Well, that escalated quickly
The surge of power was felt throughout the entire Tower. The glass broke, foundations shook, electricity flared, the alarms went off and a faint eerie cry was heard. Tony’s head snapped up and he immediately understood what had happened. Magic! Something had happened to Alexis.
‘Jarvis! Tell me everything!’ he shouted while getting reading to put on his armor. While he did that and struggled with putting it on, Steve, Jane and Thor came running in. ‘What happened? What was that? Are we under attack?’ Tony raised his hands causing them to stop talking.
‘We need to get to Darcy, right now!’ He didn’t elaborate but ran out, with nothing but one of his suit gloves as protection and raced upstairs followed by Jane and the other Avengers.
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On the other side of the compound, Wanda toppled over when she felt the power. Sitting on the ground she contemplated what she had just felt. Holy shit, was that Darcy? It had to be. But what would have happened that she felt the need to out herself like this? Wanda had sensed right away that Darcy was a witch when she met her, but the girl clearly refused to talk about it, so Wanda never asked anything. She knew that Darcy knew that she knew about it. A friendship was formed, but magic was not talked about. At least, not Darcy's magic. That would change, that much was certain.
While the alarms kept blazing in the Tower, Wanda used her own magic to lift herself into the air. That was a faster way to get to Darcy's floor. If needed, she would get in through the window.
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Natasha had successfully convinced Clint to go into one of the vents, to figure out what was wrong with Darce. Just as they were about to get into one, they felt the entire building shaking. Hearing the eerie cry, goosebumps erupted all over their skin. They looked at each other, nodded and turned around, running towards the stairs.
‘Jarvis! Where do we need to go? What happened?’ The AI informed them they needed to head to Darcy as soon as possible, so without further ado, she and Clint took off.
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Alexis took one look at Loki and completely froze on the spot. Her eyes had returned to the dull green they were before. He rose from the ground, keeping his eyes firmly locked on hers. That he was angry was an understatement. He was absolutely livid with her.
'You DARED to attack ME? You insignificant little INSECT!’ he roared at her. When he stepped towards her, Alexis came to her senses, tumbled off the sofa and made a run for it. She had just taken a few steps before she felt Loki grab her. He turned her around and slammed her into the door of her bedroom. He completely caged her in and she trembled as she realized that she was trapped. Fear took over and she began to cry. Black smoke seemed to come out of her in little strands.
‘Please, please don’t hurt me…I am so sorry, Loki, please,’ she sobbed. She felt afraid and pathetic. Loki growled at her. However, before he could speak, the door to her apartment slammed open and in stormed Tony, Steve, Thor, Natasha, Clint and last came Jane. At the same time the window shattered and Wanda flew in. Once again, Loki learned how to fly, as he was knocked off his feet by Wanda. It was a sight to behold. Wanda was surrounded by her magic, which pulsed red. The pure power that came from her was intoxicating.
Everyone looked first at Wanda, and when she came down, Tony focused his attention on Alexis, who had slumped against the door and was clearly having a panic attack. He walked towards her and wanted to hold her, but he clearly startled her, because when he touched her, he felt a shot of energy flow through him. Alexis looked up at that moment and everyone, including Wanda, cautiously stepped back. Alexis’ eyes were again completely black. Veins were now visible under her pale skin. She came up fluently and looked around the room. The black smoke pulsed around her and it seemed to protect her. At that moment Dobby also made an appearance.
Everyone in the room looked at the little creature and several mouths fell open at the sight. Tony however kept his eyes on the girl he considered his daughter. ‘Sweetheart?’
Alexis turned her head towards him and looked at him with her pitch-black eyes. No response came, she just silently looked at him. It was as if the air was sucked out of the room. Breathing became harder and again the eerie cry could be heard, giving all those in the room a shiver down their spine. It also seemed that the black smoke that surrounded Alexis, grew denser, just like the red magic that moments before surrounded Wanda. The pressure build up, until it suddenly looked like the pressure withdrew into Alexis. The smoke was gone and all of a sudden her eyes closed and she fainted. Her body slammed into the ground before anyone could act. Tony dropped down to the floor and cradled her in his lap.
Silence followed until Steve cautiously asked; ‘Uhm fella’s, what just happened and what the hell is that?’ while pointing at Dobby. ‘That would be a House Elf,’ Loki answered. ‘And what just happened, not a bloody clue.’ Thor walked over to his brother and pulled him up by his collar. With a booming voice, he demanded to know why Loki had been in the Lady Darcy’s room.
‘She attacked me, you oaf!’
‘Really?’ Tony turned around in anger. ‘The most friendly girl there is, who is even nice to the likes of you, suddenly attacked you. Right!’ Steve decided to step in and used his Captain Voice. ‘All right, everyone calm down. Tony, get Darcy to medical. Wanda, go with him. Nat and Clint, take Loki downstairs to the common rooms.’ He hesitated, turned to the little creature and shifted his attention between it and Thor. Feeling a bit out of his depth, he wasn’t entirely sure what to do next. Thor beat him to it. ‘This was magic, and strong one. I feel it best to talk to my mother. Perhaps she will be able to help the Lady Darcy?' Steve nodded and Wanda helped Tony to levitate Darcy to medical.
Suddenly the room was empty, because Jane had walked away with Thor and Loki went with the assassins. He looked over at the little creature. It was wearing a pink tutu with a lei and children’s dancing shoes.
Deciding politeness would get him further than demanding answers he simply said 'Hi,' and offered his hand.
'Great Captain Rogers sir, offers Dobby his hand? Surely Great Captain Rogers must be just as good as Miss A, to offer Dobby this kindness?' the creature squeaked. Steve bend down and smiled. 'Great Captain Rogers might be stretching it, little dude. So your name is Dobby?’ Dobby nodded and smiled eagerly and shook Steve’s hand.
‘You work for Darcy?’
Dobby kept smiling. He liked the big man. He was always kind to his witch. ‘Dobby is Miss A’s House Elf. Dobby takes care of Miss A.’
‘Miss A?’ Steve asked. Dobby again nodded but didn’t answer why he called her that.
‘Will Miss A be all right, Great Captain Rogers?’ Steve contemplated what to say. In all honestly, he had no idea. He had never seen anything like this before. ‘I don’t know little dude.’
‘Would you like to come to the medical wing with me to find out?’ Dobby stepped back. ‘Dobby not allowed to be seen. Dobby only came to help Miss A. Dobby made trouble for Miss A. Dobby will wait here until Miss A comes back.’
Steve was very confused right now. But he understood that Dobby did not like to disappoint Darcy, or Miss A as he called her. Not knowing what else to do, Steve decided to say goodbye to Dobby and he left. He needed to inform Bucky and head to the medical wing.