As I opened my eyes everything was dark. Something had hit S.H.I.E.L.D and I can bet that Loki was behind it. I pushed my body up and sat up straight so I could see where I was, it looked like an engine room. I reached up to my ear and removed the ear piece that was used to communicate with everyone. Broken. What luck! I slowly began to stand up as I heard a huge roar. Fuck. The Hulk. I held onto the railing next to me and pulled myself up. Thanks for the early heads up about the explosion Mother. I began walking down the corridor and up the stairs to a higher level when I came out at the main conference room, it was hectic. Fury was firing at what looked to be S.H.I.E.L.D agents and so was Agent Hill. The firing slowly stopped and Fury spotted me

"Rice! Captain and Tony are out fixing the engine that was blasted. Romanoff is dealing with Barton and Thor has Loki" he confirmed as I looked at him "Go help him out" he said as I ran out the door, grabbing another ear piece on my way past and putting it in my ear

"Eleanor here. Thor I'm on my way" I said as bullets came flying towards me, I parted my hands and allowed the wind to move the bullets around me before running and kicking the shooter in the face, knocking him unconscious. I was about a minute away from Lokis cell when I heard Thor scream. Hurry up El. Come on! I pushed myself further and entered the room as I saw Thor in Lokis cell and Loki had just hit the button, releasing it and allowing Thor to fall to his death. As I locked eye with Loki I froze. There sat on the ground with a blood stained shirt and a gun in his hand was... "UNCLE PHIL" I screamed as I ran to him and held his face "NO NO NO NO NOOOOO!" I screamed as the wind began whirling around the room even more. I looked up at Loki who was smiling at me, a scowl fell on my face as I stood up from my Uncle and braced myself to kill Loki "You're going to lose" I spat and he let out an evil laugh

"Am I?" he asked as he tilted his head at me

"It's in your nature" my fists clenched as I readied myself to kill this bastard

"Your heroes are scattered... Your floating fortress falls from the sky... Where is my disadvantage?" Loki asks as he slowly gets closer to me, I swallow the lump in my throat, ready to reply and hit him with a force stronger than a tsunami

"You lack conviction" I heard from behind me, as I look back the voice came from Uncle Phil, he's alive! Before I could turn back to Loki, Uncle Phil sent a blast from the gun he was holding, throwing him back "So that's what it does..." I ran and crouched beside my only family member "Ellie... Oh my dear Ellie" he said as tears fell down my face "Your Father would be so proud of you" he said as I tried to get him to stand up

"We have to get you to medical Uncle Phil" I sobbed as he shook his head and removed my hands from him

"No Ellie. This is it for me. This jet is going down and fast" he said as I looked at him "Tony and Steve are trying to get one of the engines back online. You can help" he said as I shook my head

"Uncle Phil, I'd never get there in time I-"

"You can help from here" he said as I looked at him "I know you can" he sent me a faint smile as I looked at him "You've got this Elliebear. I believe in you" he said as I stood up. I closed my eyes and tried to envision the jet falling from the sky. Breathe. I began to raise my arms and felt a resistance pushing them back down. It's working! I pushed harder and harder as it felt like the weight of the world was pushing down on my arms

"Stark is that you?" I heard through the ear piece

"No I'm still working on jump starting the engine..."

"Rice" Fury confirmed as I screamed, I've never felt this weight on me before, this was one of the heaviest things I'd tried to move with the wind and to keep it upright and not falling? I have no idea how I was doing this.

"Alright kid, we're done here!" As soon as I heard that I dropped to the ground panting as Fury ran into the room, my ears began ringing and I started to go light headed as I looked around and saw Fury in front of my Uncle, 

"So- boss" My Uncle mumbled 

"Just- Awake.. Eyes on m-" I made out from Fury

"Clocking out h-" my head shot up and I crawled over to my Uncle Phil and placed my hand on his as the ringing began to ease "It's OK boss, you brought me back to my Elliebear" he said as a tear fell down my face "This was never going to work... If they didn't have something to fight for" he said as I looked at Fury and back at Uncle Phil "Ellie. Promise me you'll do your best" he said as I placed my head in his chest

"I-I p-p-p-promise Uncle Phil... I p-promise" I sobbed, there was no response and as I lifted my head I saw what I feared the most. He was gone "NOOOOOOOO!" I screamed as Fury pulled me into a hug and stroked my hair, he shushed me and rocked me back and forth as I continued to sob, presumably trying to calm me down, apparently it didn't seem to work. Suddenly I could hear the tapping of rain on the top of the jet, it was coming down fast. I would take the weight I had on my arms a thousand times over to save my Uncle Phil. My body was numb but at the same time it hurt all over. I felt like someone had stabbed me in the heart and was twisting the knife. Fury pulled me away from my Uncles body as I fought against him to stay near him

"Eleanor come on" he said as I cried uncontrollably, the rain becoming heavier as I sobbed "The medical team are here" he said as he continued to stroke my hair and shush me

"H-H-He's gone" I sobbed into Furys jacket as he took his hand from my back and lifted it to my ear

"Agent Coulson is down" he said to the rest of the team, I heard something through my ear piece about a medical team but I was too busy sobbing I didn't hear it "They're here" he said before pausing "They called it" the rain came down even harder as Fury pulled away from me and held me by the shoulders "Eleanor, I need you to calm down, we can't have a repeat of Japan" he said as he wiped my tears away. "You're a good person El. You don't hurt innocent people, and there are a lot of innocent people on this ship" he said as I opened my eyes and looked at him, I nodded and sniffled as he pulled me into another hug, I could hear the rain ease and the drop weren't as hard on the ship anymore "Your Uncle was so happy to be with you again Eleanor... He wanted you to be here. To be apart of this team" he added as he stood up and held out his hand for me to take "We still have to deal with Loki, Eleanor. I understand if you're not up fo-" I stopped him by taking his hand and pulling myself up

"I'm going to kill him" I said as Fury placed his hand on my shoulder 

"For now I need you to get everyone together and we can look at capturing Loki and the Tesseract" he said as I nodded, he placed his hand on his ear piece "Stark, Captain. Meeting in the main room in 30 minutes" he said as he looked at me with pain in his eyes "You go ahead kiddo, I need to sort this out" he said as I nodded and looked back down at the medics and my Uncle Phil. I crouched next to him and placed a kiss on his forehead

"I promise I'll get him uncle Phil" I whispered before walking towards the conference room, ready to make a plan on the capture and death of Loki. I took deep breaths as I walked down the corridor, I had to compose myself before seeing everyone. I couldn't let them see me upset and think of me being weak. You lost a family member. It's OK to be upset. As I entered the room I saw Steve and Tony sat down, their eyes immediately fell on me. Tony jumped up and hugged me, as much as it was a shock to me that the man who I had hated this entire time was now comforting me

"I'm so sorry El" he said as he pulled away "Phil told me he was your Uncle" he said as I sent him a weak smile "He'd be so proud of you, you know?" he asked as I nodded "You saved everyone on this ship doing what you did today"

"I know. It was Uncle Phil who made me do that" I said as Steve came up to us "He was a good man, Uncle Phil. He loved his job and worshipped people like you two" I smiled as they both guided me to sit down at the table "Where is everyone else? I know Thor was released down with the cage. What about Banner and Romanoff?" I asked while looking around

"Banner jumped onto another jet which was trying to distract him, it went down. Romanoff is trying to sort Barton out. She was able to knock him out whilst this was all going on. What happened with Thor?" Tony replied as he took a seat opposite me

"Thor got trapped in Lokis cell, he went down. Uncle Phil was trying to stop it" silence fell between the three of us "We need to find Loki and put a stop to this. For him" I said as they both nodded "Tony. You work on getting that location of the Tesseract. Captain, you get a plan in action, maybe working on where Thor or Banner could've fallen" I said as I stood up "Even if neither of you want to work together you can either help me and I'll kick his arse or we can all sort out our differences and kill Loki together" I added as Tony nodded "Just be back here in 20 minutes because Fury wants a meeting" I informed him as he left. I turned to Steve and he looked at me and gave a small smile 

"I'm so sorry about your Uncle, Eleanor. I had no idea you two were relat-"

"Don't, Captain" I shushed him "I've cried already. I don't need a pity party. I need revenge" I said "I have no family left in this world now" I added as he looked at me

"I understand how you're feeling Eleanor. I understand completely" he tells me as he places a hand on my shoulder, a shiver ran down my spine as I pulled away from him "Sorry, I didn't mean to overstep our friendship" friendship? He sees me as a friend?

"No it's OK. I'm just not used to being around people. It's nice to have someone who understands what I'm going through. At least I got a bit of time with him, you woke up to everyone gone" I sympathised, trying to change the subject of Uncle Phil so I didn't get emotional again "I can't begin to imagine what that's like"

"It's difficult. I can't lie to you. Especially when everything has changed, there's new movies, music, places. The New York I remember is nothing like the New York today" he said

"Well you understood the monkeys reference. Maybe you should write a list of things people recommend you do, see or listen too" I advised as he raised his eyebrow "Personally I think you should start off with Step Brothers. It's a film but it's a favourite of mine. You also need to go sight seeing at some point... Experience the new New York" I chuckled as he nodded

"Those will be the first things I do when we finish up with Loki" he smiled as Fury, Agent Hill and Tony entered the room

"Rice... Captain" he acknowledged us, he must've caught Tony leaving the room and called him back so we could start the meeting early "I'd like you all to take a seat." each of us took a seat at the table, waiting for Fury to continue. he picked up some cards out of his pocket, I looked to see what he was holding "These were in Phil Coulson's jacket" he sighed "I guess he never did get you to sign them" He threw down the blood stained cards on the table. They were his rare Captain America cards. I glanced over at Steve and saw guilt fall on his face as he picked them up "We're dead in the air up here. Our communications, the location of the cube... Banner... Thor... I got nothing for you" he said as I looked at Tony who shook his head at me "I lost my one good eye... Maybe I had that coming" Steve placed the cards in front of him and I looked at Fury who began to circle the table "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" he paused before looking to Tony "There was an idea, Stark knows this... Called the Avengers initiative. The idea was to bring together a group of remarkable people to see if they could become something more" I looked between everyone, no one dared say anything except Fury "To see if they could work together when we needed them too, to fight the battles that we never could" he paused again before looking directly at me "Your Uncle died still believing in that idea. Believing in you" he told me as everyone looked at me "In heroes" Tony got up and left the room "Well.. it's an old fashioned notion" he added as I also got up and followed Tony out of the room. I followed him to where Lokis cell used to be. To where my Uncle had died protecting the greater good

"You OK?" I asked him as he looked back at me

"I feel terrible" he admitted, "If I was there to help maybe he-"

"Tony you can't do that to yourself" I comforted him as he looked back at me

"Phil and I, we got sort of close. He was a good friend to Pepper and I... I can't believe he's just... gone" Silence fell between us "He was like a sibling I never had"

"Was he married?" I heard a voice from behind us, it was Steve

"No" I responded 

"There was a cellist, I think" Tony replied, wait my Uncle dated?

"I'm sorry guys" Steve said "He seemed like a good man" I chuckled for a quick moment before opening my mouth

"He was an idiot" I smiled, thinking of what he was like when I was little 

"Why? For believing?" Steve asked

"For taking on Loki alone" Just as I started to like Tony he goes and ruins it.

"He was doing his job" I snarled at Tony

"He was out of his league. He should have waited. He should have..." Tony began as his voice cracked. He isn't insulting Uncle Phil... He's grieving.

"Sometimes there isn't a way out Tony" Steve said as he walked towards the two of us

"Right, I've heard that before"

"Is this the first time you lost a solider?" Steve asks, Steve no. Uncle phil wasn't a soldier, he was a friend.

"We are not soldiers" Tony snapped "I'm not marching to Fury's fife" he added as he looked at me "Sorry kid. But there's no way of locating it, all S.H.I.E.L.D's electronics are down"

"Neither am I" Steve said as I scoffed and looked at them both "He's got the same blood on his hands that Loki does"

"We've got to put that behind us and get this done" I inputted "Loki needs a power source"

"If we can put together a list-"

"He made it personal" Tony interrupted 

"That's not the point!" Steve exclaimed

"That is the point. That's Loki's point" Tony said, clearly in a train of thought "He hit us all right where we live. Why?" he asked

"To tear us apart"

"Yeah divide and conquer is great but he knows he has to take us out to win. Right?" I see where Tony is coming from now. "That's what he wants... He wants to beat us and he wants to be seen doing it... He wants an audience" I realised

"Right. I caught his act in Stuttgart"

"That's just the previews. This... This is opening night and Loki is... full-tilt diva right? He wants flowers, he wants parades..." Tony continued as he walked up some steps and turned around to us, clearly still in a deep thought

"He wants a monument built to the skies with his name plastered on it" I added "He wants Stark Tower"

"Son of a bitch" Tony said as he set off and motioned for us to follow him "He's going to do it at Stark Tower because everyone looks to it. Everyone expects Iron Man to save them" Tony said as I let out a little cough "They'd expect you guys to save them too if they knew you existed... My point is, he's doing it there for the audience"

"Steve, go get Natasha... Tony fix your suit. Meet at the quinjet on the top deck in 30 minutes. Let's do this shit" I said as Steve and Tony nodded, I went towards the room I was staying in to suit up myself, I grabbed a change of clothes as the ones I had were ripped due to the explosion. I slipped out of my current clothes when the door to my room opened, before I even had chance to turn around and throw wind at the door I saw Captain Rogers and I froze, stood in nothing but my underwear in front of him

"Sorry! I- uh well... Erm" Steve began to say as he froze like a deer in headlights

"Spit it out Rogers!" I exclaimed as I pulled on my top

"I came to give you these" he said holding up Uncle Phils Captain America cards, I could see they were signed and I smiled slightly

"Give me a second" I groaned and I pulled on my pants and belted them up and approached him "Next time... Knock" I chuckled "But I see you got a good look in" I winked as I grabbed the cards from him and placed them in my back pocket, he opened his mouth to say something "I'm joking! About the good look thing, not the knocking thing. Please knock next time. I could've been naked" I laughed which he returned "Lets to get Natasha" I said as I guided him out of the door and we began to walk to the infirmary when Natasha was looking after Barton. I hope she was able to sort him out, we could use a guy like him to help us fight Loki. Cap and I made light conversation as we came to the infirmary door, he went to open it straight away and I nudged him "What happened the last time you just opened a door?" I laughed as he knocked and we heard a brief 'come in' "Time to go" I said as Natasha looked at us

"Go where?" she asked

"We'll tell you on the way" Steve informed her "Can you fly one of those jets?" he asked 

"I can" a voice came from another room as the door opened, this must be Clint Barton, I looked at him and back at Natasha, mentally asking her if he was OK now. She gave me a quick nod as if she knew what I was asking

"You got a suit?" I asked him and he smiled and nodded "then suit up. We meet at the jet in 30 minutes" they both nodded and Steve and I left the room "Well Captain one more stop before we go" I said as he nodded "Lets go and grab your shield" I smiled as we walked to his room "You don't have to knock on this door... Unless there is someone in there" I joked as he shook his head at me

"You're never going to let that one go are you?" he asked as we walked down the corridor

"Absolutely not" I laughed as a rush of red fell to his cheeks "Why Captain America, are you blushing?" I teased

"It's just hot in here" he smirked

"Well don't expect me to take off all my clothes" I joked as he looked at me dumbfounded "It's a song. We'll add that to your list" I laughed as he opened the door to his room. I don't know what I was expecting from Captain Americas room. Half of me expected a World War II shrine but it was just a simple room, the exact same as mine. He walked over to his bed and picked up his shield before looking at me and smiling "You look like America" I smiled as we both walked out "You know, I'm surprised they didn't actually put your face on dollars after what you did" I admitted "Without you taking down HYDRA we would've never won the war you know"

"Thanks, but I never did it to be put on currency" he chuckled

"I know you didn't but you were- well are the American Sweetheart. I've watched the History channel. Men, women and child adored you. Children would run around the street with makeshift shields pretending to be you... You are the original hero" I smiled as he looked down at me

"I'm more than just a pretty face" he joked referring to what I had said previously when I was discussing Gamma Rays with Stark and Banner

"Oh I know. You're a true soldier" I smiled as Barton and Nat joined us 

"Hey guys" Natasha smiled as we all walked towards the quinjet "You OK?" she asked me as I smiled at her

"About as good as I can be, I just want Loki to pay for what he's done" he replied as I caught Agent Bartons eye "You must be Agent Barton. I'm Eleanor but you can call me El" I smiled as we walked

"I've heard a lot about you El. Call me Clint" he replied as we entered the quinjet and was met with a pilot

"Hey, you guys aren't authorised to be in here!" he exclaimed as Steve approached him

"Son, just don't" he said as I stepped to one side and had the wind blow the pilot out. Clint and Nat took the seats in the cockpit and the Cap and I sat in the back, clipping our seatbelts in as we set off.