I feel like I should make a disclaimer. I don't own any of the characters in this story other than Camilla and her family. The Avengers characters are the property of Marvel and I am thankful to be able to use them for the time being.
Even though I knew it was pointless, I still continued to fight Loki as he pulled me from the room. I knew that I wasn't going to be able to break free of his grip- he was every bit as strong as I remembered from my dream- but I did everything I could to slow them down. I pulled, rocking back on my heels every so often and when that didn't work I tried falling all together. The first few times were a bit successful, slowing the men down by a few steps, but eventually Loki caught on and simply tightened his grip until I could practically see the bruise on my arm. It was when I stumbled and fell though-on purpose of course- that he really snapped. Switching his grip from my arm to the front of my shirt, he yanked me up so hard that the fabric cut into my throat, momentarily choking me. Then he leaned in close so his face was just inches from mine and I could see the anger burning in his eyes.
"Do that again," he said, "and I will ensure that you are dragged along the ground this entire journey."
Journey? I felt myself freeze again. I had known that Loki was taking me away, but where to? Was it really that far? As if to answer my thoughts, we entered a loading dock and Hawkeye pointed to a few of the military issued vehicles.
"We need these vehicles."
At first I was confused, but when I saw who he was addressing I felt my heart jump. It was Agent Hill. I opened my mouth to shout to her, but suddenly felt as if all of the wind had been knocked from my chest. I gasped and turned to see Loki muttering something under his breath and smiling as he watched me struggle. I opened my mouth again but when I tried to call out to Agent Hill, nothing came out. My eyes widened which only caused Loki's smile to turn into a satisfied smirk.
"What's the matter, love?" he asked mockingly. "Run out of things to say?" He grabbed my arm again, shoving me as harshly as he could without attracting attention and directing us both past Agent Hill.
"Who's that?" she asked, studying Loki curiously as he settled down in the bed of the truck, pulling me down next to him.
"He didn't tell me yet." Hawkeye threw over his shoulder as he made his way to the truck. I waited for Agent Hill to object, to ask more questions, anything, but she just turned her back and started to walk away. I tried my voice again but still nothing came out. Loki grinned and gripped my arm tighter in triumph, when there was a crackling sound.
"Anyone. Do you copy?"
Agent Hill glanced down at her radio just as I pushed as hard as I could and forced my voice to out.
"Help!"
Agent Hill glanced up and had just enough time to make eye contact with me before she had to dive to the side to avoid Hawkeye's gunfire. She rolled behind some crates but even as she pulled up her gun to fire back we were already moving. Hawkeye dove into the front seat slamming on the gas and I fell back against Loki as we peeled out of the loading area.
Agent Hill fired her pistol in an attempt to stop us but she was only able to get in a few shots before we disappeared up one of the ramps. I clung tight to the side of the car, trying not to fall off as we sped through the tunnel. There were other people on the base, surely someone would hear the gunfire and come. A second later my thoughts were confirmed as several cars appeared out of nowhere, lights flashing. I smiled and turned to Loki but to my surprise he didn't look too concerned. Raising himself to a crouched position he held up his staff and though I knew what he was about to do, I was a second too late. My hand missed his staff as he shot a beam of light, which hit one of the cars and sent it flying across the tunnel. I watched as it flipped over and came skidding to a halt, blocking the rest of the cruisers from following us.
Okay, someone needed to take that thing away from him. I reached towards Loki, intent on knocking the staff out of his hand, but I was distracted by the sound of tires screeching, followed by gunfire. I gasped, ducking as bullets shot past my head. Then I turned to see another car, this one in front of us. It was Agent Hill. She had gotten a hold of one of the jeeps and had spun it around so it was facing the car we were in, both slowing us down and allowing her to more easily shoot at us. Unfortunately Hawkeye was shooting back.
The car lurched as he spun to the right, knocking Agent Hill's jeep out of the way, forcing her to follow behind us. And that's when the tunnel started collapsing.
I gasped as I heard a loud crash- what I could only imagine was the portal collapsing in on itself like the men had warned- and pieces of the ceiling started raining down on us. Loki didn't seem too concerned about this either, but I ducked, covering my head with both hands to protect myself. I felt a sharp pain on my hand and gasped, lifting my head. A large shard of debris sat next to me on the truck bed but before I could get a chance to figure out what had happened I was distracted as the roof caved in, and I watched as Agent Hill's car was trapped in the rubble.
Our car appeared undamaged however and I glanced around as we sped through the base. There were no patches of grass for me to land on if I jumped and we were only picking up speed as we exited the gates. I was so distracted trying to figure out a way off the truck that I almost didn't notice the helicopter until the car swerved to the left and off the paved road.
The car jolted and I would have fallen had Loki not reached out and grabbed my arm, pulling me back. Unfortunately I was not safe though as another round of bullets rained down on us. I glanced up to find the shots came from Fury who was leaning out the door of the helicopter, pistol in hand. When he saw me, his eye widened and it distracted him just long enough for Loki to shoot a beam of light setting the tail of the helicopter on fire. I gasped as I watched it fall from the sky, before hitting the ground with a crash.
"No!"
Loki laughed and I felt the sound vibrate through me and he pulled me closer so I couldn't struggle. Then I watched as the wreckage became just a dot in the distance as we went speeding into the desert.
Ooo more Loki magic :) Sorry this chapter did not have a lot of action from Camilla. I wanted it to feel fast pace- like it does in the movie- and I also wanted to show how she is so thrown off by what she has just learned (that this incredibly attractive man from her dreams is in fact real…. and slightly insane) and is just trying to figure out what to do and what the hell is going on.
Also I will be in Virginia for most of next week so I may not be able to write as much :( but hopefully I will come back brimming with ideas. Until then keep commenting and let me know if there's something you want to see!
