Torture

Plan

Valkyrie and I dragged Loki's unconscious body to her apartment. It was a lot less glamorous than mine and Loki's and empty alcohol bottles littered the room. We laid Loki on the floor and I suddenly took a huge interest in looking out of her large window not knowing what else to do. The sound of chains brought my attention back to the task at hand and I winced as I watched Valkyrie throw Loki onto a chair and wrap his limp body with a golden shackle. She stopped and looked at me. "Is there an issue" she questioned looking me up and down. I gulped and shook my head. I'd felt so brave earlier, but my anxiety was slowly creeping in. The Valkyrie stood and brushed her palms against her thighs. She grabbed a bottle of which I assumed was alcohol and necked the entire thing. I stood and blinked rapidly trying to comprehend how she wasn't on the floor.

"I'm finding Thor and Hulk. If you so much as touch Loki's chains or attempt to leave I will find you and kill you, ok?" She threatened. I nodded and watched silently as she left the room. Now alone with an unconscious Loki, I took more detail in about the room. I sat on a seat at a kitchen table that was decorated more like a home bar than a breakfast bench. About 45 minutes had passed before I noticed Loki coming too. I jumped off the stall and rushed to his side. "How are you? Where does it hurt? We're okay, I think?" I bombarded as my fingers danced worryingly across his face. Loki winced and it became apparent that he had a massive headache. "Where are we?" He asked squinting through the light.

"Valkyrie's apartment, she's coming back with Thor and the Hulk" Loki nodded but pulled at his chains, he looked to me questioningly. "I've been threatened not to let you out" I finished before reclaiming my seat in the kitchen.

Just moments later the door slid up in front of Loki revealing Valkyrie, Thor and a human-looking man I'd never met before. "Surprise" Loki sang causing me to roll my eyes. Valkyrie walked in and smiled at me, but Thor was hesitant and picked up a can before throwing it at his brother's head. "Ow" Loki seethed contenting Thor that it wasn't an illusion. "Just had to be sure" Thor grunted before looking in my direction and smiling surprised. The third man gingerly walked through the door eyeing up Loki, he was petrified, but it didn't stop him from uncomfortably tugging on his tight trousers. What did Loki do to him?

"Hello, Bruce" Loki stated collectedly with a smirk. "So, last time I saw you, you were trying to kill everybody. Where are you at these days?" The man asked. "It varies from moment to moment" Loki stated threateningly. I sighed and stood to my feet. "He's fine, just dramatic" I said to the unknown man. Loki rolled his eyes at me. "My names Zeanna, I assume yours is Bruce." The man nodded and smiled at me.

We were pulled from our greetings as Thor was loudly exclaiming his excitement as Valkyrie collected her sacred weapons. "Sakaar and Asgard are about as far apart as any two known systems. Our best bet is a wormhole just outside of city limits" Valkyrie began. I had now stood next to Loki and now had my hand laid loving on his shoulder.

"Refuel on Xandar, and we can be back in Asgard in 18 months." Valkyrie deadpanned causing me to look out the window with concern, that's a year and a half, Hela would be moved on and finished by then. I looked to Bruce who was eating bits and pieces from the counter I was previously sitting at.

"Nope, we are going through the big one" Thor started pointing his sword at a large portal framed in the center of the window. "The Devils Anus?" Valkyrie asked. "Anus?" I question shouted pulling my attention back to Thor causing Loki to snicker. "Wait, wait wait, whose anus?" Bruce questioned walking towards us with a mouthful of food.

"For the record, I didn't know it was called that when I picked it" Thor replied getting an eye roll from Valkyrie. "That looks like a collapsing neutron star inside of an Einstein-Rosen Bridge" Bruce concluded leaving us all confused. This was clearly a very clever man. "We need another ship" Valkyrie stated. "That will tear mine to pieces" she concluded.

"She's right. We need one that can withstand the geodetic stain from singularity" Thor answered back surprisingly. "And has an offline power steering system that could also function without the on-board computer" Bruce replied proud of their scientific conversation. "And we need one with cupholders because we're gonna die. So, drinks!" I concluded grabbing a half-empty bottle from beside me and downing the harsh warming liquid. Everyone looked surprised but when I looked to Loki after wiping the wet residue from my lips, he looked up at me with his lips parted in disbelief.

"What?" I questioned dropping the now empty bottle and ignoring the remaining conversations around me and Loki. "Nothing dearest, just unlike you is all" Loki cooed with a small smile. "We need a ship" Thor and Bruce exclaimed. "There are one or two ships absolute top of the line models..." Valkyrie was interrupted by Loki. "I don't mean to impose..." Before Loki could finish Valkyrie threw a glass bottle towards the two of us. It narrowly missed me and smashed into the wall behind us leaving me cowering as shards of glass shattered around us. Loki looked up to me searching my skin for injuries before continuing. "But uh, the Grandmaster has a great many ships. I may even have stolen the access codes to his security system" Loki finished looking rather proud of himself I shook my head with a smirk.

"And all of a sudden you're overcome with an urge to do the right thing" Valkyrie suggested. "Heavens, no, I've run out of favor with the Grandmaster and in exchange for codes and access to a ship I'm asking for safe passage along with Zeanna through the Anus" Loki's last sentence caused me to let out an unattractive snort of laughter. Thor and the others still looked unsure. "So, you're telling us you can get us access into the garage without setting off any alarms?" Thor asked. "Yes, brother. I can." Loki insisted. I smiled at him, what was he trying to do.

Bruce stepped forward. "Okay, can I just... A quick FYI. I was just talking to him a few minutes ago and he was totally ready to kill any of us" Bruce began, I had now walked up to the group and left Loki to join them. "He did try to kill me" Valkyrie added. "Yes, me too. On many, many occasions" Thor began looking to Loki. Loki sighed as we watched him. "There was one time when we were children, he transformed himself into a snake, and he knows that I love snakes. So, I went to pick up the snake to admire it and he transformed back into himself and he was like, 'blugh, it's me!' and he stabbed me. We were eight at the time." Thor finished. I smirked as I watched Loki's straight face form into a little smirk. I'd remembered when he first told me that story. I knew it was one of his favorites.

"I can assure you if I'm involved Loki will be a lot more in check if you know what I'm saying" I whispered to the trio looking at Loki as I did so. Thor nodded knowingly whilst the others looked at me skeptically.

"If we're boosting a ship we're gonna need to draw some guards away from the palace" I stated. "Why not set the beast lose?" Loki encouraged menacingly. Valkyrie and I looked between the men in confusion. "Shut up" Thor threatened as Bruce looked uncomfortable. "You guys have a beast?" I asked worryingly. "No, there's no beast. He's just being stupid" Thor and Bruce mumbled at the same time still confusing me.

"We're going to start a revolution" Thor stated causing Loki to look at me oddly. I'd remembered mine and Thor's previous conversations with Korg and looked to the God of Thunder with a raised eyebrow. "A revolution" Bruce asked. "We'll explain later" Thor finished looking to me and then Loki.

"Who's this guy again?" Valkyrie asked Thor as Bruce looked at her. "I'll explain later" Thor repeated hesitantly.