Chapter 18
Jane Foster sat on the couch with her assistant, Darcy Lewis, eating a late dinner at her warehouse in New Mexico. It had been a long day and Darcy had talked her into taking a break for the night and binge watch movies instead. It was just the two of them, so they fully intended to make it a girls night.
"We should totally watch a horror movie." Darcy suggested, with a mouth full of food.
"I don't know, I'm not much into horror movies." Jane winced. "Too gory."
Darcy huffed. "You aren't into anything that isn't science or an Asgardian Prince. Don't be a pussy."
Jane shrugged. "Not a lie, and I'm not a...pussy."
"Are too. I still say we go horror movie, I'm in the mood to be scared."
"I can help with that." said a female voice from the opposite side of the room.
Darcy and Jane stood up in a panic watching the intruder creep towards them in the dark like a panther, gliding across the room with ease, hearing the sounds of metal scraping. Jane quickly picked up her remote, switching on the lights. The young girl standing in front of them look half crazed-her bright blue eyes flickering back and forth- and she appeared to be malicious, grinning wickedly at them. Her long blonde hair hung over her face and she began laughing, amused by the terror Jane and Darcy knew they were giving off. She held a dagger in her hand and had scraped the side of the table Jane usually sat at, during her trip into the room.
"Who are you?" Jane's lip trembled, taking Darcy's hand. "What do you want?"
"You may have heard of me." She sat in a chair across from them, stabbing the table beside her. Jane and Darcy jumped. "I'm Lily, and I have a little problem." She frowned, puckering her lip, then laughed madly. "Your faces are hilarious. Are you two about to piss yourselves yet?"
"Look lady." Darcy began, hoping to talk some sense into this woman. "I don't know who you are and Jane doesn't either. We're just two girls doing sciencey stuff, okay?"
The woman only glared at them. Then blinked, laughing maniacally as she shook her head.
"Wow, Thor really didn't warn you? He's such a shitty boyfriend, let me tell you."
"How do you know Thor?" Jane asked.
"That's why I'm here. You see, he took something that belongs to me, and I very much intend to get it back." she smiled. "And you're my leverage, Jane Foster."
Jane froze. Who the hell was this girl?
"And, what am I to you?" Darcy wondered out loud.
"You honey, are in the wrong place at the wrong time."
"What does he have?" Jane needed to keep her talking; they stayed alive if they were talking.
"Loki." The woman glared at them, clenching her fists. "I want him back, and I will do whatever it takes to achieve so."
"I-I don't get it?"
The woman rolled her eyes, snarling. "You really are a dumb bitch, you know that? Loki is my lover, my other half; the apple of my eye, you see." she rambled, Jane wondered if she was all the way there. "And I'm slightly losing my fucking mind!" She stood, pulling her dagger out of the hardwood table.
"Now." she began, composing herself. "I've wasted enough time talking. Which one of you would like to be tied up first?" she asked.
Neither of them answered. Was she serious?
"No one wants to volunteer? Such a shame." She frowned.
"I have a Taser!" Darcy threatened, even though the damn thing was on the other side of the room.
"Your puny Taser will not save you, not this time."
The girl lunged, grabbing Jane by the throat and throwing her down. She smiled before going for Darcy, literally throwing her across the room. Once Darcy was slightly coherent she wondered how in the hell someone so small could be so damn strong. She wasn't superhuman strong, but she was still pretty damn strong. Although, Darcy was a lot closer to her Taser now.
Jane tried to run after she managed to get up, but the woman grabbed the back of her hair, yanking her backwards. "You, are not going anywhere." she growled against her ear.
Darcy ran full force towards the woman who had her back turned, Taser in hand, but as soon as she got close enough to strike the woman turned and kicked Darcy hard in the stomach, dropping her to her knees along with the Taser. The woman kicked it away from her, far out of reach.
"I've already told you, your Taser wouldn't be saving you. Not today."
"I don't believe it." Tony was in denial, he couldn't hear this. "He brainwashed her!"
Thor sighed. "I don't believe so. Tony, I'm sorry, but Lily went with Loki on her own accord."
"NO!" Tony stormed past Thor, heading straight for Loki. He was in his special cuffs again, but they hadn't muzzled him just yet. "You!" Tony punched Loki hard in the face. The God only laughed. "What did you do to her!" Tony shouted. "She was such a nice girl, a good girl. How did you brainwash her?"
"I did nothing of the sort, I only unleashed who she truly was. Who she was meant to be." Loki grinned. "She's everything you hate, and you can't stand it, can you?"
Tony punched Loki again, and again, and again, until Thor forced him to stop.
Loki glared at him, spitting out blood. "Such a tough guy when I'm all tied up." he mocked. "You just wait until I get out of these cuffs."
"Not happening."
Thor had had enough of this conversation. "Where is the girl! Where did she go?"
"Your guess is as good as mine by this point." he smirked.
"No worries, I don't believe it will be long before she comes for you." Thor smiled. "She won't leave you. You are now the bait."
At least, he hoped...
"My Queen is a lot smarter than that, Thor." Loki laughed. "She won't come here alone. That would be foolish and even she knows it."
The phone rang, but Tony and Thor ignored it.
"I'll get it." Steve offered, noticing no one else was going to even bother.
"Oh, she'll come." Thor told him. "I know she will."
"Are you sure about that, Thor?" Tony whispered. "Are you sure she's really as far gone as you think?"
"Um, guys..." Steve interrupted, with a shocked look on his face. "I think you may want to take this." Steve got back on the phone briefly, before setting it down, activating the speakerphone. "They can all hear you now."
"Is everyone in the room?"
"Lily!" Tony gasped, swallowing hard. It was so good to hear her voice.
"I want to speak with Thor." she demanded, as if Tony wasn't even there.
"I'm here."
"Good, is Loki there. Is he alive?"
"Yes, he lives."
"Prove it."
Thor looked at Loki, nudging him to speak. "My Queen." he smiled. "Oh, how I miss you."
"I miss you too, baby. Don't worry, Thor will let you out soon enough." she told him confidently.
"And why in the nine realms would I do that?" Thor challenged, crossing his arms even though she couldn't see him.
"Well, you have something that belongs to me and now I have something that belongs to you." she stated cheerfully.
They could hear the phone rattling and faint whispers in the background.
"Say something, so he knows you're here."
"THOR!" Jane yelled, and Thor's face dropped. "Thor, please, listen to her. She isn't bluffing. The bitch is fucking psycho!"
SMACK.
"Who the hell are you to call me psycho!" They heard Lily roar, the phone muffling for a moment. "Don't expect her to speak again. I am so over listening to her mouth."
Thor was absolutely mortified, as well as Tony and the rest of the Avengers. Thor looked at Loki who was glaring evilly at him, smirking. He then laughed a dark, bone chilling laugh.
"Well, isn't this hilarious." Loki spat, full of amusement. "My Queen is even more glorious than I had ever imagined."
"Thank you baby." Lily sounded as if she was smiling. "Now, I assume Thor is in a state of shock right now, so I'm going to get straight to the point.
You have one hour to get Loki here, alone, or I start capping some bitches. OH! I have Darcy Lewis too.
Tick Tock."
Click.