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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2016 17:34:15 GMT -5
[[ Aw no .-. And they're still with him. ]]
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Post by Darkshine Laufeyson-Barnes on Dec 12, 2016 20:38:12 GMT -5
Okay. Hmmm...]
As Bucky and Natasha were speaking, Loki slowly eased into a desolate corner that was semi-private. Well, private enough that no one could see him for the time being. He desperately needed to change back into his natural form again. He silently recited the words to reverse the disguise he had on. Once he blinked his eyes open again, Loki looked down. He was decked out in his Asgardian wear again. Tall black boots, the iconic black, green, and gold outfit, and fitting armor on his shoulders and arms. It felt so refreshing! At least he could get a taste of it, before he'd probably have to switch back to Lukas again and answer absurd questions by the Avengers team.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2016 20:54:30 GMT -5
Okay. Hmmm...] As Bucky and Natasha were speaking, Loki slowly eased into a desolate corner that was semi-private. Well, private enough that no one could see him for the time being. He desperately needed to change back into his natural form again. He silently recited the words to reverse the disguise he had on. Once he blinked his eyes open again, Loki looked down. He was decked out in his Asgardian wear again. Tall black boots, the iconic black, green, and gold outfit, and fitting armor on his shoulders and arms. It felt so refreshing! At least he could get a taste of it, before he'd probably have to switch back to Lukas again and answer absurd questions by the Avengers team. Bucky glanced over his shoulder, seeing that Lukas was not there. Natasha followed his gaze, and called softly, "Lukas?" She gave Bucky a look, and he blinked, shrugging one shoulder as she began backwards, glancing into all of the doorways and corners of the winding hall that they had just come through.
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Post by Darkshine Laufeyson-Barnes on Dec 12, 2016 21:02:15 GMT -5
Loki rolled his eyes, couldn't he just be himself for more than five minutes? He shifted himself back into Lukas' body once again and stepped out into the line of vision of them both, hands in his pockets, eyebrows raised. "Yes?" he answered. "What is it?"
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2016 21:05:50 GMT -5
"You should probably stay with us," Natasha informed with a wry smile, dark eyebrows shooting up, "it's easy to get lost in here." Plus, they had no idea who this guy really was. She wasn't questioning Bucky Barnes' character, but the Winter Soldier? He would have no hesitance to hanging out with a man who was also a criminal.
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Post by Darkshine Laufeyson-Barnes on Dec 12, 2016 21:16:20 GMT -5
"Of course!" he exclaimed politely, he gave a small dip of his head to her in understanding. This was all an act. But having to play pretend just to keep them off his back made Loki sick to the bottom of his stomach. He glanced sideways at Bucky to see if he had anything to say. He was so quiet, reserved. It made it hard for Loki to trust him. So far, he hadn't said anything that might give him away.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2016 21:30:49 GMT -5
"He's probably just curious," Bucky chuckled nervously, meeting Loki's false eyes before looking back at Natasha, hands in his pockets, "it's not every day you get to hang out with the Avengers." Natasha glanced between the two men, but then gave a deft nod. "Alright," she finally said, "come on." She led the two of them the rest of the way down the hall, and into a lounge like place. Bucky immediately flopped into one of the chairs, face in hands as Natasha asked 'Lukas,' "So, how do you know Bucky?"
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Post by Darkshine Laufeyson-Barnes on Dec 12, 2016 21:42:17 GMT -5
"Let's see..." he could easily make something up, as long as it sounded believable. And "falling from the sky" did NOT make that list. What did humans use to get around all the time? "I was driving home from work through a part of the city I wasn't familiar with, and my car broke down. There weren't many people around. But then Bucky showed up. I asked him where I could find the nearest repair shop, and he decided to show me there." It was the best he could come up with, and Loki hoped it would work. He had smartly chosen not to say that he had offered to help. That might seem fishy, seeing that the guy was very conservative and trying to stay undercover from the public eye. "Then that agency, S.H.I.E.L.D. or whatever you call it, showed up." the name left a sour taste on his tongue. "They chased us into an alley. I had no idea what was going on."
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2016 22:05:13 GMT -5
"Why are they after me anyways?" Bucky murmured from the couch, opening one eye to look at Natasha, who didn't look convinced, but his own question seemed to distract her. She turned, smiling softly at him before saying, "Well, you were a HYDRA operative, James. They want to bring you in for questioning, to assess if you're a threat." "I'm not," he said, pulling at his own arm like he was throwing a blanket over himself, for comfort. "I know," she said, almost pityingly before looking to Lukas, "well, you're safe from them here. We can talk them down from taking either of you in."
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Post by Darkshine Laufeyson-Barnes on Dec 12, 2016 22:12:15 GMT -5
"Thank you." Loki said to her, his whole self was itching to get out of this place before things got complicated. Yet he felt that the more urgent he sounded, the more they could start to grow suspicious of him. "And if you don't mind me asking, what is HYDRA? I've now heard it mentioned a couple times. By you, Bucky, and Steve." He'd play dumb and get out of here.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2016 22:30:03 GMT -5
"Thank you." Loki said to her, his whole self was itching to get out of this place before things got complicated. Yet he felt that the more urgent he sounded, the more they could start to grow suspicious of him. "And if you don't mind me asking, what is HYDRA? I've now heard it mentioned a couple times. By you, Bucky, and Steve." He'd play dumb and get out of here. Natasha glanced over at Bucky, who just nodded. She turned to Lukas, and then began, "It was an organization founded during World War II by the Nazis to achieve world domination. They worshipped Norse gods, but Rogers stopped them. They came back though, a couple of months ago. Haven't you seen the news?"
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Post by Darkshine Laufeyson-Barnes on Dec 12, 2016 22:41:00 GMT -5
They worship Norse gods? How interesting!Loki thought selfishly to himself. He would keep that in the mind for the future if he ever ran across them. "I tend to try and ignore the news most of the time. Sometimes all that gets to peoples' heads and they take it to seriously. When in reality it is all a pile of rubbish. But what you say does sound reliable." He hoped it was a good enough excuse.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2016 22:48:10 GMT -5
"Hard to miss news like that," Natasha murmured, glancing over at Bucky to see his reaction, but he had closed his eyes, face turned towards the couch. She pulled out her phone, shooting a text to Steve. "Hey, where the hell are you?"
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Post by Darkshine Laufeyson-Barnes on Dec 12, 2016 23:18:01 GMT -5
Steve's phone buzzed in his pocket, so he grabbed it and pushed in the PIN code. He read Natasha's text, taking a deep breath. Still down here with Tony, why? Need something?He pressed the send button and waited patiently for a reply back from her.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2016 23:56:24 GMT -5
"This Lukas guy's off," she replied, and then after another moment shot him another one, reading, "plus, I feel like Barnes really needs you to be with him right now, whether he knows it or not."
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Post by Darkshine Laufeyson-Barnes on Dec 13, 2016 0:39:24 GMT -5
Alright, I'll be right up. Steve put his phone away and walked over towards the direction Natasha, Lukas, and Bucky had taken. Tony had wiped out on the couch. He approached the room and peeked in. "Hey." He said, trying to sound as if he had come up there on his own accord instead of by the summoning of Natasha.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2016 6:50:08 GMT -5
Natasha glanced up at Steve with a relieved look in her eyes. "Bucky," she hissed softly to the man, who seemed to have dozed off. That elicited no response, s o she got up, heading over and ever so gently touching his upper shoulder. "Bucky." He jerked awake, staring at her in confusion for a second before realization crossed his face, and he hurriedly sat up, looking at Steve and saying simply, "Hey." "Do you want Steve to take you up to a room you can stay in, and I can take lukas somewhere?" Bucky blinked. "I want Lukas to stay with me." "There's not enough room in one place. Sorry."
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Post by Darkshine Laufeyson-Barnes on Dec 13, 2016 14:09:17 GMT -5
Steve wanted to sympathize for his friend, but he couldn't help feeling a twinge of jealousy. Could it possibly be that even if they were able to bring Bucky back to a stable state, that he would have a stronger friendship with Lukas now? Sadness and disappointment welled up inside of him but he didn't show it. "I'm afraid Nat's right..." Steve told Bucky. "But Lukas will still be here, and you can talk to him later once you get some rest, okay?" Loki felt awkward in this position. He was the enemy.... it felt very strange for someone like Bucky to have his back like this. He adjusted himself in his chair.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2016 16:52:00 GMT -5
Bucky looked long and hard at Loki, but then nodded slightly, getting to his feet. He brushed himself off, and then looked up at Steve, peering at him for a moment before gesturing back to the hall with a flick of his head, "Let's go?" Meanwhile, Natasha had gotten up as well, ready to take Lukas to where he'd be staying.
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Post by Darkshine Laufeyson-Barnes on Dec 13, 2016 17:09:41 GMT -5
*Pets Bucky* Precious child.]
"Right." Steve said. "See you, Nat." He led Bucky down a different hall and up the elevator to another room. Steve twisted the handle and opened it up into a large suite. It had everything. A nice main room with couches and an entertainment set, a kitchen, a bedroom. Everything nice you would expect from a large place like this. "You can stay here for now. If there's anything you need, just ask."
Loki got to his feet. He figured he'd get in touch with Bucky later since he was being taken somewhere else. "Alright, so where am I staying?" he queried.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2016 17:54:07 GMT -5
[[ my baby boy. ]]
Bucky nodded, lingering in the doorway for a moment, glancing around like he was scared the place was boobytrapped. "Steve?" he ventured after a moment, not looking at the man as he cleared his throat, and then asked, "will you, um, stay with me?" A bit of a blush was creeping into his cheeks. It wasn't like him, but... he was uneasy. He admitted that. After all, S.H.I.E.L.D. and anyone associated with them had been the enemy to him for so long.
"Well, first I'm taking you to get fingerprinted, if that's not a problem," Natasha said with a shrug, "since it's probably not the smartest idea to have a complete stranger walking around in here."
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Post by Darkshine Laufeyson-Barnes on Dec 13, 2016 18:41:51 GMT -5
"Well... sure I guess. If you want me to." This was as awkward for him as it was for Bucky. he was surprised at his friend's request. But why not? Maybe he was scared. "Whatever I can do to reassure you and your friends, I'm just a regular guy." Loki said. Even though he was panicking in the back of his mind. He hoped that she didn't notice the sweat that was forming at his hairline.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2016 18:55:40 GMT -5
"Uh, thanks," Bucky said simply, meeting Steve's eye from the corner of his own for a moment before dragging his gaze away, slowly heading towards the door to the bedroom, glancing all around him before he stepped inside, and within a moment was flopped on the bed, back facing Steve. He stared at the wall for a moment, chest giving a discontent heave, before he let his eyes slip closed.
"You can assure me by letting me take your prints," Natasha said bluntly, raising a dark eyebrow, "is it a problem, Lukas?"
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Post by Darkshine Laufeyson-Barnes on Dec 13, 2016 19:15:02 GMT -5
Steve took the couch in the front room. He wasn't tired yet, so he grabbed the remote off of the coffee table and turned on the television. He flipped through the endless channels until the news showed up. He turned down the volume so that it wasn't loud enough to be heard in the other room, and switched off the light.
"Not at all, ma'am." Loki told her.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2016 20:24:18 GMT -5
It didn't take long for a new nightmare (memory) to plague Bucky. It was Howard Stark, of course. God, his son looked so much like him. He turned letting out a small sound of fear as he watched his own hand slam the man into the steering wheel again, and again, and again... Sergeant Barnes? Now, the lady. He'd never known her as Bucky. He strangled her. He thrashed, sheet catching on his foot as he struggled, trying to stop himself. Stop, stop, stop, stop.
"Well, then come with me," Natasha said with yet another raised eyebrow glance. She turned, starting down the hall they had originally come from with a slow step.
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Post by Darkshine Laufeyson-Barnes on Dec 13, 2016 20:54:42 GMT -5
Loki remained silent, shoving his hands into his pockets and walking after her to wherever she was taking him. Please, don't let them find me out. He looked up and prayed silently to himself that everything would work out the way he wanted it to. Sorry, I don't know what I should do with Cap now. ]
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2016 22:06:29 GMT -5
[[ ah dunno what to do now. ]]
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Post by Darkshine Laufeyson-Barnes on Dec 13, 2016 22:28:45 GMT -5
shucks]
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2016 22:45:07 GMT -5
darn
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Post by Darkshine Laufeyson-Barnes on Dec 13, 2016 22:52:57 GMT -5
gosh diddly dang it
I won.]
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