A/N Thanks for all the feed back guys! I'm glad you guys liked that chapter. This was my first time writing action sequences so sorry if its too fast or unclear.
Disclaimer: I don't own the Avengers.
Erica ran as quickly as she could back to the lab. Throughout the ship red lights flashed accompanied by a loud alarm. She whizzed past agents who all had their guns out, every so often accidentally firing at her. Her ears began to ring with all the noise going on in the ship, the only audible things she could make out in the distance were screams and gunshots.
She began to worry about Dr. Banner, he undoubtedly was going to change into the Hulk. She had yet to know the extent of his abilities so her calculating an estimated time would be useless.
As she turned a corner she saw men fully geared and armed. These were not S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, their colors were all wrong, their equipment were expensive knock-offs and, by the way they held their guns, seemed to be looking for a fight. Keeping her momentum she rounded the wall, jumping against it and spun off into two men. She kicked them both square on the throat, knocking them unconscious.
The others were hardly able to process what had happen. She quickly pulled the knives from the pouches of the unconscious soldiers and threw their blunts into the necks of the remaining. They all fell with a thud.
A loud deafening roar, rang throughout the Helicarrier. "Bruce!" Erica yelled out. She ran even harder, she had to keep the Hulk from hurting anyone. Upon hearing this noise, the agents went into a frenzy, while more of their attackers began to flood the halls. As she ran Erica knocked unconscious anyone who wasn't SHIELD. She received a gunshot to her leg, but could hardly feel the pain.
There was shooting everywhere; dead agents were already sprawled on the floor. As she looked around she found herself, surrounded by men with huge guns. They all began shooting at her as she round kicked the biggest unconscious. She ran the next one grabbed him by the collar and bashed his head into the person adjacent to them.
The others backed away slowly, reloading their guns, as she turned toward them. She jumped on one, pulling the knife from his armor. Erica hit the bunt of the knife on the mans head, but as they fall one of the bullets from the other soldiers finally hit her in the side. Clutching her torso she wheeled toward the rest of the men. She kicked one in the face then trips the last. As she gets up she grabs their guns and bends them in half. She continued back to the lab.
Erica made it to the lab only to find half of it blown away. No one was there, only broken glass. She could hear Bruce yelling from where she was though. Every scream like a shot through her heart. The gravity of the ship shifted to the side. The engine must be busted. She should help. Where are the rest of the Avengers? She closed her eyes trying to focus. Over the lab she could see the battle raging on, in the bridge.
"Okay headcount. Tony would obviously try to fix the engine. The Captain was on the ship fighting off Loki's forces. Bruce was destroying the ship in the lower decks if I hear correctly. Thor is fighting him, because the Hulk sounded like he was fighting a not-so-even match. Natasha like the Captain would be fighting off soldiers along with Fury. Okay..."
She looked around the broken room, when something shiny caught her eye. An earpiece, her earpiece that she had never put on. "Well now is the time." Erica murmured to herself flipping it on.
"zz...Adler... Do you hear me... Does anyone know where Adler is...zzz" asked a busy Fury.
"I am here Director." replied Adler.
"zzz...Adler I need you to help us find Loki and obtain him...zzz"
"I was just there. Sorry, yes sir, I am on my way to the target." Then once again without stopping, Erica sprinted full force to his cell.
Erica turned to find agents having a gun match with their attackers. "One moment." Erica murmured to herself.
She ran straight for the men shooting at them. They began to shoot at her, but Erica was too fast. She was already in the air stealing one of the guns from their hands and kicking them unconscious. She then gave the others a good whack to the head. She stood above them for a second and decided to destroy their guns. When the deed was done, Erica continued back to Loki.
Erica was close to his holding cell. She could hear Thor and Loki fighting around the corner. When it finally arrived she saw Coulson laying on the ground, gun in hand, bloodied, above him stood a proud Loki, Thor nowhere to be found.
"Ahh, Ms. Adler back to take on my offer?" Loki walked toward her, specter pointed.
"No Loki. I am here to hinder you but it seems I may have came too late." Erica said watching Coulson.
"Oh, I think you did. Have you seen my brother around lately?" Loki laughed, "You have fallen into my trap and it's time your little world met its much needed demise."
Agent Coulson interrupted him, "You're gonna lose."
Irritated Loki looked back to him, "Am I?"
"It's in your nature." Erica smiled at Coulson's bravery.
Loki narrow eyed said, "Your heroes are scattered, your floating fortress falls from the sky. Where is my disadvantage?"
"Your lack conviction." Coulson told him.
Loki amazed at his stupidity said, "I don't think I-" Then, startling Erica, the huge gun in the agents hands blasts Loki through the wall.
Smirking Coulson tells Erica, "So that's what it does." Erica goes to the pale Coulson. She checks his vitals, making an effort not to say her thoughts out loud. Loki had stabbed him clean through the chest, he was going to die of internal bleeding. She swallowed hard, she did not want him to die, he was one of her first friends.
Phil pointed to the hole Loki made when he went through the wall. Before Erica could protest Phil Coulson told her, "Go." Incredibly hurt she gave him a determined look.
Erica got up and ran through the hole. This man was going to suffer for killing Phil. She looked around the hall, then at the floor, blood, coughed up by Loki. As she walked further in the cold and dark passageway, she could hear his pained grunts. Stealthy she ran to the end, only to find the silhouette of the battered Norse god leaning against the wall. She took in his form, he was the most hurt on his left shoulder and right leg. Erica took one step back, bracing herself to slam into him.
Suddenly a hand pulled over her mouth and she was brought to the floor with a hard thud. The man's silhouette disappeared and Erica looked up frustrated. How did Loki sneak up on her? She was better than that. She struggled under his arms, managing to break free. He grabbed her wrist and pulled her into a choke hold.
"Do not struggle or I will kill you." Loki whispered to her. Erica tensed up, she hated being this close to people.
"You are going to kill me? I thought you would know better Sir." Erica said, squirming against Loki's arm.
"Very true." Loki threw Erica on the ground. "Now, we are alone once again. Nothing stands between us... So back to my offer, you are very smart Ms. Adler. Smarter than you can even let on. But on top of that, I need you and your... abilities." Loki grabbed his scepter from the floor and pulled it to Erica's heart. "The tesseract shall show you the way, and in return you will serve me."
Before Loki could do anything Erica swung her legs over, throwing him to the floor. "Oh, so you can fight. They programmed you well. That hurt more than when my brother does it." Loki laughed on the floor.
He quickly swung his scepter at Erica but she evaded it. Rolling to his feet Loki shot, his tesseract powered spear, at her. She once again avoided it and broke off one of the pipes from the walls around them.
They began to slash at each other. Loki got hit on his already injured shoulder and yelled out in pain. He counter attacked by throwing her into the wall. She came back to him and hit her knee to his stomach. He stabbed her in between the ribs.
In a fury of pain, Erica threw her pipe at Loki and jumped at him. They wrestled on the floor as Erica pulled the knife from her body and held it to Loki's throat. Loki rolled them over, holding her knife hand to the floor. Erica kicked him off of her, but he landed on his feet.
He shot his scepter and hit her leg. She hit the ground hard, and struggling to get up, threw herself on Loki. Arms reached out, she went through his body and landed on the ground again.
Erica got up and punched the god in the face. Dazed, he blast his scepter, but missed her. She ran off the wall, then propelled herself to his neck. Ricky swung her legs around him, making him lose his balance. Loki fell to the floor, while his scepter flew to the other side of the room. Erica ran for it, only to have Loki pull her feet from under her. He rolled to his legs and grabbed his scepter.
Enraged that a human was holding their ground against him, Loki tricked Erica. Swinging at her, he threw a knife to her side. She dodged it, but he kicked her square on the chest, knocking all the air out of her. Her head hit the wall first and she felt warm blood begin to drip down her neck. Her vision blurred, but she attempted to get back up. Loki walked to her, tired, and pressed his scepter to her heart. Erica's eyes turned electric blue.
"Hmm... So it is the same color." Loki grunted as he fell to his knees. It isn't until now that he realized how injured he was. He could hear people begin to approach them, his people. He got up, and is hit by a great light headed feeling. Pretending to not have been bothered by the fight, he ordered the soldiers to take Erica onto the ship. She quickly got up, refusing help.
Loki smirked at her blue eyes. "Follow me mortal."
I originally wasn't going to have Erica taken by Loki, but my friend suggested it, and I think it works out better than what I had planned on doing. I hope you liked it. Don't forget to review! Thanks for reading!
Also my friend, Angie has just posted up her, Inception, Ariadne/Arthur, story on our account. I personally love it and think its awesome, so if you like that movie you should check it out!
