The Princess

S E V E N

"I think it's about the mechanics. Iridium, what did they need the Iridium for?"

"It's a stabilizing agent."

Stark walks in with Coulson, he looks at him.

"I'll fly you there. Keep the love alive. Means the portal won't collapse on itself, like it did at SHIELD."

The playboy walks over to Thor and holds out his hand.

"No hard feelings, Point Break. You've got a mean swing."

He walks past Thor and smacks his arm. I watch the interaction and wait for him to do something to the egotistical playboy.

"Also, it means the portal can open as wide, and stay open as long, as Loki wants."

He walks by an agent and starts to yell. He looks at everyone and smiles.

"Uh, raise the mid-mast, ship the top sails. That man is playing GALAGA! Thought we wouldn't notice. But we did."

He covering his eye, he starts to look around.

"How does Fury do this?"

I step closer to the male and roll my eyes, I smack his hand away.

"He turns."

"Well, that sounds exhausting. The rest of the raw materials, Agent Barton can get his hands on pretty easily. Only major component he still needs is a power source. A high energy density, something to kick start the cube."

"When did you become an expert in thermonuclear astrophysics?"

"Last night. The packet, Selvig's notes, the Extraction Theory papers. Am I the only one who did the reading?"

"Does Loki need any particular kind of power source?"

"He's got to heat the cube to a hundred and twenty million Kelvin just to break through the Coulomb barrier."

"Unless, Selvig has figured out how to stabilize the quantum tunneling effect."

I look between the genius and doctor talk about the sciences.

"Well, if he could do that he could achieve Heavy Ion Fusion at any reactor on the planet."

"Finally, someone who speaks English."

"Is that what just happened?"

Tony and Banner shake hands. A glimmer in their eyes shines as the mutual respect for each other shows. I stand up and began to walk out of the room until I see Fury.

"Where do you think you're going Miss Schade."

I look at the man and frown, I push a button on my watch.

"I came because my friend was compromised, I'm going to my room and grabbing my laptop. I'll get better information with the data."

He walks inside the room with the others, I make my way down the halls.

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I get into the gym area and I start to kick the bag. I know what Loki needs and I know that he wants me. He needs my power to help stabilize it, if he get them then it won't be able to be stopped. The door opens and I don't have to turn around to know who it is.

"What do you need Stark."

"How'd you know it was me."

"I knew it was you because, you are the only one that's wanting to increase your ego."

I look up at him, he seems to be speechless. I stand in the mat and watch him.

"Well..."

"So I hear that your Loki's cousin."

"Yes, what'd you want."

"I want to know why you aren't helping him."

"How about I make you a deal."

"What deal."

"You fight me, if you win then I'll answer any of your questions."

"And if you win."

"Then I get to prove I'm stronger than you."

I smile at him, he steps onto the mat and smirks.

"You forgot one thing."

I stand up and look at him.

"What's that exactly."

"I know how to fight, this'll be easy."

"You forgot something too."

"Yes Princess."

"I was born to fight."

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After putting the playboy on his ass a few times, I hold out my hand and smile. He grabs it as I pull him up, he watches me. He seems focused on something and I can't help but smile.

"Are you alright Mr. Stark, am I too pretty for you."

He snaps out of the trance and steps back, he coughs and I laugh. I hand him a water bottle, he drinks half of it.

"Are you alright"

"I'm fine"

We sit down in the mat and I watch his stressed shoulders.

"Ask away."

He looks at me for a moment, I smile and move closer to him.

"You lost but I guess I could tell you something."

"Ok, Why aren't you helping Loki."

"I have a family on earth, they need to be protected just as earth does. Loki is family but his beliefs and mine are different."

He nods his head as I lightly frown, he seems to be thinking just as much as I am. I look up at his eyes again. He's suppose to be this egotistical playboy, but I can sense he cares for people. We have something in common, we'll do anything for the ones we love.

"Princess."

I look up at Stark and lightly smile, I can't bring myself to stop.

"Is that my nickname, maybe I shouldn't have told you."

He lightly laughs as I move my legs between his arm and waist. I watch as he looks down at my legs.

"Stark..."

He looks up and I smile, I lean forward.

"Answer one question."

"Sure..."

"Why would you want everyone to think of you as someone who doesn't care."

He just looks at me, I glance between his lips and his eyes. I widely smile at him, he meets my eyes.

"I do it because it's easy, they won't want someone who's broken. I'm someone who's dealt with enough, I won't make anyone else go through it."

I nod my head and close my eyes, I understand where he's coming from. I look back at him, I lean in slightly. He just watches me, I can feel his hot breath on my lips and neck. I look into his eyes and go to kiss him. I quickly jump up and rush out.