Quinn willed her anxiety and fear away, focusing on getting her brother back. But she could feel it. She could feel every bit of pain and agony in the building. She could smell the blood even thru the suit. There was too much for the suit to filter and some of the scent slipped in and...she hoped she would forget. "You did this? You killed all these people?" She knew it was a stupid question but she couldn't believe it, couldn't. She had to hear it from him. He smirked, wiping the blood off his knife on his tactical pants. "Happily." She glared, fighting thru the pain and fear. Her hands shook and she thanked god for the suit. "My brother would never do this. He wouldn't have even thought of it." He chuckled lowly. "Glad to disappoint you." She spoke into her com. "Clint, I really hate asking you this."
Clint spoke a few seconds later as TJ started rounding her like prey. "What is it? You ok?" "How did you get rid of Loki's mind control?" She felt the pause and she knew that it hit a nerve, something he never liked to think about. She nearly jumped when Clint spoke. "Cognitive recalibration. Make sure he's unconscious." She smirked weakly, thinking of one of her favorite movies, Zombieland. "Double tap?" "You got it princess." She glared to TJ as he stalked her like prey. "Lets get this show started then." She shot at him with her repulsers,knocking him back and crying out in pain. She wondered how easy this would be, until he started shooting his guns off at her.
She brought her arms up to protect herself, the bullets bouncing off of her but shes never tested the bulletproof ability of her suit. The error messages kept going off in the HUD, her shielding slowly going down with each bullet. She growled, charging him with her boots, flying to him but he jumped out of the way, kicking her, making her go flying into the wall and outside. Hand to hand combat was not her specialty. She knew even with the suit he had an advantage here. Before she could get up thou, he was on her like a tiger on an gazelle. Faster then she thought was possible as he started slashing at the suits weak points and attempting to break her out of it. "Get out of your tin can princess and fight!" She growled. She would have to fight dirty then. She spoke to Jarvis quietly. "JARVIS, charge up the chest beam-" "There is a 30% chance it could critically injury him-" "Don't tell me the odds jay, just do it!" Even with the suit she was having a hard time getting him off of her. Her hands gripping his wrists too tightly for her liking but she had no choice.
He was nearly rabid with anger. He was close to tearing pieces of the suit off. Then the beam was ready. She growled, the beam coming from the chest of the suit, knocking him back, flying into the nearest wall. She stood quickly, charging. He was dazed but he saw her coming. He growled, trying to fight back but she made sure to get a good hit on his head. He groaned in pain, falling to the floor with a whimper. He was still awake thou but barely. "mmm...wha..." He looked up and saw Quinn. "Quinn?" She wanted so badly to hug him but she remembered..double tap. She brought her fist back, punching him hard, rendering him unconscious. This was a mercy. He would never forgive himself if he saw the damage he did. She let out a breath, picking him up. "Guys, I got him. I'm bringing him back to base. Have a med team ready." She held him as she flew into the air and outside the hole in the wall they created.
Coulson hovered above the fighting. Chutari were starting to roam the streets, shooting lasers and hurting innocent people. He could see Steve down there fighting, trying to talk to the police officers to get as many people out of here as they can. Clint was perched on a tall building, shooting off arrows at the flying ones. Gage was on the ground with Steve, slicing thru them easily with his swords. Hulk was smashing many of them at once, throwing them at buildings and Thor was summoning his lighting, frying them. Amelia smiled, putting her mask on. "Thanks Director, don't worry, I'l make sure dad knows it was my fault." He was about to speak but she used the rope to repeal down to the battlefield. Then Iron Man flew, talking in the com in the Quinnjet. "Ahh Coulson, you do know that's Steve's daughter right? He's gonna be pissed." Coulson nodded. "Also your grandaughter. You know as well as I do she's an excellent fighter. She has to fight sometime." Tony smiled inside the suit, nearly smirking as Director Coulson seemed to be breaking some kind of rule. "Ain't that the truth." Tony shot a repuler at a flying chutari. "I'll escort you back director, it's worse then last time if that's even possible." Coulson started turning the plane around as Tony flew above it, shooting chutari that got too close or tried to attack.
Amelia landed but as soon as she landed she heard the growl of the chutari and kicked behind her, then used her shield to knock it's head in. she breathed out then suddenly she heard her dad. "Amelia!" Steve came running up to her before stopping, glaring. "What in the world do you think your doing out here? And...where did you get that suit?" Amelia glared. "I have to fight sometime dad." Steve gave her a look, shaking his head. "Just be careful and your telling me later where you got the suit." She grinned, throwing her shield at an chutari.
Quinn flew fast to the hellicarrier, landing, holding TJ tightly to herself until the med team came out with a stretcher. She placed him on it gently, watching them take him away, fighting between the urge to stay with him or go fight and find Loki herself and put a repulser thru him for what he did to her brother. She decided to go back to the fight. He was in good hands.
Once Coulson was back in the control room, Hill came to him. "Sir...the council wants you." He saw the look of fear on her, knowing this was the same as last time. They want to nuke a city just to get rid of Loki. But it wouldn't stop the churtai from raining down, it would only help them. He brought them up on his holographic computer. "Please, reconsider-" "You already know." One of them said. "Yes. History tends to repeat itself. But the avengers handled it the last time, they can handle it now." "Is this what you believe?" "Yes." There was a moment of silence. "Were sorry Director Coulson but you are too optimistic to be making this decision. You let the glory of these avengers blind you." Before he could speak someone spoke up, panicked. "Sir! One of our jets is taking off!" Coulson glared at the screen, ending the call, pressing his comm. "Avengers, do you read me?" Clint spoke."Clear, what is it?" "There's a nuke heading straight for you." He could sense the pause and fear.
Tony was too busy fighting off churtai. One of them damaged his repuler boot, making it hard to fly. Quinn was near him, fighting them off as well. She heard the com and she couldn't let it do that. She couldn't let all these people die. "How long?" She asked, shooting a chutari. Tony looked over at her, speaking in the com. "Don't you dare." There was a tense moment between them before Coulson spoke. "2 minutes. " She floated above him. "Sorry dad. You know what they say, like father like daughter.." She took off, flying fast as she could. He yelled for her thru the comm. "Quinn! No!"
Gage could hear the com between Tony and Quinn and tensed. He spoke to her. "Quinn...what are you doing?" She smirked, weakly, now nearly to the nuke. "Saving your ass." Gage glared, able to see her repulser boots in the distance over the ocean,, the nuke going straight for her. "Quinn..."He spoke carefully, already knowing what she was gonna do. "Quinn...stop and think."She glared, not wanting to succumb to her tears. "I am. If this nuke hits were all dead." "Quinn!-" "No! Gage I'm sorry but I've made my choice." Her voice became thick as she flew faster, now holding the nuke, leading it to the portal.
Clint was watching now running down there to his brother and Tony. "Someone find Loki's scepter. Once that nuke is thru we'l need to close the portal." Gage growled, slicing thru a chutari. "Were not closing it with her inside it!" Thor spoke up, quietly in the com. "I can get my brothers scepter easily." Gage growled then Clint spoke up. "Gage, if that nuke hits us shes right. Everyone within a 10 mile radius is dead and burned." Gage growled as his eyes watered, thinking of Quinn dying alone, suffocating. He hated it.
Kim was watching the battle with Coulson in the control room, hand on her mouth. "Oh god...Quinn..." Katie was watching as well. "How can you tell between dad and Quin? There suits look exactly the same." Kim sniffled. "Her suit is smaller, slimmer. And now shes taking that nuke into space. I may never see my baby girl again." Katie brought her arms around her mom, her eyes watering as well. Coulson watched, stoic as ever but he was praying that Quinn made it out. He couldn't take losing another family member. Not after the cellist. Not after Ward. He saw how upset Kim was, and reached over, putting a supportive hand on her shoulder. She looked over, her lip trembling. There family was out there.
Thor found his brother, on top of the tallest building, watching the chaos. He glared. "Loki,have you not learned your lesson the first time?" Loki smirked, turning around, scepter in hand. "Seems not." He suddenly shot at Thor who blocked it but he used the distraction of Loki shooting to throw his hammer to him,making Loki go flying back, the hammer now on his chest, keeping him from standing. He growled. "Damn you brother..." Thor glared, grabbing Loki's scepter roughly from his hands. He looked up to the sky before grabbing his hammer and flying toward the portal, knowing thats where the portal generator would be.
Quinn was flying slower then normal and she knew this. She didn't want to rush death. Then Jarvis spoke up. "Shall I patch you thru private to Agent smith?" She swallowed the lump in her throat. "Sure.." She heard the beep and Gage was the first to speak. "Princess..." "I love you." She spoke quickly. Continuing. "I love you so much and I never want you to forget that." Gage spoke quietly, watching her flying the nuke into the portal, or close to the portal. "Please.. you can think of something else.. your so damn smart and all you can think of is sacrificing yourself?-" He was cut off as he heard the tone of the patch ending. He saw her break thru, going into the portal, disappearing into nothing. He couldn't breath for a while. He wasn't sure how many seconds. But he started breathing whenever he heard someone say "close it." his breath came out broken and shuddering as his eyes watered. His princess was gone and the thought of her dying alone was worse then just the fact of her dying..
Quinn flew the nuke up and into the portal, using the last bit of remaining power in her suit. Since her encounter with TJ it's been low, the shielding had lowered with each brutal hit. She threw the nuke with all her might, her air slowly leaving her body as the vacuum of space sucked it out of her suit. She couldn't breath. But she held on, watching as the nuke destroyed the warship that held the chutari. Finally she let her eyes close, knowing her family was safe.
Gage had to look away, his lip trembling. The chutari were dead around them but there was no victory. Then he heard Clint. "Hey! Look!" Gage looked up, seeing Quinn falling from the sky. He nearly laughed in relif. "Son of a bitch.." He frowned. "Shes falling too fast.." He nearly didn't finish his words when Thor flew up to grab her as they collided with the ground, making a large Thor sized dent. Everyone ran over. Tony was the first to speak, kneeling down to inspect her. "Jay, is she alive?" "Yes but barely. Her breathing has stopped." Tony tensed, hearing that, turning to Thor. "Get this suit off her. Now!" Gage spoke, kneeling next to her a Thor started ripping the suit off bit by bit. "Whats wrong?" Tony looked over, the faceplate up. "Shes alive but she isn't breathing. Guess thats what happens when you fly into pace without a space suit."
Soon a the suit was off, Gage started doing CPR. He counted the chest compressions and then breathed into her mouth. He mumbled to himself as the rest looked on in fear. "Com'on princess...don't do this..." Three more chest compressions and another few second of precious air. He thought he heard more running of footsteps and assumed it was Steve and his daughter or possibly Bruce but all he was focused on was Quinn. He was getting desperate and the others looked like they were ready to give up. Tony was about to speak, to tell him it was done. Then she took in the biggest gulp of air, coughing, violently.
Gage breathed in relief, hugging her, kissing her head. "Oh thank god...your ok...your alive.." Tony let out the breath he was holding, his eye watering. She coughed but once it calmed she looked around shocked and eyes wide."I'm...alive...what?" Gage smiled, tears of relief falling down his face. "Yes..yes your alive you crazy son of a bitch." Tony let out a laugh which sounded just a bit watery.
Kim let out a breath, watching it all happen. "Shes...shes alive?" Coulson nodded. "Your family is very difficult to kill. Like cats." She laughed but it turned into relived sobs. Katie hugged her mom, relived tears running down her face as well. Her family was safe.
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