p class="MsoNormal"I saw how the stress was eating my brother. He spoke as if he was alone and he enjoyed in control over mortals. But losing Enya was the opposite of his words. He paced constantly. He might say that no person could affect him so, but this wasn't the truth. Enya was important to him. More than that, she held him together. He was unravelling quick without her./p
p class="MsoNormal"We were a short few minutes from Enya but Loki paced back and forth with his black floor length coat, his weapons and his sceptre ready. A green orb filled the space instead of orange. He held it tight as he paced deep in thought./p
p class="MsoNormal"Despite our on going battle I was grateful to the peace Enya had brought him. I just hoped he saw the sense that his power was not going to keep him happy for long./p
p class="MsoNormal""Landing in two minutes." Tony said as he sat down next to me. He glanced over to Loki who paced. "He's going to make a groove in my carpet if he keeps that up." He muttered./p
p class="MsoNormal""He's worried."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Loki doesn't worry. Remember?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""I think Loki is trying to hide that Enya is his weakness."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Shame on us if we ever exploit it." He muttered sarcastically./p
p class="MsoNormal""You think you could use Enya to exploit Loki?" I asked seriously. Tony's lips twitched into a smile. "I didn't think you were that stupid. As well as tiny."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Do you think Miah is capable of violence?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""The tiny woman? Loki seemed to think so. He was enjoying her anger at you. I do wonder who she has killed before."/p
p class="MsoNormal""I tried looking her up. There is no Miah. No Pauline. No Neil. No Lisa. No Peter Waters anymore. Why are they all together?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Crazy likes company." Nat said leaning back. "Loki is crazy, and he attracts crazy people." The plane started to descend and Loki waited by the exit. As soon as the door swung open he was running and out. He gracefully landed in the snow. The wind whipped up his coat as we followed. The bitterness the wind was biting me with made my teeth chatter. Loki had no problem with the ice, being of Bifrost. I was not as fond./p
p class="MsoNormal"Loki did not wait as we left the plane. He was moving to the entrance, blasting it open with the power in his sceptre. We rushed to hurry, the snow hampering our running./p
p class="MsoNormal"Inside was dark; but warmer. It stopped my teeth from jamming against each other as we descended down steps upon steps. Seconds turned to minutes as we kept on following Loki but saw no movement./p
p class="MsoNormal""We should have seen something by now. Nobody is here." Nat spoke into the dark. The only lighting was the power from the orb that glowed grass green. We moved through the building until nothing was found. This angered Loki./p
p class="MsoNormal""There is a door here." The Cap punched the door and it creaked under his force. He then pulled it from its hinges and screams echoed outwards./p
p class="MsoNormal""Enya!" Loki shouted as he set off running./p
p class="MsoNormal""Loki!" I followed instantly; barely hearing Nat mutter about idiocy matches brothers. I saw him stop short and just missed colliding with him. A screen was on the wall and an image faded. White letters appeared:/p
p class="MsoNormal"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"Follow, and this shall never stop. /em/p
p class="MsoNormal"The others stopped behind reading the words before they faded again. Then the screen lit up and Enya appeared. She was strapped to a metal bed and some unseen guy asked her a question. "Tell us everything." Within seconds he jabbed her with a device that we had seen before. Blisters and burns appeared in its place. But Enya looked to the ceiling and didn't say anything. She didn't flinch, she didn't blink. The mortal stared above her and ignored the pain inflicted on her body. But the image faded again and this time Enya didn't look so good. She was bound to a chair and her head was pulled back. Someone held onto her hair while a cloth was placed over her face and water was poured onto her. After a minute the cloth disappeared and her hair was released. Enya leaned forwards coughing up water after water. She was shaking as the water dripped down her. Her clothes were in tatters from the burns and she was very wet. She looked up at them glaring./p
p class="MsoNormal""We shall stop. As soon as you tell us everything we require." She didn't answer and they repeated it again./p
p class="MsoNormal""Oh God." Somebody murmured as we watched. But Enya didn't give in. But the pain was clear on her face. She was a mortal and she was not going to last./p
p class="MsoNormal"It faded again and this time she was in a bath tub. They were filling it with water as Enya was gagged. Blood dripped down one side of her face as metal clips were attached to her metal bindings. She just continued to glare./p
p class="MsoNormal""They're going to kill her." Steve was horrified. I didn't hear the reply as the male spoke again./p
p class="MsoNormal""You understand this will keep on going until you tell us." She didn't move. "Nod if you understand." She nodded. "So tell us. And this will stop. Tell us what you know about SHIELD. About Tony Stark, Natasha Romanoff, Bruce Banner, Steve Rodgers and the two from another world; Loki and Thor." She gurgled something and they took off her gag. "Repeat." He ordered./p
p class="MsoNormal""You missed a few." She rasped. She had a split lip./p
p class="MsoNormal""A few what?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""People."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Which people?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""People who are going to enjoy slaughtering you."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Nobody knows where you are. Who else is involved Forty-nine?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""You should not have done this."/p
p class="MsoNormal""I am going to rule the world. And destroy SHIELD and those interferences through you."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span"You've missed people. A warrior. You've missed scientists, military and their power they hold. You've only got half the information."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Tell us everything. This shall stop."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Go ahead and do your worst. I will not tell you anything." She smirked./p
p class="MsoNormal""We will break you." He clicked his fingers and the gag appeared again./p
p class="MsoNormal"She smiled again; baring her teeth. "You won't get anything. You never will. And you know it. That is why you are desperate." The pair of hands from before placed the gag around Enya and stepped out of range again. Then something started humming. Enya started screaming and screaming. She jerked and screamed before the picture faded and other images zipped past. Enya's burns. Enya's face. Enya bound. Then the same white words./p
p class="MsoNormal"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"Follow, and this shall never stop./em/p
p class="MsoNormal""They'll kill her. They know we are trying to follow her. They must know. Do we track them down, risking her life, risking our life, or leave it until we know where she is for sure?" Steve asked./p
p class="MsoNormal""We have to find her." Loki demanded./p
p class="MsoNormal""Loki, unless we know where she is, we may just be endangering her."/p
p class="MsoNormal""And we may not be." He growled angrily./p
p class="MsoNormal""We should go back and discuss this."/p
p class="MsoNormal""No. I am staying. I will find Enya."/p
p class="MsoNormal""You could hurt her more."/p
p class="MsoNormal""You wouldn't leave Thor if it was Jane." He argued with me. I wouldn't leave no./p
p class="MsoNormal""We don't know the enemy. We can't fight them and win if we don't know them. That is number one rule and you know it. Number two is don't rush into anything. Loki, we aren't giving up, we are re-evaluating how to get her back."/p
p class="MsoNormal"We didn't have to wait long. By the time we got back to New York Jane and Eric told us they had built the machine to fix Bruce Banner to Enya's design. But it wouldn't work because the hardboard was missing. This hardboard was how the machine worked. Tony was disgusted with how old school Enya was in creating her devices. But he offered to take a look at it with them in the hopes that while we rested maybe we would have an idea. Loki didn't want to rest but when we all retired he sank down on the floor and looked lost. He would sleep; but when the exhaustion claimed him./p
p class="MsoNormal"The week passed with plans, ideas and strategies. SHIELD had no lead and neither did Loki and his followers. The smart ones tried to create the device. Bruce was going quick. His skin was shedding, leaving angry bruises and welts across his body. He was in pain but was so exhausted the Hulk couldn't appear. We needed Bruce to help track Enya, and Enya to fix Bruce so he could track her./p
p class="MsoNormal"Loki was getting desperate. He was threatening everyone and was on the talking device almost hourly./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span"Loki," I started for the fourth time that hour. "Stop pacing, we will find her."/p
p class="MsoNormal""When Thor. When?" He shouted. "You are supposed to avenge the innocent. And we are in this fortress of uselessness."/p
p class="MsoNormal""We can't do much until we have information. We have to wait."/p
p class="MsoNormal""She could be dead." He was lost without her. And he tried to keep it hidden but I knew my brother. No matter what kept us fighting against each other I knew him. And the fear that would strike him momentarily was all too clear./p
p class="MsoNormal""Screaming at me brother will not stop that from happening. We must remain calm and reserve strength."/p
p class="MsoNormal""You'd strike me down if I said that to you." He argued. He was right. I would have probably lost my temper if Jane Foster had been taken and I was without her right now./p
p class="MsoNormal""I know." I resigned. "I understand your frustration. We are trying. Man of Iron, Jane and Dr Selvig are trying to get that blasted thing working so Dr. Banner can heal and track her. We then could get her and have a strong weapon on our side. It isn't ideal. But she is probably safer with us not blundering across Midgard trying to find her."/p
p class="MsoNormal""She's hurting Thor." He sounded so sad. I hadn't seen him hurting the same since Mother died. "She's hurting and I can't do anything to help her."/p
p class="MsoNormal""She isn't going to blame you."/p
p class="MsoNormal""She's saved my life Thor. She saved my life. So many times. I can't return the favour. She needed me and I wasn't going to argue with a mortal over my correct opinion."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Loki,"/p
p class="MsoNormal""It wasn't right Thor. My opinion was wrong. I can't tell her now."/p
p class="MsoNormal""You will though." He was leaning against the wall, hair no longer slicked back. He didn't see how much this affection he had for Enya meant only one thing. She saved him in more ways than just physical./p
p class="MsoNormal""We have to go." Nat burst into the room yanking her jacket on. Steve was following with his shield. "Jarvis received a message with coordinates. The message said help. It's from Enya. She's got to main frame. It was just received so if we get there, maybe we will have something to track." Loki was up dragging on his coat and grabbing his sceptre. Tony appeared alongside Clint and we were moving up the elevator to the rooftop to the plane./p
p class="MsoNormal"We ran onto the plane and the door slammed shut as moved before we sat. It knocked me and Steve down. Nat held onto the wall as Tony sat and Steve kept Loki up./p
p class="MsoNormal"The plane roared across the skies to the co-ordinates; also in Canada./p
p class="MsoNormal"We didn't expect it to be a trap./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"We were a short few minutes from Enya but Loki paced back and forth with his black floor length coat, his weapons and his sceptre ready. A green orb filled the space instead of orange. He held it tight as he paced deep in thought./p
p class="MsoNormal"Despite our on going battle I was grateful to the peace Enya had brought him. I just hoped he saw the sense that his power was not going to keep him happy for long./p
p class="MsoNormal""Landing in two minutes." Tony said as he sat down next to me. He glanced over to Loki who paced. "He's going to make a groove in my carpet if he keeps that up." He muttered./p
p class="MsoNormal""He's worried."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Loki doesn't worry. Remember?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""I think Loki is trying to hide that Enya is his weakness."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Shame on us if we ever exploit it." He muttered sarcastically./p
p class="MsoNormal""You think you could use Enya to exploit Loki?" I asked seriously. Tony's lips twitched into a smile. "I didn't think you were that stupid. As well as tiny."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Do you think Miah is capable of violence?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""The tiny woman? Loki seemed to think so. He was enjoying her anger at you. I do wonder who she has killed before."/p
p class="MsoNormal""I tried looking her up. There is no Miah. No Pauline. No Neil. No Lisa. No Peter Waters anymore. Why are they all together?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Crazy likes company." Nat said leaning back. "Loki is crazy, and he attracts crazy people." The plane started to descend and Loki waited by the exit. As soon as the door swung open he was running and out. He gracefully landed in the snow. The wind whipped up his coat as we followed. The bitterness the wind was biting me with made my teeth chatter. Loki had no problem with the ice, being of Bifrost. I was not as fond./p
p class="MsoNormal"Loki did not wait as we left the plane. He was moving to the entrance, blasting it open with the power in his sceptre. We rushed to hurry, the snow hampering our running./p
p class="MsoNormal"Inside was dark; but warmer. It stopped my teeth from jamming against each other as we descended down steps upon steps. Seconds turned to minutes as we kept on following Loki but saw no movement./p
p class="MsoNormal""We should have seen something by now. Nobody is here." Nat spoke into the dark. The only lighting was the power from the orb that glowed grass green. We moved through the building until nothing was found. This angered Loki./p
p class="MsoNormal""There is a door here." The Cap punched the door and it creaked under his force. He then pulled it from its hinges and screams echoed outwards./p
p class="MsoNormal""Enya!" Loki shouted as he set off running./p
p class="MsoNormal""Loki!" I followed instantly; barely hearing Nat mutter about idiocy matches brothers. I saw him stop short and just missed colliding with him. A screen was on the wall and an image faded. White letters appeared:/p
p class="MsoNormal"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"Follow, and this shall never stop. /em/p
p class="MsoNormal"The others stopped behind reading the words before they faded again. Then the screen lit up and Enya appeared. She was strapped to a metal bed and some unseen guy asked her a question. "Tell us everything." Within seconds he jabbed her with a device that we had seen before. Blisters and burns appeared in its place. But Enya looked to the ceiling and didn't say anything. She didn't flinch, she didn't blink. The mortal stared above her and ignored the pain inflicted on her body. But the image faded again and this time Enya didn't look so good. She was bound to a chair and her head was pulled back. Someone held onto her hair while a cloth was placed over her face and water was poured onto her. After a minute the cloth disappeared and her hair was released. Enya leaned forwards coughing up water after water. She was shaking as the water dripped down her. Her clothes were in tatters from the burns and she was very wet. She looked up at them glaring./p
p class="MsoNormal""We shall stop. As soon as you tell us everything we require." She didn't answer and they repeated it again./p
p class="MsoNormal""Oh God." Somebody murmured as we watched. But Enya didn't give in. But the pain was clear on her face. She was a mortal and she was not going to last./p
p class="MsoNormal"It faded again and this time she was in a bath tub. They were filling it with water as Enya was gagged. Blood dripped down one side of her face as metal clips were attached to her metal bindings. She just continued to glare./p
p class="MsoNormal""They're going to kill her." Steve was horrified. I didn't hear the reply as the male spoke again./p
p class="MsoNormal""You understand this will keep on going until you tell us." She didn't move. "Nod if you understand." She nodded. "So tell us. And this will stop. Tell us what you know about SHIELD. About Tony Stark, Natasha Romanoff, Bruce Banner, Steve Rodgers and the two from another world; Loki and Thor." She gurgled something and they took off her gag. "Repeat." He ordered./p
p class="MsoNormal""You missed a few." She rasped. She had a split lip./p
p class="MsoNormal""A few what?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""People."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Which people?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""People who are going to enjoy slaughtering you."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Nobody knows where you are. Who else is involved Forty-nine?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""You should not have done this."/p
p class="MsoNormal""I am going to rule the world. And destroy SHIELD and those interferences through you."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span"You've missed people. A warrior. You've missed scientists, military and their power they hold. You've only got half the information."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Tell us everything. This shall stop."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Go ahead and do your worst. I will not tell you anything." She smirked./p
p class="MsoNormal""We will break you." He clicked his fingers and the gag appeared again./p
p class="MsoNormal"She smiled again; baring her teeth. "You won't get anything. You never will. And you know it. That is why you are desperate." The pair of hands from before placed the gag around Enya and stepped out of range again. Then something started humming. Enya started screaming and screaming. She jerked and screamed before the picture faded and other images zipped past. Enya's burns. Enya's face. Enya bound. Then the same white words./p
p class="MsoNormal"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"Follow, and this shall never stop./em/p
p class="MsoNormal""They'll kill her. They know we are trying to follow her. They must know. Do we track them down, risking her life, risking our life, or leave it until we know where she is for sure?" Steve asked./p
p class="MsoNormal""We have to find her." Loki demanded./p
p class="MsoNormal""Loki, unless we know where she is, we may just be endangering her."/p
p class="MsoNormal""And we may not be." He growled angrily./p
p class="MsoNormal""We should go back and discuss this."/p
p class="MsoNormal""No. I am staying. I will find Enya."/p
p class="MsoNormal""You could hurt her more."/p
p class="MsoNormal""You wouldn't leave Thor if it was Jane." He argued with me. I wouldn't leave no./p
p class="MsoNormal""We don't know the enemy. We can't fight them and win if we don't know them. That is number one rule and you know it. Number two is don't rush into anything. Loki, we aren't giving up, we are re-evaluating how to get her back."/p
p class="MsoNormal"We didn't have to wait long. By the time we got back to New York Jane and Eric told us they had built the machine to fix Bruce Banner to Enya's design. But it wouldn't work because the hardboard was missing. This hardboard was how the machine worked. Tony was disgusted with how old school Enya was in creating her devices. But he offered to take a look at it with them in the hopes that while we rested maybe we would have an idea. Loki didn't want to rest but when we all retired he sank down on the floor and looked lost. He would sleep; but when the exhaustion claimed him./p
p class="MsoNormal"The week passed with plans, ideas and strategies. SHIELD had no lead and neither did Loki and his followers. The smart ones tried to create the device. Bruce was going quick. His skin was shedding, leaving angry bruises and welts across his body. He was in pain but was so exhausted the Hulk couldn't appear. We needed Bruce to help track Enya, and Enya to fix Bruce so he could track her./p
p class="MsoNormal"Loki was getting desperate. He was threatening everyone and was on the talking device almost hourly./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span"Loki," I started for the fourth time that hour. "Stop pacing, we will find her."/p
p class="MsoNormal""When Thor. When?" He shouted. "You are supposed to avenge the innocent. And we are in this fortress of uselessness."/p
p class="MsoNormal""We can't do much until we have information. We have to wait."/p
p class="MsoNormal""She could be dead." He was lost without her. And he tried to keep it hidden but I knew my brother. No matter what kept us fighting against each other I knew him. And the fear that would strike him momentarily was all too clear./p
p class="MsoNormal""Screaming at me brother will not stop that from happening. We must remain calm and reserve strength."/p
p class="MsoNormal""You'd strike me down if I said that to you." He argued. He was right. I would have probably lost my temper if Jane Foster had been taken and I was without her right now./p
p class="MsoNormal""I know." I resigned. "I understand your frustration. We are trying. Man of Iron, Jane and Dr Selvig are trying to get that blasted thing working so Dr. Banner can heal and track her. We then could get her and have a strong weapon on our side. It isn't ideal. But she is probably safer with us not blundering across Midgard trying to find her."/p
p class="MsoNormal""She's hurting Thor." He sounded so sad. I hadn't seen him hurting the same since Mother died. "She's hurting and I can't do anything to help her."/p
p class="MsoNormal""She isn't going to blame you."/p
p class="MsoNormal""She's saved my life Thor. She saved my life. So many times. I can't return the favour. She needed me and I wasn't going to argue with a mortal over my correct opinion."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Loki,"/p
p class="MsoNormal""It wasn't right Thor. My opinion was wrong. I can't tell her now."/p
p class="MsoNormal""You will though." He was leaning against the wall, hair no longer slicked back. He didn't see how much this affection he had for Enya meant only one thing. She saved him in more ways than just physical./p
p class="MsoNormal""We have to go." Nat burst into the room yanking her jacket on. Steve was following with his shield. "Jarvis received a message with coordinates. The message said help. It's from Enya. She's got to main frame. It was just received so if we get there, maybe we will have something to track." Loki was up dragging on his coat and grabbing his sceptre. Tony appeared alongside Clint and we were moving up the elevator to the rooftop to the plane./p
p class="MsoNormal"We ran onto the plane and the door slammed shut as moved before we sat. It knocked me and Steve down. Nat held onto the wall as Tony sat and Steve kept Loki up./p
p class="MsoNormal"The plane roared across the skies to the co-ordinates; also in Canada./p
p class="MsoNormal"We didn't expect it to be a trap./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
