Chapter two

Evangaline sat in the bathroom trying to clear her head. This was all too much, she had only worked here for three weeks! He shouldn't be asking this of her. She splashed more cold water on her face, cooling her off. He wanted her to "get personal" with a monster, the man who nearly killed hundreds maybe millions only a month ago! Evangaline still couldn't wrap her head around the whole idea. It came as no surprise that Loki would be kept in a cell at Shield while his stayed on Earth for his year-long punishment. But it came as an utter shock that Fury assigned her to watch over him and try to befriend him or get close enough to learn any new information. She was practically an assigned babysitter! "At first," he said nonchalantly, "You only be with a few times but over time they will increase as his trust in you increases. We want you to become his confidant. He of course won't know this and will think you are assigned to check on him as of basic health reasons." Could he have given her a worse job? She was to talk to this man and inspect him. She'd be left alone with him. Of course there'd be guards outside but still!

Finally, managing to calm herself, Evangaline straightened herself and left to the back of the building. She was scheduled to meet her new ward.

The holding cell itself was extremely impressive. It was large and covered with steel, electrical volts built into the form in case the steel gave away. Two guards stood at the door as Evangaline walked up. What was she supposed to say? "Uh I'm agent Helanne. I'm here to check on the prisoner?" she asked uncertain. Was there a secret passcode to get in or something? Without saying a word the guards unlocked the door and let her step inside. Dear god, why was everything so damn white? It was blinding.

Before Evangaline could comment noticed two men standing in the middle of the room. One was very muscular and had long shaggy blonde hair and beard; his blue eyes had lines around from smiling so much. The other was thin and lean with slicked jet black hair that brought out his blue green eyes. His posture exuded arrogance and power. Both were extremely tall compared to Evangaline who only stood at 5'4" and felt like she was being towered over. Then it hit her. They were the gods from her visions! "Ah you must be Helanne," the big friendly blonde smiled, shaking her hand vigorously. She felt like her arm was going to ripped off.

"Yes," Evangaline smiled, "But please call me Evangaline. I'm going to assume you're Thor, correct? It's a pleasure to meet you." Indeed it was. What was it with Shield and hiring insanely good looking people? "And I'm going to assume you're Loki," she didn't hold out her hand –it was too sore from Thor's shake- but smiled softly. If she was going to be buddy buddy with this man than she might as well get along with him. Loki did not respond, simply staring at her. "Okay than," Evangaline grimaced at the awkwardness. "So Thor what do you guys plan to do to repay your debts? Any sort of charities?"

"O yes," Thor's laugh thundered. He really was adorable, like a gigantic puppy. "We are looking through some for him. I was thinking construction." Evangaline looked at Loki's lean body and thought that construction would be hard on him though why she cared was beyond her.

"May I make a suggestion?" Evangaline offered, "I think Loki would actually do far better volunteering at a hospital or something. He seems like he has nimble fingers which would be great in helping injuries. And I'm sure he knows many techniques far beyond ours to treat wounds; I'd imagine from treating himself when his potions would mess up." Evangaline realized from the Loki on their faces that she had let her secret slip. She only know about his potions and mishaps from her visions, they weren't common knowledge. "At least I'd guess. That's what people who do magic do right? Make potions?" Evangaline said, covering her slip. Thor laughed and agreed, easily buying the lie. Evangaline could tell by the look in Loki's eyes that he had not been so easily convinced. 'Well there goes the trust I was supposed to earn,' Evangaline thought glumly to herself.

"Well, I really must be going. I need to continue my talk with Fury," Thor said, "I'll tell him of your suggestion." He turned to his brother, a look of utter loss, "Be good brother." He turned back to Evangaline and took her hand in his, smiling, "It was a pleasure meeting you." Suddenly Evangeline's heart was doing backflips and she felt her face flush.

"The same," she smiled, though she knew her cheeks were probably completely pink by now. When he exited the room she finally let out her breath. Bringing her mind back to the moment she eyed Loki who sat back against the wall, watching her. "I really hope you start verbalizing yourself sometime soon because the silent stare treatment is more than a bit creepy," Evangaline commented. Loki quirked his eyebrow. "Well I got a movement I guess that counts for something," she muttered to herself. She decided to make herself comfortable and sat down in a –surprise- white chair and ran her hand through her hair.

"Your hair is white," Loki said finally, still staring at her. Evangaline was surprised at the velvety feel of his voice. 'O mama those are some sweet vocal chords,' she thought to herself.

"Yes it is."

"But it is not from any dye," he said simply.

"No it isn't. My hair turned white after an accident several years ago," Evangaline explained. Actually it was the result of her first vision.

"You grimaced. Unpleasant memory?" Okay now he was taunting her.

"Wouldn't you like to know?" Evangaline responded without thinking. Was she flirting with the man who nearly enslaved the Earth? She blanched at the thought. "Aren't you going to sit down?" she asked casually, wondering why he was just standing there and staring at her like that.

"Why do you not dye it? It is obvious you are none too fond of it," he said, tilting his head. Evangaline's heart thumped. He looked adorable at that moment.

"Because whether I like it or not it's a part of me," she responded simply, "And hair dye is expensive." He smirked at her answer. She pulled out her notebook and pen; simply because his stare made her nervous and she had to look away. Evangaline began asking the basic questions. "Do you have any current injuries to your person that we are unaware of?"

"No."

"Are there any that we are aware of?"

"No."

"Do you have any aches or pains?"

"No."

"Dizziness or fatigue?"

"No."

"Is there anything I should be concerned about?" Loki simply stared at her. Unsure of what to do stood up and smiled, "Well I guess that ends my meeting than. It was nice seeing you, I'll see you next time." As she walked out she could feel his green orbs burning a hole into her back.