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After a while, Garito went to look at Loki and saw that he was talking with Natasha, so he decided to stay unseen in the shadows and eavesdrop on them.

Natasha: I want to know what you're done to Agent Barton.

Loki: I would say I've expended his mind.

Natasha: And once you've won, once you're king of the mountain, what happens to his mind?

Loki: Oh... Is this love, Agent Romanoff?

Natasha: Love is for children. I owe him a debt.

Loki: That goes without saying, but what about the boy? Agent Barton told me when you first saw his profile, you couldn't take your eyes off him.

Natasha: I tried to find how easy I could persuade him to join us.

Loki then sat down.

Loki: Tell me about that debt. The story about the twisted boy wouldn't be so interesting.

Natasha: Before I worked for S.H.I.E.L.D... I, uh... (sat down on a chair) Well, I made a name for myself. I have a very specific skill set. I didn't care who I used it for, or on. I got on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s radar in a bad way. Agent Barton was sent to kill me. He made a different call.

Loki: And what will you do if I vow to spare him?

Natasha: Not let you out.

Loki: No, but I like this. Your world in the balance, and you bargain for one man.

Natasha: Regimes fall every day. I tend not to weep over that. I'm Russian. Or I was.

Loki: And what are you now?

Natasha: It's really not that complicated. (stood up) I got red in my ledger, I'd like to wipe it out.

Loki: Can you? Can you wipe out that much red? Maybe that's why you're looking at Nightmare like that, to cover up your own red. Because it's much easier to let it flow when you near someone worse. Dreykov's daughter, Sao Paulo, the hospital fire? Barton told me everything. Your ledger is dripping. It's gushing red and you think saving a man no more virtuous than yourself will change anything? Even if your red merges with another red, yours is still there. This is the basest sentimentality. This is a child at prayer. Pethetic! You lie and kill in the service of liars and killers. You pretend to be separate to have your own code, something that makes up for the horrors. But they are part of you. And they will never go away. (slammed his fist into the glass) I won't touch Barton, not until I get and control a real Nightmare, then I make them both kill you. Slowly, intimately, I'll let Nightmare use all his clones on you to break every bone in your body then I'll turn them on Barton whom I'll let the clones do to same, and after all that I'll let them massacre the right one and when he wakes up he'll see what he did to both of you. But before he can die, I'll split his cocky skull!

Natasha turned and pretended to cry.

Loki: This is my bargain, you mewling quim.

Natasha: You're a monster.

Loki: (chuckling) Oh, no. You brought the monsters.

Natasha then turned to him and showed him that she was just pretending.

Natasha: So, Banner and Garito.

Loki was confused.

Natasha: That's your play.

Loki: What?

Natasha then put her hand to her ear and spoke through the communicator.

Natasha: Loki means to unleash the Hulk and control Nightmare. Keep Banner in the lab. Someone find Garito and tell him to be careful. I'm on my way. Send Thor as well. (looked at Loki) Thank you for your cooperation.

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