"Well if they can't find me, they can't bring harm to me."
Loki said this as if his logic were normal.
"Sure buddy." Janna patted his arm and took a few steps away from them.
"Now what? I'm pretty bored...and when I get bored I tell the good guys what you guys are up to."
"What?" Osborn looked furious.
Loki was a bit frustrated.
"Have you mentioned our plans to those now hate you."
His voice was level and never rose.
"No, just warned Spidey about you all." She shrugged.
"I might end up telling the others if something doesn't start happening."
"You told the Spider! Why would you tell the Spider?"
Osborn was acting like an insane gorilla.
He threw things around and roared.
Loki ignored this and sighed.
"And you think they will believe you? After you betrayed them? If they will listen than you are welcomed to try."
"The spider believes me. And they'll believe the spider." Janna laughed. "And I have a feeling that Stark would still listen to me."
Norman scowled.
"She has lost value."
Loki picked up the scepter and smiled.
"Maybe so."
He gave her a look and then walked away.
Janna stuck out her tongue at Osborn.
"Ooh...you haven't seen my trick?" Janna smiled. "Wanna see it?"
She didn't wait for a reply. "Sure."
Janna held up a hand to Ozzy to create a tiny force field within his own veins to knock him out. She made it last fractions of a second shorter than she usually would, so he wouldn't totally black out.
She tilted her head and smirked at him as she chased after Loki.
Osborn fell to the ground.
He didn't know what was going on, but at the moment he couldn't ask.
Loki walked to the dining room and laid the scepter on the table.
He picked up the apple and took a bite.
"Not as sweet..." he mumbled to himself.
Janna skipped up behind him. She wondered if he knew that was an apple which she had tried to tell him were cursed. She heard him say something.
"Not as sweet as what?"
Loki turned still eating the apple.
"It doesn't matter."
"When you say it doesn't matter it just makes me want to know even more." She smiled an evil smile. "Well?"
"It was nothing." Loki threw the apple core somewhere and picked up the scepter.
"Remembering something from Asgard? You don't like remembering do you..?" She giggled.
"You speak too much." Loki moved into another room.
"I know." She followed Loki around. "You seem to usually like to talk. You had quite the conversations with Fury and Romanoff."
"Well they are amusing. You can be bothersome." Loki did not sound harsh when he said that.
He turned and looked down at Janna.
"I know that too." Janna laughed. "But Romanoff tricked you. How was that amusing?"
"I still destroyed most of their ship, so it was very amusing."
Loki was a bit proud of that.
Doom walked in and threw a newspaper in the table with Osborn following behind. Spider Man was joining the Avengers.
"So a new hero joins the cause. Let him, it will be another lamb for the slaughter."
Loki didn't seem very concerned, but Osborn looked angry.
"They seem to be very desperate. All these people for three men and a girl."
Doom glanced over at Janna.
"I'm here. Of course they're scared." Janna smiled when she caught Doom's glance.
Doom smirked and crossed his arms.
"Let them amass together. They will all fall much the same." Loki was amused at Fury's attempt to recruit other heroes.
"That would be fun to see..." Janna didn't expect to see the heroes fall anytime soon. She clapped her hands together. "So...do we want to crash their party?!"
She seemed a little too excited about Spidey joining up with the Avengers and the Fan 4.
Loki was used to Janna's strange excitement. "Soon."
Loki opened his eyes and turned his head to look at Janna.
"You're in my sleeping chamber."
"Yes, yes I am." She turned and laid an arm across him, hugging him. She could be quite the pest sometimes...
"Is there something you need?"
Loki was confused why Janna was being so snuggly.
One minute she was yelling at him and telling him he was evil, and the next minute she was hugging him.
"Nope." She continued to hug him.
Maybe if she didn't talk so much, something she was trying to tell him would get through that thick skull of his...
Loki decided to just let her get the hugs out of her; he'd get to sleep sooner if he did.
She couldn't handle not talking.
"Would this be weird if my name were Thor?"
"Would this be strange if I looked like your female friend?"
Loki never ceased to be amazed by the thoughts that found themselves into Janna's brain.
"Shh. No words..." Janna moved her arm to cover his mouth with one finger, but she was still hugging him.
Loki rolled his eyes and moved her arm away.
"You are a strange mortal."
"So what?" Janna moved her arm and hugged him tightly.
"I could kill you." He left it at that; he wasn't sure if she'd understand, but he didn't care.
"I'd like to see you try." She smiled and snuggled into him.
"I don't see the point in attempting it." Loki moved an inch from her.
"Because you'd fail." Janna closed that inch he tried to move away from her.
"Hm." He tried again to move away a bit.
Janna frowned as he tried to move away again.
"Fine. I know someone who would snuggle with me." She released him and got up. She stuck her tongue out at him before leaving the room to find Doom.
Loki sighed.
At least he got his bed back, though he felt slighted a bit, but he would not go crawling for her to come back.
Janna finally found Doom and did the same as she had done with Loki.
She hopped into bed next to Doom and leaned up against him. If he stirred, even if he didn't, she'd eventually throw her arm across him as she had with Loki.
Doom stirred but was groggy.
"Hm? Who is it?"
Janna stayed quiet and threw her arm across him like she was planning to. Hopefully he wasn't totally psycho and go off on anyone before he knew who exactly they were...She expected that Osborn would do something like that.
Doom was wide awake when Janna threw her arms around him.
"What are you doing here?"
Asking questions wasn't what Doom really wanted to do right now.
"Loki wouldn't snuggle." She said that as if it answered all questions.
Janna smiled a bit when she noticed he was suddenly awake. She snuggled into his side, wondering what he might do...
"Ah."
It almost sounded if he thought that answer made sense.
He rested his hand on her back and pushed her closer to him.
"And I knew you would."
Janna closed her eyes and smiled.
Doom snorted but kept her close.
He was too tired to try and go farther, but he could work with snuggling. He soon noticed that Janna was fast asleep and closed his eyes as well. Doom drifted off to sleep soon after.
Loki however couldn't return to dream land.
He closed his mind, but he stayed awake.
"You're an intricate part of the plan. You will aid Osborn and the bombs into the hospitals."
Loki hoped that would appease Janna for now.
Osborn liked the idea of planting his new weaponry in the hospitals; Spider wouldn't like that.
Doom was indifferent, but wasn't complaining.
"Hmm, me around bombs. That's smart." Janna crossed her arms.
If she did help Osborn she'd at least be able to know their location, and possibly disarm some of them so no one actually does get killed...
Loki wanted to blast things with his scepter's energy, but took a deep, calming breath.
"Are you pleased?"
Doom walked into the room and crossed his arms.
"If she's not, I could fix that."
"Not really. What's so special about following crazy around?" Janna turned to Doom and smiled.
"Nothing you could do would help Loki in any way." She laughed.
"In any way?"
Doom gave Loki an overview and smirked.
"I'm afraid it would be the other way around."
Loki looked at the two of them; since he wasn't used to earthly innuendos, he didn't really get the conversation.
Janna just stuck her tongue out at him.
"Don't you have a job to do?" She teased him.
Doom smirked as he left the room.
Loki was glad something was getting done.
"If you are going to assist Osborn, you should find him."
He stood and followed Doom.
Janna sighed. "But Ozzy doesn't like me…."
"We planted them. You can begin." Osborn said over a headset within his mask.
Doom gave Loki the green light. The god pushed the old newscaster's body from his chair and sat in it. Doom had overridden the news stations and had the camera ready and live.
"This is not a message, but a warning. To every and all mortals that witness this, head my words. You worship those you consider heroes, and those heroes attempt to protect you. But their protection can only reach so far, and your minds are distracted by everything you cannot comprehend. Your unnatural protectors have done a valiant job as of yet, but what are they rescuing? You hypocritical lambs steal, murder, and torture each other so ask yourselves; what have your heroes really restored? A broken society with faithless laws. Why do you strive for poverty and loss when there is potential? You are cattle for the slaughter; full of fear and uncertainty. You as people can be tamed, but you must allow the higher minds to craft you. Leave your useless infatuations of your obsolete protectors and allow us to rule you. Only then can you truly be free from your imperfection; from yourselves."
Loki believed everything he was saying.
Doom was impressed; if he wasn't Victor Von Doom, he might have been moved by Loki's words.
Janna crossed her arms and smiled. Loki was still crazy, but so was she.
She looked out a nearby window to see the Green Goblin, then she slowly walked to go stand by Doom.
She was a bit peeved to see a dead guy. She knew she should have come with Doom and Loki than go with Osborn.
"To prove the inadequacy of your so claimed heroes, I've planted explosives in four separate hospitals. Your heroes have five hours to prove their worth and then you, the cattle, can choose your side."
Doom cut off the broadcast and checked the time.
'Only two hospitals...' Janna thought.
Janna walked up to Loki and aimed her palm for his nose with enough force to break it. He needed to stop killing people.
Loki leaned to the side to dodge the hit, and twisted to the side to grab Janna's arm.
"You never cease to make me wonder."
Loki was too empowered to be brought down.
Doom watched the scene play out.
Janna did something she didn't even know she could. Susan could do it, it was one of the first things she learned, but Janna had never done or tried it before. It just happened.
A wave of energy blasted from her arm and upper body at Loki. The force would probably blow him back a bit and make him release her.
Loki released her arm, and jabbed his scepter in the ground, making it so he didn't fall.
Doom wished he had popcorn.
Janna thought that was VERY cool. She'd use it again sometime, but right now needed something different. Large force field created, shrink to pinball size, and shot at Loki's chest. She liked the air compression 'bombs'.
As soon as she released it towards him she turned around and started to walk away.
The force ball pushed Loki back with its mini explosion, but that was really it.
Doom remembered her using those things when they sparred together, and was glad she didn't use them for anything major again.
"And you." Janna said pointing at Doom like she was about to do something to hurt him.
"You will get absolutely NOTHING." Referring to a beating or something he might actually want.
"Nothing?"
Doom smirked and figured she'd probably attack him.
Loki touched the sore area on his chest.
His armor protected him from any serious damage, but the spot where the force ball hit was sore.
Janna returned his smirk and moved closer to him.
Using her force fields so she was tall enough, she moved VERY close to Doom and whispered, with her breath tickling his ear. "Nothing."
As soon as she spoke to him she spun around and moved away.
"Maybe later then?"
Doom didn't want to mess with her any more than he already had, but it was in his nature to do as such. Janna snapped her head back at Doom with a horrible glare, but she turned back to Loki just as quickly.
"Seriously," Janna spoke to Loki, "You want to rule them. Why the hell would you kill them if they aren't even a threat?"
She didn't speak as if she were angry, even though she was a bit furious after seeing the man killed in a similar way as Coulson. She spoke as if she thought Loki was an idiotic child.
Loki kept his temper down.
"I'm not going to hurt them; I'm only going to show them the failure of their heroes, and my tolerance."
Doom went back to the controls.
Soon it would be time to make another announcement.
"Not them." Janna said referring to the people in the hospitals.
"Them." Janna waved an arm to the dead FOX workers. "If they saw even a glimpse of your power before you killed them, they would have left screaming."
Loki gave the dead newscaster a mere glance.
"He would have ruined the plan. Mourn for him if you will, but his sacrifice will save the other mortals."
Loki seemed to be genuine when he spoke.
There was no point in arguing. There was no way these guys could have messed up Loki's plan, but nothing Janna said would make him think he was wrong for killing them.
"Right..." Janna sighed. "And to think I was actually going to tell you the names of the heroes' girlfriends..."
Stark, Banner, Thor, and Parker all had a girl, but Janna had almost forgot one. Even Ben had a girlfriend; now if she could just remember the girl's name...
Loki was interested, but was curious how Janna knew about the love interests of most of the heroes.
Janna noticed Loki's silence. "Of all the things I've spoken to you about and you're probably still wondering about my knowledge...get over it and just accept it."
"Alicia Masters! That's it!" Janna suddenly shouted when she remembered the name of Grimm's girlfriend.
"That's Ben's girl. Spider Man loves Mary Jane Watson." Janna started counting off the girls on her fingers. "Stark loves Pepper Potts. Banner still likes Betty Ross."
"And Thor...you'll need to impress me to get that info." She smiled.
"And how am I to impress one who has infinite knowledge?"
Loki would play her game.
"Not COMPLETELY infinite." Janna shrugged. "This future was not seen. I don't know how this one turns out."
Janna turned to the cameras.
"Don't you have another announcement to make?"
"Soon, very soon in fact, but not yet."
Loki could almost taste his excitement.
Doom sensed it too and went to work the cameras.
