A/N: Here's chapter 5! Now, I have not fully decided on who I want to be paired together, so if you have any suggestions or a particular couple you want to see please let me know and I'll think about it. Chrom will be with Sully because that's somehow what ended up happening when I played through.
"...That about sums everything up." Tony said, having watched what happened in the crystal before turning to the rest of the Avengers. "Loki seems to be at his old tricks according to whatever the hell just happened."
"My brother is many things, but he would never kill a comrade…" Thor spoke, confusion etched on his face. They had just watched Loki being attacked by some figure before seeing what appeared to be a vision of some sorts.
"I would not put it past him, he is known to be a slimy snake." Lady Sif said as she walked up to them. The Avengers had been introduced to Sif and the Warriors Three when they had first arrived and were already working on a way to track down the trickster god. They had heard all of these stories about everything that Loki had done and it only seemed to reinforce their opinions of him.
"Well, this snake is going to get what is coming to him," Clint said as he scowled. His hatred for the god still ran deep from what had transpired between them. None of them knew the true story, none of them understood what had really happened.
"Glad we agree on that," Sif stated as she walked to the door. "The All-Father has prepared a feast for tonight, so please get ready, there are clothes laid out in your rooms." She said to them. Thor nodding in understanding before turning to his friends.
"We should go and get ready. It seems nothing is happening with my brother currently, so we will be fine." He said as he lumbered out of the room. The others began to leave as well whilst Clint found himself staring at the crystal.
"Barton? You okay?" Natasha asked as she walked over to him. She had been his partner for a long time, and she knew when something was wrong with him. Right now, his movements (or lack thereof) screamed that he was thinking on something. He shook his head as he shifted his stance.
"Yeah, Nat, I'm fine. Just...I don't trust the guy. I think I'll stay here and keep an eye out while you all are at the feast." He said, something digging at the back of his mind. A thought that something wasn't quite right. "I have a thought forming and I don't really want to say anything until it is fully formed. I hate the guy, I don't want to excuse him...but I feel like something about his attack was off." He said.
Natasha nodded as she clasped his shoulder. "Alright then, if you need to talk about it, I'm here." She said.
"Thank you. Now go have fun. How many times do you get to go to a feast with gods?" He asked, smiling. She returned the smile and walked out, going to change and head towards the feast.
Clint sighed as he stared at the black holo-screen produced by the crystal. "What are you up to, bastard?" He asked the air around him.
Tony Stark always thought himself an observant man ever since his bout with Obadiah Stane and now his thought of that was only reinforced by the fact that throughout the whole feast, he noticed a woman with auburn coloured hair levelling a steely glare at Odin Allfather, which of course piqued his curiosity. More so than Nat sneaking out of the feast hall with a platter full of food.
When the dancing began, he made his way over to the woman and stopped just in front of her. "Hello there, couldn't help noticing you hold something against King One-Eyed over there." He said, smiling.
She shot him a glare and turned away. "Go away, mortal, this concerns you not." She said, crossing her arms. "Go back to your little nowhere planet and cease your actions here at once. That is the best advice you can receive." She said.
"You know, that attitude right there is what got Reindeer Games in trouble." He said, taking note of her comments. "Might want to watch it."
Her gaze gained confusion as she turned to face him. "You have no idea, do you." She said, looking as though things made sense now. "Of course. Why else would you be helping Asgard find him? Well, maybe you have more use than I thought."
"Huh? What do you mean?" He asked as two guards walked over. "You are unwanted here, Lady Sigyn. Leave before we have to drag you out." One guard said as she straightened up.
The woman, Sigyn, glared as she turned to leave, bumping into Tony as she left. The genius felt a weight in his pocket and turned in confusion.
Walking over to where he would not be noticed, he pulled out a note tied around a stone.
'Everything is not as it seems. Find me again when you and your friends have learned the truth.'
"The hell…?" He muttered as he looked around, the note vanishing in a swirl of mist as though it never existed, to begin with. Perhaps it didn't. Tony was baffled by it and felt like a barrier had been lifted from his mind, looking around and wondering what the woman could have meant.
Things began making less and less sense. A warrior culture punishing someone for being a warrior? Trying to conquer something? It didn't add up. Steve noticed him having his moment and walked over.
"You okay, Stark?" He asked.
"Yeah, Cap, just...I need to think about some things." He said, walking off, leaving a puzzled Capsicle.
Tony left the room and began walking towards his bedroom there when something occurred to him and he ran over to a guard, asking where the library was. He had a nagging suspicion and he was going to get to the bottom of it.