I awoke in the middle of the night to loud bangs and people shouting. I was so groggy that it was really hard to tell what was going on when I peeked out of my room. I knew that it wasn't something good though. I could hear footsteps coming down the hallway towards me and I dove to the closet and grabbed hold of the suit letting it wrap around me until I felt the helmet on my head. I heard my door bang open and someone shouted,
"She's been in here!" it was a male voice. I didn't recognize it.
I grappled around for anything that could be used as a weapon and I felt a sword appear at my belt. Thankfully I could sword fight. I unsheathed the sword and was amazed how it was accustomed to me. I jumped out of the vast closet and held my sword ready for attack. There was a man standing there with a bow and arrow pointed at me.
"Captain, Widow! Someone give me back up!" He shouted over his shoulder.
I watched Ms. Romanova rush into the room. I lowered my weapon and gave her a confused look.
"Ms. Romanova?" I whispered.
"My god it's Stephanie. Hawkeye lower your weapon." She said. This Hawkeye seemed very reluctant but he listened to her.
We stared at each other for a moment when a large man who looked like he was wrapped in the American flag came in and told the two that Thor had Loki under control and the Giants were killed. I gasped.
"You leave my dad alone!" I held my sword back up and Hawkeye raised his weapon too. I used it as a distraction to the flinching group and jumped out of the room. I quickly remembered where Loki said he would be and rushed to the throne room. I could hear pounding footsteps behind me and I instinctively sped up. I saw the rock men on the floor and jumped them like hurtles to where I saw my dad being held captive by his brother.
"Let him go!"I screeched and started crying. I could see Loki was in physical pain.
Seconds after I stopped I was put in the same hold Loki was in by a really strong guy. Someone wrenched my sword out of my death grip and kicked it across the room. I struggled with all my might against the restraining force, finally stamping the heel of the boots I acquired onto his toe. He let me go and I ran to push Thor off my dad. Thor seemed confused and let him go. I hugged my dad and rushed over to my surprisingly near sword, jumping in front of Loki at the ready for attack. As I waited I noticed a metal figure at the back of the room. His main body was red with small parts of yellow.
"What the heck is going on?" It announced in a metal voice.
No one answered him. I quickly jumped when I saw Ms. Romanova slowly approaching me.
I guess it was because of the battle adrenaline I was running off, because I suddenly got the soon becoming familiar airy feeling and noticed the room getting electrically charged. I saw Thor's eyes light up, the metal man had no expression, Hawkeye, Ms. Romanova, and the other large guy start to panic.
"Thor if that's you, please stop it." The large guy said. I recognized his voice from somewhere.
"That is not I Captain." Thor responded.
Suddenly there was wind added to the charge. The whole team looked at me. I cautiously looked behind me to see Loki grinning like a madman even though he was exhausted and collapsed on the floor. I snapped my attention back to the team.
"Stephanie, we know it's you now please stop the wind and lightning!" Ms. Romanova shouted over the howling breeze.
I took a deep breath to calm my nerves and looked each member of the team dead in the eye.
"Thank you." The Captain said.
I watched Ms. Romanova slowly make her way over to me with her hands held in surrender.
"Stephanie, listen to me you may think Loki is your father but he is the god of tricks. He would've said anything so you would listen to him." Ms. Romanova said gently.
"No, you lie. I know this man is my father, his blood runs through my veins."
The widow squinted at me.
"Her eyes are normal they aren't the same bloodshot blue as Hawkeye's were." I noticed a small twitch in her finger when suddenly out of nowhere the Captain and Thor rushed over to us.
The Captain pinned the exhausted Loki down and Thor tackled me to the floor and placed his hammer upon me. I felt it trying to crush me but it seemed it couldn't.
"Thor you know that Odin has to know about her." The metal man announced.
"Yes, I realize that Tony. We must take her to Asgard."
I looked at the metal man. Tony; as in Tony Stark? The only two missing were Mr. Banner and Mr. Barton. The eyes, Loki said Mr. Barton was taken over before, so was Hawkeye . . . they were one in the same! I let out a gasp.
"Thor . . . are you sure that the hammer won't crush her?" Mr. Stark asked.
"I am positive."
I watched as they put Loki in handcuffs. I had another burst of adrenaline as I put as much force as possible into pushing Thor's hammer off of me. There was a thud and I stood up a little winded.
"The hammer . . . no one but Odin and I have been able to lift it." Thor gasped.
"Yeah, well I just proved you wrong sir."
Loki looked at me and smiled a half smile. I smiled back. I felt as exhausted as Loki looked so I didn't put up much of a fight when Hawkeye came over and put hand cuffs on me too. Loki and I were handed off to Thor to restrain us. I remembered a defense class and slipped under Thor's muscular arm and tried to make a break for it only to be unsuccessfully caught by the man who had a literal metal grip.
"Oh no you don't squirt." He said.
