A/N: I'm sorry I hadn't been updating. I was thinking of closing the whole thing down but I saw the amount of people who reviewed and faved and decided to continue writing. Thanks guys! This is for you ;)

Chapter 6

AVENGERS

Three figures walked down the dirt path of the dense jungle, keeping an eye out on their surroundings. Shadows seemed to loom around the trees, watching them as the sun went down. Steve voiced out that Tony, Tasha and Thor were gone.

"I think it's better this way," Bruce decided.

"What is?" Clint asked. "Being away from your allies? Our group's been divided into two. Who's to say they're still safe?" He was briefly reminded of his fight with Natasha and grimaced. If Tasha died before they'd be able to make things out, he would resurrect her to kill her again with an arrow.

"Well, if we are complete, I bet we'd fight each other off," Bruce said. Clint snorted. That's exactly what he was thinking. "Like that time when Tony and Steve captured Loki in Germany and Thor intervened."

"Not to mention that I tried killing all of you at that time too." Clint said. He meant to make it as a joke, but the way he said it made it sound otherwise.

Steve quietly said, "But we won't beat each other to death… Right?"

"Tony thinks Pepper likes you, and that you like Pepper," Clint pointed out, "I think he would."

Steve sighed. He had never told them about Peggy. And why would he? He trudged along the dirt path. "What do we do when we meet others?" Banner asked.

"We defend ourselves. Don't attack unless they do," said Steve, "Barton, if you can find any animals – birds, deers, rabbits, anything – shoot it down. It'll do as dinner. Banner, turn to the Hulk and cut down a few trees so we can make a fire."

They started doing what Steve said. Clint shot down a bird and it landed deep inside the jungle, a few distance away from the path. He strayed away from the path to collect his game when suddenly, he heard something. He stopped in his tracks and looked around. Clicking sounds were heard, shadows lurked, making Clint more vigilant than before. Every sound made him jump.

He heard a scream. "Steve!" He forgot about the bird and ran towards the path. The first thing he saw was Steve, lying on the ground, his right arm on his left shoulder, which was now flesh oozing with blood. Suddenly, right in front Clint was a giant black beetle the size of an elephant.

Clint quickly drew an arrow and tried shooting its eyes. It gave off weird screeching insect noises. From behind the trees emerged a dozen more beetles, though they were smaller in size. The Hulk emerged from his right and smashed everything with the tree he was holding. Clint shot every insect threatening to go near him.

While the Hulk distracted most of the insects, Clint climbed up the nearest tree as high as he could go. When he was safely out of reach, he kept shooting again, trying to break the insects' hard exteriors.

Two figures emerged.

One was holding a stick, and from that stick, shots of light tackled the insects. Once the green glowing light from the man's stick came in contact to the insects, it dropped dead instantly. Clint can only watch in amazement.

The other figure, Clint realized, was Loki. And he was fighting side by side the unknown man. Anger boiled inside him as he remembered Loki's manipulation, and his threat towards Tasha.

When the giant insects were lifeless, the Hulk now turned to Loki, a huge frown on his big green grumpy face. With huge steps, he ran towards the god.

Loki held out his hands, "Wait! Let me-" And the Hulk smashed him from side to side once again. It lasted longer than before.

The other man pointed his wooden stick towards the Hulk, but before light could emerge from its tip, Barton shot him with an arrow to his shoulder. The man turned to Barton instead as he fell to the ground. Clint received the full power of the man's attack. Red light was all Clint could see. He felt his head slam to a tree. He groaned in pain as he fell face-first to the ground.

The Hulk released its grip on Loki and smashed him one last time to the ground. Loki groaned, but nevertheless he tried to stand up. He winced slightly as he stood.

"If you're all done now with almost killing the very people who saved your life", Loki snarled, "I'd like you to meet Remus Lupin."

He approached the man and knelt down. He yanked out the arrow from Lupin's shoulder – much to the victim's displeasure – and started healing it. Meanwhile, the Hulk turned back to its original form. Clint stood up and massaged his back as he watched. Tentatively, Bruce apologized to the ex-villain, "I'm… sorry. I thought – the other guy thought – that both of you were a threat."

"It's not really our fault," Clint added, crossing his arms, "Last time I met you, you controlled my mind. Any friend of yours is an enemy of mine."

Bruce sighed, "Anyway… Can you, perhaps, heal Steve?"

Loki stood up and faced him. "Why should I heal the friend of the monster who shook me like a ragdoll?"

"Look, I'm sorry, okay? I didn't mean it." Bruce was getting annoyed. Steve could die any minute and he didn't want that to happen. "If you really don't mean to kill us, heal him. It'll prove that we're both on the same side."

Loki thinned his lips. He turned around to face Lupin, who was standing and brushing the edges of his clothes. "Make a tent and a campfire. We'll need it to survive the night." He looked back to Bruce, "I will heal your friend but for one condition."

There was a huge debate about it afterwards. It took Banner and Clint longer than necessary to accept Loki's terms but in the end, they agreed.

Lupin worked on making a tent while Bruce turned back to the Hulk to gather large barks for campfire. Clint shot a few more birds. They were satisfied with what they called dinner – at least they managed to fill their empty stomachs – and decided to call it a night.

FANTASTIC FOUR

Meanwhile, in the Atlantic wasteland, the Fantastic Four had been able to live so far because of the heat emanating from the Human Torch. Although it was hard to know whether it was day or night since there was no Sun visible, it had turned dark and the group of heroes had started feeling tired.

They spotted a tiny ice cave and managed to trek towards it in one piece. Before they could reach the inside of the cave, though, an unexpected 'visitor' blocked their way.

A couple of polar bears emerged from the cave, and they didn't look friendly. Their eyes were bloody red and their teeth were sharp… and they were growling. Richard knew at that moment that he wouldn't be of any use in this situation – if his arms left the heat that Johnny provided, he would have frostbites. Johnny can't fight them off either. They knew their only hope would either be Ben's strength and Susan's shield.

Ben fought them off while Sue casted an invisible shield around them. They saw Ben getting tackled by one polar bear. Penguins – that had the same bloody red eyes – appeared all of a sudden and waddled towards them, releasing screeching sounds as they tried to attack Sue's shield.

All hope seemed to be lost… until they saw blasts of red and green light bursting from their right.

A young man with whitish blond hair emerged from one of the ice stones, his right arm held in front of him with a stick on his hand. That stick magically erupted blasts of light and when the light met their enemies, they dropped dead in an instant. Sometimes, some of them were thrown back a few feet away… They watched silently as the scene unfolded.

A man in a green and black outfit appeared from behind the Fantastic Four, his hands out in front of him, and the group of heroes can't believe their eyes! Shots of green light were seen coming out of his hands and tackling the polar bears and penguins.

Unbelievably, more Antarctic animals appeared. It seemed to have no stop. The Fantastic Four tried to pry away from them whilst keeping warm at the same time. The man in green and black seemed to have no problem, but Reed noticed the young man shivering, and his lips were turning blue.

"Hey, you!" Reed shouted towards him. Both strangers snapped their heads toward him. He addressed the blond, "Come over here if you don't want to freeze to death."

The man continued on fighting, as if keeping warm wasn't a big deal for him, but the young man contemplated this. He tackled another penguin before running towards Sue's shelter. Johnny, sensing Reed's threat that if he didn't keep the boy young, he'd be dead, grabbed a hold of the stranger's arm and immediately spread warmth all over the boy's body.

"Name, son?" Johnny asked.

"Draco." The young blond shivered and they went back to business.

It lasted for- what? Minutes? Hours? Days? They didn't know. But in the midst of their battles, they heard a loud deafening roar. It seemed to have come from the sky.

A tiny man-like… flying object was seen zooming in the sky. Draco frowned. What was that? He looked at his teammates to ask, but they seemed as confused. The man in green and black, though, thinned his lips and groaned as he slashed a penguin behind him.

Iron Man started helping them to attack. With the help of the man in iron, they managed to finish them off. The numbers seem to lower down slowly, until none appeared anymore.

But the fighting didn't end there.

Tony Stark, after blasting off the last penguin, turned sharply towards Loki and blasted him. Loki was caught in surprise as he was tackling a polar bear and flew a few feet away. He stood his ground gracefully and growled at Tony. A ball of green light was seen on both of Loki's palms.

"Give it your best, Loki!" shouted the Iron Man.

"STOP!" Reed said. "Both of you don't have to fight!"

"You asked for it, Stark!" Loki growled back. Balls of energy were building up in the two men's palms. They stretched their arms out wide in front of. They were about to release when an ear-pitching scream stopped them.

Both of them faltered slowly as they looked towards the group of heroes. Susan had her hand on the middle of her stomach, and she was screaming in pain. Reed was over her in a flash. Draco supported her back as Johnny held her arms. Tony decided to see what the problem was.

The baby.

Everyone panicked. All at once, the heavy raging atmosphere between Loki and Tony was gone, replaced by the feeling of helping a woman in need. The team worked together to carry her towards the cave. Johnny provided enough heat to make everyone comfortable without melting the whole place. Loki tried his best to heal Sue with his magic. Tony looked at him suspiciously.

Which was understandable. The last time Tony saw the god, he was a supervillain trying to destroy New York.

It was dark when they were finally settled. Draco provided camping beds that magically appeared from his small bag. Once they were settled and Sue stopped screaming, each explained who and what they were. It was a brief introduction. Each said what they were and what they can do and afterwards, they started discussing who can provide what.

After that, they went to sleep with their one eye open. They didn't have to say it, but despite helping each other, they didn't trust their new companions. Who knew, maybe one of them could kill them in their sleep.

A cold voice – the same one they heard before, they realized – was suddenly heard in all the clans.

"All of you… had managed to survive the first day…"

For how long is it going to be this way?

How long is this going to happen?

Who amongst these people would try to kill me?

When am I going to die?

Am I going to die?

"The audience want entertainment. So I have decided to make it more… exciting! Every day, you will encounter different portals, all of which will lead you to a new place… with new people. You will encounter different creatures of the dark, or you might need to cross the vast open sea.

For now, we will see how long you can survive, how long you can tolerate, how long… until you die!"

LLLLL

Loki woke up and looked at his surroundings. It was the old house. Tom Riddle's House.

He sensed movement behind him and snapped his head to the back.

There stood Voldemort in his black, tattered clothes, smiling devilishly on the trickster god. Loki growled, baring his teeth as he felt rage. He stood up and approached him.

"Calm yourself, Loki," Voldemort hissed. Loki faltered. The wizard smiled maliciously again. "I have a plan…"

A/N: Soooo… I wanna know what you guys think of this! And look at the date, it's 22nd! The monthsary of this fanfic! *celebrates* I have decided to TRY to update once a week. TRY is the keyword. This is the longest fic I've written in my whole life, so please bear with me.

Please tell me what you think! :D