His True Kingdom

Chapter Twenty Seven - Freakshow:

The elevator doors opened to reveal three people in black leather uniforms. The bald black man was distinguished from the others behind him right away because of his eccentric eye-patch and serious look. There was a red haired woman behind him, her beauty was unexplainable. Her eyes were the first to catch yours in the group. The other man had a strange bow on his back and he was wearing sunglasses that completely covered his eyes, it was impossible to read any emotion on his face. The trio slowly walked into the area. Tony got up from his seat with a happy expression that you detected to be completely forced and faked.

"Hey guys! Agent Romanoff, you miss me quite frequently" he said and exchanged looks with them all. The red haired lady somewhat smiled at him but did not reply. You saw that the man with the eye patch was staring at you with awe and fear.

"Can you tell me who that is and why her arms are glowing?" the bald man asserted loudly, he had such a thick voice it echoed in your ears. He walked towards you like he was going to kill you.

"Hold up, Mr. Fury" Steve jumped between you two and blocked him. You saw Dr. Banner getting up on his feet as well as giving bothered looks to the other two agents.

"What is going on here? Does she have anything to do with Loki?" Mr. Fury said boldly and pointed at you. You felt like you were guilty of something you didn't know.

"How do you even know this is about Loki?" Tony frowned and asked with curiosity. He came closer to where Steve and Fury stood before you.

"Boys, please calm down" agent Romanoff said with a soothing voice and crossed her arms.

"Can anyone tell me... why you have a hostile alien in your custody and you did not inform us?" Fury said with... fury, not letting his voice become any lower than it was. Dr. Banner hastily walked into the circle of screens again and tapped some data out.

"She is not an alien, she's human but exposed to the energy of the scepter" he protested indignantly and pointed at a screen.

"The scepter? What the hell is going on here?" the man with the huge sun glasses pulled out his bow and directly aimed at you.

Without control, you half buried yourself behind Steve in despair, not understanding why these people seemed to hate you this much to attempt to kill you. Tony, Steve and Dr. Banner literally interspersed before you to protect you. Dr. Banner's breathing was getting heavier and agent Romanoff pushed the man's bow down in a flash.

"Clint, this is not a good time" she whispered to him and he loosened his grasp. All men in the room slightly relaxed their bodies with him withdrawing his bow.

"Bruce, you might want to remove yourself from this environment" agent Romanoff said with a terrified face as she stared at his disturbed figure.

"I don't know how many times I said this Natasha, but whenever I am well removed you managed to draw me back into your freakshow" Bruce said bitterly and took a seat by you and quickly glanced over you.

There was an awkward silence for a minute as everyone in the room perhaps weighted the situation in their heads. Natasha was quietly whispering to Clint often as if to keep his anger controlled, Mr. Fury had his hands on his back as he walked back and forth in the wide room. Steve kept standing right in front of you and his narrowed eyes were fixed on Clint. Tony sighed deeply with his both hands on his hips and stared around the room to check everyone, his eyes finally landed on you. He blinked at you and smiled. You thought he realized how pale and afraid you looked after a bow was pulled on you, he simply tried to diffuse your tension and you appreciated these three men standing up for you. You were sure if they didn't, you wouldn't have the power to do so for yourself.

"Let's start it simple. Why are you guys here?" Tony said and crossed his arms. Mr. Fury came to an abrupt stop.

"We are here because Loki infiltrated our base and stole the scepter. He did so with the help of a council member" he said with his one eye seemed like it was being hurt.

"Council member?" Steve asked as he became uneasy on his spot.

"S.H.I.E.L.D is compromised, we cannot trust anyone anymore, Captain" Natasha said as she took a step closer to the circle of blue screens. Mr. Fury sighed and stared at her.

"It's true; I am no longer the director. Agent Hill is still there as our spy. We are on our own to fight for the good of the people" he murmured.

"When did Loki do this?" Bruce said as he put back his glasses on.

"Last night" Clint briefly replied from the distance behind Natasha.

"This happened last night and it took you guys this long to reach me?" Tony said with a sarcastic tone and smiled in an awkward way, staring at the faces of former S.H.I.EL.D. agents.

"Mr. Stark, you are not the only avenger they could reach" Steve asserted in a moody tone and Tony rose his hand to shush him.

"Cap, for the first time in our lives we are on the same side. Could you please not ruin this monumental moment?" Tony said and everyone around the room gave small chuckles other than you. You could feel these people knew each other very well. Not only did they work together but they were friends too, though their friendship seemed quite complicated to you from the way they interacted with each other.

"When did you find this lady and what happened?" Fury asked, not wanting the subject to carry away into other things but what was absolutely important.

"Her name is ____(y/n) and she was actually trying to reach me after whatever happened between her and Loki." Tony said as he pulled his chair in a subtle way and sat down.

"You don't even know what happened yet?" Mr. Fury asked with disappointment.

"We were just about to find out if you did not crash the party" Bruce complained and sighed.

"We were too busy trying to save her life, Mr. Fury" Steve turned to face you and sat by you, a couple inches ahead of you in an awkward position. He seemed like he'd jump in front of something for you again.

"How about you guys make yourselves at home and pull some chairs from the corner over there? Let's listen to the bed time story" Tony asked brightly.

The agents gave him a weird look as all three pulled chairs in front of you. Clint smiled at you and laid his bow down on the floor, you knew his smile was sarcastic. You felt like he was smiling because he was imagining cruel ways to kill you. You gulped and slipped your hand on Steve's arm. Steve's gaze went between you and his; he put his hand on your frozen one to keep you steady.

"Take a deep breath and tell us what happened, ____(y/n)" Steve gently said with a smile.

You took a deep breath and tried your very best to bring your scattered being together in your head. The many pairs of eyes around you made you feel restless and very much under pressure. But you knew you had to go through with this as excruciating as it could be for you—you already knew it was going to be. You needed help and you knew these people could aid you somehow. For the sake of clarifying the situation for all the Avengers, you cleared your throat in a successful attempt to start telling them about your past. However, before you started there was a loud boom heard from outside. It was thunder, you recalled that the weather was fine and you had stared at the stars at the café just a while ago. You saw quick formations of black clouds from the glass wall; it felt so unnatural and powerful. The thunders grew louder and the lights danced inside the room. Everyone turned their heads toward the wide platform outside.

"Oh we cannot have our bed time story without Point Break" Tony murmured and got up on his feet.

"Isn't he always perfect with timing?" Steve said with a smirk.

Tony got up and opened the glass doors, he headed outside and looked up in the sky and shouted.

"I hope he doesn't break the tiles this time!"