Another Asgardian

Chapter Twenty

Steve's POV

We switched to stealth mode on the Quinjet. Clint suggested we gathered momentum then flew into the barrier. It would wreck the Jet a bit but we would make it.

"Hold on to your superhero asses." Tony said. We all held on to something as he directed the jet backwards then with a powerful zoom we penetrated the barrier. I saw Ellis Island in a blur and then the jet lost power.

We began to fall rapidly.

"Stark! "I yelled.

"Rebooting system. In three, two, one." Friday said then power came back on as we zoomed off towards nowhere in particular.

"Look, i don't mean to be a killjoy but where exactly are we headed?" Sam asked looking at me.

"To wherever the centre of that radiation is coming from!" Bruce answered as he leaned forward squinting his eyes to look at something far off. "Which i think, is over there!"

"That's really far off. It's Milwaukee." Clint said pushing a few buttons to take us out of stealth mode.

I pressed the earphone in my left ear."Nat? "

"Steve!" She answered over the line.

"What's the update on Thor?"

"We met up but Jane's not available. She was in some kind of meeting. We had to wait and we're still waiting but Thor's getting impatient and honestly, so am i. What's happening over there? "

"I don't think you can make it back from Austin. We've got a situation here."

"What's that?"

"There's a force field. About nine hundred and twenty three thousand watts in a form of a barrier around us. It covers down to Oklahoma then goes around to Michigan. That's it meeting point. We've broken through but it still stands. We think it's her."

"That's a lot of current. It should have exhausted her. I mean, the last time she used up to four hundred and sixteen watts of electricity, it drained her. "

"Yes, but she was injured and it was still healing. We're going to find out what's going on. Parker's still at the Tower. I'll let you know if things change here and you keep me posted on Jane."

"No problem Cap." She said then the line went dead temporarily.

"Sir, the force field is reducing rapidly by a hundred joules per minute. It's going to fall down soon enough." Friday reported.

"That's good. Widow said it'd drain her. She can't hold it up that long." I said.

The closer we got to Wisconsin, the weaker the barrier became. It finally dropped to only four hundred and fifty watts.

We landed at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. There was a really dark cloud hovering above. It was like the night of a rough storm at sea.

The streets were quiet and newspapers flew all around in the wild wind that blew mercilessly.

A type of dark fog covered the area so it was difficult to see ahead, it was much better to see from above .

"Wanda, do you sense anyone around?" Vision asked.

"No, the whole place had been evacuated probably hours ago. I have a feeling the energy source is around here but i just don't know where."

"I'll point you in the right direction." A strange voice said from behind us. We turned around but there was no one. The voice was feminine but sounded like multiple robots talking at the same time.