Survivor

5. Be somebody nobody thought you could be

"Be somebody nobody thought you could be."

"That's... how... no!" This time, even Tony was dumbfounded. The kid managed to take out everyone, without hurting them. The drone watched the scene and Tony grimaced as Peter spat out blood. "Look, you lost." Tony spoke up with a shrug. "You can leave now, Loki." He looked up at the blue-eyed asgardian with disdain.

"I lost? I'm just getting started." An evil grin stretched over his face. "The fun has only begun!"

"Remember? You can't control me!" Tony chuckled and Loki's smile only grew. "I couldn't control you with that arc reactor in your chest." He corrected, and Tony felt his gut drop. "But, oh, it appears to be missing."

Tony fought against the tape around his wrists as Vision stepped towards him. "No, Vision! Stop! You can fight this!" Tony yelled, as Vision's eyes glowed dangerously. "You really think he can fight this? I had him under my control since he was built."

Tony let out one more yell of protest before he felt the vice grip around his mind and his sight reduced to black.

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The Avengers suited up, and were heading out. "Be careful." Spiderman called to them, and Nat paused to look at him. "You to." She nodded, before following the rest of the team.

Peter was left to sit at the table and tinker on his web shooters. Which was exactly what he needed, since he had a plan.

The non-flying Avengers loaded in Cap's Jeep and shot off towards the tower. "What's the plan?" Nat asked from the backseat.

"Uh... get Tony, make Loki leave earth, don't die." Cap smiled sheepishly and his team groaned. He was more of a spur of the moment planner.

They reached the compound, and Cap directed that they split up and meet in the lab where they saw Tony last.

Cap crashed through a window with his shield, rolling to his feet and taking off towards the lab. He could feel something was wrong, though. It was dark, and too quiet. He just crashed through a window, wouldn't Loki be able to hear it?

He walked into the lab, finding no one. Soon the rest of the team arrived, equally puzzled. Steve had a sinking feeling. "FRIDAY scan for human life inside the compound." He commanded, and she beeped before responding. "I have found the signatures of: Captain America. Scarlet Witch. Black Widow..."

"Tony Stark? Is he here?" Rhodey cut in, and FRIDAY paused again. "Mr. Stark is not here." She announced, and the gut dropping moment was tangible.

"If they're not here..." Nat gulped, sharing looks with her team. Clint was the only one to speak what they were all thinking. "The kid." He breathed.

"Yes, the child appears to be the next target." Said a mechanical voice creepily from behind them. They jumped back to reveal Vision, staring at them. "No, Vision, you have to help us!" Wanda cried, running to him.

"I'm afraid I have other orders." His eyes glowed and Wanda straightened, her eyes also fading to blue. "No, the kid's hurt, if we all go up against him...!"

"What if Loki takes control of him to? We're...!"

The team tried to dodge and run but Vision managed to reach them all. They were all under the mind stone's control. So basically, Loki's.

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Loki followed Iron Man as they flew to Captain America's apartment. Captain America's apartment, imagine. How the great had fallen, Loki commented to himself. He knew that Spiderman was going to be inside the apartment, and he itched to finally go up against the infamous arachnid that already seemed to fancy foiling his plans.

"Knock, knock." He muttered with an evil grin, raising his hand to strike the run down wood of the balcony door. They couldn't very well go to the inside door, no matter how abandonded the building seemed.

Peter sat inside, tinkering on his shooters with a info from Karen. "Great so I just press..."

Suddenly, there was a knock on a door that he assumed lead to some sort of balcony. Yup, Cap was living the high life. The knock was followed by Peter's senses going nuts! Who could be knocking? Were they back with Tony already? Didn't Cap have the key to his own apartment?

Peter pulled his mask on, and his web shooters for good measure. He didn't really have time to clear off the table of his practise webs, so just put the table cloth back on. "Coming!" He rushed to the door at the second knock, and opened it to Tony Stark in his Iron Man suit, fist still poised in the knocking gesture.

"M-Mr. Stark? Hey-hi!" Peter stepped to the side to let him in. "Where is..." he cut off when he saw who was standing behind Mr. Stark.

Loki.

Peter had seen him on TV enough to know this was Thor's insolent sibling with a vile vendetta. He should have guessed the trickster himself was behind the mind control and memory loss. No wonder his super sense was on the fritz, this guy was crazy dangerous. Emphasis on crazy.

"Hello little spider, I've heard a lot about you." Loki chuckled, his voice sending chills down Peter's spine. "O-oh yeah? All good things, I hope." He gulped, closing the door once Loki stepped in. His Aunt taught him manners, so there. "Oh yes, all good things. You are, apparently, quite the admirable hero. Helping 'Mr. Stark' in Berlin, taking down the evil weapons dealer, and now taking out the corrupted Avengers all on your own. And still your sense of humor is intact."

"Yeah, I guess you could say I'm pretty intimidating." He crossed his arms and leaned against the wall, recieving a chuckle from the blue-eyes asgardian.

"Intimidating? I would have to say no. Interesting? Yes. Definitely." He grinned and Peter gulped again. "And through all of this, I still don't know your identity. What I wouldn't give to see under that mask..." he took a step forward and Peter shrunk away, putting the table in between them.

"Uh, so, you've taken over Mr. Stark I see." Peter started, anything to change the subject. Loki grinned, looking over at the iron clad billionare. "Don't worry, Mr. Stark is not alone." Loki scoffed, turning his eyes back on Peter.

"I took all of them."

duh duh duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh moment, even though we already knew that!

Soooo if anyone likes this please comment because I love comments, they always make my day!!!

This is ramping up! What is Peter's plan? Are any of the Avengers strong enough to withstand Loki? IDK actually, any theories on which Avengers have the mental capacity to withstand the mind stone itself?

Thanks for reading

~Meow