Steve tossed and turned in his bed, unable to fall asleep. The question repeated itself over and over in his head.

Is the elevator worthy?

Finally, the Captain couldn't take it anymore. he had to know the answer, or he knew he would never be able to sleep again. He got out of his bed and put on a blue bathrobe. He glanced at his alarm clock. The numbers read 2:38 A.M. He yawned, and then opened the door of his suite.

Much to his surprise, Tony was sitting next to his door, staring into space.

"Tony?"

"Huh," Tony grunted.

Steve was concerned. "Are you drunk?"

"I'm never drunk," Tony snapped. "I need to know the answer."

Steve closed his door. "Let's go."

The two Avengers jogged purposefully to Thor's room, the same goal in mind.

Tony pounded on the door. There was no response, and the two slammed their fists on the door at the same time, knocking the aforementioned door to the ground.

Steve peeked into Thor's room, and had to restrain from laughing. Thor was curled up in a ball in the middle of his bed, clutching Mjolnir like one would hold a teddy bear.

Tony peeked under Steve's arm and snorted.

"What are we waiting for?"

"Well, we're going to have to wake Thor up," Steve pointed out.

Tony blinked. "I don't think an earthquake would wake him up."

Steve walked into the room and turned on the light. "Thor! Wake up! We need answers and you have them all!"

"Loki…no…don't make me read…" Thor muttered and rolled over in his sleep.

Steve would have facepalmed, but this was no time for flippancy. "Thor!"

"Go away, Loki. You're not going to make me be a test subject for one of your ridiculous magic tricks," Thor shouted, still asleep.

Steve felt a little guilty. "The poor guy. Still really attached to his rogue brother."

Then he realized he was talking to no one. Tony was gone.

"Tony?"

The Man of Iron came into the room, carrying a rather large bucket full of ice cubes and water.

"Oh, no…" Steve laughed softly.

"He won't kill me with his hammer if I do this, will he?" Tony asked.

Steve shrugged, then pulled his shield from underneath his bathrobe. "If he tries, I will protect you."

"You brought your shield." It was a statement, not a question.

"Yes. Now get on with it."

Obligingly, Tony dumped the entire contents of the bucket onto Thor's face.

The thunder god jumped up with a cry of alarm, fllinging Mjolnir out of the closed window.

"Oops," Tony said.

Thor shook his head, then rubbed the water out of his eyes, spluttering. "Friends, why do you do this?" He held his hand out, and Mjolnir came flying back through the Mjolnir-shaped hole in the window.

"We're going to see the elevator is worthy," Steve said.