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Tony's POV
What the Hell...why-why does everything hurt? I tried to open my eyes, but the slightest glimmer of light made me wince.
"Loki?"
Thor? What-oh gosh. Steve, Loki! I pushed myself to wake up, softly stirring to consciousness. I tried to open my eyes again, groaning as I grew accustomed to the light.
"Loki?" I looked over, and there was Thor.
"Thor?" I started. Wait a minute...what was wrong with my voice? Did the stone had some other affects? I looked at Thor, who was staring at me in deep concern.
"Is everything alright Thor?" I asked. Again, my voice, it was just different, WAY too different.
"Alright? Loki, you three could have been killed! You should have waited!" Thor scolded. Loki. Why, why is he calling me Loki?
"Why are you calling me Loki?" I asked, looking up at him as I pushed myself to sit up, ignoring the soreness in my body. Thor frowned and quickly left the room. I looked around carefully. The medical wing, I was back in the Helicarrier. I looked around and then I saw it. Next to the gurney I lie on was Steve...and me. I took a few deep breaths, trying to hold myself back from panicking.
Thor calling me Loki...My voice...Loki's body, where is Loki's body!? I pushed myself onto my feet, okay significantly taller. I started to search for a mirror, I needed to see my face. I grabbed a nearby tray and lifted it to my face to see my reflection. Loki's reflection greeted me.
"What the Hell?" I murmured. The reflection talked when I talked... it wasn't a hallucination.
"Loki!"
I turned and saw the medical team rushing into the room. B-but I couldn't focus on them. My head was literally spinning. The team rushed over as things started to go black again.
When I woke up again, I was alone, with Steve a-and my body. Was it Loki in there? I tried to move my arms, only to find I was strapped done. Of course, they probably thought I was gonna hurt myself. Then Steve started to move. I sat up as best as I could and called softly, "Steve?"
A soft groan.
"Come on Steve, please be you." He slowly opened his eyes and groaned again as he looked around. Then his gaze met mine. His eyes widened and he sat up, wincing occasionally.
"Steve?" No response.
I looked around before saying softly, "Loki?"
"Am I dead?" He responded. I shook my head and said, "No, not dead. Not a dream. Its me Tony." Steve-or rather Loki pulled himself onto his feet and walked over to my gurney. "You're trapped in my body, Stark?"
"Yes, and you're trapped in Steve's body. Meaning Steve is probably stuck in my body." I shook my head and said, "What is going on?"
"The soul stone." Loki groaned. "When I shut the case, it returned our souls to our bodies, but somehow we got mixed up, causing our souls to enter the wrong bodies."
"Great." I said as I rubbed my head.
Loki's POV
I looked over myself in the reflection of the tray. It was..off to see someone's else's reflection instead of my own.
"Loki, can you please undo these straps?" Stark sighed.
"You did that on your own." I chuckled.
"I was-" He started before we heard a familiar groan. Steve, he was finally waking up.
"Calm him before he starts freaking out." Stark called as he sat up. I walked over and stood nearby, ready to talk to him. When he opened his eyes and saw me, or rather saw himself, he let out a small gasp and jumped up, his eyes wide.
"Steve, calm down." I said softly. "Its me Loki." Steve tilted his head and said softly, "How?"
"The stone." I sighed. Steve looked over himself, and asked, "So, you're in my body." I nodded and said,
"And Tony is in my body and You're in Tony's body."
"Great." He sighed.
"Loki, if this is magic, can't you use your magic to switch us back?" Tony called. I walked back over to the gurney I had awoken on. "I have a confession to make. My magic...its gone."
"What?"
"What do you mean gone?"
I ran my hands through my hair. Now that it was shorter, it didn't provide much comfort. "I can feel my magic. Its like blood, another part of me. I'm out of my body, and it didn't follow me."
"Wait, so now Tony has magic?" Steve asked.
"Most likely." I nodded. "Best guess is to find another way back to our bodies."
"Is there a way I can control it?" Tony called.
"I'll teach you later." I said with a nod. Another period of silence as we thought about this new event.
"What about the rest of the team?" Steve asked. "Missions aren't going to stop while we deal with this."
"Well we can't tell them." I said quickly. "How will that sound? 'During our last mission, we ended up switching bodies?' It'll sound like madness!"
"He has a point there Cap." Tony sighed. "Look, this is something we can work on separately. In the meantime, we'll have to act like each other."
"Sounds like a plan." He nodded. "We all agreed?"
"Agreed."
