Captain my Captain

There was an idea

Steves P.O.V

Tony and I sat at a table with Nick and Agent Hill standing across from us. Natasha and Agent Barton were in the Medical Wing making sure he was ok and out from Loki's mind control. 

"These were in Coulson's jacket" Nick says tossing me his Captain America Trading Cards. I grabbed one of them. Part of it was coated in his blood it made me feel sick so I quickly set it down. "I guess he never did get you to sign them. We're dead in the air up here. Our communications, the location of the Cube, Grey , Banner , Thor. " I perk up at the mention of Valerie . What happened to her ? Is she ok ? Why am I more concerned about her than the others?  "I lost my one good eye.  Maybe I had that coming." Fury continued. "Yes, we were going to build an arsenal with the Tesseract. I never put all my chips on that number though , because I was playing something even riskier. There was an idea , Stark knows this " I look at Stark for a moment . " Called the Avengers Initiative.  The idea was to bring together a group of remarkable people, to see if they could become something more. To see if they could work together when we needed them to, to fight the battles that we never could. Phil Coulson died still believing in that idea. In heros" at the mention of this Stark shoots up and leaves the room quickly . "Well, its an old fashioned notion."

The mention of 'old fashioned' pulls on one of my heart strings rembering what Coulson said on the way to the Hellicarrier. 

I follow Stark to the room where Coulson died. And where Thor fell with the cage , where Valerie went missing. God I hope we find her. 

"Was he married ?" I ask Stark

"No . There was a chellist , I think" he replied not looking at me 

"Im sorry . He seemed like a good man."

"He was an idiot" he said Looking to me 

"Why for believing ?" I ask a bit irritated

"For taking on Loki alone"

"He was doing his job"

Stark scoffs before continuing "he was out of his league. He should have waited. He should have..."

"Sometimes there isnt a way out , Tony"

"Right , I've heard that before "

"Is this a first time you lost a soldier ?"

He looks at me angerly almost about to get in my face "We are not soldiers". He takes a step back and continues teary eyed. "I'm not marching to Furys fife."

"Neither am I. He's got the same blood on his hands that Loki does. But right now we got to put that behind us and get this done. Loki needs a power source . If we can put together a list-"

"He made this personal" Stark interups me looking at the blood stain on the wall. 

"Thats not the point."

"That is the point. That's Loki's point . He hit us all right where we live. Why?"

"To tear us apart"

"Yeah, divide and conquer is great , but he knows he has to take us out to win , right ? Thats what he wants. He wants to beat us, he wants to be seen doing it. He wants an audience ."

"Right. I caught his act in Stuttgart with Grey."

"Yeah , thats just previews. This is opening night . And Loki, he's a full tilt diva , right ?" he says moving his arms around and walking close to the control pannel. "He wants flowers, he wants parades . He wants a monument built to the skies with his name plastered"

I look at him and raise my eyebrows knowing where he's getting at.

"Son of a bitch" Stark finishes and runs out to what I assume is to get his suit , realizing where Loki is.

I leave to go find Romanoff and Barton . It was time to go and get Val back . And stop Loki too.

The door opens and I see Natasha sitting on the bed. "Time to go " I say ready to leave.

"Go where ?" she asks 

"Ill tell you on the way"

"Wheres Val?" 

"Loki took her " at this she clenches her jaw making the same expression I did. " Can you fly one of those jets?"

"I can" says a man that I reconize as Agent Barton coming out of the bathroom. I look to Natasha for aprovement and she nods.

"You got a suit?"

"Yeah"

"Then suit up" I say leaving

The three of us are walking towards a quinjet . Tony said he'd meet us at Stark Tower because he would get there faster . I agreed because he was right and Val was most likely with Loki. 

When we enter the jet a young agent stops us with a "Hey , you guys cant he in here" . I look at him and say "Son , just don't" not having time for this. He scurries off not trying to get in a fight with us when we clearly would win. 

Clint and Natasha take the pilot seats and I hang in the back as we fly off