How did you all like the cliffhanger on the last chapter? Good, huh? Well I really like where this story is going, so I hope you all enjoy it.

What Loki did to Peter to make him compliant will be explained in this chapter!


Both future and past versions of the avengers were getting ready to leave in the quinjet when Fury and Coulson pulled both Natasha's aside.

"We won't be accompanying you all, but do know that if you require it, we shall aid via aerial support." Coulson said and handed the tablet with the bio-tac readings on it to his time's Natasha. Coulson and Fury then left the Tower with Agent Hill following close behind. The rest of the avengers were boarded the quinjet and took their seats as the future and past Clint headed for the pilot and co-pilot spots. Future Steve stood in front of everyone and cleared his throat, gaining the passenger's attention.

"I know how you all feel and we will get Peter back. We won't let Loki or HYDRA hurt him anymore. He is part of this team, he is part of our family, and family sticks together through thick and thin." he finished and future Tony slapped him on the back and chuckled.

"Well said Capsicle." Tony replied, smiling.

Steve's pep talk calmed the storms in past and future Natasha's hearts after having promised Peter's safety only for him to be taken from them. The flight to Siberia took 3 hours in all with the quinjet at top speed. There, the team found a secluded wooded area with a surrounding rock formation that had Peter's coordinates locked dead center in the middle. Future Clint, who was piloting, landed the quinjet near the outskirts of the woods and the team piled out except for both Bruces'. They stayed behind to watch the jet. Both Natashas' scouted the area for guards and found the way inside. They had suspected that they'd be spotted by now but everything was quiet, too quiet. They came upon many rooms that looked like they were used for experimentation and future Natasha hoped that Peter was unharmed. As they rounded the next corner leading to where the coordinates pointed to, they halted when they heard voices. Past Steve held his hand up, bringing everyone behind him to a slight stop.

"Tony, you getting a readings?" he asked past Tony, who stood behind him but came forward to scan for heat signatures.

"Yeah, four. But it's weird…" There should be way more than that. Loki must be waiting for them. It was definitely a trap and he could tell everyone else was thinking the same thing.

"Weird how tin man?" past Clint asked. Past Natasha whacked the back of his head and allowed Tony to continue.

"One of the signature's the suits picking up is faint, like the person is asleep...I hope it's Peter but I also hope it's not because I don't want to know what they used to put him to sleep." The team nodded grimly but went ahead nonetheless. They charged through the door and immediately saw the lithe form of Loki, two people who looked like HYDRA doctors and Peter, poor Peter, asleep - knocked out on a slab of metal.

"Peter!" Past Clint cried out, but Peter didn't stir and Loki's smile only grew. Loki shooed away the doctors and they turned to run.

"Clint! Tont!" Future Steve called to his versions of Clint and Tony to go after them while the rest of them confronted Loki.

"On it Capsicle." Tony replied and flew towards the doctors. "Now where do you think you two are going?" The doctor's obviously weren't the muscle type for HYDRA and were shaking in the presence of the two avengers.

"Brother, cease this madness at once!" Past Thor stated as he walked towards his wayward kin. Future Thor walked in step with his counterpart and also tried to reason with the mischievous god.

"Release the boy and come with us peacefully. I wish not to resort to violence, brother."

"Oh, how dreadfully wonderful. There are two of you now." Loki said sarcastically as he ran a hand through his hair. "Tell me, why would I give up now before I've had my vengeance enacted upon you all?" When he was met with menacing silence and grit teeth from the avengers, he continued. "I will however, give you the boy. Play nice. Kόngulό?"

The avengers didn't have time to make sense of what Loki said because Peter sprang up the metal slab and jerked forward. They watched as his previously sleeping form whipped towards them, but something was wrong. Peter's eyes held no recognition for the people in front of him, in fact they held nothing at all. Where brown orbs should have been, was pitch black scleras staring back at the avengers. The avengers couldn't see any obvious wounds or any signs of trauma so it had to be something Loki and the doctors did.

"What have you done to him?!" Past Tony demanded. Loki chuckled and waved his hand and a big leather book appeared. A book that was very familiar to the future avengers.

"What is that?" Past Natasha asked, turning towards her teammates who were just as confused as she was.

"It's Death's book." Future Clint said as he and future Tony made their way back to the group, dragging the two tied up doctors behind them. "Which apparently Loki stole. That's just great."

"Oh it is great indeed, Barton. Kόngulό." Loki said, and Peter straightened up and went rigid.

"What have you done to him? Answer us!" Past Steve demanded.

"All I did was enhance Peter." Loki said smugly. The avengers bristled. Enhance? Why would our precious brother need to be enhanced? The avengers thought to themselves. They glared at Loki and he finished his explanation. "You see, Peter here has the potential for so much more. You all however, hold him back. He holds you all dear to him. In other words, you hold him back from all of his potential. So I 'flipped his switch' so to speak."

"What does that mean Loki? What did you do to him?!" Future Natasha exclaimed. Loki's smile dropped and he glared at her.

"Do not demand things of me mortal."

"Enough, brother!" Future Thor yelled. Loki said nothing and just snapped his fingers at Peter to gain his attention.

"Kόngulό, attack the avengers." Peter surged forward at an unimaginable speed and knocked both future Tony and Clint backwards before anyone could react. While the rest of the avengers just stood there in defensive stances and gaping mouths, Peter stood completely still, seemingly not bothered by what he did, and waited for his next command. "You see, I used Death's book to take his soul. I overheard your little conversation back at your Tower about how my plan had succeeded in the future. But now that you have come back in time to foil my vengeance," he started and looked towards the avengers' future selves, "I had to come up with a different course of action. And create one I did. Instead of killing the boy, I would have him fight you against his will, making it that much more insufferable for you all. His strength is not held back and he makes no conscious decision. He simply follows my orders." he finished with a wicked laugh.

"You-!" Past Steve started but was cut off by Loki.

"Kόngulό kill the doctors. They have already served their purpose." Loki commanded and Peter lunged at the doctors. He grabbed them by the throat and began to crush their windpipes with his bare hands.

"PETER NO!" Past Tony yelled. Future and past Natasha ran forward and grabbed their brother's arms and pried his hands open, letting the doctors fall to the ground. Future and past Tony then came up and twisted his arms behind his back, trying to hold him down.

"Natasha!" Both Black Widows' heads whipped towards future Steve. "Take them to the quinjet and have Bruce check them out, get them to talk, anything! We need to know what exactly they did to Peter to extract his soul and how to fix it. Go, now!" Both femme fatales' nodded and grabbed a doctor and ran to the exit.

"Peter get a grip! I don't want to have hurt you!" Past Tony practically screamed in Peter's ear. Peter made no move to confirm he had heard the billionaire's words though, He only kicked outward and screeched as though he was being burned.

"You will have to hurt him, Stark. The only way to stop him is to kill him. Either you kill him, or he hurts you and I don't think you'd want that on his conscious, or what's left it." Loki was so caught up with his gloating that he didn't see the dual hammers flying towards him until they knocked him into a pillar across the room, sending part of the ceiling crashing down on him.

"We will not kill him, brother. We won't have to harm him either if you give up and hand over the book." Past Thor stated as he reached his arm up and called his hammer back to him, his future counterpart doing the same.

"Brother you are ignorant. You'd think I'd relinquish the very thing that will supply me with triumph? HOW MUCH OF A FOOL DO YOU THINK ME TO BE?!" Loki was beyond enraged at his brother. He waved his hand and the book disappeared and he prepared himself for battle.


Heads up! There's only one more chapter left after this and then an epilogue. Oh, and do check out my other ongoing stories: The Lost One and The Price We Pay For Living. Next chapter will show a flashback to Peter's soul being extracted~

Icelandic translations:

Kόngulό - Spider

-Kitsune