Tony was almost done feeding Loki for a second time. It still felt just as weird, and Loki somehow still looked just as hungry as before.
This time though Tony had made sure to eat his own food first before giving Loki his.
And Loki had not been happy about that, sending Tony killed glares while Tony was eating his goop, constantly being afraid that even though Loki could barely move. He would still find a way to stab Tony.
It didn't happen though, and Loki ate his own portion with ravenous hunger while Tony speculated just what kind of evil he was unleashing right now.
There were a few spoon fulls left as Loki looked up. "The guards are coming." he informed. "Hurry!"
"I'm going as fast as I can!" Tony stated.
"Shuff it in my mouth! Do it!" Loki demanded.
Tony blinked then shrugged. "All right." and blatantly just shuffled food into Lokis mouth actually spilling on Lokis face. The demi god didn't say anything though only ate, then he glanced up. "Pardon me, I am not supposed to be here." and in a green shimmer he was gone from the spot.
Tony looked at the empty spot. Okay so that was what teleportation looked like. Barely did Tony manage to comprehend it as good old three row and his line of guards came stomping in.
"LISTEN UP YOU WORMS!" Three row shouted. "Thanos has not left. All that happened is that his work on this plane was done and thus it was time for him to ascend to his proper place!"
Tony looked at the big alien… Seriously? They were beginning on this kind of religious bullshit? Of course now that Tony thought about it, this had been a cult from the start. Well wonderful.
"It is OUR duty to continue his work and keep his words alive!" Three row shouted. "We shall work three times as hard as before and make sure his vision will continue for all eternity! That is our glorious creed and reason to live. NOW GET BACK TO WORK!" he screamed.
Tony barely got to collect himself as a pair of Chitauri came and just blatantly grabbed him.
It was the sorting line for Tony. Made sense, they were probably way behind in production because of this big disruption. There was nothing for it, but just to work.
If Tonys work wasn't optimal he would be put into special treatment, and the way things were now… He wouldn't expect them to be easy on him.
Having been allowed to rest for so long this time, did make the work easier… But only at first. Soon the same issues started to occur.
Tony's hands were filled with blisters, his eyes were watering, his throat scratching and he started to cough as his muscles became sore.
"Tony!"
"ARGH!" Tony swirled around and wide-eyed looked up to see. It was… It was Loki?! But this was so weird. Loki in the cell has been siting unable to stand up, this Loki was standing up. Not only that, he wasn't wearing the brown ugly prison garbs but what looked like beautiful Asgardian silky robes in green. And his hair looked clean and pristine, all of him did. He looked amazing, but… How?! "Lo.. Loki?" he asked. "How are you?! You couldn't even stand. Or were you lying to me?!"
"I wasn't and I'm not! My body is elsewhere, this is merely a projection." Loki informed. "Think of it as light bending colors to create an image."
"Huh?" Tony asked. "What you mean like a hologram?"
"No it's a projection." Loki informed annoyed. "Bending light to create an image."
"That… That's what we call a hologram on my planet." Tony informed as he stepped forward wide-eyed looking at the god. He really seemed lifelike, and then Tony reached forward a hand and it went right through Loki as if he wasn't even there. "Woaaah." Tony gasped. "That's neat."
Loki now with Tony's hand going straight through him glared at him. "Are you done?" he asked.
"What are you doing?" Tony asked. "I can't be distracted! If I don't fill up my quota."
"You need parts." Loki interrupted Tony. "Down the hall way, third room to the left there's a Chitauri. It just expired, meaning it's just a corpse now. It still has its electronic bracelet, that bracelet has a computer. Go get it before they find the expired Chitauri. Undoubtedly that piece of technology has something you can use."
Tony halted, then he swallowed. "What if I get discovered?"
"Then we are done for. But if you are not willing to run that kind of risks we wont be able to get out of here. So just don't get caught!" Loki hissed.
"You know the Chitauri are always checking on me right?" Tony hissed. "What am I…"
He didn't get any further, suddenly the projection of Loki had turned into an exact replica of Tony and Tony was now standing in front of his own twin.
"Okay that's weird." Tony blinked.
"I don't have a lot of magic." Tony's twin informed. And yeah, his voice was like Tony's to now. "I'll cover for you as well as I can. But you need to hurry." Then he walked to the assemble line.
For a moment Tony wondered how Loki would do this, and then of all things he picked up a rock.
"I thought you were a projection!" Tony gasped.
"Hard light!" Loki snapped. "I am spending additional magic so my hands are now hard light while the rest is regular. Now hurry! I can't keep this up for long! Also any magic spend on this is magic I am not spending on healing. So just hurry up!"
"Okay, but you need to tell me more about how this works later" Tony stated as he turned around and hurried in the direction Loki had informed him off.
Soon he was out in the hallway, okay empty! So far so good. Third door to the left right? Tony ran over there and pushed the door opened to see what looked like a storage room and true enough, a Chitauri collapsed on the floor… Very dead. Or expired as Loki had stated.
Tony pushed back any feelings of dread and rushed forward to go for the Chitauris wrist where true enough, he had one of those standard electronic bracelets they used to control a bunch of things. Including some doors and slave badges.
Tony turned the dead Chitauris wrist around to find a lock but was out of look, he started to fiddle. Trying to get it off. "Come on, come on." he hissed just as foot steps sounded outside Tony froze.
The foot steps coming closer and closer… They were right at the door. And then they had passed.
Tony swallowed as he returned to the bracelet and finally, managed to get it up. Immediately Tony stood up, clutching the precious piece of technology.
His entire body was shaking as he walked to the door and peaked outside… coast seemed clear and then Tony rushed back to his position.
The second he was back, his own double just vanished in a green shimmer dropping the stones he had been holding and Tony gasped for breath looking at his loot.
Then he shook his head, there was no more time to waste. He would already be behind his quota! Quickly Tony stuffed the precious thing in his pocket and rushed back to work. There was no more time.