Chapter 4

"Are you alright, Miss?"

I nodded, but I wasn't convincing anybody. As I said a few times before, I was weak, missing few teeth and had my skin covered with scars. I was that pathetic that I needed to be carried out of the dungeon to aircraft which flew to America immediately. People who freed me from vampires were part of an organisation called S.H.I.E.L.D. Funny thing, freeing me wasn't a part of their mission, it just happened. The agents were in Volterra after the aliens, which sounded ridiculous, but I've seen them.

A creature, grey skinned and with no irises in pearly eyes, dressed like gladiator of ancient Rome, stepped in Jessica's ashes. My eyes were deceiving me, that is what I thought, but after a series of blinking the creature didn't disappear. Two more appeared and begun demolishing the lock of my cell. I wasn't exactly afraid, I was more surprised. I've been locked in bloody dungeon for over year and now this creatures appear out of nowhere probably to kill for fun just mere hours after I killed Jessica to save myself.

"We have doctors on the helicarrier, it's been arranged you get a room and we'll help you recover." There were two female agents and one of them was really trying to help me. "We'll land in a few minutes. You don't have to be afraid... My colleague said your name is Bella, but he also said you didn't talk. Why is that?"

I opened my mouth for her, needless to say she no longer bother to ask questions. We landed as she said after a few minutes and I was put in a wheelchair. While pushing the wheelchair through the halls, the agents halted and watched a procession consisting of several, I suspect agents and a guy dressed in flag around one man dresses in green cape. I wasn't aware it was masquerade, neither did I care of it, pain in my chest was getting worse. Maybe guilt for killing Jessica became psychical.

"Agent Hill!" Guy in spandex called, the woman pushing my wheelchair answered.

"Captain."

"Fury told us about Italy, I believe mission has been carried out."

"Yes, Chitauri destroyed. We found last of them in dungeons with Bella."

"Bella?" He asked and looked at me before offering me his hand to shake which I took. "Steve Rogers, at your service."

First few days, everyone seemed to be at my service. They brought the doctor, checked my background, explained what is going on and gave me room. The first thing I did when I was finally left alone, was that I looked in the mirror. My eyes were blue, they weren't brown with blue dots like Aro's, but blue in general. The only mitigating thing about this occurrence is that my eyes didn't glow blue like Jessica's did. They didn't look strange at all, they were just blue.

I waited to be released, but it didn't happen because my status as victim got updated to possible threat. The creatures I saw before S.H.I.E.L.D. agents slew them, were called the Chitauri. The aliens were brought through a portal from another world lead by a madman who is apparently God who was adopted by the royal family of Asgard. All of this had nothing to do with me, but the Chitauri attacked New York, only New York and the question was raised why they appeared in Italy, in my dungeon to be precise.

The said question had me awake during night, but I knew the second they let me out, I'll be targeted by Volturi or Victoria. I was curious though, why would somebody go through so much trouble just to get to me? The Chitauri could have taken anybody randomly, but they chose me. For the director, Nick Fury that was enough to mark me as a terrorist. Others followed his lead and after a week in their care, the suspicion brought me in front of madman who tried to make the world kneel.

"It's not that I don't love our little talks, agent Romanoff, it's just... I don't love them." Loki Laufeyson, was just like people described him to me, it was clear from the start.

Loki brought alien army to defeat forced of Earth and failed. Now standing in a cell that was meant to contain someone much dangerous than him, he stood with a smug smile and a bunch of one-liners. I've seen how huge Thor is, but I wasn't afraid of him. On the other hand, I was utterly horrified of trickster god and not because he could break me in half, but because he could make others believe in anything. With Fury already half convinced I formed an alliance with Loki, he could set me up to end me for fun. I was chanting that wasn't the case.

"This is Isabella Swan, though you might know that." Agent Romanoff made Loki reveal his intentions once and now everybody hoped she could do it again.

"Have you replaced me with Thor? Why would I care about the mortal?" He talked about me as he would about dirt on his shoe, this suited me perfectly.

"We hoped you could tell us that." Agent pushed me closer to the glass and kept firm hold of my elbow. "Isabella Swan, born in 1987, divorced parents."

Agent Natasha Romanoff told him everything about me. Apparently I had a file and she memorised it to quote it to him as if I wasn't in the room. Birthday, unsuccessful ballet lessons, my school and hospital records, involvement with people of wrong kind... They were radical, so I wasn't surprised when I realized they knew about vampires. If they didn't know I wouldn't tell them. Volturi ripped out my tongue to ensure their secrets stay hidden and I won't break their rules like careless idiots do.

"Fury continues to bring me new friends. How thoughtful! But is there anything interesting about this mewling quim?"

"We found her in a cell in Voltera. She was captured by vampire clan and kept locked for a year and half. Beforehand, her parents were brutally slaughtered by a nomad." I tried to pry my arm from Natasha, but she wouldn't let go. I desperately wanted to cover my ears and ignore what she is saying. When I couldn't, tears started forming. "Was runaway when the Volturi caught her. Since then they either starved her or gave her organs of her killed friends to eat. What makes all of this interesting is that Miss Swan was saved when we tracked down Chitauri who were by the looks of it, searching for her."

"Well, I guess that's worth a look, just not mine." They went back and forth with questions, I just prayed it would be enough and we'll finish soon, my chest hurt and I wanted to go back to the room I was given.." Do you even speak, dear?" I saw how he looked at me, I wasn't worth his time.

"One of Volturi kings ripped out her tongue." Natasha answered for me.

"Then it must be really hard to whipe dripping ledger." I was convinced he will set me up. "I'll tell you what you wish to know, the girl has no alliance with me." I was relieved when he said that, but then I heard his voice in my head.

'Yet.'

So there you have it, first look on Loki! Now I'm not sure when next update will be because I'm travelling to London for a week. But review and you might get surprised.