OK! TIME FOR A FIGHT SCENE.
Killing Loneliness
Chapter 12: Sent To Start A War
By the time Loki and Rhodey got to Stark's company, Tony had already been fighting Obadiah.
"Go find Pepper." Loki yelled to the other man before rushing to the roof. "And make sure you hold that promise to Tony." He added. Once there, he glanced around to see any sign of Tony. Upon looking around he found both men across from him in the middle of a high way.
With one swift hit, Tony was smashed into a bus. Loki immediately went into action. He began to chant a spell before send an enchanted knife towards Obadiah who was about to send a missile at Tony.
Loki's knife hit the target spot on. The missile. It took a moment before the knife itself exploded causing the missile to as well.
Obadiah flung back on impact, he then turned to see who had caused the problem. He zeroed in on Loki before raising another missile and shot it straight at him.
Loki managed to mumble a few more words; He heard a scream from somewhere, only to put a force field around him just before the missile got close. Loki looked up again to see both machines heading up in the sky.
Loki was annoyed. Tony knew he wouldn't be able to follow them into the sky, and planned that for Loki's safety.
It only took about a minute before Tony came crashing onto the roof.
"What a lovely way to land. I should take lessons from you." Loki stated nonchalantly.
"Haha. Laugh it up." Tony replied before standing and attempting to remove his armor. "I have to get out of this quick."
Loki rushed over to help, only to be pushed over to the side by a large metal hand. He was pushed right into the cement that covered the stair well. He knew if he were a normal human, the impact would have killed him.
Shaking his head to straighten his thoughts, he stood to find Tony in the grasp of the metal man. Flares were then sent out, blinding Obadiah. Tony rushed to where Loki was standing, grabbing his hand before hiding behind a wall.
Tony seemed to be having a conversation with Pepper, before turning to Loki, "You only come out when I give a signal, is that understood?" His voice held no room for argument.
Loki could only nod his head.
Tony rushed out, attacking the man from behind. He managed to destroy part of Obadiah's sight, making it so he had to remove the helmet. Tony was then thrown into the center of the glass ceiling.
Obadiah opened the suit and said, "I never had a taste for this sort of thing, but I must admit, I am deeply enjoying the suit." He crushed Tony's helmet and threw the remains at him.
Loki could not stand by any more. With a growl he ran in between Tony and Obadiah.
"You idiot!" Tony yelled at him. Loki ignored the comment.
"Oh look. Tony's new pet wants to play." Obadiah mocked. Tony was attempting to stand up at this point. Loki just glared at the man in front of him.
Obadiah raised his arm and aimed it at the two before him. Loki muttered another spell, creating a force field around Tony and himself. The force field was not strong enough to keep it all out, still breaking the glass Tony's stood on. Loki also received a few cuts from where the bullets grazed his skin.
"Well isn't that a nifty trick you have." Obadiah smirked at Loki, "but I have the best weapon of all. Created by someone who wanted to end all weapons." He paused glancing over to where Tony was,
"Do you hear that Tony? How ironic, trying to rid the world of weapons, you gave it the best one ever."
"Pepper!?" Tony yelled ignoring Obadiah's rant.
"And now, I am going to kill you both with it." Obadiah raised his weapon once more, shooting another missile towards the two, only to have it miss. "You ripped out my targeting system"
"Time to hit the button." Loki heard Tony yell down at Pepper.
"Hold still you little prick." Obadiah aimed for Loki.
"Just do it." Tony screamed as the missile went right next to Loki.
Loki heard a voice scream, "You'll die." Only to be followed by, "Just push it."
The next thing Loki knew he had been thrown several feet in a random direction. He gasped in pain as he back hit the concrete slab.
The bright light faded to show Obadiah still in his suit laid out on the roof, and Tony off to the side.
Loki stood walking up to Obadiah. He found the man still breathing. He could no longer contain his rage he had felt towards the man. He had betrayed Tony.
Loki bent down next to him. "Not so high and mighty anymore?" Loki asked, glaring down at him.
Obadiah returned the glare with one of his own saying nothing.
"I could kill you right now so easily with your little broken suit." Loki said with his voice like a sharp blade.
"You wouldn't do that. Tony and Pepper wouldn't want me dead even if I betrayed them." Obadiah replied.
Loki couldn't help himself. He gave the man the most malicious smile he could conjure, "There is something wrong with your thought process." Loki gave him a pause, "Tony doesn't seem to be awake, and Pepper won't make it up to see what I did." And with that Loki twisted Obadiah's neck, killing him instantly.
"That death was much too quick for someone as vile as you." Loki mumbled before dragging the suit and dropping it down the hole that the Arc Reactor had created, covering any trace that he had been the real reason for Obadiah's death.
After making sure Obadiah's body fell down into the electrical aftermath, he rushed over to Tony.
"Anthony?" He said softly. Loki immediately noticed the Arc Reactor no longer glowing brightly.
"Stark, if you do not wake up right now I will kill you myself." Loki yelled at the unmoving man. Loki was beginning to panic, his mind trying to come up with a way to awaken the man.
After taking a few calming breaths, Loki moved his hands onto the Arc Reactor. "I hope this works." He mumbled quietly before saying, "Kraft Av Lyn", the words flowing off his lips.
A shot of lighting exited his hands and entered the Arc Reactor causing it to flicker with life. Tony took a lung full of air before opening his eyes up at Loki.
"What the hell was that?"
"A trick I learned to fool my brother." Loki had a smile of relief on his face.
Tony gave him an odd look, "Why would you need electricity to trick your brother?"
Loki just laughed at the man, "Have you not researched your Norse Mythology?"
"Of course I have. I skipped all the boring parts." Tony replied, sitting up, "It feels like someone danced on my chest."
"I apologize for not bring you back to life in a more comfortable way." Loki stated with a small grin.
"Apology accepted." Tony gave Loki a big smile.
It was then Pepper came up next to them, "Are you both alright? Tony? Loki?" She seemed to be studying them both. With the exception of a few scrape and bruises, both seemed decent.
"You both are idiots." Pepper yelled at them both, "You are both so grounded until I say otherwise."
Both men just laughed at Pepper.
"If I can talk to you, Ms. Potts." A voice interrupted them. They turned to find Phil Coulson off to the side lines. Pepper just nodded and followed the man. Even as the man spoke with Pepper, his eyes never left Loki. He knew something was up.
It wasn't very long after that Loki was able to go home with a few patched up scratches Pepper had fixed. Even after Loki said he was fine and healed faster than any human, Pepper would have none of it. Once dismissed he headed straight home to sleep off this weary night.
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Loki walked into his home. Finally he could relax. It wasn't until he felt a brush of cold air that he known something was wrong. It was too cold. His home was freezing from a chill that only seemed to grow with each step he took. He walked towards where the cold was coming from. He opened the door to his room to find a rush of icy draft, much too strong for a normal human to survive.
He looks around his walls and found them covered in a frost. He could see his breath now. His home littered with ice covered walls. His eyes meet the bed. There lay a box. A box Loki had left open to save Tony with his Arc Reactor. The box was also filled with a great deal of other items. He had placed a book in the box as well. A book that he had gotten from a certain deal pertaining to frost giants.
Loki quickly walked up to the box, attempting to close it. The lid had been frozen open. Mumbling a quick spell, he melted the ice before shutting the contraption and locking it once more.
Loki knew what this was.
A warning.
He couldn't stay here.
Quietly, Loki left the room, closing the door behind him. He had to leave his home. He exited just as quietly as he had entered.
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There was a loud knock that entered the house of Tony Stark. Tony grumbled in annoyance before rolling over again, ignoring the noise. The nocks happened once more.
"What!?" He yelled out of his door in annoyance.
"Master Stark, Loki seems to be present and wishes to speak with you." Jarvis stated, turning on the lights.
"It is way too early in the morning." Tony grumbled before standing and making his way out of his room. He normally would have been in his garage, but today had been a bit…draining. For once he had decided to sleep for a change. He opened the door to see Loki standing there.
"If you wanted to sleep with me, you just had to ask." Tony grinned at his own joke. He waited for a response only to hear nothing.
"Loki…?" Tony asked now getting concerned, "Are you alright?"
"I have done something very careless." Loki stated in a hollow tone.
Loki and Tony stood in silence. After a couple of moment's Tony finally spoke, "Come on. Let me get you a drink." Tony motioned Loki to follow him as they went towards Tony's bar. Tony mixed him a beverage, handing it to the very daunted looking Loki. "You wanna talk about it?" Tony asked trying to relieve some tension from the god.
Loki shook his head no. "Are you sure? Pepper tells me all the time talking about it helps." Tony added in a dry tone.
"But you do not believe that." Loki said.
"Of course not. I think it is full of shit." Tony rolled his eyes, "Talking hasn't gotten me anywhere."
Loki let out a small chuckle and stared at the glass, not even touching it, "I made a deal of the worst kind." His voice barely a whisper, "I do not know how to get out of such a deal"
"Why did you make the deal? What did you bargain?" Tony asked trying to understand what it was Loki needed help with.
"What I got is none of your concern." Loki hesitated before saying, "I made the deal before I met you," the lie left smoothly of his tongue.
"I was under much emotional turmoil and agreed to help them get an object of power." Loki sighed, "This object is protected by all of Asgard. I would be betraying Asgard if I go through with my end."
"It must have been something great that you got in exchange." Tony mentioned offhandedly.
Loki glanced at Tony with such conviction, "It was worth the world."
They sat in silence once more. Tony was trying to think of what could have made Loki gone through with such an awful deal.
"Your dad is all powerful right?" Tony asked trying to come up with an idea.
"Indeed." was all Loki replied.
Tony shrugged, "Why don't you ask him for help?"
"I could never mention it to him. He would probably look upon me with more shame than ever." Loki seethed, still seeing the eyes of disapproval from Odin.
"It is better than betraying him, isn't it?" Tony asked. Loki had to bite his tongue.
"Perhaps you are right." Loki mumbled, not wanting to tell Odin anything of the deal, "Until I deem it necessary, I shall find my own way out of this."
"Fine. Whatever works for you." Tony went back to his grinning self, "Now drink."
I just have to say, I really hate fight scenes! lol I hope this one turned out alright. I totally am going to have fun for the next couple chapters XD ehehehe.