We followed the trail of mass destruction and as we reached the end, a large green figure rose in front of us.

"Bruce?" I said calmly. Natasha was laying on the ground in front of him.

Thor slammed into him, propelling him sideways through the wall.

"Well that's just great." I murmured as I helped Natasha to her feet. "Are you okay?"

She nodded, but still looked a little shaky.

"Hey it's going to be okay." I soothed, letting calming thoughts drift into her mind.

"Thank you." She murmured.

She looked a lot better already.

"I'm going to go make sure that Thor doesn't destroy anything expensive." I said as I flew through the hole in the wall to find him.

He was going toe to toe with the giant green creature that was Bruce.

Okay, this is a little bit abnormal.

Bruce threw Thor into an expensive looking plane and turned to attack me.

I held up my hands. "Easy big guy, I don't want to fight you."

Bruce swung his arm at me and I ducked.

"But you obviously want to hurt me." I snarked towards him.

He took another swing and this time I caught his knuckle in my hand, successfully holding him back.

The green beast looked surprised that I was holding back his arm, honestly I was a little surprised too, but I was loosing my grip quickly.

"Hey Goldilocks you wanna help me out!" I grunted beneath the strength of the punch.

Thor jumped on him wrapping his arms around Banner's neck.

"Okay good keep him just like that, and I will just leave." I turned around.

"Cade!" Thor yelled.

"Fine." I reached out with my mind trying to calm down Bruce, but he threw Thor into me. I fell back, with all of Thor's weight on me. Thor's head slammed into the floor hard.

"Thor you are crushing my rib cage." I sputtered.

I saw Banner rise over us, and begin to slam his hands down. I threw up a telekinetic shield that protected us, but I knew I couldn't hold it for long.

If I let Echo go, he will rip him in half. If I let the shield go he will rip us in half.

Thor still wasn't getting up.

"Thor, why aren't you getting up?" I grunted, lifting his head.

Still no answer.

"Thor?" I looked at his face, his eyes were closed. "Thor!" I shouted.

I threw back the shield throwing Bruce away from us.

I pushed Thor off of me gently.

"Okay Bruce, you want to fight, let's fight." I growled, Obsidian shifted into an axe in my hand.

No, if I kill Bruce I will never forgive myself. I let Obsidian go, letting the blade slice deep into the hull of the ship.

"I am not your enemy Bruce." I called as he charged me full speed.

This was such a bad idea.

I could feel my eyes begin to glow, letting the power of my ancestors flood through me. I released a bolt of energy that slammed into Bruce sending him flying back from me. In the corner of my eye I saw a jet rising up out the window.

No, no, no! You idiot what are you doing!

As Bruce roared loudly and charged forward, the jet let a spray of bullets through the glass, successfully distracting Bruce. He let loose a roar and jumped through the glass onto the plane.

Well that guy is definitely dead.

I ran over to where Thor was lying. "Thor wake up." I said shaking him.

He still didn't open his eyes.

"Come on Thor, you have taken bigger hits than this!" I complained. "Thor please." I said concentrating on waking up his mind. I shook him again.

He opened his eyes slowly. "Cade, what happened?"

"You had your ass handed to you by a Midgardian." I teased him.

"He was not just a normal Midgardian." Thor groaned standing up.

"Was the ground also wet?" I said laughing, standing to my feet.

Thor frowned. "Don't tell anyone about this."

"Oh I'm going to broadcast all over Asgard." I replied smiling.

" Now come on, we have to go check on Loki." I said to Thor pulling him in the direction of the detention area. I used my mind to navigate through the ship, but when we got to the detention area, Loki was about to step out of his glass prison.

"No!" Thor shouted and jumped forward through Loki. The door slammed shut behind him, trapping Thor in the prison.

Loki appeared by the controls for the prison.

"Are you never not going to fall for that?" He teased Thor.

"Brother do not do this." Thor said calmly.

"The humans think us immortal, why don't we test that theory." Loki drawled on.

"Step away please." Coulson appeared behind me, holding an enormous weapon.

As I turned to look at him, the end of the scepter went through his chest.

"No, Coulson." I yelled reaching forward to catch him, but Loki stepped between us, wrapping one of his arms around me. He pulled my face to his and kissed me, trying to deepen the kiss, but I pushed him away disgusted.

"What are you doing?" I shouted at him.

Loki laughed, a sick smile on his face. "Isn't it obvious." He moved forward to be closer to me. "Taking what's rightfully mine." He leaned down to kiss me again, but I stepped under his arm, getting closer to Coulson.

"What does that mean?" I replied. Obsidian shifted into the sheath at my waist.

Loki laughed again, but didn't come closer to me. "You are mine Cade you always have been. It took me a year of being without you to realize that, but now that I have you back. I'm never going to let you go again."

"Loki why are you doing this?"

"I missed you, more than you will ever know." He took a step forward towards me.

I swallowed the lump in my throat.

For a second I wanted to believe him, I wanted to run into his arms and have him hold me, but apart of me knew better. I stood my ground.

"Why are you doing this? This man did nothing to you!" I shouted motioning to Coulson.

"They are just insects Cade, but you and I we are so much more." Loki replied, his eyes glowing blue in the soft light.

Wait, Loki doesn't have blue eyes.

"You see the way the humans look at you, as something to be prodded and poked, but you are exquisite." He moved forward and placed on of his hands on my cheek.

I did not pull away from him. Something was binding me to that spot, I had no idea what.

"Cade you are more than this. Be my queen and I will make sure that no one looks at you that way ever again." He purred.

My vision of the throne made of bodies ran through my head. I knew that if I went with him that would come true.

"You are so powerful Cade. It has only been a year and look at how far you have come. Your powers have manifested in a way that was more incredible than I imagined." He continued stroking my cheek.

And I knew. He planned this. He knew that I would be just as powerful as my grandmother and he pretended to love me so he could have that power at his disposal.

I slapped his hand away. "You never loved me, you loved what I would become." I sputtered.

"No Cade that isn't true." Loki said earnestly. "I loved you because you made me feel something that I thought was impossible. Come with me and we can be together without anyone standing in our way."

"Loki if you come with Thor and me we can help you." I took his hand in mine. "Please come with us back to Asgard, we can be together there. Give this up Loki, and come home." I pleaded with him.

Loki withdrew his hand. "You still choose Thor over me! I thought you had changed, but I was wrong. I thought things would be different."

"I have never chosen Thor over you Loki and you know that. You know that I love you. Please come back with us." I said earnestly.

Loki stepped towards the controls. "No! I'd rather die than go back to that place and be a slave."

He slammed his hand down on the controls and sent Thor hurtling towards Earth.

"NO!" I screamed trying to stop the prison, but I couldn't.

"The truth is Cadence you are weak. You have more power than you realize and you let others hold you back. If you come with me I will not keep you in a cage, I will make sure that you are free. Isn't that what you want?" Loki begged me.

Maybe I was wrong, maybe deep down he does love me.

I stood my ground. "No. What you are promising isn't freedom. Loki it isn't too late, you can still make the right decision."

"This is the right decision!" He seethed. "But you are just too weak Cadence Caindaughter! You were too weak to save your mother and sisters from their fiery death, and you were too weak to save your own grandmother!"

"Shut up!" I roared. My eyes were glowing.

"You aren't powerful enough to stop me, and I thought you would make the right decision, but instead you chose the big blond buffoon over someone that sees you as something other than something nice to look at." He spat.

As he said this a bolt of light shot out from behind me and slammed into his chest throwing him backward through the wall.

"So that's what it does." I heard Coulson whisper.

I dropped to my knees and tried to put pressure on his chest.

"I am so sorry Coulson. I didn't know that-" I began apologizing.

"Don't listen to him Cade." Coulson coughed out. "Thor sees you as something more, you must realize that the way he looks at you." Coulson smiled.

I laughed. "Thor is my best friend, always has been."

"I can see why Loki was jealous." Coulson sputtered.

"I'm sorry for what has happened." I said pressing harder against his chest. "I cannot help you."

Coulson's hand grasped mine tightly.

"Don't worry about me. Go help Thor." He murmured.

Fury ran into the room.

"What happened?" He shouted at me, dropping to his knees next to Coulson.

"Loki." I whispered.

Coulson began to shut his eyes.

"Hey eyes on me!" Fury yelled turning Coulson's head to look at him. Coulson didn't let go of my hand.

"It's okay sir, this was never going to work unless if they had..." As he trailed off his eyes lost the light in them, and his grip on my hand loosened.

He was gone.

I swallowed the lump in my throat.

"Can you stop Loki?" Fury said in a whisper.

"I don't know."

"Then find out." Fury roared rising to his feet. "You come in here with all that swagger, but what do you have to back it up? An old sword and a dog?" Fury laughed. "Some Asgardian."

I ignored his jest. "I will stop Loki, but I cannot promise that we will not lose more people."

I pressed the button on the controls to open the doors and leaped over the railing out into the open sky.