It was almost morning when we got back to the carrier.
I was exhausted but I wasn't done yet.
I watched Loki get escorted by eight guards, four on each side. There wasn't a prominent expression on his face. They turned down the hall in the direction of the cell he was to be held in.
They passed by Uncle Banner's lab. Bruce pulled himself away from his work to look out the window at Loki. Loki smiled a crooked smile at him and I clenched my fists slightly. Bruce massaged the bridge of his nose.
Fury followed short after and motioned for me to follow him. I nodded and walked silently behind him. It didn't take me long to notice that we took the same path as Loki and the guards.
Fury typed a code into the door and it opened for him. It revealed Loki standing in a glass compartment. He walked up to the control panel while I leaned against the wall.
"In case it's unclear," He typed and pressed something on the control panel. "if you try to escape, if you so much as scratch that glass,"
The doors beneath the cell opened and the wind blew around the room, picking my hair up with it. Loki walked over to the edge and looked over.
"30,000 feet straight down in a steel trap. You get how that works?" He closed the doors. "Ant" He held his hands out to the cell. "Boot." He moved them towards the control panel.
Loki laughed. "It's an impressive cage. Not built, I think, for me."
"Built for something a lot stronger than you." Fury cut in.
"Oh, I've heard." He looked towards the camera. "A mindless beast. Makes play he's still a man. How desperate are you, you call on such lost creatures to defend you?"
"How desperate am I?" I could hear the rage in his voice let alone the fire in his eye. "You threaten my world with war. You steal a force you cannot hope to control. You talk about peace, and you kill because it's fun. You have made me very desperate. You might not be glad that you did." If looks could kill, Loki would be splattered on the glass.
"Oh. It burns you to have come so close. To have the tesseract, to have power, unlimited power. And for what? A warm light for all mankind to share. And then to be reminded what real power is."
The end of Fury's mouth twitched up. "Well, let me know if 'real power' wants a magazine or something."
Fury walked over to me. "You'll be watching Loki while he's here. But it wont be affective until tomorrow so rest up."
"Yes sir, but first I'm going to the bridge to welcome our new guests." I said.
As I walked up to the bridge again for the millionth time today, I let my mid wander. I thought about today. Just yesterday I was in Tony's house. Just yesterday I finished my boots. Just yesterday Clin- I stopped my thought. I fought the tears.
I was suddenly reminded of how tired I was. I hadn't slept in over 24 hours. I needed sleep but I had to 'welcome' Thor and Tony.
Phil tells me that I have been able to see who a person was just by looking into their eyes. I could see their fears and dream. Their characteristics and pain. That's why I can read people so well. Neither of us know why but every time we get a new worker or 'guest' in this situation, I used protocol 4. Protocol 4 was Fury and I's code for looking into their eyes to see who they were.
I opened the doors.
"Wait until Emma gets here. She need to know this." Bruce said.
"Need to know what?" I asked, causing all of them to look at me.
Steve returned to what he was saying as I eased down into an empty chair. "Loki's going to drag this out. So, Thor, what's his play?"
"He has an army called the Chitauri. Their not know of Asgard ,nor any world known. He mean to lead them against your people. They will win him the earth, in turn, I suspect, the tesseract."
" An army from outer space." Steve said doubtfully.
"So, he's building another portal. That's what he needs Eric Selvig for."
"Selvig?" Thor asked.
"He's an astrophysicist." Uncle Banner said.
"He's a friend."
"Loki has him under some kind of spell, along with one of ours." Nat looked over at me and I could see the small amount of pain in her eyes. She could hide her emotions like magic but she couldn't hide them from me.
"I want to know why Loki let us take him. He's not leading an army from here." Steve added.
"I don't think we should be focusing on Loki. That guys brain is a bag full of cats. You could smell crazy on him."
"I saw it too." I added. Only Bruce and Nat knew what I was talking about since neither Steve or Thor knew of my 'talent'.
"Have care how you speak. Loki is beyond reason, but he is of Asgard. And he is my brother." Thor said to Bruce.
"He killed 80 people in two days." Nat said.
"He's adopted."
"I'm adopted." I added. They looked at me confused. I sighed. "I'll fill you both in later. Unless Phil tells you about me first."
"I think it's about the mechanics. Iridium...what do they need the iridium for?" Bruce went on.
"It's a stabilizing agent." Tony and I said at the same time. He was walking with Phil.
"I'm just saying pick a week. I'll fly you to Portland. Keep love alive." Tony spoke to Phil. "It means the portal wont collapse on itself like it did at SHEILD." He walked over to Thor. " No hard feelings, Point Break. You've got a mean swing." He slapped Thor's arm." Also, it mean the portal can open as wide and stay open as long as Loki wants." Tony was now walked over to Fury's station and was looking at the monitors.
"Raise the mizzenmast. Jib the topsails." He told the agents. All of them looked up at him in bewilderment. I stood up from my seat. and walked to the edge of them monitors.
"Play nice." I whispered as I walked past him and down the stairs to the rows of computers, a certain one catching my eye.
"That man is playing Galaga. He thought we wouldn't notice but we did." Everyone looked over at the computer that caught my eye." How does Fury even see these?"
Hill answered him. " He turns."
"Sounds exhausting." He moved over to a screen and began to work with it. "The rest of the raw materials, Agent Barton can get his hands on pretty easily. The only major component he still needs is a power source of high-energy density." He ran his hands over each screen touching a file here and there but I noticed his hand lingered under one for about a second longer than the rest. "Something to kick-start the cube."
"When did you become an expert in thermonuclear astrophysics?" Hill asked.
"Last night. The packet, Selvig's notes, the extraction theory papers. Am I the only one who did the reading?"
"Nope. I got bored on the way to Germany, thought I'd read something." I answered.
"Does Loki need any particular type of power source?" Steve asked. He was unaware of the completely scientific answer he was about to get.
"He would have to heat the cube to 120-million Kelvin just to break through the coulomb barrier." Bruce said.
Tony finished his thought. "Unless Selvig has figured out a way to stabilize the quantum tunneling effect."
"Well, if he could do that, he could achieve heavy ion fusion at any reactor on the planet." They were unaware that they seemed to be battling each other for the smarter scientist.
"Finally, someone who speaks English." tony exclaimed, walking over towards Bruce.
"Is that what just happened?" Steve asked. The poor thing, he didn't understand any of it but I did. I was considered exceptionally smart for my age. You should expect that when you're raised by two of the best scientists in the world.
"It's good to meet you. Your work on antielectron collision is unparalleled. And I'm a huge fan of the way you turn into a enormous green rage-monster."
"Tony." I warned. "Remember what I said?"
"Thanks." Bruce said awkwardly.
Fury walked in. I wondered how I got here before him. " is only here to track the cube. I was hoping you might join him."
"I'd start with that stick of his. It may be magical, but it works an awful lot like a HYDRA weapon." Steve said. I knew he was going to bring HYDRA into this.
"I don't know about that, but it is powered by the cube. And I would like to know how Loki used it to turn two of the sharpest men I know into his personal flying monkeys."
"Monkeys?" Thor said utterly confused. " I do not understand."
" I do." Steve exclaimed "I understood that reference." I watched Tony roll his eyes.
I tried to hide a yawn then but Tony caught it and smirked. I walked over to them.
" You should get some sleep. You cant hide your yawns from me." He said with sarcasm.
"And you cant hide your eye rolls." I went right back at him. I mockingly blew a kiss at him.
I walked over to Phil and hugged him. "Goodnight" I whispered to him. He kissed my hair.
"Goodnight." He whispered only loud enough so I could hear.
I nodded at Nat and Uncle Banner and headed for the room I would be sleeping in.
The room wasn't too small but it wasn't too big. There was a twin sized bed in the middle with clothes set out for me. How did someone always put clothes out for me at the perfect time, in the perfect size for me?
I let the thought drift as I took one of the quickest showers I have ever taken. I changed into the t shirt and shorts laid out for me and set my knife, rings, shrunken boots, and gun on my nightstand.
I sunk into the soft mattress and let the blanket comfort me as I fell into a deep dreamless slumber.
Author's Note: Next Chapter! Tomorrow she begins her watch on Loki. Let me know in the reviews if ya'll want a prequel, sequel or both! I have been busy with these last couple of days of school but next week I'm all yours! :) I'll have the whole summer to finish this story.
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