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Steve watches until the monitor goes black. Thor, Bruce, Natasha and Beth sat there in silence until Bruce spoke up. 'He really grows on you, doesn't he?'
'Loki's gonna drag this out. So, Thor, what's his play?' Steve asked
'He has an army called the Chitauri. They're not of Asgard or any world known. He means to lead them against your people. They will win him the earth. In return, I suspect, for the Tesseract.' Thor said
'An army? From outer space?' Steve said seriously
'Who does the Chitauri obey? And Why do they want the tesseract?' Beth mumbled
'So he's building another portal. That's what he needs Erik Selvig for.' Bruce smiled
'Selvig?' Thor said
'He's an astrophysicist.' Bruce said
'He's a friend.' Thor sighed
'Loki has him under some kind of spell, along with one of ours.' She said annoyed think about Burton
'I wanna know why Loki let us take him. He's not leading an army from here.' Steve said
'I don't think we should be focusing on Loki. That guy's brain is a bag full of cats, you could smell crazy on him.' Bruce said
'Have care how you speak. Loki is beyond reason, but he is of Asgard, and he's my brother.' Thor said
'He killed eighty people in two days.' Beth snapped
'He's adopted.' Thor defended himself
'Iridium, what did they need the Iridium for?' Bruce questioned
'It's a stabilizing agent.' Tony said walking in with Coulson and turned to talk to him 'I'll fly you there. Keep the love alive.'
Phil came sat next to Beth kissing her cheek 'Hey Sweetie'
Beth smiled, Phil was like a father figure in her she hugged him 'I missed you, Phil' as Steve frowned at the two.
'Means the portal won't collapse on itself, like it did at SHIELD.' Tony said then turned to Thor 'No hard feelings, Point Break. You've got a mean swing. Also, it means the portal can open as wide, and stay open as long, as Loki wants.
Tony then turns to the crew on the computers 'Uh, raise the mid-mast, ship the top sails. That man is playing GALAGA! Thought we wouldn't notice. But we did. Tony shouted then went to cover his eye looking around. 'How does Fury do this?'
'He turns.' Agent Hill said
Tony looks around the monitors 'Well, that sounds exhausting. The rest of the raw materials, Agent Barton can get his hands on pretty easily. Only major component he still needs is a power source. A high energy density, something to kick start the cube.
'When did you become an expert in thermonuclear astrophysics?' Agent hill raised her eyebrows
'Last night. The packet, Selvig's notes, the Extraction Theory papers. Am I the only one who did the reading?' Tony said sarcastically
'Does Loki need any particular kind of power source?' Steve chipped in
'He's got to heat the cube to a hundred and twenty million Kelvin just to break through the barrier.' Bruce stated
'Unless, Selvig has figured out how to stabilize the quantum tunneling effect.' Tony said
'Well, if he could do that he could achieve Heavy Ion Fusion at any reactor on the planet.' Bruce said
'Finally, someone who speaks English.' Tony smiled
'Is that what just happened?' Steve frowned
'Welcome to my world, Steve' Beth said fiddling with her nails.
Tony and Banner shake hands. 'It's good to meet you, Dr. Banner. Your work on anti-electron collisions is unparalleled. And I'm a huge fan of the way you lose control and turn into an enormous green monster.
Bruce looked down and mumbled 'Thanks.'
'Dr. Banner is only here to track the cube. I was hoping you might join him.' Nick Fury walked in
'Let's start with that stick of his. It may be magical, but it works an awful lot like a HYDRA weapon.' Steve said puzzled
Fury frowned 'I don't know about that, but it is powered by the cube. And I'd like to know how Loki used it to turn two of the sharpest men I know into his personal flying monkeys'
Thor frowned 'Monkeys? I do not understand.'
Steve smiled 'I do! I understood that reference.' He looked proud.
Beth giggled quietly at everyone silence. She placed a hand on Steve's arm as he smiled at her.
'Shall we play, doctor?' Tony said to Bruce as they walked off.
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Next Chapter: Beth's back story is revealed and Steve and Tony fight in the lab :P
