Dimi materalized out of thin air on top of one of Midguards many pillars surrounding her. True to the traces that pulled her there, the scepter was in the hands of a mortal woman with rich red hair, dressed in what seemed to be leather garments suitable for battle. There was some sort of machine feeding the giant portal in the sky, letting loose countless of Chitauri in the helpless city. 'Enough gawking Dimi!, You need to close that portal'
Natasha hurled the staff to the new arrival forcing Dimi to dodge. Dimi immediately counter-attacked, not planning on letting her staff remain in the hands of someone who was not a Litary. 'Give me back my scepter!' she demanded, lunging for it in the woman's hands. The redhead summersaulted back, clearly not intending on doing anything that the stranger wanted her to do. Dimi took out her sword, pointing it at the woman. 'You forced my hand.' She announced. Before she could pounce at the stranger, a Chitauri landed between them. 'Need help taking me down?' The mortal woman asked her. 'What are you talking about, the Chitauri are my enemies!' Dimi retorted, slashing at the enemy with the sword that she had gotten from Fafern, so long ago now. The redheaded woman finished the job by kicking the hapless Chitauri off the tower, and wiped her hair away from her face.
'Well, they're not part of my group either. Truce?' the redhead asked her. Dimi nodded once, stiffly. Then they turned back to the strange machine. 'What is this thing?' Dimi asked. The redheaded woman explained the machine was something a man named Loki was using to allow the Chitauri in this world. 'We need to shut this thing down!' Dimi said.
"The scepter is a failsafe of mine, it's the only way to penetrate the energy feild surrounding the tesserect" Erik interjected rushed. Dimi hadn't even noticed the man as he had been lying on the ground. Both mortals hovered over Dimi as she slowly took her scepter from the woman she had just met, and inserted it in the energy field through the energy field, BOOM!.
Right before the scepter made contact all the Chitauri dropped lifeless, they just stopped moving. ZAPP! The scepter made contact, the energy beam feeding the portal faltered a few seconds before completely disappeared. Just as the portal collapsed on its self, a silhouette of a man fell through it, tumbling dangerously fast and not slowing down.
Natasha pointed at the figure, "Tony! He's not slowing down". Dimi fastened the scepter securely under her belt, looking up at the man falling down. Even if he came from the hole that had let the Chitauri loose, he seemed to be a companion to the woman. "I know not of your name but, I shall see to it your friend doesn't paint the ground". She said calmly, sure she would be able to save the man.
WOOSH!, Dimi took off from the building, she willed her magic to hum around her giving her an extra boost of speed. She clashed with the metal man, almost instantly she was tugged down by his weight. Dimi wrapped her arms around his waist and attempted to catch an updraft of air to at least slow their decent but, it wasn't working. This is going to really hurt, Dimi thought positioning herself under him, so she would take the brunt of the impact. Well, at least she tried. The air was tugging at them so fast, she was almost unable to orient herself.
Just as Dimi was about to greet the ground a solid mass of green flesh smacked against her and deposited her among the other Avengers. She just sat there stunned, a man pushing past hesitant faces, making his way towards the iron man. Quickly they ripped the metal mask off tossing it like a play toy and checked for pulse, nothing.
They all looked to the man in silence. Dimi was sitting not too far from the iron man, and looking at his still form she supposed that perhaps he had been dead before he ever saw the ground he was falling towards to. She didn't try to speak or move. If she did, they might all turn on her. And the green beast was not something she wanted to anger. When the man awoke, the others all started smiling. Their small band started to reunite, and Dimi heard the man inside the metal suit ask for something called 'shoarma'.
Thor approached Dimi, he was visibly tensed, as if he was going to snap at any wrong movement "I don't recognize you" he bluntly said, clearly showing his distrust of her. Slowly the Avengers surrounded Dimi, they didn't look pleasantly surprised to have another demi-god among them.
Dimi slowly bent down and laid the scepter at her feet, returning the sword to her belt. She slowly came back to a stand surrendering "If it helps I lay down my sword and scepter in surrender.' Well, figuratively speaking. The scepter was hard to give up, but the first one to try to take her sword would end up regretting that decision. The red haired lady came running, seeing everyone's malicious intents she spoke up. "Wait, I think we can trust her, she did just try save Tony's life". A man also dressed in black wielding a bow grasped the woman's arm, looking her in the eyes as he spoke. "Natasha are you sure? we don't anything about her! She could be another one of Loki's minions." Natasha ripped her arm from the man's grasp "Yes Barton I'm sure, since when do you doubt my abilities?" Dimi noticed some of the tension dissipated. 'They seem to trust this Natasha, I suppose my deed earned their favor?' she thought to herself.
Everyone slowly walked back towards the ugly tower Dimi had first appeared on, she walked in the center, being guarded by the others. Tony walked up next to her close enough to chat "What's your name?" he inquired. Dimi tried to smile and looked back at Thor quickly to make sure her scepter was still safe. She had come a long way for that scepter and she wasn't going to let it go so easily. She refocused back on the metal man's face "I am known as Dimi, the goddess of justice". "Ah" Tony nodded then patted Dimi on the shoulder in a friendly manner "Thanks for trying to save me, you want a drink when we get back Dimi?" Dimi quirked her brow "I could use a drink, metal man."
Tony sighed face palming "You sound like reindeer games back there, the names Tony." He said as he pointed towards Thor.
The group arrived rather quickly, Loki was lying at their feet, looking up. That Stench!, Dimi inwardly thought scrunching her nose, she immediately could tell now who was responsible for this. Everyone sat down looking exhausted at the days end. The former green giant was now a man wearing tattered jeans, Dimi approached him cautiously. She thanked him for saving her the brunt of falling and listened in on Thor's and Tony's conversation.
Thor urgently spoke "My friend may my brother and I seek refuge till morning?" Tony paced a little, no longer in his suit. "Sure but, you're sharing a room with loco, okay? I don't need any more damage, it's enough I'll have to repair the Stark sign outside.' He sounded upset about that, and offered Dimi a room too, arguing it would be better to keep all the 'Asguardians' in one room. Dimi almost protested she wasn't one of them, but decided against it. She was too tired for this kind of thing.
Nightime arrived quickly, most everyone had gone their separate directions for the time being. Dimi, once she had decided her room was adequate, stripped her armor off so she was just wearing a simple white woman's tunic. She could hear Thor talking to Loki in the room next to her, shuffling around. Perhaps Thor would be kind enough to give my weapons back?, Lets go see If I can strike a deal, Dimi thought quietly approaching the door next to hers and knocking.
Dimi almost fell throuw the door, Thor opened it so fast, "What is it?" he bluntly asked. Dimi gave him a cold shoulder intruding in the brothers' space, she looked at Loki as he wore a metal muzzle and his hands where bound. Thor looked aggravated until Dimi answered him quickly. "I simply want to have my sceptre back, I am hesitant to let others touch it seeing the destruction it has caused".
Thor gestured for Dimi to take a seat and she did, it was hard not to notice the malicious stare Loki was casting her way. "Hesitant what for? It's just a scepter." Thor said, Dimi didn't miss the uncertainty in his voice. "No this scepter is not meant for any others but Litari and Litari alone. I believe it may be the cause of some of your brothers actions" Dimi bit out hesitantly, they both knew they were traveling on thin ice. "How can a scepter be the cause of my brother's actions, He is responsible!" Thor bellowed coming to a stand. Even if he did raise his voice, he sounded almost… hopeful. Loki's eyes narrowed watching the two intently.
She spoke up. "I propose a deal, take me with you to Asguard and I shall give you whatever information you wish for." Thor considered this pacing the floor, finally he looked up "How can I trust your word?" Dimi sighed, hadn't she already proven herself enough? This was starting to grow tiring. "Okay I shall make a trade, keep my scepter and if my word proves to not be true you may slay me where I stand". Thor held his hand out and Dimi shook it "Fine Dimi of justice, you have yourself a deal but, I'm holding you to your word".
Happy with her dealings for the night Dimi headed back to her room. Once there she finally let her mask go, she could feel tears spring to her eyes. She couldn't stop them, Why? She missed the gentle touch of Fafern, his kindred smile and sparkling eyes. Finn, she missed him to, he was her only real friend, to just have him gone so suddenly. I'm so sorry Finn, for not being there. Dimi whispered to herself her voice rough with emotion "I-I, miss you guys so much, I'm so so sorry!, I should've, I could've". She hiccupped eventually, her shredded heart beating painfully in her chest. She sunk down on the bed, crawling underneath the covers. Finally sleep soothed the tears that flowed from her eyes.
