"Is he saying anything?" Nick asked through the radio. We were on the plane and were heading back to SHIELD to drop Loki off. I stood beside Tony in the corner, helmet off. Captain was beside us.
"Not a word." Natasha said.
"Just get him here. We're low on time."
"I don't like it." Captain whispered to us as he eyed Loki suspiciously.
"What?" Tony questioned him. "Him giving up so easily?"
"No. I don't remember it being that easy.
"Still, you are a little spry for an older fellow. What you think? Pilates?"
"What?"
"It's like calisthenics. You might have missed have a couple things. Doing time as Capticle."
"Tony." I cooed his name, thought I tried hard not to laugh.
"Fury didn't tell me he was calling you in. Especially her." Captain said.
"Yeah, there are a lot of things Fury doesn't tell you." Tony said. Thunder crackled and lightning flashed outside. I pressed up closer to Tony. "Don't like thunderstorms?"
"It was my second greatest fear." I whispered, staring out the window at the fast rolling clouds.
"What was your first?"
"Heights and obviously I have gotten over that fear. Now, thunderstorms are my greatest fear." Tony chuckled and leaned down to nuzzle his nose against my cheek. Loki looked around nervously.
"What's the matter?" Captain questioned him. "Scared of a little lightning too?"
"I'm not overly fond of what follows it." Loki said. A banging noise sounded on top of the plane. It sounded like something heavy landed on it.
"That didn't sound like thunder." I said. The plane shook violently and Tony reached for his helmet to put it on. I did the same. Tony walked over to the backdoor and pulled the latch to open it. Someone landed on the door. The guy was at least six feet tall, shoulder length blonde hair and blue eyes. His arms were coated with muscle, he had a hammer in one hand and he was dressed like some soldier from ancient Greece. Before Tony could attack him, the guy hit Tony hard with the hammer, sending him flying back. I raised my hand to shoot him but he threw the hammer at my hand, snapping my hand back. The guy grabbed Loki and they jumped out of the plane. Tony panted and stood up.
"Now there's that guy." Tony growled and began to walk towards the open door. I was right at his heels.
"You're not going after them are you?"
"I have to, Amber. Stay here. I'll be back with Loki in less than ten minutes. I promise."
"You think he's friendly?" Captain asked.
"Doesn't matter. He frees Loki or kills him, the tesseract is lost."
"Stark, we need a plan of attack."
"I have a plan…attack. Ten minutes, Am."
"I'll be counting." I said. Tony jumped out the door and disappeared below. Captain was right behind him with a parachute. I went over to Natasha who was trying to keep the plane on a steady speed and route. "Who was that guy?"
"Thor. He's basically a god but not fully."
"A demigod."
"Exactly." I looked at the clock on the board. Eight more minutes. I paced the plane's floor, eyeing the door, waiting for Tony to come back any second. I looked at the clock. Three more minutes.
"Jarvis, update?"
"The storm is interfering with my connection, Ma'am." Jarvis said. One more minute. That's it. I couldn't take it. The anticipation was killing me. I ran to the door and jumped. The wind whistled around me as I plunged into darkness. Lightning struck beside me and I shrieked and did a corkscrew away from it. I looked into the trees below and Jarvis pulled up a map of where Tony and Thor were. "It appears that they are in combat, Ma'am."
"Well, let's get them out of combat then." I kicked in more boost and slammed myself into Thor. It was like crashing into a boulder. I would make a dent, but I wouldn't break it. Thor grabbed me and slammed me on the ground. He raised his hammer and summoned a lightning bolt before he struck it at me. My suit crackled with the electricity but surprisingly, I didn't feel a thing. Numbers popped in front of my face. "Whoa, explain this to me, Jarvis."
"Power at four hundred percent capacity."
"How about that?" Tony fired at Thor and knocked him back. Tony flew past me, grabbed Thor and they both disappeared into the forest. I followed after them. Thor headbutted in Tony in the face and sent him flying back. I dodged away from Tony and shot at Thor and he went into a tree. I landed in front of him and he stood up and punched me on the top of the head, making my knees crumple underneath me. Thor picked up his hammer and was about to slam it down on me when Tony grabbed me and pulled me away at the last second.
"I thought I told you to stay put." Tony said.
"I thought you said you'd be back in ten minutes." He didn't say anything. "Exactly." I pushed his hands off of me and flew back to Thor, punching him in the face as I past him. I landed in front of him and he was about to punch me back when a red, white and blue disc came out of the air and hit Thor on the back of the head before retaliating back to its owner.
"Hey!" Captain shouted. "That's enough." As Tony walked to my side, I looked up to see Captain standing on top of a boulder until he jumped down. "I don't know what you plan on doing here."
"I've come to put an end to Loki's schemes." Thor declared.
"Then prove it. Put that hammer down."
"Uh, yeah, no." Tony protested. "He loves that hammer." Thor slammed the hammer into my and Tony and sent us flying back. Thor then slammed the hammer onto the ground, causing an invisible force to hit us. I groaned and Tony helped me to my feet.
"Are we done here?" Thor looked around at the destruction of fallen trees and broken boulders before he nodded his agreement.
