A/N: This makes references to my other story "Peter Parker vs. Spider-Man". It can be read with or without it though.


With Peter Parker and Spider-Man becoming more and more popular in the media (their feud still going strong and the fans even started forming teams), the Avengers thought it would be a good idea to start trying to detour criminals from trying to kidnap either of them to get at the team. As proven over and over again, it wasn't a good idea to mess with the 'boys'... It would end badly for anyone who even thought about it.

Since Loki and Peter spent the most time together outside of the compound, it was Loki that most criminals aimed to hurt when taking Peter (though there were many times Peter was also used to lure out Stark. It really depended on which news media the criminals watched). Unfortunately for them, Loki and the others would stop them before Peter was even taken.

"Don't mess with him," Loki would always say as they loaded the criminals into the police vans. Everyone assumed that he meant he would hurt anyone that hurt Peter, which caused a lot of teasing aimed at the two.

But Loki had another meaning to his words...

"That was hilarious!" Peter laughed as the two walked out of the theater, tossing his empty popcorn bowl in the trash.

"It had its moments..." Loki smirked as he tossed his empty Starbucks cup as well, chuckling as an awaiting staff member raised an eyebrow at the large cup and wondering how Loki had been able to smuggle it in.

Peter found amusement in the employee's bewilderment as well. These people should know by now that it was useless to question Loki, especially when it came to smuggling food in theaters. Never again would Peter have to pay for over priced drinks or candies... though he would definitely buy the popcorn every time.

"I loved how all his classmates showed up at the expo one by one and thought he was slacking off with the cute girl."

"But the villain was a bit strange," Loki hummed. "Who ever thought of an enhanced controlling metals?"

"I'm an enhanced that can stick to anything while also having super strength and heightened senses, nothing surprises me anymore."

"I agree,  you are far stranger than the villain of the movie." Loki chuckled as he sent Peter a teasing smirk, the boy returning a playful glare back.

Peter rolled his eyes as he looked up and down the street, stretching slightly.  He didn't know why, but he was getting the feeling of being watched. The back of his neck had a prickly feeling that -try as he might- he couldn't ignore. But he didn't see anyone staring at him... Of course, it could always be one of his fans. After starting a feud with himself in the press, Peter had become very noticeable as a source for entertainment. 

But this didn't feel like the happy gaze from a fan...

"Is something wrong?"  Loki asked, raising a brow at the suspicious way Peter was acting. He knew the signs of when Peter felt something - after all they had been through now, of course he did. But he also knew the signs of Peter ignoring that strange sixth sense of his and most likely getting himself into more trouble.

"It's probably nothing, let's just keep going."

Loki hated always being right at times. He didn't push the issue, but kept his guard up in case there was a sudden need to move. With all the enhanced criminals that they were facing, Loki knew better than to relax when Peter got one of those feelings.

The day progress as normal though and Peter soon forgot about whatever feeling he had before. Such a careless boy... No matter how many times Loki warned him to never ignore his spidey sense, Peter never learned.

When Loki was called back to the compound with strict instructions to not bring Peter, the man felt like refusing. He would have too, if Peter's aunt hadn't called and requested his help with dinner. So Loki had no choice but to wave goodbye to Peter at a crosswalk as the boy left.

Loki was starting to turn away when a particularly large man caught his eye. He was dressed normally enough, the tattoos on his bald head almost clashing with the nice clothes he was wearing. The man could have easily been one of those professional wrestlers that Thor was becoming so fond of.

But Loki had seen this man before... Not on television with Thor, but in the movie theater a few rows behind Peter and him. He was also at the diner that they ate lunch at. And now the man was on the opposite side of the street, his bright eyes locked on a person across the street. Loki followed his gaze and saw Peter's form dodging people in the crowd.

"Damn..." Loki muttered under his breath as he turned and started to cross the street when he suddenly realized that the man was gone. His eyes quickly moved to where he last saw Peter, rushing to follow the boy, but he could no longer see him either.

Standing in the last place that Peter was, Loki felt the surge of magic that was there. Peter was - once again - kidnapped. Lovely.

Though Loki wasn't too concerned because whoever took him was very sloppy with their magic and made it all too easy to follow the trail they left, leading right to an abandoned apartment building. It was almost embarrassing that Peter had been captured by them; such a weak and inexperienced magic wielder would be nothing to beat. 

Though... That man who had been following them did seem to be slightly larger than... most men. But Loki had seen Peter take down other large enhanced before so there was really no excuse.

As Loki slowly made his way inside, a loud scream from one of the upper floors caused him to jump slightly before running to it. That was a scream of pure terror, sending a chill even down Loki's back. Whatever had just happened couldn't be good...

Footsteps thundered as he neared the room they were in, causing just the slightest moment of hesitation. Why were they running? And the number of people screaming had multiplied into three... With less urgency than before, Loki opened the door and peered inside.

Immediately after assessing the situation, Loki was struggling to hold back a laugh.

There were three enhanced that had captured Peter; the large man from earlier being one, an adult female, and another -much smaller- male. All of them were screaming and running around the empty room in horror as Peter chased them.

On the ceiling. 

In all honestly, it was terrifying watching Peter running along the ceiling with his head pulled all the way back and yelling about fresh children for his feast in Spanish with a deeper voice. But when he dropped from the ceiling and landed in the same position, it was just plain creepy. Peter's body stretched so his hands and feet were flat on the floor with his chest to the sky and back facing down, and somehow still managing to run...

It wasn't until one of the poor enhanced started to break down in tears as Peter growled that Loki finally stepped into the room properly.

"Peter, as interesting as it is to see you act possessed, I do believe that this poor fool is about to have a heart attack. I don't think you would want that on your conscience."

Almost immediately Peter stopped, pulling himself up into a standing position using just the muscles in his legs and smiling brightly at Loki. "I was wondering how long it would take you to find us!" He glanced back at the three 'villains' and chuckled, "I don't think they'll be that much of a problem now, so we can call the cops!"

"Is it wrong that I actually feel sorry for them?" Loki raised an eyebrow as he scanned the three, shaking his head slightly.

"I think you've been spending too much time with me, Mr. Loki. I'm rubbing off on you!"

A smirk crossed the cold man's face as he looked back to Peter, pulling out his phone to call the proper authorities, "And you with I, you've gotten more evil with your criminals."

"They'll live; I think that counts for something."

The two chatted for a while as they waited for the police, about whether or not they were rubbing off on each other, how far back Peter could actually bend, what gave him the unholy idea in the first place, and other topics much the same. Once the police had arrived to take the bad trio away, Loki and Peter followed them out to the large armor-enforced prison bus.

"Demon child..." The woman muttered as she climbed in, nearly tripping over herself when she caught sight of the glare Loki sent her.

"I have left you criminals plenty of warnings not to mess with him. It's not his fault that you didn't listen to reason and went on with your plan anyway."

None of them said a thing in reply as the doors were closed and the police left, leaving the two friends standing in a sparely populated part of the city. They should probably leave themselves unless they wanted to attract more trouble.

"Hey," Peter finally broke the silence as they walked, "You said just now that you warned everyone not to mess with me... Did you know that I would pull that possessed trick?"

Loki chuckled and shook his head as he glanced at Peter from the corner of his eye, tugging on the edge of his suit jacket. "No, actually. I always thought that you would break character and just 'web them up'. Now that I think about it though, I'm really not surprised..."

A large grin threatened to split the boy's face as he walked, that sentence giving him a sense of pride for some reason.

Such a strange boy, Loki thought. But it was definitely nice to have his form of entertainment around.

A/N: has anyone ever tried writing while listening to The Phantom of the Opera? I tell you what.... The Phantom screaming at you to sing is honestly really motivating - even if  you aren't singing. 

And if you can name the movie that Loki andPeter went to see, I'll give you a shout out in the next chapter! It's a superhero movie based on a series with three seasons (the fourth is coming outsoon). Good luck!

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