The sun will shine on us again

Chapter 6

"Hey, Pepper." Tony called Pepper, as she was the only one who he could trust. It was too much for him. The last thing he had imagined was feeling sorry for Loki, but he couldn't help it. All of his nightmares came to the surface after seeing him.

"Tony, are you okay?" Her voice sounded worried. She must have sensed something wrong in his voice.

"Well, yes," he said quickly, but after a pause he confessed."I don't know."

"Tony, what happened? You're starting to worry me."

"I-I did something . . . but I couldn't have left him alone, Pepper. " his voice cracked at the end.

"Who are you talking about?"

"I can't say on the phone, can you come to the tower?I'll explain everything." He really needed someone with him right now. He just couldn't deal with his emotions alone.

He really needed a drink.

"Sir, are you okay?" his Al, Jarvis, asked.

"Yeah, just tell me if Loki wakes up or if he's tricking me and starts trying to rule the world again." Tony suspected that Loki was faking all of this. What would he gain, letting his enemy see him like that?

"Yes, Sir." Jarvis robot's voice replied.
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Pepper arrived after an hour. Tony tried to make himself busy the whole time, but he couldn't get the memories out of his mind.

He greeted her with a kiss and a hug.

"Before you get angry, I want you to listen," he said carefully, and she nodded. Pepper was going to kill him for that.

"I saw Loki."

"LOKI? Are you okay? Is that why you were stressed? Did he hurt you? "She asked each question in quick succession while simultaneously trying to look for any injuries. She found nothing.

"I'm fine Pepper, see?" He gestured at his body. She sighed in relief.

"Did you call S.H.I.E.L.D.?"

"Of course not, I hate S.H.I.E.L.D.! Besides. . . he's the one who's hurt. "

"Tony! And you believed him? Call S.H.I.E.L.D. now. "

"Not calling S.H.I.E.L.D., Pepper. You didn't see him. He looked so terrified! Something happened, and I'm pretty sure that it's torture. He kept saying that he is sorry and begging me to stay away from him." Tony felt anger raising inside him.

"But Tony, what if it's an illusion?" She tried to reason with him. She was afraid that they were in danger, that Tony was in danger. What if Loki was controlling him?

"I'm sure that it's not an illusion . . . he wouldn't let one of his enemies see him like that."

"Sir, Mr. Odinson woke up." Jarvis's voice interrupted them.
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Loki slowly awoke. He was in a room, and he can't remember anything. What happened?

There was no new pain in his body.

He was laying on a bed. It has been a long time since he lay on something other than the hard ground. A blanket covered his naked body. Where is his clothes? He panicked slightly. Did the Chituari do something to him?

He sat up slowly, examining the room, and noticed that there were clothes neatly folded beside him.

Getting up to get them and then started to put them on, if only to cover himself. What if they did something?

He sat down on the bed again to calm his racing heart.

He needs a plan to escape.

Suddenly memories rushed back to him. Memories of Gamora helping him, and Stark finding him on Midgard, and then Stark approaching him before everything went black.

He felt ashamed. Stark had seen him cowering. Begging to not be hurt. How pathetic of him..

"Sir, Mr. Odinson woke up." That voice again!

He looked around the room but no one was with him.

He lay on the bed and hid under the blanket, as if it would hide him from his nightmares. When would this person reveal himself and attack?

"Loki."

Stark and a woman came into the room. Stark was standing beside the bed, while the woman was standing away.

Don't respond, Thanos doesn't like it when you talk.

Tony looked at Pepper, concern shown on his face. She was shocked when she saw the God of Mischief like that, but could they really trust him?

The woman approached him. "Loki, are you okay?" She asked softly.

Of course he wasn't okay, he was afraid and waiting for them to change back to Thanos, but he could imagine, could pretend, that all of this was real and that he had escaped.

He nodded at her.

"Do you know who I am?" This question came from Stark.

He looked at the woman and she smiled at him softly. She reminded him vaguely of his mother, and he tried to shake away the memories of her.

Mother is not here, he thought to himself, tears welled up in his eyes. Wiping his eyes quickly, he felt ashamed of himself.

"Stark," he said in a hoarse voice.

"Water?" He asked in a quiet voice and waited for the Chituari's horrible voice to deny him water and laugh at him, but nothing came.

"Oh, I will bring some water," the woman said quickly. "And I'm Pepper by the way." She smiled sadly at him. He truly looked like something terrible had happened to him, she thought to herself.
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Tony waited for Pepper to come back. He didn't know how to deal with Loki on his own, and he was afraid that he might trigger something.

"Do you know where you are?" Tony asked when Pepper came back, holding a glass of water.

Loki took the glass with trembling hands, but was able to bring it to his mouth.

"Midgard? "

"Yes, and you're currently in Stark Tower. Not great memories, but whatever." Tony flashed him a smile but Loki panicked.

He remembered the other members of Stark's team.

"The o-other A-avengers?" he managed to ask.

"It's only me and Pepper." Tony looked at Pepper.

"I don't know if I'm going to regret this later or not but we won't tell anyone that you're here, so don't worry." Pepper was the one who said that.

Hope filled his chest but Loki knew that this wouldn't last. Nothing good would happen to him, not that he deserved it. He would be crushed again, but he could at least pretend that he is safe.

"Thank you." he said in a small voice.

"Sorry to ask, but when was the last time you ate?" Pepper asked, actually concerned because he looked so skinny.

"I can't remember." he replied, looking down. They sometimes starved him for a week or more.

Tony clapped his hand "Okay, do you like Mexican food? You know, you've probably never had it, but I bet you'll love it.."