How she managed to sneak him into the lab was unknown to her. Maybe JARVIS was being nicer then normal or something but she lead him to the lab and that worried her. Since she found him he hasn't said a word. Just void. She wondered if it was PTSD at it's horrible best. She was so glad Loki was asleep and TJ was upstairs talking. She sat him down, getting blood on her hands from him. She swallowed, getting more worried. He hasn't reacted except letting him lead her.
She looked him over, looking for any cuts. "At least it isn't any of your blood." She just gave him a look, wanting a reaction of...something. Anger, fear, tears...something. He sat stoic as she let out a breath. "I'm gonna have to cut your cloth off. Hope they wernt your favorite." She walked away, needing scissors and clothing for him to change into. She sighed, not wanting to leave him totally alone. "JARVIS, can you call Clint down here?" "Of corse mam." She let out a shaky sigh, her hand going thru her hair, accidently smeering blood on the side of her face. This day was slowly becoming too much. Even with the anxity medication she could feel the shakes starting. She walked closer to him, trying one more thing to get him to react.
To get him out of his mind. She held both sides of his face, not caring about the blood. Her eyes watered seeing the void in his eyes. "Baby, please. Whatever happened, it's ok. I still love you. I..." Her breath hitched. "I don't care what you did. Your still my knight. And I need you." A tear ran down her face. She saw his eyes water, looking up at her. She smiled sadly, shakily. "There's my knight." His lip trembled before leaning into her chest. She wrapped her arms around him tightly as he cried into her chest, hands curling into his chestnut hair. Her own breath hitched. "shh. It's ok. It'l be ok." "Quinn?" She turned her head slightly to see Clint down here.
Clint walked over, frowning and worried about his little brother. "Quinn...what happened?" She shook her head. "I don't know but he hasn't spoken yet. This is the most reaction I've gotten out of him, he was just void to the world and I didn't know what to do. So I called you cause I know you could help-" She nearly jumped when she felt Clint's hand on her shoulder. "Calm down. Your rambling. Why don't you go upstairs, calm down-" "I don't want to leave him, I could use my powers to help him." She said in a rush. Damn her anxiety really was getting to her. Clint shook his head. "Not in your state. You already helped TJ today with them. How about you use your super powers later when your calm?" She nodded, gently prying herself away from Gage who just kept looking at the ground. She kept looking at Gage before looking at Clint. "Take care of him. Let me know if he needs me." Clint nodded. "I will. Now go relax. You've done enough today."
She gave one final look to Gage before heading to the elevator to avoid her parents. Once she was gone he sighed, standing in front of Gage and slapping his face, hard. Gage was suddenly ready to attack, nearly punching Clint out. Clint was expecting this, grabbing his fits. "There. Are you done with your tantrum?" Gage glared, panting heavily from the shock. "They've been watching our house for three weeks, and we didn't know." Clint raised an eyebrow. "Who?" Gage got out of Clints hold, looking at the ground.
"Some of Blacks goons. Two from his unit. I sent him a message to get them the fuck away from here." "So you mean you killed them?" "Just the one. I killed the other. Maybe it'l make them think twice before attempting anything like that again." Clint gave him a serious look. "You ok? Seriously? Is any of that blood yours?" Gage shook his head. "No." Clint looked him up and down. "Shit. How did you manage to get that much blood on you." Gage started taking off his shirt, wrapping it in a ball. "I banged his head into the car until his brains came out then punched him til he was unrecognizable then I carved on his chest." Clint gave him a look. "ok rambo that might be enough for today. Go get a shower and see your girlfriend. Shes worried sick about you. I'l bring you some cloths." Gage sighed. "Until you slapped me I was...I was there. Again. Her talking to me was...fuzzy at best but I somehow knew it was her for a few seconds." Clint frowned. "Have you thought about help?" Gage shook his head. "no. I'l be fine. This is rare. Havnt had a flashback this bad since I first came to S.H.I.E.L.D. I'l be fine." Clint nodded. "Until I see your fine I'l be out here waiting." Gage rolled his eyes. "Yes mother." He made his way to the showers.
Tony nodded, letting out a sigh. TJ was done talking about exactly why Loki is the way he is. He looked over at TJ. "I'm sorry he went thru all that. If he was the same person I fought I would have said he deserved it but changed infant...he's a whole nouther person. Should we expect breakdowns like these often?" TJ shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe. I just know maybe he shouldn't be alone." Tony looked to the ground. "I hate asking this but since Loki didn't get to play out the whole "take over the world thing" again, will Thanos try to wage war with earth? Will he come back?" TJ shrugged. "Probably. I don't know when thou. I don't even know if he truly gives a shit about earth as much as a place to rule. He could always find another one to try to take over earth." Tony nodded. "We should let Coulson know this. That he would feel slightly more comfortable with Loki living in our house."
TJ nodded. "Good idea. I'l tell him." "Tell me what?" Coulson came from around the corner. He stopped walking and hid when he heard his name mentioned. TJ and Tony both looked. TJ sighed. "There could be another invasion or war with earth." TJ told him Loki's new life story and how Thanos could be coming to wage war. "I mean, there's nothing set in stone, this is all "Could bes" and "maybes." but there's a real possibility that Thanos won't be too happy once he finds that Loki's plan failed." Coulson nodded. "Understood. Well ask around, do some searching to find all we can about this Thanos. And with Loki, I can find a good S.H.I.E.L.D Psychologist, give you the refercance and number to call." Tony nodded. "Sounds like a plan."
Gage ran a towel thru his hair before getting clean cloths Clint left for him. Once changed in just jeans and an old green lantern tee shirt. "JARVIS, wheres Quinn at?" "On the balcony sir." Gage nodded, making his way there. "Thanks." He made his thru the hall and past the living room, waving to Coulson before seeing Quinn thru the window, mug in hand. He got to the door, walking outside carefully. "Hey princess.." She turned, eyes wide, putting her mug down and walking over to him. "Are...you...your ok?"
Gage nodded. "Yeah. I'm...no.." He sighed. "I'm not ok." He frowned, continuing, reaching out to hold her hand. "Sometimes during battle or a kidnapping I have to fight off a flashback and I have nightmares every night. Every night since I got out. But thats ok. Because as long as i have you to anchor me back down to reality, I'l be ok." She smiled, holding both his hands, one hand coming to wipe away her tears. "God your such a sap."He chuckled, eyes watery, bringing both arms around her, holding her close. "I'm your sap." She smiled up at him. "Yeah. You are. Now kiss me" He chuckled. "Well if I have to."He leaned down, holding her close, kissing her softly, gently deepening. She smiled into the kiss. She broke the kiss, fighting off her nerves. "How about we take this somewhere Private?" He raised an eyebrow, still nervous to start anything that goes too far. Last time they tried making love she went straight into a flashback. He hoped this time could be different.
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