Chapter 6
After laying Loki to a medical table, they peeled off the glued armours to his skin just to inspect the severity damage mind gem had.
It was worse than they thought. It was a single mind gem that was embedded into the skin along the neckline. From there, mutiple blue veins spread across the back like a spider web. Tony inspected it with half morbid curiosity and half caution.
"I think we have to take these out," Tony said bluntly, stating the obvious that permeated the room. When Banner put on surgical gloves and probed it, Loki groaned and opened his eyes. Upon seeing the Avengers with hazy blue eyes, Loki growled and bolted upward, trying to sum up magic in his hand to kill his enemies.
His mind stuttered to stop and he stared into his hand and then back at them. Abruptly, Thor and Steve grabbed his hand.
"Need some restraint here!" Steve said and immediately Jarvis responded by connecting blue tooth with some metallic restraints. But they began to bend under Loki's strength.
"Get your hand off of me filthy mortal!" Loki said with insane anger. His mouth began to froth from the effort and Steve increasingly looks as if he was sprinting the last lap of the marathon without the vigour.
Quickly, Tony went to his workbench and brought over two large magnetic handcuffs made from Tungsten mixed with Titanium.
"Dammit, these are only prototypes but heck, it would be good enough" Tony pause for the kick with a smirk on his face "for a God."
"I'm assuming this was a backup plan for the Asgardian invasion?" Thor looked at him pointedly.
Tony shrugged. "Fury ordered that one alright? It wasn't really my idea to spend time making restraints like a sex-deprived person."
But Loki was no longer listening as the strange magnet restrained his shaking hands. He continued to struggle like a mad man; hard enough to rip the skins and create a small red puddle of blood underneath the table.
"Release me! It's my right, my given right to rule you insignificant ants!" Loki screamed.
"He's going to hurt himself!" Banner said, trying to not get bitten by Loki.
"Can someone, please shut his mouth." Stark droned lazily. "I can't concentrate when I'm trying to finish programming these babies." He gestured to the magnetic shackle attached to the table. "And we don't want rampaging god on the loose."
At this, Loki abruptly stopped his screaming. A memory flashed by in front of his eyes.
The voice in the smoke hissed. Why don't we seal that pretty mouth of yours? Loki blinked rapidly.
Thor took this chance and he grabbed Loki's frantic head roughly. "Loki, listen to me! We are trying to help you. You have mind-controlling gem embedded in your neck."
Loki glared hatefully at the group as he caught his breath. "Oh really? Well, why don't you make me, Prince of Asgard." Loki said bitterly and he twisted his head to the left despite Thor's grip. Thor growled. "For Yggdrasil, you aren't making this easier!"
"Shut up! I hate you, I hate you, I hate you! I wish you to die!" Loki snarled. Then he laughed; the laugh sounded as if he swallowed broken glass. He laughed and laughed until he began to cry. With tear-filled eyes, he opened them once more, and they were murky green like a dark bog.
Loki whispered. "Help me."