A New Avenger

The Battle

I looked at her in the eye. She had a cold expression on her face. It was almost as if Loki brain washed her. She had a ceptar kinda like Loki's in her hand, it had a eeire red on the end of it, it gave me chills. She broke the silence, "You know, you can still join me. We don't have to fight." Without thinking, I gave a slight chuckle, "Me join you? I'd rather die. " Her eyes were stone as she said "For the record... You said it." She lifted her ceptar and a huge pulse of energy came flying twords me. I didnt know what do so out of instinct I lifted my arms to cover my face. A few seconds past and I peeked over my arms. there was a huge wall of bright green vines surrounding me. I slowly let my arms down and they gracefully fell to the ground. I looked at Cat and straightened my back confidently, as if I've done that before. Her face went from a smirk to furrowed eyebrows and an evil stare. Her voice was harsh as she said "You can't protect yourself forever Esme." She lifted the ceptar and shot again, this time with more force.

I was prepared to defend myself. I swiftly lifted my arm and vines came out of the ground and shielded me once more. I flicked my arm and the vines flew strait to cat, wrapped around her ceptar , and ripped it out of her hand. I felt my heart pounding out of my chest. I looked up at her and she was dashing twords me at full speed. My senses heightened again and I could hear each footstep she took through the green grass. I felt the slight tremble become louder as she got closer. I could hear each ragged breath she took. It was almost as if everything went into slow motion. As soon as she was close enough she jumped and pulled a knife getting ready to shank me. By that time I had already moved a foot over and she just landed on the hard ground. She sat there only for a moment until she jumped up, her face had an evil smile with a tinge of psychotic. As she pointed the knife at me she said "Cmon flower girl, make your move." I looked at her and said, "How is it a fair fight if you have a knife? Obviously you have the upper hand." She wiped a little blood from the fall off her lip and motioned to her knife "What this? This is no comparison to that other mystical crap you do. Either way though, I'll still beat you." She lunged at me unexpectedly and next thing I knew we were on the ground. She pressed the knife against my throat. She laughed and said " Move and I'll slit your throat!" I looked up at the sky as the blade was jabbing into my skin. I knew I could just throw her off but I just couldn't do it. I couldn't find the will.

As I was being blinded by the sun I managed to squint long enough to se a small dot heading closer and closer. At that moment I knew exactly what, or should I say who it was. Thor landed from going full speed right next to us. He looked beaten and bruised from battle. He stood up and said "Enough Cat." He grabbed her by the back of her dress and ripped the knife out of her hands. A bunch of agents came running around the side of the building and handcuffed her. Thor went immediately to me. I felt warm blood dripping from where the blade was. I knew it wasn't deep but it still hurt. Thor knelt down next to me and grabbed my head "Esme, are you alright?" I sat up. I looked over at Cat, she was being taken away by the guards but she managed to turn around for a moment and give a stupid smirk and a wink. At that moment I knew why I couldn't throw her off. She controlled my emotions. I'm so stupid, how could I not remember? Thor snapped me out of my thoughts "Esme, are you alright?!" I looked at him, he had a huge gash by his left eye. "Yea, I'm alright." He embraced me and he softly said "Thank Odin." I hugged him back. I loved the feeling of security I got with him. He picked me up and carried me around the building. As we were walking I said "I can walk you know, she didn't break my legs." He gave a slight grin and said "yes, but this is what a gentleman is supposed to do for a lady." I didn't argue anymore. I liked it when he carried me.

As we got around the side of the building I saw the carnage. There were not many agents down but the doors were busted and windows shattered. Fury was standing with the rest of the team. They all were beaten up pretty bad like Thor. Mackenzie was sitting with Steve on the side as a few agents mended to a huge gash on her forehead. Danielle and Emilie were sitting in a S.H.I.E.L.D grade ambulance. Danielle was getting stitches in her arm while Emilie held an ice pack to her head. Tony came in out of no where and landed next to Emilie. Dr. Banner or should I say Hulk was in the distance coming this way. Natasha and Clint were no where to be seen. There was a huge plane with the ramp down. Fury noticed us coming and said "Is she alright?" Thor let me down and I said "I'm fine Sir." Fury's face went from sympathetic to angry "Then where were you!? We are all busting our butts out here and where is one of our best guys?!? Huh!? Because from what I see you're just fine. Why did you sneak out anyway? We needed you and you weren't there! How can I trust you are still on our side!?! "Thor butt in "She was with Cat Sir." Fury looked over at him, "Excuse me?" Thor looked at Fury and said "Loki sent Cat as a distraction for Esme. He knew we needed her so we could win." I felt my cheeks get hot. This was defiantly not the time for that. Fury looked over at me and asked "Is she in custody?" I took in a deep breath I and said "Yes Sir." His face looked relived as he said "Good. Were gonna need an interrogation team. Esme, that would be you. From now on we need to be on the move. Let's load the prisoner onto the bus." Me? Interrogate her? I tried to brush that off and I asked the burning question inside me "Sir. What did they take?" He looked at me and said "Other than our dignity, tons of top secret weapons and elements." Great. Natasha and Clint came over with the rest of the team and we followed Fury onto the huge plane. It had a huge leather couch and a pristine interior. We walked up a spiral staircase. Thor reached down and grabbed my hand as I watched a bunch of agents with guns escort cat into the huge prison cell. When we got to the next level Fury walked us to each of our rooms. My room was bigger this time with a nice window by the bed. As Fury left my room he said "Wheels up in five." As I sat on my bed and waited for take off Thor came in. He sat on my bed next to me and said "Are you alright?" I grabbed his hand and said "Yeah, for now." He sighed and said "You don't have to interrogate her you know?" I put my head on his shoulder and said, "yeah but Fury wants me to, it's probably for some tactical reason." I heard the loud engine begin to start up. Thor looked at me and said "I'm going to wash up, you should do the same." I gave him a weak smile and said "I will." He got up, kissed my forehead and left. I sat staring out the window. How the heck am I supposed to interrogate the only true friend I've ever had?