Once were all sat around the table, Dr. Banner walked thru. Coulson saw him. "Dr. Banner, welcome." Tony smiled, seeing him. "Hey, you got here fast." Bruce smiled, going to the seat next to Tony. "I was only down the street from where there parked. Is Thor here?" Coulson shook his head. "Not yet but he will be." Coulson paused, seeing someone missing. "Where's Quinn?" Gage spoke, looking between Coulson and Tony. "I ordered her to stay behind. I feel shes not mentally stable yet after our last incident to go into battle." Tony nearly glared but he understood his actions well. "I know shes your girlfriend and I know you care about her as much as I do but unless shes injured she shouldn't be ordered to not help save the world if she wants to."
Gage fought not glaring. He didn't want to get in a fight with his boss and future father-in-law (hopefully) "She had nearly three anxiety attacks after coming out of her lab and that very night her brother was taken. Shes been in her lab for a week." Tony glared. "Anxiety is no reason to not go out there, I have it-" Bruce cleared his throat, all looked to him. "I could give her a Psych test for you. It doesn't take too long and if needed I can prescribe her some anti-anxiety meds." Coulson spoke. "Do it before this turns into an episode of Jerry Springer" Bruce nodded, getting up and going to find her. Tony let out a heavy breath and all Steve and Clint could do was watch worriedly shaking there heads.
Amelia and Quinn were off to the side, talking while Katie and Kim spoke. Kim telling her what happened in the last week. Katie had her hand to her mouth. "Oh my God...If you hadn't told me I would have never known. She seems like herself." Kim smiled sadly. "Shes just like her father. Pretending the worst never happened, burring it down under coffee and science. She'll be ok." Kim saw Bruce, standing, smiling. "Bruce.." Bruce smiled, walking over, hugging her. "Hey, wheres Quinn?" Kim pointed over to a table far away from there's. He nodded, walking over. "Quinn..." Quinn looked over, smiled. "Uncle Bruce!" She got up, hugging her. Amelia smiled to. "Haven't seen you in a while." Bruce smiled to Amelia. "You look good. Father training you?" She rolled her eyes. "Barely. He doesn't want me fighting." Bruce smiled. "You'll show him someday. I know it. Quinn, can I talk to you in private?" Quinn nodded, sighing. "I'm sure Gage sent you." "Coulson actually. He didn't want you dad and bodyguard to deck it out right there." She rolled her eyes. "Hes over-reacting. I'm fine." He smiled. "That's just what were making sure of." He brought her to one of the medical exam rooms.
Loki and his team were in the jet the managed to steal, flying over the city. Loki looked for a good place to start his war. He saw a school and smirked. "TJ. Come here." TJ quickly made his way to him. "Sir?" Loki pointed. "That school. Destroy it. Have some fun." TJ smirked."Yes sir."
Quinn sighed. "So am I good?" Bruce took his glasses off a moment. "Not quite. Your anxiety, how bad is it?" She frowned. "Actually, pretty damn bad. Anytime I feel scared or get a jump I just go right into an attack." He nodded. "I'll give you a prescription for a low-dose anti-anxiety. Its not surprising your anxiety would be higher then normal after all the kidnappings you and your family have gone thru. I'll write one out then when all this is over you take it and let me know if it' working or not." She smiled. "So I'm good for battle and can shove it in Gages face?" Bruce chuckled. " You're good for battle but he was only worried about you. Know whenever he does things like that, he does it out of love." She sighed. "I'll try but it can be infuriating sometimes." She stood up from her chair just as an alarm went off. Bruce looked to her. "Avenger assemble." They both walked out of the room quickly to the debriefing room.
Quinn and Bruce walked in as Gage and Tony saw them. Gage looked annoyed and Tony looked relived, knowing that she was here because Bruce said she was alright. Quinn she gave a small glare to Gage before speaking. "Whats going on? Is Loki found?" Coulson spoke. "He just destroyed a school. about 4 miles from where we are. I want you all to suit up and get out there and stop him." Steve nodded, Clint following, putting a hand on his brothers shoulder. "Go easy on her. We got bigger problem right now."
Gage looked away from his brother then looking to Quinn. "Suit up." She smirked. "Way ahead of you." She took off down the hall to her suit. Tony saw the worried look on Gage's face. "Hey, she'll be ok. Bruce says she good for battle, she is." Gage nodded. "Still gonna worry." He took off down the hall, Tony following.
Amelia watched Quinn and Tony fly down to the destroyed school building, frowning. Kim and Katie behind her. Katie's hands on her daughters shoulders. Amelia spoke. "I should be out there." "Why arnt you?" Both Amelia and Katie looked to Kim. Kim looked between them. "Sorry, it's just...be it Quinn or Tony or even your father...they didn't listen when someone told them no. Your father applied 6 times for the US army before the super serum program. He didn't care if they shot him down, he kept trying." Katie smiled weakly as Amelia took it all in. "So your saying I should just...jump out there and hope my dad doesn't kill me afterwords?" "Yep." Amelia seemed shy about it until Katie nudged her shoulder. "Go on. Your dad will get over it." Amelia smiled. "So glad I let Coulson make my suit in secret. Wish me luck." Katie smiled then realized it was possible it could be the last time she may see her daughter. And before she could run off, she stopped her, hugging her and kissing her head. "I love you. Now go kick some ass." Amelia grinned, hugging her mother back and taking off down the hall.
Loki's team got the portal generator up high on the tallest building, starting it up. The large light beam shooting to the sky as it spun. Tony saw it, seeing the monsters fly thru it and to earth. Destroying everything in there path. He swallowed, pushing down the anxiety. Everything was coming back, everything was back. He spoke in the comm, flying over the streets. "Seem familiar?" Clint spoke next, flying the Quinnjet. "Yeah and I don't like it. I'm gonna find a safe place to land. Try and keep them off the streets." Tony rolled his eyes. "Yeah. That's super easy. Someone has to check out the school." Quinn spoke, flying off in that direction. "On it." Gage watched her fly off toward the smoldering school in the distance with worry. He let out a breath as he sharpened his blade. Steve watched as well. "She'll be ok." "She shouldn't be out here." Steve paused before he spoke. "I heard what happened to her. I'm..I'm sorry. Is he dead?" "Very." Steve nodded. "doesn't help her mind. I know you think she shouldn't be out here, that he needs a therapist instead of locking her self away. But she isn't like that. Being out here in the thick of it. It's familiar, normal. It's good for her." Steve turned, looking at Gage. "She'll beo k." Gage looked away from Steve, praying he was right.
Quinn landed, looking at the destruction and wreckage. It was awful. She scanned it over with the HUD, hoping to find survivors. But that was difficult. She spoke lowly. "JARVIS, how many people were in this school?" "It is estimated that there are 425 students and 50 staff members. The odds are not good that they survived." She flew thru the destroyed building. "Jay, what caused the destruction around the walls?" She asked as she went thru the broken door and wall. JARVIS scanned it thru the HUD. "I'm piking up two types of grenades. Fragmentation and offensive." She let out a breath. "That means TJ was...may be here?" "It is likely." She flew thru then stopped. The hallway was littered with dead bodies, bleeding. She scanned the bodies, finding a number of bullet wounds, most non-fatal ones. She heard some plaster fall from the wall, making her jump and turn. Then she found it was nothing. Just a piece of the wall. She closed her eyes, feeling her hands shake and her heart beat like it was gonna pound out of her chest. She willed herself to stay focused, going thru the rooms, each just as gruesome as the last.
While looking over a classroom for any survivors she heard crying and screaming. "No! Please! Stop!" She took off flying down the hall. She stopped when she saw her brother, covered in blood, bloody knife in hand as he slit the woman's throat. Blood dripping down her chest, blouse and floor. And he was smiling. She swore she would have nightmares of this moment for the rest of her life. Her once, sweet, caring, smart-ass, womanizer of a brother was killing an innocent and smiling about it. Then he saw her and smirk. She never hated the color blue so much when she saw his eyes. "Sister...welcome to the party."
Amelia managed to catch a jet, flew by Coulson himself. "You know your father gonna be pissed at us." Amelia smiled, now in her gear which looked similar to her fathers uniform but darker and more built for stealth but the stars and stripes were still a bright sliver. Matching dark red,white and blue shield on her back. "He'll get over it. I gotta fight sometime." Coulson smiled nodding, flying to the battle scene.
AN: reviews are welcome!