Chapter 7
Leah (happens at the same time as the previous chapter)
All six of the Avenger's doppelgängers - except Clint's - sat in the interrogation room watching the screen that showed the transparent glass cage. When suddenly a bed was in the centre of the room they knew things were going to get a little past PG.
"Why he's mighty fine." Jackie said using a fake accent as she studied Loki's figure.
"Really Jackie? Really?" When things got a little more heated everyone finally looked away, Jackie included, though that was mainly because some guards barged inside the small room.
"If you'll accompany us please." One of the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents said, they all filed out of the small room and began walking down the hall to where they knew the front of the helicarrier was.
Leah wondered where they were off to know, and more importantly when the next part of the film was going to come into play. Sooner or later all hell was going to break loose on this ship and if they were all staying true to their roles.. Well, lets just say she didn't particularly feel like facing the Hulk at all. She wondered if Cora could now 'Hulk out', she was certainly a scary sight when angry...
"They really have no shame do they?" Cora said in a disgusted voice.
"What do you think? This is Jess and Loki we are talking about, we knew from the start they were shameless sexaholics." Jackie stated in her casual way, always making new words if needs be. Changing the subject as they carried on walked towards where they knew the main pert of the helicarrier was, she asked.
"Yeah, technically isn't that under age..." Keira added, of course in this unreal situation she'd be the one to bring that up.
"He's a friggin God." Was the reply.
"And that changes things because...?" Keira asked not quite sure if there was any significance to that or whether Jackie just felt the need to say it.
"Do you think he did the Stuttgart stare?" Jackie veered the conversation in another direction.
"They what?" Keira replied, frowning a little.
"The Stuttgart stare." When no one understood she sighed and explained. "You know the crazy look he got after stabbing the dude in the eye." Using gestures to help.
However before anyone had a chance to reply they reached their destination, finding Thor talking with Agent Coulson over by one of the computers. Maria Hill and Director Fury stood at the head of the table that filled one section of the room. All six girls sat down wondering why they had been brought here.
"You're probably wondering why you've been brought here." Agent Hill said, repeating their exact thoughts. "You six seem to all have the powers of the Avengers, correct. And there also appears to be another teenager who seems to be aiding Loki. Care to explain?" Jackie, being the youngest always thought it annoying that everyone just presumed Jessica or Alanna were the oldest seriously, that wasn't the case! What people looked like didn't determine how old they were, surely after talking to Asgardians they had to realize that.
"It's a long story..." Jackie started, they knew they could count on her to be the leader in times like this. In fact it wasn't a long story, not really, just one that they could treat with great scepticism.
"Well it's a good thing our criminal is locked up. We got all the time we need." Fury replied, oblivious that it wouldn't be the case for long. "Start off with names."
"Why, are you going to try and trace us? You won't have any records of us on your files." Leah replied matter-of-factly. Fury scowled, obviously taking it as a personal insult.
"Well, I'm Cora." Cora gave a nervous wave, she was trying to be as calm as possible in this situation, there could be a she'hulk just waiting to burst out of her now so she couldn't take a moment to fangirl, or to get angry either.
"Leah."
"Jackie."
"Keira." Keira actually got out of her seat to shake the Director's hand when introducing herself. Ever the polite one, though sometimes the group needed that.
"Alanna!" Alanna patted the Director on the back making him cough a little. They all noticed how she seemed quite Asgardian in her ways now, she certainly hadn't been like that back in their universe. How long had she said she'd been on Asgard again?
"And you have the powers of the Avengers, right?" Fury asked. They all nodded in agreement, Jackie saying 'Yup' in a bored manner, popping the 'p'. "Am I to assume Barton also has a mini-me?" They scowled a little at what he'd labelled them, he would do well to remember they now had the powers of the respective Avengers too. Everyone thought back to the group that had been sitting in the room at school, Alanna was here, so was Jackie, Keira and Cora, Leah and Jessica too that left... Alaw.
"Yes." Cora said simply. Turning to look back at the group she asked her next question. "Does that mean she's with Clint d'you think? Doing y'know." Emphasizing the word y'know to signify the thing that was going to happen quite soon, she didn't want to say it out loud before they'd all agreed or disagreed whether to tell them what was going to happen, telling them the future could change it.
"We don't have a lot of time, there's an army on it's way. So you can all continue your chit chat afterwards, answer our questions now." The Director paused waiting for everyone's attention to be back on himself however the group was still busy talking away at a conversational level.
"Wait, but has anything been changed so far?" Keira asked.
"Ugh, yeah, now there's two villains, doing villainous stuff. Then there's twice as many heroes too." Jackie stated as if it were obvious.
"All I've done is steal a couple lines here and there." That was really what most of them had done, after all, who could resist the chance to steal the words right out of their mouths?
"Hopefully the established timeline is still on track. But we have to stick to our doppelgängers and do what we can to keep to our roles." Was Cora's input. Fury and Hill looked confused now, having no idea what they were talking about, there were no roles, this was no game, this was all real life in mother fucking real detail.
"Otherwise for all we know the tesseract-"
"How do you know about the tesseract?" The Director cut in, that was supposed to be top level security stuff how did a bunch of children who were playing dress up manage to find out about it?
(Okay, so it's a little confusing if Jessica is here now especially when we've seen what's happening in the cell but this is in the time after they've done the deed but before Thor and Alanna have gone to check up on the cage. Consider this the time where Natasha's interrogating Loki.)
"So you're from another world?" Agent Hill summed everything up a little sceptically.
"Try parallel universe." Jackie corrected, her feet now resting on the table as she leaned back comfortably in her chair.
"One where all this-" Leah made a motion, pointing in now particular direction. "-Is a movie."
"And you expect us to believe that these universes are coexisting at the same time?" The Agent asked again. Jackie sighed, "I thought that had already been proven or something by now. If not, we are the living proof of that." She seemed entirely unimpressed by the conversation so far, she just wanted to suit up.
"There is more than one world why can there not be more than one reality?" Jessica asked as she coolly strode into the room, carrying herself with elegance and poise, in true royal fashion. Though she was bound in cuffs that were behind her back but everyone wondered if that was enough. However, that didn't seem to be a priority at the moment, instead they all rushed up to her, the group - mostly - was back together again. Mainly they just wanted to ask what the hell was wrong with her, why was she helping the enemy?
"Move out of the way you mewling quims, if you give me but a chance I shall answer your questions. Since I presume this is indeed some for of interrogation." She addressed the last part of her statement to Fury who neither agreed nor disagreed. Reluctantly the girls sat down, Jessica remained standing a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent holding on to each of her arms. Even as a prisoner she kept her chin up and seemed to look down upon everyone, they could see why she would be paced as Loki's doppelgänger she was acting more and more like the villain.
"Now, we've had the stories from everyone else as to how they got here, what about you." Fury asked, trying to look intimidating but next to the villain it just simply wasn't working.
"What makes you think I haven't been here all along?" Jessica replied with a question of her own, cocking her head to one side a little.
"Answer the question." He said gruffly. Jessica sighed dramatically, yeah, she always loved melodrama. "Where would you like to begin?"
"How about from the start." Was Agent Hill's reply. They had to admit they were all interested to know, perhaps they'd even get to find out what happened in the void.
"As you wish." Jessica paused slightly before continuing. "We were all in school one day, blissfully oblivious to everything other than out petty little lives. When I stumbled upon a box, a box which I have now learned is the box of fates. Inside was an inscription and when read aloud it can - though not all the time - take you to another universe or fulfil a wish, it is rather unpredictable. But in simple terms, if the box chooses you then it takes you to where your destiny lies, and it seems my destiny is to be a villain." She mumbled the ending to herself more than anyone, changing to a bitter tone of voice. After a moment she carried on.
"I found myself by the Bifrost just as Thor-" She spat out his name. "-And Loki were fighting after the New Mexico incident. I, at the time didn't know this however, all I saw was I was now wearing the Prince's clothing and was in Asgard, and the little spat was rather ruining my view. So, since I could have been mistaken for Loki I decided to stop this fight. Except when I neared Thor-" Again she spat out his name. "-The big oaf, decided to smash the Bifrost, throwing the three of us sky high. And the higher one is, the lower they seem to fall." Everyone nodded in agreement, but not voicing anything. "I ended up in the middle of a little family reunion, hanging from the Bifrost just as Loki was, only Gungir to cling on to, and Loki. However, I had grasped it awkwardly and knew I would soon fall." Jessica seemed to be lost in the moment, reliving the night. It seemed she was the first to be moved into the Marvel universe, followed by Alanna.
"Thor decided it was the perfect time to have a lovely chat, all the while we were hanging off of the rainbow bridge, scarily close to falling into the abyss! Before coming here, before seeing the truth all of us-" She gestured to the six girls in the room. "-Were fans of the movie, and I, being me, couldn't help but get into the role, of course my own history probably played a part in that too... To sum up, when Loki let go I also found myself falling, falling into the void." Jessica concluded her story there but that obviously wasn't the reply the Director had been looking for so he prompted her to continue.
"Then?" Jessica glared at him, her hazel eyes seemed to darken as she did.
"Then there was nothing." Jessica's mood had darkened now, though with her calm reply it seemed she was keeping it under control. They were all friends though and knew each other well, they could see the anger simmering under the surface, and knowing she probably had magic now angering her wouldn't be the best of decisions.
"It's okay, we're here for you Jess. We understand, we've all been for one hell of a ride with all this. We understand." Keira waved in the general direction of everything, using a sympathetic tone of voice.
"You know nothing mortal!-" The whole of the room had fallen silent after her outburst. She carried on, making eye contact with everyone around the table as she spoke (Thor and Agent Coulson had joined them too by now) in a loud intimidating voice.
"How could you know of what it's like to be in the void? You fall into nothingness, there isn't even space it's simply nothing, something you humans cannot even comprehend! It's like being ripped apart, stretched, pushed and pulled in every direction all at once, the pain is all that keeps you sane. But once the pain stops, once you've reached a level where you don't even realize what pain is any more because you're so used to it. You are forever falling, falling for an eternity. You begin to wonder if your whole life was just an illusion that was thought up just to keep from the endless nothingness! And then finally, finally you stop falling, and you don't even remember the last time you saw yourself in a physical body, you can't talk at first because it's been so long you don't remember how, just moving takes an age because it's been so long since you've done it. Of course, I didn't have to attempt to move because by the time I came around properly I was already chained up next to Loki and-" Jessica suddenly broke off, eyes widening, she began shaking, a glazed look in her eye as if she was no longer physically here. Then all of a sudden she jerked her head as if someone had slapped her and gasped.
"See you impertinent fools! I have already said too much!" She was rambling to herself now, in all honesty she didn't look entirely sane. But now everyone's interest was piqued, why were they chained? What happened next? You could see her mind was obviously somewhere else, where was she? They'd never known all of the pain they'd both gone through, just imagining that was incredibly hard to do. By now, the guards surrounding her had their guns pointed towards her, just in case she decided to be violent.
You could see everyone had questions to ask, the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents probably about the enemy and anything tactical they could learn, hoping that she was vulnerable enough now to answer anything, Thor about his brother no doubt, and the five others to ask if she had been forced to do this and to try and tempt her to fight with them not against them.
"What happened? Who chained you up?" Keira persisted.
"That doesn't matter, I want to know more about the void!" Jackie came in, more interested in the science as usual. Jessica just stood there, seeming a little more shaken up now, not all there. Actually, she was completely motionless on her feet, not even blinking as her glazed over eyes, which now burned brightly blue looked straight ahead.
"Should we be worried?"
