Giftless

Chapter 9

The next couple of weeks were filled with more of the same, though more people began to talk to Loki as he gained their trust. He didn't seem to trust them back, though, and still spent most of his time with you. He especially stayed away from Dr. Banner. Most of the older Avengers didn't much like Loki because of the battle of New York, even if he had switched sides at the end of the fight. They had a hard time forgiving him for the things he'd done during the fight, despite that it was mind control. He and his brother Balder had both been in on bringing aliens to New York. Only Loki had switched sides. No one knew what happened to Balder after the fight.

You also realized that Loki was more open with you and formal to the point of coldness with almost everyone else. You'd have to help break him of that.

Friday morning after three weeks of Loki moving in, you had the day off of school for a three day weekend. You slept in for once, grateful for the opportunity to sleep in. You were surprised when you finally made it downstairs to find that Loki wasn't there. It was later than usual, but you had still expected him to be in the common room. He was always there. "Helene, do you know where Loki is this morning?" you asked her after you had eaten breakfast. She wouldn't have told you before she made sure you ate something. She was overprotective like that.

"Fury called him to do some work in the official wing," she told you. She would tell you things around here that no one else would.

You nodded and headed out that way to go surprise him. You figured he was doing some kind of training, or demonstration of his powers, something along those lines. You sat in on training sessions from time to time, and even played the part of the helpless victim for them occasionally, so it wasn't a shock for anyone to see you in this wing of the tower. You were surprised when you were directed to a small room at the end of an abandoned hall after you asked where you could find Loki.

You heard screaming from inside the room and ran to find out what was going on. It wasn't like you could do anything, but you had to try anyway. There were two guards outside, who weren't paying nearly enough attention. You shoved your way past them with no effort and into the room to find Loki tied to some kind of chair. One of the supers with lightning powers was electrocuting him. You stared in shock at the scene before you jumped into action. "What are you doing?!?!" you demanded with as much force and indignation as your 17 year old tiny powerless body could produce. One wouldn't think that was a lot of force, but you'd learned a lot about presenting yourself well from Uncle Tony, and had it down to a science.

You ran to Loki, putting your hands on him. They wouldn't shock Loki while they would shock you too. The electricity stopped before you could touch Loki.

Fury glared at you. "Get out of here, Kat," he ordered with a growl. You glared right back at him.

"What are you doing to him?" you demanded, outraged at Fury's behavior. "He hasn't hurt anyone since he's been here. What has he done to deserve this?" you snarled. You knew you were no match for Fury or any of the supers in the room, but you had to try anyway.

"This is an interrogation. Get out," Superior ordered again. You held on to Loki tighter. You should call for help, but you had to get Loki out of here and you were alone. "We need information on the plans of that brother of his."

"I'm sure he's told you everything he knows," you protested. "He's been nothing but helpful since he got here. You have no reason to doubt him."

"It is alright, Lady," Loki told you, his voice hoarse and weak. They had clearly been doing this to him for awhile. "You do not wish to witness this. I will be alright." He tried to sound stronger than he clearly was.

"Have you told them everything you know?" you asked him gently. This was the fasted way to get him out of here. He nodded. "There, he's told you everything. Let him go. Enough of this." You practically shouted at Fury.