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INT. HELICARRIER BRIDGE DAY
Agent Coulson runs out of the bridge.
INT. LOWER EQUIPMENT ROOM, CARRIER MORNING
Natasha looks over to Banner, who is breathing heavy, having landed hard. He is gripping the grated floor to maintain control, but his eyes are green, his face intense.
Fandral straightened up in his seat, "Are we going to see what's so great about this mortal now?!" He asked excitedly.
"Yes," JH replied (even though they can't see it) grinning.
NATASHA (CONT'D)
(quietly, to herself)
I'm okay. We're okay, right?
EXT. HELICARRIER DECK DAY
Barton leads his men into the air ducts of the ship. They rappel down into a corridor.
BARTON
Get that engine down! Detention! Get him through the dark! Come with me.
Two of his men follow him. They head towards the bridge.
EXT. ND HALLWAY, CARRIER MORNING
Tony and Cap run through a dim, debris filled hall.
TONY
Find engine three. I'll meet you there.
Cap peels off as Tony approaches a tech room. Inside, Tony's IRON MAN suit stands waiting, lit above in all its glory.
INT. LOWER EQUIPMENT ROOM, CARRIER
CONTINUOUS ON BANNER'S FACE in the dim light as he struggles to suppress the rage, but his face is growing, changing slowly.
Many people squinted at the screen in confusion.
"What is happening?" Asked a warrior slowly, confusion lacing his voice.
"Wait and see!" JH replied somewhat impatiently.
Natasha is pulling herself painfully free, talking to Banner...
NATASHA
Doctor... Bruce, you gotta fight it. This is just what Loki wants. We're gonna be okay. Listen to me.
Two approaching SHIELD soldiers arrive to check on her. She furiously WAVES them away. They bolt out of there.
NATASHA
We're gonna be okay. Right? I swear on my life I will get you out of this, you will walk away, and never...
BANNER
Your life?
Loki felt something cold and terrifying trickle down his spine and stiffened. He had a bad feeling about this.
"Felt it too, didn't you?" Thor muttered to him.
Loki nodded wordlessly, swallowing slightly. [1]
His voice has the change in it - the bitter amusement is morphing to a growled threat. Another explosion rocks the carrier - and he turns to look at her, transforming just as the lights go out.
NATASHA (PLEADING)
Bruce.
Banner suddenly starts transforming into the HULK and gives Natasha one last knowing look. Natasha STRUGGLES FREE of the rubble. She stops. The HULK, sensing her, turns his head and puts on a face of a disturbed monster.
Natasha JOLTS up the stairs with the HULK chasing after her. Natasha maneuvers like a black widow should. She rolls under a turbine, starts to crawl within the maze of pipes. The HULK pulls them out from above the catwalk. Natasha falls through under the catwalks and quickly and stealthily escapes. The HULK lets out a ROAR OF RAGE unlike anything. PRIMAL. Not human.
Silence reigned supreme in the theatre room as the screen paused, almost mockingly. Many warriors were unabashedly gaping at what they had just witnessed. The more composed people had their eyebrows up to their hairline, but even then, shock was apparent on their faces.
Fandral looked at the screen dazedly, "What the hel?" He asked weakly as murmurs broke out in the room. Mutters of "What is THAT" and "That thing is a MORTAL?" filled the room as the Asgardians pondered the Hulk.
"Oh!" Exclaimed JH happily, "You're actually learning composure! I'm so proud!" She mockingly sniffed for good measure as the Asgardians glowered at the ceiling. Stupid mortal.
Loki looked away as his lips twitched. He liked this mortal's mocking attitude.
INT. HELICARRIER DETENTION SECTION DAY
Loki looks up, smiling mischievously.
"Playing to your whims, aren't they lad?" Tyr commented, opting to disregard Dr. Banner's alter ego.
Loki smiled grimly but didn't reply.
INT. HELICARRIER BRIDGE DAY
Fury RUNS in and sees the chaos has increased even more than before. The HELMSMAN is in complete disarray.
NICK FURY
Bring the carrier inwards and head south. Take us to the water.
"Wouldn't they drown though?" Asked Volstagg, looking confused.
JH released a sigh, "Remember, the Helicarrier is originally a ship. Crashing on land would destroy the thing and undoubtedly kill everyone on board, but crashing in the ocean would give them a chance to at least repair the damage and ensure that there are some survivors without the risk of destroying some poor forest and getting their cover blown." The mortal host explained. [2]
The Asgardians nodded slowly. They didn't necessarily understand what JH just said but they got enough to get the gist. Mortal minds work in really strange ways.
HELMSMAN
Why water? Navigations recalibrated after the engine failure.
NICK FURY
Is the sun coming up?!
HELMSMAN
Yes, sir.
NICK FURY
Then put it on the left! Get us over water! One more turbine goes down and we drop.
EXT. HELICARRIER PORT SIDE DAY
CAPTAIN AMERICA, pushing with all his strength the door to portside, sees SHIELD tech in full oxygen masks shoot fire extinguishers and cover from sparks - largely unable to do anything.
Engine 3 is totally dead. A LARGE CHUNK of the port side in TORN OFF.
CAPTAIN AMERICA
Stark, I'm here!
TONY
Good. See what we got.
Tony flies in his IRON MAN suit and gets close to the damaged engine.
INSIDE THE SUIT
Tony observes within his viewscreen at the damaged engine and its layouts.
TONY
I gotta get this super conducting cooling system back online before I can access the rotors and work on dislodging the debris.
Odin raised an eyebrow in quiet surprise. This mortal was proving to be both brilliant and... unconventional, to say the least. Odin glanced at his youngest son before flicking his gaze back to the screen. The similarities between this mortal and Loki were eerie.
EXT. HELICARRIER PORT SIDE DAY
IRON MAN begins PULLING on the stuck rotors. Looks over at Steve.
IRON MAN
I need you to get to that engine control panel and tell me which relays are in overload position.
IRON MAN flies into giant cooling conductors. CAPTAIN AMERICA JUMPS over to the other side of the broken railing. CAPTAIN AMERICA gets himself to the control panel and opens it up.
IRON MAN
What's it look like in there?
CAPTAIN AMERICA
It seems to run on some form of electricity.
IRON MAN
Well, you're not wrong.
INT. LOWER EQUIPMENT ROOM, CARRIER DAY
Natasha continuously crawls under the catwalk. She stops. Then...BOOM. BOOM. BOOM. The room vibrates. Rhythmically. Natasha pulls out her gun and slowly walks out onto the catwalk and spins.
...and then a ROAR. THE HULK. Natasha FIRES a shot into a liquid nitrogen pipe that hits the hulk in the face. The HULK SMASHES THE mSHIT OUT OF IT. Natasha begins to run through the maze of corridors. The sound the monster is coming. Finally, she reaches and a long corridor. As she runs, behind her, the HULK TEARS up the hallway, coming at her. Natasha turns to see, but the HULK SLAPS her into the wall, SMASHING INTO THE GROUND.
A collective sound of sympathetic 'Ooo's' filled the room as they watched Natasha get swatted by a bug. Getting hit like that was never fun
"At this rate, she's going to die," Heimdall commented quietly.
Many others nodded. This beast was, undoubtedly, stronger than a mere mortal and it made them wonder, what could have possibly happened to produce something this primal?
Natasha looks up. A fear she has never felt begins to seep out. The HULK raises his hand and IS KNOCKED OFF HIS FEET BY THOR WHO TACKLES HIM INTO the next room.
Many people cheered at Thor's appearance on-screen as said Asgardian grinned. Loki rolled his eyes as JH sighed.
INT. HELICARRIER AIRCRAFT PORT CONTINUOUS
Both Thor and HULK roll across the floor. Every person runs the hell out. Thor looks up at this magnificent beast. The HULK stands up and moving like a boxer, wants Thor to make his move. The HULK makes his move. SWING AND A MISS. Thor swings his massive hand and almost knocks HULK off his feet. HULK keeps swinging and missing, pissing him off. Finally, he brings down his arm, but Thor grabs it and wraps around it.
THOR
We are not your enemies, Banner! Try to think!
Loki raised an eyebrow, "Trying to reason with your foe? Whatever happened to 'attack first, ask questions later' Thor?" He asked with a sly smirk.
Thor flushed and looked away, coughing in embarrassment. That incident was not his proudest moment. [3]
HULK lifts his arm up, to Thor's surprise, and he SENDS HIM FLYING AS HE PUNCHES THOR'S FACE WITH HIS FIST.
Thor yelped slightly as he grabbed his abused face. That hurt!
Loki grimaced, "That looks awful."
Thor rubbed his face one last time and straightened up, "Nothing I can't handle though," He replied with a strong voice, making his brother sigh.
EXT. HELICARRIER PORT SIDE DAY
IRON MAN continuously BLASTS broken debris off the turbine engine. It's bad, but still fixable.
CAPTAIN AMERICA (V.O.)
The relays are intact. What's our next move?
TONY
Even if I clear the rotors, this thing won't re-engage without a jump. I'm gonna have to get in there and push.
"That will kill him." Loki deadpanned.
Thor's face scrunched up in confusion, "Why?"
Loki went to explain but was, unfortunately, cut off, "Sorry Loki, but it's going to be shown soon."
Loki blinked but shrugged, settling in his chair.
EXT. HELICARRIER PORT SIDE DAY
CAPTAIN AMERICA
Well if that thing gets up to speed, you'll get shredded!
TONY
Then stay in the control unit and reverse polarity long enough to disengage mag...
A warrior groaned, "My head hurts..."
Loki frowned in confusion, "It's quite clear th-"
Thor groaned, "Maybe to you Loki,"
Loki blinked before realization shone on his face, "Oh right! I always forget how few collective cells almost everyone in this room has!"
Many glares were directed at Loki for his needless comment as a loud, unflattering snort came from the ceiling.
CAPTAIN AMERICA
Speak English!
TONY
See that red lever? It'll slow the rotors down long enough for me to get out. Stand by it, wait for my word.
CAPTAIN AMERICA looks over at the other side where he was. He sees the red lever and JUMPS towards it.
INT. HELICARRIER AIRCRAFT PORT DAY
Thor CRASHES into another stack of crates. As he raises his head, he feels something on his lips. BLOOD. As he swipes it off, the ROAR of the HULK is not too far. Thor extends his hand out.
Thor groaned slightly at the uncomfortable feeling sounding within his back. Loki side-eyed him but didn't comment.
The ROAR gets LOUDER and CLOSER. Thor focuses. His hand strains toward mid-air. His eyes tight in concentration. The HULK runs right at him. At the last second, MJÖLNIR flies into his hand and Thor UPPERCUTS HULK, WHO CRASHES INTO A FIGHTER JET. HULK stands up, shaking his head like `what the fuck just happened.' He SHAKES it off and ANGRILY rips off the TAIL of the jet, TORQUES HIS BODY LIKE A GREEK DISCUS THROWER AND... HURLS
THE MASSIVE PLATE AT THOR.
Thor SLIDES and DUCKS under the tail. Jumping up, he throws Mjölnir with all his strength, knocking the HULK head over heels. HULK falls down, hammer in hand. HE tries to lift it, but can't. Mjölnir rests atop his hand.
Struggle as he may, HULK wraps his hand around the hammer. The hammer doesn't move. To no avail - he strains with all his might, SCREAMS from the effort, jumps up again, KNEEING HULK in the face. Thor grabs his hammer, jumps on him, using the hammer as a lock for his CHOKEHOLD. Hulk tries to pull him off.
Cheers filled the room as Thor easily held off the Hulk. The warriors were elated by the fight glad to see some action in an, otherwise (to them), boring movie.
INT. HELICARRIER BRIDGE DAY
Fury and Agent Hill look over their monitors.
NICK FURY
We need a full evac on the lower hangar bay.
Agent Hill nods. She leaves to exit out, but a SLIDING GRENADE appears.
AGENT MARIA HILL
GRENADE!
The grenade goes off, sending her down the steps. Fury FIRES a shot at the open entrance. He moves over behind the side of the entrance. A handful of Barton's men enter. Watchful, ready, waiting... Fury steps out, his GUN drawn.
"Those mortals are quite strong," Admitted a warrior.
"Indeed." Murmured back his friend.
A SHOOT OUT and HAND-TO-HAND ensues, but Fury is unable to stop one of them, which is why he is shot in the head by Agent Hill.
INT. HELICARRIER ARMORY SECTION DAY
Agent Coulson walks up the armory door. He places his head into a FACIAL RECOGNITION SCANNER. Walks into the room.
AGENT JASPER SITWELL (V.O.)
We got perimeter breach! Hostiles are in SHIELD gear. Hold on to every junction.
INT. HELICARRIER AIRCRAFT PORT DAY
HULK CRASHES from under the floor, sending Thor on his ass. HULK grabs him by the neck.
INT. HELICARRIER BRIDGE DAY
A gunfight opens up. AGENTS exchange fire with brutally efficient tactical soldiers.
AGENT JASPER SITWELL (V.O.)
Sir, the HULK and Thor are in shuttle levels 2, 3 and 4!
AGENT MARIA HILL
Sir, the Hulk will tear this place apart!
NICK FURY
Get his attention.
AGENT MARIA HILL
(on her EARPIECE)
Escort 606, proceed to 270 MAIN SHUTTLE! Don't get too close.
ESCORT 606 PILOT (V.O.)
Copy.
EXT. SKY DAY
ESCORT 606'S jet BANKS to the right, heading towards the shuttle.
EXT. OUTSIDE SHUTTLE
ESCORT 606 PILOT slowly makes his way in. sees the action going between Thor and the HULK.
ESCORT 606 PILOT
Target acquired. Target engaged.
(pulls the trigger; fires guns at HULK)
A SHOWER OF BULLETS SPRAYS THE HULK EVERYWHERE. Thor ducks for cover. The HULK turns around, letting out his PRIMAL ROAR. He Jumps up, TAKES A RUNNING START AND LEAPS...
ESCORT 606 PILOT LOOKS LIKE HE HAD SEEN DEATH ITSELF.
ESCORT 606 PILOT
TARGET ANGRY! TARGET ANGRY!
Some people were surprised to find chuckles tearing out of them, the pilot's words proving comical in a strange sense.
HULK LANDS ON THE JET'S NOSE. THE JET SPINS WILDLY. As the HULK tears it apart, ESCORT 606 PILOT pulls his ejection seat, but HOLD THE FUCKIN' DOOR! THE HULK CATCHES HIM, WAVES HIM AROUND AND THEN THROWS HIM AWAY.
ESCORT 606 PILOT pulls his parachute. THE JET EXPLODES. THE HULK PLUMMETS TO EARTH, ROARING HIS SWAN SONG.
"...That sure is a way to solve the problem."
"Brother..."
EXT. HELICARRIER PORT SIDE DAY
IRON MAN laser cuts a big piece of broken metal. He then JUMPS on it, relieving the rotors.
On the other side, BARTON'S men enter the port side. CAPTAIN AMERICA looks down, pondering if they are help. Evidently not as they begin SHOOTING at him and throwing grenades.
CAPTAIN AMERICA jumps to the other railing and down with Barton's men. He begins to TAKE THEM DOWN, even goes as far as throwing one off. A few more enter, FIRING.
CAPTAIN AMERICA grabs a NOVESKE RIFLEWORKS DIPLOMAT (big word for big fuckin' gun) and jumps back up to his position, firing down at them.
INT. HELICARRIER BRIDGE DAY
The gunfight has gone down, but more of Barton's men enter and are taken by Fury, who is confused as to why they keep coming.
NICK FURY
They are not getting through here, so what the hell...
Suddenly, Barton LOOSES an arrow down to the bridge and EXPLODES critical spots. Barton releases a multi-tipped arrow towards Fury, but instead hits his command desk, right above a USB OUTLETS.
Fury FIRES at Barton, but is already gone. The arrow then self-activates and inserts itself into the outlets, hacking every single monitor and main frame. The hacking causes Engine 1 to shut off. Suddenly, the HELICARRIER begins to DANGEROUSLY TILT to one side.
Many eyes widened as they watched the mortals' vehicle sway dangerously in the air. Was this really the end of those people?
AGENT JASPER SITWELL (O.S.)
Sir, we've lost all power in Engine 1.
NICK FURY
It's Barton. He took out our systems. He's headed for the detention level. Does anybody copy?
INT. LOWER EQUIPMENT ROOM, CARRIER- DAY
Still shaken by the HULK ordeal, Natasha sits there, rocking back and forth, after crying for a while. Summoning back all her coolness, she touches her EARPIECE.
Volstagg pursed his lips, his fatherly nature getting the best of him, "Poor woman," He rumbled quietly to his companions, "That thing truly terrified her."
Sif tilted her head, "Surely she knew the risks of becoming a warrior though." She pointed out calmly.
"Still," Volstagg argued, "Looking death in the eyes is never easy, even for durable beings such as us,"
Sif had no comeback to that.
NATASHA
This is Agent Romanoff. I copy.
Natasha SPRINGS up and runs for Barton.
EXT. HELICARRIER PORT SIDE DAY
IRON MAN begins to push the rotor using BOOSTERS from his boots.
NICK FURY (V.O.)
Stark, we're losing altitude.
IRON MAN
Yeah. Noticed.
The rotors start propelling faster and faster as IRON MAN'S BOOSTERS get more and more bright.
Thor looked alarmed, "Oh."
"Yup," JH sighed long-sufferingly.
On the other side, CAPTAIN AMERICA continuously shoots at Barton's men. Blinking at the wrong moment, CAPTAIN AMERICA loses the upper hand and SLIDES off the railing, but grabs onto a LOOSE CABLE.
INT. HELICARRIER DETENTION SECTION DAY
Thor runs into the detention section where he finds Loki, escaping.
THOR
NO!
Loki suddenly grinned looking mischievous.
Thor blinked in confusion, not quite fathoming the reason for his brother's sudden mischievous grin, "What is it, Brother?" He asked warily.
If possible, Loki grinned even more, not bothering to answer Thor's question.
Thor CHARGES at his brother. Loki walks up to him and CROUCHES down to attack. THOR ONLY GOES THROUGH HIM. The false Loki dissipates into nothingness. THE REAL LOKI comes out from behind the cell door, which closes on THOR, locking him up. Loki smiles.
Odin sighed in disappointment as Frigga covered her mouth to hide a secret smile. Thor outright groaned as Loki smirked at him.
"Are you ever not going to fall for that?" Loki mocked him grinning.
Thor glared at his brother and looked away in embarrassment.
JH snorted. The foreshadowing was strong in this one. [4]
LOKI
Are you ever not going to fall for that?
Loki blinked.
INT. LOWER EQUIPMENT ROOM, CARRIER DAY
Barton walks alone down the catwalk. In a lightning fast move, Barton nocks an arrow, and points it at NATASHA. A hand-to-hand fight ensues. Natasha CRAWLS her way around Barton, making Barton to drop his bow, but pulls out a KNIFE on her.
INT. HELICARRIER DETENTION SECTION DAY
Thor, in a fit of anger, SLAMS MJÖLNIR onto the glass cell. To his surprise, the cell door only CRACKS, but violently SHAKES the ship. Loki stands there in caution, as does his GUARDING SOLDIER.
Thor stared dumbly at the screen, "What?" He asked in confusion.
"It seems like the mortals fortified their ship," Odin answered calmly, masking his own surprise expertly.
"But- But- Mjolnir!" Thor gestured helplessly at the screen, looking like a lost puppy as Loki snickered next to him.
Many warriors, feebly, attempted to mask their own chuckles with coughs. This experience was proving that their Prince was not as infallible as they had thought and, while it was quite upsetting at first, they were starting to find some amusement in it. Especially when said Prince was gawking at the screen in shock.
LOKI
(smiles; walks over to the CONTROL PANEL)
The humans think us immortal. Should we test that?
At once, all the joyous atmosphere in the room was sucked out as everyone's backs went ramrod straight.
"Y-you wouldn't!" Stuttered a warrior in shock.
"Oh, he would," Growled Sif angrily, as she watched the screen with slight anxiety. She hoped that Loki wouldn't press that button. She wasn't ready to lose Thor.
Loki, on the other hand, was watching the screen neutrally, not really sure how to feel. On one hand, he and Thor were raised alongside each other and, deny it as he may, he still loved his oaf of an older brother. On the other hand, the centuries of resentment and anger were screaming at him to just press the button and be done with it. That fool was no brother of his!
Loki rubbed his forehead as a headache began to fester in his skull. Sometimes, he resented having such conflicted emotions warring in his being. Now was one of those times.
Suddenly, GUARDING SOLDIER falls down like a tree. AGENT COULSON stands there, holding PHASE 2 WEAPON PROTOTYPE.
AGENT PHIL COULSON
Move away, please.
Loki moves away from the switch.
Thor raised an eyebrow, "You're being awfully compliant."
Loki shot him a vicious glare and resumed rubbing his skull. Stupid, incessant headache!
AGENT PHIL COULSON
You like this? We started working on the prototype after you sent THE DESTROYER. Even I don't know what it does. Do you wanna find out?
A LOUD GASP. AGENT COULSON IS IMPALED THROUGH THE HEART. THE REAL LOKI STANDS BEHIND COULSON.
Thor gasped loudly and screamed, "NO!" as he attempted to fly to his feet. Loki grimaced as guilt attacked his gut, mixing in with the other warring emotions.
THOR
NOOO!
Loki sends Agent Coulson against the wall. Agent Coulson slumps down, breathing fast. Loki makes his way to the control switch. He gives his brother one last look. Thor looks at him, hopeful.
Loki snarled his nose and closed his eyes. He knew what he was doing next. He didn't need to see his brother's hopeful expression dissipate as well.
Loki opens the HATCH. Thor still hopes. LOKI HITS THE BUTTON AND DROPS THOR OUT OF THE SHIP.
Shouts of outrage filled the room as Loki grimaced and sunk in his seat.
"NO!"
"HOW COULD YOU-"
"-YOUR OWN BROTHER!"
Thor watched the screen feeling numb as the shouts of the other warriors in the room washed over him. He should have expected that. Maybe then the betrayal wouldn't have stung as much.
INT. LOWER EQUIPMENT ROOM, CARRIER DAY
Barton and Natasha continue attacking each other. Natasha KICKBOXES Barton's face. Feeling that, Barton takes a SWING at her, but she grabs his arm, TWISTING it. BARTON WRITHES IN PAIN. Using his other arm, he tosses the knife over and begins to SLASH at Natasha. She dodges every move, but finds herself in a LOCK HOLD with him. As he forces the knife down, she BITES his wrist. Barton lets go of the knife. Natasha WRAPS her legs around his neck, FLIPS him over and arm LOCKS him. She SLAMS his head into a pipes rail. Barton goes down, hard. He looks up her, almost coming to his real senses.
BARTON
Natasha...
Loki's eyes, which had opened sometime in the fight sequence, widened slightly. Of course! That was it!
Everyone else, save for Loki, Frigga, Odin, Tyr, and Heimdall, watched the scene with confusion.
"It gets explained later," JH deadpanned before they could ask.
Natasha COLDCOCKS him. Barton is out.
EXT. SKY
Thor, trapped in the glass cage, BOUNCES off the JUMBLING cell pod. As it draws closer to land, Thor tries to swing at glass, but misses. Land draws closer.
In a final attempt before crashing, Thor positions himself onto the glass door and LEAPFROGS just as the cage is about to hit the ground. The cell CRASHES into the shore as Thor crashes out into the meadow.
Thor groaned as the pressure from the impact hit him painfully. This pain factor was really awful!
Loki, unconsciously, leaned back in his seat. Good. The oaf wasn't dead.
INT. HELICARRIER DETENTION SECTION DAY
Loki has no remorse as he looks down. He closes the hatch and proceeds to leave. A WEAK VOICE.
AGENT PHIL COULSON
You're gonna lose.
A warrior gaped, "How is he still alive? A blow like that would have killed an Asgardian and that man is a mortal."
JH snorted, "We humans are very stubborn creatures. Kinda like- like- cockroach-es." Her voice cracking on that last word, JH suddenly went silent.
"What are coockrooches?" Asked an Asgardian in confusion.
JH didn't reply.
LOKI
(TURNING)
Am I?
AGENT PHIL COULSON
It's in your nature.
LOKI
Your heroes are scattered, your floating fortress falls from the sky... where is my disadvantage?
Fandral coughed, "Hate to agree with him on that," He admitted, "But Loki's right."
AGENT PHIL COULSON
You lack conviction.
Tyr looked at the screen in surprise, "He noticed?"
A warrior looked at him, "Noticed what?"
"We only realized that there was something wrong with that invasion because we knew Loki's fighting style and realized that there was something strange about his choice of offense," Tyr explained, "However, outside of this invasion, this mortal clearly never met Loki before yet he still realized that there was something strange about Loki's behavior. Such a perception is impressive." Tyr finished, his tone full of respect.
Many people looked at the dying mortal on-screen with a newfound amount of respect and felt a strange sense of loss.
LOKI
I don't think I...
AGENT COULSON SHOOTS LOKI WITH HIS PHASE 2 WEAPON PROTOTYPE, CAUSING LOKI TO BE BLOWN THROUGH THE WALL BEHIND HIM.
"OOMPH," Loki yelped as he felt the wind get knocked out of his lungs. He winced when the pressure lifted off only to leave behind a searing pain. That weapon no doubt cracked, or even broke, a rib or two!
Thor felt conflicted as several warriors cheered for the strong-willed mortal. On one hand, Loki was his brother and his sense of camaraderie screamed at him to check on him, but on the other, Loki kind of deserved that (both for fatally injuring Coulson and throwing off the ship). Only a bit though, mind you, he was still mind-controlled.
AGENT PHIL COULSON
So that's what it does.
Loki felt a wheezy laugh escape him. Even dying, that mortal was witty. He liked that.
INT. HELICARRIER BRIDGE DAY
Back in the bridge, Fury sees on his VIEWSCREEN that the hatch has been open. Knowing Agent Coulson was sent there, he goes to.
EXT. HELICARRIER PORT SIDE DAY
IRON MAN continuously SPINS Engine 3, giving it all he has. THE ROTORS ARE PROPELLING PROPERLY AND FAST. The HELICARRIER LEVELS itself.
INSIDE THE SUIT
TONY
Cap, I need the lever!
STEVE (V.O.)
I need a minute here!
TONY
Lever. Now!
Tony lets go of the rotors. They spin by themselves. Tony is then caught in one. He is now fucked. IRON MAN slips into the rotors, getting chewed up.
Thor winced, "That doesn't look good."
Loki rolled his eyes as he straightened up with some difficulty. He grimaced and rubbed his chest a bit. That was one powerful weapon.
EXT. HELICARRIER PORT SIDE DAY
CAPTAIN AMERICA CLIMBS up the loose cable and reaches the railing.
BARTON'S MAN opens fire once more. CAPTAIN AMERICA pulls himself up and finally PULLS the lever. A VENT opens up from Engine 3. IRON MAN falls out, but the suit is heavily damaged, hardly keeping him up. IRON MAN heads for Cap. BARTON'S MAN turns his AIM to IRON MAN, who TACKLES him into the wall. IRON MAN rolls over, tired. Cap lets out a sigh of relief.
OUTSIDE THE HELICARRIER
The carrier that brought Barton and his team now leaves, taking Loki and his scepter. The carrier flies into the distance.
INT. HELICARRIER DETENTION SECTION DAY
Fury runs in finding Agent Coulson still alive, barely.
AGENT PHIL COULSON
Sorry, boss. They got rabbited.
NICK FURY
Just stay awake. EYES ON ME!
AGENT PHIL COULSON
No. I'm clocked out here.
NICK FURY
Not an option.
AGENT PHIL COULSON
It's okay, boss. This was never going to work... if they didn't have something... to...
Agent Coulson looks away. Sighs his last breath. Nick Fury looks on grimly at Coulson. The medical team arrives.
There wasn't an Asgardian who didn't have their head bowed in respect. A brave soul just departed for Valhalla.
JH snorted but said nothing. They had no idea.
INT. HELICARRIER BRIDGE DAY
NICK FURY (V.O.)
Agent Coulson is down.
Agent Hill is being treated for a gash on her head, listens on her headset, standing up.
SHIELD AGENT (V.O.)
Paramedics are on their way.
NICK FURY (V.O.)
They're here.
INT. HELICARRIER PORT SIDE DAY
Steve and Tony listen in as well.
NICK FURY (V.O.)
They called it.
INT. HELICARRIER BRIDGE LATER
Fury gathers Tony and Steve back into the briefing room everyone there has a look as if in a daze. A look of numb shock is shown on their devastated faces.
NICK FURY
These were in Phil Coulson's jacket. Guess he never did get you to sign them.
Fury throws Coulson's CAPTAIN AMERICA TRADING CARDS on the table towards Steve. Steve picks them up, STAINED WITH BLOOD.
NICK FURY
We're dead in the air up here. Our communications, location of the cube, Banner, Thor. I got nothing for you. Lost my one good eye. Maybe I had that coming.
A warrior frowned, "His eye is alright though?"
His companion slapped him upside the head, "He meant the son of Coul, you moron!"
"Ooooh!"
(A BEAT)
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, called THE AVENGERS INITIATIVE. The idea was to bring together a group of remarkable people, see if they could become something more. 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 heroes.
Tony gets up and walks off, not wanting to hear it anymore.
Loki frowned, eyes shadowing slightly. What a foolish belief.
NICK FURY
Well, it's an old fashioned notion.
EXT. MEADOW DAY
Thor walks out far into the meadow. He looks down. MJÖLNIR.
INT. ABANDONED BUILDING DAY
Banner wakes up, in human form. He looks around and sees he is IN A PILE OF RUBBLE and looks up at the OPEN CEILING HE CRASHED IN. AND IS COMPLETELY NAKED. A SECURITY GUARD stands there, amazed.
The Asgardians regarded the screen for a moment...
Before they burst out laughing! [5]
SECURITY GUARD
You fell out of the sky.
BANNER
(COMING TO)
Did I hurt anybody?
SECURITY GUARD
There's nobody around here to get hurt. You did scare the hell out of some pigeons though.
BANNER
Lucky.
SECURITY GUARD
Or just good aim. You were awake when you fell.
BANNER
You saw?
SECURITY GUARD
The whole thing, right through the ceiling. Big and green and buck ass nude. Here...
He throws Banner a pair of big pants. Banner pulls on his pants.
SECURITY GUARD
I didn't think those would fit you until you shrunk down to a regular size fella.
BANNER
Thank you.
A beat.
SECURITY GUARD
Are you an alien?
Some people snorted. This scene was too lighthearted considering the events!
BANNER
What?
SECURITY GUARD
From outer space, an alien?
BANNER
No.
SECURITY GUARD
Well then, son, you've got a condition.
"That's an understatement," Loki muttered to himself.
Thor, having overheard his brother, nodded in agreement. An understatement indeed!
INT. HELICARRIER MEDICAL ROOM DAY
Barton is strapped down. Natasha watches over him as Barton tries to shake off Loki's mind control.
NATASHA
Clint, you're gonna be alright.
CLINT BARTON
You know that? Is that what you know? I got...I gotta go in though. I gotta flush him out.
NATASHA
We don't have that long, it's gonna take time.
CLINT BARTON
I don't understand. Have you ever had someone take your brain and play? Pull you out and send something else in? Do you know what it's like to be unmade?
NATASHA
You know that I do.
A warrior perked up, "Did she get mind-controlled before too?"
"Mmm, kinda. Not exactly?" JH answered, her tone strange.
"What happened?"
"..." JH remained silent
CLINT BARTON
Why am I back? How did you get him out?
NATASHA
Cognitive recalibration. I hit you really hard in the head.
CLINT BARTON
Thanks.
(Natasha unfastens the RESTRAINTS)
Tasha, how many agents?
NATASHA
Don't. Don't do that to yourself, Clint. This is Loki. This is monsters and magic and nothing we were ever trained for.
CLINT BARTON
Loki, he got away?
NATASHA
Yeah. I don't suppose you know where?
CLINT BARTON
I didn't need to know. I didn't ask. He's gonna make his play soon though. Today.
NATASHA
We gotta stop him.
CLINT BARTON
Yeah? Who's we?
NATASHA
I don't know. Whoever's left.
CLINT BARTON
Well, if I put an arrow in Loki's eye socket, I'd sleep better I suppose.
Loki grimaced and unconsciously rubbed his eyes. He understood the Agent but that didn't make it any less uncomfortable!
NATASHA
Now you sound like you.
Natasha sits next to her partner and friend.
CLINT BARTON
But you don't. You're a spy, not a soldier. Now you want to wade into a war. Why? What did Loki do to you?
NATASHA
He didn't, I just...
(SHE PAUSES)
CLINT BARTON
Natasha.
NATASHA
I've been compromised. I got red in my ledger. I'd like to wipe it out.
INT. HELICARRIER DETENTION SECTION DAY
Tony look at the empty cell container. He stands not saying a word. Steve walks in.
STEVE
Was he married?
TONY
No. There was a uh...cellist, I think.
STEVE
I'm sorry. He seemed like a good man.
TONY
He was an idiot.
STEVE
Why? For believing?
TONY
For taking on Loki alone.
Thor frowned at the screen, "He's right." His brother's voice sounded from his left. Thor regarded Loki for a moment, only to see a look of something guilty and dark on his face. Thor pursed his lips and looked away, not having any words to comfort his brother with. What could he say after all?
STEVE
He was doing his job.
TONY
He was out of his league. He should have waited. He should have...
STEVE
Sometimes there isn't a way out, Tony.
TONY
(WALKS AWAY)
Right. How did that work for him?
STEVE
Is this the first time you've lost a soldier?
TONY
(turns around sharply)
WE ARE NOT SOLDIERS! I am not marching to Fury's fife!
STEVE
Neither am I! He's got the same blood on his hands as Loki does. Right now we've got to put that aside and get this done. Now Loki needs a power source, if we can put together a list...
TONY
(looking at the blood stained WALL)
He made it personal.
Loki frowned and looked down, biting his lip slightly as he wrung his hands together. Whatever happens now will no doubt be unpleasant. For him at least.
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(A/N: WOO! MAN WRITING THIS OUT SURE WAS TIRING BUT HERE WE ARE!
I was feeling rather productive, so why not? Anyway, hope this chapter was satisfying, I had some trouble with writing the reactions but I think it worked out just fine in the end? Not sure about that but anyway-
Man, was this intense! I never realized how heavy this was until like, halfway through. Poor Loki and Thor their brohood just can't seem to catch a break! Also, whoever transcribed this script was a total goofball. It's both hilarious and irritating but oh well.
Anyway, I hope you liked this chapter! I'm so grateful for your support you guys, honestly, it's greatly appreciated!
[1] Loki went on so many adventures with Thor and his friends that he developed an acute sense for when things are about to go wrong. Thor has one too.
[2] This literally came out of nowhere, like I knew it was to cushion the fall or something but suddenly the words started flooding out before I could stop them! SORCERY!
[3] I read somewhere about an incident with a giant who took Mjolnir from Thor after he lost a bet or something. The first thing that I visualize Thor doing was attacking the giant without attempting to negotiate for his precious hammer which led to Thor getting his ass handed to him and Loki saving the situation.
[4] I'm not a Star Wars fan I just liked the sound of that quote and I didn't even quote it correctly T^T.
[5] Admit it. You laughed when you saw Bruce lying, naked, in a pile of debris with a man staring at him. It's hilarious and, though they are amazed he even survived, the amusement was just so strong they couldn't resist!
Welp, that's all I guess! I'll see you all next time!
Bye!
JH is officially out!)