A short while later Harry was at home, rubbing his eyes, tempted to smash his tablet and throw it out of his window. He had just read up on all the information Shield had about the tesseract, or at least all of the information they had given him. Harry trusted Fury, to a degree, he doubted he would ever one hundred percent completely trust him but he respected him enough to not read his mind at every opportunity. Although now he was admittedly very tempted to do so.
The tesseract, a bright blue cube, was what Fury wanted back. Apparently Shield wanted to use it as a power source due to the fact that they believed it could be the key to unlimited energy. Harry knew that it was probably more than just that, he had learnt long ago to never take people's words as absolute truth. Harry believed in 'trust but verify', and since he didn't fully trust Shield that meant more verifying.
Harry also read up on the information of the other people Fury wanted to bring in, one of them was Steve. Harry knew that Fury had some reason for bringing Captain America in beyond an extra set of enhanced hands. Then there was also Stark, admittedly Harry understood why he wanted to bring Stark in. The man's Iron Man suit was an incredibly advanced and brilliant bit of tech, and the man behind its creation was a genius, no matter who you asked.
There was information on Barton and Natasha but Harry had skipped that as he already knew all he could about them. There was also information on Loki, limited information but better than nothing, the information included various myths and legends about him, including myths about him being the father to a snake big enough to wrap itself around the world. If that existed then Harry wouldn't really mind meeting it, providing it didn't try to eat him. But Harry doubted it, that sort of thing was kind of hard to miss, especially in a world as technologically advanced as this one. He didn't completely dismiss the possibility, mostly so he didn't look like an idiot in case he was wrong. There was also information on Thor, myths, stories and guesses, but the confirmed facts were stuff that Harry already knew.
Then there was information on Bruce Banner, a genius who apparently had seven PhDs, which Harry personally thought was a bit overboard. The man seemed to specialize in radiation, specifically gamma radiation, which was more than likely why Shield wanted him as the tesseract produced low levels of the stuff. Though Harry knew that was not where Shield's interest in the man ended, there was also the fact that the man possesses the ability to turn into an enormous green rage monster.
'The Hulk' was the name they had given Banner's other half, the Hulk was a green skinned being who stood at an estimated eight to night feet tall and was able to pick up and throw cars like they were footballs. His strength was insane and so far a limit hasn't been discovered, not thanks to a lack of trying since the army was very insistent on trying to catch him, either to kill him or study him, Harry was leaning more to the second. It was hypothesized that the Hulk's strength is related to his/Banner's emotional state, meaning it would be good to keep the guy as calm as possible.
Hulk had also fought a similar creature called 'Abomination', the two had destroyed a large amount of Harlem during their fight, though Hulk had won in the end. In a way it sort of reminded him of Remus Lupin with his 'furry little problem'.
Fury wanted Natasha to try and convince Bruce Banner to work with them but he also wanted Harry to come in case Bruce decided to let Hulk take other the negotiations. Which meant Harry had to be ready to fight the Hulk if it came down to it. 'Wouldn't that be fun?' Harry thought sarcastically.
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Bruce Banner was currently in India, he had spent a lot of his time healing people, it was a great way for him to not only gain money but also help people. He never stayed in one spot for long, that would just make him easier to be found. As of the moment he was being guided towards a house by a young girl who had told him that her father was sick. She led him into a small brown, wooden house, as soon as he got into the house he looked around to see if he could find the father but saw nobody.
In fact that house looked suspiciously empty, he turned to look at the girl and saw her quickly exiting the house through a window. He was about to follow after her but stopped when he realized that he was not in fact alone.
"You should have got paid upfront Banner." Bruce said to himself, realizing that he had been tricked.
"You know, for a man who's supposed to be avoiding stress, you have picked a hell of a place to settle in." Natasha said as she walked into the room, making herself known.
"Avoiding stress isn't the secret." Bruce replied as he turned to look at her.
"What is it? Yoga?" Natasha joked.
"You brought me to the edge of the city, smart." Bruce commented as he looked out the window. "I assume the whole place is surrounded."
"Yes." A male voice replied, Bruce looked back and saw Grim standing in the corner, his cloak covering his whole body.
"Who are you?" Bruce asked in a calm voice.
"He's just basically here in case you decide to go green." Natasha explained.
"Who are you? Both of you." Bruce said as his eyes glanced between them both.
"I am Natasha Romanoff," Natasha answered before gesturing to Grim. "his codename is 'Grim'."
"And your actress buddy?" Bruce asked as he gestured to where the girl had left. "She a spy too? They start that young?"
"I did." Natasha replied.
"Are you two here to kill me?" Bruce asked. "Because that's not going to work out for everyone."
"If we wanted to kill you, then you already would be dead." Grim responded.
"You do know who I am, right?" Bruce asked.
"Yes, I also know how to remove your head in under two seconds, so if you think you can transform quicker than that then try it." Grim replied, his green eyes locked on to Banner.
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