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6.

The Captain watched her sleep.

"She has two fractured ribs, a broken arm, a broken leg and not to add some seriously deep cuts on her arms and stomach."

That had been Bruce's diagnosis and they all had been worried sick. It was her first day, and already she would have to keep it easy for more than a month, which meant no missions and no Avengers for now.

Both Tony and Steve felt that this attack had happened too soon and that maybe she wasn't ready yet, but Bruce just shook his head.

"These Robots were designed to destroy us. None of us could have beaten them, not even... The big guy."

He examined the Loki Robot carefully. The others had disappeared.

"But why take the form of dead people?"

"I think it was more a question of taking the form of what each of us most fear or feared. But that's not all... Tony, maybe you should take a look at the material used to construct them."

It took Tony one look. All of a sudden he became serious and sighed.

"Adamantium."

Barton and Natasha had been contacted to do some research on the threat that they faced. To get in contact with Thor was near to impossible. He would just have to show up. Steve was to watch over Anne while she was still asleep.

He really felt bad for the kid. Things just seemed to be going worse and worse for her. Now she couldn't even fight.

Steve had seen it in her eyes when they met. The pain, the rage, the fear... Something inside her was damaged. After everything that had happened he couldn't blame her. But he doubted he knew her enough to have a clear picture of her character. Besides, there was something about her he just couldn't seem to understand.

When Anne opened her eyes, the first thing she noticed were the casts. Then came the excruciating pain. She cursed Loki and her own weakness. And she was just about to rip the cast off with her bare hand when she noticed the Captain watching her.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you. It would only make things worse."

Anne started to swear and then, accepting defeat, she leaned back and sighed, causing pain in her rib cage.

"Son of a...!"

"Yeah, Banner says you have two fractured ribs, a broken leg and a broken arm. Not to mention a few seriously deep wounds."

"Great..."

She had joined the Avengers to fight for what was right. And now... She just had to sit there for who knows how long. At least they had kept her in her room and hadn't taken her to the hospital. But it didn't actually seem like they needed to. All the equipment that could be found in a hospital and more was in that room right now.

"Banner says you should be ready to fight again in about a month if you rest well."

Anne only nodded. She had faced Loki. It was his fault her father had died and she couldn't even beat him. She had trained so long for that moment and she blew it.

"Don't get yourself down. None of us could have beaten those robots. They were made of Adamantium, the same metal used for my shield."

Anne turned around, surprised.

"Wait... What?"

"The robots were made of the strongest metal alloy that exists on earth. No one could have.."

"Loki's a robot?"

Steve looked at her confused.

"No, Loki was a living being. That was not Loki."

All of a sudden everything became clear. His exceptional strength, the fact that she couldn't wound him... He was just a robot. He wasn't the real Loki. This actually made her feel a lot better. So she HADN'T failed her father.

Steve saw a smile appear on her pale face, but now he knew... He knew what was actually driving her. Revenge. She wanted revenge. How was he going to tell her? How was he going to tell her that everything she had fought for until now had been worthless?

"Anne..."

"So I COULD have beaten him. It wasn't him."

"Anne."

"I knew something was wrong, but he just looked so real..."

"Anne!"

The young girl set her gaze upon the Captain once more and he sighed.

"Anne, Loki is dead."

The light in her eyes went out once more.

"What?"

"He died trying to save Thor about four months ago."

"No... No, that's... That's impossible..."

"It was for the best."

Anne's eyes filled with uncontrollable pain and rage. Loki was already dead. Now what?

"No, I was supposed to kill him..."

"Anne..."

"I WAS SUPPOSED TO KILL HIM!"

Her anger came out so suddenly that it almost frightened him. Steve had thought he had seen some good in her, but now all he could see was a girl too broken to fight. A girl driven by pain and nothing more. She was too lost to fight and she didn't have a real reason to do so. Revenge was never a good reason.

Steve left the room, disappointed.