Mage yanked his arm up as he appeared, sending the jet of vicious purple harmlessly skywards. An instant later, he redirected a spell towards the Elves that Jane'd been aiming for, sending a bolt of magic into the ground around them, exploding it and causing the Elves to be blown outwards and away.
"Mage?" Jane asked.
"Ian?" Mage said, clearly confused as to why the young man was lying on the ground.
"Doctor Selvig?" Ian asked looked straight up at the man.
"Myeu-muh!" Darcy exclaimed as Mjolnir shot past the group.
"Where's Thor?" Mage asked before shaking his head and nodding after Mjolnir. "Never mind, he's probably that way."
"The convergence is getting close to being in full effect," Erik stressed.
"You and Thor have to stop Malekith before that happens," Jane insisted.
"I'll do my best," Mage replied, before jumping on his broom and rocketing after Thor's hammer
ooo00ooo
The squad of Aurors that apparated into Greenwich quickly realised that they were out of their depth.
Muggles were running every which way, screaming their heads off as they were chased by the strangest creatures that they'd ever seen. They looked like humans, but it was obvious that they weren't, not with their unnaturally white faces and skin and pointed ears, at least once they'd seen one without their mask on. And the armour that they were wearing was nothing like they'd ever seen before. Even their weapons were terrifying – shooting some kind of red-orange beam of something that definitely wasn't magic.
Whatever these creatures were, it was obvious that they weren't vampires or werewolves or house elves or any of the other magical species.
"This isn't magic," Draco Malfoy, the lead Auror stated in horror.
"Over there!" one of his rookies exclaimed.
As one, the group turned to see a wizard in a blue-grey dragonhide cloak fighting the creatures using stunners, bombardas, incarcerous' and a host of other spells, all to devastating effect.
"He's the one," Malfoy stated. "We need to arrest him before he breaks the Statute to the point that the Obliviators can't do their job."
"NO! You can't!" that same rookie – Shelbie, a recent transfer in from America – near-yelled.
Slowly, Malfoy turned to him, one eyebrow raised.
"That's Mage," Shelbie said in a rush. "The Avenger. You don't know who that is? Harry Potter! The ICW gave him special dispensation to do what he does to protect the muggles and keep the magical world hidden as long as he's wearing that costume. It was all over the American newspapers; guess it didn't make it over here?"
"No," Malfoy stated slowly, turning back to stare at his old Hogwarts' rival.
He watched as Potter took down a handful of the creatures almost with ease before racing off after another group. A flick of one hand brought his second-in-command to his side.
"We'll split up, check that he's the only magical here. You take Nott and circle that way," he said, before leaning in slightly and adding, sotto voce, "see if you can gather up some of those creatures. Secure them in the dungeons below Malfoy Manor; they might prove useful later."
In a louder voice, he continued. "We'll deal with Potter and that ICW claim after … this has finished.
ooo00ooo
Glancing up at the sky, Mage could see that time was running out. The nine planets of Yggdrasil were coming into alignment. Great circles had begun appearing in the sky, each allowing a glimpse from Earth straight to these other worlds.
While Mage didn't know which was which, just the fact that he could see them was awe-inspiring. One was ocean blue; another a deep, dark brown. The grey-green one seemed to be covered in a forest, while the icy white and light blue one matched the pictures in his mind of Jotenheim. Of the others, the deep red one was the most prominent, the others being too high for him to get a decent look at.
The fact that these great circles of other worlds were beginning to overlap told him that the Alignment was close, bare minutes away at most. And if he had to guess, Malekith and by extension, Thor, were bound to be right underneath them, most likely where the alien ship had come to rest.
Unfortunately, between where he currently was and where he needed to be, were a bunch of annoying aliens.
Mage's arm was a blur as he snapped off spell after spell at the aliens. And while he was making a difference, it was simply taking too long to make his way through and past them.
Digging into his pouch, he pulled out a handful of Decoy Detonators, tossed them into the air and wandlessly banished them to his right. The wailing and annoying sirens that they made as they landed and began scurrying about did the trick, sending nearly two-thirds of the aliens running after them to find out what the noise was.
The rest Mage made short work of, stunning and tying them up as quickly as he could.
The wind and clouds intensified just then and Mage didn't hesitate, taking off in a dead sprint.
ooo00ooo
Mage found Thor and Malekith trading blows not far from the alien ship. Mjolnir, it seemed, was still missing, leaving Thor simply using his fists. Each time that Malekith gained an upper hand through the use of the blood red energy that he favoured, Thor fought his way back, preventing the alien from reaching his goal.
"Malekith!" Mage shouted, distracting the dark-hued alien.
"You must have fought well, boy, to still be alive when my Elves were tasked with destroying you," Malekith stated. "It is almost a pity that your end is so close."
"I wouldn't be too sure of that," Mage retorted, before winding up and pitching a small, glass ball at the alien.
Almost on reflex, Malekith caught it before looking at it disdainfully.
"You think that a bauble is enough to stop me, boy?" Malekith asked.
Mage simply shrugged and looked at Thor.
"Might be a good time to call Mjolnir," he suggested.
Thor, he noted, gave a small nod and turned one hand outwards slightly.
And then Malekith did exactly what Mage wanted him to do – he closed his fist, crushing the glass ball that Mage had thrown at him. Instantly, a canary yellow mist burst forth and drifted upwards, clouding the aliens' head where he was forced to breath it in.
Mage watched interestedly as Malekith's jaw seemed to slacken and his hands dropped to hang limply at his sides. The deep red energy that was swirling about his body melted away, absorbed once more into Malekith's body at the same time that his eyes closed and he began swaying ever so slightly where he stood.
Cautiously, Thor approached, just as Mjolnir arrived, slapping into his hand.
When Malekith made no move against him, Thor reached out and nudged the alien in the shoulder. Receiving no response, Thor looked back questioningly at Mage.
"A little something one of my friends cooked up," Mage explained. "He's in an intense daydream at the moment, won't wake up for about half an hour or so. Well, it'd be that long if he was human, don't know how long it'll be with his species."
Thor thought about that for about half a second before lifting his mighty hammer and slamming it into the side of Malekith's head, dropping the alien to the ground in a slump.
ooo00ooo
Malekith being neutralised seemed to be the signal for Mage and Thor's allies to arrive.
Jane and Erik were the first, with Jane racing across the grass and jumping at Thor, wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing him soundly. Thor, in return, laughed heartily as he returned her embrace. Erik followed more sedately, carefully holding the device that he and Jane had created in front of him, its strap still snug around his neck.
Next to appear were Darcy and Ian. Mage could only shake his head in amusement when Darcy took one look at Jane kissing Thor before turning and planting a similar type of kiss on a startled Ian. Ian, of course, was quick to reciprocate.
In the distance, Mage noticed the Hogwarts crowd had appeared from shelter. While most were staring up at the sky at the still visible planets, some were looking his way. Noting that both Hermione and Teddy were in the latter category, he raised his hands and gave them a wave. Judging by the fact that a smile broke out Hermione's face as she waved back, he guessed that she, at least, got the message that he was fine.
"Um, has anyone noticed that there's a whopping great alien spaceship parked here?" Darcy asked after breaking off her kiss with Ian.
"Indeed," Thor agreed, one arm still around Jane. "And this is not a good place for such a vessel to be; Midgard is not ready yet to have access to such a vessel."
"Don't let Tony here you say that," Mage grinned.
"What he doesn't know won't hurt him," Jane stated.
"With the convergence still in effect, we can send the ship through one of the anomalies fairly easily," Erik said, fiddling with the dials on his machine.
"Do it," Mage ordered.
With one decisive twist, the alien ship simply ceased to exist on Earth. Well, most of it, Mage noted. The part of the ship embedded in the ground was still there, its electronics or equivalents or whatever, sparking away from the suddenly cut connections.
"Convergence," Jane whispered in awe, staring up at the circles of worlds that had finally aligned.
A few seconds later, the edges of the worlds that had disappeared began to reappear once again, only on the opposite side. And with Malekith out cold at their feet, the danger had passed.
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