AN: Okay, so I need to clear a few things up. READ THIS. IMPORTANT CONTENT ABOUT THE WORLD THE STORY TAKES PLACE IN.

(1). When Gabriel took the Jotun baby as his vessel, he was, unfortunately, deceased. That's why he was abandoned. Not because he was a runt, but because he perished during the battle and there was no time for a proper funeral. They were going to bury him after the battle was over, but since Gabriel possessed him and Odin took him, they never got the chance. Gabriel ensured that it got the best possible treatment in heaven by sending him to the Angel he trusted the most: Castiel. Cas made sure that the child's heaven was spectacular and made a point to visit him regularly, until Naomi brainwashed him and he forgot about it. The child remains happy in his little heaven to this day.

(2) The Horn of Truth is different than in the legends and Supernatural. In Supernatural, the horn itself was a 'party trick Gabriel never got around to using'. In this, he does use it. Alot. It's why he's the god of lies. If you know the truth, you know the lies. It also works a little like a magic eight ball. You ask it a question, and it answers honestly. However, the horn never lies and is always 100% accurate. The other part of it, where it's used as a sigil to attract any angel nearby, also exists in this story, however, in this AU, that is just one function of it. It can also be used to make a person speak the truth, mark them as Gabriel's target/enemy, as his official symbol/signature, and can be used as a tripwire of sorts: It something damages the symbol or what it's on in any way, Gabriel is alerted immediately. It can also be set to a certain type of damage. If you set it to fire, what ever it's on could be ripped to shreds and Gabriel would be none the wiser. But if even a corner of those pieces was burned, he'd know. However, while anyone can use it as a sigil, Gabriel and Gabriel alone can use it's other abilities. THAT IS IMPORTANT. I'M NOT EXPLAINING IT AGAIN.

(3). This story is going to sound more like Gabriel than Loki. In this story, Loki never really existed. He was a character. A part in a thousand year improv session. Some components of his personality were modeled after Gabriel himself, but all in all, is was an act. You're going to see several other of Gabriel's 'characters': people he's pretended to be over the years.

(4) All of Gabriel's older brother's (save Thor) have hurt him in some way. Michael tried to have him assassinated, Lucifer grabbed his wings and almost cut them off with his Angel blade when Gabriel refused to join him, slicing one of them wide open, and Raphael constantly 'interrogated' him during the war against Lucifer for 'Suspicion of Treason'. Really, it was just an excuse to use his little brother as a punching bag once Lucifer wasn't around to protect him anymore.

(5). In the previous chapter, It was noted that everyone loved Gabriel. That chapter was written mostly from his point of view, so that's how it seemed to him. However, there were some, like Uriel and Raphael, who did not enjoy his tricks. Lucifer mostly shielded him from their glares, but in the space between Lucifer's rebellion and when Gabriel became one of the three rulers of heaven, equal to his brothers, It was hunting season. The things that happened during that period of time almost made Gabriel join his brother in his fight against heaven. This will be elaborated on later.

(6). THIS IS AN AU! THINGS ARE DIFFERENT! I CANNOT STRESS THAT ENOUGH!

(7) The majority of this will be told in third person limited, with the character whose thoughts are portrayed being mostly Gabriel. Keep that in mind as you read.

On with the tale!

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Gabriel was laughing his ass off. Seriously, if there was any time in history for an ass to literally fall off of a body, now would be that time. All he did was walk in front of Avengers Tower where he knew a security camera would catch him, but damn, this was better than expected.

Brucie was was taking deep breaths trying to get his anger under control so he didn't hulk out and destroy the city. Katniss was under no such restrictions and had taken to punching random walls. Iron Ass had taken to switching between complaining about how it was always HIS stuff that got broken, yelling profanities, and hacking into several databases (including SHIELD's) trying to figure out what the Tricksters next move would be. the Redheaded game of Russian Roulette was attempting to calm both Arrowhead and Big Green and Ugly at the same time. Red White and Blue was pacing and pressuring Hot Rod to go faster. And Thor?

He was sitting down on the couch, Mjolnir in his lap, staring at it contemplatively, with a sad look on his face. The sight made Gabriel sober up. Sure that was the whole point of getting caught by the security camera, and the man Thor considers his brother was no more than an act, a mask that Gabriel had worn for a thousand years to hide from heaven, but that doesn't change the fact that this was the one being who had ever taken the role of his older brother that had never hurt him in any way. Weather it was for his own good or not, Gabriel hated doing this to him. Absolutely hated it. He knew how hard it was to fight your brother. He hated that he had to put Thor through that twice. The very thought of having to do it again…

It hurt him more than it hurt Thor.

Because he knew, Father, he knew. He knew what it was like to lose your beloved brother to madness. He knew what it was like to have said brother actively trying to hurt you. He knew what it was like to be forced to fight back, to hurt the one you love so dearly to stop him from hurting himself. He knew what it was like to watch the one you hold so close to your heart fall. And he knew what it was like when that brother descended into hell and took half of your heart with him. He knew.

That's why he did things the way he did. He recreated the events leading up to Lucifer falling the best he could without anyone catching on. He knew from personal experience how quickly something like that can clean up your act. And he knew how easily the mere mention of the culprit's name can make you remember why you are the way you are. And in Thor's case, he added something original.

Thor had to live with how his arrogance caused Loki's fall. Thor allowed the decent. Thor let it get that far. Thor wasn't there when Loki needed him the most. Thor didn't catch him. And every time Gabriel intentionally walked in front of a security camera, Thor was reminded of the guilt. It kept him good. It kept him worthy of being a king. And no matter how much it hurt both of them, it had to be done.

Literally turning into air, he flew into the living room of Avengers Tower. All these security measures to keep him out and he could just waltz in if he so chose. Go figure.

Thor had always been comforted by the feeling of the wind around him. Being the god of thunder, it makes sense. Gabriel regularly used this fact to his advantage. He couldn't very well walk up to him and yell 'Jokes on you I'm really a good guy!', so he had to use less direct methods to ease his pain.

He flew up to Thor and circled around him a few times. The thunder god relaxed, so he had done his job. Then he went up behind Shellhead to see what they thought he was doing now. Usually, they went and looked up whatever major criminal activities were in the area, picked which one he was most likely involved in, and went to stop it as quickly as possible. Gabriel still couldn't figure out how exactly that translated to having all of the Avengers and SHIELD's top three agents holing up in an igloo for two weeks, but that was funny as shit.

But apparently they had finally pulled their heads out of their asses. Instead of looking at each individual instance, they had taken all of them. Every single time he was 'caught' on a security camera. They were trying to see if there was a method to the madness, a grander scheme to it all. It was pointless, because there wasn't anything for them to find, but A for effort.

He was planning on staying here and laughing at the crazy shit they came up with. He even went from wind to just plain invisible, since staying as air would take more energy. Maybe he could somebody this place was haunted. That would be fun. But none of that ever happened. Because at that moment, he felt an enormous surge of energy rock the world. The kind of energy that could only come from one thing…

Son of a bitch…

Lucifer is free…

Not wasting a second he snapped out his golden wings and disappeared. He had to stop the Apocalypse before it began. But there was one thing he didn't notice. One thing that would bite him in the ass and become a serious hindrance to his plans. Not only to stop the apocalypse from happening, but to keep the big, stupid oaf that called himself Gabriel's big brother safe.

Thor has smashed a mirror in one of the bathrooms yesterday. He refused to explain why. Gabriel had been dealing with a massive dick who had raped and killed like five women and deserved to fucking die, so he didn't see the action, or the injuries Thor had gained from it. He was completely unaware of the incident. So, as a consequence, he was also unaware of the fact that Iron Bitch had gotten another mirror to replace the one Thor broke. He and Mr. Patriot had been moving the mirror through the living room to set it up when JARVIS had alerted them that Loki had been spotted on one of the cameras right in front of the Tower. They propped it against a wall and had forgotten it for the time being. You may be wondering why this is important.

Mirrors always show the truth. They are a reflection of the reality you can't escape from. Even the reality of the fact that there is an invisible person in it's sight. Not even an Archangel's invisibility spell can hide from it. Gabriel just so happened to be standing in front of it. The reflection showed him laughing at them. It showed him gasping. It showed his eyes briefly turn a glowing, swirling blue as his grace reacted to the familiar power that had practically raised him. It showed him panicking. It showed his wings. Thankfully, Nobody in the room noticed it.

Nobody but the camera.

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AN: Wow, the cameras he'd been using to mess with them ended up getting him caught. The one time it's not on purpose. Anyway, I'm going to my Aunt's wedding, so I'm staying at my grandmother's house from Wednesday to Sunday. My grandmother has pretty slow internet, so I probably won't be able to update until like next Tuesday. Sorry about that. Anyway, did you read the AN at the top? If you didn't, go read it! Seriously, almost all of that information will come into play later. The only one that might not is the first one, because that was the answer to a review. However, I just might incorporate it in somewhere.

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