Tony sits on the counter as he watches Loki clean the children with a damp washcloth. Peter had woken up and is happily babbling baby nonsense. The inventor found out that the spiderling loves to be bounced. So here he is bouncing a baby on his knee. This is such a strange situation for the adult. But something about Peter being a baby seems to melt the engineer's heart. Don't tell this to Rhodey or Pepper though, they'll never let him live it down.
Once the kids were cleaned, Tony handed Peter to Loki and slid off the counter. Though he did see the annoyed look the other gives him. Loki doesn't like people sitting on the counters, something about it not being sanitary. Though, Tony doesn't care one bit.
"Okay, who's ready for lunch?" Tony clapped his hands together and Loki snorts. This man is a weird one.
"Me!" Clint says as he jumps up with his hands in the air.
"No, I am." Bruce mimicked the archer, with more enthusiasm though.
Soon all the kids were getting rowdy. Well all except Natasha, she just looked annoyed. Much like Loki. And Tony to a point. The adults sighed as they watch the kids exclaim who was more ready for lunch. Soon, Nat piped up.
"You all noisy."
Tony snorted a laugh. Yeah, the kids can be noisy. He'll agree with that. Loki seemed to find amusement in what Natasha said. But they are kids, so this is normal. But soon, it was getting annoying and Tony is getting a headache.
"Hush now kids." Loki hushed the kids as he herded them out of the bathroom.
"Crazies," Tony mutters, shaking his head.
"No, they're not." Loki snorts, patting Tony's back.
Tony raises an eyebrow. "Oh yes, they are." He snorts, but it's heart filled and not full of malice."I'm going to look into what caused that flash of light."
Loki nodded. Indeed, what caused the sudden flash? Did Jarvis have a malfunction? It's possible. Even highly advanced technology can malfunction. But that fact the flash of light can cause the kids to lose it like they did worry the god. What if it happens again and they can't calm the children done? What if it happens in public?
"Then I'm calling bold one-eyed pirate about if they found anything." Tony huffed as he headed to his Lab, pulling a phone from his pocket.
"Right." The god muttered under his breath. Then turned to the kids. "Come, children, time for lunch."
Loki ushered the kids out of the bathroom and down the hall. Jarvis had told him that Pepper is using a kitchen on a lower floor since the penthouse is a mess. Jarvis had ordered things for the room to redone. So the penthouse is off-limits for a while. Ushering everyone into the elevator, they were taken the floor Pepper is on. With a ding, the door opens and Loki leads the children to the kitchen. Pepper had made ham and cheese sandwiches and cut them into small squares. There are glasses of juice and water on the table with the plate piled high with food.
"Good, lunches ready." Pepper sets plates on the table as Loki sits the kids into chairs.
Loki nodded and hums. "Tony's going to call Fury to see if they found anything about this."
"Hopefully they found something," Pepper says as she grabs a small sandwich square.
"Same here." Loki bites the square he picked up. "Thanks for lunch."
"Not a problem," Pepper says as she grabs another.
They eat in calm talking. The kids munch on their lunch like there's not a care in the world. Peter is sitting in a high chair with a bottle in his mouth. Where did the high chair come from? Loki didn't remember Tony owning one. But Pepper did do some shopping when she was told about what had happened. So, the chair could have been delivered. Loki taps a sip of his water when he notices Peter beginning to fidget in his seat.
"Something wrong, spidey?" Loki sets his glass down and walks over to the little spider.
But stops in his tracks at what the little gut says. His jaw hitting the floor.
"D-d-daddy."
The room falls silent. And eyes are staring at the baby. Loki had never heard Peter utter a word. All he did was babble, so the Frost Giant had assumed that the toddler couldn't speak. But it appears that he had been wrong. Blinking Loki turns his head to Pepper. The redhead is just as stunned as he is, mouth agape. The other kids are shocked as well, Clint even dropped his half-eaten square on the floor.
"Did he just…" Pepper whispered, her voice filled with shock.
Loki slowly nodded. "He did." Another slow nod. "He said...daddy."
"Daddy!" Peter whined.
"Do you think he means Tony?" Loki turned to Pepper as she shrugged.
"Maybe." The woman said. She turned to Peter. "Do you want Tony, honey?"
Peter looks at the adult and nods. The spider made grabby hands. Loki picked the child up and chuckled as the baby wrapped his pudgy arms around his neck. Pepper had once made mention the Peter liked to be held. So Loki picked the little spider up.
"Well, let's see what tony's doing." Loki chuckles.
"Daddy!" Peter clapped his hands.
"I think that's a yes," Nat said from Loki's side.
"Well, let's go see daddy then." Loki muses as he heads to Tony's lab.
Pepper watches. She knows that something is up and didn't like the feeling she is getting. But, this is Loki. So, anything can go.
"Oh no." Pepper whispers under her breath.
In the lab, Tony paced with a phone to his ear. The engineer is annoyed, even aggravated. Could this day get any worse? With the information that he had been given, he felt like nothing could make this worse. Why did this random shit have to happen to him?
"Well, that's just great." Tony hissed into the phone. He pulled the phone from his ear as who is on the other end started to yell.
"Fucking fantastic." The engineer muttered low. He sighed and placed the phone back against his ear.
"Yes, they're fine. Rowdy little hunch." Tony sighs, sitting on a chair. "Yeah, not a problem. Goodbye." He hung up with a growl.
"Great, just great." Tony tossed the phone on the table place his head in his hands. He hated his life.
"Sir, Miss Potts is coming down with Mr. Loki and the kids," Jarvis said.
"Thanks, Jar." Tony huffed.
Hearing the door open, Tony looked up and sighed. They're not going to like the news he's going to have to give. Why is his life so hard? Why can't he get a break?
"Found anything?" Pepper asks as she stands next to Tony. Loki stood in front with Peter in his arms and the kids around him.
"Yeah, the powder they found has a spell on it." Tony leaned his head into his hand. The inventor's voice is full of tiredness and annoyance. Though there is a bit of hope as well.
"Well, that's great." Loki snorted, this news he did not like at all. As the mortals, they're SOL'd
"What? Can't you fix it?" Tony perks up and blinks. He hoped that Loki could fix this.
"No, Odin took my powers away." Loki huffed.
Shit.
"Can this day get any worse?" Tony grumbled standing and grabbing his cup of coffee.
"Don't jinx it." Pepper sighed. She's hoping Peter does say what she knows the little one will say.
"Daddy!" Peter stuck his chubby little arms out at Tony, a goofy smile on his face.
Tony blinked, eyes wide. Did, did Peter just call him? The cup in his hand dropped, shattering pottery shards and coffee on the lab floor. His face is the perfect imitation of a fish out of water. Why...why is Peter calling him...
"Did he just—" Tony didn't finish his sentence. He collapsed to the ground in an unconscious state.
Tony Stark had fainted.
"Oh...oh dear," Loki said, looking at the unconscious man.
The sound of sizzling caught the attention of everyone and they turn to see a ring of orange light. A man steps through in blue robes and a red cape. The man does not look impressed and even annoyed. One could tell that he didn't want to be there. Much to Loki's amusement.
"Well, well. I didn't think you'd come." Loki snickered, the man glaring at him.
"Why was I called?" The man's voice is monotone.
"Now, now, Doctor Strange, was it?." Loki chuckles, causing the man to have an annoyed look. "We need your help." He gestured to the kids.
Strange looked at the kids and baby in Loki's arms and sighed. Oh, this can't be good. Not with a God of Mischief involved. His eyes trailed each child and then to the man on the ground. Pointing a shaky, scared finger, he asks…
"What happened?"