Loki was in his cell, calmly walking around, waiting for his plan to take form. He had no idea when it would happen since there was no devices in this room to tell him the time, nor was there any open windows for him to be able to look outside and take an educated guess from looking at the sky, but it would hopefully happen soon. Loki knew his plan would work, and if it did not then he was comforted by the many back up plans he had in place. Loki was deep in thought, his pacing was constant, but suddenly he stopped and a smirk appeared on his face.
"You know, there is not many people that can sneak up on me." He said as he turned around to see Agent Romanoff, the Black Widow, standing outside of his cell and staring at him with her arms crossed.
"But you'd figure I'd come." Natasha said in a knowing voice.
"After," Loki replied. "after whatever tortures Fury can come up with and whatever tortures the wizard would put me through. After they tortured me then you would have come, maybe even stopped the wizard from torturing me. You would then appear as my friend, as a balm, and then I would cooperate."
"I want to know what you've done with Agent Barton."
"I'd say I've expanded his mind." Loki said with a small shrug.
"And once you've won," Natasha said as she took a few steps forward. "one you're king of the mountain, what happens to his mind? What are you going to do to him?"
"Is this love Agent Romanoff?" Loki raised an eyebrow.
"Love is for children, I owe him a debt." Natasha replied, internally rolling her eyes, it was not the first time someone thought that she and Barton were a couple.
"Tell me." Loki said as he sat down on the bed in the cell. Natasha thought for a moment before pulling out a chair and sitting down on it.
"Before I worked for Shield, I...I...well, I made a name for myself. I have a very specific skillset, and I did not care who it was used for, or on. I got on Shield's radar in a bad way, they couldn't let me keep going the way I did, they sent Agent Barton to kill me. He could have, he should have, but he made a different call."
"And what would you do if I vow to spare him?" Loki asked in an interested voice.
"Not let you out." Natasha said without missing a beat.
"No, but I like this!" Loki grinned. "Your world is in the balance but you are bargaining for one man?" He asked in an amused voice.
"Regimes fall everyday," Natasha said in a dismissive voice. "I tend not to weep over that, I'm Russian, or at least I was."
"It's really not that complicated," Natasha replied as she stood up and crossed her arms. "I've got red in my ledger, and I would like to wipe it out."
"Can you?" Loki asked. "Can you wipe out THAT much red? Dreykov's daughter, Sao paulo, the hospital fire?" Loki said, while Natasha was trying to keep her face blank. "Barton's told me everything," Loki said as he stood up and walked towards the side of the cell where she was standing. "your ledger is dripping. It's gushing red! And you think that saving a man no more virtuous than yourself would change anything? This is the basest sentimentality, this is a child at prayer. Pathetic!" Loki hissed. "You lie and kill in the service of liars and killers, you pretend to be separate and to have your own code just like the others, something to make up for your own horrors. But they are part of you, and they will never go away." Loki banged his fist on the glass of the cell, causing Natasha to jump back. "Look at the wizard, look at Harry, Barton's told me all about how you try to gain his interest but even he knows that you're pathetic, he rejects you because he know that he can do better than you, because he knows who and what you are.
I won't touch Barton, not until I make him kill you! Slowly, intimately, in everyway he knows you fear! And then he'll wake just long enough to see his good work, and when he screams I will split his skull!" A horrified look appeared on Natasha's face and she turned away. "That is my bargain, you mewling quim!"
"You're a monster." Natasha said in a shaky voice.
"No," Loki chuckled. "you brought the monster."
"So," Natasha quickly turned around, her face was not scared, more thoughtful. "Banner, that's your play?"
"What?!" Loki blinked.
"Harry called it 'Dumbass-Villain disease'," Natasha smirked. "something about them loving the sound of their own voices. While you stay in this cell please remember that the 'God of Mischief' was tricked by none other than a mere mortal." Natasha said before she turned and began walked. "Loki plans to unleash the Hulk, keep Banner in his lab." She said into her ear piece before stopping at the exit and turning to Loki. "Thanks for your cooperation." She added before leaving.
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"Harry!" Natasha said quickly when she saw Harry.
"Nat?" Harry asked when he saw Natasha rushing towards him with Thor trailing behind her, he was about to say more but was cut off by her grabbing his sleeve with one hand and grabbing Thor's wrist with the other.
"I've worked out what Loki's plan is." Natasha said.
"What is it?" Thor and Harry asked at the same time.
"He plans to unleash the Hulk," Natasha answered. "he wants to get Banner to go crazy and destroy the hellicarrier."
"Well that's one way to do it." Harry commented. "Alright, hold on tight and I'll teleport us all to Banner." Harry said, a short moment later and the trio were outside of the lab that Banner and Stark were using, Thor blinked at the teleportation before shaking his head and following Harry and Natasha inside. When they entered the room they found Fury, Bruce, Steve and Tony arguing with each other. Harry quickly read Stark's mind and learnt that Stark, Steve and Bruce had discovered Shield plans to use the tesseract for weapons.
"Did you know about this?" Bruce said to Harry and Natasha as he gestured to a screen that showed pictures of a weapon design.
"You might want to think about removing yourself from this environment doctor." Natasha said, her voice making it clear that it was more than a suggestion.
"I was in Calcata, I was pretty well removed."
"Loki has been manipulating you." Natasha said.
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