Goddess of Deception

*October 25, 2010*

On the way back to the Triskelion.

“What are we going to do about Stark?” I asked

“Don’t worry, Fury’s going talk to him,” Phil said

“About what?” I asked

“The Avengers initiative,” Phil said

“Jesus Christ, yall are going to let him in? There’s nothing for him to do, besides quip about everything.” I said

“That’s up to Fury,” Phil said

Everything is quiet for the next 6 months.

*April 23, 2011*

At S.H.I.E.L.D headquarters in the cafeteria, the TV is on the Senate Armed Services Committee’s Weaponized Suit Defense Program Hearing. They are trying to take Tony’s Iron Man suit away. Calling it a weapon.

I am having lunch with some colleagues.

“What a bunch of asshats. This is a shit show.” One agent said

“Huh, tell me about it,” I said

*May 10, 2011*

“Reports of The Hulk in Rio,” I said

"Hulk?" Phil said

"Yea, Banner. They're calling him Hulk now" I said

“Yeah, they have Ross looking after him now,” Phil said

“Are you sure that’s a good idea? It’s because of Ross that the Hulk is running around to begin with.” I said

"Wasn't my choice to make," Phil said

*May 30, 2011*

“Fury needs us at Stark's house,” Phil said

“For what?” I asked

“Babysitting,” Phil said

“Babysitting? I’m not babysitting Stark. What do you think I am?” I said

“Runa, come on. You think I want to do this because I don’t” Phil said

“You don’t understand, Phil. This shit is pissing me off. When you have the amount of power I have and you can't use it, it hurts. Not physically, but mentally.” I said

“I know, look lets just…” Phil said

“NO! You don’t know!” I yelled

Phil starts to back up

“Runa, you need to calm down,” Phil said

I look down and see electricity flowing through my body.

“Let’s go,” I said suppressing my powers

A woman is standing next to our SUV with a suitcase.

“This is Natasha Romanoff. Natasha this is Runa,” Phil said

“I've heard a lot of things about you,” Natasha said

“Likewise,” I said

We get into the car and head to Stark's house. We arrive and bring the suitcase.

“I got a two o’clock,” Fury said getting up

We bring the suitcase to Stark.

“Wait, wait, wait, wait. What’s this?” Tony asked

“Ok, you're good right?” Fury asked

“No, I'm not good,” Tony said

“You got this right? Right? Right?” Fury said

“Got what? I don’t even know what I’m supposed to get.” Tony said

“Natasha will remain a floater at Stark with her cover intact. You remember Agent Coulson and Agent Thorsdotter, right?” Fury said

“Yeah,” Tony said

“And Tony, remember I got my eye on you.” Fury said leaving

“We’ve disabled all communications. No contact with the outside world. Good Luck” Natasha said leaving

“Please. First thing, I need a little body work. I’ll put in a little time in the lab. If we could send one of your goon squad down to the Coffee Bean, Cross Creek, for a Starbucks run, or something like that, that’d be nice” Tony said to Phil

“I’m not here for that. I’ve been authorized by Director Fury to use any means necessary to keep you on premises. If you attempt to leave or play games, I have her to take care of you while I watch Supernanny while you drool on the floor.” Phil said pointing to me.

“I think I got it,” Tony said

Phil walks away

“Enjoy your evening’s entertainment,” I said and followed Phil leaving Tony alone with the suitcase.

*May 31, 2011*

I'm laying on Stark's sofa in his living room. Phil gets a phone call.

“We have to go,” Phil said

“I thought we had to babysit,” I said

“This is more important,” Phil said

We get in the SUV.

“What's going on? Where are we going?” I asked

“New Mexico. They are having some atmospheric activity.” Phil said

“What the hell does that mean?” I asked

“I don’t know. We’ll find out when we get there.” Phil said

We’ve been driving for hours. We are low on gas and caffeine.

“We need gas,” I said

“And coffee,” Phil said

I pull over at the next gas station. We start to fill up the car and go inside to look for some snacks. Then I hear the cocking of a shotgun.

“Hands up, don’t move.” The man said

“Who else is here? Who owns that car outside.” The man said

“I do, but it's more like a lease,” Phil said

The men turn to us.

“Toss the keys over here.” The man said

“Ok, Ok,” Phil said

I look at Phil. He throws the keys

“Empty the cash register. Start filling up this bag." The man said to the cashier.

Phil takes out his gun.

“I also have this gun so you might want this too,” Phil said

The men turn around shouting, pointing guns at us.

“Toss the piece over here.” The man said

“I prefer not to throw it and risk the gun going off. Maybe I can slide it over,” Phil said

My eyes and fist start to glow. Finally. I smile.

“Yea slide it over and don’t try anything funny.” The man said

“Ok, I'm just going to move over to this aisle and slide it over to you,” Phil said moving to my aisle.

He slides the gun and then throws a bag of flour at the other guys head and runs down the aisle and knocks both of them out.

“Dude, what the hell? I had that. You could have gotten hurt.” I said

“I needed to stretch,” Phil said

Phil walks up to the cashier who is shocked

“Sorry for the mess. I couldn’t decide.” Phil said putting his donuts on the counter.

“Keep the change,” Phil said

We walk out and drive to the location. We arrive at Roswell.

“Roswell, really? What are we going to find a UFO?” I said

“Runa, this is serious,” Phil said

We walk into a café to meet the other agents

“Jasper, Runa. Runa, Jasper,” Phil said

I shake Jaspers hand

“So, what's going on here?” I added

“There’s been atmospheric anomalies happening every day for the past 16 days. We don’t know where they are coming from are what they are doing.” Jasper said

“Take us to your camp,” Phil said

*June 1, 2011*

I was sleeping. I hear a commotion. Everyone is running around going crazy.

“You might want to wake up and come with us. They found something in the desert,” Phil said

We drive up to the middle of the desert. There is a huge crater. There’s a bunch of people in the crater. Phil gets on the phone.

“Sir, we found it,” Phil said

We have to get all the people out of here. The agents are setting up camp around the object. I walk down and look at it. I can't believe what I’m seeing.

“Phil!” I yelled

“What?” Phil said

“It’s Mjölnir!” I said

“What!?” Jasper said

“It's Mjölnir! Thor’s Mighty Hammer! It’s him! Is he here? Where is he?” I said

“Are you sure?” Phil said

“Yeah. It's in runic.” I said pointing to the side of the hammer.

“It says 'Whoever holds this hammer if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor!' That’s why no one can lift it.” I said

“Thor, like the fairy tales,” Jasper said

“Yes!” I said

Phil signals me to the side

“Are you sure this is it?” Phil said

“Yes!” I said

“Well, you’re his daughter, can you pick it up?” Phil asked

“I don’t know. I can try” I said walking over.

I take my suit jacket off

“You might want to back up,” I said to the agents around the hammer

“What are you going to do? A magic trick” Jasper said

I put my hands on the hammer and it starts to glow blue. I pull on it as hard as I can. I let out a yell. Then lighting strikes me and I am coursing with electricity. I let go because I am getting nowhere.

“Holy Shit? What are you?” Jasper said

My eyes and fist still blue with energy.

“A fairy tail,” I said grabbing my jacket.

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