Chapter 31: Chapter 31: Better luck next time!
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'How the hell do muggles have anti-apparation charms?' Harry demanded. While they were muggles and he was fairly confident of his chances against them, there were at least thirty, all with assault rifles, and going up against them was an unnecessary risk.
He had a slight suspicion as to who these people might be, and if he was correct, he didn't want to go and display the repertoire of combat spells he had learnt over the past few years.
'I don't know, but we can worry about that later.'
Anything else Harry was going to say was cut off as he felt something impact his back and then electricity was coursing through him, bringing a burning pain along with it as it ruthlessly ripped apart the disorientation that had allowed it to hit him in the first place.
The sensation only lasted for a moment, however, as a cool numbness spread over him, Loki negating all pain and muscle contractions caused by the taser.
With coldness already coursing through him, Harry turned and surged forward, barely registering the man in front of him before he slipped the dagger's freezing-cold blade into his gut.
The attacker didn't have time to be shocked that an apparent teenager had just stabbed through a stab-proof vest before his helmet was ripped off and his head slammed into the wall.
If Harry had stabbed any further, the man would most likely already be condemned to death. He had, after all, finally gotten around to enchanting it, making it supernaturally sharp and durable when he poured his magic into it, turning ice cold as a side effect.
It would probably take a magical healer to do anything about a stab in the stomach worse than this one. Killing, however, was not Harry's current intention.
As the next round of soldiers entered the room, Phil Coulson walked behind them.
After the wardstone he had "borrowed" from the wizards had stopped his target's teleportation, he had been confident that they would not escape.
The house was covered in all directions by dozens of SHIELD agents, each armed with both tranquillizer darts, live rounds, and tasers.
The sight that confronted him proved that he had been right to be confident. Laying against the wall with a dart in his neck, taser coils attached to him, and handcuffs upon his wrists, was the target, his chest gently rising and falling.
Three unconscious men were laid on the floor, two apparently devoid of serious injury whilst the third had a knife wound in his stomach.
"Get the wounded agent to the nearest hospital ASAP, they'll be better suited to deal with this than we are at the moment," Coulson ordered, motioning for two men to carry the agent out before moving over to the shapeshifter.
"Don't touch him yet. We don't know whether or not his powers will react violently. Just make sure that he doesn't move."
He ran his eyes over the scene. From the looks of things, the agent who had been stabbed must've managed to neutralize the target before falling unconscious from his wounds.
The weapon the target had used wasn't visible, but he had probably sheathed it. A few minutes later, he was torn from his thoughts as the boy in front of him groaned, but it was a deep noise befitting of a man.
Perhaps the shapeshifter was returning to his true form?
The boy's form began to distort, and then a soldier dressed the same as the ones currently pointing their guns at him warped into existence – the same soldier that had been driven to the nearest hospital a few minutes ago.
Coulson swore, his hands going straight to his radio. "Medi-Evac, do you copy? You are potentially in danger-"
He heard the radio turn on, and an agent briefly began to speak, but then tires squealed and the sound of a car crashing burst through the speaker.
The radio sounded as though it had tumbled to the floor. It picked up the noise of grunting and a few blunt impacts, and then someone picked it up.
"Better luck next time, Agent Coulson," said a voice he remembered from Moscow almost three years ago.
The radio thumped against the floor again, and then there was only silence. Once again, Coulson cursed. This was the second time he had been played by the same target, and somehow, he felt it wouldn't be the last.
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With SHIELD knowing he was in Italy, Harry decided that the smartest thing to do was to not be in Italy.
It was incredibly likely that SHIELD would be watching airports for him, and he didn't want to put his faith into creating another illusion, lest it fail or they had some other way to identify him.
Unless he wanted to risk Harry Potter being seen, he would have to use a different method of travel.
So after writing a quick letter to Marco alerting him of urgent business abroad that required him for an undisclosed amount of time, Harry cleared out his apartment and headed for the nearest Portkey Office.
Whilst a Portkey was far from an ideal method of travel, it was his best option. Holding an illusion over a distance of multiple miles had rended him too tired to apparate, and he wouldn't have been able to make it far anyway.
The Floo network was not capable of crossing international borders, so unless he felt like running or swimming, it would have to do.
Since all of his documents were forged, courtesy of Marco, Harry decided it would be best not to officially buy a Portkey, especially seeing as though SHIELD might think to look into magical records as well, seeking someone matching his description.
Unfortunately, he had no idea how to make a Portkey, and international ones were closely tracked anyway.
He had decided that he would have to steal one or hitch a ride, but that meant he wouldn't have a choice as to where he was going.
It would also mean that he would have to avoid the authorities of the country he arrived who would undoubtedly be waiting for any new arrivals – that was if he didn't manage to dodge them altogether.
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