''Wait, Fury, you want me to do what?'' Iris asks, walking along with him on a platform, keeping her hands behind her back respectfully. Fury was her superhero but right now he wasn't making much sense at all, ever since that whole incident with the Avengers he must have lost part of his mind. She couldn't blame him, being stuck with Stark all that time.
''You heard me, Agent, I'm sending you to Asgard. We need to learn more about their kind and others alike. Are you going to disobey my direct order?'' Fury questioned stopping and focusing his eye on the young agent, she was one of the best and a top secret of S.H.I.E.L.D's infact half the Agent's didn't even know she existed. She was used to his scrutiny now and she wasn't afraid of him, Fury had a soft spot whether he liked to admit it or not. Iris stared up at him for a moment before sighing and giving in.
''Fine. If Loki kills me it's on you Fury. Don't you think they'll be a little less welcoming considering everything that went wrong?'' She questioned, she had read up about Loki's case as soon as it happens. Apparently it was too dangerous for her to be there, but she didn't see how sending her to his planet would help with keeping her out of danger. She wished Fury would send the Black Widow, she was probably more equipped to dealing with missions like this.
''You are to act like you have no clue how you got there. You don't know who S.H.I.E.L.D is or who I am, you know about Loki but if you see him don't say too much information. You won't bring any weapons. As soon as they find you they'll likely bring you in for questioning just like we would. They'll know you're human. Doctor Solveig and other scientists have got just enough ''magic'' to teleport you there. Good luck, your mission begins in the morning.'' Fury said quickly before walking off humming.
Admittedly she'd barely slept that night, just thinking of being sent to Asgard made her wary. She had no clue what to wear there, obviously not her S.H.I.E.L.D uniform but she felt strange without it. She picked out a floral dress she hardly ever wore and boots, that would do. She didn't need to impress the other race. She left her long curly blonde hair out for once instead of it being in a bun and it now grew to her backside, Iris had one blue and one green eye and she had never liked them, she had insisted on wearing contacts as she knew the Asgardians would comment about it but Fury wouldn't listen.
Iris felt out of place as she stepped out where the scientists and Fury were waiting though they barely stole her a glance. Iris would be lying if she said her heart wasn't pounding into her chest at this point, her last mission had cost her partner's life and she really didn't feel comfortable going on such an important mission like this. Iris had a few translucent scars on her arms and neck from that mission, she'd tried so desperately hard to save his life but she couldn't. It'd been years infact since she'd gone on one but she'd never stopped training. Closing her eyes she tried to block out the flashback that was bound to come like it always did when she thought of it, but trying didn't help at all.
Trent lay next to her, they were out on a mission where suspected enemies were in a remote place in Vietnam who threatened S.H.I.E.L.D, they were situated out in the middle of no-where, luckily the still had a car to take to the borders and they'd lay on top of it. Luckily it was only a one-week mission and they'd be back in America soon enough. It was one of those nights when it wasn't raining or anything and they lay ontop of the silver car, looking at the stars and the forest in front of them. They were only there to spy really so that they'd know exactly where the enemies were and report back to S.H.I.E.L.D and what they were doing.
''The stars are so beautiful out here.'' Iris said smiling as she rested her head on the car. She glanced at Trent who was grinning from ear to ear, he had been so handsome with brown tousled hair and green eyes.
''Too bad we aren't here on vacation.'' He replied chuckling and staring up at the sky the same way Iris was. They'd done missions like this thousands of times and they'd never went wrong, so they were as relaxed as S.H.I.E.L.D agents could be. The sound of his laughter had caused butterflies in Iris's stomach.
''...You know when we get back, we have the freaking lie detector tests. I'm gonna' fail the 'any romance in work' one.'' Trent said light-heartedly, Iris had barely had enough time to recover from what he said and she felt her cheeks flush.
''You got something going on with Agent Taylor I should know about?'' Iris joked laughing loudly. -
''Iris?'' Fury's voice took her from the flashback and she straightened up trying to not let her eyes betray her.
''Yes, sir?'' She was well aware of the looks she was getting but chose to ignore it, after all it really wasn't their business anyway.
''We are ready to let you go. You got this?'' Fury asked giving her a wary one-eyed look. She nodded clenching her teeth. Fury had no idea of her flashbacks but mental health checkups were coming up for all Agents and if she failed it she'd have to wait till the next year to be a candidate for any mission at all. She couldn't mess this one up.
''Just step in here, Iris and you'll be on your way.'' Doctor Solveig said with a friendly smile, she returned it stepping into the small circle with a nod. Solveig was kind if a little crazy.
She watched with a jolt as things started to blur around her moving this way and that, Fury's grave expressionless face became muddled and mixed up and she felt her mind spin as did everything else. A strange buzzing sound around her was driving her insane. It suddenly stopped, the cold wind that seemed to wrap around her stopped as well and it was suddenly warm and sunny. Opening her eyes she gaped.
She was in Asgard.
It was hard to describe, beautiful didn't even cut it. She stood on what seemed to be the edge of it, a strange ocean surrounded it. All of the buildings were built to there prime, even the air felt cleaner and fresh. She could see the golden tall palace over the other buildings and it sparkled in the lovely sunlight, she couldn't help but imagine the look on Trent's face if he were there. He would've said that he must have taken some strange drugs.
Hearing the sound of footsteps and clashing she straightened up but then remembered how she was to act, which wasn't that hard, the part that was hard was to forget all her years of training. How was she supposed to be delicate and fragile?
''You, there!'' A deep male voice shouted, looking up she saw that it was what appeared to be a guard, clad in armor and a sword in hand. Another came to join.
''Don't hurt me! Please... I-'' Iris said looking at them and she didn't even have to act afraid. She was afraid. They were so much taller and bigger than her she would have rather throw herself off Asgard into the ocean below than face them, if she had to fight she knew who would win.
''She's a human. Take her to the prison.'' The first one said looking as if he was finding it hard not to laugh. She hated the way he said human, like she was some sort of weakling. The other gave the first one a sharp look.
''There's only one vacancy and it's right opposite him.'' He said, seeming to shudder at who he was referring to. He was speaking about Loki she realized, of course Asgardians wouldn't take kindly to deceitful princes either.
''Still. Just put her in it. See what she does when she's locked up with the monster.'' The first one said and she really disliked him.
Something told her that he wasn't supposed to act that way as one of the guards. Before she knew it the second one was tugging her arm along right to a strange dome shaped place which would be the prison, tougher looking guards stood much like Agent's of S..H.I.E.L.D did. He took her down 3 sleek looking steps and to the right, getting a guard to unlock the big iron-looking door with a golden key and then bringing her inside.
Straight in front of her in a cell was the God of Mischief sitting facing away from them, who had killed hundreds of her kind and had come to rule Earth itself. He turned around his dark hair to the his shoulders now, his green eyes piercing her own a horrible smirk fit his face evilly.
''My, my, what have you brought for me?"
Please review/follow if you'd like me to continue :). It's set just after The Avengers when Thor brings Loki back.
