I hope you are happy. I worked on this instead of homework. ALSO! I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A BETA! May people have said my spelling and grammar are not the best... I KNOW IT ISN'T! My last beta had to quite =(
Killing Loneliness
Chapter 4: Took Away All That Matters
Tony blinked at Loki for a minute trying figure out what he meant. He started to laugh, only to stop when he noticed Loki not doing anything.
"You're joking right?" Tony let his voice be flat.
Loki took a seat on the bed and crossed his legs before clearing his throat. "Possibly. What do you think?"
Tony's eyes scanned the man for any sign of lies. "You haven't been diagnosed with a mental illness, have you? You don't come off as someone who does."
Loki lifted the book in his hand and opened it. "This lovely book I happen to get from a group of Elves in one of the other 9 realms." He started to flip through the pages.
"I really don't think I should believe you on this." Tony mumbled, still trying to find a sign that Loki was just messing with him.
"My father's name is Odin. My brother is Thor Odison. His friends are known as the warriors three, Frandal, Hogun, Volstagg. There is also the maiden named Sif." Loki fleeting look from the book and inspected Tony, "You wanted me to answer your question, but you refuse to believe me?"
"It isn't that I don't trust you..." Tony muttered, "It is just the whole gods things I am having trouble grasping."
Loki sighed and closed the book he had been flipping through. "Would you like some proof?" Loki was a bit hurt that Tony didn't have confidence in what he was saying, but he could understand his reasoning, unlike most people.
Tony shook his head no in response. Loki raised an eyebrow, "Why would you not want to see if I speak the truth?" Loki was baffled.
"You said I wouldn't believe you, So I will have to take your word on it. You are a god from the heavens." Tony said this with so much conviction that Loki gave him a perplexed expression.
"You truly are a strange mortal, Anthony." Loki leered at Tony. "Most humans would demand substantial evidence."
Tony grinned, "Always have to keep you on your toes!"
They both jumped when there was a pounding at the door.
"You had friends coming over?" Tony questioned.
Loki shook his head no and stood to answer the door. He gazed out his door to find Thor standing outside. Thor smiled at his brother and pushed the door open, "I have found you, Brother!" He made his way into Loki's little home. Tony was standing back watching Thor.
"What are you doing here?" Loki snapped. It must have been 'let's annoy Loki by coming to his home really early' day.
"I wish to see you. I have not been in contact with you for a month, brother." Thor walked up to the smaller god and gave him a bear hug. "I sent you a message on the medallion that I would be coming here today."
"Let go of me, Thor." Loki hissed at him. Thor placed him down, he then noticed that the medallion was on the counter. "See." He picked it up and used some electricity to summon an image of himself. It stated that he would, in fact, be there at this time.
"I apologize I did not have time to see that." Loki nodded towards his brother.
Thor turned, finally, and notice Tony. Tony who was now looking at them with wide eyes.
"Are you my brother's servant? It appears that you have been neglecting your duties. This home is much to small for someone such as my brother." Thor boomed out as he walked closer to Tony.
"What?" Tony furrowed his eyebrows together, still trying to piece his mind back together.
"He seems very slow." Thor commented, looking back at Loki.
Loki turned back and forth between his brother and Tony. He chuckled. Then he started to laugh. "You are incorrect, Thor. This is Anthony. He is my...friend." Loki could see Tony beam at him.
Thor narrowed his eyes at Tony, "A friend?" He scanned Tony once more, "I do not believe you to be worthy of my brother's companionship. Leave." Thor crossed his arms.
Tony frowned, "And who are you to decide that?" he was really starting to hate this guy. "I think your brother should be able to make that choice." Loki was astonished by Tony's words.
"You have no strength in your muscles. You would be killed in seconds upon a match with one of the Asgardians." Thor didn't seem like he was going to budge on the issue. "No Prince of Asgard should have friends as weak as that."
Loki was about to snap at Thor about being rude only to be stopped by Tony, "Wait-You are a prince?" He pointed to Loki.
"Indeed I am." Loki nodded.
"That is so cool. What kind of things did you get away with when you were younger?" Tony asked astounded.
Loki just cracked a smile, "Quite a bit."
"That is so awesome." Tony grinned.
Thor growled at the interaction.
"You would do well to remember your place, mortal!" Thor yelled at Tony.
"Thor, stop that please." Loki tried to calm his brother down. "He did not know of my heritage."
Loki bit his lip. "If you would please refrain from harming him."
Thor scowled but listened to his brother.
"If you would return to Asgard now. You can see I am doing just fine. I shall return to Asgard soon after yourself." Loki gave him a half-hearted smile. "I know you came all this way to see me, but you insulted my new friend and have to ask you to leave."
Thor gave his brother a stunned look. "Loki. Are you taking this... mortal's side?"
Tony narrowed his eyes. Loki wordlessly motioned his brother towards the door.
Thor couldn't believe it, "Brother. I think you have been on Midgard to long."
Loki felt himself stiffen, "Thor. Please leave."
Thor looked towards Tony, and didn't take his eyes off him. He nodded and head towards the door. "You do not need friends like that man." Thor grumbled at Loki. "I hope to see you back at home brother." Thor exited the house. Loki closed the door and breathed a sigh of relief.
He then walked up to Tony and grinned. "I apologize for my brother's behavior. Please forgive him."
Tony awkwardly shifted, "I don't think I like him all that much."
Loki gave a small laugh, "You would be one of the few who don't."
They stood in silence before Tony sighed, "This went a bit different then I thought it would go."
Loki gave the man a questioning look, "And how, dare I ask, would it have gone?"
Tony got a playful grin on his face, "I was going have your breakfast ready and bring it into your room. You would wake up to the smell of delicious food. Then you would love me even more 'cause who would do such an amazing thing. Then we were going to have hot steamy sex in your bed."
Loki snorted at his explanation. "I must say Stark, you have quite an imagination."
"If I had know you were royalty I would have done something different. I bet you get fed breakfast everyday." Tony looked deep in thought. "The sex would have been the same though."
Loki barked out laughter, "Sorry, Anthony, you are not really my type."
Tony had a glimmer of humor in his eyes, "You don't know until you try me!"
"No. I am well aware of what you are." Loki looked into his ruined kitchen and back to Tony. "I am a bit hungry now. Perhaps we should go eat some breakfast."
Tony gave him puppy eyes, "And then sex?"
"No sex." Loki went to the entry, "Are you coming to eat breakfast?"
"Fine. I will come." Tony pouted.
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The meal had been nice. They had sat at I-Hop to eat. Loki had a hard time ignoring the flash of people taking pictures. Tony seemed oblivious to it. After that Loki stated that Tony should probably go to work. Tony still complained, but complied and left the god alone.
That didn't stop the fact the Loki was still getting messages from Tony. Every 20 minutes (Pepper had made it so he no longer was doing it every 10) Loki would get a message saying how much agony Tony was in. After more many days of this Loki finally started to text back. It would be simple one worded messages, but enough to get his meaning. Tony would reply with a paragraph about what he was doing.
On one day in particular Tony kept nagging over how he had to present a new weapon. Loki just rolled his eyes at the man's messages and went back to reading a book he had. Tony sent him a message saying, "Time for the show!" to which Loki responded, "Good Luck."
Loki set his phone down to read more. After 30 minutes he glanced back the phone which had made no movement or sound. The presentation must have been longer then originally planned. He turned back to his book. Another 30 minutes strolled by and Loki began to wonder if something was wrong. He opened the phone thinking he must have turned the volume down. Still no messages.
Loki scrunched his eyebrows together. With a sigh he texted, "Tony?" to the man's phone. He waited another 20 minutes before he started to pace. His cellular device could be malfunctioning. He decided to call Tony's phone instead of text. It didn't seem to be working. He sighed before going to his contacts. The only other number he had was Pepper Potts.
The phone rang for a couple of moments before there was an answer, "Hello? Pepper speaking." The voice sounded distraught.
"Hello, Ms. Potts. I am sorry to disturb you, but it appears something has happened to Anthony's phone." Loki mumbled on the phone. He was still pacing back and forth.
Pepper was silent for a second before saying, "...Why do you know that?" Her voice was very low.
Loki gave a short chuckle, "You might make fun of me for this. Anthony has a tendency to message me quite a bit." Loki took a deep breath, "He has stopped for the past hour and twenty minutes." Loki waited for a laugh but there was only the shuffle of papers. "Ms. Potts?"
"I- I don't know how to tell you this." Pepper paused trying to find the words to explain, "Tony has been taken." She spoke in hushed tones.
Loki stopped moving completely. "What do you mean taken?" his words were much sharper then he intended.
"There was an ambush during the presentation." Her words were coming out fast, "Tony has been kidnapped." Her voice cracked.
Loki could not believe his ears. He dropped the phone in shock.
I really do enjoy leaving my stories in awful places... I should stop doing that...