The Helicarrier floated above the Raft as it rose from the sea and awaited the arrival of the newest prisoner. Curt Connors had gotten used to the feeling of the Raft rising out of the sea and going back down into the depths, other prisoners would shout at passing guards and new inmates but Connors kept to himself. The man who called himself Whirlwind was across from him as well as the newest addition Agamemnon. Connors wondered who his new neighbor would be.
Loki was moved out of his cell after being chained up and was briskly moved to the elevator where Barton and Romanoff waited for him. He smirked when they put him in the elevator and he imagined all the damage he could do in such a small space.
As the door began to close a large hand stuck in forcing the doors to pop back open, Thor and his large frame entered the elevator "I will join you in placing my brother into his cell" explained Thor getting nods from both Barton and Romanoff.
Loki snorted as Thor entered and stood behind him insuring that Loki could try nothing in the confined area. "You still call me brother?" asked Loki not even bothering to look at Thor. "Has father not told you?"
Thor shook his head "What's in your blood does not matter to me Loki. We grew up together, fought together, no matter what we are still and always will be brothers" he replied prompting a shake of the head by Loki.
"Father must be so disappointed" said Loki in what felt like the longest elevator ride of his life.
"We were all disappointed at your actions in Jotunheim. We are almost at war with the Frost Giants who believe that we are hiding you from their judgement and then here you are wreaking havoc upon the Earth to the point that the whole Nine Realms know you are alive and here" explained Thor hoping that Loki could understand even just a little. Loki had no response or didn't care enough to give one, "Mother misses you."
Natasha saw it, nobody else noticed but her eyes could see the slight shift in Loki. It was just for one second but he recoiled at the mention of his mother "So he does have a weak point to exploit" she thought to herself.
"Did you really believe that you could trade the Earth for an army?" Thor asked.
Loki smirked as his defense went back up "I've been lied to my whole life, I would conquer 1000 planets if that was the cost for an army to take Asgard" he spat as the elevator came to a halt.
The doors opened and Thor was surprised to see Tony Stark waiting at the quinjet that they would take down to the Raft. "What are you doing here?" asked Thor still trying to figure out the small man out.
Tony shrugged "Just stretching my legs, figured I've never actually seen this big bad super prison so why not take advantage of a situation while my suit gets repaired" he said as he started walking into the Quinjet and took a seat.
The rest soon followed suit as the Quinjet took off and made its descent for the Raft, "So you like playing head games huh?" asked Tony rhetorically. Loki smirked and said nothing "Your clearly a smart guy, well at least on Asgard anyway but what I want to know is why start a fight you can't win? You clearly know who we all are and Fury's plans so why start a fight with a bunch of people instead of one at a time?" Tony asked now waiting for an answer.
Loki smiled widely but kept to himself not speaking to Stark would do more damage than speaking to him. Loki snickered as Stark's face went from prying to annoyed in a few minutes.
"Ok everyone we'll be landing in a few moments" informed Clint from the pilot's seat. The Quinjet landed on top of the Raft with the back of the vehicle opening up. Thor and Tony led Loki onto the roof of the super prison with Clint and Natasha leading the way for them inside.
Sitwell was waiting for them and started the process of finding Loki a cell, "How many prisoners in this place?" asked Tony looking around at the top of the line security.
"A little over a hundred or so" answered Sitwell happy to discuss the specs of the Raft since he was in charge of it. "We've been moving more and more prisoners in over the last few months" he explained as the door opened and Loki was moved into the elevator followed by the four heroes.
"This place is impressive" stated Thor as the elevator lowered. Loki looked back with a questioning look "It's not as secure as the Asgardian Dungeon but it is impressive." Loki smirked noting that Stark was shaking his head.
"You actually call it a dungeon?" Tony asked wanting to laugh but trying to keep his composure.
"What else would we call it?" asked Thor.
Clint chuckled at the thought that Thor and Tony were going to brain storm names for a dungeon. Natasha spoke up before the discussion started "Can we maybe have this discussion another day?"
"Gulag is always a good name" replied Tony who then took a punch from Natasha in the arm. "Fine. Later…but gulag is a good name for a dungeon."
The elevator stopped and the doors opened up to the floor where Natasha and Clint had dropped off Agamemnon with Captain America earlier. Loki was led down the hall and he looked into each cell as he passed. Agamemnon scowled at him, Arcade chuckled at Natasha, Boomerang moved to speak but decided against it when Loki stared at him.
Tony Stark stopped a cell and looked in on Whirlwind "Hey, I remember you" he said prompting a middle finger from Whirlwind. Dozens of prisoners watched as Loki was moved toward his cell. Loki was stopped and turned toward the cell and locked eyes with his new neighbor.
Curt Connors looked into the green eyes of the newest prisoner of the Raft, Connors could feel Loki looking into his soul. He had felt eyes like that before from his meetings with Norman Osborn over the course of his career at Oscorp. Loki smirked before being pushed into the cell by Thor.
"Once this Banner is back with the humans I will be taking you home" stated Thor walking away as the door closed.
Loki smirked as Thor was heading away "Project All-Father" he said prompting Thor to stop but not speak "Don't forget to ask about it" he finished as Thor shook his head and headed towards the exit. Tony moved toward the cell as if to speak but decided against it as he too headed away from Loki.
Natasha moved up "So what's the next step to your plan? You clearly planned on getting to this point, so I'm curious as to what you might be up to next."
"Curious….you think I'm going to just spill the beans to a pretty face?" questioned Loki leaning close to the see through wall that now separated him from freedom.
"No, I think you like to gloat about your accomplishments but still attempt to live up to the big brother that everyone thought was better than you. I think you love the idea of being the smartest guy in the room and yet still do dumb things, for example… I know that you have the ability to have at least attempted some sort of escape but you haven't which means you have an ace up your sleeve which by most accounts is the Hulk" explained Natasha as she examined Loki closely, she could see the brother comment had splintered his steely exterior. "I'm also fairly certain that you could unleash the Hulk whenever you want given your current status as being in a cell and showing little to no worry at all, which once again begs the question of what's next? I mean Thor already beat you and pretty soundly at that, not to mention the two humans who more than held their own against you" she stated.
Loki punched the wall between "Enough, you termagant! You know nothing of what I am capable of, the things I have down out there to get to this point. Your world will tremble at the mere mention of my name, I promise you that from the streets of New York to the slums of Rio you will see and then I will very slowly and carefully tear you and your friend's limb from limb."
Natasha smiled "Rio huh? That's a very specific location" she said as Loki's lost the smirk he had been wearing after he finished his threat. "New York is a big place and you started this whole thing in Africa but you jump to Rio, not Russia or Australia or China but Rio" Loki could see the wheels turning in the spies head. "Very interesting" she said as she turned to join the others and pulled out her radio. Loki stood in silence as she walked away "The Hulk is in Rio" she said looking back at a dejected Loki.
Loki watched the elevator head back to the surface and turned away from the camera watching him before he smiled.