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It was a normal day at the office for me. Go in at an ungodly hour, have a meeting, deal with my advisors, and then sit in my office regretting the decision to start my own multibillion dollar company. I should probably introduce myself. My names Anastasia Freyja Stark and yes, my father is Tony Stark. My mother was born in Norway, hence the old Nordic goddesses name for a middle name. My father had a thing with me being his little princess so that's why I got a Russian princess's name. My older brother's name was Fenrir Stark; my mother had total control over his name. I say was because he passed away two years ago. Now back to the present. Right now I was waiting for my assistant to come in with a report on how things are going with my company. My company deals with hedge funds, very successful video gaming tech/games, and working closely with Stark Industries on green energy. As my assistant, Jeremy, said I didn't like having my eggs in one basket.
"Miss Stark, you have a call on line one. They say it's important." Jeremy said, walking into my office. I sighed and picked up the phone, not in the mood for phone calls.
"Stark. May I ask who is calling?" I asked.
"Miss Stark this is Agent Coulson from-"
"S.H.E.I.L.D. I know. What is it that you need, Agent Coulson?" Why the hell would S.H.E.I.L.D be calling me for?
"We need you to come in, it's urgent." he said.
"Let me guess, Fury's not going to say anything….This is about the Avengers thing you were talking about with my father last night wasn't it? Never mind. Upload the coordinates to JARVIS, please. I'll be flying in, but I need to stop somewhere first." I didn't wait for him to say anything and hung up.
"Let me guess, you're going to be gone for God only knows how long and I have to hold the fort. Is that it?" Jeremy asked. I laughed a little and nodded.
"The world needs its heroes, even if it is a broken one. Have the car ready, I need to get my suit from my house." I said.
"That won't be necessary. I took liberty of bringing your portable suit with me, as well as some flowers." I smiled at his uncanny foresight and nodded my thanks. We walked out of the building together and I started singing a song I loved to sing with my brother.
"She sits in her corner
Singing herself to sleep
Wrapped in all of the promises
That no one seems to keep
She no longer cries to herself,
No tears left to wash away
Just diaries of empty pages,
Feelings gone astray
But she will sing"
I sang quietly and smiled when Jeremy joined in at the point where my brother would sing. The three of us would often sing together to pass the time and annoy my father.
"'Till everything burns
While everyone screams
Burning their lies
Burning my dreams
All of this hate
And all of this pain
I'll burn it all down
As my anger reigns
'Till everything burns
Ooh, oh
Walking through life unnoticed
Knowing that no one cares
Too consumed in their masquerade
No one sees her there
And still she sings
'Till everything burns
While everyone screams
Burning their lies
Burning my dreams
All of this hate
And all of this pain
Burn it all down
As my anger reigns
'Till everything burns
Everything burns
(Everything burns)
Everything burns
Watching it all fade away
(All fade away)
Everyone screams
Everyone screams...
(Watching it all fade away)
Oooh, ooh...
(While everyone screams)
Burning their lies
Burning my dreams
(All of this hate)
And all of this pain
I'll burn it all down
As my anger reigns
Til everything burns
(Everything burns)
Watching it all fade away
(Oooh, ooh)
(Everything burns)
Watching it all fade away..."
"What prompted that?" Jeremy asked, I shrugged and looked away.
"I needed the comfort. I have a feeling that someone might not make it through this…mission. If it's me then I want you to take over my company and make sure things stay on track." I said. "Make sure my yearly donations to the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters continue." I added.
"You shouldn't talk like that you know. You should have gone there, they might have helped you with your-"
"My what? My powers, the only thing in my life that I have no control over? They couldn't help me if they wanted to! They're mutants, not magic wielders. They don't know how to help me!" I said. I got into the car silently and glared out the window as he sighed and got into the car. "No one does." I added venomously. We stayed silent all the way to the cemetery. I grabbed the flowers and stormed over to the graves of my mother and baby brother. I laid the flowers down and sighed, looking up at the sky.
"Y'know something? I wish you were here bro. life hasn't gotten any easier from when mom left and then you had to go and leave me too. It's too bad you didn't have magic like I did…Or that our mother was still around to show me how to use it...You don't want to hear me say the same things all the time do you?" I asked. I knew that I was never gonna get an answer but it was apparently something people did when they visited someone's grave. My phone beeped and I glared at it accusingly. How dare it interrupt my mad rant to thin air! I looked at it and sighed, looks like I'd have to cut my visit short. "Looks like I have to cut this short…But hey, maybe this will prove what you always said mom…that I'm your little Valkyrie." I said before walking over to Jeremy, who was holding out my portable suit. (A/N Think of Tony's from Iron Man 2 when he was at the racetrack.)
"You don't have to say anything, I understand. Just try to come back in one piece. I don't want to run a billion dollar company, that's what you're good at." He said. I nodded and grabbed the case.
~10 minutes later~
So I was flying to somewhere over Europe when I get a call from my father. Not the best thing you want to hear your talking computer to tell you when you're rocking out to My Darkest Days.
"Yes dear father? To what do I owe this wonderful call for?" I asked, the sarcasm oozing from my mouth.
"When did you become so cheeky?" He asked.
"When I started listening to you. So what's up?" I asked.
"It seems that you are late and Nicky doesn't like that sort of thing." He said
"Really? I'm sorry, should I have called? I thought he learned by now that a Stark is almost always late because we could be." I said.
"Miss Stark, you are approaching the helicarrier." JARVIS said.
"Thanks, JARVIS. Tell Mr. Tall, Dark, and One-Eyed that I'll be there soon." I hung up before my father could say anything and flew faster. Once I landed on the deck I was met by Agent Coulson and another S.H.I.E.L.D agent. I quickly got out of my suit and greeted Agent Coulson.
"It would be a pleasure to see Agent Coulson but every time I see you something goes wrong and I end up cutting my life shorter than it already is." I said. I smiled anyways and gave the man a hug, which to my surprise, he returned.
"It's good to see you too Ana. Or is it still Freyja, with a 'j'?" he asked.
"I'd prefer Freyja. That's what my mother wanted to name her and right now she's my favorite parent." I said. He knew I didn't work well with my father due to clashes of personalities. He chuckled lightly and led me to the door that would get me inside and away from the damn wind. I may not have been much of a girly girl but I was a Stark, we prided ourselves in always looking good, no matter the circumstances. As we walked down the hallway I quickly fixed my hair and frowned when I saw a man being held in what looked like a room met to keep something locked up in. The man looked at me and I stopped in my tracks, I could feel that man's magic rolling off of him and cocked my head to the side in confusion. The named Loki flashed across my mind as I continued to look at this man. I never wanted to believe that those stories my mother told me about the Norse Gods were true, but if this man really was Loki, the Norse God of Mischief then that would mean…no way. I shook the thought from my head and walked swiftly to catch up with Coulson.
"Phil, who was that man?" I asked.
"That was Loki, the God of Mischief." He said.
"Loki, The God of Mischief? How is that- Never mind." I said. I shook my head and walked into the room where a massive amount of tech was.
"You're late, Miss Stark." Fury said.
"Right, because I wanted to be on time for a meeting with the components of a ticking time bomb." I said. I had looked over the files that Phil had given my father on the way over and knew this wasn't going to work out; I didn't need my magic to tell me that.
"It's good to see you too, Ana." My father said.
"I've told you to call me Freyja! That is the name my mother wanted to name me and that is what she called me. The least you could do is, for once in your life; call me by the name I want to be called." I said. This is part of the reason that this was a ticking time bomb.
"Miss Stark, you need to calm down." Fury said in a warning tone. I snorted and shook my head. If he thought I wasn't calm now then he was in for a shock when I really got mad, and it would be worse than Dr. Banner getting angry.
"You have yet to see me be anything but calm, Director." I said, an icy edge creeping into my voice. "You know this is a ticking time bomb. You have a classic narcissist that knows only how to piss people off, two people with massive anger management problems, one of which turns into a big, green monster. No offense Dr. Banner. The other of which has enough power in her to kill everyone in this room with a flick of her wrist. Not to mention the super solider who's Boy Scout attitude clashes with my father's attitude." I said. I left Agent Romanoff because I didn't know her much.
"Make that three people with anger management problems, kid."
I turned around to see who it was and blinked in surprise when I saw John Allerdyce, aka Pyro, standing behind me with Wolverine, Jenna Star and Luna Flair. I knew that Jenna was there because she was Pyro's sister, and they were inseparable, and Luna was never far from Jenna, but I didn't know why Logan was here.
"What the hell are you guys doing here? I didn't think this was a mutant affair. Loki is a magic wielder, not a mutant." I said.
"It wasn't, until he teamed up with William Stryker." Logan said. My mind was racing, Stryker was supposed to be dead. If Loki wanted to rule the world, why not keep the mutants? Because a smaller population would be easier to control, which means that Stryker would be the one to team up with, not someone like Magneto. But Magneto would get involved to stop Stryker and to stop us, the question is, would he try to take us out and continue with the plan for the genocide of all humans.
"That complicates everything." I mumbled. That's when I realized something, Magneto is like a giant magnet, and we're in a giant, flying tin can. "Why am I even here?" I asked.
"Because we need you to help us interrogate Loki. You are the only one here who can tell if Loki is using magic to try and trick us." Fury said.
"Fine, but I'll take Logan with me." I said.
"Why Logan?" my father asked.
"He's like a human lie detector." Jenna said.
"Only far more reliable." Luna said. I nodded and walked out with Logan right behind me.
"How come the Professor only sent you four? You know we're gonna need all of the X-Men. And how come Bobby didn't come? I thought he and Pyro were…y'know, dating." I said. I had kept tabs on everyone and found out they were dating when I went to visit Rouge and Kitty. Logan chuckled and nodded, taking a cigar out of his back pocket.
"The reason there's only the four of us is because the Professor wanted us to see what you had on your end and for us to help you while the others made sure all of the students are safe. Bobby figured it would be best if he stayed behind because he tends to get jealous." Logan said.
"That's right! Rouge said something about Bobby freezing one of the new boys for being too close to Pyro. With all of these hot guys around I don't think Bobby would last long without going ballistic and screwing up his relationship with Pyro." I said. We stopped in front of the door that led to the "cage" that Loki was being held in and waited for it to open. When it opened, Loki was waiting for us; he was just standing there staring at me. It unnerved me to see the look in his eyes; it was a mix between hatred, pity, and something else that I couldn't quite place. I was equally unnerved by the morbid curiosity that I felt toward this man. He was a murderer, a liar and still, I couldn't take my eyes off of him.
"Of all the people to team up with, Mr. - is it Odinson or is it Laufeyson?" I asked. I watched with interest as he barred his teeth like an animal when I said Odinson and looked purely livid when I said Laufeyson. I tilted my head to the side and nodded to myself.
"Why are you with Stryker?" Logan demanded. I sighed and looked over at Logan.
"Really Logan? Really?" I asked. "Why did you team up with Stryker? Was it because he already planned the complete genocide of mutants? Was it convenient for you?"
"Let's talk about you, my Lady." He said. I frowned at the mocking tone and smirked at the slight increase of magic in the air.
"Why do you want to talk about me?" I asked. What could he possibly know about me?
"I know about your mother. Haven't you always wondered why you had magic?" he asked. I knew that I wasn't supposed to let him ask the questions but I had so many questions about my mother and her side of the family. Loki somehow knew that and was playing me, but I let him.
"How do you know about my mother?" I asked.
"Haven't you always wondered about those scars she had? Does your father, Mr. Stark, ever talk about her, or how they met?" he asked. All of these questions and no answers were pissing me off, and that was worse, it a way, than pissing off Dr. Banner.
"Enough with the questions! Yes. Yes I wanted to know all of those things! What do you know of them?" I demanded. I could feel my magic welling up inside me and took several noticeably large breaths and walked closer to the glass cage. Loki's grin widened and he walked closer to the glass too.
"Stryker was the one to give her those. He was fascinated with her magic. Also he was going to get rid of the mutants anyways, I needed to downsize the population of this planet anyways." he said with a shrug. I turned around to leave and got to the door when his voice stopped me. "You will be the first of your little group to die. Your magic, and your temper, will make sure of that." He said.
"Don't listen to him kid." Logan said. He put his hand on the small of my back and guided me out of the room and down the hall toward the main room. How could he have known that my magic and my emotions were linked?
"He wasn't lying was he?" I asked. The long silence from Logan confirmed what I thought and made me shudder. If he knew that about me, then what did he know about everyone else?
"What? What happened? What'd he do?" my father said. He must have seen the look in my eyes and known something wasn't right.
"He-he-he knew about my magic's link with my emotions. He…he, uh, told me something about mom." I said.
"Kira? What was it?" he asked.
"He said that Stryker was the one that gave her those scars. I think he experimented on her while trying to learn more about her magic." I said. My father trembled with rage and moved to go past me and I grabbed his arm.
"Don't go. You need to do whatever it is that Fury needs you to do." I said.
"So you're saying, you have a job so do it? Is that it? You're just going to let him say stuff like that and let him get away with it?" he demanded.
"Everything he said was true! We need to stop him from using the Tesseract and the genocide of mutants and we need to stop Magneto from killing humans. We need to save the world and then we can deal with our family issues!" I said, getting in his face. I turned around and headed right back out of the room.
"Where do you think you're going, Miss Stark?" Fury asked. I turned around and glared at the one-eyed man.
"I'm goin' to cool off before something blows up!" I said. I was mad, I was absolutely furious. The anger rolled off me in hot waves, due to my practically uncontrollable powers, and I could hear Loki laughing from his "room". This was what he wanted and I played right into his hands!
"Y'know, get any madder and I'd be putting fires out." Pyro said coming up behind me. "This is what he wants y'know. He wants you to lose what little control over your magic that you have and, well, die. That would be the ultimate way to get us to fall apart." He continued.
"You don't think I know that? He played me like a fiddle and I'm likely to go back in there and talk to him some more! He won't tell us anything without telling me more things about my mother or other things that are goin' to upset me. I know!" I said.
"I know you know. You just need to say these things out loud." He said with a shrug. I looked at him sideways and shook my head.
"When the fuck did you become so….helpful? Isn't Bobby the one that says those kinds of things?" I asked. He shrugged again and I hit him in the shoulder.
"Ow! What the hell was that for?" he demanded. I just shrugged and grinned at him.
We continued to walk aimlessly around the helicarrier until we literally ran into Dr. Banner. I feel back on my ass and looked up when I heard laughter. Jenna was standing next to Dr. Banner and was pointing at me and laughing like a child.
"Oh, yes, that's very mature Jenna. Maybe you should act your age, seeing as you're older than me." I said. She immediately stopped laughing and moved to help me up.
"You wouldn't dare tell anyone my age." She said.
"Oh no, but I would tell people Pyro's age, and seeing how you're twins…." I trailed off and laughed at her shocked face and then at the realization that crossed over her face. Dr. Banner looked amused and I noticed the way he watched her and wondered what Pyro would say if he saw that, which apparently he did.
"Frey why don't you go have some girl time with Jenna and catch up with each other?" he said, not taking his eyes off of Dr. Banner.
"Fine. Think about it as if you were talking to me." I said before walking off with Jenna, who looked thoroughly confused. Once we were far enough away from the two men Jenna looked at me and frowned.
"What the hell was that about?" She asked.
"Oh please do not tell me that you are that blind! Dr. Banner totally likes you!" I said.
"What? No he doesn't." she said.
"And I'm a monkey's uncle! Even John saw it! That's why he wanted to talk to Banner alone!" I said.
"No way! Why would he like me? I'm just some-"
"Don't you dare put yourself down! You are smart, beautiful and are a totally awesome catch." I said.
"What's this about a totally awesome catch?" Luna asked. She was standing around talking with Steve Rogers and Logan.
"Dr. Banner totally has the hots for Jenna, which Pyro noticed, and she totally likes him too!" I said excitedly. What could I say, I wasn't that far gone from my teenage, high school days. Jenna grabbed Luna and we continued down the hallway.
"Sorry, but we need to steal Luna from you guys. By the way, it's nice to meet you Steve!" I called over my shoulder.