Earthlings' Fury
Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?
Loki lay on the ground, posing three philosophical questions to himself in a state of self-doubt.
In the brief span of a second, he was slammed to the ground by Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., his right hand pulled behind his back and twisted in a reverse joint motion, causing him pain and rendering him unable to muster the strength to retaliate.
With a kick, the scepter that Loki had unconsciously loosened was knocked aside, and the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. knelt on Loki's neck, pressing his entire weight onto it.
"I can't..."
When has Loki ever suffered such humiliation? Although the God of Lies has a bad reputation, he is still a god, and to be treated like this by a mere mortal.
This is where the importance of magic becomes apparent. Loki uses his ability to teleport, creating a clone, picks up a fallen spear, and holds it to the back of the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. Then, the gem embedded in the staff emits energy, beginning to invade the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s brain and twist his will.
However, that energy was blocked and had no effect. The agent punched Loki on the head. The force of the punch made Loki's vision go black and he lost consciousness for a moment. His clone also disintegrated as a result, and the scepter, which was no longer held, fell to the ground.
Loki's powerful physique allowed him to regain consciousness in just a second, while the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. relentlessly punched Loki in the head, giving him no time to recover.
The S.H.I.E.L.D.. forces sent to protect this underground base were divided into two factions: one was a group of agents in suits, led by Hawkeye Clint; the other was a rapid reaction force in bulletproof combat uniforms, whose leader was the same guy who beat Loki up.
His name was Joseph Harlow, and he had a nickname in the rapid reaction force—"Hammerhead."
This title was recently earned by Agent Joseph because his skull was modified into a special mechanical state by the Great Leader using the power of Magnetic Field Rotation, making it so strong that even a sniper rifle could not penetrate it. In daily training, headbutts have become his killing move.
Meanwhile, the device named Dream Weaver One subtly enhanced Joseph Rhodey's physical abilities, granting him perfect control over all his muscles and making his neural recruitment of muscle power reach the pinnacle of the human race.
This is why Joseph Harlow rose from a lowly gatekeeper at the Osborn Industries base to become the security chief of this underground facility.
Furthermore, with the Dreamer protecting his brain, Joseph Harlow possesses immunity to most forms of hypnosis, psychological suggestion, and mental control, much like wearing a Magneto- style anti-brainwave helmet. Even Professor X might not be able to influence his mind.
"Well done, Agent Joseph."
Black Eggplant and Hawkeye Clint emerged from behind cover, each carrying an exaggeratedly designed large gun, gleaming silver all over, with a thick muzzle and an energy canister emitting a ghostly blue light in the magazine compartment.
Without a doubt, this is the result of S.H.I.E.L.D. Tesseract, an energy gun that uses energy extracted from the Tesseract as ammunition—an upgraded version of the Men in Black universe, improved by Wei Xiuming based on the technology.
After praising Joseph Harlow, Black Eggplant fired without hesitation. Blue energy beams shot out continuously from the muzzles of their guns, instantly engulfing the guards blocking Ebony Maw's path.
If Wei Xiuming were here, he would definitely give them a good scolding for violating regulations again.
This room is specifically for researching the Tesseract. No energy weapons are allowed inside. The development of energy weapons takes place in another room connected by energy pipelines. In the few days he was away from this base, experts from the S.H.I.E.L.D.. Science Department secretly brought energy into this room, and it's unknown what experiments they were conducting.
However, this did save Black Eggplant and Clint's lives.
Under the barrage of energy bullets from the Tesseract, the energy shield erected by the guards was shattered in just a few seconds, and then the eerie blue energy beams exploded instantly.
"Agent Clint, what are you doing?"
Suddenly, Black Eggplant turned his gun on Hawkeye. After firing two shots, Clint suddenly turned and fired at Joseph Harlow on the other side. An energy bullet instantly sent him flying, and Loki regained his freedom.
After Black Eggplant's warning, Hawkeye turned to look at him. Clint's eyes had turned an eerie blue, clearly indicating that his mind had been affected.
Even though it was his former superior in front of him, Hawkeye Clint didn't hesitate to fire, sending Black Eggplant flying.
Regaining his former dashing appearance with magic, Loki retrieved his scepter, spread his hands, and said to the Supergiant, "See, I told you so. We can't underestimate the people of Midgard."
Supergiant used her powers; aside from Joseph Harlow, Black Eggplant was immune to her mind control, but Hawkeye Clint was not among them.
Ignoring Loki's sarcastic remarks, Supergiant walked to the device housing the Tesseract, retrieved it with his bare hands, and pointed to a corner. "Go, use the scepter to control that guy in the white coat; he's useful to our plan."
Dr. Selvig, cowering and timid, peeked out to check the situation, only to find the Ebony Maw pointing in his direction. Although he couldn't understand their alien language, he knew for a second that it couldn't be anything good, so he scrambled out and bumped into Loki, who had teleported in, before being struck in the chest by the scepter.
The power of the Mind Stone instantly warped Dr. Selvig's mind; the old doctor's eyes were immediately clouded with a deep blue light. He then bowed to Loki in an Asgard gesture and said, "At your service, Your Majesty."
"You can't take it. The Tesseract is S.H.I.E.L.D.. property."
The Black Eggplant, which had been knocked away, struggled to its feet again. The energy of the Tesseract could even destroy a force field shield, let alone his body.
At this moment, a large chunk was missing from the abdomen and chest of the Black Eggplant, and the broken skeleton was crackling with electricity. Artificial organs mixed with the liquid that served as blood flowed all over the ground.
"Your actions constitute aggression. Surrender now, or you will face the strongest force on Earth and witness the wrath and revenge of humanity."
But his warnings had no effect. The already bored Supergiant, controlling Hawkeye, opened fire again, emptying the Tesseract's energy from the magazine's energy canister in one go, blasting the Substitute Robot to smithereens.
Supergiant activated the Tesseract, teleporting Loki, Dr. Selvig, and her new bodyguard Hawkeye away from the base, disappearing into the underground facility and leaving behind only devastation and corpses.