All the Avengers were still around the cage, if something happened it would be good to see if Loki was messing around with his mojo, even though mostly were convinced that he wasn't doing the pranks.

Sherlock took a deep breath, trying to concentrate, but it was really difficult. John squeezed his friend's hand. Sherlock immediately knew something; it was going to be okay because no matter what happened, John would always be there. Not that he would ever say that out loud.

"But is a Trickster powerful enough to do all this?" Jack asked leaning against a wall, which made Steve trip and fall on his arms. The Time Agent smirked, but what surprised him was that Steve didn't try to get away, actually, he made himself more comfortable.

"It's cold." the other whispered, that's when Jack noticed that the super soldier was shivering and Steve noticed why Sherlock called that a gift, as nobody else could touch him, Jack was some kind of jacket.

"Angels can do that too" Cas said chuckling, as if finding everything amusing, which he probably was, drunkenness usually did that to people.

Sam seemed to stop for a second, but dismissed the idea. "But why would Trickster get involved in this?"

"For his own amusement of course." The answer came from Loki, which surprised everyone, "What? I'm not called the God of Mischief for nothing." He shrugged.

Sherlock frowned, "But why this pranks specifically?"

Good point.

-A

"How can they be so slow?" Loki whined.

"You, shut up!" Clint glared at him. "Ok, so Sherlock and I are having some kind of ironic prank, while Nat and I had our voices modified. Sam, Dean and the Doctor are girls. Steve and Jack are stuck with each other. Thor and Fury are two unicorn princesses. What can we deduce from that?"

Have mercy! How could you go from a brilliant point to back to something we've already talked about?

-A

"Argh, why is this son of a bitch so interested in us anyway?" Dean complained, dramatically throwing his, erm, her hands on the air.

"Because you and your… Sister have been going in a bad road lately and one more step forward might bring chaos on Earth." Loki said as if he was telling them the weather.

Sherlock interrupted whatever Dean was going to angrily reply, "Why would he prank you too?"

"His own amusement I suppose. Tricksters can be quite… tricky."

"No, shit, Sherlock" Said Jack, forgetting that Sherlock was actually in the room and not a book character.

Sherlock seemed insulted while River and the Doctor glared at Jack.

"Back to the matter" River said still glaring at Captain Harkness "Maybe he gave us some clues of who he is, as he loves to mess with our heads. It would be amusing to him to see us struggle with something that he actually told us"

Everyone stared at the woman impressed, even Sherlock, who was also having a battle in his mind wondering why he didn't think of that before. Maybe John's arms around him, to keep him steady on his feet and give him reassurance of having someone there, could be one of the factors.

"What do we know about him?" Sam asked and John brought out his notepad from his pocket.

River started, "One, he likes amusement."

"Two, he sends messages;" The Doctor added.

"Three, he talks about irony." Sam commented.

Sherlock rolled his blind eyes, "He's setting up couples."

Everyone looked at Steve and Jack, now both blushed, but the others knew he was talking about Clint and Natasha, they were too obvious.

Jack stopped for a second, "He's old, maybe older than the Doctor. He's patient. Remember when he said he still has something prepared for Tony? Someone who doesn't have experience with what needs patience wouldn't have waited."

"Finally" Said Loki at the same time a new message appeared.

Finally.

-A

They looked at the man suspiciously but shrugged, they already knew he wasn't of much help.

"He doesn't want us to find out who he is, or at least there's more to it than that" Dean surprised everyone with her sudden conclusion "He's a Trickster, his kind likes to keep secrets and mess with people's head. He wouldn't tell us his most precious secret just because it would be fun. Sam and I met him before, once he was trying to make people pay for their mistakes."

"Or make them so terrified not to do them again." Sam added and Dean looked at him confused, "The kid and the alien."

"Oh."

The Doctor grinned, "What species?"

"The stereotype, big balloon heads, short and greenish skin."

River's eyes widened, "Are you sure they were short?"

Sam looked at her strangely, "Yes, why?"

The woman and her wife shared a look before answering, "Oh, nothing just curiosity."

That's when someone, Maria Hill, if memory didn't fail Jack, the woman was gasping for air as if running, she took deep breaths before saying, "Fury wants you all on the conference room, Loki has been spotted in three different places!"

Everyone looked at the smug god of Mischief, before following the agent back to the conference where they all met the sight of their (now) fluffy director once again. Tony, who hadn't seen Fury in that state before, choked and laughed at the same time.

"Quiet Stark!" Growled Fury at the billionaire.

"I just… I can't… Too… Fluffy" Tony tried to speak between laughs, which earned him a glare from Fury. How ironic, he thought.

"What happened, Fury?" asked Clint, trying to get the attention back to the main point.

"Three Loki's have been spotted in different places of the country at the same time. We are assuming this has to do with the Trickster, so we're sending you to investigate."

John was the first one to speak up, "Sherlock stays." Then he turned to the consulting detective that was about to argue, "Not a word, your blind Sherlock, you have to stay." For me.

"Fine." All the people in the room blinked. Did Sherlock just agree in staying without bickering?

"Steve and Jack won't be able to fight in their situation." Natasha commented, her voice still made the Iron Man choke.

Jack knew that if he went, Steve would have to go out in his underwear, he wouldn't do that to the other man. So he simply nodded. Steve thanked goodness Jack agreed.

"Is anyone else incapable of going?" Fury asked and as nobody answered he kept talking "So you'll be divided in two teams of four and one of three. Tony, you'll go wi-"

The man was interrupted before he could try speaking longer "We pick the teams" said Dean. "I won't leave my brother" he looked at Sam "I mean, sister. Or Cas, we'll be the group of three"

"No way!" everyone complained.

"I don't trust you three to go on a mission by yourselves, I won't let that happen!" Fury growled again (honestly, it seemed that it was part of him. Maybe it was).

Sam rolled her eyes, "Send someone else with us then."

"Stark, they're yours."

Knowing if she let her brother (sister, whatever) say anything, they would probably start a fight, Sam raised her eyebrows and asked, "And you trust him?"

"More than I trust you, yes."

Dean was about to explode, but Sam looked at her with a look that says don't push our luck.

It was replied with what luck!?

Which Sam ignored and let his attention go back to the meeting.

"Barton, Romanoff, Thor, you're together in this. Watson, Song, Banner and Doctor you too." Fury finished looking at them before adding, "The places he was seen were Spring Field University, Ohio; Broward County, Florida, in a place called Mystery Spot…"

"Shit" Sam and Dean said at the same time then Dean added, "Son of a bitch"

River looked alarmed, "What happened?"

"The son of a bitch loves an irony that's it!" Dean growled, her eyes burning like the pits of hell. "He made Sam go through dozens of Tuesdays in that Mystery Spot, the same Tuesdays, only to see me dying in countless times, each time differently. And I did die every single one of them."

Castiel chuckled, "A Trickster can't bring people back to life, no demigod can."

The room went silent after that, everyone thinking in possibilities, but almost no one knew mythical lore enough, not even the Doctor. So Fury continued, "The other place is in Wellington, also in Ohio, on the top of a warehouse."

"I ain't going back to the Mystery Spot. Not now. Not ever." Dean said seriously and no one said anything to defy her.

It took some time, but at last everyone got ready and the groups were in their planes directed to their destination.

"Hello guys" Agent Coulson said in the screen of each plane "There's an earpiece for each one of you in your planes so you'll be able to communicate with each other."

The Avengers shuffled around, looking for their earpieces. After they were done, Coulson continued talking "We don't know much about this Trickster, so Sam, Dean, Castiel, does any of you have tips for the others?"

"He likes to mess with your heads, he knows everything about you and he likes to make people pay for their actions. He always gets what he wants… until now." Dean said and everyone was in complete silence.

"Good luck" Coulson said as the screen went blank.