Robert got off the elevator, annoyed at himself.

'Nice going dumbass,' he thought, 'not even a week into an assignment and you have to go suicide Lucy on the team, moron!'

As he walked into his apartment, he went into the bedroom, grabbed another shirt and sweat pants with socks and underwear. He walked into the bathroom and took a hot shower, shaved and brushed his teeth. As he got dressed, his thoughts turned to the team. He knew something was up. They were like a bunch of nosey Scooby Doo kids.

'I am sure they were hacking all over the place. With my luck they found something and are unsure what to do with it. Well hell, this should be fun, I wonder if I can guilt them into telling me,' he though as a smile appeared on his face.

So he made sure to visit everyone in the tower that day. He enjoyed watching Steve, Clint, and Natasha spar. He made more mental notes in his head about not pissing Natasha off. He stopped by the labs to visit Jane and Thor; also he saw Tony and Bruce in another lab. He even went to visit Pepper for a few minutes in her corporate office. As he headed back to the office, he stepped off the elevator; he was deep in thought about the work stuff he had to do when someone spoke from behind him.

"I was wondering when you would come back," Loki said as he was leaning up against the wall to the left of the elevator with his usually smirking grin in place. "We need to have a talk with each other."

Robert looked at the demigod. "Well, start talking. What do you want talk about? Weather, sports, movies, politics, or whatever?" he said to Loki as he walked over to the couch and sat down.

"Last night, you said a prayer at the dinner. I am curious to these people you pray to, Jesus, Holy Spirit, and My Lord. Who are these people, and why do you give your faith to them instead to Odin?" Loki asked as he moved from the wall over to the recliner across from Robert.

"Hmm, I was wondering when Thor or you would mention that. Hmm, on this planet, as you know, we have many different races and cultures; well we also have different religions. The main ones are: Christianity, Islam, Hindu, Catholicism, and Buddhism, over five billion people believe in these religions."

Robert paused to stand up and get a drink. He walked over to the refrigerator, opened it and got out some iced tea. He offered some to Loki, who accepted. He got out two glasses, poured them, picked them up, and walked over to the couch. He gave one of the glasses to Loki. As Robert sat back down, he started to speak again.

"I do have things to do today, so we will just talk about Christianity, which is less strict than Catholicism. I'm Orthodox and we believed Jesus was born AS a man but part God as well. Both religions believe that God is the Supreme Being, He created everything. His son, Jesus Christ, came down to so that he or she could believe in Him and if they did, their sins would be forgiven and they would go to Heaven."

Loki's eyebrow went up, "What if they chose not to believe?"

"Well when everyone dies, their soul ascends to the gates of Heaven to be judge. If they are deemed not worthy, then they are sent to Hell, where they will spend the rest of eternity with Satan, to face punishment for their sins. If they are deemed worthy, then they will be in Heaven forever."

Loki started to laugh, "You do realize that is complete nonsense. How long has this foolish been around? My daughter, Hel, runs Helheim, the land of the undead!" As Loki kept laughing, Robert just waited and watched. Finally after a few minutes, he calmed down.

"Are you done? Okay good. These religions have been around for thousands of years. Might I also add that some of them came long before Odin attack the frost giants on Earth? Watch your mouth, I would advise, if you are ever around people. Religion has started a lot of wars and killed tens and tens of millions of people. More people died in the smallest war that was because of religion, than you were able to kill when your army attacked New York. I mean we are talking into the It is a very sensitive subject with us."

"But why do you believe? It is not true. I have seen many, many things, but Odin created the universe. These are lies about realms that do not exist," Loki said. "My daughter is in the land of Hel."

"I have my reasons; I choose to believe in God. Do I agree with everything that He has said? No. Do I follow His rules? No. Have I accepted His faith and His son? Yes. Do I believe in forgiveness? Yes. Do I believe all sins are forgivable? No, they are not," Robert explained to him.

Loki leaned back on the couch, and then he stood up, "I will have to explore this matter more, see you at the meeting later today." He walked over to the elevator and as he waited for it, he turned to Robert. "Oh, Agent Hall?" he said just as the doors opened up.

"Yes Loki?" Robert replied as he waited for his computer to turn on.

"I don't know why, but I am glad that you are okay." Then he walked into the elevator.

"Thank you," he said back to Loki as the doors closed. Robert went to work on his reports.

Later that day, Robert entered the conference room and saw that he was the first one there; he looked at his phone and saw that he was still thirty minutes early. So to be nice he started the coffee maker and then he went back to his reports that he had been making. As the time approached closer, Steve, Clint, Natasha came in to the room first, and then Thor with Loki, followed by Fury and Hill, and then naturally Tony and Bruce were fifteen minutes late. Fury started the meeting with updates on injuries to the team, team morale, and then he looked at Robert and asked if he had anything to add on.

"No, I will be able to give you reports at the next meeting. I have not had enough time, but I will say that there are trust issues within the team, but that is expected considering the makeup of the team," Robert said.

"Why is that to be expected? They are team of heroes? They were put together to be something more," Fury said.

"You have two master spies, who if they trusted everyone they met, I would honestly be worried. Then there are the two genius scientists that feed off each other and have some self-esteem issues. You have Loki, enough said there, but," Loki quickly shot Robert a 'what the fuck look' as Robert looked at him and continued," but he is making progress, and that is something I did want to bring up. Has it ever been discussed what you are planning to do about him? I mean I am pretty sure he is not staying in the tower forever."

"Yes we are still discussing that at every meeting, but we still have not found a reasonable solution that would cover all the variables," Hill explained.

"Really? Well if I do remember correctly to Norse Mythology, Loki can shape shift himself into almost anything correct?" Robert asked while looking at Loki.

"Yes I can do that. Well I could do that. In my current state I am not able to because of the restrictions on my magic."

Robert shook his head very quickly, "Wait a minute are you telling me that you have no magic really? So what are you able to contribute to the team?"

"My sharp mind and quick tongue, that is about it. My strength and health are similar to a mortal," Loki said in a depressed voice. He truly missed his magic.

"The Allfather will decide if he can be trusted and only then will he be restored to his magic and strength," Thor said, as he sat next to his brother

"Okay great! Loki is supposed to sit around here like a giant dust collector until the Allfather deems him worthy. That is fucking stupid. If Loki is a member of the team, then he should be contributing to the team and making himself useful. That is how he can start earning trust back. I am not saying give him all the stuff at once, but can't a little be given back at a time?" Robert said while looking at Thor.

"Well, I see why not this could be done; I agree my brother has many talents that would assist us on missions or battles. I will go back to Asgard and speak with him about this matter."

Then all sudden two big black ravens landed in front of windows, with the windows opening automatically so that the ravens could walk in to the conference room. "Muninn and Huginn, how are you doing? What brings you to us? How is Allfather and Mother?" Thor asked of the ravens.

"Thor, are you sniffing glue again? Why the fuck are you talking to birds?" Robert asked. He knew that Thor was a little off, but now he is talking to Heckle and Jeckle, and why were none of the rest of the team surprised by this.

The ravens looked at each other, "He has rude manners. I don't like the words he used," Muninn said as Robert just stares at them; his brain was spinning in circles. Holy shit, Heckle and Jeckle, they are real.

'Fucking Great, talking birds. What's next? The Great Pumpkin?' he thought.

"Ignore him, Thor. The Allfather wonders, who this man is, and why is he asking for Loki's magic back," Huginn said.

"These are Muninn and Huginn. They are the Allfather's eyes and ears to the nine realms and they tell him what is going on," Thor said to Robert. Then he turned back to the ravens, "He has been assigned to help us become a better team. He is asking for some of Loki's magic to be returned so that he can help us on missions and battles, to earn more trust," Thor said back to the ravens.

"We will tell the Allfather and we will come back when he makes a decision," the ravens said and with that they flew out the window.

Robert was thinking, 'okay I need a drink,' as he rubbed his eyes and shook his head really fast. Next thing he heard was a certain billionaire behind him.

"Don't feel bad. I thought I was going insane too the first time I saw them. By the way, it is going to get a lot weirder," Tony said, remembering his first time he saw and heard the ravens.

Then a loud electric guitar sound went off which Robert realized was his phone. He went to send it to voicemail when he recognized the number. He answered it causing Fury to shoot him a look of scorn. Robert did not care and the following conversation went like this.

"Hello, yes this is he. Yes I know who he is. Wait WHAT? When and where? Oh my God. I am terribly sorry; yes I will do anything I can to help. Yes thank you. Good bye." Robert set his phone on the table and got up to look outside.

"Well Agent Hall, what God awful sound is that, and care to share?" Fury asked.

Robert turned around to face everyone, face hard, "I know you all know something, and I want to know what the fuck it is NOW! That was Officer Williams, a friend of mine from the Pennsylvania State Police; he just told me that Officer Mitch Adams was killed this morning. His personal car exploded in the station's parking lot when he got in it after his shift and turned on the engine."

To be continued

Author Notes

I am a Christian myself, I do not mean to offend anyone, with the subject of religion, If I spelled something wrong, or wrong order. Please let me know. I do know this is a very sensitive subject for almost everyone. But I have read a lot of fan fiction, with the Avengers. I have not seen a whole lot of stories with this subject.