Experiment 0666: an Avengers fanfic

Chapter 6 Mae's pov

Talking with Friday about what clothes I should get still, I make my way into one of the training rooms and flash into a purple hoodie with black shorts, and a black sports bra. I start doing stretches to warm up while I wait for the others to get here. Steve and Bucky are the first to walk in, followed a minute later by the rest of the team pushing and shoving each other like kids, and lastly the two gods walk in side by side. Wanda and Pietro sit down to chat with each other since they already know what is about to happen.

I get into a ready position and wait for the test to begin. Natasha moves first to stand in her own starting position in front of me. We do hand to hand combat for a few rounds, neither really winning, only being told it's a draw and to start again. Clint starts to attack alongside her as we start another round. I hold them both off and put them on the defensive, but it's obvious I'm pulling my punches against them. They are only human after all. Steve yells at me to stop holding back, followed by Bucky telling me they can take it. I make an illusion to go yell at them as I continue to spar with the 2.

"I can't! They are human and I don't want to hurt them. For fucks sake James you know what will happen if I went all out against them! Hell, I don't even think the gods could survive that fate!" My illusion yells over the sounds of us fighting. Bucky nods at Steve, knowing if I used his real name I was serious.

"Fine stop." Steve yells over to our group, unhappily. They both stop and walk over to talk to Steve. They all nod after a moment, as Bucky looks at me slightly worried. I tilt my head to the side confused before I figure out their plan, and swivel around to see the now confused looking gods. Steve tells them to pick one to fight against me. Thor volunteers of course. I turn my head up to talk to Friday as all three of them talk for a minute.

"Hey Sweetpea, will you play the first couple songs on my 'workin' playlist please? I appreciate it."

"Sure thing, Morningstar." the AI says back before the beginning of 'cake' by Melanie Martinez starts playing loudly through the space. I close my eyes for a moment to focus myself, snapping them open as Thor moves in to attack.

I hold Thor off and get him on the defensive, before looking at Bucky and nodding. The next moment a flash of green appears beside me and I know I can fight harder now against 2 gods. I catch both of their arms on their next attack and hold them for a second leaning in to whisper where only they can hear me.

"1 finger up means give me a second, 2 means focus the other one for a minute and 3 means stop. Remember those and I'll heal everyone once we're done here. Thank you both for doing this and I'm sorry in advance." I speak quickly before shoving them away.

I step back and let my powers flow, making my limiters glow a vibrant violet, along with my eyes and my visible veins. A baseball cap appears under my hood, hiding my face and head further.

They only lose focus for a second before both moving in to attack at once. I send a few strong illusions to fight with Thor as I focus on Loki. We both make our daggers appear at the same time and start attacking. To anyone else it would probably look like we were dancing. I get a couple of bruises from the hits Thor landed on my illusions. He finishes the last one before holding up a finger in my direction. I continue my dangerous dance with Loki for another minute before they switch places, Loki now holding up 2 fingers.

Thor and I seem to also know how this dance goes, moving together in elegance. I assume it's from sparring with Loki for so long. He comes back into the fight after a minute or 2 and they both shift to attacking at once.

I'm holding them off until I land a harsh elbow on Thor's shoulder, making him cry out. It must have been a sore spot because the next moment he sends a bolt of lightning through me. I gasp, lowering my head before the anger comes over me. I lift my head, my eyes glowing with a blinding intensity as I start to levitate off the floor a couple inches.

The room starts to fill with a purple haze, causing everyone to start coughing, choking on it, as ice starts to come down from 2 of the corners and fire swirls in the other 2. I feel my form glitching as my limiters let out a deafening crack, echoing in the room.

I feel a hand grab my wrist, and look over to see who it was. Bucky shook his head at me, half covering his face with his shirt as he coughed. I stare at him for another minute before finally snapping out of the rage. Everything stops as soon as I do. Bucky pulls me up to sit on his arm as I put a hand over my mouth, trying and failing to keep the sob from escaping, back shaking from the intensity. He starts rubbing my back trying to calm me down.

"I hurt them." I whispered to him, he hushed me in response. My form is still glitching when I finally stop crying. A warm fuzzy blanket wraps around me as a drink appears in my hand. I chug it before tapping Bucky, telling him to turn me around to face the team. I look over them before raising my hands and healing each of them with a flash of purple. My hands are grabbed right as I get to Loki and Thor.

"That's enough magic from you today darling, that drink won't last much longer." Loki says, holding my hands. He kisses each as he continues.

"The oaf and I will be fine. He can deal with it after hurting you in such a way." I nod and move back to wrap my arm and legs around Bucky, his hands under my thighs to support me, one hand still holding on to Loki's hand, ready to pass out.

"You did well. Thank you Mae." Steve says. I bury my face further into Bucky's neck and close my eyes, my hand never letting go of the hand in it.

I make a noise of protest at the movement around me, hearing 2 chuckles in response.

"Come on Babydoll, you have to let go." A male says. I relax my legs but don't move anymore.

"You need rest, sweetling. You held your own against 2 gods." A different male says, but I'm already slipping back into unconsciousness. I'm laid down on something, making me curl into it without letting go of my hands.

"Darling, you must let go of us." the voice says again.

"No, stay." I whine into the pillow under me still keeping my grip tight. I hear a sigh but feel movement on either side of me. I curl up closer to the right side, making 2 chuckles ring out again. I drift back to sleep to the sound of a beating heart and a pair of steady breaths.