She arrived to see everyone in the middle of a heated discussion. Steve was arguing with Stark, challenging him to a fight. Banner was arguing with Agent Romanov, Thor with the Director. "Shut up all of you!" she yelled and they all turned to face her. Steve walked over to her.
"They have been trying to recreate Hydra's weapons," he pointed an accusing finger at Nick.
"You what?!" her voice was so loud people from below them looked up. She proceeded to walk straight to Nick and slapped him right across the face. He was surprised himself with the amount of force used as he stumbled around. "I swear Nick the moment this is over we are going to be having a huge discussion which you would be correct to fear," she moved away from him and could feel everyone's eyes on her. "Doctor Banner, I think you may need to move out of here," he laughed.
"You mean lock me away? I saw the cage you built for me but you are ridiculous to thinkā¦.." he never finished the sentence. At that moment the wall nearest exploded. She was tossed backwards as Banner and Black Widow fell down to the floor below. Steve and Stark helped her up.
"Get your suit on now," said Steve to Stark who ran.
"Be careful," she said moving towards the door Nick was struggling towards.
"Where are you going?" said Steve, she quickly turned back to face him.
"I think it is about time I use my powers," she ran out of the room. Steve chased after Stark. Elise ran towards the flight deck.
"I repeat engine two is down," she heard Agent Hill say. "We are losing altitude," she said as everyone rushed about. "If we lose another engine we go down," Nick looked around.
"We are losing altitude way too fast, there is nothing to slow our fall," he said. "Get that engine back up!" he said just as the door was breached and soldiers burst in. One bullet was shot and it was clearly going to hit Nick. Elise focused and the air around him solidified. The bullet was stopped in its tracks. She quickly pulled a pistol from her waist and shot all three soldiers where they had no armor protecting them. All eyes turned to face her but just as quickly turned as an arrow launched straight into a computer. She quickly turned trying to shoot Hawkeye from the level above but she missed.
"Sir, second engine is down," said one of tech guys. "Even if we can get one engine back up we will still fall at too fast a rate and go down," Elise quickly moved up by Nick.
"Clear the very front of the ship, make sure no one interrupts me," he looked at her as she stepped up onto a platform.
"What are you going to do?" he said.
"Just do it," she said and he quickly followed her orders. She fletched her fingers as she stepped right to the edge and pressed two hands against the glass. Focusing she closed her eyes and imagined the air beneath the ship. She could feel the ship as it descended and knew that they would crash if she did not act soon. The particles that were in the air were one of the first she had learned. And by slightly changing the properties, she could make the air dense, slow their fall. To actually solidify the air, fully stop the vehicle would be impossible. She would need something of too much strength for her mind. She could only change particles to other particles she knew the structure and chemical make-up of. This of course meant a lot of reading and experimenting, hence the secret lab beneath the house no one knew about. The fact she had a photographic memory helped as well. It took her a long time but slowly enough of the particles were dense enough that people could notice the difference. Nick looked at her, unsure what to make of this. She could hear all the chaos around the ship and just hoped Steve was alright. Now that she had her ground and had started to change the particles, it was easier to continue.
"Are you alright?" said Nick and she nodded.
"I can slow the fall for a while but not an infinite amount of time. At least one engine needs to get back up or you need to get us over water fast. Is Steve?" she didn't finish as she had to turn back and concentrate.
"He is fine," said Nick looking at her once more. He had simply thought of Elise as a girl who had inherited money and because of that lived a privileged life. To be completely honest she was a constant thorn in his side, making sure he didn't step out of line and if he did it was because of her. Clearly though there was more to her then met the eye, and judging by what she seemed to be doing there was a hell of a lot more. The ship went down slower and slower every second that passed and the only reason for that so far was her. He couldn't move and see what else was happening and he tried to keep everyone else in the control room as quiet as possible to allow her to focus. The Hulk and Thor were battling it out and moving around the ship almost too fast for them to keep up. Iron Man and Captain America were still trying to get the first engine back up. Black Widow was tracking down Hawk Eye and Agent Coulson was trying to secure Loki. Agent Hill was trying to organize air support to get the Hulk's attention.
"Fury!" yelled Elise suddenly and he could hear the strain in her voice. He rushed over to her side. "There is a plane leaving now. Loki is on it," she struggled to say each word but Fury had to leave.
"Maria, the plane leaving now. Can you target it with the turret?" she turned to a computer. After a few seconds passed she shook her head.
"It is out of range," she said and Fury moved back over to Elise. Sweat was beginning to drip down her forehead. At a guess she would have no choice but to stop soon. At that exact moment one of the engines came back on. A few moments later Fury ran out of the room, going to the prisoner area. Only two minutes later Elise stopped, her mind throbbing against her skull. Steve rushed in and moved straight over to her, wrapping her tight in his arms. Her eyes fluttered and slowly closed until all she could see was black.
