking and he felt the power drain, along with the fatigue.

To add to the fun, there was a red sun beating over his head. He had no idea where he was sent but he could have been sent anywhere or dare he say it, any time.

'Okay, where am I?' Harry thought to himself but he saw everything around him. It took him a little bit as his vision struggled to focus into something resembling clarity. The green eyes of Harry Potter scanned the area around him as he felt the lump on his head.

He summoned all of the power that he could and performed some healing magic on himself but he noticed that things were a lot slower around him. He had no idea how long he had been out, but it had to be a long amount of time.

"Harry, are you there?"

Harry heard the call of the individual next to him. He turned slowly to see Carol standing there, completely shaken but she was in mostly good spirits. The blonde's eyes flickered towards Harry and the two locked eyes.

"Carol, are you okay?" Harry asked her and she nodded her head.

"Yeah, I'm here," the heroine stated as she turned around and tried to stagger her way to her feet. The blonde's expression was shaken as Harry walked forward and did a scanning spell on her, as he nodded.

"Nothing's broken, nothing's damaged, you're good to go," Harry told Carol and he turned over as he clutched his head.

'If anyone can hear me, please respond,' Harry thought to them and he placed his hand on the side of his head. He strained his eyes and his mind in an attempt to lock onto anyone, anyone at all but found that there was no one, nothing at all, who wanted to answer him. Now his green eyes flickered with annoyance.

He was worried about them, even though he knew that they could handle themselves, he was still worried about them.

"I think we better move," Carol commented to him and Harry nodded as the two of them moved on. "Maybe if we keep going, we'll find the others….they've got to be somewhere."

Any tracking spell Harry could think of and there were many, he could not figure out how to access them. He was running around in circles, essentially like a rat in a maze and he kept staggering forward.

His super hearing still worked as it should, which was a relief, at least in a sense.

"I think that there's something, right across the way, but we better be careful," Harry told Carol and the blonde nodded, adjusting her stance. The two of them made their way down the pathway.

The sounds of combat caused both of them to grow rigid as the winds blew around them. There was the loud clash of metal upon metal and Harry kept moving forward as he saw a large creature step forward. The creature was nailed hard but three more came onto the scene.

Harry's face set into determination and his body went into a battle stance, there was no way he was going to let this one go out without a fight. His green eyes flickered as he rushed forward and aimed a kick towards the creature.

Magic was useful but when every spell was draining, Harry had to go back to basics. He slammed a shield that had been dropped on the ground into the hideous creature.

"You dare walk in this world and fight us," the creature growled and Carol blasted him in the face.

His face was foul, twisted, and made out of stone, which was fitting as he dropped like one to the ground. There was an impacting punch and he flew up to crash down onto the ground with a solid crunch and an even more solid crack. The blonde's eyes followed the progress of her enemy and her annoyance heightened.

"Yes, we dare," Carol told him as she cracked her knuckles and pushed herself back a few steps as she waited for more to come and there would be more.

'Harry,' Jean thought to him in a pained tone.

Harry knew that the others were close by but there was like some kind of invisible barrier that appeared around them. The fact that there was a red sun, that concerned him more than anything else. Their powers were going to be sapped greatly and Kara just had the rudimentary amounts of training. He hoped that what he taught her would turn out for the best.

"There's someone right about this bend," Harry remarked to her and he saw the battered form of Tony Stark down on the ground.

"My armor…it took a hit, I don't think that I can get it working now," Stark remarked to Harry and the emerald eyed wizard watched him. "And it's not just that…if it was that, there wouldn't be a problem but it's….well it's my arc reactor. It's part of me…keeps my heart working you see."

Harry took this handy piece of information as it was and tried to mull it over. There were a few words.

"Keep it together Tony, this should stabilize you," Harry remarked in a crisp tone of voice. He was not having anyone die under his watch.

'Guys, pick up, please,' Harry thought urgently but his expression was calm.

"Aren't you worried what could happen?" Tony asked as he got to his feet.

"I've cycled only enough power for your heart, you're pretty much a sitting duck, so if you see anything, run as fast as your two legs can carry you," Harry told him.

Tony was not about to let this one go without a comment. "I thought magic could fix anything…."

"I'm pretty drained from closing those portals and there's something in the air that's causing me to become magically weak," Harry stated, although physically he was ready to go.

"I didn't know there was a finite limit," Stark remarked to Harry and Harry shook his head. "Oh, I get it, it's one of those things that aren't that simple, is it?"

"You hit the nail on the head," Harry informed him as he turned to Carol and he wondered if anyone else was here.

Kara was on the ground, clutching her arm in pain.

"Kara, thank Rao," Harry breathed as he pulled her into a hug and did the best to appease the pain in her arm.

Kara's eyes swam with confusion.

"I don't understand, Har, why I am hurt?" Kara asked him and Harry inclined his finger up towards the red sun.

"We're going to have to be careful, we don't have our Kryptonian gifts in here," Harry whispered to Kara in their native language and the blonde nodded.

Tony and Carol were both confused, they did not understand what they were saying. Carol had learned many languages in her job but she had not heard anything like that. There seemed to be no sounds that translated to any language, either human or alien, that she had ever learned.

'Harry….Jean, Wanda, and I…we're across the next valley from where you are,' Kitty thought to them, but her voice cut in and out, like a badly tuned radio signal. 'Banner got knocked out, Hawkeye and Widow…still missing but Cap is searching for them….so….yeah…'

'If you can hear this, hang in there,' Harry thought but there was a thunderous explosion.

Thor's expression flickered up as the God of Thunder's eyes followed. Still a frog, he felt useless and he kept following the progress of the newest guests.

"Frost giants," Thor managed and Harry could have smacked himself in the face after the frustration that he felt.

"Of course, there are, of course there are," Harry stated in despair.

Things were about to get really serious and Carol, Kara, and Harry exchanged nervous looks as they prepared to fight.