Interlude Steve
Steve was sent to question Sylvie. It was considered the best choice.
He wasn't disobedient like Tony Stark.
He wasn't unpredictable like Bruce Banner.
He wasn't prejudiced like Clint Barton.
He was not inexperienced like Thor.
He was not under control like Natasha Romanoff.
Natasha was still in the infirmary. The mind control she was subjected to was different from that to which Barton was subject. Everyone in the lab studied the differences in the brains of Natasha and Clint. The conclusions were strange. Because the control over Clint was clearly stronger, but it only affected a small extent of the brain. Natasha's control was weaker, but it covered the entire brain. Steve, however, understood nothing more than that. He was not a scientist and he was late for 70 years. 70 years. He still couldn't believe it. To what was recently. Army from space. It seemed unreal, stupid. Yet it was true. People died.
Steve was really unfamiliar with interrogations that usually involved torture or manipulation. It wasn't Steve's domain. He remembered Dr. Erskin's words about being a good man. Somehow he had to help the world and get information from Sylvie about Loki's plans. However, he didn't intend to use his strength, although he knew it was counted on by Shield. Steve entered the room where Sylvie was being held. She was a beautiful woman. Steve was struck by the way she dresses similarly to Loki. Did she admire him so much? Did she loved him? Did she wanted to imitate him? He was shown two videos of her. The first one from the tower and the second one during a conversation with Natasha Romanoff.
She was laughing when she heard that Loki would hurt someone. She was protecting Loki. Steve knew that look. Bucky always looked at him that way. Bucky. Was Loki lying? Was he telling the truth? Steve wanted to know. He wanted to understand this struggle. He kept coming back to her. Why did Loki abandon the scepter? After all, he won. Was that another trick?
Loki was important to Sylvie.
Sylvie had no one but Loki. Steve saw it in her posture. She was going to kill everyone. Because they were threatening Loki's safety. Because no
she had no one but him. Because she was being alone just like Steve is now. Did Loki tell Sylvie about the Avengers? She seemed unaware of what was happening here. However, she was a great fighter. Were it not for the arrow and Thor's hammer, they wouldn't was be able to catch her. Steve asked her if she knew who she was. When she denied it, a stone fell from Steve's heart. No fame, no expectations. It was great. As if he could be normal again. Loki knew who he was. And Sylvie didn't know. Sure, Sylvie was the enemy, but that made Steve happy anyway. That for once he was without the ballast of being famous. Sylvie she also commented on his idiotic costume. She was right. He would prefer to have a completely different uniform.
Steve wanted to understand Sylvie. He wanted to help her. He wanted to take her away from Loki's evil influence. Steve must have known why she thought Loki couldn't hurt anyone. Steve still remembered the face of the old man in Germany. Loki had intended kill for him disobedience. If Steve hadn't protected this man, Loki would have killed him. Loki was possessed by a vision of the throne. A vision of being better.
"I don't like bullies" old words to doctor Erskine.
And Loki was bully.
Sylvie's answer surprised him. Maybe Thor was right. Maybe Sylvie wasn't an accomplice. Maybe Loki really was such a brilliant liar, after all
he was known as the God of Lies in order to trick her. Sylvie demanded that Steve tell her how Loki had done evil.
He started with a tesseract. That cube that should stay in the ocean.
"You don't understand. Tesseract does not belong to you, it belongs to the royal family of Asgard! Loki is the son of the Allfather Odin Borson, and as such has every right to artifacts owned by Asgard. Loki couldn't steal something that already belongs to him, " Sylvie said.
Tesseract is not yours.
It belongs to the royal family of Asgard.
Loki is part of this family.
Loki couldn't steal what already belonged to him.
Steve left the room hastily. He immediately headed for the lab. Stark and Banner talked about science while Romanoff and Barton were still tested for mind control. Thor was sitting nearby and seemed to be thinking about something. Steve approached the Asgardian.
"Thor, we need to talk," Steve said.
"Of course, Captain" Thor stood up and followed Steve.
"Loki is your brother and your father is Odin, right?" Steve began to speak.
"That's true, Captain. Loki is adopted, but he is still my brother and son to my mother Frigga and my father Odin," replied Thor.
"And the tesseract is Odin's property, right?" Steve asked.
"Yes, my father hid him on Midgard, hoping no one would find it because of primitiveness of Midgard," replied Thor.
"Thor, are Asgard artifacts available to the royal family?" Steve asked.
"Of course" Thor replied.
"And Loki is still a member of the royal family? Hasn't he been stripped of that title?" Steve asked.
"No, Loki was not stripped of his title. In fact, he was the King of Asgard for a while. Then we thought he was dead. Then Loki showed up here and started threatening war" Thor smiled sadly as if he remembered something.
"Thor, do you know what that means? Loki take a tesseract. He kill the agents of the Shield who had it. Of course, he still shouldn't control the agents and start war. But it was the humans who stole artifact of Asgard first. Loki had every right to come here and kill the people who tried to stop him to take tesseract." Steve said.