AN: Hey guys, I'm back. I am really sorry for not updating during the weekend, I'm gonna blame the lack of internet and computer access. I promise I haven't forgotten you or this story! If everything goes according to plan, I will be back this Saturday :) Also, lets not forget to thank MegaDiary123. I know this chapter is filler, but I hope you like it either way.

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Skye's POV

After escaping from the pirate, I took Loki to a safe house which I knew was safe from S.H.I.E.L.D.'s radar. From the moment that the Spectre touched me, I knew what I had to do. The whispers that I was hearing were indeed coming from the Tesseract but now I could hear them clearly, speaking to me and letting me know what my next move must be.

Loki made me his commander. After all, I held the most information about the organisation that was trying to prevent us from utilising the Tesseract to its full potential. Being the commander of the ship, I was in charge of gathering other mercenaries and workers which I knew were against S.H.I.E.L.D.'s secret policy. And even if they had their reservations the moment that the Spectre touched their hearts just as it already had mine, they willingly joined our cause.

"Where did you find all these people?" Dr. Selvig asked me while working on some short of device. I didn't know what the device was for or where we would use it but it didn't matter. Should I need to know anything, then the Tesseract would tell me what that was and that was all I needed to know.

"S.H.I.E.L.D. has no shortage of enemies, Doctor" I replied while working on my computer. The voices had let me know that we needed Iridium. I had no idea what exactly it was, but my hacking abilities came in handy and soon I had a picture of it on the screen, showing it to the Doc. "Is this the stuff you need?" I questioned just to make sure.

"Yeah, iridium. It's found in meteorites. It forms anti-protons and it's very hard to get a hold of" he said as if that explained everything.

So this comes from space as well, perfect. I wished Jemma was there with me, Loki would show her the truth and we would be together, working towards a common goal. Focus, I heard the voice in my head when my thoughts drifted someplace else other than the mission. I complied without a second thought. "Especially if S.H.I.E.L.D. knows you need it" I replied back to Selvig who smiled at me before looking at someone over my shoulder and a smile crossed his face.

"The Tesseract has shown me so much" he spoke while I was still working on my computer, gathering the information I needed for my mission. "It's– It's more than knowledge. It's truth"

"I know" I heard Loki say from behind me. "It… it touches everyone differently. What did it show you, agent Skye?"

The question was my queue to turn and address the alien. "My next target, among other things" I replied honestly since there was no need for lies among us. The other things being some very small glimpses of a blue alien species.

Selvig laughed at my reply. "She's got no soul" he said. "No wonder you chose this– this tomb to work in" the smile never leaving his face.

Oh how I wanted to make his stupid smirk disappear, and I could, only the Tesseract was not allowing me to do so. "Well, you find me another place that has three levels of the redline flooring between S.H.I.E.L.D. and that Cube. You are the one working on the thing, you should know how important the location you're working in is and how greatly it could affect the end result of what we are trying to do". I was glad to see him nod and step away, going to work on the device once more.

"I see why Fury chose you to guard it" Loki spoke after I finished talking with the doctor.

I turned around at the mention of the director. "You're gonna have to contain him, sir" we started walking around the facility. "As long as he is in the air I can't pin him down, not with our current equipment. Normally I would be able to hack from distance, but their security walls have never been greater. If I get access from the inside, we will be good to go but until then he remains at large. And he is putting together a team"

"Are they a threat?"

"To each other more than likely" I replied. All the information that I had for the team was coming to the surface. Their evaluations, their abilities, their weaknesses and anything else I could think of. "But if the pirate gets them on track, and he might, they can throw some noise our way". It was possible to happen, I highly doubted, but with Fury on the play nothing was for sure.

The Asgardian turned to me. "You admire Fury" he said.

I never said that I didn't, I just never phrased my true opinion on him. But since we had no secrets with Loki there was no reason to hold back any information, no matter how personal or small. "He's got a clear line of sight, knows what he wants and does anything to get it" I did admire that in him. Though his… extreme, sometimes methods found me opposite to his actions, I had to give him that.

"Is that why you failed to kill him?" Loki questioned, an edge to his voice that made me stop dead on my tracks.

"It might be" Loki continued walking a bit before stopping and turning to look at me. "I was disoriented and it would have been so much easier had I used my powers. I couldn't though, not without making the whole place go 'boom' before we managed to get out"

With a finger pointing at me he spoke, "I want you to tell me anything you can about this team of his". His eyes grew unfocused, as if he was a lost in thought. "I would test their metal" I nodded as he started pacing back and front the same place. "I have been hiding in the shadows but I am meant to rule this world, not hide underneath it"

"It's a risk, going to the surface" I said after realising what he wanted to do.

"Oh, yes" he said with a smile.

He wanted to make an appearance, huh? "You're set to making yourself known" I phrased his thoughts and goals. "We could use that, lure them out and break them from the inside"

"Tell me what you need" the alien spoke with no hesitation, willing to provide anything.

What could possible lure the pirate out of the shadows? Well, there was one thing. "I need a distraction. And an eyeball" I said as I went towards a van full of equipment. I found my gauntlets and wore them, getting ready for what there was to come. "Before that, there are some things that you need to know about the team that Fury is trying to make"

I received a nod from the Asgardian and so I started talking. Everything that I knew about Natasha and Clint, their missions and their past. Things that I said could be used against them, that was true, and I really didn't want to have to hurt my brother and sister. But hopefully Loki would make them see the truth as well and they would join us. If not, then I would have no choice but to fight them and we needed to be as prepared as possible. Then I said what I knew of Tony and Captain Rogers. Though the information I had on the latter was not sufficient, it was everything that I had read on the 'Avengers Initiative' report.

And then I told him about Bruce. How he struggled with his control and how we could use that to tear the team apart before they even had a chance to form. I had no doubt that the pirate would have Bruce with him by now, given his expertise in gamma radiation and his… ability… to turn into a green monster if he lost his temper. He didn't have great control when I met him all those years ago, and we had helped each other, but not nearly into a degree where he could properly control, or prevent, his transformation from happening.