No Good Deed Goes Unpunished (Loki Fanfiction)

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"What do you know about Narobia?" Fury asked Loki as he settled in his chair.

"Not much, only that it neighbors' Wakanda and it was ruled by Princess Xanda until General Cayman Okanjo overthrone her a couple of years ago, why?" Loki answered intrigued by fury's question.

"Because that's the reason I need you and the black operation team. When General Cayman took over he financed mining operations all over the country and found a rich vibranium deposit; that's when he draw our attention." Fury told him in a stern voice.

"All right." Loki acknowledged.

"Okanjo sold us vibranium but unfortunately we weren't their only party interested. It bothers me to admit they had fools us for a long time, it was just dumb luck that we found out a couple of months ago that he had allied with Hydra. Needless to say that Hydra provided Okanjo with all sorts of technologies, he went from being just another dictator to a serious menace. We are talking about state of the art weaponry, biological weapons, chemical weapons, mind control, and even a super soldier program. Their plan is to first invade Wakanda which will allow them to take a hold of the entire region expanding their power through the continent and eventually to the rest of the world."

"It sounds like a job for the Avengers, why haven't you assigned them this mission?" Loki inquired, there had to be more going on that what Fury had told him so far.

"Because it's not a wreck their plans and bring them to justice kind of mission" Fury leaned over his desk before adding. "It's strictly a cleaning operation."

"No witnesses, no prisoners." Loki frowned as he realized exactly what Fury was asking. "May I ask why?"

"That's where things get complicated." Fury volunteered. "When we bought their vibranium we unwillingly founded their operations. The World Security Council can never find out about this; they would try to shut us down and that includes everything SHIELD has ever had his hands on."

"The Avengers." Loki said with a frown.

"They have never liked us and they especially fear the Avengers; they only need an excuse to try to shut us down and I don't intent on giving it to them." Fury added decisively.

"I can't believe you wanted Leah involved in this, do you realize she doesn't have the training for this kind of mission?" Loki spat annoyed.

"Do you have a better solution? I can't use regular agents because of Okango's super soldiers, and I can't call the Avengers due to the nature of the mission. So, who's left? I had to come up with a new team, a super powered team to be exact, preferably someone unknown so if something went wrong they couldn't be tied back to SHIELD. I don't exactly have people lining up for this kind of job; ever since we found about Okanjo's true intentions we've been searching but until now we have only found two viable candidates besides Leah and yourself." Loki could hear the tension on Fury's voice.

"And let me guess, they don't have the required training." Loki claimed with a grim look on his face, this business was going from bad to worst.

"We've been training them for a couple of months now." Fury offered.

"But they are no near ready." Loki knew a mission like the one Fury suggested needed people with years of experience especially if he wanted to walk out of there alive. "If I'm going to lead this team I'm not taking any rookies with me; they are the best chance of everything going wrong. Can't you ask for Wakanda's help? After all we are trying to prevent them from being invaded."

Fury looked at Loki displeased "If I could just enroll Wakanda's help, don't you think I'd already done it?

"What about mercs?" Loki suggested, he felt they were running out of options.

"Do you know any mercs with that kind the kind of powers we need?" Fury asked Loki very interested on his reply.

"Not mercs exactly, but yes I think they could be just what we need." Loki volunteered as he rubbed his chin pensively before answering Fury. "The Sinister Six."

Fury pondered for a moment Loki's suggestion. "I agree they are powerful, but do you really think we can recruit them for this mission?"

"If you can come up with enough money, I'm sure they will agree. Besides they already know how to work as a team, it will save us a lot of time and for what you have told me I have the distinct impression that's the one thing we are running of."

"Yes, we are. We don't know the exact date but our reports indicate us that Okanjo's forces are rallying on." Fury agreed.

"Other advantage is that none of them would have any moral issues about the mission's objective." Loki added, although he wasn't confident that that last statement applied to him anymore.

"All right, it might not be what I had in mind but I think it could work. But I have two additions to your team and they are not negotiable." Fury informed him in a very serious tone.

"Who?" Loki asked annoyed.

"Doom and myself." Fury plainly told him.

"Are you out of your fucking mind? I'm not working with Doom! He tried to kill Leah!" Loki stood up enraged. "I won't do it."

"I already told you it's not negotiable." Fury stood up too. "If you want me to drop the charges against Leah you will do as I say. I don't care if you like it. He's almost as good as strategist as you are, not to mention a powerful mage. We need all the help we can fucking get!"

Loki paced for a moment considering his options. "All right" He finally growled. "But I have some conditions on my own and they are not negotiable either."

"What do you want?" Fury asked with a winning smug on his face.

"This will be the only mission I'll do for you, if you ever need my help again you'd better call the Avengers. You will not only drop the charges against Leah, you will remove her and Eerika from any damn mission you can come up with in the future, I don't care if the world is ending; you will leave them both out of it."

"Eerika?" Fury asked raising his eyebrows.

"My daughter." Loki dryly replied. "Furthermore if they ever need protection you'd better provide it, it doesn't matter if it's for something as trivial as a walk in the park or for a full-fledge invasion. You will protect them at all costs."

"I think I can manage that." Fury agreed. "Anything else?"

"If Doom double cross us I will kill him." Loki added.

"If he betrays us you'll have to beat me to it." Fury offered.

"As long as he's death I think I can live with that." Loki agreed. "I know I'm going to regret asking this, but how did you managed to enroll him on this mission?"

"By telling him that someone else was going to beat him at the conquer Earth game; the arrogant bastard doesn't like competition." Fury answered with an ironic smile.

"No, he doesn't." Loki admitted.

"How long will it take you to gather your team?" Fury asked

"I don't know their current whereabouts." Loki answered, he had been off the game for a while now.

"I might be able to help you with that." Fury told him. "You'll have their current locations by tomorrow."

"All right, since you can't sent the information to Jarvis I'll drop by tomorrow evening." Loki informed him.

"What are you going to tell the Avengers?" Fury asked anxiously.

"That you want me to do an undercover mission in exchange for Leah's freedom." Loki answered. "That will keep them from trying to join in."

"Well thought." Fury nodded in agreement.

"You can save your compliments; it's not like you gave me much choice. And I hate to admit it but you are right about one thing Okanjo needs to be stopped before he tries to invade Wakanda, if he succeeded on it he might become unstoppable." Loki grimly added while he kept thinking about how to break the news to Leah, she was right about one thing, it was a very dangerous affair.