Startled, the king looked up at the land walker wide eyed "E-excuse me?! how in the seven seas do you know my name?!"

"As if he would not brother." Loki looked behind himself to see another land walker wearing strange armor and holding a stone hammer which radiated magic. The land walker also reminded loki of his own brother Thoren.

"Brother? I am most certainly not your brother." Replied Loki as he looked back at the first land walker who was now pointing his trident at him. "Now if you could, please, hand me back my trident. For it belongs to me."

"Sorry Loki, but that's not how its gonna work." Turning a third time, Loki faced another land walker clad in a Red, White, and Blue suit with a star in the middle of his chest.

"By the tides! WHERE DO YOU LAND WALKERS KEEP COMING FROM?!" Loki was then suddenly pulled under the water while his tail was lifted into the air, with a large hand grasping it.

"Thanks for finally showing up cap." Tony said as he looked at his fellow avenger. "I especially like how you helped out with our good ol' pal Doom."

"Sorry Tony. Really." Replied Steve.

"Mhm"

"Um man of iron…. uh…"

"Yeah point bre- OH MY GOD is that a shark tail?" Both Tony and Steve stared wide eyed at the thunder god; who held a rather long, grey shark tail that had bits of green on its fins and a long white underbelly. it also had some sort of bracelet around its caudal keel.

"It would seem so my friend. And its attached to my brother…."

"Wait… it is? how'd he do that?" Tony asked bewildered, Steve looked like he was going to faint

"LET GO OF MY TAIL NOW" roared loki as he thrashed his tail violently in attempts to get away.

"my best guess is his magic…" replied steve to tony, as thor grabbed loki by the arm and lifted him up and out of the water and over his shoulder. "well anyways, we should head back to HQ; Fury's gonna wanna see this." steve gestured to loki.

"of course friend steve. and man of iron, the good director would like to see you as well i am sure." commented thor

"of course he would…. look im only going with you cause i need to recharge my suit. kay?"

"come on then…" steve started walking towards the beach. tony sighed and followed.

"PUT ME DOWN! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! HOW IN THE SEVEN SEA'S ARE YOU FLYING?!" tony spared a glance up at thor who was still struggling with loki as he took off into the sky and smirked.

loki panicked in his mind. 'where are they taking me? what is going on? what is going to happen to me?'. alone, loki did what he could only do. try to escape the flying landwalker. he beat the land walker's back furiously and thrashed his tail wildly.

"brother… please stop your squirming." loki glared at the land walker

"I am NOT your brother" loki replied as he slid himself off the land walkers shoulder hoping to slip out of his grip. fumbling slightly, the land walker was able to keep his hold on loki's tail much to loki's disappointment. 'never again… shall i help a land walker that falls out of the sky...' loki concluded in his mind as he folded his arms over his chest, hanging upside down in the land walker's grasp. starting to struggle again loki stopped when he heard a strange sound. "what is that?"

"that… is the midgardian's flying device brother…. you should know this already… you where in one a couple of times…" replied thor

"alright… first of all… for the third time… I am NOT your Brother! second of all… i have never been in one of those …. things! third! i've never been out of the pacific ocean! SO PUT ME BACK! you STUPID land walker!" cried loki.

"my name is thor…not...'stupid land walker'"

"I…. dont….CARE. put me back in the water!"

"hey steve… it looks like fish stick is giving thor a hard time." tony pointed out the windshield of the quinjet.

"yeah…. turn the jet around and i'll get thor to bring loki in here."

"what eves~" replied tony as he took to the controls.

steve walked to the back of the jet and prepared a seat for the fish-god thing loki was and opened the hatch of the jet. "Thor!"

thor turned his head towards the jet, still struggling with loki. "what is it my friend?" he asked

"bring loki in here! it'll be easier and probably safer." steve replied holding onto a wall as to not fall out. thor nodded and shifted his direction towards the quinjet.

"hey guys unfortunately for us, this jet isnt made by me. i cant keep this position for much longer. hurry up back there." tony warned through the speakers.

"understood stark." replied steve. "hurry up thor!"

"i am trying my friends but loki is putting up quite the fight…."

"AS IF I WOULD NOT!" roared loki thrashing himself around.

finally, after a few more minutes, thor was able to get loki inside the jet; much to loki's displeasure. steve and thor almost went deaf during their efforts of putting loki in the seat made ready for him, tony muted his helmet.

"jeese…. that guy has some lungs….. and claws for that matter…." steve said as he entered the cockpit and stood next to tony.

"sorry, what was that cap? i muted my helmet…" tony replied

"nothing… its alright i dont blame you…. loki is… quite loud…"

"pft… when isnt he?"

"brother… please stop scratching at the belts…."

"i … am not…. your…. BROTHER. and NO i will not stop!" loki continued to scratch at the belts hold him in place, his tail thrashing against the floor of the contraption he was in. "let me go! i have not done anything to you land walkers! why will you not believe me?!"

"because you are a talented liar brother! you know this. why do you insist on this? why have you not turned back? you are clearly found out."

"turned back? what on earth are you talking about?! LET ME GO!" loki's tail thrashes again hitting the metal floor just so, causing a few of his scales to fall and small bits of blood to seep from the wound. "gah… ow… my tail…"

"are you alright loki?" thor asks stepping closer earning him a hiss.

"stay away from me" loki sneered as he drew his tail near himself. thor paused unsure but backed away shortly after, his head hung low.

loki lost track of how long the land walkers held him in the metal thing but it was becoming apparent that it was a while. it was getting harder for him to breath. he need water. any water at this point. salt or not. loki was hanging his head low clutching his restraints, gasping quietly. his tail itched, badly. 'this is not how i wanted today to go… not at all….' loki thought to himself as he closed his eyes. he was tired, hungry and dry.

thor looked warily at loki, over the course of the trip he noticed loki's discomfort grow. he started to wonder if this loki was actually telling the truth. that he really wasn't his brother at all. it would explain why he looked confused when thor suggested he turn back to normal. thor looked to the cockpit and back to loki unsure of himself, but stood up and strode to where his teammates where. "man of iron, good captain. may i enter?" the door slid open and steve stood before him.

"of course you can thor. you dont have to ask. hows loki doing?" steve asked casting a glimpse towards loki's haunched form.

"not good i fear. he has refused to return to his normal form and he is getting paler. it is making me think that perhaps he was telling the truth."

"or its just another trick" chimed tony from the controls. "besides 15 more minutes and we'll be in fury central."

"perhaps… but… hm…. yes perhaps it is nothing…" thor fidgeted uncomfortably as he looked back to loki.

looking at thor then loki again, steve sighed and reached into a compartment and pulled out a water bottle. "here thor. give him this… he might be dehydrated…" he offered thor a smile.

thor smiled back and took the bottle. "thank you my friend."

steve nodded and closed the door when thor turned and left. "you think he's telling the truth?"

"who? thor? or loki?"

"both"

tony sat in silence for a moment thinking it over. "honestly… i dont know what to think with those two."

"loki.."

loki didnt even bother to look up, he knew who it was by now. "what?" he rasped weakly

"drink this… its water" loki's head shot up eyes locking onto the bottle.

"w...water?"

"yes. but… its not from the grand ocean of which we caught you."

"i dont care… please…" loki stuck his hand out, it shaking as he did so.

thor handed the water to loki's shaking hand and sat next to him in case loki needed help. loki all but gracefully chugged the water and used what was left to spill over his dried tail.

"thank you...thor." thor smiled when loki said his name

"you are welcome loki."

"you still do not believe me however do you?"

"im sorry?"

"that i am not the one you seek. this is the first time i've left the ocean. why will you not release me? i have nothing you desire." loki pleaded again finding that violence was not something to use but on a last resort.

thor looked down to the floor "that… is something i can not fully answer. i do apologize for our roughness however."

loki frowned and pressed on " why? why can you not answer me? i deserve to know." thor sighed and shook his head. just then the overhead speakers came on and tony's voice was heard.

"hey point break, pack things up. we're landing. gather lokster up."

loki looked around the metal thing wide eyed "what does he mean by that?! where are we? where did you take me?!"