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The Helicarrier
There was a thunderous boom, and the entire helicarrier trembled. One side of the lab exploded, throwing Natasha and Bruce out a window and down a shaft outside of the lab. Steve and Tony were thrown into a wall while everyone else was violently knocked off their feet.
Steve and Tony lifted their heads up and their eyes locked. "Put on the suit!" Steve ordered, their heated argument forgotten.
"Yup!" Tony agreed as they stood up and rushed out of the devastated lab.
Fury slowly recovered from being violently knocked down while calling into his earpiece, "Hill?!"
"External detonation. Number three engine is down!" Maria reported. There was a pause on the other end. "Somebody's got to get outside and patch that engine."
"Stark, you copy that?" Fury radioed.
"I'm on it." Tony responded.
Fury went on, "Coulson, initiate defensive lockdown in the detention center and then get to the armory. Romanoff?"
Natasha grunted as she attempted to free her leg that had been pinned underneath a collapsed pipe. Bruce had fared better than she had. "We're okay." She replied. However, she than noticed Bruce began to let out strained pants, his hand clenched into fists. "We're okay, right?" She asked the doctor, but she could tell that was not the case.
Troy and Thor rushed out the lab before they locked gazes. "I need to ensure that Loki does not escape. Can you and your parasite handle Banner?" The thunder god asked.
"PARASITE?!" Chaos bellowed angrily, and Troy winced.
A tendril burst out of Troy's stomach and slapped Thor across the face. The thunder god blinked. "Uh, you called him the p word, and that's why he just slapped you." The host explained sheepishly.
Thor slowly nodded before turning and took off down the hall. "He didn't even apologize!" Chaos exclaimed.
"Not important. We need to go find Bruce and Natasha." Troy pointed out. The symbiote growled before he took over.
Steve and Tony hurried through the ship, avoiding the many panicked agents as they went. Tony split off from the super soldier. "Engine three. I'll meet you there." Tony said urgently. Steve nodded and went on ahead. Tony entered an empty chamber and took out his phone. He tapped on the touch screen and the double doors slid opened, revealing the powering up Iron Man suit.
In the shaft, Bruce groaned as he felt the shift within him. "Doctor?" Natasha said, and Bruce groaned louder. She knew she had to do something, try to get through to him. "Bruce? You got to fight it. This is just what Loki wants. We're going to be okay. Listen to me."
"Are you hurt?" An agent asked as he and another rushed over to assist them.
Natasha spotted them and waved them off. They got the message and vacated the area. She turned her attention back to Bruce, whose breathing was becoming dangerously heavy. "We're going to be okay. All right? I swear on my life, I will get you out of this. You will walk away and never ever-"
"YOUR LIFE?!" Bruce suddenly shouted in a monstrous voice.
Natasha watched fearfully as Bruce began to spasm, his body expanding, becoming green and much more muscular. He tumbled back as his shirt began to shred and his pants outstretched. The last remaining part of Bruce Banner looked back at Natasha helplessly. "Bruce." Natasha murmured.
The sounds of inhumane groaning filled Natasha's ears as she attempted to free her leg. Her heart stopped when a mighty animalistic roar echoed throughout the ship. Natasha finally managed to wrench her leg free from the fallen pipe and got onto her feet. She stared at the green being before her as he turned back to look at her with menacing, feral eyes. That's when Natasha truly knew…
Bruce Banner was gone, the Hulk had taken over.
Natasha turned and fled for her life as the Hulk stomped after her. The Hulk ripped the stairway underneath Natasha, but the woman managed to flip herself up onto a walkway and managed to escape through the pipework as a snarling Hulk ripped up the floor behind her.
"Bring the carrier about to a one eight zero, heading south!" Fury ordered as he rushed into the bridge, where the rest of the crew were all scurrying about. "Take us to the water!"
"We're flying blind. Navigation's recalibrating after the engine failure." Sitwell informed.
"Is the sun coming up?" Fury asked.
Sitwell paused, but eventually answered, "Yes sir."
"Then put it on the left." Fury commanded. "Get us over water. One more turbine goes and we drop."
Steve reached the airlock door. He hauled it open and moved past the injured agents that were caught within the blast. "Stark!" He called out urgently as he surveyed the damage inflicted upon the engine. "Stark, I'm here!"
"Good." Tony replied shortly as he flew to a stop. "Let's see what we got." He drifted closer to the damaged engine control. "I gotta get this super conducting cooling system back online before I can access the rotors and work on dislodging the debris." He then called over to Steve, "I need you to get to that engine control panel," he pointed to the panel attached to what remained of the wall, "and tell me which relays are in overload position." Tony then went to work, moving and bending twisted and damaged steel.
Steve nodded and leapt across the gap and grabbed an overhanging rafter and swung up to the panel. He opened the panel, revealing banks of complex circuitry and relays. "What does it look like in there?" Tony asked over the com channel.
"It seems to run on some form of electricity." Steve said as he examined the equipment.
"Well, you're not wrong." Tony mumbled.
There had been only a few times in her entire life when Natasha felt truly afraid. Now was definitely one of those times. As she stealthily moved throughout the shadows with her gun drawn,, though she knew it would do no good against her pursuer, she glanced around fearfully and listened carefully. She froze when she heard the thudding of heavy footsteps. When they ceased, Natasha moved out quietly…
And the Hulk bellowed ferociously at her. Acting fast, Natasha aimed her gun up and fired at a duct, releasing high pressure steam. Taking advantage of his temporary hindrance, Natasha took off, running as fast as she could with her injured leg. She glanced back to see the roaring Hulk easily catching up. Everything in the man beast's path was annihilated. Walls, pipes, and machinery. The Hulk lashed out and sent Natasha flying into a wall, while he slammed into a wall himself. Natasha sat up painfully, helplessly watching as the Hulk loomed over her, preparing to back hand her fiercely. But before he could strike, there was a snarl, and a black blur lunged from out of nowhere and rammed into the green man beast.
The Hulk and Chaos burst through a metal wall and into the deck of the lower hangar. The Hulk sprawled across the deck while Chaos slammed his claws into the floor to slow himself to a halt. The two stood up and began to circle each other while panicked crew members fled the area. The Hulk snorted then roared before throwing his fist. Chaos evaded and struck back, hitting the Hulk in the jaw. The man beast grunted before throwing out his fist again. Chaos' hand opened and caught the fist, repeating the same action when the Hulk threw out his other hand. The two struggled against each other.
"Bruce, listen to us. We are not your enemies. You are stronger than this. You must gain control of yourself." Chaos said as their power struggle continued.
"That's not gonna work with him." Troy pointed out.
Hulk scoffed and wrenched his fists free. He wasted no time in slugging Chaos across the face, sending the Klyntar flying into a pile of metal containers.
Using his repulsor rays, Tony blasted through tangled metal and stepped out of the tunnel, the rotor coming into view. Debris were lodged in it, and random spots sparked violently. "Okay, the relays are intact." Steve reported over the com channel. It was no small effort for the super soldier, but he managed to complete his task. "What's our next move?"
"Even if I clear the rotors this thing won't re-engage with a jump." Tony noted. He contemplated a bit more, than found a solution. "I'm gonna have to get in there and push."
"Well, if that thing gets up to speed, you'll get shredded." Steve protested.
Tony began, "That stator control unit can reverse the polarity long enough to disengage maglev and that could-"
"Speak English." Steve interrupted.
Tony rolled his eyes. "See that red lever?"
At his position, Steve turned to his right and spotted the object in question. "It will slow the rotors down long enough for me to get out. Stand by it. Wait for my word."
Steve took a few steps backwards before rushing ahead, taking a flying leap across a thirty thousand foot drop and landed on the platform with the lever. Now he just had to wait. That's not so hard, right?
Chaos tumbled into more piles of metal cases before coming to a halt. He got to his knees and shook his head before rising to his full height. "We're not gonna talk him down. We need to subdue him." Troy deadpanned as they heard Hulk roar.
"So it would seem." Chaos replied dryly.
"Just be careful, Chaos. Hulk is a lot stronger than the goons back home." Troy warned.
"Good, I love a challenge." Chaos hissed eagerly. The Klyntar's right hand began to shift, morphing into a ball. Said ball hardened before dropping to the floor with a loud thud, and sharp spikes ejected out of it.
Hulk's heavy footsteps came closer and closer, and Chaos readied himself for battle. Then, Hulk came charging into view. Just when the man beast was upon Chaos, the Klyntar spun around and lashed his mace out. The weapon struck Hulk across the face, sending him flying into the end of a jet, denting it severely. Chaos retracted his weapon as Hulk got onto his feet. The green being shook his head and growled angrily. Hulk then gripped the wing of the jet he just crashed into and ripped it off before hurling it at Chaos. The Klyntar's right hand re-morphed into a scythe and he brought it downward, the blade easily slicing through the wing, cleaving it in half. Chaos recalled his blade, but Hulk had used the time to close in on his opponent. Once again, Chaos' left hand changed, this time forming into a shield. The Klyntar brought the shield up just in time to block Hulk's fist. The man beast roared as he relentlessly pounded his fists against the shield. Chaos went on the offensive, bashing his shield against Hulk, pushing him back. The Klyntar receded his shield and his right hand morphed into a tendril. The appendage shot out and engulfed Hulk's face and before the man beast could rip it off, Chaos yanked his right arm downward, slamming Hulk into the floor. The man beast huffed while shaking his head and moved to stand up, but a clawed foot collided with his face. Hulk was thrown back onto his back, the floor below him cracking underneath him. Hulk sat up and fiercely glared at Chaos. The Klyntar snarled as he assumed an aggressive stance, spreading his claws and opening his maw to let his long serpentine tongue stick out upward. Letting out his own snarl, Hulk leapt onto his feet and charged. Chaos met him halfway and Hulk struck his opponent across the face. Chaos retaliated by slashing his claws across Hulk's chest. Chaos' eyes widened when he saw no scratch marks on Hulk's chest. Hulk huffed and threw his fist out. Chaos barely evaded and darted around Hulk, placing the man beast in a head lock. Hulk roared before he lunged upward, bringing Chaos with him.
Fury read reports that Hulk and Chaos were currently duking it out in the lower hangar. That fight alone would tear apart that area and anyone could easily become collateral damage. "We need full evac on the lower hangar bay." He ordered.
Maria nodded and moved to exit the bridge, signaling another to follow her out. But she spotted something rolling across the floor, and the agent's eyes widened in alarm. "Grenade!"
The explosive went off, and Maria was blown into the air and landed on the scanning floor roughly. Fury drew out his pistol and took cover behind the doorway as hostile troops clad in SHIELD gear advanced into the bridge. Fury waited for the first two to pass before acting. He ripped the rifle away from the third hostile, elbowed him in the face before shooting another dead and bashed another in the face with his own weapon. A fourth hostile entered the bridge and aimed his weapon at Fury. The director ducked down and Maria fired her gun, and the man fell to the floor dead.
"We've got a perimeter breach! Hostiles are in SHIELD gear! Call-outs at every junction!" An agent announced over the PA system.
Hulk and Chaos appeared bursting through the floor of the lab they were in earlier. Both combatants recovered and Hulk acted first, punching Chaos in the face. The Klyntar grunted in pain before striking back, tackling Hulk onto his back before punching the man beast in the face. Hulk snarled before he kicked Chaos off him.
"We have the Hulk and Chaos on Research Level Four. Levels Two and Three are dark."
Fury and Maria continued to shoot down the enemy troops that attempted to enter the bridge. "Sir, the Hulk will tear this place apart!" Maria shouted before she shot down another hostile.
"Get his attention." Fury ordered, not taking his eyes off the doorway.
Maria knelt down to speak into her earpiece. "Escort six-o, proceed to Wishbone and engage hostile. Don't get too close."
In the midst of the turmoil, a single pilot managed to get a fighter jet airborne. "Copy." The pilot responded to Maria's order. He switched the jet to hover mode and carefully maneuvered the craft toward the open rear hangar of the helicarrier. The pilot flicked up his dark helmet visor as he drifted closer to his destination, seeing Hulk and Chaos viciously trading blows. "Target acquired." He stated as Hulk kicked Chaos across the lab, and the Klyntar dug his claws into the metal floor to slow himself down. "Target engaged."
Hulk was lumbering toward Chaos when bullets started to hit his back. The Klyntar's right hand morphed into a shield and brought it up to protect himself. The bullets were only making Hulk angrier and the green man beast roared before running toward the window. The pilot's eyes widened in fear. "Target angry, target angry!"
Chaos retracted his shield just in time to witness Hulk leap out of the window and latch onto the fighter jet before beginning to tear the craft apart with his bare hands. The Klyntar rushed over to the window, but the jet had already drifted off too far with an angry Hulk onboard. Chaos then receded back into Troy, who stared out the window in concern for the pilot.
"That was-"
"Fucking amazing!" Chaos shouted loudly and gleefully. Troy blinked in bewilderment. "Best fight I've had since coming to this planet!"
Troy rolled his eyes exasperatedly. "You're something else, you know that?" He mumbled as he made his way out of the now even more devastated lab while Chaos snickered.
Tony shot a red laser out of his suit's handplates and the beam easily sliced through the debris jamming the rotor. The small shell ejected from the suit's gauntlet and Tony jumped down to dislodge the debris, letting it fall. There were still more debris to remove.
At his position, Steve was still waiting for Tony's word when he spotted two hostiles entering the area. One of them took out a grenade and removed the pin before tossing it. Springing into action, Steve leapt across and smacked the grenade away and it detonated harmlessly a few feet below the helicarrier. Steve jumped down and slammed his fist into the grenade thrower's face. He disarmed the second hostile before kicking the man in the chest, the strength behind the blow knocking him out cold. The grenade thrower swung his arm out, but Steve blocked the attack before grabbing the man and tossed him off the helicarrier, letting him plummet thirty thousand feet to his death. Steve spotted another armed hostile rounding the corner. The intruder fired, and Steve ducked down to grab a wrench and tossed it. The hostile took cover and Steve used the time to get up to the upper walkway and picked up the rifle of the hostile he disarmed moments ago. The intruder fired his gun again, and Steve returned fire.
Fury and Maria were still defending the bridge. So far, they had shot down any intruder that attempted to enter the area, and after a while, Fury was starting to get suspicious. "They are not getting through here, so what the hell-"
An explosion cut him off, sending two agents flying through the air before it was followed by another explosion. Fury looked up and spotted Clint notching another arrow. The archer released the drawstring and the arrow darted toward a computer console. Fury shot in Clint's direction, intending to drive him off, not kill. But Clint's work there was already done. Multi pin plugs sprung out of the arrow head and docked with matching ports. The computer screens of the bridge flickered before displaying the one message no one wanted to see while they were airborne…
Engine malfunction.
The entire helicarrier began to tilt as it dropped through the clouds. Agents lost their balance and fell off their feet as the others scurried about frantically, typing on the computers, trying to get the systems back online.
"We are in an uncontrolled descent."
"Sir, we've lost all power in engine one."
Fury touched his earpiece. "It's Barton. He took out our systems. He's headed for the detention level." There was no response. "Does anyone copy?" Silence…
Then, someone responded. "This is agent Romanoff. I copy."
"You need backup, Natasha?" Troy asked.
"No, this is personal." Natasha replied very firmly before the line went quiet.
Tony placed his metallic hands on the rotor. With the rotor clear of debris, he can now get it started. "Stark, we're losing altitude." Fury radioed urgently.
"Yeah. I noticed." Tony replied. With his jet boots blazing, Tony began to push the rotor, gradually gaining speed as he moved the massive blades with the goal of getting the engine started.
At his position, Steve was still trading shots with his enemy. The hostile fired back, and Steve flinched as the bullets narrowly missed him. However, Steve didn't realized he was stepping backwards… toward the edge. He slipped off the damaged walkway and grabbed hold of a cable, dangling in the air and holding on for dear life.
After a number of annoying obstacles, Thor finally arrived at the detention center and saw the glass door sliding open, allowing Loki passage out. "No!" Thor barked and sprinted toward his brother. But as Thor approached, 'Loki' flickered, and Thor fell into the cell flat on his face.
Thor stood up as the glass door slid back into its close position. The thunder god stood up and gazed out the cell, seeing the real Loki standing on the walkway, hands folded behind his back. The mischief god tilted his head to the side as he asked mockingly, "Are you ever not going to fall for that?"
Thor yelled out as he swung Mjolnir and bashed it against the glass. But to Thor's shock, his arm which held his hammer recoiled back, and his attempt to escape only made a small crack in the glass. The entire room jolted as the cell's release mechanism partially activated. Loki grinned unpleasantly as an idea came to mind, something that Thor noticed. "The humans think us immortal." He started as he moved toward the control console. "Shall we test that?"
A grunt got their attention. Thor and Loki turned to see Coulson, standing above one of Loki's unconscious men, holding a large high tech rifle in his hands. "Move away please." Coulson ordered sternly. Loki slowly backed away from the console, hands slightly held up. "You like this?" Coulson asked as he stepped forward, gesturing to the rifle in his hands. "We started working on the prototype after you sent the Destroyer. Even I don't know what it does." He flicked a button on the rifle's side, and the weapon powered up loudly, its barrel glowing orange. "Wanna find out?"
Suddenly, Coulson let out an agonizing groan when he was stabbed from behind as a blade went through his chest. "NO!" Thor roared as the Loki near the control console vanished while the real Loki pulled his scepter out of Coulson. The agent slumped against the wall as he let out quick breaths, feeling his life ebb away.
Thor could only watch in helpless rage as Loki made his way over to the control console once more. Despite his desire to persuade his brother to stray from his current path, Thor couldn't help but feel the emotion currently bubbling inside of him; hatred. Loki smiled smugly as he approached the console. Thor backed up until he stood in the middle of the cell, frowning angrily. Loki pressed down on one of the buttons and the shaft below the cell slid open, air rushing loudly through. For final part, Loki hesitated deliberately for dramatic effect, then pushed the button, and the cell dropped down the shaft and out the helicarrier.
Loki deactivated the console and made to leave the detention center. "You're gonna lose." Coulson suddenly said.
Loki paused and turned to face the dying agent. "Am I?" The god asked rhetorically.
"It's in your nature." Coulson said. In his experience, the bad guys never win.
"Hmm." Loki hummed, deciding to humor the man. "Your heroes are scattered. Your floating fortress falls from the sky. Where is my disadvantage?"
"You lack conviction."
"I don't think I'm-"
Coulson fired the rifle in his lap. Loki cried out as he was sent flying backwards by a bright haze of energy, crashing through a wall. "So, that's what it does." Coulson mused weakly.
After his and Chaos' fight with Hulk, Troy had been running through the ship, helping those that required desperate aid. So far, he had helped out quite a few people and he does not intend to stop any time soon. But when he rounded a corner, he flinched back when bullets narrowly missed him.
"Chaos, how many?" He asked his other.
"Four." Chaos informed.
"Four vs two? Sounds fair." Troy grinned before rushing out of the corner.
The four hostiles opened fire on him, but Troy ducked under and outstretched his arm. A tendril shot forward and rocketed toward the enemies, hitting one in the face. Troy propelled himself forward and punched the first hostile in the face, knocking him down. The second hostile threw his fist out, only for Troy to grab his arm and twisted it painfully. The man cried out before Troy punched him twice, once in the abdomen, once in the chest, before grabbing his head and kneed him in the face. The third hostile wrapped his arms around Troy's neck, placing the host in a headlock. Troy easily broke out of the hold and elbowed the man in the face before grabbing him by the arm and flipped him over his shoulder, finishing him off with a punch to the face.
The fourth hostile pulled out a long, curved and serrated knife out of one of his jacket pockets. Troy titled his head to the side, then grinned as his right arm became covered in Chaos flesh, and a blade formed under his wrist. The hostile lunged forward and swiped his knife at Troy's throat, but the host blocked the blow. They traded swipes repeatedly before Troy found an opening. When their blades collided again, Troy forced the man's knife aside and the small weapon slid across the floor a few feet away. Troy slugged the man across the face before plunging his blade into the man's chest. The hostile gasped before he went limp. Troy pulled out his blade and the man fell to the floor with a thud.
"Too easy." He muttered as his blade retracted.
"Outstanding! Now, let's bite all their heads off and eat their livers!" Chaos barked excitedly.
"We need to go see if there are other people who need help." Troy said as he rushed down the hall.
"You're a killjoy."
"You're one to talk."
Tony was still valiantly pushing the rotors, jet boots at maximum power. He felt himself gaining more and more speed as the seconds went by. Then, his HUD went off, indicating that the rotor had achieved the required speed. "Cap, hit the lever." He commed Steve.
"I need a minute here!" Steve responded.
"Lever. Now!" Tony replied sharply.
Then, Tony felt the rotor leave his metallic hands. In just a few seconds, he felt his back collide with the rotor behind him. "Uh oh." He murmured grimly before he was violently thrown around under the blades. "Help!"
Then, Tony felt himself drop of the rotors. He yelled as his HUD bleeped wildly before he steadied himself in the open air. He blasted off and headed for Steve's position. He darted through and rammed into the hostile harassing Steve.
Both Steve and Tony collapsed, exhausted. But then they heard Fury's voice, and the words the director uttered made their hearts sink.
"Agent Coulson is down."
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