Thank you SceneNeko, Aruyn, littleblackneko, TheWritingMonster, Sweet Sweet Hedwig and Kowy!
Heads up, this chapter is a bit boring because its leading up to the next chapter...which is so, so much better...and you'll see why at the end.
Tony stared at the ceiling, completely lost in his thoughts. After his conversation with Loki, he had gone to his room and collapsed on the bed, completely exhausted.
"Well...this is boring," Loki muttered. The God had appeared in Tony's mirror and had been waiting for the human to do something.
"It's not my job to keep you entertained Boney," Tony replied without looking away from the ceiling.
Loki stared at him for a few moments before he vanished and appeared on the glass panel of Tony's clock, "Are you seriously still pouting over what that mortal woman said?".
"No," Tony answered quickly, far too quickly in Loki's mind.
"So you are," the God chuckled, "Hung up over a woman's tongue. You humans are truly pathetic". Tony didn't reply and the two sat in silent. Suddenly, there was a loud clash of thunder and Loki jumped slightly, looking at the window with a tinge of fear in his eyes.
Tony, having drawn his gaze away from the ceiling to the clock, noticed the fear, "What? Don't tell me the big bad God is afraid of thunder storms?".
The fear disappeared from Loki's eyes and he looked at Tony, "I'm not partially fond of what comes next".
"What are you talking about?" Tony sat up and raised his eyebrow at the God. The two sat there for several minutes in silence; the sound rain could be heard pelting against the window echoed throughout the room.
Loki appeared to be more confident now, "Wouldn't you like to know". Tony stared at him a bit longer, wondering what made fear appear in the arrogant God and what caused it to disappear. Shaking his head, Tony closed his eyes as he laid back down.
"Night Boney".
The God never replied, to lost in memories he would rather forget.
Tony was having a rough day. Not only did he have an annoying God at home who made it his mission to make Tony's life miserable but he was currently sitting in front of a panel of judges, a bored expression on his face.
"Mr Stark, you are here-," Judge Thomas, a man in his late 50's, began before Tony cut him off.
"Our priority is to get the Ironman suit turned over to the United States of America blah blah blah, I've heard it all before. Let's not waste anymore time. I have a reservation for lunch at 1:30 so I would appreciate it if I could make it," Tony said.
Thomas' face turned red in anger, "Mr Stark! The Ironman suit-".
Tony cut him off once again, "I am Ironman. The suit and I are one. Didn't I tell you this a couple of days ago? I swear I did. At that secret court appearance...you know the one. You did everything thing in your power to hide it from the media". Whispers broke out from the public and media people there. Tony pulled out his phone and started pressing several keys, trying to find something.
"Mr Stark! Please stop interrupting me. Now, we have the Head of the United States Military here to testify how-,"
"Ah, here it is," Tony pressed the play button on his phone and a recording started playing.
"Mr Stark, we on behalf of the Whitehouse, believe it is a priority to get the Ironman suit turned over to the United States of America so we can use this technology to better our defence force," Judge Thomas said.
"Look I would love to and everything but I am Ironman. The suit and I are one. If there's any trouble, I have complete faith in our military force," Tony replied.
"Don't be a fool. Our military can barely fight against our enemies now! They are completely useless and we need this technology to at least stand a fighting chance!" Thomas shouted.
Thomas stood up in a panic, "Turn it off! Someone switch it off!".
"The military has dedicated men and women who risk their lives every day for our country and you say their useless?" Tony asked in disbelief.
Thomas laughed, "If we had robots such as Ironman, we won't have any human errors. America could become the most powerful country in the world! Don't you want that? Other countries would never disobey or speak against us".
Tony paused the recording. The court room was silent. The Head of the United States Military, an elderly chap who had face a lot of battles in his time due to the scarring on his face, stared at Judge Thomas in shock before the emotion was quickly placed with rage.
"How dare you! We have lost countless men and women servicing this country and you think everything we do is useless? All our troops fighting overseas are useless?" he stood up, put his armed forces hat on and walked over to Tony.
He held his hand out and Tony grasped it, both giving each other a firm shake, "Mr Stark, we have numerous men and women risking their risks very second. We don't want your Ironman suit. You can keep that thing. My grandson would kill me if I took it away from you. He has a collection of Ironman dolls-".
"Action figures," Tony corrected, "There action figures...not dolls".
The Head of Military chuckled, "My mistake, action figures. He really admires you and I can see why. All I ask on behalf of the military is that you keep design better technology for our troops to use. I don't want weapons; I just want technology which can make our missions safer and where our soldiers can talk to loved ones freely".
"Yes sir," Tony nodded, "I'll do my best".
"Good," he gave Tony a slap on the back before he left the court room. By now, the court room was in absolute chaos. Reporters were shouting questions and the public were demanding answers while the judges and security tried to, unsuccessfully, calm the angry crowd down.
"I must admit, I am impressed," a very familiar voice said, "You managed to cause quite a stir tinman". Tony looked at his phone and there, on the screen, was Loki.
"Oh shit," Tony's eyes were wide in shock.
"Don't look so surprised human. I am a God after all," Loki chuckled.
Tony quickly put his phone in the pocket of his jacket and shouted to the judges, "It appears you don't need me anymore so I'll take my leave". Tony dashed out of the court room, judges calling after him, but he had a lot bigger problems to deal with right now. He went into the male bathroom, locked the door and pulled his phone out.
"Start talking Boney," Tony demanded, his teeth clenched in anger.
"No need to be so upset. I just may have left out a few minor details about my powers," Loki replied.
Tony stared at him with a blank face, "We must have very, very, different definitions of minor then. I was under the assumption that you couldn't leave my house and yet here you are...on my phone screen...outside my house".
"I can go onto any object in your house. If you take that object out of the house...I'll still be on it. I can't transfer to another object outside your house but I can certainly leave without you even knowing," Loki bragged.
"Of course you can," Tony muttered, "Next thing you'll tell me is that you can do magic tricks". Loki didn't say anything but the smirk on his face was enough of an answer for Tony.
"You've got to be kidding me! What else can you do? I really, really don't want another repeat of this," Tony groaned in annoyance.
Loki chuckled, "If I were to tell you all my secrets, then I would have no fun tinman".
"Tinman?" Tony questioned.
"I'm presuming Ironman is some kind of armour. Iron is a metal and tinman has such a nice ring to it...don't you think?".
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
"Mr Stark," a man called out, "Court will start again shortly".
"I'll be there shortly," Tony replied before he whispered to the God, "This isn't over. I want my answers Boney".
Tony let out a heavy sigh as he sat down. He had a very, very rough day today. After his gruelling court appearance, he had several media conferences all demanding answers he couldn't and in some cases won't provide. It was starting to get too much for Tony. Everything was slowly becoming too much to bare. His problem with Pepper, the government constantly at him, the media never shutting up and now a freaking God who Tony had no idea about the extent of his power. He pulled out a bottle of vodka and took a large mouthful of it. Loki, having appeared in the bar mirror, watched on silently.
"In other news, Tony Stark, the head of Stark Industries and the hero known as Ironman, has caused quite the disturbance at his court hearing. Sasha is outside the court now. Sasha, can you tell us what happened?" a reporter on the TV questioned.
"Hi Shaun. In today's hearing Mr Stark-," the woman was cut off when Tony switched his TV off. He let out another heavy sigh as he sat down. Tony sat there silently, drinking vodka every now and then.
"I don't understand," Loki finally said.
Tony didn't move, "Understand what Boney?".
"Why you humans poison yourself with this...disgusting liquid". Tony frowned. Loki sounded strangely close...closer than any object he could portray himself through. He turned around and almost fell of his seat at what he saw. Standing there, in all his godly glory, was Loki.
*gasp*
Loki's here! Or he is? Only I know the answer...I'm writing the next chapter as we speak so it will be up soon
Ironfrost Video Inspiration: Maneater Loki/Tony by lyssy31
Question for Ironfrost fans: What would Tony and Loki give each other on Valentine's Day?