Pretty When You Cry

Chapter 2

If one knew where to look, the answer to where Loki had come from was quite easy to find. And Tony, being the genius that he was, knew exactly where to look. It'd only taken a few minutes for him to find information on the bright lights that had been recently seen over the New York skyline. Nerdy bloggers had been all over that. Anyhow, these lights looked very similar to those that had appeared when Thor had first fallen to Earth.

'This must've been his punishment,' Tony thought to himself. 'Rather than hurt Loki himself, Odin will let the humans do it. Well, he definitely sent him to the right person.'

See, as calm as Tony Stark could appear to be, he still harbored a deep feeling of rage towards Loki. He'd destroyed most of Manhattan, killed hundreds of people - all because he had some daddy issues?! Tony couldn't accept that. Life was hard. Lots of people had crappy parents, parents who weren't there for them or just flat out didn't care at all. Tony was one of them. And he was fine, right? He wasn't going around, wreaking havoc on innocents.

Loki's punishment would be horrible. By the time Tony was done with him, the trickster would be praying for death. Tony really couldn't wait to get started.

Loki still wasn't awake yet, so Tony used the time to prep.

He was planning on keeping Loki in a room, deep, deep under the tower. It was small, dark, and sound proof. He'd used it a few times to practice when he made new suits, as not to bother Pepper or anyone else within the building.

Tony had then wheeled Loki down to it. He left him lying on the gurney, and had shackled the gurney to the wall. He then checked one last time, to make sure that Loki's restraints were adequately locked. They were. Now, all he had to do was wait.

Loki didn't wake up until late the following afternoon. JARVIS had alerted Tony of it, and Tony had raced to the basement room. He found Loki staring up at the ceiling, a confused look on his face. He didn't bother to turn his head when he heard Tony enter.

"Looks like Sleeping Beauty's awake!" Tony said, shutting the door behind him.

Loki snorted. "Come on, you can do better than that, Stark."

"Considering the position you're in, I'd advise you not to piss me off."

Loki did consider this, and, realizing that he really was unable to move, said nothing else.

"Now," Tony started, "We're going to lay down some rules. One rule, really."

Loki sighed. "I'm listening."

"Good. You will do exactly as I say. Failure to comply will result in a punishment."

Loki couldn't help but smirk. "Looking for a sex slave, Stark?"

Tony shook his head, then got closer to Loki. He gripped the ex-god by the neck, effectively choking him.

"You are not that lucky," Tony hissed. He kept his grip until he saw Loki's face start to pale, then let him go.

Loki began to cough and pant, trying to recover.

"Now, let's see how you do after a few days with no food."

With that, Tony walked out.

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