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America, the Colonies?
Chapter 3: The Arrival of the Asgardian
Tony stared at Natasha with a playful smile. From the look she was giving him, he could tell she hadn't expected him to appear.
"Not going to say anything, Natalie? Not going to give good old Tony a kiss?" the billionaire asked, his smile widening at the angry look Natasha was giving him.
"How did you even get in, Stark? This building is one of the most secure places on Earth", Natasha asked, trying to mask her anger, but it didn't seem to work as Tony just looked over his sunglasses and stared at her without blinking.
"Did you already forget, Natalie? What Tony Stark wants, that he gets", Tony said like it was the most obvious thing in the world, which it probably was to him. Natasha just narrowed her eyes and closed the file she had been reading. "Hand the pirate to me and I'll leave you be, Natalie", Tony continued, still staring at her without blinking. When she didn't make any effort to do so, Tony took a step closer. When she didn't jump at him, he continued walking, stopping only when he was next to the unconscious pirate. Tony then took his glasses off and leaned towards Natasha.
"Natalie, the pirate", he reminded her, not taking his eyes off her. That was when she moved; in a blink of an eye, she had Tony in a headlock between her legs. "Well, well. You do proceed fast, Natalie", he added and, even if his voice had playfulness in it, Natasha could tell he was struggling to get out of the lock.
"Don't make me snap your neck, Stark", she hissed icily and added more pressure to the lock, making Tony's face go red as he started running out of air. The man gasped for breath, but the agent held firm. When she was satisfied, Natasha released the billionaire, making the man instantly fall to the floor. Tony immediately inhaled heavily, before having somewhat of a coughing fit. Natasha could hear some kind of metallic hissing in his breath, much to her surprise. Then, her eyes widened in shock as she remembered the arc reactor and she rushed to help the man.
"You okay?" she asked in concern, something that was rare for her to show. Tony took deep breaths and looked at her in surprise.
"I didn't know you cared", he retorted, making Natasha narrow her eyes. She was about to say something, when Tony cut her off, "Where's the pirate?" he asked, and Natasha turned to look at the chair where she had left the Captain, only to gasp in surprise when she saw it empty.
Captain Jack Sparrow was gone.
Jack rushed through the building, trying to find an exit. He had made his exit from the interrogation room when the woman, Natasha, had taken the man, Tony, to a painful looking headlock. He checked every single door, only to find almost all of them locked shut. The ones that weren't looked exactly the same to him.
Then suddenly, he heard something that sounded like an argument behind one of the doors that wasn't locked. The pirate decided to see what was going on and peered in. The room was bigger than the ones he had seen before and there were a lot of windows. He quickly located the only door in the room, which looked like it led outside. There were two people arguing about something next to a desk. One of them was a tall man with blonde hair that reached his shoulders, blonde beard, blue eyes and the most ridiculous outfit Jack had ever seen. He had an accent Jack thought sounded English, well, at least compared to everyone else. As paranoid as Jack was, his mind came to only one conclusion: the man was after the compass to give it to the King of England.
When the man punched the desk in frustration from the argument, Jack stealthily moved across the room and, being Captain Jack Sparrow, since something always went wrong with his plans, that was the case here as well. Just as he was about to open the door, he knocked some kind of vase over, making it fall to the floor and shatter to hundreds of pieces. He stared at it for a while, before looking up to see the two people staring at him.
Jack just smirked awkwardly, bowed and rushed out of the room.
Thor rushed after the man who had knocked the vase over. He had come to search for the man who had been time traveling and, since the portal through which he had come to Midgard from had appeared near the S.H.I.E.L.D. building he had visited in his latest visit to Earth, he had decided to ask them to help with the search. The reason he had rushed after the man was because the man wore clothes that no one else he had seen did and he wanted the man to pay for the vase he'd broken.
However, when the Asgardian reached the man, the man fell to his knees and started pleading for him to not take him to the King of England. Thor was surprised by that, as he knew England was part of the United Kingdom and had a Queen. Thor stared at the man for a while, before asking politely: "What is your name?" The man was visibly surprised at his politeness, but replied, "Captain Jack Sparrow."
That was when the door of the S.H.I.E.L.D. building opened, making them both look to the direction. There stood Natasha Romanoff and Tony Stark, who now looked annoyed.
"Oh, great! You're here too", Tony said with sigh. Thor looked at the two of them in surprise, before glancing at the pirate.
"Do you have a part in this?" he asked warily, earning a shake of head from the man.
"I don't even know where I am. First, I was fightin' th' Kraken and then-", Jack started, only to be cut off by the Asgardian.
"Kraken? Is it still alive?" Thor asked in surprise, earning confused looks from Tony and Natasha, but a hard look from Jack.
"No, I killed it. After all, I am Captain Jack Sparrow", Jack answered, earning a confused look from Thor.
"You killed the Kraken? But when I visited Earth the first time, I killed it", Thor said, earning an annoyed look from Jack.
"Fine, take th' credit then. After all, I arrived here right after fightin' it, so I don't know everything that happened", Jack said, waving Thor off. Tony smirked at that as Thor smiled in victory. Natasha just looked at the three men in confusion, before shaking her head. Feeling left out, she then decided to take a part in the conversation.
"How are you even here, Thor? And more importantly, why?" she asked. Everyone turned to the Asgardian, who looked at the three humans before beginning his tale:
"I was asked by my father to look for a time traveler..."
Thor followed Heimdall towards Heimdall's Observatory, feeling somewhat annoyed by the new development. He had just found his brother, Loki's, location and had been planning on finding him, but then this time traveler had appeared. Since he didn't want to let his father down again, he'd agreed to help. When they arrived, Thor saw that the Bifrost bridge had seemingly been repaired.
When they stopped, Heimdall turned to look at Thor.
"You are to go to look for a male person, who looks out of place. I do not know much about the time traveler, but I can tell you this: look for the ones that are shoddier looking. He traveled from the 18th century, where the hygiene was worse than now", Heimdall explained, making Thor want to ask more questions, but the god just nodded and stepped through the portal that Heimdall opened.
He arrived in a storm, like last time, but this time to a city. He looked up from the ground and took a look around him. It didn't take long for him to notice the S.H.I.E.L.D. building where he decided to start the search from. After all, they had taken him in there too.
The Asgardian stepped inside the building, which was empty; there was only one person in the room, a female sitting behind a desk. Thor walked towards the female who looked annoyed at the appearance of a person. Thor asked to have a talk with the Director, only to hear something that was probably what she always said: "He's busy, come back later." Thor argued with her and, when he didn't get her to say anything more than "Come back tomorrow" or "Leave a message", he punched the desk in frustration, startling the person and leaving a crack on the desk.
After that, they heard something hitting the floor and breaking and turned towards the sound. They saw someone shoddy looking, who bowed and rushed out of the door.
Thor soon followed.
"... and soon after, you two arrived", Thor finished and looked at the time traveler, who was now really confused, and it showed: he had his mouth open, one eye closed and the other narrowed. Tony snickered at the sight but was silenced by an angry look from Natasha.
"So, what are you gonna do now?" Tony asked, earning a look from Thor, who shrugged and replied, "Father asked me to investigate and that is all." Tony laughed at that, before looking seriously at Jack. "I'd say we get him some new clothes. He looks too out of place and, with the media knowing about the pirate, he's going to be the center of attention wherever he goes to", Tony suggested, earning a nod of approval from Natasha and a somewhat offended look from Thor, since he too looked different.
Jack looked even more confused and asked: "What do yer mean? Ye ain't after the compass?" Everyone stared at him in confusion, but Natasha had her eyes narrowed.
"What compass?" she asked with a voice that made the pirate shiver.
Loki was sitting on a throne on a planet owned by the Chitauri when one of the Chitauri appeared near him, not bowing like Loki would have wanted to, but it didn't matter.
"It has come to our attention that there has been time travelling on the planet Earth", the Chitauri said, making Loki raise an eyebrow.
"Really? They are that advanced? The last time I visited the pitiful planet, their technology was pathetic - compared to yours, at least", Loki wondered, making the Chitauri smirk from the compliment.
"We do not know yet. It could have been just a coincidence, but from what I was told, the time traveling happened in the past", the Chitauri told him, making Loki's eyes widen in surprise. The son of a frost giant rose from his throne and narrowed his eyes at the alien before him.
"Thank you, for telling me. I'll make sure to visit the planet soon", Loki said, waving the Chitauri off, much to the irritation of the humanoid.
"You will respect us soon enough. For now, I have a mission for you: get the planet Earth under your control. If you do so, the Chitauri will have it as a part of our kingdom. Also, get the time traveler to our King", the Chitauri said, before disappearing, leaving a smirking Loki alone.
"So, the pitiful humans made a time machine. Soon, I will have it and then even Odin or the Chitauri race can't stop me!" Loki cackled maniacally for a few minutes before calming himself down.
"Soon, brother, you'll see that I am superior to you!" Loki said with a smirk.