A/N: I am so sorry for not updating! I've had a homework overload and never found time to type. Again, it's not as long as I'd like it, but it's better than nothing.

"What do we do now?"

Tony's question was met with silence, Bruce wrapped up in treating Loki and Steve in his own thoughts. He sighed; he didn't like the atmosphere in Steve's apartment. He went into the kitchen, looking for some form of alcohol. He searched and searched, but never found any. A small frown crossed his lips. What single man didn't have some form of alcohol in his house? Obviously, a hundred year old single man didn't. Sighing, he went back out to the other two men, saying, "I can't believe you have no beer here, Rogers." Steve looked over at him and glared.

"Why would I, Stark?"

Tony shrugged a little and sat down at the table. He watched as Bruce dragged Loki back to the couch and hoisted him up, laying him down. "Where the hell is Thor?"

Steve shrugged. "We have no idea. Just found Loki… I just wonder what happened to him. It seems unlike him to do something like this. I mean… He was so tough and clever four years ago. I just want to know what happened to change that."

Bruce nodded and sighed. "I agree. Loki has had unjust punishment."

"He did kind of destroy the city…" Tony muttered. Bruce and Steve looked over at him and glared. Tony bit his lip. "I mean, hey! Loki, yeah, let's… let's help him." Bruce and Steve looked back at Loki, who was stirring slightly.

"How do we get him to talk?" Bruce asked quietly. "The only thing he ever seems to say is, 'No', 'Go away', and 'You're not real'." Steve nodded, looking down a little, racking his brain for any possible way. Maybe… maybe it was because… No… It couldn't be. He looked up at the others and voiced his thoughts,

"Maybe he won't talk to us because we defeated him."

"No, why would he?" Tony asked, eyebrows rising. "We were just trying to protect the Earth, right? That's our job. It's his fault he got in the way of our job."

Bruce nodded. "I agree with Tony on this one; Loki should've known that there would be someone that wouldn't let him subjugate the world. Especially when he grew up with Thor."

"What if he was forced to?" Steve countered. Tony snorted, shaking his head. He couldn't believe that Steve was actually standing up for Loki.

"Believe whatever you want, Rogers. I have to go." Tony stood up. "See you later, Bruce, Rogers." Tony walked out of the apartment and began to walk back to the Stark Tower, which he and Pepper had made as their home for the time being. For once, he ignored the stares and attention he was getting, his mind focused on what had just happened. He couldn't believe that Steve had just stumbled on Loki in the park. It almost seemed like it was too perfectly set to not be planned. Or maybe this was just a joke. The latter seemed to be unlikely; the fear had been too real for even such a great trickster like Loki to fake. Tony looked up at the bright blue sky, squinting slightly against the sun. With a small sigh, he looked at his home-one of the tallest buildings in the city. A slight breeze blew through his hair and, when he looked at the sky, he saw dark clouds coming close. Grimly thinking of a coming rain, Tony went into the tower and took the elevator up to the penthouse. He smirked slightly as he saw Pepper sitting on the couch, typing away madly. "Hey, Pep."

Pepper jumped a little and looked over at her boyfriend. "Tony! You're back. How're Bruce and Steve?" She scotched over a bit on the couch so that he could sit next to her. He did so and wrapped one arm around her waist.

"Eh. Same old. Watcha working on?" Tony craned his neck a bit to look at what Pepper was working on. He groaned slightly when he saw the words 'debt', 'Stark Industries', and '…upon the completion of Stark Tower'. "Never mind, I don't want to know. How do you do it?"

"How do I do what?" She smiled a little and looked at him curiously.

"That." He pointed to the laptop and Pepper laughed a little, kissing his cheek. Tony cracked a half grin.

"I just… do." Pepper shrugged a little, resting her head on his shoulder. They sat there for awhile longer, content with the short silence between them. Pepper glanced out the quickly darkening sky, than sighed a bit. "Guess our walk is getting cut short."

"It would've got cut short either way." Tony shrugged a bit. "Press and such."

Pepper nodded, than jumped slightly, as there was a loud rumble of thunder. Tony chuckled softly, pulling her closer. "Don't worry; it was just a bit of thunder." She nodded and relaxed, leaning into him. Tony closed his eyes and sighed a little, smiling slightly. All thoughts of Loki escaped his mind and he finally felt relax.

That is, until there was a particularly loud clap of thunder and a loud pounding on the roof. Tony's eyes shot open and looked over at Pepper, whose eyes were wide with confusion and slight fear. Tony told her to wait there and grabbed his jacket, walking up to the roof, slightly dreading what he would see. When he got up there, a sight that scared even the great Anthony Stark met his eyes, because no one likes it when an enraged god of thunder is standing on your roof.

A/N: As many people requested: Thor! I had always planned on bringing him in, and reading the reviews of people telling me to bring him in was great fun. I hope you faces liked this chapter!