Loki's return

Chapter 2-Strange predicament

After bringing Loki to the flying Helicarrior in the sky Steve and Tony stood and waited in the prison area while Fury made his way over. As Steve and Tony stared through the glass box (the Hulk cage) at Loki's sleeping form, they noticed several things. For one, Loki looked really peaceful, a lot more than when they first met him. Second, he had helped people (real humans)while risking his own life in the process. And third, he was unconscious and hence tired. Though he had been very helpful in the battle against Doom, it was also obvious that he was not to be trusted. He was, after all the Norse God of Mischief and lies.

"Why do you think he did it, Tony?"

"Did what?"

"You know! Playing the whole hero thing! Why would he do it?"

"Well... to be honest..."

"Yes?..."

"I have no idea!"

"What!? You're a genius for crying out loud! And a bad-turned-good superhero! You should know"

"Well, I don't. But I am curious though."

"Yeah well aren't we all. When's Fury getting here?"

As if right on que, Fury stepped in followed by Thor and Bruce. Non of them looked to happy and Thor looked especially upset.

"You found my Brother! What chaos has he caused now?" Thor looked like an almost deflated puppy that had just been kicked or something.

"Oh, he only just Saved a few hundred people or so!" Tony seemed pretty happy about this. Maybe it was because he wanted to cheer Thor up. Whatever the reason, it worked.

"What!? Do you speak the truth, Man of Iron?"

"Oh yeah, I got it all on camera if you want to see"

"Ahem, Stark, Rogers. If you don't mind, I would like to see this tape" Fury, who had seemed to have been extremely quiet, now spoke a couple of words to show the surprise his face would never betray.

As Tony handed over the tape to Fury and started to talk to Bruce, Thor stepped over to the window showing where Loki lay. Steve went over.

"You ok?"

"Yes, I think I am. Was he like this when you found him? When he was fighting?"

"Yes. He was"

"Hmmmmmm..." Thor looked to be contemplating something and Steve just remained silent during the time. After a couple of minutes, Thor's face broke into a huge grin.

"He may have finally understood."

"Understood what? Thor ,what are you talking about here? Wait do you know about this?"

But Thor just kept smiling and staring at his brother. He looked really happy. Did this mean Loki was trying to help them? Steve wasn't to sure though, if that was the case. Thor had been wrong in the past.

"Alright! All of you, I want you in the meeting room. I want to discuss this further and Stark, bring the tape with you. We'l have a look right now"

"Alright sir!" All replied in unison.

Loki could feel their presence behind the glass barrier, despite his eyes being closed. It was odd being watched while you were sleeping, or so one would think. Loki had gained his magic a while ago and could have left anytime, but he suspected another attack from Doom soon-probably because he wanted revenge. It was simple really. The Avengers (including Loki according to Doom) stopped his plans for mass destruction and he wanted to in turn create chaos for them. That was fine really. They could all handle it, Loki knew. However the fact that they were in the flying fortress in midair some thousand kilometres above sea level did worry him. Though the chances of Doom attacking here were also quite slim, there would be about three hundred completely innocent and defenceless people at risk. He couldn't let that happen. At all. Just like with Coulson. Loki would never be able to forgive himself for that and would always be held responsible and quite frankly he hated it (though he would never say it out loud).

As Loki opened his eyes, blinked several times and stood up, he realised he was in that Hulk cage again.

"Oh, this will never do. I need to get out"

He created a copy of himself that stood outside the cage and began pressing some buttons. As the door slid open, the real Loki stepped out and took a deep breath. He had work to do.

"I don't believe it"

While Steve, Tony and Fury had stepped out to discuss things, Bruce and Thor continued to stare at the screen for the second time and Bruce tried to convince himself that what he was seeing was actually true. Loki stepping in front of hundreds of people. Creating a force that counteracted the electric attack of Doom. The passing out next to Steve. It was something one couldn't get used to.

"My brother was trying to help"

"Look Thor, I know Loki is your brother but we may have to think this through. What if it's a trick? What if we are just handing ourselves over to him on a silver plate?" Bruce tried to reason but to no avail.

"But I know my brother. He used to be like that. Back when we were young, he would think he would need to protect those around him. Before he found out..."

"Thor, what exactly did your brother find out? What changed him? Thor?"

"Banner...He-"

The alarm that went off with a startling sound. Both Avengers jumped up and headed for the door up to the main area where all the Shield agents worked. What they found waiting for them there, however, was not shield agents. Doom had knocked out Steve and Tony and was now proceeding to where Fury stood.

"Dammit! Most agents down, I need back up! Does anyone copy?" He shouted while dodging a missile. Actually that was one thing. Where were all the shield agents? They hadn't been...

"Doom, what have you done with all the agents?" Apparently Thor was thinking the same thing.

"Until I see Loki! Until I see to his demise, your not having anyone back! And nothing is going to stop me!" Doom smirked and shouted over the roar of the machines.

"One of the rotors is down, Thor see if you can sort it out!" Banner called out desperately as he charged to one of the computers to see the extent of the damage. Apparently, it was two rotors that were down. They were falling. Into the sea.

"Thor Go!"

"I shall. For MIDGARD!" Thor shouted as he whirled Mjolnir above his head and flew to the engines outside the helicarrior.

Just as Bruce was about to Hulk out rather unwillingly and take Doom out (along with the rest of the ship) , he felt a sharp pain in the back of his head and fell to the floor. A dark, familiar figure loomed over him while brandishing a spear and smiled.

"Green Hulk, if its me Doom wants, why should you suffer?"

Okay so looking at the quick amount of follows and favourites, I have decided to carry on with this and make it a proper story. And I will update pretty frequently so I hope that makes you all happy:)

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