. "Hey, Tony."
It was a quarter after one and everyone in Stark tower (The Avengers in other words) were scattered about about the upper floors of the tower going about their daily work.
Tony was down in his work place, tinkering away at yet another iron man suit. he had just finished installing another system in the suit when I walked in.
" Hey Veronica. What's up? Wait...don't tell me....Steve broke the coffee machine again and Pepper wants me to fix it."
I sat on the counter and laughed. "Not this time, Tio."
" Oh, good. You had me worried."
After a few moments I asked, "So, how's the suit coming along?"
He sighed and rubbed his temples. " Well....so far there's still some glitches in the system and a few adjustments may be needed. J.A.R.V.I.S is running some diagnostics to see what needs to be done."
I nodded. "How long would the adjustments take?"
" A few weeks, a month max."
" That sucks."
" Yep. It sure does."
A couple minutes passed as we looked at the suit. It had multiple wires protruding from it and missing parts.Overall, it looked like robotic dead carrion.
" You know what?" Tony turned to me. " We need to get out more often."
" Oh? Is that so?"
The billionaire nodded. " Yep. Fresh air could do us some good."
" By fresh air, I hope you don't mean a sports bar."
My friend let out a forced laugh. " Yeah, yeah, yeah, very funny." he threw a dirty rag at me, which I dodged, laughing.
" I meant....going to the mall."
I hopped off the counter in excitement. " Your serious?"
"As the government."
I put my hands on my hips. " So your not that serious. Your joking."
At my comment, he laughed so hard tears spilled out of the corners of his eyes.
" It wasn't that funny!" I cried, trying to contain my own mirth.
"Girl...that was too clever! Aw man...aw...don't ever let ol' Fury hear you say that! He'd flip for sure."
I snorted. "Oh please."
Once Tony recovered,I told him I would go get ready for our outing. However, I had one question.
" No! absolutely not!"
" But Tony...It's been three years since the New York incident. I'm sure everyone has forgotten by now."
"Forgotten what? The fact that Reindeer Games nearly destroyed the city with an army of space whales and his glow stick of Destiny? Yeah, sorry sugar cakes, I don't think they,v forgotten."
Every time I invited Loki to accompany me to the store, my uncle would always say this. I could tell it hurt the trickster to be reminded of the past. But, Tony did have a point. However, he wasn't pulling that excuse this time around.
" Still! Don't you think it's been long enough? He's our prisoner for a long time-
" That's kind of the point."
" Beyond the point, can't he at least be let out this one time? Please?"
A silence passed between us. Small eternitys passed as I waited for his reply. Finally, he sighed.
