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18 : TIME FOR GIVING UP*
Week and a half had passed since they rescued Steve. Steve was still under Loki's spell. Thor and Darcy were the only two who wanted to visit Loki at his double-walled cell. Thor was to check up on his brother and Darcy was there to give the god some bickering contests which annoyed the god a great deal.
"Hey dude!"
"What do you want mortal?" Loki was obviously annoyed and didn't even look at her.
"I brought you breakfast " She stated and placed the tray at floor in front of the second-wall door.
"Midgardian pathetic food" Loki muttered
"Whatever you say, Loki. Nobody wants to come down here and give you food except me and Thor so just eat it okay?"
She turned away and headed to the elevator.
Even everyone knew that Steve was going to hurt Natasha again if they let him out of the cell, but she wanted to try it one last time before she gave up. Thor followed by Clint, Bruce and Tony, to see Steve's reaction.
He was perfectly normal until he saw Natasha in the living room. The Captain charged in and the spy quickly dodged his fist, but Steve grabbed her waist before he threw another punch and it landed on the wall, making a deep hole in the process.
Thor was the quickest one to react and swung his hammer at the Captain to knock him unconscious.
Natasha insisted on trying again tomorrow. Much of everyones' protest, they couldn't stop Natasha's attempt to save Steve. The spy was totally stressed out, so she headed to the swimming pool to release some stress.
It was her twentieth laps when someone grabbed her shoulders in a strong grip. She was startled by the force that was put upon her. It was Steve, but not her Steve. This was a monster under the spell of Loki.
He growled angrily before he pushed her head down in the water, attempting to drown her. Natasha struggled to return to the surface but she couldn't fight with Steve.
But then she was suddenly released. Clint pulled her out of the water. Natasha splashed from the water while Bruce checked up on her. Thor took Steve down by his hammer once again.
"How the hell did he get in here?" Tony asked "I thought I told you to lock his floor down, JARVIS"
"I'm sorry, sir. But Captain Rogers has been trained by the SHEILD black ops team in infiltration. He must have managed to circumvent the security system"
Thor took Steve back to his bedroom and Tony ordered JARVIS to lock down his room. No one in, no one out until he was released from the spell.
Natasha had enough and it was her time to overcome her fear and face with Loki, once and for all.
"What did you do to him?"
"You do really like to sneak up on me, Agent Romanoff. It's amazes me that you took this long to come to me…do you fear me?"
"I'm not afraid of you, Loki"
"I don't think so"
"Release him now, Loki"
"I cannot. I rather enjoy it, you meowing quim." He retorted "I love how I can smell genuine fear from you."
Natasha tried to retain her cold façade, but Loki knew he had shattered the wall inside of her since they first met.
"You should be flattered by yourself, spy. Normally, I can control a human's mind within 2 seconds but it took a week and a lot of pain to break your Captain. He must really love you"
"Answer my question, Loki" Natasha got back to her point "What did you do to him?"
"Just like Barton, I simply just expanded his mind for him to see the truth behind the mask of the spy he is madly in love with" The mischief god replied "I saw that an angel and a demon were together. An angel cannot follow the trick and gambit of the demon, Romanoff so I turned an angel into your kind to make it an equal fight"
"He is a good man, Loki. He is pure and he is perfection, nothing you do will change him"
"We all have a demon within ourselves, it doesn't matter how much you deny it. Your Captain is not an exception. Do you think that you are worthy of his love, killer? Ask yourself how much he could stand your disgusting past."
Fear filled the spy's eyes for a second, followed by doubt. She was always wondering the same thing Loki had asked her.
"I did warn him that the more he loves you, then more powerful my spell would be" The god said and turned his back on Natasha
"Please release him, Loki"
That caught the god by surprise. He never thought that she wouldl beg him. That she was willing to give up her own dignity to save the love of her life. The god just smiled and turned his back on her.
He was enjoying this victory.
"Kneel and beg me and then I shall consider your request"
"You really love to have people kneel, you know that, right?" The spy taunted
"It's the only way to save his life, Romanoff. I will release him if you do as I say. I will let him live and love you the way you know but you will never deserve him"
"I will try, Loki. People can try"
"You think you are good enough for him, huh? You were born to take life, while he was to save it. Hell and demons forged your soul. You are a sinner who belongs to the deepest abyss, Evil of the night, Mercenary of death! Your hands were gushing red, Romanoff and you dare think you belong with a saint!"
Natasha was shocked; she took a step back from the cell. His piercing green eyes looking at her and a smile of victory curved on his lips.
"I only helped him see the truth, Romanoff. I did him no harm but saved him from your lies. He may have seen you as an angel but you should have known better"
Natasha turned away and walked to the elevator. Loki managed to leave some mental damage again. He used the truth against her. The fact that she knows it was true.
Thor walked right in, just in time to see Natasha walking out of the room and he saw the look on Loki's face. Suddenly, he realized something. The god waited until the elevator door closed.
"Brother, dost thou harbor feelings for Lady Natasha?"
"Nonsense, brother" Loki replied with a chuckle. "Love is fo— I'm not capable of such wasting feelings"
But Thor saw it all. He knew that he suspicious were true.
"That is why you came back here" The Thunderer said "You came back for Lady Natasha but then you found out her romantic kinship with Lord Steven. You are trying to tear them apart"
"Like I just said dearest brother, you are speaking nonsense."
"I hast known you for a long time brother. I know your scheme when it came to courting someone you hold feelinga for. You never treat them well but instead challenge them, play with them and use your mind tricks but this time it shall not work brother"
"What can you do about it?"
Thor stepped away from the door and Bruce emerged from behind.
"Lord Banner could you please teach Loki that lesson again?"
"HULK SMASHHHHH PUNY GODDD!"
Damn you, the mischief god. Natasha muttered in her mind as she walked into her room.
She sat down on the floor, curling herself, trying really hard not to cry.
"Natasha, can I come in?" Bruce's gentle voice came from the door.
"Yeah" She replied and heard the door open.
The doctor walked into the room and found the spy. He could tell how she was feeling just from her body language. Bruce sat down beside her.
"You don't seriously believe what Loki just told you, do you?"
"I really wanted to not think about it, but I already did"
"Natasha, you know he was lying. That's what he did and he was trying to destroy you"
"And he succeeded this time. I'm broken—"She sobbed, her forehead pressed against her arms "I'm broken into million pieces, Bruce. He's telling the truth. I'm not good enough for Steve."
"Don't ever say that, Tasha. Steve really loves you, so that means he saw something in you and he's willing to ignore your past. He's not the type of person to judge people from their past"
Natasha still sobbed quietly so Bruce continued,
"Steve understands you more than you know, Natasha. He saw you as who you really are when you're with him"
"I really don't know, Bruce" She shook her head "I really don't know what to do anymore"
"Natasha, I think the fact that he loves you and you love him is more than enough"
The spy hugged Bruce as the doctor rubbed her back soothingly.
Steve felt like his head was about to explode. It's really hurt. He didn't want to open his eyes; his eyelids were too heavy anyway. But then he heard someone talking, more of a bickering, must be Tony and Clint, he thought.
"He's waking up" A booming voice sounded.
The Captain slowly—very slowly opened his eyes and he saw his friends gathered around his bed. But everyone looked so tense and stared at him like his was about to attack them.
"Hey, guys" Steve weakley said
"Lord Steven, are you feeling better?" Thor asked.
"I feel like I've been hit by a hammer"
"My apologies, Captain. I did it to stop you"
"Stop me from what?" Steve looked at his friends, confused "Guys, tell me what's going on?" He looked around one more time but he didn't see one person "Where's Natasha?"
When her name left his mouth, Clint drew his arrows, preparing to shoot him with it. Steve held his hands up in surrender.
"Guys, did I do something wrong?" Steve asked, still confused.
"You've been under Loki's spell for almost two weeks, Captain" Bruce spoke up "And the spell changed your behavior into a violent and irrational person"
Steve stopped and thought back about everything. He could only remember when he was captured and tortured by Loki.
"I'm sorry, guys" Steve finally said "I really can't remember a thing"
"Come on, Tony. He's fine" Pepper said from behind the men. "I think he's ready to see her"
The women walked to the side of his bed, but they formed some kind of human wall to protect someone at the back.
"Nat?" He called out and the redhead spy emerged from behind.
She reluctantly stepped forward, like she wasn't sure about being near him. Steve suddenly realized why everyone was acting really weird. He didn't hurt anyone but Natasha.
He reached his hand out for her, eyes pleading, showing how much he wanted her. Natasha stepped forward and took his hand. He pulled her into his arms, hugged her tightly before kissing her forehead.
"I missed you" He murmured.
"I missed you too, Steve"
Everyone was relieved to see the reconciliation. They started to walk out of the room to give the couple some privacy.
Steve held her closed, his hand gently traced down her cheek, noticing the look on her face. He knew he must have done something really bad to her.
"I don't know what I've done to make you cry but I'm really sorry"
"I know that wasn't you, Steve"
"Nat, I'm so sorry"
"Steve…"
"What have I done to make you cry this much?"
"Believe me, you don't want to know"
"I promise you that I will never ever hurt you or make you cry again, Nat"
"I know and I believe you"
"That easily?"
"You are the only person I trust, I know that you mean every word you say"
Steve looked into her eyes before he kissed her, kissed her like it's the only thing that could save him from the terrible memory.
"I love you so much" He murmured against her lips
"I know" She replied with a smile "Thor will bring Loki back to Asgard tomorrow; you can have your chance to beat the crap out of him"
"I will leave that to you. My arm still hurts"
She giggled before laying down next to her man and cuddling up. The two spent that night together after a long separation.
Finally, they were back in each other arms.
The Avengers gathered at the helipad, waiting for Thor to escort Loki back to Asgard. Steve was standing with Natasha in his arms, both looked incredibly happy. Natasha clung to his side and never let him go.
Loki, handcuffed, followed Thor up to the helipad. His eyes looking around at the Avengers until he found Natasha. He stopped in front of her.
"Can I have a moment with you?" Loki asked
Steve stepped in between the god and his girlfriend "Over my dead body" Steve growled.
"I would more than gladly to kill you, Rogers"
"It's okay, Steve" Natasha rubbed her boyfriend's arms "He cannot hurt me anyway"
Steve stepped away to give them some privacy. Everyone was looking at Natasha and Loki, prepared to intervene if something happened.
"Whatever you want to say, say it nicely or I will rip your tongue out" She warned.
"He really does love you, Romanoff" Loki said which took Natasha off guard. "I hope he will fulfill your every need"
"Thank you, Loki" She replied "I guess…"
"But I must warn you, if you let him go again or betray him in some way, you will lose him forever"
And with that, the god simply walked away and let the spy process everything Loki just said to her. Steve walked up to her and placed his hands gently on both sides of her shoulders.
"Reindeer Game, can I ask you something?" Tony asked
"Don't waste my time with your stupid question, Stark"
"Can you turn into the frost giant? I really want to see you in your true form"
"What if I don't?"
"Well, I will let Banner smash you into pieces because he absolutely wants to see you turn into a frost giant"
Loki was visibly terrified by the threat and unwillingly changed into Frost Giant for everyone to see. Nobody laughed because they were still shocked to see this.
"Are frost giant and smurfs related?" Steve whispered to his girlfriend
"Did Clint and Darcy make you watch The Smurfs again?" She asked back, smiling.
Thor led Loki to the center of the helipad and looked up to the sky.
"Heimdall, when you are ready"
The circle of blue light appeared around the two gods before they disappeared.
The Avengers smiled at each other as they were happy that another storm had passed. The couple was more than happy.
Unknown to them, Loki had done a permanent mental damage to both of them and it will creep it's way to the surface. The only matter was when and how.
They had a really amazing dinner that night. After the meal, Tony demanded everyone to stay in the living room because he had a lot of questions to ask and they were mainly about Steve and Natasha.
"So, you guys are dating now, right?"
The couple, holding each other's hands, exchanged a small smile before answering "Yes, we are"
Everyone else pretended to be shocked by news and Tony knew it.
"You guys suck at lying" The billionaire said "Why am I the last one to know about this?"
"Stark, you can't keep anything a secret" Natasha retorted
"Whatever, you guys look cute together"
The others congratulated them and blessed the couple. Finally after keeping their relationship a secret, they were ready to let everyone know.
A/N: THE END !
- No, I'm kidding. It's still a very long way to go. I really mean it. It's a very very very very very veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyy long wayyyyyyyyy!
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