This chapter is also on the short side, so here you go. Like I said before, I won't be posting tomorrow because of my birthday. So see you all on Monday!

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Chapter Twenty

Loki found it humorous how the Avengers were probably suiting up to come and fight him. He knew they would. Despite any protests someone could give, that leader guy would make them go. And they would obey. And he had everything planned out.

Of course, as he set off the first bomb, he wondered how they would react to see the smoke coming from Stark Tower. It wasn't that Loki sought to completely destroy the building. No, he simply wanted them to come and this was one of the best ways he could think of. And it couldn't hurt him if he blew up a couple of them, especially the first one. He felt lucky that the Avengers had wanted to get Gwen out of that warehouse so fast that they had left the bombs inside. They were probably making their hands into fists and clenching their teeth as they realized their mistake. But hopefully they would come to fix it.

Loki had watched the building being evacuated and knew that it was all up to the Avengers. It would be just them against him. And, if his plan went as well as it did in his head, Gwen would be with them. He didn't wish to take control of her like the last time. He had done that already and it obviously hadn't worked. He wasn't actually sure yet how he was going to get her alone, but maybe the fates would be in his favor today. Maybe, just maybe, she'd be alone at one point and that would be when he'd strike. For he knew that Gwen had a good heart. And if Thor had said anything about Loki, she'd feel sympathy. There was no doubt in his mind she'd want to try to reason with him. Loki couldn't help but scoff at the idea. There was no reason. There was no going back. Loki had realized this a long time ago. Even if Loki wanted to, he couldn't stop now. He had nothing left but his life and he desperately held on to it.

He'd finally make his father proud.

He'd finally be equal to Thor.

He'd finally be more than just Loki Laufeyson.

He'd finally be Loki, ruler of Midgard.

Although she wouldn't admit it, Gwen was scared. It wasn't that she was scared for her life. No, she wasn't afraid of Death. Death had brought her so much misery, but She wasn't going to take Gwen. Not now. Gwen had a job to do first.

So, after convincing Steve that she should go along to Stark Tower, Fury dimissed them all to go suit up. Gwen went with Clint and Natasha to change into their SHIELD uniforms and get their weapons while Steve went to get in his Captain America uniform. Thor was already wearing his armor and Gwen assumed that it wasn't long before Tony got in the Iron Man suit if he hadn't already.

They all made their way to the aircraft hanger to board the same aircraft they had been constantly using. Natasha and Clint right away got into the pilot and co-pilot seats while Gwen looked over Bruce's shoulder at the monitors.

"Look," ordered Bruce. "He's set off one of the bombs."

Gwen looked closer along with Natasha and Clint as they watched new footage of smoke coming from the tower.

"There's no one in there, right?" asked Gwen.

"Tony said Pepper told them they were evacuated, remember?" answered Bruce. "If this is Loki, then he's just doing this for fun."

"He could be trying to destroy the building," suggested Clint.

"No, he would have set them all off," answered Thor, walking into the aircraft. "My brother enjoys his tricks."

"D'you think he has the tesseract with him?" asked Natasha.

"I think so," answered Bruce. "I can't be sure."

"Then where else would it be?" asked Clint.

"I don't know."

"We should leave," said Steve as he climbed onboard, his shield on his arm. He stood next to Gwen as he observed the monitors as well.

"Right," answered Clint as he and Natasha returned to their seats.

"Where's Stark?"

"We don't know," answered Bruce.

Steve sighed. "He can get there on his own."

Gwen held onto a seat as the aircraft lifted off the ground and exited the helicarrier.

"Are you sure you can handle this?" Steve asked, turning to Gwen.

"I sense power within her," said Thor. "It seems much more under control compared to when I first arrived."

Gwen smiled at Thor. "See? Even a god thinks I'll be okay."

"He didn't say that," muttered Steve. "Just stay close to me, okay? I don't want you getting hurt."

"Don't worry, Steve. I'll be fine."

Steve looked at her for an extra moment as if he was debating something, but then looked away and back at the monitors. Gwen licked her lips nervously, wondering what he was thinking about.

"Where do you want us to land?" asked Clint.

"Take us to the ground floor," answered Steve.

"But what if Loki's at the top?" asked Gwen.

"Then we shouldn't go up there. He could shoot us down."

"But what if he sets off more bombs?"

"Just trust me."

Gwen nodded, knowing that she coiuld trust Steve. Even though she thought differently.

She could feel the aircraft start its descent and figured they were right outside Stark Tower. Gwen turned so she was looking out the front windows of the aircraft and saw that firefighters and police officers were surrounding the building. Many civillians were trying to get past the barricade that was created to keep people out. The smart civillians were making their way away from the tower.

The door of the aircraft opened and some of the police officers cranned their necks to see who was inside. Gwen and the others climbed out, looking up at the building.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to have to ask you to leave the area," said one of the police officers.

"You're serioulsy asking us that?" asked Clint, taking out an arrow and attaching it to the string of his bow.

The policeman finally got a good look at who was all in there. His eyes widened as he recognized Captain America and furrowed his brow at Thor.

"We're going inside," said Steve to the policeman. "Get everyone as far away from here as possible."

"But we've got a bomb squad on their way. They can take care of it."

"Just do it."

The policeman seemed to debate this for a moment. Then he sighed and turned around.

"Let's go people," he shouted, waving his arms around motioning them towards the streets. Many officers looked at him in confusion and refused to move, but once they saw the Avengers standing there, they, too, began to move.

Gwen led everyone into the lobby of the tower where it was completely empty.

"JARVIS!" she called.

There was no answer.

"JARVIS!" she repeated.

There was still no answer. Then Gwen realized what part of the building Loki exploded.

"He destroyed JARVIS's main system," stated Gwen, sighing in exasperation.

"What, so the power's out?" asked Clint.

"No, it just means that JARVIS doesn't have control of the building. I'm sure that Tony will be able to fix it."

"So what do we do now?" asked Natasha.

"We take the stairs," said Steve.

Everyone but Gwen followed him. Instead, she looked at the elevator and began to move towards it.

"I'm going up to the penthouse," she stated.

"No," argued Steve. "You're staying with me."

"Well, either I go up to the penthouse by myself or you come with me. It's your choice."

Steve looked around at the team for a moment. He eventually sighed as he realized that Gwen was going to be stubborn.

"You two," he said, pointing to Natasha and Clint, "take the stairs and try to find the bombs. Disarm them if you can. Thor, look for Loki and the tesseract."

Natasha and Clint both nodded, their weapons at the ready. They then headed off through the door that led to the stairs.

Once everyone was gone except Gwen and Steve, they made their way for the elevator.

"I don't think we should do this," said Steve.

"Just trust me," answered Gwen, using his own words against him.

Steve sighed as he watched Gwen push the top button inside the elevator which would lead them to the penthouse, both of them wondering what they would find up there.