The Amazing Avenger.
Recap: Egos clash between Tony and Steve, Peter gives Steve a gift, and Loki causes a bit of mischief in downtown New York once again. Now on to Chapter Eight.
Chapter Eight.
The rest of the team did not need to be told twice. Tony was in his suit before Jarvis could confirm it was running at 100% capacity, and Clint and Natasha were already en route downtown.
Police cars and Fire engines had blocked off most of the street. The crowds of people being held back by police were all too déjà vu to what had occurred just two years previous. Screams were heard as cars were being toppled on top of each other, moved by an unseen force. The police chief arrived, getting out of his car and angry as hell.
"What the hell is going on, Luteinant?" he bellowed.
"It seems he's back, sir." the other man answered.
"It seems WHO is back?"
The officer pointed up to the roof of a building. Loki was standing atop, strolling back and forth along the edge, peering down at the scene below him. He couldn't help but smile as he saw the sheer panic in all the pathetic mortals' faces. For the first time in a long time, Loki felt himself again. He was the God of Mischief, a monster. So why not behave like one?
"Oh my dear God, not again." the chief groaned.
Loki looked up as he heard helicopters approaching him and shook his head in annoyance. Would these mortals ever learn?
Waving both of his arms in a circular motion as a two dark green glows appeared and as the choppers approached, he swung both arms at once and shot the glows at them. The impacts knocked both choppers off balance and they quickly spiraled down towards the street. That was when Iron Man had flown through the air, catching the attention of the crowds and of course, Loki.
The crowds gasped as Iron Man flew towards the falling choppers and caught them both before they made a crash landing. He landed and set them both down with loud thuds and then he quickly flew back up and landed on the roof, Loki glaring at him.
"So, we meet again, Reindeer Games. To what do we owe the pleasure this time?" Stark chided, flipping his mask up so the God could look him in the face.
Loki's glare held, but his lips stretched into a crooked smile as he continued to pace back and forth. "Well, if it isn't the great Tony Stark…late as usual. I was beginning to think you would never show."
"Sorry to disappoint you." Tony replied.
Loki laughed. "Quite the contrary, mortal."
Stark began to walk towards Loki. "So what is this? I'm beginning to think you must be some kind of masochist, or else why would you come unless you were looking for another beating."
Loki looked around. "So where are the rest of your friends? I was rather hoping for a whole group reunion." He then stared intently at Stark. "or were you just looking to die first?"
"Aint happening, sweetheart." Tony glared back. "You might as well just give it up now."
Loki smiled again. He curled his fist up into a ball. "But it's rather early."
Then before Tony could blink, Loki uncurled his fist and shot a golden light in his direction. Tony managed to dodge it at the last second, but hit the ground with a painful thud.
He rolled over and took a shot at the God, who managed to clone himself and disappear in a cloud of dark smoke as the shot passed right through it. Stark looked at it confused, but the real Loki stepped in front of him and he was about to shoot him again, but Loki was stopped by an array of bullets that pierced right through him, blood splattering as he stumbled backwards, finally falling over a bump and hitting the floor.
Natasha put the gun to her side belt and ran to Tony. "You ok?"
Tony looked up at her. "Oh goody, it was you." he muttered as she helped him up.
"You're welcome, too, you ass." Natasha replied.
Tony was about to retort, when they heard laughter behind them. Natasha and Tony shot around to see Loki standing up, dusting himself off, but still limping a bit. But the bullet holes were gone, with only a couple holes left still healing themselves. He looked up at them and turned his head, spitting out the mouthful of bullets that he had coughed up, spitting out blood in the process.
"Oh, fantastic." Tony muttered. Natasha just glared at Loki angrily.
Loki's laughter grew more sadistic as he returned Natasha's glare. "I must say, I am really impressed with your aim, Ms. Romanoff. However, even someone as intelligent as yourself should know that a mere mortal cannot kill a God."
"But this one can!" Clint yelled from behind and as Loki turned to face him, he was greeted with an arrow coming towards him. The arrow instead shot through black smoke, but it quickly turned and headed in Loki's new direction. Just as before, Loki caught it out of thin air, but instead of it blowing up in his hand, it disappeared with a motion of his hands.
"What the-" Clint muttered, but was silenced by an invisible hold around the throat and was flipped through the air, where he landed hard on the ground.
"Shoot him!" Natasha screamed and she grabbed her gun, but it was instantly flung from her hands and Tony's suit was malfunctioning so his hand lasers didn't work. They then found themselves frozen and unable to move and fell to the ground.
"Well, this guy has got a full bag of tricks, doesn't he?" Tony spat as he and Natasha struggled against the hold. Natasha's attention, however, was turned to Clint, who was writhing helplessly on the ground as Loki sauntered up to him.
"Clint!" Natasha yelled. "Don't you touch him, you bastard!"
Loki peered over at her and smiled. He then looked down at Clint and tilted his head, but not before stepping a foot on his collarbone, restricting Clint's breathing further. "As callous as this may sound, I much preferred you when you were under my control." He smiled, then added, "but looking back now, I should've just killed you in the beginning. A lot of good you did me in the end." He spat, though disgusted.
Clint was struggling for breath, but he shot a hateful glare at Loki. Just then, the skies turned black and thunder clapped the sky. Loki stepped off of Clint and his grip on him loosened a bit, but it was still there. Loki looked up and smiled bigger. The rains came down hard and huge lightning bolts touched down as Thor shot down and plowed down on the roof. He took a quick survey of the situation and glared angrily at his brother.
"What took you so long?" Loki sneered, still smiling.
"Why?" Thor growled.
Loki made a mock frown. "Oh, you really didn't think that a mere two years in that cell would make me as soft as you, now did you?" He then grinned and peered in his brother's fiery eyes. "Truly brother, you are as dense as you are gullable!" The last sentence came out like a growl and before Loki knew it, Thor had gripped his Mjollnir and charged his brother, hitting him with such force that both fell from the roof and crashed hard into the street below.
That was when the bonds that held the three on the roof had been broken. Tony and Natasha got up quickly, but Clint was slow moving. Nastasha ran to him.
"Are you ok?" she asked, looking him over. Clint got his breathing under control, but jerked himself away from Natasha, who looked at him confused.
"I'm fine." he answered curtly, then snatched up his bow and walked over to the edge where Tony was watching the scene below.
Loki moved to get up from the demolished spot his body had caused, but Thor was faster. He got up, grabbed Loki by the throat and threw him with a yell as he hit the ground and rolled. Thor summoned his Mjollnir and it flew into his hands as he walked up to Loki, who was lightly chuckling when Thor grabbed him up by the collar and moved Loki to face him, but was hit in the face by a cloud of black dust. Thor knew all too well what it was. It was a substance used among sorcerers to temporarily suspend an Asgardian's strength and power, basically rendering them as weak as mortals.
It was working because Thor dropped his Mjollnir and out of blindness, he dropped to his knees. Loki got up from the ground and smiled to himself when he saw his dust working.
"Oh, this is bad." Tony spouted, but tried to shoot at Loki to no avail. "That hold he had on us must've corrupted my whole system." He then moved away, yelling to Jarvis.
Natasha moved to reach out to Clint again, but he flinched again. He grabbed her hand and moved it away. "Please, don't."
Loki moved to advance over Thor, who's eyes were still blinded. Despite the rain, Thor had difficulty getting the dust out.
"As I said earlier brother, I'm not as soft as you!" Loki then grabbed Thor and with his fists in his collar, he picked him up and threw him into a building through the glass doors. The crowd screamed.
Loki stared at them, then stared up at the roof, smiling. Just then, out of nowhere, he hears a shout and before he could react, he was hit by a familiar looking shield. The crowd cheered as Loki was knocked backwards and landed with a painful grunt on the ground. He looked up to see Captain America flying down and jumping from the back of another, whom also looked rather familiar to Loki. The Captain landed on his feet and caught his shield mid-air. Loki moved to get up, though it was more slowly this time. He could feel his powers beginning to drain from the beatings he took and his exhaustion. Using as much strength as he could muster, he managed to stand up and glare at Steve. "Forgive me for noticing, but it seems you are rather fashionably late, aren't you, Mr. Universe?"
"Maybe." Steve answered. "But it seems to me that you are, once again, out of time."
Loki laughed at this. He looked around. "So where's this…Spiderman I've been hearing so much about?" He then looked at the Captain. "Surely he should be introduced."
"Now that you mention it, I was thinking the same thing." a voice behind him called out. Loki turned to see Spiderman standing there, his stance ready and waiting for Loki to make a move.
Loki smiled devilishly at him. "Well well…"
The Captain and Spiderman prepared to make their moves, but were interrupted by the sound of a Hellicarrier hovering above them and locking their weapons on Loki. The God looked defeated and raised his hands, intently locking his gaze to Peter.
"He's surrendering!" Steve yelled.
Peter just continued to stare at Loki, who had his hands raised, but Peter could see his lips moving. Peter had been told Loki was powerful and possessed sorcerer abilities.
"It's a trick!" Peter yelled.
Loki finished his cantation and within seconds, he had disappeared.
Steve ran up and stood in the spot Loki was just standing in. "Oh great!"
Something had radioed in to Steve. With a sigh, Steve answered, "We lost him."
A/N: So there you have it folks, another chapter written and an epic confrontation with The Avengers and Loki. Sorry it did not include much of Peter, but don't fret. Peter will get his time and he will also have bigger fish to fry pretty soon. Plus, it is horribly late and I must get my beauty sleep for work tomorrow. (yes…I work on a holiday. L)
Also, I know I wrote Loki fighting a tad more dirty in this, but that's because I love it when he is just so badass. I also loved doing that bit with him and Hawkeye. Yep…stirring something up there. *wink wink*
I know I know, I didn't put the Hulk in, but there was no time to put him in, but I promise an EPIC scene from him soon.
Ps. It was my first time writing a fight scene, so please, be kind. Lol. But regardless, I had a lot of fun doing it. As always, thank you again to everyone who reviewed, favorited, alerted, or have done all three. I appreciate each and every one of you.