My Sweet Flame

Chapter 39. Crash and Burn, Young and Loaded

As I made my way back up to the lab, I thought about what could have possibly happened to him.
Why had he been tortured? How much of this was actually him? Who was controlling him? And the scepter, what did that have to do with it? The...thing inside it had to be more than just a mind controlling-an infinity stone. That's what it had to be. The Mind Stone.....that's what possessed the scepter.

But if we can't get the stone from the scepter without losing our mind, then we just have to keep the scepter from falling into Loki's grasp.

Exactly. If- Hold on.

I heard voices coming from the lab. Heated voices. Several voices. As I neared the first window of the lab, I felt something. The Force, calling to me. I stopped dead in my tracks, waiting for what the Force wanted to show me.

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I stepped into the darkness, looking around me for clues as to where I could possibly be. I heard a small, steady, hollow beating, like footsteps, behind me. I turned to the noise. A young man, no older than 17 stood a little ways off.

"Master?"

"Dimitre." I gasped. "The Force....It's-It's connected us somehow."

"You're in danger. I can sense it."

"Did you finish your mission?"

"Yes, Master. But, wait. Wait, Hold on a minute. You aren't doing this?"

I shook my head, "This isn't me."

"Master, you're in danger. I-I'm coming to help you."

"Dimitre, I don't think-"

"Master, something bad is going to happen, Can't you sense it, too?"

The Force seemed to tug at me from all sides, "The Chitari, a War, it's coming."

"Where are you?"

"Earth. It's too far, Dimitre, You'll never make it!"

He swiped his curly dark hair from his face, "I have to!" He paused, "The Falcon, Where is it!"

"I.....It's on Asgard. I can send Sam with it. He'll come through the portal. Get to the South tower of the Temple as fast as you can! I-"

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The Force closed the bond. I looked around to find myself in the doorway of the lab. The Avengers were standing around inside, arguing with Fury.

"Sam, you know what to do." I whispered. He floated out from his perch on my shoulder,

"Of course." He said.

I walked into the center of the bustling lab.

"Enough of this!" I shouted above them. They all turned to look at me. "While you sit here and argue amongst yourselves over minuscule, useless things, we lose time."

I turned back to the rest of the group as Steve and Tony began firing at each other again.

"Put on the suit. Let's go a few rounds." Steve told him.

"You people are so petty," Thor chuckled, "And Tiny."

"Thor!" I warned.

"Yeah this is some team." Bruce said.

"Agent Romanoff, would you escort Dr. Banner-"

"Where?" Bruce interrupted. "You rented my room."

"The cell was just in case-"

"In case you needed to kill me. But you can't. I know. I tried." I looked at him concerned, "I got low. I didn't see an end. So, I put a bullet in my mouth, and the other guy spit it out. So, I moved on. I focused on helping other people. I was good." He paused, "Until you dragged me back into this freak show and put everyone here at risk."