Reclaiming the Lost - 3

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Three Drops Two Tips One Floor

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The metal hummed softly as a man walked along a corridor. The cold steel continued in all directions encasing the craft in it's thick protective material.

"Sir." A woman walked quickly to catch up with him. Her long black hair was pinned up and into a pony tail. "We got a notice this morning from Asgard."

"What is it Agent Hill? I have a very busy schedule." The man's one eye glanced at her for a second.

"It is suspected that Loki has escaped from his prison." Nick Fury halted in his tracks, Maria paused beside him scribbling on her clip board as she talked. "The report said that the Bifrost was somehow activated and that whoever used it was coming towards Earth. Thor will be here later today with more info incase it was just a false alarm."

"Then let's hope it was a false alarm. Dealing with that psycho once was bad enough. I don't want to have to go through that trouble again." They had resumed walking down the hall towards a door. "Try and give me a time for when he'll be here."

"Yes, Sir." Agent Hill moved away with a quick bow of her head.

Nick Fury, living up to his name was furious and on his last nerve of patience when he entered the room for a more normal meeting than what he would have to do later today. To think this was just the start of the morning.

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"Um, Loki." Ausra's voice slithered into his thoughts without even trying.

Loki pulled his rational thinking back into his mind. The woman's smile was definetly a dangerous feature. "Do you currently know where this Bruce Banner lives? And why should I not make him angry?" That small warning hadn't escaped his notice. He could see no reason why he should be scared of making a simple human mad.

"He's currently in Russia, living in the city Omsk. When he's angry he gets..." Ausra's eyes had been drawn down as she talked. Before even a second could pass she asked. "Do you need help taking the cuffs off?"

Loki glanced down at the small strips of metal around his wrists. He hadn't really thought of them before and had actually forgotten they were there after all the events of yesterday, plus the information of his background as well. Quite honestly getting them off wasn't something on the top of his priorities list at the time. But now seemed as good a time as any.

"No. I'll take care of it." He gripped the metal with the edges of his fingers and twisted both off at the same time easily enough. His eyes went up quickly enough to see Ausra look shocked at this action. He suspected it wasn't something a simple human could do. "So what happens to this Banner when he get's angry?"

"He grows some, turns green, and becomes stronger plus his skin gets tough so it's hard to penetrate."

Loki paused, looking at the woman. "I beg your pardon?" What she had just said sounded absolutely ridiculous.

"A more simple way lots of people put it is that he becomes a monster." Ausra replied. Well, that was much more simple. Apparently this Doctor was a rather complex person.

"Wonderful." he stated. "How far away is this Omsk?" He could see Ausra look uneasy about that so before she could answer his question he asked. "What's the problem?"

"I don't think we would be able to get you on a plane undetected."

Loki didn't even bother asking what a plane was. "You mentioned my brother Thor before, tell me more about him."

Confusion sprang in her eyes then the blue orbs calmed. "Thor? He's the God of Thunder." He held his palm up to stop her.

"God? Wouldn't that mean I'm also a god?" After a small nod of her head he made a quick decision. "Then what do I need this plane of yours for?" He could feel a sense of power going through him growing stronger since that morning. Now he understood more as to what it was. "We'll go to Omsk now and arrive there in less than a second."

Ausra blinked, her eyes had widened as he spoke. "How?"

Loki didn't answer because he didn't know what it was called, just that he could do it. The power kept pulsing, ready to be used, wanting to be used, and he really wanted to see just what he could do. "Come here Miss C'ky." He waved her over and she moved quickly to stand near him. He wrapped an arm around her shoulder just as the world tilted out of focus.

The elements around him bended and twisted in a million different directions. He only felt a wave of confidence as he locked his eyes onto a scrap of blue light. In the next moment everything was reconfiguring to a different scene.

A vehicle of metal went flying in front of him on a black path mere inches away. He tightened his grip on Ausra for a moment before noticing that the wandering steel didn't seem the least bit interested in him. "Here we are." he paused to let his eyes wander back to the woman on his left. "What was that that passed us earlier?"

The woman was looking around wildly, then a look of pure delight flooded over her features. "You can teleport!" she exclaimed with a bounce on her still bare heels. "Oh. That, it was just a car, a human mode of transportation. But your way is much better." she turned to him with that smile and he quickly diverted his gaze so it wouldn't captivate him. "The next building over has Bruce's apartment in it." her voice told him.

Loki nodded his head. "Let's get going then." His arm slipped from her shoulder as he turned and began walking. Once at the building he frowned at a small metal contraption. "What is this?" Couldn't these humans have normal doors? Or did they have to complicate everything?

"I know the code." Ausra said quickly and stepped up to tap at the small numbered buttons. Loki decided he really didn't care anymore of how these little gadgets worked so refused to question it even when after a few seconds there was a beep and the door slid open. It worked and that's all he could take the time to care about.

Well, there was one other thing that was irking him for awhile now. He stepped into the building after Ausra waiting until the door closed behind him so there was less chance of an interruption from a too curious human being.

Loki closed the distance quickly, grabbing her small wrist and spinning her around to face him. He backed her against the wall while collecting her other wrist and pinning it above the smaller woman. He would not be letting her escape by any means. "Who do you work for Miss C'ky?"

"W-what?" The woman looked suddenly younger and rather startled.

"I don't doubt that the information you gave me is true but you know too much about it. Tell me where you got it from."

Her eyes widened into orbs. "I broke into S. H. I. E. L. D.'s database for most of it but I already knew some about the last three years because of the news."

Loki narrowed his eyes at her, knowing there had to be more to it than that. "Even for a human I would think some training would be needed to break into a top secret government organization's database. Wouldn't you?"

"I worked for an organization before." So that was how she wanted to word it? Fine. He raised his free hand toward her neck, resting his fingers on the soft skin, prepared to break the bone beneath. "It wasn't part of the U.S." she said quickly. "I would never work for them or S. H. I. E. L. D." He considered for a second then let off on the pressure just above her collar bone giving her permission to continue."It was, well the name doesn't really matter, but we were never friends with that country or organization. Most of the time enemies, rarely neutral. Are group's ideas conflicted a lot with theirs-"

Before she could hurry on to continue her ramble that trailed in and out of topic which he almost found amusing. Almost. He cut her off, not interested in the whole mechanics of this organization. "So you work for a different organization. Are they trying to get me to join their idiotic cause by doing this? 'Accidentally' finding me?"

"No. I'm not part of the organization anymore. Our views on certain things became... conflicted and I had to leave."

"And they just let you leave? I find that hard to believe."

Her gaze shifted to the right. "Of course not. I fought my way out. They were going to kill me after I tried to fake my death to get them off my trail."

He frowned slightly at the words but could tell she wasn't lying. "Then you just found me and decide to help with my conquest?" Loki wanted a reason for why she was so enthusiastic about seeing her species enslaved. Then again if she did help him what did matter as to why? "Never mind." he said before she could answer, letting her wrists go. "Which room?"

Ausra looked shaken from the interrogation but to her credit she soon looked like nothing had been said. "On the third floor, door number 308." She moved swiftly and took the lead up the stairs.

Loki didn't argue with it considering the fact that he couldn't remember this Banner. Besides, it was probably better she went in first. The guy wouldn't know her but he would most likely recognize him. He had seen a few humans when outside and now understood more as to why Ausra had said no one could look like him so she wouldn't be mixing him up with somebody else in the first place. They all looked so... ordinary. Him? Not so much. His clothes may still be dirty from wherever he had been before. Which according to Ausra would be the Asgardian prison. But the quality itself was above the humans and clearly for one of high status.

So when they got to the door he let her answer and stood far enough away as to not be detected even if the man was to stick his head out the entrance way.

A single knock resonated through the wood. A moment later and the door creaked open.

"Doctor!" Ausra shrieked making Loki practically jump at the sudden hysteria in her voice. "Please! You have to help me!"

"What's the problem Miss?" That must be Banner.

"Oh it was just so awful! He just suddenly ran in the street and I didn't know what to do!"

"Calm down now."

"But the-" her voice trembled before she started crying in loud sobs.

There was a slight pause then a hushed murmur from Banner. "Please, come inside."

Loki listened closely as Ausra went into the room and the door closed behind her. He waited a whole minute to make sure she had time to continue with her pretend act and make it believable.

Then he teleported swiftly into the room. His back was to the front door so he was facing the living room. Thankfully the couches that the two sat on were facing away from him.

Ausra was currently sniffling into a tissue as Banner gave a small pat to her back and asked as to what had happened. In the next few seconds though the scene changed. The woman stopped crying immediately once sensing his presence and turned to Banner. "We need your help Dr. Banner." she stated then quickly went on to a brief explanation. "I would have just called instead of turning up here like this but couldn't risk anyone listening in."

This made the Doctor stiffen up. "Just like that child from before to try and get my guard down." he said seeming to reminiscence about something. Then he sighed. "What is it the Director Nick Fury wants this time?"

"He's worried about the escapee from Asgard."

Banner drew in an extra breath. "Loki's back?"

"Yes." Ausra replied. "Apparently he broke free of his chains."

"What do you need me to do to protect Earth once more?"

"Stay still."

Loki couldn't see the man's expression but knew he must have looked perplexed at her answer when his response was a, "What?"

Before much thought could be put into that Loki had summoned his spear while walking up behind him during his conversation with Ausra. Now he placed the tip where his heart would be beneath the skin. Apparently Banner felt it because he turned and looked at him in disbelief even as his eyes became bottomless pits of darkness.

Loki withdrew the tip of the spear from the doctor who was now under his control.

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