In some cases, you would have thought that this young woman, somewhere in her early twenties, was only mildly upset about something. But if you looked at her clenched fists that swung at her side, you could see a faint glow that emanated from the pores of her caramel skin.
Her raven curls bounced, despite being worn in a tight ponytail, as she briskly made her way through the crowded S.H.I.E.L.D. halls, her name-tag flashed under the unflattering, fluorescent lighting.
She paused to regain her composure, the silver light dissipated and she made her entrance.
Thor Odinson, the god of Thunder, looked up, his blue eyes brightened up immediately. "Lady Seliena, what pleasure it is to see you." The woman, Seliena, only smiled and nodded, deciding it to be best that she kept her mouth shut, least she cause the room to explode with her concealed anger.
"Nice of you to join us Seliena, now will you take a seat before I lose my patience?" Nick Fury snapped, his one eye glared down at her as she took her seat. "Good things to those who wait," she snarled back, ignoring the glances she earned from the other Avengers.
Fury only pursed his lips and continued. "Thor has found evidence that Loki lives and that he has come to earth." Clint Barton leapt up, his blue eyes wide with outrage, his voice high as he asked, not so calmly, how this was possible.
"Clint," Seliena soothed, magic lacing through her voice like thread through silk. "Relax, he cannot touch you anymore." Clint froze and looked at her, disbelieving that she would use magic on him, after all he has been through.
"Don't you ever do that again, Seliena," Clint glowered down at her as he reseated himself.
"What did you find, Thor?" Steve Rogers asked, trying to calm everything down by putting the situation at hand flat in their faces. "My brother, at least I think it is my brother, may have been pretending to be my father and rule Asgard in his stead," he paused to clear his throat." And he has done a fantastic job of it, if I do say so."
"I believe that his cover was blown somehow and that he had fled to Midgard for safety." Clint scoffed, "he wouldn't find salvation here, only pain!"
Seliena narrowed her eyes at Clint, whom was pacing the room whilst frantically waving his arms as he went into a rant about the evils of Loki and all that he has done.
"Clint!" Everyone finally yelled after two minutes of the torture. "I have no way to know for sure, my brother is good at cloaking himself." Thor sighed sadly.
"Have you forgotten whom you sit next to?" Seliena laughed, smirking triumphantly, "I can find him, if he is weakened in any way, and then his magic will be weakened-."
"My brother is stronger then you realize, my dear," Thor warned, his thick brow creased worriedly. "Then you, also, doubt me," she sighed, "I'll be fine, trust my heart." She murmured as she stood and exited the room without a single word more.
The daylight burned Loki's eyes as he stumbled through the dense woodland, the trees were so close that it made it difficult for him to walk between them. He clenched his jaw, teeth grinding against teeth as a twig of some sort dug into his bleeding side, blood spurted onto the tree as he collapsed in agony.
His mind was clouded with pain, anger, and exhaustion, the cloaking spell he had placed on himself had weakened to the point where he was sure that his brother would find him soon enough.
The thought alone made his lips twist into a snarl as he remembered his brother. Loki had done well as king, the only thing that had gotten in his way at the time with the man he once called father.
He closed his pain-filled green eyes and prayed for a relief to this pain, anything would do at this point.
Even death.
"Seliena, please reconsider this!" Thor begged of the young woman who continued her packing despite the interruptions that Thor threw at her.
"Thor, I am more than capable to take on your brother, if he was caught, he had to have been wounded to get here in the first place." She reasoned, looking calm and relaxed as she folded her shirt.
"Sel-." "No! I'll be fine, now please leave me to get ready!" She finally snapped her navy blue eyes darkened a little. Thor pursed his lips and nodded. "Of course, milady." He gave a slight bow and left the room.