"Zima, well this is a surprise." He says, "I can't believe I didn't notice you before. Are you really going to start this now?"
"Tell me why I shouldn't." She responds. She starts to move through the crowd toward him, when a man in a red, white, and blue uniform suddenly landed in front of her.
"You know, the last time I was in Germany," He starts, "and saw someone standing above everybody else, we ended up disagreeing."
"The soldier." Loki remarks, "The man out of time."
"This is not your concern," Zima tells the man, "leave here, now."
Steve Rogers turns to Zima and looks between the two. "I'm not the one who's out of time."
The Quinjet then arrived as Natasha Romanoff's voice came through the PA: "Loki, drop the weapon and stand down." She ordered, but the god simply sent another blast from the scepter, which the Quinjet dodged.
Captain America then threw his shield at Loki, and the fight began as Zima told the crowd to run. The two males continued to fight before Zima joined in. She primarily focused on the defensive side as she did her best to block Steve's attacks. While Cap was better at fighting than she was, Zima's natural Asgardian and Frost Giant power made her more powerful.
Just as the super soldier was struggling against the two Asgardians, rock music began to play over the Quinjet's PA before Iron Man joined the fight, sending a repulsor blast at Loki, knocking him down. This distracted Zima long enough for Cap to knock her down as well. Tony Stark landed, and aimed his weapons at both of them.
"Make your move, Reindeer Games." He told Loki before looking at Zima, "Same for your girlfriend."
There was another gold shimmer as most of Loki's armor vanished, and he held his hands up in surrender. Zima simply glared at the two as she slowly stood.
"Good move." Tony says, disarming the weapons before he and Steve brought them on the Quinjet.
"Listen here," Zima tells them, "you don't understand what you are dealing with. I am not your enemy."
Tony and Steve clearly didn't believe her. "Yeah, you're clearly not allies, even though you're both dressed the same." Tony says as the Quinjet takes off.
"That's yet to be decided." Zima says under her breath.
The group flew in silence before Steve finally spoke, talking to Tony.
"I don't like it." He says.
"What, Rock of Ages and Warrior Princess giving up so easily?" Tony asked.
"I don't remember it being that easy. This guy packs a wallop. And she's pretty tough as well."
"Still, you are pretty spry for an older fellow. What's your thing, Pilates?"
"What?"
"It's like calisthenics. You might have missed a couple of things doing time as a Capsicle."
"Fury didn't tell me he was calling you in."
"Yeah, there's a lot of things Fury doesn't tell you."
Suddenly, lightning started to flash in the sky as thunder sounded. Natasha, Steve, and Tony looked confused, but Zima and Loki knew what it meant, and exchanged knowing looks.
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Dark Reality (MCU Book 2)
FanfictionA year has passed, and Zima has learned that Loki has been hiding out on Earth. She immediately goes to look for him, but what she finds is far from what she expected. Not only that, but the ancient Aether has found its way to Asgard through Jane Fo...
