Interlude Erik Selvig
Erik Selvig was blessed. During his life he met two gods from his native tales. Mighty Thor and clever Loki. Of course, the Destroyer was nasty. Fortunately, he was mostly focused on the Asgardians. And Erik knew enough legends to know it could be much worse.
Loki, Thor's brother.
Unlike his brother, he was dressed in Asgard clothes and displayed his power. Erik didn't feel sorry for the killed Shield Agents. It was known that the Norse gods were famous for their bloodshed. He was not naive. Thor must have had a lot of lives on his conscience too. Anyone who knew Norse mythology well knew this. Plus, it wasn't a pity Shield had lost Agents. He did not trust this organization. He was only here because he was worried about Jane. They wanted her. Not him. However, he saved her from this fate. The fate of being a pawn for a secret agency that might have made him disappear and no one would know what happened to him. Shield was awful. Every day he worked, his stomach cramped with fear. He clearly felt something sinister here. He made some friends with Agent Barton, who was also forced to work for Shield. Officially, they were on bad terms. However, unofficially, they were friends. Hawk even told him about the hook Shield has of him. His family. It disgusted Selvig.
However, the work on the tesseract was brilliant. Only they were constantly watching over him. Still. He couldn't have a moment with the Asgard artifact. What audacity that Shield didn't return it to Odin's hideout. It's bad enough that Hydra stole it. However, Shield did not intend to give the artifact back. Plus, they considered Thor a threat.
Loki came to took a tesseract and to become king. Nothing new again for someone who knows the old legends. Conquests. Contrary to appearances, Loki was quite nice when he was not in the murderous madness. Erik knew that much. Loki was always polite and didn't watch over him like the Shield. Selvig knew he was officially to be mind-controlled. But he didn't feel it at all. He was only told that he had blue irises. In fact, Erik felt excited and happy about his scientific passion all the time.
New York, however, was terrible.
Blood was shed.
The innocent people died.
Loki was caught.
However, about two hours later, he noticed that the Shield agents were keeping a close eye on him. They didn't want to tell him why. However, he guessed. Loki escaped. Yes of course. God Mischief will always be one step ahead of them.
They were afraid that Loki would use it again.
In fact, if he could, Erik would immediately go back to Loki's. However, he would have to explain to him that actions like New York are cruel. As far as this can be understood by a Norse god who is intoxicated with blood and battle rage. But he was sure Loki would understand. After all, he was different from the other gods. A shapeshifter, a trickster, playing on the arrogance of other gods.
Erik waited a long time for any information. Shield was keeping a close eye on his apartment.
Finally the Hawk spoke up.
Just a few words.
I'm with him now.
Next were the coordinates encoded by Poetic Edda.
Place of meeting.
Now the only problem was getting away from Shield.
Erik was not a spy, but a scientist. But he knew that Jane and Darcy from Norway had been summoned. And he knew he had to go see Hawk and Loki immediately.
And the Shield will not prevent him from doing so.
It was already night. The stars shone brightly, and Erik knew he had to hurry. Good thing Darcy left her contact lenses with him. A little blue paint was enough. Erik put them in his eyes. He heard that they should also sparkle. He used the glitter Darcy used on her nails. The effect was good. It would certainly be worse during the day. But at night? At night, this trick could have worked.
Erik left. There was a huge smile on his face.
"Doctor, why did you leave the apartment?" There was three of them approached and shuddered at the sight of him.
"My king called on me. He needs my help," said Erik.
"Selvig is under control again! I repeat, Selvig is under control again! "The agent shouted into the receiver.
Two more approached him with the intention of hitting him on the head. However, Erik deftly dodged them and ran to his car. Agents chased him, and Erik had to outrun them. He was not young, he was not trained. However, his life depended on this race. Adrenaline did its job. Erik got to the car and started driving. However, Agents punched his tires with bullets from their pistols. According to plan. As they approached the car, Erik was ready. He had a hidden gun in the car. Loki wanted him safe, so he gave him a special Asgard weapon. These were daggers specially enchanted to never miss and immediately return to hands after murdering enemies. For complete amateurs. Loki didn't need this because he was a dagger master. He just killed enemies, and then the daggers from the dead bodies returned to the dimensional pocket, as Loki explained to him. Erik used daggers. After a while, two agents were dead, and the third tried to escape from the deadly tool. Unsuccessfully.
Erik was left alone.
He borrowed the dead Agents' car. Loki and Clint were waiting for him.