Note: I don't own anything except Jo and the plot (which will follow the Avengers movie to a point)...I took some dialogue straight out of the movie because it fit the scene so don't kill me over it...Enjoy!
Note2: I know there's The Winter Soldier and I could continue but I'm hitting a block on where to take this story...I'll try to work through the block but it might be awhile, if ever, that I post the last part of this story...
Life was perfect. I was content sitting on a lovely couch looking out an enormous window on the city below me. My purpose was to serve the greatest man in existence in any way he wanted. Loki, the God of Lies, was my everything.
"My dear, please come here and see the humans crumble under my army."
Getting up from the couch, I glided over to Loki and saw the Chitauri flying through the portal that was open in the sky. They flew in every direction and while I couldn't see the people below me, I could picture them scurrying away in fear. A large smile spread across my lips.
"Glorious."
A red blur streaked across the sky in front of the window and it landed on a small outreach from the roof. I heard Loki mutter something under his breath before he ordered me back to the couch. Easing myself down onto the couch, I watched as the red man was taken apart.
Tony Stark: enemy, flashed through my consciousness.
He walked into the room and did a double take at seeing me on the couch. I flipped him off and focused on my God. He was decked out in his Asgardian outfit of green and black, luckily forgoing the helmet. I couldn't stand that helmet.
"Jo, what's going on?" Tony asked.
"You peasant, don't speak to me. No one but my Loki speaks to me," I hissed.
"Your Loki? Wait. You took control of her with your sceptre. Let her go, Loki, or it's just another reason to kick your ass."
"Tell me you're going to appeal to my humanity."
"Actually I'm planning to threaten, more now that I know you've taken Jo."
"The Chitauri are here, nothing can change that. What have I to fear?"
"The Avengers. That's what we call ourselves, sorta like a team."
I tuned out Tony and Loki and watched the sky. The individual Chitauri soldiers flew around and blasted their weapons on the helpless people below. Loki promised that I would be his Queen when he took over this world. I began to daydream about what being Queen would be like.
"Wait. It should work."
"Well, performance issues, you know? Not uncommon. One in five…
Loki tossed Tony to the floor and stalked over to his fallen body.
"Jarvis, anytime now."
"You will all fall before me."
"He's right. There's no stopping it," I piped up from my seat.
Tony was thrown out the window just before something flew out from the wall, hitting Loki off balance. I hurried over and helped him up. We watched as Tony's machine grew and encased his body in his Iron Man suit. He shot up in the air and hovered right in front of us.
"And there's one other person you pissed off. His name was Phil," Tony said, before blasting us.
We flew back and landed hard on the floor. My head collided with the edge of a table.
I need a CAT scan after all these head injuries, I thought.
I could make out Loki striding across the floor and heading outside. I eased myself up and tried to clear my head. Last thing I remembered clearly was Phil and then it took only a second for the missing time to slot itself into my memory.
I bolted from the floor over to the liquor and grabbed a Scotch. I took a large gulp and gargled. I needed to get Loki out of my mouth. I drank back some of the liquor and watched as Thor slammed down onto the roof. Loki, all decked out in his Godly armour, turned to face him.
"I really hate that helmet," I muttered.
"Loki, turn off the Tesseract or I'll destroy it."
"You can't. There's no stopping it. There's only war."
"So be it," Thor growled.
I watched as the two brothers fought before heading over to the other door. I could see the contraption on another outreach of the roof. I needed to see if there was anything I could do to stop it. The portal had already opened and the army of aliens were flying through to our world.
Erik Selvig was lying unconscious on the rocks. I hurried over to the machine and tried to make sense of it.
"Shit."
Rather than trying to figure it out, I hurried back to Dr. Selvig and tried to wake him. I patted his cheeks before really slapping him hard. Nothing was working. Hearing a Quinjet, I looked up. I could make out Clint at the controls with Natasha sitting beside him. They were taking aim at Loki.
Unfortunately, he was quicker in getting a shot off. The beam collided with one of their engines and they began spiralling away from Stark Tower. Thor attacked Loki and they continued to fight. At a large roar, I looked up at the portal and saw some huge monster slinking its way out. It had to be at least 100feet long and was covered in protruding bones. It let out another roar as Chitauri launched themselves from its underbelly.
"Double shit."
"Look at this. Look around you," Thor yelled. "You think this madness will end with your rule."
I didn't catch Loki's reply but saw the glint of a blade before Loki jammed it into Thor's side. Despite the injury, Thor was able to grab his brother and slam him down into the concrete. The God of Lies rolled away and teetered on the edge for a moment before slipping over. I craned my neck to see him land on one of those Chitauri gliders.
Leaving Dr. Selvig, I hurried over to Thor. He pulled out the blade and tossed it to the ground. He took in the elaborate dress I was wearing before focusing on me.
"We have to find a way to stop the portal."
"Our mother has a dress just like that," he commented. "You find a way while I help stop the Chitauri from destroying your world."
He called up his hammer and flew off the roof.
"Great."
Spying the sceptre, I grabbed it and hurried back to the contraption and Dr. Selvig. The shield surrounding the Tesseract was impenetrable but maybe the sceptre would be able to get through. I pointed it at the contraption and willed it to fire. Nothing happened. Grabbing it like a bat, I swung the sceptre at the shield and nothing again.
Tuning out what was happening around me, I tried to think of another way to use the sceptre to stop the portal. Out of all my years, nothing that I studied was going to help me now. I barely got through regular physics, let alone astrophysics.
"Come on, Doctor. Wake up," I called. "I could use some help here."
Dr. Selvig twitched and I hurried over. His head was bleeding but I helped to sit him up against a stone pillar. I saw a flash of red hair on a glider and watched as Loki closed in on Natasha. I raised the sceptre. A flash of blue light flew out of the end and collided with the glider that Loki was riding on. An explosion took out his glider and the one the Black Widow was steering. He fell to the roof while Natasha rolled into a crouch on another section of the roof.
I took aim again at Loki with the sceptre but before I could get a shot off, the Other Guy showed up. He slammed into Loki and took him inside the tower. I heard the crunch of gravel as Natasha ran over. I turned back to Dr. Selvig briefly before I was slammed from behind.
The sceptre fell from my grasp and I faced my friend.
"What the hell?" I asked as she threw a punch.
I blocked it and tried to sweep her legs out from underneath her. She jumped and kicked out.
"Nat, it's me."
"Tony said you were Loki's."
"I was but now I'm trying to close the portal. Any ideas?" I asked, stepping back and relaxing out of the fighting pose I was in.
"The sceptre," Dr. Selvig replied. "Loki's sceptre. The energy…the Tesseract can't fight. You can't protect against yourself."
"It's not your fault. You didn't know what you were doing," Natasha tried.
"Well, actually I think I did. I built in a safety to cut the power source. The sceptre may be able to shut down the portal."
We helped Dr. Selvig up and he hurried over to the control panel. He righted the stand while I walked closer to the contraption. I raised the sceptre to the shield and pushed. It pushed back so I pushed harder. The tip penetrated the shield but then kicked back. I planted my feet and grabbed the sceptre higher up. I pushed it in, feeling the energy crackle against my skin.
"We can close it. The portal. We can close it," Natasha said through her comms.
I pushed the sceptre in further, creating a small tear in the shield.
"Watch your hands," Dr. Selvig cried out before my hand disappeared into the tear.
I gritted my teeth and shifted my hand slightly but I could feel it trying to repel the sceptre. I pushed back harder than before.
"Can anyone copy? We can shut it down."
I watched as she pressed the comms trying to get a response. I saw the slight sag in her shoulders when someone answered but then she tensed up. She turned to me and I could see the shock on her face.
"There's a nuke heading for Manhattan. Stark's intercepting," she said.
I nodded and pushed the sceptre in further. Dr. Selvig said the tip of the sceptre has to actually penetrate the base below the Tesseract before the portal will close, which meant my hands slipping further into the tear.
We all watched for Tony in anticipation. I spotted the red streak first and pointed it out to the others. Tony had the nuclear missile and he was guiding it right into the portal. It took me a second to realize what he was doing.
"Son of a bitch is going to fly it through," I shouted.
On baited breath we waited. One of the large alien reptiles crashed out of the sky and into several buildings while we saw a blue explosion within the portal.
"Close it," Natasha said.
"No. Not until Tony's back."
My hands were burning, the skin crackling and peeling. I pushed harder and further into the shield.
"Wait. There he is."
I looked up and could see Tony falling. I counted one second after he fell through to push the sceptre the rest of the way into the shield. The tip touched the base and a blue light encased it before shutting down. I pulled away and dropped the sceptre. Glancing down at my hands nearly made me sick.
"He's not slowing down," Natasha yelled.
Dr. Selvig and her ran to the edge of the roof to watch while I stared at my hands. The skin was black and I could see bone in several places. The energy had burned my nerves so I wasn't feeling any of the pain. I had never had an injury this terrible before so I wasn't sure if I would heal.
"Jo? Jo? Oh, shit."
"It's OK. The portal is closed."
A loud roar filled the air from the ground. I assumed it was the Other Guy. Natasha stepped closer and I backed up. There was nothing we could do about my hands but wait. She grabbed the sceptre and motioned for me to go inside. Holding my blackened hands in front of me, I staggered into the apartment.
Loki was smashed into the floor. You could make out whimpering coming from his prone body. I went over to the seats and sat down, carefully resting my hands in my lap. I heard a few small thuds but stayed focused on my hands.
"If it's all the same to you, I'll have that drink now," Loki said.
Glancing back, I could see everyone standing in front of him. Clint had his arrow pointing straight at him, Natasha held the sceptre, and Steve had his shield. Tony was still in his suit but missing his mask while Thor dangled his hammer from his hand. The Other Guy looked as if he wanted to pummel the God again.
"Can someone punch him for me please? I can't seem to do it at the moment," I said.
Steve hurried to my side and gasped at the sight of my hands. He collapsed to his knees and carefully took my left hand in his.
"How?"
"Closing the portal. It was the only way, Steve. I had to do it."
The others made their way over and were shocked to see my hands. Thor pulled his brother closer and pointed at my hands.
"That is what you did. You did more than just destroy their world. All in the name of war."
Loki's eyes tore away from my hands and focused on the wall behind me. I eased myself up from the seat and walked closer to the God. His eyes never wavered from the wall. Tucking my hands behind my back, I leaned into his body a bit before bringing up my knee. He sank to his in pain and I leaned down to whisper in his ear.
"That's for making me your Queen."