It wasn't light or alarms that woke Tony this time, he'd been awake the whole night and simply sat up when the guards came for them, limp and obedient as they slapped cuffs on him and led him out to where Clint and Bruce were, standing in a line of chains.

They chained him in front of them and soon Natasha came and was chained in last as Steve was carried out in a gurney, his face swollen from beatings. "What did you do to him?" Clint hissed and tried to lunge for a guard but didn't get far as he pulled on the rest of their chains. The guards beat him back with a thick stick, hitting his legs and stomach.

"He struggled." One guard said. "Now shut up or you'll end up the same." he barked at him and Clint hissed but kept quiet when Bruce pressed close to him and gripped his shirt.

"Don't" Bruce breathed. "Please." he gripped tight to the thin fabric of his shirt, only calming down when Clint relaxed and kept walking with them. "...what happened to Thor?" He asked as they were loaded into a van, still all kept together save for the large blonde.

"He's gone." Natasha whispered "They told us that he decided to go back to Asgard... That's when Steve lost it and attacked a guard." She looked away from them, recognizing the look on their faces. "He didn't betray us." She said sternly. "I'm sure he had his reasons for doing it." Clint scoffed and looked down at the floor bitterly.

"No, you just got soft and let your guard down." Clint muttered. "You and Rodgers didn't see him bidding his time so he could betray us and get himself and his precious brother out and back to daddy." He spit and Bruce pressed closer to him to comfort him.

Tony didn't care and looked away from them, too tired, too numb; he felt like as if Pepper had died all over again but all he could think about was those angry green eyes. He tried not to think about Loki or what the man was doing, wanting to hold onto the anger he still felt, since it was the only thing that felt real at the moment.

They led them out of the van and into what looked like the old SHIELD headquarters and Tony looked around with a small smirk. "Hate what you've done with the place." He said and got a swift hit to the head from one of the guards but it made him feel somehow better and alive. They led them into the dungeons that looked like where they had kept Loki but the cage had been replaced with glass tubs. They were each big enough to let them move around a few steps and the guards began to shove them into each enclosure.

"We'll bring you blankets, food, and your meds." A guard hummed. "Welcome to your new home." He smirked and Tony slid down the side of the way to lie down, having to curl his legs to be able to fit into the space. He rolled his eyes and tried to turn over as he saw Bruce and Clint trying to press as close to each other as they possibly could and talked to each other quietly.

Loki woke slowly and sat up, peeling off the soaked sheets off of himself and looked around at the healers' room. "Why…" he breathed and looked down at his clothes, wearing one of his old tunics and pants, feeling like something was off. He tried to stand but felt his head spin and flinched as someone grabbed his arm. "Let go." He mumbled and tried to pull away from the guard that gripped him.

"You have to lay down again, sire." He said and made Loki lay down again. "I can go get the king to come see you and your brother." He told him as Loki stared up the bright lights.

"Thor?" Loki frowned and looked around until he caught sight of Thor, laying down on a bed similar to his own and being pumped of fluids and medicine, a lot skinnier and dirty than the last time that Loki saw him. He saw the man's clothes and frowned, recognizing them as some of Thor's old clothes but like his own they were perfectly intact despite the bad condition of their bodies. "What happened to us?" he asked the guard quietly and saw the man raise an eyebrow.

"You don't remember?" he asked. "You two were gone for months, the Midgardians captured you and Prince Thor went to get you. His so called friends betrayed him to hold you there for your crimes, but Prince Thor managed to get you back yesterday." He said and frowned as Loki's hand went to his temples. He remembered something like that, remembers a dark room, remember Thor pulling him out and fights, but it didn't seem right.

"But how- "How could humans capture him when he felt his magic perfectly intact? He shook his head. "It's fine, thank you." He said and shooed him away. "Go get my father." He told him. The guard nodded and walked out. Loki grit his teeth and stood, walking over to the door dispute the spinning and locked the door, knowing it would give him a few more seconds and stumbled towards Thor. He stood over him and looked him up and down before grabbing at his tunic and raising it. He frowned as he saw the bruises and cuts. Midgardians had done this? It looked like there had been months of abuse, not something from a battle. He clenched his teeth, pulling his tunic back down and got back on the bed as he heard the guard coming back.

"Loki" Odin said as he walked into the room and walked towards his bed. "I'm glad to see you are alright." Loki opened his eyes and glared up at him as best as he could.

"Are you, 'father'?" he asked. "You were going to lock me up, take my freedom. Why would you care what happens to me at the hands of mortals?" He curled his lips in disgust as Odin held his hand.

Odin looked at him sternly. "It was your mother's last wish." He said and held onto his hand tightly "That someday, you, your brother, and I would be together again." Loki looked away from hand and tried to resist the urge to pull his hand away at the mention of his deceased mother. "After you helped Thor with the dark elves, I felt it right to pardon your crimes, the humans didn't see it the same way. When Thor went to get you, he had to betray the mortals he called friends and it means you two can't return to Midgard." He stressed and Loki frowned.

"I have my powers." Loki said. "If I wanted to I could kill all of those humans. I should kill them." He hissed. "For holding me there in that prison." Odin sighed and let go of his hand.

"You know you can't." He said. "Loki, you're barely regaining the confidence of the people… at the very least you own it to your brother. It pained him to leave his friends." Loki looked away from him and towards Thor. This was a lie. He knew it, he could feel it, but he didn't know why or how, or if Thor was in it.

"Fine." He said and looked up into the lights again. "My head still hurts." He said. "I'm going to sleep." Loki closed his eyes and heard Odin sigh.

"Alright. I'll have a couple guards in here." He said and Loki opened his eyes as Odin walked away.

"No!" he barked and Odin blinked and looked at him. "Not guards, healers." He demanded and Odin frowned in confusion. "Don't look so confused, father" he hissed. "Send healers unless you want the kingdom to know your son was soiled by your trusted guards." Even as he said it, he was surprised with himself, with the indignation he felt of going through that again, when he had always held his tongue about it before. Odin seemed to notice it as well and nodded slowly.

"Very well…." He said softly. "I'll send them in." He said and walked out slowly.

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