Salvation (My MCU #2)

Chapter Seven

Isolde had been thrown to the floor by the explosion. She pushed herself up, shaking her head to clear it. A hand wrapped around her arm and she turned her head to find Thor pulling her to her feet. "Are you all right?" he asked.

"Yes. I'm fine." 

A roar sounded somewhere beneath them. 

"Go," Isolde said. "I will see to Loki and the ones who have had their minds altered."

Thor hesitated until she drew her sword and pushed him away from her.

"Go," she said again. She waited until he ran off before she headed out of the lab and toward the detention area. It didn't take long for her to encounter the first man in black. She knocked his gun aside and pressed him against the wall with her hands on his head. It didn't take much magic for her to set his mind to rights. 

"What happened?" He asked. "What's going on?" 

She didn't have time to explain anything to him. "Stay out of the way," she said and hurried toward her prince.

***

Agent Raven Barton sent Agent Alyx Oliver to the detention area while she stayed on the bridge. Raven, Fury and Hill shot at the men trying to get inside the command center. "They aren't getting in here so what the hell are they doing?" Fury asked.

Just then an arrow came sailing into the room. Raven jerked her head up to see her husband standing in an opening, his bow at the ready. She put her gun away and started to climb to his location. "Sterling, get back down here. That's an order," Fury yelled behind her. 

When she reached the opening where Clint had disappeared, she turned back to her boss. "Name's Barton, Fury." And she disappeared into the walls of the ship. She followed in Clint's footsteps, doing her best to keep her steps quiet. 

She had nearly reached him when he turned and swung his bow at her head. Dodging to the side, she glared at him. He swung at her again and she jabbed a fist into his side. He grunted and took several steps back, pulling out an arrow as he did so. 

Raven swung under the catwalk just as he released the arrow. She came up on the other side and kicked him, making sure to aim for his vest to minimize impact injury. They had sparred together many times and knew each other's moves. He'd swing and she'd dodge. She'd kick and he'd jump back. 

When Clint pulled one of his knives and came at her, Raven decided to quit playing nice. She didn't want to hurt him but she'd do what she needed to for her husband to come back to her. Besides, he'd be really pissed if she let him kill her. He jabbed the blade toward her throat and she blocked it, twisting his arms into a hold. 

Unable to get him to release his hold on the weapon, she spun him around and smacked his head into the railing. She released him and stepped back to watch his reaction. Clint groaned and shook his head as he pushed himself to his knees. He frowned as he tried to focus on her.

"Bird?" he asked, sounding completely confused. Raven punched him in the face and knocked his ass out.

"Clint is down," she said into her earpiece and went to help elsewhere.

***

Isolde arrived to the detention area the same time as one of the hostiles. He had just opened Loki's cell when she came up behind him and put her hands on his head. After she fixed him, she instructed him to stand at the side of the room.

Loki wrapped Isolde in a hug as Thor ran into the room. "We've got to stop this," he said.

Loki and Isolde pulled apart. "I told you I'm not in control. I don't know how to stop it," Loki said.

"I don't believe that," Thor shouted. 

Loki opened his mouth to answer when he suddenly froze and went completely pale. "He's here."

"Who's here?" Isolde asked and turned to follow his line of sight. A large being of some sort stood on the other side of the room, completely encased in armor. "Who is he?"

"A Chitari general. Thanos wasn't taking any chances with my compliance."

The creature lifted his arm to show that he held the scepter. He chittered something that no one could understand and pointed at Loki. Isolde stepped in front of the prince. Loki put a hand on her arm and tried to pull her back, but he was no warrior. She was.

"Put down the scepter," a voice said and Isolde glanced over to find the one called Coulson. He had a rather large weapon in his hands. "You like this? Even I don't know what it does. Want to find out?"

Isolde arched a brow before turning back to the general and getting into an offensive stance. She liked this Coulson. The Chitari screeched then lifted his other hand which had some sort of gun in it. He began to fire, melting large holes in anything he hit. 

All of them dropped to the floor to make the smallest targets possible. Except Coulson, he stayed standing preparing to fire the weapon. Suddenly, a female agent came in and tackled him to the floor. A shot tore through the air right where he had been standing. 

"It will be fine Alyx. You're just going to babysit a few heroes. No fieldwork, no action," the female said in a mocking voice.

"Not the time Agent Oliver," Coulson said as he tried to aim the weapon again. 

Just as the Chitari was about to release another round of shots, Coulson finally got the weapon to fire. He hit the alien in the chest and he flew backward through the wall and into the hall. Thor and Isolde scrambled to their feet to chase after it. The hallway was empty when they reached it. 

"The enemy aircraft has left. Repeat, the enemy has fled," came over the intercom as they debated which direction to go. Apparently it didn't matter any more.

The walked back into the room to find Loki and the two agents sitting on the floor. "Is everyone okay?" Thor asked. They all nodded.

Isolde looked at Coulson. "Have they detained any prisoners?"

He pressed on his earpiece and asked. When he was finished he shook his head. "They got Barton. The rest either fled or died."

"Do I need to examine this Barton? I can remove the scepter's influence from him," she asked.

Coulson's lips twitched. "Apparently his wife took care of it. Knocked some sense into him."

Isolde was confused by what that meant but simply shrugged. She held out a hand to help Loki from the floor. He accepted and she looked into his eyes. "You need to tell us everything."