Chapter 13 – Abducted

Uncle Thor, Director Fury, and I walked into the lab, only to find Dr. Banner and Tony looking at a computer monitor. Director Fury seemed surprised and upset that they weren't working on the scepter.

"What are you doing, Mr. Stark?" Director Fury asked angrily.

"Uh, kind of wondering the same thing about you." Tony answered as he still stared at the monitor.

"You're supposed to be locating the Tesseract." Director reminded them, still angry.

"We are." Dr. Banner told him. "The model's locked, and we're sweeping for the signature now. When we get a hit, we'll have the location within half a mile." Uncle Thor and I shared a confused look. All of that went over our heads.

"And you'll get your cube back, no muss, no fuss." Tony concluded as the monitor pulled up a collection of secret files. "What is Phase 2?"

A loud bang sounded throughout the room, which caused me to jump and the others to turn and see Steve with a weapon of sorts at a table. "Phase 2 is S.H.I.E.L.D. uses the cube to make weapons." Steve answered angrily. I walked over to him, carefully. I've never seen him when he was angry. I put a hand on his arm, and he turned to look at me. He realized that I've never seen him angry. Steve wrapped his arm around me and said to Tony, "Sorry, the computer was moving a little slow."

"Rogers," Director Fury started carefully, "We gathered everything related to the Tesseract. This does not mean that we're – "

"I'm sorry, Nick." Tony interrupted, turning the monitor to show him the plans of the weapons. "What were you lying?"

"I was wrong, Director." Steve said as he loosened his grip on me. I reached down and intertwined my fingers with his. "The world hasn't changed a bit."

Natasha walked in, and Dr. Banner looked at her angrily. "Did you know about this?" Dr. Banner asked her as his eyes narrowed.

"You wanna think about removing yourself from this environment, Doctor?" Natasha suggested.

"I was in Calcutta." Dr. Banner pointed out. "I was pretty well removed."

"Loki's manipulating you." Natasha informed him.

"And you've been doing what, exactly?" Dr. Banner wondered.

"You didn't come here because I bat my eyelashes at you." She threw back.

"Dr. Banner." I called out. He turned his sharp gaze towards me. "Natasha is telling the truth. He is trying to pin you against us."

"Of course, you would say that." Dr. Banner chuckled darkly, and I leaned into Steve. "Did she put you up to that, or are you as crazy as your father, Lillith Lokisdottir?"

A burst of anger coursed through my veins as I squared my shoulders and stalked over to him. "Yes, I am the daughter of Loki. My full name and title is Princess Lillith Lokisdottir, Goddess of Compassion and Truth. But, do not compare me to him. I have my ways to find out answers, and I am not power hungry nor do I seek vengeance on anyone."

"Lily." Steve called, and I turned my gaze to him. "That's enough. Let him go."

I looked at him, confused. He motioned to Dr. Banner, and I saw that I was gripping his button up shirt tight. Shocked and terrified, I let him go and backed up. "I'm so sorry, Doctor. That's not my normal behavior." I looked at everyone else to see they were tense around me, except for Steve. "I'm so sorry. Please, believe me when I say that this is not my normal behavior." None of them relaxed. "Steve." I whimpered. He held his arms out to me, which I ran to. Steve cradled me to his chest to let me calm down.

"It's alright, sweetheart." Steve reassured and petted my hair for a few minutes. "How about you go to the deck and take a breather, okay?" I nodded and let him kiss my forehead before I left the lab. I made my way to the conference room and took a seat with the water Agent Hill gave me. All I did was drink my water and let my mind wander as to what caused my rage, but I could only think of the scepter. Was this Thanos' payback for me telling him no? He controlled my mind and tried to make me turn on my team.

I was so deep in my thoughts that I didn't know I was sliding until I hit the rail in my chair. Looking up, I saw that everything was leaning. Clint Barton, one of the men that Father took control of, attacked the ship. Agent Hill and I made eye contact, and we both nodded. I ran to the lab, only to see it in ruins and Dr. Banner trying to control his transformation into the Hulk. Natasha made the motion for me to run, and I obeyed. My next step was to check on Father. By the time I arrived, Father had escaped his cell and Uncle Thor took his place.

Father made his way over to the control panel. "The humans think us immortal. Show we test that?" I felt a nudge in my back and saw Coulson telling me to move as he held a Phase 2 weapon. I nodded and moved into plain sight.

"Move away, please." Coulson commanded, and Father moved away from the panel. "You like this? We started working on the prototype after you sent the Destroyer. Even I don't know what it does. Do you wanna find out?" Next thing we knew, Father impaled him through the chest, through the heart.

"NOOOO!" Uncle Thor and I cried out. Father turned around to see me behind him. His face twisted into a horrible smirk. I slowly stepped back, but before I knew it, I saw black and fell to the ground as I heard Uncle Thor cry out again. Why, Father? Why did you hurt me?

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A.N. – Hello, Readers! Another chapter done! Didn't expect Loki to knock out his daughter, did you? I know it's a little shorter than the one I posted yesterday. Since you aren't seeming to review, then I will make the choice myself of what to do after the Battle of New York. Please continue to R&R! Expect a new chapter soon!