Slowpoke: Thanks! It's actually not Erika, but it was the best I could get. My drawing of her was meh. You weren't supposed to see it coming. That's called a plot twist. (I was actually not planning to do that, but it seemed better than the original idea.) You're welcome for the cliffhanger :) ( I have a question for you... how many years are the two Avengers movies apart [in fictional time]? I might add Age of Ulton characters in later if I get to watch it before I finish this fic. But I need to know the time between the two before I decide.)

Guest: Please don't review this one just to ask when Into the Theater will be updated.

Tips:

Bold + Italics = Bewilderdeath's voice

Itialics = human voices when under mind control

Bold = dragoneese

Underlined = thoughts while under mind control

This one is longer than any of the others so far...enjoy!

Chapter 5

The Avengers looked nervously at Erika. She was staring at them, the eyes that were normally so full of life were clouded and the usually happy, cuirious pupils turned to predatory slits. A dark laugh was heard behind them. They all turned to Loki.

"Do you like my dragon army?" he asked formally, sweeping his hand around. Captain America glared at him. "Stop this now, Loki."

The maniac chuckled. "It's a little late now, isn't it?" he said. "They are all under my control."

"Why you-" started Clint angrily, but Loki cut him off.

"Witness true power, the strength of will over others," he growled, pointing his staff at the huge dragon. It bowed its head to him. He then swept his staff toward Erika. The dragon focused on her, wiggling it's spikes. She bowed to it. Loki turned toward Iron Man. So did Erika.

"Uh, what did he just tell you?" asked Tony nervously, backing away. The dragon didn't respond, stalking toward him, mouth slowly opening. "Hey! Snap out of it, Erika!" he snapped his fingers in front of her face. She kept coming. Tony kept backing away. "Stop!" he yelled. She opened her mouth further, and Tony could see blue and purple gas mixing together in the back of her throat. "Erika! Stop! You're better than this!" he screamed. He was backed up against an ice spike, and she was only 5 feet away from him. Then Thor and Cap started running toward him.

"Tony!" yelled Natasha. "Get out of the way!"

"No!" he yelled back. "I can make her snap out of it!" The plasma blast started to form, coming toward him. Everything went in slow motion. Thor got there first, shoving him out of the way, Cap stopped, Tony hit the ground. The only thing that he truly saw was the blast leaving her mouth, hitting Thor square in the chest and causing a cascade of ice to fall on him. Erika, her pupils still slitted, was left panting, smoke billowing from the corners of her mouth.

Everyone rushed to Thor's side, Cap putting his ear to the Asgardian's chest. He looked up, relieved. "He's breathing, but barely." he said. Everyone then glanced at Erika, who's pupils had gone back to normal. She whimpered, tilting her head and walking toward them. Clint glared at her as she nudged Thor.

"Get away from him!" he yelled, shoving her snout away from Thor's arm. She shrunk away guiltily. "You heard me! Get!" Erika tried to come forward again. He smacked her in the nose with his bow. "GO!" She turned tail and ran.

"It's not her fault. You know that." said Cap. Clint hung his head, nodding.

Tony used his suit's strength to pick Thor up. "Hey, buddy, if you can hear me, open a portal to Asgard. They can help you better there."

Thor's eyes flickered open, and he weakly raised his hammer, whispering "Heimdall." A portal opened, and Tony rushed into it, not even stopping to marvel at the beauty of Asgard. The portal closed behind him. He ran toward the towering golden castle, burdened with guilt. If he hadn't refused to move... he shook his head, the smooth hydraulics in his suit making him go faster. He ignored the strange looks the people of Asgard were giving him, and raced on.

Loki, standing on the Bewilderdeath's tusk, smirked. "Goodbye, brother." he whispered.

(Time skip- Erika's veiw on the whole matter)

Erika snapped open her wings, flying to the gigantic dragon. She had no idea how she was turned into a full dragon, but she assumed it had something to do with Loki's green mist. The dragon girl swooped down, landing on the beach. The hulking monster chuckled.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't Erika, the Nightfury herself. You are a wonderful addition."

She rolled her eyes. "Save the pleasantries."

"Feistey, aren't you?" he asked, six red-tinged eyes looking her up and down. "We'll soon put a stop to that."

Erika growled. "All this destruction, and for what? To rule the world?"

He lowered his massive head. "Maybe. But I, and this Asgardian, are as one, burdened with glorious purpose. To free the people of this land."

She hissed, raising her head up and looking him in the eyes. "How is covering cities with giant spikes of ice going to free anyone?"

He chuckled again. "You will find out soon enough. Nighty night for now..." A humming/buzzing noise, almost like a swarm of bees, filled her ears. She gritted her teeth, closing her eyes and pawing at her head.

"Sleep."

"NEVER!"

"Give into it."

"NO!"

"You are nothing in the face of true power."

Breathing heavily, she tried to block it out, screeching and clawing at her ringing head. She could feel darkness overtaking her mind, quenching every rebellious thought like water to a fire. "I will NEVER give in to you!" The strange noise grew louder, buzzing through her mind, rapidly covering her thoughts like a cloak.

"You belong to ME now." That one, simple sentence was spoken so loudly, and with so much authority, she broke. She opened her eyes to a blurry, reddish landscape, the only beacons of light and goodness were the huge dragon and Loki.

"I belong to you now." She repeated obediently.

The buzzing noise dminished to a low hum. The voice that was once harsh and rough turned soft, soothing, welcoming. "You will obey my every command?"

"I will obey your every command." she agreed.

The Bewilderdeath glanced to the side of her. "Then prove it." he said. He forced her head to turn, looking at a blurry image. It was a group of humans, but one in particular was highlighted. "Kill him."

"Yes... Master." Erika complied, getting to her feet. She began stalking toward him. The man's blurry red hands waved in front of her face. His fingers snapped.

"Snap...Erika!" he shouted. The man's voice echoed through her mind. I know him.

She kept walking, the buzzing noise in her brain getting louder and drowning the thought. She started a plasma blast. "Yes, this will be fun." the Bewilderdeath encouraged.

"STOP!" his faint, echoing voice got through again. Tony?

"He wants to kill me." the Alpha said. "You will protect me."

"Erika! better...this!" the man cried. He knows my name. It is Tony. Why am I trying to kill him? Before she could resist, the buzzing/humming noise returned with more ferocity.

"KILL HIM!" the Alpha commanded. Her vision was covered with so much red, Tony's figure didn't even look human. The blast left her mouth, leaving her panting from the effort of resisting. The buzzing stopped. So did the Alpha's relentless voice. "We will talk again, soon." he growled, and released his hold on her.

Erika's vision came back, and she was horrified to see Thor, covered in ice, and the smell of burning flesh. "No." she whimpered, starting to walk toward them. "What have I done?"

Clint looked at her in disgust as she nudged him, trying to see if he was alive. Hands came from over the Asgardian's body and shoved her snout away. "Get away from him!" she jumped back a little, meeting the archer's gase sadly. "You heard me! Get!" She tried to come forward. "No, I didn't mean to!" she crooned.

A sharp pain erupted on her nose. She looked up to see Clint pulling his arm back, bow in hand. "GO!" Burdened with guilt, Erika ran.

Okay, so that's how I imagine mind control to be like... tell me what you think!