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"What are you doing, Mr. Stark?" Fury asked coming into the lab after finding out that Tony hacked into S. .L.D.'s systems.
"Uh...kind of been wondering the same thing about you." Tony said.
"You're supposed to be locating the Tesseract." Fury said.
"We are, the model's locked and we're sweeping for the signature now. When we get a hit, we'll have the location within half a mile." Bruce said.
"And you'll get your cube back, no muss, no fuss. What is Phase 2?" Tony asked. Suddenly Steve appeared with one of the weapons he and Rikku found on the ship. He dropped it onto a table with a loud clang as Rikku walked in behind him with her arms crossed.
"Phase 2 is S.H.I.E.L.D. used the cube to make weapons." Steve said. He looked at Tony. "Sorry, the computer was moving a little slow for me."
"Rogers, we gathered everything related to the Tesseract." Fury said. "This does not mean that we're..."
"I'm sorry, Nick." Tony said before he moved the computer screen towards Fury which showed plans of the weapon. "What were you lying?"
"I was wrong, Director. The world hasn't changed a bit." Steve said. Thor and Natasha walked into the lab.
"Did you know about this?" Bruce asked Natasha.
"You wanna think about removing yourself from this environment, doctor?" Natasha asked.
"I was in Calcutta, I was pretty well removed." Bruce said.
"Loki's manipulating you." Natasha said.
"And you've been doing what exactly?"
"You didn't come here because I bat my eyelashes at you." Natasha said.
"Yes, and I'm not leaving because suddenly you get a little twitchy." Bruce said. "I'd like to know why S.H.I.E.L.D. is using the Tesseract to build weapons of mass destruction." Bruce said pointing his glasses at the screen.
"Because of him." Fury said pointing at Thor.
"Me?" Thor asked with his arms crossed.
"Last year earth had a visitor from another planet who had a grudge mass that leveled a small town." Fury said. "We learned that not only are we not alone, but we are hopelessly, hilariously, out gunned."
"Didn't he end up saving everyone though?" Rikku asked. Thor pointed at Rikku then Fury with a nod.
"I did." Thor said. "My people want nothing but peace with your planet."
"But you're not the only people out there, are you? And, you're not the only threat." Fury said. "The world's filling up with people who can't be matched, they can't be controlled."
"You can't control everything out there!" Rikku said at the same time Steve spoke.
"Like you controlled the cube?" Steve asked.
"Your work with the Tesseract is what drew Loki to it, and his allies." Thor said. "It is the signal to all the realms that the earth is ready for A HIGHER FORM OF WAR."
"A higher form?!" Steve asked.
"If you'd have left it where you found it none of this would be happening." Rikku said.
"You forced our hand!" Fury said to Thor. "We had to come up with some-"
"Nuclear deterrent!" Tony said. "'Cause that always calms everything right down." Everyone became hostile and began cutting each other off.
"Remind me again how you made your fortune, Stark?" Fury asked.
"I'm sure if he still made weapons, Stark would be neck deep-" Steve started.
"Wait-Wait! Hold on! How is this nowabout me?" Tony asked.
"I'm sorry, isn't everything?" Steve asked.
"I thought humans were more evolved than this." Thor said. Everyone began arguing over each other. Fury turned to Thor.
"Excuse me, did we come to your planet and blow stuff up?" He asked.
"You treat your champions with such intrust." Thor said.
"You're not my champion!" Fury said.
"You furious? I'm furious." Tony said to Steve.
"Are you boys really that naive?" Natasha asked. "S.H.I.E.L.D monitors potential threats."
"And Captain America is on the threat poll?" Bruce asked.
"We all are!" Natasha said to Bruce.
"All of us? Rikku's harmless," Bruce said gesturing to her. "how are all of us a threat?"
"That's not your concern doctor." Fury said.
"You're on that list?" Tony asked Steve. "Are you above or below angry bees?"
"I swear to god, Stark, one more crack…" Steve said.
"You're a threat. VERBAL THREAT! I FEEL THREATENED!" Tony said.
"Show some respect!" Steve said.
"Respect what?!" Tony asked. As they argued over one another the scepter glowed strongly.
"You speak of control, yet you court chaos!" Thor said.
"It's his MO, isn't it? I mean, what are we, a team? No, no, no. We're a chemical mixture that makes chaos. We're- we're a time bomb." Bruce said.
"You need to step away." Fury said.
"Why shouldn't the guy let off a little steam?" Tony asked.
"You damn well know why!" Steve said. "Back off!"
"Oh, I'm starting to want you to make me." Tony said.
"Would you two stop it?" Rikku asked stepping towards the two.
"Yeah, big man in a suit of armor. Take that off, what are you?" Steve asked Tony.
"Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist." Tony listed.
"I know guys with none of that worth ten of you. I've seen the footage. The only thing you really fight for is yourself. You're not the guy to make the sacrifice play, to lay down on a wire and let the other guy crawl over you."
"I think I would just cut the wire." Tony said.
"Always a way out. You know, you may not be a threat, but you better stop pretending to be a hero."
"A hero, like you? You're a laboratory experiment, special about you came out of a bottle."
"There's nothing wrong with that!" Rikku snapped at Tony making him lean back slightly. "You're defenseless without your suit." Rikku said.
"Thanks for restating the already stated, Kitten." Tony said with a small smirk.
"Even with your suit Steve would still pound you into next week." Rikku snarled, her pupils becoming slits and the red bleeding into the white.
"Highly unlikely." Tony said to her. He looked at Steve. "Got your pussy fighting your battles for you now?" Rikku's eyes were almost completely red and her claws dug into the flesh of her tightly closed fists. Steve smirked.
"Put on the suit, let's go a few rounds." Steve said. Thor laughed.
"You people are so petty, and tiny." He said.
"Sorry we're not as great as you oh mighty cape-wearing hammer guy." Rikku said. Thor scoffed. "According to Eye-Patch though all of this is your fault so don't say we're the petty ones."
"You were on my side a moment ago." Thor said. "I was never a threat to your world."
"But you brought the threat to the attention of people like him." Rikku pointed to Fury.
"People like me?" He asked.
"He's the one who decided to act." Thor said. "I didn't intentionally bring a threat to your world."
"But you came here then it followed!"
"I didn't want to come here!"
"Oh that's right, you were banished here because you didn't listen to daddy. So, still, it's your fault."
"Watch your tongue." Thor said with a glare, pointing at her. "Do not disrespect my father."
"Would you call this a cat fight?" Tony asked Steve who glared at him.
"Then don't insult us, you're no better than us." Rikku said. By now her eyes were almost completely red and blood dripped from her clenched fists.
"I beg to differ." Thor said crossing his arms.
"Yeah, this is a team." Bruce said.
"Agent Romanoff, would you escort Dr. Banner back to his-" Fury started.
"Where? You rented my room!" Bruce said cynically.
"Bruce…" Rikku said softly reaching her hand out to him slightly. He looked at her.
"The cell was just-" Fury started but Bruce's head snapped back to him as he cut him off.
"In case you needed to kill me. But you can't, I know, I tried!" Everyone looked at Bruce in shock. "I got low. I didn't see an end so I put a bullet in my mouth and the Other Guy spit it out. So I moved on, I focused on helping other people. I was good until you dragged me back into this freak show and put everyone here at risk. You wanna know my secret, Agent Romanoff?" He asked looking at her. "You wanna know how I stay calm?" Everyone was watching Bruce, Fury and Natasha reached for their guns.
"Doctor Banner, put down the scepter." Steve said. Banner looked down, surprised, to see the spear was in his hand. The monitor made a noise, signaling the Tesseract had been located. Banner put the scepter back on the table and walked over to the screen on the other side of the room.
"Got it!" Fury said.
"Sorry, kids." Bruce said. "You don't get to see my party trick after all."
"Located the Tesseract?" Thor asked.
"I can get there faster." Tony said.
"Look all of us-" Steve started.
"The Tesseract belongs on Asgard; no human is a match for it." Thor said. Tony turned to leave but Steve held him back.
"You're not going alone!" Steve said. Tony smacked his hand.
"You gonna stop me?" He asked.
"Put on the suit, let's find out!"
"I'm not afraid to hit an old man."
"Put on the suit."
"Knock it off, both of you!" Rikku snapped stepping between the two and putting her hands up towards each of them.
"Oh my god." Bruce said looking up from the computer.
"What is it?" Rikku asked about to walk over. Everyone in the lab suddenly went flying in different directions as one of the engines blew up. Fury and Thor fell to the ground behind a table. Tony and Steve were blown to the entry way while Bruce, Rikku and Natasha flew out the lab and into the lower equipment room. Tony and Steve sat up.
"Put on the suit." Steve said.
"Yeah." Steve helped Tony up and they ran out of the lab.
People were running around, yelling and grabbing guns while the monitors were beeping wildly. S.H.I.E.L.D. Techs were panicking. S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents were gearing up and running to their stations.
"All hands engaged." The intercom said. The place was hectic.
Fury sat up, groaning.
"Hill!" He said into his earpiece. Hill was standing her command area. She was looking at a screen.
"Number Three engine is down." She said.
"We've been hit." A female tech said. Hill ran over to a bridge tech's station.
"Did we get a run in? Talk to me."
"We got a fire in Engine Three." He said. "The line looks mostly in tact but it's impossible to get out there to make repairs while we're in the air."
"We lose one more engine we won't be." Hill said. She turned on her earpiece. "Somebody's gotta get outside and patch that engine."
"Stark, you copy that?" Fury asked.
"I'm on it." Tony said.
"Coulson, initiate defensive lock down in the contingent center. Then get to the armory." Fury said. "Romanoff!"
Natasha's leg was trapped under a very large pipe. She tired pulling herself painfully free. She groaned in pain and gave up. Bruce was in the corner; he was fine but was making very wired movements.
"Okay." Natasha said into her earpiece. She looked at Rikku who sat up holding her head. There was some blood running down the side of her face but other than that she looked fine; her eyes had reverted to normal from suddenly being thrown in the explosion. She looked at Natasha and gave a weak thumbs up. The two looked over to Bruce who was breathing heavy, having landed hard. He was gripping the grated flooring to maintain control, but his eyes were green, his face intense. "We're okay, right?" Natasha asked herself quietly. Rikku moved over to Natasha and started to try and pull the pipe up so Natasha could get out. Bruce struggled to suppress the rage, but his face was growing, changing slowly. Natasha tried to pull herself painfully free. "Doctor? Bruce, you gotta fight it. This is just what Loki wants. We're gonna be okay. Listen to me."
"Bruce." Rikku said softly. Two maintenance guys ran in.
"You hurt?" One asked. Natasha waved them away. They quickly left realizing the danger.
"We're gonna be okay. Right? I swear on my life I will get you out of this, you will walk away, and never ever – "
"Your life?" Bruce growled. His voice had the change in it - the bitter amusement was morphing to a growled threat. Bruce began to transform into the Hulk, shirt tearing, he threw himself away from Natasha and Rikku, who looked terrified, then he turned to look at them. He locked eyes with Rikku before transforming - just as the lights went out.
"Bruce." Rikku said. The Hulk unsteadily got to his feet and roared as he punched a metal container making steam shoot from it. Natasha got up, pulling Rikku with her. The Hulk looked at them. Natasha grabbed onto Rikku's arm and pulled her with her as she ran up the catwalk stairs as the Hulk chased after them.
"Stay close." Natasha said to Rikku as she let go of her arm. Natasha swung over the catwalk and rolled under a turbine, Rikku doing the same, as the Hulk tore down the stairs. The two women jumped through small places as the Hulk grabbed after them, roaring loudly.
Natasha and Rikku snuck under an engine. They heard heavy footsteps. Natasha pulled out her gun holding it steady. The two moved out from the pipes. Suddenly, the Hulk jumped at them, roaring. Natasha fired her gun at a pipe over his head and gas shot out. She and Rikku ran along a narrow passage, the Hulk crashing through behind them. He came up on them fast. He caught up to them just as Natasha got off the passage and because he was swinging his arms as he ran he ended up backhanding Rikku into the wall. She sat up painfully, putting her back to the wall, pressing herself against it as best she could. The Hulk stepped towards her. Rikku looked up at him with wide eyes. He roared loudly at Natasha, when she made a move to get to Rikku, making Rikku flinch. The Hulk looked down at Rikku who was trying to calm her breathing. He huffed a big, sharp, breath through his nose.
"B-Bruce." Rikku whimpered. The blood from her head was clearly visible in her white hair, dripping onto the ground and her clothes. The Hulk began to reach towards her slowly when he was suddenly tackled through a wall by Thor. Natasha rushed over to Rikku to see that she was alright. Rikku got up, shakily.
"I'm fine." She panted. She swallowed before she started backing away. "I'm going to help Tony and Steve." She said.
"I don't think you should be going anywhere."
"I'm of no help down here." Rikku said before jogging away.
Thor and the Hulk rolled into a docking area with planes and personnel who ran from the room. The two circled one another, then the Hulk struck, throwing wild punches as Thor ducked and weaved. Hulk brought down a fist and Thor held it above him, on his knees.
"We're not your enemies, Banner! Try to think!" Thor shouted. The Hulk punched Thor across the room and through a few containers. He slid across the floor on one knee and one leg out. He wiped a little blood from his nose. The Hulk roared and Thor looked up, grinning, and raised his hand. Mjolnir came flying through the docking area and Thor caught it just as the Hulk charged through and hit him on the jaw - sending him into a plane.
Hulk got up and ripped the wing off the plane, flinging it at Thor, who ducked, causing the wing to hit a jeep. Thor threw Mjolnir. The Hulk caught the hammer but was pulled backwards. He tried to lift the hammer but couldn't Thor picked it up and wrapped his arms around the Hulk's neck. Hulk tried swinging Thor off.
Rikku ran down a hall and took out her blades. She turned the corner and saw a guy shooting at Steve. She came up behind the guy, jumped onto his back and slit his throat with her blade before pushing off his back and flipping and landing in a crouched position as the guy fell from the ship. A second guy turned around and Rikku slashed at him with one of her blades as he went to fire. The guy held a hand to his chest for a brief second before Rikku jump kicked him in the face making him fall as well. Steve climbed up from the cord he was hanging on and pulled a red level. He flashed a smile at Rikku.
"Thanks." He said.
"No problem." Rikku said standing up straight from her crouching position. She put her blades away in the side holsters on her hips. Steve looked away for a second to look for Tony. He looked back at Rikku and his eyes widened.
"Rikku!" He shouted. Rikku turned around just as a guy swung at her. She backed up, a few feet from the edge, and the guy raised his gun. Rikku kicked the gun from his hand as Steve jumped down. Steve punched the guy who stumbled towards Rikku. Rikku took another step back, thinking there was a place to stand, and her foot slipped. She gasped loudly. Steve turned to see her falling with wide eyes. "Rikku!" The guy started fighting Steve again before Steve could try to catch her. She couldn't help but scream.
Hulk and Thor crashed through the floor of the Wishbone lab. Thor lay on the ground, he looked up, and Hulk grabbed him by the throat. A S.H.I.E.L.D. jet flew to where Hulk and Thor were fighting, seemingly evenly matched.
"Target acquired. Target engaged." The pilot said. He fired his guns toward Hulk. The barrage of bullets bounced off of Hulk. He roared, running at the window. Hulk crashed through it, leaping at the jet. "Target angry. Target angry!"Hulk landed on the nose of the jet and tore at the metal as it swerved in the air. The Hulk suddenly froze as if hearing something and looked back at the helicarrier to see a black figure falling. The Hulk pushed off the jet to jump over to the figure. His large arms encompassed the figure before they fell from the sky.
So, what did you think? Not much new added I know. One more chapter of movie events until original stuff. ^_^
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