Welcome back, friends :D I have brought you a sort of boring, filler chapter. Not much happens in this chapter. It's kinda that chapter that I can't take out because it is important in the movie and I couldn't fiddle around with it much. Anyway, so, I lied again, her codename is not in this chapter. I can't find a right place to bring that up on but I will make room for it in the next chapter because I'm eager to see what you guys think of it.
As you know, I do not own anything other then my OC's.
Sorry for any errors.
Please, enjoy this filler chapter!
Spencer reached the main control room and took note of the tension in the room. Everyone excluding Tony was gathered around the large, circular table. Nat was sitting down on the further left, Steve right across from her, Bruce standing behind one of the chairs, and Thor standing in front gazing out at the working agents with this solemn look in his blue eyes. Spencer briefly wondered why they were so silent until she heard Nick's voice play over the speakers.
"How desperate am I? You threaten my world with war. You steal a force you can't hope to control," The anger in Nick's voice made Spencer shiver from her spot, "You talk about peace and you kill 'cause it's fun. You have made me very desperate. You might not be glad that you did."
Spencer shook out of her thoughts and moved to stand behind Nat's chair. Nat briefly looked up from the footage being shown from Loki's cell and gave the girl a brief nod. Spencer gave a tentative smile before gazing down at the small monitor.
Loki remains silent for a second before mocking Fury, "Ooh. It burns you to come so close. To have the Tesseract, to have power, unlimited power," Loki smirked and began to step back before looking straight into the camera with clear mocking on his face, "And for what? A warm light for all mankind to share? And then to be reminded what real power is." Spencer tried not to shudder at the cold words that spewed from the God's mouth.
Fury stood there gazing at Loki before smiling back at the God in a mocking way, "Well, let me know if Real Power wants a magazine or something." Fury states before walking off leaving the God of Mischief alone in his glass cell. Once Fury leaves, Loki turns to the camera once more, and smirks in a way that leaves Spencer's skin crawling with disgust. Nat quickly shuts off the video. Steve blankly stares down at the table, deep in thought. Thor, who didn't even look, just listened, stands there looking so torn apart that Spencer felt her heart go out for the God.
Everything was quiet until Bruce scoffs lightly with bitter, mocking smile, "He really grows on you, doesn't he?" It was easy to see that Bruce was clearly nerved by Loki's presence here.
Steve shakes his head, "Loki's gonna drag this out. So, Thor, what's his play?" Captain America questions Mighty Thor.
Thor, who comes back to reality, answers in a powerful but low voice, "He has an army called the Chitauri. They're not of Asgard or any world known." Thor slowly turns around to face the others while Maria Hill slowly comes up to hear what Thor has to say, "He means to lead them against your people. They will win him the earth. In return, I suspect, for the Tesseract."
Steve has this are-you-serious look on his face, "An army? From outer space?" Steve questions with slight disbelief throwing a glance at both Spencer and Nat.
It was Bruce who spoke next, "So he's building another portal. That's what he needs Erik Selvig for."
Thor looks at Bruce, "Selvig?"
Bruce nods, "He's an astrophysicist."
Thor shakes his head and firmly states, "He's a friend."
Nat finally spoke up, "Loki has him under some kind of spell, along with one of ours." Spencer frowns at the mention. She missed Clint and worried often about if he was safe or okay. She desperately wanted to march into that stupid cell and demand Loki to tell them where Clint and Erik were at.
Steve shakes his head, "I wanna know why Loki let us take him. He's not leading an army from here."
Steve was right. Spencer had gotten that feeling when they first captured him and then it got worse when Thor went to go retrieve him. "He could've escaped while Thor was fighting with Tony," Spencer spoke up quietly drawing the attention ton to her, "But he didn't. I don't like this, him being here, he's up to something."
Her words only increased the other's worry.
Bruce scoffed twiddling something in between his fingers, "I don't think we should be focusing on Loki. That guy's brain is a bag full of cats, you could smell crazy on him."
Spencer smirked lightly as did Nat but Thor immediately took offense, "Have care how you speak. Loki is beyond reason, but he is of Asgard, and he's my brother." Thor fiercely stated. His voice had resonated around the control room. Spencer found it easy to see how good of a king Thor would be once his father stepped down. She liked Thor.
Nat spoke indifferently, "He killed eighty people in two days."
Thor looked conflicted before answering, "He's adopted."
Spencer chuckled lightly at that and took a seat beside Nat when Bruce, once again, spoke up, "Iridium, what did they need the Iridium for?" Bruce questioned us hoping we would find the answer. Spencer heard footsteps from behind her and looked over her shoulder to see Tony walking up with her father in tow.
"It's a stabilizing agent," Tony grabbed attention of the room before turning to her father; "I'll fly you there. Keep the love alive," Tony suggested while Phil shook his head and went over to join his daughter. Tony shrugged before continuing on, "Means the portal won't collapse on itself, like it did at S.H.I.E.L.D." Tony walked up next to Thor, "No hard feelings, Point Break. You've got a mean swing." Tony practically coos at Thor.
The Mighty God merely stares at Tony looking quite miffed and confused. Tony moves on to stand in front of the Hellicarrier controls, "Also, it means the portal can open as wide, and stay open as long as Loki wants."
Tony stood there before commanding the crew, "Uh, raise the mid-mast, ship the top sails!" Spencer scoffed rolling her eyes. This was not a fucking pirate ship. Some Agents glared at Tony while other stared at the billionaire with weird, confused expressions on their faces. Tony pointed to the left shouting out, "That man is playing Galaga!" Spencer took note of the way Steve hurriedly looked over the man playing per said game. The Agent quickly exited out of the game with blushing, red cheeks. "Thought we wouldn't notice but we did."
Tony looks at the controls before covering one of his eyes and glances around, "How does Fury do this?" Tony questions.
Spencer sighs, "He turns," She answered.
Tony looks around the monitors, "Well, that sounds exhausting," Tony mutters before turning his attention to the rest of the team, "The rest of the raw materials, Agent Barton can get his hands on pretty easily," Tony walks over to the screens fiddling with them as he spoke, "Only major component he still needs is a power source. A high-energy density, something to kick starts the cube."
Spencer raised an eyebrow impressed. Maria, who stood next to Spence and Phil, looked at Stark and asked, "When did you become an expert in thermonuclear astrophysics?"
Tony scoffed, "Last night," Before turning to Nat, Steve, Bruce, and Spencer, "The packet, Selvig's notes, and the Extraction Theory papers," When he saw their confused faces, he sighed with exasperation, "Am I the only one who did the reading?"
"Apparently." Spencer muttered causing Nat, Maria, and her father to snicker in response.
"Does Loki need any particular kind of power source?"
Bruce shook his head, "He's got to heat the cube to a hundred and twenty million Kelvin just to break through the Coulomb barrier." Bruce explained as Tony began walking around towards Bruce. Spencer sighed feeling her brain fry with all of this science talk.
"Unless," Tony countered, "Selvig has figured out how to stabilize the quantum tunneling effect."
Bruce pondered the thought before responding, "Well. If he could do that he could achieve heavy ion fusion at any reactor on the planet."
Tony happily crows, "Finally, someone who speaks English."
Steve, who looked just as confused as the others, spoke up, "Is that what just happened?" He muttered towards Nat and Spence. Both master assassins smirked back in agreement.
Tony and Bruce shake hands. Spencer could see the glimmer of respect in both of their eyes. She was surprised to see the mutual respect they were showing to each other. "It's good to met you, Dr. Banner. You're work on anti-electron collisions is unparalleled," Bruce perks up looking slightly proud at this before Tony decides to ruin it by saying, "And I'm a huge fan of the way you lose control and turn into an enormous green rage monster."
Bruce looks down with a soft sigh, "Thanks."
"Smooth as butter, aren't you, Tony?" Spencer snorts earning a smirk from the billionaire.
It was then that Fury walks in, "Dr. Banner is only here to track the cube. I was hoping you might join him." Fury stands behind Spencer's chair. Spencer beams up at her Godfather, who in return, places an affectionate hand on top of her head.
Tony, who looks like a kid whose parents have allowed him to eat sweets, looked at Banner with obvious excitement. Steve speaks up, "Let's start with that stick of his. It may be magical, but it works an awful lot like a HYDRA weapon."
"I don't know about that, but it is powered by the cube. And I'd like to know how Loki used it to turn two of the sharpest men I know into his personal flying monkeys." Fury stated with a frown.
Thor, who was confused by the saying, looks at Fury, "Monkeys? I do not understand."
Steve quickly blurts out, "I do! I understood that reference!" Spencer felt herself melt at the proud, smiling face that Steve has on while Tony rolls his eyes behind him. Bruce was hiding a smile.
Tony shakes his head and looks at Bruce, "Shall we play, doctor?"
Bruce, who looks just as eager as Tony nods, "Let's play some." Both men began walking out. Spencer turned towards Agent Whittermore, The Galaga player, turns ever so discreetly to make sure the coast was clear and goes back to playing his game.
_break_
Spencer had taken a shower and managed to catch an hour or so of sleep. She didn't felt right with Loki being on board. She felt…like something bad was going to happen. The ominous feeling she had been feeling since they had captured Loki had only grown since. She would have to be extremely alert. She didn't trust that their security would hold if Loki tried something which she was sure he would. She had a towel wrapped around her body as she looked around for something casual to wear.
She heard someone knock on her door as she put on her bra and underwear, "Who is it?"
"Um, it's Steve!"
Spencer smiled and responded, "Give me a sec, Cap!" She hurriedly pulled on a grey v-neck and some black jeans before going over to open the door. Steve, who was still in his uniform, looked down at the freshly showered Spencer.
"What's up, Steve?" Spencer asked going over to tug on some socks.
Steve shuffled nervously, "I was wondering if you wanted to go check up on Tony and Bruce. It's been a few hours and I haven't heard anything." Steve wasn't one to keep still; Spencer knew that, he had been in a chronic sleep for the last seventy years. Spencer imagine the last thing Steve was keen on doing was sleeping or keeping still.
Spencer didn't have anything else better to do. Fury had ordered them to wait until Tony or Bruce found something important. It had only been two hours since the pair had started working on Loki's scepter. Spencer knew if they had found something out; they would've been informed of it immediately.
But if it would help calm Steve's nerves then she guessed it would be okay. "Sure, it's better then waiting." Spencer shrugged going to pull on her black converse.
"You catch up on some sleep?" Steve asked watching as Spence expertly placed her dual katana's on her back. Steve did not want to see the damage those blades did during a fight. Steve cringed slightly at the thought. Spence quickly tucked her blades in place and her gun holster at her side going to check up on her black gun and making sure the safety was on.
Spence gave a small smile, "Yeah, I couldn't sleep that much. I've had this ominous feeling ever since Loki stepped foot on the ship." Spencer admitted while combing through her hair with a brush.
Steve felt the same, "I do, too. I know he's up to something but…I trust in Fury's judgment." Steve answered lowly. Spencer nodded silently in agreement before both Avengers moved forward out of her room and back up towards Bruce's lab. Spencer was lightly asking Steve what his likes and dislikes were just to get a better baring on him. They would be fighting and spending a lot of time together so, Spencer wanted to know him better.
Steve replied back awkwardly and it didn't take a genius to figure out that he wasn't used being asked personal questions and especially from a female. Steve answered Spencer's questions honestly; not wanting to say no to her kind, turquoise eyes. Steve did want to be honest with her. Spencer was growing on him quite quickly; just like everyone else who had come into contact with the young, bubbly assassin. It was even hard considering her capable of being an assassin but…Steve had seen her fight very briefly and although it wasn't much…he knew he definitely did not want to get on Spencer's bad side.
It wasn't long until they reached the lab. Spencer and Steve waltzed in on Stark poking Bruce with a miniature electrical prod. Spencer shook her head with mild amusement but from the corner of her eye, Steve wasn't the least bit amused with this sight.
"Ow!" Bruce laughs looking at Tony with amusement and slight shock/
Tony peers at Bruce closely as if searching for a certain type of reaction but finds none as Bruce stares at Tony with a half-smile. "Nothing?" Tony asks with a crest-fallen expression.
"Tony, Bruce isn't your science project." Spencer chided with a slight smirk.
The same time Steve demanded, "Hey, are you nuts?"
Tony shot Spencer a charming grin, ignoring Steve, and asking Bruce, "You really have got a lid on it, haven't you? What's your secret? Mellow jazz? Bongo drums? Huge bag of weed?" Tony shot off each one making Bruce laugh and shake his head.
"Is everything a joke to you?" Steve asked with a frown.
"Funny things are." Tony remarked smartly.
Spencer scoffed as he threw some blueberries into his mouth. Spencer jumped on top of the counter next to Loki's scepter knowing there was going to be a small spat. She could see how peeved Steve was and how Tony was going to enjoy pushing Steve's buttons. "Threatening the safety of everyone on this ship isn't funny." Steve clenched his jaw before realizing what he said and turning to Bruce with an apologetic look, "No offense, doctor."
Bruce waved it off with slight smile, "No, it's alright. I wouldn't have come aboard if I couldn't handle pointy things." It made Spencer snort in laughter.
Tony waved his pointy thing, "You're tiptoeing, big man. You need to strut." He declares walking around the table.
Steve growls lightly, glaring at Tony, "And you need to focus on the problem, Mr. Stark." Spencer had to give Steve some points for still remaining polite but the air in the lab had gotten a whole lot tense now.
"You think I'm not?" Tony replied with a frown looking at Steve, "Why did Fury call us in now and why now? Why not before? What isn't he telling us?" Tony asked with clear suspicion that made Spencer instantly frown and turn her now hard eyes on Tony as he continued to speak, "I can't do the equation unless I have all the variables." Tony shrugged.
Spencer clenched her jaw, "You think he's hiding something?" Spencer's voice had dropped dangerously making Bruce shift away from her and Tony to pale slightly, "He called you all in because someone stole the Tesseract! We had no need to call you in before it was stolen!" Spencer hissed icily.
Tony gave Spencer a deadpan look, "He's a spy, Spencer, he's the spy. His secrets have secrets," Spencer seriously wanted to throttle Tony for speaking about her Godfather like he was the enemy but then Tony pointed to Bruce, "It's bugging him too, isn't it?" Tony asked Bruce.
Spencer turned to the now nervous doctor who was refusing to meet her icy, hard stare. Bruce started stumbling over his words now, "Uh, I just wanna finish my work here and—"
"Doctor?" Steve urged.
Spencer jumped off the counter so, she was fully facing both Tony and Bruce. Bruce momentarily looked the now stoic Spencer. Her arms crossed over her chest and her stance poised and lean. Her movements were clear. She was not pleased. Bruce swallowed his nerves and sighs leaning back in his chair, "A warm light for all mankind, Loki's jab at fury about the cube."
"We heard it." Spencer remarked getting annoyed with these long pauses.
Bruce looked at Tony now, "Well, I think that was meant for you." Tony's expression wasn't that surprised but he offered the doc some of his blueberries as Bruce continued, "Even if Barton didn't tell Loki about the tower it was still all over the news." Spencer's eyebrows furrowed downwards.
"The Stark Tower? That big ugly…," Tony gives Steve a dirty ass look, "Building in New York?" Steve continues on earning a very unpleased look from Tony.
"It's powered by Stark Reactors, self-sustaining energy source. That building will run itself for what, a year?" Bruce shrugged as he fiddled with his glasses.
Tony responded back while eating his blueberries, "It's just a prototype," Tony then proudly tells Steve, "I'm kind of the only name in clean energy right now." To which Steve looks unimpressed. Spencer already knew this but kept silent.
Bruce nods towards Tony, "So, why didn't S.H.I.E.L.D bring him into n the Tesseract project? I mean, what are they doing in the energy business in the first place?" Bruce shrugged looking at Spencer to see her reaction. He was a bit disappointed and slightly nerved to see that the young assassin still had stoic expression on her face not revealing a single thing.
Spencer, though, had already had these doubts before when Fury casted her to live as a civilian. When she first heard of project P.E.G.A.S.U.S, she had asked all of those questions and like always, Fury told her the truth. There were things out there…planets out there that could hilariously take them out without so much as breaking a sweat. It was terrifying knowing that there were living, breathing creatures out in space and how easily they could destroy this Earth, her home.
Spencer wanted to snap at them and tell them they were dead wrong. Her Godfather wasn't the enemy here. She could understand where they were coming from but Fury wasn't quite sure he trusted the Avengers that much yet. He would tell these morons soon. Spencer scoffed earning their attention, "This is pointless," Her voice was indifferent and bored, "Just do your fucking job and find the Tesseract. We need to find it and bring back Clint." With that, Spencer turned on her heel and marched out of the lab fuming and having the extreme urge of stabbing something, anything, and stabbing it repeatedly.
So, I don't want to make Spencer oblivious to everything going on but I don't want her to know everything either. Fury is keeping something major from her and we'll find out in the next chapter (Though I am certain ya'll know what it is about. weapons of mass destruction, am I right?) I am wondering how that will strain the relationship between Fury and Spencer when she does find out that he kept something so massive from her and especially the relationship between her and her father. Quite exciting stuff for the next chapter.
Also, I am so nervous to write Phil's death in the upcoming chapters. I have a pretty good picture in my mind but fuck, it's going to be hard. Spencer is definitely going to cause a major scene and I'm not sure how I wanna play this out. The beginning I know but the aftermath of her father's death is what's daunting, ya know?
And another also, Pikachu...hehe, I totally loved and am using that as Tony's official nickname for Spencer XD
Anyway, until next time! :D