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CONTAINMENT DECK, HELICARRIER – Loki smiled. "There's not many people who can sneak up on me."
"But you figured I'd come." said Widow.
"After." said Loki. "After whatever tortures Fury can concoct, you would appear as a friend, as a balm. And I would cooperate." He smiled.
"I want to know what you've done to Agent Barton." said Widow.
"One can say I've, expanded his mind." said Loki.
"And once you've won, once you're King of the Mountain, what happens to his mind?" asked Widow. She studied his movements very carefully.
"Ooh…Is this love, Agent Romanoff?" asked Loki,
"Love is for children." stated Widow. "I owe him a debt."
"Tell me." said Loki.
"Before I worked for SHIELD I made a name for myself. I have a very specific skill set." Said Widow. "I didn't care who I used it for, or on. I got on SHIELD's radar in a bad way. Agent Barton was sent to kill me. He made a different call."
"And what will you do if I vow to spare him?" asked Loki.
"Not let you out…" started Widow.
"No, but I like this." smiled Loki. "Your world in the balance and you bargain for one man."
"Regimes fall every day." said Widow. "I tend not to weep over that. I'm Russian, or I was."
"And what are you now?" asked Loki.
"It's really not that complicated." said Widow. "I got red in my ledger, I'd like to wipe it out."
"Can you?" asked Loki. "Can you wipe out that much red? Dreykov's daughter, Sao Paulo, the hospital fire? …" started Loki. He saw Widow gulp discretely. "Barton told me everything…" He got up and walked to the glass. "…You're ledger is dripping, gushing red and you think saving a man no more virtuous than yourself will change anything?" He mocked. "This is the basest sentimentality, this is a child at prayer. Pathetic!" he growled. "You like and kill in the service of liars and killers. You pretend to be separate, to have your own code, something that makes up for the horrors. But they are part of you, and they will never go away."
STORAGE DECK, HELICARRIER – Caleb and Captain America reach their destination. Large military metal made cases. Caleb pointed his wand and chanted "ALOHOMORA." The cases clicked open. Captain America looked at him. "Go on." He knew this was important to Steve, that he had faith in the system, that the system wouldn't repeat history. The superhero opened the opened lids and it confirmed what they feared, it was filled with high tech military weapons ready to use. Captain America leaned on the cases and sighed with frustration and disappointment. "I'm sorry…"
"You were right…" said Captain America. "Objects like the Tesseract should never fall on human hands, they'd want to weaponize it's power…" He sighed. "I thought we learned, that we knew better by now."
"Fear makes us all do crazy things Captain." said Caleb. "It makes us want to learn how a magician does their tricks, find out what's hidden behind the curtain, discover the unknown power and claim that unknown for us…Even if you can't understand or control it properly…Magic is something muggles will never understand, that scares them…When objects like the Tesseract are found, it leads to this."
Captain America banged punched the wall, he walked over and put his hand on the soldiers shoulder. The Captain put his hand over his as a quiet 'thank you for being here.'
Captain America grabbed one of the weapons inside the case and stormed out, he was angry and didn't look back, but he knew Caleb was behind him.
CONTAINMENT DECK, HELICARRIER – Loki banged a closed fist on the glass making Widow jump slightly. "I won't touch Barton, not until I make him kill you. Slowly, intimately, in every way he knows you fear." Widows eyes watered, her body trembled. "…And then he'll wake just long enough to see his good work and when he screams, I'll split his skull…" Widow turned away. "This is my bargain you mewling quim."
Widow sniffled. "You're a monster…" Her back turned to Loki.
Loki chuckled. "Oh no. You brought the monster."
Widow turned. "So, Banner." Her voice was calm cool and cold. She acted her part, Loki fell into her trap. "That's your play."
"What?" asked Loki.
Widow walked off. "Loki means to unleash the Hulk. Keep Banner in the lab. I'm on my way. Send Thor and the witches as well." She turned to Loki. "Thank you. For your cooperation." With a small smile of victory she turned and walked out. Loki cursed to himself.
HELICARRIER LAB, HELICARRIER – Fury walked into the lab. Tony and Bruce were sitting around watching the monitors. "What are you doing Mr. Stark?"
"Uh, kind of been wondering the same thing about you." said Tony.
"You're supposed to be locating the Tesseract." said Fury.
"We are." Said Bruce. "The model's locked and we're sweeping for the signature now. When we get a hit, we'll have the location within half a mile."
"Yeah, then you get your Cube back No muss, no fuss." said Tony. The computer screens beeped. "What is "Phase 2"?"
Captain America plopped the weapon he found on the table. "Phase 2 is SHIELD using the Cube to make weapons." He looked at Tony. "Sorry, computer was moving a little slow for me."
Fury turned to Captain America. "Rogers, we gathered everything related to the Tesseract. This does not mean that we're making…" Harry, Caleb, Draco and Hermione walked in.
"I'm sorry Nick." Interrupted Tony. He flipped the computer around to face the room. Showing the blueprints of missiles. "What ever you lying?"
"I was wrong director." said Captain America. Thor and Widow walked in. "The world hasn't changed a bit."
"I told you Potter." said Draco. "Never trust muggles."
"I can't believe this…" said Hermione.
Bruce looked at Widow. "Did you know about this?"
"You want to think about removing yourself from this environment, Doctor?" Widow suggested.
"I was in Calcutta." said Bruce. "I was pretty well removed."
Widow walked towards Bruce. "Loki is manipulating you."
"And you've been doing what exactly?" asked Bruce.
"You didn't come here because I bat my eyelashes at you." said Widow.
"Yes and I'm not leaving because suddenly you get a little twitchy." said Bruce. "I want to know why SHIELD is using the Tesseract to create weapons of mass destruction."
"Because of him." said Fury, he pointed at Thor.
"Me?" asked Thor. Harry Draco Hermione and Caleb stepped forward, standing next to Thor supportingly.
"Last year, Earth had a visitor from another planet who had a grudge match that leveled a small town." said Fury. "We learned that not only are we not alone, but we are hopelessly, hilariously outgunned."
"Everyone, out there, the public muggle and magical, know that we are not alone in the universe." said Draco. "It's the muggle governments that refuse to acknowledge it, to keep the public in control."
"My people want nothing but peace with your planet." said Thor.
"But you're not the only people out there are you." said Fury. "And you're not the only threat."
"Duh." said Draco. "Muggles have always viewed what they don't know as a threat. It's how they stay in power."
"The world is filling up with people who can't be matched, that can't be controlled." said Fury.
"Like you control the Cube." Added Captain America.
"It's called evolution Director." said Hermione.
"Not just Thor." said Fury. "Only last year we learned the existence of witches, who have unmatched power on the tip of their fingers. How are we supposed to fight that?"
"By hunting us down, burning us as the stake like it happened in Salem?" suggested Caleb. "That is exactly why we created our own world. So we would live in peace from you and your persecutions. I hate to admit it, but understand Voldemorts fear of muggles." He pointed at the weapon.
"Your work with the Tesserat is what drew Loki, the Deatheaters and WICKED to it, and their allies." said Harry. "It is a signal to all the realms that the Earth is ready for a higher form of war."
"A higher form?" asked Captain America.
"You all forced our hand…" said Fury.
"Forced?" asked Hermione. "Seriously?"
"We had to come up with…" started Fury.
"…A nuclear deterrent." finished Tony. "Because that always calms everything right down."
"Remind me again how you made your fortune Stark?" asked Fury.
"You have no idea what horrors are out there." said Caleb to Fury. "If you did, you would never leave your house ever again."
"Loki, WICKED and Voldemort are a minority of the unknown, fanatics and psychos. But it's the rest of us that pay the price. Does the world see what we do, what we lose and sacrifice to save your asses?" said Caleb.
"No." said Draco. "They only see the bad while ignoring the good and we are locked up, studied and dissected instead of being thanked."
Thor agreed with Draco and Caleb, he couldn't believe his ears. "I thought humans were more evolved than this."
"Have they ever been?" hissed Draco.
"You treat your champions with such distrust." said Thor.
"Are you guys really that naïve?" asked Widow. "SHEILD monitors potential threats."
"Captain America is on threat watch?" asked Bruce.
"We all are." said Widow.
As they argued the jewel on Lokis scepter was increasing in energy. Harry began to feel the energy and vibrations of the room rising as the arguing turned into intense verbal fighting.
"You speak of control, yet you court chaos." said Thor.
"Predictable irony." said Draco.
"That's his M.O., isn't it." said Bruce. "I mean what are we, a team? No, we're a chemical mixture that makes chaos. We're a time bomb."
"You need to step away." said Fury.
"Why?" asked Caleb, walking over and standing next to Bruce. "You recruited him. Did he want to be here? Did he have a choice to be here? Did any of us?"
"Agreed." said Tony. "Why shouldn't the guy let off a little steam?" He put his hand on Captain Americas shoulder.
"You know damn well why. Back off." said Captain America shoving the arm off.
"Oh I'm starting to want you to make me." said Tony.
"Yeah." said Captain America. "Big man in a suit of armor." He walked around Tony. "Take that off and what are you?"
"Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist." listed Tony.
"I know guys with none of that are worth ten of you." said Captain America. "I've seen the footage. The only thing you really fight for is yourself. You're not the guy to make the sacrifice play, to lay down on a wire and let the other guy crawl over you."
"Think I would just cut the wire." said Tony. The arguing continued and they completely missed the black jet that approached with a cursed Clint Barton ready and aiming an explosive arrow at the helicarrier.
Captain America scoffed. "Always a way out. You know, you may not be a threat but you better stop pretending to be a hero."
"A hero? Like you?" asked Tony.
"Like them." said Captain America, he pointed to Harry, Hermione, Caleb and Draco. "They have risked and given their lives to save their people, to help save us without us knowing. They asked for nothing in return. What have you done?"
"Don't you include yourself in their category. You are a laboratory experiment Rogers." said Tony. "Everything special about you came out of a bottle."
"Like me?" asked Caleb. He stepped forward flashing his red eyes at Tony.
Captain America was furious that Tony insulted and angered Caleb. He stepped in front of Caleb. "Put on the suit. Lets go a few rounds."
"Take a number." said Caleb.
"Stop it." said Harry. He felt the energy grow. His eyes lit up green. "Just shut up! All of you!"
Thor turned to Harry. "Harry?" He kneeled in front of Harry. "Harry what's wrong?"
The computer beeped, he ignored it. "Harry?"
Hermione rushed over. "Harry. Breathe love."
Harry breathed. "I'm…I'm fine." Green electrical currents buzzed around him for a moment. "All this negative energy is feeding the scepter, it's raising the vibrations in the room…It's somehow affecting me…" He looked at Thor, who had eye full of concern. "I'm ok."
The computer beeped again. "We got it."
"You located the Tesseract." said Thor.
"I can get there faster." said Tony.
"The Tesseract belongs on Asgard." said Thor. "No human is a match for it."
Tony headed for the door. Captain America grabbed his arm. "You're not going alone."
"Are you gonna stop me?" asked Tony.
"Put on the suit, lets find out." said Captain America.
"I'm not afraid to hit an old man." said Tony.
Caleb stepped in front of Captain America. "Try it." His eyes flashed. "I insist."
Bruce checked the computer. The Tesseract was in New York City. "Oh my God…"
Then suddenly an engine went BOOOOOOOOOOOOM! BLOWN UP! The entire deck of the lab and the engine exploded, blasting everyone away, up out and down.
Captain America, Tony and Caleb sat up. They looked each other. "Put on the suit." said Captain.
"I insist." ordered Caleb.
"Yeah!" said Tony as they ran off.
CENTRAL CONTROL HALL – "Hill!" called Fury through his earpiece.
Hermione was on the elevated platform in front of the four computer screens. "Agent Hill is off fighting Director. I'm taking over."
"Report." said Fury.
"Number three engine is down." reported Hermione. "Gotta go." She looked out to the agents on the computers. "Status report!" she called.
"We've been hit!" called an agent. "Fire on engine three!"
Hermione ran down to the agents on the computers. "Talk to me."
"Turbines look intact, but it's impossible to get our there to make repairs, while we are in the air." said the agent.
Hermione pulled up the overall status of the Helicarrier on the screen and studied it. "If we lose one more engine we won't be."
She touched the earpiece on her ear. "Someone needs to get outside and patch the engine Director." She took out her wand and sent two otter patronuses out to Harry and Draco.
"I'm on it!" said Ironman.
Fury ran in. "Coulson, initiate defensive lockdown in the detention section, then get to the armory in the storage deck." He ordered. Coulson ran out the door. He pressed the button on his earpiece. "Romanoff?"
STORAGE DECK, HELICARRIER – "We are ok." Widow reported. She turned to see Bruce start to shift. He fell five flights down to the main storage deck. He looked up at her. "Bruce…"
Bruce groaned as the shift began. Caleb ran over to Widow and chanted. "WINGARDIUM LEVIOSA" levitating the insanely heavy storage boxes off her leg. Her leg was bleeding. "How is it?"
"It's…" Window started. She tried to move it. "Urgh.. It's broken."
Caleb pointed his wand and chanted. "EPISKY MAXIMA!" they heard a snap and the leg was healed.
"Thank you." said Widow.
"Go." said Caleb.
"What about him?" asked Widow. They looked down at the Hulk.
"I'll handle him." said Caleb.
Widow took off and as the Hulk roared, echoing through the entire Helicarrier, Loki smiled with triumph.
CENTRAL CONTROL HALL – Hermione was on the upper landing working the computers. "Bring the carrier to a 1–8–0, heading south!" called Fury. He ran to the window to look out at the scene outside. Draco and Harry were speeding across the sky in their brooms with Ironman. "Take us to the water."
"We're flying blind." said and agent. "Navigation's recalibrating after the engine failure."
"Is the sun coming up?" asked Hermione to the agent. Fury turned to her.
"Yes ma'am." said the agent.
"Then put it on the left!" she ordered. "Get us over water. One more turbine goes out and we crash!"
"Hermione!" called Harry. "We need you down here!"
"Director." said Hermione. "She's all yours." Fury nodded and she ran out the door.
BROKEN AREA, HELICARRIER – Captain America managed to break through the doors and ran into the broken area, that was blown up by Hawkeyes explosive arrow. Hermione arrived, she took out her wand and started to magically fix, mending the broken, and what she could. Captain America looked at the huge broken hole where an turbine engine used to be. "Stark! I'm here!"
"Good!" said Ironman flying in followed by Harry and Draco on brooms. "Lets see what we've got." As he started analyzing the situation Harry Draco started waving their wands trying to fix what they could. "I gotta get this superconducting coolant system back online before I can access the rotors." He turned to the witches. "We need to dislodge the debris."
"We're on it!" said Harry, flying off with Draco.
Ironman turned to Captain America. "I need you to get to that control engine control panel and tell me which relays are in overload position."
Captain America didn't understand much of it, but nodded and jumped climbed and leapt from one place to another, going up until he reached the control panel.
"What does it look like in there?" asked Ironman thought eh earpiece.
Captain America had no idea what he was looking at, it was too advanced for him. "It seems to run on some form of electricity."
"Well you're not wrong." said Ironman.
Hermione ran over to Captain America. "I'll take it from here. You go out there. We've got company!" They heard gunshots. Captain America went off leaving the witch to handle the control panel.
STORAGE DECK, HELICARRIER – Caleb made his way through the storage deck, his eyes glowed red, it helped him see in the dark. As he turned the corner he was met with the Hulk, running towards him like a missile. "Bugger!" he turned and ran into the hallway, which didn't last long as the Hulk plowed through it after him. A green arm hit him in the gut sending him crashing into a steel wall. "Hulk!" he called. "Control yourself!"
The Hulk growled but before he could land a hard punch he knocked right through the wall by Thor.
LOWER HANGAR BAY, HELICARRIER – As Caleb caught his breath, Hulk and Thor crashed onto the lower hangar bay, located under the Central Control Hall. The agents on securing the planes and jets scattered as Thor and Hulk began to fight.
Hulk went for a punch when Thor stopped it with his own godly strength. "We are not your enemies Banner!" he said with a strained voice. "Try to think!"
Hulk punched Thor across the deck into a plane, breaking it in half.
BROKEN AREA, HELICARRIER – Ironman flew to the broken down engine. Harry and Draco were removing the debris caught in between the turbines. "The relays are intact." Hermione reported through her earpiece.
"Even if I clear the rotors, this thing won't re–engage without a jump." said Ironman. "I'm gonna have to get in there and push."
"If that thing get sup to speed, you'll get shredded." said Captain America.
"Hermione you see the red lever next to the controls?" asked Ironman.
"Yes.' said Hermione.
"Stand by it." said Ironman. "Wait for my word."
"Copy." said Hermione.
LOWER HANGAR BAY, HELICARRIER – A sweaty panting Thor held out his hand, summoning Mjolnir. The hammer flew into his hand just in time for him to POOOW Hulk straight in the gut sending the growling green tank of muscle crashing into a fighter jet. The Hulk roared as he took the jet ripping off the wing and throwing it at Thor, who ducked just in time. They both turned and looked up as there was a nother explosion coming form the central control hall above them.
Hulk took the moment to punch Thor away. Thor turned in mid air and flew back hitting the Hulk SMACK in the face with Mjolnir. They both crashed through to another section of the Helicarrier.
STORAGE DECK, HELICARRIER – "We've got a permiter breach." called Coulson. "Hostiles are in SHIELD gear." He took out one of the already made Tesseract weapons from storage, opening the case with his thumbprint and headed back to the fight.
LOWER HANGAR BAY, HELICARRIER – "We have the Hulk and Thor on Research Level 4." called an agent from a computer station. Fury and Agent Hill were shooting at the invaders. "Levels 2 and 3 are dark." He reported.
"Sir, the Hulk will tear this place apart!" called Hill.
"Someone get his attention!" ordered Fury through his earpiece.
Hill pressed her earpiece. "Escorts 6–O proceed to Wishbone and engage green hostile. Don't get too close."
"Copy." said the fighter from the fighter jet.
LEVEL 4, OVERLOOKING LOWER HANGAR BAY, HELICARRIER – Hulk was mopping the floor with Thor. Luckily the Thunder God had high resistance and held his own. As the fighter jet started firing at the Hulk the green monster dropped Thor, who crawled out of the way, and jumped off into the air like a canon ball toward the jet. "Target angry, target angry!" As the Hulk began to dig his way into the jet. Everyone saw the incoming enemy jet fighters firing at the hellicarrier.
Then they all heard it, an angry roar, far bigger than the Hulk. Looking up, a collossal dragon swooped down from the clouds. It was huge, like Drogon from Game of Thrones, about 85 feet long wyvern dragon, with a wingspan of 130 with glowing red eyes, devilish horns on it's head and sparking black and red scales.
"Holy shit!" called Fury, as he watched the dragon swoop down and hit the Hulk off the back of the jet with it's tail like a baseball bat hitting the ball. They all watched the Hulk blast away into the distance and the flying beast turn to attack the new enemy fighters.
"Holy fuck!' said Ironman, Draco and Harry as they watched enemy jets try to land on the landing deck but fly off when the dragon spit fire like a flame thrower from hell.
"What is that?" asked Captain America.
"That's Caleb." said Hermione.
"Wha…" gawked Captain America. "You're joking…"
"Nope." said Hermione.
Captain America looked back at the dragon, and it beautiful.
"Incoming!" called Draco, warning of a jet that was heading straight for them. It didn't last long since the dragon turned it to ashes in minutes, giving them enough time to finish their work and getting the engine back online.
Harry flew away to take a bigger overall look at their work. "It looks good from here!"
"Hermione." called Ironman. "Pull the lever!"
Hermione pulled the red lever as instructed and the engine started to work, leveling the helicarrier back to normal. "Yes!" cheered Harry.
Suddenly he saw the containment cell get ejected, falling at rapid speed towards Earth. His eyes glowed green and the kitsune saw Thor inside the container. "Thor!" he screamed. Emerald thunder and lightning erupted from his body before he blasted off, Firebolt in high speed, after Thor. He got closer and closer ad the descended to Earth, he saw the containment cell spinning and Thor get banged over and over against the thick glass. "Thor!" As he reached it his eyes glowered green and the kitsune took over, taking shape the electric green bands of electricity spun around his body taking shape of the kitsune fox auroa. His eyes lit up as he summoned high voltage electrical currents, hitting the containment cell.
Thor absorbed the kitsunes power, he summoned his own white electricity and getting a good grip on Mjolnir he was able to fly across the cel and break through the glass just before it crashed breaking into pieces. He crashed onto the deserted beach.
Harry flew down, dropping his broom and running over. "Thor!" he was back to himself again. "Thor are you alright!"
"Yes." said Thor. He toughed. "It was just a hard landing." He felt Harry hug him and he responded immediately, wrapping his huge arms around his boyfriend. He looked up at Harry. "Thank you." Harry leaned down and kissed him. "Mmm…" he moaned.
As they began to strip off their clothes, sex was on their mind, Furys voice came in through their earpiece. "Agent Coulson is down…"
***I have to say that is one of the most action packed chapters I have ever written. I loved it thought. The arguments between the Avengers then the fighting. I'm sooo happy we got to finally see Caleb as a dragon and I LOOOOVED how Harry went down to save his man! More coming up soon! PLEASE REVIEW! ***