So, still no reviews, but I have hit 250+ views, so thank to everybody who has read my story... I still don't know where I'm headed with this- suggestions would be very much appreciated.
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"Out of the entire base full of scientists, and with you guys even knowing my shoe size, do you think you could have come up with- I don't know- a less tight costume?" Raegan asked, tugging at the thin, flexible, super-tough material that clung to her figure in ways that the clothes she had worn before never had. She was curvy in all the right places, slim in all the others. Her uniform was silver and green, with brown, leather boots and a small green eye mask to 'hide' her identity from the general public.
Steve sat beside her, his shield propped up against his feet as he watched her struggle to put on her mask correctly.
"Here," he said as Natasha brought them into Germany, reaching out and taking the mask from her. He slid it up over her eyes, smiling as she wrinkled up at her nose at the feeling of new weight on top of it.
"How do I look?" she asked, twirling around and grinning cheekily at him.
"Beautiful," he blurted out, before covering his mouth and blushing a vivid shade of red.
Natasha chuckled as Raegan stared at him slack-jawed.
"We're here, Captain!" Natasha called from the cockpit. "You're up!"
"Aw, come on!" Raegan complained, making sure that Steve's uniform was properly adjusted before giving him a small smile and watching as he blushed for the second time in as many minutes. "You get all the fun," she whined.
Steve gave her a grimace. "Let me tell you, it's no picnic being on the battlefield."
She paused and glanced at him quizzically. "Did you even glance at my file? It has the count on the front. I think I'm actually beating Natasha at the moment."
"Captain, Loki is pointing a weapon at a civilian!" Natasha shouted. "Want to get out there and stop somebody from being obliterated?"
Raegan opened the hatch at the back of the jet, ushering the flustered captain out.
"Go," she urged as a blue light grew around Loki's sceptre.
Steve jumped out of the jet, landing just as the light hit and dissipated off his shield.
"What the hell is going on down there?" Raegan hissed at Natasha as they watched Steve begin to attack a smirking Loki.
"Sounds like Loki called him a Man Out Of Time," Natasha replied dismissively. "Steve doesn't really like that. At all."
Raegan peered down at the ensuing battle, reaching for her gun and steadily aiming it at Loki as he knocked Steve to the ground.
"I need to help him!" Raegan shouted to Natasha, who shook her head.
Something up the front began beeping.
"Agent Romanoff. Did you miss me?" a voice buzzed over the PA system, before AC/DC began blasting through the speakers much to Natasha's chagrin.
"Stark," she explained with a grimace.
Raegan watched as a man clad in red and yellow armour blasted blue energy at Loki, who slumped against the stairs in defeat, raising his hands in a submissive gesture.
"Too easy," Raegan murmured, looking at Natasha to see if the ever-observant assassin had noticed what she had. Natasha seemed fixated on the conversation down below before Steve waved her down to land.
Tony Stark was every bit as arrogant as his file suggested, and straight away, he began irritating Steve, Raegan even more so.
"So, I know she's an assassin, he's a god, Capsicle here is a lab experiment and I'm a genius, so what does that make you, Pointy Ears?" he asked as he strode onto the quinjet and threw Loki into a corner. Raegan helped fasten the troublemaking god into his harness before Natasha took the jet into the air. She gave the god a small smile as she attached the handcuffs to his wrists.
Raegan noticed Steve clench his fists at the mention of the lab experiment, which made her stand up straight and glare at him.
"I am an alien, Mr Stark, and if you insult Steve, or anybody else on this team again, then I will bring the wrath of all my people down on you."
Tony Stark paled considerably and Natasha smirked.
"Is that a threat, Sparky?" he asked, taking a menacing step toward her.
She took a step toward him, squaring her shoulders in anticipation of a fight.
"Yes, Stark, it is. Just so we're clear, I really don't like you."
"The feeling appears to be mutual," Stark said through gritted teeth, looming over her.
"I'm not afraid of you," she said quietly, the lethality evident in her voice as she stared up at him.
Steve stood up and separated the pair, pushing Raegan behind him protectively.
"Okay, that's enough," he said sternly. "Let's just wait until we get back to base before we address this issue."
Raegan flexed her knuckles before going and taking a seat beside Loki. He gave her mischievous smile.
"What are you staring at, Rock of Ages?" she growled.
Loki just chuckled as Tony considered what she had just said, smiling to himself a little.
It was going to be a long, awkward flight.
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They sat in silence as Natasha began to have a conversation with Fury back at base about the interrogation of Loki, who sat beside Raegan quietly, his head bowed as the storm around them grew.
Steve stood up and slowly approached Tony, who stood in the middle of the quinjet.
"I don't like it," he said quietly to Tony, glancing at the god who sat silently in the corner, beside Raegan.
"What, Rock of Ages giving up so easily?" Tony asked, directing his full attention to Steve. Steve thought he saw Raegan's lips turn up at the sound of her nickname being used on Loki, but it was gone from her face- wiped off by that mask she wore whenever she was around people who scared her, or she wasn't comfortable around- before he could ascertain if he had actually seen it or not.
"I don't remember it being that easy," Steve hissed, looking sideways at Loki before turning back to Tony again. "This guy packs a wallop."
"Still, you were pretty spry for an older fellow." Tony swung his head in Steve's direction, causing the super soldier to narrow his eyes. "What's your thing- Pilates?" Tony continued.
"What?" The confusion on his face was priceless. Loki looked equally as confused, causing Raegan to grin.
"It's like Calisthenics," Tony explained. "You might have missed a couple of things, you know, doing time as a Capsicle."
Steve glared at him. He was beginning to see why Raegan didn't like Tony and she had only known him two minutes.
They stood there for a brief moment as Steve thought of what he was going to say next in retaliation.
"Fury didn't tell me he was calling you in," Steve said bitterly.
"Yeah, there's a lot of things Fury doesn't tell you," Tony said as lightning flashed across the sky, illuminating the faces of the occupants of the jet.
The electrical storm outside had worsened considerably as the argument had continued. Natasha took her hands off the controls for a minute to stare at the sky before she turned to the three superheroes that were in the back.
"Where's this coming from?" she asked, peering through the window out to the sky.
The jet rumbled as the thunder passed through it, shaking everybody to their core. Loki glanced up at the roof, his eyes wide as more thunder crashed around them. Steve noticed this, taking on a new tone of voice to deal with Loki.
"What's the matter?" he asked, his voice harsh. "Scared of a little lightning?"
Loki grimaced. "I'm not overly fond of what follows," he replied, as something thudded on the roof.
Everybody in the jet flinched and looked up, Loki wincing as if he knew what was coming and was mentally preparing himself.
Raegan jumped to her feet and unsheathed her knives as Tony placed his helmet over his face and Steve grabbed his shield. Her hands sparked green as she felt her power stir within her.
Tony strode forward, pressing the controller that released the door to the cargo hold of the jet. It let out a pneumatic hiss as it opened.
"What are you doing?" Steve yelled over the rush of the wind.
Tony stared out into the airspace behind him as a man clad in similar armour to Loki's, hammer in hand and long blonde hair landed in the jet. Tony held out a hand to blast him, but the man just threw his hammer and sent Tony flying backwards into Steve as he reached out to grab Loki.
Raegan slashed at his hand with one of her confiscated knives before he threw his hammer at her and grasped Loki by the front of his shirt.
The pair flew off as Tony pulled himself to standing. "And now there's that guy," he muttered, stalking toward the exit of the jet.
"Another Asgardian?" Natasha shouted, pushing at some buttons.
"That guy is a friendly?" Steve yelled in bewilderment as he helped Raegan up.
"It doesn't matter," Tony said. "If he frees Loki or kills him, the Tesseract's lost."
"Stark!" Steve commanded. "We need a plan of attack."
Tony turned around to face Steve. "I have a plan: attack."
And with that, he jumped off the jet, following the direction of Loki and Hammer Guy's flight path.
Steve sighed and ran forward, grabbing a parachute.
"I'd sit this one out, Cap," Natasha advised, flicking control switches expertly.
"I don't see how I can," Steve said, as Raegan helped adjust the straps on his parachute, smiling at her while green sparks healed the newly forming bruises on her cheek.
"These guys come from legend," Natasha informed him. "They're basically gods."
"There's only one God, ma'am," Steve replied, checking the straps one last time before looking up at Natasha. "And I'm pretty sure he doesn't dress like that."
He grabbed his shield and took a flying leap out of the jet.
Natasha and Raegan exchanged looks. "I'm going after him," Raegan said quickly, grabbing at another parachute and strapping it on, and saluting Natasha mockingly.
"I have my earpiece, I'll let you know when I've recovered Loki," she said, before jumping out of the jet after Steve.
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Loki stood alone on a cliff top- Hammer Guy was nowhere to be seen. As Raegan removed her parachute, he held up a hand.
"I'm not going to try and hurt you. If I did, I have no doubt that your friend the spider and the Man Out of Time would kill me."
"What makes you think that I think you would try and hurt me, Lokes?" she asked quizzically, causing him to turn around and stare at her.
"What do you mean by that?" he asked smoothly, trying to hide his astonishment. She tapped the side of her head, grinning.
A small crash about four hundred metres away caught her attention.
There was a small lull of silence before Tony's voice could be heard loud and clear.
"Doth mother know you weareth her drapes?" he asked, his tone highly insulting.
"Uh-oh," Loki and Raegan said simultaneously.
Thor threw his hammer at Tony, who went flying backward yet again, Tony glaring up at the Asgardian as he approached.
Loki smirked and Raegan punched him in the arm.
"Ow!" he complained. "Why are you hitting me? You don't like him either!"
"Yes, but you're forgetting that you're the bad guy here. I oppose you and your actions, idiot. Even if he is Tony and deserves to get his butt whipped by a hammer-toting maniac."
Loki smiled, but this time it was a warm and almost genuine smile. "I like you. Do you feel like becoming my minion anytime soon?"
She chuckled. "No, because of two reasons. One: the term 'minion' is that of a glorified slave, and I kind of like freedom and being paid. Two: you are inherently evil and therefore must be stopped. Becoming your minion would not exactly help."
"Touché," Loki muttered bitterly as Raegan handcuffed him and began leading him towards the clearing in which Tony and Hammer Guy were fighting.
She pressed her finger to her ear. "Natasha? I got him. Do I need to stop the testosterone fest at all?"
"I think Steve's about to get to them," Natasha replied. "Sit back and enjoy the show. I'll be down there in a minute."
Raegan watched as Hammer Guy pinned Tony down and lifted his hammer up to deliver the final blow when a shield knocked it out of his hand and drew his attention to Steve, standing on one of the fallen trees.
"Hey!" he said sharply as they both turned to face him, weapons at the ready. "That's enough!" he chided.
He jumped and landed on the ground so that he could talk directly to Hammer Guy. Raegan chuckled as Hammer Guy exchanged a look with Loki, almost rolling his eyes.
"Now," Steve continued. "I don't know what you're planning on doing here-"
"I've come here to put an end to Loki's schemes!" Hammer Guy said exasperatedly.
Loki placed a hand over his heart in mock pain, causing Raegan to giggle.
"Then prove it," Steve was saying. "Put that hammer down."
Loki looked a bit shocked and surprised before he let out a nervous laugh. "Oh dear," he said.
"Ah, yeah, no," Tony interjected as Hammer Guy grasped his hammer and ran at Steve. "Bad call. He loves his hammer!" Hammer Guy backhanded Tony away, the suit landing on the ground with a sound that comes from severe technical malfunctions.
"You want me to put the hammer down?!" Hammer Guy yelled, jumping into the air toward Steve and raising his hammer above his head. Steve crouched below his shield, using it to cover his whole body. Raegan jumped protectively in front of Loki, knowing that if something happened to him, the Tesseract would never be found until it was too late.
As the hammer hit the Vibranium shield, a shockwave passed through the entire forest, knocking everybody to the ground, including Loki and Raegan as they landed in the soft vegetation. The wave levelled a large amount of the surrounding forest, much to Raegan's chagrin.
The three men in the clearing struggled to their feet as they took in the small amount of destruction their fight had caused. Raegan helped Loki up and the two stood at the edge, marvelling at the level trees.
"Are we done here?" Steve asked, breathing heavily as he noticed Raegan and Loki standing by the tree line.
"Are you okay?" he called as Raegan stepped out of the shadows, Loki in tow.
"Fine. Did you really think it necessary to clear that many trees?" Raegan replied snarkily, her hands on her hips as Natasha landed in the clearing. She gently nudged Loki, who took the hint and walked up the ramp to where his seat was. She helped strap him in before going and joining Steve, Tony and Hammer Guy as Natasha took off.
"My lady," Hammer Guy boomed, bowing. "I am Prince Thor Odinson of Asgard. I apologise for mine and my brother's behaviour."
"It's fine, Thor. Just tell your brother that the next time he tries to recruit me, I won't take it as well as I did today, okay?"
Steve stared open mouthed at her as she took a seat beside Loki and began cleaning her knives, much to the gods discomfort.
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