Vera stared down at the crowd that Lola and Jules were gathering bellow her. Her static breathing had made almost everything appear blurry. She took a few steps back to where she could hide behind a glass door again. They managed to break into the apartment, and Vera had been left up here to calculate all of the outcomes of what was to become as the others handed out papers.

It was there best bet though, Vera acknowledged to herself as she knelt and tucked her knees into her chest trying to regain her body heat. Why was it always so cold in this blasted city, grant it, it wasn't as windy here as it was in Chicago, but at least there she could where a jacket without worrying about covering up her tattoo. The symbolic red thorn they were trying to be in Loki's side. She was just regretting her choice to have it done on her right shoulder.

She stood up and looked out at New York; there was a pretty decent view of Stark tower from there. It was the only building Loki refused to repair, to remind them they were gone. Earth waited on them to save us, it was their fault. If everyone here had done something about it, stood up, it had to change things right?

She rolled up the sleeve of her shirt and pined it with a pin Jules's had given me from her sewing kit. Now the wind couldn't ruffle it un done. Her fingers ran through her hair pushing it out of her face, she did another double take when it ended sooner than she remembered doing the other day. She blinked and then sighed remembering they had chopped most of it off to make her look a little more intimidating.

Vera opened the glass door and walked back out to the cold trying to force herself to regain her confidence.

The people needed to know who to turn to.

Loki needed to know who to fear.

She took calmer breaths as if trying to focus on why she had been on the roof. There was her sister, she had been caught in the crossfire at the takeover of Chicago. Then there was the fact that you needed permission from the "new" government to travel anywhere. She was lucky enough to be able to sneak to New York, with Jules and Lola, who were now in front of the building railing people to the front of the building with Theoric and the rest of the rebels.

Another breath.

They were no longer allowed to publish their own opinions on the government. The internet was now highly monitored.

Her grip on the mike Jules had given her before leaving had tightened.

It was the fact that everyone was too afraid to do anything, just like that night in Königsstraße.

She had to take a stand.

With a quick prayer to whatever god was out there, Vera regained her courage and stood she turned on the wireless microphone, and stepped to the edge of the balcony. It was high, high enough so her body would not be unidentifiable when it hit the ground.

"People of New York City and I guess the world." She tried to speak the words as confidently as she could as she climbed on top of the railing. She felt as if she was going to puke, she was never good with public speaking.

Sure there was the whole standing up to Loki thing a while back but she was provoked. When she got mad like that she said what was on her mind and nothing else. Now staring at the ant like people bellow her , she hadn't a clue what to say.

Sitting down on the railing so she wouldn't fall yet she tried to keep calm and look serine. That was what Theoric had told her to do. She tried to focus her stress on her left hand's grip of the railing.

"I… I mean we, of the um… rebellion, want you to know you don't have to take this tyranny." She tried to speak clearly so she wasn't misunderstood. "You can join with us if you wish to change things. Cause if you don't why are you still even breathing?" There were a couple of murmurs in the crowd. "We aren't living for us, we're living in fear of what he might do to us. That's no living."

Her flow of words were slowly coming to her as her hands began to shake, the Qunari guards were walking towards the crowd now. She needed to do this quickly.

"The truth is we are too small to make a difference we need everyone." She paused standing back up on the railing again. "I mean everyone. To step up and take charge of their lives again." She took a gulp before looking back down and maintained her balance quickly.. "If you need a cause then that's what I'm here for. Because if we don't fight then we might as well get rid of this fear."

She quickly dropped her mike and opened the locket she had a picture of her sister inside. As she stepped forward she stared at her face, trying to take in all of her details as she began to plummet to her death.

"I'm sorry I couldn't get to Chicago to say goodbye, Ada." She kept staring at her terrified of looking down.

If this didn't work….the last thing Vera needed to see, was what she was fighting for.

Suddenly she stopped moving down. Something had caught her. She blinked slowly and moved her eyes from her locket.

She was suspended in the air, no there was this tugging feeling coming from her shirt. She was slowly pulled up and placed on the seat of one of those things the Qunari had to patrol. Of course the guards had seen her, it was obvious they would stop her from disrupting the peace, she would be placed in a jail cell where she could help break the remaining Avengers out of.

Their plan had worked, she smiled and let out a sigh. She didn't die, she could still help, she could…

"I should have known you'd come back to make a mess of things Miss Haworth." She turned surprised to see Loki standing next to her. He turned back to the Qunari driver and muttered a command and the device was in motion again. Her eyes were huge and her heart began to race again as she tried to scramble further away from Loki. He grabbed her hand to stop her from falling off , and she shivered.

Of course, she had disrupted his utopia, he had to step in, in order to prove he actually cared about citizens. Maybe she'd be lucky and be thrown into a jail cell, only meant to come out for public appearances. What else could he plan to do with her? He hated her; she disrupted his little stunt in Germany. Vera tried to calm down steady her breathing, she was alive, she could deal with any consequence's as long as she still had the chance to do some good.

"Why…did you do that?" she said as soon as she regained her courage.

"Do you think I would let you and that group of toddlers pull off that little stunt?!" He practically barked at her.

She frowned, "I wanted to die"

"Then why did you look so relieved until you saw me?" he frowned at her as the vehicle made twists and turns around the skyscrapers.

"Where are you taking me?"

"Changing the conversation does not present a good argument." He gave her a wide smirk as if he had caught her.

"I threw myself off a building, why should I argue with you." He frowned and shook his head as the Chrysler building came into view.

"If that's the story you're keeping then here's what will happen my dear Vera." She cringed at the smile he gave her as he revealed his plans to her. "You will be staying with me as you recover from your relapse, and I will do all I can to improve your view of our new government."

"Good luck with that." She said jerking her hand free of Loki's grip and crossing them. "You sure you don't want to just lock me up for treason."

"No," he laughed almost maniacally at her. "I'm going to make it my goal to make it seem like you're rebels are fools who threw away a girl in the name of a cause. A girl I am going to take into my home and treat like royalty. Maybe along the way you'll see what a kind and just ruler I truly am."

Before she could respond they had landed and Loki stepped off holding his hand out to Vera to help her down.

"Why on earth would I go along with this charade?" She said getting angry again. "Hundreds saw what I did in Germany, they can testify to what I've done to stand up with you. Even if I did play along no one would believe you."

"Because Vera." Loki's face grew grim. "I have plenty of your little rebellion friends captured dear, just in case I ever had the occasion to use one of you fools. So Miss Haworth I believe it's your job to figure that out."

My eyes widened as he took my hand and walked me down as my body let me just be pulled along with him. I was too shocked to move, as the presses lined up and shouted questions at us as he stepped up to podium he had mounted outside of the main doors of his center building. I just stared at the cameras as Loki did all the talking and placed his hand around my shoulders as if sheltering me. When he ushered me in towards the elevator, I was slowly getting a grasp on things.

"You're a monster" she looked up at him and glared.

"Well this monster has saved your life and chose not to sentence you to life in a jail cell." He frowned at her as the elevator stopped at a long hallway. "Your new room is the third on the right." He said coldly as she stepped out. She stared at him refusing to apologize for what she had said or thank him for saving her as the doors closed.

"Welcome to hell" she muttered as she wandered into her room.

Few! That took me a few days hopefully since I don't have finals anymore I should be able to crank these babies out quickly. I can't wait to hear what you guys think! And what do you think should happen next? I have some idea of the next events but if you have any wishes or inklings be sure to share them! They could sneak their way into the story!