Yay! Another chapter! Sorry it took so long. Please remember to review! Thanks to my four reviewers:
Jimenush: Yes, you are! So am I, and proud of it! I don't plan on stopping any time soon because I love this fic!
Katdog: No, he doesn't! You are welcome, here is another chapter!
Moriartsmajor: You are all cruel! (Alright, it is good.)
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I realize I keep forgetting to do the disclaimer, but I think you guys get the idea that NOTHING HERE IS MINE!
Keep reading it's important!
This chapter, instead of the usual two parts, I'll have four.
1st part: Where everyone is. I realize that not everyone is caught up and has no clue where people are!
2nd part: The usual Tony torture section, which I know all of you guys love. ;3 I love writing it.
3rd part: A section dedicated to what Loki is doing. If it isn't written, the next chapter won't make any sense. *rubs hands together like an excited maniac*
4th part: Our usual part focusing on the Avengers trying to find our sweet, little Tony. *derpy face*
I recently updated my profile. I invite you all to read it. I put on it all of the ideas I have for upcoming fanfictions. I need a little help though, for the one called Facing Our Fears. It's about the Avengers facing their own, but I have no clue what to do for their fears! HELP, PLEASE!
Also, I think that I will start recommending fanfics to you, if you enjoy this one alot! Here are a couple:
-A to Z of Anthony Stark by SupernaturalBaby4Life
Summary: 26 Oneshots of Tony!Whump and Hurt!Tony with Comfort from all members of the team. Each letter of the alphabet, A to Z is a different prompt (Chapter 1, A for Asphyxiation, for example.) ACCEPTING PROMPTS! NO SLASH in this story even though I do ship Stony, so check out my later works. (Rated T for language and themes)
My recommendations: She is very good, I love her works. Gwen is still updating, and I personally think she needs a little help with prompts! (I know I would die if I wanted to do this.)
-in the Dark by megtries
Summary: When the team gets kidnapped and are forced to live through their fears, Tony helps them along, but who will help him when it's his turn?
My recommendations: This author is very talented, and is actually where I got the idea for my upcoming fic, Facing Our Fears. All credit to them for it! And thanks for reading this! (I'm talking to megtries)
-The Red Skull Arena by PenPatronus
Summary: Hydra captures the Avengers and forces them to fight for their lives, gladiator-style. Teamwork, friendship, family, hurt/comfort. Features Tony, Steve, Bruce, Clint, Natasha, Thor. HURT! Clint HURT! Tony HURT! Steve HURT! Bruce
My recommendations: This author is the best. I think they recently finished this fic up. I recommended an epilogue to them, but I don't think they will. Still, really good. And with 78 other stories! 78! I realize this is one of the more popular fanfic, but I just had to point out that this author is the best. They have lots of other good Tony whump stories. Check them out for more. One of their other stories is called Wires and it's my favorite story, by far.
Also, I am going to do a fandom search in a few chapters. This is one of them. Find the quote from a fandom that is not the Avengers and you win a virtual lollipop! ;D JK. If you review with the correct answer, you win the chapter 6 fandom search!
Wow! If I keep this up, it will be the longest chapter ever! It was going to be, anyways, though. ;3 Spot the fandom!
Where is everyone:
In the SHEILD Helicarrier:
- Pepper Potts
-Steve Rodgers
-Bruce Banner
-Natasha Romanoff
-Nick Fury
-Maria Hill
-Phil Coulson (I forgot to mention, in this fic he is alive)
-Our lovely double agent (unrevealed. Hopefully you notice the easter egg!) See chapter 3 for some explanation. (Last question)
-The rest of the SHEILD Agents
Looking for Tony:
- Clint Barton
-Thor Odinson
-A few SHEILD agents
In Loki's base:
-Tony Stark
- Loki Laufeyson
-Alane (unrevealed last name... just keep waiting!) HINT: She is very important!
More characters not introduced yet:
-Colonel Rhodes
-Our villain extras (first seen this chapter)
Our Tony section:
Tony blinked back the tears threatening to spill down his cheeks as he shifted again, disturbing his ankle, shredded back, and other various cuts along his face, arms, and chest. He lay spread-eagled on his back in the cell, his ankle pointing in an unnatural angle. He moved his hand to his side, only to be brought back up to his face covered in warm, sticky blood.
"Could be worse," he muttered into the dark, damp room. Sitting up, he then proceeded to peel the strips of blood-covered cotton of his bloody back and sides. Hissing, his fingers aggravated more that one bruise or cut. Finding a myriad of deep, yet scabbed-over cuts on his face and legs, Tony continued to lay the already bloody strips of cloth over them.
"Nice idea." Tony started at the female voice that echoed through the door. He sighed, realizing it was Alan, whom by this point he trusted. The lights flickered on to reveal the teenager standing in the doorway.
He smiled at her. "Just trying to not bleed out before I get out of here. What are you doing here?"
Alane frowned at his carelessly thrown-out statement. "Are you really sure you are going to get out of here?"
Tony just kept smiling. "Yes, I am." She smiled and he paused. "Just a quick question, I promise it won't risk your summer job or anything, but how long have I been here?"
"Since Wednesday. It's Saturday."
Tony frowned. "Four days? It felt like two."
Alane smiled again. "You've been sleeping a lot." She stepped closer and set down another tray of food. "If it helps, all prisoners are fed every other day, so don't feel like I'm neglecting you."
Tony stared at her. "Neglecting me? I'm lucky to even have company."
"At least you have hope. Most of the other prisoners feel like no one cares about them anymore. Nobody's ever tried to get out, so I guess that means no one's tried to rescue them."
Tony was about to make a reply, when a thunderous voice burst from the doorway. "WHAT. ARE. YOU. DOING?!"
Alane gasped and snapped around to find herself face-to-face with the god of mischief. For a moment she stammered and looked like a fish gasping for air.
"I... um, well... I-I... well...Icametogivetheprisonerfoodbecausealltheothersdo." She rushed out the last bit, cringing at her own words.
"WHAT HAVE I TOLD YOU?! ALL OF THE OTHER PRISONERS GET FOOD THOSE DAYS. THIS ONE GETS IT EVERY FOUR DAYS," Loki roared at the young girl, who flinched and trembled in front of the angry god.
"I-I... well, it just..."
"Do you hear me, girl?" Loki spat out the last word like it was poison.
Alane flinched again and squeaked out, "Yes, sir."
Loki nodded. "Good. Now, leave!" he screamed. Alane trembled, nodded, and scrambled out the door.
As the door slammed shut, Loki turned to Tony, who was still staring at him in shock, with a fake smile plastered across his face. "Now, where were we?"
Tony snapped out of his trance and glared. "You were about to tell me why you treat your assistants like that."
Loki returned the glare with a more malicious one and kicked the tray of food that had been lying in front of Tony across the floor. "Technically, she's not an assistant. Her parents pledged her to me. Along with her twin sister. Because all of my magic comes with a price." Loki snapped his fingers and left the billionaire hanging once more.
"Of course it does. Knowing you, you filthy, backstabbing, pathetic excuse for a son, you didn't keep that promise." Gasping for breath as his arms were yanked above his head,Tony spit out every word like it was burning his tongue.
Loki did not have the reaction Tony wanted. Instead, he looked to the side with a thoughtful look on his face as the scepter in his hand transformed into a blue-diamond encrusted knife. Tony swallowed...hard, as Loki continued
"Actually, I think I kept that particular promise. Their two daughters for... I actually can't remember now." Loki tapped the blade of the knife against his chin thoughtfully.
Suddenly, the lightbulb in his head lit up. "Oh, that's right! It was to save their son from captivity. The promise actually was made shortly after you escaped Afghanistan. I got the son out, of course, in exchange for the two twin daughters. You've already met Alane, and her sister, Gabriella is off doing... something else."
Tony took a shuddering breath. "Anything else while you're at it? Put me on a guilt trip?"
Loki grinned. "Not quite finished here, Stark. Doesn't it make you feel like your own life?" Seeing Tony's eyebrows rise, he continued. "Well, more than that. But what about your father? Did you ever think Captain Rodgers was more important than you to Howard? If I knew any better, I would say that if the chance, your father would have traded you for the Captain."
"Yes, I did. More than once. But I decided that when I meet Howard again, first I will punch him in the face, and second, I will show him that Steve wasn't perfect. Much like himself," Tony scowled.
Loki grinned. "Good answer. Unfortunately, not the one I was looking for." He raised the knife. Tony ignored it.
"What were you looking for, your brain? Oh... oopsies. Did I hurt wittle Woki's feewings?"
Loki roared and raised the knife and plunged it into Tony's leg.
The smirk that had rested on Tony's face moments before disappeared in a flash, only to be replaced by a face with wild eyes and a mouth open and frozen in a silent scream. Back arched and muscles tensed, Tony gasped for air as the knife remained where it rested, tearing at skin and muscles.
It was Loki's turn to smirk as he grabbed the knife again as he pushed the knife in hilt-deep, and then twisted it.
And Tony Stark screamed for the first time.
Our Loki section:
Loki walked down the hallway of the building with a new purpose in his stride. Turning right into a small room with computers, the man sitting in it stood in a salute.
"Sir, he hasn't moved, but his vitals are still fine. Stark is stronger than we thought," the man said.
"Keep tracking them. We still need him for the plan."
"Yes, sir. And our double agent has done her job. The Avengers are in the process of tracking the arc reactor now."
"Good," Loki muttered.
"But, sir, do we want the Avengers finding us?"
"Yes, Mathers, yes we do."
Loki sneaked a glance at the monitors on the desktop. They showed a man laying in a pool of blood in a heap. "Tony Stark may still be useful to us."
Loki walked out of the room to be greeted by another man. "Sir, they have arrived."
"Good. Let's hope they changed their minds."
...
Loki strode to another room, where a large figure was accompanied by two smaller ones.
"Good, we are all here. Let us begin," a distinctly German accent rang.
"Now, gentlemen, I hope you remember you are in my custody. I lead here," Loki said.
"Fine, puny giant." Another man this time, his accent American, spoke up. "I still don't get why they call you a frost giant if you look like a norman man."
"You would do well to remember that I captured Stark, the one you want to kill so badly, so keep your mouth shut," Loki snarked back.
"That's the only reason I'm here. I want to kill Stark, and be successful again."
"Gentlemen." The larger figure stood up. "The god has a point. We are in his custody, but not much longer if we join forces to bring down the Avengers."
Loki bowed is head. "Thank you, your honor." He turned to the other two men. "Let us go over our deal again? I have... tweaked it to fit all of our needs. I capture the Avengers, and you give me money," he nodded to the American man, who nodded back, "forces," the same to the German man, "and freedom." The large figure sat up a little straighter, then to Loki's relief, nodded.
"Good. Then you all get free range on all of the Avengers and knowledge that the Earth is unprotected from domination."
"Just to be clear here, nobody is going to destroy me or my company, right? I mean, then there would be no point in me being here," the American man said.
The other three men exchanged glances and then said in unison, "Of course."
Our Avengers and SHEILD section:
Bruce raced along the helicarrier to the lab. "Faster, Bruce. Hurry."
"Banner?" Bruce skidded to a halt as he heard his name.
"Natasha? I thought you were with Clint and Thor?"
"No, I was needed here." Seeing his skeptical expression, she shrugged. "Okay, I wasn't. I was looking into our double agent."
"Double agent?" Pepper and Steve had caught up with Bruce. "What double agent?" Pepper asked again.
"I was wondering how, if the quinjet we used to get here picked us up, why was Clint flying it?" Natasha asked.
Bruce's jaw dropped open. "We are so thick."
Steve piped up. "I was wondering the same thing, but I forgot that bit. Just wondering how Loki's followers got into our quinjet."
"They dropped this," Nat held up a syringe. "I ran some tests and found it was the same one they used on Tony, and found traces of sedatives inside."
"They injected him with sedatives?" Pepper grumbled. "I swear, when I get my hands on who ever did that..."
Natasha interrupted her. "But the thing is, these sedatives are only found in SHEILD. I also found a string of wool, ran some more tests, and found they were from SHEILD issued ones."
"SHEILD issues gloves?" Bruce asked.
"Obviously. How do you think we withstand the cold? And like Steve said earlier, they didn't have any fur on them, and neither does SHEILD. Yet they were dressed for cold weather," Natasha said.
"Are you saying SHEID has a double agent?" Steve asked.
"Yes, I am. What were you doing, rushing to the lab like that?"
"I think I found a way to track Tony."
... (in the lab)
"So JARVIS had access to Tony's location the entire time and never told us?" Clint and Thor had returned from their search by that time and had walked in while Bruce was explaining what they had to do. Clint was shocked to hear Natasha's "quinjet picked us up" theory, but was even more dumbfounded to find out that they could have been over with this ages ago had they just called Pepper in earlier.
"To make it clear, Agent Barton, I could not have done such a thing as to tell you where Mr. Stark was, because I am unauthorized to the rest of the helicarrier. Technical difficulties seem to be my major weakness," JARVIS piped up in his own defense.
Pepper smiled. "Technology does seem to have quite a few of those. No offense, I mean you are still the only computer that can talk back with sarcasm."
"Thank you, Miss Potts. Would you like me to track the reactor's location now?"
"Yes!" The team (minus Tony plus Pepper) spoke in unison.
"Agent Romanoff? Agent Barton? What are you doing?"
The Avengers spun around to find Nick Fury, Maria Hill, and Phil Coulson standing in the door to the lab. Natasha stammered, "Well... we... it's... I..." She shook her head and pointed to Coulson. "Aren't you dead?"
Coulson shook his own head. "Don't ask. It's very complicated and I don't think it would make any sense to anybody but Tony. Who, as I have been informed, has been kidnapped by Loki."
"Arc reactor tracing to 86%," JARVIS said.
"What are you up to?" Fury's eyes (well, I say eyes... you know what I mean) narrowed.
"We're tracking the arc reactor in Tony's chest. Now, who is going to explain what is going on? Phil died?"
"It's a long story and we really don't have time. Where is Stark?"
"Tracking 100% complete. Mr. Stark is currently off the west coast of northern Great Britain."
Steve heard the best news of his week. "Come on then, team. We don't have time to loose."
Okay, so sorry again for the long wait, but did you spot the fandom? Sorry it took so long, I would have had this chapter up sooner had it not been for my schedule.