The Princess

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Tony POV

I watch her collapse, I hold onto her as an explosion goes off. Everyone is thrown in every direction. Steve, Fury, Thor and I are thrown across while Natasha and Banner are down in the lower equipment room. Steve looks up at looks over at me.

"Put on the suit!"

"Yep!"

Steve helps me up and out of the lab."

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Emergency alarms set off, fire extinguishers activate near surrounding fires and every agent is in a spinning scramble for their positions and armaments.

"Turn up that engine! Number 3 engine is: down! Can we get a run in?"

"Turbine's loose. Mostly intact, but it's impossible to get out there and make repairs while we're in the air."

"We lose one more engine, we won't be. Somebody's got to get inside and patch that engine."

I look around and growl, I start going towards an abandon hallway.

"Stark! You copy that?!"

"I'm on it!"

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The captain and I run through a dim, debris filled hall. I look over to the older man.

"Find engine three. I'll meet you there."

Cap peels off as I approaches a tech room. Inside, my suit stands waiting, lit above in all its glory. I quickly walk over to it and start to put it on.

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"Stark, I'm here!"

"Good. See what we got."

I fly in my Ironman suit and move closer to the damaged engine. I look at my view screen and it's layouts.

"I gotta get this super conducting cooling system back online before I can access the rotors and work on dislodging the debris."

I begin pulling on the stuck rotors. Looks over at Steve.

"I need you to get to that engine control panel and tell me which relays are in overload position."

I fly into the giant cooling conductors. He over to the other side of the broken railing and gets himself to the control panel.

"What's it look like in there?"

"It seems to run on some form of electricity."

"Well, you're not wrong."

I continue to look at the screen and try to figure out what I could do to stop the engines. I walk out and look around, Steve starts talking again.

"The relays are intact. What's our next move?"

"Even if I clear the rotors, this thing won't re-engage without a jump. I'm gonna have to get in there and push."

"Well if that thing gets up to speed, you'll get shredded!"

"Then stay in the control unit and reverse polarity long enough to disengage mag..."

"Speak English!"

"See that red lever? It'll slow the rotors down long enough for me to get out. Stand by it, wait for my word."

He looks over at the other side where he was. He sees the red lever and jumps towards it.

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I use my laser to cut a big piece of broken metal. I jump onto it, relieving the rotors.

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I begins to push the rotor using BOOSTERS from his boots.

"Stark, we're losing altitude."

"Yeah. Noticed."

The rotors start propelling faster and faster as the suits boosters get more and more bright.

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Thor's POV

I'm trapped in the cage then built for the small man. I slam Mjolnir onto the glass cell. The cell door only cracks, but violently shakes the ship. Loki stands there in caution, his soldier holding Princess Schade in his arms. He sets her down on the rails near Loki.

"The humans think us immortal. Should we test that?"

Suddenly, the soldier falls down like a tree. The human Agent Coulson stands there, holding a Phase 2 weapon.

"Move away, please."

Loki moves away from the switch, I look to the unconscious woman. Her hands are glowing blue and white.

"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?"

I hear the man gasp as I see the scepter through his chest. The real Loki is standing behind him.

"Nooo!"

Loki sends Agent Coulson against the wall. He slumps down, breathing fast. Loki makes his way to the control switch.

"You know brother, she didn't want any part of this. SHEILD made her come and help. Now I'll use her powers, she'll die and I'll be king after all."

He gives me one last look. I watch him, hopeful. Loki opens the hatch. He hits the button and the cage starts to fall through the air.

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Loki's POV
I back away fro my head controls and look down. I close the hatch and proceeds to leave.

"You're gonna lose."

I turn to the dying mortal.

"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..."

He catches me off guard and I get hit with the phase 2 prototype. It blast me through the wall behind me.

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I slowly get up and grab my scepter, I make my way to the aircraft carriers. I see a few of the men following behind me. A man has Alicia in his arms as we get into the jet. He sets her down as I walk over to her, I sit down in the seat closest to her.

"Oh how we would rule if you only let go of the mortals you claim to love."

I put the scepter to her chest as the blue and white sparks work through and starts to power it. I smile as the men fly us further from the destruction I've created.

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Tony's POV

Fury and I gather with Steve in the briefing room, everyone there has a look as if in a daze. A look of numb shock is shown on their devastated faces. I look around and don't see the Princess.

"These were in Phil Coulson's jacket. Guess he never did get you to sign them."

He throws Coulson's trading cards on the table towards Steve. Steve picks them up, I look at them.