Janna turned visible once the Hulk left and poured a glass of liquor.
Loki lay in the crater formed by his beaten body wide-eyed.
He whimpered quietly, feeling shamed and pain...mostly pain...
Janna allowed Loki some time then walked over to him and sat down.
"So...would you like that drink now?" She asked offering him the liquor.
Loki rolled his head in her direction and nodded slowly.
"That would be...most...appreciated."
He didn't feel very threatening at the moment.
Janna helped Loki pick up his arm and handed him the glass.
"I thought so."
Loki took the glass and tipped the edge gently towards his mouth.
"Hm, I'm sure you did."
"The others will be back for you in a little while. It might be best if we can move you away so they believe you escaped." Janna said still sitting next to Loki.
Loki was still wary of Janna, but she was offering a plan of escape, and at the moment he really couldn't refuse it.
"What do you propose?" He asked sitting up a bit.
"Well I really doubt you'll be able to recover enough to get further than the bar before they got here if you tried on your own." Janna said playing with her fingers. "I could help you to the elevator and make it seem like you are gone."
Janna began to stand and told him, "Of course I could just leave you and let them retrieve you. I'm sure Thor would LOVE to put you and handcuffs and a muzzle."
Loki did not particularly like how he was being spoken too, but he knew Janna was right.
"It seems threatening you will not achieve my means. A bribe then?"
Deep within Loki's mind, he tried to visualize Thor placing a muzzle on him.
"Well I was going to help you with nothing in return if you had just said yeah." Janna went to stand behind Loki's head to help him up, "But if you are offering a bribe..."
She smirked and looked down at him. Loki raised an eyebrow.
He couldn't possibly imagine what Janna could want. If he wasn't going to be the overlord of all the world, he might have been afraid.
"You'll owe me. We'll leave it at that." Janna reached under Loki's arms to help him up.
Loki provided a little help, so Janna wasn't quite dragging him. She moved him into the elevator and set him down near the back wall.
Loki leaned against the wall. He could feel his strength coming back, but he was still tired from moving from the floor to the elevator.
He wasn't sure what to think about being indebted, and to a crazy girl, but as long as he could escape, he'd deal with it.
Janna walked up to the elevator Loki was in. He was on the top floor, and she the bottom, but he wouldn't be there for much longer...
She pictured the structures holding the elevator in place and it took her several tries to manipulate her force fields to break the wiring holding it up. It took her several minutes, perhaps even closer to an hour, but even from the ground floor she heard the wires snap. She created another barrier beneath it so it wouldn't crash down. She lowered the barrier and the elevator very rapidly and VERY suddenly; hoping to make Loki worry for his life.
As the elevator neared the bottom floor she slowed it down and let it come to a nice stop. Again it took her several attempts, but she managed to create a tiny force field in the crevice where the door was slid shut, then made it bigger until they finally opened.
Loki was leaned against one of the elevator walls, breathing deeply. He had felt the elevator fall, but was not fearful; if Janna wanted him to die, she would have revealed him to the Avengers.
The whole scare tactics thing was not bringing him joy, however.
He looked at her and wore his usual unhappy face. "What do you have planned?"
"A nap maybe?" Janna shrugged yawning. "I'm sure you're not carrying out any more evil plans soon in your current condition."
"So, you still need some support walking? I mean I'll gladly help out." Janna tilted her head to the side but didn't take a single step towards him.
Loki stood up but still took support from the wall.
"And where will you take me?" Loki looked Janna up and down.
She didn't look like she could carry him, but she shocked him before.
"Well, my apartment...if it isn't destroyed." Janna said.
Loki didn't ask; he was almost afraid to ask when it came to Janna.
He motioned for her to come close to him.
Janna smiled and walked into the elevator. She had him wrap his arm over her shoulders to support him. She was shorter than him, so it wasn't too terribly easy. She wrapped her arm around him to help.
"I can't completely lift you...so don't expect me to do all the work." She turned them both invisible and began to leave the tower.
Loki held on to Janna as he moved out of the elevator. He had a lot of energy now, but he was a bit unsteady.
"As if you could."
Loki began to walk with Janna, hoping she could follow his strides.
"Don't make me carry you like a baby." Janna laughed; he had challenged her with that remark of his.
"Do not even dare to make an attempt." he grunted, walking faster.
He refused to be treated like a child by a mere human girl.
"Or what?" Janna smirked, though you couldn't see it.
Janna easily kept Loki's pace and continued to lead them back to her and Caroline's place.
"Do not test me." Loki threatened, even though he didn't look it at the moment.
He wanted to be at full health already; he was an impatient 'god'.
"Or what?" Janna repeated in a slightly higher tone. "You'll yell at me about how I am a mere mortal and you are a 'God'? Explain to me how that worked before."
Janna looked at the street signs that were still standing to see how far they were from her apartment.
Loki huffed in a snooty manner; there was no talking to this girl.
"When I am at full strength, you will see the true force of my power."
"Mhmm, just like you were before the Hulk beat you like a ragdoll. Right." Janna stated quietly.
They finally made it the main door and lobby. She looked up and was glad to see no major damage came to their place. The doors were open so they just walked inside. Lucky for them the elevator appeared to be working; Janna went and hit the button. Moments later there was a "Ding" and the elevator doors opened.
"I'm still alive, am I not? Would any other normal human still be alive?"
Loki asked. He wouldn't accept defeat of any kind.
He walked into the elevator.
"I don't know, are you alive? Are you absolutely sure? How do you know that being stuck with me isn't your punishment in hell?" Janna forced herself not to burst out laughing.
She pressed the button for her floor and allowed them to become visible again when the doors shut.
Loki thought about Janna's question and thought maybe she was right, Odin was punishing him.
He looked down and finally saw his feet again. "That's much more desirable." he mumbled.
The elevator made the "ding" sound again, announcing that they had arrived at the right floor. The doors opened and Janna headed out, still helping Loki.
She made it to their apartment and found the door unlocked, she couldn't remember who was the last to leave...Had she remembered to lock it after her? Oh well. Nothing could be done about it now.
She led Loki inside and let him free near the chairs and couch. Loki fell onto the couch.
"What now wench?" he asked.
"Well nothing for you. Not with that attitude." Janna said heading to the kitchen to find herself something to eat.
She looked through the cabinets and couldn't find anything good, so she headed to the fridge then freezer. She found herself some cookie dough ice cream and didn't bother to get a bowl. She sat in the seat furthest away from Loki. She didn't want him to steal her ice cream...
"Bring me nourishment, wench!" Loki said violently.
Even if she helped him, he didn't trust her.
"What did I just say?" Janna asked not amused and ate some of her ice cream.
Loki frowned. He was not pleased.
"Bring me nourishment...PLEASE." he spit out.
"Much better." Janna stood up and headed for the kitchen. "Look who's learning."
Janna opened the fridge and found some leftover chicken, green beans and mashed potatoes. "This will have to do."
Janna threw it in the microwave and leaned against the counter while she waited. She grabbed a Pepsi from the fridge when the microwave beeped and carried it out to Loki.
Loki looked at the food with his 'happy face'.
"Thank you." he spat. He waited for a fork or utensil of some kind. He would not eat like a savage.
Now that Janna finally had a free hand she was able to search through the doors to find a clean fork. She couldn't find any. She eventually found a plastic wrapped spork sitting in the back. She took it to Loki then sat back down in her seat to finish her ice cream.
Loki looked at the spork in wonder.
"What is this wonder of delicacies?" he asked. He wasn't sure what to make of it. This planet was filled with strange things...if only it would submit to him.
"It's called a spork. From Taco Bell I think...It's a mixture between a spoon and a fork." Janna took another bite of ice cream. "Don't forget to take the plastic off."
Loki pulled and tugged at the plastic until the spork was free. He held the spork and then looked over at Janna.
"Food?" He felt like saying anything else was a waste of his breath.
"You know what food is. It's getting cold."
Janna heard the phone ringing and went to get it. She left her ice cream on the table in front of her chair.
"Hello?" She answered.
Loki stabbed the spork into the chicken and began to eat. He watched as Janna went to get the phone.
"Cool! Sounds like fun. I'm at the apartment, why?"
Loki continued to watch Janna. He wondered about her and her friend.
"I walked. Why can't you?" Janna asked into the phone.
"Well good for you! I think the Hulk destroyed our car anyway. So you better get walking!" Janna hung up the phone.
Loki stood up and walked to a window. He opened a curtain slightly, and then moved to face Janna.
"What will you do about your friend? Will you reveal the truth to her?"
"Well if you hang out here quietly, I won't have to reveal anything." Janna said putting the phone of the table and sitting back in her seat.
"You will not command me!" Loki said.
He decided to taunt her.
"I won't command you." Janna shrugged. "It was just a suggestion. I can tell her if you want."
She really didn't think Loki would want anyone to know about his predicament anyway.
"I'm silent because I choose to be." Loki said taking a seat on the couch.
"Of course you are." Janna left for the bedroom to change. They were done with the fighting for the day, so she might as well change to something comfortable.
Loki crossed his arms. 'What is she doing now?' he wondered. He stood up and started looking through the apartment. He sifted through pictures, plants, and other things they had decorated the living room with.
Janna locked the door behind her and searched for something to wear. She decided on some jean shorts and her "evil" bunnies shirt, the one that changed in the sun. She put her new suit in the closet.
Loki heard rummaging in the other room and turned to watch the door. He wondered what was going on.
Janna went back to her private bath and washed her face before going back to the living room. She had kinda forgotten about the ice cream, and now it was mostly melted...
"Damn it!" Janna got a little too emotional over the ice cream. "It's just not the same if you try to refreeze it..."
Loki turned to see what Janna was yelling about. He really didn't know what to say, nor did he care, but considering who he was with, he knew it wouldn't benefit him to mention his lack of interest. He turned back to the plant he was currently inspecting. It reminded him of a plant in Asgard, and that made him pissy.
Janna grabbed the tub of ice cream and went back to the kitchen. She grabbed the top and put it back on, then dumped the whole thing into the trash. She came back to the living room and notice Loki didn't finish his food.
"Hey, 'god', are you going to finish your food? Or should I just dump it? It's probably cold by now."
Loki inspected the leftovers and began to eat the rest of it. When he was done, he moved the bowl over to her. "Take it."
He was pleased that she referred to him as a god; even if she really didn't mean it. It was one step closer.
Janna took the bowl and placed it in the kitchen sink. She was too lazy to clean it, and Caroline would probably end up doing it anyway.
Once done with that she sat down in her chair and clicked on the television to see if it was working.
Loki sat beside her and began to watch the tv.
"What is this?" He demanded and pointed to the tv.
"It's called television. And this is where the world will learn of your defeat." Janna said flicking for a working news channel.
"Though I doubt you or your name will even be mentioned. It'll probably just mention an alien attack and rumors of super heroes." She shrugged and stopped on a channel that seemed to be working.
Standing, he walked over to the window again. "It doesn't matter to me that you mortals-" He thought for a moment he was wrong, but the Avengers walked into the building.
"You tricked me." he yelled tossing the plant across the room. "You brought them here to find me."
"If I wanted you caught I had plenty of times to do so." Janna said not believing they were actually here. "Hulk must have beat you pretty bad for you to be seeing them all of a sudden."
Janna suddenly thought she heard Banner outside their apartment and peeked out the door. He was indeed there, at the far end of the hall with the other Avengers. All but Natasha.
"Then why are they down stairs?" Loki asked.
"Crap! What ARE they doing here?!" Janna said slamming the door and locking it WITH the chain. "Caroline said she wanted to go home! She didn't say she was bringing the whole gang!"
He heard the beast and scowled. "So what's your master plan now?"
He moved right in front of Janna.
Janna looked around for a moment then pushed Loki towards her room. "You stay in there! And be quiet!"
When she reached the door she jumped to grab her spare key and put it in her pocket.
Loki wasn't happy, but he did as she said. Janna slammed the bedroom door shut once Loki was inside and locked it with the key. She went over to Caroline's door and grabbed the extra key there too. Then she calmed herself and sat down in her chair as if nothing was wrong.
Loki looked around in the room and huffed. He was trapped into another room...but he decided to have a look around. He began to open drawers and rummage through stuff.
"Janna! Open the door!" A voice outside the apartment door called.
Janna got up and went to her bedroom door.
"Shush in there." She whispered then went to get the door.
Loki smiled to himself. He moved to lie on the bed.
Janna unlocked the doorknob but left the chain and opened the door. "Who is it?"
Caroline sighed and looked at Janna. "Me and the peanut gallery."
From the small crack the door made, Janna could probably see most everyone.
"I'm sorry. My mommy told me not to let in strangers, or five hot guys." Janna shut the door and stood there for a few moments before unlocking the chain. She didn't open the door, she would let them figure it out.
She went back to her seat and sat down.
Caroline rubbed her forehead and opened the door. "Come on inside." she called to the others. Tony walked in after her and the others followed.
