Harry was sitting down reading the recent news that he had missed during his time on Avalon. It appeared Stark had been busy during the Christmas time. An organization calling itself A.I.M. had launched several attacks on U.S. soil, killing thousands of people.
Harry was going over the reports, reading through them carefully. According to Rhodes' report, A.I.M. had attempted to burn the President alive in an oil tanker. Thanks to Rhodes and Stark, however, disaster had been averted. They not only had stopped A.I.M. but defeated all their Extremis soldiers. The mastermind, Aldrich Killian, had been killed in battle. His puppet, Trevor Slattery, had been arrested and sent to prison for taking part in the terrorist attacks.
While the attacks had stopped, Harry decided to dig deeper into the A.I.M. database, trying to figure out exactly where they got everything. While everything indicating their activity was over checked out, there was one thing that disturbed Harry deeply. All of A.I.M.'s funding had disappeared. Harry tried to find a trace, but whoever had taken the money was covering their tracks really well. It was clear with Harry's skills he wouldn't be able to find out where the money went. Harry hated to ask Stark for favors, but it was really his best option. He also had a feeling the Mandarin wasn't what the world originally believed. Just going over the notes and reports, the Mandarin seemed to jump faces a lot. That meant there was a high possibility the real Mandarin had yet to reveal himself.
That, however, wasn't why Harry was back in London. Due to the fact Harry was sensitive to magical disturbance, Harry could sense something abnormal around London. It was almost as if the laws of magic were bending. Harry knew this only happened during a serious magical event. Harry knew this because Halloween was the night of Samhain when the spirits of the dead were much easier to talk to. Something similar was happening here. People were reporting that they were somehow moving between places much faster.
All Harry could figure out was rifts were forming unpredictably in random locations. It hadn't been a one-time occurrence; they were happening more frequently. He was in London to see if he could stop the rifts from forming before they start ripping the planet in half. Unfortunately, Harry didn't know much about mending such rifts, as neither that nor really anything about magical rifts had been in the Hogwarts curriculum. He knew this was the kind of job for the Accidental Magic Reversal Squad. Harry may not have been trained, but he would make sure he would mend the rift.
Harry looked up to see Morgan walking uncomfortably in muggle clothing towards him. She would stop ever few seconds to pull at her clothing that seem to stick to her. Harry tried to not laugh at her discomfort. He had never really had proper muggle clothing either. Growing up with the Dursleys he had always been forced to wear Dudley's hand-me-downs that made him walk around with extremely baggy clothing that made him feel like he was wearing an elephant's skin. Morgan finally managed to reach him and she sat down with an annoyed look on her face.
"How do you stand muggle clothing?" she asked as she tried to adjust the pants that felt a little too tight. Having grown up wearing robes, she was more use to the feeling of loose clothing on her body instead of clothing that really seemed to stick her skin.
"Clothing has changed in the past two thousand years. You know one way we survived is by blending in. If you walk around in your green robes, then you're just going to be attracting attention. Remember, to survive, we need to blend in," Harry explained in amusement.
"I know that, yet I sense something is troubling you," Morgan said softly.
Harry sighed as he put down his tablet. "The Avengers are game changers. Since our team was formed, people have been keeping their eyes on us in hopes we do something just as spectacular as saving New York from an alien invasion. Just a few months ago, an organization revealed itself to Stark. They're calling themselves A.I.M. While Stark reports all their Extremis soldiers were eliminated and the mastermind was killed in battle, I get the feeling we only saw the tip of the iceberg from A.I.M. and we're going to be seeing a lot more of them soon enough."
"The Avengers are going to be challenged," Morgan concluded softly.
"Yeah, right now we're game changers. A team like ours has never really been seen before. The closest anyone has gotten to the Avengers was the Howling Commandos back in World War II. We're making a lot of people nervous because we have a base of unlimited power. For what I've been able to gather from tapping into S.H.I.E.L.D.'s database, a lot of criminal elements are going underground. However, I get the feeling many of these elements may find help in possible superpowers," Harry said slowly.
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