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Thor didn't know why he couldn't call Mjolnir.

The hammer had been left on Earth, as of the invaders could have picked it up. But his ability to summon his weapon had somehow been hindered.

Every one of them that was conscious was being pulled along by the same beings who had come with Thanos to Midgard. Except Banner, who had been taken somewhere else as soon as they had stepped through the portal to this place. Same as Laura and the children.

Thor looked around at his surroundings, hands chained together tightly as he walked in line with the others. They had entered a massive building from a land of utter waste. There were remains of dead creatures outside everywhere. The place that could only have been Thanos' main base. The doors operated similarly to how Midgardian automatic doors worked, but they opened diagonally to allow passage.

In front of them was a long hallway. The walls were solid black and silver metal, meaning the only way out was through an exit. The ceiling went about five feet above Thor's head.

Each of them had been stripped of any and all weapons upon arrival. As soon as they'd felt any sort of ability to physically move, chaos had followed. Captain America had been first to try and attack, but the invisible binding had returned very quickly. All of them had fought tooth and nail to break free, but it had gotten them nowhere. After that, they'd been bound by chains that extended out far enough to be held by two guards. The guards looked exactly like the Chitari they'd fought on Earth. They probably were.

Thor had never heard of beings that could restrict movement as completely as the ones that did so to them now. But he'd always heard of creatures that so fully immersed themselves in the dark magic arts that they could control nearly everything they learned. However, such education came with a high price. It rendered them servants of the dark. To the point where they lost sentience. He suspected that's what these were.

Thanos, Red Skull, and Loki were nowhere to be seen, but the ugly creatures were still here with them. They restricted every muscle that was not necessary for walking. So, the group went along silently, not even able to show that they objected.

Hawkeye looked the angriest out of all of them. His face was pressed into a dark scowl. By that expression, there was no doubt he would probably kill the next person who got into his way.

Eventually, they were taken into what Thor could only guess was a magically sealed cage. It had bars on one side that others could look in on them through. There were several others just like it, occupied by much more evil looking creatures inside.

Once inside, all of them were visibly released. Thor turned and hit the bars angrily, glaring at their retreating captors. But their guards didn't respond to that in any manner.

Hawkeye knelt down by Natasha, checking her pulse and looking over her for injuries. She didn't seem to have any, which was odd because she'd been so close to the explosion.

"What are those things?" Captain America demanded, letting loose all of emotion he hadn't been able to.

Thor turned away from the view with disgust on his face. He took a few breaths to steady himself. All of his Asgardian friends had already been roused before arriving here and they were looking at him to answer.

"There are some beings that become servants to dark power. They submit themselves to it. That is what I suspect these are." he said, his voice taut "They're rare because doing what they do renders one incapable of thinking for themselves. But they have magical abilities that are hard to achieve otherwise."

"Like physically controlling people?" Tony asked, shaking out one arm as if wanting to make sure he could still move it.

"Dammit!" Hawkeye hissed, standing up abruptly from Black Widow "All we had to do was place a little faith in Loki and he left us in the dust! No, he buried us in the dust."

Thor glanced away at the ground. He felt just as frustrated, but it was hard not being able to justify his brother this time.

"If he so much as touches any one of my family, I swear I'll burn him alive." Hawkeye said furiously.

Everyone of the mortals muttered agreement. Thor stayed silent, but there was not a protest to their threats. Captain America walked over to the bars that held them in. Nothing showed that it was anything other than the metal slats, but he could touch it like a wall.

"Thor, is there anyway that your father would be able to find us here?" he asked, turning back to the God of Thunder intently.

"If Heimdall cannot see us, then Odin cannot find us." Thor replied grimly "We did not know Loki was here for the two years he was gone. He cannot see into this part of the realms."

"What about Valder and Svleiva?" Volstagg said immediately, sounding slightly eager "They will know that Hena is no longer on Earth."

"They cannot look to Earth as Heimdall can." Thor replied, unhappy to respond negatively again.

"But, if they cannot communicate with Hena, they will know something is wrong."

Thor hesistated a moment before nodding. He would have responded, but a faint scream that held for several moments made him pause.

"Well, then it needs to be fast." Hawkeye said "My children are here. Loki gave up my kids." he kicked the wall angrily, turning away from his friends beside him. He ran his fingers through his hair anxiously.

"They should have been brought here with us. Where would they have taken them?" Volstagg asked.

"I'm sure they were taken to the cells for 'useful' people." Hawkeye replied bitterly, quoting the words from Thanos and Loki.

"That means they are safe though." Fandral said hopefully.

"Yes, until they decide to use them against me. Until they decide they want to get into SHIELD without being caught." Hawkeye snapped "This is why they were never known to anyone but me and a few select people."

"But, come on guys, who have we been preparing for this whole time?" Tony asked, trying to pacify his friend. Even he sounded impatient "Who, huh? The jackasses who just brought us here. Asgard is bound to suspect them, okay?"

"No one in Asgard can travel here if Heimdall cannot see." Sif said, in a harsher tone because she felt that had already been made clear "It is impossible. Unless it is within the Nine Realms, he has to be able to see where he is opening the Bifrost."

"I'm sorry I'm not aware of your Viking systems." Tony said sarcastically. Sif bristled at that.

"Are we going to start a feud while we stand in a prison together?" Volstagg asked in frustration.

"No, we aren't." Captain America said definitively. His calmer voice immediately hushed the group. He glanced down at the ground "Clint, I'm sorry about your family. But for now, we can only assume they are okay."

"Why?" Hawkeye asked, clearly very skeptical.

"Because we don't have any evidence that they aren't." Captain America replied.

"But, again, Thor, even if your father can't get here, some realm is bound to be able to." Tony said, attention on the Asgardian prince "And Anaheim could help too."

"Loki created illusions of us." Hogun said quietly "They may not see through that for a while."

Thor heaved a breath "Unfortunately, Hogun is correct. We don't know if Valder will notice that Hena is not communicating with him. And Thanos made it clear that they were going to leave it as if nothing had happened."

There was nothing for them to do but wait in the small space they had been given. They had watched as more people were brought in and put in cells just like them. Most of the newcomers were being dragged against their will. Some had been severely wounded when they were brought and were no longer moving in their cells. None appeared to have been magically restrained like Thor and the rest of them. At first, everyone had been distressed by the creatures and people essentially being left to suffer and die, but they'd become almost resigned after many hours of it.

Black Widow still had not woken up, which was concerning. However, she was the only mortal with them that had been knocked out by the scepter. Sif and Fandral had not taken long to wake up, but they didn't have any idea if Banner was the same.

No one looked up at the sound of approaching footsteps from down one of the halls. Too often it was the same. But after a moment, Thor glanced up, then did a shocked double take.

"Loki?" he demanded.

That got everyone's attention immediately.
Red Skull and Loki were indeed in the same room as them now. Neither of the two of them looked over at the call. They were speaking quietly together. Several of the Chitari-like creatures stood behind Loki, but all Thor could see was the glowing scepter in his brother's hand. The orb looked so calm compared to how he had last seen it. Almost as if more comfortable.

"Loki!" Thor snapped out at him. Red Skull's eyes flicked briefly over, but Loki did not even acknowledge his voice.

Hawkeye joined him up by the bars, expression hateful. He waited silently as the two men finished whatever conversation they were having. As they turned to leave, Thor hit the wall of their cage with a clang.

"Loki, face me!" he snarled.

Red Skull paused by the hall opposite to the one they had entered. He watched expectantly as Loki finally turned around. The God of Mischief cocked his head, almost as if he had just realized they were there. He walked over, his mouth lightly curved in a cold greeting. Thor waited until his brother was right by the barrier.

"Loki, what have you done?" he said in a furious whisper. His brother's expression did not waver.

"I am not sure what you mean." he replied.

Thor glared at him "You were right on the edge of convincing father that you could change from what you were. I pleaded on your behalf. I told Odin that you could be trusted. I-"

"Well, how honored should I be?" Loki asked, handing pressing to his chest mockingly. The scepter waved lightly "Now, let me ask you a return question. What choice did Odin give me? Obviously I was cast out as a member of his family. Nothing was going to change about my fate on Asgard. Not in the way there was for you on Midgard. So, even if I so deeply desired to be his servant again, what option did I have but to leave? Perhaps Odin should have thought this through."

"Where is my family?" Hawkeye half-spat at him. Loki raised the scepter so that the tip hovered near the mortal's chest.

"You may want to reconsider your position here, Barton." he said coldly.

"I will rip you apart if any of them are hurt." Hawkeye replied, glaring.

"I would be wary of the threats you call to befall me. They may just be carried out on your beloved family waiting so diligently to be rescued." Loki said "And who better to have carry out these threats than the father? No, I think you'd best step back before your words lead to their deaths."

Thor peered at his brother warily, hating the cruel words that came out of his mouth. Loki waited, eyes boring warningly into the mortal.
With narrowed eyes, Hawkeye stood his ground for several moments before retreating.

"You would never harm them." Thor said with quiet anger.

"You seem to assume a lot of things about me." Loki looked amused "And that might very well be your downfall, Prince Thor. Too gullible. Too trusting."

"At least he isn't a murderous barbarian." Sif said. Loki rolled his eyes without looking at her.

"I trusted you because you showed that you could be." Thor replied.

"And...what came of that?" Loki asked slowly.
Thor slammed a fist into the wall.

"So what is your intention? Lead armies to take over Midgard while we wallow in this cage?"

"Midgard is the least of our worries." Loki replied, smiling lightly.

Red Skull glanced down the hall he was waiting by, hearing something the others were too far away to notice.

"Loki, He calls." he said, smug at the idea that he was pulling him away from his brother.

"What then? Anaheim?" Thor asked, ignoring the ugly mutant's beckoning "Will you ruin them as you attempted to ruin Midgard?"

"Goodbye, Thor." Loki replied, stepping away from the bars.

"Don't do this." Thor said quietly, shaking his head anxiously.

"You do not command me any longer." Loki replied "Relieve yourself of that duty and I'm sure you'll find that you're much happier."

"And what will happen when you are confronted by Valder?" Thor spat as his brother walked away "Will you kill him? After everything he has said and done for you?"

"If he gets in the way, then yes." Loki responded, looking back once at him.

"Then what of Mazi? Will you let them kill her or will you kill her yourself?" Thor demanded. The God of Mischief didn't say anything in response, but Red Skull sneered in his direction.

"We are brothers, Loki." Thor said sharply.

"I am not your brother." Loki retorted coldly, giving him a glare. Thor watched as they left, breathing quickly as he steadied his emotions. He spat out a breath, showing his frustration and hurt. Volstagg slowly placed a hand on his shoulder.

"If he is willing to kill even Valder to get what he wants, then he is truly lost." Fandral said.

Thor's eyes briefly followed the Chitari guard as he walked past "If we can get word to Hena, she can call her father here. Perhaps he can send for help."

He evaded replying to his friend's claim directly, but no one had time to dwell on that as the door to their confines opened up. Again, the horrible sense of tightening around their upper bodies came upon them all. Three of the darkness-infused creatures were waiting outside. It seemed that was the number needed to control so many of them.

The Chitari guards walked in silently, leaving the others outside as they took the chains hooked to the prisoners' wrists. Thor's jaw clenched and not because the enchantments made it so. He followed them when they pulled. He had no idea where they were heading, but without more people with them, there was no way they were going to be able to get away from these guards.

They were herded down the same hall that Loki and Red Skull had gone down, but the two of Thanos' followers were nowhere to be seen. They continued down the hall until they could no longer hear any of the sounds from their previous room. It became eerily silent except for the sound of their footsteps.

The hall widened near the end, making each of the Avengers and Warriors look around their surroundings. There were large doors along the sides that made them all realize this was their intended destination. These looked more like permanent cells than their other one had.
One of the guards placed their hand on the door and waited. Then, by itself the door slid open. Nothing about it was electronic.

Thor blinked in surprise as Hena lifted her head to look up at them. She stood back by the far wall, eyes wide as she watched them be herded in. She did not approach the open door, as if she knew it would be in vain.

Once they were in and the exit closed, all of them were released. Thor moved his arms angrily, mad at the restriction.

Hena stared at them, looking very scared.

"Where's Loki?" she asked quietly.

"This cannot be what is seems." Hena said with irritated desperation "I could see his aura. I saw some of his thoughts."

"Did you see when he carried you by Thanos' side?" Captain America asked, his face honest "And gave up Hawkeye's family?"

Fandral tilted his head at her, scowling, but it was Volstagg who spoke.

"I do not understand why you are here." he said "With us."

"This room is magically sealed." Hena replied grimly "Some of the others are not."

"But I assumed Loki would have taken you somewhere else." Volstagg still eyed her warily, as if worried she was not as trustworthy all of the sudden.

Hena glanced down, blinking multiple times. She swallowed lightly.

"Loki and I fought before this happened. And he took my words to mean I was aligned with Odin. And...that he was weak. But that was not what I ever intended nor believed. He just doesn't understand that I can see both sides. I phrased it poorly." she shook her head, pressing her lips together "I'm scared that I pushed him away. This is my fault. I should never have said what I did."

"It's not your fault, Hena. No more than mine." Thor replied.

"And you both blame yourselves for what he's done?" Sif asked "That is madness. He chose to follow one Loki knows is trying to destroy the realms he is meant to defend."

"Thanos caters to his every doubt." Thor told her sharply. He was just as furious with Loki as she was, but he was tired of her constant attacks on his brother. However correct she seemed.

"That does not mean he is justified." Sif said angrily, finally not backing down at his rebuke.

"No, it does not. I know this. And I would see him punished as he deserves, but I want to attempt to see more than what is apparent." Thor replied.

Hena looked in between them, eyes worried.

"Do you recall when I told you Loki was not able to make his own choices at all times?" she asked the group.

"To hell with that. I don't care what you say, no one was influencing him when he turned his back on us." for the first time, it was Tony who reprimanded her.

"He may-"

"No! No, Hena, he chose to bring us here and he chose to bring you here! He doesn't care and he isn't doing this because Thanos is making him!" Hawkeye snapped at her.

Hena turned away from them. With one hand raised to her face, she walked to the farther edge of the cell. Hawkeye glanced down, anger dissipating as she left. Volstagg, out of all of them, walked after her. Fandral wouldn't have been far behind.

She didn't turn to look as the large Warrior stopped beside her, putting one hand on her arm. It took her a moment to gather her thoughts, but she finally looked back, chin raised.

"Loki is a good person. I don't give a damn if you say otherwise because I know this." she said "You saw his kindness on Midgard. He has been hurt by Odin and sees this as a chance to escape what would be his fate otherwise. I see what everyone here can remember. Thanos treats Loki as an equal. As a king. As someone who is good enough just being who and what he is. If this had been shown to him all along, he would never have turned. No, you're right, I should not blame myself. The blame falls to all of you. I always accepted Loki for being a frost giant and for all of his mistakes. You never have. So, now you may reap what you have done."

Hawkeye let out a deep breath as Hena returned to her position silently. He paused for a moment, considering his words.

"I'm sorry." he said quietly "This isn't any easier for you than it is for us."

"You have your wife and children here. I can understand your fears, but we can't hurt each other. Thanos will use this to his advantage any way that he can." Hena replied, eyes squinted in an effort to prevent any tears.

"Can you speak to Loki?" Fandral asked gently.

"I have tried. He does not reciprocate it." Hena responded "But I cannot be sure that he hears me. My communicative powers have been suppressed. And, yes, no one else is aware that I can speak to others minds, so it would have to be Loki doing it. He does not want me to summon my parents here."

"Can you reach them at all?" Captain America asked.

"No, but I will attempt to do it frequently." Hena blinked slowly and then glanced back at Black Widow "She is being kept unconscious by a spell. I thought you should be aware. I can try to rouse her from it, if you would like."

"Please." Hawkeye beckoned her down to his friend.