Aftermath

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Sylar, Drax, Rocket, Veemon and Baby Groot walked onto the bridge and saw Steve and Tony arrive and Sylar growled when he saw Fury and he grabbed the spy and slammed him into a wall. "What do you mean Daisuke's been taken by Loki!?" he shouted as Hill pointed her pistol at Sylar only for Baby Groot to grab it with his arm and toss it away.

"I am Groot." He told her.

"He said that if you try to shoot one of us in the back again he won't be so kind," Rocket told the agent.

"It's what Coulson said, Loki took Daisuke when she confronted him." Fury calmly told Sylar who growled and punched the wall beside Fury's head leaving a massive dent in the steel.

"If he hurts her in anyway, I'll be coming back for your head." He promised letting Fury go before he walked back to his team. "None of this would have happened had you not been using the Tesseract to create weapons, Loki would not have come to Earth, Coulson would still be alive and Daisuke wouldn't be minutes away from becoming Loki's slave!"

"Sylar, get some air before you hurt someone," Veemon told him gently and Sylar grunted and walked off.

Once he was out of sight Fury sighed and pulled out several cards from his jacket. "These were in Phil Coulson's jacket, looks like he never did get you to sign them." he tossed the blood-stained cards onto the table near Steve who picked one up. "We're dead in the air up here. Our communications, the location of the Cube, Banner, Thor, Motomiya. I got nothing for you, I lost my one good eye. Maybe I had that coming."

"Is this turning into a repentant monologue?" Rocket asked earning an elbow to the side by Veemon who glared at him.

"Yes, we were going to build an arsenal with the Tesseract." He admitted finally. "I never did put all my chips on that number, though because I was playing something even riskier. There was an idea, Stark knows this, called the Avengers Initiative. The idea was to bring together a group of remarkable people to see if they could become something more. To see if they could work together when we needed them to, to fight the battles that we never could. Phil Coulson died still believing in that idea, in heroes." Tony finally stood up and left not wanting to hear anymore. "Well, it's an old-fashioned notion." Fury finished.

"You better find some new heroes, after everything that's happened, I doubt you could call any of us that," Veemon said walking off with the others following him to find Sylar.

"So, what do we do now?" Rocket asked as they walked through the ship.

"Find Daisuke and kick Loki's ass," Veemon answered.

"But we do not know where Loki is, he could have taken Star Princess to any city on this planet," Drax said.

"You're right. But one thing Loki didn't count on is Daisuke's D-3." Veemon informed him with a grin.

"And what good will that do?" they turned to see Sylar leaning against a wall. "For all we know Loki's turned Daisuke by now, waiting for us to come save her only for him to make her fight us." He said.

"You forget about the Golden Radiance, Loki won't be able to turn Daisuke to his side and if he tries he's only going to get hurt in the process." Veemon said making the others share a look before Sylar facepalmed.

"I can't believe I forgot all about that, if something like that is so powerful that Ronan was terrified of it, then for sure Loki won't be able to do whatever he did to brainwash Daisuke," he said with a smile.

"So, what's the plan, do you have something to track Daisuke?" Rocket asked Veemon who nodded.

"Yeah. She and I had it fitted into the Milano years ago, so if she ever went missing or was kidnapped I could track her down." He answered.

"Good, you guys head to the Milano and ready it for take-off, I'm going to go find the others and see if they're willing to go and teach Loki what happens when you mess with us." Sylar said walking off while the others headed for the hanger bay where the Milano was. Sylar walked through the corridors until he looked into a room to see Natasha and Agent Barton who was strapped to a chair and he walked into the room. "How's he doing?" he asked the spy noticing Agent Barton shaking his head and rapidly blinking.

"Well he's not under Loki's control anymore, that's good." She answered pouring a cup of water for Clint. "It'll take time."

"You don't understand. Have you ever had someone take your brain and play? Pull you out and stuff something else back in, do you know what it's like to be unmade?" Clint asked Natasha.

"You know that I do." She answered.

"Same here," Sylar commented making both look at him. "When you have a psychotic madman bent on conquering the universe for a father who did nothing but mould you into the perfect weapon for years, you feel like a whole different person once it's all over."

"Why am I back? How'd you get him out?" Clint asked.

"Cognitive recalibration." Natasha answered.

"Well actually your head married Ms. Ground and now have a concussion as a child." Sylar told Clint with a smirk but neither spy smiled back. "We hit you really hard in the head." He explained.

"Oh…well thanks," Clint said as Natasha undid the restraints. "How many agents did I…"

"Don't do that to yourself, that was Loki. Monsters and magic, nothing you were trained for," Sylar told him.

"What're you doing here anyway?" Natasha asked Sylar.

"Came to tell you we found a way to track Daisuke, hopefully it'll lead us straight to Loki. If you two are interested, head to the hanger bay. I'm gonna find Tony and Rogers." He answered.

"Well I suppose if I put an arrow through Loki's eye socket I'll sleep better," Clint muttered making Natasha smile a bit.

"Now you sound like you," she said and Sylar left to give the two comrades some time. He walked towards the room that used to hold Loki's prison cell knowing he'd probably find Tony there, he was right when he walked in and saw the billionaire looking at the floor where the cell was dropped, he also noticed that Coulson's blood had been cleaned up and Drax was also in the room most likely paying respects to the fallen agent.

"Was he married?" he heard Steve asked as he walked into the room.

"No. There was a cellist, I think." Tony answered.

"I'm sorry. He was a good man." Steve said making Tony scoff.

"He was an idiot," he said.

"Why, for believing?" Steve asked him.

"For taking on Loki alone, he was out of his league. One Asgardian can take on a whole squad of human soldiers, he should have waited for reinforcements." Drax spoke up.

"Daisuke didn't," Steve reminded earning a glare from Drax and Sylar.

"But she is not a normal human. Loki caught her off guard with his tricks and illusions, in a fair fight she can defeat anybody." Drax replied as Tony walked past him. "Stark, is this the first time you've lost a friend?" he asked and Tony stopped and nodded. "I share you pain, losing someone you call a friend is never easy. No matter how many times it happens, do not remember him for this one incident, but of the other memories you have of him."

"We need to put all of this behind us and focus on stopping Loki, he needs a power source…" Steve said before Tony cut him off.

"He made it personal."

"That's not the point," Steve said.

"No that is the point. That's Loki's point. He hit us all right where we live. Why?" Tony asked.

"To tear us apart," Steve answered.

"Divide and conquer is great, but Loki has to know that he has to take us out to win, right?" Sylar asked before his eyes widened. "He wants to be seen beating us, he wants an audience."

"Like his act in Stuttgart?" Steve asked and Sylar nodded.

"That's just previews. This is opening night. And Loki, he's a full-tilt diva, right? He wants flowers, he wants parades. He wants a monument build to the skies with his name plastered…" Tony said before he stopped and he blinked. "That son of a bitch."

"The Stark Tower," Steve muttered as Tony ran out of the room to get his suit.

"Come on let's get moving, Rogers get suited up and meet us in the hanger bay, the others are already there." Sylar said running off with Drax and Steve followed.

Meanwhile Daisuke groaned and slowly opened her eyes and held her head. "Ugh, I'm gonna kill Loki," she thought sitting up. "Sylar, Veemon…" she said reaching for her earpiece when she found it was missing.

"Don't you need this to call your friends?" she turned to see Loki standing nearby holding her earpiece and behind him on the counter of a bar were her pistols and she frowned.

"Crap." She thought looking around to find a way to escape.

The end of the chapter

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