They finally find Kagome! YAY! Bet you've been waiting fo this for a long time. Enjoy!
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Chapter 9: You Came
Tony walked through the helicarrier like he owned it, Loki next to him. They both gained some funny looks from passing agents, even more so when Tony didn't wink, smirk, or make a lecherous comment. Loki was stared at in confusion - some of the agents recognising him and wondering why he was wondering around the helicarrier he'd escaped and day and a half ago.
Many twists and turns later, with Tony consulting his phone now and again, they stopped in front of a door and paused. Loki frowned, not sure why the inventor had stopped.
"Why have you stopped?" Tony looked at him, eyes wide and confused and uncertain. Somewhere in Loki's chest tightened at the look, and he realised that it wasn't a good look for Tony. He also realised that he never wanted to see that expression on his face again. It looked wrong… unnatural.
"I don't…" He trailed off, sighed, and tried again. "I've spent so long looking for her, and now that I've found her, I don't know what I'll do afterwards. What if she doesn't remember me? Or she is so damaged that she won't…" Tony ran a hand through his hair, frustrated beyond belief with his ability to express what he thought. Loki shrugged.
"I'm sure she'll be fine. We'll help her to recover and even if she doesn't remember you, she can get to know you again whilst meeting me." The corner of Tony's mouth hitched up into a small smile.
"I guess so." Tentative, Tony reached for the door handle, and suddenly wondered why there was a door handle instead of a button to open the door.
"Sir, it seems Kagome is being moved into an adjacent room. I believe you should proceed with all haste." Tony and Loki exchanged alarmed looks and Tony finally twisted the handle fully, pushing. When the door didn't budge, they hissed curses.
"Jarvis, can you get the lock?" When the AI answered a negative, Tony growled.
"Fucking hell. Why is everything requiring effort?" He reached into his trouser pocket and took out a small silver device, about the size of a poker chip. Loki looked on curiously as Tony stuck it to the door, just under the handle. The inventor laughed a little. "Good thing I always carry these around with me. They're so useful." He mused.
"What does it do?" Tony sent an amused look to the God.
"You'll see." He pushed a button, and gestured for Loki to step back a little way while he did the same. There was silence for a few minutes before a click was heard, followed by a relatively noisy boom. The door swung open and Tony grinned like the cat that got the cream, salmon and the tuna. "Let's go." He pushed at the door and it swung open, revealing a room devoid of people and barely any furniture. There was a bed and a chair. That was all. Loki frowned. This was worse than when he'd been in the cells of Asgard centuries previous.
There was a door, opposite to the bed and to the right of the door they'd just come through. It was shut, but there was light coming through the gaps, and Jarvis had told them that Kagome was in that room. Something about the way the room was and that light coming through the door was flickering set them on edge, a foreboding feeling tingling through them.
The opened the door quickly, sending two of the people inside scattering away from the door. Tony and Loki watched them carefully, before a half choked sound drew their attention to the corner, where a vaguely familiar body was on display. They both knew that it was Kagome, and were outraged that they'd just caught them.
A scientist, who obviously hadn't been paying attention to her compatriots and the sound of the door opening, was holding a head of black hair in the water. The reason their was a choking sound was that, in her other hand, the scientist also had a cattle prod and had shocked her with it, causing Kagome to inhale some water. Kagome struggled briefly, before slowing down. Her hands, which had been clenched around the restraints, relaxed. Her head was pulled up and she was shocked again, bringing her back to full consciousness with a gasping groan and wide eyes. She panted, and then noticed Tony and Loki standing there, staring in horror and disgust. She stiffened.
Kagome closed her eyes again, tears leaking from her eyes. She had a horrible feeling that those looks were for her. The person holding onto her hair tightened their grip, seemingly unconsciously, as they apparently noticed the two men standing at the door. Tony and Loki narrowed their eyes.
"Get out." Tony growled, eyes ablaze. "Get out, right now, and I may just decide not to kill you." All three scientists hurried out, leaving Kagome alone with the two men.
Once the people torturing her were gone, Tony walked forward slowly, hands up to show he wasn't going to do anything. Kagome smiled.
"Tony." She greeted. "How are you?" Tony practically beamed.
"You remember." He stated warmly, coming closer still. Loki stayed near the door, watching the reunion with a small smile. Kagome nodded.
"How could I forget?" There was a hint of sadness and bitterness in her voice, making Tony frown. "It was the first time I'd been let out since I got here." She looked down at herself and sighed. "Would you mind getting me some clothes please? And getting me out of these restraints?" Tony suddenly realised that she wasn't wearing any clothes and blushed, clearing his throat, to the amusement of both Loki and Kagome.
"Umm… yeah, okay." He turned away before realising that there were no clothes in the next room. He mentally debated before turning back and coming closer to Kagome, going for the restraints. His head turned slightly towards Loki.
"Hey, would you be able to summon something?" He asked the God, but someone else he wasn't expecting answered.
"Oh, I forgot about that." Kagome smiled. "Nice of you to remind me." Tony finally go the last of her restraints free, and she glimmered with purple light before a black top and light brown trousers appeared on her. She looked down at her bare feet and they glimmered too, before a pair of ankle boots appeared with inch heels. Loki and Tony stared. "What?" She asked, confused before comprehension and fear clouded her eyes. "You didn't know." She choked out. "Did you?" Tony shook his head slowly, and a confused light entered his eyes as Kagome leaned away from him. She shot a slightly panicked look to Loki. "And who is this with you?" Loki stepped forward.
"I am Loki, of Asgard. God of Mischief, Chaos, Lies and Fire." Kagome frowned, yet she could feel the aura of truthfulness and power around him. She nodded. She looked back at Tony, still wary.
"And how did you meet Tony?" Loki smiled wryly.
"I tried to lead an army of mercenaries to invade the earth and destroy New York." At her startled laugh, he smiled wider. "Tony was the only on that realised that I was under the control of another at the time." Kagome's eyes darkened and her face went blank.
"I see." She said flatly. She turned back to Tony. "And what's been happening with you recently. I don't know how long it's been since I last saw you." Tony frowned.
"Nearly a year and a half." He shrugged. "I found out I was betrayed by the closest thing I had to a father figure the night we met and I became a national superhero soon after. I almost died due to poisoning and many versions of my armour tried to kill me soon after I found a way to stop the thing that was poisoning me from poisoning me. Then this guy called Loki popped up and was made to try and take over the world and then we found out where you were." His eyes darkened and his monster roamed free behind his eyes. "Let's just say I wasn't too happy. The World Security Council has agreed to let you go under threat of death, so everything's cool." Kagome laughed darkly at the way he'd put everything and let her monster out for a ride. Loki looked surprised for a moment.
"I see what you mean." He murmured to Tony. Tony looked confused for a moment before his face cleared.
"Told you." Kagome looked between them both.
"What?" Tony smiled at her gently and reached for her hand, almost replicating their first meeting. She was wary and hesitant to give her hand again, but did so with a half-smile. He kissed it gently.
"I told him about you, dearest. I said you were the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen and had the most delicious rage behind your pretty blue eyes." Wariness mostly forgotten, Kagome giggled, as Tony put on the charm, Loki chuckling and rolling his eyes.
"Pretty much." He agreed. Kagome gripped onto Tony's hand and put her other hand on the arm of the chair.
"Help me up." She requested. "I really want to get out of here." Tony pulled her up gently, putting his arm around her waist when she almost fell back down. Loki moved forward to support her other side, holding her as softly as he could. Kagome huffed. "I'm not an invalid. I just wasn't steady for a moment. I'm doing my best to negate the effects of the drug as we speak." Tony blinked.
"You remind me so much of Jarvis when you speak like that." Kagome frowned.
"Who's Jarvis?" Tony grinned proudly.
"He's my AI." Kagome frowned before smiling slightly.
"I remember hearing about those eighty years ago. I'd like to meet him." At Tony's stunned look, she backtracked. "You don't have to shown me if you don't want -"
"I'd love to." He sounded dazed and Tony knew it. Kagome and Loki took one look at the inventor's expression and stilled. Tony looked not only dazed, but more than a bit besotted. "Not many people realized that Jarvis isn't just some computer with voice recognition software - he's fully sentient." He frowned a bit sadly. "People call him an 'it'." Kagome smiled softly. Tony sounded like a proud parent, upset that others weren't able to understand exactly how special their child was.
"They will learn." She reassured. Tony blinked his way out of his thoughts. He smiled distantly.
"Come. We must be leaving." They both blinked then, having almost forgotten that the God was there. They nodded, Kagome brushed them off gently and began walking as if she'd only just sat down for a few minutes. Kagome stopped just before the door to the corridor and trembled visibly. The two men hurried to catch up to her.
"I thought you were drugged?" Kagome nodded, breathing deeply. "Then -" Tony was cut off
"I told you I was negating the effects of the drug. It's gone." Loki's eyebrows rose.
"When did they give it to you?" She shrugged.
"An hour ago, maybe more. I'm not certain of time passing here. They, for once, only gave me enough to keep me pliant." She said lowly and opened the door. She took a deep breath, nodded and walked out, leaving Tony and Loki to scramble after her.
"How do you know which way to go?" Tony asked. Kagome seemed to think for a moment.
"I'm following your scents." Loki and Tony frowned.
"What is your species?" Loki asked. Kagome smirked.
"I assure you, I'm quite human."
"You're over five hundred years old." Tony said quietly with a smirk. Kagome inclined her head.
"Fair enough. My original form and my biology is human then." Loki smirked as well.
"And what are you now?"
"Endless." She answered promptly, looking straight ahead. Tony and Loki shared a look behind her. Tony, being the ignorant human he was - and notice the sarcasm -, had to ask.
"What does that mean, exactly?"
"I am immortal." She said, voice emotionless. Her expression had also gone as blank as possible. She sent a side look to Loki. "I can never die." Her tone had gone hollow, tired of the years gone by. Then a dark smirk touched her lips as the trail faded, but then came back full force as they came up to some double doors. "Humans were never meant to see eternity." She said quietly to them both before she opened the doors and walked through.
Tony and Loki frowned, concerned about how much the woman was scarred because of her torture and how much of it was merely her long life.
Yeah, I know. I kind of jumped over Tony's reaction to Kagome being able to summon clothes - but she's gone through a traumatic event and the last thing he wants to do is scare her and jumping on her and asking questions would do so. They'll get back to the subject eventually, don't worry. So, did you enjoy this chapter? Please let me know!
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