[27] Loki The God of Illusion, and Anna Marie

Chapter 27: Loki The God of Illusion, and Anna Marie

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Throughout his entire life, he thought Loki Odinson was his real name. That he was the proud younger child of the great Odin. 

However, recently he learned he was actually named Loki Laufeyson. Things just clicked then. It suddenly made sense why he always received the short end of the stick when his brother, Thor was involved in anything.

Full of emotion, Loki accepted the offer made by that galactic villain. He would take over Earth, allow the Chitauri to invade the planet, and let Thanos take his first step toward conquering.

Thanos had a plan. A grand one.

Not that I am aware of it.

Loki didn't know what it was, but he knew one thing. To execute that plan, Thanos needed Odin dead. Or at least, make him somehow not interfere.

That's why this multi-purpose plan to attack Earth was even a thing. It was to make Asgard run out of Faith Points.

Though the humans of this day and age didn't "pray" to Asgardians, they did other sorts of things that provided the Asgardians with Faith Points. 

One example would be the novels, TV series, and movies based on Vikings. People merely consume those media-generated faith points. After all, faith in this particular case didn't mean "faith" in the general sense. The mere emotions generated by the aforementioned media counted too, along with the other things.

So, if Thanos could take out the earth, then Asgard will be pretty weakened. The top figures such as Odin and Thor wouldn't be affected by it, since they were already High-Gods who didn't depend on their faith. However, the general Asgardians would be weakened. 

That was enough for Thanos to attack and declare Ragnarok upon Asgard.

So, to boil it down, Loki was working to destroy the place he grew up in for the last millennia. And he didn't regret it one bit.

To complete the plan, he even got captured by these lowly humans last night.

Just now, he was manipulating this ginger-haired human woman. He was using her weakness, her past, to talk her into breaking apart. But what was this?

"...So Banner? He is your key?" Said the ginger wearing a tight leather suit, standing outside his glass cage.

Loki felt perplexed.

What just happened?

"Thank you for your cooperation." The woman who was weeping just now, Black Widow, just gave him a casual smile and walked away.

"...." It only took a second for Loki to realize that he had been tricked.

Tricked.

The God of Mischief and Trickery, Loki, had been tricked.

"Naughty mewling quim…" He chuckled a little and calmed himself with trained breathing. That woman will get what is deserved to mock a God.

Half an hour later, as a sound of explosion came from the far, Loki noted the process had already started.

So what if she realized he intended to use the Hulk? Could she stop it?

– Roaarrgh!

The hungry, angry, and distant roar of a monster awakened and said that- No, that human woman couldn't stop it.

****

The next scenes unfolded just as Loki had planned. 

His mind-controlled minions attacked the helicarrier from a jet plane and started to wreak havoc. Hulk awakened due to the mess, only to create more mess. One of Loki's mind-controlled pets took advantage of that, stole the Specter, and came to free Loki.

In the process of Loki casually walking out of the prison, Thor appeared in the room.

"No!" The hammer-wielding, blonde God of Thunder yelled and rushed at Loki. Loki just braced himself, and Thor just passed through his body, falling into the prison just as the door closed.

"Hah?" Loki chuckled, vanishing from his spot and reappearing in another spot nearby. The one that Thor ran into was an illusion, to begin with.

"When will you not fall for that, brother?" Thor yelled, slamming his hammer against the glass of the prison, but the glass was as durable as the eye-patch-wearing man had claimed. It cracked, but it didn't break.

Loki smiled and was about to say something, but a female's voice came rushing into the room.

"Stop right there-!" 

Loki frowned and turned to the side. A gun-wielding female agent that he didn't recognize was here. She wielded a massive gun and started charging up.

"You like this?" The woman asked as she approached Loki; he was forced to drop the Specter and raise his arms in the air.

"We started working on the prototype after you brought the destroyer." The female agent added. "Even I don't know what it does," she charged it up. "Do you want to find out?"

Just as she was about to pull the final trigger, Loki appeared behind her. He was in front of her too, but it was an [Illusion]. Before the woman even noticed him, he sharply slipped the Specter's blade behind her waist.

"Ak-" The agent's eyes widened and she fell to the floor. Even though she was still groaning, she was dealt with. How dare this mere human think she could threaten a God?

Loki ignored her and walked over to the control panel. He looked at the shocked face of Thor and smirked.

"See you later, brother." Loki pressed a button and the prison fell.

It literally fell, as it was a separate chamber on this helicarrier. It hatched like an egg and flew down toward the earth's surface.

"Brother! Loki! Aaargh-" Thor shouted, but his voice only grew distant. This helicarrier was high in the sky, and though Thor was strong, Loki hoped he'd be out for a few hours at least.

On the side, the woman began to speak about how he was gonna lose, but Loki ignored her. He would usually reply to such crude words, but he had to hide when he noticed Hulk jumping on a jet plane and taking it down with himself.

For some odd reason, Loki felt chills whenever he saw the Hulk. So thankfully, Hulk too was thrown toward the earth's surface a thousand feet below.

By the time Hulk was gone, the woman was dead. Sadly, Loki couldn't retort back to her disrespectful words.

"Whatever. She was a nameless bedswerver anyway, so it doesn't matter… Tch." Loki grabbed the Specter hard in his hand and channeled the power of the Mind Stone that was inside it. He called back his soldiers as it was time to return. It seemed a lot of his soldiers died, and a few were shaken out of their mind control. Such as that Black Widow's friend, Hawkeye.

"A pity." It was a pity, but Loki accepted it. Their lives would end anyway in just a few more hours when he would bring the Chitauri to this world.

Loki hopped onto a jet plane, with his remaining soldiers, and took off in the sky. He could barely hold himself back from grinning ear to ear, just thinking about the sweet victory that waited for him a few hours later.

****

A few hours later.

A green creature of armor was seen riding a bat-like sci-fi-themed surfboard, flying in the skies of New York.

A few months ago, Harry realized his currently hospitalized and comatose father was someone greater than what Harry believed at first. He had built a battle armor before Tony Stark had ever dreamed about it…! Sure the functionality was quite different, but the point stood.

It was only when Harry tried to activate the armor did things go wrong. The armor released a strange gas and Harry found his hereditary disease activating sharply inside him.

Later, he learned the urban legend of a green goblin was actually real. That the legend was talking about his comatose father, Norman Osborn, and now… Harry himself.

Strangely, Harry didn't hate the development. He liked it. He used the power and technology to take care of some annoying pests, such as a guy who liked MJ before.

He also used his powers to take care of things outside of merely personal interest, as a lot of the board members of the company were scheming behind his back now that his father was hospitalized, so it helped there too.

Today, though, he wore the suit for a personal reason.

He flew towards the office [Nova Games], his grenades ready to launch when the large letters came visible in a building in the far.

Harry… no, the Green Goblin crackled in an ear-splitting voice as he approached the office. When he judged he was close enough, he got a little confused.

Isn't today a workday? The office appeared to be closed right now. The curtains in the glass wall were pulled down. What's up with that?

The Green Goblin frowned in confusion, which grew into frustration.

"Why today? It could have been any other day. Ugh." But that didn't change much. So what if the employees weren't here? 

He could just bomb the office building itself, that on its own was a big enough mess. Supernova will have a hard time recruiting any new people if his office were to get bombed in open daylight.

The Goblin crackled and then prepared the grenades. He was just about to commit the crime, but before he could throw the grenades away, something mind-blowing happened.

– Shiiunggg~

A strange sound that was a mixture between a comic howl and the loud bell of a church, rang from behind the Goblin. He snapped his head back to find a strange scene right out of a fiction.

The world was coming to an end.

The sky split into a hole, and from the dark otherworld, enemies of steel raged out. They who rode flying craft of all manners, they who rode a large snake-like steel creature, began to destroy everything near them.

And they had noticed the Green Goblin too, as a group of them flew right at the sneaky creature.

"Why today?! For fuck's sake!" The Green Goblin was infuriated and frightened at the same time.

With those words, the legendary Battle of New York had begun.

X-x-X

It was noon, the sky was bright blue and filled with dots of clouds. It was a good day. Tony had to admit that his Stark Tower looked nice from the sky at the moment.

It would have been nicer though if that ominous energy bubble wasn't shimmering at the roof of the building.

"Dr. Selvig. Stop the device."

Tony was wearing his Mark Vi armor. The sound of his propeller running to keep him aloft in the air didn't reach his ear due to the noise cancellation, but the whimpers of the old scientists did.

"This… It can't be stopped anymore. It's too late."

The old man whose eyes were weirdly green, spoke while stuttering. 

Tony didn't buy the act and pointed his hands at the energy bubble that was wrapped around the device. The device was motoring up, it was spinning, and looked like it would activate any time.

What would happen if it was activated? Tony didn't know and wasn't eager to find out either.

So he shot repulsor rays from both his palms, shooting them at the energy bubble.

Turns out, that was a mistake.

– Boom!

 An explosion happened and Tony was thrown off the air, spinning and falling towards the ground.

[The bubble is pure energy, sir. We can't penetrate it.]

"What a surprise."

Tony remarked sarcastically. He spun in the air a bit longer until he regained his balance in midair.

When he did regain it, he was floating near the few top floors of his tower. From where he floated, he could see the damned Trickster God on the balcony as he stared at him.

What is that bastard doing here?

It was time for Plan B.

"Jarvis, prepare Mark-7."

[But sir, Mark-7 isn't fully ready yet.]

"I know."

Tony led himself to a platform near one of the balconies, where a circular device rested. The device started to undress his armor, as Tony walked forward to meet Loki.

"What're you doing, human?"

"I'm about to threaten you."

On two corners of the room, the two stood, as Tony acted nonchalant and walked to the personal bar.

Hah, he could see a million ways this could go wrong. Brainwashing from that Scepter, or maybe even outright death from a beam of that Scepter. 

But did he have a choice? He didn't want any more to die like that SHIELD agent.

****

"The attack should most likely happen in the next two to three days. We four will be patrolling near the attack site for these few days." – that was the plan that Enrique delivered to the girls.

The three girls were curious about where he was getting the news, but they didn't question it. Rogue and Tigra believed it was his Goddess anyway, and the other girl, Magma, didn't need to know what was up.

The group stopped for a break on a rooftop, as Enrique handed them cups of Starbucks. In their suited-up forms, they chatted about their day.

"So how was it? Your first day?" Enrique asked the two girls who were doing superhero duty for the first time.

He was suited up in his hero outfit as he leaned against the water tank that was on the roof. The girls sat on the small pillars that acted like stools, and they were suited up as well.

"Yeah, how was it? I was nervous when it was my first day, but not much since Enrique was with me! Well actually it was because of Enrique that I felt more nervous, I was scared he would find my performance unfitting." Said Rogue, who wore her very classic costume, with the jacket to boot. 

However, despite looking the same as usual, her suit was enchanted recently. Even her head was protected now, despite not having a helmet. It was possible due to the recent power growth of Mut.

"Well… it was weird. Catching a few petty criminals was no biggie, but the problem was the pictures that people took from afar. Awkward." Said Tigra, who wore her classic fitness bra and shorts, under a denim jacket. The jacket wasn't special, but her bra and shorts were. They were enchanted too by Mut, now that she was a proper believer.

Her fitness bra and sports shorts had tiger stripes that matched her physical stripes when she fully transformed. At the moment though, she was in kind of a hybrid form, with only her ears and tail attached to her caramel skin. 

It was a form possible due to training, plus the [Cat's Amulet].

"At least I got to wear the clothes I like. I was sure this guy would force me to wear clown outfits." She wasn't really a superhero costume enthusiast; Enrique was fine with that. Because even if she was basically naked, the enchanted bra and shorts covered her entire body with the help of magic. She was bulletproof thanks to it. 

"Huh? Clown outfits? I think that's too harsh… Or, uh, does my outfit look that bad?"

Lastly, there was the new, temp recruit. Amara Aquilla, aka Magma, spoke in a self-conscious voice.

Not that there was anything to be self-conscious about. She looked stunning.

Wearing a costume that was a mixture between leather and armor, she looked quite good. Not only did it cover her from neck to toe, but it also hugged her curves quite greatly as well. 

It was interesting for Enrique to see Emma Frost care for her students this much. She cared enough to deliver this costume last night via Azazel. It looked bulletproof, though just like with Rogue and Tigra, Enrique couldn't be sure if it could withstand the bullets of the guns that Chitauri used.

"But seriously, Magma. Are you sure you are fine wearing it? Not only does it look heavy for your stature, but it will be completely ruined when you enter your magma form. The suit should be worth a few million." At his words, Magma looked a little uncomfortable as she slowly nodded.

This girl, Amara Aquilla, was sweet but also a little naive sometimes; due to her sheltered upbringing. But she always tried and was a fan of trying new things.

Sometimes, Amara would show a typical haughty "royal" attitude, but that was very much under control as long as she was around Enrique.

She truly was scared of him thanks to the incident from two months ago.

"...I have no say in it. I mentioned it to Principal Frost, but she said my safety is more important. She also said that if the situation is worse enough for me to use my magma form, it's all right if the suit is destroyed. "

"Huh. Isn't it nice having such a caring sugar mom- never mind." Enrique cut himself midway, recalling it wasn't quite professional. "You look gorgeous in it, which is a good thing. It's a pity you are not a permanent member."

Magma nodded stiffly, wearing a small blush. It's not a blush of embarrassment though, she was quite uncomfortable at the idea of being a permanent hero under him. 

"All right, then-" Then it happened. As Enrique began to speak, he was cut midway. A true force of terror washed over the four people as the sound of a thousand birds chirping sounded out from afar.

Their heads snapped to the side, up at the sky as their eyelids widened. In the light blue sky, a deep blue crack began to expand. A portal.

Then…

It seemed that no matter the changes that Enrique's presence had brought to this world, it wasn't enough to change the appearance of the Chitauri.

Countless creatures of tech and flesh, as if reinforced humans riding robotic mosquitoes, rushed out of the portal.

Enrique sipped his coffee. "Guys. It's time we get to work."

Then, he grabbed Magma and flew off. The other two had enough leg power to jump from building to building and follow after him.

The Battle of New York finally began for Enrique and his plans.

****

It was a mess. Everything was burning.

Her mother told her last night to avoid Manhattan for a few days. She said that one of her colleagues told her that there would be some dangerous stuff happening here soon. 

Felicia really should have listened.

"But no, fuck, I had to wear my suit and jump in! Ugh-"

Her kleptomania had targeted one of Tony Stark's limited edition watches, this time around. Now that she knew that Manhattan would be messy for a while, meaning Stark would be busy, she thought it was a good time to come and steal the watch. 

She knew the Stark Tower was filled with cameras and all sorts of other sensors, but she was fucking Black Cat, those things never stopped her. And she had proved her words weren't mere arrogance just five minutes ago when she indeed stole the watch.

What she didn't see coming though, was-

"Kreeaacchh!!"

"Fucking aliens!"

Why the fuck were aliens pouring out of a tear in the sky?

She had just stolen the watch too and had made a run for it. But just when she was about to leave the stark tower, via a back door, the 'S' of the 'STARK' logo fell down from the sky. 

She avoided it easily, she was a cat, and dodging was her specialty. However, the next things that came rushing at her weren't her specialty. How the hell was she supposed to fight armored aliens? What the fuck was going on??

"Hey! I-Is that a hero?!"

"She is wearing weird clothing and those reflexes-! That's a hero!"

"My god, what a lucky day! Come on, beat those fuckers up! Keep us safe!"

It was awkward that the people around her were mistaking her for a hero! It'd be a lot more awkward if she got beat here and was found with stolen goods.

I am just a petty thief, saving the world ain't my job. Even if aliens take over, I'll still be a thief. I just need to find a way to run from here. Not that the four aliens shooting at her were letting her go. She could dodge their bullets, her cat reflexes and senses were a cheat. 

But she couldn't beat them! She wasn't a fighter, for fucks sake!

"Oh, my goddess. Goodness gracious-" Suddenly, a loud voice came rushing from behind her, from the sky.

"What the hell are you doing here?! Even after I warned your mom!" One moment, the four aliens were aiming their guns at her, and the next moment they burst into splinters as a large man in white crashed into them, destroying them with just that.

Supernova turned glaring at her, and in the heat of the moment she had missed what he just said. So she just grinned and jumped into his arms, even as she ignored the blonde girl who was already in his arms.

"My shining hero! You saved me again! Can you drop me off here? I'm so scared."

"Get off me, I'm busy. You evacuate the civilians. Don't run. I'll find you and I'll hand you over to the police if you flee."

"Wha-" Black-Cat tried, but he just pushed her away and flew off. She stood there still for a moment baffled at what had just occurred before her face went sour.

"Fucking heroes. Why are you pulling me in?" Still, she had no choice but to help the idiotic civilians away from there. She didn't run even after that, as she was fearful, and started evacuating anyone who she found in her path.

Just like that, as the annoyed Black-Cat saved civilians while the heroes fought the aliens, the incident would give birth to the urban legend of a black cat who brought good luck – sweeping over the internet.

****

"H-how do you want me to fight?!" Magma asked loudly while Enrique flew with her in his arms.

The Avengers were scattered across the battlefield. Namely, Hawkeye, Captain America, and Black Widow were here in the streets. The big blowers were out in the sky.

"Let me find a spot for you- ah, got it." Enrique spoke just as he found a spot far from the avengers. Magma's power didn't really make her a team player, so she needed to be a bit far from others.

One such place was a cross street. There was a mess of cars on a road, and the aliens were attacking them all. The worst part was that civilians were stuck in a few cars.

– Shingggg!

Enrique's eyes shone gold and a beam of plasma shot up. Three aliens who were just about to break a car window and kill a family were sliced up by the beam.

Enrique turned the beam off and dropped Magma in the middle of the crossroad.

"Be careful of the civilians. Just melt the aliens."

Enrique ordered, and the girl listened. The action of Enrique cutting a few of their own kind attracted the attention of the nearby aliens, and they all rushed at Magma when Enrique took off into the air.

Magma's forearms went bright orange. Her suit was special, it was very heat resistant, so it didn't get destroyed by that. Instead, the heat caused the thin gauntlets to act like sharp, hot blades.

As the enemies approached, Magma swung her arms at them, and two of them were cut instantly. Their bodies fell to the ground, while the others attacked.

Magma jumped a step back and waved her hand. The nearby rocks on the streets floated up, flaring into molten rocks.

The hot balls of magma moved just as she wished and smoothly went through the armored aliens.

In a second, the enemies were dealt with. And she hadn't even used her magma form yet.

"The goal is to not use it." Magma gave the saved civilians a half-hearted thumbs-up and then rushed off to another area where the aliens were.

In the meantime, something very big and large, a metallic mixture of a snake and a centerpiece, erupted out of the portal. Enrique headed right at it.

****

Tony was lucky that Mark-7 managed to save his falling form in time. Sadly, that luck might not be worth a dime. Looking at the huge centipede that was also deploying thousands of humanoid soldiers, Tony felt tiny.

Not that it slowed him down. Thor was playing hand-to-hand with his brother Loki, so Tony had only himself to rely on to take on this thing.

– Shingggg!

He shot lasers from his forearms at the creatures, and it did a little damage. It wasn't really visible to the naked eye, but Jarvis picked up the damage to the tech inside.

"Got its attention. Uh, what was the next step, again?" Tony flew backward with an awkward chuckle while the titanic creature was approaching him. Yup, there was no next step-

"The next step is me. Step aside." Suddenly a deep voice said from his side, and Tony noticed a white form standing just beside him.

Before Ironman could say hi, the white knight that was Supernova closed his eyes and opened them wide. His gray eyes turned gold, and a beam of laser many times thicker than Ironman's own shot forward at the centipede.

– Shingggg!

– …..

– Shinnnnnnngggg!

First, the two lasers were finger-thick. Then, both lasers connected into one to turn into a thigh-thick beam that shot forward and cut the titanic bug from up to down.

Screeches filled the area as the aliens inside the centipede, who were using it as a deploying plane, all died at once.

"Awwgh, fuck." Enrique closed his eyes and rubbed his hands over them hectically.

"You all right?"

"Yes, ugh, fu- just go finish the others!"

"On it."

Enrique waved Ironman away, while still rubbing his eyes and wearing a painful expression.

That fucking hurt.

But… it also fucking worked.

As Ironman took off, Enrique couldn't stop a loud and playful chuckle. 

Now this- this was power. 

Money? Fame? Those were nothing. It was this that was truly powerful. 

Enrique had never felt as powerful as right now. For the first time since coming to this world, he felt like he had surpassed his old self.

Now, he was the supreme compared to all his previous selves.

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