Heyyyaaa MINNA!* (means "everyone" in Japanese! Teehee! XD) I finally started summer! Last week was pretty much hell with work AND studying for finals and doing finals, but alas, I've managed to survive, somehow! :D So I'd figured with three days off from work, I'd work instead on updating Avenger'd (I should really work on my others but oh the heck well!) Hope you guys enjoy Chapter Four as much as I enjoyed writing it!
There were only two reviews on Chapter 3, to my discontent, thought more people would review and enjoy the little nuances but oh well...Here are replies:
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*Avengers, Spiderman, X-Men, Daredevil, Elektra, and Fantastic Four, all give me a death glare.*
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Avenger'd
Chapter Four
As the words left my mouth, the cocky brown-haired man seemed to fall over, like the characters on cartoons do with an added anime-sweat-drop. I looked quickly around to see that the others were stifling laughs (except for Barton and Romanoff who were laughing more openly at his antics, duly noted). I turned my head to look at Dr. Banner, genuinely confused, and he reciprocated with an amused smile.
"Was it something I said?" I asked with a slightly twitching smile. Dr. Banner shook his head while the two agents composed themselves.
"Nah, it's just a little culture shock, I doubt Tony's ever met a girl who's never heard of his name before," he explained, giving a chuckle as Tony stood up. He regarded me with a dangerous caution in his eyes, like I was some kind of weird otherworldly demon.
"Who in the world are you to not have ever heard of me?" he asked, bewildered beyond comprehension. I opened my mouth to reply, but before the words came out, Steve went over to Tony.
"You do remember she fell out of the portal meant for the Chitauri, right? Alternate dimension?" Steve prodded him in a low voice, causing the man's eyes to widen and then narrow in annoyance. "Even I can comprehend that." Tony made a tch noise and crossed his arms.
"Of course I remember. I just assumed that since she wasn't some Asgardian or ugly as hell alien that she knew about me, being who I am. You know, since she knew good ol' NYC," he added, regarding me with a grin. I blinked slowly, unsure of how to react. Was this all for real? Aliens? Asgardians? Guys with LED lights shining out of their chests, and people running around in costume like everything's all perfectly normal?
This had to be some sort of wind-up, or crazy dream…
I contemplated pinching myself, before Agent Romanoff, Agent Barton, and Thor (seriously? He was THE Thor?) joined Rogers and Tony in front of the couch with Dr. Banner and me. Subconsciously, I straightened up with all of their eyes being on me. Finally taking initiative before anything else happened, I spoke.
"This…isn't just a big set-up is it? Like a movie, a prank show, it isn't like that is it?" I asked pleadingly, and hurriedly, to most of their shock, excluding Captain Rogers, who seemed to react as if pitying my action, as if it were familiar to him.
"Why do you ask that?" the dubbed God of Thunder asked in reply. I acknowledged him.
"Well…you claimed to be Thor, like the Norse myths, and as far as I've remembered, myths are just myths, no matter how much you want the opposite…" I trailed off, mentally cursing myself for rambling. "How am I supposed to believe that you're not just an actor dressing up in Medieval armor and playing a role?"
I turned to Steve and Tony. "And you two talking about aliens and chitari or something, and alternate dimensions! That's all sci-fi stuff," I scoffed. "Yeah, there's more than us out there, but the technology of the planet now is nowhere near going to find anything, especially that of the whole "doomsday alien attack for no reason but to conquer planets" scenario."
Finally, I pointed to Tony's glowing chest. "And that thing, is it a part of your shirt, a weird trend, a movie prop? Honestly, the only place you see that is in Hollywood. How in the heck do I know any of this is real?!"
My throat felt dry and I coughed for a few silent seconds afterwards, having practically yelled my last statement. All of the people seemed to glance at one another unexpectedly, and then another minute of awkward silence ensued. My eyes began to prick with fluid at the unresponsive nature of everyone, and I shut my eyes, pinching myself in the arm many times, hard. I bit my lip to distract from the minor pain, thinking briefly for a fleeting moment that it would all go away.
But I opened my eyes, and I saw the same, coalition of men and woman, all staring, even more so, with contempt and pity, at me. I looked around fearfully, choking back on the unshed tears. Slowly, Captain Rogers approached me, and knelt down in front of me. He gazed silently for a moment at me with very clear, unwavering blue eyes that echoed with similarity.
"I know…you must be very frightened," he said softly. "Frightened to have woken up in a strange place very different from where you were, in a place you can barely comprehend, with people you have never known. I understand."
My lip trembled as I heard him speak. I could hear the same concern in his voice as I could feel within myself. I could only nod in reply.
"I know that it's crazy right now, especially here and at this time, but you'll have to just move along with the rest of us. We'll help you, alright?" I slowly nodded. "All that I can say is that you'll have to accept most of which is happening as true, okay? I know it's ridiculous at times, but it's all real."
"Alright," I whispered with a shaky smile. Steve smiled back and Dr. Banner patted my back comfortingly. The tension seemed to lessen with that and Tony grinned again as Steve stood up.
"Way to do it, Rogers. Didn't know you had a way with girls," he joked, causing Steve to glare lightly at his comrade. Agent Romanoff stepped forward, and regarded me with a professional, but calm smile.
"Could you tell us what happened before you woke up?" she asked in a cool voice. "It may help us figure out what happened on our side." I nodded, and relayed the events to the group.
"…and then I was tossed into the portal…thing, and next thing I know, I'm waking up in front of you," I finished explaining. The team of odd misfits seemed to contemplate this new information I gave them for a while, then Agent Romanoff spoke again.
"Is there anything else you remember, anything that happened within the portal, maybe?" she asked, somewhat desperately. I racked my brain pensively, then my eyes widened. Would that dream count…? The others seemed to notice this, and Tony stepped beside the red-head.
"What is it?"
"It's just…there was this weird…dream I had before I woke up in here," I started slowly, unsure. The others gave me looks as to continue. "I was floating through this black space, when I felt this really cold wind and I saw this pair of big green eyes that seemed to glare at me." All of them seemed to recognize the description.
"Loki!" they all shouted in unison, to all of our surprise.
Loki…as in…God of Mischief….Of course. Just great. Thor glanced at me, then at the others, now forming a semi-huddle.
"Loki may not have intentionally rerouted his army, but maybe he knows about her arrival and maybe something in his magic may have caused her to come here!" Steve nodded in agreement.
"Even someone like Loki couldn't have known the powers of the Cube, something in that weird magic relic could have offset his original plan," he added gravely. We all stood and sat in momentary silence before I chuckled and facepalmed, causing a few of them to give me wary looks.
"I'm so rude! I completely forgot to introduce myself after I knew all of your names!" I explained to them, feeling embarrassed by my lack of etiquette, which felt odd enough in this situation. "I'm Tori Matthews, in a weird way, it's nice to have met you all, instead of that Loki person you're all talkin' about." Standing up for the first time, I shook all of their hands (Thor wanted to kiss my hand to which I blushed at).
"It's nice to meet you too, officially, Tori," Tony replied finally, being the last to shake hands. Before I turned away, he caught my attention and gestured to the circle of light in his chest. "Oh and, this isn't a LED light. It's a miniaturized arc reactor, it powers a kind of electro magnet and it keeps shrapnel from entering my heart." My eyes widened in awe. "I built it myself." He then pointed to a closet which deployed a red and gold armor that attached itself to him, to my ever growing surprise. "Oh yeah, and it also powers this, which I built. It's kinda why they call me Iron Man."
I blinked, hazel eyes wide with childish wonder and ever-increasing awe. "Sweet."
Loki gazed into the Tesseract and closed his eyes momentarily. He hummed with interest and then turned back to his scrambling mind-controlled underground force, all still analyzing the portal generator.
"Tori Matthews, is it? Well then. Time to learn up about this new adjustment," he purred to himself, stalking through his hideout, into the shadows.
Whew! Long chapter huh? I didn't know how to end it, so it just kept going, then I realized I still had to introduce "myself" so I just added that in there! XD heheheh
yup, that's "me", Tori Matthews. Formally, Victoria Matthews. I just liked the sound of Tori better! :D For the last name I just picked one from one of the characters I'm currently working on. This gave me a bit of grief coming up with, but now I've got a name for "me"! XD
So yeah, kinda had a bit of a breakdown, but who to relate but Cap! :D And Loki was spying via the staff and Tesseract, being a staaaalllkkkerr! teehee!
I hope I'm getting better at writing all of them in a room together (still can't get Hawkeye in there darnit!) but if anyone has suggestions, please review or PM me, I'd be very grateful!
Tony: All of you, leave reviews so we can get some action around here! I'm getting bored...
Me: OAO?! But but but come on it's not that boring...is it? *sniffles*
Steve: Tony look what you did, you're gonna make her cry!
Tony: I didn't do anything Rogers, it's not my fault she's getting writer's block.
Bruce: But Tony I think the point of having us here is to help alleviate that block.
Me: *tearfully nods* Bruce understands!
Thor: Friends, pray tell what this block of writers is? If it is a problem, can I smash it with Mjolnir?
Steve, Bruce, and Me: If only it were that easy...
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~DMRA out!