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Lyla clenched and unclenched her fists, steadily walking to the brig. She hadn't meant to snap at Bruce, but she was frazzled. She felt like she was about to break, and its that damn God's fault! Glancing back she saw Bruce sulkily following her, hands in his pockets and shoulders slumped forward. Well dammit, it's not like it is his fault that I got sucked into that psychopaths mind.
Sighing Lyla stopped walking causing poor Dr. Banner to run into her, she held her ground and let out a deep breath.
" Bruce. I'm sorry about snapping at you like that back there. You didn't deserve it and it was completely uncalled for." Turning she looked into the doctors wary gaze. Please forgive me she thought, or at least don't take my actions to heart.
" It's fine. I shouldn't have accused you of being an experiment S.H.E.I.L.D. created trying to replicate...well trying to replicate me." He said forlornly gesturing to his person.
" No...but things would have been simpler if they had." The girl whispered before turning away again.
Those words wouldn't have reached a normal pair of ears, but seeing as Banner was anything but normal he heard. He frowned at her comment, this girls past was nonexistent to him and it was frustrating to say the least. Huffing in resignation he continued on as if he was blissfully ignorant to her last words. Or at least trying to be.
Well seems like this little family keeps growing thought Lyla as she led Bruce into the brig. The doctor stepped out from behind her as they entered the room, heading straight to the desk before taking a seat. A seat she took note that was as far away from everyone else.
"Glad to see you make it here, was starting to think you had gotten lost Lyla." Lyla smirked at the sass she was getting from Coulson before taking her place next to him.
" Had a minor issue with control." She whispered back, might as well tell him now. He would hear of it sooner or later.
"Oh?" Phil cast a side glance between his agent and Dr. Banner. " From which party?"
He watched as Lyla sighed in defeat, so it was a control issue on her part.
" Any damage?"
" None to report but I did give the doctor a spook." Coulson tried to fight back the smile from forming on his face at that. The giant green rage monster afraid of his little agent? That would be a sight to behold. " What triggered it?"
He watched curiously as his agent fidgeted beside him. Half of his attention was on the screen displaying Fury's interrogation with Loki. He took note of how Lyla would glance quickly at the screen and then quickly look away. Dr. Banner also kept an eye on Lyla, his gaze jumping between the screen and the young agent.
" Were you in the proximity of Loki?"
"Yes sir. He passed the lab as he was being taken into the containment unit."
" Any useful information?" He watched his agent frown, maybe the mind of the god is more complex then ours.
" It was chaotic. Like his memories and emotions are fighting for purchase in his mind." Lyla grimaced when recalling the short time she spent in the Gods mind.
Now that she thought it over his mind seemed to be fighting not only against her but some outside force. Or maybe he is just a bag full of cats crazy, she mused.
" Be careful with how you speak of Loki! He is still a prince of Asgard and further more still my brother." Lyla straighten at the demand, startling her from her internal musing.
" That is Thor Odinson the god of thunder. And more importantly Loki's old brother." Coulson informed her as she took in the strange man in front of her. He looked nothing like the trickster she had encountered earlier. He was a tall wall of muscle with eyes blue as the sea and golden hair to earn jealously from any blonde. He looked nothing like his supposed younger brother Loki.
" He killed eighty men in the past three days." Commented Natasha.
" He is adopted." Replied the thunder god, as if that could make up for the lost lives. However it did answer a few questions for Lyla.
Lyla could see how having Thor as a older brother can leave the younger sibling with great expectations to surpass. The eldest golden child prodigy that Thor probably is, was probably too much for the young Loki to compete with. So what do children do when they can't beat there siblings for attention of there parents? They decide to rebel and begin to believe that any attention good, or more accurately in this case bad is better then none.
Perhaps a little delving into this gods mind would be of use right now, thought Lyla as she reached out to the troubled god.
Thor's mind was a complete opposite from of his darker brother. There was no chaos of memories or of emotions. She found an over whelming sense of guilt and worry for his younger brother. Images of a young boy flitted through Thor's mind. Each one growing in age until a fully grown Loki appeared, it was not the same one that was currently being held in SHEILD's custody.
No this Loki his brother remembers was full of life. Green eyes shining bright and a mischief smile on his lips. He seemed truly happy and vibrant. Not the self loathing creature being held down below.
Thor could feel something or someone prickling at the edges of his subconscious. He may not have been as well versed as his brother in magic but he knew when someone was trying to pick at his mind. Summoning up a simple spell his brother had taught he expelled the intruder, out of his eye he watched a agent stumble back a few steps.
Thor watched cautious as the son of Coul immediately turn to the young maiden. Perhaps it is his young daughter? The older man seemed to be rather protective of her and worried for why she had stumbled.
"Forgive me for that young maiden tis was just a bit of weak magic. However I would kindly ask that you do not enter my mind without permission. It is how you mortals say rude?" He smiled at the end of his request ensuring that they knew that he was not angered by her actions.
" No I am the one at fault. I'm sorry but I was curious about your relationship with your younger brother."
" Tis alright, I am sure you caught a glimpse before I shut you out?"
" Yes, I saw enough." He watched curiously as the girls face took on a somber disposition. Had she seen the change in Loki as he had? " You must be incredibly talented at magic to have entered my mind. As it is Loki had put enchantments in preventing such intrusions after a fierce battle with a master of illusions long ago." Sadness crept into the gods tone remember such simpler times. Back when his brother was still that, his brother.
" It isn't magic." Lyla hissed out. Thor gave her a confusing look at the tone she had replied with, how could she not believe what she possessed was magic?
" Well not that this isn't well and dandy but I would prefer you use your skills in extracting the whereabouts of the tesseract agent Evanson." Fury's voice cut through the room. Neither Lyla nor Thor had noticed the silence that had crept onto the room. All attention was on the two.
" Yes sir." Lyla clipped out, before spinning on her heel and out of the area.
" Fury may I ask how Lady Evanson had come to be part of your as you say organization?" Thor asked turning his blue gaze onto the one eyed director.
" I for one would also like to know the details pertaining to Miss Evanson's recruitment. Seeing that her last whereabouts before SHIELD was a detention center in San Diego." Tony Stark sauntered into the brig fashionably late as always, before stepping up to the god of thunder, " No hard feelings point break, you have a mean swing."
" I would appreciate if you left my agent alone Stark." The voice rang through the room commanding and slightly pissed. Causing Tony to stop mid step, shocked to hear that it did not come from Director Fury as had been expected but from Coulson.
" I do believe that we deserve a right to know who we work with director Fury." Added shyly , his curiosity for the young girl was winning out.
" If she is a threat sir should we not be informed?" Commented Steve concerned by what he had just witnessed. Magic couldn't exist right?
" Enough!" Romanoffs voice cut through the mens banter and in all honesty bitching. " She is not of concern to any of you at the moment, and if you know what is best for you all I suggest you do not test her limits." The last part was a warning for Stark in particular.
" It is best that you heed Agents Coulson and Romanoff. Lyla is after all under there care." Fury smirked before sweeping out of the room
