Chapter 5, I wonder where the candy is! Part 1

So no Doreen in this chapter but Bucky is here and Peter and Gamora will go with the Avengers to Asgard. So now they have 2 out of 6 stones; Power and Mind/Knowledge.

So yes, Asgard is going to be filled with new people! Everyone going to Asgard: Tony, Bruce, Steve, Clint, Natasha, Thor, Loki, Bucky, Peter, Gamora, and Karrine. Or me. Or however I'm supposed to say it. Also, I'm either going to make a sequel where they watch the movies or add to this story where she goes back in time to all the movies (once she gets the Time Stone). Your choice! So, this will be a long arc in Asgard, part 1, here we come!

1/24/15, 8:33 AM

Dear Journal,

My head has been hurting a lot. It's the Mind stone, I know, but for some reason even though that first time it got put in all this information flooded me, I can choose what I want to know and what I don't want to know now that I have awoken and got that very well deserved rest. Sad thing I have to note now that I am out of the hospital bed; I have to share Bucky with Steve.

I mean, it's not that bad, really, and I know that Bucky is Steve's best friend, but Bucky and I have been getting closer these past 6 days- turns out I've been asleep a lot. I kind of wanted to get to know him better, but every time I try Steve cuts it short by saying something like, Oh, there's something I need to show Bucky, can I borrow him for a little bit? Or my favorite, Hey Karrine, could I have Bucky for a few hours? I found this thing I wanted to try and want to try it with him. It sounds bad, but last time he was talking about ice skating.

I've not even been here a month and already I understand these dorks. Oh, Clint and I have gotten closer to, he's been teaching me how to use a bow and arrow- I was really terrible at it. Like, not even joking, I couldn't even hit the target I was so bad. I've gotten better now that he's been teaching me, I usually get the blue rings on the target now. We've been watching movies together to, he has great taste in movies.

I've also used my new knowledge to prove my beloved God of Mischief was being controlled much like Clint was, so now the others are starting to warm up to him, even if he can be a snarky little bastard. So yes, the watch and collar are still in play because Fury is a wary SOB, but I don't do anything with it.

Thor is worried. I hear that Hugin and Munin, Odin's ravens, are here, circling the Tower. Thor has taken Loki with him to speak with the 2 birds. They've been getting closer to, I love their brotherly moments! But I have a bad feeling about this, so I must cease my writing to- gah! I'm starting to speak like Loki!

Love, Karrine.

-I'm in Marvel?! Sweet!-

I snapped my journal shut, locked it (figured out I have to lock it because Clint tried to read it) and put the pen away just as the 2 brothers came back in. "La- Karrine," Thor started, and I noticed he almost called me Lady Karrine again. Well, at least he's learning. "All of us are needed in Asgard. The Chitauri have invaded."

I sat up a little straighter. Oh. Oh. Oh.

I jumped up from the couch. "Then we have to go!" Loki shook his head at me, giving me a look. "You aren't coming." The hell I'm not.

"It would probably be safer if Karrine went with us. For all we know, Thanos could be waiting for us to leave her alone here so that he wouldn't be met with much resistance." Tony said, coming into the room with the others, now that Jarvis had called them.

"Or he could be waiting for us to bring her right to him." Bucky argued, giving Tony a pointed look. "Well, I have the knowledge stone, I'll just find out!" I chirped, and before they could argue, I had the heels of my palms pressed into my eyes.

A woman with glowing blue hair and crimson eyes glanced up from where she was seated to where I now stood. Well, not me, but an illusion of me. "Um…" She smirked when I said this. "Oh hello, Karrine." She said smoothly, turning gracefully to watch me more thoroughly. "Hey, turn back around, I'm trying to spy on you! Wait…" I blushed harshly. I did not just say that!

"I intercepted." She answered easily, smiling more. "You were erratic, you don't know how to use the mind stone very well. It was easy to find you. What was it you wanted to know?" I gulped a little and looked around me. I was in a mainly empty black room with only a wooden table in front of the woman and 2 chairs. I sat on the one across from her. "Thanos- is he trying to trick them into leaving me behind or taking me with them?"

"You're asking the wrong questions. And be careful, they can hear what you say, not what I say. The right question is should you be selfish and use your powers for yourself or be selfless and fix the world. The answer is inside you, I can't answer for you."

I shifted to get more comfortable. "Your question before, the answer is both. So just tell them he wanted you to stay at the tower so you can go with them. Bring more people. Steal the cosmic cube. Save the day. What do you have to lose?"

"Their trust. My life. Their lives. I have a lot to lose, lady. Who are you?" I finally asked, leaning forward to watch her eyes. "Sweetheart, I'm the Tesseract." I went rigid suddenly, and swallowed. "Now, I suggest you go along. You're needed."

I slowly peeled my palms off my eyes and winced at the brightness. "So? How is he trying to trick us?" I glanced up at their eager eyes and swallowed the guilt I was going to feel. "You need to take me with you. He's going to try to take me from the tower."

-I'm in Marvel?! Sweet!-

I dressed into my armor quickly, swallowing down any leftover guilt in me. When I was done dressing I left the room. "Hey Cherub." I jumped and turned to look at Peter. "Oh, Ammo, you scared me." He shrugged and followed me out to the Bifrost site. "Hey Loki." I greeted when he got to my other side. I noticed the glares the 2 sent each other but didn't say anything. "Is Gamora coming with us?" I asked Peter, and he nodded. "Yeah." I hummed and veered left, leaving the boys behind.

"Did you lose them?" I jumped at Bruce's voice, and put a hand to my chest. "Christ, I'm going to get a heart attack by the time this day is over!" I shrieked, breathing heavily. He chuckled lightly and walked with me to the edge of the roof of whatever building the Bifrost was next to. "Bruce…" I start finally, glancing over at the doctor. "I don't like fearing for my life so much." He snorted lightly. "I don't think anyone does."

I smile a little, and nod. "Right." I answer, leaning over to look at the Bifrost site where Steve, Natasha, Clint, Thor, Tony, and Gamora were gathered. Loki and Peter were still inside, Bruce was beside me… "Where's Bucky?!" I finally cry, snapping up. Bruce gives me a concerned look. "What do you mean? I thought he was inside." I shook my head to clear it. "R-right, sorry…" Wow, I've become a mother hen.

"Let's just get to Asgard, Bruce." He sighed. "Alright Karrine. But tell me if anything goes wrong while we're there." I hummed in response and vaulted off the roof. I heard him give a cry of surprise s I gave a tuck and roll, using some of my new found floating powers from the power stone to not get hurt. "Jesus Christ, did you just jump off the roof?!" Tony yelled, and I shrugged. "Yeah. It's fun."

-I'm in Marvel?! Sweet!-

As the light around us dimmed a little I decided to open my eyes and let go of Loki. Yes, ok, I was scared so I clung to Loki. Don't think anything of it. I was just scared because I've never used the Bifrost before. "Heimdall!" I cried without thinking, ignoring the weird looks from the others.

"Karrine." He acknowledged with his awesomeness. OMG I love Heimdall so much, he's so cool! I waved bye to him while Thor and Loki led the way to the palace. Whenever someone cast a look at Loki I glared harshly at them, and so did Clint, Bucky, and Thor. Of course, Thor did. Clint and Loki really clicked and became best friends after they found out Loki was being controlled through the whole ordeal of the Avengers movie.

If Clint wasn't with Doreen I would have got them together. Reminds me, I'm pretty sure I found the perfect Anti FrostArrow song yesterday. I even showed it to Loki, it's called It Took Me By Surprise by Maria Mena. And now that I thought that… "It took me by surprise, the hatred in his eyes! I've pushed this man as far as he could go, but he lacked the words to let me know! He acted out now I can see it is my fault!"

Loki gave me a look and sighed, but I just stuck my tongue out at him. "Oh, my sons!" I heard Lady Frigga's voice ring out, and I stepped away and let the queen hug Loki and Thor. "She seems like a nice woman." Peter said to me, and I glanced up at him, before giving a hum. "Yes, yes, a very nice woman. One of the best mothers of all the universes." A lump in my throat formed at that as I thought of my own mother, casting my (yes I saw them) silver eyes around. My hair was starting to get darker to, by the time this all ended I'd be a ravenette.

"Lady Frigga?" I asked her finally when she was done greeting her sons. "You must be Karrine, the vessel for the Infinity Stones. Loki was right, you are very beautiful." My eyes widened slightly as I heated up, moving to push up my now non-existent glasses. Right, right, I forgot about the surgery I got to fix my eyes. "W-well, I, Uh…" I cleared my throat. "Ma'am, we just want to save Asgard from the, uh, the Chitauri, I really love the décor and don't want it to be obliterated by those things."

She immediately went serious. "Right, then come along." I followed behind her, and bumped my hip to Bucky's as the others went off faster than us. Peter started walking with Gamora- ugh, never thought I'd actually dislike her, she's an amazing character. "Do you like Loki?" Bucky asked me finally, watching me. "I like all of you." I answered evasively. "You know what I mean." I sighed. "Well… yes and no." I finally answered hesitantly. "I do like him, I really do, like that to. But I've been realizing these past few hours that…"

"That you're going to outlive everyone? That they or you could die at any moment?" Bucky asked, and I hummed an affirmative. "Aye. Ergh, it doesn't help that I've been picking up his speech pattern." He chuckled at that, and I grinned at him. "What?" He asked. "Race you to the castle?" I asked, and he grinned right back at me. "One… Two… Three!" And we were off running. I just forgot that I was the slowest person ever and got really winded really fast. I stopped halfway with my hands on my knees, heaving in breaths as Bucky gave me a 'seriously?' look.

"We're working on that when we get back." He said once I caught my breath, and I put my hand to my throat to feel my throbbing pulse. "What?! NOOO!" I cried, then I let my tongue fall out of my mouth as I made a, "BLAGH!" Sound. "Don't start with me or Clint, Natasha, Steve, and I are going to be working you out for hours on end." I grinned back at him. "I thought you worked out the other gender, James." He turned red and gave me a halfhearted glare, which cause me to laugh as my pulse finally calmed. "Now, I wonder where the candy is." Clint strolled up behind me easily and bonked me on the head. "You really don't need candy." I scowled at him before following behind.

"I know where a huge pile of Asgardian candy is if you would like to sneak away with me and have some." Loki said from behind me, and I noticed that now I was more or less alone with Loki as the group went farther ahead of us. "Oh, is that so?" Loki nodded. "Would you come with me?" He asked, and I took a shaky breath, and steeled myself. "Like a date?" I asked finally, and he stiffened. "Well, I mean, it could be as just friends if you wanted it to be." He stuttered, slightly flushed. The poor god of mischief. "I think I'd like it as a date." I finally answered, before rushing off toward the group again, only looking back once at the now dumbfounded Would-be king.

Alright, I'm done with part 1! Part 2 will be up shortly, don't you worry! Favorite, follow, review!