Hey guys! I know it´s been a while.. but I´m a lazy person... and I also crashed my car... it´s been a little hard for me.
Sooo... I actually wrote a second chapter. And now I´m here to ask if anyone would be willing to work on this with me. As a collaboration. Since I´ve got lot´s of ideas for this story but I´m probably never gonna finish even one of them. Also I don´t have a beta.
Both men were staring at each other intensively. "Who I am? A genius? Playboy? Billionaire? Philanthropist? Tony Stark. Not sure if you´ve been taking anything but I´m sure as hell not dead. The last time we saw each other Thor brought your ass back to Asgard."
Loki kept staring at him and bit his bottom lip. The genius didn´t know the other well enough but a slightly worried, lip-biting Loki seemed a little odd to him. Yes, you had to be careful with Loki. But the whole situation was kind of weird.
"You know... last time we met, you were slightly older." He added and looked the taller one up and down. "How about telling me a little about yourself? There seems to be a bit of... confusion here.. on both sides. Enlighten me"
"Yes.. there is confusion, indeed." Came the answer in a low voice. Tony´s mind was working fast but he didn´t have enough information to get to any conclusion.
"We had a deal. I´m waiting for some answers, Loki." He had already known this would be a longer conversation but they hadn´t even started yet. Patience was something he was good at when working with machines. Not with people. His slowly growing annoyance must have shown on his face because the green eyed man on the other side of the cell cleared his throat and started playing with his hands. Okay. Either this guy is an imposter posing as Loki or some serious shit is happening right now. Now way was this a normal acting Loki. But he also looked like he could still be in his teens.
"It´s... complicated...really complicated... I have a theory.. but I´m not sure..." The taller began, collected himself and searched for the brunette´s eyes. "I think I´ll need some details from you..However.. with the given circumstances I think... that I´m in the wrong dimension."
Tony had no clue how long he had been leaning against the glass, watching and listening to Loki ramble about different dimensions and the recent Convergence. Hell, he needed a drink. After leaving the captured Asgardian thinking to himself, he went back to his living room, grabbed a bottle of whiskey and a glass on the way and sat down on the couch.
So the Loki in his cell was actually from another dimension. Another reality. Hence the confusion. Though the other must have left out a lot of information. Still, it was pretty obvious that they had known each other in that other dimension. They must have been close somehow, which explained the tongue action. He shook his head. Not his problem. There were other things he should concentrate on. Maybe this Loki wasn´t the only one from the second dimension that had decided to visit this one. He should probably look into it...
The more the genius thought about the possibility of a parallel world and his captive, the more he got the feeling it was wrong to keep the other Loki in that cell. Really, what had he done? The only mischief the raven had caused was Jarvis memory loss, which had been recovered. Other than his knowledge of the Loki of his own world... he didn´t know anything about his visitor.
Should he gamble and get young Loki out of that cell? Or should he contact his teammates and decide together with the other Avengers?
He downed his second glass and put it on the table. Maybe it was too early to call for the others. Not timewise.. But he knew that Steve was pretty busy playing the Captain for SHIELD.. Natasha and Clint would be working, too.. Bruce had made clear he needed a break from playing Tony´s shrink... and as far as he knew, Thor was kicking Alien asses.
Having Thor meet Teen Loki would be very interesting. He wondered what Mr. Universe would do, if he saw his younger brother in that cell. Now that he thought of it... the real Loki.. correction.. this dimension´s Loki was in a cell in Asgard, as far as he knew. Given that Loki had actually told the truth. But why would he go as far as to tinker with his age just to lie about dimensions to Tony?
Screw it. He didn´t kill me before, why should he do it now? The brunette got up and went back to the prison level. Loki was sitting in the middle of he room and looked like he was meditating. Tony walked up to the glass and watched him a moment, until Green-eyes looked up, one corner of his mouth twitching slightly upwards.
"With all your money one could think you would have a more... luxurious prison."
Tony smirked and nodded his head. "But it wouldn´t be much of a prison if it looked like a five star hotel suite now, right?"
Slowly the raven-haired got up and sighed. "Of course... how long do you intend to keep me in here? After some time it´s going to get a little boring."
"Actually.." The cell´s glass door slipped after Tony had typed in a code. "I was planning to let you out. We´re going to discuss this whole multiverse with a drink. I still owe you one... or the other you... it actually doesn´t matter. Come one."
Later the two of them were sitting on the couch in the living room eating pizza. It was a strange sight, having Loki sit on your couch eating pizza like a normal person. He had imagined the other to be more classy... young Loki had proven him wrong with all that tomato sauce smeared around his mouth. I prefer the messy eating one to the throwing Tony out of a window one. Thank you very much.
"While I´m very interested in knowing why you decided to let me go, I think it would be more useful to know why you put me in that cell in the first place. Yes, I know I practically broke into your tower. But still... I... I am no one who comes and goes as he pleases... in this dimension, am I?" Green eyes were practically boring themselves into brown ones. Stretching his long limbs with a sigh, Loki leaned back into the couch and made himself comfortable. His eyes were wandering over Tony´s body, who didn´t really care about it. He was used to getting oogled.
The brunette shook his head. "No. Actually.. you´re a wanted man in this world. You and an army of Chitauri attacked New York. Does that ring a bell?"
Blinking, the green-eyed man stiffened and licked the sauce from his lips. "It does... something similar happened in my world. But it wasn´t I who allied with the Chitauri and attacked earth." Suddenly there was surprise in Loki´s eyes and he leaned towards the mechanic. "Tell me exactly what happened. What did I do? I mean.. I must have been after the Tesseract if I came here with an army of Chitauri."
And so Tony explained what had happened when the older Loki had appeared on earth. He told him of the first time the Avengers fought together and how he had been defeated in the end. The teenager´s full attention was on Tony and his story. He could practically see Loki´s mind working during story time. So whatever had happened on Earth #2 it must have been pretty different. If Loki didn´t lead the Chitauri army on Earth #2, who did?
"So after all you´re a good guy, Lokes? Or did you do your mischievous work somewhere else?" Said demi-god pressed his lips together for a moment before he sighed quietly. "I do cause mischief. That´s who I am. But maybe you could call me that.. yeah, I´m one of the good guys. I was staying in the tower." He leaned back again and looked at the table. "Where are the others? Aren´t they staying in the tower?" He asked suddenly and the genius raised an eyebrow.
"The Avengers? Not yet... how do you know they will move in?"
"Because all of us were staying in the tower."
Well, that was a little surprising. But just a little. "So the other Tony had them already herded in the tower? I should hurry up then."
Loki simply watched him and seemed to be in deep thought. The brunette raised an eyebrow and paused. He could almost see how hard the other was trying to process the situation. Well, this world seems to be slightly different to his own. If he´s going to stay, he will need some time to adjust.
"You know what? Since I doubt you have anywhere else to go, I´ll let you stay here. There´s more than enough rooms and having you wander around aimlessly could lead to... not so nice events like SHIELD kidnapping you. Or Clint finding you first. Just stay here until we have figured out how to break the news of your sudden arrival to the others.", Tony started and got up. "Come on, I´ll show you your room."
For the blink of an eye there was a smile on Loki´s face, before he rose and let the genius lead the way.