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Tony's POV
I softly sighed as I slowly woke up the next morning. I ran my hands though my hair, just getting used to being in Loki's body. I pushed myself onto my feet and headed off to the bathroom. It was still somewhat early, so there couldn't be any harm in taking a quick shower. Looking around, I could tell that Loki was a person that kept things quite neat and tidy...definitely different from my own lifestyle. Taking a shower, it was a tad strange that the water wouldn't go into high warmer temperatures, instead being a medium, to cooler temperature.
Huh.
Finishing up, I stepped out of the shower, only to freeze when I saw the mirror. Instead of seeing the typical and traditional view of Loki, there was a blue figure with dark red eyes. I stumbled back, just feeling my heart race in my chest.
"What the Hell? What the hell, what the Hell, What the Hell." I murmured under my breath. I raced to the bedroom again and grabbed the earpiece, calling,
"Loki, Loki please be awake!"
A few moments of silence passed before the voice responded,
"Tony? What is it?"
"G-get in your room, now." I stammered quietly. I looked over myself in the mirror, cautiously watching the figure in the mirror. I carefully got dressed into a dark t-shirt and jeans, watching that figure when I noticed it changed again. The blue skin of the figure melted away, being replaced by the pale skin and dark green eyes of Loki.
"What the Hell?"
At the same moment, there was a knock at the door.
"C-come in." I called. I sighed in relief as I saw the figure of Steve's body and shut the door behind him.
"What is it Stark? You sounded scared." Loki responded. I pointed to my reflection and said,
"I don't know what it was, but there was a figure in my mirror. "
"Figure?"
"A figure with dark blue skin and red eyes. It was-Loki?" Loki had tensed up and was tightly biting his lip.
"Tony, Thor has told you that I am adopted, yes?"
"Yeah, he's mentioned it." I nodded.
"Well, I am not Asgardian. I am a Frost Giant, and the figure you saw was my natural form. Thankfully, my powers instinctively recovered and covered it back up." He sighed as he looked down, rubbing the back of his neck.
"I..I'm sorry Loki." I said gently.
"No need." He sighed softly. He met my gaze once again and asked, "What's the plan for today?"
"We gotta head and meet this Doctor Strange." I said. "You ready?"
"Pretty much." Loki said with a nod. "I was reading when you came over the comms."
I nodded and walked out of the room with him. Thankfully, the others were still asleep. And as a result, we were able to sneak out of the building.
"What was the address of the place?"
"Um, 177A Bleecker Street I believe." Loki responded. I nodded and asked,
"Have you got Steve's phone?"
"Yep." Loki nodded as he gave me the phone. I opened up the GPS and punched in the address, sighing in relief before heading to the new source of help.
When we got to the address, we just looked up at the building in surprise.
"Ready?" Loki asked.
"As ready as I'll ever be." I said with a small sigh. "I'm just hoping this guy will help us out."
"He has to." Loki growled softly before marching up to the front door. Lifting a hand to knock, it was a surprise to see it swing open.
I looked over at Loki and said gently,
"Okay, hold on. This just seems like a trap. For all we know, this guy could-"
And Loki raced inside the building.
"Attack us." I sighed and went after him, looking around the strange and older looking building.
"Loki," I hissed. "Slow down!"
"We have to find this Strange! If he can help us, then we can get into our own bodies sooner! Loki snapped softly.
"But-"
"Steve Rogers and Loki." A new voice called. I looked over and saw a man dressed in a unique outfit, a cape FLOATING over before settling down and walking over to us. "Or should I say Loki and Tony Stark."
I looked over at Loki, matching a wide-eyed look of surprise.
"My apologies. Doctor Strange." The man said with a small nod before offering his hand.
"H-how did you know about our...situation?" I asked curiously.
"More importantly, how are you accessing magic?" Loki asked. Strange chuckled softly and crossed his arms and said,
"Ii have my ways. After all, a chase for an infinity stone would not come by quietly. Soul stone, correct?"
"How do you know that?" Loki growled.
"Well, some series of clues, you see I like to keep in touch with the actions of the Avengers. Especially the new addition of you, Loki. And as a result, hearing the team chase a stone and pick up the connections that three members started to act differently, I could tell that the soul stone must have impacted the three of you."
"Look, how do you know about the abilities of the stones?" I asked as I crossed my arms. "Loki only went to teach us about them under the threat of Thanos."
"Its easy to learn about them, when you own and protect one." He rested a hand over an amulet that looked strangely like an eye that he wore. "This is actually the time stone." Loki watched him hesitantly and crossed his arms.
"Well then...wizard." I could tell Loki was definitely hesitant and unused to another person with magic. Understandable, this guy was practically an enemy to the both of us.
"I've been following the case. And if you get what I need, then I should be able to reverse the damage." He said with a nod.
"What exactly do you need Strange?" I asked.
"Just the three of you, including Steve and the soul stone."
"And what exactly is the plan?" Loki asked.
"Expose the three of you to the soul stone again and manipulate it to make sure the correct soul enters the correct body." He said.
"Oh really?" Loki scoffed. "Is it truly that easy?"
"The idea is to safely try and manipulate the abilities of the stone to try and get the souls into the correct bodies the second time around." Strange responded. "Trust me, the second time should work."
"Any way to keep in contact with you?"
"I'll keep in touch, no worries." He said with a nod. "Just continue to keep things casual with the rest of the team and you should be able to return to your bodies in no time."
"Well, thank you." I nodded before turning with Loki and making my way back outside. As we waited outside, I looked back at Loki.
"Well, that was interesting." I nodded. "But at least we have a possible solution."
"Hopefully SHIELD hasn't been interfering with the stone." Loki grumbled under his breath.
As we returned to the tower, we could tell one thing. Something was off.
"Natasha? Clint?" I called.
"Bruce? Thor? Tony?" I called.
..."Guys?" The faint voice of Steve came from the medical wing. It wasn't long before he limped, resting in the doorway.
"Oh Gosh." Loki sighed and rushed over, gently grabbing a chair and having him sit down.
"The others, please."
"The others?" I frowned. Then it hit me. The others! I rushed off, calling,
"Natasha! Clint! Bruce, Thor, can anyone hear me!?" I shouted.
"Loki?"A voice called softly from the training room. I rushed over and saw Natasha carefully supporting Clint, while Thor appeared to be doing his best to keep Bruce calm.
"Natasha." I said softly moving over to her. "Nat, what happened?" She looked over, her gaze glimmering in exhaustion and pain.
"Tony? Is he okay?" She hissed.
"He's fine, still looks the same as yesterday. What happened?"
"The tower." She sighed softly. "It was attacked, and we were just overwhelmed."
"Yeah, really could have used you. Unless you found something more interesting to do." Clint snapped.
"Clint." She hissed in response as she looked over at him, shutting him up. She looked back at me and responded,
"I tried to get to him, but if you say he's safe, then he must have hid while they rampaged through the tower."
"You wouldn't happen to know why they were here?" I asked as I bit my lip.
"Yeah." She sighed softly. "I'm afraid that they got the Infinity Stone back."
