Virgo paced in his cell.
He had had everything planned out. By now he should have gotten to the prisoner did the ritual and be gone. Instead he sat here in these Terrans' cell. This was a setback he could not afford.
Virgo thoughts were interrupted by the opening of the door to the room of his cell and in walked two of the warriors he fought, a man in a red, white and blue jumpsuit and the Asgardian. Virgo could tell from his dress that he was an Asgardian noble. In fact, with his armor he appeared to be a pretty high ranking Asgardian.
"We will like to know why you felt the need to sneak into one of our most heavily guarded compounds?" the men in the jumpsuit asked.
Virgo smirked. These warriors cut right to the chase, something that he could appreciate. From what he learned in his earlier fight these warriors were ones who would do what needed to be done to protect what was theirs. Maybe once they know why he came they will be willing to help him complete his mission.
"I have come to protect the galaxy from a great threat," Virgo answered.
This caused the man in the jumpsuit's eyebrows to shot up.
"That does not explain why you attacked this compound," he said.
"I was looking for the one called Loki," Virgo said.
"If you see Loki as a threat I can assure you he is where he can harm no one anymore," the Asgardian said.
"Loki is not the threat I am worried about," Virgo explained. "I am fighting against a much stronger foe; however, I need Loki in order to defeat that foe."
"And why is that?" the Asgardian asked.
"I'm am working to bring down the villain known as Thanos. This mad man has destroyed millions of lives, hundreds of worlds with no end in sight. He has managed to do this with a magic artifact known as the Infinity Gauntlet. The gauntlet itself is powerless but when combined with the Infinity Stones it is an unstoppable weapon. Luckily Thanos has lost all put one of these stones. The stone he managed to keep is known as the Mind Stone. This stone gives him the ability to control anyone he wishes." Virgo said.
"This is it does not explain what your quest has to do with Loki," the Asgardian said.
"I was getting there," Virgo said doing his best to keep his patience. "When the stones were taken from Thanos Asgard played a large rule in hiding the stones. So when an Asgardian prince was seen on a planet that Thanos' men were looking through, an opportunity was seen. Prince Loki was captured and the Mind Stone used on him. Seeing how the Mind Stone allows an individual to keep their personality and knowledge, only making them use these traits for the stone's wielder, no one on Asgard would be the wiser."
The Asgardian looked like someone had hit him in the head with his own hammer.
"This Thanos was controlling Loki," the Asgardian said in a voice only a little higher than a whisper.
"Yes," Virgo said, "Thanos had hoped that with the change of rulers approaching in Asgard, the realm will be violable to inside sabotage. When that did not work, Thanos keep Loki under his control. However, Thanos kept him under his control longer than can be considered safe."
The shock on the Asgardian's face turned to that of fear.
"What do you mean?" the man in the jumpsuit asked.
"A person can stay under the control of the stone for a period of a couple of months with no worry, yet going past time is unwise. Loki his been under the control of the Mind Stone for almost 3 years now."
"What damage has this done to Loki?" the Asgardian asked worry showing clearly through his voice.
"Simply put if one is under the control of the stone for that long a time, part of the stone's power will fuse with that individual," Virgo said.
"So Loki has the power of this Mind Stone," the man in the jumpsuit asked.
"Yes and no," Virgo said.
"What do you mean," the Asgardian asked.
"The power is stored in Loki, but Loki himself will never be able to reach it."
"If Loki cannot use the power, why do you need him?" the man in the jumpsuit asked.
"While he cannot use the power, that power can be transferred from him. It can than be made into a weapon that will counteract that gauntlet. This weapon will only last of one use, but it will be all that is needed to stop Thanos trail of destruction."
"And what of Loki?" the Asgardian asked.
Virgo looked at the Asgardian with interest. Now that he had spoken with him it was clear that this Asgardian will not join him. Yet, that did not mean he did not have an ally in the man in the jumpsuit.
"What does the life of one Asgardian prince matter against the lives of countless billions?" Virgo asked.
"What of Loki?" the Asgardian asked again.
"Sadly he would not survive the process," Virgo said. "A minor inconvenience, but it is of little matter."
At this the main in the jumpsuit gripped the Asgardian's cape to stop him from attacking Virgo.
"So you would kill an innocent man, in order to build this weapon," the jumpsuit man said.
"It is for the greater good," Virgo said, "You protect this world, sure you understand that in order of the world to remain safe sacrifices have to be made."
"I doubt Loki will feel that way," the man in the jumpsuit said as he tightened his hold the the Asgardian's cape, who looked as if he wanted to kill Virgo where he stood.
"Yes, I do not believe he would want to be a part of a spell that involves pretty much gutting him like a pig," Virgo said, "However, it…"
Virgo was unable to finish. The Asgardian had broken free of the man in the jumpsuit's hold at that remark by Virgo. He had reached through the bars on Virgo's cell and gripped him by the collar. Pulling him to where Virgo's face was only an inch from his own.
"If you so much as lay one finger on my brother, you will have more to worry about from than Thanos."
At this Virgo's eyes widen.
"You're Prince Thor," he said.
Before anything else could be said, the man in the jumpsuit pulled Thor off of Virgo and lead him out of the room. Once again Virgo was in the room by himself.
Thirty minutes after his conversation with Virgo found Thor in his assign quarters packing up his few belongings. He was going home.
There was a knock at the door. Turning Thor saw Captain America standing there.
"Heading back, I was under the impress that you were going to help us track down the scepter," he asked.
"I am sorry my friend; however, a threat has been made on my brother's life."
Captain America nodded.
"Also my brother is innocent, yet he still sits in the palace dungeons. I will not have him there any longer than he needs to be," Thor said.
"I am sorry, but my family comes first," he added.
At this Captain America held out his hand. After his time on Midgard, Thor knew the meaning behind this gesture. He took the captain's offered hand.
"It has been a pleasure servicing with you. I wish you all the best. I would offer to help, however the danger that the specter offers to earth means that I cannot leave with its still unaccounted for," Captain America said.
"I understand and would do the same in your place," Thor said.
"If you ever do need help, remember that you have friends here," Captain America said.
"I will," Thor said.
Before either of them could say anything else, the warning alarms went off. They stay there long enough of surprised looks to appear on their faces before running off to the holding cell.
When they got to the holding cell the smoke was just starting to clear. It could no longer be called a holding cell. The bars had been melted down and the down the outside door had been blasted clean off. The prisoner was gone with no clear path that he had taken.
Thor took one look at the damage before turning to Captain America.
"I have to leave now," Thor said.
At this Captain America only nodded.
