OK, I was feeling exceptionally giving so here is Chapter Eleven. Let's see where Jane is going to be stashed. Thanks for your continued interest in "Stockholm." I am just tickled! Remember to review.

When Loki is making his demands, listen to "Odin confesses."


Chapter Eleven - Try and not panic

The van that carried Jane Foster cut off another car as it turned down a service tunnel from an alley.

She fell forward near where Coulson was driving, but she stopped herself.

Once into the garage, the door plunged them into a darkened space.

"Where are we?" she asked.

"We are making a stop to meet with our consultant," he said as he got out of the van. He came around and opened the door for her to climb out.

She looked at the parking garage that had a variety of cars, but Jane noticed the security field that surrounded the entire garage level.

"Wow," she said as she looked around.

"Yeah, that's what they all tell me," a voice said to them.

Jane looked and was dumbfounded at who stood before them. His slick gray suit with the black shirt underneath gave off his wealthy appearance.

"Ohmigod," she said. "Tony Stark."

"Savior and panic room supplier at your service," the wealthy genius greeted her. "I have to say Agent Coulson, Loki does have some great taste."

"Do you always have to be such a smartass?" Coulson replied. "We have an extremely delicate situation here Stark. We need to have Ms. Foster secured somewhere where the God of Mischief cannot find her. SHIELD believes that you have the appropriate facilities to do so."

"I think that I can put her somewhere that suits your needs, but what sort of timeline do you need it?" he asked.

"Now, preferably," the agent replied. "I need to transfer custody of her so I can get back to SHIELD."

"That is not going to be your priority now," Tony added.

"Why?" Jane asked.

Tony's assistant, Pepper Potts, passed him a tablet and she was able to see it.

The news report was airing footage of the smoking remnants of the facility. It was reporting "Government Facility Attacked; Mass causalities."

Jane put a hand to her mouth and want to cry, but her breath would not come. She felt terrible for everyone and just prayed that Darcy was going to be found and her intern was OK.

Stark added. "Let's get her to her new home for now and worry about the god later."

Coulson escorted her by the arm toward an elevator.

Once to his penthouse on the top floors that were shielded and guarded, they looked at the digital schematic plans on the table in the center of the room. It showed where she was going to be stashed.

"I have an apartment within this building," Tony was telling them. "It is a lovely little office that has everything a young lady could need. It's heavily insulated with titanium core-filled drywall. Comes equipped with a panic room that is created from titanium lined walls that have all the necessary facilities that Ms. Foster will need in the event she is located. There is a large laundry chute that slides down into the parking garage with access back to the street."

"How long could Ms. Foster stay locked up in the panic room of this "office"?" Coulson said.

"There is enough MRE items to last for nearly two months," Pepper informed them. "After that, she would need to be resupplied."

"We should have the enemy contained by then," Coulson told them. "Ms. Foster, we have sent people over to your apartment on campus and retrieved all your personal effects. It will be brought to you."

"Great," Jane said. "I am going to be locked up in a steel prison until either you defeat Loki or I am on my way down the aisle with him."

"It is very homey, I assure you," Tony told her. "We are going to gather some people and we're going to get this guy so you do not have to be in the cell longer than you have to be."

Jane smiled reluctantly.

She was taken into Tony's bedroom (giving her random racing thoughts at that moment in time), but was led into his closet. His thumb was scanned on a reader that was camouflaged into the wall, and guided down a private stairwell. The tunnel opened up into a sterile white and silver floor. A metal security door awaited her at the end of the passage.

Stark slid a card and the door opened with a snapping and hissing sound. It was no doubt air locked too.

Coulson and an agent of Tony Stark's protection detail checked the unit for any presence.

It was a small room that had no window; just an LCD TV that projected outdoor images and looked like a small dorm room. There was a bed, closet, shower stall, and the small access room, no doubt the panic room that would be her backdoor out.

"Nice and homey, as described," she said. She opened the cabinet and saw all the MRE meals stacked up nice and neat. "Great, dehydrated meals. Just add water and nuke."

"It's better than nothing Ms. Foster," Coulson said. "Your bags will be delivered in an hour. Once you are in here, you are locked in. With the metal coating the walls, Loki should not be able to detect you."

"We will see," she said. "Guess it is good that Iron Man will be nearby if he does find me."

Tony smiled and wrapped an arm around the back of her shoulders in reassurance.

"The moment that Dr. Selvig has the technology to send you to Asgard, we will send you off to Thor and maybe you can convince him to come back and help eradicate the threat that is his brother."

"I sure hope so," she answered.

One of Tony's security guys delivered two large duffle bags; no doubt her entire life was in those bags.

"OK Ms. Foster," Coulson told her. "You are now being locked up. Use the encrypted cellular phone to make your communications and we will see what we can do for you."


The door was sealed and it suddenly felt like she was locked into a bank vault by all the hissing and locks that were engaged.

Jane moved to her bags to at least change her clothes. She was covered in dust and grossness after the attack on SHIELD.

The hot shower felt wonderful, but then she started to cry. She did not want to be a prisoner within Stark Tower, but she knew that they were only trying to keep Loki from achieving what he wanted...her.

Once she was dry, she curled up on the futon and hid under the blanket.

Sleep took her away.


Osborn Residence

New York City was in a state of panic as it finally was revealed that Loki, a god from a different world had arrived. He had been the one that had attacked the headquarters of the elite group known as SHIELD.

Harry Osborn stood up on a balcony far above the street, watching cars swarming to evacuate the city, people carrying everything they could as they walked, and police and military personnel trying to maintain a sense of order.

And here he was sitting up in his residence, drinking a scotch in posh luxury.

People were pathetic. One person comes and threatens their small meagerness that they call lives and it was all the world is ending. Everyone run for their lives.

He was about to retreat back into his large castle of a home, when the doors to the main room were shut before he could enter.

"What the hell," he said.

"Mind if I drop in," a voice said behind him.

Harry looked behind him and saw the god himself. He was floating above him and gracefully touched his feet on the concrete ledge.

The gold scepter in his hand staked into the railing.

"By all means," Osborn said. "I have to admit, you know how to cause a little chaos to millions of people."

The god smiled. "I have that tendency," he said. "Most agents of chaos have the tendency to bring people to a state of panic and fear."

"And who would you be?"

"I am shocked young Harry," the being said as he dropped to the floor gracefully. "I know of you and all the chaos that you caused upon this city, and yet you do not know of me at all."

The god knew his name and knew who he was. This automatically got him thinking. He needed to get inside and find some pumpkin bombs or something that he could use to attack this person.

"So, what can I do for you?" Harry asked.

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"I am looking for a place to begin my rule of this planet," Loki stated to the mortal as his hand stroked along the ledge. He could detect how skittish and concerned this boy was. He was planning on trying something. "Your castle seems like a decent beginning for me to start out."

"My home?" he questioned. "Wouldn't you want a real castle somewhere in the mountains or larger than a mansion?"

The boy was thinking about grabbing something inside the house to use to attack him.

"Eventually once I have control over your world. I am looking for someone right now and once I have procured her and the world has surrendered to me, then I will move along."

The mortal dropped his drink, intentionally, and apologized as he went to retrieve the glass.

Loki knew that there was something there, an explosive that he was going to grab and use to subdue him.

He prepared with a tight grip on his staff.

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Harry saw that there was a pumpkin bomb tucked behind one of the flower pots. He reached down to get it as he pretended to reach for his fallen drink glass.

"Well, my home is not for sale," he said and snapped down, activated the bomb, and chucked it toward the god.

The god however slowed it down, blasted it with his wand, and froze it into a large ice ball.

The timer ended and it exploded into a burst of snow.

"What the..." he said, but that was the last thing he saw.

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Loki stood there after the bomb exploded and grinned devilishly. This mortal had tried to resist him, but he was the one who would be victorious.

He took his wand and blasted the youth. The body went through the glass doors and crashed on the floor of the library.

Now that this little inconvenience was taken care of and he had a base of operations, Loki knew that now he could focus on locating Jane. She had been removed from the base and was hidden somewhere on this planet.

And he would locate her. He was determined to do it.

Stepping over the body of fallen Osborn, he walked in to get antiquated with his new home.


Stark Tower - The following morning

It was chaos outside of anyone who was not in a high-rise building, but he (and his guest) were safe as long as they stayed up high.

Most of his staff had failed to report to work due to the attack, but he was determined to not run and hide from the God of Mischief who had invaded the city.

He watched as looters were robbing some of the downtown stores. Normally, if he wasn't on guard duty, he would be out there trying to help people evacuate.

But Fury, from a medical bed, had ordered that he sit tight in his tower and make sure that Jane was safe at all times. Sort of "you are the only hope" speech without so many words.

And so he stood at the window of his residence watching the chaos.

Loki had to be feasting on all the insanity in the city.

Pepper walked in, interrupting his random thoughts to speak to him.

"How does it go?" Tony said.

"Most of the departments are ghost floors," Pepper told him. "All essential personnel were flown out of here on the last plane that is probably going to be leaving New York for a while. You should have been on that flight."

"I have my own method of travel," he replied and went and poured himself another drink. "Besides, we have company here."

"I do not know why she is still here," Pepper said. "We could have sedated and loaded her into a coffin or something was lined to where he wasn't going to be able to feel her."

"Oh yeah, I will get right on that," he remarked to her suggestion. "Hey Jane, would you mind pretending to be dead for a five hour flight across the country? No, did not think so...plan B?"

Pepper went to get the ringing phone on his desk. "Stark Industries," she answered. "Oh, OK." She hung up. "That was Fury. He said to turn on the news."

Tony flipped on the television and saw that the reporter was explaining that there was to be announcement from Loki, the God of Mischief. He was going to make a declaration to the people of Earth.

"Oh this is going to be fabulous," he said. "JARVIS, split screen. News on side A, bunker on B."

"Yes sir," his automated system complied with his request.

Jane was about to sit on her bunk in her sheltered bunker with the news on. She was trying to flip through all the channels, but everything was showing the broadcast that was about to occur.

Finally Loki appeared on the screen. He was adorned in his armor and a golden helmet as he sat in a high backed throne.

"Attention people of the Midgard realm," he spoke very calmly and respectfully. "Those of you have never heard of me, for I am Loki, God of Mischief and agent of Chaos from the realm eternal known as Asgard.

"I have come to your world with one simple goal," he stated to the people. "Your wars and lustful habits will eventually lead to only one end: your own. The other eight realms of the cosmos look upon you as weak and pathetic. I am here to rule over you. To turn you into a race of people that could rival even the gods of Asgard. You were made to be ruled. If you continue down this path, in the end, it will be every man for themselves.

"I ask for only two items in order to ensure my control of your world. The first is an object known as the tesseract. A glowing crystal cube that was casted down here to Earth centuries ago. It is not a weapon to be trifled with and needs to be handled with care of someone who knows how to use it. The second is one of your own. She is Jane Elizabeth Foster, a doctor who studies the stars. I desire for her to come to me in surrender, bringing the cube to me."


Jane sat down in disbelief on her bunk when she heard that Loki was requesting her to surrender to him and to bring the cube with her.

"Now I have been gentle in my attacks on your world," Loki continued to gloat over the airwaves. "A gift that I offer to you, but if you do not surrender control to me Jane Foster, I can assure you that the attacks will continue and make it harder on your fellow mortals."

Her hands began to shake with the remote in her hand that rested on her legs.

"You have three days Jane," Loki challenged her. He used, with a wave of his hand, magic to make an hourglass of energy appear. It started to drain out to show the time that she had left. "Come to me at the Osborn Manor with the cube and make this power transition easier on your people. If you refuse me again, I will unleash my fervor upon this city and burn it to the ground. Till then my dear, I bid you good day and good nights."

She screamed and cried loudly; even though she would be the only one that would be able to hear her pain. She was a prisoner, whether it be SHIELD or Tony Stark, she could not go anywhere.

If she surrendered to Loki, he most likely would not attack the people, but she had a problem. She did not know where the cube was located. Because of the initial use that brought Loki to the SHIELD facility, it had been relocated.

Fury would never surrender it.

Now SHIELD and Loki were going to playing the ultimate chess game; with her and the cube as pawns in their endless dance to death.


Osborn Manor

The people of Earth were protesting outside the rule of a tyrant of their planet, some were spouting that it was the end of the world, but many were soldiers that were stationed outside encircling the building as a protection detail.

Reporters from all the news agencies were talking to the people.

One woman was angry in saying that Earth was a free nation. No "one" person should rule the entire planet.

One man was shouting with a group "Who do we want" with them responding "Jane Foster." He added in "When do we want her?" and the responded with a "Now."

The governments around the world were meeting at the United Nations Headquarters to try and talk, debate, or fight about what their next move was going to be.

SHIELD finally had enough operatives to dispatch a squad of patrol helicopters and poise snipers on the roofs across the way from the Osborn Mansion.

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Loki stood inside, staring out the large window that overlooked the city and where he had placed his throne. His scepter was clearly in his hand as he watched the chaos below him.

It was bittersweet. Calling out Jane to surrender to him and to bring the cube with her was genius...even though he knew that it was probably going to take another attack on the city to get her to actually fulfill his request.

Someone entered the residence from the elevator lift that brought them from the ground floor to his fortress.

"Your request has been made," the guard said to him. "People are panicking."

Loki turned and faced the guard who had subdued him in the military base. "As I knew they would," he stated. "When people are not in control, they tend to panic. Chaos reigns. When the governments see what type of power I wield once I have the tesseract, they will fold over like blades of grass under my boot." He paused briefly. "Any luck with your mission?" he asked

"We are canvassing the campus," the guard said, "but we have been unable to find your prey. She had gone into hiding or is no longer in the city. Her apartment has been sanitized."

"Expand the search," he ordered. "She was only with one guard from SHIELD. I do not believe that they would have gotten too far."

"Yes, my lord," the guard told him and then headed to complete his task.

Loki looked back out the window and smiled at the power he would soon wield, the people that would worship him, and the queen he would have at his side.


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