Suddenly a green cloud appeared before him. Tony knew this magic, it was Loki. "JARVIS we got company."
The green magic entered Tony's helmet, clouding his vision. "Shit!" What the hell did the trickster want! "JARVIS! auto pilot now before we crash."
"Glad to see you worried about your life for once."
"JARVIS now!" Tony felt the suit take over its self. He had installed the auto pilot in case he died in the suit. It had a simple homing system designed to keep flying till a suitable place was found to land. He never thought he would use it till now.
Loki's voice came from the mist. That voice made him forget for a second all that had happened. The words he spoke shocked Tony out of his daze.
I'm sorry. Forgive me. Goodbye
It was a trap. That's all it could be! Loki was trying to lure him back, to destroy him. That is the only reason Loki would say these things. He couldn't mean...no he had betrayed Stark! He had been dealing behind Tony's back!
As the mist faded Tony's mind started to clear as well. He knew he had to go. It might be a trap, but he didn't really believe that. Maybe Lokihadbetrayed him. Maybe he had lied. Maybe the trickster had really been playing him this whole time. But none of that mattered Tony decided. He loved Loki and whether or not Loki even liked him back was irrelevant.
Tony turned the suit around heading back to the little town in the middle of nowhere and the house he had spent a few peaceful moments in. Tony loved Loki more than any one he had ever encountered. Those words had shaken him. Not because of what they implied. That was why he was sure it wasn't a trap. He was going not because of what Loki had said but what he didn't say.
JARVIS was quiet for the first time. Tony didn't know what the AI knew or suspected about him and Loki. He must have understood something to hold back his remarks of disapproval. Tony didn't enjoy flying this time. For once he wasn't living in the moment. The moment was too complicated to live in. In the moment he was thinking up 101 ways this could all go wrong and 101 situations that would make Loki send that message.
The apartment was dark, all was silent. Tony didn't dare take off his suit yet. He walked cautiously in to the living room, searching the shadows. According to JARVIS there was no a living person in the house.
Suddenly Tony's light hit something. A mass of green and black. LOKI! Shit shit shit! He wasn't moving. "JARVIS..."
"Sir...he's dead."
"No..." Tony quickly took off the suit no longer caring about an attack. It couldn't be! This couldn't be happening! Why? Why?! Tony stumbled out of the suit the second the gadget was off him. He practically tripped as he hastened to Loki's side.
Tony gently flipped Loki to face him. Whatever he had been expecting, blood, cuts, wounds, this was not it. Loki's body seemed intact. His skin flawless. His eyes were closed and he looked asleep, except for the lack of movement and breathing.
"No no no no. This is not happening. Loki you wake up this instant! Come on. I know it's just one of your tricks and you'll get up any moment now and laugh your ass off at how stupid I am!" Tony began to push on the god's chest attempting to start his heart. "Come on. Spring up and tell me how stupid I was. I walked right in to your trap. Come on gloat! Do anything, just wake up! I'm here! Now just wake the fuck up!" No response from the beautiful body.
"Sir...?" JARVIS's voice came from the packed up suit.
"Not now JARVIS." Tony's voice cracked.
"Perhaps his staff might be helpful, it is magical."
"Why the hell didn't you say that before?!" He sprang up.