Chapter 86

"Where is Loki?" Captain America questioned as soon as we entered the control room.

"He is in Stuttgard, prancing around like he owns the place." Director Fury answered.

"Everyone, get ready! It's time for you to confront the target. Captain, don your suit! It's time for you to return." Director Fury ordered.

"Alright, Director!" Captain America nodded to his words.

"Albion!" Director Fury suddenly addressed me as I moved to depart along with everyone else.

"What is it, Director?" I asked.

"I have seen how strong your powers are, even when you are holding them back. I want you to take one of the most important positions. You will be in the rear, watching and intervening only if the team is in danger or Loki is about to escape." Director Fury asked for me to take the rear.

In simple words, he was just asking me to be backup even after knowing how powerful I was. Don't know if it was because he didn't deem me experienced enough due to my age or because he genuinely wanted me to be a wild card.

"As you say, Director." I said, accepting his order since I had no other choice.

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"Bow down, humans! Your place is below us!"

It had only been a few minutes since Loki had appeared and he had already bent everyone here to their knees. I could see four illusory clones of Loki surrounding the crowd, clearly a magic trick.

This confirmed that Loki was indeed a magic user. Although it was already likely from his previous actions, this just confirmed the fact.

"Open the hatch! I will drop on that building." I told Agent Natasha to drop me down on a nearby building which had a clear view of Loki.

"Hope you know what you are doing, Albion." Agent Natasha said, worried by the fact that I was going to jump several metres.

"Oh! This is nothing!" I said as I jumped off the jet and landed on the building smoothly.

Below, I could see that a brave old man had stood up in defiance to Loki who clearly didn't like it a single bit.

Fortunately, the jet had already reached near the ground and Captain America and Mr. Logan were dropping on the ground through a rope.

"Now, see the result of your defiance!" Loki said as he readied an energy bolt towards the old man.

I was about to retaliate with a lightning bolt of my own when Captain America jumped down from the rope and shielded the old man from the energy bolt with his famed shield.

Surprisingly, as soon as the energy world hit the Captain's shield, it was reflected back to Loki.

Even though Loki had only shot a low powered bolt, it was still shocking. Didn't know that Vibranium could do this? I would have to ask Captain later if I could borrow his shield for some research.

"I remember that I had fought someone with the same ideology as yours during the Second World War." Captain America said, trying to draw Loki's attention to him so that the civilians could escape.

"A soldier... of a different time, huh!" Loki commented. Looks like he already knew about Captain.

"It is your time that is going to end, Loki." Captain said as Mr. Logan landed and the fighter jet locked its weapons on him.

"Lay down your weapon, Loki!" Agent Natasha said through the speaker, threatening Loki.

As a response, Loki launched an energy bolt at the jet which Agent Natasha barely made the jet dodge.

Seeing Loki's attack, Captain threw his shield at him but Loki deflected it with his staff. Captain then ran to fight him in close combat with Mr. Logan following closely behind.

Captain threw punches at Loki but he easily parried them with his staff despite Captain's super strength. Looks like his strength was not low at all despite him being a mage.

However, Loki had to dodge as Mr. Logan came at him with his claws unleashed. Captain America soon joined Mr. Logan, having retrieved his shield.

It was clear to see that Loki was having difficulty fighting with both Captain and Mr Logan in close combat. Although I wonder why he was not using his magic. Perhaps he just deemed humans too lesser to use magic on them.

"Damn it! You are just insects, humans!" Loki said as he used his staff to create a shockwave which threw Captain and Mr. Logan back. He was clearly angry that Mr. Logan and Captain had overpowered him.

But as soon as the shockwave ended, a large bolt of lightning fell towards Loki. I could see Ms. Ororo in the air, having finally joined the battle.

However, Loki was not one to be defeated by just this much. Just before the lightning hit his body, he created a barrier which blocked it.

"You could not have joined earlier, Storm." Mr. Logan complained.

"Both of you were too close for me to attack Loki. Now, let me focus!" Ms. Ororo as she focused on breaking Loki's barrier with her lightning.

"Should I attack too? It should be enough to break the barrier." I asked Agent Natasha through the earpiece she had given me for the mission.

Before she could answer, music suddenly started streaming to my earpiece.

"All of you started the party without me!" A male arrogant voice sounded as a figure suddenly flew into the scene.

As the figure passed by me, I realised who it was from the unique suit. It was freaking Iron Man! SHIELD had even contacted Tony Stark for the Avengers.

As Iron Man flew into the battleground below, he launched a few missiles at Loki's barrier, causing it to finally shatter. The shattering of the barrier caused Loki to fly backwards from the impact.

"Ready for a beating, Horned Bull!" Iron Man said in his typical arrogant tone as he pointed his hands at him, ready to shoot laser beams.

Ms. Ororo charged lightning bolts in both of her hands while Captain and Mr Logan also readied themselves to engage Loki once again.

But to everyone's surprise, Loki dropped his staff and put his hands up as a sign of surrender. His golden armor along with his horned helmet also disappeared as if they were just illusions.

"Is he actually going to surrender?" Agent Natasha said in a surprised tone through the earpiece.

"Should I shoot a bolt of lightning at him just to check?" I asked for her permission.

"Do it! But only a low powered one. We need him able to speak." Agent Natasha instructed.

"With pleasure!" I said as I launched a bolt of my iconic red lightning at Loki.

The red lightning bolt hit Loki easily, taking him down as he was clearly not ready for the surprise attack.

"What the hell was that for? I was clearly surrendering!" Loki shouted angrily, flabbergasted by my attack.

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Well, the last lightning bolt was a little too much! But Peter could not take any risk what with Loki's actions.

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