Hopefully this chapter is not too poorly written. For some reason, it was hard for me Haha. Thanks for reading!
The Bifrost slowly wound back down as Thor stepped out and onto the gold flooring of the dome. He had debated on whether or not to bring Loki along with him. But Heimdall would most likely order guards to be present and then all hope of secrecy from Odin would be lost.
The God of Thunder looked up at Asgard's watchman.
"You wish to know the location of the scepter." Heimdall said, before Thor could even get a single word out. His yellow eyes always seemed to be reflecting stars.
The God of Thunder let out a deep breath, unhappy with what he was requesting of Asgard's guardian, but more unhappy with the fact that he couldn't hide anything from him.
"Are you aware of the consequences of Loki regaining power over that weapon?" Heimdall continued, his voice calm.
"Yes." Thor said.
"Yet, you are going to rely on him as you go to find it." Heimdall replied "If I am not mistaken, I believe that the Allfather ordered you not to trust him."
Thor looked away, obviously realizing how pointless this was going to be. Heimdall remained silent for several seconds.
"You are not far from the scepter where you currently are on Earth." he said finally.
Thor looked at him, eyes slightly wide.
"But of course, I am sworn to protect the throne. I cannot tell you that it is just outside New York City within the confines of a well-protected base." Heimdall replied.
"Of course not." Thor said, without cracking the smile that was rising to his face.
"If you would come across it, remember that it will be a great temptation to the former prince of Asgard that resides with you." Heimdall said.
"Loki is no longer of great concern to me." Thor replied pointedly.
"Then, you have been misled." Heimdall said. He held no disdain or anger, but his voice was plain.
"I don't believe so." Thor said. Their conversation had become surprisingly tense at the mention of Loki.
"Thor, I wish for you to be careful." Heimdall said, finally dropping the formality.
"You should not worry. I am aware that I cannot trust him fully. Yet." Thor responded, taking a few steps back "Now, I must return to Earth. I fully understand why you cannot reveal the location of the scepter to me."
"Good." Heimdall replied. He turned back towards the pedestal.
"There?" Tony asked, looking at Hawkeye "They kept it there?" then he switched his gaze to the others "Public service announcement." he pointed at the ground "Someone in SHIELD is being controlled by Thanos."
Captain America rolled his eyes.
"Oh, sorry, it's me." Black Widow said.
Tony nodded "I always knew there was something you weren't telling me." he shook his head with a smile "Maybe they had a reason for putting it within twenty miles of the city that was attacked." he shrugged "No idiot would think to look there."
"Are you saying you're an idiot because you didn't think to look there?" Fandral asked with about as much teasing in his voice as humanly possible. Tony looked at him.
"Do you think we should bring Loki along with us?" Captain America asked Thor.
"Yes. He said he can help us find it once he is close enough." Thor replied.
Although no one objected, the others obviously shared a general feeling of uneasiness about that. Hawkeye looked over at Captain America with a grim expression.
"Does Fury know about this?" Tony asked.
"No. And you probably shouldn't tell him." Hawkeye said.
"He won't like the idea of me getting close to that thing again." Banner said, folding his arms awkwardly across his chest "And I'm not really excited myself."
"Me neither." Hawkeye agreed and then shrugged with his hands "But we don't have a choice."
"It'll be kept under wraps." Captain America told them quietly "Banner, I think you should stay here. We're only going in and going out."
"In other words, you won't need the other guy in there." Banner replied. He glanced at the ground and then back up "Alright, I can stay here."
"Just to be clear, we aren't leading an attack on this place are we?" Volstagg asked "Like, we would want to avoid casualities?"
"There shouldn't be any casualties. Period." Captain America responded.
"And take care with that. Mortals are killed far easier than we are." Thor replied to his friends.
That almost earned an eye roll from Volstagg, but obviously his friend contained himself. They may not be willing to attack Earth, but that didn't mean they weren't put off by mortals' shortcomings.
"Some are." Tony added to the God of Thunder's statement. Then he took in a deep breath "Well, we should we be on our way. I always knew night time was best for naughty adventures."
This time, he received a look from everyone, besides the Warriors who didn't know him well enough to understand the joke.
This time, Fandral and Hogun remained behind with the house. Ironically, Nick Fury had actually attempted to call them as they were on their way out. Tony had ignored it easily. He said it was because he didn't want Fury to secretly trace the call and ask questions about where they were heading, but they all knew it was partly to get back at Fury for not answering before.
The sun was well past set by the time they arrived in town. Parking a few miles away, it took them a bit to get closer. Hawkeye and Black Widow had originally debated about the two of them just using authorization to enter the place. After all, no one knew they knew the scepter was there. But they decided that would be too risky given that the scepter was also going to disappear that night.
The base was lit up like the night sky and surrounded by a very tall fence. Trucks drove in and out constantly. It was fairly active for being so late at night. It closely resembled the fort SHIELD had set up around Thor's hammer.
"Our best bet would be getting into one of those." Hawkeye said, tipping his bow towards one of the jeeps "But then we would have the problem of them recognizing us."
"No one would recognize Thor if he looks like a mortal." Captain America said.
"This isn't a damn movie where the guards conveniently don't know what their men look like." Hawkeye replied dryly as he watched another jeep drive by "SHIELD is a little bit too efficient for that."
"That, and do you know how to drive?" Tony asked, looking at Thor. Volstagg and Sif glanced at each other. The God of Thunder just scowled at him silently, but he didn't answer the question. Instead he looked over at Loki, who didn't look back, but he spoke instead.
"We don't need to use anyone of us." Loki said, peering over at the base with expressionless eyes "I only need to see a guard's face and I can replicate it."
They looked at him for a moment before Captain America gave a slow nod.
"Okay." he returned his gaze to the others "We'll need to intercept a truck before it gets too close. Then we can use that to get in."
"Sounds like one of those "too easy" plans." Black Widow said, standing up fully. The others did the same.
"Base, this is badge 2471, we've got a load of rifles coming in, please be advised we're heading your way." the man in the truck said, speaking into a radio. He waited a moment on the static.
"Copy that badge 2471, we do not have a visual, we will radio you when we do." on the receiving end was another man, although his voice was much deeper. The driver put down the radio and glanced at his companion.
"Damn, you look tired." he said "Try to stay awake for check in so they don't think I tried to drug you again."
"I'm just looking forward to the weekend." his friend replied, rubbing his eyes "Haven't seen my wife in a week. This job gets a little bit ridiculous."
"Just wait till Christmas comes around and you get that bonus." the driver said, glancing forward at the road. He looked back over to see his friend chuckle and roll his eyes.
The truck suddenly jerked as it hit something that felt like a speed bump. The man braked quickly, both hands gripping the steering wheel. He glanced at his partner sitting next to him, who suddenly seemed wide awake.
"If you hit a dog, I'll probably shoot you." he said.
The driver rolled his eyes "There wasn't a dog." he pulled the handle on his door in irritation, taking the radio just in case. He scooted out, getting the ground, before he leaned down to see if anything was underneath the truck. Then he squinted.
"What the-?"
Black Widow jabbed her hand taser into his side and after about two seconds he fell to the ground. The other man in the car sat up quickly as he saw his friend disappear from sight. He unbuckled his seat belt, opened his car door and stepped out. Immediately, Hawkeye, who was waiting on the opposite side, hit him across the neck and knocked him out cold.
Captain America and the others got up from their crouch positions and walked over. Captain America retrieved his shield from the ground underneath the vehicle swiftly.
"Alright, who's driving in as these guys?" he asked.
"I'll do it." Hawkeye said, adjusting his quiver slightly "I know how to stay above their suspicion."
The others glanced each other for a moment and silently the group seemed to come down to Captain America or Tony.
"I can be the other guy." Tony volunteered "Barton will need someone to play off of in case they don't believe it's their men."
Captain America gave him a look, catching the sly insult, but he didn't say anything in response. He instead looked over at Loki and then the others did the same.
The God of Mischief, with a stone hard expression, gave the smallest wave of his hand. There was a green shimmer and then Hawkeye and Tony appeared just like the men lying on the ground.
"Here they come." the officer near the entrance gate called over to the other men on duty.
"It's about time." one of them said, walking over "What took them so long?"
"I don't know; the two of them probably hit the booze tonight." he replied.
"Call that in, maybe it'll get them to shape up." the man reached his side and shrugged.
They watched out of the gate with expectant faces as the truck drove nearer. Once it got within 10 feet of the surrounding gate, the first officer held up a hand for them to halt.
Hawkeye, who was driving, complied and the man walked out to them.
"Rick, how are you?" he asked as he approached the window.
"Great." Hawkeye replied "Yourself?"
"Don't lie, it's 3:30 am." the officer responded dryly, writing something down on the pad. He leaned to see Tony's illusion, eyebrows raised "Right?"
"I keep telling him that, but apparently he's an optimist." Tony replied, having no knowledge of the previous conversation between the two men.
"You guys are carrying rifles, right?" the officer asked, looking back down at his pad.
"Yep and ammo." Hawkeye replied. He very nearly winced as he realized the second part might not be true.
Fortunately, the man just nodded "Alright, carry on through and get them unloaded."
As he stepped back, Hawkeye pressed on the gas and entered the SHIELD base. Fortunately, since they had been delayed by hijacking the truck, no other vehicles were behind them. He drove it across the outdoor compound, finally jerking up onto the metal platform.
"You'd better get working on those cameras, Stark." Captain America said from the back compartment of the truck.
"Really? I had no idea." Tony responded, glancing out the window "Jarvis is jamming their system now."
"Quietly, I hope." Hawkeye said "They pick up on those things pretty quickly."
"He got a tap into it. He'll put up a false recording every time we enter an area." Tony said as they came to a stop "They shouldn't know the difference."
Hawkeye pulled on the handle and opened the door. He walked around to the back and opened the doors to let the others out. Black Widow was the first on the ground. She handed Hawkeye his bow with a small smile.
"We're getting fired for this."
"Only if they find out." Hawkeye replied as the illusion slowly faded from his form. He grabbed his quiver and slung it over his shoulder. He looked at the group grimly.
"Remember, no killing." Captain America said, looking at Volstagg more than anyone else.
"So you said." the Warrior replied with a hint of irritation "Don't worry about repeating instructions to us, we know how to get jobs done."
Sif looked at Thor, almost as if she wished he would do something. He didn't though because he knew that the person Captain America was portraying wasn't the person he always was.
"Well, Loki." the soldier said, looking at the God of Mischief with serious eyes "Take us to the scepter.
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