The Black Knight

We Have History

Tears fall down her cheeks and drop onto her lap. Loki puts his arm around her and glances around the room. "Now you understand why I wanted to send her home to Asgard."

"I'm sorry but I thought you could see things before they happened?"

Saga shakes her head and looks up at Tony. "I can't see everything."

"What about your magic?"

"Or knife skills."

Tony frowns at Natasha. "Her knife skills?"

"I read her file from when she worked with Cap. She's had some serious training."

Saga smiles at Natasha, "At the time I had not had any training of any kind."

"After Mordred was sent away mother began teaching her the magical arts."

Saga grins and glances up at Loki, "And you taught me to use daggers."

Fury places both hands on the table and leans forward. "So you mean to tell me that the reason this guy is coming here is for revenge against you three?"

Saga stands to her feet and squares her shoulders. "No. But like I said before, you will need our help."

"And you can't tell me anything about when or where they're going to show up?"

"No."

Tony leans back in his chair and raises his hand in the air. "I have a question."

Fury sighs exasperatedly, "What now?"

Tony grins, "Well since we're getting no where here, can I go home? I've got things to do."

"Yeah and I think it'd be best if I went too." Bruce says rising to his feet.

"Why don't you all go."

Tony jumps to his feet, "Great, it's a party!"

"Coulson will be keeping an eye on you."

"I'd expect nothing less."

Tony, Bruce, Steve, and Clint walk out of the conference room to gather their things, leaving Fury, Natasha and Thor to address the issue of Loki.

"You are staying here."

Thor stands to his feet and walks over to his brother, "Loki is no threat to anyone here."

"That may be, but I'd still like to keep him close. Saga is welcome to join you at Avenger Tower."

Saga shakes her head and walks around the table to stand in front of Fury. "I know this is hard for you, and I'm not asking you to forget what he's done. I'm only asking that you move past it and give him another chance. None of your Avengers would be here had they not been given a chance to redeem themselves, why is Loki so different from them?"

"Because he brainwashed my people, took the tesseract, and used an alien army to try and take over New York!"

Loki hesitantly takes a step closer to Saga, interlacing his fingers and rubbing his hands together. "In all honesty I didn't care about New York."

Thor puts a hand on Loki's shoulder and pulls him back. "Not helping Loki."

"His own father was willing to give him a chance, even after everything he did in Asgard and on earth."

Fury steps forward and gets right in her face. "Well I'm not his father. I am however in charge of this base and it's my job to make sure the world stays safe from people like him!"

Saga doesn't budge, she just keeps smiling. "Don't make me pull rank on you Nicholas."

~*~

The elevator doors open revealing a lavishly adorned apartment. The vaulted ceiling extending up past the next floor, a balcony jutting out over the main sitting area, an ornate spiral staircase connecting the two stories, and true to Tony's nature a fully stocked bar. Natasha and Thor walk out into the main living area. Saga steps out of the elevator, the dark marble floor cold beneath her bare feet. She glances around the room until she spots Tony behind the bar.