7. Victory.
Finally. I never thought it would take that oaf so long to get here. I'm so excited that for a second I forget that he hasn't been affected by my low level hypnosis inducer. Thankfully I added telepathic command. He stumbles for a second as I activate it, but that's all. This thing works remarkably well, considering its built with earth technology.
Now that he's finally here, I can move on. I get in the elevator and press the button.
"Hold it!" Its that Romanoff woman. Could it be that she's onto me? She played me the last time we met. I must not underestimate her. I hold the door. She gets in and presses her button. She looks different. I realize that she's actually excited, maybe even glad that all of this is happening. Humans are strange.
Fortunately, she's not suspicious at all. She waves as she gets off the elevator and I give smile and nod in my best puny human impersonation. The door closes and I'm finally minutes away from my vengeance. I can already taste victory. But I must not get ahead of myself.
I walk in, and people greet me. This is so easy. I get to the room I was looking for and telepathically disable the cloaking from the package I left here when I first arrived. All I need is there. I get it out and move into the next room. The new arc reactor, I was here when it was installed. The tower used to be powered by the one owned by Starks Industries, but now that one is connected to the main energy grid, feeding the whole country. A warm light for the whole world to share.
I hook the asgardian device to the reactor and get it running. I wonder how long it will take them to know what's going on? I get my getaway ready, prepare an illusion so that I can cast it right before teleporting away, and sit to wait for them. Banner and Stark will probably figure it out first, but they might not be the first ones to get here. Maybe it will be Barton. That should be fun, I can play with him.
Its Romanoff. Of course, she took the elevator with me, she was the one closer to me. "Are you going to take me out all by yourself Natasha?" I ask her. I expect hatred, but I instead I see confusion.
"Phil?" Now I understand. I haven't turned off the hypnosis inducer yet, their minds are still clouded. Should I disable it? Why not, more fun for me. I switch it off with a simple mental command.
"Sorry, no. Phils dead. Don't you remember?"
She looks confused. In a second, she's taken a gun out and shot me. She's fast, but I'm faster. Still, it was close. Too close. I decide to just set off the illusion and stand aside to watch invisible. I can't leave yet, not until I know that Stark and Banner haven't ruined my plans.
They start arriving, one by one. They are all furious. Banner stays back. He looks like he's about to explode. I guess he liked Phil. Should I wake the monster? Probably not a good idea. I remember the last time I faced him. "Puny god", he called me. I should kill him. I will kill him. I already have, actually, since the reactor is about to go critical.
Thor is the last one to arrive. He throws his hammer at me the moment he does. Well, not me, the illusion. Mjolnir goes right trough and hits the far wall. Classic. The illusion laughes and fades.
"Is he still here?" That's Barton
"Probably not" Stark. "Jarvis, run any check you can think of, is he here?"
"I can't see him sir" of course not, an asgardian child could have programmed you.
"Stark!" Its Banner, he's looking at the device "I really need you on this one." They both start looking at it, with Parker looking over Banners shoulder, trying to follow. I look over Starks shoulder. So close. But if I kill him now, I risk the others evacuating the building. They will all perish here. This monument to my failure will turn into their grave. And I victorious, shall rise to conquer this little rock.
They don't make much progress and I relax. But then, the unthinkable happens. The kid has an idea. And he's right. Stark looks at him in disbelief, while Banner starts on with the job. This is bad. Very bad. Well, if I can take at least two of them out and teleport away, they'll all die anyway. Maybe not Thor, but I can take him out by myself later.
Who should I start with? Its only fitting that I kill the kid, since his idea is what's forcing me to fight. I raise my spear and get ready to strike.