Sorry for the somewhat late post everyone. I had a really busy few days. XD

Anyway, chapter 8!

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Coulson had followed Fury out, going to the Helicarrier to get his things. When he came back with a few boxes, Tony had directed him to a lower level that had an open office area. After that, they came back up to the Family Floor where everyone was watching a movie.

Loki turned to see Coulson and Tony walking out of the elevator. Coulson walked over to where he sat on the recliner and held out his hand. "I don't think we've been formally introduced. I'm Phil Coulson but you can just call me Phil."

Loki nodded and tentatively shook his hand. "I'm Loki."

Phil chuckled. "Yeah, I kinda guessed that. So, how do you like Ear-Midgard so far?"

Loki nearly wiggled under the watch of everyone in the room. "It's fine, better than some places I've been."

Phil nodded. There was an awkward silence for a moment before he and Tony walked into the kitchen.

Frigga sighed and stood up. "I should probably be going myself, I have many things I need to 'sort out' on Asgard."

"When will you be back?" Loki asked, also standing up and walking to be beside her.

She pulled him into a hug. "I do not know my son. It may be a while though."

Loki nodded and watched as Thor also hugged her. "Take care of him," she said to Thor which only earned a snort from Loki.

"Goodbye Mother," Thor said.

Frigga smiled. "Farewell, I will return once everything is fixed."

Loki nodded and only watched as she stepped out onto the balcony. She smiled at them one last time before disappearing in a flash of golden light.

Thor sighed and plopped down on the couch.

"Well, I'm going down to the training room, " Clint said.

"Me too," Natasha got up to follow him out.

"Wait, just a second," Tony said walking into the room. He had that 'I've got a great idea' look on his face which couldn't be good. "Maybe it'd be good for Reindeer Games to let out some steam in the training area."

"Yeah, sounds cool. Want to Loki?" Steve said, looking at him.

"I don't know..."

"Oh come on, if it's too much we won't mess with you again," Steve said.

Loki bit his lip before nodding once and standing up. "Okay, I'll try it.

Steve smiled. "Mmkay, come on." Loki followed Steve and got into the elevator with Clint and Natasha. He was about to close the doors when everyone else except Bruce piled in, effectively pushing him into the corner. Tony was the last to get in, his back to the door.

"Come on Bruce, why don't you come down?" Tony said.

Bruce rolled his eyes and picked up a book. "I'm good."

Tony shut the door.

Tony smiled. "Group hug!" He said and hugged Thor who was closest to him. Thor, of course, hugged him back before trying to pull Loki into the hug. Loki tried to push him away but Thor held him. Soon enough, they were all squished in a hug, forced mostly, by Thor and Tony. When the door finally opened, Clint pushed Tony out.

"Never. Again." Clint said.

Tony laughed. "I kind of liked it."

Loki rolled his eyes and looked around the room. One wall was covered in various weapons, everything from knifes to some small guns. The wall opposite of that was filled with targets. There was also some punching bags and padding covering the floor and walls on the opposite side of the room.

"So, what kind of weapons do you like to use?" Steve asked, leaning against one of the walls.

Loki looked at the knifes. "I usually use my magic but I also use throwing knifes and staffs."

"Well try hitting the target with one," Tony said, nodding toward one of the targets. Loki took one of the smaller knifes off the wall and fingered the blade. He quickly drew his arm back and flung the knife at the target. It hit it dead-center.

"Damn, you could give Clint a run for his money," Tony said. Loki chuckled and pulled the knife out.

Clint and Natasha walked over to the padded area and started sparring. Loki watched them for a moment.

Steve noticed his interest. "Did you want to try sparring?"

Loki kept his eyes on the two assassins. He bit his lip. "I don't know."

"It'll be fine. I'll do it with you," Steve said, patting his shoulder.

Loki sighed. "Okay."

He walked with Steve over to the padded area, looking back to where the team stood he realized they were all watching him intently. "Okay, so don't be afraid to hit me, just nothing life threatening and I'd prefer if you didn't hit me in the face." Steve chuckled.

Loki nodded and watched Steve cautiously, obviously waiting for him to make the first move. Steve lunged at him but Loki stepped to the side, easily avoiding him. Loki chuckled. Steve turned around and threw a punch at his shoulder but Loki actually caught his hand and punched him back, knocking the breath out of Steve. It went on like that for a bit, Steve trying to hit Loki who mostly dodged him. Steve only landed a punch a few times. After a few minutes though, Loki got kind of bored and decided to end it. He grabbed Steve's left hand and then knocked his feet out from under him. Steve landed on his back and Loki placed a knee on his chest and held his hands down. Steve laughed.

"Okay, you win this round."

Loki smiled and got up, holding his hand out to Steve. Steve grabbed his hand and gave a grin before roughly pulling Loki down beside him. Loki laughed and lay there for a minute before pushing himself up, though he didn't offer his hand to Steve this time.

"That was...fun," Loki said. Steve nodded and walked with him back to where the team had sat against the wall.

"I never really pegged you as a hand-to-hand combat kind of guy Reindeer Games," Tony said.

Loki raised an eyebrow. "Well, I don't exactly have a metal suit to hide behind."

Tony walked over to the mats. "Bring it on."

It took Loki all of six seconds to pin Tony to the ground. Tony quickly pushed Loki off and stood up, brushing some invisible dirt from his clothes.

"I wasn't ready!"

"Of course you weren't," Loki said.

Frigga soon found herself standing in the Bifrost, looking out at the golden beauty of Asgard.

"My Queen."

Frigga looked to see Heimdall. "Hello Heimdall." Frigga quickly started off for the palace, the images of Loki's injuries flashing through her head and feeding her anger. By the time she got to the palace, she was livid. She walked toward the garden where she knew he'd be since he wasn't in the throne room.

She finally found him sitting on one of the stone benches. Frigga stood quietly for a moment, forcing herself to be calm for at least a moment. She then walked up behind the AllFather and laid a hand on his shoulder causing him to look up at her.

"My queen," He said, laying a hand over hers. "Where have you been?"

She sat down beside him. "Seeing our son on Midgard."

Odin seemed to tense slightly. "And how does Thor fare?"

"Oh, I wasn't talking about Thor," Frigga said.

Odin sighed. "My queen-"

And her temper broke as he tried to talk sweetly to her. "No! I do not want to hear your lies! How could you send Loki to those monsters? I can't believe you! What, did you honestly think they'd welcome him back with open arms? He didn't deserve any of what happened to him there!"

"Frigga, he was only getting what he deserved!" Odin's voice rose to match her's in volume. "He had to pay for his crimes against Asgard, Midgard, and Jotunheim!"

"But he didn't deserve that! They tortured him day after day! He wasn't even in control of himself when he was on Midgard before! Thanos was controlling him!"

"And I am aware of that! Sending him back was the only way to keep the realms safe! Thanos was to wage war if Loki wasn't returned to him and Jotunheim wanted punishment for the death of their king!"

Frigga stared open-mouthed at her husband. "So you mean to tell me that you used him as a pawn? Do you realize what that information would do to him?! He already believe he was nothing more than a pawn to you!"

"Frigga please," Odin started.

"No, I am going to think, do not mess with me." Odin gave a sad nod as Frigga turned and walked back into the palace.

Sif stood in the hallway, hidden from the royal couple, anger and shock written on her face. "Time to pay the little traitor a visit," she said quietly before going to find the Warriors Three.

So, the Warriors Three and Sif,

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