Chapter 2
Stark Tower, New York
Valkyrie landed with a thud on a concrete floor, she was alive- which was good. But she was somewhere else, which was very bad. The sensation that had come along with her impromptu disappearance had felt the same as shunting, impossible of course because no one touched her.
She tried to stand but fell with a hiss. A quick glance at her ankle showed it was sprained. Valkyrie reached into her pocket and found a pain-numbing leaf. After chewing it for a bit she stood again- successfully this time- and walked over to the door at the end of the room.
Meanwhile upstairs the Avengers where lounging about in the main room. Steve was trying to figure out the TV remote and Clint was laughing at him from behind his hands. Natasha rolled her eyes and pressed the on button.
Then an alarm rang out above their heads.
"JARVIS, what is it?" Tony asked lazily.
"There appears to be an unauthorised person in your workshop."
Tony put on his bracelets for the suit and Steve picked up his shield from where it was leaning against the wall.
"Me and Capsical will go look at it, rest of you stay here, I'll call if I need you." Tony then strode out of the room and the dull whirring of his amour could be heard.
Steve sighed and followed the eccentric billionaire.
Valkyrie was annoyed, first she was shunted somewhere and now she was trapped in some sort of building. She felt the air currents shift in front of her. Great, that left three options, go back the way she came, hope these people were friendly or hide. The first option would only trap her, the second was risky, and stupid. So, that left hiding, she ducked into a small cupboard filled with dust and old machinery, if Skulduggery ever heard about this he would tease her forever.
She could now hear footsteps from further down the corridor, she prayed to every God she could think of (excluding the Faceless Ones-obviously). Then the footsteps stopped outside the door, Valkyrie held her breath.
Agonizingly slowly the door creaked open, and all her combat lessons ran through her head. "Attack first without warning."
A heavily-muscled man came in and approached her shadowy form.
"Come ou- ooof" the man grunted as Valkyrie kicked him in the stomach, though it probably hurt her foot more than him. Valkyrie ran out the door dodging the beams sent by the… red and gold robot?
Pushing that out of her mind she sprinted down the corridor, ignoring the twinging from her ankle and the shouts behind her.
Then there was a twang of something metal hitting a wall, followed swiftly by a sharp pain from the back of her neck and everything went dark.