I couldn't fight the urge to update again! :)
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TO ARI:
Yes.. yes Thor was Pikachu! I mean it fits he's yellow (blonde), he's cute and he's full of electricity! ;) I couldn't help myself!
Chapter 16: A Burden With Glorious Purpose
*The Next Day*
Darcy's sleep remained broken all night, and she tossed and turned hoping to stay asleep but it didn't work. She gave up sleeping around 6 am and made her way to her bathroom, where she screamed in shock causing a half-clothed Tony to run into her room.
"Darcy what's wrong?!"
Darcy was staring at her neck in the bathroom mirror. Her markings were actually gone, and unless she could add freaky, sudden fast healing, then last night wasn't just a dream. Loki had actually been there. Does that mean he could get out the cell just as easy. I mean the last time he was in SHIELD custody he was only in the cage to oblige the idea of safety and then struck when it suited him. Who's to say he wasn't doing that now?
"Darcy why are you screaming into the mirror, and... Holy shit where are your choke marks?"
"Gone."
"Did you do that?"
Tony asked walking toward her to check it out for himself.
" No, at least I don't think I did. I think L..Loki did."
Tony balked and had a suit standing next to him in seconds.
" He was here yesterday? He could have killed you!"
"That's the thing Tony. I don't think he has really here. At least physically anyway."
"So why in the hell do you think he healed your neck?"
" Because I think he did it through my dream. In was in my dreams last night, but he wasn't the Loki I have dreamt up in my past. He was the Loki in the cell. He asked for my name, just like the physical Loki did. When I went to visit him I didn't tell him my first name and he really wanted to know. He also healed my neck. When I woke up I thought the dream was really weird. Now I realize might have really been in there."
Tony got nervous and went to sit on her chair.
"So does this mean he can control you into opening the cell for him? Does that mean he can get out?"
Darcy shook her head.
" I don't think so. At least not for now. I'm going to see him right now though."
"You sure. It may give him more access to your brain. Though as scary as it is, I'm not sure why he'd want inside of that."
She glared at the smirking Tony and moved out the bathroom into the room to grab her SHIELD suit and then back in her bathroom and closed the door to get dressed.
"Darcy I'm hungry..."
Tony whined out to her.
"Why are you telling me... Wait did you finish off the last of the Trix again without getting more?"
"Maybe."
Darcy huffed and walked out the bathroom.
"You don't know how make anything other than cereal?"
" If it doesn't have microwave instructions or made to be poured into a bowl I'm useless."
Darcy rolled her eyes and walked out the room, Tony walking in the opposite direction to find a shirt.
"That's a shame. A damn Genius, can build a freaking suit in the middle of some random desert and he can't cook a meal for himself."
Darcy went to his kitchen and started cooking some bacon, eggs and Pancakes for them.
"Already smelling good in here."
He said snatching a piece of bacon.
"Where is Pepper?"
"She is sleeping. She has a trip to Beijing later on tonight."
" Oh ok."
Darcy said turning around to finish frying the bacon. Then there was a knock on Tony's door.
"Jarvis who is knocking this early in the morning? If its Fury I am not here."
" Negative, it appears to be your teammates sir."
said Jarvis in his humanoid voice.
" Let them in."
Tony said and got up to pour some juice, taking a sip before everyone appeared around the corner.
"Good Morning Krusty Crew!"
Said Darcy causing Tony to start laughing and almost spit his juice. He gave her a hot five and moved out of the kitchen.
"I smell sustenance!"
Thor rumbled and moved toward the plate of bacon. Darcy knew she was going to have to cook ten times as much as she planned, I mean Thor alone was enough to cause her to blow through a box of pancake mix, but with every Avenger she would most definitely have to brave the supermarket later on. She saw Thor inch toward the plate before Tony jumped up and threw his body in front of him, saying he'd die before he let Thor eat all the bacon. Everyone laughed at the sight of somewhat short Tony standing up to the 6'0+ feet tall Norse God over bacon. Leaving the stove she opened the cabinet and finding her last box of poptarts.
"Thor eat these until the food is ready."
" Yes! My favorite Midgardian treat! Lady Jane has restricted me to one poptart package a day."
He frowned, and opened her box. She grinned at being the one to give Thor something against Janes' wishes that wouldn't cause the relationship harm, but would irk her if only for a moment. Darcy snickered to herself and said.
"Enjoy them Thor. Have as many as you please. I'm going to go shopping later anyway."
He gave her his innocent smile and she went back to cooking.
" So what brings all of you up here?"
Tony said, getting everyone a drink of their choosing.
"Well we wanted to check on Darcy. Fury informed us he requested to see her last night. Said Steve.
"I'm fine. It's clear he's not himself."
" My brother has drifted away from the light and I cannot make him see light. Our father as already requested I punish as I see fit."
Thor said taking a huge bite out of his first poptart.
" Guys I think something is honestly wrong with him. He doesn't ever remember forming relationships with any of us. It's like the last year or so doesn't exist. We are still the enemy."
Said Darcy, pouring the eggs into the pan.
Steve, and Bruce shared a look and Natasha and Clint shared a look. Natasha the brave one spoke.
"Darcy just remember that this could all be a ploy into something much worse than we experienced from him before. Our last year with him may not matter to him."
"I don't think that is the case Nat. He doesn't even remember me. I think if this was an elaborate ploy from the beginning he would have made sure we knew that we fell for his act. We'd all be dead, and he certainly wouldn't haven't wasted time training me on how to kick his ass in battle."
Natasha shrugged ,Darcy had a point.
"Have you mentioned your doubts to Fury?
Steve asked.
" He thinks I'm emotional because I found out my boyfriend is a lying killing machine. But I swear it's not it."
"Darcy you seem to stand by your convictions, so I'll stand by you. Just do me a favor and don't be blind to anything"
Said Bruce, who wiped his glasses off and sat them on the table.
"I promise Bruce. He is an enemy until I can prove otherwise."
He nodded and drunk his orange juice.
" Now onto pancakes!"
Darcy said hoisting her spatula in the air...
*Later*
Darcy snuck away from the others after questions and breakfast. She saw Pepper off and made her way down to detention. Her face was a mask so that she wouldn't betray herself 2 seconds into seeing him.
"So Agent you finally return."
She took a seat in her chair.
"Yea. I have some questions, you can answer them for me."
" oh really and what makes you think I will answer them?"
" You may, you may not."
"Well lets see shall we? Ask your questions"
" First question is obvious what are you doing back on earth. What's your play?"
"You know I wonder what got you into this profession. Your much too pretty."
"Yea, yea. Don't try to smooth talk me."
"Why not? It seemed to have its desired effect last night."
He smirked. Darcy grabbed her neck.
"It was you."
" Yes."
"How did you get out of your cage?"
His eyes shined with Mischief.
"Why so mean. I just want to take you away from all the mundane life you suffer through now. Even as you sit there now, you wish for something better, something easier than the life you lead. I plan to give you just that."
Darcy scoffed.
" You wish to rule nothing but my free will. So unless you can explain to me why I would ever want to answer to you."
" Oh but you crave it. You want me to control you, possess you, and make you mine in every way possible. I remember the way you thrashed around under my attentions last night."
"You caused that with your magic"
" Was it? I may have put us in the bedroom, but you created the nightwear yourself. I simply gave you what your heart desired and that was me."
Darcy blushed and sat forward. Loki sat down on the floor waiting looking at her with that piercing stare she had become accustomed to when he was himself.
"That's what you think, but hey a girl needs to get off, you were available."
Darcy said hoping to offend him enough that he didn't try anything else but the "get off" reference didn't work on him, because he didn't understand it.
"Your language confuses me. But no matter. I will have you, and I know you will enjoy it. Or at least in time you will."
"You honestly think I am that far beneath you? That would allow some crazy shit like that to happen. Delusions clearly are apart of your symptoms."
"Symptoms of what? Lust, because yes. I do most certainly have that."
"Too bad your alone in that category."
Darcy quipped.
" Whatever your silly mortal mind thinks. You will rule beside me, ah... Yes... Beside me as my queen. No woman will ever be higher than you."
"Really. Well I think I like being among the peasants. Will you just tell me your plan so I can go to sleep already."
Darcy said yawning.
"Eager to return to the world of pleasures I see.
" Nope. I promised my friends a very large meal tomorrow, and I need energy to do so, especially since my mind was fucked with all night... Damn wrong choice of words.."
Loki smirked.
" I have not yet begun... What was the word... 'Fuck' with your mind yet my queen."
" Well damn and I was hoping for a subtler approach than that. You know I think that I don't need you to tell me your plans after all."
She said standing and stretching.
"Why might that be?"
" because of the Avengers. They did it before and they will stop you again."
That seemed to piss the villain because he slammed himself against the glass, green swirls of magic built up on his slender fingers.
"Ooops it looks like I've hit a nerve. Too bad!"
She got closer to the glass, so close that her chest was inches from the glass.
" Save that rage for somebody who cares."
She laughed, and turned to leave. Then a calm voice said.
" You think the mighty Avengers will stop me."
"They are 1 for 1 with you Loki"
" A fluke, it means nothing. I will win, I have no other option but to. And I promise you wrench that when I do I will fuck you until you are nothing but a sobbing rag doll, so broken that all you are able to do is cry tears of blood, and just when you feel nothing is left I will kill your precious little friends in front of you and force you lay in their blood as it spews from their bodies. You will have no one but me for the rest of your days and you will live to serve me. You will enjoy ruling my dear, because the revenge you cannot have on me for killing your pathetic mortal friends, you will kill innocent subjects in my place, yet you will love me all the same."
Darcy did her best to bite back get tears. She really had to get him back, because that was so messed up shit he just said.
"Thrilling isn't it? To know your future before it ever happens."
"Well it's official."
He smiled. He'd won her over.
"What is that my dear?"
" That I let you watch entirely too many criminal minds episodes. They've been engraved in your subconscious. I've got to go..."
She had done it again... She had left him just as confused as when she arrived and feeling like he had gained no ground...
*One week later*
Darcy had been sent out on a recon mission with Nat, it had been fun to dress up in a floor length gown and be twirled around the floor by drunk men. Although they were drunk drug lords and once they got a little handsy Natasha got her information but we had to get the hell out dodge before they realized we had played them all night. We didn't even have time to change before they realized no normal girl should be able to break a grown mans hand with one squeeze although she hadn't done it on purpose and she had meant to merely push it away. Needless to say thank The Lord Natasha had already got her info because we weren't exactly welcome with the party crew they had been with for a week after that.
Darcy fell asleep on the plane waiting for Natasha to finish changing her clothes, getting restful sleep without Loki trying to poke around in her head at all hours of the damn night. Natasha didn't have to heart to wake her to change and when they landed they had to go find Fury immediately and debrief because apparently these lords had no mercy and were killing everybody they wanted when they felt like it.
"Hill, where's Director Fury?"
Asked Natasha.
"He is downstairs with Loki. Trying to pry some kind of info out of him."
Darcy looked at Hill in confusion.
"What do you mean Pry?"
"I...um... Standard practice Techs, don't worry too much Lewis. How about you go relax and debrief in the morning."
Darcy's sixth sense kicked in. That feeling that stuff is going on that no one wanted to tell her.
"That's not how we doing things normally Hill. That would be crazy for me to break things now."
Darcy ignored the calls for her to come back and made her way down to the holding cell. What she found shocked the hell out of her.
Loki was laying on a metal table, electrical shocks running through him while Fury yelled at him to talk.
"WHAT IN THE HELL ARE YOU DOING TO HIM!"
Darcy busted into the room, her eyes brimming with tears.
"Agent Lewis what are you doing back?"
"Apparently playing the ignore the question game with the director of SHIELD. Fury why are you torturing my boyfriend?"
" Oh you admit he's your boyfriend?"
" He never stopped being my boyfriend! This is not really him, and you shocking him half to death is not going to bring him back!"
Darcy yelled and looked at Loki who in his hazy vision noticed her and was staring to fade out not before saying...
" Maybe there's hope yet, if I was sent a goddess..."
And then he promptly fainted...