A/N:Hey everyone! Welcome to my first published work on this site! Just want to make a note that this is my work, I also have this posted on Wattpad, so no I didn't steal it. Anyway, enjoy! I hope you guys like it!

(Tera's POV)

I run through the helicarrier, not believing what Natasha told me. A Norse god? Here? At S.H.I.E.L.D? She said there was a small scuffle in Stuttgart.

Yeah right, I think to myself as I continue my path down to the cell they are keeping him. There is no such thing as a small scuffle when a super soldier and Tony Stark team up to take him down. Natasha didn't tell me his name, but that may be because I ran out of the room to see him for myself.

I reach the door that had the cells on the other side. I try to open the door, but it's locked and I don't have a key card. One of the perks of being an intern, I think to myself, frustrated at my inability to enter.

"Something wrong?"

I spin around, coming face-to-face with Natasha. She gives me a smirk when I sigh.

"I wanna see the 'Norse god' you were talking about," I tell her, putting air quotes around Norse god because I still haven't seen him.

"Come with me, Fury's having a chat with him right now. We can watch from the bridge."

"Okay," I tell her.

We walk through the set of doors to find Dr. Banner and Captain Rogers already watching the scene unfold.

"Dr. Banner, I'd like you to meet one of our interns here at S.H.I.E.L.D."

I stick my hand out, "Nice to meet you Doctor."

He hesitates slightly before taking my hand in a firm shake.

Our attention is brought back to the screen by the sound of the wind screaming.

"Thirty thousand feet straight down in a steel trap. You get how that works?" Fury tells a man with dark black hair, who is imprisoned in the cage.

He pushes a button and closes the floor. He gestures first to the man.

"Ant." He then points towards the panel, "Boot."

"It's an impressive cage. Not built, I think, for me."

This is the first time I hear him speak. He speaks with eloquence and formality. His accent is almost British, but there's something else to it that makes it seem more sophisticated.

"Built for something a lot stronger than you," Fury shoots back.

"Oh I've heard," the man says, turning to look at the camera, directly at us, as if he knew we are watching. Dr. Banner gives Natasha a look. He must have known that S.H.I.E.L.D. would take precautions.

"A mindless beast‒ makes play he's still a man."

I suddenly notice that a tall, blond, and extremely muscular man is in the room with us and is not watching but listening intently.

"How desperate are you, that you call on such lost creatures to defend you?" the black-haired man mocks.

Fury takes several steps closer to the cage, "How desperate am I? You threaten my world with war, you steal a force you can't hope to control, you talk about peace and you kill 'cause it's fun. You have made me very desperate. You might not be glad that you did."

"Ooh. It burns you to have come so close, to have the Tesseract, to have power‒ unlimited power‒ and for what?" the prisoner asks. He looks back at the camera, towards us, and with a smile he says, "A warm light for all mankind to share?"

He turns back to face Fury, "And then to be reminded what real power is."

Fury just smirks back at him, unshaken. "Well, let me know if 'real power' wants a magazine or something," he says before taking his leave.

The monitors go black.

Captain Rogers looks up at us from where he sits, watching.

"He really grows on you doesn't he?" Dr. Banner asks dryly.

"Loki's gonna drag this out. So, Thor, what's his play?" Captain Rogers asks, turning to the muscle man standing beside me.

"Wait. Thor? As in the Thor? Like son of Odin, the god of thunder, wielder of Mjolnir? And your adopted brother, Loki? that's who we have? You're that Thor?" I ask, incredulous.

He looks at me, with an eyebrow raised. "Yes mortal child, that is I whom you speak of. How do you know so much of me? We have only just met."

Embarrassed by my outburst, I simply mumble, "I read a lot. Also I'm not a child."

I make note of Natasha smirking at me from the corner of my eye, as Thor smiles at me before turning back to the Captain.

"He has an army called the Chitauri. They're not of Asgard, nor any world known. He means to lead them against your people. They will win him the Earth, in return, I suspect, for the Tesseract."

Agent Maria Hill joins us in the conference room. She stands behind Thor, quietly listening.

"An army, from outer space?" Steve says in disbelief.

Dr. Banner fiddles with his glasses, "So, he's building another portal. That's what he needs Erik Selvig for."

"Selvig?" Thor repeats.

"He's an astrophysicist," the doctor explains.

"He's a friend," Thor responds.

Natasha looks up and speaks for the first time since the screens went dark. "Loki has them under some kind of spell - along with one of ours."

I can hear the hurt in her voice, she and Clint had a special bond, they were like siblings.

"I wanna know why Loki let us take him. He's not leading an army from here," Steve says turning to Dr. Banner.

"I don't think we should be focusing on Loki. That guy's brain is a bag full of cats, you can smell crazy on him," Banner jokes.

Thor takes a step closer to the table, "Have care how you speak. Loki is beyond reason but he is of Asgard, and he is my brother."

Natasha gave Thor a look. "He killed eighty people in two days."

"He's... adopted." Thor falters, blaming Loki's action on his adoption. I roll my eyes.

Banner speaks up, "I think it's about the mechanics. Iridium, what do they need the Iridium for?"

We hear a voice answer back from the hall, coming closer.

"It's a stabilizing agent."

It's Tony Stark, walking beside Agent Coulson. He whispers something to Coulson about keeping love alive. I raise an eyebrow, but don't say anything. Coulson smiles before heading off in another direction. Tony starts walking towards Thor.

"Means the portal won't collapse on itself like it did at S.H.I.E.L.D.," Tony explains, with a wave of his hand. "No hard feelings Point Break, you got a mean swing," he says patting Thor's biceps with the back of his hand.

Thor gives him a look of death, but Tony doesn't see it as he heads towards the control panels. Agent Hill rolls her eyes as Tony walks past her.

Tony continues without missing a beat, "Also, means the portal can open as wide and stay open as long as Loki wants."

Tony turns to face the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, "Ah, raise the mizzen mast, ship the topsails."

They all turn to look at him, with confusion plastered all over their faces. I can't help but laugh.

Tony suddenly points out excitedly. "That man is playing Galaga! Thought we wouldn't notice, but we did."

We all look towards the man Tony had pointed out, and sure enough, he is playing Galaga.

Tony walks towards the command area of the ship, where Fury usually stands.

He covers an eye. "How does Fury even see these?"

"He turns." Agent Hill responds simply, with her arms crossed.

"Sounds exhausting."

Tony starts messing around with the screen. Pushing things, moving them aside.

"Is he even allowed to touch that?" I ask Nat.

She just shrugs and rolls her eyes.

"The rest of the raw materials, Agent Barton can get his hands on pretty easily. Only major component he still needs is a power source of high energy density. Something to kick-start the Cube." Tony says.

Agent Hill interrupts him. "When did you become an expert in thermonuclear astrophysics?"

"Last night." responds Tony, with attitude.

Hill looks at him, confused.

"The packet, Selvig's notes, the extraction theory papers, " Tony elaborates. "Am I the only one who did the reading?" he asks with his arm open. "And why is there a kid here?" he asks, pointing at me.

I give him a tight smile. Why does everyone think I'm a kid? "I'm actually an intern here, Mr. Stark. Agent Romanoff is my mentor."

"Intern, huh? How old are you? 15? 16?"

"Nineteen, actually. Sir." I add, not wanting to be rude, because Mr. Stark is a genius and you don't want a genius against you. They can come up with some cruel, creative ways to get revenge.

Steve speaks up, "Does Loki need any particular kind of power source?"

Banner responds, still playing with his glasses, "He'd have to heat the Cube to a hundred and twenty million kelvin just to break through the Coulomb barrier."

I start to zone out. I have no idea what they were saying, and besides, this isn't the field I'm planning on going in to.

I snap out of my daydream when Director Fury enters the room.

With his eye on Tony, he tells him, "Doctor Banner is only here to track the Cube. I was hoping you might join him."

Steve interjects, "I'd start with that stick of his. It may be magical but it works an awful lot like a HYDRA weapon."

"I don't know about that, but it is powered by the Cube. And I like to know how Loki used it to turn two of the sharpest men I know into his personal flying monkeys."

"Monkeys?" Thor asks, "I do not understand‒"

"I do!" Steve interjects, excited.

We all turn to look at him, while Tony rolls his eyes. I feel a smile forming on my lips.

"I understand that reference," he continues.

I think he's happy to find something in this world that he actually understands.

Tony breaks the silence. He turns to Dr. Banner. "Shall we play, Doctor?"

"This way, sir." He answers and they walk out.