After the woman had revealed herself to be Loki's wife, Pepper had immediately invited her to sit down while Tony tried to get in contact with Asgard. The woman had settled herself on the sofa and when offered a drink, politely request tea. She still seemed angry and would glare at everything, but she was no longer sparking, she even apologized for the windows and promised to have Loki reverse the damage when he arrived. Pepper also managed to learn the woman's name was Seraphina, but would not reveal the reason behind needing Loki.

Tony meanwhile had gone down to Banner's lab after having Jarvis call Rogers to meet him there. They were trying to figure out some way of contacting Thor in order to have him bring Loki down.

"Jarvis could you also contact S.H.E.I.L.D. and have them send over Natasha and Barton, we may need their help in dealing with this woman if we can't get her hubby down here."

"Of course sir."

"Hubby? Loki's married?"

"Yep, apparently that woman that showed up last year when we were sending him back to Asgard was his wife and boy, let me tell you, I understand why Loki was so desperate to get away from her. The woman is terrifying and she sparks."

"Sparks?"

"Yeah, little lightning bolts jump off her when she's angry."

"Tony, are you sure it wasn't just a trick of the light or something? Thor doesn't even spark."

"I know what I saw. Pepper is keeping her entertained, and hopefully calmed down, while we figure out how to contact Thor."

"You left her with Pepper?"

"She seems mostly harmless, just angry. She doesn't seem to want to take it out on anyone but Loki."

"Still." Steve looks up worryingly at the ceiling just as a clap of thunder is heard. All three men hurry up to the floor above fearing the worse.
Upon arrival though they are met by the scene of Thor all but dragging Loki in by the collar of his shirt as Seraphina rises to her feet.

"Oh do stop that Loki. You are making a fool of yourself."

Loki stops and actually looks at his wife and sees that, while still angry, it is not directed at him.

"Seraphina? What has you so angry?"

"He took Jack. It is time to end this. Have you finished researching the spells you set out for?"

Anger sparks across Loki's face and he steps closer to his wife, fists tightening into a white knuckled grip.

"I have but I will not be able to perform them. My magic has been sealed as punishment for my crimes here and in Asgard. We will need someone else to cast the spell."

Sparks dance across Seraphina's hair and dress. "Who do you suggest?"

"Ombric or North would be best, the Pooka would also be able to perform the spells necessary." Before speaking Loki had back up behind Thor and when he finished he had ducked behind the larger man just as Seraphina let loose an angry scream and the wind picked up, causing furniture to shift and windows to creak and rattle.

"No! I will not go to those people for help. I refuse. They are the ones that caused this. If they had just stayed away from her Jack would not have become his target."

"Seraphina?"

"They made her a Guardian and now he has targeted her for the same reasons he picked out Katherine before. Those bigoted brats will not aid us in freeing him from the control of those monsters. They'll kill him!"

Loki seemed to scowl at the mention of someone being made a Guardian before turning to the others in the tower.

"I am aware that this is an odd request, and you have every reason to deny it, but please help us in this."

Everyone was floored when Loki said 'please'.

"Brother, are you feeling well?"

"Thor I do not have time for your stupidity. Will you and your friends aid us in our endeavor?"

"That sort of depends on what we'll be helping you do. You've been rather vague."

"Jack is our daughter and the man that has taken her is Pitch Black, Seraphina's father. He does not know that Jack is his granddaughter, and we would prefer to keep it that way."

Silence was what greeted Loki after he had finished speaking. Steve, however, recovered first and stepped forward.

"You have a daughter?"

"Yes, now will you aid us or must we rely solely on the Guardians?"

"I don't see why not..."

"Hold on a sec Capsicle, we don't know a thing about these Guardians or this Pitch Black guy."

"Tony has a point Steve. Before we go running off we should find out more about the other groups involved."

"The Guardians are a group that formed to stop Pitch Black from plunging the world into darkness. They protect people from him, mostly children as they are his favorite targets. Pitch feeds on fear, it makes him stronger. However he Pitch Black is not truly a single being. My father, Kozmotis, is at the core of this being and is controlled by what is best described as parasites. Loki went to research a method to free my father from their control when he fell under the same influence, leading to the events last year."

"I had protections up that allowed me to maintain my sense of self. The beating I took knocked what was left of their control from me."

"Are you saying we should forgive you after all of that just because you were not in control of yourself."

"Partially perhaps, but that is not important. Will you help us?"

The gathered heroes look amongst themselves before Rodgers steps forward.

"Of course. Let's just wait for Natasha and Barton to arrive and we'll head out.

My favorite part of this chapter is when Thor is dragging Loki in cartoon style, just picturing that in my head is hilarious and enough to bring a smile to my face.