SARCASM | t.stark [o.h]

six.

CHAPTER SIX.
PETTY ONES.

NATASHA AND THOR ENTERED the lab at just the right time, in Alexios' sarcastic opinion. More people the merrier, she liked to say. It hadn't even been a matter of seconds until the two joined in on the arguing between the guys. Alexios stayed quiet for once, patiently waiting for the outcome.

Bruce looked to Natasha, "Did you know about this?" He asked, referring to the whole situation.

"You want to think about removing yourself from this environment, doctor?" Natasha shot back quickly, looking over at Bruce.

"I was in Calcutta. I was pretty well removed," he remarked.

"Loki is manipulating you," she stated, walking towards him.

Bruce scoffed, "And you've been doing what exactly?"

Alexios knew that he wasn't wrong. In a matter of minutes, they all knew things that S.H.I.E.L.D wouldn't want them to know. Even though Alexios knew these were hidden for a reason, most likely for safety, she couldn't believe the number of things they learned.

Natasha took another comment towards Bruce, which was countered again by him. He grabbed the screen that Tony had mere minutes ago, showcasing it to everyone and pointed at the blueprints of different weapons.

"I'd like to know why S.H.I.E.L.D is using the Tesseract to build weapons of mass destruction," Bruce stated, tightly gripping the screen as everyone fell silent for a moment.

Nick spoke up and motioned to Thor, "Because of him."

Thor glanced at Nick, utterly confused. "Me?"

"What does Thor have to do with this?" Alexios scoffed, crossing her arms.

"Last year, Earth had a visitor from another planet," Nick began to explain after everyone shared confused glances with one another. "Who had a grudge match that leveled a small town. We learned that not only are we alone, but we're hopelessly, hilariously outgunned."

"But playing with an alien force is going to attract them, Nick!" Alexios exclaimed, "If there are such things as aliens."

"My people want nothing but peace with your planet," Thor stated, raising his chin towards Fury.

Fury turned to him quickly, "But you're the not the only people out there, are you?" He questioned. "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 pointed out, looking up at Nick rather than the floor.

"So, like us? We can't be controlled." Alexios questioned, cocking her head to the side slightly. "Nick, look at us. We're assassins, two people who should technically be dead, a super soldier, a god and a woman who controls fire. We're looking for a stupid cube!"