Hello everyone! I am sooooooooo sorry for not updating! But anyways I hope you like my story! Here is the next chapter! Hope you like it! Enjoy!
Previously
"Don't worry Natasha. Everything is going to be fine." Clint said
"Yeah." Natasha sighed in reply and then they heard a groan and all turned
"Bruce." Natasha said and then ran over to Bruce and hugged him
"Natasha." Bruce replied as he breathed in and hugged her back
Now
"What happened?" Bruce asked after a few minutes as he slowly pushed her away
"Something happened with the tesseract while they were working on you that made it act up." Tony stated
"What happened?" Bruce asked
"You started glowing and we tried to touch you but..." Tony began
"But what?" Bruce asked with a terrified expression on his face "What did I do?"
"Bruce it's fine. We just got burned a little." Tony exclaimed
"...How much?" Bruce asked and then Tony Steve held out his burnt hand and Bruce shut his eyes and turned away
"Bruce, it wasn't your fault." Natasha said but Bruce didn't reply
"Come on Bruce. We're fine. Just lay back down so we can get the tesseract stabilized." Tony said
"But what if that happens again? And what if I can't hold the Hulk back?" Bruce said
"Bruce, please. That won't happen. It'll be fine." Natasha replied
"But what if it does? Wh-What if I can't control it and I destroy Asgard." Bruce said as squeezed his eyes shut
"Bruce. None of that's going to happen. And the sooner we get the tesseract stabilized, the sooner we can go home and pretend that none of this ever happened." Tony exclaimed
"Yes. They can have it stabilized in a couple of hours or so." Thor stated
"I can't just go back to Earth and pretend none of this ever happened Tony! I can't just pretend that I didn't destroy a whole city! I can't just pretend that I didn't destroy Asgard! I can't pretend that I didn't kill hundreds of innocent people!..I can't just walk away from all of that!" Bruce yelled as he squeezed his eyes shut and tears started to spill
"Bruce." Natasha whispered
"I just...can't." Bruce said quietly, eyes still shut and tears still spilling
"Bruce." Natasha said as she went towards him "Please. Don't blame yourself. It wasn't your fault."
"Yes it was." Bruce replied, his head down and eyes shut, tears streaming down his face
"Bruce." Natasha said quietly
"It wasn't your fault. The tesseract made you do it." Clint stated
"But I still did it." Bruce replied
"Bruce. Just lay down so we can stabilize the tesseract. Then we don't have to worry about anything bad happening." Tony exclaimed but Bruce didn't reply
"Bruce please." Natasha said
"...I just...don't want to risk it again." Bruce said quietly as he looked at the ground "I don't want to risk destroying the rest of Asgard and killing hundreds more people."
"I know. But we have to stabilize it. Or else you'll keep transforming and losing control." Tony stated and Bruce didn't reply
"Bruce please just lay down." Natasha said and Bruce still didn't reply "Please."
"Can you tell me everything that happened after I started screaming. Because I don't really remember that much of what happened." Bruce said after a couple minutes
"Yeah...You were screaming and so we ran in here. And then we found you on the table, glowing." Steve stated
"Glowing?" Bruce replied
"Yes. The tesseract emitted a sort of blue glowing aura of energy out of you." Thor stated
"Yeah. And then Tony ran forward and touched you to see what was wrong but then a wave of energy came out of you and sent us all flying into the wall, or into eachother." Steve exclaimed and Bruce looked down "It burned Tony's suit and some of the energy went through it, burning some of his arm and face. And then I tried to touch you but it sent a wave of energy out of you, which burnt my arm, part of my side, and some of my face. But that was our fault. We were the ones who touched you."
"Yeah. Don't blame yourself Bruce. We're fine." Tony said and Bruce didn't reply
"Yeah. Our injuries will be healed in a few hours anyway." Steve stated and Bruce looked up at him
"Asgards healers have sped up their healing so that their injuries can heal faster." Thor said and Bruce looked back down
"Yeah. And they can even speed up Natasha's and Clint's injuries." Tony stated "And then when we get the tesseract stabilized and we're all healed we can go back home, and then go get Shawarma."
"Again. What's with you and Shawarma?" Clint said
"Don't judge me. It's delicious." Tony replied
"Do you want to go out for some air?" Natasha asked Bruce after a few moments when she saw him looking down and fidgeting with his hands, and Bruce nodded
"Okay. Come on." Natasha said
"There is a balcony to your left." Thor exclaimed as Natasha and Bruce started walking out of the room
"Okay. Thanks." Natasha replied and her and Bruce left the room
"I hope that your father can stabilize the tesseract." Tony said a few seconds after Bruce and Natasha left
"Yeah." Steve agreed "I hope so."
"Do not worry. I am sure that my father can stabilize it." Thor said
"Yeah." Clint replied
"What do you think will happen after we go back to Earth?" Clint asked after a few moments "How do you think this will change everything?"
"I do not know." Thor said
"I don't really think it'll effect us as much as it will effect Bruce." Tony said after a moment as he looked at the ground
"Yeah." Clint replied "But I don't think we'll ever forget this."
"Yeah." Steve agreed
"I just hope when we go back to Earth when the tesseract is stabilized that he doesn't lock himself in a cage." Tony said, still looking at the ground "Well I wouldn't let him to anyway but..."
"Yeah." Clint replied as he glanced down
"Yeah." Steve said
"I wonder what Natasha and Bruce are talking about." Tony said after a couple minutes
"Yeah." Clint replied
"Maybe they are talking about their love for eachother." Thor said
"What?" Steve said and looked at Thor
"Their love for eachother is great. Have you not noticed?" Thor asked and Steve didn't reply
"You haven't noticed?" Clint said
"No. I guess I didn't." Steve replied "A lot of things make sense now."
"Yeah." Tony said
With Bruce and Natasha
Bruce and Natasha walked onto the balcony and were silent for few minutes
"It's beautiful." Natasha said after a few minutes as she looked out at Asgard and the sunset
"Yeah." Bruce replied quietly, still looking down
"Bruce. It's not your fault." Natasha said but Bruce didn't reply "Please, don't blame yourself...Please."
"I can't not blame myself Natasha." Bruce replied as he looked up at her
"I know. I get it. I blame myself everyday for all the inoccent people I have killed. But I still move on. I still forgive myself and say it wasn't my fault even though I know it was my fault and I shouldn't be forgiven." Natasha said slowly
"Natasha. You should forgive yourself. It wasn't your fault. You grew up thinking it was right. That was the only thing you knew. You weren't in control, you didn't know what you were doing." Bruce replied
"You say it wasn't my fault and I should forgive myself. Then why won't you say that for yourself?" Natasha questioned and Bruce went silent and looked back down
"Bruce. Please. Just don't blame yourself. It isn't your fault. Loki dropped the tesseract and made it go in you. The tesseract made the Hulk forget about us which made him attack us. And then Tony provokes the Hulk even more by shooting at him and attacking him. All of this is basically everyone's fault except yours. So please don't blame yourself." Natasha said slowly
"But I am still a monster. I am still the Hulk. He is still a part of me." Bruce said as he looked at the ground
"I know. But that doesn't mean that you two are the exact same person and that you know everything he does, and is in control of it." Natasha said "Between you an I. I'm the monster."
"No, Natasha-" Bruce began
"I was in control of my actions. You weren't." Natasha interrupted
"Please. Don't say that. Don't call yourself a monster." Bruce said
"Only if you stop blaming yourself and calling yourself a monster." Natasha replied
"Fine." Bruce agreed after a few moments
"Thank you Bruce." Natasha said and held his hand
"You're welcome." Bruce replied as he squeezed her hand
"Let's go back inside and get the tesseract stabilized. It's dark." Natasha said after a couple moments, and let go of Bruce's hand
"Natasha. What if something happens?" Bruce asked nervously
"Nothing will happen." Natasha said as she squeezed his hand "I promise."
"Okay." Bruce replied as he squeezed her hand back "Thank you Natasha."
"You're welcome." Natasha said "Let's get inside."
"Yeah." Bruce agreed and they walked back into the palace
Bruce and Natasha walked back into the palace and turned right, back into the healing room with Tony, Steve, Clint, Thor, Thor's father, and the Asgardian healers
"Oh hey Bruce." Tony said as he saw him and Natasha walk into the room
"Hi." Bruce replied quietly
"Are you okay now?" Steve asked and Bruce nodded "Good."
"Should we start on the tesseract?" Clint asked after a few moments
"Yeah." Tony said and turned and looked at Bruce
"...Yeah...we can start." Bruce said as he stared at the ground and fidgeted with his hands
"Okay, good." Tony replied
"Lay down." Thor's father said and Bruce looked around and laid his eyes on the table with the human hand shaped dents
"...Did...did I do that?" Bruce asked
"Yeah." Natasha replied after she found what Bruce was looking at
"Oh." Bruce said quietly and looked down, still fidgeting with his hands
"It's fine Bruce." Natasha said
"Yeah. It's fine Bruce. They can fix that." Tony said "But now let's get the tesseract stabilized."
"Yeah." Clint agreed
"Okay." Bruce replied nervously
"It'll be okay." Natasha reassured Bruce as she grabbed and squeezed his hand in comfort
"Okay. Thank you Natasha." Bruce said as he squeezed her hand back and smiled
"Lay down here." Odin said after a moment as he put his hand on the other table
"Okay." Bruce replied quietly and walked over to the table and laid down on it
"I'll stay with you." Natasha said
"Okay. Thank you Natasha." Bruce replied
"We'll stay too." Steve stated
"Okay. Thanks." Bruce replied
"You're welco-" Tony started
"My king!" A guard shouted as he burst through the doors "Loki! He has escaped!"
"What." Odin replied
"Again?" Tony said "Where is he?"
"We do not know. He only escaped a couple minutes ago. But we think he is still in the palace." The guard exclaimed
"Okay. Have Heimdall put up the shield so that he cannot escape." Odin commanded as Tony got into his suit
"Yes my king." The guard replied and then ran out of the room
"How do you think Loki has been escaping father?" Thor asked
"I do not know." Odin replied
"Can we help?" Tony asked
"Yes. You can help look for him and help get him back into the dungeon." Thor's father stated
"Where should we start?" Steve asked
"How about where Loki always goes when he escapes." Clint said and everyone looked at him "To get the mind stone."
"Oh. Right." Tony replied as Steve grabbed his shield
"Let's go." Steve said
"Are we coming too?" Clint asked
"I don't know." Tony said
"Yes. It would be unwise to take you with us. You are still injured." Thor said
"Yeah. But it would also be unwise not to take us with you because then Loki could get us alone." Clint exclaimed
"Oh. Yeah." Tony said "Let's take you guys with us."
"I don't know Tony. What if-" Bruce started
"No what it's. Come on." Tony said
"Okay." Bruce replied quietly a few moments later
"It'll be fine." Natasha said
"Yeah." Bruce replied
"Okay. Where do you keep the tesseract?" Tony asked
"Follow me." Odin said
Tony, Steve, Thor, Clint, Bruce, and Natasha followed Odin down to the relic room
"This is where you keep the tesseract." Tony said as they walked into the relic room
"Yes." Odin replied
"Where is Loki?" Thor asked
"Where is the scepter?" Clint asked as he looked at the empty pedastel
"It's gone." Tony said
"Hello...brother." Loki said
"Loki." Thor said
"I see that you brought along the beast." Loki said as he looked at Bruce and then Bruce looked down and hid behind everyone
"Brother. Why have you done this again?" Thor asked
"Because I want to ruin his life." Loki stated as he looked at Bruce who was hiding behind all of the Avengers "Because he ruined mine."
"Please brother you don't have to do this." Thor said
"No...I do." Loki said and pointed the scepter at them
Then Tony shot at Loki but he disappeared
"Where did he go?" Tony asked
"Natasha." Bruce gasped and Natasha quickly turned to see Loki holding a knife to Bruce's throat
"Bruce." Natasha said
Loki pushed Bruce against the wall and lifted up his scepter
"No!" Tony shouted as Loki pushed the scepter against Bruce's chest and his eyes turned blue
