"Was he married?" Steve asks, gulping it was still a shock to both him and Stephanie that Lori killed him. She saved Steve why would she turn all of sudden.

"No." Stephanie answers.

"I'm sorry, he was a good man." Steve sighed, if only he could of saved him.

"He was an idiot." Toni said dryly.

"Why? For believing?" Steve asked Toni, he was also shocked that those two were taking it like that. What ever happened to showing respect to people who pass.

"For taking Loki and Lori on alone." Tony answer for her.

"He was doing his job." Stephanie crossed her arm while she leaned against the railing.

"He was out of his league. He should have waited. He should have…" Tony said looking at the blood spot on the wall.

"Tony, sometimes there isn't a way out. Sometimes, you have to play hero and some of those times, they are a hero." Stephanie explained.

"Right, remind me. How did that work for him?" Tony asked, Stephanie twitched, the script! It was changing.

"Is this the first time you lost a soldier?" Steve asked, scrunching his eyebrows together.

"We are not soldiers! I'm not marching to Fury's fife." Tony whip around with tears in his eyes.

"Neither am I. He's got the same blood on his hands that Loki does, but right now we gotta put that behind us and get this done. Now Loki needs a power source, if we can put together a list-"

"He made it personal." Tony bursted out.

"That's not the point." Steve sighed.

"That is the point. That's Loki's point. He hit us all right where we live. Why?" Tony asks, though he knew the answer.

"To tear us apart." Stephanie answers.

"He had to conquer his greed, but he knows he has to take us out to win, right? That's what he wants. He wants to beat us, he wants to be seen doing it. He wants an audience." Tony explained quickly.

"Like we caught his act in Stuttgart." Steve says.

"Yeah. That's just previews, this is...this is opening night. And Loki, he's a full-tail diva. He wants flowers, he wants parades, he wants a monument built to the skies with his name plastered!"Tony stopped when he realized "Son of a bitch."

~0~0~0~

"You're gonna be alright, Cora." Natalie stood over her bed, Cora was fighting, maybe even better than Clint who was in one bed over, with Natasha talking to him, she had just said he'd be okay.

"You know when I said I want to live in the MARVEL world but only with the Avengers, I didn't say I wanted to be under Loki's mind control." Cora mumbled, pinching her bride of her nose.

"I got you out by doing Cognitive recalibration, hitting you really hard on the head." Natalie sat down on the bed.

"Thanks, how many people did I hurt?" Cora asked opening her eyes.

"Don't. Don't do that to yourself." Natalie felt a lot like Natasha then.

"Do you know what it's like to have yourself pulled out and something else stuffed in?" Cora asked, sitting up.

"No, I don't but you don't need to do that to yourself, that wasn't you." Natalie put a hand on Cora's leg.

"How are the others?" Cora asked yet another question.

"Theo's lost with Thor, Benny turn into the hulk a fractured two of my ribs, she's with Bruce, Toni here, same with Stephanie and Lori….Lori's-uh. Lori changed side's she with Loki." Natalie stood up and looked out the window.

"What?!" Cora yelled making Clint jump.

"What did I say about keeping your voice down?" Clint asked Cora.

"Sorry Clint, she can't hear very well, so she tends to talk loud, of course not louder than Theo." Natalie explained.

"Yeah, she needs to learn though." Clint mumbled, causing Natasha to chuckle.

"So Lori changed?" Cora said quieter.

"Yeah, I guess she did." Natalie gulped, this way a lot stranger than it feels.

"I want to put an arrow in Loki's eye socket." Clint and Cora said at the same time.

"That happens a lot." Natasha informed Clint.

"Yeah it does." he chuckles.

"You sound like you again." Natasha nudged Clint.

"But you don't. You're a spy, not a soldier. Now you want to wade into a war. Why? What did Loki do to you?" Clint asked, quite defence.

"Nothing, someone told me, that you shouldn't waste your power and fight for what you believe in." Natasha answered, crossing her arms.

~0~0~0~

Thor and Theo bounced on the ground.

"owww" Theo mumbled.

"Are you alright?" Thor asks

"Yes, I think so" Theo said lifting her right hand, for minor to come. "I just saw my sister change"

"I'm sorry." he said as he got up.

"Don't be."

~0~0~0~

"Time to go." Steve said opening the door on Natalie, Cora, Natasha, Clint.

"Where?" Natasha asks.

"Stark Tower" Natalie answer

"Can you fly on of those jets?" Stephanie asks

"I can" Clint came out of the bathroom.

"Got a suit?" Steve asks

"Yeah" Clint and Cora answer

"Then suit up"

~0~0~0~

Steve and Stephanie walked in the front of the group, as Clint and Cora walked on the left, and Natasha and Natalie on the right. The feeling of walking in the group like that was amazing, they knew exactly where they were needed, what they were going to do and why they needed to do it. The serenity was great.

"You guys aren't authorized to be in here." The young pilot said.

"Son, just don't" Steve raised on hand, pointing a finger. The three younger girls chuckled, the adrenalin was getting to them. Clint, Natasha got themselves in the cockpit, as the other sat down in the back. "Steph, Nat, Cora. I want you three to mentally prepare yourselves. War is not easy and it is not pretty. Nat I want you to take it easy with your ribs, ok? That is not to be taken lightly, you could die." Steve warned the three girls.

"Trust me, Cap, she is one strong girl" Natasha said briefly looking back at them.

"They all are" Clint added. The girls were basically gushing with happiness.

"And, Cap, I don't feel it, so remind me every chance you get" Natalie smiled.

"I will" He smiled back.

"Oh, Natalie, did the doctor tell you about taking shallower breaths" Natasha asked.

"Yes, would you guys stop worrying?" Natalie whined.

"Yes, we will"

~0~0~0~

Lori looked out the floor to ceiling window, and gulped. This city is going to be destroyed in less than a day. Why did I go along, I mean, I'm going to be put in jail when Loki fails. Ugh. Lori you were so stupid!

"Thinking?" Loki walks in the room, Lori bits her bottom lip, damn, this is so wrong.

"Yeah" She simple answers "What are you going to do when you win?" Lori turned to face the god.

"First, I'll clean up the mess this city will be, then, I'll put orders in action and anyone who disobeys will be killed" He walks around the room as Lori jerks at his answer, he might be charming on the outside but underneath was dangerous.

"What if you loose, I mean, that might happen." Lori turns back to the window.

"I won't" He simple answers, Lori wry laughs. "What do you find so amusing?"

"Your confidence is staggering" Lori smiles, letting out more a natural laugh.

"Is it, now?" Loki walks closer to Lori.

"I expect it to be. You're a prince, almost a king" Lori shrugs, Loki stood next to her.

"You never did answer me. Why you're wearing my armor?" He raises an eyebrow looking down at her.

"How did you know Natalie's last name?" Lori asks with a blank face.

"A young women with Barton told me, everything" He said turning his gaze back to the window. "Now that you got your answer, answer my question." He orders, gulping. He seemed nervous, which let Lori breath a little bit, knowing she wasn't the only one nervous made her feel better.

"If Cora told you everything, why do I need to explain?" Lori walked backwards with her hands in the arm.

"Stop avoiding the question" He snaps, giving his death glare to Lori. She gulped, looking anywhere but at him.

"I'm from another world" She answers, sighing.

"So am I" He smirks "Now, tell me the real answer, Lori, you cannot lie, I would know." Loki's gaze faltered, making it easier for Lori to answer.

"Loki, I think, under your cold and evil mask, you're nothing but a hurt, defenceless soul. That needs love." Lori sighed once more. "The reason I think this is because I know how you were treated, living under the shadow of Thor's, told a lie since you were born, being a mask monster-"

"Get to the point!" Loki growled closing his eyes.

"No, I'll say what I want!"

"Mortal, I could snap your neck in less than a second!" His death gaze came back. Walking closer to Lori.

"As I was saying, I know how you feel, some what, because I have always lived in the shadow of my darling sister and lied to everyday, until I found out" Lori glared back at Loki. "I also know you used to be a caring person. I saw you when you were younger. A curious, caring, smart boy, who was always different." Lori's voice caught softer. "I saw you through a movie because the world I come from, this is all fiction"

"What?" He squints his eyes at Lori.

"You are played by an actor, so is everyone else. I don't know how we came to this world but we did. We suspended the laws of physics and we are very confused, yet happy. For the wrong reason because this whole experience has been a slap in the face." Lori's voice got louder as she talked. "There is nothing cool about the world being in danger."

"Are you backing away from our plan?" He asks with hints of anger in his voice.

"No"