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Prequel Chapter 122

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“Sir.”
“Yeah?”
“You promised.”
Tony stopped outside the lab and whined, looking into it.
“Come on, it won’t kill me! That wound is gone anyway!”
"Sir, you promised." he said.
Tony pressed his forehead to the glass door to the lab then grumbled and went back upstairs.
Loki woke up and hour later, dragging himself out of the bed and wandering around.
Tony sat at the island, making more adjustments to his suit.
“Guess that’s it. Now I just need to actually build it.”
“I’ve ordered the parts for the suits already Sir. Also, Dum-E has knocked something over in the lab.”
Tony groaned.
"What have I missed?" Loki asked coming out of the bedroom.
“Not much. I fixed Jarvis. Nice work on the wires by the way.” Tony smiled at the god.
Loki smiled.
"Thank you." he grinned.
“Do they use wires in Asgardian technology or is it all streams of magic?” He was curious now, and Tony was intent on getting answers.
"We don't use wires and there is nothing attached to the screens we'd use."
“So how do you deliver electric feeds to your tech?”
We don't." he said. "As I said before, it’s all magic. Magic is energy in itself."
“Okay but how do you make sure it’s channeling where it should? Or is the object created with magic and then powered by magic atmospherically?” Tony could feel his truly nerdy, curious side coming out.
"The latter." Loki replied. "Depending on what it is, the magic goes to the same source of energy."
“Did you ever have to use wires on Asgard or are you guys too advanced for that?”
"We never had to use wires." he replied.
“So is everything powered by magic or electricity?” Tony’s mind was reeling from this.
Magic." he replied. "We still use fire and torches. We do not have some of the same things you do. We don’t have doctors, we have healers. I can heal you with a few spells."
“Yeah, I’ve seen that before. Does the magic act differently depending on what you use it for?”
“Sir, Director Fury wishes to see you.”
Tony scoffed and ran his hands over his face.
“Now?”
“Now.”
"I'll explain later." Loki replied. "Go deal with Fury."
“Oh so now you’re not going to stop me from going out?” Tony sighed but stood and grabbed his shoes. Might as well get this over with, though he wondered what this was about that the man couldn’t just call him.
“I’ll be back in a bit.”
"Because it takes energy to argue with Fury and I don’t have that energy."
“No, you just don’t really love me.” Tony faked a pout then winked at Loki before heading to the garage. He hopped into one of his cars, the blue one, and headed out.
Loki chuckled as he sat in a chair for a few moments.
Tony pulled up to SHIELD headquarters and went inside. He got quite a few dirty looks from some of the agents as he walked by; apparently, the news of his dating Loki was sitting sourly with them.
“Stark, good to see you alive and walking.”
“The walking is the most surprising part. Loki doesn’t let me get out of the room.” Tony shook his head and sat down. “So, what’s up?’
"Ignore them. They’re mad, they’re out of an interrogation job." Fury said.
Tony snorted and shook his head.
“Maybe they should have done their jobs better.”
Fury chuckled a bit and nodded then sighed.
“We need to talk.”
“Oh God, you’re not breaking up with me are you?”
Fury made a face.
"Don't test me Stark I was just starting to like you again." Fury said.
Tony pursed his lips, trying not to laugh.
“Alright sorry. So what’s wrong?”
Fury pulled up a weapon and Tony blanched.
“Where did you get that?”
“It was on one of the guards we took into custody. After we asked him a couple questions, he told us there was an entire crate of these weapons on that train.”
“Really?”
“Don’t play stupid with me Stark. With did Loki do with them?”
“He destroyed them so no one else could use them.”
"And when the hell were you going to say something?" Fury questioned.
“I wasn’t. Loki said no one else should have those weapons and I agreed, so he destroyed them. I thought it would be best to keep that detail out of the reports.”
“That you let a war criminal from another planet get these weapons?’
“He doesn’t have them Fury, he got rid of them!”
“Oh really? How did he do that Star? Did you see them get destroyed?”
Tony paused as he looked at Fury. In truth, all he’d seen was Loki send them through a portal. But Tony trusted the god, he trusted him with his life.
“Yeah, I did.”
"He's a wild card I can't afford Stark. A lot rides on this."
“He destroyed those weapons, alright? They’re gone. No one can use them anymore but you should be more worried about Maggia having more of them.”
“You think I’m not already on that?”
Tony looked at the man curiously.
“I haven’t gotten any reading about…”
“That’s because I didn’t tell you. Since it’s apparently okay to keep secrets again, I decided to start with you.”
“I was trying to keep Loki safe.”
“From what? If you think he didn’t do anything wrong, why hide this from me?”
“Oh no. I’m not playing this stupid game. You know exactly why I didn’t tell you!”
Fury's frown deepened.
"Next time he wants to destroy something and not tell me, I want you to tell me what he destroyed."
“Fine.”
“Stark, this isn’t a game.”
“I know it’s not.” Tony frowned back at the director.
"He's playing it like one." He said.
“Are you saying that because he’s been helping so much on these missions or because he didn’t let you have those guns?”
"Both. The council wanted me to turn them over to them."
“For what? We don’t need them and nobody should have those things.”
“It wasn’t my decision Stark! You think I don’t know how dangerous those weapons are? The Council wanted them, not me. And in case you’ve forgotten, those are the same people whose ass I had to kiss when you asked to move Loki to the tower!”
“Then let me talk to them. I still have a hole in my suit from those stupid guns!”
"Wait a minute, it wasn't Starks decision to have Loki at the tower, it was yours the first time they moved him. You didn’t want him nor did anyone else." Hill pointed out.
“Did I ask you?” Fury looked at the agent and she quickly pursed her lips.
Tony glanced at the woman and frowned surprised. Had she been there the entire time? Or did she slip in? He looked around, half expecting to see Natasha.
“You can trust him Fury.” Tony looked at the Director. “And you can trust me.”
Fury huffed.
"I wouldn’t trust him as far as I could throw him."
“Tough, cause right now he’s the only reason our missions have gone off without a hitch.”
"That’s why I'm not telling him to stay down."
“Good. Are we done?”
"Yeah." He replied.
“I’ll tell Loki you said hi.” Tony stood and walked out of the office. At least they weren’t in trouble. Yet.
Loki was on the couch, waiting for him to return.
Tony strolled back into the tower and smiled when he saw the god.
“Miss me?”
"I thought you'd never return." Loki said dramatically.
“Well I’m back. You can stop worrying now.” Tony smiled and went over to the god, sitting next to him on the couch. “Fury found out about the Chitauri weapons.”
"I knew it was coming soon enough." Loki replied.
“I talked to him about it, you’re not in trouble. He said next time we have to run that by him.”
Loki rolled his eyes.
"Fine."
Tony chuckled and put an arm around the god.
“Come on, don’t pout. It could have gone a lot worse.”
"Very well could have."
“But it didn’t. And at least we don’t have to try and warn him about the other weapons Maggia might have. He’s looking for them now.”
"That should go over well." He said.
“Let’s just hope there aren’t anymore. I’m not in the mood to get my suit shot up anymore.”
"I don't think anyone is." Loki said.
Tony nodded and sighed.
“I have to go and fix my suit. You want to come watch?”
"No, I'll be fine right here." he said.
Tony rolled his eyes and stood.
“Fine, I’ll go do it myself. If you need me, I’ll be in the lab.”
"Keep pouting and I'll rewire Jarvis. How do you think I did it the first time?"
“You know you’re not sexy when you threaten me.” Tony stood. “And I don’t pout.”
"Yes I am." Loki smiled.
“No you’re not!” Tony said as he headed down to his lab. It was like seeing an old friend after a long time. He smiled as everything came to life.
Loki had Jarvis put on a movie for him.
Tony worked on making the repairs to his suit. With all the sleep he’d been getting, he didn’t feel the least bit tired now.
Since it was early, Loki decided to leave Stark alone for a few hours and brought him a sandwich around lunch time.
Tony had his music blaring and was bobbing his head as he worked. He almost didn’t notice the sandwich Loki brought down.
“Sir, Mr. Laufeyson has brought you lunch.”
Tony paused and pulled up his goggles.
Loki waved from the other side of the glass. He had the plate in one hand and a soda in the other.
Tony looked over and smiled a bit then waved him in.
“No apron?”
"A what?" Loki asked.
“An apron. It’s…never mind.” Tony shook his head then went over and took the sandwich. “You gonna join me for lunch?”
“Sir, Director Fury has informed me he has found two more locations where Maggia is hiding weapons.”
“Pull em up.”
"Does this mean we suit up?" he asked.
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