I don' t know how long I was out but when I opened my eyes I began to back up as far as I could for standing right in front of me were the true monsters, the very beasts that had lead to all of that and were the reason that I was here.

"It's ok Loki we're not going to hurt you."
"I find that very hard to belive."

"It's ok they're telling the truth I promise."

I turned my head and Banner sat down next to me and wrapped his arm around me giving those three death glares. It was cute how Banner was trying to protect me and I began to calm down knowing that he was here.

"All we want to know is what happened?"

I knew that they already knew what had happened in the courtroom they just wanted someone to tell them that they were right. I didn't want to be the one to tell them that they were right and it was clear that Bruce wasn't going to tell them either. We both shared a similar gaze of hatred for the three standing in front of us and to know that Bruce felt the same hatred for them that I did meant a lot.

"It's not polite to ask questions you already know the answers to." Bruce said

"What makes you think we know what happened?"
"To us it looked like he freaked out."

"Stop acting like idiots I know your smarter then this. There's no reason for you to stay so you can just leave."

I was irritated that they were still here and trying to sound innocent as though they have no idea what had gone wrong in the first place, they've done this for years it's nothing new. My head began to hurt and the room began to spin.

"All we wanted to know was what happened."
"Is that to much to ask for?"
"There's no reason for any of you to even try and sound upset by what's happened to Loki you three are the reason he's even in this mess to begin with!"
As the room spun it tilted in every which way, my head pounded with the beating of my heart, and I felt sick.

"Your the reason he's fighting for his life!" Bruce yelled

"How do you know he deserves the fight?"
"What makes you sure he deserves to even be here?"
"Do you think he cares about you at all? Your just another one of those pitiful humans that he tried to destroy."
It was getting worse and I couldn't even hear them anymore and with each spin of the room my vision was blurring and focusing which caused my head to hurt more.

"I care very much for Loki."
"But does he care for you?"
"He doesn't even have a heart."
"We made sure to break that too."

"Bruce..."

I grabbed Banner's arm as I felt myself fall off the bed and as I laid there my body went numb and I couldn't stand, couldn't feel anything, couldn't see, couldn't hear, the room kept spinning faster and faster until everything went pitch black. My stomach hurt, my head was pounding, and my whole body hurt for some reason I couldn't move at all but I knew that there were no chains locking me in place or any reason to keep me from moving but I didn't care at that moment I knew I was alone as I had always been. Maybe if I wake now all of this will have just been a long dream and I'd wake up in my room, alone, miserable, I'll hear Thor walk outside the door or maybe see Lady Sif see if I was alright. I would wake to find out that none of this had ever happened and that I had just been sleeping for a very long time but now it was time to leave this fantasy behind and go back to reality.

But it was a cruel reality I knew that I'd be waking to and I don't know that if I wake now if I'd even be able to deal with life after all I feel so much better being asleep, dreaming dreams that will never happen and imagining that there was someone out there that still cared for me or wanted to protect me at least even if that person was Banner but I didn't care who it was that my mind had chosen to care about me for I had enjoyed all that it had created for me to see. But could all that had happened really just be a dream? Could I really have dreamt of all that Bruce and myself had been through these past months? I'm sure that it's quite impossible to assume that I had just been dreaming but at the same time I wish that I am just dreaming and that none of this insanity actually had happened.

Some feeling had returned and I felt something very soft and comforting beneath me and there was something about the atmosphere that seemed much calmer then the hospital room that I had been in moments before. As I opened my eyes afraid of what i would see I saw that I wasn't on Earth but I also wasn't in my room here in Asgard I was in the palace hospital wing. It had all been just a dream finally time had caught up and they had grown curious as to what had become of me. Did they scream at my lifeless form lying on the bed? Did they cry when I didn't respond? No it was all hopeless to believe that they would even care that much about me, they should have just let me die in my sleep at least then I would be free of all of this pain couldn't they see that was all that I wanted?

"Hey Loki."

I looked over at Sif as she approached a look of sadness in her eyes, no doubt my oaf of a brother was still neglecting her feelings towards him seeing as he's to caught up with that Jane girl. My head was still pounding and I felt sick but at least the room had stopped spinning.

"What happened?" I asked

Overdoes on sleep pills that's what you idiot do you really need to hear it from someone that you could have died?
"You passed out and the doctors didn't know how to wake you up."

Doctors? "It wasn't a dream then was it? Everything that had happened on Earth."
"No it all had happened and when Bruce brought you here he refused to leave."

"Is he still here?" I asked hopeful

"Would you like to see him?"
"Yes Sif."

She smiled and gracefully walked away, there was something different about her but I didn't know what it was. Well first off she was being nice to me as though she was afraid that something bad was happening to me or that she was going to lose something very dear to her but that couldn't be it after all I didn't really matter that much to anyone but Bruce. Did she change during my time on Earth? Did she see that I had changed much over the years? It was good to know that an old friend was there for me especially now. Moments latter Sif returned with Banner who rushed by her and was at my side in the blink of an eye, there was fear in his eyes but they were glad to see that I was still alive.

"You're alive." he said in barely a whisper before falling to his knees and wrapping his arms tightly around me terrified that he had lost me for a moment.

"It's ok Bruce I'm alive." I said making room for him on the bed and he sat next to me but this time I had my arms around him as he leaned against me and it felt good being on this end, it felt good knowing that I was able to comfort him and that he had been terrified of losing me.

"I convinced All Father to let him stay." I looked up at Sif "I told him that if he didn't let Banner stay then I was going to leave the warriors."

"What?" This couldn't be the same Sif that I knew.
"I didn't want to but I couldn't just send him back to Earth not after seeing the fear in his eyes or how worried he was."
"Why have you been so kind to me now this isn't the SIf I know."

She smiled and shock her head as she came closer.

"I know what you've been through Loki and I know that it's changed you I don't want to see you locked up again nor do I want you to hurt anymore you've been through enough already."

She nelt by my side, I didn't know what to say to this gesture. I couldn't believe it for one that she was willing to give up her very job just so that Banner could stay did she truly care about me after all that's happened.

"Father still wants me locked up I persum?"

"Yes but he is willing to wait until your healed I've begged him to reconsider."
"What proof does he have that I've truly changed at all though?"
"While you were out the first time Tony had brought by the court file." I turned towards Bruce "We won the case and he also gave me the suitcase that had the videos and photos that we use."
"The photos wont do much good neither will the videos but I read over the court case and if I was the All Father then I would have dropped all charges against you or at least sent you to Midgaurd to finish your sentence." Sif said

"Yes but your not Father and he's not easily persuaded. What news of Thor?" I looked back to Sif

"I have talked to Father many times brother to try and convince him to drop your sentence but I fear it may take time before father see's you've changed."

We looked towards the door and watched Thor enter and he stopped at the foot of the bed.

"He is still convinced that Loki had controled everyone into believing that he has changed and is spinning lies just to be free of a punishment he deserves."
"You saw the photos Thor and heard the testimonies as well Thor you know that he's changed right?" Banner pleaded

"DO not fear friend Banner I know my brother has changed greatly but I also believe that what he went through is far beyond humane and am quit ashamed that father had taken such actions." Thor came over to stand next to Sif and smiled and while I usually hated him being there I was glad to see him by my side and to know that he to saw that this wasn't an act of any sort but he was right it would take more then just some paperwork and photos to change Odin's mind and I fear that it might be far to impossible to even attempt to try but we had. The most we could do that I would be ok with is just convincing him to allow me to serve the rest of my "punishment" on Earth with Banner, I'd even give up my powers and leave Asgard forever to live on Earth as a mortal if that meant that I could return with Banner, as long as I could be with him was all that I wanted.

I tried to sit up a bit straighter but my head began to pound harder and the room tilted again.

"Hey take it easy Loki lie back down." Sif said and I laid back down

"What happened?" I asked looking at Banner

"I don't know. You grabbed my arm, fell off the bed, and then you blacked out. But there was nothing anyone could do to wake you up it was almost like you were dead but still alive at the same time."

"When Banner told us what happened you were very pale brother and we thought that you were going to die. You've been knocked out for quit some time." Thor looked down at his hand not meeting my eyes.

The room fell silent and there was unwanted tension building up between the four of us, they all looked down as though they were hiding something and that did very little to calm me down.

"What's wrong?" no one said anything and I was getting worried "Thor what's happening?"

Sif switched places with him and he took hold of my hand which caught me by surprise.

"I'm sorry brother it is nothing to worry about I promise try and get some rest please."

He dropped my hand and with left with Sif by his side.

"Bruce what's wrong something's not right and I don't like it."

"Like Thor said try and get some rest I promise everything will be ok we'll be ok." there was fear in his eyes and worry in his voice and the way he held me tight was frightening.

"Bruce."

His eyes had begun to sparkle with sadness but he kissed me before leaving, the way he walked out I knew that he didn't want to leave and that it took everything he had to keep walking. I was getting worried about what they were keeping quit about, whatever it was it wasn't good for never have I seen Bruce so terrified or Thor so worried about me before something wasn't right but never the less I closed my eyes once more and tried to get some rest hoping that Thor was right and that it was nothing to get worried about.