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The three of them walked into the next courtyard.
Inside, several people were watching a fight.
In the center of the courtyard, Storm was fighting Kaecilius.
Orange magical circles appeared in Storm's hands as he blocked Kaecilius's attack. Sparks of energy flashed each time their spells collided.
Nearby, Coulson, Sharon, and Frank were watching the fight.
Coulson was the first to notice Fury.
"Sir," Coulson said with a nod.
Fury nodded back.
"Agent Coulson."
Sharon and Frank also turned toward them.
Fury then looked back at the fight.
Storm quickly created a glowing shield and blocked Kaecilius's strike. Then he opened a small portal and stepped through it, appearing behind him.
Kaecilius stopped the fight and gave a small nod.
"Good," he said.
Fury watched the scene with interest.
"Storm learned this that fast?" Fury asked.
Coulson nodded.
"Yes, sir," he said. "He's extremely talented with the mystic arts."
Fury crossed his arms while watching Storm.
Storm noticed them and walked over.
"You're here," he said calmly.
Fury nodded.
"Yes. And we're leaving."
Sharon looked at him.
"Something happened?" she asked.
Fury's expression turned serious.
"Loki stole the Tesseract," he said.
"Loki? As in Thor's brother? He stole the Tesseract? But how?" Sharon asked, frowning.
Fury once again explained what had happened.
After hearing the story, Sharon sighed.
"Didn't Ethan warn you not to play around with it?" she asked.
Fury didn't say anything for a moment.
"We needed insurance," Fury finally said. "If something like the Destroyer ever comes again, we need a way to fight back."
Sharon shook her head slightly.
"You could have contacted Ethan," she said. "He handled the Destroyer easily without opening a goddamn portal that brought someone who might now return with an entire army."
"We can't rely on a single organization all the time," Fury said. "What if one day he isn't here?"
Sharon looked at him.
"So you really think Ethan can be killed that easily?" she asked. "Do you think even a nuke could kill him?"
Fury fell silent.
"Not to mention," Sharon continued, "he's stronger than all of us on his own. He just doesn't want to show it."
Fury stayed silent for a moment.
Then he looked at Sharon.
"Maybe," he said. "But the world can't depend on one person."
No one argued with that.
After a few seconds, Coulson spoke.
"So what's the plan, sir?" he asked.
Fury looked at everyone present.
"We are assembling a team," he said. "A group strong enough to deal with threats like this."
"Avengers?" Clint asked.
Fury nodded.
"Yes."
"Any leads on Loki so far?" Sharon asked with a sigh.
"Are you coming?" Fury asked.
Sharon nodded. "Yeah, I'm coming."
Storm spoke next. "Then I will return to Ethan-sama's side."
Sharon nodded at him.
Frank cracked his knuckles. "I guess I can also help bust some alien asses."
Fury nodded.
"As for Loki, we already have Tony and Banner working on it," Fury said. "They're trying to locate the gamma signal of the Tesseract to find him."
Sharon took out her phone.
"Let me ask Ethan. He might have a way," she said as she called him.
"Yo," Ethan's sleepy voice answered from the other side.
"Since when have you slept?" Sharon asked.
"…What are you, my mom?" Ethan grumbled. "Just tell me what happened."
On her side, Sharon frowned slightly, wondering how he always managed to sound exhausted—as if he hadn't slept for days.
"Do you have something that can help us find Loki, who is somewhere on Earth?" Sharon asked, ignoring his sleepy voice.
Ethan thought for a moment.
'I do have the God's Eye from Fast and Furious that I got from the monthly gacha and even built it. It's extremely useful,' he thought.
'But if I reveal it, the Hydra agents inside S.H.I.E.L.D. will be like ants on a frying pan,' Ethan considered.
So he replied, "Hmm, I don't have technology like that, but I can use my magical abilities to try locating Loki's powerful magical energy."
Sharon nodded.
"Okay then. Call us when you locate him. Until then, I'll be going to S.H.I.E.L.D. with Frank to help them, while Storm is returning back," she said.
"Hmm… good," Ethan replied. "By the way, I got a new chief guard. Maybe if Loki really opens a portal for an alien invasion, you guys can fight together."
"New chief guard?" Sharon asked. "Did you build him?"
She thought it might be someone like Aria.
"Nope," Ethan replied. "He's an ex-military soldier. About 45% of his body was badly scorched, and he was discharged from the military. I took him in and healed him because of his past great record. Now he works for me."
This was the background story the system had created for Jack.
"He has quite the achievements, so I chose him—just like I chose Frank for the same reason," Ethan said.
They nodded.
"I wonder which division he used to serve in," Frank said.
"You guys can talk all you want after you meet him," Ethan replied. "Until then, get to work, I guess."
With that, Ethan ended the call.
He then activated the God's Eye to try to find Loki.
"Wait… doesn't the God's Eye need an image first?" he muttered.
He quickly accessed the security footage from the S.H.I.E.L.D. facility where Loki had broken in and stolen the Tesseract.
After scanning through several camera angles, he finally found a clear image of Loki's face.
Ethan uploaded it into the God's Eye system.
Within a few minutes, the system traced Loki's location.
An abandoned factory in Alaska appeared on the screen.
"He sure went quite far," Ethan muttered while looking at the image.
On the screen, Loki could be seen walking inside the empty factory building while Dr. Selvig worked on some kind of machine nearby.
Ethan leaned back in his chair.
"But I'll let you handle it for now," he said quietly.
"If aliens really appear and Arasaka steps in at the right moment… Arasaka's reputation will rise even higher."
He closed the screen and stood up.
"So, do your best Loki" Ethan smiled as he looked outside the window.