When Has Loki Ever Had the Upper Hand Against Me?

"How did Loki manage to control the entirety of S.H.I.E.L.D.?" Nick Fury's face was dark, grave, and heavy with sorrow.

As far as the eye could see, dust blanketed the area, making the ground resemble ruins.

Beneath their feet lay countless S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. Below the thirty-seventh floor of the Triskelion Building, whether office staff or agents, nearly everyone had been blasted by the Helicarrier's cannons toward the conference room on the thirty-eighth floor. The floors below the thirty-seventh had been crushed into the underground foundation, and who knew how many floors had been pulverized. Whether anyone beneath the rubble remained alive, Nick Fury estimated they had little chance of survival.

But there was nothing he could do now.

All the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents had been subjected to Loki's Mind Control. Even if Nick Fury wanted to call in support from the branches to rescue people, he did not dare make the call.

He had no way of knowing whether those who came would be S.H.I.E.L.D. agents following his orders to save people, or a slaughter squad controlled by Loki.

"Controlling them one by one? Loki sure has a lot of free time. Isn't he supposed to be arrogant?"

Bruce Banner likewise swept his gaze around. Blood stained the cracked ground red, and in the sunken areas where the dust had gradually cleared, there were still severed limbs of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. One look was enough to know they were beyond saving.

The cruel sight before them was chilling.

The scene was too bloody, too brutal.

"No, he is still that arrogant god." He-El raised his head and looked toward the sky.

Taking advantage of the opening Vivian had left him, Tony Stark had JARVIS directly hack into the fighter jets and slow their descent slightly. He flew straight onto the surface of