If you haven't already read Monsters, you should probably do that. (The first few chapters are retrospectively kinda bad; it was my first attempt writing an Avengers fic but I think I picked it up after that. They'll be fixed eventually.)
Warning for mentions of torture and some blood/gore later. I'll warn you on the specific chapter. The rating is mostly for that but occasional smut.
This super-short Prologue is a few weeks after the end of Monsters then the rest is at about the same time as Guardians of the Galaxy and a few months after. (Which actually makes it now-ish, I guess). I'm going to try and update on Wednesdays and Sundays, at least once a week dependent on college work.
"You know, after we kicked your ass last time I didn't think I'd have to see your face down on my planet for a while." Fury said, speaking for the first time after being leant against the wall of the cell with his arms crossed for at least five minutes.
"Neither did I." Loki said with a slight sigh. It was several weeks into his time in this prison, whatever and wherever it was, and he'd started to think, or maybe hope, that this confrontation would never come.
"Yet here we are." Fury's eye narrowed. "You got any good reasons why I shouldn't just muzzle you up again and send you up to Asgard with your brother?"
"I've been banished, the All-Father would only send me back here if he even let me back in the first place."
"Did you even think for a second that I'd believe that?"
He sighed again. "No, I'm far from being that stupid. It's just that I've decided to try out a concept that's fairly new to me; telling the truth."
Fury raised an eyebrow, unimpressed.
"What have I got to lose?"
The Director shrugged, as if sidetracked. Loki wasn't even sure if he cared that he'd captured the man who'd tried to destroy his world so recently.
"Fortunately for you, I've got worse to deal with right now than a guy we've already apprehended."
"Worse than an intergalactic fugitive who tried to destroy your world?"
"Oh, you have no idea." Fury said darkly.
Loki didn't reply. He really didn't have any idea what could possibly worse than he had been.
"Until we find out the truth, you're staying here; I don't care how long it takes."
"How do you intend to find it out?"
Fury gave a grim smile. "You already know that."
Oh gods.
Of course he knew, he'd just been trying to deny that part. The part where they tortured him, destroyed him all over again just after he'd managed to reconstruct some parts of his shattered psyche.
"Please… please don't." He stammered.
"You really think you're in any position to beg for mercy? After what you did to two of my best agents?"
"That wasn't me! I mean, it was, but…"
"Let's see how long you stick with that."
"I can't do that again." Loki whispered. "I'll be no of use to you if you destroy my mind."
Fury shrugged. "You're no use to me now."
"I could be." The demigod said. He shimmered green for a second then Fury was looking at a perfect imitation of himself.
The spy smirked but shook his head. "Nice try. You're not going anywhere."