Bounded

Chapter 2

Fury cleared his throat while I was waiting impatiently.

"Where to start...Hmm...I assume you remember what happened about two years ago?
"In New York City?"
"Exactly. Now what exactly do you remember about it?"
"I think it was something about aliens invading town, New York was mostly destroyed, the Avengers and Iron Man, more particularly, saved the town and captured the head behind all of it."
"Hm. Yes. Now, do you know who was under the whole attack? That dangerous person who almost destroyed a whole town?"
"I recall he was some sort of alien himself, from a distant planet or something, but he didn't look like the other aliens, he had a human appearance...At least that's what Romanov told me."

Fury looked at me approvingly and said: "Indeed. More exactly, that's what he looked like."

He reached inside his big black coat and got out some sort of transparent telephone. It looked like a glass plate to be more exact. The head of S.I.E.L.D pushed the smooth surface and instantly, a three dimensional hologram of a young man appeared.  He was pretty handsome, with coal black hair that went down to his shoulders and was wearing an attractive dark green and black type of suit.

"This is Loki, our enemy. The one who murdered tons of innocent citizens."

My eyes were fixed on his face, obsessed by his piercing icy blue eyes and his mischievous but seductive grin. It was like I was having a familiar feeling, but I didn't know of what nor why. 

Fury was staring at me with concern as I was still fixating the image. He pushed on the glass plate again and the whole picture disappeared instantly. I looked at him with anger first, as if he had stolen something important from me, but then, when I met his gaze, my expression changed immediately and I stared at him, dumbfounded, as if I had just woken from some sort of trance. 

"Don't mistake my actions agent Niflei, but this man is a murder, a trickster. He's dangerous."

I looked down, as I was blushing of embarrassment. It had been a long time since I haven't felt like that. I hated the feeling. It was as if you were a child, caught doing something you weren't supposed to do, and being lectured while baring a shameful expression.

"I'm sorry. I don't know what happened..." I assured, as Fury was looking at me with a disapproving expression.

"I'm sure you don't. It's fine."

"So...who exactly is this guy?"

Nick Fury sighed before continuing: "Like I said, his name is Loki."

"Wait! Isn't that the name of some sort of god in mythology or something?"

"Indeed, it's the trickster god in Norse mythology. A malicious, shape changer and illusionist prankster."

"Oh right I remember now...and he has a brother right, what was it...? Thor!" My eyes widened as I pronounced the name. "Woa! That's the name of that sexy dude in the Avengers team, right? The one who never says hello and always seems serious!"

Fury stared at me with a surprised look and I thought that he was on the verge of laughing, but he quickly hid the impulsion and stared disapprovingly at me, again.

"Erm...I...I mean...y-you know?!" I tried, coughing on my own words, "Urg... I'm so terribly sorry, I didn't mean it."

"No problem. Anyway...So yes. Thor is the same mighty one as in the stories, as well as his brother, Loki, who is a god too."

"What...? You're telling me everything of this is real? I mean...I've listened to the Medias and all, but I thought that the whole Thor thing was some sort of set up to make the whole population feel secure!"