Chapter 13

*A few hours later*

Loki had been trying his hardest to help me learn to fight. It was a real struggle at first, I could barely even see him half the time. But he helped me learn to use my powers. I could feel when the elements around me shifted, letting me know a new presence was there. Our fighting turned from him kicking my ass to being on almost even ground.

I dodged left and swept my foot under Loki's feet, causing him to fall forward. He disappeared from the ground and reappeared behind me. I threw my elbow back and hit him right in the stomach. He coughed and I spun around, throwing another fist at his chest. It collided with him and he grabbed my wrist as he fell backwards, pulling me with him. I landed on top of him and we both started laughing. I let my head fall against his chest and he relaxed as he let my wrist go.

"Gotcha!" I laughed.

"You're getting better." He said as he slowly stopped laughing. I looked up at him and sat up.

"You're a good teacher." I smiled as I looked down into his beautiful green eyes. Loki gently placed his hands on my thighs and my body tensed up. I didn't realize how I was sitting on him until he touched me. I was straddling him.

"But you let your guard down too fast." He suddenly said. He reached up and grabbed my hips as he sat up and spun us around. He was now on top of me and between my legs. I put my hands against his chest to push him off but he grabbed my wrists and pinned them against the floor above my head. I exhaled hard as he leaned in close to me.

"Gotcha." He whispered. His low voice was heart melting. My whole body erupted with goosebumps and I was tense as he studied my eyes. His green eyes slowly looked down to my lips and then back into my eyes. I wanted him to kiss me and I felt like he wanted to kiss me too. I was breathing hard, and not because we were just practicing. Being in this vulnerable position with him was sending all kinds of feelings through me. Loki slowly began to close the gap between us, his breath hitting my lips and sending chills down my spine.

"How is it going, brother?" Thor's loud voice boomed through the gym. Loki closed his eyes and sighed as he clenched his jaw. He let my wrists go and climbed off of me, extending his hand to me when he got to his feet. I took it and he swiftly and effortlessly pulled me to my feet. I looked over at the door and quickly let his hand go when I saw that it wasn't just Thor standing there, Nat was with him and she had the biggest smile on her face as she stared at us.

"Good, brother." Loki answered. I could tell he was annoyed.

"Were you able to hit him at all, Lady Alex?" Thor asked me as he smiled.

"A few times, yeah." I chuckled. Tony walked into the gym and rolled his eyes at my suit before motioning for all of us to follow him. We walked out of the gym and up the stairs to the living room. Captain America and another man were standing and talking when we entered.

"Cap, Bruce, Alex." Tony introduced us. I froze when the men looked at me. The last two main Avengers were standing in the living room, waiting to meet me. I couldn't believe it.

"Alex, Cap and Bruce." Tony motioned between the three of us.

"Don't mind her terrible outfit. Some people are just blind to fashion." He added as he walked away from us.

"Looks great to me." Bruce shrugged as he held his hand out. I placed mine in his and he gently shook it, almost like he was scared to hurt me.

"Yeah, I see nothing wrong with it." Captain America added as he held his hand out to me. I let go of Bruce's hand and shook Captain America's hand. His grip was much firmer and stronger. 

"You can call me Steve, by the way." He smiled. I smiled and nodded at him as we let our hands go. 

"Hey Loki." Bruce smiled at the God.

"Loki." Steve nodded.

"Boys." Loki nodded back at the two of them and Tony walked back into the room.

"Alright, enough pleasantries, we have a mission." He said as he motioned for us to follow him. We all walked down into the lab and Tony walked over to his console. He pulled up a holographic screen and pointed at the picture of a man holding a large gun.

"This is Dylan Evans, he was a former S.H.I.E.L.D agent who gave into temptations and turned into an illegal arms dealer." Tony explained as he crossed his arms.

"Aren't all arms dealers illegal?" Steve asked as he raised an eyebrow.

"Shut up." Tony casually said as he flicked the picture aside and pulled another one up, revealing another man who had a fake hand and a huge smirk on his face.

"We all know Klaw." Tony nodded as he swiped again, pulling up a picture of the man named Klaw and the former agent together.

"He's dealing with Evans?" Nat asked as she furrowed her brows.

"Yeah, word on the street is that Evans managed to get into the bunkers last night and steal some  vibranium that was stored there." Tony explained as he pulled up a picture of some mineral.

"And he's selling to Klaw." Clint nodded as he put it together.

"Tonight. We're told that it's happening in a public place." Tony said as he flicked the pictures away.

"Where?" Bruce asked while crossing his arms.

"Some new retro club. 60,s, 70s, and 80s type theme." Tony said as he pulled a picture of the club up on the screen.

"Oh, yeah, I've heard of that place." Nat nodded as she studied the image.

"What's it called again?" She asked Tony.

"Uh, no idea because I don't care." He replied as he dropped the image and turned off the console.

"What I do care about is getting that vibranium and getting it without anyone getting hurt." He added.

"Unless it's Klaw or Evans, they can get all kinds of hurt." He shrugged.

"So, who goes?" Clint asked as he looked over at Steve.

"Hmmm." Steve hummed as he looked around at the team standing around him.

"All of us." He shrugged.

"Including Alex." He added, smiling before walking away and out of the room.

"Um." I half laughed.

"This is gonna be fun." Clint giggled as he followed Steve out of the lab.

"Come on, we gotta go plan our outfits." Nat said as she took my arm and pulled me away from the group. I followed her upstairs and then out to the balcony, where I could see the sun setting.

"Alright, fly us up to the Hellicarrier." She smiled as she tightly held my arm against her.

"Alex." Loki said, suddenly appearing next to us and causing me to jump into Nat.

"Is not used to flying yet." He added, smirking at the fact that he scared me.

"Good practice." Nat shrugged. I wanted to prove to Loki that I was able to do this, so I put my arm around Nat's lower back and held her close as I slowly lifted us off of the ground. I looked over at Loki and noted the proud looking smile on his face as he took a step back, giving me space. I slowly flew us up into the air and Nat laughed as she looked down at Loki below us. I picked up the speed and we reached the Hellicarrier in just a few minutes. I set her down and adjusted my hair as I let out a relieved exhale.

"That was good." She smiled as she walked away from me and towards the elevator.

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Nat took me to a room she called the "Who the Hell are you?" room. It's where they store all of their disguises and stuff. She told me that since we were going to a club, we had to dress the part to blend in, which made sense.

"So, which era do you wanna wear? 60's, 70's, or 80's?" She asked as she picked up a dark green velvet onesie and admired it.

"Um, 60's I guess?" I shrugged. 

"This?" She asked as she offered me the onesie.

"Um, no." I laughed as I shook my head.

"Green is not my type." I added. She looked down at the onesie and gently ran her fingers down it as she smiled, her thoughts going somewhere without me.

"It's definitely mine." She softly said.

"So, I'm wearing this with knee high black boots." She said as she set the onesie down and crossed her arms.

"Are you sure green isn't your type?" She asked as she raised a curious brow. I walked around the room and examined the different types of clothing they had hanging up and stored on shelves, there had to be over 300 items in here.

"Yeah, I'm already super pale so green makes it worse." I chuckled as I landed on a long sleeved white turtle neck.

"From what I've seen, green makes your skin look rosy pink." She grinned while wiggling her brows in a knowing way.

"I have a feeling we aren't talking about clothes anymore." I stated as I picked up the turtle neck and raised a brow at her.

"Nope." She replied, popping the P at the end of the word.

"What are you implying, exactly?" I asked, my amused smile making it's way to the surface.

"I dunno, I see the way you look at a certain someone and the way they look at you. Little bit of eye flirting, little bit of physical touching, lotta bit of eye fucking-"

"Jesus." I laughed, stopping her from going on.

"Who?" I asked.

"Hmmm." She hummed.

"Who??" I asked again as I followed her towards the back of the room.

"Loki." She shrugged. My mouth dropped open in surprise but I quickly composed myself as I furrowed my brows and laughed her comment off.

"No way." I replied.

"Uh-huh, I'm trained to know people better than they know themselves, I'm tellin' ya Alex, I see it." She insisted. I rolled my eyes and tried to ignore her comment but it sat in the back of my head as she went on to a new topic. I have a small crush on Loki but I don't know him enough to even justify it or call it a crush really. It was also curious that she thinks he has a thing for me too.

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After everyone finally got dressed, we met up at the club. I was wearing a long sleeved white turtle neck top, short white jean shorts and a pair of black knee high leather boots. Nat had on the green velvet onesie and boots she picked out earlier and the men all had on basic dark blue and black bell bottom jeans and some form of turtle neck shirts on.

"Alright, since the kid doesn't have-" I shot Steve a glare for calling me kid since we were the same age and he stopped talking when he saw it. 

"Alex, since Alex doesn't have her implants we gotta go old fashioned." He said as he looked back to the rest of the group.

"What implants??" I asked as I raised a brow. Ignoring me, the group proceeded to pass around small black comms that we were to put in our ears. I placed mine in and a small, loud feed back was heard before it went silent.

"Alright, seems like they're working." Steve nodded. Loki and Thor both tugged at the collars of their turtle necks and I couldn't help but giggle at how uncomfortable and out of place they both looked. Loki suddenly morphed into a man who looked completely different than him. He had given himself baby blue eyes, ear length light blonde hair that sat in the shape of an M on his head and his teeth were darkened by a few shades.

"One of the better disguises you've done." Clint shrugged as he examined Loki.

"Meh." I shrugged. I didn't find the man he turned into to be very attractive, but everyone has their preferences.

"We'll go in separate. Tony will stay behind on the Hellicarrier to avoid causing a scene." Steve explained as he crossed his arms.

"What about you? Everyone knows what you look like." I pointed out as I also crossed my arms, mimicking him. Steve reached into his back pocket and put on a fake mustache and sunglasses before smiling proudly at his new look.

"Wow." I sounded unimpressed because I was, the mustache and glasses did nothing, I could still tell it was him.

"It works." He shrugged.

"But does it though?" I asked as I furrowed my brows a little.

"It doesn't." Loki said as he crossed his arms too.

"It works." Steve insisted.

"Now, Nat and Alex go in together, followed by Loki and Clint and then myself, Thor and Bruce. We stay in our groups until we spot Klaw or Evans, then we pin locations and spread out, surrounding them." Steve explained as he nodded.

"Any questions?" He asked us. I quickly raised my hand and Loki smiled a little as he looked down and away from me.

"You...you don't have to do that." Steve said as I slowly lowered my hand.

"Right, um, so what happens if, or, I mean, when the fighting starts?" I asked.

"Stay close to the nearest Avenger and try to use your powers only if you see a reason to." Steve nodded.

"Okay, and-" Steve clapped his hands, ignoring me and everyone split up, leaving me scared and unsure how I would be on this mission.

"You'll be fine." Nat assured me as she put her arm over my shoulder and pushed me towards the street where the club was located.

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We got inside and split up like we were told to. Nat and I were on the dance floor, actually dancing as we looked around. She says that looking for a target in a club is the easiest because all you have to do is dance around on the floor, hidden in the crowd until you spot them.

"Anything?" Steve asked on comms. Nat lifted her wrist to her face and wiped the makeup under her eye as she slyly spoke into the mic on her wrist.

"Nothing here." She replied.

"Nada." Clint also replied.

"The deal goes down soon, keep watching." Tony urged us. A stranger suddenly took my hand and spun me towards him as music blasted over the speakers. I decided to just go with it to blend in more. I spun back away from him and a man entering the club caught my eye. It was Klaw and he had a big smile on his face and an even bigger group of men behind him. I did the makeup trick Nat did and turned my back to the men and stranger as I looked over towards Loki and Clint, who were by the bar scouting the place out.

"Entrance." I said as I spun back around. This time I came face to face with Dylan Evans. I tensed up and he smirked at me as he took my hand and pulled me close to him.

"Dylan is with Alex." Nat suddenly said in the comms. I smiled up at Evans to avoid suspicion and he put his hands on my waist as he held me right up against him. I was extremely uncomfortable but I didn't want to blow it.

"With Alex??" Loki asked.

"He pulled her into a dance." Nat explained as Evans pushed his hard member up against my crotch, making me cringe in every way possible.

"Klaw's walking towards the VIP lounge." Steve informed us.

"You're beautiful." Evans shouted over the music.

"Thank you. You're not so bad yourself." I giggled as I swayed my hips with his.

"Oh please." Loki scoffed into the comms. Evans groped my ass and I forced myself to smile as he licked his lips while doing it. He leaned towards me for a kiss but I quickly spun around and pressed my ass against him to avoid that kinda contact. He grabbed me by the waist and held me against him as he moved his whole body to the music.

"Jesus, this guy's a perv." Nat groaned in disgust as she watched us. I couldn't see any of the Avengers anymore but it was reassuring to know at least one of them had eyes on me.

"Sir." A large man said, causing Evans to stop dancing. I turned around and put on a huge impressed smile as I put my finger on Evans' chest and giggled.

"Sir?" I asked. Evans smirked as the man whispered something to him and then nodded as the man pulled away.

"I gotta go, sexy." Evans shrugged as he let me go. He walked away and I pulled the bottom of my turtle neck down because he had moved it up in the dance.

"Sexy? That's not what you call a lady." Steve scoffed. I backed into the crowd as I watched Evans walk towards the VIP lounge as well.

"What would you have called me?" I asked Steve as I glanced up to the balcony, seeing him and the others there.

"Awe, come on, Al, don't do him like that. Cap isn't a romantic." Clint chuckled.

"Yeah, yeah, you have eyes on them, kid?" Steve asked me.

"Same age, Steve." I replied as I tilted my head to the right, giving me a better view of the VIP lounge. I noticed there weren't any women in the room and the men were all drinking champagne and basically whispering to one another as their body guards kept watch.

"I was in the ice for 66 years, not the same age." Steve playfully argued.

"But you stopped aging, so, same age. Stop calling me kid." I argued back as I watched Klaw smile widely at Evans.

"What do you want me to call you?" Steve asked me as I looked over at the group. Loki's eyes were locked on me while the others casually looked around the club, probably scouting for an exit plan.

"Anything but kid." I replied, my eyes lingering on Loki for a few seconds longer than I wanted them to.

"Alright, dollface." Steve chuckled.

"Awe, he can be romantic." Clint gushed.

"Will you two stay on mission and stop filling comms with such nonsense." Loki harshly snapped.

"I dunno, I ship them." Nat shrugged. Loki rolled his eyes and turned his back towards me as he crossed his arms.

"No offence, Cap, but I'm just not interested." I playfully said as I looked back over at the deal going down. Evans stood up and Klaw followed, extending his hand out to the former agent.

"Yeah, she has someone else on her mind." Nat chuckled.

"I know who you refer to." Thor suddenly chimed in.

"Who?" Loki asked.

"Nope. Not doing this." I half laughed.

"It is-"

"Alright!" I quickly interrupted Thor.

"Looks like the deal is moving. No money was exchanged but they shook hands." I informed the team as the groups left the VIP lounge and walked towards the entrance together.

"Probably going to a hotel or something to actually exchange, less riskier. We gotta keep eyes on them at all times." Tony said. The groups passed me and Evans winked as his men hurried him along.

"On it." I quickly replied. I pushed my way through the crowd and made it to the entrance just as Klaw's men walked out the door. I took Evans' hand and pulled him towards me as "Spirit in the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum started playing.

"I love this song!" I giggled as I spun around him, grabbing his attention. His men tried to push me away from him but he pulled me towards him and pushed them back.

"Come with me." He shouted over the music.

"We can listen to this song all night long." He winked and I felt my stomach turn with disgust but I held my flirty smile as I nodded.

"Alex." Loki warned. I ignored him and walked out of the club with the former agent's arm draped over my shoulder. We walked over to a huge line of black SUVs and Klaw winked at me as he and his men waited for Evans to get into his own vehicle. I climbed in, Evans smacking my ass as I did, and sat down in the middle seat. Evans sat next to me and one of his body guards sat on the other side, squishing me in.

"We're right behind you." Bruce said over comms.

"I don't like this."  Nat softly said as we began to drive away, following Klaw's SUVs down the empty street.

"Looks too clean." Steve agreed.

"More SUVs coming in behind Evans, it's a trap." Clint harshly said. Bright headlights suddenly appeared to my left, where Evans was sitting, and then the whole car was jerked to the side. We were hit by another car at high speed and it sent us rolling. We rolled twice before coming to a halt with the roof of the car being on the road under us. I groaned and sat up, touching the blood coming from my cheek.

"Alex!" Loki yelled out.

"Thor, Bruce, Nat after Klaw. Clint, Loki and I will handle the others."  Steve quickly ordered. Evans unbuckled himself and fell to the roof as he groaned and touched his head.

"Sir! They're taking the guns!" Someone shouted out from outside of the car. I leaned back, one arm touching each front seat, and tried to gather myself as I looked around the car. The body guard was dead and still hanging from his seat with his belt around him. My heart froze at the sight.

"Alex! Are you okay??"  Loki asked.

"Yeah."  I replied without thinking about my surroundings. I quickly looked over at Evans, who was staring at me with suspicious eyes.

"What did you just say?" He asked as he grabbed my wrist and pulled it towards him. He pulled the mic from my sleeve and crushed it against the bottom of his shoe.

"Working for that bastard then, huh?" He scoffed as he pulled out his gun.

"I had no choice!" I yelled out as he pointed his gun at me. I was panicking and the only thing I could think of was that I had to get out of the car, but he wouldn't let me unless he had a reason to keep me alive.

"He's my brother." I forced myself to cry as I held my hands up in defense.

"Boss!! They got us surrounded!" Another man yelled from outside. Evans let out a harsh sigh and grabbed my wrist as he pulled me towards the door. He pushed it open and crawled out, pulling me with him. 

"I got eyes on her, she's alive." Loki said. I noticed one of the body guards turned away from us and holding his hand near his face, telling me that it was Loki in disguise.

"He's making his way back around. He wants to see this play out himself." Nat informed us.

"Klaw!" Evans yelled out as he pushed me forward and pointed the gun at my face. I clocked Steve and Clint getting into position nearby as Klaw and his men walked over towards Evans and his men.

"Sorry to do this to you, mate, but that's just how it is." He chuckled.

"Kill em all and take the goods." He said as his smile dropped.

"If you or your men take one more step, I kill the girl." Evans harshly said as he took a step towards me, making the small gap between us even smaller.

"Uh, why would I care?" Klaw asked as he raised a brow.

"Now, don't get me wrong, little lady, you are delicious lookin' and all." Klaw said before licking the air towards me, making me shudder in disgust.

"But I don't give a shit." He laughed.

"Sh-what?" Evans asked as he shot his eyes to me and clenched his jaw.

"So... I lied." I awkwardly laughed. Filled with rage that he was played twice, Evans pulled the trigger, sending a bullet towards my head. I tensed up and inhaled as I felt it coming towards me. I exhaled while feeling the elements and quickly phased them through me, making the bullet hit the guy behind me, killing him.

"Well, well, well. We got ourselves a little freak now, do we?" Klaw chuckled as he eyed me.

"Time to go!" Steve yelled out. His shield came flying from a dark alley and hit one man and then bounced off and hit two more before returning to him. I threw my foot up and kicked Evans in the crotch before taking off away from the fight. I ducked down behind the rolled over SUV and closed my eyes as shooting began. Loki appeared next to me and I smiled as relief washed over me.

"They won't get to you, I promise." He nodded. A bullet came flying from behind us and because of instinct, I phased it through me and it hit Loki in the shoulder.

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry!" I gasped as he groaned and leaned back against the car.

"I wasn't thinking!" I covered my mouth with both hands as I watched the blood trickle down his arm.

"It's alright." He softly said as he self healed. The bullet fell out of his arm and I sighed as I relaxed against the car next to him. He stayed with me as the fighting continued behind us. I figured it was better than being in the line of fire and having no idea what I was doing and I assume Loki assumed I'd die without him here, which was a pretty good assumption.

"All clear." Tony informed us. Loki stood up and held his hand out to me. I took it and, like in the training room, he pulled me to my feet with no issue. I smiled up at him and he gave me a small smile back before letting my hand go. We walked around the SUV and over the few dead bodies that laid around the road. They had managed to capture Klaw and Evans and some of their men but most were killed in the fight.

"She's shield." Evans scoffed as he shook his head.

"She's amazing." Klaw gasped in awe as he stared at me with his crazy eyes. Loki gently pulled me closer to him and Klaw began laughing like a maniac as Steve forced him to his feet. Clint grabbed Evans and helped him up but I pulled away from Loki and stopped them before they could follow Steve.

I pulled back and landed the hardest punch I could muster up on Evans' face and he cried out in pain as blood gushed from his nose.

"Pig." I spat as I walked away. Loki smirked as he watched me return to my spot next to him and Clint just pushed Evans to keep walking, not bothering to help him with his nose.

"Pretty good." Tony proudly said.

"For a small mission." He added.

"Did he just say small? That was crazy." I laughed as I looked over at Loki.

"We have another mission in the making. Get back to my place ASAP." Tony informed us. I exhaled again and shook my head as the others began leaving the scene and some S.H.I.E.L.D agents showed up.

"Clean up." Loki said as he took my hand in his. He teleported us out of the area and over to Steve and Clint, who were putting the bad guys in the back of a secure S.H.I.E.L.D SUV. 

If they considered this a small mission, I'm not prepared for what they consider a big one.

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