In which Peter breaks the silence
Loki couldn’t help but smile a little as Stark was thrown into the room spitting and cursing. The door slammed shut and Stark leapt to his feet angrily.
“Hey ASSHOLE! You want to come in here and fight me when I’m not tied to chair? You think you’re so tough cause you can hit a guy tied to a chair!!!” Stark spat a mouthful of blood and saliva at the door, and then slammed his hands into it, “COME ON!!!”
Loki chuckled.
“It’s almost like you enjoy being beat up,” Loki mused.
“Fuck you,” Stark snarled back and slunk off to the corner of the room opposite to Loki. Loki snorted. Stark coughed and made a horrible groaning sound. Loki glanced at him, but refused to be concerned.
“What did they want?” Loki asked after a few minutes.
“Nothing you need to worry about,” Stark growled under his breath.
“You know what Stark!” Loki was tired of being verbally assaulted by the man, “You are not the only stuck in this stupid room! I want to get out too. The best way to do that is to work together.”
Stark laughed cold and sardonically, and spat out a mouthful of blood. It was in that moment that Loki realized that Stark was so hard headed he would probably rather die than work together.
The door to the room screeched open. Stark visibly flinched. Instead of guards coming in and dragging the man away for a fourth time, they flung another person into the room.
“Hey that was rude!” Peter shouted as the door was slammed shut behind him. He looked around the small room that he had just been tossed into. His eyes fell first on Loki who was sitting lazily leaning against the wall.
“Kid?” Peter turned around and his eyes fell on Mr. Stark.
“Mr. Stark!” Peter exclaimed, and crawled over to him.
“Careful he bites,” Loki laughed from his corner. Peter glanced at Loki who looked smug.
"Mr. Stark are you okay?" Peter ask scanning over his mentor
"Yeah kid," Tony smiled weakly.
"He's bleeding and the assholes who kid napped us keep dragging him away and doing who knows what," Loki laughed from the other side of the room. Tony glared daggers at him.
"Is that true?!" Peter was shook. Nobody would get away with hurting his dad!
"No, I'm fine kid."
Loki laughed. It scared Peter how real and authentic it was.
"Your old man's gift of bullshit is almost as good as my dad's was," Loki spat shaking his head.
"Hey! Asshole, Shut up!" Mr. Stark shouted across the room.
"What you don't want to scare your kid?" Loki jeered.
"It's none of your business!"
"Mr. Stark? Was he telling the truth?" Peter ran his eyes over his mentor, and saw that was telling the truth. There was red soaking through Tony's white button down.
"Aw, how cute!" Loki cooed.
"I swear if you talk again!" Mr. Stark jumped to his feet and stepped toward Loki. The god rose to his feet facing the billionaire's threat.
"What? What are you going to do to me?" Loki challenged. Tony growled and began moving toward Loki, Peter hopped up and held Tony back. The man let out a gasp of pain as Peter's arm touched him and staggered back. Peter recoiled quickly.
"Oops," Loki laughed, "Looks like you hurt your old pop."
To Loki's surprise Stark didn't respond to that, he slumped to the ground rasping. Unwanted concern trickled into Loki's mind.
"Is he okay?" Loki hadn't meant to voice his unwanted concern, but it had slipped out.
"What do you think?" Stark hissed. Loki smiled. That was a good sign.
"Whatever. I am going to sleep. Good luck losers," Loki managed to shake his concern, and curl up.
"psst! Mr. Loki!" Loki was woken by Peter shaking him. He sat up abruptly, startled, "Shhh! I just got Mr. Stark to fall asleep"
Loki blinked his eyes a few times, and looked around the very dark room.
"What?" Loki was very annoyed with having been woken.
"We need to escape this place."
"No! Really?!"
"Drop the attitude. We won't be able to get anything done if you and Mr. Stark keep butting heads."
The kid had a point.
"So what do you want me to do?"
"Help me with a plan," The kid whispered.
Loki already had a plan.