A/N: None of this stuff is mine...at all. well the plot is, but im a humble fanfic writer, the characters are by no means mine.

Now Tony wasn t one for surprises, so lets just say when a certain thunder God strolled into the living room one morning with his murderous younger brother tucked under his left arm - the right one weilding Mjolnir of course- well, he let out a not-so-manly shriek in a not-so-manly pitch. But of course, anyone who cared to mention it was told it was Steve. Definitely Steve.

At present, it was three weeks since that fateful morning when Thor had announced that Loki would be staying with them for a while, and really, who was Tony to disagree? So far, Loki had been nothing but a gracious house-guest, in fact, Tony barely even saw the guy. When he did emerge from his room, or Thor s room as was sometimes the case, Loki kept his head down and spoke not a word to anyone, save to ask them to make coffee -because Midgardian technology was so not his strong point- or to ask Bruce if he might borrow one of his many books. So they really had nothing to complain about on that front.

And from the perspective of the Avengers as a team, they really had nothing to say there either. When taken out on missions, Loki s magic, illusions and general intelligence were a valuable asset to the team. Villains would find their technology very suddenly stopped working, or that their allies suddenly forgot who they were. The mind tricks had worried Tony at first, thinking of what Loki could do to their own allegiances should he have half a mind, but when voicing these concerns, Loki merely smiled and stated that the mind tricks only worked on those with stunted intelligence. That definitely put Tony s mind at ease.

This morning, four out of the now seven Avengers were situated in various rooms around Stark tower, now known as the Avengers tower, and these were Loki, Steve, Bruce and Thor, although this was soon to become one less. Thor stated he had business to attend to back on Asgard with Queen Frigga, and that he would return at nightfall. This was not an uncommon occurrence, however his words regarding Loki open his departure were, for want of a better phrase, rather peculiar.
Captain, I ask that you ensure my brother is undisturbed this morning. It is of vital importance he be left in peace. He will not be emerging from his quarters, and I would ask you not bother him.

Thor s tone was serious, his usual spark of cheer missing, and Tony thought he could see something else glistening in them... worry? Tony shrugged it off as nothing. Loki probably needed time to meditate so he didn t go batshit crazy and try and kill them all again. Bruce did that sometimes.

Steve had of course assured Thor that Loki would be left alone. None of them went near him that much anyway. Too many open wounds left over from Manhattan meant tensions ran high when Loki was around. Nevertheless, they were starting to come around to each other. Loki was the god of mischeif after all, and nothing he had done so far since arriving at the tower could be described as anything worse than good natured, humorous mischeif.

Tony spent a few hours in his lab, working on the Mach 8. This baby was going to be legendary. Children would write songs about this suit, he decided. On his way to get what must have been his sixteenth cup of coffee, the rock music he always played as he worked ceased, and JARVIS voice cut through Tony s caffeine buzz.

"Sir, Master Odinson is on the communications channel, and would like to inform that upon his arrival back to Earth, he found Doctor Doom wreaking havoc in the City. He asks you assemble all of the avengers and come to his aid."

Tony sighed, there went his peaceful day. He asked JARVIS to inform as many Avengers as he could via the comms and, as he was passing, banged on Loki s door himself. He had debated over it as he walked, but JARVIS said that Thor had asked him to assemble ALL the Avengers, and that included Loki now.

"Rise and shine Buttercup, Thor called and it sounds like he needs all of our help"

It took a moment but Tony finally heard sounds of movement in the room, and continued walking, knowing Loki could manage to find his way to the Quinjet himself when he was fully out of his meditation state or whatever he was doing.

When they reached the chaos of the city, Tony slightly faster due to flying himself over rather than staying in the Jet, an intense battle ensued. Tony could hear the Hulk smashing his way across the City, as well as Thor striking his foes with Mjolnir. He could see blue energy streaks and aura s from Loki s magic and god he had to know how that worked one day -maybe Loki would be willing to aid him in an experiment?- but Tony had no time to focus on such errant thoughts as he fought viciously with Dooms machines.

Eventually their enemy had been vanquished, and to be honest, they all seemed weary. Except the Hulk, but really, Tony thought, Hulk never got tired. Loki on the other hand, seemed exhausted. From what Tony could see of Loki where he was stood at the edge of the roof of a little Shawarma joint, he was pale, paler than usual, and shaking slightly.

Tony turned to Steve.

"Does Loki seem off to you?"

Hearing these words Thor whipped around, eyes seraching for his brother.

"Loki is here?" he asked, his teeth clenched together. Thor spotted his brother, and begin striding towards the shawarma joint, with bright, furious eyes.

It was at that moment that Loki faltered in his stance, and began hurtling from the roof of the building in a dead faint.

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