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I awoke to the smell of smoke and coughed at the horrid taste it left on my mouth. I slowly got up from the floor, I felt dizzy and stumbled a bit. My head was throbbing, my ears were ringing, and my vision was unclear. I felt something sting somewhere in my body, but I was too disoriented to know what part. What I did know was it hurt a lot. 'Where am I?' I internally asked as I looked at the debris around me from where I fell 'Oh yeah… I'm in the Helicarrier' I rubbed my head when pain started to flow again, I must have hit my head hard. I tried to recall what part I was in, but it wasn't easy. Then I remembered, I was struggling to talk to the adults. Nobody was listening to me. I had felt my spider-senses tingle and then 'boom!' it happened so quick I couldn't react fast enough. But… how did I know all this stuff again? I was getting frustrated; I know all these events but how!?
Never mind! as frustrated as I was getting with that, there was other important things that came to mind, and I started to analyze the situation more clearly. What if the events happened already, and I was just laying here for hours. What if I was too late to save Coulson!?
"Oh no, Coulson!" I shouted and rushed out as fast as I could to find him.
There was chaos everywhere I went, shooting noises, and things were exploding at every turn I took. Even some of Loki's soldiers shot at my direction during my dash. I first headed to the lab to retrieve my satchel, I heard the Hulk get unleashed and I ran quicker. Once I got in the lab, I grabbed my bag and scurried out the door. While in my sprint I began searching for Coulson, but I couldn't seem to find him anywhere, "Phil where are you!?" I said out loud. A thought came to mind, there was only one place I could possibly find him, so I quickly rushed to where they were keeping Loki. It's probably a stupid move from my part I know, but I was going to make sure Phil lived. Even if that meant dying in the process.
I had arrived just when Loki had appeared in Coulson's back, and without thinking I shot my web to deflect the scepter from puncturing under his heart. The scepter thrusted into Philip's lower right side, hopefully that was enough to save his life. I might have done a heroic thing but doing so had exposed me to both Norse Gods and Coulson.
Loki glared at my direction, but his features suddenly changed to one of shock, "a spaewife…"
The God of Thunder glints at me with worry and quickly averted his eyes to the God of Mischief, "Brother! don't harm the Sibyl child! Leave her alone!"
I looked at both Norse Gods with a confused face, "Harm her? Now why would I do that? she's more useful to me alive then dead" I didn't like where this is going.
Thor looked angry now, "Don't touch her!" Loki got tired of hearing his brother and pressed the button to release his former jail cell, to the ground so far below. My heart was thumping in my ears hard, and my headache was back again it felt worse then before. Feeling dizzy, I couldn't hear the conversation Loki and Coulson were having. Something about lacking conviction.
Before I could react, Coulson shot Loki. I heard him say, "so that's what it does…" when I was about to help the agent the Norse God appeared behind me. I gave a startled yelp, and everything went black…again.
***Tony's POV***
Tony stood where Loki's cell used to stand, staring at nothing. He was contemplating on how all of this went completely wrong so quickly. The ship is a wreck, the kid got kidnapped by a complete lunatic, and God only knows if Coulson would survive his fate. Tony wasn't much of a religious person, but he sure prayed to God that Phil would come out of deaths grip. He also hoped that the little girl was not harmed in any way. He had heard what she did for the agent. If it weren't for her, Coulson probably wouldn't have had a chance.
"Was he married?" Capsicle's voice echoed in the room.
"No. there is a cellist, I think." Tony replied, not looking at the other man.
"I'm sorry, he seemed like a good man…" Rogers clearly didn't believe the man would make it out from the surgery alive. Tony and Rogers went into a short conversation on how Coulson was an idiot, and how he shouldn't have faced Loki alone. While Steve said he was doing his job.
"Sometimes there isn't a way out, Tony"
"Right, I've heard that before." He replied irritated, Capsicle could really get on his last nerves sometimes.
"Is this the first time you lost a soldier?" Rogers asked with a sympathetic tone.
With anger Tony turned to face Steve and replied, "Phil isn't dead yet, and we are not soldiers." tired he continues to speak "I'm not marching to Fury's fife."
"Neither am I" the captain replied and continued "he's got the same blood on his hands that Loki does. But right now, we got to put that behind us and get this done"
For a moment. Tony blurred the last part out of what Steve was saying. He looked at the spot where Coulson was laying half dead two hours ago. That's It! Of course, why didn't he see it before "he made it personal…"
"that's not the point" Steve retorted back.
"That is the point. That's Loki's point" Tony replied and continued "he hit us all right where we live. Why? And why take the kid?" he questioned more to himself than the captain.
"To tear us apart, and the girl could be leverage for whatever Loki's planning" Rogers answered as if it was an obvious question.
Tony's thoughts kept on going in circles in his head, trying to figure out what Loki's plan was, "yeah, divide and conquer is great but he knows he has to take us out to win, right? That's what he wants. He wants to beat us, he wants to be seen doing it. He wants an audience."
"Right. I caught his act in Stuttgart" the captain said.
"Yeah, that was just previews. This is opening night." The genius agreed and continued "and Loki, he's a full-tilt diva, right? he wants flowers, he wants parades. He wants monuments built to the skies with his name plastered…" realization hit Tony like a recking ball "son of a bitch."
*** (SpongeBob narrator voice) One hour later***
I slowly opened my eyes to find myself in an unfamiliar room, which I soon realized was Mr. Starks living room, "what am I doing here?" I mumbled; my voice was groggy since I had just woken up. I was tied up to a chair, which I could see I can easily get out of by just using my super strength.
"Ah, so the beautiful Sibyl is awake" the God of Mischief smiled ominously. He stooped down in front of me, his eyes glazing.
Curious and a bit nervous I asked, "What do you want with me Loki?"
"Straight to the point, I like you." He smirked, "Well Seer, I want to know what is to come of my fate" he responded easily.
I couldn't believe what he just called me. I don't remember where I know all this since I hit my head pretty hard, but what I do know is that the only ones I told of my knowledge of the past and future were Fury and Romanoff, "How did you-"
"Know? It's quite simple, we gods can sense when we're in the presence of a Seer. Of course, your kind is only born once a millennial." He elucidated, "Odd for such a powerful being to be born in this world." Loki tousled my hair and continued "now tell me, am I going to rule over Midgard, little Sibyl?" an evil grin plastered his features.
"Sorry, I can't tell you anything" I retorted flatly.
"Can't or won't?" the God replied scowling furiously.
I glared back at the tall man, "If I tell you what's going to happen, it could cause ripples in time and space. This is a fixed-point Loki!" I then looked at him with sad knowing eyes, "If you continue this path you have decided to go on, I'm afraid it would lead you to your imminent demise."
He was shocked for a second, but then the god's grin returned on his features, "oh I hope you do change your mind" he said menacingly, as the scepter in his hand shined a bright light blue. An icy-cold chill ran through my spine, and my face drained of color. He slowly drew the blade closer to my chest. Just when he was about to touch my heart, we heard an exploding sound outside of the Stark Tower. I sighed in respite, the God of mischief stood up and walked towards the balcony.
"Thank you, Mr. Stark…" I whispered in relief. For a second there, I thought my mind was going to be invaded, pushed to a side, and played with. I looked around for a place to hide, I can't just go outside without a mask on. I let myself free and grabbed my bag that was nearby.
I saw Loki walk back inside, Tony not far behind glaring at the tall deity. Loki smirked again "please tell me you're going to appeal to my humanity."
Tony walked with his hands behind his back "actually, I'm planning to threaten you." He answered smugly, he then looked at me "hey squirt, how you holding up?"
I smiled, "you just saved me from being mind-controlled" I replied honestly, and he made a playful disgusted face towards me.
"If you're here to threaten me, you should have left your armor on for that" Loki said looking smug, as he placed his hands on my right shoulder and roughly engulfed me towards him.
"yeah" he agreed meekly and continued "it's seen a bit of mileage, and you've got the glow stick of destiny. Would you like a drink?" he finished as if this conversation was something casual.
Loki sat me down on the couch in some part of their conversation. I wasn't really into hearing what they had to say, honestly. Soon the invasion would happen, I had bigger things to worry about. Then I remembered five certain mutants in NYC sewers, and I had to make sure they stayed safe during this whole thing. I silently activated my watches holographic keyboard and send a text to Vipo.
Vipo, I need you to run to my lab and grab the portable plasma Boeing I was working on. Bring it to Splinter and the boys ASAP. Give it to Donnie, he'll know what to do with it. Understood?
-Penny-
Affirmative!
-V-
Good, now I didn't have to worry about them during this whole ordeal. I then searched through my bag and spotted my cushioned black and white aviator goggles, and quickly put them on. It wasn't much of a disguise, but it was something. I then closed my bag and placed it tightly secure on my back. I then heard the clink of metal against metal and glanced at the two men in the room. Loki seemed surprised and clinked his scepter on Tony's chest again, confused he said "this usually works…"
"Well, performance issues, it's not uncommon." the genius concluded, he winked at me, and I giggled. "one out of five-" Loki grabbed him by the neck and threw him harshly to the floor, I gasped and wink. With a groan Tony tried to get up as I heard him say "Jarvis, any time now."
When the genius got up, Loki grabbed him by the neck again and snarled, "you will all fall before me." Loki threw him out the window while Tony simultaneously shouted for Jarvis to deploy. A few seconds later Jarvis finally deployed, giving me the opportunity to escape Loki. Unfortunately, Loki was quicker than I was and grabbed me before I could swing on my web. I fought and struggled for him to let me go. I did what no man likes to be done to them, I kicked him hard in the jewels and managed my escape and jump out just in time for Tony to catch me in his Iron-Man suit.
Tony grabbed me and flew up to where the deity was, "and there's one other person you pissed off. His name is Phil." Tony said through his Iron suit and shot Loki on the chest with his blaster. The machine on Stark Tower blew a laser up in the sky, and we both simultaneously looked up, "Right. Army." he said with disdain, "hold on tight kid, this is going to be a bumpy ride." He finished and flew us up. Tony deflected every shot the Chitauri fired and shot back with his blasters. The billionaire was surprised when I shot my webs and made the aliens crash with each other "Did you just shoot something out of your wrist!?"
"yeah" I replied as I made another one crash.
Impressed Tony asked, "anything else you can do!?"
"Now's actually not the time to make a casual conversation about what I can do Mr. Stark!" I yelled as I almost fell due to him bumping with a Chitauri. 'Right!' he replied. Tony then aimed and shot small projectiles from his shoulders. We both continued shooting the aliens down, Tony with his blasters, and me with my spider web making the Chitauri crash into each other and explode.
"Stark, we're on your three, headed northeast." I heard through the earpiece Nick had given me earlier that day.
"What? Did you stop for drive-through?" I laughed at his sarcasm, "Swing up Park. We're going to lay them out for you." He then turned around some buildings and I saw the jet shoot some of the Chitauri that were chasing us.
"We?" The captain asked confused.
"Hi Mr. Rogers" I answered sheepishly. I heard a disgruntled sigh on the other side.
ALISE then spoke through my earpiece at the same time JARVIS informed Tony, "We have more incoming!"
"Alright kiddo let's keep them occupied" The genius told me.
Moments later I then looked up to see those whale things come out of the black hole in the sky "Mr. Stark…"
He glanced at where I was looking and said "holy shiit…"
"Stark, are you seeing this?" I heard through my earpiece.
"Seeing. still working on believing." The genius replied and continued "Where's Banner? Has he shown up yet?"
"Banner?" the captain asked.
"Just keep me posted"
Still looking at the creature I told ALISE "Al, help JARVIS find a soft spot" she replied with a 'on it' and did what she was told. I saw Tony shoot his small missiles at the big monster like whale "what the hell are you doing!?"
The billionaire stopped and said "well, we got its attention." I replied with a 'No shit!' He then turned around and accelerating his speed, "what the hell was step two?"
"THE HELL IF I KNOW!" I yelled irritably. I then heard the Thor, and the others talk about the cube and how impenetrable it is. The genius then said that the Norse god was right, then they talked about how some of them had unfinished business with Loki and other stuff.
"Stark, we got him." Steve said through the earpiece.
"Yeah… we're going to need him to suit up" I said through the communicator.
"we're bringing the party to you." Tony finished.
They all looked at the big whale monster thingy, Nat frowned and retorted "I don't see how that's a party." I then saw the Hulk smash the big things head, and the huge monster flip from the strong impact. Tony shot the thing so it wouldn't squish the team that were down there. Tony landed us on the floor, and I let go. We looked around to see Chitauri everywhere and got ready to face them. Black Widow looked up "guys" all of us glanced to where she was staring.
"Call it, captain." the genius said through his suit.
The captain complied "all right, listen up." He started, "Until we can close that portal, our priority is containment" Rogers pointed at Clint, "Barton, I want you on that roof. Eyes on everything. Call out patterns and strays." He then looked at Tony, "Stark, you got the perimeter. Anything gets more than three blocks out, you turn it back or you turn it to ash."
Clint looks at the genius and asks, "Can you give me a lift?"
Tony nods and replies, "Right. Better clench up, Legolas"
Steve then glances at the God of Thunder, "Thor, you got to try and bottleneck that portal. Slow them down." Thor starts getting ready to fly as the captain continues to talk "you got the lightning. Light the bastards up." The Norse God flew off to do so. He then looked at me and Nat "you, me and the kid, we stay on the ground. we keep the fighting here. And Hulk…" Hulk glanced at Steve with a glare, "Smash." The huge guy grinned and jumped away. The captain then walked towards me, bent down and asked, "I know you're very young… too young in fact. And it may be too much to ask, but I need you to follow everything I say to the T, okay?" I nodded, "atta girl" he smiled and tousled my hair softly. I couldn't help but smile and blush at the kind gesture. The man was sweeter than I thought he would be.
Chitauri came at us from everywhere, and we fought them off as much as we could. However more just kept on coming. The ones we killed were replaced by those, and those were replaced by more. It felt like an endless battle. Nat finished of another alien sat on the front of a random car and took a breath, "Captain, none of this is going to mean a damn thing…" she paused and looked at the black hole, "if we don't close that portal."
Rogers gave a brief nod, "Our biggest guns couldn't touch it."
"Well, maybe it's not about guns." She countered.
"The scepter, it's the only thing that can close it" both adults glanced at me, one confused and the other understanding, "we need to get up there, Nat" I told her with a sudden determination. Romanoff nodded also decided on what to do.
The captain was still a bit puzzled on how I knew this information, but still replied, "if you want to get up there, you're going to need a ride."
She then looks up and confidently says, "we got a ride, hop on my back Penny" I obeyed, and she walked away from Steve and continued, "we could use a boost, though"
Captain America looks at me with conflicting concern, and asks Romanoff, "are you sure about this?"
"Yeah." she said without a worry at all, "it's gonna be fun." I laughed at her last statement, she was my kind of crazy. She then runs, jumps on a car, and then on captain Rogers's shield for extra boost. Nat then grabs hold one of the Chitauri's vehicle while it was speeding by. We both struggle to get up the weird ship thing. When we managed to get on, I let go of her and hung on to the vehicle. Black Widow then killed both aliens before they could react. At first she struggled, trying her best to control the ship and crashed on the side of it with a building. The impact caused me to lose my balance and almost fall. It was good thing I had a strong grip on the thing. I then saw Stark fly passed by us shooting down some of the aliens that were shooting us.
Romanoff finally got the hang of flying the small ship and we headed towards our destination. During our flight to Stark Tower, a Chitauri ship appeared from behind and started shooting us again. Natasha looked back but quickly averted her eyes back to the front "oh, you…" she said with disdain. I bowled my eyes and glared at Loki's direction. The tall deity continued blasting us, "Hawkeye!"
"Nat what are you two doing?" we heard Clint on the other side of the communicator.
"Uh, a little help!?" she replied anxiously.
I then heard Barton say, "I got him"
Loki's ship exploded at the same time we both jumped onto the Stark Tower. When we both landed, I heard Hulk scream and crash inside the living room ad take Loki with him. I was feeling a little bit nervous, so I grabbed Nat's hand as we walked to the machine where the Tesseract was located.
"The scepter…" we heard the doctor say.
"Doctor." he was laying on the floor panting.
Romanoff walked towards him, "Loki's scepter. The energy. The Tesseract can't fight, but you can't protect against yourself.
Black Widow knelt in front of the doctor, "it's not your fault. You didn't know what you were doing."
"Actually, I think I did. I built in a safety to cut their power source." He replied.
She glanced at me "Loki's scepter…"
I nodded in confirmation, "it's able to close the portal."
Her eyes set back on the doctor as he said, "And I'm looking right at it." we both saw where he was looking. Down on the balcony laying lonesome on the ground, was the large weapon we were just talking about. My eyes landed on Nat, I silently asked her if she wanted me to grab it for her. She gave me a look that wordlessly stated, 'go ahead'. I shot my web at the scepter and successfully stuck the string to the handle and pulled it towards me. When I caught the weapon, I quickly gave it to Romanoff.
Once she had the scepter in her hands, the doctor fixed the fallen computer and yelled, "Right at the crown!"
"I can close it." Natasha said through the earpiece, "Can anybody copy? I can shut the portal down."
"Do it!" I heard Steve shout.
I then remembered the nuke the council ordered to shoot directly at NYC and shouted, "No, wait! There's a nuke on its way!"
"Kid, these things are still coming. This isn't the time for games." He said sternly.
"The kid is right! I got a nuke coming in." the billionaire genius reinforced, "It's gonna blow in less than a minute… and I know just where to put it."
"Stark, you know that's a one-way trip." Rogers replied solemnly at the genius.
Everyone stared with worried anticipation, from the top of the Stark Tower, the ground bellow, to a private jet far away from the chaos. we all waited. The minutes that went by felt like hours as the nuke flew directly to NYC. Stark was spotted and he quickly fly up, the nuke almost hitting the building we were in by a hair. He guided the bomb directly to the black hole. I cheered with excitement as we saw him fly inside the portal, and out of site with the huge thing. My excited cheer quickly changed to one of worry, Tony wasn't coming out of the hole. My mind was too much in a jumble to remember if he came out of this alive or not. I tried a hard as I could to focus. I still couldn't remember where I got all this knowledge of the future and past from, my head still hurt a bit from the impact earlier today. However, more important things were happening right now though, and I really shouldn't be concentrating on trivial things such as these.
I stared at the hole I last saw mister Stark and some part of me was screaming that me being part of this war was not supposed to happen, and that quite possibly have changed the outcome of things. The other part was telling me I was right, that he did survive this, and everything was going to be okay. Hopefully it was the second option. Suddenly all the Chitauri and big alien whales around all NYC fell and rapidly died.
Nat and I were anxiously waiting for stark to show up to close the portal "Come on, Mr. Stark" I whispered as I felt tears threaten to fall and my throat start to tighten.
"Close it…" I heard captain sadly say. Nat obeyed and shut the black hole. My hands closed into fists, and I clenched my teeth. I was still looking up, the hole was getting smaller by the minute. He will come out of there I know it, he had to. Then I saw it a red and yellow iron suit. It was Tony, he came out of the whole right on time before the portal was completely closed. I felt so relieved timeline was happening like it was supposed to. I then sighed and walked down to the living room to wait for the others. When I came in, I saw Loki on laying on tile filled hole Hulk left him on.
Poor Loki he didn't have a chance with the big green guy…
Wao it was fun doing this Chapter and a bit challenging, but all in all loved doing it hope you guys enjoyed just as much as I did working on it. Let me know what you think and as always, I'll be seeing you all in the next Chapter toodles! :)
Vocabulary:
spaewife - a female who is believed to be able to predict the future.
sibyl - a female able to foretell the future.
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