Chapter three! I really enjoy writing this story and I hope you like reading it! If you do please remember to leave a review/comment! Again English is not my native language therefore mistakes will be unavoidable.

Captain America tries wrapping his head around it. Right now he's watching Loki, sitting in the guest room Stark has assigned him to. He still thinks it's invading privacy that Tony apparently even has cameras in guest rooms but right now he's relieved about it. He knows that he is one of the few who'll actually watch over Loki right now, Tony is still angry because Clint downright refuses to let go of his bow since Loki is still in the tower. Bruce looks like he actually wants to look over Loki even if it's just because he thinks it kind of fascinating that his enemy is now a child. He obviously wants to find out more but is afraid (with good reason) that he won't be able to control the Other Guy, even if he's just watching. Natasha and Clint don't need explaining, duh. And with Thor gone that only leaves. Steve.

Thor had said he wanted them to tell Loki everything, easier said than done. He glances at the screen again, so far Loki has done nothing but sitting on the bed, swinging his legs, looking deep in thought. None of the Avengers had had any decent sleep last night, with their former arch-enemy sleeping in the same building as them and, now that Steve is thinking about it, Loki hadn't eaten anything. Stark had somehow managed to make one of his robots bring Loki food but the demi-god hadn't even touched it. Now, Steve Rogers is no expert, he doesn't know whether Norse gods need food to survive on earth. He has heard that Thor had needed food when he was banished but then, he hadn't had his godly powers and had been just a very strong mortal. It was just so very confusing and no one had ever bothered to tell Steve how it all worked. But Steve decides after pondering over it for a very long time it can't be healthy, even for a god, not to eat. And of course, if Loki dies of malnutrition then Thor will come back to earth and kill them. It's still early in the morning so it's time for breakfast. He takes the food the robot was about to bring to Loki and walks towards the guest room. The robot doesn't seem to mind and turns around, to do, whatever little robots do.

By the time Steve reaches Loki's room he realizes he has no idea what to say to him.

Hi there, you better eat this food because if you don't Thor will come to earth and kick my ass.

After a few seconds of standing outside Loki's door and still not knowing what to say, the door suddenly opens. Loki peeks through and seems surprised.

"What are you doing?" he asks. At first Steve doesn't know what to say, dumbstruck, he feels stupid for standing there like an idiot.

"I noticed you haven't eaten anything since you arrived on earth." He says

"I don't need your food," Loki says, glancing at the plat in Steve's hands, a look of suspicion and then it hits him. Loki thinks they're going to poison him. Because why else would he not eat? Why else would he keep glancing at the food with a look of mistrust and perhaps fear? Why else would he only open the door just enough for him to stick his head out.

"But our food is really good!" Steve tries, only now he really looks at what's on the plate, waffles. You can say a lot of things about Tony Stark but he did know how to treat his guests.

Suddenly a thought comes to him, Asgardians probably don't have waffles maybe that's why Loki's so suspicious?

"These are waffles, they're amazing and you should eat something while Thor's away." Loki possibly glares at him.

"I know what waffles are, friend of Thor and I do not need them." The lie is obvious that Steve wonders how Loki ever became the God of Lies.

He decides to try something else. "Thor said to me I had to make sure you'd eat." That does have an effect. Loki seems happy that Thor has thought about him and hesitantly opens the door.

"Fine." He says begrudgingly. Once the door is open he steps back and quickly sits on the bed. Steve's relieved Loki doesn't need more encouragement but the fact that Loki now seems to trust Thor gives him food to think. The adult Loki would surely have refused even more fiercely when hearing Thor's name. Steve quickly steps inside and decides it's better if he leaves the door open, that way Loki won't feel threatened. He's still not convinced this is all a trick but if he has to he'll play along until he's sure of the truth. He sets the plate down on the table before Loki and sits down on a chair by that same table. Loki seems confused by this.

"Look I'm not going to attack you, I'm just here to take the plate back with me once you've finished. Loki doesn't seem convinced and watches him through narrowed eyes.

"If you think bringing me Midgardian food will bring you in good graces with Thor then I must disappoint you." He says while picking up the fork and knife. He's still watching the Captain as if he expects him to suddenly attack.

Steve is a bit confused; he has no idea how to react to something like that. Does Loki think that Steve is just bringing him food to get Thor to like him? Not because he's worried that Loki needs food? Of course there's a little bit truth behind that statement. He is bringing Loki food because if he doesn't Thor would be mad but still that's not the only reason, even if Thor wouldn't be mad, Captain America wouldn't let anyone starve to death. Not even his enemy.

"I just want to make sure you eat, you haven't eaten anything in two days, I don't care if you're practically a god, it can't be healthy." Steve shrugs, trying to sound like it's only logical and he's not having a conversation with the guy who tried to take over earth.

Again Loki's not convinced. When he's done he pushes the plate away as if he can't stand to be too close it. Steve stands up and is just about to leave when Loki speaks up.

"Wait," Steve turns around, Loki is looking at him, he doesn't look afraid anymore.

"Thor said one of you has to explain to me what happened. When are you planning to do that?" he says, looking Steve in the eyes, a determined look on his face but Steve can see the doubt. He can see Loki wants to know (assuming this isn't him being an excellent actor) but he's also afraid of what he might hear.

Steve sighs, "I don't know, I think that if we do, all of us will." With that he turns back around, leaves the room and closes the door behind him. Captain America really doesn't know whether any of the Avengers will want to tell Loki because none of them believe he's telling the truth. But while he's walking he knows he's starting to believe Loki, he's not entirely sure yet but he's starting to doubt that this is all one big scheme.

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Loki is bored. He's been sitting here for hours and nothing has happened. These so called friends of Thor hadn't even given him a book to read and let's face it Loki's just 300, he's still just a kid and he wants to do something, anything that doesn't involve sitting on the bed of the guest room of a gigantic tower for hours with nothing to keep him busy.

He knows it's a bad idea to go outside, but he won't go far and he'll make sure no one sees him. He'll just go look for the library, find some interesting books to read and return to this room before they even notice he's gone. With that in mind he slides of the bed and opens his door. The door is slightly ajar, just enough so that Loki can check if the hallway is clear. When he's certain it is he quietly opens the door and sneak out trying to be as silent as possible. He's decided he won't use any magic, he doesn't know these people and maybe they have a way to know when he's using magic. He doesn't want to take that risk, so he'll just have to rely on his other skills. He doesn't even know where to go but after some internal debate chooses to go right. On his left there's a door, closed but he hear someone's inside, talking. Loki creeps towards the door and tries to listen to what the person is saying.

"Thor has left us no other choice sir. Earth owes him a lot and I assume this is only temporary, as soon as Thor gets back from Asgard he'll take the war-criminal with him." It's the woman and she sounds like she's not entirely convinced that what he she says is actually going to happen. War-criminal? Loki wonders. Is she talking about me? There hasn't been a war since the battle with the Frost Giants. He can hear the woman is still talking but it's much quieter now and Loki doesn't understand what she's saying so he continues his search for the library. He knows it's only been a few seconds since he's left his room so he still has time to properly look for the library. He just hopes there actually is a library in this building. Before he can take another step however he bumps into something, or rather someone. The man who calls himself Man made of Iron is standing there, only he doesn't look like he's made of iron, he looks like a normal mortal. He looks just as surprised to see Loki here as Loki is to see him. Before the man can open his mouth Loki decides it's best to just tell the guy the truth.

"I was just looking for the library," he says "I was bored in your guest room and simply thought some distraction from this boredom was needed." He tries to sound polite because Thor told him to be nice to these people but it's hard, they're mortals and they're not even nice ones.

The man still looks flabbergasted. "JARVIS? Why wasn't I warned that LOKI is running around freely in my tower?" After that a string of curses follow and he looks possibly murderous. The person he was referring to as 'Jarvis' does not answer and Loki's wondering if the man has lost his mind because there's no one else here besides him.

Before he can say anything else a door opens and the red-haired woman steps into the hallway.

"What's all this fuss about?" she says, gun in her hand. Then she sees Loki.

"You let him wander around the tower Stark?" she sneers pointing her gun at the general direction of Loki's head. He honestly doesn't understand why everyone's reacting like this. He just explained didn't he? He was just looking for the library he wasn't planning murder or anything. He hadn't even pranked anyone yet and it already seemed they mistrusted him more, than anyone he's ever pranked before. Whatever he had done in the last two-thousand-and-eight-hundred years it certainly hadn't made him very popular.

"I apologize for the problems I've caused you. I did not realize leaving the room would have an effect like this. I shall return immediately." He sighs. He just wanted to find a book to read, he honestly doesn't know what was wrong with that but, as he now found out, it is something he isn't supposed to do. From what he gathers, he now knows that he isn't even allowed to leave his room. He turns around to leave but sees someone is blocking his path. He doesn't really care who it is, what does it matter? They'd just start to scream he wasn't supposed to be here anyway.

"Excuse me, could you move aside, I cannot pass this way." He says, the person doesn't move so Loki steps to the right himself to let whoever is blocking his path, pass. Only he doesn't. Loki glances up, it was the same guy that had brought him his breakfast. The Captain.

"What's happening out here?" The Captain asks. Loki just shrugs and expects the Man of Iron or the re-haired woman to answer the question but they don't. He quickly glances at their direction and the looks on their faces would have been hilarious in different circumstances. They look possibly flabbergasted, even more so than when they had seen him in the hallway not a few minutes ago.

"I was just returning to my room," Loki says before trying to pass again and failing (again). Now both the woman and the man behind him seem to have woken up from their frozen state.

"Why don't you go with him, capsicle," The male mortal says. "To make sure he actually returns to his room."

I have never met more paranoid, untrusting beings ever. And I've met quite a lot of creatures.

Loki thought angrily. It wasn't fair! He didn't even know what he had done to earn such contempt and distrust. And they wouldn't even tell him! But he couldn't say that out loud. He was in their territory right now and with Thor away to Asgard he doesn't think it wise to provoke them. Still he didn't like the way they were treating him so before he left with the Captain he wouldn't stop himself from sneering at them.

"I was just looking for a book, you know. I wasn't trying to kill you all in your sleep!" and with that he walks away, back to that boring guest room.

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Clint Barton wants to murder someone. Preferably, Loki but if he's not around, some other bad guy will do as well. He's standing next not Natasha in Stark's gigantic living room. They're all standing except for Tony who's sitting on his couch sipping at some scotch. Barton is furious. They let that monster walk freely in the tower. If it had been Barton who had found Loki he would've killed him on the spot. The only thing that had stopped him before was the fact that he didn't have an excuse and he couldn't just kill Loki with Thor practically glaring at him. After Thor left it had been clear that the only way Barton could kill Loki with the minimal wrath of Thor was when Loki slipped up or stepped out of line. Then he had an excuse, something to cool Thor's rage when he found out Barton had killed his little brother. Now he had missed a perfectly good excuse.

"Why do we even allow him a room? He should be rotting in a cell, without food and water, preferably." He grunts glaring at Tony Stark and yes even at Natasha because, hell she could've shot that demon but she hadn't.

"You know why, Thor would kill us if we did that." Steve answers.

"Yeah right, and Loki WILL kill us if he gets the chance and we're practically throwing opportunities at him!" Barton snarls, he really doesn't have the patience for this. He knows this is everything but professional. But they have him, unarmed and completely helpless and instead of dealing justice they're standing here with Loki not five yards away from them. Loki killed Coulson. He had killed the very man who had brought Barton into SHIELD. The man who had taken him in and had been more of father than his real dad had ever been.

"We should at least put a lock on that door." Natasha says, looking uncomfortable which is unusual for her.

"A lock? We should chain him up!" Barton crosses his arms, he ignores the fact that it probably looks weird, with a bow in one hand.

"I don't know Barton," Steve says, "I don't think Loki is tricking us. He really doesn't act like he did when he invaded earth. He really looks sincere and he truly looks confused whenever we mention what he did."

"It's called acting!" Barton says sarcasm clear in his voice. "I can't believe you're all falling for this. This is the guy who killed hundreds of people! Innocent people! Tasha," he says. But when he sees her face he sees doubt. She's staring to believe that monster?

"He killed Coulson!" at this point he's almost yelling, anger taking over and years of training forgotten for a fleeting moment before all of that training kicks in again and he calms down.

"I'm not saying I believe him, Barton. I'm just not sure what to believe right now. Captain rogers is right, when he spoke in the hallway he sounded sincere, he sounded like a confused twelve-year-old who doesn't understand what's going on. Look I'm not telling you to trust him, I'm telling you to start looking at this professionally instead of personally. If you keep going on like this Barton, you're going to be compromised." And he knows that what's she's saying is true. That doesn't mean he likes it. That doesn't mean he'll actually do what she says because he can't. But he can pretend he does. He can pretend he agrees but he'll always make sure to keep an eye on that little monster.

One wrong move and he's a dead man.

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There's nothing but darkness, no light shines where the Chitauri live unless their master wills it so. The being known as the Other is looking at the only source of light in the entire realm. He's searching the universe, he searching Ygdrasill's roots, he's looking for the Trickster God, the liesmith, the Sly One, whatever name you preferred. He is looking for Loki, the Jotunn who had failed the Chitauri and almost destroyed them because their master wills it because their master has promised the Father of Lies:

If you fail, if the Tesseract is kept from us, there will be no realm, no barren moon, no crevice where he cannot find you. You think you know pain? He will make you long for something as sweet as pain.

He does not have the Tesseract. The Trickster has failed Him and now he shall pay the price. The Other is looking and when he finds him he immediately informs his master.

"Master!"

Thanos does not even blink He thinks the Other just a useful tool but not worthy of His attention. The next sentence does make him look down at his servant, from where he's seated on his throne.

"We found him."

What do you think? Is it an overused plotline? Yes. Do I have any idea where this is going? No. Can you give some ideas? Yes. Pleas review/comment!

xxTheAlgea