"So, do you truly wish to meet Loki or is there perhaps another reason why you wish to not be around the others?" I asked as Storm and I walked down the hallways of the heli-carrier, having caught the look of disdain she gave Fury as she walked past him.
"I do wish to meet a trickster god, but I do not want to spend another second around that man."
"Fury?" I asked before chuckling as she scoffed while crossing her arms.
"The very same. The man does care for the safety of the world, but his methods of doing so are questionable to say the least."
"That I agree with." I kind of agreed with her words as from what I've seen when meeting the guy, he has lies on lies on lies whenever he spoke and he appears to be very distrustful of people he can't figure out.
"What can you tell me of your brother?" She asked and I sighed as I thanked the man who lead us here, letting him open the door before frowning slightly as I saw Loki standing in the glass cage with an amused look.
"He's going to taunt you as much as he can. Do not fall for it."
"Now that's just hurtful, brother dearest."
"The truth hurts, brother." I answered with a smirk as we walked towards the cage, Loki giving Storm an amused look as she stopped a few paces away before I rolled my eyes as he gave me a sly look.
"Brother, you've barely been an inhabitant of Midgard for a year and you've already decided to take a second concubine. Oh, Odin must be disgusted with your behaviour."
"She is not my concubine, Loki, and Father has allowed Darcy to stay on Asgard during this…matter between us so your words are useless to me once again. Now, I ask of you to tell me where you have placed the Tesseract."
"This is not like you, Thor. I expected anger or rage or remorse, but not this…pathetic and sad sight in front of me."
"That's because I have heard of what they wish to do to you if you do not hand the Tesseract over. Please, brother, let us end this matter peacefully."
"Say I do so. Say that I tell you where it is. Do you believe Father will be willing to let the humans just have these weapons?"
"No, that is why I'm going to take both back to Asgard to store in the vault, away from everyone and everything that wishes to use them for harm."
"Oh, but will they allow it? These humans that you so desperately try to keep from my rule? They may love you now, brother, what will they do when they hear of this? Will you still want to protect them when they fight you for control of the stones?"
"We both know what will happen if they attack me." My answer surprised him as he blinked a few times before a dark gleam appeared in his eyes and he nodded.
"Indeed, we do. Have you told them of Jotunheim? How you turned half of the planet into a desolate wasteland after one single Jotunn said one simple insult? How you nearly forced Asgard to war because you couldn't stand the fact that the Jotunn race attacked us right when you were about to be crowned heir?"
"I have not, but I have changed, Loki. You know that too given how you sent the Destroyer to try and eliminate me before I could return to Asgard. However, I am not here today to speak out on your faults just like you are doing currently. No, I am here because Mother and Father wishes for you to return home. They wish for you to return to the Loki that didn't have this selfish desire to rule."
"That Loki perished when he found out that his life was but an expertly-crafted lie made by the one he saw as Father." Loki growled as he walked towards the glass that separated us.
Looking into his eyes, I frowned at the madness and hatred dancing in his eyes before shaking my head as he took a deep breath and spun away, turning back a moment later with the usual smug smirk on his face.
"So, brother! Why are you here? Other than ruining my stay here, that is" He said and I rose an eyebrow at him before smirking as Storm spoke up.
"You were correct. He is quite the annoyance."
"Is that so, Orore Munroe? Or do you feel that way because your friends decided taking their own lives is worth more than spending another second with you?"
"Loki, careful how you speak of my comrade."
"Oh, we both know you don't mean 'comrade', brother. You never cared to correct me when I spoke ill of our other friends, or should I say, when I spoke ill of Sif."
"I am in a loving relationship with Darcy and thus, I have no need for any other woman."
"Oh, you've said that numerous times over the centuries that we've know each other, brother. She is but a human that will pass in the coming decades and you'll just move on to the next. If you're going to settle for a human pet, at least pick one with some power like this one."
'Do not blast your brother with lightning, Thor. He does become better in later years.' I thought with a deep breath, but as I continued to look at his smug smirk, I had to clench my hands to stop myself from doing so.
"Loki, just tell me where you hid the Tesseract and let us get this discussion over with."
"Oh, but I have sent the Tesseract to a place I know not where."
"Then, what use are you to us?" Orore asked with a raised eyebrow and Loki chuckled as he gave a light shrug.
"I never admitted I would be."
"Then are you here simply to make Banner run amok?" I asked and his gaze snapped to me as his smile didn't fade even the slightest.
"What makes you say that?"
"You are not one to just do something without a purpose, brother. That and you may not have gathered the material needed to stabilize the portal you want to use for the Chitauri. Therefore, you came to the one place in the world that you knew to have the needed materials as the agents under your command has most likely told you that they are here. However, you can't just steal the materials on your own so you need a distraction to make sure that you can steal it and so, you let the sceptre be taken away to manipulate the team from afar while also making sure that you can set Banner off as a distraction."
'Gotta love that meta-knowledge.' I thought with a smirk as the more I spoke, the more Loki's amused smile faded away, a chuckle escaping my lips as my brother was now full-on glaring at me.
"Did you forget that I have had a millennium to learn every thought process you may think of? You really need to learn to not take me easily, brother." I said with a smirk as I turned to walk away, Storm looking amused at Loki's glare as she followed after and we left the room.
"I hate to admit it, but his look of rage did amuse me somewhat."
"Like I said, besting Loki in any form of competition is enough to keep me happy for years. Now, I need to see if I cannot find the Tesseract."
"And how will you do that?" She asked, but I stayed quiet as I took a deep breath, feeling my energy flowing through me as I opened my lips and spoke.
"Heimdall, Gatekeeper of Asgard and Guardian of the Bifrost, I ask for your sight. Help me see…help me see." My eyes snapped open and I found my soul being whisked at lightspeed through the cosmos.
The next moment, I came to a stop in front of Heimdall as he looked down at me with a stoic look.
"Thor. What need do you have for my senses today?"
"I'm in search of the Tesseract. May I ask you where it is?"
"You may." He answered and I waited a few seconds before shaking my head as he stayed silent while staring at me.
"Can you tell me its location?"
"I can."
"…Heimdall?"
"Yes?" He asked with a raised eyebrow and I sighed before asking once more.
"Tell me the location of the Tesseract. Also, tell me the location of Loki's henchmen."
"Stark Tower, 48th floor and rising. As for your second question, Loki's henchmen are outside the carrier you are on currently and are readying for an attack."
"Thank you." I thanked the man with a bow and he simply returned it before I closed my eyes and opened them once more, blinking a few times to get used to the influx of sensations to my senses while looking at Storm as she stood besides me.
"You were unresponsive for a few times. What did you do?"
"I asked an old friend where I might find the Tesseract, but before that…" I trailed while raising my hand out right as the umbrella form of Mjolnir curved around the corner and into my grasp.
As soon as I wrapped my hand around its hilt, my body sparked with electricity as I transformed into my Asgardian armour within the blink of an eye and flew through the hallways of the heli-carrier at a blistering pace while making sure to not hit anyone with any stray electricity.
"Where are we headed?" I turned as I heard Storm speak to see her flying alongside me, a bit surprised to see her already having dressed in a black one-piece bodysuit with long sleeves, thigh-high boots, a black headband and a black-and-red cape with a gold trim on its outer edges that was fastened with a red ruby
"Outside! I have also received some crucial information of an attack that's going to take place!" I said as I pushed back my thoughts on her outfit and she frowned slightly before nodding.
Bursting through the door and flying out of the Heli-carrier's loading dock, I looked around as we entered the blue skies of Earth before I frowned as I caught sight of my target.
"Storm! Above!" I decided to use her codename instead of calling her Ms. Munroe and it seemed to work as she saw the aircraft hovering in the air before her pupils and irises faded away as she raised her hands towards the sky.
"Mighty winds of the sky, heed my call~!" Whereas my attacks with the elements were nothing but pure destruction that didn't care who it struck, Storm was that of a seamstress as she expertly manipulated the wind to stop the aircraft from being able to move anywhere while forming the wind into a sphere around it to apply pressure to its structure.
"Nature, I command you! Bring forth thunder and lightning!" She commanded and the clear blue skies rumbled as clouds formed out of nowhere before they darkened within mere moments.
The eager rumbling of the clouds made me smirk as I saw the flashes of light rushing through the clouds before lightning hit the aircraft inside the wind ball and I watched as its turbines shut down while sparks flew from numerous parts of its structure
With a scoff, Storm didn't even look bothered as the wind ball turned into a tornado and picked up the aircraft while rapidly spinning it around, not waiting long before she dismissed the tornado and let it be thrown across the top of the heli-carrier.
'You're up, bud.' I thought with a smirk and Mjolnir sparked before four different lightning bolts shot from her clouds and destroyed the four arrows that were shot rapidly from the aircraft.
Storm, however, noticed and frowned as she created a dome of air around the aircraft before pushing it deeper into the heli-carrier's landing bay, both of us landing next to the cautious agents while we walked towards the aircraft.
"Is anyone still alive?" I asked and she rolled her eyes at my amused look as she focused slightly on the aircraft before nodding.
"I can feel two of the thirteen breathing."
"Is one of them carrying a bow?"
"He is."
"That is the agent that Nick Fury wishes to save." I said and she caught on as she nodded and let the wind bubble fade away, with me raising a sparking hand to stop everyone from shooting as Hawkeye dragged out one of the mind-controlled agents in heavy-duty body armour.
"Rogue agent! We have you surrounded! Surrender peacefully and you may be sp-!" Hawkeye didn't even give me a moment to finish my sentence as he spun and shot three rapid arrows at us, but I fired back just as quick with five lightning bolts.
Three destroyed the arrows flying at Storm and I while the fourth and fifth impacted Hawkeye and his fellow agent, knocking both of them through the air and into the metal surface of the aircraft.
"What the hell is going on my motherfucking ship?!"
'Ah, there's the Samuel L. Jackson rage I was waiting for.' I thought with a smirk as Nick Fury burst through the door that led up to the landing bay, with Romanoff, Coulson, Banner and Rogers following right behind him.
Noting the missing members, I didn't have to wait long as Abomination tore through the floor with a roar, Stark landing a few paces away while fully clad in his armour.
The moment he saw myself and Orore along with our downed foes, Fury looked at Hawkeye and back at me as I smirked.
"I found your rogue agent, director."
"You did. How the hell did you find him?"
"Did I not tell you? I have an old comrade that sees and hears all. Now, if you will excuse me." Not explaining myself, Mjolnir ripped me off of the ground before I dove right back through the open hole that Abomination had left to get up here.
Flying down to the right floor, I tore right through the wall and picked up the sceptre along the way, bursting through the windows and apologizing to the workers below as I flew out and back up to the roof.
"No. Put it down." Fury said with a glare and I raised an eyebrow before turning to Storm as she stared at me with a slight frown.
"It was a pleasure to meet you, Ms. Munroe. If you are ever in New York, the storms will tell you where to find me."
"To you as well, Mr. Odinson." She said as while I did want to ask her if she wanted to come with, she most likely had some people she wanted to protect so I didn't want to put them at risk.
Abomination on the other hand caught my look at him as I blasted up into the air once more, flying in a wide arc through the air and back down right as he leapt up and off of the ship after me.
"All systems! Track Emil Blondsky and Thor!" I heard Fury's voice echo from the speakers across the heli-carrier, but it was too late as I grabbed Abomination's hand and kept us both flying away from the carrier as fast as I could.
"No~! Emil, curb the aggression now!" I shouted as I felt Abomination tightening his grip on my hand, to which the monster huffed as he lightened up and let me carry him back to New York.
Would this make the Earth antagonistic against Asgard? A bit, but I would rather have that than a homicidal AI that wants to erase mankind, especially after the What-If series.
Nope, taking care of Ultron before I could find out which Ultron I'm facing off against is the best option.
'Wait, with Storm here, does that mean that Wanda and Pietro are the mutant children of Magneto or do they still need the Mind Stone to awaken then?…Hah, this is why I hate all of these numerous additions.
"Did you have to hit him that hard?" Emil asked with a frown as he put some new clothing I bought him while the two of us stood on the rooftop of Stark Tower and I looked at the knocked out Erik before giving a sheepish chuckle and a shrug.
"I wish I didn't, but Loki's mind-control is very powerful and requires a harsh knock for it to be dispelled."
"…You know, you gods are really starting to irritate me with how powerful you guys are." He grumbled and I rolled my eyes before smiling as I looked down at the two artifacts laid out in front of me.
The first was the cube that was known as the Tesseract sitting on one of the air conditioners, but I was more focused on the jewel inside of it that gave the cube its radiant blue glow.
The second was the sceptre lying right next to it, the blue orb at its tip glowing brightly while I frowned as I felt its energy trying to touch me before I shook my head.
"So…why exactly did we take these?" Emil asked and I lifted Mjolnir before bringing it down on each of the artifact, blow after blow making the air tremble as the Tesseract and the sceptre fractured with each blow.
However, with one final attack to each that was empowered by powerful lightning, both objects containing the Infinity Stones shattered with powerful bursts of cosmic energy and I leapt back to stand in front of Emil as I took on the brunt of the radiation.
"I apologize for not warning you!" I said to Emil as I felt the gamma radiation fading away, Abomination grumbling before glaring at his tattered clothing and back at me.
"…I'll buy you new ones…again." I said and Abomination scoffed as he crossed his arms, to which I rolled my eyes before I turned back with a happy smile at the two beautiful jewels lying in front of me.
Reaching for the Space Stone first, I marvelled at the pure energy radiating from it as I placed it against my chest before pushing it deep into the armour with a grunt.
Next was the Mind Stone and as I pushed it into my armour next to the Space Stone while pushing the armour so that they could not fall out, I felt my body tremble as strands of gold and azure blue energy poured out from the stones and over my body.
'D-Damn! This…this is power, huh?' I thought in shock as I clenched my fists, feeling the air popping with each one before reaching out as I pulled on the power of the Space Stone.
The next moment, Loki was surprised as I had my hand around his neck before his irises turned a dark blue as I activated the Mind Stone, taking my hand off and letting him stand there as I shook my head and turned to the shocked Abomination.
"So…" I began as I pulled Mjolnir to my grasp, the hammer itself overflowing with azure and gold energy as I looked at the gamma monster with a smirk.
"Let's get you some new clothes before I go back to Asgard."
A/N: And this chapter is done~!
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