The truth (Loki and Avengers)

Old memories (Chapter 5)

TONY'S POV

Everyone backed away from Loki, except for Thor. Thor rushed to his brother but was thrown back by squidward. Thor tried it several more times but eventually was held back by Steve.

          "He's not our friend." I yelled to Thanos. Thanos and the black order laughed.

          "Yes however, he is not your enemy." Thanos stated.

          "He destroyed New York, almost killed all of us, and took over Lagolas. He is definitely not a friend and is definitely our enemy." I retorted.

"I expected more from you all. You claim to be Earth's mightiest heroes but you can not tell a pawn from a ruler." Thanos chuckled. I was confused. I looked at everyone around me but no one knew what Thanos meant. "I am especially disappointed in you two." Thanos pointed to Thor then to Clint.

"Why?" Clint asked. "I have nothing to do with Loki." Thor didn't move he just stared at Loki's body. Loki seemed to be breathing but he was having difficulty.

"Loki used the scepter to take control over you." Thanos said. "And you." He pointed at Thor. "You have known him his whole life. You should have known there was something different about your poor, little brother." Thanos teased. "What I want to know is who can guess it first? Who can guess how Loki was different when he came to Earth?" Thanos asked.

Why are we doing this? I need to bring Peter back and playing guessing games is not helping with that problem.

"We aren't going to play your guessing games." Nat said.

Thank you.

"But you will or you won't get him back." Thanos said. Thor looked at us.

"Please. He may have done terrible things but he is the only thing I have left." Thor pleaded.

"Fine." I answered. Everyone nodded.

"To understand why Loki was different when he came to Earth, you need to think about what he was like before he came to Earth." Thanos riddled. We looked to Thor and Clint. Thor shrugged. Clint thought but had no idea.

"You need to think." I said. "Any minor detail.

"I didn't know Loki until he took over my mind and he didn't share any details of his past." Clint said.

"Loki was always kind but he was mischievous and could be vengeful however, I never thought he could kill people." Thor said. "Is that it? He was different because he gave into his darkest thoughts?" Thanos sighed.

"Wrong, Odinson." Thanos said. "Anyone else?" Everyone shrugged. "Again. I thought to highly of you. I will show you but before I need to show you his past." He lifted up his hand and held a red infinity stone. The Reality stone.

Everything changed around us. The floor turned to ice. The mountains turned to ice. I heard a baby cry. We turned to see a man in golden armor and an eyepatch. He was holding a child. The child wasn't a normal child it was a blue child with red eyes. The child's skin starts to turn into flesh and his eyes start to turn green.

Yikes. Creepy. That's gonna be in my nightmares.

The scene changed into a hallway. There were three figures. The old man with an eyepatch and two young boys. One had blonde hair and tan skin. The other had black hair and pale skin. They were walking up to a pedestal with what looked like a glowing blue box. The man said something and walked away. The two boys ran after him.