Chapter 16
Julia's P.O.V:
Natasha and I look over to Banner, who is breathing heavily, since all of us had a hard landing. He was gripping the floor to maintain control, but his eyes are green.
"I'm okay. We're okay, right?"
He struggles to suppress the rage, but his face is growing, changing slowly. Nat was pulling herself painfully free, talking to Banner.
"Doctor... Bruce, you gotta fight it."
"This is just what Loki wants. We're all gonna be okay. Listen to me." I said.
Two approaching SHIELD soldiers arrive to check on us. She furiously waves them away. They bolt out of there, ditching us.
"We're gonna be okay. Right? I swear on my life we will get you out of this, you will walk away, and never..."
"Your life?" His voice has the change in it- the bitter amusement is morphing to a growled threat. Another explosion rocks the Helicarrier. he turns to look at us, transforming just as the lights go out. I was pretty calm, but now I was scared.
"Bruce." I pleaded. Banner suddenly starts transforming into the Hulk, and gives Natasha one last knowing look. Nat and I struggle to get out of the rubble. We stop. The Hulk, sensing us, turns his head and puts on a face of a disturbed monster. Nat and I jolt up the stairs with the Hulk chasing after us. Natasha maneuvers like a black widow should. I roll under a turbine, start to crawl within the maze of pipes. Nat follows behind me.
The Hulk pulls us out from above the catwalk. Natasha falls through under the catwalks and quickly and stealthily escapes. I use a breach to get away. The Hulk lets out a roar of rage unlike anything i've ever heard.
Nat and I continuously crawl under the catwalk. We stop. Then...BOOM. BOOM. BOOM.
The room vibrates. Rhythmically. Natasha pulls out her gun and slowly walks out onto the catwalk and spins. I walk behind her and raise my arms defensively. If I had to, I would use ice and blasts of speed force energy. ...and then there was a roar. Romanoff fires a shot into a liquid nitrogen pipe that hits the hulk in face. The Hulk smashes the shit out of it.
I begin to run through the maze of corridors, Nat once again behind me. Finally, we reach a long corridor. As we run, behind us, the Hulk tears up the hallway, coming at her. Nat turns around to see, but the Hulk slaps her into the wall, smashing into the ground. I turn to help her, but the same thing happens to me. A fear I has never felt begins to seep out. The Hulk raises his hand and is knocked off his feet by an incoming Thor.
I open a breach to catch up with them, making sure Nat's okay first.
Behind glass walls, a person in a plane slowly makes his way in. A shower of bullets spray everywhere. Thor ducks for cover. I subconsciously create a force field out of energy from the speed force and ice. The Hulk turns around, letting out another roar.
"I need to stop this." I mumble to myself.
I create a giant breach, directly in front of the glass, in the direction of the pilot. The Hulk runs strait through the breach, and where he ended up, I have no idea. Suddenly, I feel very tired, and everything fades into darkness.
When I open my eyes, Thor is carrying me. I sit up groggily. We were in the the detention center, close to Loki's cell. He put me down, realizing I was awake. I see Loki, and his cage door is open. I'm to weak to stand so I slide down against the wall.
"NO!" Thor charges at his brother. Loki walks up to him and crouches down to attack. Thor somehow goes through him. The false Loki dissipates into nothingness. The real Loki,comes out from behind the cell door, which closes on Thor, locking him up. Loki smiles.
" Are you ever not going to fall for that?"
Thor, in a fit of anger, slams his hammer onto the glass. Loki stands there in caution, as does a soldier guarding him.
"The humans think us immortal. Should we test that?" Loki smirks.
"Please." I whispered weakly.
Suddenly, the soldier falls down. Agent Coulson stands there, holding a weapon I've never seen.
"Move away, please." Loki moves away from the switch. It was a fake version, because the real Loki picked me up, hearing my please for him to help author. He carried me to another soldier, who was in the shadows. My mouth was covered by this soldier.
"You like this? We started working on the prototype after you sent the Destroyer. Even I don't know what it does. Do you wanna find out?" Suddenly he gasps. Agent Coulson is impaled through the heart.
"Phil!" I shouted. I tried freezing the wound from far away, but I was still too weak to use my powers.
Loki sends Agent Coulson against the wall. Phil slumps down, breathing fast. Loki makes his way to the control switch. He gives his brother one last look. Loki opens the Hatch. He hits the button and Thor drops out of the ship.
"You're gonna lose."
"Am I?"
"It's in your nature."
"Your heroes are scattered, your floating fortress falls from the sky...where is my disadvantage?"
"You lack conviction."
"I don't think I..."
Phil shoots Loki, who goes flying through the wall.
"So that's what it does."
Then Fury comes rushing in.
"Sorry, boss. They got rabbited."
"Just stay awake. EYES ON ME!"
"No. I'm clocked out here."
"Not an option."
"It's okay, boss. This was never going to work... if they didn't have something... to..."
Agent Coulson looks away. Sighs his last breath. Nick Fury looks on grimly at Coulson. The medical team arrives, and the solider carrying me slips out of the room, drugging me.
Tony's P.O.V:
I was looking everywhere for Julia. The rest of the team was on the bridge, so I assumed she was there.
"Mr Stark, there you are. I've been looking for Agent Allen everywhere. Have you seen her?" Fury started
"Wait, I was looking for Julia. The bridge was the only place I haven't looked yet." Confusion and worry in my voice.
"Agent Romanoff was saying after the first explosion, she and Julia were with Banner. Then she went after Thor, and opened a breach that drained most of her energy, yet also got rid of Hulk. Julia passed out after, but Thor carried her somewhere."
"So then where were Jules and Thor headed?"
"Loki's Detention Cell. Loki tricked Thor, so he got stuck in the cage. Security Cameras show Thor setting her down, because she woke up, and minutes after Coulson showed up Loki took her somewhere. Then, after Coulson…… d-died… one of the mind controlled agents carried her to their escape Quinjet."
"That son of a bitch. He's holding her hostage."
"Not exactly. When the infected Agent left, her eyes were still brown, signaling he didn't mind control her to go peacefully. But, creating that breach totally drained her energy, making sure she didn't fight back."
"Where would he have taken her?"