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Charlotte stood across from Loki in shear disbelief, the frustration was brewing inside her. She took a step away from him and placed herself on the seat nearby, she was not looking forward to listening to him speak. Loki hadn't said a word since Charlotte went silent, he decided to give her time. Over the past few weeks Loki's feelings towards Charlotte had been changing slowly and he didn't quite fully understand why. At first she was strictly a tool, a way to cause problems with the Avengers but now Loki was genuinely concerned about her. He found himself looking forward to these meetings even if deep down he knew Charlotte hated them.
"Loki I don't know what you mean by us but as far as I'm concerned there isn't one." Charlotte snapped.
"Charlotte I only wanted to make sure you are feeling well."
"Loki you've been asking me that for the past week. You stabbed me, I now have this stupid thing in my chest so no Loki, I'm not feeling well." Charlotte screamed.
"You seem to be doing better." Loki frowned.
"I don't want your sympathy and I do not want your friendship Loki. I am done."
"At what point during our meetings did I state that I wanted your friendship?" Loki replied.
"The way you've been acting asshole." Charlotte said as she stood up from the chair and put herself face to face with Loki.
"I have never required your friendship and nor do I want it."
"Then stop asking me how I am. If your plan is to kill me Loki just fucking get it over with. You dragging this out is just getting annoying."
"I-"
"Oh and believe me, if you do kill me there are six people that will be lined up to kill you." Charlotte interrupted.
Loki stopped for a second before closing the gap between the two, he grabbed Charlotte's arm in his hands and squeezed tightly. Charlotte tried to pull herself away but his grip was too tight, about to explode she tried to calm herself down but even just looking at his face was aggravating her.
"I could kill you right now if I truly wanted to." Loki hissed.
"Like I said, do it." Charlotte snapped.
Loki quickly clenched his fist and threw it directly into Charlotte's face, although this was happening in her mind the pain felt very much real. A few seconds later Charlotte felt blood dripping from her nose, she closed her eyes and stepped away. Even though Loki was extremely angry with Charlotte he instantly regretted hurting her, the fear in her eyes was enough to make him cringe. It was becoming too much.
"I do not wish you harm." Loki sighed.
Before Loki could gather any other words Charlotte's fist connected with his face, the anger was brewing inside her and she couldn't take it anymore. Loki stumbled back as he couldn't believe what had just happened. As the anger within Charlotte grew stronger she could feel herself losing control, she wasn't angrier but actually more submissive. Her eyes soon glazed over into a pale shade of blue and her fist that was once clenched soon lay softly at her side.
"It worked." Loki gasped.
Charlotte was once again completely under Loki's control. She stood perfectly still next to him waiting for Loki to speak, he took a minute to look at her. The person standing with him wasn't Charlotte anymore and although Loki knew his plan was working he wasn't feeling as good as he expected to be. Loki knew it was now time to let Charlotte go back to the helicarrier.
Back on the helicarrier Steve was still by Charlotte's side, she had barely been out cold for a few minutes when suddenly her eyes darted open. Steve was panicking, he had no idea what was wrong and all he wanted to do was help. Before he called for someone Steve saw Charlotte's eyes, being that they were one of his favourites of her features he instantly noticed they were different. The pale shade of blue was gleaming in her eyes and Steve was surprised she hadn't said a word yet.
Charlotte lifted herself up from the bed and sat right on the edge, Steve moved out of the way and took a seat next to her. They sat in silence, Steve waiting for her to speak and Charlotte was awaiting instructions from Loki. Loki's voice soon echoed in Charlotte's head, she instantly stood up and headed out of the room. Steve watched in confusion as Charlotte left him alone, he decided to follow.
Although he wasn't quite sure what was going on Steve pursued Charlotte throughout the helicarrier, that was until he was stopped by Natasha.
"What are you doing Captain?" Natasha asked.
"Charlotte's been acting strange, I'm trying to find out what's going on."
"Why don't you let me talk to her?"
"I should-"
"Girl talk?" Natasha smirked.
"Fine but if you could let me know she's at least okay, her eyes looked pretty strange when she woke up." Steve said as he headed in the opposite direction.
Natasha quickly followed after Charlotte who seemed to be heading downstairs. After what Steve had said about her eyes Natasha was sure something was wrong, she just didn't want to worry him. She soon found herself downstairs in the area where the weapons for Phase 2 were stored, Natasha knew this couldn't be good.
"Charlotte!" Natasha yelled.
Charlotte turned her attention back towards Natasha but then continued on, she was determined to complete the task Loki had told her to. Natasha suddenly began to run, she knew if she wanted to stop her it wasn't going to be easy.
Within seconds Natasha had caught up to Charlotte but she wasn't listening. Charlotte hadn't even lost concentration and she obviously didn't care that Natasha was right behind her.
"Charlotte what are you doing?" Natasha yelled. "Stop."
"I am doing what I have been told to do." Charlotte replied.
From her voice Natasha knew instantly that this wasn't good. She ran full force towards her and pinned her against the wall. Steve was right, Charlotte's eyes were very strange and Natasha knew she wasn't in control of herself.
"Charlotte, I know this isn't you. You've got to think." Natasha said.
"This is me."
Charlotte pushed Natasha away from herself and tried to walk away but Natasha wasn't allowing it. She pulled Charlotte's shoulder and span her around, instantly she forced her fist directly into Charlotte's face knocking her straight to the ground. Natasha had knocked Charlotte out cold, she quickly picked her up and dragged her back to Natasha's room. She needed to find out what was going on.
About ten minutes later in Natasha's room Charlotte was beginning to come around. Just as she had done before with Clint, Natasha had returned Charlotte back to her normal self. The headache that Charlotte was experiencing was excruciatingly painful and she was practically in tears.
"Okay. Talk. What the hell is going on?" Natasha questioned.
"I didn't want to tell anyone." Charlotte sighed.
"I realize that but with everything that's going on, I think it's better you tell me."
"Loki can still control me. He can access my thoughts and for the first time since the whole stabbing thing, he had me under his control." Charlotte frowned.
"He can do that?" Natasha asked.
"Yes. I have no control over it, usually when I'm alone he'll access my thoughts and suddenly I'm wherever he is. Also as of today, if I get angry. He can control me completely."
Natasha could see the frustration and sadness in Charlotte's face, she could tell this was becoming all too much for her. There was nothing more she wanted that to be able to help her but Natasha didn't know of anyway to stop what was happening.
"Well maybe because I knocked you out, it'll stop happening."
"I hope so. I should head back to my room though and Natasha please, don't tell anyone about this. We'll figure something out but I don't want everyone worrying about this. I can handle Loki and you have full permission to knock me out if this happens again."
"Don't worry, your secret is safe with me." Natasha smiled.
On the way back to her room Charlotte noticed the door was open, she walked faster hoping it was Steve so that she could apologize for her behavior earlier. Unfortunately when she reached the outside of her room she could hear her brother yelling loudly and seconds later Steve began yelling back.
"Why the hell are you lying in my sister's bed?" Tony yelled.
"Is that any of your business?" Steve snapped back.
The two were barely inches apart and Charlotte knew she had to put herself in the middle of it.
"Can you two stop? Seriously." Charlotte screamed. "Steve is here because I asked him to be, he was just waiting while I grabbed a drink. Stop overreacting. He's a friend, nothing more."
"I swear to God if you touch my sister-"
"Tony! Get out!" Charlotte said, interrupting her brother.
Tony sighed and headed out of the room leaving Charlotte and Steve alone. Steve's face had drastically changed from angry to sad since Charlotte had screamed that they were just friends. Although nothing had happened between the two yet, Steve was hopeful that one day something would but after that comment he wasn't quite sure.
"Can we please just get into bed and sleep? I'm sorry about before. Today was amazing, I can't thank you enough." Charlotte smiled as she placed a kiss softly against Steve's cheek.
"Sure." Steve replied. He was hesitant but deep down Steve knew he would rather be with Charlotte than without her. The two climbed into bed and snuggled closely together, Charlotte resting her head on Steve's chest. The sadness Steve was experiencing moments before soon disappeared and a smile appeared on his face.
Within a few minutes Charlotte was fast asleep. Steve had spent most of his time admiring the girl before him. Although it had barely been two weeks the feelings he had towards her were going stronger and stronger. He wanted nothing more than to take her away from everything, out of danger and to somewhere safe. Steve knew that his mission with the Avengers had to be completed but the more his feelings for Charlotte developed the more he wanted the both of them to run away together.
