Chapter 9
Loki appeared in the basement of the building, an area he discovered was used for storage. He stepped out from behind the large stack of paintings he'd appeared behind, and moved further into the basement. He was out in the open when he heard a door open and slam shut somewhere. He moved quickly to find somewhere to hide, and made himself invisible for an extra layer of protection.
"Knock it off!" A feminine voice came into the dark basement. Loki wondered why his eyes hadn't adjusted to the darkness yet. "I can't deal with you this morning."
"I can not help it." The second voice – a masculine one – caught Loki off guard. He couldn't see anyone that she would be speaking to. No one had been in the basement when he walked around only moments ago. "I hate how he speaks to you."
"I'm already annoyed with you, so knock it off." The girl's voice came again; Loki could see her, just, she was sitting at the bottom of the staircase that went up to the basement door.
"I worry, that is all."
"Your worrying is going to get us into trouble. I have to go back, so just…behave. Go home or something, go chat to the next door cat, whatever."
She sighed as stood up from her seat before climbing back up the staircase and leaving through the door. Loki followed, keeping himself invisible. She was standing outside the door to the meeting room, speaking with a man. Loki decided to watch them talk.
"He wants you to do the job for his client." The man was saying to her. "God knows why, I tried to tell him you only did more…beginner projects but he was adamant you do the work."
"I'll call some of our sellers-"
"No. You will do your projects and I will do this job. The client must be important if he has multiple people arranging his meetings for him, we can't afford the risk of you screwing up the work. Just go do your children's books." He said before turning and leaving down a nearby staircase. She didn't seem to react to his words; not how Loki would have expected, at least. She simply watched him leave, her face showing no emotion Loki could place. There was a crash of thunder outside, then lightning, followed by the hallway lights flickering.
The lights went off, sending the hallway into sudden darkness. The air was now very cold, far colder than it should be with a simple thunder storm. Loki heard a faint "Knock it off" before she went down the same flight of stairs as the man had. The hallway remained dark and quiet for a moment, before being flooded with light again. Loki stared at one of the ceiling lights for a second before turning around to head back to the basement when he noticed a shadow on the wall. It was the figure of a person, possibly male, with a slim figure. They were standing straight and stiff, on the wall at the very end of the hallway.
Loki watched as the figure seemed to…shrink. It melted down the wall and crept behind a frame hanging on the wall. Loki walked back into the basement, thinking over what he had seen before travelling back to the tower.
"Holy- Loki!" Tony shouted, jumping back into the kitchen counter when Loki suddenly appeared in the lounge. "Some warning please?! Why do you look so…terribly concerned?"
"I believe I have an idea of what you have been dealing with."
