Maria POV

I had the bag of pipe bombs thrown over my shoulder. I was searching through crowds of people with Loki behind me, trying to find Bruce and tell him that we were about to head out. We had to get out there before heads started rolling. I found Bruce rewrapping some guy's bandages.

I tapped him on the shoulder "Bruce," he finished fixing the bandages and pulled us aside. "We need to go. Have you heard from anyone yet?"

He nodded "May said she would probably get here sometime today and S.H.I.E.L.D. picked up Sheppard and T'Challa yesterday. Speed is okay but, T'Challa has some injuries. We haven't heard anything about Corey."

I growled "We shouldn't have separated. What was I thinking?"

"It wasn't your fault." Loki reassured me.

I shook my head and readdressed Bruce "We don't have time to wait for back up. We gotta go. I kissed his cheek quickly "We'll be careful." I turned to leave

"Don't do anything you'll regret!" Bruce shouted at our retreating figures

I laughed "Don't forget to live!"

The elevator led us into the lobby and JARVIS let us out.

"What was that about?" Loki asked as we snuck into the garage.

"What are you talking about?"

"Thing you and Bruce said."

I smiled "Actually, it was a fight we had once. Now, it's just how we say good bye." I changed the subject "We need a car that we don't mind destroying. I know we have some in stock just for that purpose…somewhere."

Loki snorted "Now, would you rather destroy the Aston Martin or the Porsche?"

I made a face of pain "You touch my Aston and I will beat the fucking shit out of you. That baby is vintage."

"How about the Lamborghini?"

I glared at him "You are so funny."

He shrugged "I try."

I spotted what I was looking for "Aha! Mustang!" I located the keys and hopped in.

Loki slid in next to me "We are going to destroy a Mustang? I hope you know, every poor person hates you at this point in time."

I shrugged "Meh, I'll get over it." I started the car and revved the engine. "Music to my ears." I pulled out and sped out of the garage.

At first all the streets were entirely empty but, after a few minutes, it was becoming very difficult to maneuver through the road. You could see that people took off and left their cars. I was hitting cars more often than not and soon, it became impossible to move forward. Lucky for us we didn't have too much farther to go. We slipped out of the car and began making our way over the other vehicles.

I was leaping off a SUV when Loki suddenly pulled me to the ground "Shh! Listen!"

I was quiet for a second "I don't hear anything…"

He sighed "Mortal ears…. Come on, hurry up." We made it past the cars and I saw it. It was a large stage about ten feet high…and covered in blood. I stopped in my tracks and stared at it. Loki grabbed my arm. "Come on!"

We found a building a couple of stories high and climbed up to the fire escape. Once we were on the roof I dumped out the bag.

Loki picked up my metal suit case. "What's in here?" he asked

"Nothing, it's my suit."

He nodded in approval "Crafty."

The ground started shaking lightly "Jotuns?"

"Jotuns." He agreed. I peeked over the ledge and Jotuns were appearing from every direction and forming a massive mob around the stage. Part of the crowd split and the cage was rolled into the center. They dumped the people out onto the stage.

"Ready?" I asked as I took the first pipe bomb in my hand. I didn't wait for an answer. I lit the fuse and flung the bomb into the air.

It exploded right over their heads. Well we have there attention. There was a moment of confusion while the Frost Giants tried to figure out where the blast came from. I took this opportunity to throw a bomb into the crowd. The giants started to flee the scene and only a couple seemed to notice or location. The people on the stage made a run for it and I threw a bomb behind them to cover their asses. Loki was throwing the explosives toward every large group of Jotuns there was. Something grabbed Loki, I turned and a Jotun unexpectedly shoved me off of the building. I had a second of free falling before another caught me and slammed me into the ground. Several things cracked. I think…I broke…..My body. The Jotun picked me up and flung me over his shoulder. I wanted to struggle but, every motion brought excruciating pain. I wanted to take it as a good sign, it meant I wasn't paralyzed but, I was having trouble looking on the bright side. I knew that if I blacked out this thing would take me somewhere to kill me or torture me or something so, I was fighting the urge as hard as I could. Loki had somehow made it to the ground and I could see him fighting his way toward me. Three Jotuns rushed him and took him to the ground. I watched him thrash around as this Giant carried me away. I could feel the consciousness leaving my body. I watched Loki get smaller and smaller as we got farther and farther away. I saw his head get repeatedly smashed into the cement. Over and over and over…Until he was lifeless…I hope he's not dead…I really…hope. I slid into the comforting black fog of unconsciousness. It was kinda nice.

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