Tessa's overly expanded mind could only focus on one thing right now: closing the portal. It felt like her head was splitting in half. She was trying to shut a doorway that was being forced open from the other side. Loki's army swarmed through the open hole in the sky. Below her, Loki battled Thor in a meaningful and emotional fight. Tessa smiled at the sight of the brothers' brawl. It was like old times. Looking around, she saw buildings breaking to bits.
She shut her eyes and tried to not listen to the sounds of people dying. When she opened her eyes again, her current situation had not changed. She thought quickly and knew if she was to do anything it would be dangerous. Fighting the urge to not be reckless, she stood up. It felt like a giant magnetic pull was forcing her back down. She felt her back come into contact with the device again. Pain rippled through her body and she let out a growl of anguish. Tessa pulled away again, but was slammed backwards, hitting her head on the machine.
She silently whispered a word Tony had taught her and reached around to feel the wound. She brought her hand in front of her and observed the silver liquid with a curious look on her face. She wiped it off on the very ripped pair of jeans. Balling her hands into fists she stood up one more time and staggered a few steps.
She turned around to look at the machine, but was careful not to be forced back into it. She held out her hands, palms facing the machine. It felt like her body was on fire. She didn't care. It felt like her bones were turning to dust. She paid no attention. Instead she turned all of her attention to her energy fields. Letting out a cry of pain, the blue light flooded off of her fingertips and onto the machine. She watched through squinted eyes as a copy of the Tesseract cube had formed.
When she was done, she could still feel the power within, but it felt greatly diminished. For the first time she felt fatigue. She let out a gasp and looked around. Loki was still occupied with Thor, Chitauri flew in from the portal, and Steve Rogers was fighting alongside Natasha Romanoff. The only change that taken place was the she was now physically free from Loki's bonds, even if he kept her powers locked tightly in the blue cube.
She took a moment and stared at it. Her powers had started this great war. No. She tried not to blame herself for her past. She needed to get on the ground and help out this planet. She stood on the edge of the building.
Should she jump? Something crashed into the building and the skyscraper shook. Without a choice, Tessa was thrown from the building. She silently willed what remains of her energy to protect her. She landed in a squat with one fist on the ground. The concrete rippled away from her like water and cars on the street rolled backwards from her.
Tessa slowly stood up and massaged her aching jaw. Silver liquid oozed from the fresh cuts on her body. She was weakening. However, she knew it was only a matter of time before this form depleted completely. She looked forward to the day where she could reveal everything to S.H.I.E.L.D. They were going to need it.
She ran over to where Captain America and Black Widow were fighting.
"Steve Rogers!" She shouted at him. Her hair whipped around her face as a car blew by her.
"Tessa?" He paused from fighting and turned to her. She nodded at him. He threw his shield, killed some aliens, and caught his weapon again. He turned to her again, "But if you're here, how is the portal still open?"
"It's a long story, but I'm here to help," she approached him and ducked as Black Widow fired a gun at some Chitauri. Fury's voice rang through Natasha's headpiece.
"We got something for her in the helicarrier. Our top scientists that haven't been kidnapped were working on it. It'll help," his voice sounded relieved. Tessa, who heard the statements with her power, nodded at Black Widow and grabbed the magic from her hair again. She knew what Fury was talking about and she knew exactly where to go. Back to the plane it is.