Don't you dare say I'm going to make it,
'Cause I don't believe a word you say.
There's a sickness living inside of me,
You can spare me all your sympathy.
Take a second of your time,
Realise you're wasting mine
In the night I lie away,
why rebuild a heart that breaks...
Alyssa
I sat in a chair in Fury's office. I was handcuffed to it. I didn't care. I wanted to know what they had done with Loki's body. "Where's his body?" I asked as Fury walked into the room, followed by Barton and Romanoff.
"Thor has taken him back to Asgard." His voice was low, somber.
"Okay." was all I replied. At least he wasn't in the incinerator.
"What happened to you, Alyssa?" Fury sat at his desk across from me, staring me down.
"What do you mean by that?" I asked, exhausted. At least they'd removed the bullet from my neck.
"You know damn well what he's asking you, Piper!" Yelled Barton behind me.
"Be quiet." I snarled at the archer. "I've had enough of your voice for one day!"
"Why, do you feel guilty?" He taunted. I saw red, my powers whipped at him before I could stop them and he cried out.
"Alyssa!" Fury yelled. I came back to my senses, my powers receding. Barton was panting. I snorted a little and turned turned my body back towards Fury. "It seems he's infected you, Alyssa."
"With what?" I remarked petulantly, I wanted to go home and sleep. I just wanted to sleep.
"I guess we'll find out." Romanoff replied.
Asgard
Thor stood with Gate Keeper, he was keeping an eye on Alyssa. "How is she?" He asked.
"Stronger than she looks. She's fighting whatever it is inside her that's turning her into Loki." Heimdall replied.
"Do we know what it is?" Thor asked the seer.
"Yes. We know what it is." He replied, a slight smile on his face.
"Can we stop it?" Thor asked, getting ready to use the bifrost.
"I don't think Alyssa would allow you to do that." Heimdall gave Thor a look he didn't understand and turned his gaze onto some other part of the universe.
Alyssa
"It's affecting your brain." Said the Doctor after a long pause.
"How? I thought that was a myth?" I replied, feeling very confused and very overwhelmed.
"Apparently not. I can't explain it but that's what's happening." The Doctor smiled softly.
"So I'm not turning evil?" I asked, looking down at my feet.
"No, your body is just reacting. It'll stop soon. Oh, and congratulations." He said with a soft smile and left the room.
I smiled too and the hole that had formed in my heart close a little.
When my time comes forget the wrongs that I've done,
Help me leave behind some reasons to be missed.
Don't resent me and when you're feeling empty,
Keep me in your memory, leave out all the rest.
Forgetting all the hurt inside you've learned to hide so well,
Pretending someone else can come and save me from myself.
I can't be who you are...