Someone hit him in the face, first on the right cheek, then on the left.
He felt his skin burn and with some effort he opened his eyes to see who was hitting him.
"Agent Romanoff, what a surprise!"
He said when his vision wasn't blurry any longer.
Behind her stood Nick Fury, Captain America, Tony Stark and…his beloved brother Thor.
Almost the whole gang again. Hurrah!
"Why are you here again, Loki?" asked Thor while he got a little closer to the chair Loki was tied to.
"Why are you following me like a little child?" Loki imitated his brothers' worried look and then started to grin.
Tony couldn't remain silent any longer.
"What have you done to Pepper? Spit it out fast, or I'll crush you!"
"Oh, that lovely redheaded whore of yours? Hmmm…let's see…where did I put her? Sorry, can't remember."
"That's it. I'm gonna get my armor and beat the crap out of him!"
Tony growled and was about to leave the room, as he heard Loki say: "Go on. Do it. I'll wait here. You can beat me up as long as you want to. But in the meantime, your little slut will die of thirst."
Tony turned on his heels, walked back and hit Loki in the face as hard as he could.
There was a loud cracking and suddenly blood was gushing out of Lokis nose.
The minute he saw the red liquid dripping onto his pants, he started to laugh.
"You really think you can hurt me that way? Has Thor not told you, that I had been punished for my crimes by the Allfather. Don't you think that your methods are puny compared to his? After all, you are just a little human."
"Oh yeah?" Tony bristled with anger.
He took Lokis right hand in his hands, then stopped for a while and stared the god straight in the eye.
"What now? Are you gonna hold my hand until I cry for mercy?" Loki mocked him.
"No, now shut the hell up and enjoy!" Tony growled and started to snap Lokis fingers, one at a time.
The god wasn't able to draw his hand back, because his wrists were tied to the chair he sat on. However, Loki wouldn't give Tony the satisfaction of hearing him cry out in pain. So he clenched his teeth and threw his head back. He couldn't avoid a moan, his vision blurred again and his headache got even more intense than it had been before.
"Stop it", he heard someone say.
"That's enough, Tony."
Thor.
It was his brother again, who saved him from further pain.
Why did he do that all the time?
He acted like a mother hen, always trying to save him, to protect him. It was pathetic.
Tony had managed to break four fingers of Lokis right hand, before Thor had stepped in.
Now Tony asked again: "Where is Pepper?"
Loki started to giggle, but it sounded weak, like he had to press it out of himself with a lot of effort. Then he lifted his head up from the back of the chair and looked at Tony with a grin. The blood from his nose had leaked into the mouth and so his teeth were now red. His temples were visibly throbbing and there were dark circles around his eyes. All that combined with his mischievous grin was too much to bear for everyone in the room.
They were not sure whether to be disgusted, shocked, afraid or have pity on him.
All Tony wanted, is to beat that bastard until he was a bloody mess. But Thor was right, it was enough. It would not bring him Pepper back. There had to be another way.
"Okay then, I think we are wasting our time here. Let's go find Miss Potts." Nick Fury opened the door of the interrogation room. "Come on, guys. She has to be near the Stark-Tower. Agent Lana has assured me, that Loki was not gone for too long, when he had left the tower once. So let's start with that."
Loki began to laugh again, in the most wicked and insane way.
"Yes, do start with that! But do it fast." He screamed.
They could hear his laughter even through the thick walls of the interrogation room and all of them started to get a bad feeling. Would they find Pepper in time? What had Loki done to her? Or was he just playing with their minds?