Clark and Captain America followed Fury and Black Widow through the Hellicarrier.
"Hope on in boys," Widow instructed as she clambered into the pilot seat. Clark stopped next to Fury before entering.
"What is it?" He asked the young Kryptonian.
"I've been thinking, you said we need all the help we can get?"
"Yeah," Fury nodded, unsure of where he was going.
"I know some people who can help," he explained. Fury crossed his arms.
"I'm listening."
GERMANY
Clark sat in a S.H.I.E.L.D. jet as Black Widow flew him and Captain America through Germany. He glared out the window, scanning the city below them. He'd always wanted to travel, but he never expected it to be like this.
"We're at the drop boys!" Widow called out from the pilots seat. Cap grabbed his shield whilst Clark zipped up his jacket.
"There he is," Cap noted as he spotted Loki amongst a kneeling crowd. "Ready?" He asked Clark who was looking slightly nervous. Clark let out a deep breath and nodded his head.
"Yeah, I'm ready."
"Look to your elder people. Let him be an example." Loki raised his sceptre as it began to glow. Suddenly a beam of energy shot out from it, heading directly towards the old man. However, right before it hit him a figure in blue landed in-between the two. The crowd starred at the person who took the blast. Captain America turned to the old man behind him.
"Are you okay?" He asked.
"Thank you," he mumbled.
Cap spun back around, facing Loki.
"Put the sceptre down!" He ordered. "Your coming with us." Clark landed next to Cap as Black Widow aimed the jet's gun at Loki.
Instead of attacking like they expected Loki starred. More precisely he starred at the symbol on Clark's chest, a look of confusion across his face.
"Kryptonian," he mumbled. He said it so quietly that no one heard him, except for Clark that is. Thanks to his super hearing Clark heard it perfectly. Clark looked at him in confusion.
"How..." he was cut off as a beam of energy struck him in the chest. His body went tumbling along the ground, clutching his burning chest. He couldn't believe it, the energy beam hurt him.
"Kid, you okay?" Cap asked as rushed over the Clark.
"I'm fine," Clark replied through clenched teeth. "Watch out!" Cap turned just in time to block an energy beam from Loki. Loki sent a blast of blue at the Quinjet. Luckily, Natasha manoeuvred the jet just in time, giving Cap a chance to throw his shield at Loki. They began to figh. Cap then throws his shield, but Loki swats it way. Cap, using all the moves of a boxer, is knocked down by Loki. Standing over him, he points the scepter's tip on his helmet.
cap tried to kick Loki but was blocked by his staff. They continued to battle until Loki had Cap on the ground in front of him, staff to the soldiers head. He was about to fire when super fast, super strong shoulder charge courtesy of Clark Kent sent the Asgardian flying. Clark helped Steve up and they readied themselves as Loki got back up. Clark's eyes glowed red, Captain America prepared to throw his shield and Loki's staff shone blue.
"You don't stand a chance against the two of us," Clark challenged.
"Ha, I have nothing to fear from the likes of you two."
They took one step forward when suddenly, AC/DC's "Shoot to Thrill" began to blare out of the Quin jets speakers. They all turned towards the source of the sound just as Iron Man cam flying into view.
Iron man touched down next to them. He stands up and pulls out every piece of weaponry his suit has.
"Make your move, Reindeer Games," he dared Loki. Loki slowly put up his hands up as a sign of surrender and his helmet and armour dematerialised. "Good move." The three heroes came together. "Captain," Tony greeted Steve.
"Mr Stark," Steve replied. Tony turned to Clark in confusion
"Who's the kid?"
Natasha watched the skies. Thunder erupted from the clouds.
"Said anything?" Fury asked through her headset.
"Not a word," Natasha replied.
"Just get him here," Fury ordered. "We're low on time."
With Loki tied up and cuffed to his seat, Tony, Steve and Clark watched from a distance, whispering.
"I don't like it," Steve blurted.
"What? Rock of Ages giving up so easily?"
I don't remember it being that easy," Steve recalled. "This guy packs a wallop."
"And his energy beams hurt like hell," Clark added. Tony turned to Clark.
"Seriously who are you?"
"Clark Kent," Clark introduced himself as he stuck out his hand.
"What can you do?" He asked.
"Super strength, speed, invulnerability, heat vision and a few others," Clark listed off a few of his powers.
"Wow, quite the power house," Tony stated in amazement.
"Fury didn't tell me he was calling you in," Steve stated.
"Yeah, there's a lot of things Fury doesn't tell you."
Thunder boomed through the air as a bolt of lightning nearly hit the jet, making it shake violently.
"Where is this coming from?" Natasha wondered aloud. Loki stared out the window intently, a nervous look spread across his face. Steve is the first to notice.
"What's the matter? Scared of a little lightning?"
"I'm not overly fond of what follows," he replied.
Outside the jet more lightning and thunder foods the sky as a figure crashes into the jet. Thor opens the ramp and marches in. He grabs Loki by the throat and flew out. The heroes are left dumbstruck starring at where the two flew out of the jet.
"And now there's that guy." Stark stated as he put his helmet on.
"Another Asgardian?" Natasha wondered.
"Think the guy's a friendly?" Clark asked the group.
"Doesn't matter," Iron Man replied. "If he frees Loki or kills him, the Tesseract's lost." Tony turned and prepared to jump off the jet to chase after Thor.
"Stark, we need a plan of attack!" Steve shouted. Tony turned back to face them.
"I have a plan. Attack." With that he jumped out of the jet and flew after Thor.
"We can't let him go alone."
"On it!" Clark replied. In a blur he raced to the edge of the jet before leaping far into the air, heading in the direction that Thor and Iron man did.
For a few moments Clark felt as though he was flying, then he began to descend. He crashed into the ground like a meteor, creating a crater as he did. Using a combination of X-ray vision and super hearing, Clark easy found where Thor and Iron man were.
Iron man went flying through the air as Thor smashed him his hammer, Mjölnir. He was about to streak again when Clark appeared in a blur in between the two. Instead of attacking like they expected Thor stopped, he appeared to be starring at the symbol on Clark's chest.
"That symbol, how do you know of it?" Thor demanded as he raised his hammer.
"Because it's my family crest," Clark replied, wondering how both Loki and Thor both recognised his crest.
"Impossible, Krypton was destroyed." Thor stated.
"I am the sole survivor. My name is Kal-El." Thorns eye's widened in surprise.
"You are the son on Jor-El and Laura-El?"
"Yes," Clark answered curiously. "They are my biological parents." Silence filled the air. Much to their surprise Thor began to laugh. He dropped his hammer and wrapped his arms around Clark, hugging him.
"Ah a little explanation here would be nice," Tony requested, completely lost as to what just happened.
Thor pulled away from Clark, a huge smile spread across his face.
"I see the resemblance now, between you and your parents."
"You knew them?" Clark asked in disbelief.
"Why yes, Jor-El was one of the greatest men I ever knew and Laura-El, one of the most wise, caring and bravest woman I have ever known. I am so sorry for your loss. I can't imagine being the sole survivor of Asgard. None of us should have to deal with this burden."
"So, we're not fighting anymore?" Tony asked for clarification.
S.H.I.E.L.D. HELICARRIER
Dozens of S.H.I.E.L.D. guards escorted Loki to his detention cell. Despite being captured, Loki has a smile across his face. As they pass the Helicarrier lab, Banner stopped working on Loki's sceptre and looked up. Loki eyed him as he walked by, nodding and smiling.
Fury explained the situation to Loki from his cell while everyone else watched from monitors in a briefing room. They all just stood there in stunned silence. Finally Banner spoke.
"He really grows on you, doesn't he?"
"Loki's gonna drag this out." Steve stated. "So, Thor, what's his play? Thir looked up from where he was standing. "He has an army called the Chitauri. They're not of Asgard or any world known. He means to lead them against your people. They will win him the earth. In return, I suspect, for the Tesseract." He explained. "An army? From outer space?" Steve asked in astonishment.
"So he's building another portal. That's what he needs Erik Selvig for," Banner realised.
"Selvig?" Thor questioned.
"He's an astrophysicist," Banner replied.
"He's a friend."
"Loki has him under some kind of spell, along with one of ours," Natasha added.
"I wanna know why Loki let us take him," Steve wondered. "He's not leading an army from here."
"I don't think we should be focusing on Loki," Banner suggested. "That guy's brain is a bag full of cats, you could smell crazy on him."
"Have care how you speak," Thor defended his brother. "Loki is beyond reason, but he is of Asgard, and he's my brother."
"What did they need the Iridium for?" Clark asked, back in civilian clothing. Everyone stopped, no one had thought of that yet.
"It's a stabilising agent," Tony stated, as he entered the room.
"Of course," Clark realised. "It means the portal won't collapse in itself like it a did at S.H.I.E.L.D."
"It also mean that the portal can grow as big and stay open as long as Loki wants." Banner added.
Tony walked up to Thor and patted him on the back.
"No hard feelings, Point Break. You've got a mean swing." Tony made his way to the Fury's control centre. "Uh, raise the mid-mast, ship the top sails," he instructed. What no one noticed was the button sized hacking implant he placed under Fury's desk. The bridge went quiet as everyone stared at him. "That man is playing Galaga!" He cried. "Thought we wouldn't notice. But we did." As everyone went back to work he covered one eye and looked around. "How does Fury do this?"
"He turns," Agent Hill replied flatly.
"That sounds exhausting."
"Besides, the Iridium, raw materials, Agent Barton can get his hands on pretty easily. Only major component he still needs is a power source. A high energy density, something to kick start the cube," Clark explained. Much to everyone's surprise.
"When did you become an expert in thermonuclear astrophysics?" Maria Hill asked the Kryptonian.
"Um, last night actually. I mean I only read the packet, Selvig's notes and the Extraction Theory papers." The group stared at him in shock.
"Brains and brawn," Tony remarked.
"A true Kryptonian," Thor laughed.
"What does he mean by Kryptonian?" Banner asked. The room went silent.
"They don't know?" Thor asked Clark, who shook his head.
"My apologise."
"It's fine, you didn't know." Clark looked at the people in the room each one waiting for him to respond.
"I'm a, I'm actually, well I'm an alien." The group fell silent.
Finally Tony spoke up. "That's awesome," he laughed. Everyone didn't seem overly bothered by the fact that Clark was an alien, sure they were surprised but it didn't have a major affect on them. Clark guessed that happens when your on a team with a super soldier from World War II, a man who can turn into a green monster and a Norse God, fighting another God and preparing for an alien invasion.
"Does Loki need any particular kind of power source?" Steve wondered, getting back to the discussion they were having.
"He's got to heat the cube to a hundred and twenty million Kelvin just to break through the Coulomb barrier," Clark explained.
"Unless, Selvig has figured out how to stabilize the quantum tunnelling effect," Tony realised.
"Well, if he could do that he could achieve heavy ion fusion at any reactor on the planet," Banner added. Before they continued Fury entered the room.
"Kent, your friends have arrived."
HELICARRIER LANDING BAY
Clark followed Fury to the landing bay just as a jet landed inside. The ramp lowered revealing a team of heroes and some of Clark's best friends. Oliver Queen stepped out, wearing a brown leather jacket and dark blue jeans. Next to him was Arthur Curry dressed in green board shorts and orange singlet, on the other side of him was Victor Stone, wearing a yellow hoodie and a pair of black pants. They smiled as they saw Clark.
"Good to see you again Boy Scout," Oliver greeted him.
"Oliver," Clark returned. "Where's Bart?" He asked, wondering where the speedster was.
"Turn around," came a voice from behind him. Clark turned around to find Bart in his usual red hoodie.
"So, what have you got us into?" Arthur wondered. Clark let out a sigh.
"You might want to sit down."