After the whole farce was over.
They returned to the Helicarrier.
Nick Fury locked Loki inside a specially designed glass cage. At the slightest suspicious move, the cage would drop from nine thousand meters in the air.
Yet Loki showed no panic whatsoever despite being a prisoner. He studied the cell, all but spelling out that it had originally been designed to hold the Hulk.
"A mindless beast struggling to pass for a normal man. How desperate must you be to choose him to fight me?"
That was how Loki described Dr. Banner. He knew S.H.I.E.L.D. had reservations about Dr. Banner, and he exposed them without a shred of courtesy.
From the moment he entered the Helicarrier, he had been ready to break these people's resolve and cause them a little trouble along the way.
"You must be furious to have your prize slip through your fingers." Loki stared at Nick Fury and sneered. "Once you had the Tesseract and controlled its power, what would you use it for? To light a beacon for all humanity, or to show them what true power looks like?"
"Heh. Don't bother trying to sway me. Just stay put in there."
Nick Fury left Loki behind and walked out of the room.
Loki sat on the floor and looked out the window, waiting for an opportunity.
Everyone in the laboratory was arguing. Fury stood in the doorway with a grim expression. Thor was arguing over who had the right to take Loki, Steve over Tony's recklessness, Tony over Bennett's involvement, and Dr. Banner over how they viewed him. Natasha was probably the most composed person among them.
Instead of joining the men's battle, she used cotton swabs and gauze to tend to the little problem with Bennett's nose.
"Enough!"
Nick Fury wanted to end