Unbeknownst to Thor, Stark wasn't home, and everything was going down at Parrington estate. Still, there would be plenty of action tomorrow, although Thor was impatient if anything. She arrived at Stark Towers relatively uninterrupted, traffic had been worse than usual around New York which was a mere annoyance, but she made it to Stark towers without Fury calling in the cavalry to get in her way. Little did she know she was being tailed by a small team of agents, though she did suspect Fury would pull a move like that anyway.
Stark towers was tall, and shiny. Clearly, this Tony Stark kid on the TV wasn't all mouth and no trousers. Thor cared little for business empires on Midgard, but the grandeur of Stark towers clearly showed that Stark was a significant person. That was good, if he was living in a hovel, Thor doubted he'd be of much use.
She pounded on the door but there was no response, a security guard made his way down to deal with the commotion.
"What in blazes are you doing lady? Theres a doorbell yknow and no ones here.""I come seeking he who calls himself Stark." she answered.
"It is most urgent.""Well he ain't here, he'll be back tomorrow. I'm sure if you leave your details he can arrange a meeting" "This cannot wait you must tell me where he is"Before Thor could continue to grill the security guard, the SHIELD agents sent to pursue her stepped in, perfect timing too, because if she couldn't get to Stark soon, she'd likely break in and teach herself how to use satellites (more than likely breaking them before achieving any kind of success).
"Step down Thor, we don't mean any harm." the agent warned, hand hovering at his side incase he'd need to grab his sidearm.
Thor turned to face the team of special agents, Mjolnir clasped in her hand.
"If you truly mean me no harm, you'll stay out of my way. Fury has sent you has he not? To stop me, because he believes Loki is to become Midgards mighty guardian? Your protector?"The agents looked amongst themselves, trying to formulate a response, Fury
had sent them, but it was likely she didn't want to hear that answer, even though she knew it was the truth.
"Aye, your silence only confirms it. What, pray-tell, has he command you do to me? Kill me? Capture me?""He sent us to talk." came the response.
"I have no use for his words, nor yours, unless those words reveal where Laufeyson is hiding.""Why have you come to Stark Towers, he's obviously not here." the Agent tried distraction tactics.
"I've no need to answer to you, nor Fury."One of the Agents, during the conversation, managed to sneak around, positioning himself behind Thor's back while the other agents attempted to talk her down. Armed with a stun gun and sedatives, he hoped the element of surprise would be advantage enough to take down the Thunder God. He sprung forward, years of special training ended in a fraction of a second when Thor spun around, hammer-arm at the ready, and easily batted the agent aside, sending him crashing into a parked car leaving a sizeable dent. He wasn't killed by the swift blow, but he was certainly badly injured and instantly KO'd. It would take months to recover from the hit.
"Who shall be next?"Thor shouted at the remaining agents, a burning anger in her eyes. Nothing and no one was allowed to stand in her way when it came to finding and eliminating Loki.
The agents, who'd raised their weapons in the moment Thor swung her hammer, immediately began lowering them.
"Go tend to your wounded. I have no need for further bloodshed this day, unless 'tis the blood of that wretched traitor Loki." Thor said coldly.
The agents scrambled to help their fallen comrade, whose lungs had been punctured by his crushed ribs and his head had taken quite a smack when it crashed into the car. He was gasping and gurgling as they called in for backup. Thor skulked off into the darkness.
There would be no more bloodshed tonight ... but tomorrow she would have Stark, and he would find Loki, and she would get revenge.
Dwight was shocked ... he couldn't believe his ears when Fury, who'd sent agents to bring him in for questioning regarding Thor's movements, revealed the destruction Thor had caused. Fury quickly surmised that THor was operating alone and that Dwight genuinely had no idea what she was doing or where she was going.
It hurt. Dwight felt betrayed, but ... his logical brain kicked in and he told himself that she'd snuck off to protect him ... He
was her friend, she'd said as much, and she was trying to protect him from Loki. But as Fury revealed Thor's path of destruction, the wrecked police car, destroyed museum doors and security, injured cops and now the seriously injured SHIELD agent, he feared for her, for himself. Had he bought into the legends too much? Was it the fabled God of Lies who should be trusted and not Thor?
He'd been unbelievably loyal to Thor, and she'd shown him nothing only kindness, yet she had wrought such destruction. But it was all to track down Loki, she'd not harmed a soul in her quest to find answers, to find Odinson, it was only since she saw Loki she became dangerous. Perhaps Loki had cast a spell on her that had made her become unhinged ... he was a trickster after all.
"I can talk to her. Director Fury, let me help. She'll listen to me." Dwight pleaded.
Perhaps if he could talk her down ... she'd explain, he's be right that she meant well. He'd fix this.
"Son, she's beyond reason. She claims she wants justice for her homeland, but this isn't the behaviour of a benevolent Goddess dealing justice to a fugitive, this is much more. She wants revenge. Not even you can talk her down. You've seen what she done to one of our agents." Fury said sternly.
Dwight was a good man, Fury wasn't going to have him throw his life away because he was enamoured with a vengeful Goddess.
"She could have killed that agent. If she was truly that callous she'd have killed him, she has Mjolnir and Goddess-tier strength, to her, that was barely a tap, if she wanted him dead she could have pounded him into slush without breaking a sweat. She overreacted, yes, but you haven't seen what she's seen. The last thing she saw during Ragnarok was a clone of her greatest ally, Odinson, turning on her, and Loki, wreaking havok. She's probably having PTSD, she truly thinks he'll destroy Midgard. She's trying to help us.""You think you're like her, that you understand her. Doctor, you aren't an Asgardian, you're a researcher, and you need to remember whose side your on. Humanities. The Earth."
~And thus ends Thor's rampage for one day. Stay tuned for part two. Whack-a-mole Whack-a-Loki~
