The Winds That Collide Us

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Chapter Three: Preparing and Secrecy

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Things were never that simple, Tony had informed Loki of who the enemy actually was but seemed to act very simplistic about it and the pizza, Loki knew by now that things were never simple. So why did the man of Iron act like they were? The pizza had arrived, he had to admit he wasn't as enthusiastic about it as the other was. Not that he minded of course as he bit into the grease covered food, it was still better then being starved. Loki knew that once the others found out he was there, he would be sent back to his prison. No matter how much he changed things he'd done now, he had brought them there in the first place. He was merely cleaning up a mess he'd caused in the first place.

"Yo, hey." said Tony, breaking Loki out of his thoughts.

Loki looked at Tony quizzically. "So do you like it?" he asked.

Loki could only manage a nod, Tony smirked. "Good, because I eat a lot of it." he said.

"Are you certain it is all that healthy?" asked Loki.

"Nope, don't care though." said Tony back.

Loki could only mentally scoff at such a reply, that blunt way that Tony spoke. Loki sighed finishing eating his last piece before he got up and walked to his room. Tony sighed and followed him, Loki definitely looked bothered by something.

Loki laid down on the bed and stared at the ceiling just thinking. So this would be it, yes Asgard had been attacked, and they'd blame him. When the former allies of his arrived on Earth then he would need to defeat them. He wasn't sure how he would be able to defeat them, would the Avenger's even help him? Most likely not.

And if he didn't defeat them, then he would be tortured again, same as before. He closed his eyes, even the man of Iron must have believed that he deserved such a punishment. He had to, after all that Loki had done to him. Still Loki did know who his enemies were this time, but without the staff he'd had before, he was not in control even remotely, how they'd survived was beyond him, though now that he knew, it mattered not.

Tony watched as Loki mentally beat himself up, he decided this wasn't getting them anywhere. He went down to the lab and began to work on his suits, if they were in for another invasion, he needed them all to be ready. He even upgraded the older ones, making sure that everything was prepared and perfectly ready.

"Jarvis." said Tony.

"Yes sir?" replied JARVIS.

"Are we able to enter an atmosphere outside of the earth yet?" spoke Tony.

"I calibrated it to your specific intentions sir, but the suit cannot handle that yet sir." spoke JARVIS.

"Then we gotta get them to it, because this enemy is from space." said Tony.

"Alright sir." said JARVIS.

Tony worked all night, in fact it was three in the morning when Loki ventured in to find him. However Loki couldn't get past the door, until Tony saw him there and he told JARVIS to let him in.

"Sorry about that, I have security." said Tony.

"Lax security considering it was only a clear wall in front of I to stop myself from reaching you." spoke Loki.

"It's called a window, I don't mind people seeing me work. And well if anyone's dumb enough to attack me in my workshop then they're pretty much not allowed to live." said Tony.

Loki chuckled, Tony was probably correct in saying that.

"So how do you plan to take them down?" asked Loki.

"Are they controlled by something this time?" asked Tony.

"I presume the mother ship." spoke Loki.

"Damn and how am I supposed to reach it when my suit can't handle being in space?" Tony asked.

"Do you not have anyone out in space?" asked Loki.

"No we do, but my suit isn't built with the same type of metal as them because it's hard to move in." said Tony.

"Hm well then perhaps the answer is something else entirely." said Loki.

He walked around the suit examining it. "Perhaps you need magic." he said.

"Excuse me?" said Tony.

"I can create a barrier of sorts in space to prevent it from harming you." spoke Loki.

"The problem is you can't keep up with me in that suit." said Tony.

Loki sighed, it would be difficult to try that was true. "I might be able to put a temporary fix to prevent my own death up there, but it wouldn't last very long." said Tony.

"So when it's about to go out?" asked Loki.

"I will need a way back down into the atmosphere." said Tony.

"Hm perhaps I can assist with that by teleporting you." said Loki.

Tony nodded and put the temporary fixes in, making sure his suit was fully up to snuff as much as it could be. Loki thought for a moment, his own powers could help them, but the other Avengers didn't even know he was around. Would they attack him rather then the enemy when they found out about him? Suddenly there was a loud knock, Loki went into hiding and Tony went up to the front door. There stood Thor, in all of his brutish glory. Tony sighed.

"What brings you here?" he asked.

"I have wondered if you have seen my brother." spoke Thor.

"What?" asked Tony.

"We could not find his body on my planet, when we found out he was taken, we did assume him dead but his life signature that can be sensed has not gone out and has led me here." spoke Thor.

"Huh awful smart sentence for you." spoke Tony.

"I am serious Man of Iron." spoke Thor.

"He's not here." said Tony.

"You are certain?" asked Thor.

Lucky for Tony, he was a good liar. "I'm 100% sure, in fact if he is then I'll fucking fly over the moon naked." spoke Tonry sarcastically.

"Alright, have you heard of the invasion coming?" spoke Thor.

"I have, I got Bruce in here telling me about it already." said Tony.

"We have a meeting about it soon." said Thor.

"Uh huh, but unless I can get my suit to go in space, this is gonna be one short meeting for me." explained Tony.

"Well we can find a way." said Thor enthusiastically.

"Hey Thor." said Tony as Thor turned to leave.

"What is it?" asked Thor.

"What do you plan to do to Loki when you find him?" asked Tony.

"Throw him back in the jail of course." spoke Thor.

Tony gulped and Thor spoke again. "But this time the things that Odin allowed wouldn't be allowed." spoke Thor.

"What sort of things were allowed?" asked Tony.

"Why do you care Man of Iron?" asked Thor.

Tony looked at him with those eyes. "I'm just curious." he said trying his best to sound like he didn't really care.

"My father allowed many problems that befall a harlot, not a war criminal." spoke Thor.

Tony swallowed the lump in his throat from those words, he nodded and Thor left. Loki was...Loki had been raped? They allowed that!? They allowed him to be beaten, raped, tortured? Yeah sure it happened in jails on earth, but damn it this was Odin's son of sorts, and he allowed that!? How many times had Loki been sexually abused? How many times? Ok why was he getting upset anyway? Tony walked back down to the suit and began to vigorously work on it, when Loki came back in. Loki was startled by Tony, he seemed upset.

"What did my brother say?" he asked.

Tony's appearance became more tense at Loki's words. "Don't worry about it." he said.

Loki looked concerned at that and walked over to Tony, he placed a hand on his shoulder tentatively and Tony turned and looked at him.

The tension in the air around them could be cut with a knife, it was ridiculous. "He said he wants to put you back in jail, and that he knows you're alive." said Tony reluctantly.

Loki took his hand back as though it had been burned, and looked away from Tony.

"I won't let them." said Tony suddenly.

Loki looked at him, shocked by the words, but Tony's gaze burned into his own gaze and he suddenly felt as though the other were trying to capture his soul. But it was far too late, because he knew in that moment that he would have gladly given it to Tony.

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