Who are you? (A Loki Love Story)

Chapter Nine - Interrogation

         I walked into the break room for breakfast, expecting to be alone since it was six am and most people ate in the cafeteria, and found Steve sitting at the table, eating a muffin. He looked up and smiled at me and I gave him a tired nod back, not ready to start my day until I had coffee in my hand. I started the coffee maker and grabbed an apple from the bowl on the counter. When the maker dinged, I grabbed my mug from the cupboard and filled it up, opting to take it black. I finished my apple and got another cup of coffee before sitting down at the table across from Steve. He looked up at me and gave me a small grin. "Don't like to eat in the cafeteria?"
        "Nope." I said "Too loud for this early in the morning." he nodded and it was silent until Bruce walked in a few minuets later.
        "Morning." he said to me and Steve, before grabbing breakfast and coffee from the small area in the back of the room and then coming over and sitting down. "You two sleep well?" he asked.
        "Eh." was my answer and he gave a small chuckle before digging in to his food. I got up and went to get a muffin and another apple from the counter and refilled my coffee for a third time. I sat back down right when Tony came in.
        "Hello." he said before grabbing food and coffee as well, and sat down. It was silent except for the sounds of eating and Nat walked in and smiled at us.
        "Good Morning." she said with a smile and did the same as the others before coming back to the table. I nodded at her, before getting up for more food.
        "Still hungry?" Steve asked, looking at me strangely. "That's your third apple and second muffin." 
        "I still need a lot of food to replenish the energy I used when I turned into a fire." I said, sipping my coffee. "The effects are really hitting me now."
        "Morning!" Thor yelled when he walked in. "I trust you all slept well?" I groaned and set my head on the table.
        "How are you all morning people?!" I grumbled, earning a laugh from Nat. We all made small talk while we finished eating, and when I was finished, I looked at Nat. "I am going to the training center." I said. "Do you want to come?" She nodded before looking around at the group.
        "Actually, it might be a good idea for us all to go down there, If only to see how we all fight." She said. They all agreed to meet down there in an hour, but I decided to go down immediately to warm up. I was alone in the training room while I did stretches, and was on my second lap around the track when Steve walked in.
        "Got here early to warm up?" he asked and I nodded, heading over to where he was, waiting for the others to get here. After a few minuets, everyone was in the room, and I was on the sparring mat with Tony.
        "I'll take it easy on you." he said with a smile, and I stayed silent, ready to fight. We circled each other for a few seconds before he lunged at me. I easily avoided it and spun around, kicking him in the back. He came at me again, coming in for a punch. I grabbed his fist, absorbing the impact with my arm and twisted his around until I had him in a position in which I could break his arm, and pushed him to the floor. He groaned and slowly got up. "What was that?!" he exclaimed when he was fully up.
        "What did you expect?" I asked. "We came down here to fight." He glared at me.
        "Fight Rodgers next. I want to laugh when he beats your little butt."
        "Ten bucks says that I beat him." I replied as Steve came over to the mat.
        "You're on." Tony said. I walked over and faced Steve.
        "Ready?" he asked. I nodded.
        "Don't go easy on me."
        "Wasn't planning on it." he replied.
        "Good." I said and lunged towards him. He side stepped but I was ready for it, turning around to face him. He punched me in the gut, sending my breath out in a ohf of air and I fell to the ground.
        "Are you ok?" he asked, and I held out my arm. He grabbed my hand, ready to pulling me up, and the second I was on my feet I flipped him with the hand I still had ahold of, and kept him pinned. He struggled for a minuet before stopping. "You got me." he said and Tony groaned, and handed me ten bucks when we were both up. Nat came over and was about to say something when I heard someone yell out my name. I turned around and saw who it was.
        "What's up Fury?" I asked. 
        "You are going to interrogate Loki."
        "What?" I heard several voices exclaim.
        "Why me? You know I'm no good at interrogation." I say.
        "Yes, I realize that, But you know him." He said.
        "Thor knows him better." I say.
        "He refuses to talk to me." Thor says.
        "But...."
        "Just do it. It wont harm you in any way." I let out a huff of air.
        "Fine." I say, and Fury leads me to Loki's cell room. Before I go in Fury looks at me.
        "We will all be watching to make sure nothing goes wrong." I nod and walk in. Then I turn to the guard in the room.
        "You are dismissed." I say, motioning to the door. He looks at me warily.
        "I am not supposed to leave the prisoner alone."
        "You can wait in the hall if it makes you feel better." I sigh. After a few moments he nods and exits the room. I turn and walk towards the glass cell. Loki is sitting on the bed, staring at me. I sit in the chair in a criss cross position and look at him. "Hi, Greeny." I say. He does nothing but stare, and I decide to stare back until he says something. We had been staring at each other for a minuet until he finally looks away.
        "Why do you keep calling me that?"
        "Greeny?" I pause. "I don't really know. Just used to it I guess."
        "Here to question me? You will not get anything." he says coldly. I shrug.
        "I figured as much." I say calmly, earning a surprised look from Loki.
        "Then why are you here?" he asks.
        "I don't know...." I say, and pause. "Want to talk?" I ask suddenly. "Get some stuff off your chest?"
        "No." he pauses. "The guards talk about your little outburst. When you said that you were fireproof I didn't imagine that." He pauses again. "Or the water control." I Shrug.
        "Ok then..." I say. we sit in an uncomfortable silence. "Tell me about your childhood."
        "What?" he asks surprised. "Why on earth would I do that?" I shrug as a response and he cocks his head, looking at me strangely. "I'll tell you of my childhood if you tell me of yours."
        "Are we back to our little agreement?" I ask slowly. He nods. "I will," I start. "But you must go first."
        "Why?"
        "Because I hold all the cards right now." He nods.
        "How do I know you will not leave once I tell you my story?"
        "I keep my deals." He smirks.
        "Do you?"
        "Have I not in our past agreements?" I ask.
        "Alright then." he says. "This is a sad story. Are you sure you wish to hear it?"
        "Nothing else to do." He smirks again, pausing a moment before starting.
        "My childhood consisted of a shadow. The shadow of Thor. He was the favorite of my parents, the eldest, and always was surrounded by friends, Leaving me alone." He has a sad look on his face. "I was taught magic by my mother, the only one who seemed to love me. I was alone through the years, but did not show the effect of it upon me. That would have been weakness. I trained for battles and fought and won quite a few of them with Thor." He pauses, remembering the battles. "After a while, Thor was too become King of Asguard, but at his coronation he was banished here." I nodded, remembering the uproar that had caused. "And Odin Fell into Odinsleep, and I became King, not knowing when he was to awake." He paused again and I let him remember the events. "The friends of Thor's begged me too let him return but I could not, and they went to find him. Eventually, Odin awoke and I learned the truth." He paused then hissed, "I was not his son, I was a monster." He became angered and started to pace thee cell. "I sent a destroyer after Thor but he defeated it and returned, then proceeded to destroy the bi-frost and throw me into an abyss, expecting me to die, But I did not, I came back, and now I will rightfully rule this retched planet." He was angry, and I let him fume. After a few moments he calmed down and looked too me. "That is my child hood."
        "I wish I was that lucky. That would have been much better than what I had too go through." His head snapped up, and he glared at me.
        "Do not joke about this."
        "I'm not." I said coolly. "I would rejoice if that was my childhood." He looked taken aback, then looked closer at me.
        "You do not lie." He pauses and I roll my eyes. "What could have been worse than what happened to me?"
        "Lots."
        "Tell me about it." I pause and take in a shaky breath, eyes darting to the door as the memories resurface. "You made a deal." he says coldly, noticing me looking at the door.
        "I know." I Take a deep breath. "I was born from two creatures, a fire spirit and a siren." His eye widen slightly and I pause. He motions for me to continue. "My birth was supposed to be impossible, and my mother died during it. My father must have hated me because he left me on the side of the road." I pause to take in another deep breath. "I was found by a young girl of a nice family and they took me in, thinking that I was a normal kid, and until I was four nothing happened and my life was good." I shut my eyes and continue, watching the memory in my head. "I was throwing a tantrum about something, i don't remember what now, it had to have been something stupid, and I lit up into a little fireball, setting the house on fire and watching the nice people who had taken me in burn to death in front of me, and my sister came in the house looking for them and she burned too." I felt a tear slide down my cheek. "The authorities came and put me in a system that took orphaned children into different homes to try and find one that fit, and for the next four years I was bounced around seventeen different homes because nobody wanted me. Finally, I came to the house of a scientist and his wife. They loved me so much and I loved them back." I take a deep breath. "They adopted me and for the next year, I was happy, careful to not get angry and reveal myself. Then one night, I had a nightmare and lit up, and they saw. The mother immediately threatened to kill me but the dad had a different idea. He took me to a secret laboratory and started to preform different tests. They drew blood, and took dozens of samples, attempting to figure out what I was. They used knives to carve into my skin, bring pain until I lit up, physically beating me while I was on fire to see how I reacted, pushing me close to death, then nursing me back to health just so they could go another round. They coaxed every power I have out of me, and kept testing and retesting, pushing me to the limit." the tears were freely flowing now, and I couldn't look at Loki. My skin was orange now and scars started to come to the surface, all over my body, but I didn't notice, I was going to finish. "They never gave me any new clothes and only gave me food when they remembered too. They did so many tests and operations on me that I lost count. Soon, I didn't care what they did as long as it would kill me. I was tired of the pain, the experiments. They saw how I reacted to attacks, they let animals maul me, they shoot at me, they did everything they could think of. Some scientists took that literally and took advantage of me the moments when I was not being filmed, or was too weak to fight back. I was raped, tortured, and tested, I had so many different drugs in me and this lasted for years." I was crying hard but I forced out the words. "When I was thirteen SHIELD found out about what they were doing and shut it all down. They brought me here and nursed me to health. Now I am here." I stood up, and saw all of the resurfacing scars, all over my body. "NO! This only happens after the nightmares!" I screamed, looking at the scars. I ran from the room, but not before I saw the look on Loki's face, utter horror, sadness, and fear.

3rd person POV, the meeting room~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

        The image shut down and the team all looked at one another, wide eyed, Natasha was crying silently. "Did you know about this?" Steve asked Fury.
        "No, not all of it." everyone else was too shocked to speak.
        "I'm going to find her." Steve said after a few minuets of silence. He left the room without another word, and the rest of the team followed when Steve sent a message through the ear pieces that he had found her.