[h1]Loki, The Hulk, Miss America, Lady Thor[/h1]
[h3]Part 3: The Great Escape[/h3]

There was much to be said about why she was angry at him; Considering the fact that the last time he had been to Asgard Loki had been heralding the end of the world and the deaths of his former ‘peers’ he couldn’t exactly blame the woman for wanting to rip his head off. Still, the fact that he had deserved the punch to some degree didn’t change the fact that it still hurt like freaking hell! 

It was clear that the woman was not going to be listening to reason any time soon. Thankfully, the promise of pain had always been a powerful motivator for quick thinking and Loki rose his hand and seemed to explode in a blinding flash of light. When the light cleared and vision could be blinked back into existence, the Mjolnir wielding woman would see the former God of Lies fleeing away from the battle at a very fast pace. 

An illusion as an invisible Loki turned his attention towards the battle between the Idiot Child and the Hulking beast, but given the woman’s current state of mind he was betting on her anger getting the better of her.   

    Hulk managed to grab onto the chopper, and it began to be pulled down when something solid collided into him. Not yet fully gripping the chopper he slid off it and fell into the top of a nearby building.  However as he neared the building he felt something collide with his chest, as he looked he could see the girl pushing down on him pushing him towards the building. 

    With considerable force they moved through floor after floor, desks, computers, filing cabinets. Hulk was unable to grab onto her as he was using his arms to try and slow his descent. However with considerable abuse this was starting to wear at him, when they begun to near the bottom having built enough speed she stopped pushing and he went down to the bottom floor and into a crater.

    Fortunately America Chavez could fly considerably faster than the Hulk could jump. That was always a bonus. She hit the creature like a bullet, knocking him away from the helicopter. This needed to end. Fast. Chavez pressed forward, charging once more into the Hulk and pushing him downwards, right into an already slightly Hulk-worn office building. 

    Debris flew around the two as she continued, with her literally using the Hulk as a battering ram, smashing through the floors and office supplies with ease. Releasing one last burst of strength, America pushed outwards sending the Hulk tumbling further through the floors, while remaining where she was hovering. 

    “Eat shit, Chico.”

    The entire building creaked and groaned, when Hulk sat up his mind was slightly clearer. He grunted looking around, a small family lay on the ground beside him, shocked to see him come careering through the roof. Piece of the roof caved in, and what he did next was unexpected. He rolled himself over them, arching his back as the roof tumbled ontop of his back, looking as if it squished them all.

    Thor was furious, and when Loki disappeared, which, had she not been so angry would have come as no surprise, she quickly snapped back to the situation at hand. America needed her help. She’d get Loki later, but only after allowing herself some time to process everything, perhaps then she’d be better equipped to face Loki should she find him again. Blinded by anger, she’d easily have been blindsided by him. It wouldn’t do to let that happen again. Next time she found Loki she’d be prepared, and she wouldn’t go straight for the kill, as much as it pained her to think it, she’d spare him, but only for long enough to interrogate him, she’d get some answers. 

Back to the situation at hand, Thor jumped into the destroyed building, allowing herself to land a couple of floors up, so that momentum would carry her to the crater the Hulk was currently sprawled in, at a greater speed. She twisted her wrist and Mjolnir began to spin, making a powerful whooshing noise and sparking with electricity. It would take her mere-seconds to plummet down to the bottom, and if luck were on her side, the force would be enough to KO the beast … She wasn’t entirely sure luck was on her side anymore though, not with Loki’s appearance like an ill-omen looming over her. Then the beast did something surprising, rolled over, appearing to crush a terrified family, though Thor noticed the muffled screams didn’t suddenly cut short … the beast aimed to protect them from falling debris [i]not[/i] to crush them.  THe static dispelled from mjolnir harmlessly and she stayed her swinging arm. 


Today just seemed to be full of surprises it seemed. When he had created his illusionary doppelganger Loki had fully expected the strange hammer user to have charged after it like a bull seeing red but it seemed that she processed some kind of common sense after all… admittedly this was something of an improvement over Mjolnir’s former wielder but it did leave her as a possible problem still.

Following her at a more subdued pace after the beast in order to avoid being detected prematurally, he arrived to hear the sound of muffled screams, collapsed rubble and a lack of both the raging beast and the two ‘heros’ doing anything about the rubble and the screaming underneath it.
 
    It had finally sunk in what a gigantic mistake America had made bringing the fight here had been. She had assumed beforehand that anyone with common sense would have evacuated at the first sight of the Hulk. Given the screams and cries for help being emitted     from various locations around the collapsing office block, that evidently wasn’t the case. Obviously she couldn’t blame them. This was on her. This was her responsibility.

    Deciding that the Hulk could be left alone for a mere moment, America set to work. Gliding gracefully, she quickly maneuvered through the falling rubble, using her ears to guide her; something that was considerably hard considering everlasting sound of destruction around her. She soon came upon a middle aged woman trapped under a fallen desk somewhere on the 7th floor. Removing the desk was easy work, although removing the woman herself another matter considering her left leg was most likely broken. With the woman’s permission, America hoisted her up, before catching sight of a few more possibly injured civilians. It wasn’t long before she found herself swooping out of what remained of the south wall, a person under each arm, as well as a weedy elderly man huddling onto her back.  

    Luckily America didn’t have to stray far in order to find some paramedics, with a small blockade of SWAT vans and the occasional ambulance building up a block or two over. Leaving the people in safe hands, she swooped back around and headed back. By now the majority of the building was just a mound of rubble and debris. Groaning she hovered down next to Thor who was watching something miraculous. 

Did the Hulk just… save people? America smiled. It would seem that Banner wasn’t completely out of control. She moved forward in order to assist the green giant, although she found that she wasn’t met with open arms. 

Hulk pushed the rubble off the top of him as he stood up, shouting at the top of his lungs. He didn’t want to hurt people, he just wanted to be left alone. He wasn’t a monster. That was when the women that did this came soaring down closer to him, and he just let out a snarl in her direction. As the family had run away and the area was clear he turned ready to jump at her again. His head was still groggy however it wasn’t as bad as it had been, his healing factor was beginning to take care of it.

A piece of rebar in each hand from building supports he moved completely with the intention, and a very obvious intention at that, at hitting her as hard as possible with both bits of rebar. This was her fault, she was no better than the men with guns!

At long last, the moment had come. The opening that Loki had been waiting for but had been prevented from making earlier had finally arrived. Ignoring the Idiot Child and the Mjolnir wielder completely, Loki darted forwards and intercepted the charging beast in midair, his invisibility dropping as he gave the two idiots who had escalated this conflict to far greater heights than it had truly needed to be the one fingered salute of the folk before one final working of magic kicked in and both himself and the beast vanished from view.

Reacting quickly, America threw her arms up, her eyes widening at the sight of the oncoming Hulk. However what followed was something that she would never had expected. She watched in awe as a green clad man seemingly appeared out of thin air, diving towards the Hulk. She knew who it was instantly, given the snake-like colour of his outfit and the ridiculous horns of his helmet. Loki. Before she could question what was going on he… gave both her and Thor the finger and vanished, along with the indestructible Hulk himself!

Silence was all that came from America’s mouth as she drifted down to the floor. She smiled briefly. They had done it! The Hulk was gone. Sure Loki had him, but nethertheless he was gone! However that was when America realized something. Her smiled dropped as her eyes stared around at all the destruction that laid before them; the rubble, the fire, etc. 

This was on her. All this destruction was because of her. America Chavez dropped to her knees, a single tear running down her face as she realized one simple truth. The Hulk hadn’t been the only monster in New York today.

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Before the two of them even had the chance to hit the ground, the landscape had changed dramatically. Instead of the ruined sub-urban area filled with people that they had been standing in before, now there was only dusty sands, light plant cover and a night sky that was absolutely breath taking if either of them were inclined to gaze up at it. 

Springboarding off of the beast and some distance away in order to get out of retaliation range in case it was still enraged enough to take a swing at anything nearby, Loki took a moment to right himself as he sighed. “Sorry it took so long to get you out of there, but idiots kept crawling out of the woodwork.”