- The avengers accessed the quantum realm years ago and changed the timeline. – Stephen told calmly to the "Asgardian". – Even if they were right in reaffirming that for each one in the present, the past would be the same, they didn't count on the fact that what they have done to undo Thano's snap of fingers would have the power to change completely the future of those who hadn't survived, just like it happened to you when you were given the opportunity to escape from Odin's justice. I can go further and cite all the names that were saved with the interference of Steve Rogers on his proper time when he chose the life he would have if he hadn't been frozen, we are living in a constant paradox and I fear this had caused some bad reaction to the girl you have freed.
- Lin hasn't been having good events in her life, you need to be more specific.
Now it was Loki who floated while Strange was seated on the comfortable armchair, for the dissatisfaction of both, the Cloak of Levitation refused to leave his former owner.
- There was something hiding her presence, as you probable already know. – The green-eyed lifted one of his eyebrows as if doubting of how much useful information the other wizard could offer him. – But this disappeared at the moment Tony snapped his fingers and sacrificed himself, what made her localization and her real identity exposed.
- And why would I worry about that? – Odin's adopted child seemed bored.
- Don't you worry even a bit about the fact that the probably strongest creature in the universe is at the disposal of anyone who thinks to use her for self-benefit? – The jotun allowed himself to laugh funny, while the wizard didn't change his expression. It was kind of admirable that the earthling had also noticed who she is.
- And what exactly do you think I am doing to her? – Loki couldn't understand yet why from all the people in the world Strange chose to appeal just to him, the manipulator god of tricks and of evil.
- You can be doing a lot of things, but I am not seeing you destroying Earth or something. – The corner of the lips of the earthling wizard slightly lifted. – On the contrary, you are helping the girl to live in the society and even took her to Mrs. Stark, who, together with her daughter, possibly is the closest thing to family Lin has in this planet.
- As if a mere human could understand my plans. – That man definitively had nothing useful to say to him, being there was a loss of time. Loki stand still and got rid of the irritating Cloak with a sudden pull of its fabric, that thing seemed a cornered little animal and it shrank as if feeling bad for being rejected by someone he considered worthy. – If you don't mind, - he said ironically – I have many more things to do far from here.
Loki started to step away with his usual arrogant walk, the typical of someone who thinks to be superior.
- You know you're very far from home, don't you? – Strange said nonchalantly. – How do you plan to go back to your mortal?
The wizard couldn't see when the other disappeared, but took fright when he appeared behind him, whispering on his ear.
- I have many tricks.
It was even funny to use the reality manipulation against someone who was the protector of reality himself. Confusing Stephen's eyes, the room around both changed and Loki appeared again from the left with his spices bag in hand, as well as with an access ring on his finger. He showed no hesitation to the earthling when mixing gestures so well-known by the other, some images of the most ancient spells were formed on his hands and, at last, a portal appeared in front of the extraterrestrial, giving him complete access to the park where he was before the wizard had picked him up.
Strange seemed genuinely surprised, especially with the difference in the energy that the other used for the spell and also for the bluish color that Loki showed in his power while conjuring the portal, it was completely different from the human's orangish one.
- Are you with this long face because you still doubted that I really have already been in your place as a guardian? – He stepped into the portal – You're as pathetic as Alanes, Strange.
How desperate Stephen Strange was to ask for help to one of the most feared enemies of Earth? Why didn't he appeal to any of the Avengers? The powerful Captain, Wanda or the god of thunder were surely strong enough to deal with whatever the problem was. They would keep the original keeper of the infinity stones safe if this was his fear.
- Eternity will destroy us. – Stephen confided before Loki went away. – The interference in the timeline has attracted it and now it is going to punish us for what we've done… It was the girl who made it to notice our mistake when she got exposed for beings like him and you're the only one, besides me, strong enough to deal with this that kept the memories of two different timelines intact, revealing these facts to any other would only affect even more our reality and would increase the urgency to end with our world.
That was indeed interesting, not that it was new news, but the idea of someone needing Loki's interference pleased the god very much and inflated his already-so-big ego. Moreover, maybe with someone like that wizard by his side, people started to distrust him a little bit less.
- And how exactly do you intend to stop it? – The portal closed before the Asgardian crossed it.
- I know where the infinity stones are.
When Doctor Strange spoke that so-simple sentence, Loki started to think he was completely crazy, the craziest person he has ever met. Well… why would someone in his right mind share a so-important secret with one of the less trustable beings in the universe?
Not even Thor would do such stupidity! Saint Odin, what was the problem of that human?
- You're really desperate. – The Asgardian said, still hiding the surprise he was feeling. – The only thing I can tell you by now is that you're very lucky that I am already working against his entity. – He smiled, evilly. – But if you want my help, we're going to do the things in my own way.
Soon after Loki explained the parts of the plan he had been idealizing in the past months, of course Stephen was only told about the little details he really needed to know, however, the fact of working together didn't mean anything more than common interests, it was indeed a bad idea to appeal to someone as the trickster god.
Most of the people has never understood Loki's purpose behind all his actions, they have always seen his tricks as meaningless evil jokes, but most of them resulted in great events later and not necessarily bat events. Even Asgard had constant benefits with his interferences, ok, he had some part of guilt for Ragnarok, but it can't be said that that kingdom didn't deserve it. Loki has even helped to save the people and no one can deny this fact, it was Thanos who made things go wrong in the end…
What can be said instead is that he has always made his desires to come true, regardless of whom he needed to eliminate for it to be.
Some say that things would be much simpler without his rancorous, selfish and sorrowed mind. Maybe the task of tricking people turned up to be even harder for him. But there are also some who agree that things would never go right if he were different of what he is, Loki is usually who dictate the sequence of events for an end he has anticipated, it is the people who wrongly believe he didn't know what he was doing at moments like when he was captured by the Avengers and "forced" to go back to Asgard or when attached to the opportunity of running away with the Tesseract.
Loki asked himself what guarantees the wizard had concerning his collaboration, would he be a future version of Stephen Strange? No, it's even weird to be said, if the wizard already knew the course the situation would go, taking into consideration he had recovered the time stone and used it to be here now, wouldn't it mess up even more the timeline?
Maybe that man is simply a lunatic, or maybe he is a misunderstood genius, probably only time can solve this question.
When the complex points of his plan were done, the trickster god prepared himself to leave, the lies had already been wind carried by this time, as well as the truths and half-truths. Stephen seems a different and intriguing figure when observed by far, but he is easy to manipulate just as any other boring human.
- There's something else you need to know before start acting. – The wizard said hesitating, Loki could almost see his mind working to decide whether it was too much dumbness to give away that secret or not. – Linna isn't just the prophecy woman as you say. – He raised his hand onto his own forehead, already regretted for the next words he would say. – She is the Ego Stone, the seventh infinity stone.
The jotun didn't expect that information, receiving it was like a face slap. He remembered this stone, although for a long time he has thought it was just another story his mother told him as a child and he couldn't sleep. The Ego Stone was definitively the most powerful of the infinity stones, but also, it was the remaining conscience of the being that originated the universe and a legend.
Doctor Strange shouldn't know this story, no one in Midgard got to know enough about the universe to know about Original, Loki only has more knowledge about that than any other being because… well… Original sleeps on the carpet of what in the last weeks has been his bedroom. It's not like the god knew about the interaction between the Ego Stone with Lin, but he saw some very-weird things since he knew his favorite human.
In the rare moments in which Lin can sleep, she uses to lose part of the control she has over herself and ends up showing part of her nightmares to whoever is around, not always it is good that Loki has taught her many of the gifts of his mind. For any common being, those things would be just unconnected images, but he could see the same horror she sees whenever she closes her eyes. Now the prince understands that they aren't simple nightmares that torment his friend, they are memories of the Original's pains. Loki hoped that the seventh stone and Original had nothing to do with the prophecy, but it isn't like he hasn't thought of that before. Many centuries have passed since he was in touch with Ego Stone, he imagined that Odin had already destroyed it when he had the chance, its complete disappearance made more sense now. That stone once allowed the green-eyes prince to find it, but it was odd to think that now it was again by his side as a mortal.
- And how exactly did you discover that? – Loki's voice was kind of slow, but nothing on his expression showed the confusion in his mind, he seemed impartial, as if he didn't mind the new information or as if he simply didn't believe its truthfulness.
He could never admit that it made much sense that the Ego Stone and the person of the prophecy were the same being, but he wouldn't be the so-known trickster god if he simply revealed it.
- The Time Stone showed me many futures when I used it to know which was the best way to defeat Thanos. – Stephen faced the window not far from him as if he could have that vision again – In the only one we won, I saw her. – The wizard seemed somehow terrorized and amazed at the same time. – I saw how Tony saved us, I saw that what the Avengers did would attract the entity and I saw that when the monster that is the being Original comes back to Earth after winning the fight against Eternity, it will be with you by its side.
- You saw me coming back to Midgard with the most powerful creature in the universe? Why does everything can be fine after that? – Loki seemed fun, although his eyes didn't share this sudden change of humor.
- Because I saw you being crowned a king in a distant planet, being applauded by all those who considered you as an enemy and having Original as your queen. If you're really going to be our antagonist, I believe the future disagree with your intentions.
- You, more than anyone, should know how instable is the future. – That was what Loki said, but the idea of finally being recognized as worthy to rule pleased him.
- Oh, I know that. – Stephen made swift movements with his hands, opening a portal that headed straight to Stark's mansion. – I saw you pregnant too. But I think that the future can't be that weird to the point you end up being a mom. – The god took again his spices bag and soon after crossed back to his current house with the other wizard, already thinking about his intentions. – For now, it is better that I just keep close, keeping an eye on you and on her.
Maybe the heroic discourse of the human would last more if an armor hadn't entered suddenly in the room they were, hitting him the hail on the head. Loki couldn't help laughing funny after seeing that scene and the pain face Stephen showed. The armor dismembered, but kept working.
- Friday, I think there's something missing. – The female voice came from the dismantled head of the armor. – I'm sure there was nothing in front of me when I tracked this way.
The armor started to assemble itself, adjusting again its field of vision. The metal hands, already properly attached to the arms and to the upper body, touched Stephen' face and body as if searching for support and trying to recognize him. When the metallic head fitted in again in its proper place, the wizard seemed even more lost and embarrassed for having that version of the Iron Man over him, facing him so close.
- There's a strange here. – The voice said again. – Look for information about him and check if I should hurt him. – The armor calmly used its own hands to help its own legs to fit their proper places.
"He's Doctor Strange, Ms. Stark, he's not our enemy".
- Ah, I'm glad to hear it, I thought I should have to kill him for kidnapping my friend. – She got up slowly and helped the wizard with her left hand so that he could stand up too.
Even Stephen not needing any help, or even the Cloak of Levitation being able to get him up, he held the hand of the metallic being to do so, however odd the situation was for him.
- I would kill him myself if needed, Lin. Don't worry about that. – The Asgardian said funny, attracting the attention of the machine and consequently of the friend. The wizard didn't understand how she knew that Loki had been taken away.
The armor turned its upper body and face mechanically towards the prince, pointed its metal finger on his direction and raised a little bit its arm dramatically.
- But I always need to worry about you, Loki! – There were some traits of fun on her robotic voice. – You're my defenseless maiden. – I must be careful, imagine if some human decides to put you in a tower with a wild dragon to watch you! – The armor stepped back from the both, gesturing with the metallic members while walking, the jotun could perfectly see the human doing the same wherever she is. – What would happen to you without your powerful heroine to save you? And no, I don't mind you had really killed dragons on your own already.
- Oh, I'd be over, definitively. – He rolled his eyes already used with her ego and showed a smile on his face anyway. Stephen by his side looked at both with a lifted eyebrow, with confusion clear on his expression, he waited the armor step back a little bit more before asking the jotun about the question he had, but Loki answered him before he could say something. – I guess I forgot to mention that the girl is the Stark's daughter.
The smile he showed after would raise many misgivings for those who knew to read him and the god expected Stephen to notice that. They walked side by side to where the armor had gone and, on the way, Loki started to ask himself if the avengers would be able to hurt her in the future if she turned against them. Would they be capable of shedding the blood of the heir their friends left before dying? That was becoming a very funny game. Humans turned to be even weaker with their stupid feelings.
It would be fun when the wizard discovered that Loki never even could really use the powers of protector of the reality, that it all was an illusion and that if he didn't choose to join Lin, probably the Asgardian would be forced to disguise and persuade some human to show him the way back to the house he was hosted.
When the armor arrived at its destination, the lab, both the men could see the great renovation that Lin had done to the place. She increased the workshop area that has always been there together with the sciences and organized the place properly. Around nine new other armors were exposed behind glasses while one of them was in the center of the room as a model for the others, that was the one in which Lin learned to fly, the last one remaining from Tony's creation that didn't have nanotechnology.
Stark was connected to a simulation that seemed to need a superior technology than the one she can produce now, controlling the armor that guided the wizards there. Somehow everything seemed different now at that place, but the woman could make the smallest details made by Tony not to vanish.
Lin seemed excited when turned around to give attention to both men, but it was clear for them how tired she was, the so-visible dark circles seemed a little bit bigger and even Stephen noticed she couldn't barely stand up.
- Hello! – Lin greeted them after putting the armor in its proper place and turn off the simulation. She got close slowly on his steps that were still clumsy, analyzing curiously the human she didn't know yet. – I'm Lin Stark, nice to meet you! – The younger always said the same simple sentence every time she met a stranger, she hated to interact with other people, but she was always there smiling and handshaking. Loki saw clearly how she hesitated in each movement, he saw how she was still afraid of getting close to humans and started to think that maybe keeping that role was costing an expensive price for her, however she didn't complain.
- Stephen Strange. – He also raised his hands and gave the handshake back. Lin oddly didn't let the hand go immediately as she used to do, on the contrary, she seemed to use more strength to hold it. Her eyes stared at the other's hand and there was a kind of recognition in her eyes, for the surprise of both the men, her fingers moved to cuddle Doctor Strange's skin and her muscles relaxed, the fear was gone as if the wizard were an old friend of hers.
- Our hands are alike. – Stark said, kind of funny, the relaxed expression didn't fit with the reality, what she spoke was indeed a truth, there were a lot of scars on both hands, touching Stephen's marks made her curious, at moments like those, she turned back into a child.
- I got them in a car accident. – The wizard answered under the asking look of Loki, who was behind him. None of the both understood her reaction.
- I got mine being tortured for many years. – Lin smiled at him, calm, as if feeling protected. She had never showed that expression for someone who wasn't the adopted Asgardian.
But then her frown puckered suddenly, as if she didn't know anymore what she was doing, she let the wizard's hand go slowly and stepped back, smiling disconcertingly. Lin turned her back as if nothing had happened and walked to her angry cat that observed everything from up a table, she cuddled his pile trying to hide her confusion.
Loki and Stephen looked at each other and defined a mute deal that for now it is better to leave the friends alone, as the green-eyed one got closer, the other stepped back, disappearing as if he had never entered in the lab. The wizard put his hands on her back to calm her down, involving her as he always used to do, but the effect wasn't exactly the expected, her look was still lost and she didn't stop to cuddle the cat that was purring now.
- Lin… - he called, holding her arms so that she stopped. The female body shook falling apart slowly, Loki felt when she let her body's weight to be sustained by him, Stark seemed to be more exhausted than before.
The Asgardian got her on his lap easily and took her to the new couch of the lab, when he got there, he sat down with her still on his lap, snuggled her a little bit more and held her face, forcing her to look at him, only now noticing the silent tears running down her face.
- Imdaw kas dohda sita, Loki… (I'm so afraid, Loki...) – The woman forced herself to breath properly again, but her voice was nothing more than a whisper and the words came in Asgardian – Iw xikahnike oziyi nasis zohta dazie hiyi, (I recognized that man when I touched him) – She hid the face in the curve of her friend's neck. – Som oziyom sisaxeom hoa ixos sehnom I sehno sihdi mesbymsihdi om okayniw kasa mi vami a kixda… (But those memories were not mine and those my mind simply welcomed them as if it were the right thing…).
- Bati mesbyimsihdi dix meta oyjwsom tom xikaxtokaim to Gaeo ta Disba, Stephen ixo a jwoxteoa tiyo, iw di temi zi ema batixeo akahdikix is oyjws sasihda. (It may have been some recordation of the Time Stone, Stephen was its guardian, I told you this could happen at some point).
- Faki hoa imdo ihdihtihta (You don't get it) – She hiccuped low – I kasa mi nawfimi awdro kaemo is ses, om figim hoa maw iw o dasox om sehnom tikemaim I his kahmeja bixkipix, ema si omwmdo sweda. (It's as if there were something else living inside me, sometimes it isn't me taking my decisions and I can't even notice it, this scares the hell out of me).
It was even ironic how that little monster seemed fragile at some moments.
- Hoa I kasa miwso omes bwtimi di timdrwex, Lin. Hoa brikemo mi omwmdox, faki i sweda vaxdi boxo oyja omes kahmijwex di vixex. (It's not like something like this could destroy you, Lin. You don't need to be scared, you're too strong for something like this to hurt you). – The human laughed at his words even being melancholic and the sound ended up being faded for the position she was, Loki was indeed terrible in truly comforting somebody.
- Soem vaxdi o miem gaeom ta ehveheda? (Stronger than the six infinity stones? I find it hard). – The god felt her smile on his skin and this somehow displeased him, Lin had already conformed a long time ago to her own disgrace, this was one of the reasons for her not to mind the battle both would fight as soon as she turned to be useless.
Stark wanted her death to come by her friend's hands.
Sometimes Loki regretted to have taught her to lie so well, it was hard even for him to see how bad she really was. The god held her a little bit stronger, it bothered him just to watch the agony that the other was feeling, Lin was the one who provoked to him the will to help and being unable to relief her pain frustrated him. The human awakened the good side of the jotun effortlessly and this wasn't exactly something that pleased him, she was becoming a weakness.
Stark was a so powerful and magnificent creature, but at the same time was so broken that sometimes she didn't show not even minimally the immensity of her strength. She had already improved a lot compared to when he could finally set her free, she wasn't that thin and had already adapted a lot to the life in Midgard, not to mention the bright his eyes acquired with the perspective of being free.
But how to tell Lin that she is the Original being? That yes, her strength can surpass the one of the six infinity stones? Loki wasn't sure about how she would deal with that information and that's why he chose to keep silent to not to put this matter into discussion.
After some minutes, the calm seemed to come back to the place so normally that the prince even thought his friend was sleeping, but the slow cuddle she did on his nape denounced that her mind was still active.
- Meaaow… - It was heard the grouch of the sneaky cat while rubbing on the extraterrestrial being. Thor still didn't understand why the animal ignored him completely and liked so much his brother and the Tony's genius daughter.
The feline, not noticing rejection from the other, ended up on the couch too, nesting on Lin's thigh, what guaranteed to him a gift from both of his owners. It was fun how Stark liked the pile ball, she basically sympathized more with animals than with humans.
It was hard for Loki to understand what was going through his friend's mind, she definitively wasn't in one of her worst days, but something had changed in her reactions, Lin took the role he had handed her so naturally that it caused a kind of strangeness to the god. For him, it was noticeable that she was lying, as if had become as natural for her as breathing. Loki started to understand the image that people had of himself, after all, if the human acted that way, it was because he taught her to survive like this.
Somehow, the expectation of seeing the moment in which she will turn against the humanity makes him anxious, it would be one of his great tricks, he will be so proud of his girl when this moment arrives! But there's also another possibility, there's a chance that the lies are being done for him and not for the humans, in the end of this story, it may be that Lin end up standing for the avengers and not for her dear friend. Stark has always been advised not to trust the trickster god, but no one has ever told the god not to trust Lin.
The adopted Asgardian cuddled a little bit more the now-soft hair of the human, admitting internally that if his end came by her treacherous hands it wouldn't be that bad, he would leave behind a worthy substitute: Lin Stark, the trickster goddess. The title sounded so good to his ears that Loki realized he was smiling too calmly, maybe if someday he got tired of the life of a god, he could fake his own death and leave her on his place. It would be extremely funny to watch that.
- You suddenly made that expression again. – the woman said. – Admiring my astonishing beauty? – Lin backed out from his neck to look him in the eyes, smiling overbearingly as if that self-destructive moment had never existed.
- No. – He answered smiling at her. – Your face was hidden; how could I admire you? - The god lift one of his eyebrows, making her smile even bigger.
- It is exactly why you could be admiring something! – Both let go a faded laugh, although trying to seem serious at what they were saying.
- To be honest, - she rolled his eyes, the word "honest" didn't combine with him that much, but Loki decided to ignore this act even that it indicated that Lin was expecting to hear a lie. – I was thinking about how the title of goddess would fit you just well.
Her eyes and cheeks gave away the fact that no matter how she thought those words were a lie, they caused a strong effect on her. The different eyes shined and her cheeks blushed.
- Goddess of what? – Lin toppled her head aside, as if really thinking about the matter. – Of madness and chaos? – Worse still is that these titles also fitted her very well.
- Of course! What else could it be? – Loki liked to watch her eyes closing for a silent laugh, he admired the fact that she could laugh at something like this while it was still hard for him to accept who he really was.
Stark cuddled her lazy feline's head before taking him out of her lap to get up and when she finally got up, repeated the act on the friend's, as if he were also a cat, he just imitated a purr in answer while putting his face on her hand, already used to this kind of things.
- There's something I want to show you. – He said as an excuse while stepping aside a little bit to get whatever it was. In this space of seconds, Loki allowed himself to observe the different technology around him in the lab.
- Where did you get all these different devices?
- They were a gift from Wakanda. – She answered while coming back with a paper in hands. – They came with an invitation to visit the country, I don't know exactly when I'm going, but I'm curious about that place. – Lin didn't even need to say that that was the proper opportunity for the jotun to get the amount of vibranium he wanted.
The human sat on the couch to expose what she had in the paper sheet, Loki used his magic to adhere to a feline form, so that he could observe better what she was showing him, of course that he also went up to her lap to get adorable cuddles that she always gave him when using this form, the other cat came too, not understanding what was going on, but ended up recognizing its owner smell and accepted to divide the lap with the other, now also a feline.
- This is a project of mine.
It's not that Lin could see, but the eyes of the wizard shined with what they saw, it's not every day that someone reminds to include him as an ally in the project of a so-awesome weapon, in that paper, there was the design of two armors, one for who projected them and another for him. The one dedicated to Stark started as a common Asgardian battle costume and its details strategically positioned could evolve into an armor when desired; on both forms, it was kept a long black cloak that could be used as a shield if correctly positioned. For Loki, basically it was added the details on his usual clothe, so that they could evolve into an armor equally elegant, his cloak in the black and golden armor had its green color highlighted while on his head, the helmet he liked so much had much more visibility. Lin's armor had the black cloak while in its structure predominated the colors silver and golden, on his head, there was the same tiara that showed up in the first stage, looking at that angle, the drawing seemed to introduce to whoever wanted to see a king together with his equal, his queen.
Loki expressed his satisfaction with a grunt and rubbed on the upper body of his friend, his feline way to say he was happy and she apparently noticed that, since her smile didn't fail, proud of herself. Almost at the same moment, the door of the lab was opened and Thor passed through it with a pot of feed for the cat in one of his hands, while in the other, he brought another pot with water.
- I've been thinking… - The blonde one started to say. – I think we should name your cat, he's here for a long time to be called just as "Cat". – He put the pots near the couch and observed the animal, kind of suspicious, to get closer to the food, that little thing was gentle to the god of thunder only when it was him who brought him feed. – By the way… - Thor looked oddly at the other feline in the room. Where did you get this another cur? – He neared smiling to the second cat and raised his hand to cuddle him, just to be strongly scratched, this time the feline was strong enough to hurt him, but Thor didn't mind with the blood drops falling from his hand, almost as if he were already used to it. Loki on the other hand shook his tail angry, grumbling just as an animal can do. Lin didn't need to speak the cats' language to know that his friend is furious to be compared to a cur. – His ego is so big that it is easy to provoke it. – Thor said funny, he was getting better in recognizing his brother in his simplest modifications.
Al the angry of the trickster god was deliberately exasperated, with his supposedly accusing look he threw towards the human for she agreed with his brother, Loki could notice the melancholy she still had in her look.
He rolled his eyes unnoticed by anyone and jumped onto his brother with his claws out, ready to hurt him.
- NO! BAD BROTHER! – Thor tried to loosen him – Get out! Get out!
At last, the now-feline used magic to turn Thor into a dog, trying to convince himself that he was just doing what he planned because the woman was more useful when she was in a good mood. Thor barked in pain not understanding the situation and started to run in circles with Loki attached up to him, Lin, on the couch, felt her lips to turn shaking trying to hold the laugh and her eyes shined in pure fun. The trickster god could distract her.
Until that, out of sudden, the door of the lab opened again and Thor, with a shake stronger than a normal dog should be able to do, ended up by throwing his brother against the wall. The green-eyed turned back to his normal form with the impact and where he hit it was open a significant crack.
Peter entered the room with an almost visible interrogation sign on his face, it wasn't every day that a super strong and "unknown" dog received him with joy and happy barks after almost killing a cat.
- Loki, is everything okay over there? – Lin asked, still trying to hold up the laugh and the jotun just nodded slowly, pretending to feel pain. It was enough for her to laugh openly, without the preoccupation to stop her.
- BOW! BOW! – Thor barked still shaking his tail, while the unnamed cat nested on a pillow of the couch and the child cuddled his head, even not understanding what was going on, it wouldn't stop him from cuddling the happy dog.
- Lin, - Parker called, smiling a bit. – where did you find this cute cur? – He asked the most innocent as possible. Loki and her friend just had more reasons to have fun.
Spider Man's words were enough to end with the happy of the god of thunder, Thor snarled angrily and marched with his clumsy paws to his brother, barking as if demanding him to be turned back.
- What did you say? – Loki asked, pretending not to understand. – I can't understand you in this form, brother.
Thor seemed to be even angrier and Lin thought to have heard thunders outside. It was surely much more humiliating when Loki undid the magic and the blond, unnoticing, kept barking, while standing on his knees and using his hands as support.
Stark wasn't not even from afar a normal woman, she was broken and instable, had a temper that many considered terrible and the humans still considered her a horror vision to have, but at that moment, with the brothers fighting and Peter having fun, she felt peace. Her new friends made her burden easier to carry, that place made much good to her, it healed her internal wounds.