You're On Your Own, Kid ~HpxMCU

Chapter Twelve: The Flying Monkeys

The monitor on Cap's side of the table turns off. Steve, in his suit with no cowl, looks up. 

BANNER: He really grows on you doesn't he? 

STEVE: Loki's gonna drag this out. So, Thor, what's his play? 

THOR: He has an army called the Chitauri. They're not of Asgard nor any world known. He means to lead them against your people. They will win him the Earth, in return, I suspect, for the Tesseract.

STEVE: An army, from outer space? 

BANNER: So, he's building another portal. That's what he needs Erik Selvig for. 

THOR: Selvig? 

BANNER: He's an astrophysicist. 

THOR: He's a friend.  

NATASHA: Loki has them under some kind of spell- along with one of ours. 

STEVE: I wanna know why Loki let us take him. He's not leading an army from here. 

BANNER: I don't think we should be focusing on Loki. That guy's brain is a bag full of cats, you can smell crazy on him. 

THOR: Have care how you speak. Loki is beyond reason but he is of Asgard, and he is my brother.

NATASHA: He killed eighty people in two days. 

THOR: He's adopted? 

RAISA: Oh, so this has all been a big misunderstanding. Ok then. Sorry folks, guess it's time to go home then.

"You have great comedic timing, I have to say" Sirius told the girl. She turned around to say "thank you" as she did, she saw the proud look on her father's face and was curious for what it was for. It was as if he read her mind as he then said "Padfoot! Look. We have similar comedic timing" James said as he turned to his best friend with excitement all over his face. Lily turned to look at her husband and told him "What's so great about comedic timing, it's nothing special." as she said this the remaining marauders, Harry and Raisa, rolled their eyes.

BANNER: I think it's about the mechanics. Iridium, what do they need the Iridium for? 

Tony and Coulson come walking in. 

TONY: It's a stabilising agent.(to Coulson, quietly)I'm saying, take a weekend; I'll fly you to Portland. Keep love alive. 

Coulson peels off from Tony, who is heading over to Thor. 

Means the portal won't collapse on itself like it did at SHIELD.(to Thor)No hard feelings point break, you got a mean swing. 

Thor gives Tony a look as he walks to the control panels. 

RAISA:  Also, means the portal can open as wide and stay open as long as Loki wants.

Tony points to the girl, indicating she was right.

TONY: (to SHIELD personnel) Ah, raise the mizzen mast, ship the topsails. The personnel look at him strangely. That man is playing Galaga! Thought we wouldn't notice, but we did. 

RAISA: Seriously dude, you're meant to be watching surveillance.

Standing now at the command area of the ship, Tony covers one eye. 

TONY: (to Hill) How does Fury even see these? 

MARIA HILL: (attitude) He turns!. 

TONY: Sounds exhausting! 

He begins messing with the screens, sticking something to the underside of a desk. He turns back around and sees Raisa looking at him with her eyebrows raised, he just shrugs as she rolls her eyes.

 The rest of the raw materials, Agent Barton can get his hands on pretty easily. Only major component he still needs is a power source of high energy density. Something to- kick start the Cube. 

MARIA HILL: When did you become an expert in thermonuclear astrophysics? 

TONY: Last night. The packet, Selvig's notes, the extraction theory papers- am I the only one who did the reading? 

Raisa raises her hand confidently before seeing no one raising their hands, so she slowly lowers hers. Tony saw her do this and smiled at her and her confidence in herself.

STEVE: Does Loki need any particular kind of power source? 

BANNER: He's have to heat the Cube to a hundred and twenty million kelvin just to break through the Coulomb barrier. 

TONY: Unless, Selvig has figured out how to stabilise the Quantum Tunnelling effect. 

RAISA: Well, if he could do that he could achieve heavy-ion fusion at any reactor on the planet. 

TONY: Finally. People who speak English. 

STEVE: (to the others) Is that what just happened? How did she know that?

Stark and Banner shake hands. 

TONY: It's good to meet you, Doctor Banner. Your work on anti-electronic collisions is unparalleled. And I'm a huge fan of the way you- lose control and turn into an enormous green rage monster. 

Raisa elbows Tony and gives him a look, letting the man know that was the wrong thing to say.

RAISA: Dude.

BANNER: ...Thanks. 

Fury enters. 

FURY: Doctor Banner is only here to track the Cube. I was hoping you might join him. 

STEVE: I'd start with that stick of his. It may be magical but it works an awful lot like a HYDRA weapon. 

FURY: I don't know about that, but it is powered by the Cube. And I like to know how Loki used it to turn two of the sharpest men I know into his personal flying monkeys. 

THOR: Monkeys? I do not understand

STEVE: I do! 

The entire room goes instantly silent, staring at Steve. 

STEVE: I...I understood that reference. 

"That's kind sweet, he's confused but he understands something and feels like he can relate." One of the muggleborn Gryffindors said. She could understand being in a new but similar world, all the muggleborns in the hall agreed.

TONY: Shall we play, Doctor? 

BANNER: This way, sir. 

The two men start to walk off when Tony stops and turns around.

TONY: You coming kid?

Raisa beamed and nodded before running after them.