He'd said he had an army. It was not true.

The army had him.

To control their not-so-trustworthy ally (he was a god lof lies, after all) the Chitauri had built a connection into Loki's head. The could never bend or control his mind, but they could access it. Harm it. Pollute it. So he could never forget hat he had to do. Never.

Whenever he closed his eyes, they were there.

Reminding him of his mission. Reminding him he was controlled. Keeping him awake, awake until he had finished. Awake until victory was achieved. Because if anything went wrong he would be held completely responsible. And he would be pay. The pain he'd known until then would be a joke.

And Loki was so tired. So very very tired.

The fights had been good distractions and those Avengers had kept him quite entertained. There were even times when he forgot that he was being watched. But as he left with Thor for Asgard he realized that there was no escape now, no more distractions.

And he was so tired.

And when the remaining Chitauris found out about Stark's explosion, it was going to be hell. When they found out that not only had they lost an entire army but an entire city was destroyed as well, they'd go after him. He would be the only one they'd blame. And with no tesseract their only means of retribution would be the connnection to his head. A connnection only them could break, now that he'd been gagged, stripped of his magic.

They would be angry. They would hurt the Asgardian that had brought the destruction in all the ways they could think of.

But Loki did not want to think about that anymore. He'd had enough pain. Enough hatred. And he was so tired. He was tired of keeping his though, fearless, proud self. Tired of fighting, tired of pretending all those attacks hadn't hurt. Yes, he would go back to fighting and hating and to magic... But he needed a little a break. A moment of calm, a moment to forget the world, forget himself, forget Asgard, the Chitauri, the many punishments coming his way, the Avengers, the hate... A moment to rest again. A moment to sleep.

Apparently, he was asking for too much.

When the Chitauri realized their loss they started their vengeance.

Loki's scream, even through the gag, was heard in five of the nine realms.

And it was only beginning.

A/N: Very shortish thing based on a prompt in which the Chitauri were giving Loki insmonia during the movie. Wrote this shortish thing on the subway, hope you enjoyed it. Reviews are love ^^ Could be continued (with more Avengers) or left here as a oneshot.

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