kurounue13, awe, glad you liked it. ;) Loki is really a cutie...guess I'll have to make him REALLY bad soon then...hehe ;D
Here's a new update, not all too exciting, but you get a small glimpse in to S.H.I.E.L.D from some of the Avengers point of view.
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11. He is alive
Earlier, S.H.I.E.L.D facility
"Stop. Touching. My armor." Anthony Edward Stark, generally known as Tony, pointed annoyed at Clint Barton, who was currently poking at Tony's yellow and red armor mounted on the wall. Clint acted as if he hadn't heard him and snapped his fingers against the metal, making a hollow sound.
"Hey, Clinty!" Tony called annoyed. Clint turned and raised an eyebrow.
"It's Hawkeye." He said flatly.
"And your armor isn't all that fancy." He gave Tony a crooked smile and stuck his hands in his pockets.
"Someone needs to tell me what is going on." The new guy, Thor, stood up slowly. His eyes were red and his face was hard as stone. He remembered little of his journey to earth. It had been some time since he had destroyed the Bifrost and it hadn't been fixed. He guessed Jane Foster and Erik Selvig had been able to do what he hoped, to build a link. But he couldn't be sure. Not before someone in this new place told him something.
"Well, we're gathered for a reason, I'm sure. I think you're the reason for that. Or at least your…" Tony started.
"Yes, thank you very much, Mr. Stark!" Agent Coulson entered the room and interrupted him. He walked straight up to Tony and glared at him.
"Keep your mouth shut." He said lowly.
"I am Thor Odinson! I demand to be told what I am doing here!" Thor's voice boomed and Coulson turned with a suppressed sigh.
"Yes. Odinson. Got it." He said flatly and glanced down at his papers. Thor was in front of him, roaming a head higher, in two long strides.
"If you are in allegiance with my brother, by the All-father, I will…" Coulson raised his hand.
"Calm yourself, Thor. I know none of you have been fully informed about why you are here, but have some patience, you will. We are the good guys here." He said. Tony huffed behind him and Coulson sent him a piercing stare.
"We already got our suspicions Coulson. You really shouldn't keep us waiting much longer." Hawkeye crossed his arms and leaned against the wall.
"Yes, well you're not running the show here, we are." Coulson replied. Nick Fury came in to view on the other side of the window leading out to the hallway and he gave Coulson a light nod.
"If you'll excuse me gentlemen." He said and left before any of them could protest.
"How is the interrogation going?" Fury kept his voice hushed as they walked back to his office.
"No matter what we've tried he seems to have no memory. He knows his name, but that's about it. He knows nothing of his brother or where he comes from. To anyone he would seem just another human man." Coulson handed him the papers from the second round of interrogation. They passed an interrogation room and they both gave a nod to Natasha Romanova, who was for the moment talking to a dark headed man they had recently tracked down and taken in.
"Are we getting anywhere with Banner?" Fury asked as they passed.
"Well, he still thinks we're out to get him, but Miss Romanova knows how to talk him to his senses." Coulson said with a smile. At least Fury thought it was a smile he saw.
Fury closed the doors to his office soundly before he dared to voice his worry.
"If we don't get this under control soon we'll have a big problem on our hands." He said darkly and sat down. Coulson nodded, standing firmly by his desk.
"Either Loki is playing us for fools and will attack our weakest point inside the facility, or Thor will find out he's here, on Earth, and destroy everything in his way to get to him. And we don't even know why Loki is on Earth. This could turn out as shit no matter how we proceed!" Coulson dropped the file angrily on the desk and Fury raised an eyebrow.
"I've never seen you lose your cool before, Coulson."
"I usually don't handle the people, Coronel. I deal with the evidence, the material, the security. I don't like people." Coulson growled.
"Yeah, well now the people are the problem. We need to contain Loki and keep him here until he breaks or…gets his memory back if that is true. We can't take any risks." Fury leaned forward and rested his arms on the table.
"This could turn out really ugly." He said darkly, running through all kinds of scenarios in his head.
"That's why S.H.I.E.L.D is the best at what we do, sir." Fury sighed at Coulson's steady voice.
"Indeed, Coulson. Let's go through the information we've got once more." He said and opened the file.
The doors to Coronel Fury's office were abruptly open and the Black Widow came marching in. Her face was tight and Fury saw the adrenalin pulse in her eyes.
"We have a situation." She said darkly.
"So, you have a brother who tried to kill you?" Tony ended the awkward silence with a question that made Thor grumble.
"Nice way to break the ice, Stark." Hawkeye said with a headshake and a chuckle.
"Hey, I had to say something or we would probably start killing each other." Tony said and hit his arms out.
"Yes. It is true." Thor said darkly. He stood up and grabbed his hammer.
"My brother…" He spat the word. "Wanted the crown. He was jealous of me. And he believed killing me would be the right solution." Thor swirled his hammer once. "He was misguided and lost." He said lowly. There was movement outside in the hallway and Thor turned. A girl, with big dove-like eyes and black, straight hair stared shocked at him. His eyes drifted to the man standing next to her. And his grip around his hammer tightened so much it would leave a serious dent in the metal handle, hadn't it been Mjolnir.
"Loki?" He growled in disbelief.
"Fuck! Run!" He heard the girl call and she pulled a shocked Loki with her down the hall.
"My brother is here!" Thor roared at the two others who had jumped to their feet.
"What? Are you sure?" Tony said, faking surprised as he popped another peanut in his mouth. Thor roared and ran to the door and slammed in to it. It was barricaded and his powers were equal to nothing inside S.H.I.E.L.D.
"Loki! Come back!" He roared at the top of his lungs, slamming in to the door again.
"Hey! Ease up man! The alarm's been sounded, they won't get away!" Hawkeye grabbed Thor huge upper arm.
"Who was that girl!" Thor roared, demanding an answer.
"How the hell should we know?" Tony huffed and slumped down in a chair, rubbing a hand over his face.
"There's a reason I don't play well with others." He grumbled to himself.
"My brother is assumed dead and he is here? In Midgard! You do not understand! Loki wishes to destroy all who is against him, he is a deadly threat to your home! We have to stop him!" Thor's voice boomed, even making the glass shake.
"I know who she is." The man, who up to now had been sitting perched in the corner not saying a word, was standing. Tony glanced at him. He looked furious, clenching and unclenching his fists.
"Do share!" Tony said, partially interested and slumped back in the chair.
"My ex-girlfriend." The man said through gritting teeth.
"We lost them." Fury sent a deadly stare at Coulson, who clearly already hated how a simple hacker was able to get past his men. Twice. Tony sighed heavily and got up.
"I'll suit up." He headed to his armor, but Fury stopped him.
"Hold on, Stark."
"What, you're not gonna use me, now that you've finally managed to get me here? I can find them." Tony turned to Thor.
"You of all people should be out the door by now."
"He is right." Thor slammed his hand in the metal table.
"Loki will destroy her, before he destroys the world. He thinks he is supreme, he wishes to rule you! Waiting any longer and we will only have more deaths on our hands!"
"Thor, there is something you need to understand." Fury spoke calmly, not a bit intimidated by the God.
"Loki has no memory. He doesn't know he is your brother, that he is a God. He probably doesn't know what powers he has. And as long as he has no memory, he is no direct threat. He's buying us time. We still need time. When we deal with him we have to make sure we deal with him right." Thor's expression went from anger to shock.
"He has no memory? How is that possible?" He shook his head, as if memory-loss was an unknown word to him.
"We are guessing his fall to earth may have caused it. We suspect that this girl, Lily Harris, took him in and cared for him since." Coulson said.
"Like the whore she is." They all turned towards the man, who was standing in the corner, fuming.
"Mr. Johnson! If you happen to know where they could be going, now is the time to tell us." Fury's one good eye sent spikes in to Malcolm.
"I don't know. Either her apartment or her dad's cabin. It's the only places I know of." Malcolm grumbled.
"We're gonna need all the information you've got, Mr. Johnson. Consider yourself a part of the team." Fury said, with no joy in his voice. No matter how much he hated it, he needed all the facts he could get his hands on, even from a civilian like Malcolm.
Next: Back to Lily and Loki!