Little Loki's Big Adventure

New day, new friends

It was eight o'clock when Thor woke up to the sound of a helicopter landing on the roof of the Avengers Compound. Either someone was off to a new mission, or some of his friends were returning. With a big yawn, the god scratched the back of his head, his hand searching his bed, finding it empty. Frowning, he opened his eyes and saw that his little brother was nowhere to be seen.

The god jumped up in his bed and quickly got dressed. Was his little brother okay? Maybe he had just gone downstairs to get some breakfast, or maybe... maybe, the spell had worn off... When would that have happened? Would Loki leave him in the middle of the night without saying anything? He could have at least wake him up, right?

Thor sighed as he marched down the corridor and walked down the stairs, trying to look as calm and collective as he could. Following the sound of chatting Avengers, he turned the corner into the kitchen, ready to ask his friends if they had seen his brother. He looked up in surprise, however, as he found his still small brother sitting on the couch next to Peter, listening to a story Rhodey was telling them.

'-But, you know, the suit can take the weight, right?' Rhodey said as he was in the middle of his story.

'This is the part where it gets good,' Peter whispered to the raven with a chuckle, seeing how Loki was listening breathlessly.

'So I take the tank, drop it right off at the general's palace, drop it at his feet. I'm like, "Boom! You looking for this?"' Rhodes smiled as Peter and Loki started to laugh, nodding as he looked at the other Avengers, 'See? It's a good story!'

'Sure, Rhodey, it is a great story, actually.' Tony chuckled as he wanted to grab himself a cup of coffee. He then sighed in irritation as he held up an empty pot. 'Okay, who took the last coffee?' He asked as he turned around and looked at the Avengers sitting at the table.

'Wasn't me,' Natasha raised her glass, 'I've got tea, thank you very much.'

Bruce looked at the playboy and then at his cup of coffee, 'Well,' he started but Tony was quick to interrupt.

'Okay, you know what? New rule, you grab the last cup of coffee, you make new coffee, got it?'

'But what happened next, sir?' Loki asked excitedly. He moved forward a little so he was almost hanging over the edge of the couch he was sitting on, his eyes wide as he kept looking at Rhodey.

'What happened next was that I saved the day,' the man stated like it was nothing, but he could not help the proud smile on his face. 'And that is War Machine's story.'

'War Machine is amazing!' Loki shouted, suddenly jumping up the couch. 'War Machine, attack!' He laughed and tackled Peter, causing the teen to fall of the couch as the sudden assault caught him by surprise.

'Oh yeah? Well what if I do this,' Peter smirked, tickling Loki until he was squealing and squirming under his touch. 'How you like that, War Machine?'

'Stop, s-stoop!' Loki laughed, tears rolling down his face.

'You surrender?' The teen asked as he stopped tickling, but he held the raven down nonetheless.

Loki looked at Rhodes for a second and then smiled, 'No! War Machine never gives!' He kicked Peter against his arms, surprising the teen at how strong the little Asgardian still was, and quickly climbed on top of the back of the couch.

'Hey! The couch is for sitting, it's not a trampoline!' Tony warned him, followed by a mumble, 'God, I'm starting to sound like my old man...'

Loki didn't look up, making Tony wonder whether the child did not hear him over his laughter or was simply ignoring him.