When Tony and Thor arrived, the Avengers officially assembled for the first time, except for Hawkeye.
Captain, Banner, Black Widow, the original members were all there.
Everyone gathered and began to discuss the Loki problem.
They especially had the feeling that Loki was presenting himself to them on a silver platter.
Thor, on the other hand, also told them about Loki's goal and that he possessed a Chitauri army.
Therefore, it was necessary for Banner and Tony to first study how to locate the Cosmic Cube.
And in a spot no one noticed, Amora silently appeared.
She had returned together with Tony and the others, then used magical invisibility to enter the interior of the helicarrier.
Along the way, every man she encountered became Amora's most loyal slave.
She passed through without any obstacles.
"Coulson."
Natasha met Coulson and greeted him.
"You are?"
"I'm going to interrogate Loki, to see what his intentions are."
"Be careful, Loki is the god of mischief and very skilled at deceiving people with lies," Coulson warned.
"You've seen him? Oh! Last time in New Mexico?"
Natasha suddenly remembered something and nodded.
"No, I haven't seen him." Coulson shook his head.
"Then how do you know so much about him?"
"Read more fairy tales, you'll learn a lot."
Coulson smiled and left.
"Fairy tales?"
Natasha silently shook her head and headed toward the cell where Loki was being held.
What they didn't know was that the whole scene had been observed by Amora.
Amora glanced in Natasha's direction, located Loki, and followed Coulson.
She had decided to control all the men on the helicarrier before freeing Loki!!
...
New York, Temple.
Alaric suddenly appeared on the couch where he usually sat.
"Huh? Alaric! You're back!!"
Sensing movement, Clea peeked from behind the bookshelf, saw it was Alaric, and ran over joyfully.
"Yes, I'm back."
"Why were you gone so long?! You said you'd teach me magic, you didn't forget, did you?!"
Clea looked at Alaric with dissatisfaction.
"I didn't forget, I just had a little mishap."
Alaric reached out, pulled a cup of coffee out of thin air, and took a sip.
Fortunately, this time the return wasn't as exhausting as the last.
"You didn't go back to Kamar-Taj?"
"I did, and then I went to the Dark Dimension again."
"What!?"
When she heard that, Clea suddenly jumped up.
"You're not going to tell Dormammu that I came to you!? Did Dormammu come back!?"
Clea looked nervously at Alaric, afraid he had given her away!
After all, Alaric suddenly flew to the Dark Dimension, it's hard not to be suspicious!
"Why are you so nervous, I just took advantage of Dormammu not being there to take some things."
Alaric looked at her speechlessly.
"Take some things? Ah! Luckily, Dormammu didn't return."
Clea sighed with relief and slowly sat down.
Although she didn't know exactly what Alaric had gone to take in the Dark Dimension, she told herself it was all fine as long as Dormammu didn't appear.
"Well… Dormammu came back and fought with me."
"He came back!?" Clea jumped again.
"You could let me finish my sentence. Being this scared, how do you even plan to start a rebellion against Dormammu?"
Alaric seriously doubted.
You look so sweet, are you sure you have the courage to challenge Dormammu?
She talked about banishing him from the Dark Dimension.
"Sorry…" Clea obediently sat down.
Actually, Alaric had forgotten one thing, the current Clea was really quite weak, so weak that in the comics, when Strange first met her, she was more of a burden than help.
Only later, after studying magic with Strange, did her strength gradually grow.
"Anyway, we fought, I came back, and I didn't say anything to him about you, so there's no reason for you to worry."
Alaric explained.
"That's good, thank you!"
Clea finally relaxed, Alaric wasn't a traitor!!
"By the way, someone came looking for you after you left, a very beautiful lady."
"Beautiful lady? Who?"
"I don't know, she didn't leave her name." Clea shook her head.
"What did she look like?" Alaric asked suspiciously.
"Red hair, really beautiful! And her voice was very nice!"
Clea recalled and said.
"Red hair? Natasha? Is her hair red now?"
As soon as he heard "red hair," Alaric first thought Fury had sent her to find him.
If so, that means Loki had started moving.
Alaric closed his eyes and expanded his perception.
Now, as a being on the level of a universe, his mind could cover the entire universe whenever he wanted, so he could easily locate the helicarrier.
"Thor is there, this is Steve? Good… Banner also arrived… Looks like everything is going according to plan."
Alaric remained calm when he saw the Avengers gathering.
Now they just had to wait for the portal to open, for the Chitauri to enter Earth, for everyone to get a little taste of the cosmos, and then he would come out to finish things.
If he didn't even need to intervene, even better, that would be good for the Avengers, so they could bond and build mutual trust.
That's what Alaric thought, and just as he was about to end his perception, he suddenly stopped.
"Who is this?"
He saw a red-haired woman moving around the helicarrier, but as if no one noticed her.
"Using magic? Red hair? And this face… I've never seen her before."
Alaric frowned, thought for a moment, but after a brief recollection he was sure they hadn't met before.
But how is she there then?
An unexpected development?!
As he thought it, he acted, by his will, a portal suddenly opened beneath Amora's feet and teleported her right in front of him.
Alaric had decided that no one would be allowed to disrupt the plot of Avengers 1!
...
Amora, after moving discreetly through the helicarrier, had managed to control many of those left to guard, agents on watch, even Coulson.
Then, just as she was looking for her next target, the ground beneath her suddenly "disappeared" and she fell forward.
But when she looked up, she realized she was no longer on the helicarrier!
Instead, she found herself in an unfamiliar place, and directly across from her, sitting on a sofa, was an extremely handsome young man, glaring at her.
Amora was confused, she didn't understand what had just happened.
But the kind of magic that had brought her here made her shiver inside.
"Yes, yes, yes! She's the one who was looking for you, Alaric!"
Clea pointed at Amora and said to Alaric.
"You're Alaric!?"