Okay. So, new fic. No one told me whether another sequel was okay, but frankly, I don't give a fuck. I'm posting this. Whether you guys read it or not, I don't really give a shit. I just want this out there. Okay? Okay. Here we go. Re-write of "The Dark World." Let's do this.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own anything Marvel, or Norse mythology related. Duh. I'm not a Viking, or a Marvel executive. But I want to be.
I groaned, but I heated myself up, and blasted the super soldier off of me. I stood up straight, and I knew my eyes were glowing. I could still feel the heat radiating in me.
Steve got up after a moment, and stared right back at me, but he looked disappointed. I was still letting my emotions control my powers, and I knew that that was the problem, but I still didn't have control over my anxiety, and the stress. But in my defense, he didn't either.
"I know what you're going to say, Steve, but frankly, I don't want to hear it."
"I was going to tell you that that was better." I frowned at him, and he shrugged, starting to unwrap his hands. He turned to go to the locker rooms, and I followed. "You utilized your anger, you didn't just get angry and fight back. You used your anger to your advantage."
"You're making no sense to me, spangles." He shot me a look, but I held up my hands in defense. "But I'm not complaining. At all." He smirked, and I grinned right back. "So, what now? Do you wanna go and get lunch? Maria just showed me this great place downtown. You'd love it." He raised an eyebrow at me as I pulled off my gloves. Dad and I designed them with the help of Bruce, and they were designed to help me harness my powers.
"Oh yeah? What kind of place is it?"
"It's a bar." He sighed, and I burst out laughing. Steve shot me a look, but then he smiled, and he nodded.
"There had better be some good burgers there, Ellie, or I'm holding you solely responsible for my attitude tomorrow." I laughed, and nodded, as we got to our respective lockers. Mine was on the opposite side of his, and I started to strip, grabbing a towel, but then my phone went off. It was the Men In Black theme, which only meant one thing.
"How's my favorite intern?" She started yelling at me as soon as I picked up, and I smiled, laughing at her.
"Ellie, we got some serious shit going on in London town! Like, the-same-readings-as New-Mexico shit!" I slowly stopped laughing, and frowned. I took the towel off, and started pulling on actual clothes. Steve caught a glimpse, and shot me a confused look. I turned back to the phone, putting it to my ear after I set it down to change.
"Gimme five hours. I'm on my way, but Darc, I'm calling in backup. S.H.I.E.L.D. works with me now, they'll do whatever I tell them."
"How do I know that?" I met Steve's eyes.
"I work alongside the Captain. They have no choice." I hung up, and then started grabbing things from my locker, throwing them in my duffel. "Can I get a raincheck on lunch?"
"What's going on?" I slammed my locker shut, and pulled on my boots, lacing them up.
"Darcy and Jane are getting readings like they did in New Mexico, and if I'm right, it has something to do with the Convergence."
"Do you want me to call Fury and let him know?" I stood up, and threw my duffel over my shoulder, putting my hair up in a messy bun.
"If you don't mind. I have to get on the jet as soon as I get to the city." I kissed his cheek, and pulled out my phone again, making arrangements with Pepper. "I'll see you when I get back...whenever that is!"
He didn't reply, and I realized why when I got in my car. I'd just stunned him to silence.
My eyebrows furrowed in confusion, when I got to the place Darcy told me to go. Police were everywhere, Darcy was talking to one of them, and some guy was with her. He was cute, and I'm assuming he was the guy she'd been hinting at throughout her various texts. She knew I would freak out on the flight over, so she distracted me, bless her heart. I got there a little late, but I got there in time.
I parked the car not too far away, and ran up to Darcy, yelling to her. She turned, and ran over to me, hugging me tight. I didn't smile, because I knew something was wrong. "What's with the cops? What, you couldn't wait to do illegal stuff without me?"
"Of course not. And now, Jane's missing." My eyes went wide. I pulled away, and pulled out my phone, throwing up projections.
"Did she have her cellphone on her?" Darcy hummed a yes, since I wasn't looking at her. "I can probably track it, since I have all her information right here."
"Do you keep tabs on us?" I smiled. "That's totally creepy, but in the nicest way!" I laughed at her, and started to track Jane's cellphone. I frowned, though, when the map showed that she was only a few feet away from us.
"Darc?"
"Hm?" I turned to her, and then looked back at the map.
"This says Jane is in the building next to us." Darcy took the phone from my hand, and examined the map herself. She looked over to the building, and she gasped.
"JANE!" She dropped my phone, but I caught it, and shoved it back in my pocket. I ran over to Jane, too, and Darcy was already interrogating her. "Where the hell were you?!"
"Tell me you didn't call the police." Jane demanded, and then glanced at me. She paused, and grinned at me. "Ellie!" I smiled right back at her, hugging her.
"Hey, Jane."
"What else was I supposed to do?" Darcy asked, frustrated. I backed off, and watched them fight. It was pretty amusing, actually.
"Not call the police. You call the police, the Feds come, and when the Feds come, S.H.I.E.L.D. follows and Area 51's the place!" I bit my lip, and cleared my throat. Jane looked back at me. She was confused, but then she spotted the S.H.I.E.L.D. signia on my uniform, and sighed. "I'm sorry, Ellie, but-"
"I know, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s a pain in the ass. Trust me, I know. Everytime I try to sit down, and have a Lord of the Rings marathon with Steve to show him the greatness he missed, we get called on a mission. It's total bullshit, and he needs to see those movies so we can watch the last Hobbit movie together in theaters!" Darcy and Jane glanced at each other, and then back at me, but I didn't notice. "Now, though, S.H.I.E.L.D. is working with me. I'm sure I can convince some higher-ups to back off, but still keep track of things." They both shot me looks, but Jane's was the worst. "We have to, guys, don't look at me like that. We have to make sure New York doesn't happen again." They shared a look, but nodded. I looked at Jane. "So what happened to you?"
"Yeah, you were gone for, like, five hours." Jane gaped at Darcy, and I frowned again.
"What?" She muttered. I frowned further, as thunder rolled, and it started pouring down rain...but not on us. I could see rain falling down, as heavy as ever, but it wasn't raining on us.
I knew this. It had to be him. I looked around, and spotted him in all his godly glory off to the side, avoiding the authorities. I grabbed Jane's arm, and she turned to me, but then followed to where I was looking. Her eyes went wide, and she paused, before she went to him. The dry patch followed her, but another patch stayed with me. I frowned, but followed after she was right next to him, giving them a moment. I saw her slap him, and smiled to myself, because that's exactly what I would've done.
"Hey, Goldilocks!" Thor looked at me, and I pointed to the rain that wasn't falling on us. "You might want to cut that out." He glanced at the sky, and the rain stopped after he did. I smiled at him. "It's good to see you, Goldi." He grinned right back at me.
"Ellie Stark, I have missed you." He grabbed me in a hug, and I laughed, but squeezed back as best as I could. He had me in a death grip, so it was kind of hard. He dropped me to my feet, and I stumbled. I had to grab Darcy's shoulder so I wouldn't fall. "How are you coping?" I looked up at Thor, and I knew he was one of the few people in this universe that would understand what happened that day. I could trust him, I knew I could, but I didn't want to talk about this in front of Darcy and Jane. I couldn't.
"Pretty well. I'm working with the Captain and Natasha, as well as your friend the Son of Coul, so it's pretty good. How are you doing?" He smiled.
"Well." I nodded, and Jane turned to me and Darcy, shooting us both glares.
"We're in the middle of something."
"And I'm pretty sure we're getting arrested." Darcy stated. Jane told Thor to hold it, and headed over to the cops. She grabbed my arm, and tugged me with her. I frowned, and started to argue with her as she dragged me.
"What did I-"
"S.H.I.E.L.D. You're helping me get off scotch free." I rolled my eyes, but walked ahead of her, and went straight to the cop in charge.
"Excuse me." I smiled at him politely, as he turned to face me. "Hi, sorry. This is all just one big misunderstanding. See, this woman here, we thought she went missing, but she came back. And what this team is doing here, it's research for S.H.I.E.L.D." I held up my badge. "Do you think you could let this slide?" He shook his head, shooting me an irritated look.
"I can't. You're all trespassing, I'm going to have to arrest you." He reached out to grab Jane's arm, but something happened. Power erupted from her, and sent us all flying back. Jane landed flat, and Thor ran to her side, helping her up. He grabbed a hold of her, looked up at the sky, and a portal shot down.
My eyes went wide. I felt my hands go numb, as well as my feet, and my lungs stopped working like lungs. Darcy went to the center of the portal, and looked up at the sky as the portal closed.
"Holy shit. El, did you-" She stopped, and I looked her dead in the eyes, taking a deep breath. "You okay over there?" I realized that my hands felt like they were burning, and I looked down at them, cooling down.
"Yeah. Just peached." I never got to go to Asgard, and I fucking sacrificed myself for that guy!
Assholes. Guys are all assholes.
I was pacing with Darcy, and her boyfriend was sitting on the couch at Jane's mother's place. She had her phone in hand, and I was waiting for a call back from someone. Anyone. Seriously, anyone at all would've been great at that point.
"Did you-"
"Yes, I even called Steve, but he hasn't picked up. He's either sleeping for once, or he's on a mission without me, and Fury's pissed because I'm not there. Who knows, maybe he went on a date! That'd be cool." Darcy groaned, and flung herself onto the couch.
"Jane isn't calling back. Erik isn't calling back, even S.H.I.E.L.D. isn't calling back, and you work for them! I thought you said they would listen to you?" I rolled my eyes.
"I thought they would. Seems everyone's relieved that I'm taking a break, actually, which is weird. You would think they'd realize that I can't just step away from the job, the job follows me everywhere."
"What's S.H.I.E.L.D.?" The boyfriend asked, and I turned to him.
"If I told you, I'd have to shoot you. Sorry, intern." I looked back at my phone. "Wonder if my dad would-"
"Ellie, look at this." I turned to Darcy, and moved to stand behind the couch, watching the TV with them.
I should've known Erik would be more messed up than me. I should've been helping him, not working for S.H.I.E.L.D., but the thought hadn't even crossed my mind. Seeing these people, being around them, it made me realize that I wasn't getting my old life back, no matter how bad I wanted it. There was no going back, for any of us. Not after New York.