Loki looked over the equipment that Bulldozer and Piledriver had brought to him from the Shield facility on Muir Island. "Well done" he stated as he started working on the advanced weapon.
"What is all this stuff for?" asked Wrecker as he leaned forward which caused the Lizard to hiss and act aggressively towards him.
Loki raised his hand signaling the Lizard to back off "This machine is the key to my plan" he replied.
Thunderball looked it over "What does this Shield tech do?" he asked as he looked at the device. The machine was a circle piece with circuitry sticking out of it and it was connected to a stand piece. The machine was also connected to a computer that was monitoring the system and based on everything Thunderball could see it was fully functional.
"This machine was designed by Shield to reach my home, I'm going to use it for something else" explained Loki.
"Does this green freak need to be here?" asked Wrecker looking warily at the Lizard who showed its teeth and quietly hissed.
Loki laughed "Feeling threatened?" Loki continued working while he spoke "The Lizard is the extra muscle I need. The heroes will still come for us and once this machine is operational they will come and come quickly" he explained.
Bulldozer and Piledriver walked to stand behind Wrecker and Thunderball as they looked closely at the Lizard. "This machine of yours. You say it was designed to take someone to Asgard but you want to do something else with it. What exactly are you planning?" asked Thunderball.
Loki sighed "The universe is far larger than any of you can possibly understand, forget Asgard, Earth or any other known planet that you know of. There are worlds, galaxies, and beings more powerful than any of you can even begin to imagine and I intend to get their attention" stated Loki.
"That's all well and good but what do we get out of that?" asked Bulldozer from the back of the group.
Loki laughed "You will get a front row seat to the beings that will hand me Asgard and the Earth and all of you will be very rich and powerful for aiding me" Loki explained knowing full well that the four humans he endowed with powers were not going to be factors much longer but he still needed them to deal with the Avengers while he worked. He looked and could see the Lizard scanning the area around them, Lizard would need to be his ace in the hole. The heroes would learn the creature's history and try not to hurt the mild mannered Connors, Loki would need to capitalize on this extra time to get the portal open.
"That sounds great and all but this here machine doesn't seem to be working" noted Piledriver.
Loki looked back at the weapon that Shield had created based off the weapons Hydra had made back during World War II. Loki began to reach out with his magic and could feel the power source from the weapon, if Loki was right then the power in the weapon would be enough to make the machine work.
The Wrecking Crew watched in awe as the weapon began to take itself apart and a blue ball of energy spilled out of the weapon and hovered in the air and started making its way towards the machine. "What the hell?" said Wrecker as he pulled up his crowbar and prepared himself to use it.
Curt Connors watched through the eyes of the Lizard, he always hated it being forced to watch as his animalistic alter ego wreaked so much havoc. The months sitting that cell and trying to deal with everything he had done in New York and swearing that he would never let the Lizard out again and here he was playing guard dog for a psychopath from another world who was plotting global domination. He watched as the ball of energy made it to the machine and entered the slot where a battery of some kind was supposed to be placed.
Loki knew he was right and this was going to prove his theory about the source of the weapons power. The machine shook as it took the power from the energy and the computer it was hooked up to jolted to life. Loki smiled reading the screen and seeing that the machine was charging.
Wrecker pulled the rest of the Wrecking Crew away from Loki "Okay guys, we are fast approaching our chance to get out of this whole deal and do whatever we want" he explained prompting smiles from Bulldozer and Piledriver.
"Can we really leave? If we leave Loki, he might lose to the Shield flunkies and they probably already have a pretty good idea who we are. There isn't anything we could do if Loki doesn't win since they will be on us the second we get within view of a camera or cell phone" he explained prompting the smiles to be replaced with groans.
"Damn it all. Your right we need to ensure that Loki succeeds or we all end up back in the slammer" stated Wrecker turning back to see Loki typing away and the Lizard watching the machine in a daze.
Connors studied the machine closely, he could only really watch and remember when the Lizard was calm and he knew there would be no time later. Machinery was never his strong suit but he was a smart man and could at least get some kind of an idea on how the machine worked and maybe how he could stop it. The Lizard's senses picked up the Wrecker approaching but luckily the Lizard saw him and his band of thieves as no real threat and Connors could keep studying.
"Well who are you big guy?" stated Wrecker trying to get the Lizard's attention.
"Leave the beast alone" spat Loki as he worked. "Secure the area. Once this machine reaches near full power Shield will know where we are and they will get here fast. We will need to buy time for the machine when they get here. Once the portal is open everyone will know of this place and I will have my revenge" ordered Loki as the Wrecking Crew walked away.
After the Wrecking Crew disappeared from sight Loki sighed "I knew it, the Tesseract is one of them. This is more perfect than I could have imagined" he said to himself not realizing that the Lizard was listening intently.