Her eyes turn an icy blue, her facial expression loosens as all indication of panic and fury vanish.
"I believe we have a party to ruin," He smirks. "Ansel and Oved follow Barton orders. Adira you must act like you still have control over your mind, when I ask you to. For now, you must follow me." Adira nods obediently. He changes her appearance, styling her hair with a curly up do and transforming her black clothing into a silky gold gown with embroidered diamonds on the neckline.
The night air felt bitter but embracing as they walk towards the museum they enter through the employee only door on the side. Everything appears elegantly exemplar, even though they needn't bother impressing anybody but the employees.
Adira trails behind him as he walks up the flight of stairs. At the top Adira could see a pair of two unhappy security guards, Loki, quick to act, swings his cane smacking the man to the right onto the ground. Clearly knowing he was out of his league the second guard ran away from the scene looking behind him he could see Adira charging after him. Before he got the chance to pull out his communicator Adira tackles him to the ground, then to make sure he'd stay unconscious she uppercuts his chin.
"Don't bother with the body," Loki states, motioning Adira to continue they walk down the corridor until they reach the balcony that overlooks the main room full of spectators and entrepreneurs examining the pieces of art. Directly below was the man they need, making a speech at the podium. They glide down the decorative L shape staircase with such poise that anyone who didn't work there would think they're affiliated with the Stuttgart Museum.
Adira advances past Loki, eyes set on the guard in front of her. She pulls her arm back and with all her force she thrusts her hand clenching her fist right before she makes contact with his nose. People in the crowd notice the small brawl happening near the bottom of the stairs, the few near it start to back away from the danger. The man at the podium, however, walks towards the commotion to see why some appear so afraid. Without hesitation, Adira throws one last blow to the guard knocking him unconscious as Loki strides past grabbing the podium man by his collar and flipping him onto the sacrificial horse table.
With one swift move, Loki withdraws his device and thrusts it into the man's eye sending everyone into a disorganized frenzy. Adira stands and watches beside Loki, the usual calm collect wealthy, look frightened and defenseless. The man's flailing stops as Loki's scanning completes. He disenchants the device and summons chain handcuffs with a swish of his hand and hurriedly cuffs her wrists together. Taking notice of her puzzled visage he tries to explain part of his plan.
"They must trust you," he says, conjuring a replica of her necklace. "Tell them," Loki says as he fastens it around her neck. "I was unsuccessful in gaining access to your mind with my magic because of your pendant." Adira nods her head.
He grabs the chain linking to her cuffs pulling her along as she pretends to struggle, drawing herself back twisting her body to turn around, but to no avail, he yanks the chain pulling her forward and making her less resistant. He transforms his clothes formal to battle as he walks out of the museum onto the street people push their way past him. Twenty-five feet away a police car races towards them. With one flick of his scepter, the car flips into the air causing a loud crash catching the attention of civilians nearby.
A devilish smile curls upon his lips as he felt power surging through his body, he creates a duplicate of himself stopping the crowd from running away from him. "Kneel before me," he demands. The crowd continues to scream, disregarding his command.
"I said. KNEEL!" He roars. His bold and rash actions make them feel weak and shaky, anxiety and fear clouds their minds and thought process, it takes almost a minute to respond and kneel before him. Loki's smile widens, embracing his arms out and letting go of Adira's chain he casts a stationary spell upon her, rooting her in her exact position with "fear" etched on her face she anticipates his next move.
"Is not this simpler? Is this not your natural state?" He ambles into the crowd. "It's the unspoken truth of humanity, that you crave subjugation. The bright lure of freedom diminishes your life's joy in a mad scramble for power, for identity. You were made to be ruled. In the end, you will always kneel."
An elderly German man roughly in his eighties rises from the crowd. "Not to men like you," he declares. Although he appears feeble tonight Adira couldn't help but deduce the man's past, a fighter during World War II fighting against the Nazis. It takes the courage of a true soldier to stand up against a man with more power than you.
Loki grins at the old man. "There are no men like me."
"There are always men like you." He disagrees.
The man's sudden burst of heroism amuses him, but his audaciousness won't go unpunished. "Look to you elder, people," he says. "Let him be an example." His scepter begins to glow bright blue, Adira still "cowering" on the sidelines quickly closes her eyes. He thrusts his energetic weapon forward, sending a deadly beam towards the helpless man.
But, the elderly man just stands there, he was ready for his imminent death, but upon opening his eyes he witnesses something he thought he'd never see again, a man wielding a mighty shield dressed in tight red, white and blue clothing protecting him from impact. The blast bounces off the patriotic shield and hits Loki, he falls forward. Opening her eyes Adira sees Loki struggling to stand back up and the righteous Captain America walking towards him.
"You know, the last time I was in Germany and saw a man standing above everybody else, we ended up disagreeing," Captain announces. Slowly people began to rise from kneeling, as they felt reassurance from this man who could properly defend not only himself but others.
"The soldier." Loki uses his scepter to help lift himself off the floor, he fixes his menacing eyes upon Captain America. "A man out of time." He sneers.
"I'm not the one who's out of time." Captain calmly retorts.
Adira, still frozen, could see in the distances the QUINJET flying towards the situation. The large aircraft halts and reveals the large mechanic guns the jet has installed.
How can he remain so confident in his plan when his back is to the wall? Why would he create such large commotion? Was everything he did to allow more time for Barton and his team? Her thoughts felt too hazy to allow her feelings on anything that was occurring to be absolute.
"Loki, drop the weapon and stand," Natasha orders over the speaker.
He simply laughs at her request shooting a beam of energy towards the QUINJET, missing the wing of the jet as Natasha maneuvers it out of the way. The crowd starts to escape, making a mad dash for the street.
Captain America hurls his shield at Loki which bouncing off distracting him while Captain America runs towards him, punching him in the face Loki uses his scepter to strike him, but Captain defends himself with his shield, they clash once again with their weapons. When Captain moves his shield he and reveals his stomach Loki takes the opportunity to successful strike him, flinging him to the ground. After landing on his feet Cap proceeds to throw his shield, Loki swats it out of the way as Cap goes in for another punch. Loki dodges and whacks Captain with another blow to the stomach. He lands on all fours crouching in pain, Loki walks over and stands over him with the end of his scepter pointing at his head.
"Kneel." He says, breathing heavily.
"Not today!" Captain grabs his scepter pushing it away from himself then he head kicks Loki.
"Wrong move, soldier," he says, seizing Captain in a headlock. As he struggles to remove himself from his grip, Loki uses Captain's energy against him swinging him out, rolling on the ground. "I have no time for pests like you." Loki raises his scepter, eyes locking on his target not noticing the music playing on the QUINJET.
Iron Man flies in knocking Loki on the edge of the stairs. He lands and displays the suit's weapons. "Make a move reindeer games," Iron Man says. Loki moves both his hands up in a surrendering form while transforming out of his battle armor and unlocking Adira's cuffs. "Good move," Iron Man draws back his weapons.
Adira sits up and walks towards the two as QUINJET lands. Iron grabs ahold of Loki and directs him inside the jet with Captain America following behind. Natasha runs out towards Adira who stumbled slightly against the wind the jet created. She places her arm around Adira to act as a crutch saying nothing as the walked aboard the QUINJET.
"Adira?" Captain appeared puzzled watching her sit down near the cockpit.
She looked up and smiled slightly before bowing her head again, concentrating on her task, whatever it may be.