Chapter 3

(Donnie POV)

"Donnie, pay attention!" Leo snapped at me as he went over the plan of taking down more Foot related instances.

The problem was, the Foot were laying low and there was nothing to investigate in. I sighed and looked at my eldest sibling. "I am, Leo, but I don't understand why we are about to infiltrate another warehouse. The Foot haven't been seen for nearly five months, and there hasn't been any leads hinting at an attempt at planning something big." My hand rested on my chin as I reminisce about our previous missions. The Foot disappeared right after Bailey stopped making appearances on TV. She only disappeared because of the Avengers, which meant… "They know."

"Bro, are you losing it?" Mikey waved his hand in front of my face.

"No." I hit his hand away, irritated. "Think about it. The Avengers have been trying to get in contact with us at the same time Bail stopped showing up on the TV and the Foot vanished." I started to explain.

"It could be just a coincidence." Leo said.

"Leo, if they were up to something, I would've known why and what for by now."

Leo just watched me as I tried to get my brothers to understand. Everything was just supporting this idea. Bail, the Foot, the surprise messages from S.H.I.E.L.D., nothing proved my theory wrong, but what concern me was how much did they know? Do they know what we are getting ready to fight? Are our new enemies that deadly?

"You really think the Foot know about this whole 'invasion'?" Raph asked.

I nodded. "Unless you guys have a better idea?" I paused. "Looking through this warehouse will be the perfect place for S.H.I.E.L.D. to get us and if we find a Foot ninja, then we'll get the information we need." My eyes locked with Leo's. "What do you say, Leo? There's no harm in trying."

Leo nodded his head in agreeance and we got ready to head out. If I was right, we may have the problem of the Foot teaming up with whatever we were fighting. But if I'm wrong, and the Foot just are laying low, then I'm going to hear it from Leo.

(Bailey POV)

When we arrived at the castle-like palace, Loki was in the center of a group of terrified people. The red carpets were covered by cowering bodies of strangers as the grasped onto others near them. The plan was in a stealth-mode and Steve was getting ready to confront Loki. I stopped him for a second.

"Good luck, Capt." I offered a smile and Steve nodded before hoping down.

Scrambling to a window, I stared down as Steve dropped in front of an elderly man standing up to Loki. Loki and Captain talked. Romanoff hovered overhead, and engaged the missiles of the jet.

"Loki, drop the weapon and stand down." She ordered, but quickly swerved away as Loki shot at us. I stumbled into Elek who caught me.

'Thanks.'

'Don't mention it.'

Once we were hovering safely again, I caught a glimpse of the crowd dispersing and Capt. and Loki were fighting. Steve was being tossed around like a ragdoll.

"This guy's all over the place." Nat mumbled then my dad's voice came in on our headphones.

"Agent Romanoff. You miss me?" Music started to play from the PA system and dad shot Loki into the wall of a fountain before gracefully landing near Steve. As he stood he got ready to shoot literally everything in the Iron Man arsenal.

Loki actually did something smart for once and surrendered. It wasn't long before we took him under our custody, and loaded up into the plane. Nat was speaking to Fury while Elek and I glared at Loki, and dad and Steve stood near us. It wasn't long before Dad and Steve started bickering. God, were they five?

(Donnie POV)

I thought my brothers were more mature than this.

"No, I want to drive!" Mikey shouted at Raph who instantly tried to attack my little brother.

"Neither one of you are driving because I am!" Leo took charge and the four of us got into the van.

(Bailey POV)

Thunder rattled our little jet, making Loki jumped and stared out of the windows with some uneasiness. I knew why.

"What's the matter? Are you scared of a little lightening?" Steve asked.

"I'm not overly fond of what follows." Loki answered.

A loud thud made Elek go into his suit form and everyone jumped. Oh boy, Thor. Dad put on his helmet while Steve grabbed his shield. I walked after my dad as he opened the rear hatch to the jet.

"Stark, what are you doing?" Steve asked.

Before dad could answer a very angry Thor landed on the open hatch. Thor flicked dad away like a fly, which I easily evaded my dad flying towards me. Steve, however, wasn't so lucky. Thor glared at everyone in the plane before he grabbed a hold of Loki and jumped out. I shot out after him and moments later my dad was on my tale.

"Bail, what are you doing?" Dad asked.

"Stopping him from messing up our mission." I told him as Thor and Loki came into view, they were talking.

I slowed down, but dad wasn't so I had to keep shoving him away to keep him from attacking Thor. However, when my dad was pissed or just plain annoyed he got stronger, it seemed. He got past me and tackled Thor. I sped towards them, and Loki smiled deviously as I stopped in front of him.

"Your father can be…as they say here on Earth, a hot-headed person." He started. "He will indeed be assisting my plans, all of them."

"We're a team." I argued. "And you won't get away with this."

"Oh I will get away with this, child." He chuckled as Thor almost crushed my dad with his hammer.

I left Loki to try and stop the two pea brains, but failed. Before I knew it they were flying off. I followed, but quickly backed away as they came speeding back, and continued to fight. I swear these guys don't have brains, they're just trigger happy morons! Not long after they started going at it again, Steve's shield tapped the two of them, and saving my mind from boredom from watching them.

"Hey! That's enough." Steve stood on a knocked over tree. He hopped down near me and we both walked towards the angered Avengers. "I don't know what you plan on doing here."

"I've come here to put an end to Loki's schemes." Thor practically yelled.

'Say something.' Elek shouted at me.

'Like what?'

"Put the hammer down." Steve said and dad automatically shook his head.

"Uh yeah no, bad call. He loves his hammer." Thor swung back and dad went flying in the other direction.

"You want me to put the hammer down!" Thor shouted as he leapt into the air.

I started to backup as his hammer hit Steve's shield. I was blasted into the air and collided hard with a few trees. My ears were ringing and my head was pounding. Ouch. Dad was over me and pulled me up.

"Bail, you okay?" He asked.

I groaned and gave him a thumbs up. Elek went to his form before lifting me. "I'll take her back to the jet. We hit our head pretty hard."

Elek blasted into the air and I held on tight until were back on the jet and a pack of ice was being pressed onto my head. There has to be a way where I can be thrown around in Elek without getting as badly hurt as he does.

(Donnie POV)

My brothers and I were in the warehouse, and as I suspected, it was completely abandoned. Of course, Leo wasn't satisfied and kept investigating the place. Mikey was leaping around and Raph watched him as he grumbled and played with that toothpick he always had in his mouth. I pulled up the confidential instruction for contacting S.H.I.E.L.D. and got started. It was complex, but not too confusing for me. I was just happy that Leo actually listened to me.

I tried to ignore Mikey's shouts of glee and Raph's growls as I sent the message. Hopefully, I did everything right. My gauntlet lit up and a message was sent.

'ETA five minutes. Welcome to the Avengers.'

"Did it work?" Leo asked.

"They'll be here in five." I told my leader in blue as I started pacing.

Normally, I have thoughts for inventions and such cluttering my brain, but right now, that wasn't the only thing, or rather person. I haven't seen or spoken to Bailey in so long and our reunion wasn't a bright one. After being discovered on April and Vern's apartment, she needed to be rushed to a hospital. I took Elek in to fix and then he was gone. In my time rebuilding Elek, there were times where I'd hear her. At that time, I didn't think much of it, but it happened more and more, just spurts of words or phrases. I mean, when I was working on Elek there was a few times I got shocked, but that's with all of my projects. Hmm, maybe Elek tapped into my consciousness like Bailey? Nah, it couldn't happen.

"…Hamatos here?"

There was her voice again. I looked around and strained my ears; no one was here besides my brothers.

"Donnie?" Mikey gave me a strange look.

"I'm fine. I thought I heard someone." I smiled. "I'll run a scan to be sure it's only us."

Honestly, I was hoping I picked up someone, but the search came back with no one near here for miles. I held back a sigh as we waited for S.H.I.E.L.D. to pick us up.

"They have thirty seconds." Mikey said as he stared out of the boarded up window. Don't doubt Mikey with time, especially for pizza.

Exactly thirty second after, Mikey was about to say they were late, when the sounds of an aircraft alarmed my brothers and I that they were here. Cautiously, we headed outside, and found an aircraft on the ground and Agent Coulson approached us.

"Agent, it's good to see you again." Leo greeted Coulson.

"Same to you." Coulson shook Leo's hand and nodded his hello to the rest of us. "Come on we're due back at base."

So we followed him onto the jet and left for this so called base.

(Bailey POV)

The jet flew steadily, thank god! My head was still pounding and Elek was even rubbing his head. Seriously, that is my number one priority. Fix the bond so I'm not always getting hurt! I pouted and Elek chuckled.

"That's not an easy fix." He said.

"But not impossible." I pointed out before moving up towards Natasha. "So are the Hamatos there?"

I heard her sigh. "Is that all you can ask about?"

I chuckled. "Sorry, it's just they are really cautious with this stuff, I don't know if they would still come."

"I promise, if they're there and you don't know yet, then I will let you know." Nat smiled, but glared when Loki's eyes were resting on us.

'Stop talking, loony is listening.' Elek warned.

'Oops.' I crossed my arms and leaned into the wall of the jet. Why couldn't I talk to Donnie like I did that day in my dad's lab?

'Not now, Bails. It's too risky.' Elek shook his head.

Tossing myself into one of the chairs, I frowned. Man, I wish I was at base right now.

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