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Tony attempted to read his data for the 5th time, but again he could not concentrate. It was hard to concentrate with a pair of poisonous green eyes scowling at you from the other side of the room. He shifted around slightly, so he could not see her again, and attempted the 6th read.
Ahem.
He exhaled deeply through his nose and turned around to face her. She was sat ontop of a pile of his books, arms crossed, legs crossed and eyebrows pressed into a frown. Her black hair was tied up into two buns ontop of her head, a style often seen on a 5 year old.
"Yes?" Tony asked, voice sickly sweet as he tried his best to keep his expression as nice as he could. She tilted her head to the side and gave him a curious look.
"Nothing?" she said in a high voice, giving him a blank look. He gave her a small smile and turned back to his data. Again, he started to read.
Ahem.
Tony threw the paper onto the table in a huff and leant back in his chair, arms crossed, scowling at Lolly.
Steve was unsure as to whether he should interrupt the staring contest he had walked in on. Lolly and Tony mirrored each other perfectly, arms crossed, lips pursed, eyes glaring at each other.
"Uh... should I come back?" Steve asked, a nervous sweat beading on the back of his neck as two pairs of irritaed eyes snapped onto him.
"What?!" they both bristled, enough ice in the room to freeze even the Captains warm heart.
"I uh... just seeing how you were."
"Checking as to whether I had killed him yet?" Lolly asked loftily, pointing that little nose up in the air. "Well, you're just in time."
Tony shot her a daring look and turned back to Steve.
"You guys can't expect me to work and be in the same room as Minghag here. I mean, geez, she's more than just a pain in my ass. She's a goddamn colonoscopy," Tony complained, gesturing to the "Minghag" with his hand. Steve chewed his lip, picking up on the slightly deflated look Lolly had cast to the physicist.
"What's a colonoscopy?" she asked, curiosity toying with her features.
"It's uh... when they uh..." Steve mumbled, cheeks flushing pink as he played with the hem of his jacket.
"It's a camera up your ass. And it fucking hurts," Tony interjected, standing up abruptly and walking over to Lolly, to see what it was she had been scribbling on.
"You mortals are absurd," she sighed, eyeing Tony's face as he examined the markings on the paper.
"Yep. So are you, you know, You're... my god. This is brilliant. You're... nearly as good as me," Tony exclaimed, turning the paper to show Lolly. Lolly raised her eyebrows and shrugged.
"It is physics. I have an affinity for it. My fath... a man I once knew showed me the mortal magics," she said, gesturing to the equations on the piece of scrap.
"This is like... can you apply this?" Tony asked excitedly, waving the paper. "Like, if I gave you all the equipment you could do something with this?"
"Probably," Lolly shrugged. "But I have no interest in engineering."
Tony looked saddened, and sighed, shuffling his feet.
"But you may keep that," Lolly said, pointing at the paper. "You may find it of some use."
"Congratulations Arm Candy, you got yourself a job as my new science bro," Tony said, giving her a small nudge and she gave him her worst look.
"Perhaps if you were to address me correctly, and not be so quick as to replace your current "science bro", I would consider it," she said sharply, jumping down from her podium of books and straightening out her jumper. She had shown the ability to also shapeshift her outfits, and had gona from her armoured green dress, to a pair of denim shorts and an off the shoulder green jumper. A small cough from the other side of the room alerted them to the forgotten captain, who stood awkwardly in the door way.
"Thor wants to talk with you, Lolly," he said nervously as the girls face shifted dramatically at the mention of the King of Asgard. She nodded, in acceptance and followed the blonde through the SHIELD base to the interrogation room. The whole team was in there already, Tony slipped past and took a stood next to Bruce. Thor was stood in the middle of the room, his expression unreadable, big muscular arms folded in front of them. Lolly held his gaze bravely and stood infront of him, a full foot and half shorter.
"My King," she breathed, dipping her head. Thor acknowledged her respect.
"Prince...cess," he finished, blue eyes bright and un yielding. Thor studied her closely, scanning every line of her face, her eyes, the shape of her mouth...
"You are much alike to my brother. You would understand why I am a little confused," Thor explained humbly, his tone was soft, he was being reasonable. The trait of a good King. Much different from the foolish prince he had been when they last met.
Lolly nodded, eyes flicking to Tony who gave her a half smile. He annoyed the hell out of her, and she wanted grind his face into the floor, but she felt confident with him stood there smirking behind her.
"My King, I assure you, I play no trickery with your eyes," she answered as confidently as she could, staring straight up into his eyes. "Perhaps my familiarity is of no explanation other than we have met before."
Thor looked thoughtful at this, observing her stature once more. She jiggled her knee nervously, her fingers tapping against the side of her leg, a habit that Loki displayed to show annoyance. He noted the roundness of her cheeks, the doughyness of her skin and the curiosity that shimmered in her eyes. He smiled as he finally understood, kneeling down and taking her hands in his. She froze at the touch and stared down at him with confusion.
"Show me your Asgardian form, my child," he said softly. Lolly sighed defeated, blinking down at him. Slowly, her body started to slim, her arms becoming less muscular and her legs shortening. He cheeks became rounder and her green eyes bigger and suddenly she was looking up at the kneeling god, her tiny hands still in his. All of the Avengers gave eachother worried glances, all except Bruce, who had figured it out much sooner. The child looked to be no older than 6, her hair still tied into the 2 buns, her clothing now more age appropriate as she donned denim dungarees over a green and black stripy t shirt. Thor sighed and gently brushed some of Lolly's hair out of her face.
"You are not even old enough to have left your mothers nursery, little on," Thor said gently, "What are you doing all the way down here?"
Lolly let out a small stream of breath and turned those giant green eyes up to her king.
"I was taken. I do not know where my mother is."
"Do you know who took you from your mother?"
"Yes."
"Can you tell us?" This time it was Steve who asked, and Lolly her attention to the rest of the Avengers, who all looked down at her in disbelief.
"No. But I can show you."
The avengers almost stumbled as suddenly the world around them began to shift and twist until they were stood in a huge golden palace.
"Thor?" Natasha asked, the whole team turning to stare at the king, who was staring in horror at a younger version of himself.
"No, it can not be..."
