It had been only two days since then, the press was still buzzing and politicians fighting, and all in all, she didn't care. So with lazy languid eyes, she turned the large TV off, letting the remote fall to the cushion of the couch. With a loud yawn, she stretched her body – it was still in pain – before curling up on the large plush couch, "God, they never shut up."
Tony let out a small bark of laughter, sitting on a black leather couch nearby, a glass of some kind of drink in his hands, "I think you guys need a PR." He grinned cheekily taking a sip of his brandy, loving the way it burned his throat. He knew Pepper would take care of things on his end, she was doing so now running about and offering apologies for the damage done, promising to pay for it. It wasn't, like you know, they saved the world or anything…
Bruce merely made a small hmm, his eyes reading over the paper as he sat at the dining room table; he was amazed at all the good press about him, most likely thanks to Tony, and the others. It was a great change from the horrid articles about him being a monster.
Natasha cursed lightly in Russian, sitting in the lap of Clint, they had made up over the time Kagome had been stuck in a coma-like state. Her powers recharging themselves, and it made her smile to see them so close. Neither were touchy-feely people, so it truly made her day to see them acting like such now.
Steve was sitting next to her on the couch, just relaxing, far too tired to do much else, "I don't even want to think about all the merchandise that will spawn from this." He knew his number one fan-boy in S.H.I.E.L.D. would be happy, going out to buy it all and ask him to sign it all.
Tony grinned, "You know you want to play with yourself." He smiled innocently as the Captain flushed red and thus, another bout of playful bickering was started.
Kagome smiled as they all lounged in the Tony's home, their now unofficial home base. S.H.I.E.L.D.'s air base was their real one, but it felt cold and dank, but this – this felt like home. She rolled over and leaned her arms on the back of the couch, resting her head on them and watched as Thor ate the rich man out of house and home (he could afford it). Her eyes shifted to his left were a sulking Loki sat, hands bound in magic sealing handcuffs and a weird metal gag-like mask over his mouth.
It was a required evil, once he had woken up, he hadn't shut up. Going on and on, ranting and raving about revenge and other things until Thor had placed the Asgardian mouth piece over his mouth. A good thing too, otherwise Bruce would have thrown him about like a rag doll, again.
How she wished she could have seen it.
She met his angry gaze head on, his black eyes boring into her, he was still mad that she had destroyed the staff, thus nullifying his contact with whomever's army he had borrowed. She could care less, they didn't need a repeat performance of the past week's events. Plus, he should be thanking her, she doubted even he knew the staff was slowly stealing his powers and life force. It would have killed him, yet she didn't bring it up. It would put him in yet another foul mood.
She could do without his upset aura throwing a tantrum. She blinked lazily and looked away from him, instead opting to lay back on the couch letting out a low blissful sigh. For now they would rest, the cube was back in the General's hands; it irked her, but their job was done, for now.
Without the cube, which was on strict lock-down, and the bridge, which Thor had broken a year ago, there was no way to send the two Asgardian's home. They were stuck on Earth until the council deemed it okay for them to use the cube to return home. The General had surprised her, fighting for Thor to be able to take not only Loki home with him, but the cube as well. The council only relented on one thing, Loki would stay in Thor's custody, for no cage they could make would be able to hold the fallen God.
So, for now, they were stuck, lodging with Tony, and until they figured out a way to open a portal to their home world, they had to deal with it. She knew she had some scrolls back at home that might be able to help, but that could wait until later, much later. Once she was fully charged, she was going to work on a seal, to seal away Loki's powers, and reveal in the way he would suffer, becoming one of the fools he so wished to rule.
No one crossed her and got away with it.
No one.