Disclaimer: I don't own The Avengers or anything Marvel owns. This chapter was super, super fun to write. I think I spent way too much time on these two scenes. Oh well... If I'm happy with it, nothing else should matter.
"Yes," I began. "They're all extremely off limits." I said, before climbing into the quinjet.
"Well," He got in too. "I do know how much I love a challenge." He said smirking at me.
I quirk an eyebrow. "Bring it on."
"Children, please wait until you're in a private room." Tash said. I smiled at her.
"I agree." Rodgers said quietly. He helped me sit down and I saw his bright cherry face. I smirked.
"Blame it on Stark, Rodgers." I grinned at Stark's face.
"ME ? You're the one who started it." He began to pout. He had a thoughtful expression upon his face. "And it's Tony." He said as an after thought. Stark threw Loki into his seat and locked him in.
"Buckle up children, this'll be a long trip." Tash said from the front as we all sat down. The quinjet took off just as she finished saying that. I turned to the God of Lies once I felt his gaze upon me and I glared at him, he smirked back.
Rodgers took out a first aid kit and looked at me. I blinked at him. "Your scalp." He said looking at my hair. I sighed and turned my back to him, letting him at the injured part of my scalp.
Stark gasped. "What happened ?"
"Is that concern that I hear ?" I asked amused.
"Don't change the subject." He said.
"You did just there." I pointed out.
He gave me a blank look. "No I didn't."
I rolled my eyes. "Keep telling yourself that. Maybe one day it'll be true."
"Not just one day, my dear. Today." He said smirking.
"Don't call me 'my dear'." I said turning a glare at him. Rodgers was almost done thankfully.
"What should I call you ? I'm not calling you Agent, because we both know it's not your real name." He stated.
"How do you know ? Maybe I got it changed." I challenged.
"What was your name before you got it changed ?" He replied.
"I don't know it was such a long time ago."
He sighed. "Agent Romanoff, what's Agent Ivanov's real name ?"
She looked at me and I told her with my eyes not to tell him. Her eyes told a different story. Something mischievious. I didn't like it. "Her name is Alyssa Ivanov."
My jaw dropped to the ground. "Traitor !" I gasped.
"Alyssa..." Stark said to himself. "Russian name. Are you russian ? Are all S.H.I.E.L.D Agents russian ? Because if they are I'll be sure to be careful of any russians."
Rodgers gave Stark an annoyed look. "Don't talk to a lady like that Stark."
Stark scoffed. "Oh yeah, because Popsicle over here knows what a lady wants." Stark's look of playfulness was gone and now replaced with a cold, hard look.
"I'm a lot more respectable towards women than you, Stark." Rodgers retorted. I frowned inwardly.
"Children !" Tash shouted from the front. "Don't make me come back there."
We ran into a large storm cloud, shaking the quinjet. There was a conversation going on with Tash and Fury now. I tuned her out when I saw Loki get more and more nervous. I gave him a confused look but he didn't see it. He was too busy looking out the window.
That's when Rodgers decided to start a different conversation. "I don't like it." He stated.
"What ? Rock of Ages giving up so easily ?" Stark was very nonchalant.
"I think it's suspicious." I remarked and was looking at Loki flinching at the lightning.
He nodded. "I don't remember it ever being that easy. This guy packs a wallop." I quirked an eyebrow once he said wallop.
Stark also seemed to give a funny look at the word 'wallop'. "Still, you are pretty spry, for an older fellow. What's your thing ? Pilates ?"
Rodgers was confused. "What ?"
Stark decided to explain it to him. "It's like calisthenics. You might have missed a couple of things, you know, doing time as a Capsicle."
I gasped. "Stark !" I slapped his armored arm, which probably hurt him more than it did hurt me. Stark paid no attention to me. Stark doesn't know how to get into my bodysuit.
"Fury didn't tell me he was calling you in." Rodgers glared.
Stark agreed, annoyed smirk on his face. "Yeah, there's a lot of things Fury doesn't tell anybody." He turned to me. "Like this lovely lady here. Did you know that he hid her from me for four years ?" He grinned and winked at me.
"Stark..." That threat didn't come from Rodgers this time. It came from the Russian who could kill a person with her toes. Stark decided to shut up. Stark made the right choice. That's when the lightning came extremely close to the quinjet and it began to shake violently. "Where's this coming from ?" Tash asked, confused.
Loki got more nervous when the lightning came closer. This time everybody noticed. "What the matter ? Scared of a little lightning ?" I asked, quirking an eyebrow.
"I'm not overly fond of what follows."
Stark gave him a confused look. "Thunder ?" Then the whole quinjet shook even more violently when a large bang came from the roof. Loki was getting more nervous by the second. Suddenly, a man with some odd looking armor on burst through the roof. I gave him a surprised look when he grabbed Loki and flew the both of them out of the quinjet.
Stark was on edge. "Now there's that guy."
"Another Asgardian ?" Tash asked from the front.
"Doesn't matter." Stark said. I walked towards him. "If he frees Loki or kills him, the Tesseract's lost." He turns to me. "Need a lift ?" I had my parachute on already. I nodded and he wrapped his arms around me.
He was about to jump off after Loki and Thor. "Stark, we need a plan of attack !" Rodgers shouted over the noice of the wind.
"I have a plan. Attack." His arms came more strongly around me. One minute we were in the quinjet the next, we were in the air. "Take care, sweetheart." I glared at him once he said sweetheart and he chuckled. He dropped me and I waited for the right moment to let out the parachute.
I sighed at him. "My name isn't sweetheart."
"No." A voice said from beside me. "It's Succubus, like I said before." I spun around and glared at Loki. "I'm not going anywhere."
My eyebrows creased together slightly. "Why ?" I demanded.
He started to chuckle. "Now that, little seductress, would be telling. Come," He gestured to a space beside him. "Come and enjoy the show." He grinned at me and began to sit down and watch where Stark and Thor landed.
Thor let out an aggravated shout. Stark had his helmet go up to reveal his face. "Do not touch me again." Thor threatened.
"Then don't touch my stuff."
"You know not of what you're dealing with." I quirked my eyebrow at the way that he phrased that.
"Uhh..." Stark looked at me amused. "Shakespeare in the park ?" He made a posh pose and cleared his throat. "Doth mother know you weareth her drapes ?" He gestured to his clothes.
"This is beyond you, metal man." Thor sneered. "Loki will face Asgardian justice !" He declared. I have a feeling this will become a pissing contest. I shook my head at the thought. Boys.
"He gives up the Cube, he's all yours. Until then stay out of my way..." Thor was getting ready for something. Yep, definitely going to be a pissing contest. "Tourist." Stark scoffed, putting back on his helmet. Thor let out a yell and threw his hammer at Stark. I gasped.
I heard Loki chuckle. "This is meant to happen, little seductress. It's the only thing that will ever happen with a team like yours." Loki spoke with reason.
"I'm not little nor am I a seductress." I glared at him. Oh, there he is again. Taking all of my glares for himself. "It would be wise for you to remember that."
"It would be well for you to open your eyes and see the world. See the world as it was meant to be seen." He took a step closer to me. I gulped and took a step back. "Just one touch. One touch and all your questions will be answered." Another step. I was getting closer to the fight. Lesser of two evils right ?
My eyes hardened. "You won't get me to bow down to you so easily." I puffed out my chest a bit. "If you were so 'mighty and powerful' as you say you are, then why are you attacking a planet full of people that are 'weak and vulnerable', as you say they are."
"Grow your kingdom before you take to battle." He replied. His eyes... They were the same as Barton's. I had a new found hatred towards him.
Before I could go all badass assassin on this guy, Rodgers came down beside me. He gave a hard look to Loki and growled. He growled ! Rodgers has balls ! "Don't you dare touch her Loki." Loki took a step back but kept his eyes on me. He then smirked at me.
Steve walked towards the battle. "You are a seductress." Loki stated. "You have already captured the heart of two men without even trying." My eyebrows knit together. Two men ? Who's the second ? I realised I said that aloud. Whoops.
"The man of iron and the soldier." My eyes widened. Rodgers ? No. I didn't take his heart and even if I did... He's Tash's. I don't care if she denies it. I have declared that he is Tash's from day one. Whether Tash or Rodgers knew it yet. And if I declare something, I'm sure as hell going to stick by it.
I heard a crash coming from down in the woods. Thor had smashed Stark straight into next week. "You want me to put the hammer down ?!" Thor shouted. He ran and lept for Rodgers. Rodgers put his shield up to... Well, shield him. This created the biggest explosion I've ever seen. Of course, it did have the world's heaviest hammer and the world's rarest and most strong metal. So... You'd expect it to be big.
Rodgers got up and the men came together, seemingly worn out. "Are we done here ?" The men nodded and Loki chuckled.
"As I said, little seductress. Your little group with crumble to dust, just like your sister did." He whispered to me. I gasped and slapped him in the face. Tash saw this and she glared at Loki who had a shit-eating grin on his face. I felt flustered and I couldn't breathe. I couldn't breathe.
Tash gave me a concerned look. "Aly." I turned to her, her voice already comforting me. "Are you alright ?" She asked looking around my face. Her eyes hardened and she glared over at Loki. "What did he do to you ?" She ground out. Loki just grinned.
I shook my head, forcing myself to remember to breathe. "Nothing, just... Just the blast. Disorientated me." I assured myself more than I did Tash. A look of horror was in my mind. I didn't let it show. I couldn't let it show.
Tash brought me back into the quinjet. I took a deep breathe and sat in the driver's seat with Tash. I didn't want to talk to anyone right now.