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Third POV

Loki smirked as the Midgardian woman succumbed to his control. Unflinching, she set her shoulder back into place. After stealing a gun from one of the fallen, she calmly stood next to him, awaiting orders.

From the corner of Loki's eye, he could see one of the men he had attacked earlier beginning to stir. He rushed over and grabbed the man's wrist before his gun could be aimed.

"You have heart as well." Loki whispered as he looked into the man's eyes. He then brought the staff to that man's heart, watching as Clint Barton became one of his soldiers.

Loki made his way through the survivors, enthralling those he deemed useful, and killing the useless.

Meanwhile, Fury quietly made his way to the Tesseract. If anything, he couldn't let Loki have this. Grabbing the cube, he carefully placed it back in its case. Hissing lowly as the cube burned through his gloves. Once the cube was secured, he stood up to leave while Loki was distracted.

"Please don't. I still need that." spoke Loki, stopping Fury in his tracks.

"This doesn't have to get any messier." Fury replied, turning to face the man.

"Of course it does. I've come too far for anything else. I am Loki," he announced, back straight and posture commanding, like the prince he was once raised to be. "Of Asgard, and I am burdened with glorious purpose."

"Loki, brother of Thor." Dr. Erik Selvig said in realization from the ground, standing once he had found his bearings.

"We have no quarrel with your people." Fury interjected.

"An ant has no quarrel with a boot." Loki countered with snark.

"Are you planning to step on us?" Fury challenged.

Loki smiled. "I come with glad tidings, of a world made free."

"Free from what?"

"Freedom. Freedom is life's great lie. Once you accept that, in your heart..." Loki spun around and placed his staff over Selvig's chest, "...you will know peace."

Blue energy traveled through the scepter and into Selvig, tainting his eyes with the glow.

"Yeah, you say peace. I kinda think you mean the other thing."

Clint Barton interrupted. "Sir, Director Fury is stalling. This place is about to blow, dropping 100 feet of rock on us. He means to bury us."

"Like the Pharaohs of old." Fury taunted.

"He's right, the portal is collapsing in on itself. You've got maybe two minutes before this goes critical," Selvig reported.

"Well then..." Loki said as he motioned to April.

April quickly lifted the gun in her hand, firing a direct shot to Fury's heart.

April POV

-Nick Fury. Enemy. - Shoot him. -The whispers told me.

I fired the shot as commanded.

-Follow Loki and protect him. Secure the Tesseract. -They said.

I followed Loki as a man -Clint Barton. Ally. - grabbed the Tesseract case and handed it to an older gentleman -Erik Selvig. Scientist. Ally. -

I waited until Loki was seated in the back of the truck before getting in myself.

"Who are they?" asked a woman-Maria Hill. Enemy. -

"He didn't tell me," responded Barton.

I sat next to Loki, gun carefully hidden from view.

"Hill!" came Fury's static-filled voice over the communicators, "Barton is-"

Barton and I began to fire at the woman, forcing her to take cover around the corner.

Barton jumped into the driver's seat of the truck and we set off. I continued to fire in the direction of the woman, stalling for time. Emptying half my clip, we ascended a ramp and into the tunnels leading outside the base.

Soon, other vehicles were in pursuit. Ripping the lid of a metal trunk off, I used it as a shield to block the bullets that the agents were firing. Red, white, and blue flashed in my mind, a ghost of an image.

I shook my head and returned fire, successfully puncturing the tires of one that sent it skidding. Loki then delivered a blast of energy from his scepter, offsetting the car's balance as it tore through the metal frame. It began to tumble, coming to an overturned halt that blocked the other agents in pursuit.

A second truck swerved in front of our vehicle, pivoting around and pushing against our front. While Barton and the assailant exchanged rounds, I reloaded my gun. Finally, with a well performed maneuver, Barton managed to slip the other truck. As we approached the exit, a pulse of energy shook the earth.

I gasped as the wave reached us. It felt as if something was reaching out to me, but quickly disappeared as the whispers delivered new orders.

-Do not retaliate. Focus on the protection of your King. -

I wordlessly complied, hovering closer to Loki's side and bringing up my makeshift shield just as we exited the compound.

A helicopter flew into view, heading straight towards us. Barton veered off the road, scattering dust to make sure our attackers did not have a clear target. Gunshots rang from the helicopter, and I quickly covered Loki, deflecting a few bullets. As I lowered the shield, he fired another blue blast of energy and hit the helicopter.

It crashed to the ground, sending bits of shrapnel sailing through the air at deadly speeds. Soon after, a few more gunshots rang out. I looked over my shield and saw the slowly diminishing form of Director Fury.

We continued to drive throughout several days without rest, heading towards a secure location that was beyond prying eyes. When we finally reached our destination, we descended several floors down into the earth. There were deserted machines scattered across the space, yet they seemed to be fairly new and unused.

Third Person POV

"This was an old research facility, one that was supposed to be used for top secret experiments and weapons development by several privately owned companies. It was abandoned after all the companies fell, forgotten and unrecorded" Barton stated, flipping the switches on the fuse box.

"Begin working on the Tesseract" commanded Loki, directing his attention to the Midgardian woman and the scientist. Loki turned away, taking Barton with him. He needed more pawns in this game of chess.