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"Brother," said Thor. "You are on Midgard."

Loki quickly dropped his head onto his chest so none could see his face. He began shaking.

"Brother, are you alright?" asked a worried Thor.

Loki answer was a slight head movement that could be deemed a nod.

After a moment, Natasha grabbed Loki's hair and pulled, forcing Loki's head back up. Loki was…laughing. He was laughing so hard that no sound came out of his mouth but his whole frame was shaking. Silence turned to snickers, which turned to guffaws, during which Loki was finally able to speak through gasps of laughter. "Hahaha! Oh! OH! You think, you actually think I want to take over Midgard?! Hahaha! Why in the Nine Realms would I wish to take over a place like this? Hahaha!"

Steve blinked. So…Loki (at least this Loki) didn't want to take over Earth. Well, that's good! But… Steve was surprised to find himself slightly miffed. (In bed that night, while the good captain was trying to sleep but was instead mulling over the strange happenings of the day, he realized it was because Loki didn't even think Earth was worthwhile conquering.)

Fury looked carefully at Loki, measuring him up. Considering at what level he resided on the threat meter. Finally, Fury spoke to the prisoner. "Then you have no intention of taking over our world?"

This question sent Loki, whose laughter was starting to die down, into new reels of mirth.

Tony looked bored. "Apparently not." He got up, stretched, and then announced to the general room: "Well, not that this isn't fun, but I'm going to get some coffee."

Fury leveled his gaze at Tony. "Sit down, Stark. No one is going anywhere."

Tony was already at the door.

Then, he reached out and put his hand on the door release.

Fury glared.

"Yeesh. Fine. I won't go anywhere." Tony sauntered back to his seat, doing his best not to look scared of Fury.

With Tony-the-troublemaker in his seat again—looking very bored, but nonetheless in his seat—Fury turned his attention to the other trouble maker, the Asgardian who was still laughing.

"Are you done now?"

Loki held up his hand, silently asking for some patience from the one-eyed director, and with great effort composed himself. "I apologize for that. I find it quite funny that you think I wish to conquer Midgard."

"Obviously. So, what brings you here, Loki?"

Loki looked thoughtful, even a bit confused, before answering the director's query. "To be honest, I am not entirely sure. I was at home, on Asgard, and then I found myself here. On this…" Loki gestured vaguely around the room, "thing. It floats on the air, does it not?"

Fury gave a slight nod. "It does. So you have no intent to take over our world?"

Loki bit back a smile. "Please, I beg of you, stop asking that. You may put your mind to rest, for I long ago decided I should never again take over or destroy any of the Realms."

"You said 'again'. When did you do it before?"

Dr. Banner worked away in the lab; he wasn't at the interrogation for fear he'd turn a little green. A mini-alarm went off, indicating Tesseract activity. Bruce hurried over to the screen giving the details. He studied them for a little bit and scribbled a few notes on a thin bit of cardboard before another mini-alarm sounded and took his attention elsewhere. He tucked his notes into a clipboard.

If someone bothered to go through the notes, they might come across the cardboard notes. And if they read those cardboard notes, they would have found them to say:

jump in Tesseract activity

strange type

alternate universe?

Investigate further.

And there you have it! The chapter is done! What did you think? Will you review? Pretty please?