Connor launched herself towards the solid metal, hoping that her strength in her wolf form would be of use. She repeated the motion, ignoring the pain from each slam until she finally felt a movement and heard a creek.
She growled as she slammed into it once more, the metal falling down and crashing to the floor. She growled deeply, her eyes yellow and she let out a howl. She quickly followed Natasha's scent along a corridor of broken pillars and smashed glass before she realised how close she was to the bridge and although Natasha was her new friend to an extent, she was also a highly trained assassin who would be fine.
Connor spun and slowly approached the bridge, listening as there was little noise but she could head Fury's breathing and she could see and hear the intruders creeping in. As Fury grabbed one of their guns and knocked them out, Connor took action.
She barked and growled while lunging towards the closest enemy, slashing at their chest and sinking her teeth into their skin and injuring them. Once she pulled away and they all lay on the ground, Fury looked down at her and nodded, Connor letting out a small satisfied bark.
It didn't last long. An arrow whizzed through the air and struck her in the shoulder, making her left front leg crumble and her to howl. The bridge spun into action while she tried to grab the arrow with her teeth to remove it but she was getting no where.
A warm hand wrapped around her leg and pulled it out quickly to make it less painful and she looked up to see Agent Hill holding the arrow. They nodded at each other before Connor smelt Natasha's scent near and decided she would go make sure the assassin was okay.
The wolf turned, about to take off when she heard Fury.
"Whittmore! Romanoff will be fine, join Coulson down at Loki's tank!" She barked and took off down the hallways, dodging bullets from Loki's henchmen and following Coulson's scent. She caught up to him just as he opened the door with a large gun in his hands and he looked down at her, nodding in approval.
Connor glowed as she saw Thor trapped in the cage and Loki hovering his hand over the button. She rammed into the guard and he fell, smacking his head against the metal railing and getting knocked out.
Loki spun around to face them, Couldon holding the gun and Connor growling, her eyes glowing yellow.
"Step away please." Loki held out his hands and cautiously moved away from the panel.
"Do you like this? It's just a prototype ever since you sent the destroyer." Connor wasn't too sure what he was talking about but she made a note to get him to fill her in later.
Coulson and Connor walked forward, Coulson shrugging slightly.
"Even I don't know what it does." He powered it up and Connor crouched slightly, getting to pounce if she needed to.
"Wanna find out?" Coulson powered up the device and Connor growled deeply at the god.
She heard a whoosh from behind them and spun around just in time to see Loki pierce Coulson through the chest with his stick before pulling it out and letting the man fall to the ground.
She growled and lunged, latching on to the god's arm. Loki dropped his sceptre and punched Connor in the face, making her fly across the room and hit the tank directly in front of Thor.
Thor let out a yell as the events quickly happened, watching as his brother laughed.
Loki opened the hatch and Connor pushed herself up, moving away from the hole. She watched as Thor was dropped into the open air below and she turned to look at Loki again.
She bared her teeth as Loki kicked her in the side, making her fall over.
"You're going to lose." He stopped attacking the wolf and turned around to look at Coulson.
"Am I?"
"It's in your nature."
"Your heroes are scattered. You're floating fortress falls from the sky. Where is my disadvantage?"
Connor listened softly, waiting to make a move. Coulson continued.
"You lack conviction."
Loki snarled.
"I don't think I-" He was cut off as the gun eventually fired, smacking him in the chest and sending him flying backwards.
Connor looked over at Coulson and he motioned slowly and weakly towards Loki. She turned and launched through the hole he had created and crashed into him, snarling as she snapped at him.
He brought his knee up into her stomach and the wolf let out a howl as she felt her rib crack. He stood up and kicked her in the head, making her hit the wall across from Coulson.
Connor looked up to see Loki walking away, and Coulson's closing eyes before everything seemed to fade and she was no more.
Fury rushed into the room, seeing the battered and broken knocked out wolf before turning to see Coulson lying on the ground. He hurried over to Coulson and lifted the gun off him.
"Stay awake." Fury grabbed his chin. "Eyes on me."
Coulson let out a groan. "I'm clocking out here."
"Not an option."
Coulson smiled lightly, knowing he was dying. "It's okay boss, this was never going to work if they didn't have something...to..." Coulson stopped talking and Fury knew he was gone.
He stepped back as the medics rushed in, putting a hand to his radio and delivering the fatal news.
"Agent Coulson is down."
Another voice quickly responded as all of the team froze in shock from their different places across the Helicarrier.
"A medical team is on your way."
"They're already here. They called it."
He continued, looking over at Connor. "Whittmore's having issues of some sort."
The wolf was bleeding not red blood, but there was black ooze coming from her mouth and Fury wasn't quite sure what was happening.
He leant down beside her and felt the black liquid. It felt like blood but it wasn't quite. He jumped as the wolf jumped up, snarling at him. He held up his hands and Connor quickly calmed down realising she was safe from Loki.
She shifted back to her human self, looking at the black ooze in disgust.
"Sorry about that, my blood can get a little weird." Fury shook his head and noticed the red blood seeping through her white tshirt.
She looked down and groaned. "Give me a minute, it'll heal."
