I am so sorry for being away for so long! Life really takes a hold of you!

ONCE AGAIN: I DO NOT OWN MARVEL IN ANY WAY!

Loki's POV

I strolled through my room, picking up the latest book off the nightstand. After everything, reading was surprisingly second thing on my mind. Flipping through the pages, I settled down on the bed once again, picking up where I had previously stopped. For the short moment, things seemed like it was back to normal, I was in my room, just reading while the others...they would be watching their movies.

At least until the sound of footsteps in the hallway picked up once again.
"Hello, is anyone home?" A voice called.
Oh no. Darcy!
I quickly climbed onto my feet and quickly snuck out of my room. I rushed out of the room and soon saw Darcy, looking around the empty living room.
"Darcy." I said, as I crossed my arms, fighting the desire to just rush over and hold her. Darcy was another thing, someone I practically forgot about. She turned and smiled softly.
"Steve. For a second, I thought I came when you guys were out on a mission."
"Actually we are busy. You see, there's this mission that requires all of our work." I interrupted. Please, please just accept it and come back later.

"I just wanna stop by and see Loki." Darcy said. "It won't be long. Besides, he'll want me to rescue him from Tony." She walked past me and started to make her way to the lab. "Darcy! Wait!" I cried.

Steve's POV

I looked up at the screen, biting my lip tightly. It had taken a couple minutes, but now we had gotten used to the task, as she searched for the stone. Tony and Dr Strange were standing between me and Bruce, Tony clearly following Strange as a guide regarding magic.
"We're getting close to something." Strange nodded. "It looks like your target may have retreated to a similar base."
"Well, that's a rel-WHOA!" Yelped Tony. Me, Tony and Strange turned, before all the color drained on Tony's face.
"Darcy." He said softly. "Um, what are you doing here?"
"You didn't tell me you were back. I miss you." She smiled as she leaned against him.
Tony looked over at us with wide eyes, clearly calling for help.
"Um, Darcy, we kinda need your boyfriend." I intervened. "I mean, I'm sure Loki will call you after this mission." Around the same time, Loki raced into the room. He tensed in the doorway, looking between the three of us. I could tell he wanted to know what was happening, and if our secret was still safe.
She sighed and said, "Fine. But I demand to hear everything afterwards." She reached up and kissed him, slightly pulling him forward to match their heights. Around the same time, a small growl sounded. Between Tony tensing up even more, Loki now looked like a snake about to strike. As Darcy pulled back, she looked up at him, frowning. I looked back at Strange, who was worriedly looking back at Bruce. Bruce had stopped working and was looking over in curiosity.
"Everything okay?" He called over. Darcy looked back at us, a look over fear and worry overcame her.
"Guys...this is not Loki."

Tony's POV

Shit. Shit, Shit, Shit!

"Darcy, what do you mean?" Bruce asked, approaching us.
"Darcy, we need to talk!" Steve said, rushing over, and starting to pull her away.
"No, we need to deal with that!" She called. I was frozen in shock, watching as Loki had joined Steve and were practically pulling her out of the room.
"Banner, we'll be right back." Strange snapped before he gently gave me a push forward, knocking me out of my trance. We soon rushed out of the lab, only to see Steve and Loki struggling with Darcy.
"Darcy, Darcy love, please calm down." Loki said. That attracted her attention. She looked up at him, going still.
"What's happening?" I asked, looking between the three of them.
"Interesting..." Strange murmured softly, walking forward.
"Loki?" Darcy murmured. Loki nodded eagerly and said,
"Yes, its me."
"Without any magic, Loki's girlfriend is somehow able to detect his lost soul." Strange nodded. "Interesting."
"What the Hell is going on?" She snapped, looking at the four of us.
"Look, maybe we should talk about this in private." Steve recommended. "My room good?"
"Probably." I nodded. "Come on." We turned and headed off to Steve's room. As we all headed inside, I shut the door, being the last to enter.
"Okay, first of all Darcy, you have to promise not to tell anyone what is happening." I started. "Last thing we want is a freakout by SHIELD."
"I promise. Now spill."
"Well, as you can tell, Loki is not Loki. It's me, Tony, I'm just stuck in Loki's body. Loki is trapped in Steve's body, and Steve is trapped in my body." I explained roughly.
"And how did this happen?"
"We were on a mission. And Darcy, this thing we were after, it was powerful enough to separate our souls from our own bodies. It would have killed us if we weren't careful in the first place." Loki said, casting a glance over at me and Steve. "We're working on fixing this. Just this item was stolen from us."
"And we just can't tell the others. It sounds ridiculous enough." Steve sighed. "I mean, we're lucky to have one person working with us to fix this."
"And what's important is that we return to our work. Now." Strange nodded.
"Well, we're gonna have to explain Darcy's This isn't Loki statement." Steve said.
"We can say its something I say when I get frustrated with you." Darcy offered, looking at Loki.
"It could work. But we need everyone to go along with the story." Loki nodded. After further debate, we slowly agreed. We left the room, only to be met by the rest of the team.
"Guys, no offense, but what the hell is going on?" Natasha started.
"We were just chatting with Darcy, we haven't seen her in a while." Steve said.
"Bull." Clint scoffed. "And plus what we heard from Bruce," He moved quickly and aimed an arrow straight at me.
Clint, easy.." I warned gently.
"After we first dealt with the infinity stone, you three have been acting off, so what is it?" He demanded.
I looked at the others, Loki practically looked like he was frozen, gaze flickering at the others, just to see if he could probably talk his way out. Steve was tense, looking like he was ready to try and leap at Clint to get the bow out of the situation. Hell, even Strange looked like he was ready for a battle. This time Darcy's face had drained of color, slightly holding onto Loki.

In many ways, it seemed like we ran out of areas to hide in.