A/N:

The Avengers, Loki, Iron Man, or anything of the like. Just the thoughts inside my head, and Kaia, Gabby, and Nathan. And taking some personal freedoms with mythology and lore.

Steve blinked his eyes opened and looked around. There was a slight groan to his right and he turned his head and saw Gabby lying on her back. He winced a little and pushed himself up and over to her. "Gabby? Are you alright?" She opened her eyes and blinked a couple of times before nodding.

"Yeah," she sat up after taking Steve's hand. "I should be asking you that, you took the brunt of the fall."

"It's hard to do any real damage," he smiled a little, even though she could see that he was feeling the fall. "Come on, let's see if we can find a way back to the top." They heard Steve's comm pop and crackle to life, static trying to cover the voices.

"-eve! Ro- can- hurt?" Steve had pulled the cowl down and started to tap at the comm speaker in it.

"I think if we get closer tot he surface the reception should be better," Gabby suggested. Steve nodded and wrapped his arm with hers to help her walk across the unsteady rocks.

Loki ran his hand through Kaia's hair as they stood off to the side with Bruce, who had already 'calmed down' before reaching the others. Thor was hitting at the rocks with his hammer while the other three cleared them away before they fell down the hole.

"He's going to be alright, isn't he?" Loki down at his daughter when she spoke.

"Nathan's a resourceful kid," Bruce answered first. "He's kind of like Tony, he'll be fine." Kaia bit her lip a little and nodded and pushed herself further into Loki's side.

"Don't worry, I've already sent out a tracking spell," Loki added. "As soon as I am able to locate him we shall bring him back. And then he shall be taunted by the others for being kidnapped."

"He's basically part of the team now," Bruce gave her a soft smile.

"Tony?" They all heard Steve's voice crackle over the comm.

"Steve?" Tony leaned over with his helmet up, looking down the hole.

"Did you know that you have caverns under your house?" Tony started to laugh as Clint and Natasha threw a couple of ropes down the hole.

"Just get up here," Tony told the man and stood up. He let out a breath, made sure that the other three had the situation covered and turned around, taking off his helmet completely, walking back over to the others. When he got closer Kaia ran over and hugged him tightly. Tony wrapped an arm around her carefully. "Hey Pooh Bear," he smiled down at her.

"Daddy?" She looked up at Tony. "You aren't beating yourself up because you weren't able to grab both of us, are you?" Tony opened his mouth a little, then closed it letting out a puff of air.

"No! Wait!" Nathan ran down the stairs of his house, hand out to reach for the front door. He threw the door open and a thirteen year old Nathan was waving to a car as it drove down the street. Nathan ran past his younger self and down the sidewalk, trying to catch up to the car. He froze suddenly when he heard the loud horn of a semi. He felt his breath catch in his throat. He remembered the report, the brakes had gone out of the semi, couldn't be explained.

He turned, couldn't stand to see it happen again. He heard the crunch, the scraping of metal on the ground. Nathan saw himself when it happened, watched as he lost his parents. He blinked when saw a younger Kaia standing next him, Loki had his hands on both their shoulders, and Tony was running down the street. He didn't remember what had happened when he was younger, didn't know that they had been there when it happened.

His eyes followed Tony and saw that he was one of the first to reach the car as others had come out of their houses and apartments, most of them already on the phone to 911. Nathan slowly walked closer to the scene and could hear Tony yelling as he tried to open the passenger side door.

"Tanya! Rose! Come on, answer me!" Sirens were approaching and another guy had ran over and helped Tony wrench the door open. Tony leaned in, not daring to move them until an ambulance got there. "Tanya, come one sweetheart," Nathan could see her eyes open weakly, and she gave Tony a small smile. "Hey, there we go, that's what I wanna see."

"Flattery won't get you every where Tony," she coughed a little and Tony put a hand on her cheek to keep her head up.

"Sure it will, I'm hoping it'll get me that three way I've been asking for," Nathan could hear the words getting stuck in Tony's throat. "Not only will it freak the kids out, it'll annoy Loki, and then I'll get frustrated sex from him. It's the best, you should try it."

Tanya gasped a little, closing her eyes in pain. "Men are gross," she said quietly. When she looked back up at him she took his hand gently. "Just so it's not a surprise, we put you down as Legal Guardian, should anything happen. We trust you and Loki to take care of Nathan. And Loki has that whole not having a legal government identity going for him, so we could only put your name."

"Well, hey, I'm shocked really, but you won't need to use that," Tony gripped her hand. A couple of ambulances pulled up, followed closely by the police and fire department. Tanya smiled at Tony gently. A couple of paramedics had pulled Tony away while several other men surrounded the car to help the two trapped inside.

One of the paramedics started to ask him questions and Nathan could see that there was some blood on his hands. Tony shook his head a little, but never took his eyes off the car. Nathan jumped when he felt hands on his shoulders.

"Such a good man that Tony Stark," Nathan froze when he heard Hela's voice. "Ran straight to help without thinking of if he would be in any danger." Nathan pulled away and took several steps away from her, glaring. "I wonder if you know why he looks so troubled, or why he took off without a words?"

"If I wanted to know I'd ask him myself," Nathan growled out. "I don't need your games."

"You are so far in over your head," Hela moved around him as the scene started to change. They were still on a street but the cars were different, the people were different, and so was the crash. He could see a much younger Tony Stark being held back by three men. He struggling trying to run to the wreck of three cars. "You aren't the only one to lose a parent that way," she whispered in Nathan's ear.

"Stop!" The scene suddenly vanished and Nathan looked over and saw Loki and Tony standing there, the latter's hands curled into fists."Let's just make this short and sweet so we don't have to spend too much more time together," Tony muttered out.

"What exactly do you have to trade for the boy?" Hela asked, keeping a hand on Nathan's shoulder.

"Trade?" Tony raised an eyebrow. "I'm not trading for something that was taken, I'm here to take him back home. I thought I explained this 12 years ago. We have a strict no psychopaths rule, and I try to enforce that as often as I can."

"What I wouldn't give to have you in this boys place, Stark," Hela said. Tony blinked and suddenly he was suddenly looking at Loki and Nathan and felt a hand grip his shoulder tightly. "Oh wait, I have that power when you're in my domain."

"Hela," Loki warned.

"I wouldn't move if I were you dear brother," Hela looked at Loki. "If you use too much more magic how will get these pathetic mortals back to their Midgard?" Loki had pulled Nathan closer to him, but could only glare at her.

"I'm surprised you came here without your suit of armour," Hela spoke close to Tony's ear. "Did you come with the intention that you could talk your way out of here?" She spun Tony around to face him, and she glanced down at his chest. "Although I know how you could get out of here." Her hand reached out towards his arc reactor and he grabbed her wrist tightly.

"I came to make a point," he told her, keeping her hand back.

"And what would that be," Hela raised an eyebrow. "I hope it wasn't that you can stop me from getting what I want." The hand on his shoulder slid down and rested on his chest and Tony stared at her.

"That you shouldn't underestimate a mortal," his free hand came up and smacked her shoulder. She yelped and took a step back, letting go of Tony. She growled when she saw one of Loki's daggers in her shoulder and Tony was already hurrying back to Loki and Nathan. She started to laugh as they disappeared and Tony had a close grip on Nathan as they appeared inside the mansion.

"I need lots and lots of alcohol," Tony breathed out and Steve guided him to sit in a chair. "Oph!" His eyes widened when Nathan had suddenly launched himself at Tony, hugging him tightly. Tony coughed a little then wrapped an arm around his shoulders and sagged into the chair.

"Nathan?" The teen got off of Tony when he heard Kaia. The younger girl ran into the room and threw her arms around his neck. "You're okay! I knew you'd come back." She buried her neck into his shoulder as he hugged just as tightly.

"I think if we ever wanted to start looking for our replacements we've got at least one person to look at," Bruce commented lightly and Tony snorted a little.

"He'll want to take over for Tony," Loki commented.

"He did handle that repulsor gun pretty well," Tony stated proudly. Tony pulled Loki to sit next to him, noticing that he was weary on his feet. "Now if you don't mind, we're gonna rest here for a bit before we have to deal with Hela's backlash."

"She won't want to wait," Steve agreed.