When Plans Go Awry

Loki sat in his glass cell, his eyes open as he stared across the container, out at the controls just before the doors. But he turned his head when he heard the doors on the side of the room open and heard a very familiar voice, "Just leave me alone!" Kona was shouting as she strode through the doors.

He stood instantly, standing stiffly when he saw how upset and agitated she appeared, his hands clenching into fists, his eyes narrowing when he saw the tears in her eyes as Fury stalked after her.

"No!" she rounded on the man, walking backwards away from him as Fury opened his mouth to speak, pointing warningly at him, "You keep him AWAY from me! And you stay away from me too!"

"Kona," he called, making his way to the doors, his jaw tensing when he reached them and remembered they were still locked.

"Logan?" she turned her head in his direction before feeling her way over to him, him noting they hadn't even let her take her red and white stick with her, "Oh thank god," she breathed, only to reach the glass doors and press her hands to them.

He looked down at her, reaching out to touch the doors as well, holding his hand over where her right hand was, "What happened?" he demanded, looking at Fury instead.

But Kona shook her head, letting her left hand fall off the wall as she turned to Fury, "Let me in."

"I cannot…" Fury began.

"You let me in!" Kona glared at him, Loki watching as she walked away from the doors, away from him, and towards Fury.

"I cannot allow it," Fury's eye narrowed at her, "I cannot risk the prisoner..."

"You broke into my apartment, dragged me out, and put me in a room with a man from my nightmares!" she nearly spat, and Loki KNEW she had to be…not furious…but deeply upset.

When Kona was angry she…well, she was always one to hold more of a quiet anger. She would fall quiet, speak shortly and tensely and stalk away before pacing before him and ranting. For her to be shouting and snapping and spitting at the man she was more upset than anything. And when she was upset…he didn't like it, he always hated seeing her upset, because upset meant tears, and when she was crying…his heart broke.

"So you open that door, and you let me in there, or…"

"Or what?" Fury cut in, irritated with being ordered around by the small blind blonde girl.

Loki had to smirk at that though, Kona…was never one to turn down a challenge, and so he laughed quite heartily when the girl, somehow knowing of Fury's own blindness in one eye without seeing him, reached out and punched him across the face on his blind side.

"That's what!" Kona glared as Loki saw the man stare at her in shock, no one ever saw it coming when the blind girl lashed out, "Now OPEN that DOOR!" she pointed back at Loki's cell.

Fury shook his head and Loki's eyes narrowed as the man stormed past Kona, grabbing her arm in the process to pull her up to his doors, "YOU," he ordered Loki, "Step back," but Loki remained where he was, his glare intensifying at having been ordered, "You want me to let her in there?" he held up Kona's arm, "Then you step back so I can open the doors and let her in."

Loki's jaw tensed, but he stepped back, his eyes locked on Fury's till he was all the way back across the room where he'd been sitting. He gave the man a nod and Fury yelled back to a guard who had accompanied them, "Open the doors a foot," he gave the command.

The doors parted enough for Kona to be shoved through before they slammed shut behind her. Fury watched as Loki made his way across the cell in an instant, pulling Kona into his arms, the woman, for all her bravado, starting to cry the moment she felt him embrace her. He watched Loki closely as the man murmured comfortingly in the woman's ear, pressing a kiss to the top of her hair, before glaring at him as he watched.

"Do you mind?" Loki nearly sneered.

Fury shook his head before he turned on his heel to walk out, let the god or Asgardian (or whatever the hell he was) think they were giving them privacy, it wouldn't stop them from watching on the security footage.

Loki glanced at the cameras, all too aware that they were being watched, but not caring. He knew their plan in bringing in Kona the moment he had thought to contact her. He was thankful that he still had a connection to the scepter as he was the one who wielded it, that he still had a connection to the power of the Tesseract that powered the gem on the end of it. He could still contact and command those he'd taken under his control. He had ordered Barton to stand down when the man had been about to attack Fury and the other agents who had gone for Kona. He'd been watching her from across the street, or watching the entrance to her apartment building. It was funny how blind SHIELD could be when they truly weren't looking. He'd ordered the man to let them in, to not follow.

Because he'd wanted Kona there, he wanted his so-called brother to see what he'd done to her.

'No…' a voice said in his head, a voice that sounded like the girl in his arms, 'You wanted him to see that you're still in here Loki,' he frowned, not understanding, 'You need to fight it Loki…'

He shook his head, forcing the voice away when he felt Kona shaking in his arms, her tears subsiding but she was still trembling, "What happened?" he whispered, leaning back so he could take her face in both his hands.

She closed her eyes and shook her head, starting to smile though when she felt him wiping her tears away with his thumbs. She took a breath, "What's your name?" she asked him, opening her eyes to look in his direction, "Your REAL name."

He frowned, "They…"

"No," she cut in, "They think they did," she offered him a smile, knowing he thought the others had told her that, knowing that the others believed they had imparted this enormous secret to her that would shake her faith in him, "I could tell," she whispered, which made him smile, she could always tell when he wasn't being entirely truthful, those very rare and few times, "I thought it was odd, you didn't want to say your real name, but when you introduced Agent Barton I thought it was because of that, because of your assignment…" she looked at him, "What's your name?"

He swallowed, taking a breath, "Loki, of Asgard."

Kona blinked a few times and nodded, "Asgard…" she murmured slowly, turning to step more into the room, Loki leading her to the small bench he'd been sitting on, "I…why do I know that name?" it was…familiar to her. She had the same feeling upon hearing it that she had when she had decided to name her kitten Loki, that I was familiar and comforting and important.

"Because," he knelt before her as she sat down, taking her hands, "That is…where you are from, where I am from."

She looked in his direction, "So I DO know you…" she whispered, feeling her heart starting to race, it would explain so much, why she felt so comfortable around him, why she trusted him so much so quickly, why she felt so connected to him…even why she'd named her kitten after him.

"Yes," he nodded even though she couldn't see. He hesitated a moment before lifting one of her hands to his face, allowing her to trace his features.

"…I knew it," she breathed at the familiarity in what she saw of his face, moving her hand to his cheek, "I knew I knew you…"

He looked at her, seeing tears in her eyes, "Yes."

She swallowed a moment, "But…why can't I remember?" she asked, hesitating before taking a breath, "What did Thor do to me?"

He watched her expression closely, seeing a trace of…fear in her eyes, "You've met him then?"

She nodded, "They…he was there, when they brought me here. He was in the room…"

She couldn't bring herself to say more than that. The moment he'd spoken, she'd stiffened, she'd recognized his voice immediately and it was nowhere near as comforting as hearing Loga…Loki's had been. It had terrified her. And to hear him call himself Thor, she didn't know why but she'd completely lost it. She'd jumped back away from him, backing up, screaming at him to stay away, shouting at the others, at that Fury man, to keep him away from her, to stay back. It pained her to admit that she had reacted so violently to the mere mention of the man, but she hadn't known why other than that he had harmed her.

She could feel that much, Thor had harmed her in the past, he had hurt her, he had done something to her that pained her and she wanted him to stay as far away from her as possible. She'd started shouting when Fury and that other woman had tried to calm her down, had grabbed her arm, but she'd screamed and twisted and turned and pulled away and demanded the only thing she could think of that would make her feel safe.

She'd asked for Loki.

She knew he was there, they wouldn't have brought her there if he hadn't been, and she wanted him, she wanted to be with him because that was the only time she felt secure and protected. And with Thor in the room and her heart racing and terror pumping through her veins that was ALL she could think about, Loki and getting to him. She blinked…she had demanded LOKI, not Logan, she realized. It was like it was a natural reaction, to call out for HIM when she was truly afraid.

Fury had quickly pulled her out of the room, had led her through the craft before she could even realize she was being moved, only pulling away from him when he'd stopped before the door to this room, this room they were holding Loki prisoner in.

"He…he did something, to me," she continued, "What did he do?"

Loki squeezed her hand, "He…he is the reason you cannot see Kona," he explained.

She nodded slowly at that, for some reason that didn't seem like the thing that scared her most. Having learned from the nurse and doctors that she'd been blind most of her life had given her some sort of time to absorb that. Whatever Thor had done to blind her had been done ages ago and…it seemed like she'd come to terms with that, but what she was scared of felt like it was much more recent, that it hit her that much more deeply.

"What else?" she asked.

"Asgard," Loki began, "Is not on Earth," he spoke slowly, watching her expression, watching to see if she would believe him, "It is one of Nine Realms, of which Earth is another. There was…something happened on Asgard, and…you were banished, your memories were stripped away…"

"Thor was the one who did it, wasn't he?" Kona said softly.

"Yes."

Kona nodded, THAT explained it. Thor had not only taken her sight from her, but her home, her memories, every single thing she had had to her name had been stripped away because of Thor. It was no wonder she was terrified of him, the man had caused her so much pain and…the brief lines she'd heard in her head, in his voice, he'd been angry, fuming and it terrified her to hear him shouting at her. She knew he'd done something terrible to her…that was it.

And it was so much worse because…Loki had said SHE had been banished. But HE hadn't. Thor had only banished HER. He had taken Loki away from her as well in the process, not just her memories of him, which she knew had to be numerous given how deeply she felt for him, but had physically kept them apart as well. It was no wonder she'd held a deep heartache the last year.

"He took away everything," she murmured, before looking in his direction, "Why?"

"I am…sure that they must have tried to tell you," Loki remarked, a tiny hint of spite in his voice, thinking of all the lies they must have tried to tell Kona in the process of explaining why she was here, he couldn't imagine Thor just standing there as she shouted at him without trying to defend himself.

"They did," she nodded, recalling that. When she'd started screaming, Thor had tried to speak, he'd said something about so many things that made no sense, "Something about Giants and attacks and treason and…" she shook her head, "But I didn't believe them. I CAN'T believe them."

"Why not?" he eyed her curiously.

"Because they're not you," she shrugged, speaking simply, "I…trust you, Loki, I trust YOU to tell me the truth of what happened."

"You can't be sure that I will though," he remarked, needing to point that out to her.

'No,' Kona's voice in his mind insisted, 'You want to make sure she still trusts you. You want THOR to realize that it's possible to trust you, to realize his mistake in what he did…'

He shook his head when Kona squeezed his hands, "I CAN be sure."

"How?"

She smiled a bit, "Because you would never truly lie to me, Mischief Maker," before she blinked, her face scrunching in slight confusion, "Why did I call you that?"

He had to smile at that though, his Kona was still in there, no matter how deeply the memories were buried, she was STILL there. He got up only enough to move onto the seat beside her, "Because that is what you often called me," he reached out to touch her face, brushing a bit of hair behind her ear as the back of his knuckles stroked her cheek, "My heart," he added.

Kona let out a breath at the familiar words, recalling the last time he'd called her that, on the phone just before, it was even more familiar now, "So tell me, what happened?" she squeezed his hand, "YOU are the only one who would know the truth of it all."

He nodded, Thor had only ever known his own interpretation of the events that had transpired, influenced by the Warriors Three and Sif, and…knowing that Thor was watching him…he found that he…he didn't want to say. Not because he didn't want Thor to know the truth but…he didn't want Thor to think he was influencing Kona with a 'lie' of what had happened. No matter what he told Kona, even if it was the entire truth of their actions on Asgard and their intentions, Thor and the other agents of SHIELD would think he was lying to her, trying to gain her sympathy, trying to make her believe in him and turn her against them, not that she wasn't already quite against them for their treatment of her.

"They will think I'm manipulating you," he warned her, "Spinning a version of the truth to earn your trust."

"Why would you?" she shook her head, "I already trust you," she squeezed his hands.

"Do you?" he smiled softly at that, "Still? What if I…what if I really AM the villain of the story?"

"You're not though," she murmured, knowing in her heart that it was true, "And you wouldn't try to manipulate me, you…wouldn't hurt me. You're a good person."

He felt his smile fall at that, at her belief in him, "Kona I…" he swallowed hard, not wanting to admit it, but…feeling that he HAD to tell her, he could no more keep the truth from her than outright lie, "I…attacked people, many people in the last day or so…I…killed them."

"No," Kona shook her head, but in a way that confused him as it didn't sound like she was in shock and denying it but more in a firm way that denoted that she knew the 'truth' of something, "You didn't."

"I did," he sighed, "I…"

"No," she cut in, "I mean…" she frowned, trying to think of a way to explain it, "YOU didn't," she reached out and placed a hand on his heart, "You…" her fingers splayed out across his chest, feeling the beat of his heart thumping under her hand, "Could never."

Loki tilted his head as he eyed her, but…he HAD. So…why was she insisting that he hadn't?

'Because YOU didn't,' the voice in his head spoke, 'Loki, please see what has happened! This…this is NOT you!'

"But you don't remember me," he argued lightly, "You can't know for sure that I am as I was…"

Why was he arguing this?! Why was he trying to make her think he was this…evil person that Thor had obviously made him out to be? The LAST thing he wanted was for Kona to think that of him, so why was he bringing it up? Why was he insisting he was this foul man?

'Because you want her to prove you wrong!' her voice answered in his head, 'You want her to get through to you.'

Get through to me how?!

He closed his eyes, letting out a breath, perhaps he truly HAD gone mad at one point. It wasn't insanity until you started arguing with the voices in your head as though they were really there.

"I can," Kona cut in, "And I DO. And you, Loki of Asgard, need to STOP arguing with me," Kona said firmly, "Because I didn't demand to come here just to debate this with you."

"Why…" he hesitated, "Why DID you want to see me?"

He knew why, of course he did, but…he needed to make it seem like he didn't. He knew Fury and the others were watching, he knew the information they wanted out of him, and he needed to steer the conversation towards it, he needed to make them think that their plan was working, he needed to get them all together, he needed to get them all quibbling and distracted, and he needed to do so soon.

"You're the only one I feel safe around," she murmured.

"So it wasn't Fury's plan then?"

"No," she shook her head, "I don't care what they want to know. I just…" she sighed, "I didn't want to be there anymore."

"This was…part of their plan though," he told her, gently stroking her cheek, "They brought you here because they knew I would talk to you, and only you. They brought you here…in the hopes of making you think me a monster and willing to cooperate with them."

"You're not a monster Loki," she stated, a firmness in her voice that made him both smile and frown, because…he was starting to think he was.

"No," he agreed for her sake, "THEY brought the monster," he glanced at the cameras out of the corner of his eye at that.

~8~

"So it's Banner then?" Natasha looked over at the others gathered around the conference table, mostly just Fury and Thor. Stark had gone with Banner to work in the lab, while Steve had wandered off, "That's his play?"

Thor just sat there, staring at the screen, looking at Kona and Loki with a frown. It was…difficult to reconcile the image of his brother, the man sitting there with Kona in his arms, whispering soothingly to her and stroking her face and looking at her with love…with the man who had, only hours ago, killed over 80 people if Natasha was to be believed. It was…equally hard, harder than he thought it should be, to hear her speaking of him as though HE were the villain in all this.

And what troubled him most…Loki hadn't said a word against him, not truly, nothing Kona didn't already know or sense. Loki was not the one influencing Kona's reaction to him but…her own memories striving to break through the king's command. He knew it was impossible though, Kona would never be able to remember her life on Asgard, not completely, perhaps bits and pieces but nothing solid, unless her memories were restored by the king of Asgard.

Yet she retained enough sense of mind to recognize him, and the fact that she feared him…that she couldn't stand to be around him…it wasn't the act of someone angry with what he'd done or resentful of being banished. It was true fear, it was the reaction of someone who didn't know what they'd done wrong, of someone who had been harmed for no reason and was reacting to it.

And…if THAT was the most prevalent thing her mind retained…was it the truth?

"He wants to unleash the Hulk," Fury nodded, pulling Thor's attention over to him. Fury pointed at Natasha, "Keep Banner in the lab," he ordered, "You," he pointed at Thor, "Go with her. I'll join you shortly."

Thor frowned at being commanded but rose to leave with Natasha, his mind and heart heavy with thoughts and concerns of what Kona had said and how she'd reacted to him.

~8~

"You," Kona looked over in the direction of the doors of Loki's cell, hearing voice, "You're coming with us."

She started to shake her head, not wanting to leave Loki, but he wound his arm around her waist, "Everything will be alright," he promised her, whispering in her ear before he kissed her temple, "Nothing, nothing at all, will harm you," he let his arm fall away from her.

Kona frowned at the loss of warmth she felt from his withdrawn hold, before she sighed and stood, making her way to the edge of the cell, to the doors. She could hear them open slightly, a hand grabbing her wrist before she was pulled out and led away.

Loki watched her go, a small frown on his face, before he resumed his stiff sitting position and closed his eyes, focusing on the connection to the scepter, tapping into its control to send orders to Barton and the team that he knew were just starting to reach the flying ship. He smirked, he could feel it even now, the other 'agents' gathered in a lab, starting to bicker and argue amongst themselves, exactly as he'd been hoping. With them all there, there would be no one noticing the ship, there would be no one ready and prepared for the attack.

And with Barton in the lead…he knew Kona would be safe, that she would be protected, the moment the man was onboard the ship…his orders were to find her and bring her back to him, to get her out of there and keep her safe. All he'd needed to do was let slip the remark about the Hulk and the others would go squabbling to flock together, Barton had warned him of the different temperaments of the various men and women, they'd be more likely to argue with each other than to focus on keeping him locked up.

He was…disheartened that Kona had been taken away from him yet again, he didn't like it, how they kept using her as a tool to get to him. Thor, SHIELD, everyone tried to exploit her as his weakness, but they always seemed to forget...

She was the one he'd do anything for.

She was the one he'd fight harder for.

She was his strength.

~8~

Kona frowned as she was led through the halls of the ship, grimacing a bit at the soft hum of the engines and turbines that didn't bother the others as much as it did her, to her they were quite loud and…she didn't like being in the air, she never knew what was happening as well as on the ground. But there was ONE thing she DID hear…the sounds of loud arguing coming from the room she was being led to. It sounded like chaos within, men and women shouting at each other, threatening each other, something about a scepter and Loki and…she didn't know what else.

"Hey!" she snapped as she was brought in, "What are you shouting about!?" she had had it up to there with all of this. She already had a headache, the last thing she needed was mindless arguing and shouting and she already felt less than safe with all those men and women that she'd heard others claim to be superheroes yet they were holding her hostage as though she were a criminal when she didn't know what the hell was going on.

But before anyone could even answer…the entire base shook as though an explosion had gone off…and indeed it had.

A bomb went off on the side of the ship, knocking them all to the ground, Kona fell against a piece of equipment, crying out as her head hit the ground hard, cutting her temple as she winced and pressed a hand to it. Everything as a mess after that, there was shouting and shaking and running and before she knew it she was being dragged to her feet by Fury, dragged down the hall to what sounded like the Bridge from the voices she could hear in it. She was dropped into a chair at a table, but she pushed herself up, backing away to the furthest wall, not wanting to be anywhere near the people within. Her head was throbbing and the shouts were getting louder and the natural darkness she essentially lived in was making it harder to make out what was going on. All she could tell was that the ship was under attack or had been infiltrated or both.

She gasped when she heard guns going off inside the Bridge, Fury and that Hill woman shouting and gunshots being returned. She winced and slid to the ground, curling her legs in on herself, terrified, not sure what was happening…when she heard the whizz of an arrow and then the sound of static and could only assume that the monitors of the various computers had been switched off.

There was even more shouting as she could hear the sounds of the engines and the turbines shutting down, the yells of Fury and the crew getting louder and more frantic…and then…there was a hand on her arm, a…gentler hand than she expected of Fury…because it wasn't fury at all.

"Come with me," she could hear Agent Barton whisper in her ear, so low she knew that no one would hear it over the shouting and chaos, but SHE could.

She scrambled to her feet and followed him off, leaving behind the shouts, knowing that in all the franticness no one would notice her sneaking off or being led off. She started to breathe a little easier as she was led further and further away from the men and women who had essentially kidnapped her and closer, she knew towards Loki. Agent Barton, from what she gathered, worked for Loki and if he was there, if he was pulling her away from the others, she hoped it meant he still did work for him.

She heard a door slide open and felt Barton take her other hand to guide her in as it was more a ducking sort of pathway that she had to crouch to get past. She had just straightened, only made it a few feet, before she was violently yanked backwards, stumbling and falling on a small catwalk of sorts with an oomph as she hit the ground. She winced, trying to sit up, hearing Agent Barton grunting as he too was kicked backwards by someone, clearly fighting them. She tried to get up only for someone to grab her arm and felt cold metal wrap around it, a clanging as she realized she'd been handcuffed to the railing beside her.

"Stay there!" she heard a woman shout, before she ran off, the fight ensuing as she struggled to pull her arm free…

~8~

Loki looked up as the doors to his cell opened, seeing one of the men who 'worked' for him at the controls. He had just stepped through them when the doors to the side opened and Thor ran in. He grinned as his 'brother' ran at him…only to leap through him, a projection of himself, and land in the cell. He appeared at the controls and closed the doors just as Thor picked himself up.

"Are you ever not going to fall for that?" he asked his brother, moving away from the controls to stand before them, smirking, his hands behind his back.

Thor merely slammed Mjolnir against the cage, succeeding only in cracking the window, shaking it in the process.

Loki let out a mocking laugh, "The humans think us immortal," he remarked, moving back to the controls, "Shall we test that?" he pressed a button and the floor beneath the cell opened up. He moved to hit another button when Agent Coulson stepped into the room, a large weapon in hand.

"Move away please," Coulson began, calm, though Loki only glanced at him, unfazed, "Do you like this? We started working on the prototype after you sent the Destroyer. Even I don't know what it does. Do you wanna find out?"

He powered up the weapon, preparing to fire…when Loki disappeared, and reappeared behind him, stabbing him though the back with the sharp spear end of the scepter.

"NO!" Thor shouted, seeing Coulson fall to the floor.

Loki barely blinked as he made his way back to the controls, pausing as he looked at them, "You know, brother," he mocked Thor, glancing at him, "Do you know why I hate you?" he asked as Thor glared at him. Loki smirked and an image of Kona appeared before Thor, between them, a projection of the Kona of Asgard, "You hurt her," Loki told him, a hard look in his eyes, "I could have forgiven you anything, any fault you made, any lie you believed, but this?" he gestured at the projection, "You hurt the one I love, you hurt her, because you KNEW it would hurt me."

Thor frowned at that, he had done no such thing. His reason for Kona's banishment had nothing to do with harming Loki, and everything to do with the traditional punishment of their people for treason. Loki KNEW that.

"And for that…I cannot trust you," Loki shook his head, and pressed a button, sending Thor plummeting down to Earth.

"Sir!" the guard who had freed him called, pressing a hand to his ear, getting a report, "We need to leave sir, they're starting to repair the ship. And…" he stopped.

Loki frowned, "And?"

"Agent Barton has been compromised sir."

~8~

Kona closed her eyes, trying to cover her ears, trying not to listen to the sound of the fight going on all around her. Knowing that Agent Barton was fighting to defend her, to try and get her out of there, to continue his mission…it upset her. He was getting harmed and fighting for his life against some woman and it was because of her.

"Stop it!" she shouted at the woman, "Leave him alone!"

But then a terrible clang sounded and she flinched, somehow able to recognize that the man's head had just been bashed against one of the metal railings, hard.

She could hear him stumbling around, groaning and grunting, before a very confused, "Natasha?" came out of his mouth.

There was the sound of another punch and someone hitting the floor, stopping moving. She held her breath, hearing the woman panting, before footsteps drew nearer to her. She closed her eyes, not that it mattered given her lack of sight…before a fierce punch struck her in the face and her entire world went dark…

~8~

"And Kona?" Loki looked at the guard, alarmed, this was…NOT what the plan was, it appeared he had underestimated the so-called Avengers.

"She's been recaptured sir," the guard stated, "We need to leave sir, now."

Loki's jaw clenched as his eyes narrowed, his hand tightening into fists beside him at that information. This was his fault, this was his entire fault, he should have left Kona in her apartment, they never would have thought to bring her there and now…she was in the hands of his enemies and…he couldn't risk staying.

If he stayed and failed to help Selvig launch the Tesseract's portal for the Chitauri…they would recall him back. He'd be sucked across space, back to their world, and Kona would be left to the mercy of SHIELD and Thor. If he left…as much as it pained him, he would still be on Earth, he would still have a chance of saving her, of getting her back.

"Very well," he ground out, turning to go, hating to do it, not wanting to leave her, but if he was captured now…the Chitauri would ensure he could NEVER help Kona again.

"You're going to lose," Coulson whispered, still alive though he was fading quickly as he sat hunched against the wall, the gun in his lap.

"Am I?" Loki scoffed.

"It's in your nature."

Loki shook his head, "Your heroes are scattered, your floating fortress falls from the sky. Where is my disadvantage?"

Coulson smirked, using the ONE thing he knew would distract and infuriate the man, "We have Kona."

Loki glared at him, taking an angry step towards him, "Do not dare to threaten…"

But Coulson didn't let him finish as he blasted Loki back with a bolt from the gun, a bolt that reminded him very much of the Destroyer. He let out a breath as he saw Loki fly back through the wall, the guard rushing to help him, "So that's what it does…" he murmured before his eyes drifted closed.

~8~

Loki sat in the hanger of the small shuttle that had been used to bring his small rescue team to him, silent, fuming, glaring at the wall across from him.

Barton had failed him.

The Avengers had Kona.

And that would NOT do at all.

Perhaps it was time to accelerate his plans.

A/N: As much as I loved seeing Loki snapping at the Black Widow and getting angry and threatening, I sort of felt like, the second SHIELD knew about Kona, they would rather use HER to try and trick the truth out of Loki, to use her against him. Too bad Loki and Kona are a bit too smart for that and trust each other too much lol ;)

But now that Kona's still a prisoner of SHIELD and Loki is none too happy about that, I'm very excited for what's coming next. Kona knows a bit of the truth now and I can say, while her memories aren't back, we'll see her thoughts on all that Loki's told her and even a bit of her old self peeking through in the next chapter ;)

Some notes on reviews...

Lol, I think Thor could be a bit like Marcia ;) He's definitely starting to really question what he did :) And poor Barton, he had one job, protect Kona and even when he got to do it, Black Widow took him down lol :)

Oh Kona definitely reacted to Thor lol, I could see her trying to get out of there and find Loki ;)

I can say Kona didn't get her memories back, in this story, the only way for her to get them back is for the king of Asgard to return them/unblock them :(

I like Loka too :) I'm thinking I should put up a poll for it ;)

Awww thanks! I'm glad you're enjoying the story :)

Kona's memories won't suddenly snap back or be remembered on her own. Here only the king of Asgard can return them :( But now she knows why she's afraid of Thor :) We'll actually see a bit more of Thor's guilt later in the story too ;) It was definitely part of Loki's plan to get her there, but there's...definitely confliction in his own mind about just why he did it }:)

I like the fluff scenes too, I can say there'll be another rather big one to come before the end of the story ;)

Lol, I actually have Thor 2 written up ;) It'll be up about 2 days after this one is over (a day in between the end of this and start of that). And no worries, I don't think it's mean at all. I can say, eventually, Thor will definitely get what's coming to him ;)