In the midst of battle, they both stood face to face with 14 Chitauri warriors. All of them shooting at Adira and Leala's way. They both fired at them relentlessly, 12, nine then seven of the bastards left. Adira glanced Leala's way. She was covered in blood and soot, her suit had multiple rips tears oozing with blood. Her breathing was heavy as if she was fighting to get the air inside her lungs and her movements were more sluggish than before. Five. Overhead they witnessed a torpedo zooming past them with Iron Man on its belly.
Just moments before Leala spoke of what she heard on her com, the Council sent a bird to destroy the city with everyone still in it. Stark made the call to direct it inside the portal, where all the Chitauri came from.
Three. Adira caught a glance of Iron Man scaling up the stark tower. One. Leala blasted away at the final one. They watched as Iron Man entered the portal.
"Thank God," Adira whispered. Her eyes fixed on the scene unaware of one last Chitauri warrior still alive, crawling on the ground reaching for his weapon. Leala, however, caught a glimpse of him in front of Adira. She quickly ran towards Adira screaming her name. Leala pushed her out of the way in time for the blast to strike her.
Confused, Adira lifted her head up to witness the portal close and her sister lying broken on the ground with a blast wound on the border of her shoulder and chest.
"Leala," she whispered. "Leala!" She stumbled to get up. "Leala, please. Please still be alive." Adira scrambled to her side then carefully held Leala in her arms "Please wake up," Adira hastily spoke as she gently tapped her sister's cheek "Open your eyes... please." She choked on her words with tears streaming down her face stinging her cuts. "I promised to you that I'd always protect you." She cried, closing her eyes and laying her head on Leala's chest listening to her faint beating heart.
"You... you did," Leala spoke with a faint smile. "I owe you my life for it." Her voice was calm and mellow. "I have a debt to you Adira, that death itself won't even make up for it."
"Why couldn't you have expressed that through a Hallmark card?" Adira cried holding her close. Leala weakly laughed. Adira stared, terrified, into her sister's eyes tears streaming down her red cheeks.
"I'm not losing you, not today." She cried.
"Never forget that I love you," she gently smiled, closing her eyes.
"No… no." Adira sobbed shaking her head in disbelief. "No! Leala!" She gently shook her sister's shoulders. "Keep your eyes open I can get you help and save you!" But, no matter how hard she tried, no matter how many times she said please. Leala's eyes would not open, her heart beat weakened by the second. "You're not quitting on me now." She held on tight to Leala cradling her in her arms. She rose up onto her feet and carried Leala the same way Loki had done with Adira nights before.
"Someone!" Adira screamed into the streets, hoping for an ambulance full of medics to hear. "Help me!" She screamed.
"Adira?" A strong voice called out.
"Wilson," Adira whispered to herself. "Agent Wilson!" Just then, Agent Jacqulyn Wilson turned the corner. She saw Adira first, then her eyes moved down to determine who she was holding in her arms. Wilson quickly realized who and ran towards her and took Leala into her arms. "We have to move now, I have a Quinjet parked around the corner." They ran into the Quinjet and quickly took off.
"Sir, I found them. Send a medical team to the deck, Agent Leala will need immediate attention," she spoke calmly.
"How did you find us? How did you know to come looking for us?" Adira asked. Staring at her thumbs.
"Fury got wind of you two were in the middle of the crossfire. Leala wasn't even supposed to be here. No one was."
"Why was she?"
"I suppose that's a question for you to ask her when she recovers." Adira knew what she was doing, trying to give her faith that Leala will be okay.
The Quinjet landed and immediately Leala was surrounded by doctors hoisting her onto a gurney. Adira slowly walked off, lowering her head to not see her sister wheeled inside.
"You better make sure she lives." Fury said sternly to the doctors. Adira lifted her head up and stopped upon hearing Fury's voice.
"Dad," she whispered. She ran towards him. "Dad," she cried. Adira embraced him hooking her arms around his back burying her facing in his chest. Fury embraced her back not only to comfort her but for himself as well. He got one daughter back but may lose the other it's something he's always had to prepare himself for. "She'll be okay," he whispered. "You should get inside," Fury said, letting go. "Have a medic fix you up." Adira nodded.
She walked inside, even in the helicarrier it was damaged. There were cracks on windows and computer screens. She walked slowly to the clinic. Looking around she realized how next to nothing she remembered after her necklace was ripped from her. She held the stone in her hand, the necklace wasn't broken anymore but, what did Loki do while she was under his enchantment? Was this wreckage because of her? She thought of so many questions that needed answers.
Adira walked inside the clinic, her head began to spin and everything grew dark, her knees gave out and she collapsed to the floor. Medics inside ran to her and quickly tried to pull her up.
"Are you alright Agent Adira?" They asked. Her vision slowly came back, she noticed how worried they all were.
"Agent Adira, can you hear us?" The an unfamiliar medic with brown hair asked. She nodded her head.
"It's okay. I can take it from here," he said to the other medics. He began patching her up and asking her questions to which she would only nod or shake her head. When he was done he asked her to go and get some rest. She nodded and left, having no intentions of doing that.
"Agent Adira, Fury has requested you on the Bridge. " Another agent came running up to her.
"What for?" Her heart sank.
"He didn't say."
Adira ran as fast as she could to the Bridge, fearing it was something to do with Leala.
"Sir you needed me?" She asked out of breath. Her body was shaking.
"Thor is taking Loki and the Tesseract back to Asgard," he said. "I told him of Leala's condition and your position."
"My Position sir?" Adira asked, but Fury continued like he didn't hear her.
"He has agreed to take you and Leala with him. Our technology can only do so much. She's stable but barely holding on. We have a Quinjet prepped for take off in 15 minutes."
She bowed her head. "Thank you."
Fury placed his hands on her shoulders bringing her in for one last hug.
I don't know if you guys have noticed Adira's constant eye color change, if you have don't worry it's not a typo I'm doing it on purpose. In Norse Mythology Sjofn, Adira's mother, is known for her constant eye color change so I decided to change her eye color for her mood. Hope you continue to read and feel free to leave a comment :)