No sooner had he banished Loki from his thought when JARVIS voice announced. "Sir, there seems to be an anomalous energy disturbance forming on the balcony of your penthouse." "What sort of energy." Tony demanded as he headed for his suit with a slight spring in his step due to the now valid excuse to abandon paperwork. "Unknown sir, I have not found any comparable reading within my database." "Interesting", Tony murmured as the suit slipped in place. It was a slightly older model, but Tony felt it was better than nothing, and if he had time he would switch is for the newest version upstairs. Flying out, scanners at the ready, Tony's eyes could detect nothing unusual occurring on his balcony. His heads up display was telling a wholly different story, and he couldn't quite believe what those readings were telling him. The anomaly had shifted from a strange energy spike to what seemed to be, and Tony couldn't believe he was saying it, a hole in the fabric of reality. 'Well that's different." Quickly Tony sent out a message to summon the rest of the Avengers. If demon spawn came out of this thing he sure as hell didn't want to take them on alone.
Just as the message was sent a pulse of brilliant light shot out from the penthouse. If Tony had been looking at it with his naked eye he's certain he would have lost vision for a while. As it was he kind of wish he had, it would have spared him the view of the sight before him. Well it wasn't demon spawn that was a plus. It appeared to be a man, or what was left of him. Bloodied and beaten beyond recognition, Tony really didn't think this guy was much of a threat, but as he set down on the balcony he approached with repulsors raised. The man/slash punching bag let out a pitiful groan and tried to rise. "Whoa there buddy, I don't think that's a good idea" Tony said as in deference to the man's state he lowered his weapons slowly and moved to help him sit. "Easy now" he said in what he hoped was a soothing tone. "Help is coming. I'd fly you to the hospital myself but I think that would do more harm than good."
In the midst of signaling the team that they would need medical backup Tony found his helmet roughly grabbed. A raspy barely there voice whispered "Kill me." It was at once a demand and a plea. When Tony just stared at the man in shock and didn't respond, the man gave the helmet a weak shake and demanded once more " KILL ME!" Then Tony got a good look at his eyes. They were like looking into a hurricane. "Shit, Loki!" Those eyes still pleaded with him even as they smirked at his recognition. "Should be an easy enough task for you now," they seemed to say. Loki was a mess his face beaten and swollen to the point that you really couldn't recognize him. His clothes, pitiful rags that they were, were soaked in blood. As Tony took in the damage Loki answered his unasked question "Chitauri," he whispered and then promptly passed out.
Just then the Avengers arrived with a medical team in tow. "Tony!" the Captain shouted," what's the situation." "We need a medic out here!" Tony shouted in response. As the medical team took Loki from Tony's arms the Captain asked again "What happened?" "Well following what was apparent a rip in the fabric of the universe," Steve's eyebrows shot up, "that," he pointed at Loki, "fell onto my balcony." "And what, or who is that exactly?" For a split second Tony debated telling the truth, and then quickly dismissed it. If they knew who he was who knows what SHEILD's goons would do to him. They may even decide not to help him. Besides they would figure it out eventually, you know after they had treated the worst of his wounds. "No idea." He lied easily and did his best not to examine his choice to closely. After all Loki was pretty beat up. I mean unless you had in fact spent time contemplating his eyes, as Tony had a day ago, you would never recognize him. So you know he had plausible dependability. Ignoring his own panicked rationalizations, Tony tuned back in to what Steve was saying. "You and Bruce should examine the readings on this so called tear. Natasha and I will escort our new guest to SHEILD's Medical facility." "Actually Cap, since I found him I think I should go to the hospital and Bruce should go too, in case this guy has any weird alien biochemistry." "Why would you say he's and alien and since when do you voluntarily do hospitals?" Steve replied suspiciously. "Oh I don't know Cap, maybe because he appeared through a hole in the fabric of the universe. That doesn't really scream Terra Firma in origin to me. As for me going to the hospital it's obvious that he's been tortured, for gods sakes Steve he asked me to kill him. That kind of thing strikes you ok." Tony said this all in a rush hoping that he had given nothing away. Not that he even understood well enough what was going on himself. Steve gave him a long look. "Did he say anything else?" "No" With a sigh Steve said "Fine, you and Bruce head to the SHEILD's medical facility, download… or upload or whatever, take the readings on the tear with you and analyze them there as best you can, while they work on him." "Roger Rogers." Tony threw up a mock salute and took to the air.
So that's Chapter two. Get ready for a depressed, angry/broken Loki.