Chapter Four

Alli was sitting under a tree a mile away from New York City with a netbook out and placed on her lap neatly. It was a couple of days after the incident and it was mid-evening, so the sun was setting on the horizon. It was a beautiful sunset. She was currently hacking into SHIELD's files to learn more about them. She skimmed through the ones on previous cases they've solved and stuff like that and then she got to the Avengers Initiative Folder. It had files on Tony Stark, Steve Rodgers, Bruce Banner, Clint Barton, Natasha Romanoff, Thor Odinson and Loki Laufeyson. Then there was another file on the Tesseract. It looked like a glowing blue cube. The invasion that happened on New York not too long ago was all over the news and Luka literally turned off the cable so he could finally get a break from the ongoing news reports on how the Avengers saved the world.

Alli had made a temporary camp out in the woods where she was creating a new and improved iPhone. She would always remember her original iPhone, but it was now lost to SHIELD. She hadn't been in contact with Luka since she met Steve Rodgers that night, or Captain America. She sighed and closed her netbook. Her trace was unfindable so she knew she was safe at the moment. She walked back into the woods and stopped at a large hollowed-out tree. There was a squirrel nearby and it nibbled on a nut while watching Alli curiously. There was an artificial light that glowed inside of the trunk and it let out a small ray of light into the dense forest she was in. She squeezes into the tree and puts her netbook away in a case. Most of her weapons were resting against the inside walls of the trees along with some food.

She was standing in the middle of a meadow, enjoying the peacefulness for once. The clouds were like fluffy cotton balls in the sky and the grass swayed all around her when a breeze came through. Flowers were dotted everywhere on the field and Alli could often hear birds chirping in the distance. The sun warmed her face and she was in a trance, her eyes distant.

SHIELD Base

"What do you mean.. We can't find her?" Fury booms.

"Sir, we've been searching for hours, actually days and there is still no trace," an agent replies, gathering up her courage to actually face the angry Director.

He sighs in frustration and suddenly there's a loud THUMP against the roof of the Helicarrier. The alarm system goes off for a security breach and the Director hears another crash. He lays his hand on his pistol and checks the security cameras. It was Thor. And he was on top of the Helicarrier.

All of the Avengers sat around the table placed in the corner of the main room, listening to Thor speak. He had his usual armor on but his face was covered in scratches and his red cape was torn in many places.

"My brother and I were thrown to Earth. My landing I believe will be a bit more pleasant than what Loki will have to deal with," Thor says, looking to all of them.

"Why were you thrown to Earth?" Tony questions, already bored. He was tapping a pen on the table, annoying both Clint and Natasha.

"Thanos has taken over Asgard. He is the one who tricked my brother into leading the chitauri," Thor answers.

Fury sighs in defeat. He never got a break anymore. His life had went from semi-stressful to full-out stressful. The Council made it worse. The always commented on how he should call the Avengers for a mission that could be taken care of with his own agents.

"So.. Is he going to invade Earth or something?" Clint asks. His eyes hold a hint of rage in them. He was still mad at Loki from what he did to him during the invasion. Bruce also seemed a bit tense. He hated transforming into the Other Guy.

"Yes. He will in due time. But he must get full control of Asgard before moving on," Thor says coolly.

Tony silently groans. He had come very close to death last time with the invasion and now he more likely had to again. He still wanted to find Alli, or Allison, though. She was his daughter officially. He had hacked into her iPhone and searched through her files. It was a truly unique device. Only a Stark could've made it.

The Meadow

Alli was in a daze so much, she didn't notice the figure that was falling towards her at amazing speeds. His direct impact was only a few inches from where she stood and she was thrown halfway across the meadow, landing on her back. She snapped out of her trance and watched the figure crash through the meadow, making dirt and rocks fly everywhere, until coming to a stop at the edge of another forest that bordered the meadow.

She carefully walked over to him. He had glossy black hair and pale skin. He wore a green cape and it looked like he had elephant tusks as a hat. His armor looked dented and scratched. He groaned and slowly pushed himself up to a sitting position, looking at Alli. His eyes were a deep green and Alli found it hard to look away.

"Who are you?" Alli questions him.

"I am Loki, of Asgard, and who are you?" Loki asks her, smiling mischievously at her.

She then remembered her history lessons. He was an Asgardian god. Unfortunately, he was also the one that invaded New York not too long ago.

"What are you doing here, Loki?"

"I simply 'crashed' here from Asgard, my dear,"

"Well, aren't the officials going to come after you?"

"My brother will eventually find me,"

She looked into his eyes again. They seemed to be full of lies of mischief. His funky armor disappeared and he stood up, towering above her by a little. He still had that smirk on his face and he dusted himself off. She watched him wince in pain as he pulled a metal fragment out of his sleeve. It was slightly bleeding.

"Here I can bandage that for you.." she offers.

"Please," he tells her, his voice going soft.

She leads him back to her camp and pulls out some bandages. She bandages his arm carefully and he looks at her. A small ray of sunlight shines on her face and her silver eyes sparkle.

"Your eyes are beautiful, Alli," he comments.

Alli blushes but it quickly disappears. First it was Steve and Clint she was falling for and now it was Loki. This guy was an Asgardian god. Clearly she was missing all the fun when she was in Italy. Loki quickly thanks her and begins walking to the city.

"Where are you going Loki?"

"I must find my brother, Thor,"

She follows him, grabbing her blades and unfinished iPhone. As the city gets into her sight, another figure drops from the sky right in front of her. She squeaks in surprise, falling over, and Loki whips around to see what the commotion is.

"Thor, do not scare the lady, that is quite rude," Loki says and walks over to Alli. He offers her his hand and helps her up.

"I am sorry, fair maiden!" Thor booms, "Loki! Where have you been brother?"

"I simply landed in another place and Alli helped fix me up," he tells him evenly.

Alli watches as a jet soon hovers over her and she sees Clint and the ginger steering it. Tony Stark flies out of the plane in his suit and lands right beside Alli, giving Loki a menacing look.

"Alright kiddo, time to go back to base," he says.

"What.. No.. I don't want-" Alli's cut off by Tony grabbing her tightly and flying her back up to the jet. Thor and Loki arrive shortly after.

"Hello Alli," Steve says, smiling a bit.

She waves back and sees Clint smirking at her from the cockpit of the plane due to a mirror revealing his whole face to her. She just snorts and looks away. She wondered if Steve and Clint pondered on if she was still mad at them or not for what happened in Central Park. Loki sits down beside her and Tony looked like he wanted to strangle Loki right there but remained silent with a scowl on his face.

Once they landed on what is called the 'Helicarrier', Alli noticed that an angry-looking eyepatch guy was standing on the loading zone. He wore a long black trench coat and combat boots. She spotted a pistol on his belt but decided to ignore it. She wondered if someone poked his eyeball out. Then she wondered how. Did he get shot in the eye? stabbed? poked with a pen? She would never know until she mustered up the courage to ask him. Slowly, she got off with Loki behind her and Tony beside her and she assumed she had to talk with the African pirate who got his eyeball poked out.

So I didn't get any reviews between the last chapter and this one.. Kind of sad but I'm okay! So what do you guys think about Loki's appearance? Too much? Needs more? Average? And I think Alli's beginning to act a bit like Tony Stark. Please review! Oh and who do you think she likes more right now? Steve? Clint? or Loki?

-Blade