Hopeless
As you sleep the avengers discuss their plans across the compound. Tony and Thor lead the meeting as the others sit around the table. Tony begins. “Tell them what you told me Thor”
“As you know Loki is capable of playing with the minds of those around him” Thor begins explaining but before he can continue Bucky quickly interjects
“and you think that's what he has done to Y/N”
“That's the working theory” Tony continues “We don't know how he has done it and we don’t know what we can do to undo it”
“Well we have to try something” Peters voice almost breaks as he speaks up. Tony turns to him and begins to explain their plan.
“Right now I think the best thing we can do for Y/N is to make sure that she is surrounded by her friends, we have to remind her that we are not the bad guys Loki has told her we are. The sooner we start the better anyone up to it should follow me into her room now” Tony is followed by everyone.
You’re jolted awake as you hear the avengers enter the room. They’re all here. You fight against the restraints in an attempt to free yourself from your captors. “Let me go!” you yell as they approach you. Tony places a hand on your restrained arm as you try to flinch away.
“Y/N we are your friends we are here to help” His voice fills you with fear, you try desperately to pull you arm from his grasp but it’s no use.
“You aren’t my friends, you have kidnaped me and now you're holding me hostage” you voice is cold and your words cause the avengers to exchange worried glances among themselves. Peter walks up to you from the opposite side from Tony, with tears in his eyes he begins to speak.
“What did he do to you, please Y/N”
“Get away from me I Hate you” you snap back as Peter retreats away from you. You long for Loki to rescue you, to save you from the Avengers.
“Y/N That's enough, you have to snap out of this now we don’t know what Loki did to you or told you but he lied” Tony’s voice rings in your ears as a voice you recognise as your own comes out of your mouth.
“You’re the liar, you told me I belonged here but you took me from my real family and forced me to do your dirty work, You tricked all of us into following you but the truth is you are a bad person exploiting us for your own selfish gain” Suddenly you are filled with adrenaline and you manage to tear through the restraints, you lunge towards Tony who is still taken back by you words. Before you can even reach him to attack he swings his fist towards you face hitting you on the jaw before slamming his hand into your throat throwing you back down onto the bed.
“Shut up, Shut up!” He breathes heavily as everyone in the room processes the events that transpired. Your face throbs with pain as Tony’s hand tightly coiled around your neck prevents you from breathing. The other avengers remain frozen as you struggle to breathe. Tony’s eyes remain locked onto yours projecting nothing but aggression and anger. Peter runs up and tries to push him off you but Tony won’t budge.
“Mr stark, let go of her” something in Peters tone seems to break through to him and he finally releases you as you instinctively draw in a huge breath. “Someone tie her back down, stronger this time”. Tony walks out of the room followed by everyone except Peter and Bucky. Bucky moves quickly to fix your restraints as Peter sits on a chair next to the bed. “I’m sorry, I don't know what Loki did to you but I promise we are going to fix it”. You try to speak but your throat is still recovering from Tony’s grasp. Peter tries to stroke your face with his hand but you flinch out of his way shooting him a mean glare.
“Come on Peter, Let’s go” Bucky’s voice seems to break Peter from his trance and he slowly walks out of the room. After he leaves Bucky comes back in and sits in the chair next to your bed silently. He sits there for a while before he speaks. “Y/N you are strong, I know you can fight this, and I know that deep down you know that Loki has fed you nothing but lies. His powers may be difficult to overcome but you are stronger than his lies and we are all here for you and we are going to get you through this” He doesn't wait for your response, instead he leaves the room allowing you to consider his words alone.
You knew in your heart that Bucky was wrong, he was just trying to manipulate you. The only thing you knew ‘deep down’ was that Loki was the only one you could trust, you have to find a way back to him. whatever it takes. You find yourself in tears at the day’s events your jaw still aching and your throat fighting for every strangled gasp. You close your eyes hoping to drift quickly to sleep but you find that sleep seeks to elude you tonight leaving you bound and desperately alone in a place that you used to call your home but now could only bring up bad emotions that you couldn't even explain. After what seems like hours of quiet sobbing you manage to fall asleep.
As you drift into a dream you look around for Loki anticipating his arrival, you head darts from side to side increasingly frantically as you quickly spin around trying to find him. You start screaming for him but there is no response the only sound you hear is the echoing of your calls from the ever expanding black landscape before you. Where is he. Your shouts grow more desperate and you burst into tears. Suddenly something grasps your shoulder and you quickly turn hoping to see Loki but instead you see nothing. You continue shouting for Loki and you feel something grab your shoulder again this time it feels like it is pulling you out of your dream begging you to follow it. You call again for Loki and this time the force on your shoulder pulls you from your dream back into reality.
You look to your side and see Peter. “good you're awake” He notes the puzzled expression on your face before explaining that you were calling out for Loki while you slept.
“Get away from me” He takes a step back and turns to look at the door. “Go, Get out” He scrunches up his eyes as if he is building up the courage to say something but he decides against it and walks out leaving you alone once again. Before too long you manage to find your way back asleep.
This time Loki is waiting right there for you when you open your eyes. He pulls you into a hug and which says everything you need to hear. It tells you that everything is going to be all right. You say nothing at all.