I hope you guys end up liking the chapter! I won't waste too much of your precious time with my distracting jibber jabber, but once again, thank you for reading, I hope you like what I'm doing! And enjoy the show…erm, I mean writing.
I do not own any Marvel's stuff; I'm just letting the characters play with my OC. I'll let them go home when they're done.
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"That witch should have killed them all from the beginning," Loki broke in the silence as I took a break from the reading, "It is what I would have done."
"She just can't kill anyone without any good reason," I yawned, laying the book down. I hadn't slept throughout the night. It was interesting to do this with Loki. I mean, apart from the occasional death threat.
"And now look what is happening," Loki scoffed.
"Don't you remember in the beginning that one cannot just mess with another's destiny unless they're prepared to suffer any consequences that come from it?" I leaned into the railing on the side of the plank so I could look at Loki as we talked.
"If she is really as powerful as they make her sound then she could have handled it. This book is ridiculous," He sighed.
"Ok, it's actually not, it's one of my favorite books so don't bash on it," I said touching the cover of the book tenderly.
"Why do you Midgardians continue to talk in such a disgusting and lethargic manners? Are you all so simple you can't come up with a more refined word besides 'bash'," he scoffed.
I felt myself redden in embarrassment, "I guess…I don't know, language is flexible and we live in a fast paced world where we don't have time to talk in a more 'refined' manner unless…need be, I guess."
"That's ludicrous," Loki said with distaste.
"Actually, Ludacris is rapper, a successful one, I know shocker… okay, seriously? I was trying to make a joke. Don't look at me like that!" I said, unable to stop myself from laughing.
"Just continue the story," Loki said shaking his head.
"Actually, I'm exhausted from reading and talking to you all night, so I think I'm done," I said slowly standing up. I raised my arms and reached for the ceiling, stretching my tense body.
"Well, then I guess this would be a good time to say 'thank you," Loki said as he sat leisurely against the glass wall staring at me with a smirk on his face.
"Yes, and it was no problem," I said, ignoring the sarcasm as I continued to stretch. I turned around and saw Loki watching me; his eyes went over my body. His mouth parted slightly and he stared into my eyes hungrily and I felt myself blush for some reason. His mouth formed into a smirk. "And it's rude to stare" I said getting ready to leave.
"There is nothing else more fun to look at," Loki declared, the smirk never leaving his lips.
I turned away from him and leaned on the glass wall, "Right…anyways, have fun thinking about what you've done and junk," I said, "I'll be back later today."
"Thank you for spending the night with me," Loki whispered, I looked up to his towering figure behind right behind me, his hands on either side of my body behind the glass, "You are a kind human. There are none like you in Asgard." I immediately moved away, feeling my heartbeat grow quicker, although it wasn't in fear. It was something else; I didn't want to think about it.
"Oh please, you must have had people swarming to hang out with you in Asgard," I said without looking at him to hide my blushing face, "You must have had a lot of women who wanted to-"
"There is no one", Loki said interrupting me, I turned to him, his eyes were looking at the ground, "No one wants to befriend the black sheep of the family when they could bask in Thor's glory", he voice having a bitter ring to it towards the end.
"Then, they were stupid," I proclaimed, unsure where the words came from.
Loki smiled and looked up at me, tilting his head to the side ever so slightly, "Did you know your hair looks lovely when it's down." We looked at each other for a moment, while I tried to figure out why my heart was beating so fast.
"Pfft, okay, Lord of the Lies," I taunted as I looked away from his hypnotizing gaze and made my way out of the room, listening to Loki chuckle.
"You've done well entertaining your god," Loki called out as I left the room.
"You're not my god," I called over my shoulder to the pale man.
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He's an idiot I thought sourly as I made my way to the room. How the hell is he going to change? I mean he's so…lost….I'm sorry Thor, I thought as I replayed all the moments Loki talked about wanting to rule over us and what not. What if he'll never change? I actually felt sad at the thought and shook my head. This guy wants to use me or kill me, I reminded myself. But at the same time I just couldn't stop pitying him. If only he would let his anger go. We wouldn't be in the damned mess. I thought as I replayed the conversations we had in my mind.
I couldn't get the look Loki sometimes had when I would laugh at a joke he said, or when we talked almost pleasantly to each other, out of my head. It was an almost innocent expression, the way he wasn't sure how to react, but then he would usually hide behind a smirk when he realized I was watching him.
Maybe he really didn't have any friends or something in Asgard. It made it hard for me to hate him, knowing more and more about what made him tick. I mean, I was still intimidated, and sometimes scared, but realizing more and more why he would act the way he did, it made him less like a monster in my nightmares and more like a complex person. This is so exhausting and confusing. I thought to myself, wondering if I made a mistake with trying to somehow make friends with Loki.
I shook all thoughts of Loki away as I was walking tiredly to my room for much needed sleep, when I noticed someone standing outside my door again. As I got closer I realized it was Steve Rogers, making my mood go lower. He was leaning against my door staring at me as I made my way to the door. I was not going to stare at his abs that was showing through his shirt as I made my way towards him.
"Do you need something, Captain Rogers," I said tiredly as I walked up to him, stifling a yawn.
"Were you with Loki all night even though I told you not to go anywhere near him?" Steve asked, his arms crossing, with a look of suspicion on his face.
Such an honest man, I couldn't help but smile at him, though it was a sarcastic one.
"It's none of your business what I do, don't you have to work out or something," I scoffed making my way around him, about to open my door.
"It is my business!" Steve said blocking my way, "I know you're mad at me, and whether you want to believe it or not I do care about you", I rolled my eyes at that, "I don't want him to trick you or hurt you in any way again." He voice coming out soothingly as he tried to touch my shoulder.
"Oh please, what's he going to do to me from inside his cell? Stare at me to death? All I did was read to him a little. The guy seemed to…..need it," I said backing away from him, not looking at Steve accusing stare.
"He needed you to read to him." Steve repeated to me annoyingly, I looked back to glare at him and saw him staring at the book in my hand before he looked up at me, "Do you hear yourself? Your playing with fire you can't absorb Sara. This is Loki, God of Lies. I don't want you to see him anymore. He has a way of getting into people's heads, manipulating them into doing what-"
"What makes you think you can tell me what to do? If I recall you only wanted me to watch your back when we're off fighting, right?" I spat his words back at him making him stare at me hard Good. Get angry, show me your not so goddamn perfect, He has no right to tell me what to do "It's none of your business what I try to do in my spare time."
"It is my business when my friend is spending all night with the bad guy when I specifically warned her not to," Steve said angrily.
"Why? Are you jealous," I found myself sneering.
"I don't have anything to be jealous of," Steve said coldly.
"Exactly! So just drop it!" I said angrily, trying to make my way around him again.
"Listen to me!" Steve said grabbing my shoulders. I felt myself stiffen as I glared at him, "Whatever the reason you're doing this isn't worth putting yourself in danger. Loki will trick you into sympathizing him to get what he wants. Don't you remember what you were saying only a few days ago? He said he had plans for you. He wants to use you, Sara. I saw the way he looked at you. He wants you."
"Thank you for your concern, Captain," I said steely through gritted teeth, shaking him off "It must be so tiring to look after someone who you view as your little sister. But I know my limits and can take care of myself without your advice."
"You're acting like a spoiled brat," Steve said angrily, "Just because you feel scorned, doesn't mean you have to push me away like this. I thought better of the Lady of Light."
"Yeah, well, your acting like a nosy old man," I said just as angrily watching his expression turn into one of hurt, "Thank you, Steve, but I don't need your help again, so why don't you do me a favor and leave me alone."
"Fine! I will," Steve said his face turning into an exasperated one, moving out of the way so I could go to my room.
"Fine! Good!" I said opening my door.
"Have fun with Loki", Steve said walking away.
"Have fun with….NOBODY", I screamed after his retreating figure.
"You too!" He yelled back without looking at me and continued to walk away.
I slammed my door collapsed onto the floor and buried my head into my arms.
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After a restless nap I got up and didn't bother to change clothes as I made my way to Loki's chamber.
I quickly went down the hallway and saw the God of Mischief waiting for me.
"What? Back so soon? You must have missed my winning company," Loki smirked as I walked closer to the glass walls.
"Where's the tesseract," I asked abruptly, making my way up the plank until I was face to face with the glass. My body was pumping with anger, making me feel brave
Loki's smirk faded, his face unreadable as he stood up from his leisurely position. "Ah…now we get to the real reason you've been pretending to be kind," Loki said his eyes growing dark.
"That's not the reason I did it, and I wasn't pretending... I read to you because I wanted to. But I was recently reminded how you constantly claim to want to use me to make the tesseract more powerful… so that makes me rethink everything that's happened," I said glaring at the narrow eyed god
"And what do you think," Loki said, his voice smooth as velvet as he made his way towards me. If Loki was anything but scary, he was graceful. I guess that's how mice feel when they see a cat inch towards them.
"I was hoping you weren't going to do that to me," I said lowering my gaze.
"What makes you think I will change my plans for you?" Loki sneered coming closer to the glass wall.
"Because I was… nice to you," I said softly, realizing how stupid that sounded.
Loki slammed the glass wall, making me jump and look up at the towering god above me in fear, "You are a pathetic fool. No, you are a pathetic worm, if you think that after one day of you pretending to be kind can be exchanged for your world and your life." His voice grew colder, "Did you think a simple children's story would change everything? You are nothing but a tool that I will be making full use of when I get out of here." He said menacingly, "I am a GOD," he shouted, "I will take what is rightfully mine and that includes you!"
"I-I don't belong to you and I'll never help you as long as I live," I said tears, forming in my eyes, "I can't believe I let myself be fooled by the lonely boy façade you played, but rest assured; I won't visit you again." I said my voice thick as I began to walk away.
"You'll never find a place where I can't reach you, Sara" Loki shouted as I started to run out of the room as fast as I could.
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I was in the barracks destroying dummies when Thor walked in.
"Ah, Lady of Light! How are you, my good friend", He came smiling broadly at me walking towards me. I kept my back to him
"I'm fine", I told him, my voice thick.
Thor walked in front of me, "What makes you cry so! Tell me and I shall destroy it" Thor said angrily.
"Heh, can you destroy me?" I said softly as I wiped my eyes, "The reason I'm in the mess is because I've been a naïve spoiled brat".
"How is this so?" Thor asked as we sat on some gym equipment.
I was quiet for a long time. I stared at the jolly god who now looked grim. Should I tell him? I knew that I wanted to. I stared as his honest face, looked to the ground and began to tell him how badly I've been treating Steve because he didn't want to start a relationship with me. I told him how I tried to somehow befriend Loki, but I was wrong, because he only wanted to use me as a tool, "I just feel so guilty. I don't know why I'm holding a grudge against Steve. He wants to be my friend. And it's not like I can see myself in a relationship anyways. But I fucked up. Now my hero hates me. And Loki! I can't believe I was actually starting to sympathize with him, no offense, but I can't reach him. I'm just a tool to him. He'd kill me in cold blood if I ever got in his way. And he almost did. I just let him fool me." I wiped tears off my face, "I've really got myself in some mess, huh, Thor? Not only is all this going on but we gotta save the world. Heh. I really am a brat" I said as more tears started to stream down my face.
Thor stared at me sadly, his face thoughtful, "You are not a brat, Sara, you are a Lady of Light. Everyone has feelings, allow yourself to feel yours. Steve of stars is a good man. If you wish to be his friend, you must speak with him at once," I opened my mouth to protest, to say there was no point, but Thor raised his hand to silence me, "He will listen to you. I see the way he stares. He misses your friendship as much as you miss his. As for my brother," Thor's face grew solemn, "I am sorry that your kindness did not touch him. I pray one day he will see the error of his ways. Know that we will not let my brother harm you Sara," Thor said raising his hammer, "I will defend you with my hammer and strength."
"Thanks." I said, not being able to do anything but smile at the happy god.
"Excuse me, Thor, Ms. Perez", a soldier said from the doorway.
"Yes, what is it" Thor asked, his loud authoritative voice contrasting with the wide grin on his face.
"Your needed up at the bridge immediately", the soldier said saluting and taking his leave.
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Everyone sat around the table as we listened to Fury talk to Loki. Shivers went down my spine as I stared down at the screen whenever Loki talked.
"...Oh. It burns you to have come so close", Loki said in his velvety voice to Fury, Loki walked around gracefully and stared at the camera, "to have the tesseract, to have power, unlimited power, and for what? A warm light for all mankind to share, and then to be reminded what real power is"
"Well let me know if real power wants a magazine or something", Fury said as he left the room.
"I might just need one now since my main source of entertainment is mad at me." The camera shut off, the last image being Loki smiling at the camera.
"He really grows on you doesn't he?" Bruce joked.
The room was tense with what just happened. He isn't going to tell me anything. Or any of us. I thought to myself, rubbing my forehead at another headache.
"Loki's going to drag this out. What's his play Thor?" Steve said, taking control of the room. He's such a good leader… I couldn't help but admire as I watched him from across the table. He was clad in his personal uniform that just looked good on nobody but him.
"He has an army called the Chitari, they are not of Asgard or any other known world. He means to lead them against your people. They will win him the earth in return for the tesseract, I suspect" Thor said solemnly.
"An army from outer space…" Steve said evenly.
"Well that sucks," I couldn't help but say. Steve glanced at me, making eye contact before I looked away.
"Well, he'll have to open a portal," Bruce said.
"I wonder why he let us capture him. It's not like he can lead his army from here", Steve said.
"Destroy from the inside," I answered for him. Steve glanced at me again and nodded. I'm sorry…
"Let's not focus on Loki, you can smell crazy coming from him," Bruce said, twiddling with his glasses.
"I care of how you speak," Thor said walking up to the table, "Loki is beyond reason, but he is of Asgard, and my brother." I let a small sympathetic smile come to my face at Thor's defense for his brother..
"He killed 80 people in two days" Natasha stated.
"He's adopted", Thor said, I lowered my eyes at the comment; furtively glancing at everyone's hidden reaction.
Suddenly Tony Stark walked in talking to Agent Coulson, "No hard feelings big guy, you got a mean swing" he said walking past Thor giving orders. All the workers froze staring at him, "That man over there is playing Galega. Thought we wouldn't notice, but we did"
I smiled at Tony's remark. I glanced over at Steve and he stared at me with a confused expression. "It's a game you can play on computers" I explained. Steve nodded.
"Any natural components he needs I'm sure he can get easily. The only thing they really need is a major power source", Tony looked at me when he said this, "Something to kick start the cube"
"Does Loki need any kind of particular power source", Steve said glancing at me.
Great, now everyone is going to worry about me.
"Won't he have to heat the cube to 120 million keel to break through the barrier?" I asked, remembering the notes from the files. Everyone stared at me, making me blush, "I, um, did the reading, as well" I said looking at the floor.
Tony smiled at me encouragingly as he continued walking around the room, "Unless, they've figured out how to stabilize the quantum tunnel effect, or they're going to be lazy and just use you", Tony said pointing to me, "Not that we're going to let that happen." He patted my shoulder.
"Well if he can do that then he can react it anywhere on the planet," Bruce said.
"Finally, people who speak English," Tony exclaimed, gesturing to me and Bruce.
"Is that what just happened?" Steve said out loud.
"It's obvious Loki's not going anywhere, but are we any closer to figuring out where the tesseract is?" Fury said walking into the room, "Stark, are you and Dr. Banner any closer to finding out where the tesseract is?"
"Actually, we are, we should know by the afternoon today," Tony said crossing his arms.
"Good, I want you continue putting your efforts into finding the tesseract as soon as you can." Fury said walking around the room, "Stay vigilant, everyone. As soon as we find the tesseract, we move at once."
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As everyone dispersed after the meeting, I saw Steve walking on his own in the hallway. My heart started pounding, thinking of the advice Thor gave me.
"Now is your chance," Thor whispered into my ear, making me jump, "Talk to him so that you may be friends again."
I sighed, "Actually, um, maybe I should-"
"Go!" he said, grabbing my shoulders and pushing me in the direction of the hallway Steve left in.
"Alright, alright!" I said, shrugging him off and followed Steve's distant blue figure.
I really don't want to do this. Alright, that's a lie, I actually do want to do this but…it's hard. I thought. So I just followed him to pass the time until I grew the courage to talk to him.
He was walking around aimlessly at first. Then all of sudden we were going down a familiar route. It was then I realized we were heading to my room and felt myself blush. Did he want to talk to me to? I thought hopefully as I followed him down my hallway.
I hid behind a stack of suitcases filled with who knows what, as I saw Steve stop at my door. Oh my god he does! My heart started beating faster with hope and happiness.
He stood in front of it, staring at it uncertainly, making a move to knock but stopped at the last second. I smiled at his awkwardness as he kept almost knocking on my door. His last attempt at trying to knock my door ended with him shaking his head and walking away.
I moved from behind my hiding spot without thinking, "Steve," I called out without thinking. He turned around and gazed at me with wary eyes.
I walked over to him and we stood there, staring at each other awkwardly. I realized I had to make the first move.
"I'm sorry," we both said at the same time. We widened our eyes at each other and smiled.
"Do you want to come in?" I asked motioning to my room. Steve was silent for a moment before he nodded.
I opened the door and we both walked inside. I pulled out a chair for Steve to sit in while I sat on my bed. We were silent for a while, both of us trying to not look at each other.
"I'm sorry about calling you an old man", I blurted out feeling my face go red, yeah that was graceful, "And about not listening to you, and for acting like I didn't need you when I do, and about being angry for so long without good reason, and for not being a good friend, and for being crazy, and for-"Steve covered my mouth. His large, warm hand covered most of the bottom half of my face.
"I get it", he laughed, "I'm sorry to, you know, for not thinking of your feelings. And for calling you a brat," He said moving his hand from my mouth to the top of my head to ruffle my hair, "Let's just start over, I'm Steve Rogers", he held out his hand to shake mine.
"I know who you are, I'm a big fan remember", pointing to myself, wondering if he would remember that I said that the first time we met. His smile suggested that he did, "I'm Sara Perez" I said shaking his hand.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Ms. Perez," Steve grinned, his warmth sending shivers down my spine.
"Oh, please, Mr. Rogers, feel free to call me Sara," I beamed, our hand not longer shaking, but neither of us letting go.
"Well, then, feel free to call me Steve," he laughed.
"Why, thank you, Steve, your too kind," I said, adding an English accent to my voice.
"I beg to differ, you are the one who is too kind," Steve said in an indecipherable accent.
"Oh, my god, what was that?" I cackled.
"Oh, stop, I'm just not good at accents, alright?" He laughed, using the hand that wasn't holding mine to rub his forehead.
"Well, it's a good thing you're awesome at other stuff," I smiled.
"Oh, really, like what?" he beamed, his head tilting to the side.
"Being my friend…and being forgiving, honest, kind, brave…so yeah, you're awesome," I softly said, letting my hand give him a gentle squeeze.
"Thank you…" he said just as softly, holding onto my hand tighter.
"It's no problem at all," I said, "Hey! You wanna listen to some music? I have a playlist I think you'll really like." I said reaching for my laptop.
We stayed like that for a couple of hours just talking. He made me laugh a lot with how honest he was with everything about him. He laughed at all the stories I told about me growing up. The best part was, we held hands the entire time. A lot of music I played him, he didn't like, but he did enjoy some of the classics like Rosie and the Originals, Louis Armstrong, and The Temptations.
"Hey…wanna dance?" I asked shyly, watching my hands fidget before I looked up for Steve's reaction.
"Uh…I'm not really a good dancer," Steve answered softly, rubbing the back of his neck and fidgeted in his seat.
"Well, I didn't ask if you were good, I asked if you wanted to…but we don't have to," I shrugged, looking at the screen. Suddenly I felt Steve tug on the hand he was holding until I was on my feet.
"Alright, but if I step on you, I'm sorry," He coughed, his cheeks having a hint of pink in them, making me beam in happiness.
"You won't, I'll teach you how to dance," I laughed, placing his hand on my waist and held one of his hand and put my other hand on his shoulder, "Just move…like this, the tempo's slow so we don't have to worry…good! See, you're doing good!"
Steve grinned, "Guess I just needed the right partner." I grinned back before I slowly rested my head on his chest and sighed, letting myself enjoy this moment for once.
"I have a question, and I'm not sure if you'll answer it" Steve said, his tone suddenly serious. I stopped swaying and stared at him.
"What is it?" I said concerned, feeling my eyebrows knit together.
"You said you didn't want to be in a relationship", he started off slowly, "was it because of that boy from three years ago? I…I read it on your file."
I was quiet for a few moments holding on to his hand. Finally I let it fall away as sat on my bed and I brought my knees up to my chin and rested my head on them. Steve took that as a sign to sit on a chair.
"Yeah…" I whispered. For once I didn't cry. I cried enough already from that day, "He was… my boyfriend, and my… childhood friend." I didn't think it was right for me to tell him the whole story yet.
"It's ok to forgive yourself," Steve said softly.
"Is it really?" I asked, my voice having an edge to it, "I killed my best friend, the guy I was in love with since I was a kid. After everything… I don't think I could ever forgive myself for being with someone else. At first it was because I didn't want to hurt anyone again. So I never let anyone touch me. Then I got so lonely that I just had to control my random energy draining. Once I controlled it, it was like… I was born again. I could hug my family... But I…I just don't…deserve to love. Not after what I did, even if it was an accident. I just can't live with myself-" Steve got up and hugged me. My face and chest was enveloped with his strength, smell, and warmth. I felt my knees go weak, It's not fair that this feels so good, I thought as I closed my eyes, breathing in his soothing smell.
"It's ok…it's okay to move on. You don't punish yourself like this…I know it's hard…but… If he loved you, then he would have forgiven you and wanted you to…I know that's how I would have wanted it for someone…someone from my time," he said with his warm cheek on top of my head.
"You…you had someone?" I whispered.
"…Yeah…but…it didn't work out obviously. How could it? But…I'm glad she moved on…I'm happy for her." He said, holding me tighter, making my heart throb.
"But…don't you lonely or betrayed?" I asked, still fighting with myself.
"I would be lying if I said I didn't feel lonely…but that's just the path I'm on right now. That's not her fault. She could never betray me, like I said, her moving on makes me feel happy…relieved, even. Because I would have been the guilty one if I expected her to stay lonely for my sake…so that's why I don't think he would have wanted you to end up like this…if he really loved you…he'd want you to be happy." He reasoned as he held me.
I let a few tears out from his words, taking a deep breath, "Happy…I never had a reason to even think about happiness…or love...until recently," I said softly, "But I'm still not sure."
"It's ok. The reason I didn't want to….start anything, was because I didn't think I had anything to offer you. I'm not from this time. I get confused by everything. And… and I know I can be rehabilitated to this time, but the desire to try jus hasn't been there. Sometimes I feel so useless. Then you came and you just act like I'm so great. You were honest with your feelings without even having to say anything. I thought…I didn't deserve you," his voice ending in a whisper, holding me tighter.
"If anyone deserves me it's you," I mumbled into his chest. My heart feeling so overwhelmingly happy at his words, but feeling so much pain at what was in our way. I suddenly let out a small laugh and looked up at Steve's confused face, "Here we are thinking we're undeserving of each other, yet something is drawing us closer. So near, yet so far, it's almost sad" I said moving away from him, "let's play some upbeat music to cheer us up," I was reaching for my laptop when Steve grabbed my arm and pulled me back to him.
He gazed into my eyes for a moment before he slowly placed both of his hands on my shoulders, his gaze boring into mine. I looked into his beautiful blue eyes and felt myself blush again
"You're so cute when your face turns red," Steve whispered as he slid his hands from my shoulders up my neck, cupping my face, sending shivers up my spine.
"W-what?" I said trying to move away, my face captured by Captain America's strong hands, feeling my face get hotter, "No, it's not, it's embarrassing".
"You're beautiful," Steve whispered, causing me to freeze and look up at him. Steve's eyes were half closed as he started to lean into my face. I could smell his minty breath as I started to close my eyes, tilting my head up for him. Oh my god what is happening, I thought as my mind went blank. I could almost feel his lips on mine when-
There was a knock on the door, or banging more like it. And a loud voice was on the other side of the door asking if I was here.
Of course.
"I-it might be important," I breathed with Steve's hands still cupping my face.
"We'll finish this later. I have some things to do anyways" he said releasing my face only to grab my hand and kiss it, "See you later," he said as he opened the door to Thor, who was looking for a sparring partner.
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I was walking on air as I made my way to the lab where Bruce and Tony were working, hoping to be of some use. Everything just seemed great. I knew it was because Steve and I had made up. It was nice to know we were on some middle ground. We liked each other, and that was all that mattered. Everything else would just fall into place. To be honest, I didn't know if I would ever be ready, but when our almost kiss happened earlier that day, I really felt something I hadn't felt in a long time.
Next step, save the world, I thought laughing at what my life had become.
I saw the glass lab where Tony and Bruce were talking, Tony excitedly, Bruce more serious and surprised looking. Tony seemed to be gesturing towards a microscope. I stared at the odd scene wondering what was going on as I made my way through the door, "Hey guys, what's up," I asked as I slowly made my way across the room
"Ah! Sara, we were just talking about you, let me tell you, you are just one of the most impressive specimen I've ever had the chance to look at. Tell her Bruce," Tony said handing Bruce some blueberries.
"Your molecular structure is just amazing, really, it truly is," Bruce said smiling looking into the microscope again, "It's really just much more advanced than a regular person's"
"How are you looking into my DNA?" I asked, unwilling to believe this was happening.
"We were given a sample of your blood," Bruce said, continuing to look into the microscope. I felt a shiver go down my spine. Only during practice did I ever get a cut or scrape, "Does your power have any side effects besides the headaches?" Bruce asked.
"I get lightheaded after using it a lot. And since I'm still learning, I constantly have to recharge myself with energy," I said numbly, taking a seat, feeling my heartbeat quicken. I really didn't know how to react to this. I didn't even know what to say yet.
"Tell us, do you have a feeling of super strength when you feel the energy go through you?" Tony asked excitedly, I shrugged for my answer, a feeling a sense of forbidding growing in the pit of my stomach, "What about turning invisible? No? Well, your force fields are invisible, why not make you invisible? Or how about this: make a duplicate of yourself made out of energy? No? Well we should try doing those things. Bam, you're going to be the best superhero out of all of us," Tony said snapping his fingers. Throughout his questions I just shook my head, my heart starting to pound.
I stared at Tony and Bruce, "Sara, the way your molecular structure works, you can actually stay young forever using your healing powers" Bruce concluded looking up from his microscope, twiddling his glasses around in his hand, "It really is amazing" he said smiling and shaking his head.
"Why are you doing this?" I said finding my voice, suddenly feeling angry, "Who told you that you could look at me like some sort of experiment, like I'm a freaky animal that you guys are observing. That's my blood and I didn't give anyone permission to peak into my DNA"
Tony and Bruce looked surprised. They glanced at one another in confusion, "We didn't mean to get you mad, Sara," Tony said soothingly.
"No, you just wanted to do experiments on me," I said angrily, blinking my tears away.
"Sara, we thought you were Okay with this. Fury gave us the sample and told us to look at it. Really we didn't know", Bruce said soothingly.
I gaped at them, my heart pounding as I looked at the two brilliant men, "How did-"
"What are you doing Mr. Stark", Fury said, walking into the room.
"Uh, kinda been wondering the same thing about you," Tony answered back. I glared at Fury as he walked in.
"You're supposed to be locating the tesseract," Fury said glancing at me.
"We are," Bruce said crossing his arms smiling, "We finally got a lock on the model. In a few hours we'll know where it is"
"You'll get you cube back, no fussing," Tony said as he was staring at a screen, "What is phase two?"
"And where do you get off lying to Bruce and Tony about looking at my DNA", I said angrily getting into the conversation, not wanting to wait anymore, "You promised me that if I came here nothing like this would happen" I said accusingly.
Fury looked at me and raised his hands and said soothingly, "Sara, it's not what it looks like I am just trying to-"
"To what? Lie to us all?" Tony interrupted.
A clang rang through the room as Steve set a scary looking gun on the table, "Phase two is S.H.I.E.L.D. uses the cube to make weapons. Sorry, the computer was moving a little slow for me".
Fury turned to Steve, "Rogers, we were only getting information on everything related to the cube, just because we have those guns doesn't mean-"
"Oh, there's another lie," Tony said, turning the screen to show us all the blueprints for advanced looking missiles, "It also show's you having big plans for our friend here," Tony said showing us another screen with blueprints for a power suit to manipulate my powers so that I could become a living killing machine.
"How dare you think you can use me like that!" I said angrily.
"I was wrong, Director, the world hasn't changed a bit," Steve said looking accusingly at Fury.
Suddenly Natasha and Thor enter the room.
"Did you know about all this," Bruce asked Natasha, gesturing towards the screens. I stared at her accusingly, knowing that the only person who would take my blood sample was her.
"Do you wanna think about removing yourself from the situation, Banner" Natasha said ignoring Bruce's questions and my glare.
"I was pretty well removed before you brought me here," Bruce said calmly
"Loki is manipulating you," Natasha said evenly.
"And you guys have been doing what exactly?" Bruce said shaking his head.
"You didn't come here because I bat my eyelashes at you," Natasha said staring at him hard.
"Yeah so I'm not leaving just because you get a little twitchy. I'd like to know why S.H.I.E.L.D. is using the tesseract to build weapons of mass destruction, and is planning on forcing a girl to fight against her will." Bruce said his voice growing serious.
Everyone was quiet as we stared at Fury. Fury seemed reluctant to answer but finally made up his mind, "Because of him," he said gesturing toward Thor.
"Me?" Thor said in confusion.
"Last year we found out we were not alone, not only that but we found out that we were seriously outgunned," Fury said looking around
"My people want nothing but peace with your planet," Thor said defensively.
"But you're not the only people out there, we need weapons otherwise we'll be like sitting ducks out there," Fury countered.
"Does that include with using me?" I said angrily, "Are you going to use me to enhance the tesseract just like Loki?"
"We weren't going to force you, I was hoping that after working with us long enough we could get you to understand the gravity of the situation," Director Fury said turning to me.
"The gravity of the situation? Seriously? I want nothing to do with this, especially when you lied about it!" I said, my voice growing louder.
"Sara, you don't understand, the tesseract-"
"Your work with the tesseract drew Loki to it, and his allies. It is a signal to all the realms that you are ready for war." Thor said trying to put some sense into Fury
Fury stared hard at Thor, "You forced our hand, we had to-"
"Build a nuclear deterrent and try to use a young girl to fight your battles, because that always fixes everything" Tony interrupted.
"Need I remind you how Stark Industries started out?" Fury countered with contempt.
"Excuse me?" Tony said
"Bottom line is we need the tesseract, and we need Sara to cooperate with us" Fury announced.
"NO!" I shouted, "I'm not going to be used to kill anything. I'm not just something you can control, I'm a person. But you know what, I quit. I'm going home," I said, anger shaking my entire body as I walked out.
"Sara," Steve called following me to the door, "Maybe Fury didn't have the right way of going about it, but he could be trying to help you control your powers-"
"I am not a lab rat," I shouted, angry that he was trying to defend Fury, "How can you even defend this…unless…unless you're a part of this? Was it all a lie? Was you who gave Fury a sample of my blood? After everything? Even today when we almost… when we almost…" my voice ended softly, my chest filling with pain.
Steve's eyes widened as he started to reach for me, "Sara, no, no, that's not it."
"Oh really, so you weren't the one to convinced me to stay?" I reminded snatching myself from him.
"Sara," Natasha began, "I can assure you-"
"Oh, don't start with me, Agent Romanoff, you were in on this to!" I shouted.
Fury walked towards me, "Sara, you have to understand-"
"Understand, you really want me to understand? You tricked me from the beginning, dangling him like a carrot to get me here! Your all nothing but…liars and manipulators and I don't want to be here anymore!" I walked closer to the exit.
"Sara, please, believe me, I didn't-" Steve begged, grabbing my upper arm.
"Don't touch me," I hissed, ripping myself away from him, "Just because you willingly let people do experiments on you like a test dummy doesn't mean I'm going to. Don't talk to me ever again!"I finally made my way out the door.
"Sara!" Steve called.
"Nice job, Wonder Boy. Just when I was starting to root for you two…" I heard Tony say.
"Now, I've had just about enough of you," Steve retorted angrily.
"I thought humans were more advanced than this," Thor tsked, the last thing I heard, causing the argument to continue as I walked down the hallway.
…
"Mom, I'm coming home!" I said thickly into my cell as I grabbed all of my books, carelessly putting them into a box. I saw my Captain America box and clutched it tightly in my hands before I threw it across the room.
"What was that sound? What going on? Are you okay?" My mom asked with concern in her voice.
"Nothing, I don't want to talk about it, and no, I'm not," I say as I open my drawers and fling my clothes out, stuffing them in my suitcase.
"What's happening?" she demanded.
"I said I don't want to talk about it! I'm just letting you know I'm coming home," I half shouted as I wipe my eyes. Why? Why am I such an idiot?
"Sara, tell me what's going on now," My mom said, her voice coming out stern.
Suddenly I heard the explosion. My heart went to my stomach when my mind went wild with possible reason behind it. Suddenly a siren went off; filling me with dread.
"What happened? What was that?" My mom shouted through the phone.
"Mom…I…I think we're under attack," I whispered, my hands shaking as I held Mr. Bear in my hands.
"What? Dios mio, baby, are you listening to me? You need to get out of there, okay? You're going to find a way to leave and you're going to run," my mom ordered, I nodded at her words, holding Mr. Bear closer.
"Okay…I… I'm going to go now," I agreed, standing up. Suddenly another explosion sounded, making me yelp. I stood frozen in place, my mom's voice sounded distant as I realized what was happening. Loki was about to escape, "No…" I whispered.
"Hello? Sara, are you listening? You need to get out of there as fast as you can," my mom insisted.
"Mom…I love you, okay? I love you so much. I…in case something happens I want you to know that-"
"No. No, do not talk to me like that; do you hear me, Sara Angelica Perez? You are going to be okay and you're coming home," my mom's voice started to tremble, making my hands shake.
"Mom, listen to me! Tell Laura and Maria that I love them, and thank you guys for always being there…in case something happens…I need you to tell Jen, Rebecca and Breanne about me…I wanted to tell them when I got home…but…now I might not get to," I said as calmly as I could over my mom's protests.
"Sara, you can, you just have to get out of there, okay?" my mom begged, her voice shaking violently, letting me know she was crying.
"I can't…I have to help," I whisper, my body trembling in fear.
"No you don't," my mom shouted.
"Mom, mom, please…I love you okay? I…I have to go now," I sniffled, wiping my eyes.
"No, no, please stay on the phone with me, okay, baby? Please, don't leave, don't leave!" My mom cried.
"I can't, Mom…I love you," I said with finality.
"Sara!-" I hung up, letting the tears fall down my face as I dropped my phone and Mr. Bear on the floor and stood up.
He's not going to escape, I vowed as I opened my door to see people running in all directions outside. I took a deep breath before I started running towards the place I really didn't want to go to, beginning to harness the energy around me.
This is going to suck, I thought as I ran, making several turns into the complicated maze towards Loki's location, listening to the metal thuds of each footstep I took. This is going to really suck. I have no idea what I'm doing. I thought as I felt my heartbeat faster, my test tightening in agitation.
Finally I made it to Loki's room. No one seemed to have been there. Ok, maybe I have time, then…
I really don't want to do this, I thought as I stood outside the door leading to Loki's glass prison. But…I've got to try. I told myself even though I was shaking in fear. I knew if I let him escape I would never forgive myself. For some reason, I thought of Steve as I opened the door and went down the dark hallway.
As I neared the entrance, I heard the Hulk roaring and felt my stomach plummet. Shit is really going down, I thought as I entered the room Loki was in.
"I thought you weren't going to visit me again," Loki said in his velvet voice, smiling menacingly from the other side of the glass wall.
"Well, I just thought I'd let you know…y-you're not leaving," I told Loki in a low voice. I heard another roar from the Hulk, causing Loki to smile with glee.
"Arent I? Who's going to stop me? You? Without your friends who are scattered, and your castle about to fall out of the sky, you really must be joking," he said smiling at me, truly enjoying what was happening.
"We're going to stop you." I said raising my fists, "I'm going to stop you."
"Are you now," Loki's voice whispered in my ear from behind me, sending shivers down my spine from his cold breath. I turned around quickly, as he laughed and hit me hard enough that I flew and hit the rails, falling to the floor. I groaned and opened my eyes to see the Loki in the glass prison disappear with the same evil smile the real Loki showed as he inched closer to me. I threw two huge energy balls at him only to have Loki disappear in front of me again. I watched in horror as my energy balls went through the metal walls and caused another small explosion.
"Thank you for helping me," Loki said from behind me, pulling my hair, yanking me to my feet. I hissed in pain, "You saved me the trouble of looking for you," he purred. I tried wiggling away, but Loki held me in a tight grip, and I couldn't think of anything else to do besides kicking him, so I did.
He growled and wrapped his hands around my neck and squeezed hard, making me gag, "I'm getting really tired of your insolence," he hissed. I glared at him and sent him another energy ball that blasted us apart. The only bad part was that I too close and sent myself hurtling a couple of feet, hitting my head on some nondescript object, causing me to see stars.
"You'll pay for that," Loki called from across the room, unhurt, and heading his way back to me. I got up slowly, feeling myself grow dizzy, a big headache coming on. I was about to hit him with another energy ball, my last one, when I gunshot went through the air.
I fell to the ground screaming when I felt the searing pain in the back of my right thigh. Loki stared at me a look of surprise on his face. He immediately ran up to the soldier who shot me, screaming at him for being an idiot and twisted his neck. I watched with horror as the soldier fell dead to the floor.
"No," I moaned, clutching my thigh. I could feel the gaping hole with blood oozing out and could do nothing but cry because of the pain. Suddenly, the pain started to ease away until it wasn't there anymore. I felt my skin again and felt a smooth surface. I sighed in relief.
Loki stared at me in disbelief. I stared up at him, and slowly saw a smile spread through his face, as I tried to get up, feeling that I was completely out of energy. I looked around, for some sort of escape, finding none since he was in front of the only exit in the room.
Steve, Thor, Tony, anybody! Save me! I thought as Loki nodded to one of his soldiers.
I tried to shakily stand to my feet, when suddenly, I felt someone hit me hard on the back of my head and all I saw was darkness.
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What is going on? Steve and Sara are over before it even started? Nahhooooooo (Agent hill scream) But now Loki has her in his clutches! What are the Avengers going to do?
I hope you liked the chapter! I hope it wasn't too long. I know I'm kinda need to work on the transition between relationships of all the characters. But it's my first fanfiction! Be nice! Review if you have any pointers! I need reviews to make me write faster.
Thanks for reading!
Cozy.
