I feel incredibly dumb, I just realized that I've been spelling SHIELD the wrong way -headdesk-. I apologize for the mistakes and I hope you all can forgive me for doing so, it's one of those things where my mind is going "I after E but not before C" which is the dumbest rule EVER!

Anyways, next chapter will be up soon! I LOVE the reviews I've been getting, they make me so happy and I've been sharing them with Kyla (PyroQueenOfFire) and she's incredibly excited too. We both have big plans for Angel and Sharon in future stories.

I hope you aren't all hating Steve too much after the last chapter. In all honesty i think he deserves the most sympathy out of everyone in the Marvel universe. Everyone he knows is dead and he is in a completely different century and time period than what he is used to. He really is a sweetheart, he does good for the sake of being good. I only wish there were more people like him in the world.

Dedicated to Kyla, who cuddles my feet for me

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Sharon swam through blackness for what felt like years in her mind. She slowly became aware of her body, the pulses of energy went through her veins regularly. She felt as though the power was draining out of her body and she wasn't exactly sure how that was happening.

Her eyelids were heavy but she slowly opened her eyes, taking them time to open them completely and adjust to the lighting in the room. The beeping she'd been hearing was from the monitors that were surrounding her bed.

Her limbs felt incredibly heavy, she tried to lift an arm but it didn't budge. She strained to lift her head and saw that all her limbs were strapped down to the bed, making it impossible to move. Sharon attempted to use some power to snap them, but that only made the draining feeling seem stronger.

"Don't try using your power, it'll only exhaust you." Said a voice from a speaker on the ceiling. Sharon looked up and saw Nick Fury standing in the window staring at her.

"We had to sedate you so you could recover from the power buildup you had in your body. Want to relay how that buildup occurred?"

Sharon cleared her throat, but her voice was still hoarse from disuse, "Loki had me touch several men and absorb their abilities. Normally that isn't an issue, I can absorb as much as I like. However, he made me keep the power in for over an hour. I can't hold it in that long without getting weak and sick, it creates a build up. It is my belief that if I let it build up I sorf of self-destruct."

"That could be dangerous." Nick said, is face still expressionless, "You are being restrained because you are under investigation as of right now Ms. Carver. You willingly went with Loki and stayed with him. I am here now to question as to why you did so and what happened when you were with him during that span of time."

Sharon nodded; she wasn't surprised at this news. She had assumed this would happen when she first joined Loki, knowing SHIELD was going to be suspicious and accuse her of treason and whatnot.

Then Fury cleared his throat, "Now because of the ass-whooping you gave to Loki, I think I can safely assume that you were not on his side in all this business. Am I correct?"

Sharon nodded, "He was there to procure Iridium, I don't know what it was for though. While I was with him all I found was that he plans to rule the earth, and he wanted me to help him."

"Why did you go with him?"

"I knew from hacking into your system that who Loki was. When he first came to me I assumed it was for a purpose, so I went with him to find out that purpose and then thwart it."

"I'm going to kindly forget that comment on 'hacking' our system." Fury said, but a small smirk appeared on his face, "Did you find out what his purpose was?"

"I believe he intends to bring an army to earth so that he can rule it. The energy signature I read last week was his portal he used to enter earth. I already know that it was only a small portal, but I can't imagine how he could get an army to earth using a portal that small."

Fury nodded, "They are called the Chitauri, Loki has made a promise to give them the Tesseract in exchange for earth. While you and Barton had your exchange in the hallway, Loki used that time to drill into the eyeball of the building manager so that his men could break in and steal Iridium. They are using the iridium as a stabilizing agent in a machine they will use to open a large portal for the Chitauri to enter. Loki plans to steal the Tesseract in order to complete the portal and open it."

"Where is Loki now?" Sharon asked, feeling concerned for the safety of everyone.

"We're keeping him in a detention cell on board. If he makes one wrong move, the cell will plummet out of the bottom of the carrier and fall back down to earth at a speed that should do some serious damage if not death," Fury shrugged, "He's a god so we don't know if it would necessarily kill him, but it will sure scare the shit out of him."

Sharon smirked at the thought, "And the Tesseract?"

"Still in the lab, being monitored closely by banner and surrounded by SHIELD guards."

"Where is Angel? Why isn't she with the Tesseract?" Sharon asked with concern.

Fury smiled and shook his head, "Your friend hasn't left this window since you first came. I had to practically drag her kicking and screaming out of here so that I could question you."

Sharon smiled and sighed with relief, she knew Angel was being a mamma bear, "Why hasn't she been in the room? Is it because I'm being restrained?"

"No, we needed some of the power inside you to be depleted so you could return to health. Having other bodies in there with you would create and imbalance as you would be trying to get rid of energy while soaking up other people's. It should be safe in a couple of hours for people to join you in there. For now just rest a bit longer Ms. Carver. I think you earned it."

"Thank you Director." Sharon said groggily, deciding to take his advice and close her eyes and drift into a dreamless sleep while her energy pulsed out of her less frequently and her body relaxed.

What felt like only moment later, Sharon slowly became aware of two feet settled beside her head. Her arms and feet were no longer restrained, but her feet felt comfortably bound and warm. Sharon opened her eyes and lifted her head and a wide smile grew on her face.

Angel's head was at the foot of her bed and she was sleeping, cuddling Sharon's feet close to her like a teddy bear. Sharon always loved having her feet cuddled, it was something she and Angel discovered when they were forced to sleep on a single mattress for a few nights and Sharon woke up one night to find Angel cuddling her feet. Since then it was something Angel would do to comfort Sharon. Others would find that behavior odd and disconcerting, but for them it was a close feeling of love and devotion to each other.

Sharon slowly moved the toes of her right foot to poke and prod Angel's boob, giggling as Angel stirred a little. She continued to do so until Angel's eyes opened slowly and looked down at her chest in annoyance. Sharon couldn't hold it in and fell apart in giggles.

Angel sat up quickly and moved to the head of the bed and watched her friend shake with laughter on the bed; Angel tried to put on a stern face, "You'd think I'd be woken up a lot nicer after having kept vigil for more than 24 hours, but nooooooo you had to go for the boob poke."

But Angel couldn't keep the stern expression any longer and quickly hopped back into bed and wrapped her arms around her best friend, "Don't you ever scare me like that again."

Sharon calmed down and wrapped her arms around Angel too, "I'm sorry Ang, I got scared and ran."

Angel nodded, "Next time you decide to pull a disappearing act promise you'll leave a not and not go with any strange demigods."

Sharon chuckled, "I promise, now tell me what I missed."

Chapter 17 will be up tomorrow! feedback is always appreciated and loved!

Alasiel