"It would be treason to let you out of Asgard," Thor told Loki, desperate and annoyed at the same time.
"If you want your daughters back, you'll do as I say. Besides, it's not like you've never committed treason before."
"Loki, that was different. Asgard was in peril."
"Actually, it really wasn't. If I know you, and I really do, brother, then this is more important than the pride that lead you to treason last time."
Thor remained silent, thinking. He would be betraying his friends and his Asgardian family by freeing Loki, but he would be betraying his wife and daughters if he did not. It wasn't a very hard decision.
"If that is the way it must be."
It was relatively easy to free Loki from prison. Thor knocked out the guards and then allowed Loki access out of his prison cell.
The rest was a bit trickier. Loki disguised them both as guards, which made the pair slightly less inconspicuous. They had no means of travel, so slipping away unnoticed proved difficult. More than once, Loki had to convince fellow Asgardians that nothing was amiss. Of course, once the prison was breached, alarms went up. They had only a short amount of time to get out of Asgard.
"Where to now, brother?" Thor asked Loki after they had started running.
"I told you before that there are other ways between the realms."
Loki's 'other way' was only a little while off, and they were getting along with little trouble… at least, they were for a while. Two other guards spotted them shortly before they left. Thor started to fly off towards them.
"Don't, brother. They won't reach us in time."
The two escaped into a mountain pass and came out in the middle of nowhere… back in Midgard.
"Well, that went pleasantly well."
"Those two spotted us, and you didn't let me take them down! They can report to Father what we have done!"
"Calm down, Thor. It's not as if he would never find out. Besides, no one will know where to look."
"Your deception and trickery can only take us so far."
"Hopefully that will be far enough."
"Now, what do you want for my daughters?"
"I need your help. No one in Midgard trusts me anymore. But they trust you, do they not?"
"What do you want?!"
"Well, first I need my scepter back."
"Loki, that's insane. Hydra has a hold of you scepter."
"Well, in that case, we can work together on that."
"Is that all you want? My help to reclaim your scepter?"
"No. I also need to disable the Avengers. I need access to their database. And I can't have them getting in my way. Don't worry, Narvi will be of much help."
"Why? Why do you need the Avengers down?"
Loki laughed. "Think about it, brother. Isn't is obvious?"
"I want my mommy," Torrun told her captor.
"Quiet, you pest. You'll get your mother back when my Master has what he needs."
Torrun started to cry. She had no idea where she was, she had no one with her except her baby sister, and her captor had done nothing but act coldly and speak harshly to her the whole time.
"There, there, you little beast. Stop it! Stop it right now!"
"Do you miss your mommy?"
The question caught Narvi off-guard. She hadn't seen her mother in so very long. She killed her mother. And then she had gone into her father's care. Before her mother had gone, she had never even considered working for Loki. Did she miss Sigyn? Did sh-
"Stop it!" She screamed into the air. Torrun backed away.
"Until Thor makes his next move, we have no leads and no idea what to do."
"Thanks for the positive input, Cap." Tony replied. "We know that Loki wants something from Thor. We don't know what it is, but it can't be that hard to figure out. So far, Loki has done nothing but destroy things, mind control our men, and try to take over the world. What does he want that he doesn't already have?"
"Well, he certainly doesn't need any intelligence from Thor."
"What, Steve?"
"Nothing."
"No, no. I think you just… Was that sarcasm? Or was it… well, don't bother telling me not to then."
"I'm sorry. I can take it back."
"No, no. Please."
"Can you two stop acting like children? We have an actual dilemma here," Natasha interrupted. Clint grinned.
"Right, like I was saying," Tony began again. "Loki wants something from Thor to pursue one of the before-mentioned likely motives."
"Destroying something, mind-controlling someone, or taking over the world?" Clint asked.
"Exactly."
"I'm sorry. That doesn't arrow it down very much."
"Ok, then. What would Loki need that nobody else would know anything about?"
"What do you mean?" Steve asked.
"He wants something especially important to him, or especially powerful. What would-"
Clint interrupted. "He needs the one thing he can use for all three motives," He looked up at the rest of the team.
"His scepter."
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