Hello everyone, here is Chapter 23. Despite Will's excellent work in hunting down the Hellfire Club and stopping rogue mutant experiments, his many abilities can't let him be in two places at once. Coulson's team suffers and Skye is in danger. The only way to save her leads Will to finally meet his father, John Garret. That's a tense reunion and after that, an Enchantress of Asgard puts Will through the ringer. Enjoy!

(Updated as of 12/29/2024. Some fixes and changes to the lemon scenes so check them out)

The Perfect One: The Guest House

SHIELD Trauma Zentrum Zurich, Switzerland: November 2013

Terrified would be an understatement to describe the feeling and general vibe of the team upon their arrival at the Zurich SHIELD Trauma facility. Coulson and Dr. Simmons disembarked the BUS with the hyperbaric chamber which housed Skye's body. Their mission in Italy to track down a lead on Ian Quinn had gone sideways the moment they disembarked the BUS. It started off as a clear, concise, and well thought out plan but even the best laid out plan goes to crap when the bad guys figure out what you're up to.

The mission was simple. Skye managed to find a way to track down Ian Quinn via a purchase he made through one of his shell companies to the total of ten million dollars. They had no idea what he purchased but it was built by Cybertek Inc, a small science firm that deals in advanced technology and research. Cybertek hired a private security team of former military to safeguard the package on a train through the Italian countryside. With some helpful intel from the Italian authorities who had been investigated Cybertek and the package as well, they had a plan. Three teams going in undercover. May and Ward would tag the package, Skye and Fitz would run communications, and Coulson and Simmons would assist in tracking the security team. The plan was to use the package to track down Quinn and take him in. For something like this, Coulson would have liked to have Will there as backup but he was busy with his own mission investigating the remnants of the Hellfire club which led him to discover they were repurposing the Weapon X project for their own means. Considering the time sensitive nature of the mission, Coulson and the others went through with it.

Things went sideways. Their cover was blown and the team was separated with Skye and Fitz being the ones to track the package to a villa in the Italian Countryside where Quinn had arrived in person. The two took it upon themselves to try and stop Quinn from leaving but when the rest of the team had arrived they were left with more questions than answers. They managed to capture Quinn but Skye was shot in the stomach for getting too close and was near death so the team rushed as quickly as possible to the nearest trauma center.

The double doors to the medical floor were opened as Coulson and Dr. Simmons helped pushed the chamber with Skye in it as two doctors helped them. "She was shot twice in the abdomen at close range almost two hours ago." Coulson told them.

"She's tachycardic, hypotensive, and lost a significant amount of blood. We had to lower her core body temp in order to transport her here." Simmons added.

"That's probably what kept her alive this long. We'll do everything we can." The doctor promised as they pushed Skye's body into the operating room where a team of doctors were waiting. Coulson and Simmons could do nothing but watch as it was out of their hands now.

"Oh, dear, I'm a mess." Simmons muttered.

"No, you were great." Coulson told her. He led Simmons back to the waiting room where the rest of the team was sitting around. He walked to the side and took out his phone to call Will. He needed to know what was going on.

[Ringing…ringing…]

"Hey, Coulson. What's up?"

"Will…it's Skye…" Coulson's voice started to break but he toughed through all the pain and emotions he was feeling right now. "…something happened."

"…I'm on my way."

A few hours later…

Coulson and the team were still sitting around in the waiting room. The doctors were still doing what they could for Skye but they didn't have anything to tell them since they had arrived. They just had to wait around for answers, which was a torture in of itself. Coulson did do one thing and that was make a call to Director Fury but he had been put on hold until it was finally lifted.

"I'm here." He answered and listened to the response. "That's unacceptable. I need to speak to Director Fury immediately, please."

"Why didn't I stop her? I could've." Fitz was heartbroken over what was going on since he was the one with Skye when this all happened.

"As if you could stop Skye doing anything she set her mind to." Simmons told him.

"I shouldn't have let her go after Quinn by herself. What was I thinking?"

"It's not your fault." Ward told him before he glanced over at Coulson. "She shouldn't have been there. I'm her S.O. It's on me."

May saw how the three were dealing with this so she walked over to give them her take. "The one to blame is the man who shot her. Ian Quinn. He's responsible."

"Yes, I have a message and that is I have an agent dying and he's the only one that can help me." Coulson hung up in frustration before walking away to get some water.

A few more hours later…

The team was exhausted but still hanging tough in the waiting room. Coulson in particular hadn't averted his gaze to the doors leading to the surgical wing for the past hour, hoping against all hope that the doctors would return with good news but it had been the same as it was hours ago. Skye was still a work in progress. They heard some footsteps getting closer and they thought it could have been a doctor but it wasn't coming from the surgical wing so likely either a nurse or agent. It ended up being Will, who walked in wearing boots, blue jeans, and a black t-shirt with jacket. The mood in the waiting room was somber so Will gave the others all a wave hello before he walked over to Coulson.

"I got here as fast as I could." Will told him and Coulson didn't respond. He just continued staring at the doors. "I'm sorry, Coulson. I should have been here."

"It's not your fault, Will. I know that and so does everyone else. You had a mission." Coulson replied.

"Well, then let me do you the same and tell you that what happened to Skye isn't your fault either. The only person responsible for this is Ian Quinn and the Clairvoyant. They're the ones you should be angry at." Will said only for Coulson to look at him.

"I am angry. I want them to suffer for what they've done but all I can think about right now is Skye." Coulson replied when he saw the doctor walk in. The rest of the team saw her so they all stood up, anxious for the update. "How is she?"

The doctor paused for a moment to make sure she said the right things. "Not good. The shots perforated her stomach and penetrated the large and small intestines. We resected what we could, but…there's been too much damage."

"So, what's next?" Coulson asked.

"We can keep her comfortable…but you'll need to make a decision on whether or not you wanna keep her on life-support." The doctor's words hit everyone like a ton of bricks.

"You're saying there's nothing to be done?" Coulson asked and all he needed to see what her expression to know that was true.

"I'm saying you need to call her family. Get them here as soon as possible."

"We're her family." Coulson said and the doctor's remorse was palpable.

"In that case, I'm very sorry." She walked away leaving the team reeling with the bombshell they were just given. Ward sat down and hung his head, Simmons cried into Fitz's chest and May stormed off in a huff. You did not want to be in her way. The only two who didn't seem to have a visible reaction were Will and Coulson because the two were on the same train of thought.

"Project Tahiti is our best bet to help Skye." Will said and Coulson agreed with him.

"I agree but I can't get in touch with Director Fury. Will, can you dig into my head and get the information?" Coulson asked and saw the look Will was giving him. It was the look of great apprehension. "I know it's dangerous but Project Tahiti is the only chance Skye has and I have the knowledge we need."

"True but if I forcibly pull those memories out of your head then it could turn you into a vegetable or kill you and what will that accomplish? How would Skye and the others feel if you die for them." Will countered. "I'll get the information from Fury."

"How? I tried that and I got stonewalled."

"Fury needs me sticking around and complacent in SHIELD and if he wants that then he'll need to help us. Besides, the genie's out of the bottle with Tahiti anyways so we might as well use what we can. At the very least I can talk to Hill and get his attention. I'll make the call." Will stepped away to do that while Coulson handled some matters regarding Skye.

The two then went to the BUS and entered the Cage where they saw May viciously beating Quinn's face to a bloody pulp. "May! MAY!" Coulson's shout managed to get her to stop though all of them would have preferred if she kept going. "Outside. Now."

May gave Quinn one more vicious punch before they left him alone. "He deserves to die. Not her." May said.

"Agreed. But right now, Quinn doesn't matter. Only Skye does and I need you to pilot the plane." Coulson told her.

"You heard what the doctor said."

"There's nothing that they could do for her, yes but Tahiti can." Will said and May realized the plan. "They brought Coulson back from the dead so whatever they have at Project Tahiti can save Skye."

"I'll have us fueled and ready to leave in fifteen minutes." May promised before leaving to go do a pre-flight check. Coulson went down to the lower levels of the BUS where a special cargo slot was opened to allow Skye's medical pod to be docked. The doctors kept her stable for transport but they were on a ticking clock. The pod was locked down and secured into its position when Ward walked down the hall over to Coulson.

"HQ radioed in. They've ordered us to hand over Quinn for interrogation and transport to the Fridge. You want me to arrange the transfer?" Ward asked.

"No. Quinn stays in our custody until I say otherwise." Coulson told him.

"Yes, sir." Ward replied as the two looked at Skye's body in the pod. Coulson kept silent but Ward was having reservations about his plan. "You sure about this? Taking her all the way to Bethesda?"

"It's where my file says I was treated after New York."

"I understand, but what makes you think the doctors there will be able to do anything different?" Ward wondered. "I know they saved you—"

"They did a lot more than save me. It's time you know the truth." Coulson then went on to explain to Ward what really happened with Tahiti. After him, he met with Fitz-Simmons in the lab to tell them the truth as well. Suffice to say they had trouble believing it.

"That can't be. What you're describing…sir, it's medically impossible." Simmons told him.

"Except for the fact that I'm standing here. Proof that it's not impossible. And here's more proof." Coulson placed a metal docket on the table for them. "My file. Describing how they brought me back. The doctors, the procedures, the drugs."

Fitz-Simmons had a fair amount of apprehension on their faces as they looked down at what for them were SHIELD secrets way above their security level. "Sir, it's against the law for us to read this. Are you sure…"

"I don't care about your clearance level. I'm ordering you to read it." Coulson told them so Simmons opened it.

"Death and recovery report."

"It's only recently that Director Fury gave me access to this. I've gone over it dozens of times. I need you to decipher the medical parts of it I didn't understand. Feel free to reach out to Dr. Streiten. He should be eager to answer any questions you may have." Coulson told them.

"Yes, I'm sure I'll have quite a few." Simmons admitted.

"So, what about Tahiti?" Fitz asked.

"Turns out, not so magical. Just false memories, implanted to cover up what was done." Coulson answered when Simmons saw something in the file that caught her eye.

"Sir, it says here your heart was perforated. Torn in half." Simmons read aloud.

"That part of it, I understood. And yet they managed to heal the damaged tissue completely, regenerate it. We need to understand how." Coulson said.

"So, we can do the same for Skye." Fitz deduced.

"That's what I'm counting on." Coulson told them.

"We'll get right on it, sir." Simmons replied.

"Thank you." Coulson replied when he saw Will walk in. "Anything?"

"Just left a message with Hill. Fury's been stuck in logistic meetings with the World Security Council and Secretary Pierce for the past few hours, which is why you weren't able to get in touch with him. I left an urgent message with Hill. I stressed to her the importance of what's going on and the second Fury is free he'll get back to us." Will told him.

"How sure of that can you be?" Fitz wondered.

"I've got a damning piece of information to hold over Director Fury's head. Plus, he owes us. He'll get us that information. In the meantime, I might be able to do something that could help. Simmons, do you have a second to spare?" Will asked and she nodded. "Come with me. Fitz, I'll bring her right back."

"Uh…" Fitz watched them walk away in confusion before he called out. "Anyway, I can help?!"

Will led Simmons through the BUS explaining what his plan was and why he had her come with him finishing just as they arrived at Skye's medical pod. "You have a healing ability?" Simmons uttered in wonderment. "Why is this the first time I'm hearing about this?"

"The team didn't know about my powers and who I was until recently and the healing is just as recent." Will replied as they both looked at Skye. "And I'm not sure if it'd call my ability to heal as healing like you're possibly picturing it. It's really an offshoot of my telekinesis."

"What do you mean?" Simmons asked so Will figured out the best way to explain.

"Well, what do you think of when you imagine someone with a healing superpower?" Will asked her. Simmons thought it over for a few seconds before answering.

"Like they have the ability to rapidly heal or restore cells to optimal health. Whether through physical or non-physical means they are able to do what normal healing would do but only accelerated." Simmons stated and her fairly rudimentary definition for a healing superpower was pretty much dead on.

"Pretty much exactly how most people would classify a healing ability but with my abilities I would classify it into a sub category of my telekinesis. Telekinetic healing if we need to label it. I've gotten some…well, you can call them upgrade to my powers over the years and my most recent one has greatly empowered the focus on my telekinesis much more than when I first got my powers. Before I could lift tanks and take apart a plane piece by piece but now my precision with my telekinesis has gotten so refined to the point where I can sense and manipulate molecules."

"I remember you showed us when you were explaining your powers. You could freeze a cup of water, ignite the ice into steam and then generated plasma like how you dispersed the hurricane over the academy." Simmons recounted.

"Right. In theory, this sub-ability of my telekinesis could be incredibly powerful and useful with more time for me to get complete control over, which is definitely going to take some time because of how complicated and difficult it is. To put it into perspective, imagine playing the hardest version of the board game Operation that could be possibly designed then multiply that by a factor of a hundred, your dominant hand is tied behind your back, the tweezers are too cumbersome and large while the pegs and holes are much smaller."

"Dear lord." Simmons muttered in disbelief. Attempting what Will just described seemed nauseatingly difficult so if that's a fraction of what he has to deal with on a daily basis then she's glad she doesn't have powers.

"It's partially why I've stuck to elemental manipulation because it's easier. I don't have to restructure molecules with my telekinesis but just move them around. Move them through the air to make gusts of wind, vibrate them and they'll ignite, stop them and they'll freeze etc. My invisibility is a little more complicated but I have attempted to use my focused telekinesis to heal." Will told her and she began to understand the mechanics of how.

"I think I'm starting to understand. You're saying you could use your telekinesis to manipulate parts of the human body, even miniscule and microscopic parts like skin cells. Incredible." Simmons said in astonishment. "If you can do that then perhaps you can heal Skye. If you're able to do that then maybe we won't need Tahiti."

"If that were possible then I would have told Coulson and he wouldn't have given you and Fitz the Project Tahiti file. I don't have the kind of precision and strength with my telekinetic healing as I do with the rest of my abilities. Even after a few months I've gotten strong enough to even entertain the idea of this ability I haven't made the kind of progress with it I would have liked. At most, the best I can do would be to seal up cuts and stop some bleeding and that's on a good day. Manipulating the molecules of biological matter is incredibly complicated."

Simmons thought it over and while she was disheartened that Will's powers couldn't help Skye now, perhaps it meant he could at least do something. It would explain why he brought her here to see Skye instead of telling her this when she was with Fitz. If he were just telling her he couldn't do anything he wouldn't have brought her over to Skye's body and given her condition, any kind of small improvement could help in the long run. She figured that he wanted her here to monitor Skye's condition while he tried something to help her since she was the only one on the team with serious medical training she could oversee Skye's body and help him. The normal human body's healing process was an intricate process of cascading biological events fueled through the immune system but in the most basic terms it begins after trauma where platelets clot the blood to stop or slow the bleeding followed by white blood cells going to work on fighting infections, cell proliferation to build new tissue which strengthen the once weakened area and depending on the injury form scar tissue. Even on a small scale as Will said was his current limitations with this ability, his telekinesis allowed him to accelerate the physical healing process possibly by days, maybe even weeks.

"Have you ever used your healing ability before?" Simmons asked him.

"Twice. Once was on myself back when we were at Casino Royale in Montenegro. Le Chiffre poisoned me and I had to physically remove the toxin from my stomach. Not pleasant but a little different considering I basically just used my powers to remove everything from my stomach." Will answered and Simmons visibly winced in response. It sounded disgusting. "The second time was at Camp Crystal Lake when Jason's demon stopped possessing Tina. Her body was shutting down and her heart was slowing down so I focused my powers on keeping it beating and trying to help by putting some damaged tissue back together. It took all of my focus to help her but it was only for a minute or so until I called out for Coulson. That's when you took over and we got her to the paramedics. The most I did was keep her alive and the work I did was miniscule, just keeping her heart beating to be honest. I've been working on it ever since but it's not like I can test it like the rest of my abilities. Still, I think I can do something for Skye. It's why I brought you with me."

"You want me to monitor Skye's vitals and guide you in case something happens." Simmons deduced and Will nodded.

"This is going to be a first for both of us. Skye's condition is critical which is why the plan is to use Tahiti. The program helped Coulson's body regenerate so it can do the same for Skye but we need to keep her stable until then. I might be able to repair some of the damage the doctors couldn't and keep her stable until we're ready." Will looked at Simmons and saw her look of apprehension. "If this is too much for you then you don't have to do this."

"No. This is for Skye. I can do it." Simmons voice echoed a great deal of inner strength showcasing one of her fundamental qualities. Her ability to tough through anything for those she cared about. Skye was a member of the team and she was family so if there was a chance she could be saved then she would do what she could. Simmons activated her tablet and began downloading all the data from the machines Skye was hooked up to. She brought up the scan of Skye's stomach and zoomed in on the area to show to Will. To say it wasn't pretty is an understatement. "As the doctor said the gunshots to Skye's midsection perforated her stomach and penetrated both the large and small intestines."

"The damage tissue was removed but the damage to the organs is bad. The machines are the only thing keeping Skye's body from shutting down. Her brain's still fine but right now modern medical science can't do anything for her." Will enlarged the images so he had a more in-depth view of the damage. "All right. If Skye's vitals start to go down or you see anything wrong then you tell me, no matter what."

Simmons gave him a nod before they both took a deep breath into territory unknown. Will cracked his neck and wiggled his arms, letting out some pent-up tension in his body before he took several deep breaths, closing his eyes on the last heavy exhale. He placed his hands over Skye's stomach as his blue telekinetic aura seeped out of his body and surrounded him. Simmons was momentarily taken aback in stunned awe as she was witnessing Will's powers in full action. Now that she and the others knew he was Aegis, seeing his powers up close and personal hit differently than from recordings or pictures. She just hoped that he was able to do something to help Skye.

Will opened his eyes and appeared in a pitch-black empty void which was really just his mindscape. He had been using his powers for so long he knew what it was and with him super focused, he was blocking out everything else so his mindscape appeared as an empty void but it didn't remain empty for long. In a flash of light, a highly detailed hologram of Skye's body appeared in front of him like it was scanned and an image was projected like from the smart table in the lab. With a wave of his hands, the hologram of Skye expanded out so he could zoom in and focus on the damaged part of her body. With another wave of his hand, Will's telekinetic sense gave him a detailed image of the area along with the inner workings of her body's biological functions. Her body's white cells were hard at work fighting infections which was helped by the damaged tissue having been removed but so much was removed that it was now hampering her body's ability to function. The damaged and removed tissue from her stomach and intestines were hampering normal bodily functions which in turn was affecting the rest of her body like how a damaged circuit in a computer would affect its operation.

The machines Skye was hooked up in the med pod were combating her failing bodily functions but it was like putting salve on a tumor. It could only do so much and like the doctor said they could keep her comfortable before a decision would need to be made. Tahiti was Skye's best bet as it was able to heal Coulson's heart so it could do the same for Skye as well. Will wasn't praying for a miracle here but he could at least help keep Skye alive and give them some time. He stepped forward through the projected hologram of Skye until he arrived in her stomach and held both hands up.

Back with Simmons, she watched as Will's blue telekinetic aura began to seep out from his hands like waves of water and group over Skye's stomach. She watched all the monitors in disbelief as they showed that Skye's blood pressure began to even out a bit and get better. She double-tapped her tablet and brought up the scans of Skye's stomach to see a boost in cellular activity. Blood was flowing better, some of the organ tissue was revitalized and healing up. It was small work and not enough to get Skye back on her feet by any means but it was a good sign. At the very least it could be enough to keep Skye from getting worse. Simmons looked at Will, still deep in concentration and began to noticed his once calm and collected visage was starting to show some strain. His eyes were still closed but his brow was furrowed indicating that he was putting an inordinate amount of concentration into his powers.

In Will's mind, he was running up a muddy hill with no shoes and being constantly bombarded with heavy rain, so to speak. Just a colorful way to express how difficult this was for him. The amount of concentration and sheer force of will he was using with his powers could not be understated. Manipulating biological matter on a cellular level was incredibly difficult and any wrong move could spell disaster for Skye. He was being extra, extra careful just so that he didn't cause a blood vessel to burst, tear a muscle or disrupt any nerve endings. The damage to Skye's stomach and intestines was too severe for him to heal like he could a small cut. In those instances, he could use his powers to literally pull the skin cells together like microscopic stitching which would let them heal faster but for Skye's organs that was different. Skin cells could regrow to make scar tissue but organs didn't regenerate like that save for the liver and with what was resected during the operation Skye needed some serious cellular regeneration to fix the damage just like what Project Tahiti did for Coulson's heart. The best Will could do would be to make sure that Skye's bodily functions didn't deteriorate so the machines could keep her alive until they were ready. Will used his telekinesis to ensure her veins continued to pump blood properly so she didn't hemorrhage and he was even pushing some of his energy into the cells of Skye's organs.

From the myriad of tests Bruce and Tony ran on Will's powers, they were able to deduce that Will's telekinetic aura was the manifestation of his telekinesis into a form of energy. All of his powers came from the Primagen meteorite he encountered years ago resulting in the hyperactivity of his brain that enabled all his psychic-based powers. The subsequent blue aura his body created was the literal manifestation of energy his brain and body produced brought into the physical world. Bruce and Will called it his telekinetic aura while Tony playfully dubbed it psycho-magic. Whatever you wanted to call it, it's basically pure energy that his body/mind is able to generate. With it being energy that his own body/mind created Will was able to use it many different ways from destructive methods like his telekinetic energy blasts to defensive measures like his telekinetic shield but Bruce suspected that Will's energy could be used in other ways. Since it was energy that Will controlled, he was able to adjust how it was used whether it was for destructive or defensive measures so in theory its potential could be limitless. Energy was energy so in theory Will could use it for his healing…granted it was just a theory and Will's never really tried before…until now.

His telekinetic aura enveloped the damaged parts of Skye's body and it began to slowly have an effect. The energy seeped into the cells of her damaged organs and invigorated them which helped improve their functions which had been hampered due to the damage they sustained. The influx of energy was also assisting in the healing though it couldn't heal missing tissue which would need to be regenerated. Will's energy helped but only so much. Still, it was better than nothing.

Will didn't know how much time had passed since he started his treatment as his full concentration was spent on what he was doing. At the very least he could sense that things weren't getting worse because there wasn't any erratic blood flow or muscle tension he could sense. That was the good news but the bad news was the growing strain this was having on him. His healing ability required incredible concentration like his telekinesis required when he first got his powers. That combined with the complexity of manipulating biological functions meant the strain on his brain was unlike anything he had done before. He even began to feel some pain but he kept at it.

He kept working and he could feel Skye's body getting better, well slowly getting better as he kept up his treatment method. The counter to Skye getting better was the stress, strain, and pain Will endured which quickly turned from annoying headache to agonizing migraine and slowly edging its way to searing hot poker to the brain.

"Will? I think you should stop now. Will?! Will?!"

[Sharp gasp of air]

Will stumbled back and bumped into the wall of Skye's medical pod where Simmons was quickly at his side to steady him. Her look of concern aimed at him combined with the blood dripping down his nose clued him in that she brought him out of his healing moment because of the strain his powers put him under.

"I'm fine…" Will assured Simmons, pushing himself back up onto his two feet. He shook his head as the painful headache/migraine/flare-up of his brain began to subside. Simmons handed him some tissues for his bloody nose and thankfully it wasn't as bad as when he dissipated the hurricane over the SHIELD academy though from the stains on his shirt he would need to change.

"Are you all right?" Simmons was as concerned for his health as she was for Skye's and the last thing they needed was to compound the number of injured people on the team.

"I'm fine." Will wiped his nose and cracked his neck, causing Simmons to wince from the disgusting sound. "That headache hurt but nowhere near as bad as back at the academy. I'll be fine. How's Skye?"

"Well…" Simmons brought up her internal scans to show him. "…her vitals have improved. Her blood pressure has returned to normal and steadied, which is a good sign and I even saw some improved function in her organs momentarily but then I saw you straining and your nose started bleeding so I pulled you out. What were you doing?"

"I was infusing some of my energy into her system, hoping it would help her system recover. It looks like it worked. To be honest I had no idea if it would actually do anything but I could feel things getting better so that's a good sign. How long was I able to heal Skye?" He asked so Simmons did a quick check and the sheepish look on her face told him everything. "You know what, don't answer. I'm just glad this worked out in our favor and didn't make things worse. Even if could have healed her for hours the kind of damage done to her is something that the human body can't heal from. It's why we need Tahiti."

"I'll head back up to Fitz and see what we can glean from Coulson's file but I'll keep an eye on Skye." Simmons told him and Will nodded. "You should rest up a bit. We might need you again."

"Understood, Doctor."

Line Break xxxxx

The BUS

Will opened the door to his bunk and saw Goose sleeping on his bed so he kept quiet so he didn't disturb her. He wanted to give her a scratch on the head and hear her purr but decided not to piss her off. When he left to go handle the mission about Weapon X he left Goose on the BUS in his bunk with Fitz-Simmons and Skye to watch over her. Goose was a very independent cat/Flerken so as long as she was fed then she was fine to hang out by herself and if she weren't happy then she would let everyone know. The fact that no one was eaten let him know that Goose was happy.

Will took off his shirt which had been stained from his nose bleed and grabbed a black t-shirt when he felt the BUS shake like another plane had docked them from the top hatch. "Oh boy. That can't be good." Will muttered, grabbing his jacket, and heading up to see what was going on. Goose picked her head up momentarily, looking around to see what was going on but upon seeing no one around she put her head down and went back to sleep.

The plane that docked with the BUS was a result of Coulson not turning over Quinn for interrogation so SHIELD sent two agents to retrieve and transport him to the Fridge. One of the agents in question, a dark-skinned man about the same age as Ward walked through the middle level of the BUS. He was looking around for any sign of where Ian Quinn was but nothing until he saw Grant Ward and smiled.

"Agent Grant Ward."

"Trip." Ward smiled as the two shook hands. "Is Garrett upstairs?"

"Yeah. You know, he still talks about that 1,000-yeard shot you took in Bandung."

"It was 2,000. So, what are you doing here?" Ward asked only for Trip to look around in admiration.

"Man, this is like the Playboy jet." Trip quipped and Ward chuckled. "I mean, a guy could get soft bunking in a space like this. How did Coulson swing such a sweet ride?"

"He died." Ward answered.

"Right, right. Well, you want to point me to the box you're keeping Quinn. HQ ordered Garrett to haul his ass to the Fridge for questioning." Trip said but saw Ward didn't seem keen on answering so he decided to play the situation out more. "Is that a full bar?"

"You're welcome to it." Ward offered. "But uh, Quinn stays put till Coulson says otherwise."

"Come on, man. Garrett was your S.O. too so you know how this works." Trip told him.

"Why don't you remind me?" Ward said to him.

"Garrett wants Quinn. It's my job to make sure Garrett gets what he wants." Trip told him.

"Then you and Garrett are going to be disappointed." Trip and Ward heard as Will walked over. "Like Agent Ward said. Quinn is going anywhere until Coulson says otherwise."

"Agent Antoine Triplett, this is Agent Will Detmer. He's Coulson's second in command here." Ward made quick introductions.

"Agent Detmer. I've heard a lot about you." Trip said to him and Will nodded in respect.

"Likewise, Agent Triplett. You're an agent that's honoring his legacy. I understand the position SHIELD has put you in and that you have your orders but I'm afraid Ian Quinn isn't leaving this plane with you unless Coulson says he is. And we're not done with him." Will told him and he could see Trip already figuring out a way to handle the situation. "Don't bother, Agent Triplett. There isn't a win scenario for you here."

"Maybe but Garret and I have our orders. I'll find him myself. I'm sure he's tucked somewhere in between the jacuzzi and squash court." Trip stepped forward only for Will to get in his way.

"Then apologies in advance for this, Agent Triplett. You seem like a nice person but I can't let you take Ian Quinn. Last chance before you get hurt." Will warned him.

Trip had to follow his orders so he stepped to the side to walk past Will only to get his arm grabbed. Trip brushed his arm off and attacked with a gut punch but Will knocked it aside and hit him with a left elbow across the face. Trip staggered but countered with a right punch to the side only for Will to grab his right forearm and wrestle it back while kicking the back of Trip's right leg. Trip was forced to a knee and his right arm was pulled up over his head with Will clenching his grip and forcing his fingers into Trip's median nerve. The median nerve was located in the arms and provided motor function to said arms, the wrists, hands, and was the key nerve for touch, pain, and temperature sensations from the arms up to the brain and rest of the body.

"ARGH!" Trip grabbed his right arm in pain as both the pressing of the nerve along with the position his arm was being forced at made him unable to really move. Ward was off the side and grimaced a bit. Like Will, he had no hard feelings against Trip as he had orders and so did they. He didn't want him hurt and having the median nerve clenched like that could not be pleasant.

"Agent Detmer, stand down!" They heard Coulson shout so Will let go. Trip scrambled back to his feet and took a few steps to the side as Coulson and Agent Garrett walked in side by side. "Agent Garrett and I have come to an agreement. He convinced HQ he could interrogate Quinn here on our plane as we continue to Bethesda."

"Well, I'm a bit of a sweet talker when I need to be. You wouldn't believe what I could talk this son-of-a-gun into." Garrett looked at Ward and the specialist smirked in response. "Good see you, son."

"You, too, sir." Ward shook his hand. "And thank you."

"Saving the girl's top priority and she might know something." Garrett said to Coulson.

All the while the air was being cleared with Agent Garrett and Agent Triplett was no longer an issue for them, Will was having his own internal moment. Here he was standing across from his birth father, John Garrett. The 58-year-old white man with the slight scruff and receding hairline honestly looked like he should be sitting in a lounge chair with a beer can in front of a TV watching a football game but looks could be deceiving. He was a decorated SHIELD veteran with countless notches on his belt from his missions and he had to be doing something right to make it this long and still be a field agent at his age. Will had a myriad of feelings going on his head and heart right now despite the fact that he has known for a few years now that his birth father was a SHIELD agent. He knew it was a statistical possibility that he could encounter his father at some point during his time with SHIELD and he had even mentally and emotionally prepared himself for that possibility. At least he thought he did. Thinking what he would do and what he would say but right now he was just blank. Guess despite all his powers and everything he's done as an Avenger, Will clearly was human where it counted and had some unresolved issues buried deep down.

"…Will…Will?"

Coulson saying his name jogged him out of his brief mental freeze and he realized Coulson, Garrett, Ward, and Trip were looking at him strange. He had a blank stare on his face for the past minute like his mind was somewhere else.

"Are you all right?" Coulson asked.

"Everything all right there, son?" Garrett cracked a smirk on his face with the question. All Will did in response was straighten up and crack his neck.

"I'm fine. Just lost in a train of thought. I'm gonna go check on Skye and see how Fitz-Simmons are doing in their research." Will said to Coulson before he walked away but stopped at the last second. "And Agent Triplett, sorry about before."

"It's fine and just Trip, please." Trip replied and Will nodded before he walked away. "I'm gonna go and secure the jet."

Garrett nodded so Trip left and so did Ward who went to check on Quinn, leaving the two senior SHIELD agents alone. "Well, that was abrupt." Garrett pointed out.

"Were you expecting anything less?" Coulson asked and got a shrug in response.

"I don't know…maybe a little curiosity on his part. Here I am, right in front of him and all I get is a blank stare and barely an acknowledgement. At first I didn't think he could be mine but damn, it's like looking in a mirror thirty years ago." Garrett admitted. "Hard to believe I had a kid running around out there."

"Considering how you are now, I believe it." Coulson remarked and Garrett just shot him a sarcastic roll of the eyes.

"And he's a chip off the old block. I mean, I had heard of him like a lot of agents. Someone that young and skilled rising through the ranks that quickly spreads around like gossip at the watercooler. Hell, I would have loved to work alongside him on one of his ops. Then Ward lets me know he's mine. I damn near had a heart attack. I had to double-check the files myself and I couldn't believe it. No information on his mother though. Guess the kid's as blank on that area as I am." Garrett said to Coulson, his pensive mood written all over his face. Coulson had known Garrett for a long time so it was rare for him to ever get reflective about himself. Though the latter part about no information on Will's birthmother was because Garrett wasn't high enough clearance to know about Carol Danvers. Coulson was because he was one of Fury's close confidantes and a Level-8 agent while Garrett was Level-7. "His mother never told me. Doubt she could have even if she tried. It was just a drunken night at a bar in the desert. I was gone before the sun came up…and that was it. God there are parts that I can't remember as well as I used to but she was a spitfire, that much I recall. You should have seen her Coulson. Beautiful blonde hair, gorgeous face, curves in the right places and not a dainty thing at all. Badass chick walked into the bar in an Airforce Jacket, that I do remember. She was a tough one."

"I can only image if she got your attention." Coulson remarked and Garrett remembered more of that night which just made him chuckle in amusement.

"I remember she got into an argument with another pilot and there I was thinking I could give her a hand. The guy was being an ass anyway and I tried to get him to back off. Pretty boy could fly jets all he wanted but I was ready to take a swing at him but she beat me too it. Down he goes in one swing and the next thing we know it's a full own bar fight."

Coulson just chuckled and shook his head. Typical Garrett. "Knowing you I would have been more surprised if you didn't get involved in a bar fight."

"Oh, but it was a fun night. We went to a diner afterward to get some food and the next thing I know we end up at a motel and spent—"

"That's enough. I get it." Coulson stopped him before he could get to the dirty details that would make him have Will erase his short-term memory.

"Aw, I was just getting to the good part and believe me she was a spitfire in bed as well." Garrett's little trip down memory lane unintentionally brought out his sentimental side as he remembered more and more of that night the more he talked about it. "It was an amazing night but come morning I was gone. Just another night for my crazy 20s. Never in my wildest imagination did I think that one night would have resulted in me having a kid.

Coulson knew Garrett well enough to know his sentimental side never came out much. He was someone who wears their heart on their sleeves, granted that heart was akin to an action movie character from the 1980s mixed with a fraternity brother. Basically, he was someone who was more comfortable in Kevlar and on a battlefield then compassionately talking down someone from a volatile situation. He was the bad cop to a good cop and he was fine with that. Even back in his 20s that was who he was so he wasn't someone who would have necessarily been great at settling down and raising a child. Granted, he wouldn't have been abusive or cruel but he probably wouldn't have provided the most stable upbringing.

"Will grew up with a loving family and turned out great. And if you're thinking about what could have been if you sticked around then don't go down that rabbit hole." Coulson told him.

"Trust me, I'm not. I know myself well enough that even back then I wouldn't have been good for the kid. Job aside, I wasn't ready to raise a child. Hell, all these years later and I'm still not ready and from the looks of it neither was his mother. Guess we had that in common." Garrett admitted. "Guess I just never imagined he would have wound up working for SHIELD let alone getting the reputation he has at his age. Kid must take after me more than I thought. Wonder if he takes are his mother in any way?"

'In more ways than one, you have no idea.' Coulson thought to himself. Carol Danvers, an Airforce Test pilot who was abducted, experimented on, and brainwashed into being a soldier for aliens only to become a hero. One of the first Fury had encountered and one of the most powerful. Will certainly took after his mother. "If Ward is how you know that Will is your son then he must have mentioned that he never reached out to you."

"I wasn't expecting a heartfelt reunion and tears shed by a sunset. Hell, I didn't even know he existed until Ward so I got no right to expect anything but a cold shoulder. But if we're both in SHIELD then at the very least getting us to an amicable professional relationship would be ideal. You've known him longest, Coulson. I read his file. You were one of the agents who trained him. Any suggestions?" Garrett asked.

Coulson thought for a moment before he came up with the best answer considering the circumstances. "Will's attitude towards his birth parents is…tense to say the least. Before he joined SHIELD he was just a regular kid. Smart, kind, but with a solid head on his shoulders so he wasn't naïve. He could have done great things without SHIELD and it just translated when he joined but I can say that something did change in him when his parents died. That kind of trauma has a lasting affect and he's used it for good but he's not looking for more family. He buried his parents and made peace with that. He's not looking for replacements. Keep it professional for now. That's probably the best way to build a future rapport with him."

Hearing all of that was kind of what Garrett was expecting but a bit better. He was expecting Coulson to say that he should avoid Will at all cost, that he wouldn't want to talk with him. Like he said before, Garrett wasn't expecting Will to embrace him as his long-lost father. He didn't know he even had him until Ward told him and Will never reached out beforehand so clearly he didn't feel the need to connect. They didn't know each other so it was best to keep it professional.

"You know him best. Professional it is." Garrett nodded before he straightened up and cracked his back a bit. "Speaking of professional, let's get the interrogation started with."

Coulson led the two over to the Cage where Ward was standing guard. "Quinn's still aside. Bleeding and bruises but still conscious."

"Someone already got to him, huh? Guess they were more courteous than I was. I wouldn't have left him conscious. Don't worry, son…" Garrett patted Ward on the shoulder. "…I'll make this hurt."

Garrett walked into the Cage but Coulson hung back a bit to speak to Ward. "Agent Ward, I understand that you and Agent Garrett have a past which wouldn't normally be a problem if not for some extenuating circumstances regarding Agent Detmer and some highly classified SHIELD secrets you were recently made aware of."

"I understand, sir and I haven't said a word. I only spoke to Agent Garrett about Agent Detmer after our incident with Agent Amador, when I first brought up his parentage. I haven't spoken with Agent Garrett since then and after the incident with Project Centipede Director Fury and Deputy Director Hill swore Fitz-Simmons, Skye, and I all to secrecy. I have not betrayed that trust, not even to Agent Garrett." Ward told him.

"Understood, Agent Ward." Coulson walked in to join Garrett in the interrogation and Ward went to handle some other business.

Down in the lower level of the BUS, Will was at Skye's medical pod just keeping watch on her condition. Thankfully, his earlier healing session had improved her vitals which had stayed steady since then. Thank god for small miracles. Fitz-Simmons were still going over the Tahiti file in preparation and May had them on a flight path to Bethesda. Agents Garrett and Trip were admittedly an unexpected variable thrown in to all of this.

[Meow]

Will looked down and saw Goose perched there on the ground, looking up at him. "Hey, Goose."

Will knelt and pet Goose on the head before scratching her chin. She purred in response and nuzzled into his hands before she looked over at the med pod. She strolled over and placed her paw on the door. "Skye's in bad shape, girl. She's hanging in there but hopefully we can help her."

Goose tiled her head to the side before she walked back over to Will and nuzzled her head into his leg. "I know. I missed you too, girl. Things have been crazy to say the least." He said and Goose just continued to nuzzle into him. "My birth father showed up today."

He looked down and saw Goose staring up at him. "I know. I stop his specialist from taking Quinn and in he walks side by side with Coulson. Of all the aging SHIELD agents to send they send him."

[Meow]

"I froze, that's what I did." He admitted. "All the years thinking about what I would do if I ever saw him and I froze."

[Meow] Goose gave him a comforting paw pat on the pants leg.

"Thanks, Goose." He smiled at her. "I've got enough awareness of my own psychological state to admit I've got issues with my birth parents. Hell, any adopted child would. Why did they give me up? Why didn't they want me? Did they love me? It's what any child would ask growing up. Low and behold I get my answer when I join SHIELD and it's just a drunken one-night stand where both were in the right place at the right time. One didn't even know I existed and the other gave me up the second I was born and screw her reasons for giving me up. She was able to be an aunt for Monica Rambeau but gave me up without so much as a second thought."

[Meow]

"Yeah, well who knows what would have happened if she kept me. For all we know she wouldn't have been abducted by the Kree and everything else that happened with you and Fury wouldn't have happened. The issue is she didn't even try." Will spat out. Clearly he still had some issues he was lingering on.

[Meow]

"I think the fact that I just said all that means I'm admitting I have issues with them, not hiding away from them. Although the fact that I'm talking about this to an alien cat is another issue in of itself but whatever." Will sighed when he felt Goose pat his pant leg again. The look on her face was…a cat but to him it said, 'you have every right to feel this way' and 'the only way to deal with this is to confront it.' "You're right. They're my birthparents and that's it. Harold and Mary Detmer raised me all on their own with all the love any child would want. John Garrett and Carol Danvers may have made me but Harold and Mary raised me. They are my parents, I loved them, and I buried them. It doesn't matter who made me all that matters is how I got here. They weren't parents before so no reason for them to try now."

[Meow] Goose gave him a comforting nuzzle.

"Thanks, Goose. Love you too." Will smiled. It felt good to just say all that. Granted, saying all of that with just Goose around was a good stepping stone. Saying that to either of his birthparents would have likely been more significant but baby steps.

[PA Chimes]

"Will, we need you in the lab ASAP."

"Goose, watch over Skye." Will told her and she nodded so he made his way back up to the lab where he saw Fitz-Simmons looking a bit concerned. "What's wrong?"

"I just got off the phone with the trauma center in Bethesda. Dr. Streiten's gone off the grid." Simmons informed him.

"Piece of shit went into hiding after Coulson's visit. I'll deal with him later. We'll just have to rely on another doctor there who treated Coulson." Will said only for Fitz-Simmons to share a look.

"That's the thing, actually."

"Coulson was never treated there."

"What are you talking about?" Will questioned.

"It's everything. Nothing makes sense. The doctors listed, the operating room number, none of them exist. None of them are a part of SHIELD." Simmons explained.

"No, they are but clearly Fury wasn't going to make this easy if someone ever got their hands on Coulson's file." Will said only for Fitz-Simmons to look at him in confusion. "Fury kept Project Tahiti as tight-lipped and secured as possible. So much so that the World Security Council doesn't know what he was doing. He would have gone to extra lengths to keep this information out of the wrong hands, even from other elements within SHIELD. Fury's paranoid beyond belief. All of this must be another layer of security."

"So, what do we do?" Fitz questioned.

"Keep looking into what you can and keep an eye on Skye. I'm gonna talk to Coulson." Will told them. They nodded and got back to work while he headed upstairs and entered the Cage. Garrett and Coulson were interrogating Quinn and Will decided to kill two birds with one stone: work out some aggression and free up Coulson to talk. Coulson and Garrett were standing and clearly the two were talking about something. That and judging by the smug look Quinn's face told him that clearly things weren't going well. "I'm guessing things aren't going well considering Quinn is still conscious."

"And there is the other special one. Agent William Detmer, a SHIELD prodigy." Quinn's voice dripped with smugness. The guy was like all rich elite snobs. A very punchable personality. "The Clairvoyant is particularly interested in you."

"Tell him to take a number." Will brushed him off to focus on Coulson and Garrett. "I'm guessing his boss has him drinking the cool-aid and he's all loyal like Raina."

"Who's Raina?" Garrett asked.

"Another person who worked for the Clairvoyant. A recruiter my team has run into and was part of the team that captured me." Coulson answered.

"Which resulted in her earning a spot in a SHIELD cell for the rest of her life like you Quinn. Seems to me like your Clairvoyant is just another garden variety nutcase we deal with on a weekly basis. On difference between him and the others is the size of his ego. Something you two must have in common." Will quipped.

"Oh, he's very different and everything is going exactly to plan. Bluster and joke all you want but every move he has made has put you all precisely where he wants you and he will get what he wants. Skye is dying so either you let her die which the Clairvoyant knows you won't let happen so you will take her to get fixed…just like Agent Coulson…and he'll get exactly what he wants. And once he gets that…he wants you, Agent Detmer." Quinn's gaze focused on Will which was very creepy. "How is it that a young man such as yourself rises through SHIELD at such a rapid pace."

"Gifted youth." Will answered.

"True yet unlike other agents say…Grant Ward or Leopold Fitz and Jemma Simmons…you didn't go to a SHIELD academy…did you? No, you were personally recruited by Agent Coulson right here." Quinn said. Will and Coulson kept blank stares on their face but were a little disturbed with how Quinn knew that. "Specialized training, unique access, and word has it you have a special relationship with Director Fury. Now, what makes you so special?"

"Well…if your boss is a psychic, you tell me? Unless he's full of crap and doesn't know." Will pointed out.

"True, there are things that even he can't see but he does know enough to know you're special. I mean…it's not every day that SHIELD pays for a funeral." Quinn said, adopting a smirk as he seemed to push on a particular nerve if Will's facial twitch was anything to go by. "Your parents were killed in the crossfire of an assassination attempt on the Director of SHIELD…seeing all of that had to be hard for you at that age. I mean, you were just a regular college student being recruited and they paid the price. Do you think they were just collateral damage? Could it be that they had secrets that got them killed— "

[BAM!]

Quinn didn't even get to finish his sentence when Will kicked him in the face. It was so sudden and quick but a nice boot knocked Quinn out of his chair and flat on his ass with a broken nose. "You be a smart ass and you get a broken nose, asshole. I think you need to learn a lesson." Will told him so he took out the handcuff key from Coulson's pocket and uncuffed Quinn from the table but kept his hands cuffed together. He dragged Quinn back up to his feet and kneed him in the gut just for good measure before dragging him away. On their way out of the Cage, Will hit the intercom button on the wall. "May, slow us down and hover us into position. Ward, I need you in the hold." He then looked over at Garrett and Coulson. "You two are gonna want to see this."

Back in the lab, Fitz-Simmons were still hard at work when Ward joined them. "Any idea what Will wants me for or why he had us stop?" Ward asked them and got shrugs in response. "We don't have time to waste."

"No idea. It must be something important." Simmons suggested.

[Thud]

Fitz-Simmons and Ward turned to see Quinn sprawled out on the ground. Will then jumped down and landed next to him, having decided that the stairs would take too long so he threw him over the railing into the hold. Garrett and Coulson watched as Will walked over and grabbed some rope from one of the seats in the hold.

"He knows what he's doing right?" Garrett asked Coulson.

"If he didn't he wouldn't be doing it in the first place. He's a professional." Coulson answered.

Will wrapped one end of the rope around Quinn's ankle and the other around a seat before he pulled Quinn back up to his feet. "Now, you said the Clairvoyant has a plan. Tell me…[Whack]" Will headbutted Quinn in the face before dragging him past the cars parked in the hold towards the edge and hit the cargo hold button which caused the ramp to slowly open. He then walked Quinn out over the edge. "…did he tell you I would do this?!"

The loud whistling of wind was terrifying at their height of about 30,000 feet in the air with May putting them into hover mode. Terrified would be the normal reaction but Quinn managed to remain relatively calm. "Do you really think this is going to scare me?! I know SHIELD needs me alive!"

"You're right! But in what condition wasn't made clear and if they have to cut a few bits off…well, I don't think they'll mind!" Will then walked over to the edge and held Quinn off. One more step and he'd go over. Now, Quinn was starting to freak out a bit. "We're about 30,000 ft in the air so the outside temperature is going to be about -50 degrees Fahrenheit! You've got less than five minutes before Hypothermia takes place and that's if you don't pass out first! Most people can hold their breath for about a minute, maybe two! Some can do it more but I don't think you fall into that category. After that you'll lose consciousness and when we hit four minutes is when we run into the chance of serious brain damage! Let's see how long you last!"

"WAIT! WAI—"

Quinn didn't get a second word as Will just let go without an ounce of hesitation. His leg was tied to a rope giving Quinn his own little bungee jumping experience at cruising altitude. Quinn screamed on the way down but Will walked away without a care. He walked over and thumbed the rope to make sure it was secure before he looked at Ward. "Bring him up in about five minutes." Will told him before he walked back upstairs.

"Damn. If that won't get Quinn to cooperate I don't know what will." Garrett remarked.

Will walked into the living area of the BUS, stopping at the kitchen to get something to eat. He was hungry and hadn't eaten anything recently so he just grabbed four slices of bread from the cabinet before pulling out a jar of Smucker's Goober with grape jelly. Will never did like the strawberry kind.

"You're a little old for that, don't you think?" Will heard and saw Garrett walk over. Will just continued to spread and smear the peanut butter and grape jelly on the slices of bread.

"We're on something of a clock so I don't have the time to make a real sandwich. This does it in a pinch." Will finished making his two sandwiches and put the stuff away before grabbing some milk from the fridge, earning an incredulous look from Garrett. "What?"

"Nothing. Just never saw an agent make himself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with a glass of milk after beating up a man and tossing him out of an airplane at 30,000 ft. You seem relatively calm after what just happened." Garrett pointed out. "Clearly this isn't your first time with this kind of work."

"That's the job. And Ian Quinn's an asshat anyways so I don't feel guilty. It's karma catching up to him." Will took a bite of his sandwich and sighed in relief. Just the hit of dopamine he needed and it helped ease his hungry stomach.

"I'm not arguing with you there. God knows I agree with you. Though it takes a certain degree of calm and nerves of steel to do this kind of work. Clearly whatever training you've had has made you solid as a rock." Garrett told him.

"I get my hands dirty and world stays clean. Sometimes this job can get done with honey and roses and sometimes it needs bullets and forced capitulation. I've made my peace with that a long time ago." Will took another bite of his sandwich and a sip of milk to help it wash down. "Is this what you wanted to talk about? My ease of which I can hurt people?"

"Just trying to make conversation but I guess we can start with the elephant in the room. Look, kid I get that you're angry with me. You've got every right to be so if you've got anything you want to get off your chest then go ahead." Garrett offered only for Will to continue eating his sandwich. "If you're contemplating throwing the first punch then go ahead. You've got a free shot."

"No thanks. Don't need the lecture Coulson would give me." Will grabbed a napkin to wipe his mouth.

"Really? If I were in your shoes hell, I would have thrown several." Garrett admitted.

"Well, I guess that's just not who I am. Besides, it's not like you did anything wrong. You didn't even know I existed so I can't exactly blame you for something you didn't know and I'm not looking to establish any kind of new familial relationship. We're just two agents in the same organization. Harold Detmer was my father and I put him to rest. I'm not looking for another one." Will told him and Garrett was fine with that.

"As you say, kid." Garrett replied when they heard footsteps and saw Coulson walk by with Agent Simmons following him.

"Will. My office." Coulson told him before walking away.

"That can't be good." Garrett guessed. Will gulped down the milk and put his second sandwich in a napkin before following. "Hey, kid…" Will stopped and turned around. "If it's any consolation…your old man would be proud of how you turned out."

The sentimentality of this little moment was as quick as it was fleeting and seemed to come out of nowhere. Will just gave him a nod before he walked away. Having read Garrett's personnel file, he was a respected field agent who garnered respect, trust, and friendship from other agents like Coulson along with those he trained like with Ward and likely Agent Triplett as well. While Coulson was the man who could connect to someone on an emotional level, it seems that Garrett didn't lack sentimentality. Either way, Will made his intentions clear with Garrett. He didn't need another father, wasn't expecting one and would prefer if they kept things professional and Garrett was fine with that. Check column one for dealing with the issues of his birthparents. To check column two off…well, that was likely going to take a while, mainly being an issue of distance.

[Buzz]

Will checked his phone and saw it was an encrypted message from a blocked and encrypted number.

You are very lucky with who your mother is and that I need you as much as you need SHIELD. This is your only warning. Do not attempt something like this again.

The Guest House. GH-325. 17 miles northwest of the Sierra-Nevada Mountains.

Will raced up to Coulson's office and overheard him and Simmons talking about his Tahiti file but May was there as well. Simmons was expressing her concerns regarding Tahiti and how everything was getting more sketchy and dangerous the further they dug. "That's my fear, sir. Your file is filled with secrets. Experimental drugs, unknown surgical procedures we've never even heard of. Frankly, Fitz and I only understand about 70% of what's in here." Simmons told him.

"And even if we were able to find where you were treated and we were able to replicate the procedure there's the other obvious question." May added.

"Which is?" Coulson asked.

"Whether we should. What you experienced sir…if this file is even partially accurate…" Simmons was hesitant to go on but Coulson knew why she was afraid.

"No one's suggesting that we submit Skye to everything that I went through. I was an extreme case. I was dead. Skye's not. Fury had me lead the Tahiti project because he trusted my judgement but it was with the intention to save a mortally wounded Avenger so there has to be something here. A drug, a treatment, anything that can be used to save Skye." Coulson told her.

"Then we need to change course." Will said, walking into the office. "Fury finally reached out. He's pissed but it worked. We need to change course."

"Where?" May asked him.

"17 miles northwest of the Sierra-Nevada Mountains. The Guest House. It's where Coulson was treated and where we can find what we need to save Skye. Something labeled GH-325." Will told them.

"Wait…" Simmons flipped through the file. "…one thing that kept coming up in the file was a substance labeled GH-325. There's no description of what it is but moments after its injection your body showed signs of cellular regeneration, sir."

"Then that has to be what we need to save Skye. May, get us there as fast as possible. Simmons, work with Fitz and figure out exactly what's at that location. It's likely a hidden base or bunker so look into old SHIELD and even SSR files." Coulson told them.

"Yes, sir." Simmons left with May. Now that they knew where to go and what they needed there was a new degree of enthusiasm and determination for them. Will walked over next to Coulson and leaned against his desk with him. He tore his PB sandwich in half and gave part of it Coulson who took a bite.

"Everything ok with you? Quinn didn't get to you, did he?" Coulson asked.

"No but I let him think he did and now he's recovering from some frostbite. And while I still think the whole Clairvoyant is a fraud, Quinn could be right that this is what the Clairvoyant wants and we're playing right into his hand." Will said and Coulson had to agree with him there. "Which is why when we get there…we don't leave anything standing when we leave."

"We destroy everything. We save Skye…and Project Tahiti never sees the light of day again."

"Amen to that." Will said as the two kept eating their sandwiches.

Line Break xxxxx

The Guest House

The BUS touched down in a small flat clearing at the base of some mountains where the Guest House was located. The general location Will got from Fury was good for them but not exactly precise, which is why Coulson had Fitz-Simmons work on getting them a more exact location and what they could be looking for. They had the time with the flight there so hopefully with them narrowing it down they could get an exact landing position. They ran scans of the area but since it was so vast they needed another factor for them to narrow it down. That's when Fitz got an idea and had them look through all the administrative data in SHIELD from after Coulson was pronounced dead. With all the hoops and misdirects Fury put into place to hide Project Tahiti Fitz decided to look for more information via a digital paper trail now that they knew what they were looking for. That's when they found their needle in the haystack so to speak. A SHIELD file about an old SSR WW2 bunker that was decommissioned back in the 50s after an earthquake damaged the facility. It was only ever opened by a Level-10 operative and the words Guest House was used so it had to be it. They got the location and May got them there as fast as possible.

Coulson, Will, Ward, Fitz, Garrett, and May were in the hold gearing up for a possible assault into the Guest House. They all donned tactical SHIELD gear and vests since they had no idea what they could be walking into. Will slung his modified Remington 879 MSC Masterkey 12-gauge compact shotgun into the slot on his right shoulder before loading a clip into his modified TDI/KRISS Vector-.45 ACP with modified barrel, stock, grip, extended magazine, red-dot sight, flashlight, laser sight, and silencer attachment. He slotted some spare magazines into his tactical vest before tossing Coulson some extra ones for his pistol.

"The Guest House is not a SHIELD facility. We don't know who or what is in there. Be prepared for potential resistance." Coulson told everyone as they checked their weapons and flashlights.

"No contact from inside?" Garrett asked.

"I've tried every known channel. No response." May answered.

"Place could be abandoned." Ward suggested.

"Let's hope not. We need the people inside to work on Skye." Coulson said as Will helped Fitz with his backpack.

"Simmons is prepping Skye to move at a moment's notice, sir." Fitz told him.

"Trip can help. He's had med-tech training." Garrett offered.

"Good. We do our jobs right, this will all go peacefully." Coulson told them.

"What if they don't want to help us?" Ward asked so Garrett and Will cocked the hammers on their guns.

"I'll say pretty please." Garrett joked.

"We need the doctors alive and the place intact. If it does sideways, Fitz, I need you down there to determine what Simmons can use to help Skye. And then we take it. Will, have our parting favor?" Coulson asked and saw him heft up a large duffle bag on his back. "Let's go."

Coulson led the team off the BUS and over to the bunker entrance. The place looked abandoned and unkept but there was an access reader and modern security cameras set up. Fitz grabbed his tools ready just in case he needed to crack their way through the door when they heard a voice come out from a speaker.

"How was the drive from Istanbul?"

"Countersign?" Coulson asked the team.

"No clue."

"Never heard it."

"I can't find it in any of SHIELD's protocol directives." Fitz did a quick search and got nothing.

Coulson looked over at Will who shook his head no. "This is Agent Coulson with SHIELD. We don't know the counter but we have a team member in dire need of medical assistance. We know she can be treated here. Open the doors, maybe we can work something out. Do you copy?"

"How was the drive from Istanbul?"

"We're looking for medical assistance. A person's life is at stake. Will you help us?" Coulson asked one more time.

"How was the drive from Istanbul?"

Coulson looked over at Garrett and saw him smirk. "Pretty please, it is."

Will took out his pistol and shot the camera while Fitz got to work on opening the bunker. Once inside they proceeded down a long narrow hallway until it stopped at a single elevator with only one direction to go and that's down. After a long, long trek down into the Guest House, the elevator doors opened into a dark antechamber where there was no natural light. Fitz used a spy camera to make sure they were clear and gave them the go ahead. Will was the first one down and he hugged the side of the elevator, keeping his gun at the ready. The rest of the team jumped down with Fitz being the last one.

"Comms are down. There's too much mountain on top of us." Fitz told them.

"Trust me, it's better. You don't want them hearing the horrible death we're walking into." Garrett said only for Fitz to stare at him. "Humor, son. You Brits are too serious. Besides, if the job were any easy…"

"It wouldn't be any fun." Ward finished.

"I'm not afraid. Not yet. I suspect the real danger won't happen until we breach that bulletproof glass." Fitz said when he noticed a service door to their right. "Probably a stairwell back to the surface."

"All right, Fitz. Get us inside." Will told him.

"To certain, horrible death? Absolutely." Fitz got to work on hacking the lock which wasn't a problem. "Ok, sir. Just give the word."

"Once we get inside, everybody find cover. Here we go." Coulson nodded to Fitz and he unlocked the doors. Will moved in flanked by Garrett and Ward and they all took cover behind a desk. Coulson and Fitz followed behind them and the second the doors behind them closed a barrage of bullets from several shooters rained down around them. The bullets hit the desk and bulletproof glass behind them.

The shooting stopped momentarily allowing Coulson to speak up. "We've come for medical assistance, but if you continue firing on us, we will defend—" [Sporadic gunfire]

The shooters resumed firing so everyone kept their heads down. Will checked his vambrace and activated the sub-sonic scanner to map out his local surroundings. Coulson, Fitz, Ward, and Garrett were pinged as friendlies but it did pick up six heat signatures about 50 meters or so ahead of them. Three to their left and the other three to their right.

[Sharp whistle] Will's whistle got the attention of Coulson, Ward, and Garrett and he signaled to them the six hostiles they had to deal with. Garrett and Ward moved to the right as Will removed a flashbang pellet from his vest. "Fitz, stay here with Coulson." Will told him.

"Roger that."

"On you, Will." Coulson told him.

Will tossed the pellet over the desk and it went off, allowing Garrett and Ward to slip to the right over to some more desks for a better position while Will moved left. He slid forward and gunned down a hostile with his submachine gun before taking cover. Ward covered Garrett as he slowly moved up from his position before jumping over a long grouping of desks. He rolled forward and grappled with a hostile before shooting him in the gut with his pistol. He got back behind cover as Ward regrouped with him and shot down another hostile.

The remaining four hostiles began to move into better defensive positions as Ward, Garrett and Will pressed forward. Two hostiles moved together to take out Will, seeing the opportunity to overwhelm one target between the two of them. They moved together towards the position Will had taken cover behind but saw he was gone. That's when Will came in from the side, he shot both hostiles in the chest. Their vests took the bullets but they staggered so he kicked one to the floor before pushing the other against the wall. His attacker grabbed him by the neck but Will jumped into a flying triangle choke and took him to the floor. A quickdraw with his pistol and he shot him in the head before quickly turning to the side and shooting the other one as well.

Garrett and Ward were pinned down which is when Will came in from the flank. He shot one hostile who fell back before shooting the other in the chest and managing a leg shot. When he heard the click of his submachine gun, rather than reload Will tossed his gun at his attacker and nailed him in the face before tackling him to the ground. He rolled over and pulled out his pistol, shooting him in the head.

"Clear!" Will shouted, grabbing his submachine gun, and reloading it as Ward and Garrett joined him.

"Damn, son. Could have left a few for us." Garrett told him.

"Try and keep up." Will replied, moving toward to take out the last hostile. He walked over to location where he saw him fall after he shot him but just saw a large blood trail. "Still got one."

"Right. Fitz. See if you can get some light. Will, with me." Coulson led the way and they followed the blood trail through the base until they found the last man bleeding out against a wall. Will pushed his gun away while Coulson grabbed the guard's keys. "We're going to get you medical help. Is anyone else down here? Where are the doctors?"

"Med staff doesn't stay here…"

"We're looking for a drug. GH-325. It might help you, too." Coulson told him.

"Do I know you?"

"I don't know. I might've spent some time here a while back." Coulson answered.

"Then you know about…the timer…" The guard said before his head dropped down.

"We've got a problem!" They heard Garrett shout so Will and Coulson arrived at the main security junction point where Fitz had gotten the lights on. Unfortunately, with the lights now one they were able to see the bricks of explosives placed all over the area. Support beams, ceiling rafters, even near clusters of desks. "Semtex. The whole place is rigged to blow."

"There's enough explosives to bring down the whole mountain on top of us." Fitz said to Coulson as Ward was taking apart the timer to try and deactivate it.

"Less than ten minutes, sir. It's probably a failsafe. If the guards had eliminated us, they'd stop the timer."

"Not only that but the doors are locked down again. Skye could probably hack into it but I can't get past the panel." Fitz told Coulson.

"Well, the explosives I brought look redundant now." Will admitted.

"Doesn't matter. We're not letting this place stand when we're done. Ward, Garrett, figure out a way for us to get out. Fitz, with us." Coulson led Will and Fitz through the base to find the lab and the GH-325.

"So, if this is a medical facility, where are the doctors?" Fitz wondered.

"They're not here. They're brought here when needed." Will told him.

"If Tahiti were for a mortally wounded Avenger, this place likely would have been on standby for months, maybe even years. The guards were just meant to keep this place secure which means that they're protecting something." Coulson said as they arrived at a door labeled viewing. Coulson walked in and entered a viewing room to a large surgery room below. Through the view glass he could see down at an operating table for the micro-surgery brain machine he was hooked up when he was brought back. He was experiencing a bit of Déjà vu.

"Is that where…"

"Yeah."

"Come on. Let's go." Will pushed them on and they finally arrived at a secured door that read biohazard containment. Will went in first and flicked on the lights where they saw shelves of medical equipment and vials of drugs in secured refrigerators in a sanitized clean area. "This is it. If GH-325 is anywhere. It's here."

"Let's go." Coulson said and they ignored the biohazard suits and began searching.

"I wish I could talk to Simmons. She'd know what most of this stuff is…or at least which stuff not to touch." Fitz admitted as they kept searching.

"All of them are labeled so look for GH." Will said, moving over to the back where the refrigerators were and saw two secured coolant chambers. "Coulson. Keys."

"Here." Coulson tossed them to him and he tried a few keys before finding the one that was right. Fitz handed Will some gloves so he could open the coolant chambers.

"Time to go!" Ward shouted as he rushed in. "Timer's running down. Four minutes and counting."

"Almost there." Coulson said as Will opened up one of the chambers and saw several vials but did see GH-325.

"I got it. GH-325." Will wrapped it with his glove and gave it to Fitz. "Go. Get that to Simmons."

"Right." Fitz took off running and Ward was ready to leave with him but Coulson saw something that made him linger.

"Sir." Ward urged him to leave.

"We'll be right behind you, Ward. Go." Will told him so he left. Coulson moved some containers and out of the way which were blocking another door marked Tahiti. "You ready for this?"

"No." Coulson opened the door and they walked in. Coulson flicked on the lights and they were greeted to the sight of a sterile laboratory. Off to the side in a special chamber were other GH vials but all labeled with different numbers so GH-325 was just one version of the drug that was used on Coulson. All the vials were connected to tubes coming from some kind of machine. Maybe something that combined the serum with other chemicals before they were put into different vials but the machine had tubes connected to it which trailed on the floor over to a large circular chamber on the wall where the tubes were fed some blue liquid. Next to the feeding chambers was a pod with the label G.H so it was likely the source of the serum. Coulson pressed the button to open the pod and to his and Will's horror they saw the half-dismembered body of a blue skinned creature. There were scars on its body along with alien writing, it was missing eyes and the tubes were inserted into its guts so the source of the GH serum was alien DNA. The thing was beyond dead but kept alive in some kind of liquid solution likely to keep its DNA viable sort of like certain taxidermists or hunters would preserve their kills.

"It's a Kree…" Will said in stunned disbelief.

"You know what this thing is?" Coulson asked him.

"Oh yes. This thing and its people…they're the reason I have my powers and why you and Fury met my mother all those years ago." Will told him. Coulson was still in stunned silence as he never expected Project Tahiti to deal with alien DNA. So many thoughts were running through his head that he just stood there with a blank expression on his face. Will saw their time was running out so they needed to leave. "Coulson, let's go." Will walked away but saw Coulson was kind of stuck so he walked over and pulled him away. "Come on. We've got to go!"

Will led him out of the lab but not before sticking an explosive charge on the tank and on the GH vials as they left. Coulson was still in a daze as Will tried to get him to snap out of it. "Coulson, come on!" Will shook him but he was still there so he just gave him a hard slap to the face.

"What…"

"Coulson, you can freak out later and we can talk about this but we've got to go now." Will told him.

"Hey, you two!" Garrett shouted as he rushed over. "Clock's not slowing down! It's about to get really warm in here!"

"Then let's hustle!" Will urged on so they took off running as fast as they could. They ran out the bunker just as the explosives went off, managing to the board the BUS just before it took off into the air. They rushed into the med pod where Simmons finished injected Skye with the serum.

"NO! Don't give it to her." Coulson exclaimed but he was too late and from the flatlining on the machines there was no other choice.

"I was losing her anyway. What harm could it do?" Simmons said and they all watched the monitor. Things stayed the same for a while until her vitals began to get better.

"It's working." Garrett noticed when Skye began having a negative reaction. Her vitals spiked and she was convulsing.

"What's happening?"

"I don't know."

"Do something!"

"Skye!"

After a minute of sheer panic, Skye's convulsions stopped and her heartbeat stabilized along with all her other vitals. "Her heartbeat…it's stabilizing."

"Can anyone tell me what just happened?" Ward asked.

"She's getting better. Whatever we did worked. That's all that matters." Will said before he patted Coulson on the back. "It's over."

Coulson then walked away leaving May and Garrett concerned. They had never seen him like this.

"One minute he's fine and the next it's like he's seen a ghost." Garrett remarked.

"Did something happen down there?" May asked Will.

"You could say that." Will muttered before he looked over at Skye. Things certainly have been eye opening but at least Skye's getting better.

A large pent up feeling of anxiety was finally released and everyone felt a lot better. Simmons was continuing to monitor Skye's vitals just in case there were any additional spikes but thankfully there were not. Will sat himself at the bar on the BUS and grabbed the bottle of whiskey and two glasses. He poured himself one and drank it down in a few gulps before he cracked his neck and sat there for a moments. In that time, Garrett and Trip walked by with Quinn in custody. Quinn was still suffering from the effects of his cruising altitude bungee jump and while still alive and in one piece, he looked haggard. When he saw Will he involuntarily shuddered and grew scared, even trying to avoid being physically near him. Trip just pushed him forward and kept him moving.

"You sure did a number on him, kid." Garrett remarked.

"Good. Maybe he'll think twice before being a smart ass again." Will suggested.

"Maybe. You did good today, kid. I can see why you got the reputation you did. Well done." Garrett told him.

"Thanks. And thanks for the assistance." Will said.

"Happy to help when I can. Maybe we'll run into each other again. I'd like to see how you do with some different stakes." Garrett held his hand out so Will stood up and shook it. "Take care of yourself, kid."

"Likewise, Garrett." Will replied and the two parted ways. Certainly, an interesting way for Will to meet and interact with his birthfather. Will grabbed the bottle of whiskey and the two glasses before heading up to Coulson's office where he found him sitting at his desk. He placed the two glasses down and gave them both a heavy pour. "It's been that kind of day."

Coulson didn't say anything and drank the whiskey down in several gulps. Will had an advanced healing factor so alcohol didn't affect him as much but Coulson didn't and it definitely had to burn. Will refilled Coulson's glass along with his own and sat down in a chair, letting out a heavy sigh as he relaxed a bit.

"Skye and I have alien DNA in our bodies…" Coulson muttered.

"As someone who can be classified as half-alien, welcome to the club." Will raised his glass in acknowledgement before he took a sip. "With the benefit of hindsight, alien DNA actually is one of the only possible methods for advance cellular regeneration and Fury isn't squeamish. An ends justify the means sort of thing. It could be the reason you had the project shutdown."

"The fact that I would even entertain the idea, though." Coulson admitted.

"Hindsight. It kicks you in the ass when it's done with you. Remember Project Pegasus and the Tesseract?" Will reminded him and Coulson conceded that. "You thought it could help people, Coulson and it did. You and Skye are proof of that."

"Whatever happened with me was so bad that they had to erase my memories. Who knows what it could do to Skye." Coulson pointed out.

"Coulson, remember that your two scenarios are different. Skye was dying while Fury brought you back from the dead. Who knows what other kind of differences there were that could factor into something like that. And now that we know what to expect then we can be ready." Will said.

"If we truly need to be ready for anything than we need to know more." Coulson told him.

Will didn't need to use his telepathy to know what Coulson wanted him to do. "Tomorrow. We've been through enough today. Take the win, Coulson."

Coulson relented and the two just sat in his office, drinking whiskey. After the days they've had, there was a nice cathartic sense of release. Ian Quinn was in SHIELD custody, Skye was recovering, and Project Tahiti was blown to bits with no way the Clairvoyant could get his hands on GH-325. And while their adventure opened up a new Pandora's box worth of questions…for now things were looking up.

Unfortunately, it wouldn't stay that way for long.

Death Valley, California

In the scorching hot desert of Death Valley, nothing living was seen for miles. Just sand, desert thriving flora and small mountains or plateaus for miles. The sun made things especially unforgiving and if you got lost out here then you were for sure going to perish without assistance. With it being such a barren vast landscape, it was the perfect place for someone to arrive without making much noise. A series of flashing lights and a weird warble sound was heard from a small alcove near the mountains. Whatever the source of the lights and sounds was it definitely wasn't native to earth and after a large of light there was a cloud of dust before a figure emerged from the cave. It was a woman of a voluptuous figure with reddish-brown hair that flowed down her shoulders. As she walked out past the shade of the mountains the light of the sun shined down catching her flowing red hair and her dark green dress and the only thing that looked odd was the sack she was carrying with her. While her attire could be seen as more formal and not suited to the desert climate, the armored shoulder pad with matching bracelets and necklace adorned in ancient Norse runic carvings would have fitted in quite nicely on Asgard. She looked out at the desert landscape and saw nothing for miles but then saw a small humble abode in the distance. The human words Motel were written on the top. It was meager but enough for her to start and get ahead of Odin and whoever he sends to stop her.

Her alluring green eyes belied a devious mind buried deep down. Once she set her mind on as task, she would accomplish it and soon Midgard would fall to her rule with its greatest defender as her champion. She knew he was powerful, perhaps as powerful as Thor but she had a trick up her sleeve. She opened up the sack in her possession and pulled out a green-colored crown. It was made of the finest metal Asgard had to offer and unseen to the naked eye were intricate Asgardian runes of magic etched onto the very metal. The crown itself had two curved horns that pointed up like the devils of Midgardian literature to make it as alluring as it was intimidating. The very metal of the crown was embedded with a powerful magic that would ensure Lorelei of the success of her mission.

"Thank you, Amora. Your crown is the key to my success. Here I come Aegis. The Enchantress calls to you…" She smirked before she stepped forward.

Trouble had come to Earth.

Line Break xxxxx

SHIELD Base, California

The BUS was parked in a hangar at a SHIELD base near the California desert. They returned to restock on supplies and recover after the tumultuous events they've been through. It also gave Will the chance to recover his Quinjet which he had left behind at the trauma center in Switzerland. A lot of things kind of happened all at once when they left to help Skye so he left it there. Upon his return to the others, Skye had regained consciousness which was a good sign. She still needed to rest and recover but the fact that she opened her eyes and was able to talk to everyone was a good sign. All of Skye's subsequent checkups by Simmons revealed that all the damage she sustained had miraculously healed up. There was still some healing for Skye to go through but she was out of any life-threatening danger. She informed Coulson and the team about what happened at Quinn's villa. She discovered the hyperbolic chamber in the basement had transported a person. She didn't know who he was but he was missing a leg and had a Project Centipede implant so he worked for the Clairvoyant. The package Quinn had transported was a cybernetic prosthetic leg from Cybertek inc. which Quinn then outfitted onto the Centipede soldier. He didn't kill Skye so Quinn shot her in the stomach which is when Coulson would find her and they'd put her in the same hyperbolic chamber for transport.

The team wasn't able to find the Centipede soldier Skye mentioned but clearly the Clairvoyant had resumed that project's operation but was doing a better job at hiding it and had Quinn using Cybertek to augment them with cybernetics. Guess after the failure in the old Centipede soldiers in trying to stop Captain America and Aegis, the Clairvoyant was giving them some upgrades. The Clairvoyant was still a problem but he could wait until Skye got better so the team just hung around and busied themselves with whatever work they had until their next mission. Simmons continuously check up on Skye and her condition, Fitz was working on some new weapons, Ward kept an eye on Skye while also helping May with general maintenance of the BUS.

In Coulson's office, Will and Coulson were seated across from one another with their eyes closed. It looked like they were sleeping but in reality the two were mentally linked. Will connected the two telepathically so they could do a deep dive into Coulson's subconscious and find the old Tahiti memories. A lot of them were still scrambled up beyond belief but Will was able to unscramble a few.

The two stood in a large circular room with rows and rows of monitors on the walls playing out various memories of Coulson's past. Like the last time they did this, a few memories were damaged or unrecoverable right now so they were glitching. Will was using his powers to try and restore a few more, maybe even recover some of the ones from when Coulson was head of the Tahiti project.

Their surroundings warped around them and they appeared in an interrogation room. There was one solitary light shining down on a steel table. Two guards were stationed at the door, dressed up in clean white clothing like you'd see guards wear at a sanitarium.

"Oh, well that's not disconcerting at all." Will said to Coulson when they saw another Coulson appear, seated at the table with a SHIELD file in front of him. "Ok, so that's you from the memory. This ringing up any bells?"

"Maybe…" Coulson walked around and saw his memory-self reading a file on a SHIELD agent. Memory Coulson put down the file and across from him a female SHIELD agent appeared, Agent Stevens.

"How do you feel today?

"Terrific. I've never felt better."

"Do you remember how you got here?"

"I volunteered. I was dying, and when I woke up, everything was ok."

"That's good. We'll keep monitoring you of your condition and see how things go from there."

The female SHIELD agent was then replaced with a four different male agents and another female one.

"Thank you, Agent Coulson, for all your help."

"I'm ready to get back into the field."

"I can't believe this worked."

"I feel great. It's a new day."

"How long are you keeping me here."

The agents were replaced with one another indicating that Coulson spoke with all of them in the past. After the interviews, memory Coulson wrote down his findings and spoke into a recorder. "Six patients, well-adjusted. I'm recommending immediate release."

"These must be the six volunteers for Project Tahiti Fury told us about." Will said.

The surroundings shifted a bit and memory Coulson was seen writing things down into a folder when the first female agent he spoke with grabbed his pen and began scribbling onto the table. Her hair was unkempt and she was manic in her scribbling like it was a compulsion. Soon enough the entire table was covered in scribblings.

Will raised his hand and paused the memory making everything freeze in place. He walked over to the table to see the writing for himself or at least from Coulson's past point of view. "Coulson, check out the writing. It's the same kind we saw back when we were dealing with the Clairvoyant when he had your old trainee agent forced to work for him." He pointed to the table at the symbols drawn. The symbols weren't in the same order or pattern as what they saw previously so it could be a different message but it was definitely similar.

"The Kree language. Do you think this is what the Clairvoyant is after?" Coulson wondered and Will didn't have an answer so he resumed the memory.

All six patients began to mentally degrade, experiencing the side effects Coulson mentioned in the video to shut down Project Tahiti. Hypergraphia, aphasia, catatonia, and complete psychosis.

"They're getting worse every day…They're getting worse every day…"

The memory shifted again to the same interrogation room but clearly something happened. The table was overturned as were the chairs and there were papers scattered on the floor all of which had the same symbols as before. There were even symbols drawn on the walls of the room. Memory Coulson was there speaking with Dr. Goodman, the female doctor in command of that memory machine which she used on him to erase his memory. Back when Coulson was head of Project Tahiti he was her boss.

"They're getting worse every day. We're losing them. We need to shut down the program."

"This isn't a failure, Agent Coulson, it's a first step. We rejuvenated life."

"This isn't life. We need to shut it down and destroy the host."

"You can't do that! It's thousands of years old, predating the pyramids. We haven't even scratched the surface of the benefits."

"These are human beings, not lab rats. I'm contacting Fury."

"There's still hope for them. The host's genetic material may be implanting its own genetic memories onto theirs, creating the psychic schism. If we were to completely wipe away all their memories…"

"Erase their minds? That's hope?"

"We can give them new memories, new identities. They'll never be agents again but they'll be able to lead normal, healthy lives."

The surroundings faded away after that before Will and Coulson found themselves back in the mental construct for memories. The room with the row of monitors Will got inspiration from the Matrix 2.

"Ok, so we know where you got the idea for erasing memories and from what we saw it was clearly needed." Will waved his hand and the monitors of memories showed the Kree symbols. With another hand wave Will made the ones from their mission hunting Akeela Amador appear so they could compare the two. "They're different for sure but it's definitely Kree."

Will waved his hand again and showed Coulson an image of a Kree soldier from the memories he got from Fury. "So that's a Kree?"

"Yeah, blue skin and all. Not exactly the most benevolent race of aliens earth could be dealing with but technologically advance with an empire that's been around for thousands of years and spans countless worlds. I'm not incredibly familiar with their physiology but clearly they have some kind of regenerative healing factor. What I want to know is how Fury and SHIELD found the body." Will wondered.

"Well, clearly it wasn't alive when they discovered it considering the condition it was in." Coulson said as Will waved his hand and brought up the image of the dead Kree corpse in the tank. "Dr. Goodman said it was thousands of years old so could it have been on earth for all that time?"

"That's a possibility. Then again it begs the question of how its body was preserved for so long…but Thor and the other Asgardians live long lives compared to humans so maybe." Will waved his hand and brought up his own memories from the Guest House base, specifically the bio-lab and froze it on all the vials of GH serum and other serums there likely all synthesized from the Kree's body. "Project Tahiti was dealing with alien biology so who knows what the Kree were capable of. We're sitting here talking via my telepathy because of them so anything is possible. Clearly all of this work at the Guest House wasn't done in just a few years. This had to have been a long-term project."

"Agreed, especially since Fury created it for use in the case of a mortally wounded Avenger meaning he had been working on this for at least the past two decades." Coulson said when he thought of something. "It's possible that upon Fury's creation of the Avengers initiative he discovered the Kree body already in SHIELD's possession. SHIELD has come to possess numerous dangerous or unknown objects and artifacts even back when it was the SSR."

"Like the Tesseract." Will said and Coulson nodded.

"It could be that Fury found the body in storage and had it tested, possibly seeing the benefits if its unique physiology could be distilled into medicine or drugs to be used. Although from what we saw its clear that's far from perfect."

"Clearly something in the Kree's DNA caused the reactions it did. Guess alien and human DNA don't exactly mix well but this writing…" Will waved his hand and brought up a still from Coulson's memory of the female agent scribbling the symbols down. "…this is what's got my attention."

"What are you thinking?" Coulson wondered.

"It's all guessing at this point. The genetic memories of the Kree somehow surviving after being distilled into a serum is baffling but what was he here for?" Will thought it over. "Like I said this is all guessing since we don't know the truth but if Dr. Goodman was right and the Kree's body has been on earth for thousands of years then it could be one of the Kree scientists who created the Inhumans."

"I thought you said the Inhuman experiments were shut down." Coulson reminded him.

"They were but think of it like when SHIELD shut down AIM after the whole Extremis incident. We got most of them but a few slipped through our fingers. Maybe the Kree missed a scientist who stayed behind or he was killed and his body was never recovered?" Will suggested but it was all guessing at this point.

"Perhaps. Either way, the symbols are the same as the other writing we saw. Do you think your source might be able to translate it?" Coulson questioned.

Will thought it over and he figured that it could be a long shot but perhaps Crystal and the others on Attilan might be able to give him some more information. "Won't know till I ask but we'll see. I think considering everything that's happened you've earned the right to meet my contact. You're as involved in this as I am and who knows? This could be the Pandora's box to something bigger. And as if we didn't have enough to deal with we still have the Clairvoyant. The guy's really starting to get on my nerves now."

"I'm still not sure if he's enhanced or psychic like you but he's definitely not someone we should underestimate. We've seen that the Clairvoyant has a long reach and clearly a large enough organization to handle both the Centipede serum and the eye implants to make his super soldiers. With Ian Quinn under his grasp, he had a wealth of resources from his various connections which could also include Cybertek Industries and who knows how long the two were working together so he could have a lot of resources under his control now with Quinn in custody. Especially if what Skye saw with the Centipede soldier with the cybernetic limb is any indicator than the Clairvoyant is branching out. There's still much about his organization we don't know about or his motives." Coulson pointed out as he and Will began to brainstorm together.

"So, what do we know? We know he developed his own super soldier serum with Centipede and was using the eye implant as a way to monitor and command his own forcibly conscripted soldiers. His breakout of Edison Po was to get his tactician back which greatly backfired because we got onto him there. He then kidnaps you because he wants to know about how you died and from what Quinn told us, he wants to know how you came back to life. He wanted GH-325 for himself. He knows you died and that you came back but not how and likely won't ever considering the Guest House was blown to bits and buried under a mountain. Fury's paranoia ended up being justified in the end. The Clairvoyant can't get the serum…" Will stopped talking when he realized that they weren't out of danger just yet.

"What?" Coulson asked him.

"Bet you five bucks that Simmons is trying to figure out any way she can try to replicate the serum. Her scientific curiosity is going to get her into trouble one day. Seeing what the serum did for Skye she'll want to know what it is and how to make it. That begs the question of whether we tell the team where GH-325 came from. I mean, they know I'm not fully human anymore, at least genetically because of my powers but are we ready to drop this kind of bombshell onto the team?" Will wondered.

Coulson thought it over and while there shouldn't be secrets kept among the team, at least now after everything they've been through it wasn't as simple as that. Disregarding the whole security level clearance aspect of this, telling the team so everyone is looped in would keep them all on the same page in their fight against the Clairvoyant. And Will was right that Simmons would definitely attempt to replicate GH-325, maybe even try and involve the rest of SHIELD which could be a problem. While he still didn't think the Clairvoyant was a psychic, he had a great deal of knowledge on things he shouldn't which could mean he might have a mole in SHIELD so if it gets out that Simmons is working on GH-325 then they're giving him exactly what he wants. The question now was whether the team was ready for that kind of information.

"This stays internal for now…and we'll tell the team when we're ready and when we know more. After we speak with your contact we need to have a serious conversation with Director Fury so we understand everything about this." Coulson said and Will agreed.

"Suspiciously Fury is off grid. Even Hill won't tell me where he is and unfortunately I burned a bridge with him in getting the location for the Guest House so I'm all out of favors. I push it too hard that I think Fury won't care how useful I am and will stick me behind a desk forever if I get out of line again." Will admitted.

"You'd drive yourself crazy stuck behind a desk." Coulson pointed out and Will agreed.

"What about Skye? She was injected with the GH serum. I know you said you wanted to wait until we have more information to tell the rest of the team but with what we saw in your memories then there's a chance Skye could have an adverse reaction. My telepathy can help but she might deserve to know the truth." Will said and Coulson took that advice to heart. Before Coulson could decide, Will perked his head up. "We'll have to continue this later. May's coming." Will snapped his fingers and the mindscape erupted in a bright flash of light.

Will and Coulson opened their eyes appearing back in Coulson's office in their bodies. Both were a little groggy as being in the mindscape for a long time could be a bit straining especially when it was combined with recovering damaged memories and everything else the two talked about. Will shook his head as he slowly felt the pain subside while Coulson went into his desk and pulled out some Advil for his headache. May knocked on Coulson's door and entered, seeing Will sitting in a chair rubbing his forehead like he was tending to a headache while Coulson swallowed some pills with water. "Am I interrupting?" She asked.

"No, it's fine, May. What is it?" Coulson asked.

"New orders from HQ. We've got a new mission." May told them so they followed her down to the briefing room and got the alert from SHIELD HQ. Coulson called Ward and Fitz-Simmons to let them know of their assignment.

"We've got new orders. SHIELD's detecting massive energy readings in the skies above the California-Nevada border." Coulson told them as Simmons checked the readings and compared it to what they had on files.

"These readings are similar to the ones Dr. Selvig and Dr. Foster picked up in New Mexico and in London. They herald the arrival of an Asgardian." Simmons told everyone and Fitz immediately perked up in excitement.

"Thor?"

"No. He's already planet side with Dr. Foster. He helped me on my mission while you guys were in Italy. This is someone else." Will said.

"Either way, SHIELD wants us to be the welcome wagon." May stated.

"Ok. Fine. No cause for concern, right? Asgardians are allies." Fitz reminded everyone.

"Loki wasn't." Ward reminded him.

"Thankfully he's now locked up in an Asgardian prison." Will recalled the last time he saw him.

"Lucky for us, we have an Avenger here." Coulson looked over at Will. "Let's see who's here."

Will led the team of SHIELD agents through the desert to the coordinates of the energy spikes. A convoy of SHIELD SUVs drove down an empty two-lane road through the desert and leading them was Will on his motorcycle while May was driving the car behind him with Garrett and Fitz in the passenger seats. Will had his helmet on but had an earpiece in so he could stay in contact with the team. "Fitz, anything yet?"

"Uh, we're getting close but it's a bit of a crapshoot. This is still science we don't completely understand." Fitz answered.

"Seems to be a lot of that going around lately." Ward remarked before he looked at May. "Has Coulson talked to you? About why he changed his mind on giving Skye that injection?"

"No. He hasn't said anything." She replied when Fitz's tablet picked up something.

"Whoa! I'm getting a massive energy surge. Three times of the level before. Will, we're getting close."

"How close?" May asked.

[High-pitching ringing and loud base hum]

The Bifrost bridge appeared in the sky and struck the road. Will swerved to a stop and the cars slammed on the breaks, managing to stop just in time before they all crashed. The Bifrost then vanished and in its place was a woman. Long black hair with silver and red armor. She had a buckler on her left arm and a longsword in her right. She was kneeling on the ground before slowly standing up straight. The agents in the cars got out with their guns at the ready, thinking she was a hostile but Will recognized her so he put his kickstand down and got off his motorcycle.

"Stand down! She's a friendly!" Will shouted and the agents did as they were told. He removed his helmet so Sif could see his face. "Sif? What are you doing here?"

"William Detmer, I wish my arrival here was more celebratory but I fear it is now. Your world is in grave danger." She told him.

"Great. When is it not. Come on. Let's talk." Will said and they escorted Sif back to the BUS. She got out of the car and entered the science lab where Fitz immediately went gaga and showed her everything. Coulson then soon joined them, walking in with Will and Sif was immediately on edge, ready to draw her sword. "Lady Sif, you remember Agent Coulson."

"What dark magic is this? Thor said you perished at the hands of Loki." Sif recounted.

"And he was right. For a while, anyway but Loki wasn't the only one with some tricks up his sleeve. Turns out SHIELD had a few of their own." Coulson explained and she nodded.

"Thor will be pleased to hear it. He considers you a friend." Sif told him.

"I feel the same which is why I'd prefer he hear it from me, if that's ok." Coulson said and she nodded.

"Fitz, Ward, May allow me to introduce Lady Sif of Asgard. She's one of their finest warriors. She fought with Thor in New Mexico and again in London against the Dark Elves." Will said and the three acknowledged her and vice-versa. "Since you're here I'm guessing it's for a reason."

"You are correct. I'm hunting someone. Lorelei. Six hundred years ago, she used her powers to wreak havoc across the Nine Realms. To command armies, bring down kings and empires. She has escaped here to Midgard." Sif told them.

"What kind of powers are we talking about? Strength? Speed?" Ward asked only for Sif to shake her head.

"Sorcery. She bends and shapes the will of men to her own purpose."

"Only men? Her powers don't work on women?" May questioned.

"No. Men have an inherent weakness we do not share." Sif said and May smirked.

"I can't imagine what she's talking about." Fitz remarked and Ward agreed only for Will to roll his eyes.

"She's probably referring to how men are more hormonal with a bigger drive for sex than women. Honestly it's no wonder seduction tends to work better when woman do it to men rather than the reverse." Will admitted one of the shortcomings of his gender without issue before continuing. "I also think Sif means that her magic allows her to enthrall people of the opposite sex. Like the Sirens in the Odyssey. They enchanted sailors with their siren song and force them to sail into rocks and kill or she takes advantage of male hormones which have a much higher testosterone level than women." he guessed only to get weird looks from Fitz, Ward, May and even Coulson. "What? I read."

"William is right. The very sound of her voice can ensnare most. For the rare man who can resist it's her voice joined by her touch that will overpower their will." Sif explained.

"How do we stop her?" Coulson asked so Sif removed a golden collar from her belt.

"With this. It prevents her from speaking. She wore one like it for centuries while locked in prison beneath Asgard." Sif answered.

"How did she escape?" Will wondered.

"She escaped when the Dark Elves invaded Asgard and came here using one of Loki's secret pathways between worlds. And unfortunately, it seems her treachery knows no low because before her escape she assisted Loki in escaping his imprisonment." Sif told them and it was like a glass plate shattered in the room. A moment of silence rang out as a deep pit of dread took hold in everyone.

"What? He got out. Why didn't Thor tell me? I was with him a week ago." Will pointed out.

"Because he likely did not know. We were only made aware of Lorelei's escape recently and she has been very difficult to track down. She and Loki went to great lengths to hide their departure enthralling the guards to cover her tracks. Once Odin was made aware he tasked me to come to earth to find her." Sif explained.

"Do we know where she is now?" Ward asked.

"All I know is the Bifrost delivered me to her last known location." Sif answered.

"Mostly small towns out that way. Let's start looking for unusual activity within a few hundred-mile radius. Burglary, theft, assault. If this woman's used to ruling over empires, she's gonna be hard to please." Coulson said and everyone nodded. He escorted Sif up to the main briefing room thinking she'd be more comfortable up there. Will stepped away to make some calls while Sif and Coulson caught each other up. Coulson especially was a little nervous since he had bad history with Loki so he was trying to distract himself by showing Sif how their smart table worked but she was well-versed. Apparently their high-tech smart table was antiquated by Asgardian standards. The two caught up when they saw Will walk back over. "Everything ok?"

"Not exactly. I finally managed to get in touch with Thor and he seriously needs to remember to keep his phone on him but Dr. Foster got me in touch with him. I told him about Lorelei and about Loki's escape. Suffice to say he was not exactly thrilled." Will told him.

"Nor should he. Lorelei's rampage cause tremendous strife and damage that Thor and I spent years trying to fix. It was not easy fighting friends who could not control themselves." Sif remembered.

"Thor wasn't enchanted?" Coulson asked.

"Not by Lorelei, no but by her older sister, Amora. The Enchantress, she called herself. Vain, vengeful, and with a black heart of cruelty to men. Both sisters were not pleasant. Lorelei's mind was on the conquest of realms whereas Amora indulged her in her frivolities so long as it gave her Thor. She pinned after him for years to the point of obsession but was rebuffed and so she resorted to her fowl magic. Next to Queen Frigga and Loki, Amora's magical abilities are the most dangerous of Asgard. It was through Thor's sheer force of will and power that he broke her spell." Sif recounted.

"We're not expecting to see her anytime soon, are we? One Enchantress would be bad enough but I don't think we could handle two." Will hoped.

"Fear not, William Detmer. Amora vanished six hundred years ago during Lorelei's rampage when Thor broke free of her control and no one has seen her since. She is long since dead by now." Sif assured him.

"Great so we just have the Enchantress's younger sister and the God of Mischief to deal with." Coulson pointed out.

"Thor's been made aware and I also called Tony and told Cap. They're on the lookout now and I told them if they see anything odd then it could be Loki. Considering how we beat him last time he'll likely want revenge…likely against me." Will said earning looks from Sif and Coulson. "When we were on Asgard and Odin put me in prison…I might have psychoanalyzed Loki and knocked him around his cell with my powers." Coulson just gave him a look of disbelief. "How was I supposed to know he would escape?"

"Not your best move, Will." Coulson told him.

"Felt good though. Anyway, I've gotten stronger since the Battle of New York so if Loki wants a rematch it's going to cost him." Will promised but Sif was weary.

"Tread carefully, William Detmer. You are indeed powerful but Loki's deceit and trickery is second to none. You and the other Midgardians handed him a resounding defeat but he will not be so easily defeated a second time. No doubt he is already making plans so do not underestimate him." Sif warned when some incident alerts came through. "There. A robbery of jewels."

"And a gun story robbery by guys on Harleys." Coulson read.

"It's happening faster than I anticipated. She's amassing men, gold, weaponry. Lorelei is building an army."

"Then we stop her before she starts gathering people from the police or worse, the branches of the military. That's something we definitely don't need her to accomplish." Will declared.

Coulson sent out the word for a tactical team to get ready and they would meet up with them. Will walked down into the lab with Ward and May to get them outfitted for the mission. "We traced the men to a biker bar called Rosie's Desert Oasis. It's not that far from Sif's arrival point. It's probably where Lorelei is hiding out." Will said as they walked into the lab and saw a whole bunch of new high-tech guns Fitz set out for them. "[Whistles] These are beauties."

"Thank you. I just finished them." Fitz smiled in delight.

"These all Night-Night guns?" Ward asked.

"Based on the same technology but we're not calling them that anymore." Fitz answered.

"About time."

"They're called ICERs. Incapacitating, Cartridge-Emitting Railguns."

"They're great." Ward tested one out and liked what he saw. "And you lost the ounce."

"And I tripled the stopping powers. But I did realize after our run-ins with Mike and Centipede…" Fitz picked up a shotgun variant but was pointing the barrel at them so Will pointed it down. "…that we needed something stronger. Better."

May picked up an ICER pistol and tested it out. "I thought you didn't like guns?" Ward asked.

"No. I always say if I need a gun, I'll take one. We'll need these. When you're up against people who are being controlled sometimes it's hard to distinguish friend from foe." May said.

"This way we can take out either." Coulson said, standing at the doorway. "We deal with the stragglers and let Sif deal with Lorelei."

"Speaking of that. I think it's best if I stay behind on this one." Will suggested.

"Why?" Fitz wondered.

"If things go south and I run into Lorelei somehow I don't want to risk falling under her influence. I've got my own mental safeguards against mind control but we're dealing with Asgardian magic so she could overwhelm me. The last thing we need is for her to send me after you guys. With my powers you wouldn't last five seconds." Will stated.

"That would be bad." Ward admitted and everyone agreed with that.

"We let Sif handle this." Will said.

"Where's Lady Sif?" Fitz asked and she jumped down into view, ready for battle.

"Shall we?"

Line Break xxxxx

The BUS

As Will said, he remained on the BUS while Coulson led the strike team to Lorelei's location. Sif was with them and the SHIELD element would mainly act as backup to deal with the men under Lorelei's enchantment. Thanks to the new ICER guns they'd be able to non-fatally disable anyone who tried to stop them and then back up Sif while she handled Lorelei. He monitored the satellite feeds along with the communication lines from the away teams and things were set. They were closing in on the location when an alert popped up on screen. A CCTV camera from a street in Las Vegas appeared on screen and Will watched as a man crossed a street heading south from the Vegas strip. He turned his head in clear view of the cameras. The image zoomed in and the man in question was Loki. Will never forgot his face and it was him but wearing human clothes.

"Holy crap. EDI, can you confirm it's him?" Will asked so EDI ran multiple facial recognition scans to double and triple check her results and it was in fact Loki. 100% match. "Shit! Fitz, get up here!"

Will took out his phone and quickly dialed Thor's phone, hoping that the Norse God actually remembered to keep it on his person and he didn't crush or electrocute it.

[Ringing…ringing…]

"What is it?" Fitz walked into the briefing room and saw Will pointing to the monitor where he saw the facial recognition match for Loki. He was in Vegas. "Oh, bloody hell."

"Yeah, not good." Will told him when he heard the line pick up. "Thor? Are you there?"

"Yes. Sorry I was in the bathroom. What is it?"

"SHIELD got a facial recognition match on Loki. He's in Las Vegas. I'm gonna head there now to try and figure out what he's up to and make sure we don't lose him. I'm closest. Keep your phone on you. I'm gonna activate my transponder so you can find me." Will told him.

"I'll be there as fast as I can. Should we tell the others?"

"I'll have EDI contact the others. Whatever Loki's doing in Vegas can't be good but there are going to be millions of civilians there and the last thing we need is to turn the city into a warzone. Maybe we can force him out into the desert. I'll keep you appraise. And don't destroy your phone." Will hung up and rushed over to his bunk to grab the bag holding his Aegis gear. "Fitz, stay here and monitor Coulson and the others. I'll have EDI connected in case something happens."

"Shouldn't we inform SHIELD and send backup to your location? It's Loki you're dealing with." Fitz pointed out.

"I'll inform the local station chief when I get there but against an Asgardian the other agents will just get in the way. Thor's on his way and hopefully I can push the fight out into the desert. I'll keep you guys updated." Will grabbed his bag and left the BUS in a hurry.

"Be careful!" Fitz shouted as Will left the BUS and got into his Quinjet, setting a course for Las Vegas. He'd be there in ten minutes.

Las Vegas

A cloaked Quinjet hovered in the air over the city of Las Vegas. It was unseen to the naked eye except for the occasional shimmer from its engines. Will put it into hover mode so he could suit up and when he was done he got to the cockpit and checked out the monitor. EDI was using CCTV cameras to track down Loki to see what he was doing. Will watched the footage EDI compiled from all CCTV cameras since they first spotted Loki. Loki just walked south away from the Vegas strip and Casinos towards the area where the locals of the city would stay. There was also an increase of large buildings and warehouses as it got to the more industrial part of the city that the tourists never saw. Will was confused at Loki's path away from the strip as he figured that he would feel more comfortable among the Casinos, hotels, and general adult-orientated good time. Kind of perfect for Asgardians given everything Will saw when he was there but he got more intrigued when he saw Loki meet with some men and continued heading south. Guess Loki found some flunkies to do his dirty work. Facial recognition found matches on the men and a few of them had records for racketeering and assault with ties to the local Chinese Triad. The footage continued playing and the men and Loki met up with a larger group before entering a large warehouse that had armed security on the perimeter curtsey of the Triad.

Will knew Loki was up to something but he wasn't sure what. This was the Norse God of Mischief who came to Earth to lead an alien invasion in order to take over the planet as his own Kingdom. The epitome of deceit and trickery with plenty of issues with his family that would require a therapist to work out. Considering how Thor and the Avengers took him down the last time and the beating Will gave him at Avengers Tower and again in his cell then he figured Loki would go after him for revenge. Loki wasn't someone to forgive and forget so whatever he was doing now had to be about getting his revenge but what on earth could he be planning. Perhaps he was gathering followers like he did when he first arrived at Project Pegasus and brainwashed Barton and Dr. Selvig. They were useful to his goals at the time as they were able to construct the Tesseract gate and put up interference on SHIELD. The men Loki currently had at his disposal were just criminals so maybe Loki was trying another approach, amass power a different way. Last time he was all grandeur and proclamations so perhaps he learned from his mistakes and was going for a more subtle approach but still, something seemed off.

These criminals weren't allied to any of the largest crime bosses, at least he didn't think so. Plus what was he expecting to gain from them? It's not like they were aware of any important secrets that could lead to dangerous tech or artifacts. Shield had that or even those A.I.M guys would posses dangerous weaponry. Common criminals like these however wouldn't be much use for a super powered villain. If he was planning to build up an army with underworld connections then why start here in Vegas? Why not in New York where there was an abundance of crime to use? Did he not want to risk being found out so close to where the Avengers were stationed? Or did he have something else in mind that Will wasn't seeing?

"EDI, what's Thor's location?" Will asked and she brought up the tracking data for his phone. It was halfway across the Atlantic but moving fast. He would likely arrive at New York in a few minutes and if he kept at this speed then make it to Vegas in fifteen to twenty minutes. Will could keep an eye on Loki until then. "Ok, he's on his way. Keep me updated and tell the local SHIELD teams to keep their distance. Their priority is to keep civilians safe. I don't need them in my way."

"Of course. And Mr. Stark has informed me that should the need arise he is ready to deploy his Iron Man armors and assist however possible." EDI informed him.

"Thanks, EDI. Wish me luck." He pulled up his hood and his mask activated before the ramp of his Quinjet opened up and he jumped out. He hovered through the air and landed on the roof of a building a block away from the warehouse. He jumped across a street and perched himself at the edge of the roof so he had a good view of the warehouse, its surroundings and all the men standing guard. He used his telekinetic sense and quickly got a detailed mental image of the surrounding area. There were 15 men scattered around all carrying guns and three times that inside. From the energy inside he could sense that one person didn't have the same kind of aura or energy as the others so it was Loki. "What on earth are you doing here Loki?"

Will felt a tingle in the back of his head as a Triad enforcer had come out onto the roof and was going to shoot him from behind. Will quickly turned and punched the enforcer in the gut before putting him in a sleeper hold.

"Shoot him!" He heard as the guards opened fire at the roof he was on. The gunfire scared away all the civilians and Will realized that with the guards alerted Loki could slip away so he needed to stop that and hope he had gotten strong enough to keep Loki from leaving until Thor arrived. Will did a diving roll off the rooftop, flipping through the air before he made a superhero landing. He lifted his head up as the fifteen triad guards all converged at his location so he took the easy route and used his telepathy to put them all to sleep. All the guards flopped to the ground as Will walked past or over their bodies on his way to the warehouse. He used his telekinesis to force open the large double doors of the warehouse which was filled with money and other illegal foods for their enterprise.

There were fifty or so men all armed with guns pointed at him and behind them all was Loki dressed in a three-piece suit. "Well, this is unexpected. Kill him." Loki said and the Triad men raised their guns. Will just raise his hand and all their guns were yanked out of their hands and snapped in half with his telekinesis before he used his telepathy and put them to sleep like he did the other Triad enforcers. Their bodies slumped to the ground and Will moved them aside as he readied a telekinetic energy blast to hit Loki when he got a massive danger warning in his head and stopped himself.

Loki just stood there and adopted his usual devious smirk. "Something wrong there, hero?"

Something was wrong and something still didn't feel right so Will used his telepathy to read Loki's mind which is when he knew something was wrong. For one thing, it was exceptionally easy to ready Loki's mind when the last mind it took a considerable amount of effort. Will had gotten stronger but still. The other thing was that the memories in Loki's head wasn't Loki's. His fist stopped glowing blue with telekinetic energy and instead he waved his hand sending Loki flying back from a telekinetic push until he crashed into a large cargo box of drugs for later distribution. Will walked over to Loki and saw he was unconscious but then to his shock Loki's face shimmered with a green energy and it was replaced with another Triad member.

"What the…"

"Very impressive deduction." Will turned and fired a telekinetic energy blast at whoever was speaking but just left a hole in the side of a building. He took one step forward when he suddenly found himself unable to move.

"I can't move. EDI?" Will tried everything he could to move his body but nothing. He tried to force himself to at least wiggle a finger but the visible shaking that came soon made it clear that someone was preventing him from moving his body. It was like he was a prisoner in his own body, having full awareness of his surroundings and everything but felt some kind of force keeping him from moving.

"I'm picking up an unusual energy reading similar to the Berserk Staff energy and Thor's Hammer. It's Asgardian Magic." EDI informed him when he heard the clack of heels.

"Your machine is right. Very…powerful…magic…" A shimmer of green light appeared from the side and Lorelei came into view. She was wearing human clothes being high-heel boots, dark jeans and a sleeveless leather vest with the Dogs of Hell Logo on the back. She had a golden necklace that was of Asgardian craftsmanship and on her head was a horned crown/tiara and it was shimmering with green magical energy. "The power of the Enchantress."

"You must be Lorelei…" Will began to panic a bit since she was so dangerous. Not wanting to be put under her enchantment he started to come up with a plan to escape.

"That I am. And you are Aegis of the Avengers, one of your planet's mightiest champions. On par with Thor some say." Lorelei stepped forward and when she was close enough Will glanced up at the ceiling rafters. He wanted to bring them down on her head but for some reason his powers wouldn't work and he soon found himself surrounded by an ethereal cloak of green magical energy like Lorelei's crown. "Loki was not wrong. You truly are powerful. I could feel it even as you restrained yourself against these humans. You truly are a god amongst these mortals which is why some steps were taken to ensure your compliance. Loki made me perfectly aware of what I was getting into and your abilities."

Lorelei waved her hand which made glowing green Norse runic symbols appear all over the warehouse like they were carved into the foundation but invisible until she made them appear.

Will looked around at the magical symbols with hidden unease. "What is this?"

"Asgardian magic. These runes are incredibly powerful and as such require an incredibly powerful sorceress to cast them. With some assistance…" Lorelei gently tapped her crown. "…laying this trap went quite well. I deduced that you would try and fight me so I took steps. With everything Loki told me I knew you would not hesitate to stop him if you knew he was here considering what he did here on Midgard. A little disguise illusion on these men here and all I had to do is wait for you to come as you did. So long as these runes are set, your powers are of no use to you here and you are mine to command."

Lorelei snapped her fingers and Will was forced to stand up straight like she was pulling her strings. He gave her a small glare from behind his mask. "Powers or not, you can go to hell. I'm not listening to you."

"Oh, how quaint…" Lorelei walked over and forced Will's head down so she was looking at him face to face…well face to mas. "Like you think you have a choice. Now…obey…"

Will could feel himself slowly slipping under Lorelei's enchantment. In the back of his head, he could feel the need to comply with her command and he fought it with all his strength but without his powers then it was only a matter of time so he needed to act fast.

"EDI activate Babel Protocol. Activation Code: Aegis 5072018!"

"Babel Protocol Activated. Good luck, Will."

A series of ones and zeros raced across Will's HUD as EDI's code proceeded to delete itself from his armor while being uploaded to a different server. There was a lot of code since EDI was a complex program like Jarvis but eventually she was gone and his armor was left to its standard, default operating system. Like someone hit a reset on his armor and tech.

"Obey me, Aegis." Lorelei grabbed his neck and soon enough she felt all his resistance fade away. He stood up straight and pulled his hood down which made his mask deactivate. Will's expression was calm and collected as he smiled lightly at her. She was pleased to see he had a handsome face to go with his powers.

"It would be my pleasure but please…call me Will." He told her.

"Very well, Will." Lorelei waved her hands and the runes around the warehouse powered down. She no longer had need for them now that Aegis was under her command. When they ceased to be active the energy around her crown seemed to shimmer and flicker like its power fluctuated but it went unnoticed by either of them. "I grow tired of these hovels. I desire accommodations fitting of a queen."

"I can help with that and we don't even need to travel very far…but might I make a suggestion?" He offered and got a nod in response. "It won't be long before SHIELD and Thor come here so I think it would be best if we put them off our trail."

"Hmm, yes I suppose you're right." She acknowledged as the sorceress felt it unwise to engage the likes of Thor this soon. Better to leave and make a sound plan to deal with him later. "And I would like to enjoy my evening. Go ahead." Lorelei said and Will bowed his head before he flew up into the air where his Quinjet was still cloaked in hover mode. He walked in and set a new course for its autopilot before he deactivated the tracking system and even went as far as to physically dig underneath the pilot's console and remove the tracking system power unit so it could be remotely reactivated. He then took his knife and stabbed it into his forearm computer where he pulled out the tracking chip for his suit before flicking it away. He grabbed his bag and jumped out of the Quinjet as it powered up and flew away following its autopilot function and cleared Las Vegas airspace.

Will touched down on the ground at the warehouse as Lorelei walked out. "I take it the job is done."

"Yes it is. That'll keep SHIELD going in the wrong direction. Shall we?" He held out his arm and after staring for a moment Lorelei looped hers into his, welcomely. She smiled, seeing the powerful Aegis bend to her will. With him at her command, no one could stop her.

Back with Coulson and Sif…

Coulson, Ward, May, and the SHIELD team were engaged in a shootout with some enchanted men under Lorelei's control. She had enchanted the Dogs of Hell biker gang and some local police as well. When Coulson and the team arrived, the cops opened fire on them and were soon joined by the Dogs of Hell biker gang. The enchanted cops guarded the front while the Dogs of Hell covered the sides and kept the SHIELD team pinned down.

Coulson and Ward took cover behind one of the police cruises, May and the other agents were behind their SUVS and Sif was using her buckler to protect herself. "They're on us from both sides." Ward took a few more shots with his ICER pistol to keep some bikers pinned down. "Pretty hard to get a clean shot."

Coulson picked his head up and fired a few shots before ducking back down. "Your Ladyship, can you give us a little cover?" Sif nodded and marched over to the trailer parked on the street. With one powerful push kick, it skidded on the ground towards the bar. "A very literal interpretation. Thank you!"

Coulson shot down one of the cops and Ward hit the bikers. "All clear."

"Men, stay outside. Let Sif take Lorelei. Ward, head around back. Surround the building." Coulson ordered and they got to work.

Sif marched to the bar and kicked open the doors where she saw Lorelei with six bikers around her for protection. "Lorelei. Still manipulating men to do your dirty work, I see."

"And I see you're still a step or two behind." Lorelei remarked.

"You know how this ends, Lorelei. So come willingly." Sif ordered.

"You mistake me for someone who fears you. I've bested you before. Or have you forgotten? Tear her apart." Sif ordered.

One of the bikers shot Sif with his shotgun but it just scuffed her armor. She grabbed the gun and shoved him in the stomach, sending him crashing through the doors of the bar. She threw the gun at one biker before tossing another into the bar. One came at her with a chair which she broke into pieces against her arm allowing her to headbutt him to the ground. Another biker came at her with a pool stick which she then grabbed and backhanded him in the face. He landed on the pool table and she then kicked a chair at another and punched the last one in the face, sending him flying out of a window.

Sif took out Lorelei's defenders without so much as breaking a sweat but saw she didn't look perturbed or worried at all. She remained there in the bar like nothing was wrong so Sif decided to end this. She marched forward and grabbed Lorelei by the neck only for her to walk straight through her. "By the All Father…" Sif turned around and moved her hand to Lorelei and it passed through. Lorelei's figure shimmered with a green energy as she turned around and her form began to shift. She maintained her human clothes but soon enough a two horned crown appeared on her head and it was glowing with an ethereal green magical energy. "Your sister's crown…

"Yes. While my dear sister is no longer with us, the last piece I have of her is still imbued with her magical energy. Something Odin feared to be used against him which is why he hid it in his silly little vault." Lorelei joked as he walked around the bar, her form shimmering as she passed through the pool table revealing she was in fact not even there. Just an illusion and a very convincing one at that.

"You had one of the guards retrieve it for you before you left Asgard." Sif deduced.

"And with its power all that I could ever want is in my grasp. You were always one step behind me Sif and now…you're even more out of depth then you realize. Commanding these mere mortals is child's play. Armies of them are like armies of ants which is why I have my sights on a much…grander prize. Ta-ta." Lorelei gave Sif a smirk and wave before the illusion vanished.

"ARGH!" Sif punched her fist through a table in anger before walking out to Coulson, Ward, May, and the others. "Lorelei is not here. It was an illusion."

"If she's not here then where is she?" Coulson asked.

"COULSON!" Everyone heard Fitz shout over the communication line and they all winced or shirked back. "WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM! A REALLY BIG PROBLEM!"

They returned to the BUS and walked into the briefing room where they saw Fitz both hard at work and kind of losing his mind over what just occurred. Fitz was hard at work trying to track something down using their systems but was having a hard time when he saw Coulson, Ward, May, and Sif. "Sir, I'm sorry. I should have stopped him—"

"Fitz, stop. Slow down." Coulson told him and Fitz took a deep breath. "What happened?"

"Ok. So, while you all were leaving to get Lorelei, who we now know wasn't really there, we got a facial recognition match for Loki in Las Vegas. Will got worried, he called Thor and they planned to go to Vegas to find out what he was doing there. I think everything's fine because the two can handle them and Will said he was going to push the fight out in the desert but then this happened." Fitz tapped the smart able and an orange-colored digital code program/shape projected itself.

"Good afternoon, Agent Coulson. I fear we may have a situation on our hands." EDI told him.

"EDI, what happened?" Coulson asked her.

"Our arrival at Loki's location in Las Vegas was a trap laid by Lorelei. She disguised someone to look like Loki knowing it would force Will to confront him and she laid a trap. Using Asgardian runes, she was able to control his body and render him powerless leaving him susceptible for her enchantment." EDI explained what happened as she played footage captured by Will's HUD.

"How? Even with her powers over men, Will is a powerful telepath so he should have put up a stronger fight." May said but Sif shook her head.

"I'm afraid not. Those runes are powerful Asgardian magic. The caster is able to control anyone within them and with the strength Lorelei has with the crown of Amora then she is even more powerful than before. I'm afraid even someone as powerful as Aegis could only do so much."

"Lorelei was informed of Will by Loki with his powers likely being why she targeted him. When Will realized he was going to be under her control he executed the Babel Protocol."

"What's the Babel Protocol?" Ward asked.

"It's an executive protocol Will made for me when I was first created. In the event he is ever compromised, Babel Protocol immediately removes my code from his armor and removes all his access rights so I no longer follow his commands. I am then uploaded to the nearest safe server and an alert is sent out to Mr. Stark. He has adjusted the protocol since its creation to include the rest of the Avengers as well as Director Fury. Will was aware that he is one of the most powerful Avengers but wanted to have a safeguard in place so that there were still some things that he could not access if he was ever forcibly coerced or mind controlled and that this safeguard could be used to stop him. I am currently working with Agent Fitz to try and track him down. His Quinjet left Vegas Airspace several minutes after Babel Protocol was initiated."

"Lorelei had Will take her someplace safe." May deduced.

"Or she's after something else now." Sif speculated, knowing Lorelei always wanted more.

"And he did a good job in covering his tracks. The Quinjet was in stealth mode and the tracking system isn't responding." Fitz told them.

"And neither is his suit's tracking chip. He must have removed it before he left with Lorelei." EDI added.

"Will's under Lorelei's mind control but it definitely hasn't dumbed him down." Ward pointed out.

"No, which means this whole situation just got worse." Coulson said and Sif reached her breaking point, putting her fist through a table in a fit of anger.

"RAH! Lorelei's treachery remains unchanged, no matter the world."

"We'll find them, Sif. Thanks to EDI we now know what happened and we'll have satellites track them down." Coulson told her.

"To what end? The collar has been broken." Sif slammed it on the broken table, showing how it was chipped and damaged, likely from Sif's fight with the bikers. "Short of death, we have no means to end her enchantment which will not be easy now that she has Aegis under her control."

"We'll figure something out. Stay here and don't put any holes in my plane." Coulson told her before he took the collar and left with Fitz and Ward. May left to get the BUS up into the air so they'd be ready the second they were able to track him down. Coulson arrived down in the med pod where he informed Skye and Simmons of the situation.

"So, Will's what, like a pod person?" Skye asked.

"No. According to Lady Sif, the men Lorelei controls don't forget who they are or what they know. She just becomes the embodiment of all their desires." Coulson answered.

"So, once we find them, we can break her mojo or whatever and get Will back, right?" Skye said.

"Yes. Once the collar's back on Lorelei's neck, the enchantment ends but that's the problem. The collar caught a shotgun blast back in the desert. Fitz, you think you can fix it?" Coulson asked him.

Fitz took the collar and gave it a quick look. "Well, the metal, the weight, it's similar to the Berserker staff."

"But it presents its own set of countless unknown variables." Simmons added.

"Get to work as fast as possible. I can't understate just how important it is that we get Will back as soon as possible." Coulson said.

"Yeah. Having Lorelei running around with an Avenger can't be good." Ward pointed out but Coulson's face told them it was much worse than that.

"Not just an Avenger. One of the most powerful ones. We're still not sure exactly but between the heavy hitters like Hulk and Thor, Aegis could very well fight them to a standstill or even overpower him. With the Battle of New York, we've all seen what he's capable of and he's only gotten stronger since. I can't understate it by saying that Will is without a doubt one of the strongest psychics and strongest beings on the planet. It's only through his own code and moral ethics that he doesn't push his powers to their extremes but with Lorelei controlling him than that could very well change. She knew exactly what she was doing by enchanting him. Powers aside, Will has inside knowledge of SHIELD, our tactics, and a wealth of knowledge that is going to make it harder to stop him the longer he's under her control. We need to save him from Lorelei before it's too late, which isn't going to be easy since his powers will let him know we're coming. That collar is the only hope we have at stopping this."

"If Will is under her control now then what's to stop him from going to raid any of the bases where confiscated tech or relics are stored?" Skye suddenly asked.

"Good question. Fitz." Coulson turned to him. "While you try and fix that collar I want you run a check on every high value SHIELD storage facility in the vicinity of the jet's flight path. I want to know if any of them are housing something that Lorelei might want. She may be more about magic than tech but that doesn't mean she can't have Will try and utilize things for her or show her their possible value."

"I'll get right on it." Fitz took the crown and went to his lab.

"What can I do and don't tell me to sit down here and count ceiling tiles while Will is missing." Skye said to Coulson.

"Will's got drop boxes and storage lockers all over the world. They're filled with currency, weapons, IDs. He's going to use aliases, cash, and anything to keep Lorelei off the radar and with EDI no longer with him then it means some of his usual tricks won't work. You're one of the best radars we have. Work with EDI to find him." Coulson told her. He left the med pod and Simmons followed while Skye got to work and Ward went to do something to help.

"Sir, may I have a moment?" Simmons walked up to Coulson before he could get to his office. "It's about the GH-325."

"Have you found something?"

"No. I've hit a wall because of my limited resources. The drug's chemical properties are foreign to me, which is startling in its own right." Simmons admitted.

"We've been over this." Coulson reminded her.

"So, I'm requesting, once again, to send a sample of Skye's blood to HQ for further study."

"That's not an option."

"Why?" Simmons asked. "I don't need to explain to you the benefits of this drug. You've experienced them first-hand!"

"No. That's an order." Coulson walked away but Simmons wasn't having it.

"That's not a good enough reason!" Her outburst got him to stop and turned him around as he looked at her while being internally vexed by her words that were close to insubordination. "I have a duty to you, sir, as my commanding officer, but I also have a duty as a SHIELD scientist to pursue this, to save lives. Given Will's current situation—"

"Six men laid down their lives in a compound rigged with explosives to keep this drug hidden! We still don't know why! We still don't know what it even is and the man responsible for Skye nearly dying went to great lengths to get its secrets for the Clairvoyant which we stopped because the Guest House is gone and now you want to give him another opportunity by sending the information to SHIELD HQ where he could very well have a mole to get him exactly what he wants! Until we learn more, until I speak with Fury and get some answers, that drug and its mysteries stay inhouse!" Coulson's scolding brought Simmons down from her high horse as his mention of the Clairvoyant reminded her of the dangers they faced. "I understand your desire, Simmons but we are messing with things that could very well be too dangerous even for us so until I say so, GH-325 does not leave this plane. Is that understood?"

Simmons relented and nodded her head. "Yes, sir."

"Now focus on the task at hand. We have an Asgardian enchantress with an Avenger under her command, we have no idea where they are or what they're planning next. We need to stop them before people get hurt." Coulson told her before walking away. He returned to his office and picked up his phone to make a call. A part of him was dubious if he would get a response but considering how EDI said the Babel Protocol would alert Fury then there was a good chance he would answer. It ended up being proven right as the line was answered after a few ring tones.

"Coulson, what's the situation?"

"The Asgardian Lorelei, she lured Will into a trap. She has control over him now." Coulson told him.

With Fury…

In a darkly lit room, Fury was seen sitting at a desk answering a phone. "How did this happen?"

"Lorelei created an illusion of herself as a decoy which she used to lure the team to it and then disguised someone as Loki to lure Will to her while the team was away. Sif explained she has a crown that increases her magic and planned ahead. Loki gave her everything she could need to lay the trap. We're tracking him down now."

"Coulson…I don't need to tell you just how dangerous this could be for us…for the planet. We need to get him back. Is there a plan?" Fury questioned.

"We have something that can stop her but it's damaged. I'm having my team work on fixing it but now that Will is under her control things aren't going to be as easy. EDI mentioned that Thor was on his way to assist and Sif said he's resistance to her enchantments so he could very well be our best bet to stop Will."

"Maybe but I can't bet on the planet's safety with a maybe. I think it's time we use the countermeasures for Aegis. I'm sending your team the designs. Get to work."

"Yes, sir. And Sir, I'm aware it's not the best time but we do need to talk about the Guest House and the Tahiti host."

"I'm aware Coulson. I'm aware." Fury hung up and let out a heavy sigh. SHIELD…hell, the world was up shit's creak without a paddle and they needed help. Thor could maybe stop Will but the kid has gotten stronger since the Battle of New York. Thor was a god but was Will strong enough to now stand toe-to-toe with him? Better to be safe than sorry so Fury reached into his pocket and pulled out an old-style pager that had been modified.

The one who gave it to him had told him to use it only ever under two circumstances. The first being if the fate of earth was ever in danger and required her help to save without any doubt. The second one being if something critical ever happened to her child that she needed to know immediately. It was ironic that the fate of the world was now in the balance and the only way to save it was by saving her own child.

He had promised Carol that he'd watch over Will and he's done that. Since the day she asked him, he'd kept an eye on her son to make sure he lived a good life. Although he imagines that this wasn't the kind of life she wanted for her son. Last time she saw him was when he'd been a little kid living a normal life with good folks. Then everything changed when he found that meteor and acquired powers, his adoptive folks were killed and Fury brought him into Shield to help give him a purpose and watch over him better. Now there was no normal life anymore but one most people never thought they'd be living in. Will had risen to become an exceptional agent and hero but now he was the one that needed saving.

It was time to call in an old friend and apparently for a long overdue reunion to finally happen.

He pressed the button and nothing seemed to happen for a few moments until a star symbol appeared flanked by two golden lines with blue on the top and red on the bottom.

Now he just hoped she got here in time for both the planet and her sons' sake.

Back with Will…

While the team was off on a wild goose chase in what they thought would be a way to find Will, he had actually never left Las Vegas. He just made them think he did. The Quinjet would put them on a wild goose chase while he and Lorelei remained behind in Las Vegas. And with some of her magic she disguised their faces so that facial recognition wouldn't alert SHIELD. She had nothing to hide since her face was never caught on camera to identify her and therefore had no need for a disguise.

Will, having changed into some regular clothes, led Sif into the Caesar's Palace Casino and Hotel.

"It's not exactly a castle but I figured the next best place for a queen would be in the hotel inspired by an Emperor." Will quipped.

Lorelei smirked in delight as she marveled at the marble statue of a Roman Goddess in the lobby. There was no name to identify after whom it was modelled. Not that it really mattered since she doubted that it was properly modelled after the goddess. Time had long since made them forget what their deities truly looked like.

"Yes. This place will do just fine." Lorelei accepted where their new accommodations will reside.

Using an alias, Will got them the penthouse suite. Lorelei had instructed him to acquire the best room since she felt she deserved no less. He told her however that the hotel didn't have a room that stood out beyond the rest since their best suites were designed to be equally great. It was all just a matter of opinion, so he got the one with the best view to enjoy later. He figured being high up and looking over the vast land would be something she could enjoy. The way a queen could gaze across a kingdom and the horizon. Sure, this was just a place to hold up and enjoy for now but who knows.

Lorelei looked around at the marvels of Midgard as he led her through the building. "Loki truly was right about you. I believe we are going to accomplish many great things together. It still baffles me to believe you're mortal."

"We come in many shapes and sizes now since the last time you were here." Will paused as he gave her a curious look. "Have you been to earth before or were you just more interested in other worlds?"

"My interest in Midgard back then was minimal though I have been to your world before, however that was a few centuries ago." Lorelei confirmed her past visits to what she had seen back then as an unadvanced world. "I see that quite a lot has changed since then, both with the mortals and their advancement." She glanced at the hotel interior which was far beyond the primitive settlings she recalled the mortals built.

"I'm just unique from the regular kind and a cut above the rare." He told her.

"Truly. You are worlds apart from those men in the desert." She stated.

"That's obvious but I wonder if that's what you say to everyone you enchant. Sif told me about you and your past so I'm having a hard time believing I'm truly so special to you. Men are disposable to you so the only reason you care so much about me is that I'm the only one capable of protecting you from Sif, Thor, or whoever Odin sends after you. You're using me and the truth is, I don't care." Will said nonchalantly, unbothered by his own words.

"Because of what you feel?" Lorelei knowingly asked.

"The thing about me is that I'm an all-in kind of person. I would die for someone I love. I felt this way before for two others. One girl was an innocent college romance I cherished fondly in memory on what could've been and the other is someone who literally opened my eyes to a whole new world on the moon. But now…what I felt for them I feel for you. I would die for you…any man would." Will swore.

"Other men are nothing…I want you." Lorelei began to circle Will, enticing him as she dragged her fingers across his back, down his arms, and even around his jaw. "You have the strength of a god and raw near unlimited power. Your mind is your greatest weapon and yet you temper it to protect mortals…but I can sense deep down you hold yourself back. No longer." Lorelei held his head and looked him directly in the eyes as her enchantment influenced Will. "No longer hold yourself back. Become what you are meant to be. Be a god amongst men. Let yourself be free. Give me an army…and I will give you the world."

Will's eyes had a small glow of green as Lorelei's enchantment took hold. Empowered by the crown of the Enchantress gave Lorelei a greater pool of magical energy to pull from for her magic. As she spoke, her magic began to take place and a personality shift began to occur in Will. All the troubles he had been feeling were fading away. The concern for Skye having a good recovery, the conflicting emotions after meeting his birth father, the resentment he still held for his birth mother and the lingering sadness for his adoptive parents deaths. He began to relax and like a great weight was lifted from him, metaphorically anyway. He felt like he could relax and no longer need to worry about things he normally would, like using his powers correctly. Now…he just could relax and have fun with an amazing and beautiful goddess. Though why just him when he can also show her how to take some non-work related enjoyments.

"Now that…is as tempting as anything I've ever heard. And I shall give you your army and the world but before we get into the nitty-gritty hard work, perhaps we could indulge in some fun?" He suggested and got an odd look from Lorelei as she seemed to find his words not what she was expecting to hear from her new champion.

"Just what are you suggesting?" The sorceress asked with some skepticism.

"Well Sif mentioned that you were imprisoned for six hundred years so I believe that you should enjoy yourself before getting to work and Las Vegas happens to be the perfect place for that."

Lorelei pondered that idea and was intrigued. It's true she'd been locked up for quite a long time and hadn't gotten to enjoy her newfound freedom. So perhaps some rest and relaxation would be a nice change and reprieve before starting the future conflict for this world. "I'll admit that some enjoyment would be nice."

"Then allow me to indulge you. Sif and SHIELD think we left so they won't be looking for us here which means we can enjoy yourselves. You did tell me to free myself and I can think of no better way to do that then by showing a goddess a good time and how much of earth can be enjoyed." Will held up their room key in between his index and middle finger like a playing card.. "A quick shower to wash off the heat of the day and then I shall truly show you how amazing earth can be. Who knows, perhaps Las Vegas could be the capital of your new Kingdom."

"Very well. I could do with some…leisurely enjoyment." Lorelei quipped, giving him a wink before walking away with a noticeable sway in her hips that definitely caught the attention of a nearby man who was playing a slot machine. He was dressed in a suit and with his hair combed back and the cigarette in his mouth despite the posted signs for no smoking, he looked like the epitome of a Las Vegas asshole. He whistled as Lorelei walked away only for him to then suddenly lose consciousness as he face planted against the machine. Will turned his eyes away from the guy after knocking him out telepathically. He would've smashed his face in but figured it would be better to avoid drawing unnecessary attention. He walked after Lorelei without a care in the world now while his eyes also took in the alluring sight of her swaying hips.

"Her ass looks good in those jeans." Will though appreciatively as he caught up with her.

Las Vegas was in for a surprise tonight.

A few moments later…

"This is welcoming." Lorelei thought with her eyes closed as the cool water washed over her body from the shower she was using. Her hands running over her gorgeous body and smooth skin that men lusted and fought for as she washed herself. She then worked on her hair as she used what the mortals called shampoo to wash it.

She had been a bit annoyed by how amused Will was when she asked him what the bottle was. Apparently taking some enjoyment in explaining the basic object to her as if she were a child. He even went on to explain how the shower worked just in case. The room he got for them was certainly in a league beyond what she had seen since arriving here. While it didn't compare to Asgard's grand architecture this place definitely had a certain charm to it. As Will had said, this was a place made for an Emperor and was grander than most places humans ever got to live in.

The sorceress didn't know what enjoyments her new champion planned for her. However, for his sake he'd better not disappoint her, otherwise she'll have to punish him. She wasn't easily entertained so he had some standards to meet. Although if his plans for enjoyment were anything like the place he brough her to temporarily reside in then he was at least off to a good start.

While the water also wasn't like the kind from Asgard which carried mystical properties it was still enjoyable at least. After walking in that desert, it was a nice change. Just being in better accommodations lifted her mood. Finally finishing her shower, she dried herself and got dressed in some casual clothes that Will brought along from his jet. With that done she exited the room and went to Will who had been waiting in the living room downstairs. The two then left to begin what he had planned to try and get her to enjoy the day.

Will took Lorelei shopping at the Forum Shops of Caesar's Palace where a bunch of high-end boutiques were set up for those with large bank accounts. You wouldn't step foot into these shops unless you have thousands of dollars of disposable income to burn. Normally, Will could handle that no problem considering he actually had millions of dollars in his own bank accounts and even his aliases had money but knowing that SHIELD was after him, the risk of using that money too much would draw attention and they likely were using facial recognition to try and track him down. So, what did he do? Lorelei used her magic to cast an illusion on his face so the cameras wouldn't recognize him like she did her Loki trap. As for the money problem? Will just used his powers.

He stood at a full-length mirror in the Giorgio Armani store as one of the store's stylists helped him put on a very expensive dark blue Vittoriana jacket retailed at about $1,300 dollars. He was wearing matching pants, shoes, with a white button-up shirt and vest. No tie since he didn't feel the need for one but he did look damn good. "Yes, sir I do believe blue was the way to go." The stylist praised, smoothing out the shoulders and back while Will looked himself over in the mirror. The usual casual man who would wear jeans, boots, and a T-shirt with a jacket or hoodie was now rocking expensive suits like he was Tony Stark. Definitely not his usual MO but he had no qualms with it and decided to live a little.

"Yes. Blue has always been my color." Will admitted when another stylist came over with another option for him while other store employees arrived with other clothing and one even came over with a tray of champagne. "Thank you."

Will took a glass and sipped some as he fixed his collar a bit. "Sir, I still believe that green is also a valid option." One stylist showed him a green-colored ensemble. "It would complement your eyes."

"That does look good. I'll take it too. Send it and everything else to the Penthouse." Will told him.

"Of course, Mr. Detmer." The stylist bowed his head and smiled as he and everyone in the immediate area had a faint blue glow in their eyes that wasn't natural. It matched the faint blue glow Will had in his eyes as he was mind controlling everyone, ethics be damned. He was having fun and not spending a dime on these clothes, all of which would be sent to the Penthouse in the hotel and the store employees wouldn't even remember that none of it was ever paid for or that they were even there. And the security cameras would give them the image of someone else, not Will so they would never track him down but just to be on the safe side he'd have the employees erase all the footage after they left. And to fool security he gave give the cashier his credit card and have him pretend to swipe it and charge him for the clothes.

"Hmm, you were not wrong that some activities on Midgard that could be quite enjoyable." Lorelei walked out of her private changing room wearing a beautiful green Marmar Halim one-shoulder silk gown retailing at about $2,800 dollars. She walked in front of a mirror and was enjoying what she saw. "Hmm, yes. This place is starting to grow on me. Earth truly is grander than Asgard in some of the finer things in life. Being stuck in a cage for so long was a curse but now I have all the time to enjoy myself."

While the fabric was no doubt of an inferior quality compared to Asgards, which was both functional and durable, she had to admit Earths were certainly more stylish and appealing. The gown she wore was quite lovely and had a better look to the same outfit she's had on for all those 600 years. Now that she thought about it, she felt so out of style for wearing the same thing so long. A new wardrobe was definitely in order for her since after all a queen might always wear the same crown, but she never wore the same royal garbs.

"Well, take your time, my dear because this is only the first stop of many…" Will walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist while he put his head over her shoulder and looked at her reflection. She really looked quite fetching in this gown, although with her looks she'd probably look good in just about anything. Those simple jeans and biker vest she had previously worn were a testament to that."…and everything you want is yours."

"Yes. Fetch me another dress. Something…more…" Lorelei ordered the store employees went to work.

Napolitano dresses retailed at $8,000, Faux fur coats at $6,000, Collete Peep-toe hells at $2,000, Diamond Jewelry at $400,000 not to mention the various other accessories and items that caught Lorelei's fancy…and it was only at one store. After Giorgio Armani, Will took her to Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Fendi, Burberry, and Versace and they got anything and everything that caught Lorelei's eye. Dresses, shoes, jewelry and all the finer things of life. The jewelry may not be as high quality as the kind she possessed on Asgard but she had to admit she did like the design the mortals crafted on their work. And of course, Will used his telepathy every time and the store employees did as they were told. Lorelei and Will were pampered like they were celebrities or royalty. Being offered fine champagne as stylists helped Lorelei get anything and everything she wanted and when they were done the duo would leave the store with bags of items, usually jewelry and gold while the clothing Lorelei and Will got would be sent to their penthouse suite. In total they likely walked away with hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of merchandise. The majority of which was for Lorelei while Will only took a few articles of clothing since jewelry wasn't of interest to him.

The last store they visited was perhaps Wills favorite from her shopping spree. A swimsuit shop where Lorelei tried on different kinds of swimwear for what would be their next event. The sight of her body in different bikinis, one piece suits, skirted bottoms and even some monokinis was a pleasing pass time. He certainly looked forward to seeing whatever she chose being put to use when they leave.

Two hours later…

It was midafternoon with the sun still up so Will took Lorelei to the lounge area at the Caesar's Palace pool where they rested for a bit. They went to the private pool area and got a private cabana. Will put on some swim shorts showcasing his chiseled and defined musculature to everyone making a few men jealous and some women swoon. Lorelei meanwhile put on a green two-piece bikini and wrapped a light green shawl over her shoulder that drew the eyes of every male near her. The sorceress was currently in the pool enjoying the cool and crystal-clear water. Will opted to just sit on a lounge chair to do a little sunbathing after taking a swim already. That and enjoy the sight of Lorelei in a sexy bikini as she swam with a gracefulness befitting a so-called goddess.

"Green is definitely her color." Will thought as he watched her through sunglasses that he had gotten at one of the stores they went to. Seeing her in that swimsuit almost made him want to try and bed her right then and there. The thought of undressing her of such little clothing to see her bare was enticing. But he refrained from doing so since she seemed like the kind of woman who would rather make that first move herself. That or he had to respect her and wait till she gave him an invitation to do so.

Despite his new outlook he still had respect for women and wouldn't ever force himself on one.

He glanced at the other men ogling her and gave those who's thought were the most perverted a trip to dream land as they fell asleep in their chairs. Too bad he couldn't manipulate dreams cause then he'd give them nightmares. Perhaps something to consider trying to accomplish in the future. He was a telepath after all so how hard could it be to manipulate dreams any different from the mind.

His thoughts were interrupted as he saw Lorelei rise from the water with her head thrown back as her hair flipped back as well to not obstruct her face, her bikini covered breasts even bouncing a bit from her sudden ascent. The sight made the men gulp and almost drop their jaws while Will couldn't help but be reminded of a scene from a certain popular red-haired mermaid. Although Lorelei was without question a better sight because she was real and not a fictional character. As he saw her come out of the pool and grab a towel to dry herself, she came up to him.

"Have a nice swim?" Will asked her while looking her up and down and seeing how her wet skin was almost glistening. The drops of water flowing down her amazing figure as she dried her hair.

"It was refreshing." Lorelei simply said as she finished drying her hair and threw her towel on the chair next to Will while putting a hand on her hip. "Although is there more besides just frolicking in water and lying under the sun?" While it was nice in a way it wasn't exactly like the fun she expected from him. She did however take a moment to secretly appreciate the sight of Wills shirtless physique and the eyes of men gazing at her with desirable adoration.

"Hey fun isn't all adrenaline rushes and obtaining things. It can also be about relaxation." Will remarked before stretching his arms out and getting an idea for what to do next as he stood up. "In fact, I believe I know what you should do next to enjoy your day."

"Which is?" Lorelei asked a little impatiently.

"Follow me." Will said before leading her to the next activity.

That turned out to be a massage as she was led to a table where a masseur attended her and gave the sorceress a deep tissue massage. Will had considered a female masseuse at first but then figured that given how Asgardians had tougher bodies than humans it would likely be better if someone with strong hands attended her instead. He kind of wished he were massaging her instead but alas he wasn't a physical therapist. As an agent… or former one now in this case, he had learned how to attack a body not how to treat its knots. Oh well at least he can enjoy the female one he got for himself.

"Hmmm…this is glorious." Lorelei sighed in relief, lying face down on the table as the masseuse got into every tense muscle she had in her back. She was indeed being pampered like a Queen as cabana waiters and waitresses were at the ready with refreshments and whatever else she could want. Normally, all the kind of special attention and treatment Lorelei was receiving would attract the gaze of the other people in the VIP pool area but Will did a quick mind trick and they were ignored.

"Nevada is a harsh state and the sun can be unforgiving but Las Vegs is a nice little desert oasis." Will smirked as he lied on his own table enjoying the woman's hands rubbing away the tension that he didn't know he had. "Starting to see the appeal now?"

"Hmm…very much so." Lorelei moaned in delight as her massage ended and she felt relaxed. "What else does earth have in the form of this treatment?"

"Much." Will's eyes glowed blue as he looked at a Cabana attendee. "Could you please escort us to the Spa?"

"Of course. This way, Mr. Detmer." The attendee led the way.

As Lorelei was getting up from her table Will came over and lifted her in his arms bridal style, surprising her.

"Mind if I carry you? As I recall, royalty used to be carried on palanquins. There isn't one here but I'm nothing if not creative wouldn't you say?" he asked in a playful tone and Lorelei responded by giving him a small smirk as she wrapped her arms around his neck and got comfortable in his arms. She had to admit her champion certainly seemed to know a thing or two about how to be charming. If he thought she was so easily swept off her feet however he had another thing coming. Although it'll certainly be amusing to see him try and do so, she's actually kind of looking forward to it.

"Onward then." She ordered as Will nodded and follower after the attendee who waited for him. All while enjoying having the supposed future queen of earth in his hands as he carried her. The up-close view of breast nudging his chest was also a nice bonus to enjoy.

In the Spa, Lorelei was pampered even more with a facial, manicure, pedicure, hair and skin treatment and everything else she could want. She sipped a glass of Champagne as Spa workers filed her nails, toes, and pretty much made her blissfully happy.

An hour later…

The sun was beginning to set so Will had Lorelei ready for the evening part of their fun. He got dressed in one of his suits and Lorelei donned a gorgeous green dress that accentuated her curves and showed plenty of her leg and cleavage. For accessories she wore diamond earrings, silver bracelets and a golden necklace with her sister's crown back on her head. The only makeup she wore was a lovely shade of sweet pink lipstick that complimented her beauty and made her lips look so much more desirable to kiss. She walked through the casino like the queen she believed she was and everyone was in awe. Will used his powers to get them into a high-rollers poker game. Lorelei watched in amusement as Will took the men in the room for millions of dollars.

This activity was more for him showing her rather than having her participate since she didn't know the rules of the game. Despite being on the sidelines however, she did seem to find this entertaining. It also didn't hurt that her presence behind him had the men stealing glances at the sorceress as she proved to be quite distracting. Gambling wasn't something Lorelei was unfamiliar with as they had that on Asgard too. Although rather than playing cards the people there made wagers based on physical activities like arm wrestling, horse riding and most of all arena matches. They wagered for fun rather than greed and never offered more than they could live without. In her opinion that took the fun out of it since there was no real risk.

"Hmm, it's so interesting how you mortals bet so much of your money on these little cards. How quaint." Lorelei noted as she observed the game and saw the flop of sweat on all four men at the poker table. Will was all smiles as his pile of chips was in the millions while the other four were down to their last bets.

He had played without the aid of his powers at first just to see how well he'd do. He managed to win a few times before these clearly more experienced players started to get a feel for him and start taking control. Once that happened, he used his powers to read their minds and see all the hands they got throughout the game. Every bluff they tried he called them out on when he had a better hand that seemed insufficient. Every flop he got was folded without continuing to bet. It was all just a matter of when his opponents would finally run out of chips.

The dealer played the cards and all of Will's competitors did their best but the game wasn't even fair.

"I'll admit that poker has lost some of its luster for me but it's not just about playing the odds…it's about playing the men." Will played his cards and won the last pot, stripping all his opponents of their last dignity and money. "I could care less about their money but bringing these rich elitists down a peg is fun."

"Hmm yes, it's quite amusing." Lorelei chuckled in delight as Will's opponents left the game after losing millions. It was as if he defeated kings and stripped them of some of their wealth which he claimed as his own. True they likely still had more wealth but the fact they had lost and he won was what she enjoyed seeing. "Now, I am feeling quite famished. What does this place have in terms of nourishment?"

Will stood up and offered his arm which Lorelei's hooked hers around almost immediately, completely ignoring the millions of dollars of chips he just won. Again, he didn't play the poker to win money, he just did it to show her how it's done so he could care less. Though he did tell a worker to take the chips to his room just to keep up appearances. He even tipped the man a 500-dollar chip just to be nice.

"Food? I have an idea for that." Will smiled.

He ended up getting them a private limo to the Bellagio Hotel where he got them a table at Le Cirque. It was incredibly expensive and exclusive but with Will's powers it was no problem and no one raised a fuss. He was certain though that he ended up stealing a room originally meant for Leonardo DiCaprio but oh well.

Will and Lorelei sat at a table as a waiter came over with two menus. "Good even, sir and madam. Welcome to Le Cirque, I shall be your waiter for this evening. Can I get you anything to start off with? Wine, perhaps?"

"Yes please. Your finest bottle and your best champagne as well." Will ordered and the waiter nodded before walking away. He then noticed that Lorelei was looking at her menu with some clear confusion in her eyes. "Everything ok?"

"Yes, but I'm not very familiar with the food here so I'm at a loss on what to order." She admitted with some displeasure.

"I believe I can help with that." Will smiled while finding her confusion a bit funny at how the queen was unfamiliar with the cuisine of his world and required his assistance. He then suddenly had a certain thought come to mind. "I'm curious though but how much do you eat?" his question got him a look from Lorelei that was clearly unamused. "I've seen how much Thor tends to eat for just for one meal."

"Ah." The sorceress exclaimed in understanding before answering. "Well, I won't be feasting as much as him though I probably would eat more than what one mortal ever could, as I've said I'm feeling quite famished."

"In that case I think I know what to order." Will said and soon the waiter returned with their wine and some champagne. "Excuse me."

"Yes?" The waiter looked at Will whose eyes glowed blue.

A few moments later…

A long line of waiters entered the private dining room for Will and Lorelei and dropped off plate after plate of food for the two of them. Lorelei wasn't sure what to order so Will ordered all the best dishes and appetizers. Their finest caviar, expensive meats, rare delicacies and pretty much everything that spoke class and finery. Except for the desserts since those were for after the main course. Any order that came in different sizes Will just ordered the smallest meant for one which was for the Asgardian herself. Lorelei and Will smiled as everything smelled delicious and their original waiter returned with another bottle of champagne. "A Krug '95, an excellent vintage. With our compliments of course."

"Thank you." Will replied as their glasses were poured and he raised his up to Lorelei. "To a good day."

The Asgardian gave a small smile as she lifted her glass of champagne as well. "And to an incredible evening." She clinked her glass with his and sipped it before they started eating. Even engaging in a little small talk to avoid silence. She would ask about some of the food and he would tell her what it was. Even how they had spices, seasonings and other things to enhance their flavor and what they were called.

The food was exquisite and Lorelei enjoyed herself, eating like a queen. Anything she wanted and the waiters would get her. Good food had been one of the things she longed to enjoy again during her imprisonment. She had almost forgotten what high-quality tastes were like. Now she was getting the pleasure of reexperiencing it firsthand. The mortals had certainly improved their cooking from the days when they simply hunted, skinned and roasted animals over a fire before eating it.

The entire day she was truly spoiled and she loved it. Here she thought that once she had Aegis under her command that they would just begin her rule and take over Midgard. Enthrall and command armies of men to do what she ordered but now here she was enjoying a night of leisure and refinery. Adorned in the finest of Midgards clothing and jewelry, pampered in a spa that put the baths of Asgard to shame, and a little enjoyment in watching Will embarrass some mortals was now capped off with an incredible meal. Lorelei felt…sated.

Although there was something else she had begun to notice about Will. He wasn't behaving like those she usually enthralled and told to be their true unrestrained selves. Those men tended to be prone to violence quite easily and were a bit savage in their behavior when addressing others beside her. Not only that but they were more utterly captivated by her to the point of almost being obsessed with their devotion to her. They tended to have this somewhat glossy and somewhat vacant look in their eyes as she was all they thought about.

Her new champion however was different as he still seemed so calm and composed. There was no question he was hers to command now, yet he still seemed to retain some independence. He actually talked to her without giving compliments sometimes, even playfully teasing her. Something that her past enthralls never did as such a minor act would be considered going against her. She wondered if it was due to some side effect of the spell she used with her new crown or if it was his character that made him act the way he did now after she told him to stop holding himself back. Whatever the reason she had to admit she was intrigued by this young man who was proving to be surprising.

Today had been filled with more enjoyments than she's experienced in a long time. When Will offered her a day of fun she had been skeptical on if he could deliver. Now though her expectations had been met and even surpassed as she enjoyed herself in a day of simple relaxation with this intriguing mortal. Which also made her think that her new handsome champion was deserving of a special reward for his services.

Will wiped his mouth with a napkin, sighing in delight at the incredibly meal capped off with a great desert and plenty of alcohol. It was fun and he enjoyed himself. He looked forward to doing this more often and he would in the future. He glanced over at Lorelei who looked equally happy as well.

"So, was this day enjoyable?" Will asked her and she nodded pleasantly.

Lorelei wiped her own mouth with a napkin before speaking. "It was. When I first arrived here, I thought Earth left much to be desired. Walking through that scorching desert and the paltry abodes there was horrible. But here, this Las Vegas truly is quite beautiful." Lorelei admitted as she recalled the sights when they drove here.

"And this is only one of many places like it. While Las Vegas is certainly unique, there are other cities like it that can promise as much fun and leisure to your heart's desire. Miami, New York City, Los Angeles are a few and that's just in the US. Paris is the city of lights and romance, Rome a city of history and food, the Amalfi Coast for relaxation and beautiful coastal waters, Rio de Janeiro for some excitement and dangers. All yours to experience when you want." Will offered and Lorelei managed to crack a genuine smile.

"And it all sounds so marvelous. I've spent the last 600 years locked away in a dark, cold cell. My throat shackled and my voice silenced. It was torture for me."

Will stood up from his seat and walked over to her, taking her hand into his. "That will never happen to you again."

Lorelei felt a bit comforted by his words but they did not completely dispel her concerns. "Sif is on the hunt and she will not rest, she will not stop. Thor as well once he learns of our plans. I will not know peace." She told him.

"She will not stop us. Thor will not stop us." Will promised.

"The graves of Asgard's enemies are littered with men who underestimated Sif and Thor. Do not make the same mistake." She warned him and he chuckled in response.

"Sif is a mighty warrior but to me, not a problem. I'll send her into the sun before she could even blink and that collar will be turned to dust. As for Thor…" he paused as he thought about facing the god of thunder. Will was confident he could defeat him, but it certainly wouldn't be without receiving a fair beating that would leave him quite possibly exhausted. "Thor might be an issue if given a chance…so I plan to even the odds in our favor. I know some people who could help even the odds in a fight against him and all it will take is a few words from you and you'll have a genius billionaire armorer and a raging green monster at your command. With them Thor won't stand a chance and as for the rest of the world…I can handle them." Will lifted her hand and kissed her knuckles. "I promised you an army and the world. Starting tomorrow, I'll make good on that promise."

Lorelei smiled in real appreciation as she stood up and wrapped her arms around his neck. That special reward she had been considering giving her champion the honor of having... she just made up her mind about it right now." Then tonight…we shall celebrate our new alliance. You've done much for me in just one day so I…" She leaned in and kissed his neck, making him hum in delight before she whispered in his ear. "…shall reward you for your service."

A few moments later…

Will and Lorelei were in the back of their private limo on their way back to Caesar's palace. The driver was mind controlled to take them back and like a robot, he kept his eyes fixed on the road. He had done this to form a sort of privacy barrier so the driver wouldn't overhear how Will and Lorelei were making out in the back. That and to ensure the driver wouldn't take a peek at the two. Will had her sitting on his lap, roaming his hands over her body and grasping at her curves. Lorelei was not idle and she wrestled his jacket open and attacked his lips and neck with a pent-up fury of arousal. Will returned her affection with as much arousal as he registered the sweet taste of her lips which included the hint of fruity like flavor from her lipstick swearing over his own lips. She lightly bit him on the neck and dragged her fingers across his shoulders while he used one hand to grasp her rear, wrinkling her dress in the process but she didn't care. In fact, she moaned in delight and grabbed his other hand forcing it into her cleavage to grab her breasts. Another moan was soon let out when she felt his hand give her mound a good squeeze. She could hardly wait for them to get back to their room.

When the limo arrived at Caesar's palace, the valets were definitely in for a surprise. Once they opened the door, the valets were greeted to the sight of the two passengers making out heavily. The couple then seemed to take notice of them and got out of the limo after fixing themselves up a bit before heading directly inside. They caught sight of the two entering an elevator once they pushed the button, the woman pressed herself against the man as they started making out again before the doors even closed. It didn't take a genius for the valets to figure out what they were likely going to do now. It had been surprising to catch them lip locking but this was Vegas after all.

Though they both couldn't help but think how lucky that guy was to be with such a beautiful woman.

"Someone's getting lucky tonight." Both thought privately and a little enviously.

[Bang]

The door to the penthouse suite was roughly thrown open as Will marched into the room with Lorelei in his arms as they made out. The illusion spell she put to disguise his face was undone as there was no longer any need for him to hide. No one would be observing them now and she wanted to look at his handsome face as they got intimate.

Once inside he used his telekinesis to slam the door shut. Right now, he wanted to focus on only one thing and that was the gorgeous woman in his arms. The two somehow managed to carefully navigate their way inside as they stepped over or past their massive pile of boutique bags of clothing and accessories before he planted her on top of a dresser. She kicked off her heels and pulled him in closer with her legs while removing his jacket. He tossed it aside before removing his vest and shirt, showcasing his chest to her. Lorelei leaned in and playfully bit his chest, trailing her nails down his abs as the sight made her hotter with desire. She enjoyed the view when they were at the pool and now that he was hers, she would make sure he kept his body strong and would remain shirtless when they were alone and had no pressing matters to attend to. Now though, her body was becoming hot with the burning and lustful desire to become intimately familiar with her new champion after going so long without that pleasurable experience.

Lorelei continued to playfully nip and bite his chest, making Will growl in arousal so he forced her back. He pushed her against the wall and kissed her, forcing his tongue into her mouth and she fought back. Scratching his back with her perfectly manicured nails while he pulled down the shoulder strap of her dress. He then yanked it down revealing the emerald-colored strapless bra she wore. He roughly cupped and grasped her breasts, making Lorelei moan in delight before she pulled her leg back and kicked Will into the wall behind him, showcasing her Asgardian strength. She jumped off the dresser and pulled her dress all the way down revealing her matching emerald panties before tossing the gown aside with her foot. Lorelei then removed her crown and put on the dresser knowing she wouldn't be needing it right now. Will grew a lustful smirk at seeing her in the sexy lingerie she no doubt got from one of the stores before she practically ran up to him and jumped into his arms. He eagerly caught the sorceress and held her up by her thighs as she wrapped her legs around his waist and her arms around his neck before smashing her lips into his. They opened their mouths and brought their tongues together as they wrestled and tasted each other.

Will spun them around and slammed Lorelei into the wall he'd been pushed into. She grunted but seemed to like his aggressive move as she broke their lip lock and gave him a sultry look as she leaned into his ear.

"Do you desire me Will?" she whispered teasingly, already knowing the answer. Even so she wanted to hear him admit it just for the enjoyment in knowing he was hers.

Will could almost swear a shiver went through his spine. "Honestly, I pretty much have since I saw you in that sexy bikini at the pool." he then smirked before asking. "How about you? Are you desiring me as well after all those lonely years in a prison cell?"

She returned the smirk with one of her own. "After this wonderful day of leisure that you've given me, I'm now curious to see how well you can intimately please me."

"Well, I hope I don't disappoint you." Will added.

"So far you haven't, make sure you keep it that way." Lorelei remarked before bringing their lips together once more as they opened their mouths to let their tongues dance together. The sorceress moaned as she tasted him and found his tongue to be enjoyable. She could pick up traces of mixed flavors from all that delicious food they ate as her wet appendage sampled his.

Will likewise was enjoying the feeling of her body pressed against his as they French kissed and he sampled the taste of her own tongue. He slowly moved away from the wall, going step by step as he held her up while moving further into the room. He soon reached a low table in the living room and telekinetically shoved the decor to the floor, not caring if he broke anything. He laid Lorelei down on the table and broke away from her lips as he now began planting kisses on her jaw and neck.

Lorelei hummed clearly liking it as he made sure to kiss every part of her neck entirely. He even gave the underside of her chin his loving attention. His hands went to the breasts where he pulled her strapless bra down and revealed her well-endowed bosom. Not wasting a moment, he gripped her two mounds and proceeded to squeeze and fondle them. He was pleased to hear a slightly longer moan come out of her lips and decided to step up by turning his attention from kissing her neck to her breasts instead.

That made Lorelei let out a slightly louder moan as she brought a hand around his head and pushed him further into her bosom. She ran her hand through his hair, feeling the strands between her fingers as she caressed him. The sorceress then decided to pull his head back before to rolling them around so that she was now on top of him. She reached behind her back and unclasped her bra before throwing it away. Taking slight amusement in seeing Wills eyes become glued to her bare chest. She gently clasped his face before lowering her upper body as their lips connected again and her breasts squished against his muscled torso.

Will moaned into her mouth as he felt the gorgeous goddess's body over him. His hands running over her body as he felt her back, her amazing curves and then came upon her ass where he grasped her lower cheeks. Lorelei gasped a bit but didn't stop him as she got even more heated in their lip lock. Taking that as a cue to carry on he began working on her rear, squeezing and fondling it while enjoying the soft and supple feeling in his hands.

He paused and got a bit of a startled look when he suddenly felt Lorelei's hand grip his crotch. She had somehow unbuttoned and unzipped his pants without him noticing. A shudder went through him as she lightly trailed her hand up from the base to the tip and hummed with some delight as she got a literal feel for his size. A sly smile coming to her face. "Well, it looks like your power isn't the only thing that's big about you."

"You're also packing something quite big as well and in a pair at that." Will pointed out as his eyes stared lustfully at her large breasts. "Though Darcy is still the biggest I've had the pleasure of seeing." He secretly thought to himself in a rare moment of someone else coming to mind.

"Let's take this to the bedroom." Lorelei ordered.

"Yours or mine?" Will asked playfully.

"It matters not to me." The sorceress exclaimed before she was surprised when Will suddenly lifted himself up and wrapped his arms around her waist. The part that surprised her most however was that he had chosen to levitate himself and therefore her off the table as they hung in the air now. Her body basically held up since she was sitting on his lap with him making sure he was in a crouched position to help support her.

"Walking can sometimes be so boring." Will stated with a smirk which she returned in amusement.

He flew them in the air towards his own bedroom at a leisurely pace. When they finally arrived he gently laid her down on the bed. She seductively told him he could have the honor of removing her last piece of clothing. He smirked at her offering before discarding his pants and underwear to do just that. He took it a little slow to enjoy the unveiling and the feel of the Asgardians slender legs as his hands trailed down from the thighs to her ankles as he removed her panties. As Lorelei expected after feeling him up, her new champion possessed a sizable love organ. She got into a sensual pose as she lightly lifted one leg while firmly closing them to hide her entrance, crossed an arm over her breasts and gave him what could only be called bedroom eyes.

"See something you like?" She asked with a lustful smile knowingly as she caught his eyes going all over her body. Men were always left speechless when they laid eyes upon her bare form.

"Everything right in front of me that's for sure." Will said before he got on top of her and gently pried her legs open, taking a moment to appreciate her entrance. When he had his fill, he gripped the Asgardian by her slim waist before positioning himself and then bringing his hips forward.

Lorelei tilted her head back a bit while letting out a light gasp as she felt him enter her. Will noted she was quite wet inside showing the arousal she'd built up. He started by going with a slow and steady pace as he pulled and pushed his member in and out of her. She took slow breaths with his movements as the sorceress got used to him in her and then ordered him to go faster. When he did so, her gasps began to turn into moans as she felt her pleasure levels steadily rising. Will grasped her bouncing breasts before giving them a hard squeeze and started to fondle them.

"Hmm yes keep going." Lorelei hummed as she was starting to feel her body really heating up now.

The former agent complied and took it a bit further by increasing his pace more while focusing his attention on her nipples. Taking hold of them between two of his fingers each he began to twist them clockwise and counterclockwise while continuing to flail her breasts. His actions made the Asgardian let out noticeably louder pleasurable sounds showing she was really enjoying it. She wrapped her legs around his waist, bringing him closer and not wanting to let go as she felt him slowly pounding into her harder and faster with every passing moment. All those 600 years she was imprisoned had made her forget just how good intimacy could feel with someone she found worthy enough. Well now she was getting a good refresher course of the sensation and she was relishing it.

Will meanwhile was feeling his own waves of pleasure as he banged the goddess under him. Her body felt amazing and different from when he had done it with Darcy or Crystal. The former was a regular human like he had been at first while the latter had some enhanced physical traits. Both alluring and sexually gratifying in their own unique ways. With Lorelei however, he could feel the strength her Asgardian body possessed. The firmness of her grip when she held him and the tightness of her love canal as he thrusted into her. With Darcy there was no concern of hurting her since they'd both been regular humans. With Crystal he was the physically stronger one but her body was durable enough that he didn't have to worry about accidentally harming her. This was the near opposite however as he could feel Lorelei was physically stronger him. Not by a large margin since she wasn't a warrior like Thor or Sif but enough to know she could handle anything he physically dished out in bed.

He was snapped out of his thoughts when he felt Lorelei grasp his face and pull him down to kiss her. The change of position now squished his arms between them making it harder to keep fondling her breasts. So, he let go of her two mounds and instead wrapped his arms around her back to hold her closer. Now taking enjoyment in her breasts pressing against him and feeling her nipples poking him with each thrust. The pleasurable stimulation was all becoming addictive as they craved more.

Lorelei pulled his lips away and moved her hands around his neck to keep him close. "Tell me, how does it feel Will?" she asked wanting to hear him voice words of endearment to her.

"It feels amazing!" Will claimed as he continued swinging his hips onto hers. "Your so warm and tight!"

"Give me your all." The Asgardian requested while lightly panting between her words. "Don't hold back."

After those words Will practically went on a full frenzy as he moved his hips as fast and hard as he could. Ramming himself in and out of her at speeds that a normal woman would've found painful. Lorelei however wasn't a human but an Asgardian and she found no pain but pleasurable enjoyment in his actions. The feeling of him ramming into her womanhood spurred her on as she felt her walls tightening. The desire for release rapidly filling her mind and body as she pulled him back into another heavy kiss that seemed to increase the ravenous hunger between them.

The two broke apart from their kiss when Will felt her inner walls constrict and he reached his limit. The two moaned as they climaxed together with him feeling her walls tightening up as if trying to strangle his cock. Lorelei meanwhile felt like a fire was starting in her stomach as she felt him spurt inside her. Her legs also tightening their hold out of reflex with a strength that would've threatened to crush a regular mortal's pelvis. Their hips remaining joined together as Will continued to discharge himself as her pussy milked him of every drop he let out.

When they finished riding their orgasm together their bodies started to relax. Will pulled himself out of her when he felt her legs loosen their grip on him. He could practically feel his heart starting to slow down while he saw Lorelei take only a single deep breath to help calm herself. It surprised him that was all he managed to accomplish on her stamina despite the fact she had clearly enjoyed it.

He was caught by surprise when Lorelei suddenly grabbed him by the arm and yanked him down. Will suddenly found himself lying down on his back with the Asgardian now straddling his waist. Her thighs snuggly holding him in place as her hands went to his chest and she looked down at him with a seductive smile.

"I hope for your sake you weren't thinking of taking a rest right now, this was only the beginning." Lorelei told him with some playfulness though with a hint of warning in her eyes. That first round had given her a taste that stoked her sex drive and now she wanted more.

"Hey, give a mortal some credit." Will said a bit defensively at his masculinity. "Even before I got my powers and become the warrior that I am today, I could go more than one round with a woman."

"I'll take more than just another performance to satisfy me." Lorelei stated to him while slowly running her hands down his chest, taking some appreciation in his physique. He may not be as physically strong as an Asgardian but he's shown to have the body and warrior spirit comparable to one. Besides, his mind was the more powerful weapon which was certainly a nice change from those who always used brute force.

The way he had used his powers to subtly control and influence the minds of others without anyone being the wiser had been impressive. He had also shown a sharp cunningness as demonstrated by how he got her all those clothes, jewels and gifts while fooling the mortals into thinking he actually paid for them. It proved that he was truly deserving of being her champion.

"Then I guess I better show you how many encores I can perform. Though if I'm being honest, I don't know the answer to that myself." Will admitted with a small grin that showed he was eager to find out for himself.

Lorelei smiled a bit at his words before she started slowly grinding her hips over his still hard love organ. The action made Will shiver in pleasure for a moment at the sudden sensation. The Asgardian kept rubbing their crotches together and felt herself getting wet again. Once she was sufficiently warmed up, she lifted her hips hovering right over his now standing member before lowering her body as she impaled herself on him. Will groaned a bit as he felt his cock become enveloped by her tight pussy again. Lorelei shut her eyes for a moment to get used to having him in her again as it felt as good as the first time, perhaps even better.

She lifted her hips till only his tip was in her and then brought herself down upon him again. She repeated this process slowly but surely as they felt new pleasure filling them. The Asgardian then bent over as she grabbed onto his wrists and brought his hands onto her breasts.

"You couldn't finish giving them your attention before, now you can." Lorelei recalled she had interrupted him before but was now giving him the chance to finish what he started.

That was all the invitation Will needed before giving her twin mounds a nice hard squeeze that made her give a small moan. He moved his hands around in circular motions as he enjoyed the soft flesh in his hands once more. They were large, supple and soft to the touch as his hands sunk into them.

Lorelei lightly moaned as she felt his strong hands work their magic on her twin orbs. She kept bouncing in his lap as she felt his hard rod colliding inside her. The Asgardian then changed things up by switching from bouncing to rotating as she moved her hips in a clockwise motion.

Will let out a significant groan as he felt his cock being pulled in a 360-degree movement. His hands momentarily squeezing her a bit tighter out of reflex as he felt a higher surge of pleasure fill him. "D-damn if you keep moving like that, I'll cum early."

Lorelei paused in her movements as she looked down at him with a raised brow. "Oh?" she then got an amusing idea that brought a smirk to her face. "Then I order you to hold on as long as possible until I say so."

Before he could answer her hips were already on the move again as she spun them clockwise once more. Will couldn't help but grunt a bit as he felt himself being pleasured again. She was clearly toying with him now, trying to push him to his limits while telling him to not let himself finish until she reached it as well. Well then if that's how she wanted to play then he'll be glad to make her cave first.

His hands got back to work on her breasts as he gripped them a bit harder and made his motions faster. She let out small pleasurable sounds but it was clear he'd need to do more if he wanted to not disappoint her. Recalling how she reacted when he caressed her nipples he turned his attention to them again. His fingers acting like little pincers as he pinched them hard causing her body to jerk a bit as she moaned. It seemed he'd discovered where she was the most sensitive. That was good news for him as now he could fight back in her little game.

Will gave her little pink bulges his full attention as he twisted them in opposite direction and even sunk fingers into them as if trying to push them back in. All of which made Lorelei let out more and more sounds of pleasurable enjoyment as she responded by putting more speed into her hips and she spun them wildly. He could practically feel his body start to clench as the desire for release came closer and closer. He wasn't giving up that easily though as he began lightly raising his hips to stir her love canal more.

Lorelei felt herself slowly starting to lose control in their game as he had found out where she was most sensitive. His lightly thrusting hips stroking her pleasure levels more as she felt herself reaching her own limit. She wasn't giving up so easily however as the Asgardian decided to meet his light thrusts heavier ones of her own. Her hips kept moving but now also sprang in his lap again as she was both rotating and bouncing in his lap now. Pulling his love organ in circles while also having it fill her in and out with erratic movements.

Will could feel himself losing what little control he had left and unknown to him Lorelei was feeling the same. It was only a matter of time before he caved so he went with one last idea. He pinched her nipples securely before yanking on them hard as if he were trying to pull them out. That proved quite effective as Lorelei moaned loudly while he felt her inner walls suddenly tighten up hard on him.

That proved to be the last draw for both of them as they both climaxed together again. She stopped her wild movements and let her hips fall while he lifted them up as much as he could as their pelvises pressed against each other hard. Lorelei gripped the bed sheets beneath her with tightening hands that significantly tore up the fabric as she felt him erupt inside her again. She bit her lower lip from the pleasure running through her as she felt him emptying his current load in her. When she felt him finish she leaned over him, placing her hands beside him as she gazed at his face below hers.

"You didn't wait until I gave permission." Lorelei reminded with a little playfulness in her eyes.

Will gave her a slightly sheepish grin. "Well, you reached your release the same time I did, I guess it's a draw?"

Lorelei gave him a cheeky look while slowly bringing her face closer to his. "I don't accept draws."

Will knew right then and there that it was definitely going to be a long night.

Line Break xxxxx

Winnipeg, Canada

The full moon shined down over the skies of Canada as a fierce gust of wind and snow hit the surrounding area. It was so bad that cars were advised not to get onto the roads and all choppers were grounded. The heavy wind and snow were dangerous even to a military-grade aircraft as the cloaked SHIELD Quinjet was having trouble flying through the air. The wind was impacting its flight path and along with the snow was causing its cloaking system to malfunction.

[Crack of thunder]

A bolt of lightning struck the Quinjet, causing it to decloak and begin spinning out of control towards the ground. High in the sky in the clouds was Thor Odinson who had Mjölnir raised up and sparking with electricity. With a wave of his hammer the storm clouds began to dissipate as the Quinjet careened towards the ground until Iron Man flew in. His red and gold armor shining against the moonlight to showcase the new Iron Man Mark 43 armor, his newest model. Based on the design of the Mark 42 but going back to the original color scheme of primarily red with gold accents, this was the latest model of Tony Stark's genius with all the latest upgrades and designs. Since the defeat of Aldrich Killian and his Extremis threat, Tony Stark had made a new armor but hadn't had the chance to use it since things were relatively peaceful. It was unfortunate that he now had to use it in order to stop Will. EDI informed him and the others about Babel Protocol being activated so it was time to dust it off.

Iron Man flew underneath the careening Quinjet and caught the nose, using his repulsor jets to slow it down before it crashed. "Jarvis, help me stabilize this thing." Tony said.

"Yes, sir."

Three additional Iron Man armors flew in and grabbed onto the Quinjet from the side and rear and used their repulsor jets to help slow its descent and safely lower it to the ground. All the Iron Man Suits were remotely piloted by Jarvis and considering the situation then Tony felt that having some backup might be necessary. With him were some of his heaviest hitters and most versatile armors in case things got out of hand. Tony was wearing the Mark 43 and Jarvis was piloting a larger, bulkier orange and black colored armor Mark 36 AKA Peacemaker, a black colored armor with a modified advanced chest reactor Mark 32 AKA Romeo, and a black and silver colored armor with a modified chest reactor Mark 24 AKA Tank. These three armors were among the few that survived the Extremis fight in Miami and could help Tony in a fight against Will should the need arise. Peacemaker was designed for crowd control with an onboard compliment of non-lethal armaments that could help stun and disable him. That and its larger frame made it stronger so it could help control him if need be. Romeo was built with an enhanced chest repulsor unit for greater power output so it could force Will down and Tank was an armor specialized for advanced combat. It was more durable so it could not only take stronger hits but give them back with a stronger chest reactor capable of firing powerful repulsor blasts and creating repulsor shields. That and the compliment of weapons on board could help turn the tide in a fight if things got to that point.

All four Iron Man armors lowered the Quinjet to the ground just as Thor landed. The God ripped open the ramp to the jet with his hammer raised while Peacemaker stood at his side at the ready but there was no one inside. Iron Man had his palm raised and provided some additional light but there was no person or people inside the Quinjet. Just Will's motorcycle and Aston Martin, both of which were banged about from the lightning strike and would need some maintenance. Iron Man walked into the Quinjet and saw the dashboard on the Aston Martin blinking with the words Tracking Enabled on the screen.

"Damn. The kid's not here." Tony said and Thor growled in anger.

"RAH!" Thor punched the side of the Quinjet in anger, punching straight through the metal. "We need to find him, Stark. Lorelei is dangerous as she is deceitful and with William under his control then she could unleash untold carnage and chaos across Midgard."

"Well, the kid's not going to make finding him easy, especially with his powers but I'll think of something."

[Roar of engines]

Iron Man and Thor walked out of the Quinjet wreckage to see a large SHIELD plane hovering down to the ground. "Oh, great. SHIELD's here. Just what we need." Iron Man remarked.

The plane touched down and out walked Lady Sif and while she and Thor would be glad to see one another, now wasn't exactly a happy occasion. "Sif." Thor acknowledged her and Sif nodded back but seeing him and Iron Man made her realize that Will wasn't here.

"Lorelei is not here, is she?"

"No. It doesn't look like the kid was here either. He must have sent this Quinjet on autopilot to throw us off his trail knowing we'd find some way to track it down. The kid could be anywhere." Iron Man told her.

"Stark is right. William is incredibly smart and resourceful. Now that he is under Lorelei's command it will make tracking her down next to impossible. He'll know we're coming from a mile away and we have no counter to such powerful psychic abilities." Thor admitted.

"I wouldn't say we're completely out of our depth here." A voice said and both Thor and Iron Man swore it sounded familiar.

"What the?" Iron Man and Thor soon widened their eyes in disbelief as they saw Agent Coulson step forward into view. He was wearing his usual business suit but had a special silver metal band wrapped around his head which made them realize that Sif had one on as well.

"After all, we're SHIELD. We learn fast." Coulson remarked.

Thor slowly lifted his hammer up and Iron Man's faceplate lifted up so Tony could see with his own eyes. "Phil?"

"Mr. Stark, Thor, it's good to see you both again. Apologies our reunion had to be under these circumstances but that's the nature of the world, sometimes." Coulson wasn't lying that it was good to see them both, just wished it were under better circumstances.

"What trickery is this?" Thor readied his hammer but Sif urged him to lower it.

"It's no trickery Thor. Loki did kill me, his spear tore my heart in half but SHIELD had some tricks of their own that managed to save my life. Granted it took a while and it wasn't perfect but it worked." Coulson told him.

"It's true Thor. I was cautious as well but it is indeed him." Sif added. Thor lowered his hammer and walked forward rather quickly making everyone thinking that he was going to hit Coulson but to everyone's surprise they saw Thor bring Coulson into a hug. It was a rather heartwarming moment as Thor's large frame enveloped Coulson's body, likely giving him the most comforting and warming hug someone could want. It showed how much Coulson mattered to Thor.

Thor pulled away and smiled at Coulson, patting him on the shoulders. "It lifts my heart to see you again my friend. However you were brought back, I'm glad it worked."

"So am I Thor and it is good to see you." Coulson smiled when he saw Iron Man walk over. His faceplate was still open and he was looking him up and down before he raised his arm and poked Coulson in the cheek. Upon confirming that he was real, Tony managed a smile and a genuine one at that. He truly was devastated when he was killed on the helicarrier and finding him here alive was like someone tossed a bucket of ice water on him. It woke him up and he was happy that Coulson was alive but then came the realization that SHIELD, likely Fury kept his information from him and the others. Forgetting the fact that he wasn't apart of SHIELD, it was cruel and Fury ended up using Coulson's death to pull the team together. It worked but it was still a dick move.

"Glad to see you up and around, Phil." Tony gave him a smile and a pat on the shoulder which staggered him a bit. Armor was a little too powerful for that. "I get that I'm not a part of the whole SHIELD bandwagon but keeping the fact that you were alive from the rest of us was cruel of Fury."

"Believe me, you have no idea. I'm sorry our reunion couldn't be under more amicable circumstances. Come inside so we can talk. I imagine we'll have a lot to discuss." Coulson led them back over to the BUS. They radioed SHIELD to send a recovery team to get the Quinjet as well as Will's car and motorcycle while the BUS got back into the air. They didn't have a heading so May kept them hovered above their current position. Thor and Tony along with the three Iron Man suits walked into the BUS as the ramp closed behind them. The armors walked over to a wall and stood side by side with one another before powering down and Tony stepped out of the suit, revealing its unique construction and collapsible plating that allowed him to get in and out of the suit with ease. Tony learned from the mistakes of the Mark 42 armor so now it was much more seamless and easy to get in and out. The Mark 43 walked over and parked itself next to the other suits as Tony whistled at the nice interior of the BUS and at the lab he saw.

"Nice digs, Coulson. How'd you get a plane like this?" Tony wondered.

"I died." Coulson replied. Fitz-Simmons and Ward were in the lab when they saw Tony Stark and Thor enter the BUS.

"Oh, my lord…" Simmons muttered.

"I can't believe it…it's happening…we're meeting them in person." Fitz whispered to Simmons who slapped his hands to get him to shush.

"Mr. Stark, Thor allow me to introduce you to some members of my team. Agent Grant Ward, Agent Jemma Simmons, and Agent Leopold Fitz. Ward, Fitz-Simmons, I'm guessing these two don't need any introductions." Coulson said.

"No, they do not." Simmons walked over and shook Thor's hand. "Mr. Odinson, it is an honor to meet you in person."

"Please, call me Thor."

"Yes, Thor." Simmons shook his hand and was distracted by his godly good looks and large muscles.

"Mr. Stark, it's an honor to meet you. I've been such a big fan of your work, especially your work in advanced energy and your work in autonomous propulsion systems. Really awe-inspiring." Fitz said and Tony shook his hand.

"Thanks. Always nice to meet a fan." Tony remarked as Fitz-Simmons were clearly going gaga over the Avengers, more Simmons as she began poking Thor's biceps which just made the god chuckle in amusement.

"Ok, that's enough of that." Coulson said, getting them to stop. "Our lead with the car's tracking system didn't work. Get to work on finding another one."

Coulson then led Sif, Thor, and Tony up to the briefing room leaving the rest of the team in the Lab. Fitz then saw the Iron Man armors in the hold so he rushed over to check them out. "Fitz, I wouldn't touch those if I were you." Ward warned him.

"Ward's right. I'm not sure Mr. Stark would appreciate that." Simmons added.

"I just want to take a quick look. When am I ever going to get another opportunity like this?" Fitz asked them and slowly approached the Mark 43. He reached his right index finger over to touch the chest piece when it lit up as did the eyes on the mask.

"Please do not touch the armor." Jarvis warned Fitz, making the engineer jump back in shock before Jarvis powered back down. Ward and Simmons chuckled in amusement while Fitz wallowed in agony. One of the greatest technological marvels of the 21st century was on the BUS and he couldn't touch it. Pure torture.

Coulson led Sif, Thor, and Tony to the briefing room where the latter two were even more impressed by the accommodations. "Man, this place really is nice. I've got to get one of these for myself." Tony saw the bar and went over to pour himself a drink. "Since you know what happened to the kid, I'm guessing he knew you were alive and you two were working together. Damn, the kid lied to me too. That's cold."

"Don't blame him. Fury gave him orders so he couldn't say but things have changed since then and while I would love to discuss where Fury went wrong in this and many other instances, we have more pressing matters to deal with. I'm guessing that you were trying to track Will down via the tracking system in his Aston Martin." Coulson deduced and Tony nodded as he walked back over with small glass of whiskey for himself and for Thor.

"Yeah though it was a dead end. The kid must have known we'd have figured out a way to track the Quinjet. No sign of him or the Enchantress." Tony answered before he and Thor's clinked glasses and drank. Tony sipped while Thor gulped it down. It didn't do much but was tasty. "I've got Stark industries satellites searching for him across facial recognition and cameras and Jarvis is tapped into our sensor array."

"Will is going to know you and SHIELD are looking for him so he's not going to make it easy. He'll know to avoid CCTV cameras and any kind of method you have for finding him." Coulson gestured to the monitors in the briefing room to show him the advanced tracking system they already had in place since Will was turned and still nothing.

"True but thankfully the kid's allowed me to test him too many times so it's given me an edge in an event like this. In all the training at the tower since the kid has gotten his powers I've managed to isolate the unique energy reading of his telekinetic aura and right now all of Stark Industries satellites are keyed to that reading." Tony took out his phone and inputting some new command prompts. The smart monitors in the briefing room glitched momentarily before a command prompt of code appeared which then ended with the words Welcome, Mr. Stark. "Damn, I'm good. Jarvis, are we in?"

"Yes, we are sir. We are connected to the systems of this vessel and EDI is currently adjusting their search parameters to accommodate the new data." Jarvis replied.

"We are now connected to all SHIELD and Stark Industries satellites and sensor arrays." EDI replied and the monitor showed them the giant net of satellites they were now using for the search. "Inputting data at 100 teraflops and we are continuously cycling through the data every five minutes."

"With this large of a new it makes our job easier. Granted, it'll only really detect the kid if his telekinetic aura is active which is the catch. Any slight use his telepathy or telekinesis isn't enough for the satellites to pick up the energy but the second the kid flies or uses his powers for anything serious that the Enchantress could want then we'll know where he is." Tony stated. "Stopping him on the other hand isn't going to be easy."

"To stop Will we'll need to stop Lorelei. Stopping her is the only way to free him of the enchantment she is placed under." Thor reminded him.

"Thankfully, Odin sent me prepared for that." Sif removed the collar from her belt. "One of Coulson's men managed to repair the collar. Once this is on her then she will be powerless."

"Good. Now the trick will be to slap that gaudy dog collar on Asgard's next top model and the kid is back on the good side. Problem is that the kid will know we're coming from a mile away. His powers will make it easier for him to know if there's a trap or we're coming after him so it'll be next to impossible to get the jump on him." Tony pointed out.

"Not necessarily. Like you, Stark, with Will being a SHIELD agent Director Fury took some precautions in the event a situation like this could ever occur." Coulson removed the metal headband from his head and handed it to him. Tony looked it over and on the surface it looked like a regular metal headband but then he saw the complex circuitry on the inside. He used his phone and it picked up a unique energy signature the band was emitting. Low-level energy not too dissimilar from a phone or microwave but unique.

"What is this thing?" Tony asked.

"Neural disruptor headbands. They used magnetic resonance to neutralize any foreign neurological stimulus. With these Will wouldn't be able to use his telepathy to read our minds to see if we were coming or to mind control us." Coulson explained.

"Not bad." Tony used his phone to scan the schematics of the headband. "Jarvis, get to work on a similar countermeasure for the armors."

"Yes, sir."

Coulson walked over to the side to retrieve a large case that had more of them and gave one to Thor. "Will's a powerful psychic so it's better to be safe than sorry."

"True but the matter of William's telekinesis is another matter entirely. With that he could remove these from our heads the moment he sees his telepathy isn't working." Thor pointed out.

"True. Unfortunately, our countermeasure for that isn't as precise with a hundred percent success rating as his telepathy." Coulson gestured to the screen where a unique electrical frequency appeared. "Like you, Stark SHIELD has done its fair share of tests on Will's abilities. His telekinesis and telepathy are all tied to his brain and the unique nature of its hyperactivity so disrupting the normal neural pathways of his brain could impact his abilities. A powerful enough sonic blast could keep him from using his powers like how any kind of high-intensity sound wave would disrupt a person's function but we've never tested it."

"Hmm, that could work. Jarvis, run some tests and modulate the frequency of the repulsors. That could be the thing we need to disable Will long enough for us to get the collar on our crazy man-eater." Tony quipped.

"Be careful, Stark and don't underestimate her. With the crown she has on she has a greater pool of magical energy which means she will not be easy to stop and is a skilled fighter. There is also the fact that you cannot be within her presence or else you could be enthralled as William is." Thor told him.

"Don't worry about it, Point Break. I've already got a fix for that and between all of us I think we can handle her but I'll be careful." Tony promised and Thor nodded. "I'll admit that this woman both intrigues and terrifies me the more I learn. She must have been seriously bad if you locked her up for 600 years."

"She is. Her older sister Amora was not as all consumed with conquest but she was not pleasant either. Vain and vengeful, with an especially black heart. While they were different, Amora and Lorelei are cut from the same cloth." Sif told him.

"What happened to Lorelei's sister?" Tony wondered.

"She vanished 600 years ago after Thor managed to escape her enthrallment. Amora was powerful, much more than Lorelei could ever hope to be, which is why she stole her sister's crown before she left Asgard. It holds some of her magic which is why Odin had it locked up fearing what someone could do with its power." Sif answered

"Yes, Amora was truly one of a kind and not in a good way. I remember her tricks and the feelings of her enthrallment was not one I would wish on anyone. I spurned her advances one too many times for her liking and she began to twist and turn into something much darker." Thor remembered their encounter. The feeling of the compulsion in the back of his head telling him to do what she wanted despite how he truly felt. It was only because of Thor's immense power and godly nature that he managed to overcome her enthrallment. He would have killed her then and there but the chance never came. Chaos erupted around them and in the confusion Amora was gone with only her crown remaining.

"Ah, the scorned stalker. I know that pain all too well." Tony gave Thor a sympathetic pat on the shoulder. "Take away the magical aspects and these two Asgardian ladies sound like relationships I've had which makes me even more worried for the kid. Kid's got such a good heart and head on his shoulders that when this is all over he's in for some serious trauma. God knows what she's doing to him or forcing him to do."

"It's all a game for Lorelei. She gets a thrill from enthralling men, especially if the man is already taken. Loki gave her the most powerful man to help her with her goals but in some kind of sick, twisted revenge as well. Send Lorelei to earth to cause chaos and destruction aided by one of its own defenders and with his added psychic abilities he could bring even more to her side to fight for her. Her patterns remain the same. She attaches herself to the strongest warriors she can find, and then unleashes a swath of blood and destruction." Sif said.

"The problem is now that she's got her hooks into one of the strongest people on the planet with a wealth of knowledge and connections to plenty of other powered people. Lorelei has the key to an army so we need to find her before they can establish a foothold." Coulson said.

"Time is of the essence, knowing Lorelei she's no doubt making use of Will to learn all she needs about how Midgard has changed in the last 600 years. With his knowledge she'll learn of anyone or anything of value to her and make plans to obtain them. She won't stop till she's conquered your world and others after it." Sif told them with clear contempt as she recalled the chaos she had caused in her first reign for conquest.

Line Break xxxxx

At the same time back in Las Vegas...

Lorelei moaned as she and Will climaxed once more. Her legs wrapped tight around his waist with one of her hands practically clawing at his back while the other pulled his hair out of reflex. Will meanwhile held her in his lap with his hands pushing against her back, their bodies squeezing together in an embrace that was more tightening than loving at the moment. Both rode the waves of their orgasms until their bodies started to come down from their ecstasy. When they did Will fell backwards onto the bed and was breathing a bit heavily as he felt his stamina being worn down. He'd be good to go in about a minute or two but not right now. Lorelei lifted her hips off his member and lied down next to him for a moment as she felt her adrenaline come down.

He had to admit he enjoyed the last position they used. Having him sitting up on the bed while she sat on her knees in his lap. He got to enjoy having his hands roaming across her shapely body as he felt her seductive figure. The feel of her narrow waist, curvy hips, shapely thighs, toned back, shapely ass and large breasts were all enjoyable each in their own way. Although how she pulled his hair when she came and almost tore several strands out by the roots was certainly a bit painful but nevertheless sufficiently enjoyable.

Speaking of the Asgardian she was laying down sideways facing him. Her face held up in the palm of one hand as she looked like a super model posing nude on the bed. An expectant look was on her face as gazed at him. Her level of stamina was really making him see the difference between an enhanced and super human. At least in terms of the physical given his power levels were far greater than his physicality.

"Tired?" She asked with a hint of disappointment in her eyes after he'd been doing so well.

"Just need a minute to catch my breath and then I'll be ready to go again." Will assured her while panting a bit.

Lorelei's eyes trailed over his body before taking note that his love organ was flaccid after their last round. A smirk coming to her face as she looked back at him. "It seems you could use a little more invigoration."

Before Will could wonder what she meant, the Asgardian crawled on the bed and made her way down his body. She knelt down by the end of the bed before leaning towards his waist. He then suddenly found his cock pressed into a mass of unbelievably soft flesh as Lorelei wrapped her breasts around his love organ. Her hands squishing her orbs together with his member in between as she rubbed them up and down on him.

Will gasped and clenched the beds sheets as he felt a stirring softness. His heart rate beginning to rise back up along with his love organ as pleasure started filling him again. He didn't think her breasts could feel better on his cock than in his hands. Lorelei meanwhile enjoyed seeing his reaction while feeling him between her breasts. She could feel how hot it was, along with how his organ was slowly hardening and rising back to its full length.

"Is this comfortable?" Lorelei teasingly asked while continuing to fondle his member with her twin orbs. She did so enjoy it when men were overtaken by the very touch of her beautiful body.

"Y-Yeah it's certainly comforting and more." Will stuttered a bit as he felt the blood rushing between his legs.

His response amused her and she decided to give him a little more by rubbing her breasts faster. Rubbing them up and down separately and then together as she made circles with them and sandwiched his cock. It didn't take long for Lorelei to feel him reach his full length again as his cock throbbed and pulsed in her breasts. She pulled her breasts aways and saw his love organ lightly twitching with need again which she was more than happy to give. Lorelei adjusted herself as she crawled back up and straddled his waist.

"I believe you require a bit of punishment for needing me to revitalize you." Lorelei suddenly said.

Will looked up at her curious and perhaps a little apprehensive. "You're not going to torture me are you?"

Lorelei almost laughed at the question, why would she torture her precious champion. "No but you might find what happens next to be a bit... painful." She lowered her head still she was practically face to face with him. "Guess we'll just have to see how much you can take." The Asgardian proclaimed while gripping his twitching member in her hand as she raised her hips till they were above his pulsing organ again.

A few short minutes later

A very loud creaking sound echoed across the room as Will found himself experiencing both pain and pleasure.

Lorelei was currently leaned forward with her hands pressed against the bed's tall headboard. She was straddling and ridding Will like never before as there was no gentleness anymore. The sorceress was letting her hips rise and fall on his member with her full body weight so he could ram into her as hard as possible. She was even putting her Asgardian strength into her movements which is why the bed was creaking so much.

His hands were possessively gripping her ass as he used it to help lift and pull her down even harder while his hips lightly rose to meet hers every time they were coming down upon him. The sight of the Asgardians rapidly bouncing breasts and his own cock entering and exiting inside her pussy also made for a wonderful sight for his eyes to enjoy.

Since she was using her full strength, this was certainly causing him some pain. Thankfully it was minuscule compared to the pleasure they were both no doubt feeling. If he had been his normal none powered past self then he was certain he'd been crippled or quite possibly dead. Right now, Lorelei had an expression of genuine pleasure as she was completely into their sexual intercourse. It actually swelled his pride a bit to know he was the cause of it and meeting her expectations maybe even surpassing them.

Speaking of Lorelei, she was practically lost in her own world as she felt Wills love organ ramming into her while his hands fondled her rear. His skills in bed were certainly proving to be nothing to scoff at as she found herself enjoying it as much as she had everything that he had done to show her a day of fun. She missed this feeling, the delight of being held as a woman by one she deemed worthy of being intimate with her. To be touched and held by a lover as she felt her body filling with wave after wave of burning pleasure. To reach the height of ecstasy in release alongside her lover as they enjoyed each other to the fullest of their desires.

"So good." Lorelei thought as she felt her lover's cock pounding the depths of her love canal with the force of a battering ram as if trying to breach her womb.

She continued going at full speed and power on him as she felt herself soaring to the heights of ecstasy.

(SNAP!)

Suddenly the mattress tipped sideways as it sunk due to some of the bed slats breaking. Their intimacy being paused as they found their bodies tilting a bit, making Lorelei have to fix her balance. Will didn't have that problem since he was lying down on the bed. He was about to ask if she wanted to continue elsewhere when he saw an irritated look on her face all of a sudden. No doubt displeased that their moment had been interrupted, though at least his love organ hadn't slipped out of her.

Lorelei however made her displeasure known as she growled before responding by gripping Will by his shoulders and shoving him back down on the bed before moving her hips again with newfound fervor. It caught him off guard for a moment before he quickly began responding in kind as his hands gripped her waist and they went back to doing each other. Her movements fueled by a new desire to make up for the time and pleasure just lost even though it was only a moment. The bed seemed to tremble and groan from her renewed movements as she went at it without any restraint or tenderness again.

It turned out it didn't take long as both their bodies had still been sufficiently high in pleasure despite the small disturbance. In mere seconds they were back to where they left off and more. Will was especially feeling overcome by how hard and fast Lorelei's movements made his love organ thrust into her womanhood. He felt like his blood was pumping fire through his veins that burned with pleasure. He wondered if Lorelei was feeling the same way as he saw her with a pleasured expression that could only be genuine. The feeling of her tight pussy and perky ass smashing onto his hips soon became too much for both of them.

"D-Damn I'm going to..." Will stuttered a bit.

"Me too, I'm cumming!" Lorelei howled as she felt herself losing control.

No sooner that they spoke did their bodies reach the threshold of their limits as pleasure overcame them both.

"Ahhh/Agh!" Both cried out as they climaxed together again.

Will felt her pussy tighten like never before as he came inside her with his hands squeezing her cheeks as hard as his own strength fueled by adrenaline would allow. Lorelei meanwhile bent her body back in reflex as she felt him cum inside her once more. Her breasts bouncing, body trembling and inner walls shuddering from both their combined release and feel of his hands roughly squeezing her behind. She then fell forward and collapsed on top of Will due to a momentary loss of strength from her own climax. Resting her head on his shoulder to take a moment to help her recuperate . The sorceress could feel him still throbbing inside her as he poured out his essence while holding her rear tightly and pressing their pelvises together as hard as he could to try and savor the experience. She felt like fire was coursing through her body as if she were melting from within. This was proving to be better than she could've expected as she felt herself reaching satisfaction.

They stayed like this for a bit, ridding their shared orgasms until they finally began to come down from it. The Asgardian goddess noted that he had let out a larger load this time that felt even hotter than before. Her face was actually quite flustered now as she took some deep breathes to help relax herself after their latest activity. She soon felt Wills body start to relax as his hands loosened their grip on her ass and moved to her back as he embraced her. Her body lightly rising and falling from his panting as he inhaled and exhaled to catch his breath. Their pelvises still joined at the hip as she still felt him inside her and his cock slowly throbbing less. She lifted her head and saw Will breathing more deeply and looking a bit faint though that seemed to slowly diminish as time passed.

Lorelei hadn't intended to go this far with her new champion. She had originally been planning to just enjoy one session with Will for her small satisfaction and his reward. To give him a taste of what he could earn from his queen with victories fought in her name. Something he could relish and desire to feel again which would provide further motivation for him. If he enjoyed his reward as much as she thought he did then there was no question he'd want more.

It had been so many years since she'd enjoyed a man's intimate touch. She wanted to experience that feeling again and she did which was delightful. Yet after their first time she found herself wanting to go again. Perhaps she had wanted to feel the pleasure of intimacy after the first seemed to pass by so soon for her. Then she found herself doing it with him again and again as if she hungered for more. It honestly surprised her that she was so ravenous. Yet there was just something about Will that was so enticing, it seemed to make her crave more of him. He was certainly good looking and had been proving a good lover so far. Although the sorceress wondered why she was rewarding him more than she intended. She can't deny she's been enjoying it immensely. She had learned from her lover how he'd already been in a relationship with a princess.

She can't deny that she gets a certain enjoyment from claiming men who were already taken. Having them redirect all their love as they claim their hearts are hers always brought a sense of enjoyment to her. For them to eagerly accept the esteemed honor of sharing her bed as they professed their love for her and gave her all the intimacy they'd reserved for only their beloveds. Was that the reason? Was she simply letting herself enjoy the comfort of a man like she had all the spoils she was given this day? Whatever the case may be, she didn't care about the answer anymore now after thinking things over. As her lover said, she should just enjoy some fun and not worry herself.

Her pondering was broken when she suddenly felt Will flipped their positions so he was now on top of her. His lips suddenly sweeping over hers before she could speak as she was surprised by his sudden renewed vigor given his earlier need for a short reprieve. She put the thought aside as she closed her eyes and wrapped her own arms around his broad back and felt one of his hands lovingly trail down her thigh. Her own hands softly cupping his face as they opened their mouths and let their tongues savor each other again. Soon her hands moved to explore familiar areas of his firm body as they felt each other up.

The room was soon once more filled with the sounds of sexual intercourse transpiring, though thankfully for the sleeping neighbors it wasn't as loud this time.

Line Break xxxxx

Back at the Bus

"Ok, so let's think this through. We all know the kid pretty well which means we've all got some insight into how he thinks." Tony told everyone as he began to walk back and forth. The pacing helped him think. "Now Thor told me that the way the enchantment works is that Lorelei is now the embodiment of all his desires but he hasn't forgotten who he is, what he's done or what he knows. She's just basically taken over the role of the love of his life and because of that he'll do whatever she wants."

"A bit of an oversimplification but yes that is correct." Sif told him.

"Ok, then that means the kid we know is in there somewhere. So, he would know that SHIELD would be after Lorelei so his first instinct would be to throw us off his trail which he succeeded in. He disabled the tracking in the Quinjet and removed the tracker from his suit because he knew we'd track those but somewhere during the flight they ditched the Quinjet. Will had to figure that we would still figure out a way to track it down even when it was cloaked and more importantly keep us busy while he made his escape." Tony explained and they all agreed with that. "We also know that Will is going to make sure that Lorelei is kept hidden which means he'll avoid any possible way to be tracked and judging by our luck so far, he's winning. We don't know where he is or the next move of their plan."

"Whatever it involves, he'll need to avoid cameras and any possible way SHIELD or Stark could track him down so he'll be extra cautious." Coulson said when he got an idea. "Sif mentioned that Lorelei has stuck to the same pattern as before. Find the strongest man she can and use him to do what she wants. Her goal is to rule this world with an army so if she gave Will that task, how would he go about it?"

"Well, the first thing would be to give him an army of people which wouldn't be that difficult. Lorelei could enthrall men with ease and with William as part of SHIELD he would know plenty of criminals and such to add to her numbers." Thor suggested but Tony felt there was more to it.

"Yeah, but the kid would know that's after school baseball club weak. Common criminals and gangs wouldn't be much help, even SHIELD agents. If the kid really wanted to recruit an army to take over earth he'd have her enthrall—"

"Heroes." Coulson finished Tony's sentence.

"Well, I was going to actually going to say super powered people." Tony said before continuing. "But hearing you say heroes makes me feel like we're the better crop instead of super villains so yeah go with that. Also, how about you try using an accent, can you do South American?"

Coulson ignored Starks silly request before continuing "Will's access within SHIELD and his past experience give him knowledge of people with abilities or resources that would be invaluable to Lorelei for her army. If he managed to get the Avengers and the other enhanced people on SHIELD's index list then he'll have an army stronger than any on this planet. Lorelei can enchant the men and Will can mind control the women. Not only that but it takes out any kind of opposition he could face if he got you or Dr. Banner under Lorelei's control."

"Yeah, that would be bad. Jarvis, talk to Happy and tell him to get Dr. Banner out of the tower as fast as possible. Take him to a safe location but keep it quiet. No need to cause a panic or set of any alarms if the kid is watching." Tony told him.

"Yes, sir. And I'll begin preparing the security measures for the tower and inform all employees to remain at home for the time being."

"Wait, perhaps that's how we can get a jump on Will? Thanks to Coulson we now have these headbands to protect us from his mind control and prevent him from reading our minds so he won't know where we are. Now that we know what he wants we can use that to lay a trap for him. Sif was right that Lorelei likely is sticking to her patterns so she'll want an army. Will can give her that army with Stark and Banner, start with them at the tower before moving onto Barton, Rogers, and the others and perhaps Xavier as well as his allies before moving onto SHIELD. We cut Will off before he can bring Lorelei to them and stop her plans." Thor suggested.

"We use what we can to slow him down while we put the collar on Lorelei and end this farce once and for all." Sif stated and Tony liked it but it wasn't foolproof yet.

"A good plan but it's missing a few steps and betting on a whole lot of maybes. We still can't even track the kid unless he uses his powers enough to make his aura appear and if that happens its usually because he's gearing up for a fight." Tony pointed out when Coulson got an idea.

"Maybe we can figure out another way to track Will down. He's not the only telepath I know and this one will be willing to help if it helps get Will back on the right side. More important, they're powerful enough that Will's own telepathy wouldn't be a problem for them." Coulson said as the beginnings of a plan were forming in his head. "If we really want this to work then we should come up a plan that works for us. Set up a trap where we can control the odds and handle him and then put the collar on Lorelei."

"With the element of surprise on our side it could work. We overwhelm Will at once and while Lorelei is distracted I can slip in and slap the collar on her to end this." Sif stated.

"Yeah, not that the plan doesn't sound great, which it doesn't because we have no plan, we'll need to trick someone who could read the minds of everyone on the island of Manhattan if he wanted to and could snap our necks in an instant if we're not careful. The kid's not an idiot. The second he smells a trap he'll book it and we'll be back to square one." Tony pointed out.

"Stark is right." Thor agreed.

"Aw, thanks Point Break." Tony gave him a pat on the back.

"William is exceptionally smart and skilled. Lorelei will know that so she will have him guard her at all times. Our trap will need to be well-planned and unpredictable for it to even have the chance of working." Thor added and everyone knew he was right.

"Ok, so we know Lorelei wants this army and he knows that EDI activated Babel Protocol so he knows that we now know he went rogue. He knows we're after him and he knows we're tracking him down but likely also knows that we'll be useful in Lorelei's army. We're prime targets and by that I mean Bruce and I. Thor is not because he'll know that like Sif he'll want to stop Lorelei. Maybe…maybe…" Tony began to pace back and forth as he mumbled to himself while Thor, Sif, and Coulson looked on in amusement.

"Does he do this often?" Sif curiously asked Coulson and Thor.

"Not that I've never seen." Coulson replied and Thor nodded. Guess they were all treated to a first. The sight of Tony Stark stumped in figuring out the solution to a problem.

"WAIT!" Tony's abrupt shout caught them all off guard like he had suddenly discovered gold. "I think I have something so bear with me. The kid knows we know he's turned so he'll come after us one way or another. So, we let him. At Avengers Tower."

"You want to lay a trap at the tower in the middle of the city?" Coulson asked.

"Anywhere else Will is likely to know there's a trap lying in wait and he'll avoid us so what if we make him think that it's obvious but in a way that forces him to check with his own eyes to see for himself. He'll see us at the tower despite the fact that we know Babel Protocol is active so it's too obvious that he thinks it has to be a misdirect and isn't a trap. If he knows that we know it's a trap, he must think we won't fall for it because he wouldn't so if he does fall for it, he'll think we'll be caught off guard but in actuality it really is a trap and we'll know to expect it and won't be surprised. Ha! I'm a genius." Tony declared only to get weird looks from Coulson, Sif, and Thor. And if EDI and Jarvis had faces to show they would be equally confused and they're advanced artificial intelligence programs.

"Ok, that made no sense." Coulson told him after trying and failing to understand what he just said.

"I agree, sir." Jarvis replied.

"I just kept hearing you say trap several times and was lost halfway through." Sif added.

"Stark, try again." Thor told him and Tony rolled his eyes.

"It's a trap-trap. No one ever expects a trap-trap." Tony told them, acting like it was as simple as the alphabet and not understanding why they were confused.

"Probably because no sane person would think that way." Thor admitted.

"Which is what makes it brilliant because after all no one can predict the crazy am I right?" Tony stated as if it were obvious which made the three look at him as if he wasn't right in the head.

"So, you admit your insane?" Coulson asked after hearing him admit his plan was crazy.

"No, I'm just unpredictably eccentric." Tony corrected before addressing them all. "Look, you can't follow it then fine, but it will work. The trick to it now is to iron out the kinks and figure out the exact way to get his attention." Tony said and they got to work on their trap-trap while Coulson made a call for some help.

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Back in Las Vegas

The soft beams of the moon shined in through the windows of the penthouse suite at Caesar's palace which was really the only ambient light in the room. It wasn't a lot but enough that it revealed the kind of mess there was. Furniture was turned over, there were some broken lamps, a large crack in a wall mirror, some dents in the wall and various items knocked off tables and nightstands that would make one think the place was the victim of a robbery or attack. The penthouse suit wasn't the victim of a burglary or attack but very, very, very rough sex by its occupants. So rough in fact that a few people in the neighboring rooms a floor below called the front desk and security in alarm thinking that someone was being attacked. Suffice to say that when building security and staff went to check on the penthouse suite, they could confirm there wasn't any kind of violence occurring. The sounds they heard coming through the door instantly made them feel awkward. The occupants were quite vocal and they should've told them they were being too loud. However, due to the fact it was a clearly wealthy client that was causing the ruckus and that disturbing him could have some ramifications, they opted to leave him alone. And unfortunately for the neighboring rooms the noise continued on… for several hours.

To the relief of those in the neighboring rooms, the ruckus eventually came to its end.

"Huff... by Yggdrasil…" Lorelei slumped on the bed, her hair an unkempt mess but still surprisingly perfect as she was actually sweaty, tired and sore. The bed was a mess with only one pillow remaining, the blanket mostly tossed off on to the floor and the bed was broken without a doubt. Although no longer was it tilted however because the whole mattress had fallen through the bed frame when they broke all the slats during all their copulating. It would be better to replace the whole thing considering the stains on it would likely never come out. It was a mixture of bodily fluids but also from the copious ice buckets scattered around the room on tables and the myriad of champagne bottles littered around, a fair amount of the stains on that bed were likely alcohol as well.

"Agreed…" Will lightly groaned as he was naked and on the floor due to unintentionally rolling off it and not bothering to climb back on. He was a little more out of breath and sweaty since he was just a human super soldier while Lorelei was an Asgardian so she had him beat out on strength. However, it seemed his stamina made up for it as he had been able to keep going longer than he thought he possible. Guess going through several power enhancements came with some perks outside of fighting crime. Although he certainly had to put in maximum effort to keep up with her. He managed to wipe the sweat off his face before finding the strength to pull himself up onto the broken bed. He grabbed a bottle of water from the ground to desperately replace some fluids he lost before he turned and saw Lorelei laying prostate on the bed. She had the blanket covering her modesty though her legs from the thighs and down were uncovered and the blanket barely covered half her cleavage. A part of him would have been fine if she were in the buff as both had fully explored each other's bodies. He was sure that they had seen every nook and explored just about every cranny. Frankly the only part he was sure he hadn't touched were the soles of her feet. He grabbed a pillow, tossed it on the bed and crawled over before laying his head on the cushion as he slumped onto his back next to her, enjoying the break after the hours they spent having sex. He didn't know how long they had been doing it since they accidently broke the clock with one of Lorelei's high-heeled leather boots. She did a little dress up, it came off and ended up breaking the clock and he was too tired to get his phone.

"Mind sharing some of the blanket? I'm feeling a little nippy." Will asked and Lorelei decided to comply as she relinquished her hold and allowed him to pull it closer to him as he covered himself from the stomach down. Her own modesty remaining uncovered as the blanket was big enough for the two of them. Once he got comfortable he let out a sigh of content. "Well…that was fun…"

"If that's what you Midgardians call fun I'd hate to see what you call excitement." Lorelei huffed out some air which blew some strands of hair from her face before she managed to sit up while keeping the blanket secure on her to preserve her modesty. There were a few pops from her bones as she stretched to ease her sore muscles before reaching over to the nightstand. She removed the Midgardian undergarments she had worn that night which had somehow ended up tossed onto one of the champagne bottles and retrieved said bottle before drinking down the last of its contents. "Whew…even before my imprisonment…I don't think any of my past lovers have done what you've done."

Will turned onto his side and leaned his head up against his elbow. "And what's that?"

She gave him a smirk before leaning in close, her lips just a whisper away from his. "Thoroughly satisfy me."

He smirked and closed the distance as he gave her a kiss, one soft and gentle before moving his head down to her neck and placing one at the junction where her neck met her clavicle and she moaned in delight. A happy find during their time together among a few spots that were a little sensitive for her. "Then clearly you were with inferior men or I'm just special. Maybe both and I'm ok with that."

"Hmm, indeed." Lorelei sighed in delight as Will pulled her body into his. Both of them taking in that their bodies were nude, yet the blanket now concealed below her shoulders while his was from the belly down. The lack of seeing each others bare forms made them enjoy the simple feel of the others body beneath the covering.

She rested her head against his chest, feeling it slowly rise and fall with his breathing and the steady beating of his heart. "That was quite the experience. I don't think I've ever had one of my lovers ask me to don clothes and model in them only for them to be removed moments later." Her eyes glanced at the floor where a variety of clothing she'd worn was lying around. There were the undergarments she'd worn, the green dress she'd gone out in, the swim wear she swam in, the fur coat she liked, a bathrobe, a nightgown and a complete outfit comprised of a top, shorts and long boots made of something called leather.

Will chuckled and held her close. "What can I say? You look fabulous in anything so I wanted to see you dressed up so I could also enjoy undressing you. You did after all only allow me to remove your panties. Plus, I gotta say the swimsuit and leather were my favorites with the fur coat in second.

"And the moment where you brought the copious bottles of wine and poured one over my chest to drink while we were intimate?" Lorelei wondered as that one had been quite different and she might even say a bit embarrassing yet pleasurable nonetheless.

Will got a bit of a blush on his face. "I might have gotten a little carried away." he admitted while recalling that one fondly. That wine certainly tasted better after he'd sucked it off her breasts. I'm sorry. Guess I got swept up in the moment."

"No. Do not apologize." Lorelei reached up and turned his head so he was looking at her. "I told you to embrace your true self and this was your reward for all you have done…and I was most please with your efforts." she gave a smile. "I must admit some of those postures you had us do though were quite interesting..." she gave a suggestive look "and pleasing... especially that last one."

"Yeah I bet they were." Will grinned a bit while thinking of the different positions she had let him try with her.

It seems humans were really more imaginative than Asgardians as they had come up with more ways to be intimate with women. That of course was in sexual positions which Will had taken enjoyment in both introducing and using them with Lorelei. Every unfamiliar position was an all-new experience for her and she thoroughly enjoyed it. The screams of ecstasy he got her to let out as they climaxed were his best moments.

"Wherever did you get the idea for being intimate in the air?" Lorelei curiously asked as she's never been intimate with someone in that way before. Now that she's gotten to experience it, she can say it was a favorite posture for her to try out.

"Oh, it just came to me as we were exploring positions." Will said as he came up with it on the fly (no pun intended). He was also a bit surprised to find that Lorelei was a little more flexible than he expected.

"Well, you've certainly outdone yourself." Lorelei complimented him before getting an inquisitive look. "I'm surprised by how voracious I was in the bedroom."

"I guess 600 years in a prison left you feeling quite frustrated." Will remarked as he could certainly believe how Lorelei had so much pent-up energy for sex after being locked up for that long. She'd been carrying quite an itch which he was proud to say he'd scratched to her satisfaction. He just hoped she'd ease up a bit from now on in their intimacy because he wasn't sure he could do long passionate nights like this frequently.

"I was more than locked up, I was silenced unable to even speak." Lorelei said with scorn at recalling her imprisonment before her eyes softened a bit. "But now I'm free and I have you with me. I gave you the honor of bedding me and you performed beyond my expectation and completely satisfied me." She placed a hand on his chest which made him flinch a bit. She looked down and took notice of the several scratch marks he had gained from her clawing his chest during their night together. "Do those hurt a lot?" she asked with what almost sounded like real concern in her voice.

"Nah, just a little sting due to how sore I'm feeling." Will dismissively said while knowing he had more marks like that on his back where she scratched him during a few of their sessions together. Those perfectly manicured nails she got at the spa earlier today were certainly sharp. "I'm certainly not complaining from how I got them." He said the last part with a small grin which she returned.

"I'm glad to see you enjoyed yourself. After the wonderful day you gave me where I was treated better than I have in a long time I figured you deserved a greater reward for your thoughtful consideration."

"Thank you. I guess I just needed to really let loose." He admitted. "My life has been so many secrets and constant fighting and more secrets lately that I don't know the last time I was able to relax."

"Your job truly vexes you? This SHIELD?" Lorelei wondered.

"Not really. I like what I do. I help people, I punish bad guys and do it so badly that it make future ones think twice. But they don't so they get punished too. I like that work although I guess with everything that's been going on I haven't taken the time to enjoy it." Will said as he thought about how he had felt before meeting Lorelei. Having said all of that, he felt like a weight had been lifted from his shoulders and it wasn't Lorelei's enchantment making him say all of it. It was how he felt deep down. All Lorelei did was bring everything he kept buried down to the surface and despite the mind control aspect of it…it was actually cathartic. "You know what else?"

"Hmm, what?" She hummed.

"I sometimes hate myself that I don't do more." He admitted to her. "I love my work with SHIELD and stopping Loki's plan was an epic victory but I feel like there's more to do. There are criminal organizations out there I could tear down with ease. FBI, NSA, DEA and Interpol spend years building profiles and cases on them to take them down but if I really wanted to, I could dismantle them one by one in more than half the time. They wouldn't hurt people and it would be good for others."

"So, why don't you?" She wondered on why he didn't do just that if it was so easy.

"Isn't that the million-dollar question." He shuffled a bit to get more comfortable. "I guess mainly because of the headache it would cause others. You'll find that a lot of people on earth, mainly the people in charge or with money involved, they're ok with letting things stay the same. No one rocks the boat and everyone, mainly them, stays happy despite the pain it causes others."

"It seems earth is similar to Asgard in this regard but you've given me an idea. These people in charge which you speak of, are they similar to the ones you embarrassed at your little card game earlier tonight?"

"Pretty much. In fact, I think a few of them may have been at the game so small win." He joked.

"Well, I say we make that win bloom into a larger one. In my new kingdom there will be no room for sycophantic bureaucrats. Justice will come for them and be swift and unmerciful. They shall know what it is to be weak and helpless like the people you say they ignore and I shall delight in their misfortune. There is more than one way to earn the love of the people of my future kingdom. The men will bow before my feet and the rest shall love what I do for them." Lorelei said as more of her plan began to come together. It had adjusted slightly from her original straightforward plan since she had enthralled Will. 600 years ago, that would have aggravated Lorelei to no end. To have her plans waylaid or interfered with would make her furious but here she was, having spent a day of relaxation and a night with the man she would be using as the metaphoric battering ram to get her kingdom and now she was adjusting her plans. Again, slightly as taking over men and the world was already her plan but now would be adjusted to make sure certain men in power would be subjected to some extra torture, all because of his suggestion. Her enthrallment made Will loyal to her and her commands had influenced him but perhaps, unintentionally, as a result his actions were having an effect on her.

"You do that and I guarantee that people will flock to you. Earning the love of the public could work for you in the long run and with some manipulation of the public's perception, you could be more beloved than Thor. The people's idea of Asgard right now is him and Loki. They think it's all tales of old legends and the greatness of Asgard but if they knew the truth then they'd find it grow old fast. Circumstances being there aside, I enjoyed myself on Asgard but that quickly wore out after the Dark Elves attacked. I'm starting to see why Thor returned here to Earth after instead of staying home." Will said as he levitated the sheet up off the ground and laid by the edge of the bed.

"Let me guess, Odin?" Lorelei guessed correctly if Will's snort was anything to go by. "Yes, Odin…the All-Father. So perilously uptight and controlling. The man thinks he knows what's best and many call him Asgard's wisest king but he was not as perfect as they say."

"I agree." He said and she looked at him. "He's king and he's been ruling Asgard longer than I've been alive but it was because of Thor and I that Asgard wasn't destroyed by the Dark Elves. They snuck in and caught everyone off guard and killed hundreds and I managed to help push them back and saved Queen Frigga. Then when we told him of our plan he immediately dismissed it and felt that he knew better. Just sit there and wait for them to return despite the fact that it was proven their technology could allow the Dark Elves to slip in undetected, even past Heimdall and he was ready to throw countless Asgardians to their deaths for that. Just because he was wise didn't mean he knew everything."

"Truly." Lorelei turned over a bit so she could rest her chin on Will's chest. "The man's ego was so large he could not see the problems brewing and chose to be willfully ignorant to them." she recalled her own less than favorable thoughts on the All-Father.

"Yup. Thor and I have a solid plan but he didn't like it and when I called him out on his arrogance in spite of everything and how he wasn't the one who stopped Loki, his own kid by the way, he had me locked up. Odin and Loki proved that just because you're Asgardian doesn't give them the right to look down on humans. They live longer but deep down what drives us is the same. I take down Malekith and the Aether and I'm likely banished from Asgard under penalty of death just because I proved him wrong." Will then looked down at Lorelei. "I trust you'll be a different ruler."

"Oh, but of course and you know how I know that? It is because you will be there at my side." She moved up so she was face to face with him. "You know this world better than I could and together, we shall truly do wonderous things. I will not do this without you."

"Don't worry. No one will stop you. Your conquest will go on unopposed. I will give my life for yours." He promised.

Lorelei wasn't sure what was happening. Perhaps it was the day of relaxation combined with the night of passionate and exceptional lovemaking with all the alcohol but she was beginning to feel some affection for the mortal. All the past men she's had enthralled and controlled were nothing more than pets. Useful pets but just that. She never felt greater affection for any of them as they were mere tools for her goals. Will was the same as she would need him to rule this planet and defeat Sif and Thor. Although she had to admit that with everything so far, if there were going to be more days like today…then she would want him to remain at her side. Perhaps not as another soldier but a higher status like a general or second in command to enforce her decrees.

Her mind began to imagine what that would be like in her new rule. She saw herself in a grand palace, gazing over her new kingdom from a balcony. Millions of people under her rule following her laws with obedience and reverence. Then she saw herself sitting upon a grand throne with Will standing beside her as her loyal bodyguard, general, advisor… and one who would continue warming her bed. He would lead her armies across the realms, forming an empire that grow to become the biggest in the universe. All the others like the Kree and Shi'ar would pale in comparison. Will would stand as the vanguard of her might helping her bring order.

He had shown her such recreation in both the finer and simpler things in life to enjoy. He'd even managed to completely satisfy her in bed after she'd gone so long without one to please her. She couldn't help but admit to herself that she was beginning to see Will as someone important to her. Someone she didn't want to replace because she didn't think she'd ever find someone with his combination of power, cunning and consideration again. He was more than just a simple tool to her now, she might even go so far as to say he was worthy of her acknowledgement. Good help is so hard to find as they say and Will was better than good he was great. The idea of him no longer being at her side made the goddess internally frown at the thought.

"Is something wrong?" Will asked after seeing her silence as she seemed to stare into space.

His words brought her back to reality and she stared at him now. She looked into his eyes with an inquisitive look as if internally debating something. The Asgardian goddess then gave him a slight smirk that made him blink.

"Why are you smi-gaah!" Will yelped a bit and tensed when he suddenly felt the palm of her hand pressing against the front of his cock before she started softly rubbing it up and down his shaft. His resting love organ had been softening from a semi erect state after their last round. Now however he could feel it hardening again as she wrapped her fingers around it and caressed it just a bit faster.

She leaned forward and kissed him passionately, her tongue wrestling against his while his hand moved up and cradled the back of her neck. His other hand however went elsewhere as he sneaked it down to between her legs and began rubbing her nether lips with the same softness she was using on him. Lorelei felt shivers running down her spine and her arms as she felt his fingers suddenly enter and wiggle inside her. A small flush of heat engulfed her cheeks like she had not known before…but she liked it. She stopped her fondling when she felt he was hard and firm once again which made him pull his fingers out of her as well. She climbed on top of him and laid herself over him, her breasts and body weight pressing down on him. Will grabbed onto her waist and just held her for now which she responded by giving him a sultry look. The reason was because she suddenly felt his love organ rise and twitch between her two rear cheeks. His vitality was certainly impressive and another reason to enjoy him. Immediately she began rubbing her rear against his member which made Will shiver a bit from the sensation.

"Once more tonight…my handsome champion. One more round of passion…and then tomorrow…we begin our conquest." She whispered.

"Happy to oblige..." Will said before asking with a sheepish look. "Although is it going to be as rough as before? Because I don't think I've recovered enough yet to go another round like that." Seriously if she tried that again this soon then he was viable to pass out during the middle of it.

To Wills surprise he heard Lorelei giggle. An actual giggle from finding his comment funny that was cute and almost innocent although he knew better as her personality was far from innocent like. He didn't even think she knew how to giggle or would want to since she portrayed herself as such a royal figure.

"Neither have I." Lorelei wasn't ashamed to admit she was still almost completely worn out. She had just enough strength left for one more round of enjoyment. After that she'd want nothing more but to take some long-needed beauty sleep. She then gave him a soft and seductive look. "But do not worry Will... I'll be gentle this time." She said the last part in a suggestive tone.

Will perked up a bit. "Then so will I."

He then gently wrapped his arms around her and rolled them over as the two began round…well who knows at this point. Tonight, they just enjoyed their revelry for tomorrow would be when they moved to begin conquering earth.

Tomorrow would be when things get truly serious.

End of Chapter 23 (Updated as of 12/29/2024)

Hey, everyone, hope you liked the chapter and had a Happy Thanksgiving. Things are moving along for the story Will and Coulson have learned the truth about Tahiti and Will has met his birth father. He's got his issues with his birth parents but now that he's met them perhaps he'll be able to move forward and grow.

Things have gone off the rails and not necessarily in a good way. One of the best good guys is now under the mind control of the Enchantress and can turn into the worst bad guy if he's not stopped. And stopping him isn't going to be an easy task. Fury has made him one of the strongest heroes on the planet but do they have the means to stop him from going rogue? We'll find out and all that can be said is that it won't be pretty or easy.

Also, big shoutout Masamune X23, my beta-reader for a lot of my stories. They are the one who wrote the lemon scenes so if you enjoyed yourself then you can thank them. I'm not the best and I left it up to Masamune X23 and we've got some fixes/changes to the chapter hence the additional update. Enjoy!

Next chapter, Will's enchantment under Lorelei continues as they head to New York to build her army. Luckily or unluckily depending on how you look at it, Will's friends are there to stop him and get him back but the fight isn't going to be an easy one by any means. New York sure is in for a rude awakening especially when the results of Fury's pager finally manifest. Until Next time…which will be really soon. I originally planned to have the fight included in this chapter but it would be way too much and too long to read so Masamune X23 suggested we split the chapter. You guys have this one now and the part two will be posted on, 12/13/2024. Happy Friday the 13th...odd to have one in December. Take a page from Arcane for that one.

Updates for January: Part 2 to this arc for the Perfect One will be posted on 12/13/2024. Blue Wolf and Spider-man will be updated this month as well as the Crimson Speedster and Omniverse-Earth 38. All will be updated on 12/31/2024 but if I finish any early I'll post updates on my wall and on the Dragon's Den of Mischief group on D-I-S-C-O-R-D. I'll keep you all posted.

Again, thanks to everyone for all the suggestions, reviews, and words of encouragement. Special thanks to Masamune X23, my Beta reader. He gives me a lot of great ideas for this story as well as my other ones as well. Also, thanks to War Sage, JhotoLoraxius, Omni-Creator Kami of Anime and all the other people who PM me with ideas for my stories. Thank you, guys. They help a lot. Also, make sure to check my DeviantArt every now and then for new pics I'll put up. I've made cover photos for about all my stories, but I'll have more pics made so check them out.

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William Alexander Detmer/Birthname: William Alexander Danvers

Born: September 8th, 1988-Currently 25

Moniker= Aegis (means something under protection from a benevolent source/Shield of Zeus and Athena)

Primagen Enhanced Inhuman

SHIELD Status: Level 8 Agent / Special Operations, Tactics and Defense Specialist (SOTD) Serial number: NE616IN

Member of the Avengers

Appearance: Stephen Amell from Arrow, Season 1 build.

Aegis Combat gear: Earth X's Dark Arrow Vibranium jacket and pants with retractable full-face mask colored Black and Blue. Eye covers in mask are colored blue as well. Improved design resists more damage and resists deep sea and certain atmospheric pressure with in-built recyclable oxygen supply to last an hour and improved HUD. Special polymer blends and weaved material with special Vibranium micro-weave mesh mixed with steel alloy Carbonadium increasing strength and durability without adding additional weight. Tear resistant and bulletproof.

Shoulder strap pellet holders. Combat gloves and forearm guards with weapons and equipment.

SHIELD gear: Combat boots, black combat pants, with form fitting dark blue long sleeve athletic shirt. SHIELD Tactical combat vest.

Shoulder strap pellet holders. Combat gloves and forearm guards with weapons and equipment.

Casual Outfit: dark blue or black sneakers, jeans, blue or black t-shirt and either a zip-up hoodie, jacket, or button up over.

Weapons:

Signature Guns:

Modified Heckler & Koch P30L handgun with custom grip and micro-dermal sensor to his palm print. Improved barrel for accuracy and damage output. Added compensator or suppressor attachment. Spare firearm Glock 17.

Modified Knight's Armament SR-25 Sniper rifle with modified scope, bipod, and suppressor.

Modified M249 Mk46 Light Machine gun with a modified barrel, magazine insertion well. Equipped with adjustable buttstock, 100-round magazine drum, deployable bipod, red dot sight, flashlight, and laser sight attachment.

Modified TDI/KRISS Vector-.45 ACP with modified barrel, stock, grip, extended magazine, red-dot sight, flashlight, laser sight, and silencer attachment.

Modified Remington 879 MSC Masterkey 12-gauge compact shotgun.

Custom collapsible Oneida Kestrel Compound Bow and quiver of special arrows.

Milkor 40mm Grenade Launcher.

Others:

Right forearm guard wrist mounted retractable Vibranium/alloy blades.

Left forearm guard wrist mounted small retractable Vibranium Shield & touchpad computer.

10 dark blue flechettes/throwing arrows wrapped around his ankles.

2 Vibranium orbs that Will is able to manipulate.

Natural Language Modified Artificial Intelligence program EDI.

Predator Combi stick/spear

2 Predator Shuriken

4 Laser net devices

Predator knife

Microtech Combat Troodon OTF knife

Personal Vehicles: Red and Black 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS (At home in Jersey City), Red and Black 1970 Harley Davidson Titan V-Rod motorcycle, Specially modified 2012 Aston Martin DBS V-12 spy car, SHIELD Quinjet for transport

Notable talents: Genius level intellect potential, self-defense military training from Harold Detmer, knowledge, and training in 15 types of martial arts, gun knowledge and expert marksman trained by Clint Barton, espionage and spy skills trained by Natasha Romanoff, SHIELD tactics and medical training from Coulson and SHIELD trainers, well-crafted knowledge and understanding of psychology, knowledge, and experience with engineering both mechanical and electrical, fluent in dozens of languages, trained pilot.

Personality: Kind, caring, composed, attentive, intelligent, and driven. Can be a bit of a smartass.

When insulted, angered, or in a serious situation, focused and relentless. Considered dangerous and unforgiving in these types of situations.

Uses powers sparingly in the field unless absolutely needs to.

Pairing: Will x Skye/Daisy Johnson x Crystal

Powers:

Rakyat Tatau: Mystical tattoo that enhances speed, strength, stamina, intelligence, instincts, healing speed ad metabolic function to absolute human peak potential. (Captain America Level Super Soldier)

Telekinesis: the ability to impact objects through the direct influence of mental power or other non-physical means

Power Level=Advanced: level 4 out of 5

Binding-to keep an object/being from moving

Levitation-to lift an object

Orbital Field-to makes objects and energy orbit around user

Telekinetic Shield-to create a shield of telekinetic energy around user or others/strength of shield depends on mental strength and focus of user

Psionic Speed-to augment user's physical speed

Psionic Strength-to augment user's physical strength

Telekinetic Bullet Projection-projecting telekinetic energy as bullets

Telekinetic Choking-to strangle someone with telekinesis

Telekinetic Grip-To grasp an object firmly in place

Telekinetic Maneuver-to alter an object's directional course

Telekinetic Pull & Push-to pull or push objects away from user

Telekinetic Aura/Sense-To sense one's surroundings with telekinesis (10-mile limit)

Telekinetic Compression-to crush or compact an object

Telekinetic Blast-to emit telekinetic energy as a blast of blue energy

Telekinetic Destruction-to make an object explode into dust

Telekinetic Flight-using telekinesis to fly

Psionic Explosion-to create/discharge psychic energy across a wide range

Telepathy: mentally receive or transmit information

Power Level=Advanced: level 4 out of 5

Mind Reading-ability to read the thoughts of others

Memory Reading-the ability to read the target's memories

Psychic Communication-the ability to secretly converse with others

Telepathic Speaking-to speak aloud using the mind

Telepathic Projection-to project images or memories into the physical plane

Download-the ability to process/download information of another person (If used in a violent or angry mood, can harm the victim)

Knowledge Replication-the ability to replicate learned knowledge and skills

Knowledge Projection-the ability to project knowledge to another

Rapid brain activity-the ability to process and understand information at incredible rates

Mental Inducement-The ability to put the targets mind into the wanted state

Mental Hallucination-the ability to cause mental hallucinations

Mind Link-the ability to develop a permanent mental bond with any person

Mind Walking/Melding-to enter another's consciousness

Precognition awareness-six sense awareness of imminent danger

Telepathic Prediction-the ability to know a person's moves by reading their brain waves

Astral Projection-to separate one's mind from their body and explore physical and extra-physical plane

If separated from body too long, very dangerous. Capable of killing spirits, demons, and other supernatural souls.

Telepathic Surgery-the ability to perform neuropsychic surgery, healing and/or damaging the mind

Memory/Mental Manipulation-the ability to manipulate a target's memories and mind

Clairvoyance-the ability to gain direct visual information through non-physical means

Triggered only by serious events

Foresight-the ability to foresee possible future events and observe what may happen

Needs certain triggers to activate

Powers Gained from Exposure to the Aether

Invisibility-Can use his telekinesis to fold the light around his body or an object to make him or anything invisible to sight. Requires concentration.

Telekinetic Healing-Can use his telekinesis to move parts of the human body around at the molecular or atomic level to heal. His telekinetic energy can revitalize cells and improve bodily functions. Requires a great deal of concentration.

Molecular Manipulation Power Boost: Can use his telekinesis to adjust the molecules in an object to turn it into something else so long as he understands the objects chemical structure and makeup. I.e., turning gas into water or turning gravel into iron. Can accelerate, slow down and adjust spacing of molecules. Requires a great deal of concentration to master. Has sub powers.

Fire manipulation-Can use his telekinesis to ignite the elements in the air by creating friction at a molecular level at will to make fire.

Ice/Water manipulation-Can use his telekinesis to slow down or stop all the molecules around an area from moving, thus creating ice and freezing anything he stops from moving. Can turn ice into water or steam by manipulating the speed of the molecules and control the element with his telekinesis.

Wind manipulation-Can use his telekinesis to move the oxygen/nitrogen molecules around him in the atmosphere to manipulate air/wind.

Earth manipulation-Can use his telekinesis to manipulate the molecules of earth or earthen elements including most solid objects, specifically all minerals and mineral compositions regardless of their state.

Plasma/Lightning manipulation-Can use telekinesis to manipulate highly ionized gas molecules in the air to build up a static charge and then discharge it as a form of ionized Plasma/lightning. Plasma/Lightning is colored blue. Can be condensed to form a nuclear-bomb scale like explosion. Requires complete concentration and is very taxing.

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