A/N: I struggled with this in between scene a little. I have the next chapter almost done, but I need this in there. Hope you enjoy it! You all shall be rewarded with a longer chapter next time, and some interesting stuff happening! I promise!

The Avengers, Loki, Iron Man, or anything of the like. Just the thoughts inside my head, and Kaia, Gabby, and Nathan. And taking some personal freedoms with mythology and lore.

Gabby had slowly extracted herself from in between Steve and Kaia, noticing that they had all fallen asleep on the floor, and padded to the kitchen. She saw both Tony and Loki in there, Tony with a mug of coffee and bags under his eyes, Loki attempting to make some breakfast.

"Long night?" She yawned and went to grab some juice from the fridge.

"Too long," Tony groaned. His body ached, but the pain had dulled slightly. Tony opened his mouth but Gabby started talking again.

"Gabby and Nathan are still asleep," she answer the unasked question. "I left Steve with them." Tony nodded. "So what exactly happened?" She turned to lean against the fridge. "Why are your eyes the same color as the reactor?" Tony dropped his head onto the counter, groaning slightly. "So, not a good reason then."

Tony sat across from Loki and Bruce on the floor and took a deep breath. "How long do we have to do this?" He whispered and Bruce groaned and Loki let out a sigh. Tony opened his eyes to look at the two men. "What?"

"Meditation requires being silent," Bruce told him. "You need to clear your mind, picture yourself somewhere relaxing. For you that's either gonna be the workshop or your bed I'd imagine." As Clint had left earlier in the day, Bruce had arrived. He and Loki had cornered Tony.

"You know me too well," Tony smirked a little.

"We're attempting to see if we can learn about the power in your reactor," Loki told him. "Although it takes years to easily fall into a meditative state, that's a luxury you don't have." There was a thinly veiled warning in his tone that Tony didn't miss.

"Alright, sorry, sorry," Tony held up his hands in surrender. "I promise to be serious this time." The men across from him rolled their eyes, but they tried again.

Not that Tony would let them know, but he found himself on the private beach below his mansion. When he was younger, and had just bought the mansion he would spend many a night down in the sand just listening to the waves. It helped calm him.

He looked out at the water and saw that it was a bright blue, even under the light of the moon. The waves crashed on the shore, rolling up the sand, but Tony's feet didn't feel wet. He frowned a little and saw that he was ankle deep in the water. He started to walk further into the water, but he didn't feel the water, didn't feel the cold temperatures.

Looking down Tony noticed that the arc reactor wasn't there. He lifted his t-shirt and saw smooth skin, like nothing had ever happened. When he looked back at the water it seemed to give off a blue pulse. Not knowing why Tony walked further in and dove into the water.

He didn't worry about having to breathe, he just kept on swimming, something int he water keeping his attention. Tony didn't know which way was the shore, or where he was going, but there was a blue light that he was headed for, he knew he had to reach it. As he got closer to the glow he felt a pain in his chest.

The glow seemed to be surrounding an orb. Tony need to have it. As he got closer he reached out his arm, fingers brushing the orb, warmth spreading out from it. He suddenly gasped when he felt a sharp pain his chest and he curled up.

'No, no I have to get it,' Tony's mind told him. The pain blossomed out, encompassing his entire body. He could feel his toes starting to curl from the pain but he forced himself to reach out for the orb again. If he could reach it the pain would end, he just Knew it would.

He let out a silent scream as the pain reached his head. He saw white around his vision but he didn't stop reaching. He couldn't stop now, he couldn't pass out now, not when he was so close.

His fingers closed around the orb and the pain suddenly stopped. He felt himself falling but he just brought the orb close to his chest as his eyes closed.

"Tony!" He gasped and his eyes shot open. He saw Loki and Bruce kneeling over him and was vaguely aware that he on his back on the floor.

"You two know I'd never turn down a threesome, but wait until a guy is awake to start it," he said breathlessly. Bruce just stared at Tony as Loki punched his shoulder.

"Are you okay?" Bruce asked him as he helped back into a sitting position. "You were screaming." Tony blinked a little. "What the hell was going on?"

"I don't know," Tony answered carefully. "I know there was a pain, but then it went away and I was falling." Loki seemed to slump a little.

"You are insufferable in every way." Loki muttered and leaned his forehead on Tony's shoulder. Tony smirked slightly, but noticed that he didn't feel any pain when Loki had dropped his head on Tony. There were no aches, there was nothing. He looked down and noticed that the reactor looked almost normal, not as bright anymore.

"Holy shit," Tony said and the two men looked at him. "I think I know what happened. I think I just found the power of the tesseract."

Loki raised an eyebrow. "You do not look as pale anymore. Are you not in pain?" Tony nodded his head a little.

"I feel good, like really good." Tony looked between Loki and Bruce. "This is good right?" The pair merely shrugged.