"So Loki.", Stephen stepped into the room and closed the door behind him, "Well, first of all, the cut isn't too deep and won't leave a permanent scar."
"I told you I was fine," Loki said. He stretched his arms through the sleeves of his black shirt and pulled it over his shoulders, but was careful not to touch the injury.
"Well the cut isn't why you passed out, in your bloodstream I found a poison that caused your unconsciousness," Stephan explained and Loki remembered the poison that was injected into him.
"Do you have a cure for it?", Loki looked curiously at Stephen.
"Unfortunately no, it looks like the poison is not from Earth. If the poison had been administered to a normal mortal, the consequences for the person would be far more far-reaching than mere unconsciousness."
"A deadly weapon." concludes Loki, Stephan looked at him and nods in agreement.
"Yes, a it is a more than lethal weapon, whoever injected you with the poison wanted you dead or at least took it in their stride. ", Loki stood up from the couch and buttoned the buttons of his shirt.
"The man we captured administered it to me. Stephen, I ask you not to tell anyone. It seems we don't know who to trust."
"I have doctor-patient confidentiality. But even though the poison doesn't seem to be life-threatening to you anymore, since you're not human, you should still rest.", Stephen leaned against the cabinet in the small doctor's room in the tower.
"Thank you. I will.", Loki left the room before grinning mischievously.
Loki ducks as Bucky swings his metal arm over him to hit him. He slams Bucky into the left side of his back, sending him stumbling forward. Bucky and Loki turned back to each other and face each other ready to fight.
"So, what did the doc say?" asks Bucky. He catches Loki's arm as he tries to hit him in the face and stretches it behind Loki's back.
"Nothing to worry about," Loki decided it was best if he kept his knowledge to himself. For now. Until he knew more specifics. He kicked Bucky in the stomach and freed himself from his grip. Loki jumped up before hitting Bucky with a hard punch. Bucky fell backward onto the floor.
"Sorry. I've got a few things buzzing in my head," Loki offered him a hand and pulled Bucky up.
"Not too wild. But you've got a pretty heavy punch. Maybe it's better to finish training today."
Loki and Bucky left the gym and went into the elevator. Bucky pushed the button for the fifty-seventh floor by the kitchen was. Loki went to the refrigerator and grabbed two water bottles. Sam, Wanda and Vision were also in the kitchen. Wanda looked around the kitchen to set the table. She opened the kitchen cabinet with her magic and levitated six plates through the kitchen to the dining table. While Vision read the daily newspaper at the table.
"Wanda, dear, I'm not eating.", Vision improved her and Wanda put the plate back in the cupboard. Loki tossed one of the bottles to Bucky, who caught it with no problem.
"Nah look who decided to join us for breakfast. I was beginning to think we wouldn't see you guys again until noon," Sam joked, helping Wanda prepare breakfast. Loki sat down at the table with the others and folded his hands together.
"So does anyone have any information about the attack yesterday or about the man we captured?" he asked
"Unfortunately there is not much news yet.", the team looked up and turned their gazes to the entrance of the kitchen, Catherine leaned against the door frame, "But Director Hayward said that the man has not said a single word so far during the interrogation and getting back to the attack, we were able to identify a few of the men, but they are just mercenaries, they don't belong to any organizations we know of."
"Oh the Director Hayward who also put me under house arrest for no apparent reason. Do you think he is up to this situation or position?" asked Loki jokingly concerned. Stephen looked sternly at Loki, while Bucky and Sam tried to stifle a laugh. Catherine pushed herself off the door frame and walked over to the dining room table.
"Well, how's Monica doing after the attack?" asked Wanda, motioning Catherine to sit down in the seat next to her. Before she lifted her cup of coffee and took a sip. Bucky took a bite of his toast and pushed a cup of coffee to Catherine.
"Monica is doing well regarding the situation. She didn't suffer any real damage, thankfully.", she lifted the cup as her smartphone began to ring. The phone was in the inside pocket of her leather jacket. Catherine pulled it out and read the message on the screen.
"What's going on?" asked Sam, suddenly looking worried.
"A secret SWORD base, housing the time travel technology, is under attack. Our agents are outnumbered," Catherine explained to the team, "Your help is requested."
The team dropped everything and got up from the dining table.
"I haven't even had coffee yet!" complains Bucky, following the others out of the kitchen. Loki tried to follow behind the others, but was stopped by Catherine.
"Loki, I'm sorry, but you're not allowed on the mission. Hayward's orders."
Loki stood at the windows, arms folded in front of his chest, watching his team fly away in the Quinjet. He looked over the right side of his shoulder and saw Catherine step into the room.
"So you always follow orders like a good one?" asked Loki bitingly.
"Well, I'm new to SWORD and if I directly disobey instructions, I won't be around much longer. But if you don't like my presence, I can leave.", she turns to leave. Loki realized that perhaps he had been too hard on her and it had not been particularly fair of him to judge her hastily. Loki averted his gaze from the window and turned to face her.
"You still haven't told me what you are," Catherine turns to Loki.
"I'm half Kree and half light elf."
A/N: Tell me in the comments what you think of the chapter!
