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Maria who was just happy to be home and finally get the rest she deserved put Loki down on her bed tucked in and went to go take a well-needed shower when she got out of the shower she saw that Loki still was asleep which was a good thing the kid look like he hadn't slept in days which was probably the case but she didn't think kids his age should be sleeping this much but he did get kidnapped and probably was experimented on and was scared out of his mind he should get all the sleep he can manage. As soon as Maria's head hit her pillow she was fast asleep letting tomorrow's problems be tomorrow's problems.
When Maria woke up to sunlight pouring out her window and into her bedroom, Maria groaned shielding her eyes from the light her clock read 7:10 am she had to get up today was going to be an eventful day and she needed to wake up a 3-year-old and she really hoped Loki wasn't a morning person she couldn't deal with bubble or hyperactive act child in the morning especially if she hasn't had her morning coffee. When Maria reached over blindly to shake Loki wake she found his side of the bed empty and when Maria turned around Loki was nowhere to be found, but where would Loki go before Maria could panic any more then she needed to she heard a voice coming from her living room, Maria entered the living room to see her tv playing SpongeBob and Loki laying on the couch fast asleep with the blue blanket wrapped around him, Maria decides to let him sleep until after she got dressed and showered.
"Loki sweetie wake up come on." Maria who was now dressed and ready for the day was trying to wake up Loki, it took a couple of shakes before Loki's green eyes fluttered open
"Auntie Ria my stomach hurts," Loki said his voice laced with pain his hands were also clutching his stomach, Maria was confused he didn't complain of being in pain the other day
"Can I look at your stomach?" Loki gave her a nod she peeled off the blanket before letting up the sweatshirt to only find Loki's stomach filled with black and blue bruises with a hint of and orange-yellow surrounding them.
"Loki why didn't you tell me before," Maria said placing her hand on his forehead he was burning up, Maria really needed to take him to medbay before he dies on her watch she really didn't want to die by Thor's hand, so Maria scooped up Loki blanket and all and rushed out of her apartment her car keys and purse in hand, she quickly buckled up Loki in the back seat before getting in the driver seat and she speeded through traffic being a Shield agent had its perks, every once in a while she stole a glance at Loki who was paler than his normal pale.
"Loki we're almost there okay hold on for me."
"It hurts Auntie Ria, it hurts, make it stop please it hurts." Loki had tears running down his eyes and Maria really felt bad she couldn't help him in any way but she knew it was a good sign that he wasn't throwing up means his appendix didn't burst.
"I know but Loki can you tell me how you got the bruises on your stomach."
"The man from the bad place would hit me and kick me a lot."
"We'll be at the base in 5 minutes okay then doctors can make sure your okay."
"I want my mommy."
"I know I'm going to call her okay. We're here Loki."
Maria hopped out of the car she didn't even bother to park it or turn off the engine she would do that all later once she was sure Loki was taken care of, she roughly pushed ever agent in her way she had to take Loki to medbay she didn't have time for excuse me's and other formalities. Maria not really caring rushed into the elevator making many other agents who were waiting for the elevator have to wait for the second one, Maria was on a mission to get Loki medical care and if he was still a god he would've been able to heal from this but he wasn't and right now Maria really hated Odin.
"I need a nurse," Maria yelled once they got to medbay with Loki still on her hip
"What can I help you with?" A blonde nurse came up to Maria and Loki
"Um he has been kicked in the stomach repeatedly and I think it might be his appendix and he has a fever."
"Did you do the kicking?" The nurse asks taking Loki away from her and passing him to another nurse who put him down in a bed and started examining him along with a doctor
"What? No, I didn't kick him it was a hydra agent."
"Okay, can I have your name and his name?"
"Maria Hill and Loki." Before the nurse could say anything the nurse who took Loki came over and whispered in her ear
"It might be his appendix but we're going to get an x-ray to prove it and if it is he will be needing surgery."
"Okay um I have to go park my car and talk to the Fury but I'll be back."
"I'll have someone call you if he does need surgery."
Maria left the medical ward heart still racing from everything that happened, god why was this her life Maria now really wanted to be a doctor or a lawyer anything but all this craziness she could never get a break something always had to happen to her. Maria quickly parked her car and ran back inside the building she really had to talk to Fury she couldn't do it Loki wasn't a problematic child she just couldn't deal with a heart attack every time something happens to him. Maria brusted into Fury's office not bothering to knock and she saw Fury sitting at his desk with Natasha who had to stop their conversation to stare at her.
"Hill are you going to explain why the hell you burst into my office without knocking first."
"Sir I found Loki," Maria said closing the door
"Really where is the bastard had me searching for him for a month he owes me an explanation."
"Really where was he?" Natasha asked you could hear the relief in her voice
"Sir you remember the kid from yesterday well that kid is Loki he didn't run away he got kidnapped by Hydra."
"So your saying Hydra turned Loki into a child," Fury asked
"Yes, a 3-year-old child who believes Natasha is his mother."
"WHAT!!!???" Natasha screamed getting out of her chair and Maria was glad she was here to see her reaction because it was priceless
"Why does he think that Romanoff is his mother."
"I don't know but whatever Hydra did to him messed with his mind. Congrats Nat, you're a mother." Maria said with a smirk and receiving a glare from Natasha
"Where is he?" Natasha asked
"He's in medbay he may have a burst appendix after the beating Hydra gave him."
"Take me to him," Natasha said
"I'm going to call the rest of the Avengers and inform them of the situation." Fury said
Natasha who didn't know what to feel about everything she had gone over her head what she ould do when Loki got back but now all those ideas of slapping him and not reading with him anymore evaporated she couldn't do that because he didn't leave on his own free will and he wasn't the Loki she remembered he was now apparently a child who has gone through a lot of trauma and he needed someone to be there for him. Out of the corner of her eye, Natasha could see Maria smirking like an idiot trying to suppress her laugh.
"Wipe that smirk off your face Hill." Natasha heard Maria erupted in a fit of laughter she was lucky they were in the elevator or people would think Maria was mad
"I knew your reaction was going to be priceless but that was I can't even describe how your face looked but it was all worth it."
"How did he know he could trust you?" Natasha asked she knew that she was in Loki's shoes before and she wouldn't trust anyone that easy if they came to save her from the red room
"Oh, you didn't hear apparently I'm Auntie Maria or Ria."
Before Natasha could comment they reached the medical ward and she followed Maria to the front desk where she asked for Loki where Loki was being held and they were directed to room 408 neither Maria nor Natasha said anything as they got closer to Loki's room Natasha thought were running a faster then she could think she didn't know what she would say to Loki but she would just play along even if it hurt her to see someone she considers a friend over the 6 months she knew him as a child and in a bed thinking she was his mother. When they came to Loki's door Maria stopped she turned around to Natasha who raised a questionable eyebrow at Maria.
"Okay, how about you stay out here and be his surprise come in when I say surprise or after." Natasha just nods she needed a minute before she had to face the music and pretend to be something she wasn't like any other mission she was going to do this for Loki and Thor who was also her friend when Maria gave her signal Natasha came in and the room wasn't only with Maria and the little boy with jet black hair and green eyes that screamed the Loki she knew but there was also nurses checking on him.
"Mommy!!" Loki screamed from the bed and Natasha plastered on a smile as she appaorched him
"Hey, Auntie Ria told me you're hurt."
"Yes but I'm okay now."
"That's every good sweetie."
"So you're his mother?" The nurse asked who was a brunette with hazel eyes
"Um yes, will he be needing surgery?"
"No his appendix didn't burst but one more kick and it would have. He is just in pain from the extensive kicking in one spot but we do wanna keep him overnight for his fever that had been going down slightly but that's all."
"Bye Miss Maya," Loki said waving at the nurse who was leaving the room
"Bye Loki get better."
"I will."