A Key by Any Other Name

What if Loki's plans in Avengers weren't as they appeared?

Loki inwardly chuckled as his brother was whooshed away by Ironman, stupid heroes.

Just then a green light, shimmering like a million lightning bugs, appeared. Out of the light a girl walked. She was no more than 16; with the same icy blue eyes and pale skin as Loki's Asgardian appearance. Her cheek was bruised, her lower lip split, and her hands were covered in scrapes and cuts.

Thor, Ironman, and Captain America raced to the scene just in time to see the girl jump into Loki's arms. The God of Mischief caught her and held her close, seeming to not notice the others at all.

Thor stepped toward them, gripping his hammer tightly, "Child do not fear, we will protect you. Loki put the child down!"

The girl turned her head, anger evident in her blue gaze, "I'm not your child and I don't need your protection. Go. Away."

Captain America stepped forward. "This man is a criminal; you aren't safe, please let us help you."

The girl and Loki both laughed and Loki spoke. "She is safe, and that is all that matters, come Lykill, we need to secure your safety."

With that green light danced across both figures before they disappeared.

Suddenly Ironman got a transmission from Black Widow. "I don't know what happened but a girl just appeared out of thin air and took Loki's scepter!"

Ironman relayed the information to Thor and Cap. Tony ground his teeth, "Your brother is mind controlling a child! A child with weird green powers but a child! If you think we're going to let you take him to Asgard now you are very much mistaken!"

Just then JARVIS alerted Tony that Loki was on top of the Stark Tower.

Black Widow, Hawkeye, Thor, Ironman, and Captain America all reached the roof, just in time to see the girl create a small green disc of light and Loki toss first the Tesseract then his scepter into it.

Loki, his arm around the girl, spoke with much less bravado than he normally did. "They're gone, if you want them they are with Thanos, good luck getting them."

Thor stepped toward the pair but stopped short when the girl pulled a glowing sword from a tiny green portal. Loki put his hand on her shoulder, "Lykill, do not, you should not dirty your pretty little hands."

It was in that moment that Thor looked from the girl to his brother and back again. "She's your child? How?"

Their matching grins were all he saw before they disappeared into a green portal.