Authors note: Well... First of all, I want you to know that I'm not good enought writting fighting scenes so... you know... But I'll accept all critics and reviews. Thank you very much!
The next morning I was awakened by knocks on the door, I got up startled; I put on a robe and opened the door slightly and Tony Stark's face greeted me.
- ''Good morning!''.- He said with a radiant smile.- ''Time to wake up sleepers! You set yourselves to do dirty things at night and then you don't get up, huh?''.- His eyes wandered to my neck.- ''Yes! Judging that mark, there was dirty things''.
- ''Shut up!''.- I said irritably.
- ''By the way, is your big man presentable? I would like to talk to him''.- Tony said, still smiling.
My breath froze on my lips and my heart sank when I remembered that Loki was gone and why. I opened my mouth to tell him that he wasn't here when a cold and silky voice responded just behind me.
- ''What do you want to talk to me?''.- Loki asked.
- ''Only a few points to clarify and refine the plan''.- Tony said.- ''We can talk downstairs while we wait for Yami to be prepared''.
Loki passed by my side without touching me and left the room without even looking at me. Tony looked at me with raised eyebrows in a silent question and I closed the door, fighting back tears. 'Damn arrogant God!'
- 'You're an asshole!'. - I mentally snapped to Loki.
There was no response so I took off the feeling of sorrow; I put the iPod at full volume listening to Slipknot and Arch Enemy. The song Under Black Flags We March by Arch Enemy made a cold and joyless smile grace my features, it was the perfect song to prepare for a war.
I put on the S.H.I.E.L.D uniform and my belt with weapons, this time I had at my disposal two 9mm pistols and a katana very similar to last time. I checked the ammunition clips and left the room.
Natasha came out of her room just at that moment and she smiled weakly.
- ''Yami...''- she began, she seemed to don't know what to say.
- ''No need to say anything, Tasha. You are Russian, remember?''.- I said with a smile and passed my arm around her shoulders.
She corresponded passing her arm around my waist and we walked this way at the dining room.
There were Clint, Thor, Tony and Loki sitting at a table, they were focused talking about something.
When we entered the room Loki looked at me and I felt some jealousy on his part, I ignored him completely and went embraced with Tasha towards Clint, she sat beside him and I sat between her and Thor.
- ''Good morning, Yami!''.- Thor said politely.
- ''Good morning, Thor!''.- I replied with a smile. - ''You rested OK?''
- ''Yes, but these beds are not as comfortable like the ones of my room in Asgard''.- He responded taking a sip of coffee.- ''But I'm well rested and properly prepared for battle''.
- ''Do you always face the battles without fear?''.- I asked smiling.
- ''Yes! No doubt. And I have faith in our victory, Yami''.- He responded smiling.
- ''Very brave, indeed''.- I replied, nodding.- ''At last that's why you are the fucking God of Thunder''.
I noticed the great puncture of jealousy and envy that my comment had caused in Loki, I felt his pain at the feeling of betrayal and anger.
I ignored him with a sigh and started nibbling an apple even though I wasn't hungry.
Steve entered the living room with stride, looked well considering the beating that Loki had given him less than 3 days ago.
- ''Good news! We found Banner and he's on his way!''.- Steve said.- ''So we start with the plan when he arrives and we have informed him''.
- ''Well, we have the gods crusher''.- Tony said smiling, but his smile faded when Loki stared at him and Tony cleared his throat.- ''Errmm... we already have the record ready''.
Bruce arrived less than an hour later and greeted us all shaking hands. Suddenly, he noticed Loki's presence and he tensed, frowning.
- ''My brother has come to help''.- Thor said, passing an arm around Bruce's shoulders.
- ''Are you sure we can trust him?''.- Bruce asked in a whisper.
- ''Yes, he's now fighting for other reasons''.- Thor said, looking at me sideways.
Bruce looked at me and I blushed slightly when he mentally put two on two, he looked surprised at Loki and looked back at me.
- ''Woooow''. - was all Bruce managed to say.
Steve began to explain to Bruce the plan we had, he agreed with everything.
- ''Where will the battle be?''.- He asked.
- ''In Castrelos Park area, it is large and woody, like Central Park. This time the Chitauri have a different objective that creating chaos so that's a plus''.- Tony said.
- ''Let's hope the tactic works and we attract them to the area''.- Steve said.- ''At least the majority''.
The others nodded absently , each focused on its mission.
- ''Guys, time to get dressed!''.- Tony said and he spoke over the comm.- ''Fury, we will start with the plan in 20 minutes''.
Tony gave us communicators to everyone and they went to dress himself and Steve, the rest were already prepared.
- ''Do you have flash grenades?''.- Natasha asked me.
I looked at my belt, I had 6 grenades and nodded.
- ''Yes, you want some?''.- I asked.
- ''No, it was to see if you had''.- she smiled.
Iron Man and Captain America arrived and we went up to the roof. Iron Man went before us and the rest of us in the Quinjet.
Already in Castrelos, everyone adopted their position: Loki's projection, with his battle armor, was in the middle of the park in an area from which he could clearly be seen; Clint was on a nearby roof from which he had a good shot; Natasha was flying over the area with the Quinjet silently; Steve was by the river; Thor was near the road; Bruce was hiding behind some bushes; Iron Man was in another building, prepared for when the arrive if the first Chitauri and I was close to the main park entrance. We were all perfectly camouflaged and away from Loki's projection. We didn't want the plan return against us.
We had relayed the Loki's message to Thanos 15 minutes before and we all were waiting tightly for some movement. Nothing, all in silence and completely still.
Suddenly a blast shook the earth at the foot of Loki's projection, it raised his hands inviting their attackers and I tensed.
- 'Don't worry, you know it's not me'.- Loki mentally told me. I gave a slight start at hear him but didn't answer.
- 'Do you ignore me?'.- Loki asked.- 'Even knowing that we can both die today?'
I heard a slight noise to my right and looked askance. 'There is nothing ... Wait!' I looked closely and saw a shape that mimicked the environment, like a chameleon. 'Bastards! We knew it'.
We should be surrounded by Chitauris but they only saw Loki's projection and, indeed, when they were revealed we found that we had plenty of Chitauris around us but most were concentrated around Loki.
- ''3 ... 2 ... 1 ...'' - Iron Man counted backwards.- ''NOW!''
We all began to shoot at once the flash grenades into the Chitauris main group, they began to roar and fight back, some of them attacked Loki's projection and when it disappeared, they roared even more.
- ''I'm here, stupid creatures!''.- Loki said invoking flames around the dwindling group Chitauris to keep them from dispersing around.
The rest of Chitauris began to attack but it was too late, his companions were finished.
Now the battle face to face has started, each one left the hiding place and began to fight like in New York. We didn't know how many Chitauris had been brought by Thanos, we sensed that not too many because their purpose wasn't to dominate, but to destroy and for that, we expected that he will present himself.
Some flying Chitauris started appearing and Natasha and Iron Man didn't seem to finish them all, so Hulk entered the picture.
Not far from where I was, I saw a tall being strange-looking, he wore purple and yellow clothes and his face was, I couldn't explain it, but certainly not human, was of a purplish color, I aimed him with my guns.
- 'No!'.- Loki told me.- 'He is Thanos'.
- 'That I already had imagined on my own'.- I replied scathingly.
- 'If you shoot him you'll attract his attention and he'll kill us at once. I want you to hide!'.- Loki told me sounding desperate.
- 'I have a clear shot!'.- I exclaimed.
- 'That won't harm him!'.- He replied angrily.
I was also starting to get angry, I was getting tired of having him in my head so I concentrated, I imagined a door closing between Loki and me and, suddenly, I stopped feeling him in my mind.
- Loki?.- I asked hesitantly, I turned to face him.
He was about 50 feet from me looking at me with a surprised expression. He paled noticeably when he realized what I had done and started walking towards me but was interrupted by several Chitauri.
I turned to where Thanos was before but he wasn't around and I kept fighting, I screamed in pain as one of the Chitauri scratched my whole back and fell to my knees, it hit me in the face and I was left lying down. I smiled at the Chitauri through the veil of blood covering my eyes and, with the katana, I cut off its feet. It fell with a roar and I managed to sit up to pierce its head. I laid on the ground recovering.
- ''Damn you, Yami!''.- Loki hissed, grabbing my arm and forcing me to get up. I complained of pain and he looked at me with concern.- ''I don't know how you did it but I need mental contact with you because I can't concentrate on the fight thinking that in any moment we will fall dead''.- he whispered, pressing me into a tree.
I looked into his face, he also had some injuries but his eyes shone with the fury of the battle and, without expecting it, he kissed me passionately. When we parted, I felt like my cheeks were burning and I was almost breathless.
- ''Please Yami''.- he gently pleaded.- ''I need our mental bond''.
I closed my eyes and concentrated on the mental door that was between Loki and me, I made it disappear and I began to feel his presence again in my head. An intense relief came over me, I knew that wasn't mine and I smiled weakly.
- 'Next time don't be so stubborn with me, okay?'.- I said stroking his hair.
- 'I'll try, min elskede'.- He answered, smiling in turn.- 'And please be more careful. I almost went crazy when I saw what the last one did to you'.- he said removing a little bit of blood from my forehead.
I nodded and hugged him, kissing him again.
- ''Hey sweet pair, your reconciliation is touching but can you give us a hand?''.- we heard Iron Man's voice through the communicator.
Loki and I separated at the same time with a smile and returned to the fight.
- ''Boys, Clint has fallen''.- we heard Natasha's voice.- ''They had surrounded him and were giving a beating. He is with me in the Quinjet''.
- ''Roger!''.- Steve said.
- ''Damn! Nobody here has a sense of good taste in dress''.- I heard that Tony said over the comm.- ''I will make him a change of look''.
I searched Iron Man with my eyes and I saw him in the distance, aiming, but before shooting something went against him and crashed him at over 100 feet against one of the buildings.
- ''Tony?''.- I called through the communicator. Silence.- ''TONY?''
I rushed towards there, while I reported to the others that I had seen Thanos fighting Tony. Suddenly a great sensation of fear came over me, not from me and I stopped abruptly. A vision came to me from Loki's mind, I saw myself with Vanir and Nanna and I heard a cold and throaty voice.
- 'Do you want this to happen, Asgardian?'.- the voice asked.
- 'It will happen'.- Loki replied in a firm voice but was tinged with fear.
- 'It depends on you'.- the voice said in a tone even colder.- 'Recover tesseract and give it to me with your life for having failed last time and I will let your human have your offspring on Earth without any repercussions'.
- 'She is bonded to me. We are one'.- Loki said.- 'If you kill me, she will die too. So your deal not convinces me'.
- 'Do you think I am not able to break the Asgardian magic?'.- Thanos said, letting out a cold laugh.- 'Bring me the tesseract and I will break the bond, I will kill you and leave the Earth and its inhabitants in peace'.
I noticed as Loki had doubts, he was tempted with Thanos offer; he could end this quickly only with sacrificing himself.
- 'Don't you dare, Loki!'.- I mentally said, starting to run towards where I knew they were.
I felt Loki's surprise when he heard my voice and his doubts were dispelled, I could even felt his smile curled his lips.
- 'For very tempting I may find your offer'.- I heard Loki's voice, colder and firm.- 'I am forced to reject it'.
I heard Loki's cry of pain and forced myself to run even more, shooting Chitauri that meddled in my way and hampered my progress.
- ''We need help. Thanos is giving us a beating to Loki and me''.- I heard Steve's voice. I was going to respond that I was on my way when I heard static from his communicator.
- ''Steve? Answer me!''.- I shouted over the comm, while dodging a blow.
I killed two Chitauris more, I heard another scream of pain and went through some bushes on the run. At that moment a figure crashed into a tree a few feet from me, it was Loki. I looked at the clear and Steve was lying face down on the ground, Thanos was lifting his foot to deal a final blow.
- ''NO!''.- I yelled, aiming and firing as I ran towards him.
Thanos's foot went down and a horrible 'crack' reached my ears, it was the noise of broken bones, it was the sound of death. My knees failed me, I fell to the ground in shock watching the grotesque scene before me and I felt sick.
- ''Fucking monster''.- I whispered, getting up and pointing at him again.
Thanos smiled at me and started walking towards me. Iron Man stood between us and threw a couple of repulsor rays, Hulk and Thor also appeared, but even so, Thanos took them off of him like they were flies.
At one point he grabbed Iron Man by his shoulder and lifted him up, throwing his other arm to pierce through a thrust but Thor and Hulk jumped on this arm to stop him, Thanos didn't even blink, ended hitting the three of them and sending them flying at several feet away.
Natasha appeared in the Quinjet and opened fire indiscriminately against Thanos, he dodged all the bullets at an incredible speed, pulled up a tree and crashed it into one of the Quijet turbines, causing it to crash into the river.
- ''Natasha!''.- I called over the comm.- ''Please! Answer me!''
- ''I'm fine''.- I received her voice and sighed with relief.- ''Clint is unconscious. Let's kill this bastard for once''.- I looked at Thanos, he was smiling with an arrogant face.
Someone put his arm around my waist and I didn't need to look to know it was Loki, Natasha stood by our side and so did Iron Man, Hulk and Thor.
- ''Yami, take this''.- Tony told me, handing me a syringe with a purple liquid.
- ''What is it?''.- I asked. Tony didn't answer, only looked at Thanos.
- 'A serum developed with tesseract studies, they believe it can beat him'.- Loki mentally told me.
I looked at Loki, but he wasn't looking at me, he was facing Thor and he looked at Hulk. They had another plan apart. I opened my mouth to tell them it was crazy but now Iron Man fired a few rockets into Thanos and they ran towards him, leaving Natasha and me there in the middle with astonishment faces. 'What the fuck?'
- ''Come on!''.- Natasha shouted.
I nodded and we ran, I had to dodge Iron Man which was thrown flying again, Natasha fired an electric bullet that managed to distract Thanos long enough for the Hulk and Thor to caught each arm, Loki invoked some green flamed chains and helped to keep him immobile. Thanos began to struggle and to growl.
- ''I will end with all of you in the most painful way possible''.- he told us with a growl.- ''You will not have an ending as benevolent as your partner''.
I grabbed the syringe tightly, gritted my teeth and stuck it on his neck, emptying the piston stroke. Thanos stared at me with surprise, but then he shifted, managed to get loose of Thor's grip and grabbed my neck, lifting me in weight. I heard Loki shouting my name and I saw how Thor tried to get up.
- ''You will die with me''.- Thanos told me, trying to press harder but it seemed that he had no strength, his expression was one of surprise and I could see how his arm was transformed into stone until he was completely petrified.
- ''A little help please''.- I asked to no one in particular.
Thor helped me out of there and Loki came quickly to me, he caressed my neck worried. Iron Man called S.H.I.E.L.D by the communicator to tell them to pick up the statue of Thanos, Steve's body and start fixing the damages.
I felt tears burning my eyes and I began to cry.
I saw Natasha and Thor coming from the Quinjet with an unconscious Clint in his arms, Tony had the suit completely destroyed, even had parts where we see his wounded body , Thor also had a nasty blow in the face and some minor wounds and even Hulk was bleeding from his nose.
In this battle we had all fought, we bled and one of us was killed.
I looked away towards Steve's body and I took a hesitant step in his direction but Loki grabbed my waist and pulled me towards him, hugging me. I embraced him, sobbing until a new S.H.I.E.L.D Quinjet arrived.
Nick Fury went down looking stunned at Steve's body and with a gesture of grief, sent two soldiers to bring him inside the ship. He looked at us with sad but solemn expression.
- ''Thank you all for saving us''.- he said seriously.- ''We will organize a funeral for Captain Steve Rogers tomorrow in Manhattan''.
- ''We will go''.- Tony Stark said and we all nodded slightly.
- ''I expected no less from you''.- Nick said and looked at me.- ''Your sister is safe and when the funeral is over, you could go to pick her up and bring her yourself, is that okay?''
I nodded and he called the cleaning equipment through the communicator to start leaving the city as before. We went to the Quinjet and headed to New York.
Authors: What do you think of this chapter? It was very hard to write for me... :I I wait for your reviews.
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