My mouth is dry with words I cannot verbalize
Tell me why we live like this
Keep me safe inside your arms like towers
Tower over me
-We Are Broken by Paramore

The sound of Thor's voice faintly made its way to his ears. Loki bit his lip and continued on, away from his brother. He couldn't afford to be distracted now, not with the building threatening to crumble as it did. His mind was too occupied to be thinking about Thor at the moment. Loki shoved Thor into the back of his mind and focused on the task at hand.

His black hair streamed messily behind him as he tore down the hallways. The two nurses that had been attending to him had never left the room. He had not seen them come out of the building after him, nor did he see them running in the hallways. He could only assume that something had happened to delay them. He faintly recalled kicking a rolling bed against them to delay their pursuit. His heart clenched. What if the bed had trapped them somehow? Unless he hurried, their deaths would be on his hands.

He pressed his palm against his forehead. A rhythmic pounding in his head distracted him as he weaved in and out of the fallen rubble. He had never been particularly athletic. If he was unfit in the best of circumstances, that much more could be said when he was post-coma with low magic levels. He felt like destroying something. Midgardians had their stress balls after all.

Dotted grey and black lines danced around his vision. He stumbled into a fallen pillar, mumbling out angry profanities. It was now that he wished that he had taken the time to learn more medicinal spells. The little ones hadn't seemed that important, and healing brain trauma had been ever so much more interesting. But now that he had a migraine, he sorely regretted his earlier choices.

A familiar gaping hole reminded him of his purpose. He bolted through the opening and into the rotunda. Loki squinted as he tried to remember which room he had come out of. He had exited the room, but hadn't been conscious when he had been brought into it. The building shook, and Loki made his choice. He ran across the room and yanked open one of the doors.

The lights were out, and Loki almost thought he had made the wrong choice. That was when he heard a sound. It was a grating sound, like nails against a chalkboard. He's green eyes searched the room when he saw the two SHIELD agents. The bed he had rolled against them was still locking them against the wall. Loki noticed the fallen block that had snapped the bed's locks into gear.

The male nurse was slumped against the wall. The female agent was trying to nudge him awake, but couldn't move more than her arm. Her right eye was shut as blood trailed over it. When the door opened, she moved to ask for help, but halted seeing Loki in the doorway. The two of them stared at each other for a moment before Loki flicked his fingers at the wheel lock. The red tab shot up, releasing the wheels.

The woman shoved the bed away, causing her partner to fall to the ground. "What do you think you're doing here?" She demanded as she hefted the man over her shoulder. Loki gave no reply as the building gave another shudder. There was no way they would make it out in time if they went the same way as he had come. "Hey, answer me!" Loki ignored her and grabbed her by the shoulder, dragging her to the ground.

The woman yelped in surprise as Loki covered them in a blue shield. The doorframe finally gave in, caving in the only exit. Splinters went flying, bouncing off of the shield and down onto the ground. The room was dark save for a small window in the back of the room. "Listen to me, woman." Loki forced the agent to look at him. "I'm going to create an opening in the back wall. You have to get out quickly since it will probably make the building finally collapse. Do you understand?"

The lady nodded blankly, and Loki shoved her over towards the wall. "Then move already!" He growled. A fuzzy gray wall clouded his left eye so he was only able to see half of the woman's face. Loki put a hand to his forehead and shook his head to clear away the fogginess. When he saw the woman was near enough to the wall, he lifted a hand above his head.

Something in the woman snapped, and she looked back to where Loki was and asked, "Wait, what about you?"

Loki shook his head. "I can't guarantee your safety if I go." A deep blue swirled around his palm before shooting out towards the crumbling wall. "SO GO!"

His shout turned into a cough as another stab of pain rushed at his head. He still didn't have enough energy to be casting spells like that, especially explosive spells. He dropped down onto one knee, but forced himself to lookup. Loki raised his hands up above him, and a blue layer of energy crawled over the roof, preventing its collapse.

His forehead creased and his breathing quickened as he tried to shake away the sudden nausea. A rumble above him told him that the building about to go down. Loki looked up to see the two agents escaping the rubble, and he gave a weak smile. The woman had dropped her companion and was running back towards him. He almost thought that she'd reach him, but a jolting pain struck him in the chest. The spell broke, and the roof tumbled down on top of him.

Author's Note: I'm so so sorry I didn't update on Tuesday! ;-; I have a debate round robin this Saturday, so I've been flailing around trying to get everything done. Needless to say, not much has been done despite my panic. Oops. Well, thanks for being patient with me! XD