It took them about a day and a half to get everything organized. That entire time, the feed from the cell was playing one at least one monitor close to either man so they could keep an eye on the fallen god. Tony made a visit to some friends whom he swore they could trust with this. Arrangements had been made, and now Tony and Bruce were back in Tony's lab surrounded by screens and projections of floor plans, security feeds and most importantly... control boards.

Tony pressed a series of buttons and then on the hologram to his left, one of the heavy, security laden doors opened up. The petite figure marked in red walked through and Tony closed the door once they had passed.

"Ok, you're in the main level now. There should be some guards around you," Tony advised, one eye on a screen that showed video footage of the hallway with four guards in it. They were looking at the door strangely but weren't doing anything else.

Normally, a door opening by itself would have been cause for raising the alarm. Tony had taken care of that gleefully. Over the last six hours, the top secret Shield testing facility had been experiencing glitches in it's system. Doors all over the compound were swinging open and shut, elevators were going to the wrong floors, he even found an automated coffee dispenser and made it spit out liquefied tar every five minutes. So one door opening by itself didn't really do much other than start a conversation between the guards about how cheap the computers were.

"Ok, you're going to follow that hallway about twenty feet, then take a left. There's less guards down that way." they watched as the red figure skirted around the glowing blue holographic guards and turned down the specified hallway.

"Now, there's a couple of doors on the left, I need yo to go into the fourth one. Video feed is clear so the room is empty. I've opened the lock for you."

On two screens, he pulled up the security footage of the room. On one he saw the door open on it's own, on the other there was nothing. That was the feed that he was overlaying so that Shield security wouldn't see non automated doors opening on their own.

"Alright, I need you to put the device I gave you on the control board, somewhere out of sight, just in case."

"Im guessing it needs to be on metal though?" came Sue's quiet voice over the com.

"Well yeah, it sticks with magnets, so yes, metal would be preferable."

There was no response, but a moment later one of his monitors came to life showing new security codes. "You got this Jarvis?" he asked, going back to directing Sue towards the testing cells.

"Indeed sir. Transferring individual prison cell security codes."

"You couldn't get those through the main system?" Bruce asked, still focused on his job of monitoring Shield radio frequencies.

"They aren't on the main system. It's a back up security measure. The codes of the cells change every six hours, and the code is kept in those computers alone and they aren't connected to any other system. To get those codes, you have to be inside. Lucky for us, we have a ninja."

"Aww, you're sweet Tony." came Sue's voice again.

"Uh huh, now you're going to keep following the sweet sultry sound of my voice, down the next hallway. You're right next to the cell containment centre so be careful. I only count two guards at the moment but at least eight eggheads running the computers. I can't get them out so you're going to have to be quick. Reed? You guys in position?"

"Ready whenever you are Suzzie." answered Ben Grimm.

"Sue, remember, when you're using the laser, try not to look directly at the beam."

There was no answer on Sue's end, but that was because she was already in the main room with all the scientists. There was more than one specialized cell, and they were all located down one hallway branching off from the main lab. There were two guards down there as well, but they were isolated. Tony covered the security feed to show the two guards still patrolling while Sue took the real ones out. When the hologram showed her standing outside of Loki's cell, Tony flexed his fingers.

"Ok, everyone get ready for the big finale. Sue? I'm dropping the power in three... two..."

He hit a few buttons and almost all of the screens went dark. Tony and Bruce turned their attention the the hologram now, watching as the miniature versions of the staff scrambled to fix the black out. So far no one had noticed the missing guards.

The red figure that was Sue opened the door of Loki's cell and walked in. Over the connection they heard her gasp at the no doubt gruesome sight inside. After that she was all business. The plan was for Sue to surround Loki in one of her fields, and lift him out into the hall. They heard her grunt in effort. "Ugh, geeze this guy weighs a lot more than he looks!"

"Well, he is technically an alien," Reed mused on his headset. "It could be from a different bone density, or even-"

"Not helping." Sue ground out as she moved herself and Loki out of the cell.

"Are you going to be able to lift him out?" Bruce asked worriedly.

"Im going to have to. Ben? Get ready, I'm about to fire."

There were a few tense moments as Tony watched some guards start to make rounds closer to the cell. The power would return in a minute, less than that actually. Sue had to 'move.

Over the com, there came the sound of a low pulsing hum and when it cut off Ben Grimm was chuckling. "Perfect shot, I'm right above ya now. Can you make it?"

"You need to move now Sue," Tony urged. "You've got security heading right for you."

"On my way up," was her only response.

The hologram showed her floating upwards, projected by her own forcefield, through the perfect hole she had made through the entire compound. The fantastic four's quinjet was hovering invisibly right above it, and Tony breathed a sigh of relief when Reed's voice came through.

"Got them! Ben, get us clear!"

"Hows he look?" Tony couldn't help but ask. It was one thing to see the video, he couldn't imagine Loki was any better in person.

"Not good. I can't say anything for sure but I made sure to move a lot if the medical equipment in so I can give you a more detailed report later."

"Right, I'll be seeing you guys at the rendezvous in a couple days after I clear our tracks. Thanks again for doing this."

"You're welcome. See you soon."

After that the communication shut off and Tony looked at Bruce with a grin. "And that, my friend, is how you break the worlds largest criminal out of the governments most protected top secret prison without ever leaving the comfort of your own home."