Tony seriously owed Happy like...20 cars by now. For the amount of times he's called him at short notice. Mostly after kidnappings when Rhody is busy with the air force and Gage or Clint or too injured to drive. Happy pulled up to the mansion. "Here you are boss. Safe and sound." Tony let out a breath. "Happy. Seriously. I owe you like...so many cars...or money." Happy smiled. "With all due respect sir. Get out and get inside." Tony heard Kim chuckle and he rolled his eyes. "Alright,alright." He got out, keeping the door open for Kim. She sighed. "I've never been so happy to be home." Gage was second out, helping Quinn out followed by Clint who was keeping in an eye on everyone.
TJ was the last out, helping Loki who was still a little scared to get out of the car. TJ smiled, holding his hand out to him. "Com'on, we have a tour to do." Loki let out a breath. "I feel this living situation will not end well." He held TJ's hand letting him help him out of the car. Tony opened the door to the mansion with a deep breath. '" am making the biggest pot of coffee." Kim smiled weakly. "I'm gonna bake something." Quinn and Gage came thru the door, happy following with two S.H.I.E.L.D black bags. Quinn let out a breath looking at them. "Just put them down in the lab." He nodded, making his way down there. She watched,frowning, nearly jumping when she felt Gage's hand on her shoulder. She swallowed, seeing the worried look he has. He spoke. "Sorry, didn't mean to scare you. You ok?" She let out a breath. "Yeah...just...that was my first suit...my only suit. And it's torn into pieces." He smiled sadly. "You can build a new one in no time, right?" She nodded with a small smile. "Yeah. Of corse. I'm gonna get some coffee. It's been a hell of a day."
It wasn't long until Quinn was in the lab, looking at the wreckage of her suit. Inspecting what she could save and what she couldn't. She felt like breaking down seeing it. She took a long gulp of her coffee. The most important parts were what got torn apart. She might as well just scrap everything. She jumped when she heard the lab door open, willing her nerves and anxiety down but it refused to go down upon seeing Loki walking in her lab with TJ. "This is the lab. This is where Dad and Quinn pretty much live." Loki looked around curiously. "This is where they make there suits of iron." "It's actually a titanium alloy." TJ rolled his eyes. "Yeah, cause Titanium Alloy man has such a nice ring to it." Quinn couldn't help the small chuckle, trying in vain to make her nerves go away. Her hands were shaking as she took another long gulp of coffee. TJ saw this, turning to Loki. "Hey, could you give us a minute?" Loki nodded, walking out of the lab. TJ walked to his sister, looking worried. "You doing ok?"
Quinn let out a breath, looking to her torn up armor."Look at this. I...I can't ave any of it." " You can build a new one." she shook her head. "Thats not the point. This was my first suit. I've been planning and building this since I was nearly two years old." TJ sighed, bringing a hand around her shoulder. "Look, I'm not gonna try to understand the sciencey stuff behind it. Because I don't. Like...at all. But you can build a new one, a better one, with upgrades and shit." Quinn almost wanted to smile at his attempt to comfort in this situation. Any other situation he's always there with a hug and a shoulder to cry on. But this...she could tell comfort wise, he was a little lost.
She hugged him. "Thanks for trying to cheer me up but I'm gonna talk to dad." TJ chuckled, hugging her. "Probably better. He'd understand better then I would." She let out a breath before releasing her brother and going to walk out of the lab. She started to walk out then stopped, seeing Loki sitting on the stairs, waiting for TJ. He looked up, looking a bit scared. "H-hello ..." She swallowed, nodding before nearly running up the stairs. Loki frowned then he saw TJ come from the lab. He sighed. "She is terrified of me. Everyone is." TJ frowned, walking closer. "They just don't know you. Give them time." Loki nodded, standing. "Shall we finish the tour?" TJ smiled, his hand automaticly going to the small of Loki's back as they walked up the stairs.
Quinn had to run up to her room so she could have her anxiety attack in peace. Once inside her room she leaned against the wall, trying and failing to get her breathing to slow down. Her heart felt like it was gonna burst out of her chest and she kept seeing space. Sucking the air out of her suit. Loki kidnapping her brother for his own deeds, tormenting her mind when she refused to be his queen. Suddenly there was knocking on her door. "Quinn! Open up!" She jumped, hearing Gage's voice. She moved enough to open the door from her spot on the floor. He nearly ran inside, looking for her when he saw her kneeling against the wall, mid anxiety attack. He knelled down, taking her face in his hands. "Hey...shh it's alright...your safe." His voice always brought her back to reality. She hadn't even realized she was crying until she was brought back. She cried, leaning her head against his shoulder as he held her. He held her close, petting her hair. "Shh...I got you." She calmed within a few moments. And within moments they were both just sitting against her wall. He spoke up. "So what's up with you?" "Well whats up with you?" He raised an eyebrow to her. She let out a breath. "You've reacted worse then normal to my "death." somethings bothering you and you said we'd talk when we were settled." He let out a breath. "If it wasn't for your anxiety attack, I'd say you planned this." She smirked weakly. "Just good timing. Now talk."
Gage was silent for a few moments. "The night I realized I needed out of my unit, I saw something pretty damn awful. I was running away from some locals. I had lost them but I found myself near a village. I heard a cry, a scream. I had my gun ready but it was an older woman who was running away. She was trying to run away from my superior officers. They out ranked me and they were hurting this woman for fun. Stabbed her thru her stomach. I shot them before they could do more harm. I ran to her, to try to help." She felt him tense up, knowing he was probably going back to the awful place in his mind. She held his hand tightly, wanting to be his anchor. He continued. " I tried to help her but she kept pointing to her little shack of a home. I only knew very little Korean but what I got was that her daughter was in there. I knew enough to piece together what could be happening. I went to her shack of a home and saw...I saw one of the men in my unit, the second highest ranking to my father, raping an 8 year old girl. I emptied my entire magazine into him." She heard his voice go thick, tears welling up in his hazel eyes. "I went to check on her and she was still as dead and eyes like a dolls eyes. There was nothing to save from her. I knew her mother was dead. Unless treated right away, stomach wounds are extremely fatal. I...I couldn't let her go her life without a mom, going thru this..So I laid her properly on the bed, her head in my lap...and I broke her neck. Killed her as peacefully a I could."
Quinn didn't gasp or react horrified. She just held his hand, wiping his tears away. "So...when Greene...when he...to me...you thought back to her." He nodded, looking across her room. He wasn't ready to look in her eyes yet. "Yeah. The next day my father captured me and tortured me for killing the higher ranking officers. Cut me, water-boarded me, electrocuted me then when I thought he would have a little mercy and kill me, he brought a 5 year old girl into this. He didn't do too much to her, a few cuts but it was because of her I was able to break free. She gave me the determination needed to get free and get my swords. I saved her and Clint and Natasha, before she went all crazy brain cancer on us, saved us." Quinn swallowed. "Whenever we had that fight about not sharing, you never told me this." "I was scared. I didn't want you to think of me as some murderer. I just told you what I could." She let out a breath. "Theres still something your not telling me." He shook his head. "My father...I never killed him. His unit, thou small, is still out there. In that unit, your either in or you die. You don't leave. I forget sometimes how High profile we are and there's a chance he's still out there, looking for me. To get me." She smirked weakly. "Well he can try but I'm not gonna let him." Gage just hugged her close,, kissing her head, praying they would be safe and sound for just a little bit.
"And this will be your room." TJ said as he opened the door. It was a smallish bedroom. Loki looked around at it in a certain awe. TJ continued. "My room is right across from yours, you know, if you need anything." Loki swallowed the growing lump in his throat. They had gotten him cloths. Right now, he was wearing jeans, black converse with a black and green hoodie along with other cloths that he had to unpack. He turned to TJ, frowning, looking scared. "Why are you doing this?" TJ raised an eyebrow. "Because were decent people?" Loki gave him a look. "I have hurt your family more then a handful of times and all you people do is...give me a roof over my head and food to eat at no cost whatsoever. I've thrown your father out a 45th floor window, I tormented your sisters mind and I've attempted to enslave the earth. Twice. And take over your mind." TJ smirked, taking a hold of his hands. "Maybe we like to give second chances. I know you've never gotten a lick of kindness in your life and I know that you've been hurt a lot. We want to change that." Loki swallowed, feeling his eyes water, looking down at there hands. It felt o nice to hold his hands. TJ saw where Loki was looking and took his hands away with a blush. "Sorry..I didn't mean-" "It's alright. I..." Loki paused,looking into TJ's dark eyes. "I liked it. It was...nice." TJ smiled, so genuine it melted Loki's heart and made him want to see more of it. He let out as breath. "Shall we continue this tour?"
Tony whistled when he saw Quinns suit. "Damn you wernt kidding. Nothing is salvageable." Quinn rolled her eyes. "gee, thank you captain obvious. What a world of help you are." Tony gave her a look but looked away. He did kinda deserve that sarcasm. He stood up, going over to her. She was sitting on her desk, second cup of coffee in hand. "You can build another one." "But dad-" He put his arm around her. "Don't you dad me." He put his arm around her. "I know it hurts to lose your first suit you've built. I know it hurts to lose the suit you've been building and panning nearly since birth. But I know your gonna build another one, a better one. This...I think I can put it together to at least be displayed." She smiled sadly leaning into him. From the lab doors Gage and Kim were watching the two geniuses. Kim smiled, shaking her head. "Seems like things are getting back to normal." Clint scoffed, as he was walking to the lab doors to join them. "Ss normal as it can get for us." Gage chuckled. "She has a busted suit, we saved the earth and Loki the god of mischief is living with us. Yeah. Just another family." Clint let out a groan. "It'll certainly be interesting."
AN: sorry for my updates being so late. I've been working really hard on my book and it's holiday season. Please review! It keeps me motivated :D