Chasing the tesseract

Chapter 38

Silence hangs in the air as Bellatrix and Loki stand in the centre of the room, Loki desperately trying to plead with her as she glares at him.

"I'm sensing some drama here." Tony whispers, leaning towards me as his eyes remain fixed on them.

Smiling to myself, I turn to Tony, my eyes lit up with excitement for the first time in a long while. "Who do you think will win?" I ask, barely able to contain my excitement as Bellatrix slaps Loki hard.

Grimacing, Tony turns to face me, noticing the smirk on my face and rolling his eyes. "I want to say Loki but judging by your expression, and that slap, I'm guessing I'm wrong."

"You bet you are." I chuckle as I turn back to where Loki and Bellatrix are still arguing. Now though, Loki has a large red mark on his face from where Bellatrix slapped him.

"So what's the deal with these two then?" Pietro whispers as he steps closer behind me, clearly confused by the sudden outburst.

"I think we're about to find out." Wanda points out, nodding to where Bellatrix looks like she's about to explode and where Loki is trying to hide behind various things, Bellatrix knocking them out the at with ease.

"How dare you some back here after what you did?" she screams, knocking over the chair Loki was using as a shield as he steps closer to us, hoping one of us will rescue him.

"What did he do?" Thor whispers, clearly finding this drama very entertaining. Rolling my eyes, I turn around and take a seat around the table that Narcissa sits at, the others frowning at my relaxation.

"Please just calm down." Loki cries as he steps backwards again, his hands in front of his face in a hope to protect himself from another slap.

"You left me to rot in Azkaban alone!" she shouts, her voice echoing through the room as she grows a few inches taller, her figure towering over Loki's cowering figure.

"That's terrible." Thor states, his voice laced with sympathy for Bellatrix as he comes and takes a seat next to me. "What's Azkaban?" he asks me, his voice barely a whisper.

"In simple terms, a prison for witches and wizards." I explain, rolling my eyes as he nods his head before turning back to face Loki and Bellatrix.

"And then you ran off with my best friend!" Bellatrix growls, Loki stopping moving as he stands up taller. My eyes widen as I shuffle in my seat, hoping that if I sink lower down in the seat it will swallow me up and I can avoid the drama that's about into unfold.

"He ran off with her best friend?" Thor asks, turning to face me as I place my hand over my face. Am I invisible yet?

"Please, Abi and I" Loki blurts out as everyone turns to face me from where their stood, their eyes wide and eyebrows raised. Closing my eyes, I sight. Why did he have to have such a big mouth?

"Wait you two ran off together?" Thor asks, pointing at me then at Loki who has now turned to face me. Tilting his head to the side, Loki opens his mouth to say something only to be cut off by Peter.

"Oh my god that's disgusting." he shouts, shaking his head as he looks between us. Oh now. Please tell me he's not thinking that we ran off together together.

"Not like that you idiots." I grunt as Stephen sits down next to me, his shoulders relaxing as he collapses into the chair. I don't know why he was so worried.

"I'm going to kill you." scream Bellatrix at Loki as she raises her wand, pointing it at him as he raised his arms in surrender. Okay, I think that's enough drama for one day.

Standing up, I walk forwards and look around the team. "Someone do something please before she actually does kill him." Turning to face each other, they all exchange glances, neither one of them wanting to go near Bellatrix.

"I'm on it." Stephen shout as she stands up, walking across to my side and beginning to form a portal at Loki's feet. Bellatrix stops in her tracks, staring at the portal through narrowed eyes as it glows brighter.

"Again seriously?" Loki grunts as he looks up at Stephen, his jaw locked and his eyes narrow. As the portal forms completely, he begins falling through it and into the darkness.

"He's saving your life." I shout into the portal, hoping Loki can hear me before it closes again, leaving Bellatrix staring at the floor with confusion.

"What did you do?" she squeals as she turns to Stephen and me, her eyes full with rage as she begins storming towards me. "Bring him back!"

"I didn't do anything." I chuckle, smiling at her as she stops, glancing around the group until her eyes land on Stephen. Standing up straighter, Stephen looks her directly in the eyes as she takes deep breaths.

"I'm going to kill that boyfriend of yours if you don't bring him back right now." Bellatrix grunts as she begins marching towards Stephen, her wand raised as he steps backward slightly. Rolling my eyes, I step in between the two of them, gently picking Bellatrix backwards.

"Lay a hand on him and I'll make sure you can't touch anyone ever again." I say unusually calmly considering the fact that I just make a threat. Swallowing hard, Bellatrix storms off, marching out of the room and into the garden in a hope to find Loki there.

"Why did you come here Abi?" Severus asks, breaking the silence that hangs in the air as he turns to face me. Turning to face him, I stop as I notice a figure behind him. My heart stops as my breathing quickens. No. Please no. Not now.

"That may have to wait until later." I whisper, my voice shaking as I stumble backwards, Stephen catching me to stop me from tripping on the small chair that's sits on the floor.

In the corner of the room, the figure steps out from the darkness, his eyes lit up as he smiles at me. How did he find me? My breathing becomes even quicker as he grows closer and closer. "Yes it may." he hisses as more figures begin emerging form the corners of the room.

He's finally here. The dark lord, he who shall not be named. Voldemort himself.