I doubt anyone will actually get this reference, but I rather liked the book Naked Heat. So, I went with it. There was a request for the girls to think Loki was pranking them when he wasn't, so here it is.

Darcy groaned as she regained consciousness. Her head was pounding and her memory was almost completely blank. The last thing she remembered was getting off the elevator on the floor of the apartment she shared with Jane.

"Dude, what happened?" muttered Darcy as she slowly lifted her head, eyes darting around the room.

She was in what looked like a very upscale kitchen, duct taped to a dining chair by her wrists and ankles. The kitchen looked sleek and modern, except for the open case of dental tools currently resting on the counter not five feet away, along with a power drill. Huh, that didn't look good.

Glancing around, she noted the second person taped to a chair next to her with a canvas bag over the individual's head. The ring on her hand allowed Darcy to identify the mystery captive as Jane. Okay, seriously, what the hell was going on? Allowing her eyes to dart around again, Darcy took in the scene before her. The whole thing felt very familiar, but what

was it?

Then it hit her like the ton of bricks that must have knocked her out. Of course.

Jane groaning drew Darcy out of her little 'a-ha!' moment, and back to the situation at hand. "Is anyone there?"

"Here and accounted for," replied Darcy, her voice toned with annoyance.

"Hey Darce." Jane's own sigh of annoyance was clear in her voice. "Is Loki pranking us again?"

"Yep," confirmed Darcy.

Another groan came from under the make-shift hood. "What book is it this time?"

"Naked Heat," replied Darcy, scowl evident in her voice. "It's seriously straight out of the book."

"Great," muttered Jane just as the door to the room opened and a wiry man stepped into the room.

He had a brown jacket thrown over his shoulders and a pair of cowboy boots on his feet. There was even a cowboy hat resting on his head. Oh yeah, Loki'd found Naked Heat alright.

Darcy was really getting sick of this. "Alright Loki, you can drop the act now. I know what book you took this from and, frankly, I'm kinda getting sick of you raiding my personal bookshelf for your own amusement. Books are supposed to be for fun, not for mischievous gods to play tricks on people."

The man stopped just inside the door, brow furrowed. He looked legitimately confused, which might have confused Darcy except she knew how good of an actor Loki could be. Though, he usually dropped his pranks as soon as he realized someone knew he was playing a joke.

However, before the man could open his mouth and say anything, the door behind him went crashing to the floor with enough force to send him flying into the wall behind Darcy and Jane. Blinking in confusion, Darcy looked towards the door just as Jane tensed beside her.

"Darcy, what's happening?" asked Jane, panic starting to trickle into her voice.

Darcy gulped as she caught sight of Thor and Loki stepping through the remains of the door. "Um, I don't think this is actually one of Loki's pranks."

"What!" exclaimed Jane, fear definitely present in her voice now. "Why do you say that?"

"'Cause Thor and Loki just broke the door down," replied Darcy as she turned to look back at the man on the ground who was cursing heavily in a South American tongue of some kind. "And the guy they threw across the room just started speaking a dialect of Spanish."

"They did what?!" Jane might have started having a panic attack, but Thor was there and pulling the bag from her head before she could, lifting her off the ground. Chair and all.

"My Jane!" boomed Thor. "It is good to know you and the Lady Darcy and unharmed! Loki and I were most concerned when we realized you had been taken by force!"

Loki, who was scowling, walked around the group to look at the man lying on the ground. "Brother, would you be kind enough to escort Darcy and Jane from the room please? I would like some time with their tormentor. Alone."

"Brother?" questioned Thor as he set Jane's chair back on the ground with Jane in it.

"No one takes what is mine to play with," replied Loki with a look that made Darcy's blood run cold. Oh boy, that Loki was coming out to play. Yeah, she really wanted to be out of here before that show began. She wouldn't stop Loki for anything though; she knew what the guy had planned to do with the dental tools.

Thor nodded grimly, apparently agreeing with Loki's conclusions. "Allow me to take Jane and Lady Darcy to safety. Then, I will gladly join you in your fun, brother."

Yeah, Darcy definitely didn't want to see what was going to go down.

Loki nodded, snapping his fingers and making the duct tape disappear. "I will prepare for your return brother."

The last thing Darcy saw before Thor completely herded her and Jane from the room was Loki forcing the limp form of the man into one of the chairs like he weighed nothing and strapping him in. On some level, she felt a bit special because Loki and Thor were clearly ready to torture and probably brutally murder someone for kidnapping her and Jane. Another part of her though was more than a little annoyed that she wasn't more afraid.

The guy had probably been planning to torture them with the dental tools in painful ways (she was very, very happy that wasn't happening) and the fact that she was in ACTUAL danger meant she should have been more afraid. But she wasn't. Because of Loki. This called for payback.