3 Interlude Clint
Clint suddenly found himself in front of his house. Loki no longer wore gold armor, but a plain green outfit. Clint feared for his family. Even though Loki never showed any desire to hurt them, fear was still in Clint's stomach. However, this fear was a little different than the one he had with the Shield. The shield was predictable. They would just kill them. Loki was unknown. Would he be as polite as he was in the hideout? Or would he rather kill them like innocents like in New York? This made Clint nervous. This unpredictability. However, Loki's attitude was relaxed and showed no aggression. Maybe Clint could breathe a moment.
"I never thought you would call on me to save you from the Avengers," Loki laughed.
"I did not call you to save me. I did call you to see if you would come," Clint replied, dusting his clothes.
"The ball wouldn't work then," Loki replied.
"What?" Clint was surprised.
"Thor broke balls so often when we left the palace that my mother kept getting false alarms. So she modified the balls so that they only work when the user really wants to get away from something. And when Thor just broke the ball again, ball again was whole. You wanted to get away from the Avengers and the ball accepted it" Loki said.
Clint considered that carefully. He was really fed up with this meeting. And he wanted to be with his family again, and Loki fulfilled his wish. Plus, no one in the Shield would think Loki had kidnapped him to his own house. Evening was already slowly approaching. Clint was tired of all of this. Preferably he would go to bed and cuddle with Laura. All in all, Loki did him a favor. The only question is what he wanted for it.
"Well, I admit you could have solved a problem for me. What do you want for that?" Clint asked.
"As always specific, my Hawk. Maybe I just wanted you to meet your family again out of the goodness of my heart," Loki smirked and placed his hand over his heart.
Clint snorted
"You said that I had heart. You killed others. Not me. Why?" Clint asked.
"The others were an unfortunate stumbling block. But you were special. You were the father. I couldn't take the father from the children" Loki said.
"Tell that to the victims in New York," Clint said. Loki grimaced, but then he had a mischievous smile on his face again.
"New York City was an exaggeration. I can assure you that such violence will never be necessary again," Loki replied.
"Hopefully. Probably yes, because you are a Master of Magic and so on. Let's mortgage you say you won't need mind control to have my services. What would you say to that?" Clint asked.
"I would say it's suspicious that you are going to betray your team so soon," Loki replied.
"What team? A collection of units with the potential to explode. Stark still has trouble with Rogers. Nat trusts no one. Banner wants to disappear immediately. Thor barely understands what is happening. Who am I? I can only shoot a bow," Clint laughed bitterly.
"Are you sure you didn't damage your head? Maybe the influence of the scepter was too strong. Let me see" Loki immediately reached out his hands to Clint.
"I don't need a doctor! I have been examined by thousands of them, and you know what? It's a miracle that they completely misunderstood the control. Because if they knew what it really was, they would rather not let me be an Avenger. Rather put me in some secluded prison," Clint hissed.
"You have been controlled by me, Agent Barton. Your superiors surely realize that you are not guilty of anything I ordered you," Loki was saying.
"Of course they think so. Because they weren't literally in my head. They have some scans and that's it. Only Selvig and me know truth. Because I killed that third agent you controlled yourself. The rest of your men were mere mercenaries. So much was your control. "Literally three," said Clint.
"No matter how many I controlled. Neither you nor Dr. Selvig are responsible for my plans," Loki replied.
"That spell was tricky. Admit it. Mind control, something too. Natasha was really controlled by your ally. Me and Selvig didn't," Clint said.
"You clearly feel unwell. I will tell your wife to take care of you. Then I will personally check your mind," Loki said anxiously.
"Liar. I'm fine. The spell had a good effect. Blue, unnatural eyes. Great excuse. Just me and Selvig did what we wanted. I wanted to shoot Fury down like that. Selvig wanted to work on a tesseract without a Shield over his head. And suddenly you appear. Do you even know how your scepter works? " Clint asked.
"I'm beginning to realize that no. It wasn't mine, just borrowed. If you think you're more informed about the scepter then enlighten me," Loki sighed.
"I don't quite understand your magic. The point is, I know how I felt. You know what the scepter did to me? It gave me freedom. You really seemed to mean it. You may not have realized it, but the scepter has deeply entered your feelings. And you really wanted freedom. No excuse for freedom. You gave it to me. I followed you voluntarily. Because I was finally free from the Shield. Selvig too. We promised ourselves not to tell anyone about it. Selvig even suggested that he would pretend to be mad for a while if something goes wrong, "Clint said.
"Don't lie to me! I wanted to control you," Loki hissed.
"Not really since we were still ourselves. You know how great it is to shoot Fury? I can't do it now because I'm supposed to be a good Agent of the Shield. And what did the Shield give me for it? Fear for my family. And the scepter? really just blue irises and a little courage. It was only with Nat that I hesitated and she woke me up. Honestly, if you hadn't started a pointless killing in New York, I would have supported your claim as king. Because the Shield is ruthless, "Clint replied.
"You really wanted to be my servant?" Loki was surprised.
"Clearly, you don't know how this mind control stick works. Until the portal opened, me and Selvig had a deep respect for you. Selvig is obsessed with the Norse gods, and suddenly you appear. In Asgard armor, confident and attacking quickly. You allow finally him look at the tesseract and really study it. And I? I could have quietly hoped that my family would be better off if you took over power, " Clint said.
Loki walked away from him and seemed to be deep in thought.
"I had a scepter in my hand and I wanted freedom. Freedom. And you wanted to run away from the Shield without consequences?" Loki seemed to be beginning to understand.
"Sure I did. I don't know how the control was supposed to work, but it did," said Clint.
Then Loki laughed.
"I understand. I could control you. But I didn't actually do it because I didn't want to. It was some kind of semi-control. I would have to examine the scepter thoroughly to find out how exactly it happened. How is Dr. Selvig?" Loki asked.
"Healthy in mind and body, but plans to pretend to be mad because of you. The Shield will then leave him alone," replied Clint
Then Laura went out with the children in front of the house. Cooper and Lila ran up to him and hugged him.
"Clint, I was so worried! On TV they talked about some alien attack in New York and you don't answer the phone," Laura threw herself around his neck.
That's when his family noticed Loki. Lila started squealing that Loki looked like a prince, and Cooper seemed to admire Loki's golden bracers.
"I am a Prince, children. I am going to show you something special" suddenly hundreds of butterflies appeared in Loki's hands. In all colors. The children started chasing them. And Laura pulled him aside.
"Who is it, Clint? He has to be special because you trusted him and bring him here," Laura said.
"It's Loki. He, it's complicated. Very complicated," Clint sighed.
"I'm sure I'll get the information myself when I invite him to dinner," Laura walked over to Loki.
Clint tensed, but Loki was the true prince.
"With the greatest pleasure, I accept your invitation," Loki said.
Loki's eyes found Clint.
We will talk again later.
Only us.