Bellona stared out the window, remaining silent as she watched the clouds. Despite the sun shining in the sky, everything felt cloudy and grey. She couldn't stand to be around Fury or the test of the team.
She couldn't stand how she let her sister get away. Nor could she stand how much she hated her. Yes, the Romans weren't too kind to her, but for her to stoop this low? Controlling mankind? Discordia was many things, but this was a new low for Discordia. But she had no one to blame but herself.
"What have we created," Bellona quietly said to herself.
"Bellona," a voice called out. Bellona turned around, taking notice of a figure approaching her. It didn't take her long to realize a familiar face.
"Mercury," she said. She rushed to him and pulled him into a tight hug. "What are you doing here? How did you get here?"
"I can find anyone and visit them anywhere," he reminded her. "Minerva sent me. She was worried. The news of Loki worried her and she couldn't get in contact with you. I can see she was right to worry."
"Loki isn't our only problem," Bellona admitted. "Discordia is working with him, and I fear we're the cause of it."
"This is something Discordia would do, we are not to blame for her own actions."
"No," she defended her sister. She knew Discordia was trouble, but she knew her sister better than Mercury did. She knew Discordia was troubled, but never this sinister. "We pushed her away, made her feel alone. Loki must've taken advantage of that."
"Then what do you suggest we do?"
Bellona was about to say something until she was interrupted by the sound of Tony's voice through her headset.
"Hey Hot Head, you up for another go?" Tony said.
"What is it, Stark?"
"Loki's at Stark Tower. Suit up and meet us at the quinjet."
"You got it," Bellona responded. She brought her attention back to Mercury. "I need you to tell Minerva to meet me near the Stark Tower. Loki's there and I could use all the help I could get when dealing with Discordia."
During the ride to the city, Bellona knew it would be wise to let the team know about Discordia. She warned them to be careful of her. She was a trickster and knew exactly what to say or do to cause more problems. But most importantly, she emphasized her point to make sure Discordia came out of this alive. She was her sister and needed to face the proper justice by the Romans for this.
She stood behind the two pilot seats of the quinjet, watching the horror from the city through the window. The Chitauri were attacking the city, destroying any and everything in their paths, killing whoever they wanted.
"By the Gods," she muttered. Natasha and Clint flew the quinjet to Stark Tower, Clint calling out when he got an eye on Loki and Thor on top of the building. Bellona couldn't help but smile at the sight of Thor. She felt relief to see him alive.
Natasha and Clint went on to shoot at Loki, who retaliated by blasting a wing of the quinjet. The sudden jolt knocked Bellona back, but she was quick to steady herself onto the bench, holding on tightly as the quinjet rocked aggressively. Natasha and Clint began to lose control, trying their best to land the quinjet safely without causing any more casualties. Natasha, Clint, Bellona, and Steve rushed out the quinjet and made their way down the street.
"We got to get back up there!" Steve yelled to the group. The group eventually came to a halt when a loud, mechanic grown was heard. The group looked up at the large portal in the sky, watching in shock as a large mechanic worm flew out from it, roaring as it did so. As it flew over them, cords and other Chitauri were thrown from it, jumping into buildings.
"Minerva where are you when I need you?" Bellona muttered to herself.
The group then took cover against two taxi cabs. Bellona looked at the destruction around her. Buildings were on fire, people were running for their lives, and others were screaming in horror as their lives flashed before their eyes.
"We've got civilians still trapped up here," Clint pointed out. A group of Chitauri flew over the group's head, shooting down at a group of civilians on the street.
"Loki," Steve noted. "They're fish in a barrel down there." There was a sudden blast, which Bellona managed to deflect with ease. A group of the Chitauri was now focused on killing them.
"We got this," Natasha told Steve. "It's good, go."
"Do you think you can hold them off?" Steve asked Clint.
"Captain, it would be my genuine pleasure." Clint then took an arrow from his pack and shot it at one of the Chitauri, only for it to release small bullets at the rest of the group, killing them instantly.
As Steve left the group, Bellona stuck with the two agents to fight. She charged at one alien, deflecting all of their shots. She shoved an alien with her elbow, sending it flying into a crushed car. She charged at another alien, this time using her shield, knocking it off its feet and sending it flying several feet before it crashed into a building.
She was caught off guard when an alien blasted her in the back, sending her flying to the ground. Once she steadied herself, she glanced up, her eyes meeting her opponent. A smirk quickly grew on her lips and her head tilted to the side slightly.
She was quick getting up. It only took her a few seconds to go after the alien, sending a harsh punch to its face. With each swing, she felt something inside her awakening. Her body's temperature was quickly rising, her punches became stronger with each swing, and there was a fire in her eyes.
At this moment, she was truly the Goddess of Destruction and Bloodlust.
Bellona approached a car, lifting it up with ease and tossed it at a group of aliens. She felt a presence behind her and turned around, quickly drawing her sword, only to be stopped when she saw a friendly face.
"Don't kill me, sister!" Minerva said quickly. It didn't take her long to realize the look in Bellona's eyes when she became overwhelmed with worry. "Relax, Bellona."
"I can't!" She took a step away from her sister. Glancing around at the aliens, fired up and ready to attack her next target. Her body screamed for violence. "I need to destroy them."
"No, you need to save the people of New York. I'll deal with the Chitauri, you deal with saving people's lives." Minerva took a step closer to her sister, placing a gentle hand against her cheek. "Focus, sister. Don't give in."
There was something about her voice, her touch, that got to Bellona. She moved her head to the side, feeling the internal battle inside her growing. Her body wanted to reject her sister's words, yet mentally she knew to listen. She couldn't give into the bloodlust that was growing inside her. She was stronger than that.
Minerva's words kept playing on repeat in Bellona's mind. Don't give in. Minerva watched with a worried look as her sister struggled with herself.
"Okay," Bellona finally said. She could fight it. She could do this without dipping into that dark side of her. Minerva let out a breath of relief.
The two went their separate ways, Bellona focusing on a group of people running on the sidewalk. She threw her shield at one of the Chitauri, then used her whip to pull another from his feet, then impaled it with her sword. She directed the people inside a building, making sure that they stayed safe.
She then helped Clint with freeing some passengers from a bus. In no time, they were joined by Thor and Steve again. When Thor came crashing to the ground, Bellona noticed how he struggled against a car.
"Are you fine?" Bellona asked him. Thor nodded his head, but Bellona knew that was a lie. He was hurt but he wasn't going to let it affect their fight. His eyes then landed onto Minerva.
"Minerva?" He questioned. She flashed a small smile at the Norse God.
"Hello old friend," she greeted.
"What's the story upstairs?" Steve asked Thor.
"The power surrounding the cub is impenetrable."
"Thor's right," Tony said through the headset. "We got to deal with these guys."
"How do we do this?" Natasha asked.
"As a team," Steve answered.
"I have unfinished business with Loki," Thor interjected.
"Yeah? Well, get in line."
"Save it. Loki's going to keep this fight focused on us, and that's what we need. Without him, these things could run wild. We got Stark up top, he's going to need us to-" Steve came at a stop when the sound of a motorcycle was heard. The group watched as Bruce came riding towards them.
"So, this all seems horrible," he pointed out.
"I've seen worse," Natasha commented.
"Sorry," he apologized.
"No, we could use a little worse."
"Stark, we have Banner," Bellona told Tony through her headset.
"Then tell him to suit up. I'm bringing the party to you." In a few moments, the group watched as Tony came flying around a building and towards them. Behind him was the large mechanical worm that came from the portal.
"What the hell?" Minerva exclaimed.
"I don't see how that's a party," Natasha commented.
"Doctor Banner, now might be a really good time for you to get angry," Steve suggested. Bruce made his way towards the mechanical worm before looking back at Steve.
"That's my secret, Captain. I'm always angry." Bruce wasted no time switching into the Hulk, and sending a deadly blow to the worm. Bellona used her shield to protect her and Thor from any falling debris.
The death of the mechanical warm caused the other Chitauri to roar with anger. The group remained closed together, preparing themselves for a fight. More of the Chitauri came from the portal.
"All right, listen up," Steve began. "Until we can close that portal, our priority is containment. Barton, I want you on that roof. Eyes on everything. Call out patterns and strays. Stark, you got the perimeter. Anything gets more than three blocks out, you turn it back or you turn it to ash."
"Can you give me a lift?" Clint asked Tony.
"Right. Better clench up, Legolas." Tony flew him and Clint up, leaving the group to listen to further orders from Steve.
"Thor, you got to try and bottleneck that portal. Slow them down. You got the lightning, light the bastards up."
"The rest of us will keep the fighting here. And Hulk...smash."
