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.