Chapter 7. Lost and Found
Sorry everyone! I was camping for the past week and some so I couldn't even start this chapter until yesterday. Well here it is!
"Thor, what is wrong with the temperature?" asked a clearly nervous Captain America. The two Avengers had one of S.H.E.L.D.S planes and were gliding over New York City. Thor's face showed concern as he stared out the window. Steve spoke up again. "Is that… frost?" Thor whipped around, anger, or maybe fear, burned in his eyes.
"Where!" He demanded, "Show me where you saw it." He slammed his fist on the counter.
"Whoa! Easy, I'll tell you, look down there by that manhole." Sure enough a very thin layer of frost laced the cover. Thor mumbled something under his breath then turned back to the captain.
"Get the plane down ther…." A huge explosion cut off his words as the plane was shoved backwards, Steve franticly trying not to crash into a building.
"What was that?" he yelled right before the same manhole they were looking at before flew by the window, crashing through an office building and landing on the road on the other side.
"Land the plane, NOW! " Thor yelled over the sudden wind storm that had taken over New York. Steve turned the plane and set it down on a large intersection. People were running out of their cars screaming as the wind was actually picking cars off the ground and tossing them into the air. Thor, the moment the plane landed, grabbed his hammer and wrenched the door open. Steve followed his shield firmly gripped in his hand. "This is Loki's doing," the god declared. Steve nodded but then something caught his eye, a thick fog was slowly forming, expanding. He saw something moving and instantly was on guard, ready was whatever creature Loki had summoned this time.
It was not what Steve expected when he saw what caused the movement.
"What happened to those people!?" He cried out to Thor, terror intertwined his words. People, normal humans, were running out of the fog, lips blue, and frost bite apparent on most of their bodies.
"Frost giants." Was all Thor mumbled. And that's when they saw them. They stepped out of the frozen fog sinister smiles planted on their faces. Steve grabbed his communicated and quickly told the rest of the Avengers, "get out here now! We found Loki." Thor took a step forward and yelled out his brother's name.
"Loki, come out you coward. Shall you let these beasts do all your fighting for you?" They heard a laugh as an answer. The type of laugh only Loki could make, an evil, gruesome, yet intelligent laugh.
"Brother!" he spat sarcastically, "do you even KNOW me, I would never miss a fight such as this." He stepped out of the fog between two giants. "But by myself, no I would not treat you with all my attention. I decided to bring some friends along for you to meet. Or re meet." He smirked at Thor with the last words. Thor almost lashed out at Loki right there but the Captain grabbed his arm and told him not yet. The thunder god calmed himself but still was on the point of exploding. Loki smiled once more before he took his scepter, slamming it into the ground. What looked blue lightning exploded from the ground, it hit the fog and instantly it disappeared. Revealing around a hundred of these giants. "More where these came." Loki added.
"Where is the girl?" Thor demanded, getting tired of Loki's games.
"Oh her, yes well you shall see her soon enough but not everyone who is invited to the party is here yet. And the main event shouldn't come out until then." Just then a streak of red rushed by in the sky followed by another on of S.H.I.E.L.D.S planes. Tony dressed up in his Iron Man suit landed beside Steve while Bruce and Clint rushed to Thor's side. The god of mischief took a step towards Barton, "I bet your wondering where Natasha is." He dragged out her name as anger boiled up on Clint's face. "But for now, let the games begin."
That's when all hell broke loose.
The Frost giants, as if someone had pressed the play button, rushed forward at the Avengers. Tony and Thor took to the sky, Bruce ran to the left down an alley, and Hawkeye and Steve went right. The giants broke up some following each of the Avengers, while some just started creating chaos in New York.
Only five giants followed Bruce.
"This one's small and weak! Let's get him." Yelled one to the others. Bruce skirted to the left and then right. The giants lost him. "Where did he…" He was cut off by the huge mass of Hulk smashing him into a wall. Bricks flew off hitting the others.
"Hey point break!" yelled Tony to Thor, "we got the advantage up here. Thor mildly displayed annoyance at the nickname but shook it off.
"Yes," he agreed, "but we must move quickly if we want to have even a chance at winning." Thor then flung his hammer at the nearest frost giant, smashing through his head like he was made of glass. Tony on the other hand was just flying around them. At first Thor was confused, and angered, by the childish behavior, but then realised what he was doing. The flames that propel the metal suit are very hot, and heat is the biggest weakness to the giants.
Clint and Steve were running down an alley way frantically trying to take down the huge group of giants following them.
"Steve, we can't just keep doing this, we have to get to Loki!" said Clint, while firing arrows into the nearest frost giant. "Natasha will be lost to us we don't get her soon, who knows what Loki has done to her." Captain America nodded and the two slipped away from the giants to make a plan.
Hoped you like this chapter! Sorry again for updating so late I will try to stay on top of that now! Thanks for reading.
