Chapter 16
2013, 1 November
Natasha lies in the vents as she listens to get a headstart on what the mood was like.
Thor was explaining that Loki had been sentenced to prison in Asgard for the rest of his life. A few months after he was put into prison (time difference), a race that Asgard had battled and defeated had come back, called the Dark Elves. The Dark Elves master, Malekith, sent a Kurse, a warrior, under the guise of a gang robber. They had been put into another prison cell. When it was time, the Kurse revealed himself and broke out prisoners alongside him, but left Loki in his cell. The Kurse had gone on to kill the AllMother, Frigga. Thor had come to seek help from his brother after a disagreement with Odin on what to do next. Loki agreed to avenge his mother's death and they escaped to Svartelfheim. They had a master plan to defeat Malekith, and keep Jane Foster who had the Aether in her that Malekith wanted safe.
The plan had worked right until the end, where they tried to destroy the Aether, but did not work. Malekith and the Kurse attacked, and Loki, to save Thor, was stabbed through the chest by a spear, wounded fatally. Loki, using the last of his strength, connectd to the branches of Yggdrasil and Yggdrasil sent him and Thor to Stark Tower while Jane was dropped off to Darcy's where she would be safer with the young lady.
Loki didn't look good, skin gray and flaking, wound mortality at 88%, the bandages were being changed repeatedly, blood soaking and blood everywhere. The spear left on the ground, it had probably broken about ten ribs and he had a dislocated jaw. If the spear had been twisted out violently at a downwards angle his guts would probably be hanging out of him right now.
Natasha decides to go in.
2013, 1 November
Natasha stalks in, a predator looking for prey.
"Lady Natasha, how good to see you despite these unfortunate circumstances! There is no need to worry about my brother, he is recovering right now. He will not attack."
"JARVIS, lockdown mode. I want full 24/7 live camera footage on Loki."
"Thor, buddy, this is a little awkward, but he's a war criminal, if anyone finds out we're housing him here we could be thrown into jail right alongside him," Tony says, as Thor growls.
"My brother will not be facing jury in Midgard, he will return to Asgard, his rightful home. We must let him recover before I can destroy the Aether, or at the least extract it from Lady Jane and hide it!"
"What's happened?" Natasha asks.
Thor goes on to explain what Natasha already overheard, but that was not what Natasha was looking for. In the vents she could only hear the Avengers and see Loki, but now, she was looking out for body language.
Thor was nervous. Anxious, worried, on edge.
Tony was confused, anxious.
Bruce was turning shades of green and back to his own skin colour.
Steve was wary, on guard, debating with himself.
"I guess we'll have to let him stay, but with the proper precautions."
"Pointbreak's got these handcuffs, they stop Loki from using his magic on a large scale. He's handcuffed to the bed now."
"We wait for Loki to wake. I'd like to know if he's going to kill us all, or enslave Clint again. Clint's still away, so we better finish this up before he comes back. Don't know how he's going to react. Being unmade and unravelled and remade and stitched together again so as to not fall apart is hard."
"Clint's going to freak when he sees mister godling here, bleeding out and near death."
"Do not speak of my brother like he's going to die!"
"Well Pointbreak-"
"Enough," Steve says.
"We'll take shifts to look after Loki. Either Tony or Bruce will always be here with either me, Steve or Thor. Tony, get your suit on stand-by. Steve, be careful, you go check on James first. Bruce, don't Hulk out near Loki. Thor, don't be overbearing on Loki, he doesn't appreciate being near many when he's weak or vunerable."
"Good enough for me. Bruce, green, why not you go take a break? Vodka Aunt and I will take the first shift. Capsicle, Pointbreak, you two can go."
'I'll be staying," Thor stubbornly says.
"I'll go, check on Maria and Pepper," Natasha offers and slides out smoothly.
Natasha sighs and heads downstairs to inform Maria and Pepper about the situation. Oh yeah Masha, there's this god who was previously the genocidal godling that wanted to conquer our planet who's injured and Thor brings him here because the godverdammte tree of life itself decided that we could help him best and now we have to house him until he's recovered and awake then we decide what to do, not to mention this is breaking about hundreds of national laws, not to mention international laws. Yeah Mia, we should have stayed in bed today.