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Another long subway ride only to end up here.

He sat in a plastic chair that only stayed down because of his weight. It wasn't a terribly comfortable chair. He had been sitting there for twenty minutes and analyzing everything. He was in a place full of people which; a situation that had never really made him feel at ease even if the people weren't looking at him. They were all watching what was happening on the floor which Loki was watching as well. Although, occasionally he looked up at the crowd when they starting chanting things. He was sitting between the shieldless shield man and Thor. Loki knew he should ask the man's name; it was a little annoying not knowing it, but he hadn't gotten around to it, he had been too distracted by the market and the treats. Then he had been distracted by all the clothes that his brother had practically thrown at him to try on. Both of the other men's attentions were on the floor as well.

"I don't see the point of this game," Loki said finally and both sets of eyes shot to him. Thor looked so strange in Midgardian clothes, he supposed that he probably looked strange to Thor as well. He was in disguise too and that meant he had to look like he was wearing normal Midgardian clothes even if his were just an illusion. Thor looked down at the floor and then to him.

"Well you see the two teams want to get the most amount of points and they each have their own basket so they-" Loki interrupted Thor because if he let him continue he would probably explain the whole thing.

"I didn't say I didn't get the goal of this game, or the rules, I figured most of them out by now, but I don't get the point. They run back and forth, they shoot the ball and they get points. Even sparring has more purpose than this. At least with sparing you are increasing your skills but why do people find this entertaining? Why do they come here to watch people run around with a ball? Are they paid to do so?" Loki asked.

"No, we paid to come here." the shieldless shield man said and Loki looked incredulously at him.

"You paid to watch other participate in exercise, albeit pointless exercise, while you watch them?" Loki looked at his brother's face trying to understand it. His brother shrugged.

"Tis entertaining," Loki decided to drop it even though he didn't understand the point of it. If his brother enjoyed it he would stop pointing out it's flaws even if he couldn't understand why Thor found it entertaining.

"Brother will you come with me to get more sustenance?" Thor asked after a few minutes. Loki nodded because he didn't care much for the game. He did worry that Thor intended to get a considerable amount of food if he wanted Loki to go with him. The two of them stood up and made their way up the stairs into the circular area above it just as a cheer went through the crowd. Loki didn't bother to look back to see what happened. The circular area was a little quieter than the surrounding area and Loki followed Thor around until they found themselves in a line for food. He had to admit it was something he was unfamiliar with and had been so all day. Especially since the food that tended to taste the best generally had the longest line. Still, he found the food to be worth it most of the time, he hoped that this was not an exception.

"Hungry?" Tony asked pointing to the remaining pizza. He had over- ordered due to the fact he had forgotten that Steve had gone with the others. Steve shook his head and touched his stomach leading Tony to believe he had eaten too much already. Tony shrugged, he was sure someone would eat the cold pizza sometime, especially with Thor in the house. Thor could eat...a lot. He made a mental note to have someone buy a large quantity of pop tarts since Thor seemed to go through them very quickly.

"So how did it go?" Tony asked and Steve slumped a little in his seat.

"That bad huh." Tony asked, but Steve shook his head.

"It's not that, it's just their fast, faster than me and It's been awhile since I've had trouble keeping up with anyone," Steve said sounding tired. Tony nodded, they were aliens. Sometimes it was hard to remember that, other times it was easy like when Thor called lightning or when Loki had well done just about everything that he had done on earth.

"And Loki?" he asked it was the question he had been wondering about all day and all yesterday, pretty much since he had come waltzing back into their lives.

"He stayed in disguise and did what his brother told him to. Honestly, sometimes I forgot who he was because of the disguise," Steve admitted. Tony leaned over so that he was closer to him and whispered.

"What do you think about this whole Loki thing?" Tony asked. He knew Clint's and probably Natasha's view on it and it was clear that Thor thought his brother was telling the truth, but he wanted to know Steve's. He'd like to know Bruce's as well, but Bruce was gone on assignment, 'lucky him' Tony thought briefly before focusing back on Steve who was looking at the counter and seeming to think about his question.

"I don't know. He just doesn't seem like that the person who came here and tried to make himself the ruler of earth," Steve said.

"He's the god of lies," Tony reminded him, even if he wasn't sure either. Loki did seem very different from the one that they had met before. "He's also incredibly good at manipulating people," he added which was the thing that worried him the most.

"I know that, but he just seemed different. He doesn't seem like he's hiding anything whereas everything about Loki before screamed I'm planning something," Steve said. Tony had to agree there was such a difference in demeanor, it was really very strange. Not to mention that this Loki's eyes didn't seem to have the mad glint in his eyes and the whole 'I know something you don't know' look.

"Anyways, I'm going to bed. They wore me out," Steve said heading to the elevator. Tony watched him go still not sure exactly what to think about Loki.

"Where are you guys going?" Tony asked a little warily, although if Thor was going with Loki they couldn't be getting into too much trouble.

"We are going to the Empire State building," Thor said.

Tony opened his mouth to ask a question but decided against it and just took a drink of his scotch. A good scotch made living with a bunch of super-powered beings and assasians much easier to deal with.

"Would you like to come?" Thor asked.

Tony shook his head. "Nah. Just don't get caught, Fury will explode." possibly quite literally. When Fury got angry he always seemed to be very close to just spontaneously combusting on the spot. Loki gestured a hand and Tony dodged it expecting an attack only to realize that Loki hadn't been pointing at him but at the wall behind him. A gray mist covered the wall and Tony found himself fascinated despite himself. Loki grabbed Thor's shoulder and waited until the Empire State building's observatory deck come into view. Loki nodded and then let go of Thor's shoulder and the mist left.

"I'll see you there brother," Loki said and popped out of existence leaving only a flash of green light in his wake.

"More scotch," Tony muttered to himself as he poured himself another drink and watched Thor go to the elevator. He poured himself a little bit more. "Definitely more scotch."

Loki took in a deep breath as he looked at the city full of lights in the darkness. Thor would be there soon but for the moment he had the entire thing to himself. The air up here was a little fresher and cleaner that the air at the bottom where he had been walking all day. His lungs had been tickling all day probably fixing the slight damage caused by the polluted air.

Thor landed with a light thud by him. Loki briefly smiled at him but his eyes were focused on the cityscape. It was so different from home. The architecture of buildings was unlike anything on Asgard. Their technology was different. A good part of it was unclean and damaging unlike Asgards. Still, what he had seen so far of it inclined him to like it some parts more than others, but generally the people of Midgard seemed like friendly hardworking loving people. He wondered why his counterpart had wanted to rule and stamp out their freedom, which was surely a part of what made them so fascinating and unique. It was nice up, here the traffic seemed less loud. It was peaceful.

"Do you like it brother?" Thor asked and Loki turned to him.

"Yes Thor. Thank you for bringing me." Thor smiled and he looked back at the city that he had chosen to protect during his stay there.

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