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Watching as Spider Man took the young child and got him to safety, Loki turned his attention back to the Raptor hybrid he had more or less locked down via a headlock and a well placed foot and couldn't help but sigh a little. Oh he knew for a fact that the creature was dangerous and if it was left to its own devices a lot of people would be killed or maimed, but he couldn't help but feel that a physical battle was somewhat... beneath him. Brawn over brains had always been the domain of the other pig headed fools; He much preferred battles of wit that ended with his opponent believing they held the upper hand until the trap slammed shut on them and it was far to late to save themselves. 

Taking a good look at the hybrid, Loki couldn't stop himself from asking "Can you understand me at all? Is there still something that passes for thought in that reptilian brain of yours?"

"Oh, isn't that the question of the hour?"  A hunched-over man crawled out from the shadows.  Whether this man was wearing a full body costume or it was his actual skin, there was no doubt that lime-green hairs covered the man's entire body.  Giant, imp-like ears flanked his head, making him look like some creature from a fantasy world rather than the real world.  His large hands possessed claws, just like a wild animal.  If the man did not look so muscular or well-fed, someone could have said that he looked like a green and hairy version of Gollum from Lord of the Rings.

Looking toward the dead corpse, the man cracked a large grin on his face.  "Damon, I see that you said hello to your family for me.  Where's you son?  It's not fair for the little boy if his mother was the only one who got my message"  A bizarre laugh echoed out of his mouth as he finished taunting the human-raptor, who happened to the be the scientist Damon Ryder.

"Now, Mr. I just came from a Renaissance faire," the greenish imp taunted Loki, in spite of the fact that he himself looked like a mythical creature, "Why don't you just hand over the creature and we'll just go our separate ways?"

In truth, Loki had not been expecting an answer to his question. The fact that he got one at all, even if it wasn't from the source that he was expecting, did cause him to tense up a little. Keeping a damn firm grip on Damon as he looked over to the intruder of a one sided conversation. His eyebrow rose a little at the sight of the hairy 'Imp'. 

As the man continued to speak, a very friendly grin appeared on Loki's face. And here he had been lamenting the fact that he wouldn't be able to have a battle of wits. "You know what? Sure. I would be more then happy to hand this little beastie over. However, it would be morally wrong and possibly very foolish to hand over such a creature to someone who clearly had no visible means or training to control a dangerous creature. Perhaps you could put my mind at ease first and demonstrate that you wouldn't just be torn limb from limb."  

Another burst of laughter erupted from the little furry green man's mouth when he heard Loki's offer, to show how he would restrain Damon in exchange for releasing the mutated man.

"Don't you know?  A magician never reveals his little secrets!  From your appearance, I can tell that you probably should know this little golden rule for all magical folk."

Before the little green man could say anything else to the Asgardian, Spider-Man swung back into the hallway.  "Hey!  You still have that thing restrained!  Gold star for you."  Spidey thrust his thumb up into the air, signalling his approval.  However, he was surprised to see that there was another man in the room.  Someone he did not recognize.  "Who's the little green imp?"

The so-called 'imp' began to clap, doing so in long intervals between each clap.  "Everyone!"  He shouted, even though there were only two other people in the room, "give a round of a applause to this boy!  The murderer of a bright, young girl who had her entire life ahead of her.  Bravo, dear chap, bravo!"

Loki shrugged a little bit as his ploy fell through. Honestly the Imp seemed to be the kind of idiot that would monologue at the slightest provoking... and would practice his speeches in the mirror before hand so he can get the presentation just right when he gave them. 

Then Spider-Man reappeared and the monolog that he had been trying to provoke earlier finally started to present itself. If he had to guess, the 'Imp' had lost a loved one (Most likely a daughter or niece) due to a hero failing to save her in time and he had now dedicated himself to tormenting the 'hero that killed her' as a means of revenge. The raptor creature he was restraining was no doubt a means of which to do so. 

Interesting motive, still murder. 

"I'm going to let you finish, but considering that I'm fairly certain you've had something to do with Chuckles here- "A quick squeeze of the raptor hybrids throat to get a reaction and remind everyone that it was still there "I find it rather hypocritical that you're judging someone else for murder. I admit I don't know enough about the situation to judge if it was an actual murder or an accidental death, but still hypocritical. Sorry for interrupting you. I believe you were up to the self justification part of your monologue."    

"Oh, do we have a Socrates in our midst?"  The little green man threw up his arms in frustration.  "Looking for loopholes in arguments.  Oh, I'm sure you make the weaker argument better, don't you.  I see you're labeling me a hypocrite for calling this vigilante for his role in the death of an innocent girl because you think that I had set poor old Ryder on a rampage to get even with him.  But what are the odds of Spider-Man coming to this exact house in the middle of the night?  New caped crusaders are popping up all around the city.  Any one of this could have stumbled upon our dear friend Ryder.  No, if I really wanted my revenge, I would've..."  However, the green imp paused in mid-sentence, considering what he was about ready to say.

"But why should I spoil all the fun for him learning what I have in store for him?"  The hunched over, green man was overtaken by an uncontrollable fit of laughter as he thought of the many ways he could torment the Spider-themed superhero who stood before him.  Loki couldn't help but roll his eyes a little at the other green dressed man. "You know what, you raise a fairly good point sir. Clearly you lack the intelligence and wit to arrange such a meeting yourself...Clearly your presence here is little more then a result of your stalking of Spider Man like an obsessed anime school girl."   However, before the anyone had any more time to talk, a small, spherical device came flying through the window, emitting a grayish gas once it hit the floor.

“Well, it looks like I won’t be retrieve Doctor Ryder today after all!  Looks like I have to skedaddle now!”  On that note, the mysterious green man turned around and disappeared into the shadows of the night.

With the passing of each moment, more and more spheres burst into the house, filling the interior with a knockout gas.  While the gas had not yet expanded throughout the entire house, it would engulf Loki and Spider-Man if they would not do anything in a hurry.

“Maybe we should web this ‘guy’ down and let whoever is trying to gas us deal with it.” 

With the last word cast from the edge of a twisted tongue, Loki watched as the green weirdo fled before turning his attention to the more pressing concern of the incoming gas and his spider themed companion. "That sounds like an excellent idea." Waiting until the raptor was webbed down before he let the creature go, Loki rolled his shoulders a little before walking over to his spidery chum. Placing one hand on the spider themed hero's shoulder he waved his free hand a little as a see through, yellow shield seemed to appear around them. Another hand wave and the air outside of the shield seemed to ripple strangely for a moment. " No one can see us and I'm fairly sure that shield will blocked out that gas long enough for us to leave. Isn't it nice to be free to go for a walk without being interrupted by anyone?"

While Spider-Man and Loki hide under the invisible dome, the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents burst into the building.  Once they were inside, they were astonished that Damon Ryder was the only person in the house (or at least that's how it seemed to them).  After these agents had secured the superhuman and searched the entire house for any other life signs (as the police report mentioned that Spider-Man was on the premise), they departed, figuring that the people who apprehended Ryder  must had fled the area sometime prior to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s arrival.  Once the S.H.I.E.L.D. force had prepped the building for the public eye and abandoned it, Loki retracted the shield that had been covering the two superhumans.

"Er...Thanks for the help," Spider-Man admitted to Loki, scratching the back of his head as he spoke.  "Maybe we might see each other some other time, but right I really need to get home."  Just as suddenly as he had appeared, Spider-Man leapt out the window and swung away into the darkness on his weblines.