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Dedicated to Kyla, who I'm currently on the phone with and bouncing around ideas
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Either the computers were going very slow or Clint was extremely impatient. He cursed as once again a tech person announced that her face had not shown up on any of the traces. Clint swore and told them to run it again, running a hand through his hair in stress.
"Problems?" Clint turned and saw Natasha standing close, watching him closely.
"You can say that again," Clint muttered, "No offense Nat, but I really don't want to talk right now."
"I figured, that's why I thought you should be informed that the pilot Sharon manipulated has finally recovered," Clint's head snapped towards her, "He says he dropped her off at the edge of a state park and she disappeared into the trees."
"Everyone stop the camera search." Clint announced, and then headed towards the corridor to go talk to Nick.
"What's the plan?" Natasha asked, following close behind.
"I will be going to land to scope the area and track her movement, you're going to stay here." Clint said.
"I'm going with yo-" Natasha stopped when Clint turned around and glared at her.
"I know you didn't mean for this to happen Nat, but you're the reason why she broke down in my arms and then left shortly afterwards. I need you to stay as far away from her as possible right now." Clint stared at her seriously; she could see that he meant business.
"Would you like me to see what we can find using satellite images?" Natasha asked, Clint nodded and then made his way to Nick.
"Director Fury, I'd like permission to go on land and track Ms. Carver from there."
Nick gave his consent, with the warning that if Clint did anything to harm Sharon or lose her again he will see consequences. Clint nodded, already knowing that if anything he will do whatever possible to get Sharon back if not for her own safety but for his own peace of mind and for the sake of Angel's sanity.
Roughly an hour later Clint found himself on forest floor, moving swiftly along the trees. He'd been dropped off and directed to the spot where Sharon had entered the forest, he thanked his lucky stars that her tracks were easily found and followed.
He continued his journey, surveying the tracks and the direction it headed. It seemed like she was attempting to get as thick into the park as possible, possibly to camp out there for a few days.
He soon found himself at the edge of a meadow, he walked out until the tracks stopped. He found a patch of pressed down grass where Sharon must have laid down. Then he noticed that she had backtracked a few steps, and that was when Clint froze. Her tracks were joined by a pair of tracks from someone else; a man's.
Clint went through his observations of the path he'd been making in his head, this was the first appearance of tracks from another individual. He followed their tracks, which disappeared midway through the meadow.
"Nat you there?" He talked into his earpiece.
"Copy that Barton, how does it look?" Natasha's voice said in his ear, he was sure she was looking at him through satellite images.
"Sharon wasn't alone, looks like she was followed here by a man, there's no sign of struggle or force. Their tracks disappear partway through the meadow, where I'm assuming a helicopter dropped a later to pick them up and fly them out."
"any evidence of what direction they may have gone?"
"None, get a team down here to assess the male's footprints and see if we can find a match." Clint looked around some more, feeling more frustrated then ever.
"Do you think it was a rendezvous point?"
"No, it's too close to civilian territory. Let's treat this like an abduction." Clint's chest squeezed, finding Sharon was going to be more difficult now.
Meanwhile in Germany…
A less imperial dress was laid out on the table before Sharon, it was black and white with a single shoulder strap. Loki had informed her that they were going to a civilian function at a German museum in order to attain some items he required.
Sharon put on the dress and sighed as the ladies maids came in and did her hair and make-up. She kept her mind shut off as she allowed the servants to do their work, no time for dwelling and what ifs, she knew her purpose now.
*.*.*.*.*.
It only took less than two hours for SHEILD to get a team to the meadow and set up a perimeter around the tracks. It took less than an hour for them to realize that there was something off about the male tracks; they sparked whenever scientists came near with magnets and tracers.
Thor entered the scene with a skeptical look on his face. He'd seen a set up like this before; only it had been for his own hammer before.
"Son of Coul," He murmured as he walked up to Agent Coulson, "Where are these tracks?"
"This way, we think they trace to a magic being, we were hoping you might be able to tell us who."
Thor approached the tracks and froze, he bent down and felt the tracks and cursed.
"Loki…"
Clint had been sitting in a tree overlooking the operation, he saw the look on Thor's face and sat forward in curiosity. Thor then looked up and met Clint's gaze, he nodded for Clint to come down and join them.
Clint climbed down and walked over, "You know these tracks?"
"Yes, they have an Asgardian magic trace, but I'm afraid that it is the one Asgardian we do not want your friend near."
"who?"
"My brother, Loki."
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"What does Loki want with Sharon?" Angel asked Thor after he informed the team of their findings in the meadow. They all sat at the meeting table in the bridge. Director Fury pinched the bridge of his nose and didn't say anything.
"Your friend has power, something Loki desperately craves. My father last informed me that Loki was in negotiations with the Chitauri for an army."
"I'm not sure what part of that concerns me more, army or the word Chitauri…" Bruce said, leaning forward with interest.
"The Chitauri are war and power seekers, they wish to take over and gain power. It is my belief that Loki has negotiated with them that he will gain an Army and lead them to war on earth." Thor said, looking sad and frustrated.
"But how will they get to earth?" Steve asked.
"The Tesseract, it has the ability to open a portal large enough to bring the entire Chitauri army to earth and take over."
"So Loki is using Sharon's power as a way of taking over the world?" Angel asked, feeling confused as to how her friend had gotten abducted by a God.
"I'm belie-"
"Sir." Agent Maria Hill called out to Nick, "We've got a positive match on Loki's face. He's in Germany and Ms. Carver is in his company."
Fury brought up the picture on his computer and stared at it a moment, "Is it possible for Loki to put spells on mutants?"
"He is a god, I would assume so," Thor said, looking at Nick quizzically.
"Why? How does she look?" Angel stood up and walked over to Nick, worried about her friend, "If he's done anything to harm her…."
She stared at the screen, her face blank and unsure of how to process it, "She's his date!"
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Alasiel