Chapter 9: Finally, A Decent Jet Ride
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Well that was kinda long, but oh well. Also, on another note, I reread and realized that because I'm sticking strictly to Eve's perspective a lot of information isn't available. I'm not going to change that for two reasons. One, everyone reading this has more than very likely seen the movies so y'all know happens. Two, it's only logical to only present the information that Eve has access to in order to make this seem plausible and real. Not sure why I felt compelled to explain that, but oh well. On to the chapter!
Oh boy, another jet ride. Fun. I'm chilling across from where Loki is strapped in and I'm bored as hell. Steve and Tony are standing just outside the cockpit again so they can see and hear everything. Meanwhile, Romanoff is either piloting or copiloting this flying thing. The worst part is, no one is saying anything. Nothing. Like at all. Which is weird because Tony is in the room. The only thing keeping me even mildly entertained is studying Loki. Occasionally his bright blue eyes met mine, but he just glares at me before turning away. I thought his eyes were green according to mythology? Then again Norse mythology also says that he gave birth to Sleipnir, Odin's eight-legged horse. How angry do you think he'd be if I asked him about that? I imagine a lot. I should ask him.
I'm about to when I hear the radio kick on and Fury's voice come from the speaker. "Is he saying anything?" he asks Natasha.
"Not a word," she responds.
"No one is!" I exclaim.
"Just get him here. We're low on time," orders Fury before cutting off the connection.
"I don't like it," I hear Steve tell Tony. Oh a whisper, secret conversation. I want in. I stand and join them as Tony responds.
"What, Rock of Ages giving up so easily?" he asks Steve.
"I don't remember it being that easy. This guy packs a wallop," Steve defends with a glance over his shoulder at Loki. Nice old people lingo, Steve.
"Still, you are pretty spry for an older fellow. What's your thing, Pilates?" inquires Tony.
"Nah, he prefers destroying punching bags," I inform him right as Steve asks, "What?"
"It's like calisthenics," Tony tells Steve, "You might have missed a couple things doing time as a Capsicle."
I chuckle. I can't help it. Steve sends me a glare, but I don't regret it.
"Sorry, Steve," I apologize. "It was a good one." That earns me a grin from Tony and an eye roll from Steve.
"Fury didn't tell me he was calling you in," Steve says as he turns back to Tony.
"Yeah, there's a lot of things Fury doesn't tell you," Tony informs Steve.
"True," I agree as a bolt of lightning flashes across the sky.
I hear Natasha ask, "Where's this coming from?" over the rumble of thunder.
Loki leans forward and looks up towards the glass ceiling of the jet thereby drawing our attention.
"What's the matter? Scared of a little lightning?" Steve mocks Loki. Steve can mock? What is this world coming to?
"I'm not overly fond of what follows," replies Loki cryptically.
"Thunder?" I blurt out. "You aren't fond of thunder?" Loki just gives me a blank look like the answer should be obvious. Duh, Eve, thunder comes after lightning so clearly that's what he "isn't overly fond of". Wait a second, isn't Thor the God of Thunder? "Ohhhhhh, you mean Thor," I finally figure out. Loki uses DEATH GLARE on Eve! Well I'm doomed anyway so I might as well continue. "Why aren't you fond of Thor? Isn't he your brother?" ACTIVATE THE SUPER MEGA DEATH GLARE!
Lucky me before he can incinerate me with his eyes something crashes onto the top of the jet. Tony grabs his mask/helmet thing and opens the rear hatch to investigate. I'm calling it now, that is a bad idea.
"What are you doing?" Steve demands while also getting on his helmet.
Before Tony can answer, some dude hero lands on the end of the ramp. Ooo, he's cute! Blond and light eyed like Steve, but more rugged rather than clean cut. Add in the strange armor, red cape, and, most importantly, the hammer in his hand and I'm willing to bet that this is the very god I was asking Loki about. Suffice to say, I now want a cape. A purple one though. Does anyone have claim on purple? Wrong train.
Thor starts up the ramp and Tony makes to energy blast him, but instead gets a hammer to his chest. Tony goes flying backwards and into Steve. They almost hit me so I sidestep. Thor sends me a look that clearly says that I should back off if I know what's good for me. I raise my hands and take a step back. I refuse to fight him. S.H.I.E.L.D. can bite me, this bro basically came back to life last year in New Mexico when he let the Destroyer take him down instead of an entire town. Plus, after reviving he took the thing down like a champ. I ain't messing with him.
Thor gives me the slightest of nods before turning to his brother. He yanks him out of the chair and grabs him by the throat. Sibling rivalry, maybe? I don't know, it really isn't my business anyway. Then they take off, flying off the ramp and into the storm.
"And now there's that guy," Tony groans as he pulls himself back up.
"Another Asgardian?" shouts Natasha from her seat up front.
"Yeah," I shout back.
"That guy's a friendly?" asks Steve as he rights himself.
"Doesn't matter," Stark replies. "If he frees Loki or kills him, the Tesseract's lost."
"He won't do either of those things," I roll my eyes. Thor looked pissed, not pissed enough to kill his brother, but enough to not free him. I'm ignored, though, as Tony makes his way to the ramp.
"Stark," Steve calls after him, "we need a plan of attack!"
"I have a plan," Tony replies. "Attack."
"Clever," I mumble under my breath as he takes off after the Norse duo. Steve runs for a parachute to follow them. Good grief, Steve. He needs to learn when being lazy can be beneficial to one's health. I'd tell him so, but I know I won't get anywhere so I just follow his lead and strap on a parachute as well.
"I'd sit this one out, Cap," Romanoff advises while trying to navigate the storm.
"I don't see how I can," he responds while buckling the straps. Ever the noble one.
"These guys come from legend. They're basically gods," Natasha warns him.
"There's only one god, ma'am. And I'm pretty sure he doesn't dress like that," retaliates while grabbing his shield.
"Hey, you never know, man," I tell him as I follow him down and off the ramp.
And down we go.
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Wait, how do you land again?
Nevermind, I got this. As we get closer to the ground we can make out Stark flying around sporadically until he a bit closer and we can see he's brawling with Thor. Greaaaat.
Steve hastens his descend and heads for them, while I look around for Loki. I finally spot him sitting up on a cliff watching the fight. I pull my chute and land next to him.
"Why didn't you run?" I immediately ask him while ditching my parachute.
"Why would I when you'd just capture me again. Or Thor would, at least," he responds casually as if not running is the normal thing for captured bad guys to do.
"You really are sketchy," I tell him before turning my attention to the fight.
Tony flies out from under Thor, who was about to crush Tony with his hammer, causing Thor to faceplant. Tony then flies back around and punches Thor as he starts to get back up. They stand ready to hit each other when Steve's shield hits them both in the chest before rebounding back to Steve. That's one way to get their attention Steve.
"Hey," he yells. "That's enough." He jumps down from the downed tree he was using as a podium to properly talk to the guys. But, of course, he has to be dramatic about it. Drama queen. "Now, I don't know what you plan on doing here," Steve addresses Thor.
"I've come here to put an end to Loki's schemes!" declares Thor.
"Then prove it. Put that hammer down," demands Steve.
"Uh, yeah, no. Bad call. He loves his hammer," Tony feels the need to add. This gets him a hammer to the chest sending him soaring back into a tree. See, now that was a bad call, Tony.
"You want me to put the hammer down?" rages Thor. Told ya he's pissed. Que one giant leap into the air and Thor is trying to crush Steve with his hammer. Steve gets down into his kneeling defensive position and used his shield to block the the blow above his head. BOOM! Explosion happens sending Thor flying backwards and causing a bunch of trees to collapse. They sure aren't helping the planet doing that. We need trees for air.
Everyone picks themselves back up unharmed, though. So, there's the good news.
"Are we done here?" asks Steve. No response. I'm taking it as a yes.
"Yo," I call from the cliff, "can someone call Nat for a ride?"
