We slipped through corridors unseen, I kept as quiet as I could trailing Phil. We didn't speak in fear of drawing attention to ourselves. I had mimicked Phil's posture, holding my teaser down at my leg, my hands twitching at every explosion or shot I heard.

I could hear voices coming from the door we were walking to and instantly I recognised the men or rather Asgardians talking-Thor and Loki. Phil signalled me to stay behind him while he peaked into the room.

"One Guard" he whispered. "Stay here"

I nodded and staying in the shadows watched Phil turn towards the guard. Silently he lifted his bulky gun and hit the guard over the head, who was knocked unconscious immediately and fell to the floor with a thump.

From my position I saw Phil aim the gun, "Move away please"

I took this as the moment to appear. Slowly, I came out of the shadows and stood behind Phil, aiming my teaser at Loki. He stood beside a control panel and by the looks of Thor in the glass cage beside us, I'd say the control panel had something to do with his cage.

Loki slowly raised his hands in front of him. Thor stood stalk, his hammer dangling by his legs as he watched his brother. The look of frustration plastered his face.

"Yeah, what Phil said" I added wiggling my teaser.

Phil ignored my comment and nodding to his impressive weapon, questioned, "You like this? Started working on the prototype once you sent the destroyer. Even I don't know what it does."

I lowered my teaser and squinted at Loki. Either the lack of sleep was messing with my head or the outer edges of Loki was shimmering. Something was off about him, I felt my heart rate rise, blood pumping in my ears. Whispers of lies called to me as I watched Loki.

Phil switched the power button on and his gun lit up. A golden glow emerged from the tip alongside a powerful hum. "Wanna see what it does?"

My eyes widened as I felt a presence behind me. "Phil w-

I turned just in time to see Loki standing beside me, his sceptre pierced through Agent Phil's back through to his chest.

I let out a cry and stumbled backwards dropping my teaser. I watched Loki lift the agent in the air, his feet dangling for a moment before Loki withdrew the sceptre. Phil dropped to the floor, blood gurgled down his face. I covered my mouth with my hand and felt myself freeze in shock. Blood was flowing from from the open wound like a small river decorating the ground with its vibrant colour. I couldn't tear my eyes away from all the blood. Faintly I heard Thor yell from inside the cage.

I only looked away from the blood when I felt Loki aim the sceptre towards me. He shrugged his shoulders and with a heavy breath spoke "We meet again, young Mercurian. You must think me 'evil' child." He smirked as he pointed down to Phil who was struggling to stay conscious.

Taking in a breath to steady my voice, I looked Loki in the eye. "I do not." I whispered. "Evil is born. You are but a man clouded by jealousy. A man who hasn't the will to set aside selfish needs to see what he has. You crave power and for what? To feel indestructible? In control? To feel loved?" I questioned my voice becoming louder, more demanding. "If only you looked closely. You would see how blind you really are. What you are losing is far greater than what you are fighting for."

Loki chuckled and with an arrogant smile spoke, "And do tell, child. Tell me what I a God-not a man, is losing? Tell me, I am curious."

I felt my eyes water. "Loki, you are losing something I can only dream of having. You are losing your family." I pointed to Thor. "Your brother, your mother, your father, your people."

"They are not my people!" Loki yelled. "They all betrayed me, I am the rightful ruler and they took it away from me!"

"Do you hear yourself? This power you crave is a virus, a disease and it's tearing away at your soul. You need to stop this before you can't go back."

Loki grinned, as if I had give him an idea. Before I could connect the dots he pressed a button on the panel to his side that opened a hole beneath the cage Thor was in. My eyes widened.

"N-No, Loki wait-

A second later the cage was gone, Thor included. All that was left was a torrent of wind whistling through the now empty space. I couldn't believe it. He would go as far as to kill his brother. His own blood?

"I can't go back now, can I?" He smirked.

"What-W-Why do you do this" I muttered, falling to the floor. I looked down at the hole in the ship. I couldn't see where the cage was but I could only imagine the distance it fell from. Could Thor survive a fall like that trapped in a metal cage?

"And still you think me not evil, do you still vouch for my soul?" He hummed, pleased with himself.

"Your soul will forever be tainted, I don't vouch for your soul I simply tell the truth as it is. But. . ." I growled turning away from the hole in the ground to stare into the Asgardian's cold eyes "I want you to know how much I loath you. I may only be young, but one day I will make you regret this day. I will hear you scream for mercy but not by my hand. No, I know how you end. I know how you will regret all your wrongdoings but only when it is too late will you regret it. It is that day that you will have nobody around to help, and on that day I will not pity you."

Loki laughed dryly. "You speak in riddles and I'm not in the mood to solve them. Enough of me, what of you child, or should I say your majesty?" He stepped closer to my slumped form, the sceptre pointed at my heart. "I know who you are, who you really are. I know the potential you have. You know, I didn't believe it at first. How could a child survive the end of the world?" He cackled, lifting the sceptre till it lay just above my heart.

I backed up to a wall unsure what he was going to do with the sceptre, and not really wanting to find out. Panic flooded my veins as he kneeled in front of me.

"But I now know" he whispered dangerously low, "and you will work alongside me. Together with you as my apprentice we will be unstoppable." He lifted the tip above my heart.

My muscles froze, too afraid to move. Inside I knew I should run as far away as I could but I couldn't get my body to comply. In this moment it had a mind of its own. He tapped the sceptre on my heart and I felt an ice cold chill run through my body, it wasn't uncomfortable but somewhat familiar. I looked at Loki to gage his response. I didn't feel any different.

He frowned "Ah. . .normally this works"

Just before he attempted it again an explosion tore Loki away from in front of me and he crashed through the wall to my side. Shocked, I looked to where it had came from. My eyes fell to Agent Phil slumped on the ground against a wall holding that massive gun. He dropped it once he saw that Loki was gone.

I rushed to his side quickly shaking my head at myself for not getting to him sooner. I ripped a strip of his shirt and used it to cover his wound. I bit my lip as I realised just how much blood Phil was losing. I put pressure on the wound and looked up to see his reaction.

He wasn't looking at me as he heaved a breath, "so that's what it does"

"Hey, Agent Phil." I croaked, clicking my fingers in front of his eyes to get his attention before quickly placing my hand back on his wound. "Phil look at me"

Painfully slow he turned his gaze to me.

"Yes, yes! Keep looking at me. Talk to me, tell me something about yourself." I demanded. I needed him to stay awake until I got help.

Closing his eyes he cough violently, causing blood to splatter all over my face. I didn't care though. I couldn't let him lose consciousness.

"N-No, you look at me-GODS DAMIT COULSON! Stay awake! Don't you dare die on me! Okay!" I yelled.

Sluggishly he opened his eyes again.

"If you so much as think about dying I'll resuscitate you and kill you myself, got it." I threatened. "You don't want the last person you ever see to be me, now come on. There's a lady out there somewhere isn't there Coulson? Someone worth living for? Talk to me." I begged.

"Y-Yeah. She has b-blue eyes, like yours" he gurgled.

I looked down to my hands covered in red sticky blood and panic surged through me. Too much blood.

"G-Good Coulson" I stuttered. "Tell me more, what does she do?" I looked back up to Coulson's face. My heart constricted as I realised he had lost too much blood to make it. Even if I was familiar with the human anatomy-which I wasn't, the small pool of blood I was kneeling in was enough to tell me that the blood loss alone was fatal. That wasn't including any damage to his organs which was no doubt causing internal bleeding. There was nothing I could do. I felt so useless.

"S-She's a m-musician. A c-cellist in an orchestra." He murmured looking into my eyes.

I closed my eyes, he would never hear her play again. All this pain because Loki wanted power. I opened my eyes. "It's okay, you can go now. I've got you." I confirmed speaking softly. I removed my hand away from the bleeding hole in his chest. I gripped Phil's hand tightly covering it in blood as I did. "Your not alone, I've got you" I whispered.

"Your a g-good kid, Kyon" he muttered closing his eyes.

I couldn't help the hollow laugh that escaped at his choice of words. A good kid? I'm pretty sure I stole from him when we first meet.

I looked down to our clasped hands as his grip weakened to nothing. I held onto his hand even after I knew that he was gone. I couldn't let go. Why did everyone have to leave?

Sometime later I felt a hand on my shoulder gently pulling me away from Coulson. I vaguely remembered someone helping me to my feet and leading me away. They took me out of the room but all I could see was red. Red blood everywhere. It covered my hands, my clothes. I felt the stiff drops on my face and felt an urgent need to scrub it all off. Whoever had there arms around my shoulders was directing me away from the chaos. The urgent feeling overwhelmed me and I shrugged off the arms around my shoulders.

I sprinted away pushing anyone in my way. I could hear someone shouting my name, telling me to stop but I couldn't. I ran on until I reached my room in the living quarters. Locking the door as I entered I stripped the clothes I was wearing off immediately. I dumped them on the floor and headed straight for the shower.

The water was turned up to the hottest it could go and it burned my skin, I didn't care though. I scrubbed my skin raw but the blood was stuck under my nails and I couldn't wash it away. I felt anger rising in my chest, I needed this blood gone. My hands began shaking and my feet tingled. I slide to the floor of the shower. My thoughts were accelerating, replaying the events that took place. I wanted them to slow so I could breath but they wouldn't. I was breathing in gasps and I felt like I was going to black out. My heart was hammering in my chest as I curled in a ball. I feel so sick. The sound of the water felt so far away.

I don't know how long I stayed that way but at some point I dragged myself out of the shower and into clean clothes. I dumped the blood covered clothes in the bin and platted my hair.

I looked at myself in the mirror, my tears had long dried up, the blood scrubbed viciously clean. My eyes were puffy but with a little concentration I morphed them to appear normal. I had a few hairline scrapes across my check and over my eyebrows but already they had scabbed over. I took in a deep breath, settling my nerves. I hadn't known Agent Phil well but he had been the only human I felt I could've called a friend. He was also the first person I ever saw die. I watched my world explode but I didn't see anyone die up close in my arms. I never saw their life force leave them nor had I ever seen so much blood.

Deciding that I looked well enough despite the events that took place, I went to investigate the damage done to the ship. Although I promised myself one thing before I left, I was going to stop Loki before he hurt anyone else. I would play a part in stopping him from destroying Earth. I opened the door and left my room.