Chapter 4

Hey all you people! Hope you've been having a great week/weekend, depending on where you live… XD I know that this story may be a bit… well, I don't know exactly how to put it. But this is my first story where the main character falls in love with someone so I'm trying by best to make it something you guys like to read! :) Anyway, I'll shut up now I hope you like this chapter! :)

After following Natasha onto the jet I watched as she walked up and sat in the other pilot's seat. I stood behind her seat.

"So what are these things called again?" I ask. She looks up and over at me as she was putting her buckle on.

"There quinjets" She says; looking amused at my curiosity. I nod after a few moments. Hm, quinjets. That's actually a pretty cool name. I put another hand through my hand before crossing my arms.

"Nervous?" I looked down at Natasha as she spoke up.

"Hm?"

"You're nervous" she says with a chuckle. I furrowed my eyebrows. "I can tell, you always put a hand through your hair, or scratch the back of your head when you're nervous or anxious." She says with a chuckle. I end up smirking and nodding.

"Yeah, I guess I do" I admit. Seconds later I heard footsteps and Captain Rogers walked up the ramp in his suit; his helmet in hand along with his shield in his right hand.

I gave him a nod as he walked up and into the "quinjet". He gave me a quick nod and a smile back before putting his shield down against the side of the seats. "How powerful is this guy?" I asked. Natasha shrugged after flipping a few switches and putting on a headset.

"No idea" she says. "But we'll know soon enough" she says; glancing at me. I gave her a nod before I felt the jet jolt and we took off. I swallowed and put a hand through my hair; then quickly drop my hand, remembering what Natasha said.

I finally sat down at one of the seats and grasped my fist with my left hand; my leg bouncing a bit with anxiety.

"You good?" I looked up as Captain Rogers spoke. I hesitated before nodding.

"Yeah, I'm good" I nod; giving a very quick, brief smile before getting serious again. I'm so not good. Nope. Not good whatsoever. I'm so nervous and I've never really been much of a team player. If I end up getting in the way, I can see this going badly.

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"Better get ready guys, Loki's on the move" Natasha calls back. I took a deep breath; spinning the knife that I was holding. Captain Rogers stood up and put his helmet on; grabbing his shield soon after.
I walked up to the front and stood beside him as we watched through the front of the jet; seeing the guy Loki, talking to a hostage crowd. Suddenly an older gentleman stood up; and Loki looked to him, raising his scepter. "Steve go; now!" Natasha called back as she lowered the ramp. He didn't hesitate before running off and jumping down. I ran over to the ramp and looked down as Captain Rogers landed and blocked the blue light that was shot from Loki's scepter.
I felt the jet go higher in the air and Natasha turned it around. I walked back over towards the front quickly; looking through the cockpit window. She pushed a button that made a gun come down. "Loki, drop the weapon and stand down" she spoke up. Loki looked up at us in the jet before firing his scepter at us. She jerked the quinjet to the side and I got a glimpse as the Captain threw his shield at Loki and they engaged in fighting. I swallowed anxiously; wanting to kick some ass.

"Natasha-" I start; looking at her. She turned back to me.

"I think he's got it cover-" she stopped herself when he went flying across the pavement. I looked over as he pushed himself back up and threw his shield again; engaging back into the fight.

"Natasha, let me down there" I tell her. She finally cursed under her breath and unlocked the ramp; letting it go down.

"Don't get killed newbie" She yelled as I trapped into a harness and started to lower myself down. I ran past a few people; being pushed and bumped by several as I tried to make it closer to where the fight was.

I finally made it out of the crowd and saw Captain Rogers get hit in the back, rolling into the stairs. I watch as Loki walked over and I broke into a run.

"Kneel" Loki demanded.

"Not today" I called as I ran up and jumped; kicking him in the face before he stumbled and I fell to the ground; rolling across the pavement. I rolled into the stairs and could hear the sound of my head pounding as I hit it. I shook my head before pushing myself up; seeing Loki throw Captain Rogers to the ground as he rolled a few feet. I looked up; seeing him a couple yards away. He looked up and saw me before there was the sound of music blaring. He turned over and we both looked up; seeing a something fly closer. A shot was fired from it and hit Loki; making him fly back and land on the stairs. It was Iron Man. Captain Rogers pushed himself up and looked at Loki before running over to where I was. He held out a hand and I looked up before grabbing it and getting myself up.

"Thanks" I say; gritting my teeth as I rubbed my head. He gave me a nod before going over to where Iron Man was.

"Make a move reindeer games" I heard Mr. Stark speak up as he pointed several weapons at Loki. I walked over; standing slightly behind both of them. Loki's armor suddenly disappeared and he put his hands in the air slowly. Mr. Stark's suit's weapons went back into the interior parts of the mechanical machine. "Good move" He responded. Both Captain Rogers and I were breathing heavy before he spoke up.

"Mr. Stark" He spoke up; his breathing heavy.

"Captain" Iron Man turned to him slightly. Captain Rogers walked over seconds later and brought Loki to his feet. Putting a hand on Loki's shoulder he pushed him forward towards where Natasha was landing the quinjet. I put a hand through my hair; stopping as I felt something wet. I took my hand away and saw a bit of blood on my fingertips. I swallowed anxiously and looked around before wiping it off on the pants of my suit.

"Who are you?" I looked up as Iron was walking towards the jet and he stopped; looking at me through the helmet. I swallow again before responding.

"Nichole Woods" I reply.

"SHIELD?" I shake my head.

"No, I'm just here to help" I respond. He gave a curt nod before he walked towards the jet and I followed.

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It had been about a half hour and we were all on the jet; heading back to the Helicarrier. Captain Rogers was standing to my left while Mr. Stark was standing somewhat to my left in front of me.

A few seconds went by before the speaker startled to crackle and a voice came over it.

"He saying anything?" It was Fury. Natasha glanced at the speaker.

"Not a word" she replies; her tone low. There was an irritated huff before Fury responded.

"Just get him here, we're low on time." And then the speaker cut. As it did Captain Rogers turned around somewhat; but still kind of facing us.

"I don't like it" He says.

"What, Rock of Ages giving up so easily?-" Mr. Stark replied; he took his helmet off a few minutes ago.

"I don't remember it being that easy." He says. "This guy packs a wallop" he turns back; looking at Loki.

"Still, you are pretty spry... For an older fellow" Mr. Stark says. I couldn't help but smirk; looking away a bit. If only you knew Mr. Stark. "What's your thing, Pilates?" He asked. Captain Rogers glanced at me briefly as I exchanged the glance also.

"What?" He asked; looking absolutely clueless.

"It's like calisthenics. You might have missed a couple things, you know, doing time as a Capsicle." Mr. Stark turns to him. Captain Rogers looked a little irritated now.

"Fury didn't tell me he was calling you in" He says. Mr. Stark only gave a very small nod.

"Yeah. There's a lot of things Fury doesn't tell you." Mr. Stark turned to him. I only swallowed; putting another hand through my hair and quickly glanced at my hand to see if I was still bleeding. Thankfully it had died down and wasn't too bad; probably just a scrap.

"So what exactly are you doing here?" I looked up; seeing Mr. Stark had turned to me.

"Like I said before, helping SHIELD." I reply. He narrowed his eyes a bit.

"How old are you kid?" He asked. I hesitate; keeping a straight face before cracking a smile. Then Captain Rogers did; realizing what he had asked.

"Depends. Physically I'm 20 or 22. But if you want to be logical... Then I'm actually older than Captain Rogers" I respond. He looked a bit confused. "I'm 140 years old, Mr. Stark. I don't age" I tell him; getting serious again. He looked a bit confused. For some reason, his expression made me think of him saying 'who the hell am I working with'.

"Huh" he says; nodding to himself after a few seconds. "Guess we got two old timers on the team now" he says before turning back.

"Wait, in not part of the team-" I start; getting cut off as Thunder and Lightning raged across the sky; very close to us.

"Where's this coming from?" Natasha mumbled as she pushed several buttons on the control panel on the jet. Lightning struck the sky again and I looked over; seeing Loki lean forward; looking around anxiously.

"What's the matter? Scared of a little lightning?" The Captain asked. I glanced over as he did so before looking back at Loki.

"I'm not overly fond of what follows." Loki responds. I glanced at both Captain Rogers and Mr. Stark. The Captain looked as if Loki was crazy and Mr. Stark didn't look convinced.

There was more thunder and a flash of lightning that almost hit the front of the jet. Suddenly there was a bang as something hit the roof. We all looked up and I started to feel my heart pound a bit faster.
In seconds both the Captain and Mr. Stark put their helmets on and Mr. Stark walked towards the ramp; pushing the button for it to go down. It started to come down and both Captain Rogers and I looked over.

"What are you doing?" He called as Iron Man made it halfway down the ramp when someone landed on the ledge. We all stopped; seeing Thor. I glanced at Loki; seeing a slightly fearful expression on his face. Iron man had raised his hand to fire at Thor when he used his hammer to hit him in the chest. He flew back and crashed into me and I crashed into Captain Rogers before we were all on the floor. I'm not going to lie, his suit isn't light.

Iron Man had already pushed himself up and I had time to glimpse and see Thor grab Loki and fly out of the jet and down towards the ground below. More lightning and thunder was raging across the sky and they disappeared into the clouds.

"Now there's that guy" Iron Man mumbles.

"Another Asgardian?" Natasha calls back.

"Think the guy's a friendly?" The Captain asked as he pushed himself up. Iron Man had already turned and to leave.

"Doesn't matter. If he frees Loki or kills him, the Tesseract's lost." Iron Man says.

"Stark. We need a plan of attack" Captain Rogers says back.

"I have a plan. Attack." And with that he flew off the jet and down towards the ground. I caught the Captain's irritated look before I pushed myself all the way to my feet.

"You good?" He asked me. I nodded.

"Besides from being crushed by a 300 pound chunk of metal, yeah I'm good" I reply. He gave me a nod before picking up a parachute. I furrowed my eyebrows and looked back at Natasha who was also looking over.

"I'd sit this one out Cap" She says.

"I don't see how I can" he responds as he fastened the parachute.

"These guys come from legends, they're basically gods" Natasha tells him in a serious and bit shaken tone. He finishes with the parachute before responding.

"There's only one God ma'am. And I'm pretty sure he doesn't dress like that" He says as he turned and jumped out of the jet; falling towards the surface. I swallowed before glancing back at Natasha who shook her head.

"Don't even think about it" She says. I don't respond; only grab the second parachute and start putting it on. "Nichole, of all people here, you shouldn't be down there" she says. I give her a barely noticeable shrug.

"I can't just sit here and do nothing Natasha, someone has to make sure they don't kill each other and lose Loki" I tell her. She doesn't respond; probably knowing that she's not changing my mind. I finally walked down the ramp and got to the ledge before jumping. The wind sped by my face as I plummeted towards the ground.

~0~

After landing on the ground and unhooking my parachute I started heading towards the sound. I heard several shots being fired from Iron Man's suit and at some point I heard the clanking of metal from Thor throwing his hammer at him.

This is getting crazy. I didn't size up for this! The good guys are supposed to fight the bad guys, not each other.

I was running through the forest as fast as I could when I looked up and saw Thor and Iron Man flying straight into a mountain and up the side.

"Screw going up that" I mumbled to myself. By the time I get over there they might be on the other side of the forest. I turned my gaze to the right slightly and saw none other than Loki. He was watching the fight from the top of the cliff. I took a deep breath before heading towards him.

Cliff Hanger! Mwahahaha! - Well… sort of, a cliff hanger… :) Anyway, please review if you liked it and also, as you can tell I'm do have to change the script up, but I will keep it as close to the original as I can. :) I hope you all liked this chapter I will update as soon as I can. XD