Chapter 10: Loki's Invasion & The Guild's First Stand
The alarm blared in Adam's safe house, an insistent, jarring sound that cut through the early morning quiet. It wasn't a standard alarm; it was a Guild System notification, blaring a high-priority alert.
[Global Threat Detected: Tesseract Energy Spike – New Mexico. Loki of Asgard – Detected. Avengers Initiative – Activating.]
[System-Assigned Mission: Mitigate Damage & Protect Civilians during Loki's Invasion of New York. GP Reward: 500 GP (based on impact and effectiveness).]
[Adam Stiels – Guild Points (GP): 93.85]
Adam sat bolt upright. The partial foreknowledge conversion had worked. He had gambled, exchanging vague details of forgotten comic book runs for enough GP to purchase the Loki Invasion Information Packet (100 GP). He still had 93.85 GP left, a comfortable cushion, but it was nothing compared to the unfolding chaos.
He immediately opened the purchased information packet. Maps of New York. Predicted chitauri invasion routes. Key civilian choke points. It was all there, a tactical godsend.
"Jeremy! Yelena! Darcy! New York. Now," Adam barked into his Guild comms, a function of the system that allowed direct, encrypted communication between members. His voice was sharp, devoid of humor. This was serious. This was what he'd been building for.
Jeremy, already on high alert from his SHIELD observation mission, replied almost instantly. "Adam, what's happening? SHIELD's going into full lockdown. Something about Fury being compromised."
"Loki," Adam snarled. "He's here. He wants the Tesseract. And he just opened a portal above Stark Tower. The Chitauri are coming. Jeremy, your mission: SHIELD intel, secure comms. Get me real-time updates on SHIELD's counter-measures, troop movements. Anything that helps us avoid collateral damage. Prioritize civilian evacuation routes. Get out of the main fight, but guide people. Use your Guild Store for any mobility gear."
"Copy that, Adam. On it." Jeremy's voice was grim, but determined.
Yelena, ever pragmatic, was already moving. "Portal? Aliens? Sounds like my kind of party. What's my target?" Her voice held a predatory edge.
"Yelena, your primary mission: Tactical disruption. Focus on the Chitauri ground forces and Leviathans. Disable, disorient, create openings for civilians to escape. Do not engage Loki or the other Avengers directly unless absolutely necessary. And… keep an eye out for Hawkeye. He's under Loki's control. If you get a clean shot to non-lethally disable him, take it." Adam grimaced. Clint Barton was too valuable to be mind-controlled.
"Hawkeye. Got it. No problem." Yelena replied, her voice almost cheerful. "Just another Tuesday."
Darcy, still a novice in the field, was understandably panicked. "Aliens?! Like, actual aliens?! I thought this was just a weird internet club! What do I do?! My tech skills aren't for fighting giant space worms!"
"Darcy, calm down!" Adam snapped, then softened his tone. "You're our eyes and ears. Your mission: Urban Reconnaissance. Find safe zones. Identify trapped civilians. Guide emergency services where they're most needed. Use your hacking skills to access public surveillance cameras, traffic lights, anything to create safe passages. You are our strategic coordinator on the ground, guiding people away from the fight zones. Your Guild Store has a 'Basic First Aid Kit' – use it if you have to."
"Right! Right, I can do that. I can do that. Not gonna throw a laptop at a Chitauri, but I can guide people!" Darcy's voice was still shaky, but a professional edge was starting to emerge.
Adam took a deep breath. He was orchestrating this from afar, a cosmic chess master. He watched the news feeds, the blurry phone videos of the chaotic skies above New York. The Leviathans, the Chitauri… it was all so much worse in real life than on a screen.
Then, he saw them. Flashes of red, white, and blue. A blur of green.
[Character Sighted: Steve Rogers (Captain America) – Detected]
[Proximity: High (New York City)]
[Character Sighted: Natasha Romanoff (Black Widow) – Detected]
[Proximity: High (New York City)]
[Character Sighted: Clint Barton (Hawkeye) – Detected (Under mind control) – Proximity: High (New York City)]
[Character Sighted: Bruce Banner (Hulk) – Detected (Transformed) – Proximity: High (New York City)]
The system dinged rapidly, confirming his mental checks. The original Avengers. They were here. Fighting. And Adam's small Guild, a nascent shadow organization, was moving in their wake, trying to save the city from falling completely apart.
He could feel the immense pressure, the weight of a city, a world, on his shoulders. He couldn't fight on the front lines yet. He wasn't powerful enough. Not physically. But his mind, his foresight, and his Guild, were his weapons.
"Showtime," Adam muttered, watching a Leviathan tear through a skyscraper. "Let's see if we can save some lives, and maybe, just maybe, nudge this timeline in a slightly better direction."
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