A Worthy Adversary (Loki x fem!reader)

Chapter 7 - The good old days

"You sure about this Y/N?" Nat asks as you walk towards the glass container, "If someone sees you-"

"I'd rather deal with people thinking Carnelian's back than getting shot again, I'm taking the suit," you open up the cabinet, eyeing up the crimson coloured gear with black accents.

You take it out and quickly get changed as Nat keeps a lookout.

"Let me guess, Tony replicated it to make more suits already," you say as you zip it up, knowing the value of the material you created.

"No actually, he was the one that was adamant no one went near it," Nat informs you to your surprise, "He's out of the weapons game now Y/N, and that thing, that's a weapon."

She's not wrong, it really is. The suit is extremely light-weight making it very easy to move around in, yet durable. It took you years to get right.

The red mask only covers half of your face, with a built in comms setup. The sleek black goggles connect to your database and the internet, as well as immediate facial recognition software. The hood was more of a design choice.

"I know you probably don't want me to say it, but it's great seeing you wearing that again," Nat comments.

"And it won't be for long, so we need to keep a low profile," you tell her, as the two of you walk over to her array of suits. Nat picks a plain black one, with none of her usual insignia, and puts on a pair of sunglasses and a hat.

"When will you learn that a hat and glasses isn't a disguise?"

"The day that it stops working," Nat quips, and the two of you take the elevator back downstairs and out to Nat's car. 

"Alright, give me the rundown," she says as she straps into her seat, and you summarise what's happened and explain the current situation.

"Silvio isn't an idiot, he's probably found my house back in Kent by now- Oh my god Alex," you activate your goggles and call them. The phone rings out.

"Alex, wasn't that your assistant?" Nat recalls from her visit to your house.

"That's the one, who never picks up the phone," you grumble agitatedly and dial again, the call being accepted.

"Alex, did you get that next flight out? I really need your help unpacking, I'm lost without you," you ramble.

"Uhm, yeah I did," their voice sounding very nervous.

"Did you remember the juice?" you ask, hoping Alex remembers the safeguard.

"Oh, I completely forgot it, can you get it yourself?" they respond, and your heart drops. If Alex was safe, they would have said that they have it, Silvio got to them.

"Yeah it's not a problem," you reply quickly, "You'll never guess what I got Alex," you keep talking as your system triangulates the location of the call.

"I managed to get a hold of one of Black Widow's weapons," you announce, Nat looking at you confusedly.

"You know those really cool zappy sticks," you say down the line, hopefully piquing Moretti's interest enough not to end the call.

"I believe they're called electroshock batons," Alex corrects you.

"Whatever they are, these things have got to sell for millions on the black market, can you find me a buyer and call me back later?" you request.

"I'll do my best, I'm on my way to Chicago now. See you soon," Alex says and the call ends abruptly.

"Alex you little genius," you mumble under your breath, your assistant must have convinced them you were moving to Chicago instead of New York.