Thor awoke in a cold, dark place, his back sore and scratched from being brutally dragged on the rough rocky ground.
He moaned and forced himself into a upright position. His head felt groggy, and his vision was blurry.
What happened? They were about to save his brother, him and Luna, then... What had happened after that?
His memory came back to him in a flash. The gun, losing consciousness, feeling Luna's gun on his back, and the bang.
Luna. Luna had been the one to pull the trigger. Why would she do that? And where was his brother?
"I see you're finally up, then."
He tried to get to his feet, but didn't have the energy to, "What have you done to me and my brother?" His voice was thick and coarse.
Luna shrugged, "I don't know. I'm merely the delivery girl. I don't know what Lord Thanos would want to do."
"Lord Thanos? From what I know, he'll rip my brother to sheds and that would be considered lucky!" He exclaimed.
"None of my business."
"How dare you! And what have you done to me?"He tried to get up again, but to no avail.
"Relax, and stay down. I just drugged you. You'll be up and smashing in a few hours." Luna stated nonchalantly.
Thor raged as he struggled to get up, "Why should I believe you? You're nothing more than a dirty liar."
Luna flinched and cringed at the harshness of his words, but he didn't let up.
"Why? Why would you do this?" Thor demanded.
"I have my reasons. Don't question me." She said harshly.
"He trusted you, you know? As did I. And look what you did. You betrayed us, in a way. He actually liked you, a friend, someone to tell his feelings to. That has never happened before. For once, you brought out a different person in my brother."
Luna shifted from one foot to another uneasily, "I.. Uh."
"So what's your reason? My brother and I deserve to know that much since we're about to die, thanks to you."
Luna stared straight at the wall, as if staring through him. After a hesitation she sighed, "I'll... I'll tell you. But let's start from the beginning."
Thor nodded, "Fine."
"I...am not fully human."
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Loki was chained to a wall, cold, tired and hungry. He wanted to ask for details but he didn't dare talk for fear of alerting the chitauri to his consciousness.
Instead, he thought about Luna. How she smiled, and the lively glimmer in her eyes when she laughed. The way she was so self-reliant, and smart. How she reacted on first meeting him, and how she talked about her brother.
How she lied.
Instead of dwelling on the pain of the betrayal, he wondered why had she lied, and what was her reasons for turning him in.
Had she been threatened? But threats didn't faze her in the least. She wouldn't have followed anyone's orders blindly.
Or maybe there was something in it for her. A reward, or something she really wanted. Maybe her brother...
A low laugh caught his attention and his head whipped to see who was it. One of the chitauri guards sneered at him.
"Tell me, what does it feel like for the god of lies to be lied to. Must hurt your pride terribly."
"I have no reason to answer to you. Where am I?"
"You shouldn't be talking to me like that, scum."
"You'd remember that not long ago it was you listening to my every command."
The chitauri turned slightly red in anger, "You... Wait till Lord Thanos hears of this. He'll deal with you. And I'll be there watching."
Loki kept a face of calm indifference, but deep down he was, in fact, very scared. It took everything he had not to tremble.
The chitauri must have sensed his feelings, because he grinned and laughed at him.
He should've kept his mouth shut, but he couldn't bear without one last question, "Luna. Why was she working for you?"
"Luna?" The reptilian looked at him in confusion, "Who?"
"You know who."
"I know... Luna must have been the name she told you. You sure got tricked bad, her name's not even Luna."
The look on the chitauri's told Loki he was telling the truth.
The alien continued smirking, "Her real name is Victoria. And I probably shouldn't tell you this but since you're going to die already, why not? Guess. Guess why."
"Her brother. She did this all for her brother."
The chitauri's smile grew wider, "Right you are, little Prince. The promise of freedom for her and her brother. That, and a thumb drive her mother had."
"Thumb drive?"
"Yes. Here's something to help you understand. We killed her father, who was Asgardian and fought alongside your father, in battle. Luna and her Midgardian mother, who had her son at that time, served under us. After that, we offered her and her children a chance of freedom. Her last mission, you might call it, was to achieve information from SHIELD."
"However," The chitauri sneered, mocking him, "You killed her. Before she could complete that mission."
Loki's eyes widened, "What?"
"It really wasn't that hard to convince her. Just added a little fuel to the fire. She wasn't willing to do it at first, but all it really took was the promise of freedom and revenge at her mother's killer. She's a natural, an actress, and she's really skilled and smart. Even tricked the trickster. Too good to lose. So we gave her an offer. To capture and bring to us the man who ruined her life, and her and her brother would be free, along with the thumb drive her mother had on her would have been last mission. Too bad for her though. "
"You're not going to let her go that easily, are you?"
"Right again you are. You're a smart boy. Too bad you won't be telling her. We'll make sure of that." The alien smiled once more before walking out of the cell, "Enjoy the last hours of your life."
Loki waited for the sound of footsteps to cease before smiling to himself, "You underestimated me."
A green flash later, he was on the floor rubbing his wrists.
He would find Luna, and he would apologise. But first, he would free his brother.
Covering himself with an illusion, he unlocked the door, which was only secured with a weak lock.
He came out into a dark passage he suspected was underground. He was deciding where to head when he heard a rattling noise, like chains.