The bright lights flickered around them as the Avengers and Thor were sucked through the Bifrost and finally landed in the observatory that was at the very edge of Asgard. Upon stumbling to a halt, they came face to face with Heimdall, the gatekeeper.
"Heimdall, what news of my brother?" Thor asked as the others regained their balance and looked around the place.
"I am still unable to see which realm he is on." The Gatekeeper responded. He had been searching and searching the stars and galaxies, but there were some places that even he could not see. Some planets were just far enough away and yet others had a constant veil of magic around them, covering them from his sight.
"Keep looking, please. He must be found." Thor said, expressing the slightest bit of worry. After everything Loki had done, he was still Thor's brother and nothing could truly change that. Least of all not in the thunder gods eyes.
"As you wish, my prince. There are horses waiting to take you back to the palace." Heimdall returned his gaze to a forward position as Thor led his friends and allies towards the horses that were indeed waiting for them outside of the observatory.
"This place is amazing...So glittery and golden." Tony said as he looked around in awe. His tower in New York City didn't even hold a candle to this, it was so impressive. Of everything, the thing that caught his eye the most was probably the flying boats. Nat and Clint didn't comment, but they were equally impressed.
Bruce was in the midst of hoping that he didn't destroy anything. That he didn't hulk out. Then there was Captain Steve Rogers, the man who had thought he had seen everything, but he was very clearly wrong in that regard.
"Yes, it is beautiful. Just wait until you catch sight of the-" Thor was cut off by Natasha. "Palace. Thor, your home is amazing." She commented cooly and calmly.
"Nothing like this existed back in my day," Steve said as he took it all in. The view finally taken in, they began discussing how they were going to track down the runaway second prince.
Upon finally reaching the grounds, the group of heroes were escorted to the throne room where they were received by Odin and Frigga.
"Leave us," Odin said to the people around him as he banged Gungnir on th floor and the room began to empty of people. "So, you are the heroes who helped to quell my wayward son. We seek your help in finding him and bringing him back so that he may face justice here for his crimes that he has committed."
Frigga, for her part, remained stoic as she listened to him speak for a bit before walking over and glaring at him in the way that only a wife can. So there was something more to the story, hm? Natasha noticed it and filed that away in the back of her mind as they were led over to a table on the side of the room and handed a list.
"Here. this a list of the realms that my son has been banished to before, and some that he may simply find comfort in. I have already taken the liberty of marking off a few. You may not have been able to tell it from the visions from the crystal, but the reason we cannot track him down is because of the fact that Loki seems to have shed his immortality and therefore his magic as we know it. For all intents and purposes, he is a mortal now, living simply." The King stated as he walked and paced.
"You will all have rooms here for the duration of your stay, and hopefully you have better luck finding him than my Einharjar has had. Do not fail." Were his final words before departing.
"He's a real barrel of sunshine…" Tony snarked as Nat smacked him. "Ow! What was that for?" He questioned, only to receive a glare. "Stop acting stupid." She answered before a maid walked in and began to lead them out, showing them to their rooms.
Settled in, the Avengers made their way to a meeting room to discuss possible places for where Loki was hiding.
"Let's face it, this guy could be anywhere," Clint said as he huffed. "Don't know why we're looking for the bastard anyhow…" He muttered.
"Because Loki is quite possibly plotting our demises as we speak," Nat answered him whilst eating a sandwich.
"Right...Hey, where did you get- know what? Never mind." He said as the former Russian spy smirked. "Thor, pal, what was the psycho doing last you checked?" He asked.
The god of foolishness, er, thunder, hastily pulled out the crystal from his pocket and tapped it. As he did, an image of Loki/Robin popped up. They watched as the now-blonde male slept peacefully in bed despite everything that had happened that day. Not something he wanted to relive again, so in the morning he would be setting off for Ylisse.
"He's...sleeping. Just sleeping. That's it. Come on, you'd think he'd be doing something more interest." Tony snarked while Cap slapped his head like Gibbs does to McGee on NCIS.
"He's in another realm, Stark, he wouldn't be hunched over a table plotting deaths." He said to him whilst the genius rolled his eyes. "Yeah yeah yeah…" He muttered in answer and scurried away.
"So, bag of cats is sleeping, we still don't know where," Clint said as Bruce thought about it. "Hey now...Tony, did you happen to bring any kind of tool kit with you?" The calm doctor asked.
"Yeah I did, Brucey baby, why do you ask?" He answered, looking at the gamma radiation scientist.
"Because...what if we used the crystal keeping an eye on Loki to actually find him? Reverse engineer it in a way, I'm sure there is at least some way to do that."
"You, Bruce, are a genius."