It makes her sick, the way sadness is addicting. Sadness is familiar. It's comfortable and it's easy in the sense that it comes naturally to her. But everything else about it is hard. The way her body aches with self-hatred. The way her mind spins a...
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"I'm sorry, Nick!" Tony's voice was heard booming down the hallway. Natasha, Athalia, and Thor had entered the room after the success of getting information out of Loki. The scepter that Loki had been using was placed on a table. Another weapon on another, this one with a small octopus-like symbol.
The sun was now shining from outside. It was morning. And they were only a little closer to taking down Loki. Nobody knew that there was much going on that the god wasn't even a part of. Maybe he was right, about what he said at the top of the mountain. Or his words from only moments before.
"I was wrong, Director." Steve said, "The world hasn't changed a bit."
"Did you know about this?" Banner asked, Natasha who stood in between the two Asgardians.
"You want to think about removing yourself from this environment doctor?" Natasha said. Bruce shook his head letting out a light chuckle.
"I was in Calcutta. I was pretty well removed."
"Loki's manipulating you-" Athalia spoke but was cut on by the scientist.
"And she's been doing what, exactly?"
"You didn't come here because she batted her eyelashes at you, did you doctor." Athalia fired back, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Yes, and I'm not leaving because suddenly any of you get a little twitchy." Bruce said, "I'd like to know why S.H.I.E.L.D. is using the Tesseract to build weapons of mass destruction."
"Because of them," Fury said. Not moving his eyes from the doctor he pointed at the two gods.
"Us?"
"Last year, Earth had a visitor from another planet who had a grudge match that leveled a small town." Fury explained, "We learned that not only are we not alone, but we are hopelessly, hilariously, outgunned."
"Our people want nothing but peace with your planet." Thor spat.
"But you're not the only people out there, are you?" Fury continued, "And you're not the only threat. The world's filling up with people who can't be matched, that can't be controlled-"
"Like you controlled the Cube?" Steve questioned, cutting the man off.
"Your work with the Tesseract is what drew Loki to it, and its allies," Athalia spoke, taking a few steps forward. "It is a signal to all the realms that the Earth is ready for a higher form of war."
"A higher form?" Steve said, looking over at the siblings.
"You forced our hand." Fury said, "We had to come up with something-"
"A nuclear deterrent," Tony said, speaking over Fury. The attention is now on him. "Because that always calms everything right down."
"Remind me again how you made your fortune, Stark."
