A/N: Hi, LiulfrLokison here. I've had this piece on my computer for a while, which was supposed to be for a contest on Wattpad that I didn't finish in time, but it's been bugging me for a while, so I thought I'd chuck up a snippet of the first chapter and see what you guys think.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the characters in this story as they belong to MARVEL, but if I do continue this story I do own one character that turns up later on.
Who's Afraid Of The Dark?
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It was supposed to be an easy mission.
A simple 'drop in and see what nefarious plan Loki had this time, beat his horned helmet into the ground and return for sharwma' mission. Which was a typically normal Monday for the team of Avengers.
So why were they running for their lives through the halls of an abandoned asylum?
Well . . .
Let's rewind the clock back a few hours.
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Four hours ago . . .
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"Uh, Cap?" Tony couldn't help but let a tiny bit of apprehension slip into his voice, which was equally mirrored on his teammate's faces. "Yes Tony?" Steve knew it would be easier to just answer the inventors question rather than let his curiosity fester. "Why did the co – ordinates lead us to an old asylum? I mean, sure it does seem like it could be a villains lair, but Reindeer Games? It's not his type of gig." A few times they had been lucky enough to stumble across Loki's previous hideaways, sometimes it was a modest apartment building and one time it had been a cave on a snow covered mountain (Tony had a hell of a time trying to stop himself from having flashbacks).
None of them had been as run down as this building though.
It was a large structure built in a fashion of an old boarding school, rusted iron bars fencing it in on all sides. An ill wind blew, rustling through the piles of dry leaves littering the ground, branches of skeleton trees whipped against each other in a frenzy, as if the twigs were possessed. Grey skies covered up the sun, casting an eerie shadow over the hooded entrance.
Was it Tony's imagination or had he heard laughter coming from behind the barred doors?
Except those doors weren't barred anymore, swinging open with a creak loud enough to wake the dead.
They all shuddered (even Thor), approaching the rusted iron with caution, they wouldn't want to alert Loki that they were present.
"SHIELD's informants questioned a few dealers in the black market, Loki's been trying to find someone to make an alliance with. Which is why he's here." Natasha explained as they passed through the gates, rubbing the dust colored rust off her fingers, spreading like a bloodstain on her SHIELD issue uniform. "Someone lives here?" Clint whispered in comical surprise, eyes scanning for any good sniping spots, but every tree in the area was like twigs, stripped of any life they once had. "Is there anything that's growing here? It's all grey and creepy." Tony had to comment, ready to pull on the Iron Man suit (it was not made for stealth), once they entered the building.
"There are some vines at the entrance." Bruce commented, the Hulk had free reign if need be, the asylum was practically in the middle of nowhere. The nearest town was twenty kilometers away, a desolate town with soulless people according to the reports. Finally they had reached the entrance, preparing their weapons in case Loki was waiting to ambush them.
But the moment they stepped over the threshold, the wind howled again, and for some reason it sounded like a cry of triumph.
The door slammed shut behind them with a bang, throwing them forward into the shadowed foyer, leaving them in total darkness.
Unbeknown to the team of superheroes, something wicked was stirring in those dark depths.
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A/N: So, is it worth uploading? I'm probably going to continue to write the story for my own amusement, but I just wondered if you lovely people on this site wish to read it as well.
Please Review and let me know what you think!
LiulfrLokison out! :3