Chapter four, enjoy the reading.
Cora followed behind the plane that carried Steve and Natasha; it was night time so she'd made sure to bring her night goggles, so she would be able to follow them even in the darkest parts of the sky.
Now you might want to ask how she could possibly even attempt to keep up with a jet that could fly faster than anything else in the sky, well here is something about Averians that you might not know. Different colored wings mean different things, different abilities. Brown wings can be used both for flying in the air, and underwater, whereas grey wings are for more powerful flyers, some say they can fly through tornadoes. As said before White wings are a little more uncommon, they are lighter and able to fly through the sky faster than anyone else, she'd already flown faster than a jet before. Afterwards she'd gone directly to Tony Stark to ask him if he could fly that fast, to which he replied, yes.
She actually found herself flying slightly through the jet as it had a more constant speed than she did, so she had to slow down, which would keep her from getting lost if she somehow got away from it. As they got closer Cora could see where they were going so with a sudden burst of power she flew past the jet and into the open sky. Quite quickly Cora tired; an Averian can only keep up that speed for so long without getting weak.
Hearing screams from in front of her Cora dropped from the sky, landing in front of Loki just as he was exiting a very luxurious looking building, maybe it was a museum.
"Look whose come to save the day," he said with amusement in his voice.
"Well hello there," Cora said with a small smile. Loki had grown tired of her always happy face, and always cheerful attitude, he was going to break her of it. He faintly remembered how childish she was during the time that he'd had her confined, she was almost intriguing to be with, full of surprises, but children do need to be disciplined.
With a sudden lurch forward Loki made a jab at Cora, who dodged it and threw her own punch at Loki, but he was far ahead of her, kicking her in the stomach and throwing her into the ground swiftly.
"Does your smile falter?" He mocked as she coughed for air to fill her lungs. "I find you interesting," he said with a cold laugh. "Don't you feel lucky?" He spat out at her.
Dragging herself to her feet Cora glared up at Loki, who just simply smiled down at her, she was already tired from the flight, there was no way she could have won the fight, she knew that, but there was nothing stopping her from trying.
"Oh, I think we're having fun," he said turning around and launching a wave of blue energy at her. Covering her face with her arms she was thrown backwards harshly, skidding to a stop several feet away, she didn't move. "Ouch," he said with a sneer before turning back to the crowd of people rushing around.
With a pound of his scepter he had new found armor on him, glowing gold as if he already was a kind, a god, adorned with gold and a crown.
"Bow down to me!" He shouted at the crowd.
Cora had blacked out for a little bit, coming to with a gasp, she groaned in pain and lifted her head to see Steve in his Captain America suit, and he was kicking butt. Until he wasn't, but that was okay because now there was someone else who finally decided to show up.
Standing up quickly, which Cora immediately regretted, she watched as Iron Man flew in and started bashing Loki around, which she was happy to see, since she hadn't been of any help whatsoever.
Waiting until they seemed to be finished Cora limped over to them, with a slight skip in her step, just because she was injured didn't mean that she couldn't be happy to see her friend.
"Hi Tony," she said with a big smile.
"Hey Cora," he said giving her a quick glance and then looking back again sharply. "Why are you here?" He said looking at her harshly, though you would have to redefine harsh as he did have his mask on. "You let her come?" He asked Steve with a glare.
"No, of course not," Steve said sternly towards her. "She came by herself," he said getting Loki to his feet roughly.
"Course you did," Tony said rolling his eyes. She gave him a smile that said, 'yes I did come, and I'm not sorry, but I do feel bad that you caught me.' "You, jet, now," he said pointing to the plane while staring her down in his very metallic suit.
"Okay," she said in a small voice. She hadn't expected to see Tony here, she was happy to see him, but he was always very cautious of her, he didn't let her do anything after that one accident. Now you want to know what happened don't you?
Loki looked at Cora with a sickening smirk, which Steve saw and immediately shoved the man into the jet with enough force to make him stumble.
Cora sat on the other side of the Jet away from Loki, he could throw her around so easily, just looking at him made her think of how he'd knocked her breath away and made her gag. He locked eyes with her and grinned like a sly cat, she looked away a little scared, before jumping when the jet shook from the beginnings of a storm, even Loki seemed a little off.
"What's a matter, afraid of lightning?" Tony asked in a sarcastic manner.
"I'm not too fond of what follows," he said with a slight frown.
Soon after he said that the jet fell a few feet as it seemed that something landed on top of it, and with a metal tearing screech someone jumped into the jet. He had blonde hair and a cape, which Cora had to admit, was dorky, but awesome. Tony went after the man but he hit him back with seemingly no effort at all before he took a hold of Loki and got away.
Tony and Steve looked after them.
"You. Stay here," he said towards Cora sternly. "If I see you down there, something bad is going to happen to your candy stash," he said turning towards the back of the jet that was open. Cora frowned angrily before sitting back down and looking towards Natasha who was shaking her head at her as well.
"Tony we need a plan of attack," Steve said.
"I have a plan, attack," he said before jumping out the back and flying off.
"Captain?" Natasha questioned as Steve got a parachute.
"Someone has to watch them," he explained before he was off as well. Cora looked away disappointed, knowing that any argument that she threw out there would get shot down immediately by Natasha, who didn't agree with her fighting either.
"So what do we do?" Cora asked with a slight bit of hope in her voice.
"Wait for them to get back," Natasha said looking back at her as she leveled out the jet easily.
"Aw, that's so boring!"
"Hi Bruce!" Cora said with a cheerful grin. Running up to where the Doctor was, they'd gotten Loki back, and also gained one cape wearing, hammer bearing God of lightning. Cora and Thor had gotten along almost instantly; he thought of her as a child and treated her like one, which meant that he seemed very interested in the things she said. She complemented his outfit and he liked her wings, it was going to be a great friendship.
"Hello," he said calmly looking at her with a slight sigh of relief. When he found out that she'd left to take on Loki he was a little worried, she was of another planet and all, but she was really still just a kid, a good kid. "What happened to your arm?" he asked looking at the makeshift bandage that Thor had made for her. She'd gotten a bit of skin scraped off her arm when she skid on the concrete after Loki pushed her back. Tony gave her a small lecture about how he could handle everything because he was so awesome and that she was not allowed to fight unless someone was there to help.
"Someone threw me across a courtyard," she said simply. "It hurt quite a bit," she nodded thinking back to it.
At that moment Loki was escorted by a bunch of agents down the hallway, taking his sweet time to smile at Bruce and Cora as if he was mocking them. Bruce looked at him with slight wonder, taking off his glasses and staring after the green clothed man who called himself a god.
"He's a jerk," Cora said looking after him as well. Bruce looked down at Cora with a soft smile, he had a few more colorful words in mind.
"So he did this then?" Bruce questioned looking at her arm.
"Yeah," she said calmly. "It's okay, I heal faster than humans do," she grinned like a cheeky child before running off in search of someone else to talk to.
"I bet you do," he said under his breath with a small chuckle.
"Hi guys," Cora said with a smile as she walked into the control room. Sitting down at the table and pulling out a juice box and a bag of cookies. "Want one?" She offered Thor and Steve. Steve shook his head politely while Thor shrugged and grabbed one from her.
"This cracker is very sweet," he said munching on it and reaching for another one. Cora resisted the urge to laugh when he called it a cracker; at least it was shaped like a cracker.
Soon everyone came into the room to discuss the Loki matter, which was about the time that Cora ignored most of the conversation, she didn't care for Loki, Thor was way cooler than his brother and could probably take him on any day. Coming back into the conversation halfway through Cora caught the tail of it.
"He killed eighty people in two days," Natasha said in a cold tone.
"He is adopted," Thor said easily enough. Cora almost laughed again, holding it back was hard as she looked around at everyone who didn't nearly as amused as she was.
"I thought it was funny," she said looking down at the table, before putting her head in her arms like she was going to fall asleep, which she did. After they finished Tony and Bruce took Cora to her room before heading off to the lab, they'd found out that they both spoke the same language in the manner if being smart.
As they walked away from Cora's room she had a dream, not a very prophetic dream, it wasn't even scary, but she did see Loki in it, and he didn't look all that bad, he actually looked a little sad. Loser, had been her first thought until she felt a little bad for him, everyone deserves a second chance right? When she woke up, she'd decided that she would go talk to him again; he did kill a lot of people, and Cora disagreed strongly with killing, but maybe there was something she could spark in him that would ignite a fire. Even though she had to admit that it was a long shot and he might be just a mean greasy haired god from outer space.
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