Loki smiled when he saw Steve Rogers enter the room, the near century old soldier was eying him. Steve Rogers paced in front of Loki's cell, his mind turning over and over, Loki mentioned the Red Skull, Steve may not have a full comprehension of the world he woke up to but he could tell that Loki wasn't stupid.
"Now what do I owe the pleasure of your company good captain?" asked Loki sitting in the chair in the middle of his cell.
"How do you know the Red Skull?" he asked while he paced waiting for Fury or other Shield agents to burst into the room.
Fury moved to head for the interrogation room when Stark stepped in front of him, "Let him talk to him" stated Stark prompting a look from Fury.
"Loki is trying to play us against each other. He mentioned the Red Skull on purpose, he knew that Rogers wouldn't be able to resist talking to him" informed Fury moving to go around Tony before Tony stepped between him and the door.
"Look Cap may be a lost puppy in the big city but we need to play Loki's game until we can find Banner at least until we get to the Raft were we can dump him and go look for Banner the old fashioned way" explained Stark wanting to hear the conversation just to understand what Loki could be planning.
"We are almost to the Raft" stated Coulson, "We could let Cap talk to him, maybe Loki will underestimate him he could slip up."
Fury looked around at the faces in the room realizing that he might be fighting a losing battle and he needed to keep this thing together "Fine, he has five minutes."
Steve could see Loki thinking, planning out the conversation, imagining every single response that Steve could have, an answer for every question. "I have lived a very long time, even longer than you" stated Loki. "Every once and awhile I would go and just look around in the realms for interesting things and people."
Steve took a seat and stared bullets into Loki "You found the Red Skull" he stated.
Loki shook his head "I found a world engulfed in war, while I was watching I saw someone moving in the fires of war for something grander."
"You found a monster" said Rogers with disgust.
"I found a monster surrounded by other monsters, the difference was that the Red Skull looked above the fray to something bigger. You think he simply wanted to create some kind of master race, unite the world under the Hydra banner? He knew what he had with the cube" stated Loki.
Fury looked at the screen intently at the mention of the cube, "The weapons were for taking your world but it was only the beginning. He knew that the cube was from Asgard, he wanted to get to my world, mostly thanks to my brother" informed Loki.
Everyone looked at Thor who seemed to be thinking back trying to remember something like that, "What does your brother have to do with this?" asked Steve.
"My brother would like to watch things too when he got bored the difference being that he liked to get involved instead, one such time was during a war you humans love so much" informed Loki.
Thor snapped his fingers "I remember now" he stated.
1910
Thor moved quickly down the Bifrost Bridge with Loki following close behind him, "This is a bad idea" stated Loki looking around hoping that nobody had seen them and was telling their father.
Thor shook his head as he kept moving "You don't need to come with me" stated Thor who walked into the observatory without even waiting for Loki's reply. "Heimdall, we wish to journey to Midgard for a brisk evening jog" he said prompting Heimdall to turn to him.
"I doubt Midgard would have much room for your jogging right now Odinson's" explained Heimdall hoping that the two of them would simply leave.
Loki nodded "Good point, let's go" grabbing Thor's arm trying to lead him back to the Palace.
Thor yanked his arm away "The people of Midgard are fighting each other and innocent people are being caught in the crossfire. I simply wish to get some of them out of harm's way" he explained prompting a look of disbelief from Heimdall.
"More like you are looking for a fight Odinson" he stated and held up his hand when Thor moved to speak again "I have no orders to keep you from leaving Asgard and none to hold you from going to Midgard" he said as he began adjusting the observatory for a trip to Earth.
Thor smirked as he stepped forward "Thank you Heimdall" he said as Loki moved next to him. "You are coming then?" asked Thor when he saw Loki move up with him.
"Someone has to keep an eye on you" Loki answered knowing that their father would not be pleased with them when they returned.
The Bifrost opened over an encampment "Do not be gone long, Odinson's. Your father is ever watchful" informed Heimdall as the two brothers moved towards the portal.
Thor and Loki landed in the middle of the encampment, they could see guards pointing weapons at them, women and children heading for cover as more soldiers arrived. Thor whispered to Loki "Now this is not boring."
Loki shook his head "Let's get this over with and go home" he answered as the men were shouting at them in what Loki had learned during his studies was German.
Thor raised Mjolnir "I have come looking for glory mortals will you give me that?" he shouted prompting one of the soldiers to open fire. The bullets bounced off of Thor and Loki's armor and the two of them went into action. Thor moved through quickly and easily struck down soldier after soldier, Loki turned to see a young boy hiding behind a building and watching the carnage unfold.
Thor was about to continue the fight when the Bifrost opened and Odin was there to collect his children and he was not happy about it. The camp was decimated and Odin started to scold Loki and Thor for being reckless and getting involved in Earth affairs. Loki knew how this would go anyone who had seen them would have to be killed and Loki scanned the remnants of the camp and could see that there was only a handful of survivors and that was when he saw the boy he had seen hiding. Loki used his magic to create a barrier around the boy and watched as Odin took out each survivor until only the boy was left safe behind Loki's barrier.
Odin looked up and called for Heimdall as they disappeared from the surface and the boy was left all by himself.
Present Day
"That boy was the Red Skull?" asked Steve having listened to Loki's story.
Loki nodded "That day little Johann Schmitt learned that there was a world beyond the stars. He put the pieces together when he got older, figured out that Asgardians were who came to the camp that day and that if he wanted to get to them he would need to have more power than humanity had to offer."
Steve stood up "So he found Erksine and founded Hydra" he said as he thought through what he had been told.
"Exactly, that Schmitt was a smart one even if he was a little delusional about his abilities. Conquering the Earth would have gained him nothing in fact my father would have been inclined to remove him from the equation" said Loki thinking out loud. "Now here we are all these years later and still humanity is still chasing after the Asgardian gods above."
"What are you talking about?" asked Steve.
Loki snickered "Fury now tries to do what the Red Skull failed to do, he wishes to reach Asgard and worlds beyond. You were watching when we talked couldn't you see the look on Fury's face when I told him of Knowhere. The need for more information just like when he learned about Thor and the rest of Asgard. Fury wants to get where we already are and he will use all the tools at his disposal to do it." Loki could see the wheels turning in Steve Rogers head "But you already learned about what Shield is willing to do on that tanker with the weapons right?" asked Loki trying to push Steve's buttons.
The PA system cracked to life in the room and the rest of the Helicarrier "We are a few minutes away from the Raft. Prepare prisoner for transport" called out a voice prompting several agents to enter the room giving Steve the chance to leave.