Fenrir was running alongside the vehicle, his paws whipping up snow in his wake. He was on a mission with the Avengers! Granted, he was far from their first choice, but the team needed someone with knowledge of magic, and his dad wasn't available. When the Avengers told Loki that they were looking for the Scepter, he had made half-hearted excuses about looking for Sigyn and his twins on Vanaheim. Everyone knew it wasn't quite true, but they were too polite to say it.
He was leaping over a tree when he saw on of the enemy agents. Fenrir jumped towards the poor man, shaking him hard enough to give him whiplash, but nothing lethal. Around him was chaos, so he followed Captain America and Iron Man.
Through his specialty-made earpiece he heard Stark shout. "Shit!"
"Language!" Fenrir blinked. Hadn't the Captain been a soldier? He couldn't dwell on it long, instead he tore a gun away from an agent. The Captain said something more, but Fenrir was more focused on the tug-of-war he was having for an enemy's gun. No surprise, but Fenrir won.
He tuned back in after ripping the gun away from an enemy (and probably breaking the guy's arm as well) in time to hear the Widow speak. "At long last is lasting a little long, boys."
"Yeah, I think we lost the element of surprise." Hawkeye responded.
Fenrir couldn't help but respond, after tackling a HYDRA operative. "Oh really? You think?" He and his father both grasped the concept of sarcasm much better than his uncle had.
"Wait a second, no one else is going to deal with the fact that Cap said 'language'?" Stark asked, and knowing him, Fenrir bet he was smirking.
"I know… It just slipped out."
A large crash resounded through the HYDRA base. Wanda knew they were under attack, and grabbed her brother's hand. There was someone across the speakers saying they were under attack. She sent her powers out and looked for any souls that might be familiar. Then, she found one she recognized. Fenrir! She laughed aloud and mentally whispered to Sleipnir who was there. 'The Avengers are here… Fenrir is with them!'
'Really? I remember that day, when we were watching the news, and Loki apologised, explaining that he needed to save his son. We didn't realize the significance of everything back then, did we?'
'No. The problem is, we're trying to infiltrate HYDRA. Do we help the Avengers, or HYDRA?'
'Let's go HYDRA. I want to surprise Fen for once, not the other way around.' Hela looked at her brother, who was smirking. She nodded, and the two made their minds up. They just had to wait for the chance.
Troops were leaving the bunker, and the twins noticed their chance. Pietro picked Wanda up, before dashing with all the speed of the fastest horse in the Nine Realms. They finally broke out into the open air, snow swirling around them. "Beautiful, isn't it?" She asked.
Her brother glanced around. "Yes. But the fight will likely destroy much of the landscape."
"True. Come, let us see the battle. I do not doubt that Valhalla will gain many souls."
Pietro smirked. "For Valhalla?"
Wanda laughed. "No. For Hel."
He smiled, before giving a brief shout. "For Hel!"
Sleipnir saw the archer nock an arrow, before letting it loose. He sped up, and the whole world seemed to slow around him (Oh, how he loved this! No one could catch him when he ran, no one could saddle him and treat him like cattle. He was free and nothing anyone did would change that. Never again, what Sleipnir promised himself when he first escaped to his sister's realm. He would never again be captured and demeaned. Every action he makes is his own, and no one will take that from him. The Norns gave people free will for a reason, and Sleipnir intended to use his, and nobody is going to stop him.)(Except maybe Hela, but she's scary, and Sleipnir doesn't want to make her mad.). When he darted past, he grabbed the arrow, before throwing it towards the ground. The man was starting to get another arrow out, but Sleipnir rushed forward and knocked him off his feet.
He smirked. "You did not see that coming?" He nearly burst out laughing at the look of shock on the mortal's face. He was… Hawkeye, the archer. Yes, he had seen that face on the television, a 'hero'. Most heroes don't live up to expectations, but Sleipnir had expected a bit more from a famous marksman (and assassin).
After knocking Hawkeye over, he ran past Fenrir, who jolted at the breeze, and tripped Captain America. Sleipnir might not be human (anymore), but he still had some contempt for America. So, of course he had to trip the personification of America's (and he thinks Hela told him about a television show that a HYDRA operative watched like that? With the personifications of countries?) farce of a country. It was relaxing, and he did not regret it at all.
He returned to his sister, who was healing soldiers. He waited until they were alone before speaking. "Fenrir is here." Mentally, he added 'Should we speak to him?'
"Yes. He would find out anyways, and it is better to explain it." Sleipnir picked her up and started running towards Fenrir, considering the pros and cons of tripping Captain America again. He decided against it, his sister could get hurt. Seconds later, they arrived to see Fenrir drop an unconscious agent to the ground.
Hela was the first to speak. "Fenrir." He turned his head around, clearly not expecting it. She used her magic to speak into his mind. 'Do not worry, brother.' His hazel eyes widened.
'H-Hela? Is that you?'
Sleipnir smiled. His brother sounded so full of joy. 'Well don't forget about me, you mangy mutt.' He teased.
'Sleipnir?!'
Hela took over, speaking aloud. "Yes. We will find time to explain later, but we are infiltrating this organisation. Unfortunately, that means for the moment we are enemies." She stepped forward, placing a hand on the side of his muzzle, and magically urged him to sleep. He slumped, and Sleipnir help lower him to the ground. After a moment, she weaved the spell into a good dream. "I love you, Fenrir."
When Tony entered the HYDRA base, he was greeted by bullets. "Guys, stop, we gotta talk this through." The suit shot at them. "Good talk."
He could hear a man respond with a feeble "No it wasn't." Tony couldn't help it. He laughed.
After exploring for a moment, Tony caught sight of a man working frantically on a computer. He shot the man then stepped out of the armor, and told JARVIS to put it in sentry mode. Tony pulled out a flash drive (he always carried at least, like, ten) and started the download. He was sending the copies to Maria as they downloaded (he was Tony Stark! He had all the fanciest shit).
"I know you're hiding more than just files…" And, he was talking to himself. Great. "Hey J? Give me an IR scan of the room, real quick."
"The wall to your left, I'm reading steel reinforcement… and an air current."
Tony grinned, making his way over to the wall. "Please be a secret door, please be a secret door, please be a secret door! Yay!" He entered the secret room and found a long hallway. His personal motto was 'Curiosity killed the scientist'.
Eventually the hallway ended, and Tony emerged in a large room filled with objects of all shapes and sizes. Then Cap spoke over the comms. "Guys, I've got Struker."
Tony gazed around. "Yeah. I've got… something bigger." He kept looking. In front of him, on a table, was the remains of a robot which had been torn apart. Then, he saw it, glowing blue and mysterious. The scepter. "Thor, I've got eyes on the prize."
Suddenly, he felt a sort of pressure in his mind. The world turned red for a moment, before fading to black.
Cliffhanger! The vision Tony has will be different, mainly in that it doesn't trigger his PTSD as badly.
After this story, I have two very different Fenrir-centric storylines worked out, and I'm not quite sure which to go along with, so I have to ask you guys what you want to read.
A) Fenrir is rebellious and becomes a vigilante because the Avengers can help save the world, but they don't protect the individual. He would eventually meet the Defenders (have you seen the new show? It was good) and Spider-man (and Deadpool might sneak in there, who knows?)
B) Someone suggests sending Fenrir to high school to help get over his terrible social anxiety that was caused by Asgard. Tony eventually suggests Peter Parker's school (this would be after Spider-man: Homecoming).
Thank you all for reading (especially this really long note at the end) you people are all amazing and lovely.
~Ace
