"Did you really have to punch him that hard? You were just sparring, Steve." Tony said once they were in the hallway and heading towards Clu's room.
"I already told you it was an accident." Steve said.
"I know and we might need to get an ice pack for his jaw, it's already starting to swell up." Tony said eyeing Clu's now slightly purple jaw.
"That would be a good idea." Steve said.
They had reached Clu's room and carefully placed him on the bed.
"Steve, check the freezer to see if we have any ice packs." Tony said sitting down on Clu's bed.
"Ok. I'll be right back." Steve said slightly jogging out if the room
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Steve slightly ran into the kitchen but he got distracted when a large beam of light landed where Tony usually docked his iron man suit after a mission.
Steve could see Thor appear out of the beam of light that he assumed was the Bifrost. The Asgardians apparently fixed it.
Steve began running towards the large glass door that would lead him outside.
"Thor, what are you doing here?" Steve asked curiously.
"Captain. It's good to see you. Where is the man of iron?" Thor asked.
"Oh Tony's attending to some things. So why are you here?" Steve asked again.
"I've come to talk to my fellow Avengers about a very important matter but it would be best if everyone were here." Thor said.
"This sound serious. I'll go and get the others. You can come inside if you'd like." Steve said walking back into the penthouse. Thor followed and looked around.
"I see Tony fixed his tower after the war." Thor said following Steve down one of the main hallways.
"Yes he did. Luckily. Now wait out here. I'll go and get Tony " Steve said walking into Clu's room.
"Hey Steve. Did you bring the ice pack?" Tony asked.
"Oops, I forgot about that! But Thor's here and he wants to talk to us about an important matter." Steve said.
"Thor's here?" Tony asked surprised.
"Yes and he's waiting outside the room for us so come on." Steve said.
"But what about him?!" Tony asked gesturing towards Clu who was still passed out on the bed and looking worse than before.
"I don't know, Tony. Just let him be for now and come on." Steve said walking out of the room. Tony followed behind him and shut the door.
"Tony, it's good to see you." Thor said punching Tony hard on the shoulder.
"Ouch." Tony mumbled. "It's good to see you too, Thor. So what's this important matter that you wanted to talk to us about?"
"We will discus that once Lady Natasha and Clint are here." Thor said.
"They're probably still in the sparring room. Come on follow me. We can discuss this urgent matter there." Tony said. He started walking in the direction of the sparring room.
"Hey wait for me." Steve said catching up to Tony.
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"Hey Tony. And Thor? Thor, what are you doing here?" Clint asked once Tony Steve and Thor entered the sparring room.
"Thor! It's good to see you." Natasha said greeting him.
"It's good to see you too, Lady Natasha. But I've come to discuss an important matter." Thor said.
"And that matter being?" Clint asked.
"I'm going to bring Loki down here to Midgard for his punishment." Thor said.
"WHAT!" Steve, Clint, Tony, and Natasha said surprised all at the same time.
"You mortals seems so surprised." Thor said.
"Ah hell no! I don't want Loki living with us! We're already taking care of one war criminal." Clint protested.
"You have another war criminal in your custody?" Thor asked.
"Yes we do. And he's already enough trouble. The last thing we need is your sadistic and no good brother staying with us." Tony said.
"Take care in how you speak. Loki is of Asgard and he is my brother. I think he could learn a thing or two from staying on earth. Of course I'd be staying with you mortals to make sure he doesn't get out of hand." Thor said.
"You have got to be fucking kidding me, Thor. Last time your brother was on earth he tried to conquer it and now you want to bring him back?" Tony said.
"Are you really thinking this through, Thor?" Natasha asked.
"Yes, I've been thinking about this for quite awhile now. Loki needs to learn some humility." Thor said.
"Are you sure Loki is capable of learning that? Did you even see what he did while he was last here?" Clint asked.
"Clint, anyone is capable of learning humility. Even Loki." Steve said.
"I highly doubt that. Not even Clu's capable of learning humility even if it slapped him right on the face. So what makes you think Loki's capable of learning humility?" Clint asked.
"Who is this Clu you speak of?" Thor asked.
"He's the other war criminal we have in our custody at the moment." Tony said.
"Ah I see. But I'm serious about brining Loki here." Thor said.
"So why can't you just leave him on Asgard for his punishment?" Clint asked.
"If I were to leave Loki on Asgard his punishment would be death. The council wants Loki dead. I can't let that happen." Thor said with a grim expression.
"Loki's punishment is death? That's really harsh. Even for him." Tony said.
"How is it harsh? Loki tried to conquer an entire planet. That punishment suits him." Clint said with no regrets.
"Clint! How could you say that? This is Thor's brother we're talking about here." Steve said.
"I uh guess I could talk to Furry about having Loki stay here." Tony said hesitantly.
"What! Oh hell no! You've got to be kidding me, Tony!" Clint protested.
"Clint, I'm not just going to sit around and let Loki die. That's cruel. I might not be a big fan of Loki but still." Tony said.
"But we already have to watch over Clu! God, Tony, I can't believe you want two major war criminals staying at your tower." Clint said with a scowl.
"I know we do but maybe Clu and Loki will hit it off and become friends." Tony said with a wink.
"Oh great because the last thing we need is the two crazy war criminals becoming best buddies." Clint said sarcastically.
"I think it would be quite good if Loki makes a friend." Thor said.
"I know right. They'll totally hit it off." Tony said smiling.
"Not unless they try to kill each other first." Clint mumbled rolling his eyes.
"Are you seriously going to let Loki stay with us?" Natasha asked.
"I guess I wouldn't mind Loki staying with us." Steve said.
"Yes. I'm going to let Loki stay with us." Tony said.
"Really? Thank you Tony! I promise that things will go well. I will be bringing my brother here tomorrow. Farewell." Thor said.
"You're leaving already?" Tony asked.
"Yes. I must return to Asgard but I will be back by tomorrow afternoon." Thor said disappearing down the hallway.
"Uh, bye Thor. See you tomorrow." Tony said waving good bye but Thor was already gone and they could all hear the sound of the Bifrost taking Thor back to Asgard.
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"So I guess Loki's going to be staying with us." Tony said.
"Oh woopty fucking doo. I'm so psyched to have Loki staying with us." Clint said sarcastically.
"Two war criminals staying at my tower. That's a new record." Tony said.
"Your tower has become somewhat of a safe haven for war criminals." Steve muttered.
"I've realized that. And oh shit we forgot about Clu! I wonder if he's woken up yet." Tony said remembering the state Clu was in at the moment.
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"Ugh, what happened?" Clu asked himself, slightly sitting up only to find that he was in his bed.
His vision was slightly blurred and he felt like he got hit by a light cycle. Not that he actually knew what that felt like.
"Damn. Why does my head hurt so much?" Clu asked touching the side of his face only to wince in pain.
"Ouch." Clu said out loud when he pressed the bruised side of his face harder.
He could see his door open and Tony, Steve, Clint and Natasha walked in.
"I see you're awake." Tony said greeting Clu.
"That I am. What happened?" Clu asked.
"You um fell down during sparring and passed out." Tony said coming up with something at the last minute.
"I did? How did that happen?" Clu asked.
"I don't know. I guess you were being a bit clumsy. One minute you were sparring and the other you were passed out on the ground." Tony said.
"What? Me? Clumsy? How is that even possible?" Clu asked baffled.
"I don't know. It just happened. Anyways we came to talk to you about a certain issue." Tony said.
"Uh, what issue?" Clu asked laying back down
"Loki's going to be our new guest." Steve said pitching into the conversation.
"Loki? The other war criminal?" Clu asked.
"Yes. He's going to be staying with us." Clint said rolling his eyes.
Clu smiled deviously at Clint's reaction.
"You don't seen to happy to have Loki staying here, whys that?" Clu asked curiously.
"It's a really long story." Natasha said.
"Enlighten me." Clu said glaring at Clint.
"Don't tell him anything." Clint said.
"Why not?" Natasha asked.
"He just wants you to amuse him." Clint said shooting Clu a dangerous look. Clu just scowled and then smirked back in response.
"So this so called Loki is going to be staying with us? What an interesting turn of events." Clu said.
"Yes it is. He's coming here tomorrow." Tony said.
"Really, man? I'm surprised you're actually letting him stay here." Clu said.
"I'm surprised I let you stay here." Tony mumbled to himself.
"Humph, you should just be pretty damn lucky that I'm not being difficult." Clu said defiantly.
"So you mean you can be worse that this?" Clint asked.
"Yes I can be if you aggravate me." Clu said slightly smirking a Clint.
Clint just glared at Clu.
"Ok guys just don't. Not here. And you might need an ice pack for your face." Tony said.
"A what pack?" Clu asked confused.
"Never mind. Am I going to have to explain everything to you?" Tony asked.
Clu's circuits flashed all of a sudden startling everyone in the room.
"Is he supposed to glow like that?" Steve asked, clearly surprised by what had happened.
"Crap." Clu muttered under his breath when his circuits flashed.
"It's been awhile since you've well glowed like that." Tony said.
"I know." Clu said clearly embarrassed.
"So he's supposed to glow like that?" Steve asked.
"Apparently. It's really weird." Clint said.
"Shut up." Clu said glaring at Clint.
"You want to go again bastard?" Clint said slightly aggravated by Clu.
"Clint! Don't start a fight!" Tony said.
"Yeah. Because if you did. You'd just end up loosing like last time." Clu said smugly.
"See?! He's the one who's starting it!" Clint protested.
"Seriously Clint? Not now." Natasha said rolling her eyes.
"Ugh, I can't believe this. I'm still mad that you're letting Loki stay with us. And it's like perfect timing! We have this guy over here." Clint said pointing at Clu. "And now we have Loki coming to stay with us."
"We've been over this already. We can't just sit around and let Loki die. Thor asked us for a favor and I said yes." Tony said.
"Uh huh, but what about Bruce? And Pepper? What will they think once they find out that you're letting Loki stay with us?" Clint said giving Tony a challenging look.
"Speaking of Bruce, he's coming over tomorrow." Tony said.
"Well that's just great. Now we'll have the whole team here." Clint said.
"Who's Bruce?" Clu asked confused by the conversation.
"He's a friend. You'll get to meet him tomorrow." Tony said.
"Oh great. I have to meet more users." Clu said with distaste.
"Get over it. You're just going to have to get used to our world." Clint said mockingly.
"Hahaha. I don't see that happening. This world is so impractical." Clu said.
"Shut up you little shit." Clint said glaring at Clu.
Clu just smiled back knowing that he'd won.
"Language, Clint." Steve said rolling his eyes.
"I'm hungry." Clu said to break the silence.
Tony snapped out of his daze and looked at Clu.
"I'd never thought that I'd hear you say that. So am." Tony said
