Okay, so I know this chapter is short. I apologize. Therefore, I will be posting the next chapter later today. This story, however, is nearing the end, but I have big plans for the sequel. Big plans.

garnet86: I know, it's killing me how shy Steve can be.

Nemo-chan: Aww, that makes me feel really good! I'm glad Gwen is a lovable OC.

MysticRyter: Thank you! And yeah, I thought that way too haha.

AngelVamp6688: Thank you! Yeah, turning sixteen certainly isn't my favorite thing right now haha. It's my first birthday without my grandma who I was really close to so it's sort of sad, but seeing the Avengers again is making me happy. (My mom also just gave me an Avengers t-shirt which GLOWS IN THE FREAKING DARK.)

Kittyjs123: I love Steve's gentlemanness. It's so fun to write :)

miller330: Thank you so much! Tony's always got a trick up his sleeve...

Chapter Nineteen

There were no drills in Stark Tower. When an alarm went off, everyone inside simply walked out and far away from the tower. Even though there wasn't a massive amount of people there, it was the only routine they knew. Even if there would've been a tornado drill, though there wasn't many of those, the people inside would've just walked out and filled up the streets.

So obviously when Pepper was innocently looking over some building plans for what Tony had said Potts Tower would be and an alarm went off, she sighed and headed for the elevator.

"Miss Potts, I suggest you head to a very safe distance," said JARVIS.

"What?" asked Pepper, becoming worried. "Why?"

"I have detected several bombs within the tower."

Pepper froze outside the elevator. "B-bombs?"

How was that even possible? Someone would've noticed a person walking around and planting bombs inside the tower.

"Yes, Miss Potts. It might be a good idea if you were to contact Mr. Stark."

Pepper nodded. "Yeah. Very good idea."

Before the elevator even opened, Pepper had her phone out and was dialing Tony.

"Hello?" came Tony's voice.

"Tony, it's me," answered Pepper as she stepped inside the elevator.

"What's wrong?"

"JARVIS found bombs in the tower."

"What?" asked Tony who sounded panicked.

"There are bombs in the tower!" repeated Pepper.

"Pepper, you listen to me, you get as far away from there as possible right now."

"Already working on it." Pepper stepped out of the elevator and made her way to the parking garage where her car sat. "The building is being evacuated right now."

"Okay," said Tony. "I'll tell the others. We'll take care of it."

He hung up the phone and Pepper dropped hers into her purse and threw it on the passanger side of the car while she got into the passanger seat. As she drove out of the parking garage and threw the streets of New York, a man sat up in the penthouse, a smirk on his face.

Loki wasn't going to fail this time.

It was after yet another lesson with Bruce that Gwen found herself approached by a frantic looking Steve.

"Come with me," he ordered and said nothing else but walked in the direction of the conference room.

Gwen could feel her heart racing already. The past few days hadn't been so bad, but something was really wrong. Steve normally didn't look this concerned.

She followed Steve inside the conference room where Bruce was sitting, reading a piece of paper and Tony was pacing back and forth, looking deep in thought. Gwen sat down across from Bruce and saw that Steve wasn't sitting. He looked far too anxious to do anything but stand. It wasn't long before they were joined by Thor, Natasha, Clint and Fury.

"Alright, explain this to me again, Stark," said Fury, walking to the front of the table.

"Pepper called me and said that JARVIS detected bombs inside Stark Tower," said Tony with no usual hint of amusement that he normally had.

Gwen's chest tightened as she comprehended this. She wondered who would put bombs in the tower and get away with it. Then a specific name popped into her head.

"Is everyone out of the tower?" asked Clint.

"Pepper said there was an evacuation," answered Tony.

"Who did it?" asked Natasha.

"We don't know."

Fury sighed. "You're all to suit up and go there. I don't have a good feeling about this."

"What are you saying?" asked Steve. "Do you think Loki is behind this?"

Gwen gasped as she made a connection. "Did any of you take the bombs out of the warehouse?"

"No," answered Fury. "We didn't think about that."

"So you are implying that my brother has taken these explosives and has placed them inside the tower?" asked Thor.

Gwen nodded. "I wouldn't put it past him."

"But why?" asked Bruce. "There's no one there."

"He's expecting us, isn't he?" said Steve.

"Well, someone's gotta do something," responded Tony. "I'm not going to sit here while there are bombs in my tower!"

"Just calm down, Stark," said Fury.

"How can I calm down? Loki is in my tower with bombs! Do you know what a bomb is, Fury?"

"I'm just saying that getting all excited isn't going to help us. Stark, can you access your security feeds?"

"Yeah, I'll do that."

Tony quickly went out the door and most likely towards the labs.

"Alright, rest of you, I want you to suit up," ordered Fury.

"Wait," said Bruce, "we don't even know if it is Loki."

"What, do you think it's some terrorist or something?" asked Clint.

"No, I'm just saying that it might not be Loki."

"Who else then?"

"I don't know."

"There's only one way to find out," said Gwen. "We go there."

"We?" asked Steve, looking down at Gwen.

"God, not again," she muttered under her breath.

"You can't go," said Steve.

"Yes I can."

"No. Loki wants you. He'll take you with him if he gets the chance."

"He can't if it isn't Loki," argued Bruce.

"But if it is, I don't want to take that chance!"

"Powers has been working with Doctor Banner," said Fury. "She must have some sort of control of her powers by now."

"Yeah, I do," agreed Gwen, sitting up straighter. "I won't have just a gun this time."

Steve looked around at everyone. It seemed he was the only one who wished for her to stay back. After getting no support from his teammates, Steve sighed.

"Fine," he answered. "But we're not getting separated this time."

Gwen smiled. "Don't worry, Captain. I've got a plan."

"It better be a good one."

It angered Tony that Loki was in his building again. And especially that the god had put bombs in it. No one put bombs inside Stark Tower except for Tony. And he didn't even wish to do that.

But the worst part was that Tony couldn't find anything in the security feed that actually showed someone placing the bombs. He couldn't even find where they were. It was like they were invisible.

Wouldn't that figure.

It had to be Loki. Only a god could make things invisible. Unless there was some sort of superhuman that SHIELD didn't know about. That would be bad, especially if they were on the other team.

Tony knew that the others would be suiting up about now, but he tried watching all the videos closely. He had to figure out where Loki was.

But he couldn't.

Because Loki was invisible.

Tony sighed loudly as he exited the labs and headed to where he suit was stored. There was no way he was going to let Loki cause damage to the tower again. Why did it always have to be his tower? Why couldn't Loki pick on someone else for once?

So Tony allowed the suit to be wrapped around him.

"JARVIS?" he asked. "How's it going at the tower?"

But there was no answer.

"JARVIS?"

There was still no answer. JARVIS was down.

Wouldn't that figure.