He grabbed my hand and we walked to the labs where I saw my dad, Bruce, and Fury.
"What is Phase 2?" My dad asked Fury
"Phase 2 is SHIELD using the cube to make weapons" Steve said putting the gun on the table "Sorry computers were a little slow for me."
"Rogers we gathered everything related to the tesseract, this does not mean."
"I'm sorry Nick" My dad turned a screen showing a large missile "what were you lying?"
"I was wrong Director, the world hasn't changed a bit." Thor and Natasha walked in
"Did you know about this?" Bruce asked Natasha
"Do you want to think about removing yourself from this environment doctor?"
"Bruce I think-"
"Loki is manipulating you" Natasha said finishing my sentence
"And you've been doing what exactly?"
"You didn't come here because I batted my eyelashes at you." She replied
"I'm not leaving because you're getting a little twitchy, I want to know why SHIELD is using the cube to build weapons of mass destruction."
"Because of him" Fury said pointing to Thor
"Me?"
"Thor" I said shocked
"Earth had a visitor from another planet, who had a grudge match that leveled a small town. Not only did we learn we are not alone in the universe, but we are also hopelessly and hilariously outgunned."
"My people want nothing but peace with your planet." Thor said
"But you're not the only people out there are you?" Fury said "And you're not the only threat out there? The world is filling up with people it can't be matched, that can't be controlled."
"Like you controlled the cube" Steve said
"Your work with the tesseract is what brought Loki and his allies here. It is a signal to all the other realms Earth is ready for a higher form of war."
"A higher form?"
"You forced our hand we had to come up with-"
"Something nuclear to turn to, cause that always calms everything down." My dad said
"Remind me again how you made your fortune Stark"
"I'm sure if Stark made weapons he would still be neck deep in"
"Wait hang on how is this about me?" My dad asked
"I'm sorry isn't everything"
"Steve" I snapped trying to get them to stop
"I thought humans were more evolved than this" Thor said
"Excuse me do we come to your planet and blow stuff up?" Fury snapped back
The room erupted into chaos, Thor and Fury were fighting, Natasha was trying to stop them and calm down Bruce, while I tried to prevent my dad and Steve from strangling each other.
"You speak of control yet you court chaos." Thor said
"That's his M.O isn't it" Bruce said, "we're not a team, we're a chemical mixture that makes chaos, we're a time bomb."
"You need to step away" Fury said
"Why should the guy blow off some steam?" My dad said putting his hand on Steve's shoulder
"You know damn well why back off" Steve replied pushing my dad's hand off his shoulder
"Oh I'm starting to want you to make me"
"Yeah, big man in a suit of armor take that off what are you?"
"Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist, father"
"I know guys with none of that worth ten of you, and I've seen the footage the only guy you fight for is yourself." Steve said the tension building up "You're not the guy who makes the sacrifice play, to lay down on the wire and let the other guy crawl over you."
"I think I would just cut the wire"
"Always the easy way out, you know you may not be a threat but you better stop pretending to be a hero."
"A hero like you? You're a laboratory experiment Rogers everything special about you came out of a bottle." My dad snapped
"Enough I said stepping between them, I put my hands on their chests and pushed them away
"Put on the suit lets go a few rounds" Steve threatened and Thor laughed
"You people are so petty and tiny"
"Agent Romanoff would you escort Dr. Banner"
"To where?" Bruce asked "You rented my room"
"The cell was just in case-"
"You needed to kill me, you can't I know I've tried." Bruce yelled and everything got quiet "I got low, I didn't see any other end so I put a bullet in my mouth and the other guy spit it out. So I focused on helping people, I was good until you dragged me back into this freak show and put everyone at risk. You want to know my secret Romanoff do you want to know how I stay so calm?"
In that moment Natasha and Fury reached for their guns, but I stepped towards Bruce with no weapons. Because I knew I didn't need them, I wasn't afraid of him.
"Bruce, put the scepter down" He looked down, surprised he was holding it there was a beep from the computer and he put it down.
"Sorry guess you don't get to see my little party trick" He said as he typed onto the computer
"I can get there faster"
"The tesseract belongs in Asgard where no human can touch it."
"You're not going alone" Steve said grabbing my dad's arm
"Steve's right dad"
"Kida you're staying on the ship" He turned to Steve "You're going to stop me?"
"Put on the suit lets find out"
"I'm not afraid to hit an old man"
"Put on the suit" Steve said
Before I could push them away the entire room shook and there was a massive explosion. Bruce and Natasha flew back into a window, my dad and Steve were knocked to the ground by the door, and Thor pulled me to the ground next to him shielding me from any debris with his body.
"KIDA" My dad and Steve called out worried
"DAD PUT ON THE SUIT!" I screamed
"Thor take Kida to her room" Fury demanded
"Where are Natasha and Bruce?" I asked but got no answer Thor picked me up in his arms and ran down the hall
"Thor put me down I have to help!" I screamed
"You need to stay safe" He said as he ran to my room "if you got hurt, everything will fall apart."
"Be careful" I said when he put me down and I walked into my room
"I will"
I slight closed the door and when he walked down the hallway, I looked down the halls and he was out of sight. I ran out of my room and down the halls to find my dad. The ship shook violently, making me slam into the wall multiple times. I ran out to see Steve fighting a man, there was a machine gun on the ground and I picked it up. A huge chunk of the room was gone revealing the open sky and fast winds. I turned to the door to see more men come in. Not SHIELD agents, they fired at us and I fired back.
"KIDA GET OUT OF HERE!" Steve yelled over the fast winds and gunfire
"I SAID I WANTED TO HELP AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO!" He threw the man over the edge and the man flew out of sight, I ran up to him and he took the gun.
"THEN HELP YOUR DAD, CONNECT THE WIRES UP THERE!" He pointed to a ledge a few feet away with no floor connecting it to us.
"HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GET UP THERE?"
"HANG ON!"
He picked me up and threw me across; I landed on the floor in front of the little board of wires. I started connecting them while Steve fought any men running in. When I was done I slid the board inside and ran to the edge.
"STEVE!" I screamed "I CAN'T GET ACROSS!"
"JUMP!"
"ARE YOU CRAZY?"
"I PROMISE KIDA I'LL CATCH YOU!" He screamed "TRUST ME!"
I took a few steps back and ran to the edge, I jumped and reached out as far as I could to Steve's open hand. My heart pounded in my chest as fear hit me like a ton of bricks. We grabbed each other's arms in a tight grip as I dangled over the edge. I looked down and screamed a little.
"It's ok!" He said as he pulled me up "I got you"
He pulled me up over the railing and pulled me close to him as he stepped back. I looked behind him and saw a man throw a grenade.
"Steve look out!" I warned
I ran out of the way but the blast knocked Steve off his feet and he started falling. I went onto my knees holding a metal pipe in one hand and reaching out to him with the other. Our finger barely touched as he fell off the railing.
"STEVE!" I called out scared and worried, he grabbed a red wire and slowly started pulling himself up
"KIDA GO PULL THE RED LEVER BEHIND YOU!" He ordered
"WHY?"
"JUST DO IT!"
I turned around and pulled the red lever, I felt a sharp pain in my arm and looked down to see a bullet hole in it. I screamed in pain and fell onto my knees. Steve pulled himself back up and shot the man.
"What happened?"
"I got shot" I covered the wound with my hand, the blood ran down my arm.
"You need to get out of here it's too dangerous"
"You can't order me around" I said
"The hell I can't I'm a Captain!"
I rolled my eyes and left, but instead I left to go find Thor. Hopefully he still has some healing stones he used on me in New Mexico. I ran to the cell and saw the guard was shot dead; I opened the door and ran inside to see Thor in the cell.
"No" I ran to the pad where the controls were but hands grabbed me.
Chapter Song
And I'm pouring crimson regret and betrayal
I'm dying, praying, bleeding, and screaming
Am I too lost to be saved?
Am I too lost?
