Chapter 10 – Father & Uncle's Fight
Uncle Thor threw Father into the side of a mountain as we landed and gently set me down. Part of me wanted to wince as he tossed Father, but he had it coming.
"Not my favorite way to be in the air." I jokingly told Uncle Thor as he made his way to Father.
"My apologies, dear niece." Uncle Thor apologized. Then, he summoned Mjölnir and finished making his way to Father. "Where is the Tesseract?"
Father started laughing as he said, "I missed you too."
"Do I look to be in a gaming mood?" Uncle Thor seethed.
"Oh, you should thank me." Father stated as Uncle Thor and I looked at him in confusion. "With the BiFrost gone, how much dark energy did the Allfather have to muster to conjure you here? Your precious Earth."
Uncle Thor dropped Mjölnir, which caused the ground to shake, and picks up Father. Whether Father wants to admit it or not, he is still a part of family. That is something that Uncle Thor and I deeply agree on. "I thought you dead. I have never seen Lillith so broken before. I couldn't fix her."
Father stared at me as I remembered that day. I looked elsewhere so that he didn't see my tears. He turned back to Uncle Thor and asked, "Did you mourn?"
"We all did." Uncle Thor affirmed. "Our father – "
"Your father." Father corrected as he lifted his hand, and Uncle Thor let go of him and let Father walk away. "He did tell you my true heritage, did he not?"
"We were raised together, we played together, we fought together. Do you remember none of that?" Uncle Thor tried to break through to him, which wasn't working.
Father turned around sharply and spat out, "I remember a shadow, living in the shade of your greatness. I remember you tossing me into an abyss. I was and should be king!"
"He didn't toss you into an abyss!" I cried out, which Father turned his sharp gaze unto me. "I was there when you threw yourself into the abyss! You wanted to prove yourself to Grandfather!"
"Stay out of this, Lillith!" Father hissed. "None of this needs your opinion." I stepped away from him. Those words stung and unusually so. Father was never this harsh, which means the Tesseract's energy has control of his mind.
"Don't take your anger out on her!" Uncle Thor scolded Father. "And yet, you take the world I love as recompense for your imagined slights. The Earth is under my protection, Loki."
Father laughed once more before he said, "And you're doing a marvelous job with that." He stepped away from me and closer to Uncle Thor. "The humans slaughter each other in droves*, while you idly threat. I mean to rule them, and why should I not?"
"You think yourself above them?" Uncle Thor asked.
"Well, yes." Father answered bluntly.
A small smile appeared on my uncle's face. "Then, you miss the truth of ruling, brother. Throne would suit you ill."
Father shoved him to the side angrily and walked back to the ledge before he turned around. "I've seen worlds you've never known about! I have grown, Odinson, in my exile." Father literally spat Uncle Thor's last name before he continued, "I have seen the true power of the Tesseract, and when I wield it – "
"Who should you this power?" Uncle Thor cut off Father as he met up with him at the ledge. "Who controls the would-be-king?"
"I am a king!" Father declared angrily.
"Not here!" Uncle Thor shouted back. "You give up this poisonous dream! You come home." He grasped Father's shoulder as he stared at him and tried to break through again.
"I don't have it." Father said, and Uncle Thor summoned Mjölnir back to his hand. "You need the Cube to bring me home, but I sent it off I know not where." I slumped against the side of the mountain on the far end away from them.
"Duck." I heard Tony's voice. When I turned to look, he was flying towards me. I ducked in just enough time to see him headed for Uncle Thor.
"You listen well, brother. I – " Uncle Thor was cut off by Tony tackling him.
"I'm listening." Father said to no one. I giggled to the hilarity of the moment. He looked at me with a grin on his face before he walked to sit next to me. "Lillith, listen, I want you to know that what I said earlier wasn't me. The Tesseract has a hold of my mind at different times."
"Does it right now?" I asked as I looked at him.
"Not right now." Father answered. "I hope you can forgive me."
"I already have." I told him. Then, I leaned my head on his shoulder. "I've missed you."
Father rested his head on mine. "I've missed you too."
We stayed like this for a moment or so as we watched Uncle Thor and Tony fight before I broke the silence, "I hope you know that I'm not going to help you with this war."
"I figured as much." Father was about to say more before we hear a massive implosion and see Uncle Thor, Steve, and Tony standing and looking around as they breathed heavily. When did Steve get there? I thought as they started walking, or flying, to where we were. Steve sagged in relief when he saw I was safe. He pulled me into an embrace once I was on my feet. I nestled my head into the crook of his neck and sniffed him. Wrinkling my nose, I pulled back and looked at him.
"You need to bathe." I informed Steve, who laughed and pulled me into another embrace. Wrapping my arms around him, despite the smell, I returned the embrace.
"I'm glad you're safe." Steve breathed in my ear. It tickled, but I didn't move anywhere. I just enjoyed his display of affection. I looked up at him before I leaned in to kiss him, completely unaware of our audience that surrounded us. Steve's arms wrapped me tighter as he returned the kiss. Only when I did run out of air did I break the kiss. Remembering that there were other people, I looked at Father's face, which was blank, but his eyes read that they were sad. Tony and Uncle Thor's faces were identical since they both were smirking. Blushing, I hid my face in Steve's chest. Steve chuckled, kissed the crown of my head, and carried me back to the Quinjet. Tony and Uncle Thor escorted Father back, but I didn't look at him. My time with Steve, unless he managed to find another alternative, was dwindling down. At this point, I was fighting sleep to have more time with Steve, and he knew this. "Sleep, Lily. I'll wake you when we arrive."
"Promise to talk to the Council?" I asked him as I drifted to sleep on Steve's shoulder.
"I promise." he promised as I nodded and surrender myself to sleep. The last thing I could register was Steve saying, "I'm not going to let them send you back."
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*Droves – Number of oxen, sheep, or swine driven in a group; herd; flock. Usually droves. A large crowd of human beings in motion
A.N. – Hey Readers! I know this is slightly short, but I tried to improvise what I could with this scene. I found the official script for the Avengers 2012 movie! This is where most of the dialogue is coming from! Let me know what you think! Please R&R!