"H-how did you pick my hammer up?" Thor stuttered, coming closer to Brooke.
"It was easy." She said, smiling. "You just grab it by the handle, and pick it up."
Both Thor and Loki looked at her with both amazement and confusion. "But the hammer was meant for only me. That's how my father, Odin, set it." Thor said, still confused.
Brooke didn't really listen; she was too caught up in messing with the hammer. "Brooke? Are you listening?" Loki asked, stepping in front of Thor.
"Uh, yeah! Sorry, this thing is really cool." She answered.
"I need to go ask Odin about this." Thor said, storming out of the room.
"Looks like someone doesn't like to share." Loki said, a smile creeping up on his face.
"You love torturing him, don't you?" Brooke said, staring at Loki.
"It's been 6 hours, Tony. We can't just leave her down there." Natasha said, standing up.
"She will not come out. If you want to try, go at it." Tony remarked, still sitting on the couch.
"Tony, turn on the news. See if there is anything about Panther." Steve said.
"Make me." Tony said, facing Steve.
"Boys, stop acting like little children. We need to find Panther." Natasha said, grabbing the remote from Tony.
Natasha turned the channel and waited for the news to come up.
"Black Panther is still on the loose." The TV said.
"Turn it up, I can't hear." Tony said, leaning in closer.
"We are sure of its location and we are waiting for the FBI to show up to catch the Panther." The TV said.
"The FBI? What does the FBI have to do with this?" Tony stammered. "Why not bring in animal control?"
With that remark, everyone in the room turned toward Tony.
"What am I going to do?" Panther said to herself, trying to find an escape.
She started to crawl through the air vents to try and get a better look at the people trying to enter the building. If only she went back with Tony when she had the chance.
"I need to turn back to human." She muttered, trying to find a big enough space.
"This will do." She said, kicking the air vent open wide enough so she could get down.
Once she landed, she looked at her paws and they shifted back into hands. "Yes!" She screamed.
She regretted screaming, because now the people knew someone was in the room. Before she knew it, the door was kicked in and they found her.
"Hey guys! Um- I came in here, um looking for the panther!" She said, trying to keep calm.
The guys in police uniforms looked at her for a moment, but then grabbed her and took her outside. "Look, I was trying to find the panther!" She yelled at the men.
Once they got outside the two police officers responded to her yelling. "Let the police handle this, miss. Just go on with your life, ok?" The taller policeman said.
Panther turned around and started walking down the busy streets of New York. Once she was out of hearing range, she muttered, "That was to close."
"She did what?" Odin said, confusion all over his face.
"I told you father. She picked up my hammer!" Thor said, a little too loudly.
"This is not possible." Odin remarked, pacing the floor. "Only one can pick up the hammer, and that is you."
"See? That's my point!" Thor yelled.
"And she is mortal?" Odin asked.
"With powers." Thor answered.
"I need to see her again." Odin said, standing in one place.
"Yes father." Thor said, heading for the door.
"Loki, how much do you think this thing costs?" Brooke asked Loki, still examining the hammer.
"What?" Loki asked.
"How much do you think you could get out of it?" She asked again.
"I don't know." He said, confused. "We do not have currency in Asgard."
"Hmph, whatever." She answered, disappointed. "Do you want to hold it?" She asked.
"I can't. Only Thor is able to pic-" Before he could finish, Brooke had already put it in his hand.
The hammer was partly on his hand and on the table. "Br-Brooke! Get it off!" Loki yelled, trying as hard as he could to try and move the hammer.
Brooke picked it up again with no problem and sat it to the side. "So I guess it's true. No one else can pick it up." She muttered to herself.
"Except for you." Loki said, starting to smile.
"Except for me." She said.
"Hey! Do you know where a McDonald's is?" Panther asked the lady who walked past her.
She didn't respond and just kept walking. "Rude, much." Panther whispered.
This continued on until she got to the end of the block. "Wow. New York is filled with a lot of mean people." She said, taking a turn into the alley.
She started walking down it when she heard a noise to her side. "Who's there?" Panther asked, looking around.
Panther slowly turned around to see a man who was in his late thirties. "Give me your money and nobody gets hurt." He said, coming closer to Panther.
"Hah. I knew this would happen." Panther said, laughing.
The man looked at her with a confused look, but still kept coming closer. "Give me your money!" He pulled his knife out and started to run at Panther.
Panther ducked his swing and she quickly turned around. "Not a smart move, dude." She said. "It's not a good thing to mess with me."
"Oh really?" He said, turning around.
"Oh yes!" Panther said a smile creeping up on her face.
"And why is that?"
"Because of this!" She yelled, quickly turning into a panther.
She made the loudest roar you could imagine and charged at the man. It took a few seconds for the man to comprehend what happened, but once he did, he went running the opposite direction. Once he was out of sight, Panther turned back to her normal self.
"I think I could survive in New York." Panther said, chuckling.
"Tony, you need to go back down there!" Natasha said, once again.
"She won't listen to me." He said, turning to her. "I'm the one she hates! You go get her. She can actually stand you!"
"She's in trouble Stark." Steve said his eyes glued to the TV. "The police have the building surrounded.
"And what do you think they're going to do when they see Iron Man come up and go off into the sky with the panther?" Tony said. "Wouldn't that raise questions?"
"We need to save her." Bruce said, cutting in.
"No one will be saving her." Fury said, entering the room.
"Director Fury." Steve said, standing up.
"Please sit, Captain." Fury said, moving aside from Steve. "This girl is distracting you all from your real mission. To destroy Loki and his army."
"Sir, Loki is gone." Clint said, stepping in.
"What do you mean, gone?" He asked, raising his voice.
"He went back to his world, to Asgard." Clint said.
"What about the army?" Fury asked, still keeping a straight face.
"Loki controls them. He will decide whether or not they come to Earth." Bruce said.
"So you all think that he is just going to stop? You don't think this is a trick?" Fury said, laughing. "Loki is the God of Mischief. He is known for this kind of stuff."
"But sir-" Steve said, but was interrupted by Fury.
"No. You will find Loki and bring him to me before you can rescue that panther girl." He said, leaving the room.
Once he was gone the room fell silent for a few minutes. "Well I guess I don't have to save her." Tony remarked, laughing.
Natasha went over to the couch and slapped Tony on the back of the head. "Ow! What was that for?" Tony asked, rubbing the back of his head.
"For being you, stupid." Natasha said, this time laughing.
Thor raced down the hall to the room where Loki and Brooke were. He opened the door to find nothing in the small holding cell. "What in the world?" He muttered, looking around the room.
There was no sign of Brooke, Loki, or his hammer. He searched the whole room and went out dumbfounded. He made his way back to his father's room to tell him the news.
"Father, they are missing." Thor said, stepping into the room.
"Who is missing?" Odin remarked, turning around.
"Brooke and Loki. They are gone." He said, closing the door behind him.
"What about your hammer?" Odin asked.
"It is gone too."
Odin stopped what he was doing and went out of the door. "Father, what are you doing?" Thor asked, following his father.
"I'm going to find Loki and the mortal.
"This is a horrible idea, Brooke." Loki whispered, trying to catch up with her.
"No it's not!" She said, turning toward Loki. "This is the best idea ever!"
The two raced out of the room they were in and into the room on the opposite side. "What's in here?" Brooke asked herself, while slowly opening the door.
"The dining room." Loki answered her, not knowing what Brooke was doing.
"Food." Brooke said.
She took off into the room to find all sorts of food inside of the room. "This is like, food heaven!" Brooke yelled.
"Yeah, yeah." Loki said, coming up with Brooke. "I don't think it was the best idea to bring the hammer with you."
"Why not?" She asked. "I didn't just want to leave it there." She said, grabbing a roll.
"Thor will find it." Loki said, lowering his voice. "He always ends up finding his hammer."
At that moment, a man entered the room. "Excuse me, who are you?" Said the man, pointing the question towards Brooke.
It took a minute before the man noticed Loki too. "And aren't you Loki? We thought you were dea-" Before he could finish, Brooke threw the hammer at the man across the room.
He dropped to the floor and the hammer flew back into Brooke's hands. "Brooke! Why did you do that?" Loki asked, with fright on his face.
"He was going to figure out who you were!" Brooke said, trying not to smile.
"You know, I'm starting to like you a lot more now." Loki said, returning the smile.