Steve:
Steve and Tony were the last to leave to go and find the gang that Steve assigned them. They walked while Tony was rambling about this new project he was doing which involved a suit that would allow him to fly and have bombs in his shoulder, but Steve was only half paying attention. His mind was going between Tony's conversation and what would happen if they did find Loki. Tony wasn't really close to him or anything but he had been over to Thor's when Loki was living there and Steve didn't really know that to think of him. Sure when Loki got comfortable around you he was a pretty ok guy, but other times Steve swore he was planning one killing everyone or something. He remembered one of the last times he ever saw Loki was a summer day when he went over to Thor's to hang out. They were in the living room when Loki came in looking heated.
"What's wrong brother?" Thor asked in concern.
"God dammit, stupid, stupid…" Loki mumbled under his breath. He had a black eye and was shaking even though it was a hot day.
"Did someone hurt you Loki, tell me and I shall punish them." Thor ran over to him.
"Just shut up Thor!" He screamed through the house. "If you haven't noticed, I am your age and can take of myself." Thor looked hurt at his rude comment. "Trust me, they will pay, I will make them all pay for what they have done." And he pushed past Thor and ran upstairs. Thor apologized to Steve and they continued to play videos games but there was a certain tension in the air for the rest of the day.
"Are you even listening to me Steve?" Tony pushed him a little interrupting Steve's flashback.
"What- oh yeah um I agree." Steve tried to pretend that he was.
"Dude I just asked you if you would test out my suit that could result in serious injury. Liar jackass." Tony laughed.
"Ok fine, I was just thinking what if we do find Loki," Steve shrugged.
"So what if we do?"
"Ok, I'm just thinking out loud here but what if Loki has changed since the last time Thor saw him? And not for the better, two years is a long time on your own." Tony thought for a minute then spoke.
"It is a long time, but if he is anything like Thor has said he is," (Tony had never really spent time with Loki unlike Steve). "Then I think he will come back, especially if Thor begs him to. It's one of those wait and see things." After they stayed silent for a while and continued to walk until Steve had to ask him something.
"So, how you dealing with Pepper?" Steve asked cautiously.
"Well not that I think it's any of your business," Tony snapped. "I'm actually kinda conflicted about it."
"Tony Stark conflicted about a girl?" Steve joked.
"Shut up jackass," he smiled. "I mean, she's the first girl that I actually really truly like and I could see myself getting married to her." He explained. Steve was surprise by Tony.
"Well that's quite a statement Tony."
"And what about you and Peggy? Can you see yourself getting married to her?" The conversation suddenly turned to Steve.
"Gee- I mean for my whole life I've been brought up with everyone teaching me that I'm going to be in the army as soon as I'm out of high school- that's what my grandpa did and my grandma had to wait for him but this is a different time, and I have no idea why I'm telling you this." Steve laughed at the end.
"I'm very easy to talk to, speaking of which we better start asking around to see if anyone knows about the Black Spades." Tony quickly changed the subject which Steve didn't mind. They walked around and started asking people if they knew anything. A few told them to screw off, a couple didn't know anything and two actually gave them something useful.
"They hang around the construction site a few streets towards the river." One woman told them, and when they asked another person they said the same thing. They started their walk over to maybe find Thor's brother.
A while later they arrived at the construction site with not a soul in site. It was about 5 so everyone that worked here was off. They ducked under the tape and searched out the area to see if they could find anyone.
"Anything?" Tony asked Steve.
"Not a thing." Steve said in disappointment, but when he looked up he saw someone looking at him. "Hey!" he called out and the figure started running with Steve following him. He ran up the unfinished building with steel poles, nail guns, and glass everywhere but that didn't stop Steve from running the guy down, thank god he was a runner. He chased him up 4 flights before he grabbed the hood on the strangers back. A few seconds later Tony came up panting.
"Let me go!" the stranger said. Steve thought he couldn't sound more than 16 years old. He pinned him down and flipped back his hood. He did look really young to Steve, maybe 14 or 15, way too young to already to be tangled up in this.
"Why'd you run?" Tony yelled in his face.
"Like I have to tell you anything!" the kid spat back.
"If you don't want to get hurt by my super soldier friend here," Tony patted Steve on the back. "Yeah you will tell us some things." Tony snarled, the kid looked a little scared now.
"Listen if I owe you any money I have it just let me…" the kid started to panic.
"We don't want you money. God why does everyone think that?!" Tony threw his hands up in anger. "We want something more valuable than money, information." Steve said behind his bitten teeth.
"Ok what I'll tell you but please let me up." The boy pleaded. Steve slowly got up and held out his hand and pulled the boy up. Steve stayed on edge just in case the kid took off again, but he didn't; he just rubbing his shoulder.
"I know I'm going to regret this, but what do you want to know?" the boy spat.
"Names, is there a guy named Loki in your gang?" Tony came forward and stood in front of the guy, arms crossed. Steve knew that Tony was frightening when he got pissed, Tony was a technology geek but he didn't need a gadget to punch your lights out.
"Pssh Loki? Seriously?" the kid almost laughed, not a good idea. Tony grabbed the kid's shirt and pulled him up to his face.
"Did I also mention that you really don't want to get me pissed off?" his voice was full of rage even behind Tony's sarcastic smile. "Because unlike my friend, I don't stop when you beg for mercy." The words cut through the air like a knife.
"All I know is that he is part of the Torns. Something happened a few weeks back and now he's in trouble with them, it's just a rumor but…" he trailed off.
"Where is their hangout or whatever you call it?" Steve demanded to know more.
"It's up by the Hudson River, some old building right beside a club, I's swear that all I knows." His jersey accent was thick and full of terror. Tony finally satisfied with his answer threw the kid down and stormed off. The kid scrambled up from the ground.
"Get yourself out kid," Steve advised and walked off. He pulled out his phone and called Clint.
Steve: "Clint, where are you and Nat?"
Clint: "Uuuh, we're about 4 streets over from the Hudson, why?"
Steve: "Ok me and Tony found some… information and they said that you'll find a club beside an abandoned building and that's where you gonna find Loki. Also he isn't the leader anymore, our information said that he is a prisoner or something."
Clint: "Thanks Steve, we'll be there in about 15 minutes." And he hung up.
Steve put his phone away and ran to catch up with Tony. When he got to him he could tell Tony was not in the best of moods. Steve tried to think of something to say but nothing came out. Steve had only seen Tony like that one other time. It was late junior year when a kid was getting on Tony's nerves about what happened in Afghanistan, Tony punch the kid out of his chair and kept beating him until both Steve and Thor (who were luckily in the class) had to hold him back. Steve thought on the memory and kept walking with Tony.
