Loki stood in his cell while the Romanoffs left, seeming stunned as he processed the interaction. He was also dealing with the pain in his head from the Other. That being wasn't happy with his progress. Loki tried to convey to him telepathically that things were going better than they were. He couldn't let the Other know his real plans. So he pretended that he hadn't just tipped the Romanoffs off on purpose. His plans were going right on track, and derailing the Other's and Thanos' in the process. Provided everything continued to go according to plan...

He listened in through the scepter as the group argued, as the discord drove them apart. He knew the truth. The enemy they faced would finally unite them and that plan was falling into place.... now. Barton's group attacked the jet and the team rushed to deal with the destroyed engine and intruders as well as the Hulk rampaging.

Soon his guards came to free him from his cell. He ordered a couple of them to retrieve the younger Romanoff sister. He was too curious about the girl and there was something about her and her powers. He had to know more about how she actually had the Tesseract powering her magic.

The guards went to collect her moments before Loki's idiot brother came to confront him. A quick illusion and a very satisfying drop of the Hulk's prison later and the oaf was dealt with for the time being and Loki could make his escape with his guards. He strode confidently to the jet with his soldiers, leaving Coulson bleeding in his wake.

He made his way onto the jet and was pleased when one of the soldiers came, carrying the little Romanoff in his arms. She was unconscious and draped over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes, a bleeding wound on her head from where she'd been knocked out. Clearly, she hadn't come willingly. Loki was impressed that the soldier had managed to take her down, given her powers.

"What should we do with her, sir?" The soldier asked as he set Kat down on one of the rows of seats on the jet. The doors of the jet were closed and the jet prepped to take off.

Loki moved over to her and healed the wound on her head, casting a sleeping spell on her to keep her knocked out.

To be extra on the safe side, he pressed the tip of his scepter to her chest. It glowed blue as it worked its magic on her, opening her mind as it had done for so many others. Including Loki himself. The magic worked, but... it was strange, the glow wasn't quite right. Loki didn't question it at the moment, trusting the mind stone to do its job.

He looked to the soldier when he was done. "Keep an eye on her, but don't hurt her," he ordered. The soldier nodded and made sure the girl was secure and out of the way while they flew away from the helicarrier. Loki took a seat, gripping the scepter close for the flight to the tower as he thought over everything that happened and the next parts of his plans.

They landed at the tower without issue and head inside to set up everything necessary for the portal. One of the soldiers stayed with Kat, despite her being knocked out by Loki's spells. He would follow Loki's order to keep an eye on her.

Loki directed the soldier to have Kat brought into the tower and laid out on the couch in what appeared to be a living area. She was finally starting to break through the sleep spell and Loki was at her side, waiting for her to wake. She blinked her eyes open groggily, still mostly asleep. It was hard to break through sleep spells on one's own, as Loki well knew. He wasn't lifting the spell from her. She'd be more compliant while she was groggy from it, and even with the mind stone's influence, he wanted her subdued and as compliant as possible.

She was too powerful to do otherwise.

He looked at her eyes and was glad he'd made the decision he'd made. Her eyes were strange, one was the blue of the mind control, the other their normal purple. "Did you rest well, my dear?" He asked her pleasantly. There was no reason to be rude to her. He was sure she could be of use.

She looked confused and Loki found her even more adorable. He noted that she looked young for her age. The serum and experimenting done to her had changed her from a normal human. "The soldier... hit me... on the head..." she was still groggy and out of it.

That was good for now. Loki knew she wasn't very well controllable. That could work to his advantage, which was why he wasn't helping her through the sleep spell. Loki cupped her cheek, caressing it with his thumb. "Shh, my dear. Things will clear up. Give it time," he soothed.

She leaned into his touch automatically, her skin warm against his cool hand. "What's... what's going on?" she asked groggily.

"You, my dear, have quite a lot of power and are quite the curiosity. I wish to know more about you, and how you got the Tesseract's power," Loki told her. He hadn't really intended on kidnapping her, but it had worked out that that was the only way he could get her alone. Besides, he wasn't going to hurt her. "When the chitauri come, you'll be at my side where you are meant to be," she would be in the perfect position with him. "Do not worry, things will make sense in time," he told her gently.

She looked up at him, still confused, still adorable. Her power swirled under her skin, moving like fogged bees who knew something was wrong in their hive, but were too dazed to do anything about it. "Why? Why me?" What did he want from her?

"Because you are special, unique. You carry a power within that no one else could dare possess. It's a strength I admire," he explained in a purr.

That made sense. Of course he admired strength. He was trying to take over the Earth. The mind stone was working on her mind, though not quite as well as usual. She was still there. Still aware, unlike Loki's minions. "What's going to happen now?"

"The portal will open and the chitauri will come. This realm will be mine to rule, starting with this city. My mission will be completed," Loki explained the plan as it had to be explained.

Kat's eyes focused and she nodded, understanding as the mind stone showed her Loki's plans. Something seemed off about them to her. The plans were... sloppy... like... She paused and tried to figure it out. Her eyes widened when she did. When she realized his true plan under the illusion he'd portrayed to The Other.

She looked up at him with a newfound appreciation for his genius. He wanted to be stopped. He was forcing his brother and the team together because he knew they would stop him. Would stop The Other and Thanos from getting the stones.

With her at his side, he had two infinity stones in his power fully to make the real plans come true.