Loki's Rule

Chapter 8

The escape pod drifted away from the space ship and was on a set course for earth.

The young boy named Steven was asleep on the couch/seats that lined the wall and the two heros sat in the pilot and co pilot's seat in silence, like they had for the past hour in the pod.

"She was my own daughter..." The black widow finally spoke, "and I didn't reconize her..."

"Nat... it's not your fault.." The captain replied trying to comfort his wife.

"But it is!!! If I hadn't fallen in love with you, then this would have never happened!" The black widow screamed, "I would have never gotten pregnent! I wouldn't have been in the hosiptal in labor when Loki came and got me! Our Daughter wouldn't have been raised by our enemy! God knows what even happened to our son Steve!" she yelled not knowing her own son was sleeping behind her.

"Nat.... It is not... your fault... You didn't fall in love with me... I fell for you... And if you never got pregnent then I would have never married you. I would never have gotten 5 glorious years of living with you like that. and those make up for the past 12. Even if we didn't have Alexandra and Steven we would probably still be back in the ship... alone... without hope to ecsape.. Nat this is not your fault... no matter what you think." The captain explained looking into his wife's eye.

Tears brimmed her eyes treatening to spill out.

"Steve...." she cried collaping into him like she did so many years ago when he proposed to her, "I'm scared...."

"So am I nat... but we need to stay strong. For the sake of the team..." Cap responded.

"What team?"
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Scarlet walked down a hall of a prison. this whole place seemed familiar. she wasn't sure how or why. But she had the feeling of deshavo.

She finally reach the ceil where she was suppose to be assigned to for the shift.

She was told by loki that this women had strong powers, like her own. And the things she said would not make sense at some points.

Scarlet finally got to the room to see that the last guard had left early. the window into the room was glass and was not easily broken.

In the middle of the ceil was a women with brown curly hair like Scarlets. her head was bowed down and she looked to be meditating. The prisoner wore what looked to be gypsy clothes that had been once a cherry red but has blackened over the years of wear. around her neck was a silver power restraining collar, the red light on it flashing, signaling that it was still on.

Scarlet sat down at the chair outside the ceil and continued to take in the women. She looked exactly like a women from her dreams.

" You should take a picture... it could last you longer..." the women spoke in a horse voice.

" I'm sorry... I didn't mean to be rude..." scarlet apologized.

"You weren't. " the women replied.

"May I ask... why were you meditating... non of the other prisoners do it. not even doctor strange." scarlet asked.

The prisoner lifted her head up and looked at scarlet. their green eyes connecting.

The women looked at scarlet for a little her eyes slowly wondering, hope filling them.

"Scarlet?" She spoke.

"How do you know my name..." Scarlet asked backing away.

"Scarlet... Is that u my baby girl...." The women spoke again, getting up and walking over to the glass.

Scarlet wanted to protest that she had never meet this women before... but she couldn't because a lingering memory from her child hood filled her mind.

It was a summer picnic from before her parents went "rogue." The one thing that filled her mind was the face of her mother... the same face of the prisoner before her.

"Mom?"
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Elta fell to the floor an arrow sticking out of her right shoulder.

"Elta!" Thor boomed falling down next to his daughter to make sure she was not dead. He couldn't just discover his daughter then lose her in the same day.

Elta groaned. She was in so much pain that she almost wanted to let go. But then she remembered what was happening with the world and held on to life tightly.

"Stand down!" Rang a voice from above Them, " you are surrounded. if you surrender and come willingly we will not harm you!"

"Come out and face us you cowards! You hide in the shadows like rats!"Thor boomed pissed off.

Thor looked around the area looking for someone. Suddenly out of the shadows came an archer. The bow and quiver on his back very expensive.

The archer watched Thor looking him over for a minute before putting his bow down.

"Thor?" He asked.

"Clint?" Thor questioned at the archer.

"Shit.... That was your daughter... wasn't she?" Clint sighed as Thor nodded pissed off.

Clint ran over to Elta taking the arrow out of her shoulder and putting pressure on it hoping to stop the bleeding.

"Stop..." Elta commented weakly

"Elta... he is trying to help." Thor replied.

"I know but I can heal it myself." Elta answered pushing Clint away only to use her time powers to speed up the healing prosses into minutes, "Now explain how you are not captured by Loki.