'So. Why Spandex?'

S.H.I.E.L.D Helicarrier

Jennifer found herself hanging around the bay-doors that led into their jet, tapping her foot impatiently as she waited for Natasha and Steve to join her. The crew around her raced around as quickly as they could fixing the fuel, the controls, the co-ordinates, everything that she could have done already, although she knew they wanted it done 'professionally' to appease Fury even though she was more than qualified. Natasha appeared at her side with a small trace of smile to greet her.

Jennifer sighed slightly, "He's going to be fine." She assured knowing that somewhere inside the red-head was worrying for her friend. She simply nodded before disappearing into the jet without a word, although she didn't expect anything different. She knew fine well that if it was her best-friend that was in danger that she would be the same.

Steve approached the hangar almost soundlessly, meaning Jennifer was none the wiser to the Super Soldier taking her in. He'd never be able to apologise enough for putting her through that wall, even though she told him it was an accident, he still felt responsible for causing harm to someone who only cared for him. He cleared his throat catching her attention, his cheeks heating up a little as he took in the expression on her face as she looked at him.

"Fletch! Rogers!" Natasha yelled from inside the jet. "Put your tongue back in your mouths so we can get out of here!"

Both Steve and Jennifer blushed as she quickly made her way inside the jet, heading towards the pit to elbow Natasha in the ribs. "Not funny."

"Carrier Alpha J220 to control." Jennifer stated holding in the small intercom on the dash. Steve stood leaning aginst the shallow suspension a mere few feet away from her watching them. He stood tense. He still wasn't exactly comfortable with flying. He doubted he ever would be. "We good to go here?"

"Control to Alpha J220. Good to go." The response came back over the coms. "Good luck."

Both women rolled their eyes as they put the jet into flight. Natasha took over the main controls as Jennifer spun around in her chair to check on Steve, only to gasp slightly when she realised how close to her he actually was. "Steve?" She asked quietly so not to embarrass him. "You alright?" He shrugged slightly. "They did a good job on updating the old suit there."

"I thought it was a little dated." He replied.

She shrugged. "With what is going on dated is good."

Natasha smirked as she looked out the corner of her eye to watch the pair of them. She knew how Jennifer felt about the Captain, having spent so much time tending to him. It was just nice to watch two super-serum enhanced soldiers be awkward together.

For just over an hour or so, the jet had fallen into a comfortable silence. Everyone was keeping themselves busy, be it checking co-ordinates or counting the bolts in the roof of the jet. The jet began to dip slightly as Jennifer pulled the controls to bring them down a little so he didn't have so much of a drop to make as they arrived to their destination.

"Cap." Natasha spoke up catching his attention away and effectively making him lose count. "You're up."

Jennifer looked over her shoulder as she lowered the bay doors for him, he grabbed his shield without any delay slipping it between the straps on his back. He gave them a quick glance before he dropped down out of their sight. She turned to Natasha who was watching her amused, "What?" She asked as she pushed the carrier back up above the crowd below them. "What are you smirking at?"

"You'd have beautiful children." Natasha laughed loudly causing Jennifer to rol her eyes as she looked down out of the window as Steve approached who she guessed to be Loki. Jennifer hit the intercom button watching the men almost go toe-to-toe. "Loki. Drop the weapon and sta-" Natasha spoke only to be cut off as both women pulled the jet controls to throw them out of the way as the ice-blue energy surged towards them. "Jackass."

"Clearly doesn't want to play nice." Jennifer commented as she stood up from her chair. She looked back to Natasha who grinned, "This counts as South right?"

"Off you go." Natasha commented taking over the controls again.

Jennifer smirked turning towards the bay-doors; she flexed her fingers gently feeling the adreneline kick in. She took a breath before stepping off the baydoors, feeling the air rush past her as she dropped down towards the ground. Before the ground seemed to be too close, the flames encased her body allowing her to float gently towards the ground. She flinched seeing Loki jab the sceptre into Steve's shoulders keeping him down to a crouch. She rolled her eyes before taking a few strides knocking the raven-haired man to the ground, his sceptre rolling off to the side.

Feeling the pressure disappear from his back, Steve shot back up - his eyes widening as he noticed the brunette crouched down from across the square her eyes locked on their target with the flames raging around her body.

"Now." Loki grinned taking the woman infront of him in, "What creation are you?"

"I'm a lab-rat." She smirked ducking down out of the way as the shield soared over her head knocking Loki back to the ground "Nice to meet you.." She reached out to grab the sceptre whilst he was down, only to have her legs collapse underneath her as Loki kicked his leg out catching her own. "Shi-" He cut her off by jabbing the blunt end of the sceptre into her sternum knocking the wind right out her.

Loki was suddenly half way across the square when she had managed to roll over onto her back, ignoring the pain of possibly some more broken bones. She let out a grateful sigh when she noticed Tony standing above her. "You alright?" He asked quickly. She nodded just as Loki went to move. Tony held his hand out to him threateningly, "Make your move reindeer game."

"Mr Stark." Steve commented making his way over to them as he wiped the blood away from his mouth.

"Captain." Tony replied.

"Not to ruin you're little moment here." She spoke up catching both men's attention. "Would someone mind helping me up here?" Steve reached out to clasp his hand around hers before gently heaving her up from the ground. "Thanks.."


With everything dispersed from Germany and Loki hauled back into the jet, Jennifer found herself stood between Tony and Steve as Natasha piloted the jet back to the base, however she couldn't help herself but watch Loki, the man had been watching her and no one else since they had brought him on board, it was beginning to be a lot more than uncomfortable. "I'm really not enjoying his company." She said looking up to Tony who simply smirked looking over his shoulder at Loki. "I'm serious," She complained. "Why does he keep looking at me?"

"Pretty girl in a tight fitting suit." Tony replied. "I'd be looking too." Steve glared over at him before looking over at Loki as well. "How much gel do you think it takes to keep his hair looking like that?"

Jennifer laughed quietly, "Maybe some good hairspray."

"I don't like it." Steve spoke up.

"What his hair?" Tony questioned jokingly as Jennifer looked up at the blonde. "Or that he gave up so easily."

"I don't remember it being that easy." Steve mentioned watching as Loki's eyes suddenly jumped between them all, "This guy packs a whollop."

Jennifer nodded, "Tell that to my ribs," She replied, "I need to work out some more."

"Yeah." Tony commented, "'Though you're still pretty spry for an older fellow," He laughed looking up at Steve. "What'cha think? Pilates?"

Steve raised his brow confused, "What?"

"It's like calisthenics," Tony commented, "-but you did miss a couple of things-" Jennifer elbowed him in the side only to injure herself more than him. He was still in the suit afterall. "Doing some time as a capsical"

"Fury didn't tell me they were callin' you in." Steve shot back causing Jennifer to grin.

"Well." Tony commented. "Y'know there is a lot that Fury won't tell you."

Out of nowhere lighting cracked across the sky. Jennifer gulped slightly looking up at the sky through the panel in the roof. She wasn't the biggest fan of lightning. "Where did this come from?" She asked quietly.

"You okay there?" Steve questioned. She shook her head as he tentatively patted her back without much thought. "It's only a little storm."

"What's the matter?" Tony barked over at Loki who was looking around almost like he was paranoid. "Afraid of a little lightning."

Loki frowned, "I am not overly fond of what follows."

A thud echoed around the jet as something landed on the roof causing the jet to jolt slightly. Steve reached out for his shield, whilst Tony fixed his helmet back into place and Jennifer began to heat up. Tony opened the bay-doors taking a few steps towards them just as a tall Asgardian dropped down onto the door, a hammer in his hand.

"Big brother here to save the day." Jennifer commented as Thor reached out grabbing Loki by the shoulders before hauling out of the jet. "Or not.."

Tony sighed, "Then there's that guy."

"Another Asgardian?" Natasha piped up from the pit as she looked over her shoulder at them.

"Those guys friendly?" Steve questioned.

"Doesn't matter." Tony replied moving towards the bay doors once again, "If he frees Loki - or even kills him - the Tesseract is gone."

"Stark!" Steve called out, "We need a plan of attack."

Tony grumbled under his mask before turning back to them. "I have a plan," He stated. "Attack."

Jennifer groaned slightly as Steve reached out to grab a parachute, "Where do you think you're going?" She asked reaching out and grabbing one of the straps for his shield before hauling him back a few steps, "It's a heck of a way down."

"I'd sit this one out Cap." Natasha stated agreeing with Jennifer.

Steve shook his head gently removing Jennifer out of the way as she huffed at him, "I don't see how I can."

"Those guys down there come from ledgend. Stark is stupid enough to go after them." Natasha explained, "They are practically Gods."

"Ma'am there is only one God," Steve commented walking towards the still open bay-doors. "I'm pretty sure he doesn't dress like that.

Both women rolled their eyes looking at the empty space where Steve had stood seconds before. Natasha groaned, "Well, what are you waiting for Fletch?" Jennifer raised her brow at her. "Go on." She urged. "Go get lover boy."

Jennifer growled slightly, "You're lucky we're friends."

Without another word Jennifer took off in a sprint and leaped out of the jet, the flames quickly bursting out around her body as she dropped down towards the ground through the thick clouds. She watched Tony and Thor fly off down into the trees below, meaning she was falling faster than Steve, she locked her eyes on Loki who was lying on the edge of a cliff attempting to get up. She dropped down onto the cliff before digging her foot into his back keeping him firmly on the ground. "I'd stay still if I were you."

"You act so strong for a scared woman." Loki grunted out. "You allowed me to throw you to the ground and be beaten in order to save the Soldier from some form of harm. Pathetic."

"You know nothing about me." Jennifer stated not falling privy to his words.

"Don't I?" Loki chuckled.

"You act as if this is all just a game to you." She commented looking up as Steve dropped down under the tree line at last.

"Oh." Loki grined. "It is just a game."

Jennifer removed her foot from his back seeing the burn mark in the shape of her foot on the back of his leather jacket. She burnt the rubber of his boots into the ground to stop him going anywhere. She took one last look at him before stepping off the edge of the cliff down under the tree line narrowly missing the hammer that flew over her head. "Hey! Watch where you're throwing that thing!"

"Hey!" Steve spoke up having thrown his shield to seperate Tony and Thor from each other. "That's enough." He stated, "I don't know what you plan to do here-"

"I plan to put an end to Loki's schemes." Thor cut him off gruffly.

"Then prove it." Steve continued. "Put the hammer down."

"Umm no that's a bad idea." Tony spoke up. "He loves that-" Tony was cut off as Thor swung the hammer into his stomach sending him hurtling through a now line of broken trees.

"You want me to put the hammer down!" Thor barked as he launched himself up into the air just as Steve reached out throwing his arm around Jennifer's waist before holding the shield in front of them. Thor's hammer collided with the shield seconds later, the impact caused Thor to fly backwards through another line of trees and sent Steve and Jennifer back into a mound of roots and pine needles.

"At least it wasn't a wall this time." Jennifer commented as she pushed herself up from Steve's chest before flopping over onto the roots at his side.

Steve laughed slightly as the pair of them started to get up, only to end up reaching out to catch her as her legs caved in. "Easy."

"Are we done now?" She asked in a daze, "I could really go for like some coffee or even maybe a doughnut after all of that.."

"We're done." Tony commented as he made their way over to them. He looked between the two with his eyebrow raised as he noticed the Captain's arm was still wrapped around her waist. "What is this prom night?"