A week after the Avengers returned from their mission, three things happened.

The first thing was that Maisy, Loki, and Linn all agreed on an apartment and the appropriate motions had been carried out to secure the place for them. They would be moving in that weekend and finally have a place of their own, which was thrilling and a great relief. Maisy wasn't sure how much longer Loki could hold off killing and/or maiming the Avengers if he had to continue to live in such close quarters to them.

The second thing that happened was that Linn let it slip that her school friends knew her secret and now the group had club meetings on the common floor of Stark Tower. With their club meetings happening around the Avengers, it meant their member list was composed of Linn, Alexis, Midnight, Bibi, Ethan, Jarvis, and Black Widow honorarily.

The third thing that happened was that Sam Wilson located another European Hydra base. This one hiding in the French countryside. Of course, this meant that the Avengers were preparing for another raid and Loki was pleased that he was more involved in the planning this time.

As Maisy was packing their things, he was in a meeting with his "teammates", discussing how they could best take down the base without also destroying the nearby cottages and farms. Loki supposed it was important to these humans to think about collateral damage, but he personally didn't care if a few human homes were blown to bits as long as they got the job done.

After they found a way to protect the civilians (their plan involved Tony speeding up his design for robot soldiers called Iron Legion and sending those things to protect the people) the group decided to take a break. Loki was going to go help Maisy pack during this time, but he was stopped by Rogers, Stark, and Banner before he could leave the meeting room.

"Loki, we need to talk."

"The contract for my moving out of the Tower is already signed and sealed," Loki snapped, "You can't change it now that we are actually moving out."

"It's not about that," Rogers said carefully. He was never one to provoke Loki unnecessarily, which was appreciated even if the captain's gallantness made Loki want to stab him anyway.

"Surely you aren't still mad over the glue…"

"What glue?"

"Who is talking about glue?" Loki answered quickly, trying not to look guilty while he thought of the glue he'd put in the captain's suit that morning. Obviously, Rogers had not tried to take it off yet. When he did he was in for an unpleasant surprise.

"You just-"

"What is it you need to tell me?" Loki smiled, "I'm quite busy and if you are going to waste time talking about nonsense, then I'd rather be packing."

"Fine," Rogers looked to Stark and Banner and they both sighed and nodded.

"Tell him," Stark waved his hand flippantly.

"We're having no luck on our own, so we need him," Banner nodded.

"When we go to the next Hydra base," Rogers looked at Loki, "We need you to help us find something."

"Ah," Loki smirked, "So when SHIELD fell to pieces one of the Hydra agents got the scepter, hmm?"

"How'd you-"

"What else could you possibly need my help locating? If it wasn't the scepter then it would be something else otherworldly."

"Well, you're right. None of the former SHIELD storage facilities even has any record of having the scepter," Rogers said, hands on hips.

"After the Battle of New York it never got checked into the vault it was supposed to go in. Which means either some kooky old agent has it displayed over his mantel as a conversation piece, or Hydra has it," Stark chimed in.

"And you think that simply because I've wielded it before that I have some magical way of finding it again? Hmm?"

"Do you?"

"Yes," Loki smirked, "In fact, Barton probably could find it too if he tried hard enough."

"What do you mean?"

"The scepter deals in matters of the mind, as I'm sure you will all recall," Loki didn't bother to try and explain Infinity Stones to them. They probably would protest the physics of it for hours on end, "And when it has been used on someone it occasionally leaves a… trail. In their brain."

"Ew."

"This trail means that, given some time, I will be able to pinpoint exactly where the damned thing is," Loki's mind filled with an azure color just thinking about it and he had to shake his head, "And never fear, your worries that involving me in its finding will cause me to take it and run are not needed. I have no desire to have the scepter back at this time."

"At this time?"

"My dear captain, I am always planning."

"I don't like the sound of that."

"As I said," he clenched his fists, "I have no desire to touch it currently. You may keep it to yourselves when I find it."

"Can you tell us if it will be at the base in France?"

"I will need more time to locate it. I'm afraid you'll have to fly into France and search for it manually. Let's hope you find it and I don't have to try and connect with it again," Loki suppressed a shudder, waved cheerfully, and went to help Maisy pack their belongings. He couldn't help but think that he wanted the scepter to stay hidden and stay far away from him.

A note from the author: I'm not entirely happy with how this chapter turned out, but it bridges events so it's necessary. :P Hopefully you enjoyed it anyway, even if it was lame! I may post another chapter tonight before bed because the next chapter is a lot more fun in my opinion.

Anyway, thank you for reading and being patient with me! I'll probably post a lot more this week because I'm much less busy. So I hope you stick around for that! :)

Special thanks to my reviewers:

xlokiswolfx: I think Maisy would love goats so much, but Loki would be so annoyed with them all the time. In Norse myths Thor actually had two goats that pulled his chariot. He, uh, killed them one time and ate them... but he brought them back to life the next day so it was all good! There was also an incident with Loki and a goat but it's a wee bit awkward. It's part of the story of the goddess and how she wouldn't laugh and, uh, Loki and a goat made her laugh. Yeah... you can look that one up on your own if you'd like lol.

Ninja Squirrel: I'm glad you approve of the fluff because there is more where that came from! ;) Also, Blaze probably loves muffins so that's probably what she was up to. Or maybe she was making banana bread. Or she could have just been watching trashy TV shows while eating Flaming Hot Cheetos. XD

Dragoncat: My theory is that Thor has a fear of needles. I don't blame him.

Ceres Friggadottir: Welcome back, my friend! Glad to see you again! :D I totally agree with you about calling Linn and Bjorn "Linorn", but for Maisy and Loki have you considered "Laisy"? Eh? Like "lazy"? Lol, idk I just think it's funny. XD Thanks for all the reviews!

You guys are, as always, awesomely wonderful and I probably would always forget to post if it weren't for y'all. Until next chapter!