"Pfft!"
I stopped myself from laughing further as Muscle-head looked at his beard on the ground.
I guess my strongest web can now wax Thor's beard huh?
Muscle-head looked at me and said, "I apologise for my actions. But right now, we need to find Loki.
The explosion caused when I broke Sceptre killed those men in black present there. But like you and me, it most probably amplified Loki's powers as well."
...Are you serious!?
I nodded and put Mind Stone in my pocket, covered in webs so that I don't have any direct contact with it.
Muscle-head doesn't seem to know that it is Mind Stone yet, but him saying that it amplified our powers just raised its value.
Tch. He really is a Muscle-head.
"You heard Muscle-head. Now's not the time to fight amongst ourselves. Let's find Loki."
Fury nodded.
"Yes. That's why, put it back here—"
Cap interrupted Fury.
"Let's discuss this later. For now, let's have Silk keep the stone. If it amplifies powers, Loki will surely be drawn back towards her. Who has already beat him once."
Muscle-head nodded.
"Well, I don't think I trust a stranger with such a power source, but not many people can be worse than government. I mean, SHIELD was making weapons with that blue cube—"
"Tesseract."
Thor supplied the information.
"Yes. Tesseract."
"Well, I don't trust SHIELD too."
Tony Stark also threw in the towel. Fury raised an eyebrow at him. Oh. Didn't Fury help Stark in Iron-Man 2?
Honestly, I trust Fury. But SHIELD is full of HYDRA. And I would rather not even trust Tony Stark with it and create Ultron.
Fury sighed, "Alright. So Silk, please tell us about your encounter with Loki. How did you beat him?"
"He has some sort of illusion technique. He tried to sneak up on me and use his weapon on me. I figured some sort of mind control since the archer guy's eyes were blue.
So I felt his temperature on my side, or I think it was the weapon's? And then, grabbed the weapon from where the heat was and used it on him.
And Muscle-head decided to attack me."
I was still annoyed at him. If Mjolnir hit me, I don't think I would die, but I would sustain a lot of injuries.
I am not Hulk.
... Speaking of green, don't I have Lizard serum and its antidote in my home? I am sure SHIELD would have raided it by now and found it. I put them inside my ice-cream tub and hid it in my refrigerator.
I hope they don't find anything.
I looked at Tony.
"I don't see Spider-Man here? Tony, let's get him."
"Spider-Man's missing."
Fury told me.
Say what!?
"Then Loki must be controlling him!"
That's bad. That's really, REALLY BAD!
Spider-Man can beat the Avengers on his own.
And... what if he is under Loki's control and doesn't hold back?
...
We are f*cked. We are f*cked so bad.
Since Loki also got a power-up, I am sure that he must have gotten some sort of power to mess with mind, and illusions.
This is serious!
Suddenly, my Silk Senses buzzed like danger.
"Everyone! Get ready!"
I shouted and dodged as Spider-Man came through the window. Fully silent.
I felt a chill run down my spine as Spider-Man caught Cap's SHIELD thrown at him, used it as a Yo-Yo with his web, and defended against Thor's hammer with his SHIELD.
I shot webs at him, especially his head, but he easily dodged that.
"Tony! Take Banner away from here! We can't let Loki manipulate him too!"
Tony quickly grabbed Banner and flew upwards, while I focused on Spider-Man's completely silent mind.
'Wake up—!'
I barely managed to dodge Cap's Shield that Spider-Man threw at me, and it hit Thor who was preparing for another throw of his hammer.
And suddenly, my Silk Senses blared even more danger.
A mind full of rage was dropping on us.
I jumped out of the building, and witnessed Hulk coming from the air and crashing into the building.
"Nobody told me Bruce is afraid of height!"
I heard Tony's shout.
Of course. Almost everyone is afraid of that much height aside from freak like us!
I gulped as I looked around for any signs of Loki.
I can't let him control Hulk as well.
And I can't let Hulk kill Spider-Man.
I focused on Spider-Man's mind, and just as he had made distance from Hulk, I felt a chill as Spider-Man looked in my direction.
In that moment's distraction, Spider-Man hid behind Hulk, and my message of wake up went to Hulk instead of Spider-Man.
All I felt was rage, and Hulk jumped! Directly towards me!
"No friendly fire allowed!"
I quickly made a catapult and jumped off the building, and Hulk was sent flying back to the main SHIELD building which was already in bad shape since Hulk dropped on it.
Spider-Man was nowhere to be found. Loki was nowhere to be found.
And Hulk...
Hulk is absolutely pissed. Being pissed is normal for him. But he is a lot more pissed.
And he is bigger than before.
"Muscle-head! Handle the big guy! I am going after Spider-Man and Loki! And Tony, send me some communication!"
Let the 'Strongest Avenger' handle Hulk.
I have to free Spider-Man from mind control before he does any more damage!
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