Hi, everyone! Did you like how last week’s post ended? Thought so… 😉 This weeks may not seem to end on much of a cliffhanger, but I’m pretty sure you guys will be looking forward to next week’s post…
Also, I metioned to writefury in a comment that I will post extra episodes when I reach certain milestones. There are a few you can help with: 10 reviews on Amazon, 50 sales, and 200 followers on here… New? Read past episodes here.
Tony slowly opened his eyes. It took a second for everything to focus, but when it did…
He yelped and began to scramble backwards. Natasha pulled back, just as surprised and embarrassed. Loki wasn’t even trying to hide his smirk. “What were you doing?” Tony exclaimed.
Natasha pushed a stray strand of hair behind her ear, sighing in frustration. “It’s called ‘leaning down to inspect the odd welt on Tony’s neck’.” She made a face. “Loki wouldn’t do it.”
Loki snorted. “Of course not. Look what happened.”
At Natasha’s words, Tony reached up and felt the side of his neck. He shuddered as his fingers found the mosquito-bite-like bump. “What happened?” he asked.
“You and Loki went into the forest, and apparently you got poisoned, by a bug or a dart or something. We don’t know,” Natasha said. “You just collapsed, and then Loki brought you back here.” She smirked. “He carried you in his arms, too.”
Tony shot a look at Loki, who avoided his gaze. “Might I suggest that we don’t talk about any of this?”
Natasha nodded wholeheartedly. “What happens on this island, stays on this island.”
Tony smirked and was about to make a snide Vegas-themed comment when Natasha tensed. She turned towards the forest, listening.
The mood immediately darkened. Loki turned in that direction, too. Tony hadn’t heard anything, but clearly both of his companions had. The noise wasn’t repeated, and Natasha relaxed slightly. She turned back to Tony and opened her mouth to speak. There was a whizzing sound and a thud as an arrow burrowed into the sand next to Tony.
They stared at the arrow in silence for a second. “Clint,” Natasha breathed. She whirled to face Loki, her nose inches from his face. “What–”
“I have no control over him now,” Loki said evenly, not even flinching. “My magic is gone.”
Natasha growled, and Tony thought about how glad he was that he wasn’t on the receiving end of her fury. “How do we know that for sure? You’re a liar.”
Loki shrugged, a smirk crossing his face. “Do you think that I would be on this island if I still had my magic.” Natasha hesitated, then made a grumpy face and stepped back. “Besides,” Loki continued, “it’s most likely not Hawkeye. I believe his plane went down with the helicarrier. And if he was shooting at you, he would have hit his mark.”
Tony looked over at the arrow. “One thing’s for sure. We’re definitely not alone.”
A like lets you keep the arrow, a comment lets you find the archer… (in a couple weeks, of course)
If Loki has no control over Clint anymore, what does that mean for Clint? Is he free? Is he beating himself up over what he did because he doesn’t have Natasha to keep him from doing so? Is he desperately trying to find Natasha, despite everyone else’s certainty that she, like the others, is dead? Is he going to come flying in at the last moment to help rescue those on the island?
. . . Yeah, I may just be thinking of a bunch of Clint theories to distract myself from the more important but-obviously-not-going-to-be-answered-anytime-soon questions of what the pumpernickel is going on on the island.
At least Tony’s alive!
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XD I’m pretty sure most of those theories are wrong, but I may have missed one…
I must admit, I’m still trying to figure out whether or not the Chitauri are still coming…
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Darn it.
Well, if Loki’s not around to lead them, hard to say. Though I guess that Erik would already have the Tesseract at this point, so as long as his mind still isn’t totally his own, he’d probably carry on with the order to open the portal and all that.
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That’s what I’m trying to figure out. At this time, the portal wasn’t open, so the Chitauri probably aren’t going to come.
At least next week we’ll be getting some answers, since Fury and Banner have been captured. I’m nervous, though, since I’ve never really tried to be in Fury’s head, and I’m not sure what everyone will think of my little plot twist…
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Another one? You’ve added so many plot twists this story is practically braided. Not that I don’t like it, though. 🙂
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XD It’s just a new character, that’s all…
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Is it the archer? Maybe they’re more important than I thought… :O
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Oh… *cough* Okay, maybe two plot twists.
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Okay…. Hmm….. *deep thinking* who’s the other?…..
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*cough*thevoicewhenbannerandfuryarecaptured*cough*
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Heeeeeey! I thought that was Bucky! S:/
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That’s what I thought you all would think… *evil laugh* Never said it was him, did I? 😉
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*gaaasp* oh, no! *thinkthinkthink……..*
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I can assure you that you shall find out next week. 😀
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*groan* …. If I can last without exploding. Or unless you get more reviews, right?
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Yep! You can start campaigning. XD
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But the question is: will Eric open the portal without Loki being there? After all, in the movie, I think Loki was elsewhere when the portal was opened.
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True, but Loki still had him under his mind control.
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Yes . . . I guess the question is basically: since the mind control power comes from the scepter, which is powered by the Tesseract, does Loki losing his magic necessarily mean that Clint, Erik, and the others get their minds back?
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Mm, we’ll have to see. 😀
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I was right about the poison darts at least… Don’t worry, that was plenty of a cliffhanger. 😛
*examines virtual arrow* Hmmmm…. It’s not bucky. Bucky’s not an archer. I’d say the natives.
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You were. 😀 That’s good, at least.
*wiggles eyebrows* It’s not Bucky, yes. You may or may not be right about the natives.
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Oh, that’s helpful. 😛 Well now I know It’s one way or the other.
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XD
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I don’t even think you’ll answer my question, but in how many episodes will they all be together again?
I’m constantly worrying about someone…
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Mmm… hard to tell. I’d like to say soon, but who knows. It depends on what you mean by “all”. XD
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Well, its a little bit easier on the mind if there are fewer groups… Less anxiousness between weeks.
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You’re right. But what if I want more anxiousness… XD
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*smacks head on table* i should have just left out that part. I already replaced suspense with anxiousness in that sentence. 😛
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XD If only I could write something this suspenseful that’s not a fanfic, so I could publish it. 😛 Maybe I’ll rewrite this someday and do that. That would be fun. 😀
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Well… One year adventure novel helped me with that. Just break down the root of the characters and plots that you like and rework it. Odd Team Out… *cough* had a lot of that.
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XD I just need to find some different characters, extend each part, add more exposition, and… yeah, it would be a lot. 😛
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Yeah, that would be kinda tough. You’d probably want to give them some backstory, though. Write a few more episodes from before. When they were aboard the helecarrier.
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Yep. Or the plane, or boat or whatever.
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Oooh! It could be a spaceship, too! XP
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It could be a herd of flying horses…
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Why not rhinos? 😛
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It could be that, too. Or maybe they were going to Neverland and crashed.
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Tinkerbell sabatoge! (I dont think I spelled that right)
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I think you switched around the o and the a… (sabotage) But I knew exactly what you meant. 😀 It’s been so long since I’ve watched Peter Pan… Wait, did I watch it? 😛
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Pshh… I haven’t watched in forever. But it was the only movie I had on a 14 hr flight, so it’s drilled into my skull.
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XD That sounds… fun. 😛 I’ve watched Finding Nemo more times than I remember… At least 5, probably four. XD
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Cars and Planes for me. Can you tell I have a lot of little brothers? Actually, on an overdose scale of watching, I like the Planes better than Cars. Dusty is just… sweet. and reminds me of my little brother who loves him and refers to him as “my dusty”. 🙂 ❤
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Aww! I’ve watched Planes twice. Once at the drive-in movie theater by my grandparents’ house. 😀
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Yeah, it’s really cute. 🙂 Though I wouldn’t use it as a beacon of perfection as far as plots go. 😛
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Oh yes.
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Oh how I’ve missed your Avengers posts! lol
I haven’t been on here for a while due to health reasons so I have had to do a lot of catching up on your little fic!
intrigued! I can’t wait for more! Your fic is becoming like a drug to me where I need more!!
Update soon!!
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Aw, thanks!!! I’m so glad you’re enjoying it! 😀
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