Hi everyone, this story is a sequel to my first story "The Child of Loki" it can be found here ( s/11088686/1/The-Child-of-Loki) That story was strictly Avengers, but this one will be a cross over between Avengers and Agents of SHIELD. I will be explaining a lot of the AOS stuff because the OC is just meeting them, so you probably don't have to be an avid watcher to enjoy. It follows the Avengers to the end of the first movie and AOS to the end of the second season with the exception of a certain character (Andrew) still being a part of the show. This is an AU where SHIELD never collapsed.
This story follows the OC from my first story, Scarlet. It is not the happy fluffy story a lot of my readers asked for, but what can I say, I prefer dark/sad stories. It will mainly focus on Scarlet and her relationships with the AOS cast. But there will be chapters with eth avengers, and especially Nat and Loki as well.
Since this is going to be dark/sad I want to give people fair warnings. For the whole story there will be trigger warnings for suicide, self-harm, alcohol use, and lots of angsty emotions. More specific warnings before each chapter. The trigger warning for suicide is pretty serious for this chapter, you can skip it and you wouldn't miss too much.
Everything but the OCs and the plot belong to marvel.
Scarlet stood in the center of the street, staring wildly around. No one moved, they scarcely dared to breathe while she watched them. A car was zooming down the street ahead of her, she could see the jet black convertible speeding down what should have been a crowded street and swerving to a stop less than 100 feet from her. Her heart sank into her stomach. Things were unraveling fast, and if she couldn't get them back it would only get worse.
"Please Scarlet" A trembling officer was calling to her. Officer Davis, she knew him of course. In such a small town you could know everyone, but with as much contact as she had had with the police department, she knew Officer Davis quite well. And he liked to think he knew her. But he didn't. "We can talk this out, it doesn't have to end this way. Just put the gun down."
Her mother and father practically leapt out of the car the moment it had pulled to a stop. Natasha froze when she saw Scarlet, taking in the scene. It must have looked bad, Scarlet thought. Here she was, standing in the middle of the street at two o'clock in the afternoon holding a gun to her head. She hadn't meant for this to happen here… She had been alone, then without warning she had been teleported to the street.
So there she stood, in the middle of the street. Gun to her temple. Blood dripped down her arms, she couldn't even remember how she had cut herself. She couldn't feel it. It didn't matter anyway, she was invincible.
Natasha stared at her wild eyed daughter with fear in her eyes, but it was not she who spoke, it was her husband.
"Scarlet," he said in a shockingly soft voice. Loki had changed a lot since they had moved to the small town. He went by Luke now, and he and Natasha ran a bar together. He was a wonderful father, and right now she could see the fear and concern in his eyes. "Scarlet I know you are scared… this didn't go the way you wanted it to. Now you feel like you can't back down, like there is no way out. But you're wrong kid. Just put the gun down."
"Shut up!" Scarlet snapped "Don't pretend you know what is happening, what I am thinking. I'm not you!" she spat.
Natasha glanced at Loki worriedly, thinking that her daughter was resembling her husband more now than she ever had before. "SHIELD will be here soon, if we can't get her to calm down…" she whispered over the hood of their car. "Scarlet, please… we just want to help you." She said as calmly as she could. As she said it the sleek black cars appeared in the distance, and snipers appeared on the roof behind Scarlet. A short man in a black suit walked up next to her and muttered under his breath "Don't worry, they are icers".
She glanced at him in surprise and muttered a shocked "Coulson" but she didn't have time for anything else. Scarlet was not taking the arrival of SHIELD very well.
"Get back!" She screamed "get back or I swear I'll do it!"
Natasha shook her head "Just ice her before she hurts someone. She won't listen to reason."
She turned back to look sadly at her daughter but found that she was gone. Her only relief was that the gun had been left behind.
"We need to find her"