A/N: I was going to take a break on writing this thing cause my mind has just been spent but then after a day of swimming and movie watching *cough* amazing spiderman *cough* I was inspired again! Thanks Uncle Ben, thanks. *moment of pouting.* this one was really hard, lots of action scenes, but I tried and I hope I succeeded. Thor and Loki should be meeting properly very soon!
Loki had a hard time shaking that guy off his mind. Peter noticed and tried to ask him about it but he just kept shrugging him off. So when night came, Peter gets ready as usual but Loki stops him before he goes out the window as usual.
"I'm coming with you." Loki had been getting dressed as well in his room. He now wore leather dress pants and a forest green top under a leather jacket he had a black fedora with green stitching on and was carrying a mask in his hand. Peter shakes his head furiously.
"No your not."
"You need me! You have no idea what you are doing out there." Peter starts doing his usual nervous ticks of wild hand movements and touching some part of his head.
"No, I won't let you come along."
"I'm not asking your permission." Peter turns quickly already looking upset and mad.
"No, I will web you to the bed if I have to but you are not coming with me I will not put you in danger." Loki sees his distress but ignores it.
"So what, you are just going to keep going the way you are without plans. Just attacking guys who the police have trouble catching. You are killing Aunt May and me."
"At least you are alive! Loki I cannot lose people ok. I was terrified to let you come because I knew, if I got close to you, I would lose you." Loki sees he wants to cry now.
"That why you won't let Gwen close?" he turns away and goes out the window without a word. Loki sighs at his stubbornness. He gets his belt that has his weapons on it and goes outside to get his F4i motorcycle he hid from Aunt May. While he went to Flash's father's scrap yard, who is nice unlike his friends, he got the bike painted. It is now black with forest green racing stripes. He couldn't help himself. He mounts the bike and starts it. It revs excitedly. He gets out of the alley he hid it in and starts going after Peter. Luckily, he was able to put a tracker on his suit so he finds him easily. He waits for Peter to head somewhere for a mission and when he does; he weaves in and out of traffic to keep up with the swinger. Peter's call was on a hostage situation again and Loki goes faster in order to catch up. Peter veers off toward a relatively low building and lands on the roof to scope out the situation. Loki parks the bike beside the building and takes out his hook shot. He had made it himself from the scraps and he is rather proud of it. He shoots it to the edge of the roof and hits a button that makes it swing him up. He grabs the side and hoists himself up. Peter still hasn't moved and is groaning about not knowing what to do if even the police don't know what is going on. Loki sneaks up behind him and announces himself. Peter jumps and turns.
"Loki, what the heck are you doing here?"
"Saving your ass. Move aside." He goes to the edge of the building and takes out some high-end binoculars.
"What are those?"
"I modified them to make them be able to see through cement. I have to say, OSCORP technology comes in handy." Peter gaps under his mask.
"Fine, you are here, but you cannot leave this roof." He says sternly.
"There are five hostages and seven bad guys. You see that open window in the shadows over there?" He points and Peter nods. "Go through there and put this in your ear. I will tell you where the guys are and inform you on anything you can't see." Peter takes off his mask and puts the ear device in his ears. "I promise I will stay on this roof. I haven't really finished my weapons so I am not prepared anyways." Peter groans at the fact Loki is even here but goes by the plan and jumps to the open window. He sneaks in easily and walks around carefully, much like a spider. "Ok, they have made contact with the police. I don't know their demands but from the body language, they weren't met." Peter goes down the stairs till he gets to the lobby. "Peter, one is coming your way. Take him out quietly and you won't be discovered yet." Peter senses the guy coming around the corner and jumps onto the ceiling. He waits until he is far enough from the group and knocks him out. "He dead?" Loki asks.
"No, I never kill." Peter says in shock. Loki apologizes and continues explaining things that Peter can't see.
"SWAT is coming in from the back and snipers are starting to be put in place. Be sure to stay in the shadows and we have a time limit now." Peter sneaks into the lobby and hides behind a banker's desk. "On my mark. There are two by the windows to your left, one coming around on your right and three more pointing their guns at civilians. Take out the three in the middle then the one on your right. The two by the window can go last." Peter nods even if Loki can't see. "One," The SWAT team have entered the building. "Two," The snipers are set and have their targets. "Three." A woman screams. Peter jumps out from behind the desk and wraps the three in the middle. He then webs the one beside him to the wall and the two in the corner he hangs from the ceiling. "Peter, take the elevator to your right and get to the third floor. The SWAT are ready to shoot anyone they see." Peter takes off toward the elevator, presses the button and by a stroke of luck, it opens instantly. The doors shut just as the SWAT come in and aim at the elevator. "When on the third floor I will open a window for you." Peter exits the elevator and runs to the window he sees get blasted by what he sees are marbles.
"Marbles, really, Loki how old are you?"
"Shut up, it was either that or change." Peter shoots a web and takes flight. "I have my own ride. Meet you three blocks away by a coffee shop." Peter goes strait there. He waits a minute or two till Loki comes screeching in. He revs the engine a bit then kills it.
"Those are death traps you know." Loki gets off and puts a hand on his hips, clearly not caring.
"It is one of the best trick riding motorcycles out there. I got it by getting a girl to have sex with the guy." Peter face palms.
"I don't want you coming along."
"Peter, I won't get hurt, I can take care of myself." Peter rips off his mask and he looks distraught again.
"I watched my uncle Ben die because I didn't stop a guy from robbing a gas station. Gwen's dad died because I wasn't strong enough to stop Dr. Connors in time and he died right in front of me." Peter walks away a bit and grabs the bridge of his nose. Loki doesn't like Peter crying. He will tell anyone who asks that it is because crying is annoying but honestly, he cares for him. Loki cautiously walks over and puts a hand on his shoulder. He isn't sure what to do so he settles with talking.
"Peter, I am here, Aunt May is still here, Gwen is here. Don't worry because I have to stay here and protect you. You saved my life now let me help you protect yours. You have so much without the mask on I won't let you lose any of it." Peter turns around and sees the sincerity Loki has in his eyes. Peter slowly embraces Loki and Loki stands there debating on whether or not to return it. He finally settles on throwing all thought out the window and just hugs back. He finds that he likes it. He likes the touch but his ever-growing pride would never out right say it. They break eventually and Peter has gotten a hold of himself. "So we saved people tonight, let's go home and not worry Aunt May." Peter smiles happily and says ok. That is until the police radio on his phone starts up.
"A major riot has broken out near the downtown concert hall. All units to the scene. Three casualties and still counting. One missing girl. White with blonde hair and is eight years old." Peter and Loki share a look. Peter takes off into the sky, swinging from building to building. Loki starts the bike and weaves around traffic until he gets to the convention center with Peter. The convention center now in sight, Loki sees a red light in the distance with black smoke coming from it. He veers to the right, pops a wheelie and gets on the wall of the bridge. He then rockets off landing on a truck and driving off it to get through the few allies between him and the convention center. Peter is on a roof overlooking the chaos.
"Loki, when you get here I need you to get on a roof and tell me when you see the girl. I will try to stop these people from killing each other."
"Gotcha, I am there now and working my way onto a roof." When he gets on top of a roof, the chaos that greeted him was breath taking. He never thought he would see so much violence but here it is. All-out war has broken out. He sees Peter webbing people and lifting them high out of the way. Loki starts looking in the crowd for a little girl. All he saw were people attacking each other. It didn't matter if you were police or not. He saw a policeman being dragged behind a horse. He takes out his marble shotgun and hits the rope letting the guy go. He then turns to find that Peter has been grounded. A quick surge of panic spread through Loki as Peter tries to fight off his many attackers. He squashes it down though and sprints to the fire escape climbing down as fast as his feet would allow. He gets on his motorcycle and speeds out hitting two guys as he goes. Most of the crowd parted and when he gets to the group beating on Peter he pops a wheelie and hits a guy's face with his wheel. He then pulls the rear of the bike up and pends hitting them all away. Peter gets up and makes a web to get out.
"Spiderman, I haven't seen the kid yet, let's leave and see if she is hiding in buildings," He yells as he weaves away from all the people trying to grab him. Peter swings toward a building but watches to be sure that Loki gets to safety before he enters. Loki is about to safety when he is lassoed by his neck in a noose. He is flung off his bike and dragged to a man mounted on a horse. He hears Peter scream his name. As the guy in the gas mask pulls him up. Loki takes out his shotgun, aims it quickly at his face, and shoots. It hits the gas mask and makes the guy let him go. He scrambles up and takes off running away from the crowd. Peter comes after him. "No, go find the girl, I will be fine. Go Spiderman!" Loki yells. Peter stops as he says this and his body language shows he doesn't like the idea. He turns, however, and starts looking in buildings. Loki runs down the deserted street and tries to get rid of the angry mom behind him. When he turns another street, he falls to the ground in horror. He gags as he takes in the hanging bodies under the bridge. The yelling behind him gets louder and louder. He gets up and starts running again through the bodies, hoping they won't follow. A few streets later, the screaming finally stops and Loki leans against a car to catch his breath. The riot hasn't hit this place yet.
"Loki, I need help getting the girl out. She won't go near the window she hates heights so much." Peter says through the earpiece.
"Alright, um," He looks to the car and decides it's the only thing he has. He breaks the window and lets himself in. The alarm starts and Loki growls in annoyance. The car still has the key in it and he quickly finds out why. It was a trap by the rioters. They all come out of the allies and right at the car. Loki starts it and the alarm stops as he speeds off. He swerves around the corner making his way back to Peter. He looks at the tracking device and sees exactly where he needs to go. Bullets start hitting the windshield and Loki wonders about his sanity. He swerves again down an alley to escape the cops shooting at him. Finally, he gets to the building Peter and the girl are at. Peter comes bounding out and into the car.
"How the heck-"
"Long story, put on your seat belts." Loki puts the car in drive and drives away from the sight.
"Loki, wait, the girl gave me some information that sheds new light on our problem."
"Like what?" Loki almost growls. Peter hurries to answer.
"Apparently and big guy with lots of animals on him," Loki looks at Peter with a raised brow, "Her words not mine, anyway, he let lose a gas in the air and all the people went crazy, including her brother." Loki sighs knowing what they have to do.
"Where was the gas released?" The girl shrugs. Peter answers instead.
"Back where the riot started. She found out that it wears off when sprayed with water." Loki face palms and parks the car.
"So basically we have to get them all wet. How the hell do we do that?"
"Watch your mouth and I have a plan." Loki looks surprised and Peter is slightly offended.
"We high jack a fire truck and go around spraying people." Loki face palms again.
"I guess it is as good as we are going to get." Loki puts the car back in drive and Peter leads him to the place he saw the abandoned fire truck. Once there they all get out.
"Sara, get in the fire truck and no matter what you don't come out or let anyone in except me and Loki."
"Why are we using my real name? I wear a mask for a reason."
"Come up with a cool name and then I will stop using your name." Loki stops mid face palm.
"Trickster. It is as good as any." Peter agrees. They get on the fire truck, Loki driving and Peter spraying. They head back to where they left the rioters. Sadly, it was right under the hanging bridge that they found them. "Sara, keep your eyes shut." She does so in the back seat. Peter starts spraying the crowd trying his hardest not to notice the corpses around him. The rioters come toward the truck but are all sprayed down by the high pressure. Within minutes, the crowd is subdued. Peter stops the hose and drops down. Loki steps out and accompanies Peter to scope the crowd. A few every now and again would ask where were they and what happened which proved what the girl said was right. They go back to the girl and take her out with her eyes shut.
"Keep your head down to the crowd and tell us if you see your brother." She nods in Peter's shoulder and looks at the people now slowly getting up. Minutes pass as she looks at the faces until she finds him. She squirms out of Peter's grasp and runs to him. Loki keeps up to make sure everything is safe and the reunion was heartwarming. Loki and Peter let them have a moment and Peter gets up on the truck to address the crowd. "Hey everyone, you all have done some very bad stuff." The crowd takes in their surroundings to realize just how bad. "Wait here calmly, for the cops to get here and let the little girl explain what happened. You guys weren't in your right mind so you shouldn't get in too much trouble. I and my friend here," He points to Loki who is getting back on his bike. "Are going to make sure we have stopped everyone here." The people all gather in the side alley, away from the grotesque scene and Peter and Loki separate to scope out the surrounding area. Thirty minutes later, the scene was explained and now the police are looking for the man who did this even though the description wasn't that good. Loki and Peter get home well past midnight as tired as can be. Loki trudges to his room barely picking up his feet then stops. He turns and walks back to Peter's room. He had stripped and put on sweats during the time and Loki takes off his clothes and grabs sweats as well. He then pokes Peter in the shoulder.
"You ok Loki?" He half coherently says. They were both rather beaten.
"Don't make me sleep alone." Peter understands. It was one of his most scarring nights and scoots over. Loki climbs in bed and they get comfy, almost cuddling.
"Glad you were there tonight, helped my sanity not having to deal with it alone." Peter mumbles. Loki yawns.
"Helped me to, good night." They slept like that. A few times one would wake up from a nightmare of the events they witnessed and the other would comfort them back to sleep. They were both glad that it was a weekend the next day.
