Devil of Menace

7 - Gods

A bright light consumed our vision for a millisecond as the jet jolted once more with the force of the impromptu storm. Metal clangs as something lands with force on top of the jet. Tony and Steve pull on their helmets before Tony opens the ramp, prepared to fight whatever has joined us. A man with a red cape lands on the open ramp, marches in, grabs Loki by the throat and tears him out of the jet. "Now there's that guy." Tony grumbles. "Another Asgardian?" Natasha asks from the pilot seat. Steve turns to me, "Think the guy's a friendly?" He asks. I sigh, "If he's the same guy I remember, he should be." I explain re-equipping my guns and knives. "Doesn't matter. If he frees Loki or kills him, the Tesseract's lost." Tony states before walking to the open ramp and turning to jump.

"Stark, we need a plan of attack!" Steve yells over the roaring winds and jet engine. "I have a plan! Attack!" And with that Tony flies out of the jet after the God thief. Steve grabs a parachute to follow, "I'd sit this one out Cap." Natasha recommends. "I don't see how I can." Steve replies. "These guys come from legends, they're basically gods." She exasperates. "They are gods." I correct. "There's only one God, ma'am. And I'm pretty sure he doesn't dress like that." Steve explains before jumping out of the jet. "I have to go after him." I yell as I fall from the jet. Using the kinetic energy from my movement I create a stream of water to help myself land smoothly on the mountain.

I join the gods on the mountain ledge as Thor utters, "You listen well, brother. I-" but before he can finish his sentence Tony tackles him mid-flight. "I'm listening." Loki jokes. "Are you always that sarcastic?" I grumble as I try to spot Tony and Thor in the forest. "Not always darling, just when it's well suited, which is a common scenario." He explains. "You're funny for a weasel." I say as we see Tony get hit into a tree by Mjolnir. I grimace, "He's not gonna take that well."

Thor raises his hand and Mjolnir flies back to him. He swings the hammer, conjuring a ray of energy however Tony rises from the floor and blasts him first. Tony flies back up and knocks Thor into a tree, getting his revenge. Thor, kneeling on the ground, pulls Mjolnir into his hands and holds it up to the skies. In turn he summons thunder and lightning, pointing the hammer at Tony he aims the blast directly at him. "I wanna help him but I don't trust you not to run at the first chance you get." I say, turning to Loki. "This is too entertaining to want to miss, I've wanted to see Thor get his arse kicked for years." He jokes. I laugh before scaling down the side of the ledge and joining the men in their fight.

I reach the two as Thor grabs Tony's blasters and crushes them with is bare hands. Tony charges as much energy as possible and blasts Thor away with it. I watch as Thor runs at Tony and grabs him, lifting him up before smashing him down on the ground. Thor resummons Mjolnir and just as he's about to put the hammer down Tony skids across the floor from the momentum of his blasters and knocks him over. The two stand and face each other, both ready to pounce. I stand between the two of them and hold out my arms. "You two morons finished yet?" I ask. The pair say nothing and simply glare, well I'm assuming Tony was glaring under the helmet. They lunge for one another but Steve's shield ricochets off of the two of them, I duck as it passes between them before catching it. I fling the shield back up to Steve, who's perched in a tree.

"Hey! That's enough!" He yells, looking at Thor, "Now, I don't know what you plan on doing here." Steve leaves the sentence open for Thor to answer. "I've come to put an end to Loki's schemes!" Thor yells in response. "Then prove it! Put the hammer down." Steve demands. "Um, yeah, no! Bad call." I call to Steve, "He loves his hammer." Tony explains and I nod in agreement. Thor backhands Tony with his hammer before raising it in the air once again. "You want me to put the hammer down?" He roars. Thor leaps into the air, Steve crouches down and hides under his shield as I watch the god. Thor falls with great speed and targets Steve's shield. He hits the shield with a force so powerful it starts a shockwave of energy.

I contain the blast, pushing the energy into a swirling yellow ball above my head. The three men watch as I pull the energy into myself, causing my hands and eyes to glow yellow as my body quakes with power. I collapse to the ground and Tony and Steve run to me. "Vik, are you okay?" Steve frets. I open my eyes and smirk, "Are we done here Thor?" I ask standing from my position on the ground. Thor narrows his eyes at me, "Don't tell me you don't remember?!" I ask incredulously. Thor smiles, "Midgard, 1939. You haven't aged a day Lady Viktoriya." He says laughing. "Please call me Vik, Lady makes me feel ancient." I clap Thor on the back. "It was that easy?" Tony mocks prompting me to roll my eyes.

"We need to bring Loki in." I sigh. "I'll bring him to justice on Asgard." Thor insists. I shake my head, "He has to be brought to justice for his crimes here first. Believe me if we could just hand him over to you we would, but we need the Tesseract." I explain. "He doesn't have it, he doesn't know where he sent it." Thor replays his earlier conversation with his brother. I throw a pair of cuffs to Steve, "Go cuff him, I have a feeling he won't resist. He wants that Tesseract as much as us, there's no way he's going anywhere." I explain. I look at Tony, "Call Natasha in with the jet, we need to get to the Helicarrier A.S.A.P." I order.

"Thor," I say turning to the God, "You coming with?" I ask.