Working Title : Loki & Annie

102 Betrayals

1311 hrs

J.A.R.V.I.S.'s calm declaration had the effect of causing chaos in the room.

Bruce's reaction was to jump to his feet from where he'd been casually sitting on the arm of a couch, his arms across his chest with his fingers drumming nervously. Once standing his hands moved from running through his hair to being rubbed tightly together. His anxiety leaped and he tried breathing slowly to keep his heart rate down while the tips of his ears tingled.

Tony threw his holo screens up and was asking for information including locations. Locations of where it happened and where they were now. The direction of travel. Speed.

"Calculating,"

Tony had the traffic and surveillance cameras brought up all through Manhatten with J.A.R.V.I.S. cycling through them multiple frames per second. Tony's eyes rolled over various data points, doing his own calculations.

As for Thor, his voice was the loudest. "Where is My Brother?"

In answer to Thor's demand, J.A.R.V.I.S. spoke calmly into the confusion, "Prince Loki and Ms. Miller are traveling together in a black utility van." He seemed to know that Thor wasn't asking for direction of travel, compass points meant nothing to him.

Tony noticed Thor's fingers flexing and he quickly yelled, "No! No calling your hammer through my floor. You either go get it or call it once we're outside. J, open the window on his floor."

"I have already taken that liberty, Sir."

"There. Look." Tony stabbed a finger at the video of a private surveillance camera from a business on 5th avenue. Bruce and Thor moved closer, Bruce squinting and pushing his glasses up his nose to see better.

J.A.R.V.I.S. highlighted Annie carrying Loki by tinting them a faint blue color then sped up the playback. The view switched to a different camera and continued to do so as they moved down the block. It had taken only seconds until they crossed the street and made it nearly halfway down the next before they watched as Annie walked into the narrow alleyway.

"What the hell?" Tony muttered, "You never go in a New York alley, even one around here." 

"This is the moment Ms. Miller contacted me." J.A.R.V.I.S. played back the recording of the call and they all listened intently while watching the matching video at normal speed.

A black full-sized van pulled into the alleyway, the side door appeared to already be open and it took no time at all for both Annie and Loki to violently disappear inside. The van pulled forward and vanished from view.

"Where. Is. My. Brother?" The cold fury in Thor's voice got Tony's attention and made Bruce take a step back as a faint smell of ozone began filling the air. The muscles in Thor's jaw were bunching each time he clenched his teeth.

"I am tracking Ms. Miller's phone." A map of Manhatten took over the entirety of the screen, a red dot showing the movement of the vehicle.

After staring at the map to establish it in his mind Thor began moving towards the oversized sliding glass doors, his hand once more flexing. There was a buzzing at the back of his neck that was irritating so he ignored it.

"Wait. Wait, wait, wait." Tony quickly moved in front of Thor and then had to adjust his feet to move backward because Thor didn't slow down. "Wait, okay?" Tony put his hands out but Thor just walked right into them and pushed Tony back. He jerked his hands away from Thor when the sensation of electricity was strong enough for him to get a shock even through Thor's hoodie. "Ow!" Tony shook both hands. "Damn it, Thor. Wait!" This time Tony pushed back.

Thor looked down at Tony with a face of contained rage that was growing. Blue eyes began turning lighter, white beginning to appear. "Move." The voice was low and dangerous.