Innocent Minds (Amazon)

The minds of the innocents were so easily modified, so easily controlled. Which was useful for a certain trickster. A simple illusion was cast to freeze the teachers that had been present and Loki had taken control of the class using a female illusion to keep his identity hidden. No one would know that the guest speaker was actually the god of mischief. Once he had finished with his work, he would release the teachers and they would believe that nothing out of the ordinary had happened. Unless he decided to try and make the situation more dramatic. Which certainly was an appealing idea.

"So with that, Loki shot across the line of fire that he had instructed be created. The flames closed behind him and destroyed the evil giant. Idunn was returned and the gods were saved from aging by the clever trickster." Loki finished off, telling a tale that the Midgardians had once told of him. It was one of the few positive stories that they held but Loki was prepared to change as many of them as needed to put himself in a good light. The children was silent, enthralled in his story, innocent eyes staring up at him, believing every word.

"What do these giants look like?" Asked a girl, frightened. Perfect.
"They are larger than you and often blue in colour," He explained, planning how he could use this to his advantage. It was already coming into shape.
"He can't have been much older than you lot when he saved everyone." He said, amused at his current female voice. Still, they were drinking in his words like men parched after marching through a desert. How easy this was. Loki stood up and opened the door.
"It's time to go outside for a break," Loki suggested and there was disappointment in their voices.
"Please, Miss, can we have another story about Loki?" A boy asked.
"Later," He purred. "I think you'll enjoy the surprise I've got for you outside."

This got the children pilling outside in a hurry and they gasped at the pile of 'fake' weapons that Loki had left. In truth, each weapon as deadly but in the guise of wooden toys. This was going to be fun. His eyes glanced outside the boundaries of the school. Adults passed by, not a care in the world. This was going to be a strain on his magic, Loki knew it.
"Please, miss, I want to use magic like Loki," A boy said, and Loki smiled, placing a hand on the boy's shoulder and stooping.
"I'll let you all in on a secret," He lied. "Loki got his magic by defeating many enemies. The giants. Most of them are easy to defeat. Even with weapons. And those ones won't be a problem for such fine warriors as you," Loki said, pointing towards the adults as he placed an illusion on them, making the humans take on a blue parlor.

He started to feel the tax on his magic and he closed his eyes. Some of the children whimpered in fear.
"Look, they are so easy that even a wooden weapon can harm them." He said softly, picking up a knife and throwing it at one of the 'giants'. The mortal fell and the children let out a great cheer and picked up the weapons. A whole day of lies filling the children's minds had prepared them for this. Loki grinned and the gates flung open, children rushing out and stabbing the 'giants', unaware of what they were really doing. Loki carefully took a seat, focusing on keeping up the illusions and watching the mindless slaughter.

Selene was in London, on a business trip actually. She had running shues on, a pair of jeans, and a black tanktop over a light winter coat. She only had her wrist guards on, whitch where always on her, even in her sleep.
As she walked into a direction, almost ainmessly she remembered the old London. She smiled gently at the thought but the frowned. The wold changed too much... this era was too modern for her. She was nearing a school when all of a sudden, screams of panic and runnng could be heard at the school.
She ran towards the panic and... massacre.
She gasped at the sight witch caught even her unprepared and by surprise. Dozens of kids where running around slaughtering everybody in there sight. She was frozen for a second and then put it together after a long second of thinking. The kids where brainwashed to do this. She was then in the middle of the massacre, moveing, blocking and dodgeing attacks. She knew the kids where not wanting to kill, but where under some kind of spell.
She did not attack, only defend from the mass of knifes and daggers. She simply bloched the attacks with her Wrist Guards, letting the sleeve of her coat be shredded, she made her  was into the school, and simply defended against the kids, they will tire soon enught. As Selene made her way towards the inside of the school looking for other possible hazards when the saw an adult.
A single person just sitting there... a female, too calm and almost happy. She finally had a few minits of kid and weapon-free time. She studied the woman for a second before speaking.
" You are the reason... you made the kids go into a killing spree... why? " Selene stated, glaring at the woman... she asked the last word in a very frosty manner. Amazon knew that the woman was a powerful person to make such a stong spell. Selene walked towards her, she first wanted to find out her reasons... but then she would literally beat her to death.

Attracting attention was a skill of Loki and he heard the sound of metal hitting metal. With interest, he leaned forwards, eyes scanning the horizon. It was so short in the cities. Eyes fell upon the woman that was fighting her way through the children. Importantly, she wasn't killing, simply defending herself from attacks. Interesting. He leaned forward, still in his female form, taking in her actions. She was a skilled fighter although it wasn't like the children were well trained. They simply were maddened with a blood lust and desire for power. One that Loki had placed in their little minds with the power of words. He wasn't silver-tongue for nothing and he wondered how his brother would react if he found out about this little game.

Leaning back as she approached, he took in her form, smirking at the glare that she shot him. She wore armour, but only wrist-guards. Very interesting. Certainly not likely to be human, unless she was along the lines of Iron Man. However, with the exception of the billionaire hero, mortals tended not to cloak themselves in metal any more. Almost curiously, he sent out the magic that remained within him to search her for any sign that she might be an Asgardian or in possession of magic - neither which was good for him. But it seemed that this was not the case and the trickster smirked. She had power, she was different but not someone who might be able to expose who he actually was.

""Why does anything happen?" Loki asked, a soft laugh in his voice, ignoring the coldness in her voice as his eyes returned to the children and their murder. The unarmed adults had stood no chance although some were fighting back. He wondered whether any of the children would be killed. He looked back at woman, stretching out on his seat, keeping up the illusion
"Now, you're not exactly normal are you?" He asked, leaning forwards and clasping his hands together, teeth showing in his grin. The day had just gotten a lot more interesting.

The woman asked Selene if she was normal or not. To this she replied with a low growl and poited at her.
"Far more normal then you, putting a spell on the kids... who are you? " She first said in a cold tone and then raised her voice and demanded an answer. She then tilted her head and smiled evilly.
" Luckily the kids willl be taken out of the fight and will tire very shortly. Your game will be over pretty soon. " Amazon smirked.
" And if you meant if i am human... maybe yes, maybe no. " she nodded coldly. Suddenly she heard a larger pile of armed kids run back to the school... and as they reached the room, they let out a yell. Amazon turned around and using her Enhanced strenght, she literally tore her shreadded coat off and tossed it on the ground... all this in a fraction of a second. She then started blocking and pushing away kids.
A kid suddenly yelled out to the woman. " kill the Frost Giant, help us please... it is too stong. "
Selne looked at the woman... Frost Giants?
She only knew Frost Giants to be related with Norse mytology. She have faught against the real frost giants... back in the days as a Viking and several times after it. She narrowed her eyes at the woman for a small moment as she continued to tire the kids out.
Selene shook her head in annoyance, she really had to hold back but she was loosing her temper with the pack of kids. "i am no Frost Giant... Lady, call your pile off before i hurt them... and you. " She said coldly as she delibaratly took a dagger to her side. She let out a painful loud grunt as she yanked it out. her injury would heal almost as fast a another more famous mutant healer.

Loki could not help but laugh at her words that he had put a spell on the children. How close she was to the truth. But the fact was that he had just used their impressionable minds to his advantage. The only spell he had put out was that which made the adults appear to be blue. And it was that spell that still draining him.
"A spell, I'm not sure whether I should take that as a compliment or an insult," Loki smirked. It was an insult to think that he could not talk these infants into following whatever plan he saw fit, yet a compliment that she thought that he had the magic to control minds. It had been a while since he had last had that great ability, granted to him by the tesseract, the sceptre that fed off it.

He had completely ignored the question about his identity, choosing to focus on the woman's other words to try and change the focus. Why lie when it wasn't needed. His primary goal was mischief today. Why not focus on that? Shrugging at her next words, Loki looked over at the children, a bunch of mortals that usually reminded bouncing for as long as they could manage. A lot shorter when he had talked them into battle.
"Who cares how long they last? This is no take over, just a game, like you said. Nothing more than a light walk to stretch my muscles." Or in this case, to stretch his silver-tongue. How he enjoyed talking others into dreadful situations. It was such good fun.

The female refused to reveal whether or not she was human, which suggested to Loki that she indeed was like him and from another realm. Mortals tended to be so fond of their heritage that they would claim it with eagerness, like children. Green eyes looked up at the sound of a small army returning and Loki grinned, greeting his victories with a charming smile on his female illusion. They squealed with delight. How he loved using them. The children now implored him to kill the woman and Loki rose from his seat, looking at the woman with a cold, calculating stare. Should he kill her?

Careful eyes observed the hit she took, on purpose, which didn't seem to do much damage. For a second, he was reminded of Thor. No matter how hard he stabbed that oaf, it never seemed to sink in. Well, maybe he would have to play a game of words, then. He grinned. This day was turning out to be fun after all.
"There are more Frost Giants to destroy, and this creature is not one of them," Loki said, moving to circle the woman, careful to never let his guard down and keep his front facing her, magic at the ready.
"Deal with them, although if you wish to challenge this... being, you are well within your rights." Loki said, carefully weaving his words so he did not call of the children but simply made them want to fight others. This way he obeyed neither command but slipped between the two like a fish through grasping hands.

"Now, where were we?"

" Lady... you are more insane then i fist thought " Selene reffered to the killing spree of the kids as being a game to her. She however found out that she was outstandingly good with words... this meant that she was very experienced person... wisodom-wise... and with age came wisdom... so she might be older then she looked... her Selene too.
" Lady... i have a name... i am Selene... and i grow tired of your little bloodbath... what magic are you using? " She stood there looking at him with her naturally cold eyes. "I grow tired of this conversation... i will take you down and hand you over to SHIELD. " She nodded coldly as she took an Amazoina battle stand very simular to those used in ancient Greece. After a long second she walked towards the woman ready to cause a world of pain to her. She has no idea of the woman's powers, but Selene had been in fights with so many people with a lot of different powers.

Amazon remained in a stand for a few seconds. She listened to the lady speak. " you are stupid to think that i would go anywhere away from here. " She smirked.
She narrowed her eyes slightly as the woman started walking around her.
" You underestimate me... you might be good with words... but you are not a fighter. " Amazon stood upright and smirked.
" Your tendency of underestimating others will be your downfall. " She commented and could not help a cruel half smile.
" Go back to bed to sleep... really? how childish can you get? " She narrowed her eyes.
" If you only mastered the art of words, then you are the one who dose not stand a chance in a fight. " Selene grunted and then sent a stong punche towards the womans face. She was pretty surprised when her punch went threght her entire head without any effect.
the Woman was pretty tricky but that would not save her ass from very sevier harm. She looked back at the very place that the woman started walking around from. It she just hit an illusion then the original was invisible and might be not even around anymore.

At her comment of being undeafeted, Amazon laughed softly. " Undefeated in battle?... i would know you, if you where even good in combat. " Selene spoke with a cruel half smile.
" You may be all illusions and tricks but that is mere manipulation... The pen is only stonger then a sword for the weak... i could stab you in the eyes with both pen and sword... pick one and i will happily show you how it is done " She commented with cruel eyes and without smiling now. She may not be the master of words... but rather the master in battle.
She then smirked. " Speaking of Swords. " She said and paused. She reached out one of her armed as if wanting to hold something. Her eyes where focused on the woman. Selene was summoning Remma, her mystical sword. It was made from Uru... the same material as Thor's hammer... and had several simular traits. It was extremely durable, unliftable to unworthy people and returned to Amazon when called.
A few seconds later Remma came chrashing threght the wall of the building. Amazon caught it and aimed it first towards the Woman and then at the ground. She then dropped Remma, making it rest solidly on the floor.
" Now where were we? " She asked while narrowing her eyes.  

(i love your posts with Loki... i hope my posts are okay too?  )

Selene smirked at the womans last comment and then had an idea. She would use large amounts of water to flood the place and find the womans actual location. " Not just a pen or a sword lady. " Amazon said as she started walking away from where she was standing. She went over to a nearby water fountain and grabbed in and tore if out from the wall. The water started gushing and spilling out of the wall, also soaking Amazon. She however walked back to the other room that she woman was and waited silently with a smirk on her lips. " Lady... you underestimated me... you still have much to learn about ways of combat. " She smirked and just waited for the wated to show the woman's location.
She employed this other times against other invisible enemies. It always worked... unless the person could fly that is. She however felt guilty wasteing water like that but it had to be done.

(sorry for the short post... i have to run... i hope the post is good enught? )

Selene watched as the water was moveing towards them and showed no sight of feeling the water, when it slowly reached her shose, soaking it.
As the woman made several other illusions of herself, Selene glared around. Since Selene did not see footprints she would try another thing... dust.
She smirked at the idea of the dust from the wall's debris covering the actual person, giving her away. She opened her hand, having Remma flow into her hand. She then tossed Remma away, sending it smashing it threght the nearby wall and then held her hand out, calling Remma back into her hand. She once again tossed it into a direction, causing 3 holes and a lot of dust from the walls. This way, Amazon would see aither the air currents of the original or have the dust cover the woman, giving her away... either way... Selene would finally find the woman. She then smirked again and even laughed very softly. She focused her eyes on the area not effected by water, ignoring all the other illusions.
" You are in for a nasty little surprise, lady... a very nasty surprise. " Selene's face went into an evil and cruel half smile.
She hope that this would finally work as she wanted to just beat the hell out of the woman for her actions. Plus she was due at a business meeting in 2 hours... she had loads of time to get there.
Where where the police when you nead them... but the police would not have any chance against either of them if it came to arrest.