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Chapter 14: A Burden with Glorious Purpose
Loki woke up stretching his limbs. His body was stiff he supposed from laying on the hard ground. This was beneath him; he was used to sleeping on the softest of Asgardian fabrics, even in prison. Where was he now that allowed him to be sleeping without such comforts? How long had he been asleep? He sat up looking around, he sniffed the air. Disgusting! He must still be on the weak Midgard. The area was dark and desolate, and warm. He must have landed here when Thanos and Malekith met up with him for the meeting. They would provide him with everything he needed to take over this puny rock. It will be a stepping stone to rule all nine realms! He would make Odin and his precious son fear his name! They would regret ever tossing him away like yesterday's trash!
Thanos had graciously forgiven him for his failure and offered him a chance to redeem himself and take what was rightfully his. The first thing he needed to do was find his scepter...
*One week later*
Darcy and Tony had decided to work together to figure out what in the hell was going in her body. Tony made Darcy move upstairs to the extra room in his penthouse under the guise that somebody had to watch over her for awhile to make sure she was okay. Director Fury bought it, but insisted that she go out on her first mission to retrieve some information on a terrorist cell. She ignored the ball of nerves in her stomach that said something was going on that nobody wanted to tell her. Getting the information she needed was simple, and the security was simple as well, In and out through the ventilation system. SHIELD expected her to be gone for three days and she got it done in one. So she hoped a commercial flight back home and she was shocked at the sight she had when she walked past the science lab. Jane, Banner and Fury were all around a stick, but not just any stick. Loki's scepter. She dropped her duffel bag on the ground as she entered the lab.
"So I guess I returned too early for the surprise party"
They all looked up at her face, decidedly busted.
"Agent Lewis your return was unexpected, go debrief with Agent Hill.
Darcy smirked, her black leather jacket pulled against her skin.
"Sure. But tell me something, was that all that was left?"
"Meaning? We all saw what happened Lewis"
Said Fury. Darcy rolled her eyes.
"Don't play me for stupid Director, I may be a little flighty and clumsy but never stupid. Clearly that's Loki's scepter, and clearly you found that. Nobody told me"
"It was classified, you can't know everything Darcy."
Jane said to Darcy who glared at her.
"I never said I did Jane. Obviously that was the only thing you recovered, but there must be a reason one of the smartest people I know is studying it."
She smiled at Banner, she wasn't mad at him, it was obviously something he could resist having a look at. Fury just looked like he had a lie ready so she stopped him.
"Please, don't lie it will just piss me off further."
"Fine you want the truth Agent. We tried to recover Loki after the rubble was cleared. His body could not be recovered and this was all we found of him. As of a few days ago it began to pulsate, and we haven't figured out why. Doctors Banner and Foster came down to study it, figure out if it energy is connected to the Tessacract on the other planet.
Darcy looked past them at the stick and as she got closer its blue center began to pulsate again. She touched it, and was immediately taken to a vision of... Of Loki.
He was pacing, clearly thinking of something. But something had to be wrong with him, why wouldn't he come back to her? Why wouldn't he find his way to New York and let them know he was alive...
Darcy came out of her vision, tears in eyes. Fury, Bruce, and Jane stared at her; she dropped her hand from the scepter and ran all the way to the elevator they took to get to the penthouse. Pepper was lounging in the living room, when Darcy ran past her crying.
Darcy threw herself across her bed and cried her heart out, confused should she believe whatever this was or should the hard facts be true? Loki could be alive, and he didn't want to find her again? Pepper heard the wailing and got up to check on her, Darcy was a good person and what was every Avenger girlfriends' worst nightmare had come true for her. Her Avenger didn't come back.
"Darcy?"
Pepper immediately got alarmed, Darcy was in her bed shaking and tears running down her face. Pepper hadn't seen her this sad since she saw Loki die.
"P...pep where's Tony?"
"He had to take the jet to Washington for some kind of defense meeting. He will be back tonight. What's wrong?"
"Did tell you?"
"Tell me what Dar?"
" a…about me?"
"You're going through a tough time Darcy. Tony told me you would need us. I understand"
"No no, about what's going on with me. The glowing angry eyes, the visions?"
Pepper's breath caught in her chest. Tony certainly hadn't told her all of that, only that he was helping her out.
"No he didn't. What do you mean visions?"
"I've been seeing things, things I've never seen before, creatures I've never met before having conversations on realms I've never even been to. Now I'm seeing things that shouldn't exist... At least not anymore... And I'm nervous Pepper. I'm so scared... I need..."
Darcy started crying she needed Tony, and she needed Loki and she was so damn confused, she firstly wanted her head to stop spinning.
"Darcy! Darcy! Don't pass out on me now Girly!"
Darcy wasn't listening and followed the dark path down to unconsciousness...
"Darcy"
Darcy could hear the world calling, but she was kinda afraid to answer. Besides unless it was Loki calling her to, then she wasn't keen on joining the world of the living.
"Darcy come on wake up."
I ignored the voice until they started shaking her.
"Come on Lewis, wakey wakey eggs and bacon and all that jazz. Wake up!"
Darcy opened her eyes to Tony shaking her. She relaxed realizing it was him.
"Your back already?"
"Yea, Pepper called me freaking out that you were talking about visions and then you fainted. She wasn't sure if she should take you to the infirmary or leave you. Had me worried sick so I got back as fast as I could."
"I'm always messing shit up"
"You didn't mess anything up kid, although from now on no more freaking out my girlfriend ok?"
"Deal"
Darcy gave a smile, and sat up. Tony made her scoot over so he could get in on top of the covers and Pepper moved her chair closer to the bed.
"So wanna explain what wrong kiddo is?"
"I'm losing it Tony, I can't... I.i'm going crazy"
"Too late for the crazy, it's already set in."
He joked hoping to get her to smile but it wasn't working.
"Even if that is so, I think Darcy Lewis has really flown the coop this time. I...I saw him Tony."
Tony shifted in his seat.
"He Who Darcy?"
"Loki, Tony, I saw Loki. But that can't be because he's dead. So that means I'm Looney man!"
"Hold on a sec Darcy, slow down and start from the beginning. How did you see Loki?"
Darcy calmed herself down enough to tell Tony and Pepper how all of this occurred but she still shed a few tears.
"But if he is alive Tony, why wouldn't he come back. He looked me in my eye and promised he would come back, and if he's alive he broke that promise."
Tony absorbed all that information and his heart hurt for Darcy. He trusted what she saw, so that meant something was up with Loki. The poor girl was broken...
*Two Days Later*
Darcy had a tough two days, but if she learned anything from Loki, it was that she had to trust herself. She couldn't let anything sway her from her truths. She also knew Loki, even if he wasn't coming back from where ever in the hell he'd been for her, he'd come back for his scepter. So she watched the scepter carefully as she could without drawing notice to her lurking, she would train right across from the lab, and she noticed the pulse grow stronger, she knew that had to be a sign something was coming...
Loki knew his best chance to his scepter back would be to appear in as a SHIELD agent at night, and walk in, take it back and walk back out. It was a better option than killing everybody and coming face to face with his dear brother just yet. So he changed his appearance into somebody he knew could get him close and he waited, not realizing somebody was waiting on him.
He opened the glass door, stepping inside, changing his face back and grinning at a camera so that all would know who stole it back. When he turned around he practically dropped his scepter. An average sized, brown-haired beauty was blocking the door in a SHIELD suit. She was beautiful and she managed to sneak up on him. Only agent Romanov had been able to do so. He stepped forward, noticing she hadn't stepped back. Brave little thing she was.
"Well My My My looks like you mortals have gotten better at training your defenders, you my dear must have been trained by the red-head, oh what is her name... Ah yes... Romanov."
Darcy immediately knew something was wrong with Loki, even if he had turned to evil like it appeared he had, there was no reason he wouldn't have taunted her with the knowledge that she'd played into his hands. Not his style, so until her Loki returned the one in front was an enemy, yet everything in her want to run to him, kiss him and slap him for letting her think he was dead.
"No not Romanov, the person who trained me taught me better than that. He was a great instructor"
"Was he now?"
He then appeared in front of her. He decided then to maybe have a little fun with this mortal. Show her the highest pleasures she'd ever known and then kill her and leave her to bleed in the place of his scepter. He looked her over; no she was too pretty to kill... Maybe he'd just use her.
"This instructor of yours, did he also teach you to spread your legs for your betters?"
He took his hand and ghosted it along her face, moving some fallen stand of hair that wasn't in her ponytail. She smirked; oddly enough it was quite similar to the one he saw in the mirror.
"Oh no, he did teach me to know one thing though..."
"And what might that be My Mortal?"
"Nobody can be better than you if you don't allow it."
And with that she struck him, and turned away from him, retreating herself into the room. Angry that she had struck him, he followed, but in the darkness she was nowhere to be seen.
"You do know that with one snap of my wrist, your neck could be broken, your heart stopped in your magnificent chest.
Darcy bit back a laugh, she knew it was still Loki in there somewhere; he could never resist her breasts.
She jumped from her spot with a metal pipe hoping to hit him but he threw up his Scepter and they began to fight. Darcy had to trust her instincts, with him not being in the right frame of mind he could potentially kill her. They fought, but he caught her by surprise on a move and suddenly had her pinned to the hard floor by her neck, his teeth bared as he panted. Darcy was pleased she had actually given him a fight, even more so that he wasn't ready for it.
"You honestly think you can defeat me? You pathetic foolish young mortal woman! I am a God! You will never defeat me, despite your wiles."
Darcy tried pushing at his hand but it only served for him to press more weight down onto her neck and him to move over her, his free hand making his way to her thigh. Oh shit, Darcy knew she had to get out of this moment, because she knew even if he was back off his rocker she would still let him rock her into the floor, and Director Fury would not look kindly on someone who slept with a criminal, who was in the middle of committing a crime at the time. No that wouldn't be good at all.
"You are very pretty; I've decided to mate with you mortal. Feel lucky I have chosen you."
He tried to kiss her, but she turned her head away, he yanked it back toward him and pressed his lips to hers. She refused his kisses no matter how good his lips felt on hers, and until he squeezed at her throat and forced her mouth to open she had kept her lips shut so tight, but then she had to breathe. This fight was turning out totally different from what she expected, on accident she moaned into his mouth, and he smirked against it. She knew Fury was going to watch this tape; she couldn't not put up a fight.
"Get off of me you monster!"
"Not a SHIELD agent anymore are we? Just a weak woman trying to deny a determined man."
"You're a man; I could have sworn you were a pussy, especially for attempting to force your attentions on me. No real man does that!"
Loki let go of her neck in order to pin her arms down over her head, then he slapped her hard.
"Oh I think you rather enjoy it. You, pitiful mortal have never lain with a god."
"Yes I have, and trust me I know just where to find his god like status"
And with that she shifted and kneed him as hard as she could in the balls. Loki grunted, rolled off of her. She kicked him in exposed areas twice and pressed the alarm button. Since his face was an exposed area, she kicked him in that too, and it knocked him out cold. The lights came up and flashed around as Agents stormed the area, and Director Fury came in and looked shocked at finding Loki laid out on the ground and Agent Lewis bloody and on the verge of tears. Everyone came down at the sound of the alarm. Tony looked on the camera and saw Darcy kick Loki in the face to knock him out after she hit the alarm. He suited up just in case Loki woke up hostile and went downstairs. His heart broke seeing Darcy curled into herself, ignoring Fury and Hill's attempts to make sure she was alright.
He lifted the face mask up and Darcy just looked at him...
Darcy knew she had to treat him as an enemy, but it hurt to think he was just going to take what she had already so willing gave him. Repeatedly. Plus now she knew something wasn't right, but still he was back without being all the way here. At the sight of Tony she wanted to cry, but composure was key at times like this. She just couldn't let anybody know she had an idea beforehand that he would be making a visit tonight.
"Darcy, you alright?"
Asked Steve who had just walked in, Thor followed the still body of his brother, and Bruce just stayed in the back. Natasha and Clint were off on a mission so she knew this would be big news to tell them later.
"I'm fine; just make sure he gets the spelled holding cell."
Darcy said, standing up and making a leave to her room at Tony's, she could at least cry in peace there...
Ooooo, Darcy had to kick his butt... lol.