I do not own the Avengers, Marvel or anything else in story just the plot idea. No yaoi is in this story but there might be mild swearing, pranks and murderous thoughts from everyone's favorite trickster.
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Energizer Loki
Chapter 11 – Where's Loki
*stArk Tower Penthouse 2 Minutes till Game Start*
Tony watched as his suit did another leap waiting for Loki's time limit to run out. Before heading up here all of the 'players' in Loki's game had decided on what to do to find the trickster, after some arguments they had finally made a plan.
When Loki's time limit was up Tony would change the rules that 'he' had given JARVIS and ask the AI to start searching for Loki on the city's security cameras.
The SHIELD agents including Fury head down to the garage attached to the building where their cars were parked. Agent Zoom would accompany Bruce for a change of clothes before they also joined the rest of the SHIELD agents trying to find Loki from the ground.
The rest of the Avengers would each take a direction and start searching rooftops. Clint would go east, Tasha towards the west, Steve was heading south and Tony taking the only direction left was to go north.
'Even with Fury radioing for backup and JARVIS searching through the cities cameras I get the feeling that this will not be easy.' Tony thought as his suit did one last big spin before standing up straight the green light fading from the triangle on its chest leaving a pure white light.
Looking down at his hands Tony saw that they no longer had white gloves on them and that he was wearing his AC/DC shirt and jeans again. Opening his mouth Tony let out a single word hoping that sound would follow it.
"JARVIS."
"Yes sir." Was a posh British reply.
"Firstly we are going to have to do something about our communications problems having to rely on other people to talk to you really sucks." Tony said remembering how everyone but him was able to talk to the AI.
"I do not understand what you mean sir." JARVIS replied to the billionaire.
"We'll talk about it later can you open up communications again and take the building off lock down." Tony said.
"All communications are now re-established and the building is no longer on lockdown will there be anything else sir." JARVIS said a few moments later.
"Yeah can you hack into the city's security cameras and start looking for Loki if he shows up anywhere tell everyone on the SHIELD and Avenger's frequencies where he is." Tony said.
"Yes sir." Jarvis replied.
Tony then called Fury up on his communicator. "Fury everything's good to go you can now call Agent Hill and get us some backup."
"Alright I'll tell the rest of the team that they can begin searching" Fury responded
"Gotcha I'm going get dressed and head out myself have fun searching Fury." Tony said to the Director starting to suit up.
"Find my prisoner Stark." Fury stated before cutting off the communication.
*Clint 20 Hours Left*
It had been four hours since the game had started and Clint took off heading east, Fury had called Hill and briefed her on the situation within an hour all nonessential agents were in New York helping look for Loki on both the ground and on rooftops. Hill had also gotten permission from Fury to power up a spy satellite in space to help JARVIS search for the trickster. So far there was nothing.
"Agent Barton I have a confirmed sighting of Mr. Silvertounge 3 blocks left of your current location"
"Thanks JARVIS." Clint said to the AI.
Veering left Hawkeye started jumping and using his arrows to make his ways across the building hoping to make it to the trickster before he could teleport off again.
'Finally after four hours off this stupid game we got him.' Hawkeye thought.
"Guys I'm heading towards a confirmed Loki location any SHIELD agents close by get the location from JARVIS and make your way towards the building." Clint declared over his communicator.
"Yes sir." The 5 closet agents responded to Clint and Loki's location.
"Be careful Barton" Fury warned.
"Yeah we don't need you in another diaper" Tony joked.
"Shut up Stark at least my own machine would still be able to talk to me" Clint jumping onto the roof that JARVIS said Loki was on. Scanning the roof Hawkeye watched the bottom of a black trench coat go behind a large air duct.
Pulling one of his stunner arrows out from his quiver Hawkeye loaded the bow and quietly walked around the other side of the air duct seeing if he could catch the trickster off guard. Rounding the corner quickly Hawkeye looked at Loki lining the arrow up with his chest.
"Game Over." Clint said firing the arrow at the trickster. The arrow would stick to the man's chest and send a small shock out that would hopefully knock the god out long enough to be transferred back to his cell.
The arrow didn't hit Loki but instead pasted right through Loki continuing to fly towards the next roof and hitting the air duct there. Loki just gave a smirk walking towards his former minion Clint quickly grabbed the bottom of his bow and brought it down in an arch towards the tricksters head. It past right through Loki before the god disappeared in a puff of smoke.
'What just happened?' Clint thought confused
"Thor objects pass through Loki?" Clint asked Thor over the communicator.
"No Bartonson my brother cannot pass through solid objects despite his powers that is not one of them." Thor responded.
"Well I just tried to knock him out with my bow and it passed through him before he disappeared in a puff of smoke." Clint explained to everyone.
"Then that was not actually Loki but a clone." Thor said to the archer.
"A clone?" Clint said in a confused tone having never actually seen Loki us a clone before.
"Barton Loki told me that he can create clones with a specific purpose that's how he got you and the other agents back in the tower." Fury explained to his agent.
"That's cheating." Clint declared.
"Actually Legolas we didn't say no clones so it is fair." Tony expressed as Hawkeye realized that no they hadn't actually made up rules aside from no messing with the city and civilian's and the time limit.
"Guys I got a Loki here he did the same thing to me just now when I threw my shield at him." Steve said over the communicator to everyone.
"Shit so now we have to search through a bunch of magic clones to find him." Clint asked knowing that now the game would be even harder.
"Makes you wish the diaper huh" Tony said
"I hate magic" Clint cried.
*Tony 10 Hours Left*
A little over half way through the game Tony was starting to hate magic just as much as Clint. Over the past ten hours SHIELD and the Avengers had taken down 11 more clones bringing the total up to 13 so far.
"Sir I have a report of Mr. Silvertounge being spotted near a Starbuck's that is currently being robbed." JARVIS said confirming another Loki location.
If the Iron Man suit could make faces it would be imitating 'The Scream' right now at the thought of Loki anywhere near Tony's favourite coffee joint.
"Tony, Agent Zoom, Agent Colt and I are near the store will meet you there." Bruce said.
"Bet I can beat you there Bruce no one messes' with Starbuck's." Tony said powering up his thrusters more to try an beat the scientist.
"And the fact that Loki can become super powerful off their coffee doesn't register with you." Bruce asked wondering where the man's priorities.
"Oh yeah I forgot about that." Tony answered back.
Bruce sighed
*Starbuck's*
"Give me a large black coffee to go." The robber said looking away from the frightened cashier at the woman next to him. Grabbing his coffee from the shaking woman a moment later the robber quickly made his way out of the store and started heading down the street.
'With all the panic that the alien invasion caused a few days ago I can get away easily.' He thought turning down an alley half a block down from the Starbuck's and hiding behind a dumpster the robber started to raise his victory drink when a large roar broke him out of his thoughts.
'What the hell was that?' He thought fearfully.
Glancing out from behind dumpster hiding place the robber saw the Hulk at the front on the alley looking around for something.
'What the hell is he doing here?' The robber thought more scared then before taking another quick look a few moments later to see if the Hulk had moved on instead he saw that Iron Man had settled down next to the Hulk pointing down the alley he was currently hiding in.
"Hulk smash puny thief." The robber heard the Hulk say.
"You can smash him after we catch him and then we'll take what's left of him to be locked up okay big guy." Iron Man answered the Hulk as two heavy footsteps started to make their way down the alley.
'Their sending superhero's out after robbers now talk about overkill.' The robber thought dropping his coffee and making a break for it towards the other end of the alley. He barely made it a few feet from the dumpster before the Hulk landed in front of him leaving a small crater under him.
"Give yourself up otherwise I'll let Hulk throw you around like a doll." Iron Man said behind him.
The robber instantly dropped to his knees in fear and throwing the bag of stolen money away hoping that the green giant wouldn't attack or 'throw him around like a doll' whatever that meant if he made himself as small as possible.
"Puny god fear Hulk." Hulk growled above him.
"Wow Loki I didn't know you were that afraid of the big guy." Iron Man's amused voice said behind him.
'Loki?' He thought hoping that if he told the superhero's who he really was that he could be saved from being smashed by the Hulk.
"I'm not a god just a robber and my name is Dean Jackson." The former robber now Dean cried throwing off his hood and baseball cap praying that he didn't look this Loki guy.
"Oh well then what were you doing robbing Starbuck's 'Dean Jackson'" Iron Man said taking in the bleached blonde hair that had fallen from the baseball cap.
'Have to remember that Loki is a shape shifter.' Tony thought remembering that Thor had once said.
"With everything that happened I thought it would be easy money." Dean cried looking up at the Hulk with scared blue eyes.
"What about the coffee?" Iron Man questioned.
"I was thirsty." Dean said starting to sob a little.
Iron Man made his way towards the sobbing robber and coming to stand next to the Hulk. Taking a picture of the man Tony sent it to JARVIS.
"JARVIS run the picture I just sent you through all databases to see if Dean Jackson here really exists." Tony said over his communicator to the AI.
"Sir there is a record of a Mr. Dean Jackson small crimes and the photo you sent me matches his mug shot." The AI answered a couple of minutes later.
"Hulk JARVIS says the guy checks out he's a small time crook." Iron Man said placing a hand on Hulk's arm as the giant green man continued to growl at the snivelling man.
"Mr. Stark Agent Colt, Banner and I will take this man to the police station you continue the search." A female voice came from behind Dean
"You sure about that Zoom." Iron Man said looking at someone behind Dean
"Yes sir," The female voice now named Zoom said. "Hulk could you turn back into Dr. Banner so that we can continue our search."
"Hulk can find puny god." Hulk looking to where Iron Man was
"Yes I'm sure you can but SHIELD doesn't want to have to put up with General Ross again because you're in the city but not in our custody." Zoom said steadily.
"Ross." Hulk growled making Dean flinch a little at his tone.
"Yes Director Fury told the General that if he or any of his Hulk Buster's came after you he would personally hand them disbanding orders." Zoom explained causing Iron Man to let out a little whistle of appreciation.
"Wow I wondered why Ross hadn't shown up yet I still don't trust Fury but I'll give him points for holding off that idiot." Iron Man said looking up at the gamma man.
Hulk let out a small smile down towards what Dean would assume was the woman who had been talking to him before the intimidating green giant in front of him started to shrink into a mousy looking guy.
"Crime's to dangerous I'm going straight." Dean said as a pair of hands started to put handcuffs on him well and a man started to read him his rights.
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