AAH I have no excuse for being this late, and for this chapter being so crappy, honestly all I can say is I'm sorry, and I'm hoping with this chapter I can get the gears moving again, because honestly I have the rest of the story plotted out into the next fics! So- yeah. I'm guessing that going to see Guardians of the Galaxy helped a lot because Marvel really outdid themselves in every way. But that's beside the point. Enough of my drivel!

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Thank you all so much for your reviews, they have all meant so much to me! I'm almost at 100! :D A big special thanks goes to CrystalClear98, Emerald Eme-Pon Walker, Anissa(guest), JBethH, ALoki'dCap'sGirl (guest), Concrete63, Spiritus Rex, TURTLEPORNyolo (guest), and The Dreamer Eternal. Thanks so much for your reviews!

Emerald Eme-Pon Walker asked: is that Thanos?

No, Thanos will not be appearing in this fic. It was Loki, up to his ol tricks.

ALoki'dCap'sGirl asked: Does she not remember loki or something? What about Pepper, where/how is she? What happened in Budapest?

Okay. In order. 1: No, see Chapter 10/11. 2: Pepper is fine, she took a business call in Chapter 15 and she's been informed of the situation, but advised to keep out of it. Not all of the details of course. 3: That is classified information Miss I have to keep my mouth shut about that or else.

With those all taken care of, time for the chapter! Sorry in advance, it's absolute crud.

Disclaimer: I own the plunny and the OC. That's all.

Avenger'd

Chapter Eighteen

Fury rubbed his forehead tiredly as he faced the dark-faced World Security Council. It was difficult enough dealing with the Avengers, especially in this new predicament they were in, but it was infinitely harder to ward off his superiors. Especially when they were this pissed at him.

"What's taking you so long to resolve this matter, Director?" the one Councilman interrogated. "I thought you had control over this, and now you're saying that Loki and the Tesseract remain out of possession?!"

"Yes," Fury replied tersely, straining to keep his hands behind his back and not flailing towards the shutoff sequence. "Fortunately, he's not invaded with his army, and from recent events it appears he is unable to, which leaves us an opportunity to catch him."

"But…?" the Councilwoman to his left interjected. The Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. sighed.

"A new variable has come into play that has the potential to be a great asset," he relayed seriously, gaining the Council's attention. "But, it has ended up in enemy territory and I need time to sort these new developments out before you take over control of the operation. The reclaimed Dr. Selvig has a plan that may put an end to this mess."

"A new variable, eh?"

"Great asset?"

"What? Dr. Selvig?"

The intrigued mutterings of the Council ended with the clearing throat of the Councilwoman.

"We will give you three days maximum to solve this global problem, if you can, by utilizing your new plan, but any longer and we will step in, is that understood?"

"Perfectly."

As Fury ended his conference with the World Security Council, the six heroes were congregated in the ruins of Dr. Banner's lab, feeling crestfallen and useless. They all felt generally the same, letting Phil die, letting Loki get away, and letting Tori slip through their fingers as well. And it was only a matter of time before she and Loki were to pop up again, the trickster god with a mighty vengeance.

"What else can we do?" Steve muttered dejectedly. He felt absolutely terrible. For being the "Man with a Plan" he certainly couldn't think of any. Suddenly the Avengers heard the sound of broken glass being crushed under two very large black boots, and turned to look at the broken doorway.

"Well, I've got something for you to do," Fury smirked, crossing his arms. "I have a plan for all of you."

"No offense, Fury, but our success with plans has been very limited recently, not sure if you understand that," Tony lashed, irritated. Fury narrowed his eye at the billionaire, and at all of them. But then he made a gesture to someone outside of the room, surprising the heroes just a bit. All of their eyes widened as Dr. Selvig stepped forward, holding a strange machine in his hands.

"Erik Selvig," Thor interjected softly. "What is that device?"

"This, Thor," Selvig began. "Is the plan."

again- sorry for the short bad quality of it- I'm gonna get moving on the next few chapters ASAP because I really do wanna finish and get lil miss Tori Matthews on her next adventure. Please keep with this story!

I promise the next chapters will be better!

-DMRA