Live to Rise (Avengers Bruce Banner Fanfiction)

Chapter 19

Pain. Burning raging pain fills my world burning. That's all there is that's all there ever has been. Pain. Red. The burning gets strong and stronger as I begin to feel a body. My body. How strange it is to become aware of it.

I slowly open my eyes to see a dimly lit room. It's cold. Then I notice someone standing beside me touching my arm, that's where the pain is coming from.

I shove the hand away and go to take a breath in but can't. Instead I cough. And cough and cough. The water in my lungs finally coming out and I can breathe again.

I look back over to recognize the face. Loki. His finger in front of his lips shushing me before smiling that eerie smile and starts to fade.

I quickly grab his arm somehow forcing him to stay. "Why?" I ask my voice horse and throat like sandpaper.

"Isn't it ironic?" Loki asks with a laugh. "The one element humans cannot survive without and yet too much kills you."

"Why'd you bring me back?" I ask my voice a little stronger now.

"I need you alive." He says angry that for whatever reason he can't leave.

"You killed Coulson." I accuse him.

"Guilty as charged." He says with a smile. "In fact. He right there beside you." He points to a cot beside me.

"Bring him back! Bring all of them back!" I demand him.

I feel him trying to fight against my persuasion but failing. "I only have enough strength to bring one more back to life." He finally says. I can feel his frustration that I have control over him.

"Bring Coulson back." I say again.

"Fine." Loki growls and grinds his teeth before walking over to Coulson and touching his forehead.

It takes a moment but Coulson breathes in a deep breath and falls asleep. "Will he live?" I ask a now almost weak feeling Loki.

"He is in a coma for now. He should survive." Loki says before fading away.

I stand then fall and wobbly get to my feet again. My legs are like jello. I stumble slowly over to Coulson and check his pulse. It's strong. He should survive.

Satisfied I make my way out of the room and slowly adjust to gravity again before making my way towards the main control room.

I hear a gun click and look up just as the Agent fires at me. I hold my hand out at catch the bullet then let go and it falls to the floor.

"What is going on-" Fury says as he walks into the hall but stops frozen in his tracks as he sees me. "Arabelle." He says.

"Fury." I say and stretch. "Tell your people not to shoot me."

"But Sir she was dead." The agent says confused.

"And now I'm not." I say as I realize why he shot me. "Well I get why you shot me but don't it won't help." I tell the Agent before turning to Fury. "How long was I dead?"

"Four hours. How'd you come back?" He asks.

"Loki." I tell him.

"Any idea why?"

"Nope. Oh by the way I made him bring Coulson back too.... I think he's in a coma now so you might want to send people down to care for him." I say.

Fury nods like this is a normal day to day thing. Which for them it probably is. "I'll radio Stark-"

I cut him off. "Oh I was dead and they knew it...... Hm... can I just go surprise them?"

Fury shakes his head and sighs. "Might as well. Stark and Rogers are in the cage room."

"Where's Bruce, Thor, and Nat?" I ask.

"Banner and Thor fell out of the jet and
Rominoff is with Barton." He tells me before going back into the Control room.

I push down my concern for Bruce and Thor. "They'll be back." I tell myself before making my way towards the Cage room.