Floor 52-
Valkyrie sat in her room for two minutes before she got to restless. She crept out of the door, and went down, she felt the air currents, there were nine people in the room in front of her. There were brief snatches of conversation coming through the door. Valkyrie stopped to listen.
"-are you?" Thor shouted.
The next five words made her freeze.
"I'm Billy-Ray Sanguine, deluxe hit-man."
Main room-
The Avengers prepared for a fight, while Bruce tried to figure a way for Valkyrie to get out.
"I come burdened with a task," Loki said. "Give us Cain, we will go."
Valkyrie stepped forward cautiously. Tony hissed at her to get back, what did she think she was doing!? Loki reached for her arm.
"Not that, the real Valkyrie,"
Everyone- including Loki- gave him a weird look.
"As in not her reflection," Sanguine said.
Tony aimed his repulse beams at both men, but didn't fire. Valkyrie could be hit.
Sanguine sunk into the ground, and rose behind Natasha, pulling her arm behind her back and grabbing her gun. Natasha followed by kicking his face, knocking off his sunglasses.
He had no eyes.
None.
He promptly disappeared again, leaving cracks in Tony's beautiful floor.
"I don't do freebies, I was only paid to kill Cain, but I'm not above maiming or seriously injuring."
"Good to know," Tony quipped.
"Darquesse will rule this world by my side, you cannot stop us," Loki said, dragging attention back to him.
"Hate to break it to you, but Darquesse isn't exactly a team player." Said a voice from the doorway. Valkyrie was standing there, holding fire.
Tony really needed a drink.
Valkyrie listened at the door, until she heard Loki say "Darquesse will rule this world by my side,"
How rude. I'm not ruling by anyone's side.
Go away. You know, I don't have time for this.
She burst in, and created a spark.
"Hate to break it to you, but Darquesse isn't exactly a team player."
"Cain, been wonderin' when you'd show up,"
"Sanguine, I swear I spend my life putting you in a cell,"
"Not this time, you have no Sanctuary, no partner, no Grand Mage,"
Valkyrie turned her gaze to Loki.
"We haven't met," she said.
"I'm Loki Laufeysson, rightful ruler of Asgard. I'm going to enjoy watching your mortal flesh grow cold."
"Mortal, I resent that."
"Mortal or not I will end you."
"That's cute. Who exactly asked you to kill me?"
"Ummm… well he was with another man who travelled across worlds. He stood tall and proud, I think." Loki looked confused.
"Did he have golden eyes by any chance?"
"Yes,"
"Damn," she whispered under her breath. All her enemies had to show up didn't they, and a shunter no less.
"Now you die," Sanguine disappeared into the floor at Loki's nod.
Valkyrie threw her fire at Loki, then sent shadow knives at Sanguine when he reappeared- all of which he dodged. At this point the avengers finally started fighting too, apart from Bruce who stood to the side looking nervous.
"Code green!" Clint shouted.
How bizarre, Darquesse whispered. Mortals puzzle me sometimes.
The voice went quiet when Bruce started growing, and turning green. He then roared and attacked Sanguine, who promptly sank into the floor. He rose in the middle of the room.
"No one said anything about a monster, I'm out, But Cain I will come back for you," Loki looked at him in anger before he vanished.
When Loki noticed that she was distracted, he lunged at her. On instinct, she brought up a wall of air, which he smashed into and started bleeding from his nose. When he was on the floor the power came back.
Natasha cuffed his wrists and presumably took him to a cell, ever focused on her objective.
The others in the room stared at her.
She shifted uncomfortably, and said "Well, this is awkward."