Toxic • FrostIron

The Sceptor

The sink and towel were both almost completely red. Loki's face was getting paler by the minute.
Loki's screams started getting weaker and weaker until it was just a quiet sob.
Loki was getting visibly weaker, barely able to keep his eyes open and stand up. Tony was supporting him over the sink, and that was the only reason Loki was able to stand up.
Loki closed his eyes, his mouth starting to bleed a little less. It felt as if he had just been shot in the head.

Loki went completely limp, his legs bending forward as he leaned over the counter. He coughed weakly.

His mouth suddenly stopped bleeding. Tony wiped the access blood off of Loki's chin and lips.

•••

Loki was lying on a couch, fighting his hardest to stay awake. Tony was sitting next to him, with his hand on Loki's shoulder.

"Loki you can sleep if you really need to."
Loki looked at Tony, let his eyes close, and almost immediately fell asleep.

The scepter. He knew it had something to do with everything that had happened.
He just knew it.
He knew it.
It had to.
It had to.

Loki woke up in a large bed with Tony laying next to him, lightly snoring.

Loki stuffed his face into his knees and started crying.
He had to face the battle of New York again. He had to. He couldn't keep running from it.

Loki kept crying until he felt someone hug him from behind.
Tony rested his head on Loki's shoulder and said, "You Okay, Loki?"

Loki tiredly closed his eyes and said, "Tony, I think I know what happened. Or at least part of it."

Tony let go of Loki and looked at him with a confused look. "Well, what?"

"The, the septor. It has an infinity stone in it, right?"

Tony starred at Loki. "Yeah, what are you implying?"

"I think when I used it, it was controlling me. When I got to New York and tried to forget about everything, nothing really dramatic happened. But when I saw you-" Loki paused and covered his face with his palms. "It started effecting me again."

Tony's expression faded into depression. "Yeah." He mumbled.
"I guess this is my fault."

"Where did you take the stone?"

Tony's face lit up. "Vision!" He yelled. "Friday, where is Vision right now?"

"He turned off his tracker."

Tony looked shocked. "Seriously? Right now he decides to turn off his monitor?"

Loki looked confused. "Vision? What's Vision?"

"He's a robot that we implanted  Jarvis and the infinity stone into. He's self aware and extremely interesting to talk to."

"So he turned off his mon-" Loki cut himself off.
Both he and Tony were silent. Loki just starred blankly at the wall.
His eyes flashed blue.

"Loki? You can continue.." Tony waves his hand in front of Loki's face.

Loki grabbed his wrist and crushed it with his hand.

Tony yelled. "AH LOKI WHAT WAS THAT FOR?? YOU-" Tony froze, and looked at Loki with a terrified look. "Oh shit."