When Erik returned with Nina carrying some shopping bags, he was surprised to find that there was no one at home - which was very rare.
Even if Harry, who often ran home after having trouble with his friends recently, was not here, Wanda, who never left home, should also be at home at this time.
He sent his little daughter to wash her hands and drink some warm water, and stood in the middle of the living room, frowning. His eyes briefly glanced out the window, and his attention was drawn - not to mention that the house next door was completely reduced to ruins, and strangely, it was not affected. Going to the surrounding houses, even if their houses have protective spells set up by Sirius enthusiastically, the ordinary residents on the other side should not have any impact.
Erik walked to the front door and opened it to take a look. Sure enough, he and Nina came in through the back door, so they didn't see the front door. Some uniformed staff had already surrounded the ruins inside and outside, and the eye-catching yellow lines had been drawn. When some residents asked occasionally, they would get the answer that "the natural gas explosion triggered the explosives in the house."
He did the same thing as Wanda half an hour ago - he went to look at the magic clock that could show the coordinates of his family, and then found that their three children who were not at home were all in the same place, which was still very close to home. Doing the math, it's just a distance from the road in front of the door.
Erik frowned tightly. Although he considered himself to be an enlightened parent, this situation was rare. After all, there was a certain age gap between Harry and the twins. Although the three of them had a good relationship, their tastes were not very consistent. It's not very common to do anything together in an afternoon like this. Most of the time, Wanda accompanies Harry, or Harry accompanies Peter, or the twins don't know what to do together. The three of them rarely act together, because when it comes to magic, Peter knows Yawning, Wanda will refuse when it comes to hanging out.
...What are they doing?
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Harry had never known that the house opposite them was bought by Tony Stark - so when he was invited there to be entertained, he was so surprised that he thought he was dreaming.
"...I didn't even know anyone lived in this house!" Peter looked around and asked this question directly, "You bought it?!"
"Yes, this is what I bought." Tony was quite enthusiastic, especially towards Harry. Harry couldn't tell why. Maybe it was because he was the youngest, maybe because his suffering today was largely due to everyone. Thanks to their side, "Would you like something to drink, little boy?" He hugged his shoulders affectionately, looking like he wanted to pat his head, "Thor bought his brother the third-best drink in New York. "desserts, but I think they won't have the luck to taste them. These are all yours." He shook the box in his hand, "Do you prefer to just take it apart and eat it or get a plate? Come to me when you have time." I have more things to recommend to you if you are a guest there.”
"Hey, come on, come on, this is not a safe distance." Peter faced Wanda's cold gaze and immediately squeezed in between the shameless adult and his younger brother. He picked up his younger brother and stepped back. He waved his hand rudely, "Why does a big shot like you have to behave like a human trafficker - we don't know each other that well, not even our little boy!"
Harry blushed and whispered, asking him to put himself down quickly - being treated like a baby in front of the person he had been admiring since childhood, in front of Thor, the God of Thunder, and the evil god Loki. It made him feel very ashamed.
"I always like smart and promising young people," Tony was not angry at all. He opened a few buttons of his suit and stretched out his hand to loosen his tie. He said very calmly and humorously, "Even for such a young man, I like people too.”
"How do you know that he is young and promising? It's too early to say this now." Loki put his feet up on the dining table, his eyes dull, not looking at Thor or Tony, "It's just a boy, he even Not as high as my chest.”
"Oh, this is your fault. You, you, live next door to such a house but you don't know what kind of respectable person lives there," Tony said in a good-natured manner, "I was in a house twelve years ago. By chance, I met Charles Xavier."
Harry hid behind Peter, and when he heard this, he stuck his head out in surprise and his eyes widened - he had never heard his father say this at all!
Not at all!
"Oh, you don't know that's normal, little boy," Tony said, "You were still a newborn at that time, weren't you? Speaking of which, did I remember your age wrong? You will be going to middle school soon, right? no?"
"This is our family's business." Wanda finally couldn't help but speak. She walked over with her chin held high and stood in front of her two younger brothers. Even though she was not as tall as Peter at all - boys at this age are always more active than girls. It must be high - and the tone is very serious. Harry can feel her squeezing his hand tightly, restrained and very hard. This makes him feel sorry for her, and reflect on whether he and Peter are asking Wanda to do this. "That's not the issue now - I'm asking you to remove yourself from this neighborhood."
Her slender fingers painted brightly pointed at the gold and black brothers, her posture proud.
"——Before I answer you directly, I have a question, beauty," Tony said calmly, moving forward and backward appropriately, "We have registered a permanent residence and bought the house. They are already legal residents. As far as I know , Thor is even a good neighbor, why do you ask us so?"
"No reason." Wanda answered quite coldly, her green eyes flashing coldly, "If you insist on an answer... He bullied my brother and dug a hole, waiting for him to fall into it." She Squeezing Harry's hand tighter, "If it weren't for his good luck, that man might even throw my brother to death like this. So, if you don't remove them..."
Her tone suddenly became relaxed, and she glanced coldly at Loki, who had an expression of 'Oh, what did I do?': "Then... you'd better keep him safe day and night."
-I will kill him. If it's not today, it's tomorrow. If not tomorrow, then the day after tomorrow, I will kill him.
She just stood there with her back straight, her posture like a red flower on the highest mountain, murderous intent easily revealed from her words, she didn't even intend to cover up anything, even if her tone seemed to say 'Can you read me a story today?' So soft.
Tony, who stared at the pair of eyes, knew that this was not even a warning, but a notice - the young girl's eyes were like a wild beast, dangerous, cold, and sharply shining, unlike the gentle and translucent green eyes of one of her brothers. Eyes are two completely different types.
Look what tricks your good brother has dug into me.
Tony couldn't help but cast a complaining look at Thor. The latter was trying hard to restrain the urge to speak and get angry, and his expression was not perfectly moving between the desire for the two. It seemed that he wanted to both The younger brother started to curse, but also wanted to say something nice for him, saying that he would not be the person to do such a thing.
But they all know that Loki is indeed someone who can do such a thing. Maybe the boy doesn't remember it, but both Thor and Tony know that Loki once threatened the boy and his dog because Thor secretly wanted to give away his dog. Classmate, because he knows that all revenge is useless to Thor. His brother has a hammer, is stronger than him, knows how to deal with him, and can even see through his illusions, so Loki knows that causing him trouble is the best thing. The best revenge.
Although the memories of the three children involved had been temporarily erased by Loki, this matter was eventually reported to Tony's desk, and the wand in Harry's hand successfully attracted the attention of this busy man. By the way, the people from the British Ministry of Magic did, as Harry thought, their spells should be reworked. However, the Aurors from the Magical Congress of the United States of America were extremely reliable in their work. They wiped the British Ministry of Magic's butt casually, but The memory cancellation spell had no effect on Loki. On the contrary, the Auror had his memory canceled once and went back in a daze.
But why was he more interested in this boy alone? Is it because he is next door?
"You should also pay attention to your own safety," Loki sneered at the notice, "I'm afraid your wanted order is still on someone's table in the atrium."
Harry's heart immediately beat fast and rose to his throat. No matter what Wanda is doing now, she did do one thing - tried to assassinate Tony Stark, although she has not yet succeeded.
"These are just things of the past."
The most generous one was Tony, who waved his hand, "There are always some things like this every year. As long as, um, the follow-up development is good, I usually won't pursue it - then we should talk about it. What do you think, madam? "
He changed his address to Wanda from 'beauty' to 'ma'am', and everyone could tell that he was getting serious.
Harry breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at each other with Peter, who also breathed a sigh of relief. The two of them held Wanda's hand more gently with both hands at the same time, holding it with one hand and stroking the back of her hand with the other. The image is of stroking the coldness that soothes her body like a cat.
Their sister was very angry because Harry was bullied. Harry was grateful that she stood up for him, but just as Wanda cared about him, he also cared about Wanda. Rather than venting his anger for him, he wanted to ensure that Wanda would not be treated as a Prisoners are sent back.
Yes, yes, she did do that thing. This is undeniable, and the right and wrong are not clear... But who made her Wanda!
"Take Harry back." Wanda said to Peter calmly.
Peter curled his lips and didn't resist, but looked up at the sky and put on his headphones, as if he didn't hear Wanda speak at all and refused to cooperate.
"Why do you want me to go back? I was bullied!"
Harry protested quietly.
"You are still a child and need to stay away from this." Wanda gave a natural reason.
"I'm twelve!" Harry said.
"One year older than last year, but still a child." Wanda said.
"Don't do this, Wanda," Harry begged her, "You have to let me stay - you are standing up for me. I can't just go home. If you and Peter are both here, I have to be here too. , you say I am your brother, then of course you are my sister, I want to stand with my brothers and sisters, this is the reasonable model for the family to be consistent with the outside world."
He said this sentence in one breath, and immediately lowered his head in embarrassment after saying it. He has always been very thin-skinned when facing his family.
Peter wanted to applaud him. This sentence was undoubtedly effective - Wanda's eyes softened quickly. She was a little overwhelmed and a little moved. The hand that originally folded her arms stretched out to the boy, and hesitated for a while and stopped in the air. , Peter pushed her and let his twin sister hug Harry.
"It's okay," Wanda assured him, "I won't--I won't insist on letting you out." She said, "If you want to stay here like this, then stand with me." , she sighed.
"And me." Peter said immediately.
Tony looked at the three siblings with a look like "Oh, I saw the cute sight of three hamsters hugging each other to keep warm." He very wisely didn't say a word, while Thor's mood was indescribable, and Loki let out a cry. laugh.
"A boring family comedy."
"You are jealous," Tony criticized quietly but firmly, "You could have been like this."
"I don't care." Loki said expressionlessly.
"Of course you don't care," Tony said, "but it's obvious, um, some people care, but it's obvious that you would rather play with a little boy than your brother."
Thor looked at him with an accusing look, and Tony said innocently: "Why, isn't this what you want? Did I say something wrong?"
It's as if he didn't stab Thor again in the chest just now.
"I'm not playing with him," Loki said with half-smiling eyes, throwing a fruit knife on the table to play with. Although this house was uninhabited, it was fully equipped with utensils, and even the fruits were fresh. There was also a small fruit knife. "I know he has a terrible family, a mysterious race, and..." He glanced at Wanda, "a hot sister who knows how to kill."
This statement made Harry and Peter glare at him.
"No, just play with him," Tony said, "otherwise he would have overturned a long time ago. We all know this."
"Oh, is it?"
Loki looked towards Harry with a half-smile smile on his face, and Harry took a few steps back subconsciously.
The next second, he was strangled by the throat, and all the air was squeezed out of his lungs by a huge force. Even at this moment, his eyes quickly turned black! !
"I hate that 'you can't, you can't do this' look on your face, thor - how about I strangle him to show you?"
"!!!"
Harry struggled in Loki's hand - Loki even dragged him around by the neck, because everyone in the room was attacking him at this moment - the huge force suppressed his His throat restrained his thoughts, and the lack of air made him unable to think. However, his survival instinct made him lose control of his mind at that moment.
Maybe he didn't notice it now - but his spirit was indeed attacking Loki at that moment, trying hard to suppress and control the other person's thinking so that he could survive.
Just like a sapling, trying hard to overturn the big rock on the soil - even if it is toppled with a weak force?
"Oh boy," Loki tsked at the mental power of the attack, "you're still too young."
Just when Harry's consciousness was about to disappear quickly, there was a loud bang and an unknown whooshing sound. The smell of blood spread at the tip of his nose. At the same time, the air finally returned to his body, and then he suddenly He fell to the ground, and his knees hurt from the impact.
Who saved me? What's wrong with me? How am I doing now?
His vision went dark, his chest and throat ached, and his hands and feet became weak, as if it was the worst possible answer.
Peter - Harry knew he was the fastest - held Harry in his arms and called his name eagerly. He was still shouting something. It seemed that Tony was also saying something, but Harry's senses were completely confused. , almost no extra words could be heard clearly. He felt dizzy as if he was floating in some sea. He stretched out his hand and was held tightly by Peter before he felt supported.
"——loki!!!"
Oh no, Thor's roar is still thunderous. Harry thought.
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"How dare you!!!" Thor grabbed his brother almost with anger and pain. The latter was in bad condition, with a big hole in his chest, but he was still smiling, one more syllable, his There was just a little more blood on his chest. Thor really wanted to hit this bastard with a hammer again for actually attacking the child, but Loki was penetrated through the chest and he really couldn't bear to do it again, "Loki... Loki!!"
"You shouldn't have sealed my power," Loki spit out a mouthful of blood. After the first penetration, the angry red power also blasted into his chest, burning and taking away his power. The power was too fast. , it was too fierce, and the last bit of blood on his face faded completely, showing a grayish blue, "It can't regenerate quickly now."
He smiled and pointed at his chest, which made Thor feel more and more painful.
"I want to die." He whispered next to Thor, "Let me go to the kingdom of death, I will find new strength there, Thor - this is not the place where I should be, and it is not the place where you should be. Tell me, how did you feel last time? Is it like this now? If so, I'm really happy."
He no longer called Thor brother. Even one syllable.
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Erik almost angrily took the youngest boy in the family from Peter's hand. The oldest one's lips were trembling with fear - Loki's power was far beyond comparison, and the damage he caused to Harry was far beyond what a boy could bear.
"Take him to No. 12 Grimmauld Place, by the fireplace," Erik immediately ordered Peter and handed Harry back to him. The silver-haired boy took Harry away without even a pause, for fear that Harry would be too late. He stopped breathing - even though the situation wasn't actually that bad.
There were two more beads made of unknown metal on Erik's hand - these were the things that penetrated Loki's chest. At the critical moment, it was Erik who saw them from the window and used it to penetrate the glass, the wall, and Loki's hands. The wrist, and finally that bastard chest.
"...I think I can explain." Tony gasped and threw the suit aside. He wore too much suit and leather tie today, making it particularly difficult to exercise. He raised his hands towards Erik to show that he meant no harm. He was angry and powerless. After all, things always happen so fast, and it is impossible to always follow the rules as you want. Under such circumstances, his powerlessness is understandable. "How should I call you? Is Magneto okay?"
