Loki Babysits the Avengers?!

Promised

Tony wakes up, today's the day they have to face Vritra. Tony walks into the living room to see all the kids watching a cartoon and eating breakfast. Tony yawns as he walks by.

"Where's Loki?" Tony asks.

"Are you tired?" Clint asks.

"Yeah, why?" Tony asks, Clint grabs his glass and throws it on Tony. "Gaah! That wasn't even water!"

"But your awake now." Clint says.

"OK, when you turn back into an adult, watch your back." Tony says. "Now would ya just tell me where Loki is?"

"He's in the kitchen." Steve says.

"Thank you, at least one of you is helpful." Tony says as he walks to the kitchen.

Loki standing behind the kitchen counter pacing back and forth. Tony walks in, he already knows what's on Loki's mind.

"We have to do this." Tony says. Loki continues to pace.

"There has to be another way. I don't feel right about putting them in danger." Loki says.

"There's no other way." Tony says.

"But maybe we could just take a little more time, make a better plan, be more prepared." Loki says.

"Loki, it's now or never." Tony says. Loki stops pacing and looks at him, after a while he nods.

They walk into the living room together, and tell the kids the plan.

One Hour Later

"Are you sure she's even here?" Loki asks Tony as they walk into the place where they first met Vritra.

"I'm positive, she's here, somewhere." Tony says.

"We're scared." Steve says. Loki and Tony turn around. Loki kneels down and looks at Steve.

"You'll be fine, remember what I told you? We'll protect you, we won't let anything happen to you." Loki says.

"Aww how sweet." A familiar voice calls.

Loki jumps up and he and Tony turn around, making sure to keep the kids close behind them. Vritra walks out from behind a post. She smiles, her teeth still white as snow. Tony activates his helmet and it goes over his face.

"Wow, I never thought you would bring them. I mean you're making this to easy on me. Now I can defeat all of you at the same time, at the same place." Vritra say.

"Hey geko lady, I upgraded my suit, let's see what you've got." Tony says.

"You grow stupider everytime I see you. But very well iron boy, I wonder how fast I can make you pass out." Vritra says. She starts to throw fires at Tony.

Little does she know this is exactly what they wanted. Tony holds all the cures for each of the kids in his hands, he puts them directly in the fire. After his suit says they are the right temperature, Tony tosses the cures to Loki. Loki duplicates and give the cures to each of the kids. Black for Natasha, purple for Clint, green for Bruce, red for Thor, and blue for Steve. Just because the cure had to be perfected, doesn't mean it still doesn't hurt when you give it to them. All of the kids fall to their knees as they start to change back into adults.

"What?! How did you- it's not possible!" Vritra yells.

"Apparently, it is." Tony says.

"I told you you would loose." Loki says.

Vritra glares and attacks. Tony and Loki counter attack and protect the rest of them at any cost. Tony and Loki take turns attacking.

"Need any help?"

Tony and Loki turn around to Steve and everyone else, back to their normal ages.

"Took ya long enough." Tony say as he dodges a fire blast.

The fight continues, this time the Avengers have the upper hand. Vritra attack everyone, she looks like she is starting to get confused. Vritra lands a blow on Clint, he goes flying. Natasha turns around when she see Clint flying through the air. Vritra see this and makes a sword with her magic. She goes at Natasha.

Loki looks up to see Vritra jumping and about to stab Natasha with a sword. Loki runs over and pushes Natasha out of the way. Vritra's sword stabbing him in the left side of his stomach. Loki falls to the ground. Natasha starts to run toward him but Vritra pulls her back into the fight.

"Thor!" Natasha yells as she starts to fight Vritra again.

Thor looks up when someone yells his name. He sees Loki lying on the ground, blood on the ground beside him.

"Loki!" Thor yells as he runs over to his brother. "No no no no! Don't do this to me again! You listen here! Do not do this again!"

"I...I hope..you're in the gaming mood." Loki says, in a weakened voice. "Because I'll be fine. I'm not leaving you this time."

"You have always been a liar. Promise me. Promise me you are not going to leave me." Thor says.

"I promise brother. I promise." Loki says.

Vritra is surrounded with no escape. Loki has gotten up, he is holding his stomach and leaning against Thor, but he has gotten up and is ready to fight again if he has to. The rest are circled around Vritra with their weapons pointed at her.

"Your move." Tony says. Vritra looks down and drops her sword. "Good move."

The Avengers watch as Vritra is drug away by S.H.I.E.L.D agents.

"This couldn't have happened! I am more powerful than you all! I should have won! You are pathetic! I should have won!" Vritra yells, she is having a mental breakdown. She's crying hard as she screams psychotically. The S.H.I.E.L.D. agents put her in the back of a van and drive away.

"Well I'm glad that's over." Clint says.

"Yeah it was quite.........quite...........qu....quite....... exhausting." Loki say this then falls to the ground. He doesn't move and his eyes don't open.

"Loki? Loki?! Brother!" Thor yells, as he drops to his knees.

"Is he OK?" Natasha asks.

"I don't know. He promised me! He promised me he wouldn't leave!" Thor yells.

"Here let me see." Bruce says. Thor doesn't move.

"He promised me." Thor says.

Bruce looks at the others. They all grab Thor, pulling him away from Loki. It takes all four of them to pull him away, Steve and Natasha on one arm, Tony and Clint on the other. Normally Thor would have been able to shake them off as easily as you would shake off a bug that had landed on your arm, but right know, Thor is in shock. They hold Thor back as Bruce starts to examine Loki's injury.