AN: I decided that I will try to finish this so thank you to the people who followed/favorited. I don't own anything except the plot and I can only go on the computer over the weekends so I will only be updating about once a week. Thanks for reading this!
Tony was confused. He had no idea why he had just saved his enemy. Thor seemed like he was happy, but Tony was still not feeling ok. Unfortunately Loki seemed like he was waking up so Tony had to focus on him.
"B-Brother? Are you feeling ok?" Thor was trying to get Loki to sit up but failing miserably. Suddenly without any warning Loki's eyes slowly opened. Everyone was pretty much not breathing and just staring at him, wondering how he would react to being on the quinjet with them.
When Loki finally got his eyes open and focused on the Avengers, Tony could empathize with what he was feeling. Tony was also really confused because he thought that Loki's eyes were blue, but right now they were bright green. The emotion filling Loki's eyes was pure terror. He started trying to scoot backwards away from everyone, but Thor wouldn't let him. Loki was shaking his head and making a low moaning sound, which Tony figured was the only sound he could make with his lips sown shut.
"It's ok. They won't hurt you, we are going to help you. I brought you here so you could you heal." Even after Thor had finished talking Loki was still shaking and trying to go backwards. Tony could feel anger mixed with pity at the site. He couldn't even begin to imagine what Loki had been through if he was filled with terror just at the sight of them.
"Hey, Thor? What did you guys do to him to make him this freaked out by us?" speaking quietly and in an undertone to not freak Loki out more Tony asked.
"This was not us-well not the Asgardians. It was the Chitauri. You should remember them, they are the ones who fought under Loki. Although I think that that might be wrong." Thor said this while still trying to calm down Loki who had backed into a corner and sat there trembling.
"When we get to the Tower- That is where we are going right?" Thor asked, while keeping an eye on his brother.
"Yes, Thor that is where we are going."
"Good, thank you Captain. I will tell you what happened, well what I know happened to Loki. Only he can tell some of the story though, so please don't get mad if I don't know what happened." Loki then suddenly sat up straight and all traces of the frightened Loki disappeared as this new Loki surveyed the quinjet. Thor was about to ask if he was ok, but then Loki collapsed and crumpled onto the floor of the jet. He subconsciously tried to curl up like a cat, or like a wounded animal.
"Ok, did anyone else see how his eyes changed color? Or was that just me?" Tony asked carefully.
"I saw it too." Natasha nodded "Clint?"
"Yeah, they were green but then they turned into blue. Then he collapsed." With that Clint turned and went back into the pilot seat to tell Agent Coulson to hurry up and get them to the Tower.
"Uh…Thor? What just happened with Loki? Do his eyes normally change colors? At the battle of New York his eyes were blue. I should know, I have nightmares about them almost every night." Tony admitted.
"I don't know. His eyes never changed when we were little, so it doesn't have anything to do his magic." Thor replied worriedly while easing Loki down into a more comfortable position on the floor.
"Uh guys? The blue color of his eyes matched the color of Clint's when he was controlled. Do you think he is being controlled by something?" Bruce questioned.
"I do not know, we would have to ask him. Are we almost there? I would like my brother to be looked at and start actually healing." Thor asked.
"Yeah, we should be there in a few minutes." Clint said walking into the room. The next couple minutes were spent awkwardly with no one talking and Thor trying to make Loki comfortable while everyone watched. Tony could see that Loki was really beat up and he wondered how Loki looked this bad. After the battle of New York, Loki looked a little winded and had a couple of scratches but that was nothing compared to what he looked like now.
Loki was still in his Jotun form so Tony couldn't tell if he was all bruised up or not. Since Loki's armor was torn to shreds his back was open and Tony could see that his back had scars that looked like whip marks. Tony felt like that no matter what you had done, no one should have been tortured like this. He was starting to get angry at the person- no thing that did this to Loki. He was also starting to feel pity for the God currently curled up on the floor of the jet.
"We're here." With that Clint walked down the walkway that had opened without anyone noticing. Natasha then moved from her spot and started to follow him. Bruce followed her, leaving Steve, Tony, Thor, and Loki. Steve asked Thor if he wanted help with Loki, but Thor refused. He said that he wanted to be the one to get Loki inside. With that he leaned over and picked up Loki, cradling him like you would with a small child. Tony couldn't help but notice how Loki nestled into his brother's arms or how he was really almost painfully thin.
Loki looked like he hadn't had any food since the battle of New York. After realizing that he had been staring at him, he turned abruptly and followed Steve who had begun to walk down the ramp. He decided to take Thor to the lab so that he could examine Loki. He wanted to see what the God's biggest injuries were. Mostly though he wanted to get that thread out of Loki's lips.
"Come on Thor, let's head down to my lab. I can look at him there. I can also get JARVIS to tell Bruce to head down there, too." Tony said motioning to Thor to follow him. "We can figure out what's the matter with him."
"Would you really help him? Why are you doing this for Loki? You all hate him, and now just because I asked you are helping him. Why Tony?" Thor whispered the last part, but Tony still heard. Thor looked lost, standing there with his brother in his arms. Tony started walking back to Thor and put his hand on Thor's arm.
"One because you're our friend and two because Loki is really beat up. No matter what you did, you shouldn't get tortured because of something you did. I've had experience with torture and no one deserves that. Do you hear me Thor? I personally will try my best to heal him. I am sure that everyone on the team will help me. You good now?"
"Yes, thank you Stark." Thor looked up happily. "Let us leave now to heal my brother!" With that Thor practically bounded into the elevator to get down into the lab.
"And that is the reason why I will never give you caffeine." Tony muttered while following at a slightly slower pace.