AN: I know I said I'd update more often, but you know how it is; sometimes things don't go the way you planned. Anyway, thanks for sticking with me, for all the alerts, favorites, and reviews. This will probably be wrapped up in another one or two chapters, but after that I plan to go back and fix a few things that have been pointed out to me and I might do a few one shots related to this story, who knows? A lot of movie dialogue in this one too.

Chapter Eleven: Aftermath

After an intense argument between the Avengers is interrupted by the explosion rocking the ship, the team is quick to act, banding together to figure out what is happening and how to solve it.

Steve quickly glances behind him as he is about to leave the room and locks eyes with Bucky. "Find Anna, Stark and I are going to do what we can to keep us in the air."

Bucky nods and races out of the lab, toward the detention level where he knows his sister will be. After a few sharp turns he turns another corner and ends up crashing straight into his sister.

"What are you doing here? Where's Steve?" Anna questions, her concern clear in her tone and on her face.

"Steve and Stark went to try and find a way to keep us in the air. Are you alright?"

"I'm fine Bucky. You need to help them, by now Loki's men are probably on the way to make sure that they don't keep us in the air. I'm going to find Thor and try to make sure Loki doesn't get away."

"Alright, be careful Bells." Bucky whispers before hugging his baby sister and going off to help Steve and Tony.

After hearing about Hulk's rampage over her earpiece, Anna takes off toward the lab where he and Thor are fighting.

Reaching the labs Anna finds Thor near the door to the lab as Hulk is jumping onto a jet hovering just outside the broken window. She quickly approaches Thor's side and helps him up.

"We have to hurry, Loki's probably already out of the cage by now and we need to stop him from getting off the ship." She murmurs before grabbing his hand and dragging him toward the detention level.

When the two finally reach Loki's detention chamber, they find 'Loki' stepping out of his prison which causes Thor to rush toward the cage while Anna grabs for his arm and tries to stop him. He pushes her to the side gently and rushes forward only to be trapped in the cage before she is thrown across the room by the God of Mischief.

"Are you ever not going to fall for that?" Loki questions his adopted brother, a smirk on his face before he is hit by one of Anna's metal feathers.

Loki turns to find Anna standing with a look of determination on her face, her hand on the pouch on her belt that is filled with her feathers, and his smirk widens before he disappears only to reappear behind her and stab her in the chest with his spear.

"NO!" Thor roars from inside the cage as his friend falls to the ground before he slams his hammer against the glass, only to have the cage shift.

Loki grins evilly at him before stepping toward the control panel and lifting the cover over the red button, "The humans think us immortal. Should we test that?"

Anna watches, worried and in pain, but before he can press the release for the cage he is interrupted by Agent Coulson wielding a large weapon.

"Move away, please." Coulson commands politely, Loki moves away before the agent continues, "You like this? We started working on the prototype after you sent The Destroyer. Even I don't know what it does. Do you wanna find out?"

"Phil, move!" Anna screams, realizing Loki's plan.

Coulson moves quickly toward the cage to his right, but not quickly enough and he is stabbed through the right side of his chest by the insane god's scepter. After it is removed, Coulson falls to the side and Anna carefully moves toward him, leaning him against the wall and putting pressure on his wound.

"You really are a meddlesome woman Annabelle Barnes, but you can't stop me." Loki states before moving over to the button and releasing the cage.

There is a short pause filled only by Anna's soft whispers that Phil would be alright before Coulson speaks.

"You're gonna lose." He murmurs confidently.

"Am I?"

"It's in your nature."

"Your heroes are scattered, your floating fortress falls from the sky... where is my disadvantage?"

"You lack conviction."

"I don't think I..." Loki begins before he is cut off by Coulson firing the huge weapon at him and he is blasted across the room and through a wall.

"So that's what it does." Coulson states in a surprised tone.

"I need medical in here, Coulson is injured!" Anna shouts into her communicator as Loki rushes out and footsteps approach them, causing her to grab Coulson's sidearm and point it at the door, only to lower it when Fury enters the room.

"I'm sorry, boss. The guy rabbited." Coulson apologizes as Fury kneels in front of him while Anna continues to apply pressure to his wound.

"Just stay awake. Eyes on me." Fury demands.

"I don't know if he can make it, he's losing too much blood." Anna whispers sadly, tears falling from her eyes.

"Losing him is not an option Annabelle." Fury responds adamantly.

"It's okay, boss. This was never going to work... if they didn't have something... to..." Coulson cuts off as he passes out.

"Agent Coulson is down." Fury states in an ominous tone, causing Anna to look at him in confusion as the medics rush in and take over where she left off, placing Coulson on a stretcher quickly before she is forced into a wheelchair.

"We know sir, paramedics are on their way." An agent says over the coms.

"They're already here. They called it." Fury states, causing Anna to shake her head in anger and confusion before stopping the medic from pushing her out after Coulson, turning off her com.

"Why are you lying sir, there's still a chance." Anna whispers.

Fury turns off his com before he responds. "He's right, they need something to unite them."

Anna sighs and reaches for her backup set of Captain America cards. "Use these, they won't know the difference between my blood and his and he never showed them his cards. Just make sure you grab his from his locker."

Fury nods in thanks before Anna motions for the medic to wheel her away and Fury heads off toward Command.

AN: There you have it. It may not be the longest or best chapter, but I'm pretty proud of it because it means I'm one step closer to actually finishing a fanfic. Thanks for all the support all of you have given thus far, reviews are as always much appreciated.