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This chapter. Man, this was such a hard chapter to word. :O I think it came out alright. Not much I can say about it.

"You said that people named Agent were hard to get, Pumpkin. You're not putting up much of a fight." One of his hands trailed up my arm.

"It appears that my name is now Pumpkin, Stark." I retorted.

"It appears so." He smirked and went back to where he was working. That's when Banner came back in. He noticed my flustered look and Stark's smug look and frowned.

"What'd I miss ?"

We stayed working until Tash told us to call it a day. I sighed in relief as the day was over. I just wanted to sleep. I lay down on my bed and welcomed sleep.

I began to hear whispers.

'It was your fault'

'No it wasn't'

'Alex !'

'NO !'

There was a hill. I looked over it to see the sunset. The whispers stopped for now, I began to walk up the hill and saw a tree with a swing. There was a girl on it.

Curious, I walked over to see who it was. My breathing stopped when I saw who it was. It was me. I walked closer to see that she had a frown on her face. She'd been crying. There was something else though. Something in her eyes. Something that not even Loki could have.

They were blank. Emotionless. Dead.

I gasped and took a step back. Her gaze turned from the grass to my face.

"Why didn't you save her ?" She asked. A tear slid down from her eyes, but she wasn't sad. She was angry. Very angry. "Why ?" This time her voice came out deep and gruff, like a demon's voice. She stood from the swing and started to walk towards me. Her pupils began to expand. My eyes widened and saw that her pupils now took up her whole eye.

"I don't know who you're talking about." I whispered breathless.

"Don't. Lie. To me." She sneered. The black began to spread from her eyes. It looked like it was in her veins, she started to get black lines all over her body. "She saved you." She stated. "She saved you because she loved you." The demonic voice was slowly coming back. "She had her whole life. You knew that there would be nothing else for you in your world..." She began to get angrier and angrier. The angrier she got the more the black was flowing in her blood.

Her breathing was laboured but she was morphing. Morphing into something else. "WHY, ALYSSA ?! WHY DID YOU LET HER DIE ?!" She morphed into a Loki. I could feel tears sliding down my face. The whispers from before came back with a vengence.

"Alyssa." He whispered.

I shook my head. "No. No, no, no, no. Get away from me." I was backing away from him.

"You have already begun to crumble. You should have saved her Alyssa. Now, you must die from the inside." His voice got darker. "Die from a way that no one should ever face. You shall die, from heartbreak."

"I'll kill you." I forced myself to say.

"You're anger will break you Alyssa. It will break you into a million tiny shards of glass. And even Fury won't be able to fix you." Loki whispered getting closer again.

I let out an ear-splitting scream.

I gasped and sat up. My breathing was labored, my heart was going at a thousand miles per hour, I was sweating profusely, I was shaking like a leaf and I had an enormous headache. I took a deep breath and put my head in my hands. I never had a nightmare like that before. I took in another deep breath. I could feel myself calming down. Loki was in my nightmare. I got off my bed. I was on a mission. I walked into where we were keeping Loki. He looked up once I walked through the door and grinned at me.

"Ah, the little seductress returns."

"What was that Loki ?" I demanded, folding my arms over my chest.

"What was what ?" He asked. "Little seductress, you should wonder why I gave you the nightmares." He said walking closer to the glass. "Do you want to know ?" He placed a hand on the glass.

"No."

He decided to humor me anyway. "It's because you're different. You, little seductress, you are not like the rest."

My eyebrows knit together, I was glaring at him. "Oh ?"

He nodded. "They were made to be ruled. Those Midgardians. Those petty, worthless fools. But you... You were made to rule." My eyes widened.

"Wh-What do you mean ?" I cursed myself for stuttering.

"You drained my magic, seductress, because your mind is so unique. So... Inhumane." I frowned not liking where this was going. "You will rule. You will rule this Midgardian Earth once I have it."

"I will never work for you." I declared.

"But you won't be working for me. You'll be working with me. As an equal, little seductress." I felt my heartbeat increase. "You'll be my little seductress." My breathing quickened. "My little pet." He noticed me walking for the door. "Don't worry little seductress. I already have someone for the spot you're thinking of. No. You will work as my friend, and my friend alone."

"I will never work with you either." I said frantically.

"No. All I need is one touch, little seductress, and you will see my thinking. You will work with me. Your Widow..." He grinned maliciously. "She, little seductress, will work under me." My eyes widened in shock.

"No. She. Won't." I said, aggravated. "I will never leave my guard down, Loki. And if I do, it'll be because I killed you. In cold blood."

He chuckled. "You shouldn't kill me, little seductress. You cannot have bright without dark, the same as you can't have good without evil. It would also kill you, little seductress. It will kill you just like the fact that you killed your sis-"

I punched the glass where his face was and left a crack. It was small but it was a crack. My breathing was shaky and tears were threatening to fall down my cheeks. "I did not kill my sister." I said shakily and walked off before he could utter another word. I breathed in and out. In and out. In and out. The headache stopped as did my shaking.

I turned a corner when I was met by a man with a blue light in his chest. I immediately recognized who it was. Tony Stark.

"Pumpkin, it's 3:28, what on earth are you doing up ?" He asked me playfully. His arc reactor provided us with a little light, that was all he needed to see the state I was in. "Pumpkin ?"

"I'm alright Stark. Just can't get to sleep."

"D'ya know what you need Alyssa ?" He asked. I stared waiting for an answer. "A drink."

I immediately shook my head. "No Stark. I'm at work. You can't drink while you're at work."

He smirked. "I knew you'd agree." He grabbed my arm before I could object and in the next moment I was in his room being offered a glass of Vodka. "Here. A Russian drink for the Russian Agent." He smiled picking up his Scotch.

"What are we toasting to ?" I asked.

He scratched his chin trying to think about something. "To us." He grinned.

"To us ?" I asked surprised.

He nodded. "To us." He lifted up his drink expectantly.

I looked at it and thought about it for a second. I sighed. What the hell. "To us." I smiled lifting up my drink, he smiled and downed his drink.

"So, how did you end up as an agent ?" He asked pouring us another couple of drinks.

I quirk an eyebrow. "Can't you just ask J.A.R.V.I.S that ?"

"I can." I downed my drink. "Hey ! No toast ?" He pouted.

I chuckled at his expression. "No, and don't change the subject Stark."

He narrowed his eyes playfully and downed his glass. "Y'know, one of these days Pumpkin, one of these days you'll call me Tony."

"Again with the subject change, Stark." He poured our drinks and before I could drink he covered my drink. "Hey !" I complained.

He shook his head. "I want a toast."

"Tsk, oh Stark. Whatever are we going to toast about now ?"

"Living." He answered. There was a deep expression on his face and I nodded smiling.

"To living."

"To living."

We both downed our drinks at the same time. The drink was giving me a bit of a buzz now. Stark was about to pour another glass but I stopped him. "No Stark. I've had enough." I was about to get up but his hand caught my arm. He looked up at me, giving me pleading dog eyes. I scoffed. "You're crazy if you think that will work against me Stark."

He pouted. "Fine." He looked down defeated. He then shot up. "Wait, you never answered my question. How did you end up as an agent ?" He asked pleading with his eyes.

It was different to the dog eyes. These were urgent eyes. "Please, Pumpkin, I want to know." I stared at him. "Was that the reason you couldn't sleep tonight ? The fact that you became an agent ?"

I gave him a good, long, hard stare down. I closed my eyes and looked to the ground. "I had a nightmare tonight, Stark." He was giving me his undivided attention. "I-I think Loki was behind it." I saw his arm twitch and I'm sure his eyes hardened once he heard Loki's name. "It was about," I couldn't say the rest. My mouth couldn't utter the words that were in my mind.

Stark touched my arm. "About ?"

"It was about my sister... Alexandra." I kept my eyes to the ground the whole time.

"What happened ?" He handed me a drink. I definitely had to take it. There was a tug in my chest that just wouldn't go away. I decided to tell him. I don't know why.

My body had decided that this man was now my confidant.

-Start of Flashback-

"Alyssa, you came." Alexandra whispered.

"Of course I did, you idiot. You're my sister." I got rid of all her locks and chains and lifted her up into a hug. She was the older one but I was the harder one, the one that wouldn't flinch if you stabbed her with a knife.

"How lovely." My head turned to see the man that directed me here. I gave him a dangerous look.

"Cyrus Fenton." I greeted bringing my sister behind me.

Fenton chuckled darkly. "Good to see you back, Ms. Ivanov." I glared at him and pushed Alex further behind me. "Now, now Alyssa, that decision would be unwise." He gave me the dark look this time and reached out his hand. "Give her to me now."

"Never." I whispered and took out the gun from my jacket. I shot him without a second glance.

"Let's get out of here." I said without looking at him. Alex shook her head. "Alex, you fool, we must go !"

"Aly... He can't die."

I shook my head. "Alex what are you talking about ?"

"She is right Ms. Ivanov." I gasped and spun around pointing my gun at him again. He was closer to Alex than I was.

"Alex ! Get out of here !" I shouted shooting at him. He easily dodged them. He was now closer to the window than he was before.

"Not without you Aly !" She shouted back.

Fenton chuckled and shook his head. "Tsk, tsk Alex, you should listen to your sister." He took out a gun and pointed it at me. I dodged but only by an inch. I hid behind cover.

I looked over to the door to see Alex beside it. "Go on Alex ! Get out of here !" I gestured for her to go.

A tear fell from her eye. "Alyssa, I'm sorry." She got up and ran for Fenton and pushed him towards the window. I gasped when I realized what she was doing.

"ALEXANDRA ! NO !" I shouted, but it was too late. She already shoved Fenton out the window and he was in her arms. I ran to the window but I couldn't see them. I could only see the ocean. "No. No. No. No. No. No." I chanted to myself. "No, Alex no. Why ?" I sank to the ground, tears escaping my own eyes.

-End of Flashback-

I sighed in defeat at that memory. "Alyssa." I looked up at Stark. He touched my cheek providing me with comfort that I sure as hell didn't deserve. "It wasn't your fault." Chocolate brown eyes met ocean blue eyes. "You've such exotic eyes." Stark spoke his thoughts aloud. A beat. "Stay here with me tonight." He said.

I scoffed. "There a question somewhere in there Stark ?" I asked stepping away.

He frowned and ran a hand through his hair. "I'll see you in the morning, Alyssa." He smiled sadly at me. I touched his chest to stop him from turning. His eyes were looking in my eyes for an answer. I leaned in and kissed his cheek. I began to move my mouth to his ear. "I'm not leaving because I don't like you Stark. I'm leaving because I do." I whispered into his ear and left.

Between Loki mindfucking with me and me mindfucking with Stark's mind, I think this turned out to be an eventful night