Title: rise like a god
Fandom: Supernatural/The Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Carol Ann Duffy
Warnings: AU for Supernatural
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 420
Point of view: third
Prompts: Avengers, Loki, not the villain you were expecting (not a villain at all)
"This is not your world," he tells the winged man. "Leave it."
"Yeah, no," the winged man says, smirking. "We share some of the same mythos, after all. That makes us brothers, don't you think?"
He looks away, down at the small mortals leading their small lives, the little people who cheer the heroes tearing their streets apart. "I haven't done well with brothers," he murmurs.
"Me neither," the winged man says. "And quit thinking about me as 'the winged man,' seriously." A beat. "Call me Coyote," he asks. "It's one of my names, and I don't feel that otherself here."
"Coyote," he repeats. "Fitting, I think."
Coyote smiles. "Let's go play with that big brother of yours. I probably have a few tricks you haven't tried."
Loki holds out a hand. Coyote clasps it and they shake. Coyote, he feels, is powerful, at his level at the least - possibly stronger. So very similar to him.
And suddenly, they're somewhere else. Loki didn't transport them.
The Avengers are fighting an army of robots, SHIELD is escorting civilians out, and Thor goes down hard, chest smoking. He doesn't get up.
"Robots using magic," Coyote says, head tilted. "Now, that's just not fair." He snaps his fingers; the robots now shoot daises instead of magic fire.
Loki smiles, eyes turning to the wizarding scientist, the fool that the Hulk has almost reached. "Mine," Loki says, and Coyote laughs.
"I'll take care of this little fight," Coyote says. "Go get 'im, tiger."
By the end, the remaining three robots are part-plant, Thor is completely healed in a way not even Asgardian tech can explain, and the villain of the day is in pieces, scattered amongst the stars.
Once the dust settles, The Avengers and SHIELD turn to look at Loki and Coyote. Loki knows what comes next: no matter what he did here, he's still their enemy. They'll still try to lock him away.
"Bye, kiddos," Coyote says, wiggling his fingers at them, and then he and Loki are on top a mountain, looking out at the sky and the earth, and Coyote reaches up to pat his cheek. "Been fun, little otherself, but I've got messes of my own to clean up."
Coyote stretches out his wings, blows Loki a kiss, and jumps. Loki watches him for as long as he can, and then a bright light flashes; when Loki is able to see again, Coyote is gone.
Loki steps off the edge, turns into a raven, and soars away.
