The Two Tricksters

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Dad had helped me pack up my stuff and move it to the Avengers tower in New York, thankfully Tony didn't mind me moving in and had a room professionally decorated for me. I had quickly grown close to all the avengers over the past month and each one of them had made it clear that if anybody hurt me, they'd kill them on the spot, especially Tony. I sat on my bed as I was video chatting my best friend Kate. " Your definitely coming this weekend?" " Of course Annabelle. I wouldn't miss a weekend with you for anything" " ANNABELLE!!" " I gotta go my dads calling me" " No problem, I'll see you friday babe". I hung up and threw a cardigan around me before quickly walking downstairs into the dinning room " Yeah dad?" " Dinners ready, we got Chinese tonight".

After a few days Tony decided he wanted to make me an Avenger " No way Tony" dad whispered at him as I was making tea in the kitchen. " Why not? She'll make a great addition" " I didn't even want anyone to know about her so I could keep her safe. Why would I let her join us?" " Oh come on she's smart" " Dad" I interrupted them. " Not know Annabelle" " I want to join" " See I told you!" Tony shouted. " Why? It's a dangerous job! You could get hurt, seriously hurt and your mom-" " She isn't my mom anymore dad, she kicked me out for pulling pranks" " But they did stop" " Three, two. One" and on cue Steve ran downstairs with nothing but a towel wrapped around his waist " I'm blue!!" I let out a laugh and dad sighed " Anna please, your almost nineteen don't keep doing this".

" Your just like mom, you tell me to be myself then give out to me for pulling pranks, so I like pulling a trick or two who cares!" " I care, this is my home too Anna, and others. It's not fair that they have to live with this" " What you going to kick me out like mom?" " No of course not I just-" " Just what? Say it!" " I just wish you'd grow up!!" Dad screamed at me. Everyone was in the living room staring at us " Well that was awkward" we all turned to see Thor holding someone in chains " I told you to be quiet Loki" " How could I? It was quite a performance, look she's even starting to cry" he chuckled at me. " Anna-" " Leave me alone" I yelled before running upstairs and slamming my bedroom door. I sat down on my bed and cried " How could he embarrass me like that?".

After a few hours there's a light knock on my door, I stayed curled up on my bed facing the wall when the door opened and closed. " Hey, you okay?" Dad asked but I ignored him " I'm sorry Anna, for everything" " What you mean?" " I'm sorry for what I said to you downstairs but I'm also sorry for the father I've been. I've missed so much of your life because of work and the truth is its so hard having a daughter that's so much older. I mean I was a kid myself when I had one, and I'm not saying I regret it its just, I don't think I actually adjusted to the job and now here you are". I sat up and rubbed my eyes " Is that a bad thing? That I'm here?" " No not at all, I'm saying this badly. Look" he said taking in a deep breath " I'm sorry for not being the father I should have been, I'm sorry for missing so much of your life and I'm sorry for treating you like an adult" " I'm sorry for acting like a kid" " You still are a kid, but if it's what you want. I'll let you be an Avenger" " Really?!" " Now it's not up to me, you have to train and train hard, then you'll be tested in front of all of us and then we'll decide as a team if we'll have you or not" " Yeah that's fine, when do I start?" " Well training will start next week once Natasha comes back but for right now we're going to introduce you to the prisoner".

" Prisoner?" " Yes, Loki brother of Thor. He's attacked us before, the attack on New York that was him" " Why is he here?" " His father, wants him to learn from Thor, or else he'll be imprisoned for the rest of his life" " Not a lot of options there but okay" " Come on, let's get this over with". I threw a big white cardigan around my shoulders before following my dad to the third floor. We stopped outside a room " I want you to be careful okay? He's the prince of tricks, he's very manipulative and cunning he'll try anything to get you out of his way" " Okay dad". We walked inside and I smiled at Thor before standing beside him, " Ah my lady a pleasure to see you again" " The pleasure is mine" Loki scoffed " Already trying to sleep with a god, you humans are disgusting".

My face went red " What?" " Don't let him see that he's fazed you, first rule of being an Avenger, never let your enemy know they've gotten to you" dad said and I nodded " Of course sorry". " Ah so that's why she's here, she's the newest avenger. Tell me child, can you do anything special? Or are you just another boring human?" I took a deep breath and stared at him " That's none of your business" " Boring" he sighed " We'll leave you with him, see if he'll answer anything. Think of it we your first test" dad left with Thor. " However I'm becoming very interested in yours Loki the disgraced prince" I said. He turned to me furious " What did you say?".

" I called you the disgraced prince, that's what you are aren't you?" " You know nothing-" " Exactly, you know nothing about me Loki" I said standing tall. I saw a smirk appear on his face, he was going to change his game. " You know for a mortal you are quite attractive" he smirked as he looked me up and down " How many men have you been with?" He asked suddenly, my eyes went wide but I quickly took a deep breath " None" I answered " A mortal like you, with beauty as had no men in her bed, that I don't believe". " I have respect for myself, I wouldn't sleep with someone unless I trusted and loved them completely" " Ugh love, what's the fun in that? Don't you want someone to take you like a man, and ravish your body?" " Watch yourself Loki, sounds like your catching feelings for me" " A mortal like you!" He laughed " That would be the day".