The Visit

Interrogation

"What in the living hel..."

Loki and Bucky had just walked out of their rooms after the punishment had ended, only to become face to face with some of the compound's guards. The guards took out two pairs of restraints and Loki's face fell. Bucky on the other hand was pissed.

"Jesus Christ, we just walked out of our rooms there is no possible way we could have messed up yet!"

"You are required out of the compound today," one of the guards who clearly hadn't had his morning yet replied in a scruffy voice.

"Where?"

"Classified," a different guard replied.

"Okay why are we going?"

"Classified."

"Okay what about who's coming with us if anyone?"

"Classified."

"I hate you."

Loki let out a breathy chuckle at that.

The guards started to restrain them, and before they knew it they were headed towards the hangar.

Loki realized the problem very quickly. "Won't we get shocked if we go in there?"

The guard who had his hand on the small of Loki's back was the one the reply: "That function is turned off when you are needed outside your boundaries."

Everything in Loki was telling him to escape, to get away from the rules and restraints. But he knew if he got out of this, then he would only be pursued by Asgard and thrown back in that bright... white-

He didn't complete that thought but they very idea sent a tremor running through his body. Besides, he would miss Bucky and the Avengers too much.

They two were loaded onto the back of a van which had four guards in it. Bucky and Loki were each seated between two and the back door was shut.

Bucky didn't mind the restraints as much, mostly because he couldn't even feel it in one arm, but he could tell Loki was struggling. They had all but concluded that Loki suffered from PTSD related to his time in Asgard, and as such it was not surprise when Bucky had to do anxiety-diffusing exercises with him during their confinement. Bucky knew all of Loki's ticks and triggers by now and in that moment, Bucky wanted nothing more than to go up to him and rub his knuckles like they would do after one of them had a nightmare.

Loki was bouncing his right leg and picking at his hands. His eyes kept darting around the space like the walls were gonna close in on them at any second. His chest rose and fell subtly, but quicker than normal.

"Hey, Lo? Wanna play the Alphabet game?"

The guard on Loki's left glared at Bucky hard. "No talking."

Bucky saw Loki subtly curl in on himself a bit more. "Okay look pal, it's not like we are sharing secret satellite codes or something so back off and let us pass the time."

"No."

Bucky glared back.

They stayed like that for the whole ride, which ended up being more than an hour.

When they finally got there, they were loaded off and marched to the elevator close by. It took them into a sub level that contained a long hallway of metal doors. They stopped about halfway down and they were both shoved in separate rooms and shut in. It became very clear that they were in cells.

Bucky sat down on the concrete shelf in the corner of the small room and waited.

Finally, the door was cracked open and a woman in a black and white suit came in. They guards put a fold up chair in with them and the door was closed again.

In the cell across the hall, the same thing was happening with Loki.

"Sergeant Barnes?"

"Yes?"

"Good, let's get started then." The lady said as she sat in the chair.

"With what?"

"That is for me to know. What do you know about hydra's work with the tesseract?"

"Classified." Bucky smirked.

She wasn't amused.

The line of questioning went on like this for hours. Bucky was ready to smash his head through the wall but thankfully she stood up and said that was all she needed to know and left. At the same time she did so the guards came into the cell and grabbed him by the arms. They made their way to the lot where they were parked and he was re-secured inside the van. Half an hour later Loki followed, looking a little bit worse for wear.

They ride back was silent.

When they got back Loki immediately told the guards to take off the restraints since they were within their parameters once more. The guards gave both of them a dirty look, but obliged and Loki wasted no time scrambling back to his room.

Bucky went to go make some sandwiches for the two of them, since he had figured out how to spread toppings with a spoon earlier that week. He knocked on Loki's door and it swung open.

He saw Loki sitting on the ground by the window. The window was so high up that you couldn't even touch it by jumping, which they both found stupid. Why even have a window if you can't see anything from it and you can't open it.

Bucky sat down next to him and Loki rested his head on Bucky's shoulder. Bucky noticed the scratch marks on Loki's arms from his panic attacks and said nothing, only held Loki's trembling hand.

They both ate in silence.