Disclaimers: I do not own any of Marvel's characters. I do own my Loki, a few others, the plot and the some of the backstory, including my Loki's past.
Chapter 14 Babysitting Disaster
Steve didn't know quite what to do. His team was broken because of Loki. He skipped the penthouse and made his way up to the hanger. The city was repaired by now and he sighed again. He had liked Loki, Steve walked over to the tools he had left behind and paused. He reached over and picked up a scrap of paper that was dressed to The Avengers. Intrigued he opened it, read the contents and wished he could clobber Tony for the mess he had made. Suddenly there was a loud snarl from downstairs, Steve briefly remembered Fury saying something about keeping Sasha locked up and ran for the elevator. He had no idea what would happen if Loki came back and found his cat gone or worse off dead and being experimented on.
Steve burst into the room just in time to see a man yank Sasha out of Natasha's grip just as the cat let out another howl and burst into flames. The man dropped the cat, his partner jumped back and the smell of burnt carpet filled the air.
"My carpet," Tony cried in horror. "I just got this place repaired."
"Leave the cat alone," Steve said, "We've made a mistake, Loki just went out to…"
He was cut off by a man in a suit who turned to Director Fury and snarled, "You not only did not inform the Council that Loki was still alive but you hid the fact that you knew where he was. You're fired." Fury looked shocked and opened his mouth to reply when the elevator dinged.
"Great who is that now," Tony asked, "J.A.R.V.E.S. who is in the elevator?"
"He who I can not name," the AI replied promptly.
"Are you saying Lord Voldermort is in my elevator?"
"No sir, you said I could not mention his name in your presence again."
The door opened and Loki walked out with a duffel bag over one shoulder. "I'm back, my ship works perfectly so I can leave and thank you so much for watching Sasha while I was away. I hope she was no trouble." He paused when he saw the three strange men, the burnt carpet, and Natasha holding a still irritated cat. Luckily Sasha really liked Natasha or the assassin would have had burnt hands. "What is going on here?"
"Grab him," the member of the World Security Council ordered his men. They abandoned the cat and grabbed Loki snapping on a pair of handcuffs, sticking a gag in his mouth and shoving a bag over his head. He let out some muffled sounds of protest as he was dragged to the elevator doors. Just as they reached them the doors opened again.
"What now," Tony asked as everyone froze. "Holy Cow, he's blue."