"Figures he would play that trick." Tony stated.
The Avengers all sat around their meeting table, watching a live video feed of Lily and Loki's conversation. Fury was leaning at the end of the table, watching it intently. He looked over at Thor. "Is there any way to find that out for sure?" He asked. Thor shrugged, "My father would know instantly." Fury looked back at the screen. "Can you bring her to him?" Thor thought for a moment, "It would be up to Heimdall whether to allow her to enter Asgard."
"If she believes him he could possibly gain her as an ally." Bruce stated. "Together I do not think that would prove so easy for us." Fury glared at the screen, then looked at Bruce. "And what do you suggest we do Dr. Banner? Allow her to be free and walk around like it's no big deal?" Tony pointed at Fury. "You do just that. She's young and obviously powerful if Loki wants her. We should take her before the mad man can."
Thor spoke up, "Why do you talk about her like an object and not a person?" Tony turned to him. "Because right now, she is probably the one thing that could get Loki out of here. And he already knew that." He tapped a few buttons in front of Director Fury, receiving a glare for doing so. "This is a video of her fighting during the alien invasion two years ago." They all watched as she fought, as she easily used the sword. She teleported easily from spot to spot, killing maybe twenty or so at each spot. "She is like another him. With her at his side who knows what he could do."
"Yeah and she can fight." Clint noted. "Pretty well."
"Is that collar ready Dr. Banner?" Fury asked. Bruce looked away from the screen at Fury. "It's not perfect. She may be able to even teleport out of it." He said looking back at the screen. "Let's hope she truly doesn't wish anyone harm then." Fury stated, leveling his gaze at the screen.
Lily's jaw dropped, her eyes widening with surprise. "But you…" She trailed off, trying to remember the day she woke up to him in her room. "You laughed at me when I asked you if I was your daughter." She just looked at him, momentarily perplexed. He stared at her. Loki remembered what he had said but he also remembered not truly answering her. "You didn't know who or what you were at the time. You needed to figure that out for yourself." She gawked at him. "And not knowing who my father was wouldn't have helped speed things up?"
Loki merely looked at her. She searched his face for anything that hinted at a lie. "Why tell me this now? Why surrender to them and come here?" She asked, questioning his motives like Fury had questioned hers. "Do you not want to go to your true home?" He asked simply.
She opened her mouth but closed it again. She had grown up on Earth her whole life, she had a family, had a home (which was now probably rented out to someone else by now), she didn't need anything else…did she? For two years she had wished for her power back, becoming obsessed and slightly power hungry. Lily wanted power and now she had it back.
"What are you suggesting?" She asked, eyeing him curiously. "I'm suggesting that you come home with me. Live where you truly belong." He leveled his eyes with hers. "You could become more powerful at my side." He smiled at her, knowing he had hit the right chord. Lily stared at him. He had just granted her everything she had wanted for two years. She could become more powerful… Loki knew she was power hungry, sensed her want, her need for more power. "I could teach you so much more. If you come with me of course." He stated.
"I can't leave my family." She said softly, surprising Loki. He did not expect her to say that, did not think they mattered that much to her. "You would deny your father a chance to know his daughter?" He said, playing on her guilt. Lily looked down at the floor. "Why do you decide now to get to know me? Why not rescue me from this place earlier?" He thought quickly. "Because I had not known you existed."
"You knew I was your daughter the instant you saw me." She snapped. "You could have taken me and left Earth and not gone through with your alien invasion." He glared at her angrily. "It was not my decision to attack Earth. I could not quit because of you." She stared at him just the same.
"Why did you surrender to them?" Lily asked innocently. "You could have easily defeated them or even left and hid somewhere." Loki only looked at her, his face completely neutral. "I took your appearance as a call for help." Lily looked away from him. "I can handle myself." Loki rattled his shackles as he repositioned himself on the cot. "You've handled yourself great so far." He said sarcastically.
Lily glared at him, "What do you know of what I've done? Oh right, nothing." He cocked his head to the side, "Then tell me." He glanced around the room. "I'm sure we'll both be here a while, we need something to fill the time."
Fury entered the room followed by Maria. He opened the door and walked into the cell. "Come on Miss Williams. We are bringing you somewhere else." Lily instantly stood up, excited to leave. Then she thought of Loki and shook her head. "No, I want to stay here." Fury eyed her curiously. "And why would you want to do that?" She knew what it sounded like to him but she just looked at Loki. "He's my father." Fury looked angrily at Loki. "Is that true Loki?" He asked, annoyed. Loki smiled wickedly at him, portraying the lie Fury knew. "Very much so." Fury grabbed Lily by the arm and dragged her out of the cell.
Lily tried to get out of his grip but could do nothing but struggle. Maria instantly closed the door in front of a glowering Loki. Fury let go of Lily and pointed at Loki. "That man will do anything to get you to trust him. He is a liar and a schemer, he only has himself in mind." Loki banged on the glass angrily. "Don't listen to him Lily. He is the one lying." Lily looked back and forth between the two men, slightly scared and felt like a child. "His name is Loki, God of Lies! It says it right there." Fury stated, trying to get her to understand. Loki gave Fury an icy glare. Any progress he had just made with Lily just vanished.
Lily looked at Loki. She was just told Loki was her father and now that was being levied. Her hopes were leaving her. She stood tall, resigning to the fact that Director Fury was right. Loki had in fact laughed and mocked her when she had first asked him. She was powerful now and he knew that so why wouldn't he try to use her for his own gain? She wanted more power but she wasn't going to fight on the wrong side to get it. She was taught from Sarah and Eric to always do the right thing.
She looked at Fury, taking in a deep breath. "So where was it you were going to take me?" He looked at her, a smirk crossing his face. "You are doing the right thing by not believing him Miss Williams." He said. She looked at Loki. He was calmly staring at her, a menacing calm. Fury put his hand on her shoulder and ushered her out of the room. "You may be a good guy yet." He said.
"Lily, this is the Avengers." Fury said. They all sat around the table smiling at her. She couldn't help but smile. She was conflicted but something about this situation lifted her spirits. She smiled happily at them. Fury ushered her to the main controls that over looked the working staff. "And this is S.H.I.E.L.D." All of the workers were busy at work. "Why are you showing me around?" She asked out of curiosity.
"Because we see the potential you have." She heard Tony say behind her. She turned around to look at the Avengers. "We were finally able to convince the Director to allow you out of that god-awful cell," He explained. "Though we had to put the collar on you to satisfy his worry. Worry's like a father for his ship." She saw Fury glare at Tony from the corner of her eyes. On the way up she had been given a collar and the cuffs were taken off, though the collar hindered her magical abilities just the same. "Besides that we didn't want Loki converting you to his side. Figured we'd be shit out of luck if that happened."
Fury grabbed her shoulder, dragging her attention back to him. "We are giving you a rope, it's up to you whether you hang yourself with it or not." She was going to finally get a chance to prove that she was one of the good guys. Something she's wanted to do since she came on board.
Thor stood up. "Though there is one thing we need from you in return." What Fury said about Loki using her for his own gains instantly played through her mind. "I don't want to be a puppet." She said shyly, knowing she had no place to demand anything. Thor smiled at her, "You will not be a puppet Miss Williams. You will come with me to Asgard." Lily was momentarily speechless. She was enthusiastic about this trip but, "What's Asgard?" She asked innocently.
The team laughed at her.
To answer your questions about how many chapters, i don't know how many but that there will be more!
I'm very excited to bring Lily to Asgard!
And just a note, I'm going to say that the Bifrost is fixed and working, just works better to move my story along!
