I dunno about this chapter. I think it's more an insight to some things, not sure what though…

Read and enjoy!

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Charlotte and Bruce worked in comfortable silence. Although that was probably just her, she was used to working without music on when someone was there and before it had been uncomfortable, yeah, but after a while it didn't matter to her all that much.

Especially if that someone was Natasha or Clint, Phil usually just hovered over her shoulder and watched her work or they had playful banter to fill the silence if there wasn't music playing.

A ping at the edge of her screen drew her attention from plans to a synthetic body and she opened up the screen the message from Natasha, making her frown.

We've located Loki, come meet me on the roof. You're going to be my co-pilot.

She looked at the time, seeing only a few hours at the most had passed since the Tesseract was stolen. What was that man up to, showing himself so soon? Finding him this quickly…well, he wasn't exactly hiding. She tilted her head to the side, eyes narrowed in thought. Did he have some kind of plan already in motion why he was so easily spotted?

The only way to know was to go meet Natasha, and Loki made her very curious.

She gave a little wave to Banner, not that she was sure he noticed as she was gone in the next second.

Loki proved to be a very interesting character for her.

And she was going to try figure out why. Unless, of course, Tony was there…she promised Pepper that she'd try to repair their relationship even if she was very, very reluctant to do so. Especially since Tony seemed keen on ignoring her or over looking her.

She pushed the thoughts aside.

Right now, Tony wasn't there and she was going to go attempt to capture the God of Mischief. That was her main priority, And if Tony showed up after or during…

Well, she'd deal with that then.

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They had sent down the Captain first. And Charlotte hadn't known why, either. But it was Loki, so she thought S.H.E.I.L.D would have taken better precaution, but then she supposed they were the Capsicle's backup. And Natasha had left her to fly them so she could control one of the machine guns.

"You know, the last time I was in Germany and saw a man standing above everybody else, we ended up disagreeing," Steve Rodger's voice said in her earpiece.

She heard Loki's amused chuckle even before she saw him, trying to fly as silently and stealthy as they could. "The soldier. A man out of time." he mocked. She couldn't see Rodgers face, but she was sure he was giving Loki a serious look before saying, "I'm not the one who's out of time." Unless, of course, he was fighting Loki.

She shut down their stealth system and turned on the lights, watching as Loki looked at them in some sort of surprise as they were revealed.

Suddenly, Natasha's voice come over her earpiece and the mega-phone to speak to Loki. "Loki, drop the weapon and stand down." her voice was hard and demanding. Charlotte could only imagine the rage that was brewing in her because of Loki taking away Clint, forcing him into his slave.

She directed her eyes towards Loki again, only for him to give them a considering look before attacking Rodgers, she watched as he was blasted and knocked to the ground from the force and quickness of the shot. "Kneel!" Loki hissed, his eyes narrowed.

"Not today!"

The only thing she could do was help keep the jet steady as Natasha tried to take aim. But the more and more Loki and Rodgers fought, the more and more it seemed she wouldn't be able to get a clear shot at Loki, seeing as he seemed to be all over the place dodging and fighting the dear old Captain.

Charlotte was about to sigh when she heard Natasha growl.

"The guys all over the place,"

"Well, what'd you think he would do? Stand there and let you shoot him? He's the God of Mischief, the Liesmith, the-" she was suddenly interrupted when there was a faint crackle on their communications and they heard Tony's voice. "Agent Romanoff, did you miss me?" she heard the cockiness in his voice as they saw him flow by them and blast Loki in the chest, AC/DC music playing on their sound system.

She noticed Natasha smirk at Tony's comment and her heart ached a little, she knew Tony would have known she was there too, and yet she was ignored?

Maybe it was too late to try to repair their relationship, she sighed, eyes going towards the three. "Make your move, Reindeer Games." Tony challenged, his weapons taking aim clear at Loki. And surprisingly, Loki raised his hands in surrender, making Charlotte's eyes narrow on him.

"Good move,"

She turned her eyes away from them, a frown on her face. Loki wouldn't have given up so easily, not from what was reported when his brother, Thor had come to Earth and not now. At least, not without good reason.

"Mr. Stark,"

"Captain."

She leaned back, hands leaving the controls and allowing Natasha to fly them as she thought.

She pushed aside the thoughts of Tony and her promise to Pepper. Loki had to have a plan why he was giving up so easily. Terrorists, criminals…bad people in general didn't give up easy. Because they were going to fight to their last breath or until they were overpowered and captured.

For them to have gotten Loki to give up with one fight with Rodgers and a blast from Tony…it made her suspicious.

He had powerful magic at his disposal, he had perfect aim and the only time he missed was when intended. Loki miffed her. And she wanted to get to know him, if she could, and try to figure him out.

Before she knew it, Tony, Rodgers and Loki had boarded the jet and they were flying to the Helicarrier. She only vaguely listened to Natasha and Fury talking. 'Is he saying anything?' she heard from their com-link, probably at the end of their conversation. 'Not a word.'

'Just get him here, we're low on time.' Fury cut off their communications before Natasha could reply.

However, she did listen to Rodgers and Tony talking, although she thought they were trying to be sneaky. "I don't like it."

"What, Rock of Ages giving up so easily?"

"I don't remember it being that easy. This guy packs a wallop,"

"Still, you were pretty spry, for an older fellow. What's your thing, Pilates?"

"What?" she could hear the confusion in Rodgers voice, making Charlotte shake her head at Tony and earning herself a glance from Natasha, who only earned herself a thumb in their direction.

"It's like callisthenics. You might have missed a couple of things, you know, doing time as a Capsicle."

She knew Steve would have been offended by Tony by now, more then likely giving him an annoyed look. "Fury didn't tell me he was calling you in," he said instead. "Yeah, there's a lot of things Fury doesn't tell you."

Before Rodgers or Tony could say anything else, there's a sudden crack of thunder and a flash of lightning, making Charlotte and Natasha share a look. "Where's this coming from?" As Charlotte and Natasha start to steady them, she hears Rodger ask Loki a question, as though trying to mock him. "What's the matter, scared of a little lightning?"

She tossed a quick glance behind her to see Loki looking a little nervous, worried as he looks at the top of the jet. "I'm not overly fond of what follows," was his only reply. It made her brow furrow as she looked out at the storm, trying to remember why Loki would be nervous about thun-Thor.

Her eyes widened and she turned towards the three to shout a warning for there to be a thud on the jet, making her and Natasha to look up and the jet to wabble before Thor breaks his way in. "Son of a bitch!" Charlotte curses, jumping up from her seat to try stop them only for Thor to disappear with Loki. "Bastard!" she shouted into the storm, glaring in the direction they fell.

"Now there's that guy." Tony huffed, annoyed. "Another Asgardian?" Natasha shouted, trying to keep the jet steady and peering at them at the same time.

"Think the guy's friendly?" Rodgers asked, as Charlotte continued cursing Thor internally and got into the pilot's seat, seeing as Natasha was her co-pilot. She shook her head when Tony replied. "Doesn't matter. If he frees Loki or kills him, the Tesseract's lost." She knew Tony would go try get Loki back, so didn't bother to look and see if she was right.

"Stark, we need a plan!"

"I have a plan. Attack."

"I'd sit this one out, Capt." Natasha spoke up, gaining Charlotte's interest. Was the idiot going to jump off after Tony? "I don't see how I can." She heard the clink of buckles and knew he was strapping a parachute unto himself. "These guys come from legends, they're basically Gods." Natasha tried again.

"There's only one God, ma'am. And I'm pretty sure he doesn't dress like that." Steve replied before jumping out of the jet.

"The man's an idiot." Charlotte grumbled. There was a silence as they tried to find where everyone landed, a blue light giving them direction to the morons. "Do you think Fury's going to be pissed when we tell him about this?" she questioned idly. "If Loki escapes, he will be."

She let out a sigh. "We should go get them then. Instead of just going back to the Helicarrier like I so desperately want to," she muttered, earning herself a snort.

Charlotte sent Natasha a small glare, no real anger behind it.

"Well I'm pretty much just here to be the escort slash chauffeur," she said, eyes trying to find the boys again. "I think they're over this way, no…wait, where the Void's Loki?"

"Where have you idiots left Loki? For God's sakes, he could have left in all the time you three were beating each other senseless!" her voice came over the speakers, talking to Rodgers and Tony, aiming her glare at Thor.

"Go get him!"

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I hope this chapter wasn't too boring. I'm trying to get the whole Loki and Avengers, take over the world bit out of the way as soon as I can, but at the same time I want to draw it out because this is an important time for our new heroes.

And I'm trying to figure out ways on how to integrate Charlotte to make the story flow better.

How's that working out?