I want to thank everyone who asked me how I was going after reading the last chapter. I am doing much better now, my tail bone is just hurting in a sore way. It is healing. I can actually think and move again and it feels so good.
It was VERY hard to write this chapter because I am not very good at writing action at all. I think I did an OK job but it could ALWAYS be better. And I have to say this OMG ALMOST 100,000 WORDS! I am going to have a big celibration with my beta reader after this ^^. Without further adieu, read on!
I do not own the Avengers team bla bla bla and all that Jazz, you get it ^^
There was a moment of silence, Tony staring at his daughter before he ripped her a new one. "Alisha Stark what the hell are you doing here! I did not make that suit so you could play hero. I am taking it away as soon as you are out of this battle. Now leave!"
"Wait Alisha is here?! What is she thinking?" Steve said.
"She is thinking that you could use some reinforcements considering these are mostly creatures of myth that no one knows about, other than Thor, Halder, Alisha, and Tiana" Tyler said as he landed next to his Father as well. He had been fitted with his own shield that Tony had made for him. It was more of the older style of his Father's shield but still just as strong.
"Tyler, get to safety now. And take the rest of the group with you" Steve said firmly.
"Looks like our kids want to learn the family business. They have to learn some time guys." Clint said as Teralin landed next to him on the top of a building. Her own bow looked just like her Father's and she had his extra arrows on her back.
Tiana landed next to her mother, while Lance shifted into Tank in middle drop and landed near Hulk.
"Let them learn" Hulk said.
"Easy for you to say, your kid's indestructible" Tony said as he shot a laser at a dragon that was coming their way.
Alisha looked at her Father; he didn't see the lizard thing right behind him so she wiped out a laser and sliced the creatures head off through his mouth. "Those lizard things had armored scales that are near impenetrable. Their soft spots are right at the base of their skulls, their under bellies and inside their mouth. I am staying whether you like it or not. We all are" Alisha said as she gestured around her.
"Agreed!" The younger group said.
"And I agree with her as well Stark. Seams, unlike you, she knows when she is needed and when to keep her mouth shut." Fury said over the comlink.
"I would argue with that Fury but I am kind of busy" Alisha said, jumping over her Father and slicing another head off. She had a tingling sensation, like someone was watching her again, near the Stark Tower.
"Sooooooooooo, are you mad at me now?" Alisha asked, looking up at Stark Tower. No one was there.
"Yes I am, and I am going to RIP you a new one when this is over young lady!" Tony said, smashing the head of a more feline lizard.
"OK, good to know" She said. As more creatures headed their way, the other Avengers where migrating over to them.
"Looks like they are all heading for you Stark, or Alisha. One or the other" Clint said, sending an arrow flying right past Alisha and into the mouth of a particularly large dragon, making it explode.
"Now that was disgusting" Alisha said, shaking her arms to get bits of flesh and scales off of her. She jumped onto a tree and climbed her way up to the point she could see over the tree line. "Ok time for some slicing"
A flock of dragons was heading her way. She took off as her wings extended and pushed the still air as she rose up. She took her arms out of the wings, putting it in hover mode, and got her whips ready. There was a slight electrical current going threw them to make it hot.
The first dragon was a green and black one with a long snout and no wings. An Asian myth dragon from the looks. He spun in a circle, whipping his tail towards her. She met him with her own whip, the sound making a very loud and hi pitched snapping noise as they came together. With her other whip she sliced down his belly and then got another one that was coming from below her.
"Ok you have one coming in from 7 o-clock that will intercept you in 5 seconds" Tera said threw the comlink.
Alisha brought her hand above her and the whip went to the motion. It cut the dragons nose before the dragon latched onto her lead and pulled her away from the group.
"Hey you stupid creature. Let me GO!" She yelled and slammed her fist into its eye. With a roar it let go of her and turned around, aiming for her leg again. She used the down ward stroke of her wings to flip and then hit the dragon hard on the head. She landed on its nose and hit it over and over on the head before she stopped and looked.
There, right between its eyes was a glowing mark. It was glowing faintly green. "Hey everyone. Have you seen anything glowing on any of the other creatures?"
"I have, when the dragon nearly killed me" Tiana said in a strained voice.
"Ok has anyone noticed a difference in their fighting from when we weren't here to when we where?" Alisha asked.
"Yes, they weren't as ferocious as they are now oddly enough, why?" Natasha asked.
"Because the dragon that I am on had me in his mouth but didn't do any damage to me. Almost as if he was trying to take me somewhere" She said, jumping off the dragon and hovering right above the trees.
"Well" Tyler said, as he sent a blue and purple tiger like creature flying. "They are trying to kill us now I think."
"What are you thinking Alisha?" Natasha asked.
"I think that this was a trap of some kind. Like something or someone was trying to lure someone here" Alisha stated, bashing a dragon away from her with ease.
"Well done Alisha. You really are your Father's daughter" A cool and slick voice said from above them. "I didn't think you would figure it out so soon."
Alisha looked up to see a black dragon with gold horns and a man sitting on the top of its head, looking down on all of them with a mischievous smile. She recognized his profile from her recent history lessons she had gotten from the Avengers when she was a child. This man, was Loki.
"Loki, what sort of madness is this? What are you doing this time?!" Thor demanded as the dragon slowly descended to right about where Alisha was.
"All in good time brother. Now to the question I want to ask. How did you figure this part out?" Loki asked, staring at Alisha.
This part? So there was more to it than just luring someone here. It was obvious by the way he was talking and acting that is was her he wanted. He was giving her most of his attention and asking her questions. She would have to play the spy and look under the surface of everything, something she hadn't fully gotten the hang of. So she would keep him talking while Natasha or Tiana listened. "Oh it was easy once I actually looked around." She said blowing the question off.
"How so?" Loki asked, intrigued by her answer.
"Well when I saw how the creatures where fighting before we got here, they were just harming The Avengers. But once we were here they were trying to kill them, or hurt them so they couldn't interfere with anything else. But the real part that gave it away was when that dragon had me by the leg but didn't do any damage, almost like it was picking it's offspring up and taking it somewhere. I also noticed that there where marks on a part of all the animals, and that they where glowing so I had JARVIS do some scanning and it was no element from our world at all so it must be from another world." Alisha concluded, seeing Loki's face get more and more stern.
"You really are a Stark aren't you, an insufferable know-it-all"
"Hay, better to be a know-it-all than ignorant" Alisha said sarcastically. "But since you also know about me, and from the feeling I got before, you have been the other one watching me over the past 5 years so it's me that you want am I right?"
"Yes, as a matter of fact it is!" Loki said with a sinister smile.
"Alisha, behind you!" Tera yelled but it was too late. While everyone had been fighting and listening to Loki and Alisha, no one had seen a smaller dragon move through the trees and behind Alisha.
It slithered out of the trees and wrapped itself around her and flew off, following Loki on his dragon. Pinning her arms to her side so she couldn't do anything.
"ALISHA!" Tony yelled as he tried to follow. His thruster's weren't functioning at all because of the pulse from before. "Fuck it all, I am going to kill him!"
"Ok, let's take care of these creatures and get going" Natasha said as she blasted a puma like cat jumping at her. Hulk and Tank appeared and began stomping and bashing around. Tank jumped into the air, grabbed one of the dragons, and swung it around sending the others sailing into the ground.
"We have this, go help flying girl" Hulk said before taking off again.
"How?" Steve asked.
"Like this" Tyler said, with his wings. All the younger Avengers had their wings out. "Hop on!" They did with each family member, Tony with Halder.
"OK I can see where they are going, follow me guys" Tera said threw her comlink. She soared over them and hovered, waiting for them to get started.
Meanwhile, Alisha was helpless to get free of the little dragon. Though it was small, it was stronger than her. Since she couldn't use any of her replacers she couldn't get free that way ether.
"The more you struggle, the harder he will squeeze. I wonder how much force your suit can take. Shall we test that?" Loki peered behind him at her. Alisha glared at him but went still. She didn't want to see how long until she was squeezed to death. "I thought not. You should be happy Alisha. Because of you I can finally complete my revenge. I was a little skeptical at first because in the beginning it seemed that you were not the child that everyone wanted to protect. But because of recent events I am glad I chose you. You can also thank your Father. After he humiliated me in front of everyone, I vowed to rip his heart out. And so I shall."
"How?" Alisha asked, interested. She hoped to get as much information as she could so she could send it to her Father.
"All in good time little Alisha" Loki said as they descended into the very center of the shield. She could see that there was a large staff made of gold and curved that glowed blue out of the top. It also had a blade to hold the glowing blue orb to the staff.
The dragon that was holding her dropped her to the ground before taking off again. Alisha landed on her feet and watched Loki. He took the staff from the earth and the barrier around the city dissipated.
"Miss, it seems that what was draining the energy has been lifted. We are not at 100% capacity" JARVIS said.
Alisha held up her hand, ready to fire a repulcer blast at him before he slammed the ground with his staff again. A large bubble appeared around him and began to expand rapidly. As it overflowed her, the energy in her suit drained as before. "Shit, well that's just peachy." Alisha exclaimed.
She saw something zooming for them. It was her Father, Iron Man.
"Perfect, right on time" Loki said. Tony was within 20 feet of her before he hit an invisible wall. He looked at it and began firing blasts and lasers at it. By this time the rest of the group had joined and where doing all they could to break the barrier, but to no avail.
"As much as I enjoy everyone's frustration, I have something to say" Loki said, his smile wide as he walked right next to Alisha. She walked to her right, away from him. A look of disgust on her face hidden by the faceplate.
"And what would that be man of mistakes and failure" Tony said as he landed, his face plate going up.
"Guess communication is blocked by this thing" Tiana said.
"You think!" Tyler said, banging on the barrier with his shield. The last impacted sent a ripple all the way around Alisha and Loki.
"I wouldn't waste your time. Now that I have your attention, I am going to get my revenge from all those years ago." Loki said, walking towards them and tapping on the barrier, taunting them.
"Oh and how will this be accomplished brother when we are out here, and you are in there." Thor said his face neutral.
"Well, not all of you are out there" And he turned and fired a blast towards Alisha. She instinctively held up her left arm, the shield appearing. The blast hit it and dissipated.
"YOU FUCKING ASS I AM GOING TO KILL YOU ONCE I GET IN THERE YOU BASTARD!" Tony yells as he again fires his repulcers. "IF YOU HURT MY DAUGHTER IN ANY WAY I WILL CUT OFF YOUR BALLS AND SHOVE THEM DOWN YOUR THROUT!"
"Is that so? Well, I am looking forward to it. Now little Alisha, what are you going to do?" Loki asks as he fires another shot at her.
Alisha jumps back to the point she hits the wall, a jolt of electricity shocks her to her knees. Even though she was in the suit it still hurt her. What would happen if someone who wasn't protected hit it. Alisha focused herself, making sure to keep her mind clear. Though it was hard when everyone was screaming into their comlinks. She raised her right arm and her sword shot into the air. She caught it and took a stance. In the distance she could see that a camera crew was filming.
"Shit, looks like our Moms know we are here now" She said with a sigh and then jumped up and out of the way of Loki's blast. She soared over his head then once she set foot on ground she lunged at him.
He easily dodged her attack but failed to see she had her left foot out to propel her into him. She sliced thru the thickness of his armor with the sound of metal being cut.
Loki jumped right into the barrier and got electrocuted, his nice sleek hair becoming like static and burnt. He dislodged himself from the wall only to have Alisha make a cut for his face.
He brought his staff up and used her momentum to send her past him. She caught herself by pushing off his side and away from the barrier into the center.
"Not bad Alisha. I guess all that training on Asguard helped. Too bad I can't have you become part of my army." Loki said, taking a stab at her.
They continued to fight 30 minutes later. Alisha's strength and stamina were wearing down bit by bit. She had practiced with the Lady Sif for hours on end but she had always taken a break after a solid 15 minutes of fighting for Alisha's sake. She wished now that she had argued against that. Some of her moves had become a bit sloppy as she had discovered that the blade that Loki had on his staff could slice threw her armor.
"Getting a little sloppy aren't we little Alisha" Loki said, side stepping her blind jab. He was just toying with her now, trying to get into her mind. She slashed at him, catching his chest piece with the tip of her sword.
"Looks like you are as well" Alisha smirked.
Loki glared at her "I am a God. I do not get tired!"
"Yah sure you don't. Which is why you have beds and healers. Food and drink for nourishment to keep your strength up. No you don't get tired at all" She bit back and lunged for him.
"Alisha this is not the time to be sarcastic" Natasha said to her threw the comlink. "I may have found a way to break the shield holding you there. But you have to make sure that you do not touch it."
"Got it" Alisha said then moved more into the center of the circle, finding new strength in the fact that she could be freed soon. She took a more defensive stance. She could see Thor slowly bring his hammer down to the shield, holding it there and keeping as strong currant going from his hammer into the barrier.
"Is someone getting scared?" Loki teased, slicing towards her. She ducked and retook the stance.
"Of course I am, after all I am in the presence of a God" She said in an awed voice.
Loki glared at her. "What are you up to Stark."
"I am up to nothing, just trying to stay alive." She commented, watching him and also making sure it was him by feeling his emotions and presence. His presence disappeared then she felt him behind her even though his form was in front of her. He had tried this trick 5 times before and each time she had dealt a serious wound to him. This time was no different. She took her sword and stabbed behind her, her sword meeting with his thigh, just the edge but there was a lot of blood.
Just as she took her sword out the barrier keeping her there broke with a snap. She had power in her suit again. She turned around ready to take off and let the rest of the Avengers take over only to come face to face with the real Loki again.
He was smiling, why was he smiling? And why did her chest feel so heavy. She looked down and, as if she was watching from a dream, saw that his staff was lodged in her chest threw to the other side. She hadn't felt a thing. Blood was running down it. She looked up again as he ripped her helmet off.
"Such beautiful green dying eyes. Thank you for aiding me in my revenge little Alisha" He said coyly, softly to her before he ripped his staff out of her chest.
That, she felt. Red hot agony went right threw her body, making her keel over and scream in pain. Everything moved at normal speed. She heard two feral screams as two large green blurs streaked past her and grabbed Loki.
"ALISHA!" She heard in many voices, some angry, some shocked, and others heartbroken. She didn't feel herself hit the ground, but instead being caught by her Father. She could see tears falling from his shocked face.
"Alisha, you are going to be ok. I am not going to lose you too. I will make it all better" He explained more to himself then to her, placing his hand on her chest plate.
"Dad, there are something's in this world you just can't fix." Alisha said quietly. It was becoming harder to breath and her sight began to get blurry as the rest of the avengers came to her side. Everyone was there, everyone was crying, but the only ones she could see clearly where her Father's broken form crying over her and, Tyler.
Tyler was holding onto his Fathers shoulder to keep himself from falling to the ground and breaking down. Alisha, the one who could rally anyone to fight with her, the one with the plan, the girl who could take anything, was critically hurt and bleeding; and there was nothing he could do about it. His heart aced at the idea of not having Alisha around. He could hardly breathe between his forced calm face. Tera, Tiana, Halder, and Lance came over to him. They were all crying as well. He felt so useless.
Alisha smiled at her best friends and placed her hand on her Fathers cheek.
"I will…..say hi to….everyone" She said with a smile between gasps. The last words she hear where 'I love you' before she closed her eyes, let her body relax, and she fell into the dark unknown void letting fate take her to wherever she was meant to go.
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