Chapter 2
Anthony Edward Stark, Visionary, Genius, American Patriot, That's what they called him. But if you ask him he would tell, billionaire genius playboy philanthropist and of course Loki's son. Not that he would tell anyone, since no one would believe him. Loki was a constant in Tony's life. He was always there for him. When he was ignored by Howard, Loki was the one who held him and gave all the care in the world. Right now Tony just wanted his mom, to reassure him that everything will be okay. Loki was always good with words, of course he's called the silver tongue for a reason. Tony looked up at the sky from where he was lying on the beach. He tried to pin point where Asgard was. He wondered whether his mom was in Asgard or not.
"JARVIS? What time is it?"
"It's 3 am in the morning sir."
"Thanks J" Tony sighed and stood up to go back. He walked back to his mansion. It had been a long day. Press conferences, Board meetings, Galas and whatnot. Tony entered his Lab and went to one of the screens that lit up the lab. He was sure that he was not going to get any sleep, so he opened a file for a new suit and started working on it. After a few hours he completed the design and started to hack SHIELD files just for the fun of it. He spent few minutes going through files when he came across a Top secret file. 'THOR'.
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Loki held on to the Odin's Gungnir. He looked up to see Odin holding Thor's leg.
"Loki! brother please!" Thor held out his other arm for Loki to take. Loki looked at it and back to Odin. He didn't see anything that he wanted, he thought he'd see disappointment, but he only saw Love, care and regret with sadness in his face. Loki reached up and grabbed Thor's arm. Thor lifted Loki and hugged him, while Loki hanged on to Thor. He felt tears running down his face and a old but strong hand wiped them away. He looked up to see Odin looking at him with a small smile. Odin helped Thor and Loki up and they slowly made their way towards the Golden Castle.
After two days, Loki make his way towards Odin's study. He was nervous, he rubbed his hands on his linen pants as he knocked on the door.
"Enter" Came the voice of Odin All-father. Loki slowly opened the door and walked inside.
"Loki! What is it son?" Loki looked up surprised to hear Odin still calling him son.
"You still call me son? After everything I did?"
"Loki, You made a grave mistake, yes. But I must admit I also made a mistake. I should have told you about your true parentage. The reason I kept it from you was, I didn't want you to feel like a outsider in our family. And even though you are Jotun, I still see you as a son. And you always will be, no matter what you do." Loki stayed silent for a few minutes mulling over what Odin said. Finally he opened his mouth to speak.
"I'm Sorry for letting my anger take the best of me. I understand now, I understand why you did what you did, and I really am Sorry. I always felt like I was not good enough and when I found out about me being a Jotun, I thought that was the reason." Loki took a deep breath and looked up to see Odin looking at him with such love, even after what he had done, he felt like crying like a child.
"I came to give my assistance in restoring the Bi-frost. I have done some research and found some runes that will make the Bi-frost like it was before."
"Thank you Loki, You may join your mother and start working on it." Odin said pride coloring his voice. He understood that he needed to show his love and acceptance for Loki to understand that he is accepted in the family.
"I will, Thank you.. Father." With that Loki left the Odin's study and joined his mother in the reconstruction of the Bi-frost.
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"JARVIS, what is this?"
"I believe it is related to the incident in New Mexico few days ago." Tony continue to stare at the file with his uncle's name. Tony quickly opened the file and read through it.
"JARVIS, find all you can about this New Mexico incident."
"Right away sir." Tony went through the SHIELD files once more, hoping to find some kind of a indication about his mom.
"Sir I have gathered all the information available for me."
"Show me J." Screen in front of him filled with all document after documents. Tony started to read all the articles about Mjolnir and how there were competitions to lift it. He watched the video feed from the fight between Thor and the metal monster that was sent from Asgard to kill Thor. But Tony was stuck reading one line again and again. More specifically one word, a name, 'Loki'. Tony swallowed hard and continued reading about the incident. But his mind kept replaying his mother's name. Tony turned off the screens and left his lab. He checked the time to see that it was 11 am. He had spent more than 8 hours in his lab. He quickly dressed in a 3 piece suit and left the mansion and towards the Stark Tower construction site to get his mind out of his mother. He couldn't afford to get lost in 'why' questions in his mind. Like 'why Loki didn't look for him?'. Tony quickly shook his mind and listened to what the constructors were saying.
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Loki fell in to his bed and let a sigh escape his lips. He had been casting the spells and runes needed for the Bi-frost for four days and now finally it was finished. All it needed was time to construct itself. Loki rubbed his temples as a headache started to form. It felt like his head is slit open. He groaned and turned to his side and clutched his head as the pain increased. Slowly one by one what looked like blocked memories started to fill his mind.
"Mommy!"
"Look I did it!" "Yes My little one you did it"
"Come on Mom! It's not that bad."
"I'm gonna miss you" "I will be missing you too son"
"Merry Christmas Mom!"
"Aw Rhodey sent a new tool kit"
"Mom I want to see Asgard"
"Be good okay?"
Loki watched his memories of a child who called him mother. Loki felt exhausted after the pain subdued and fell asleep dreaming about the child who cuddled to him at night.
Next day was a sunny day at Asgard. Birds were flying around singing songs that no one knew. Golden rays of the sun made the castle glitter merrily. In side the castle Loki stalked the halls towards the Odin All-father's study. Everyone got out of the youngest prince's way when they saw his furious expression. Loki opened the doors to the Odin's study with a bang and stalked inside. Odin looked up from where he was reading some scrolls. He opened his mouth but Loki started to talk first.
"Why did you do it?"
"What are you talking about son?" Odin looked at Loki with confusion. Loki calmed down a little as he saw that and took a deep breath to control his rage.
"You! You took him away from me." Seeing Odin was still confused about what he was talking Loki elaborated.
"My son! You took him away! You erased my memories, Well now I got them back. Just tell me, why did you do it?" Loki asked the last part in a whisper. Odin saw the broken expression on Loki's face and sighed.
"I did what I thought was the best for you my son."
"What was best for me? I could have gone back to him after I recovered! He knew who I was, so he must have been waiting for me! And now for nearly two decades he had to grow up without me!" Loki nearly shouted the last words at Odin.
"What are you talking about son, I thought he died in that accident. I searched for him for hours son. I could not find him any where."
"What? No! He wasn't with us, he was at school that day."
"Oh Loki... I'm terribly sorry for my mistake." Odin felt like he had again betrayed his son. If only he had searched a little more..
Loki saw that his father was not lying and had really not know. He felt his anger diminish a little.
"Father Please, let me go to Midgard and find him." Just as he said that Thor came into the room.
"Father! Brother!"
"Please wait a moment Thor, I'm having a important discussion with your Brother." Odin interrupted Thor before he could say more. He then turned his attention back to Loki.
"And Loki, my son as I have made the mistake of keeping you from him, you may go to Midgard and find him. I know you have other means of travel other than Bi-frost to cross the realms."
"Thank you father. And if he would let me, I will bring him to meet you."
"I would be delighted to meet him my son." Loki left the study and went to his room to get ready for the travel. Just as he was leaving his room Thor came to meet him.
"Loki, who are you going to meet in Midgard?" Loki looked at Thor and saw that he was a little bit jealous about him getting to visit Midgard. Loki thought about lying, but changed his mind and answered truthfully.
"My son."
"Son?"
"Yes, You can ask father. I have to go now. Good bye brother." With that Loki left the Castle and started to walk towards the abandoned paths that was used before Bi-frost's creation to cross the realms.
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"Father, Loki said he has a son in Midgard, Is it true?" Thor entered Odin's study.
"Yes Thor, Your brother used to visit Midgard, and one time he fell in love with a mortal man when Loki was in a female disguise. During that he got married with this man and had a child. I was angry at first but, seeing your brother happy with his child I didn't question him. But one day Loki came back gravely injured and when I searched for his son, I couldn't find him. I made the mistake of blocking Loki's memories of the child without waiting for your brother to awake. He came to me today to ask why I did it when he unblocked his memories."
"So now he's off to Midgard looking for his son?"
"Yes Thor. Once the Bi-frost is finished you may go to your mortal lover, and maybe you will get to meet your nephew." Thor brighten up a little more at that and went off to see the progress of the Bi-frost. He wished his brother luck as he looked at the vast universe beneath the Bi-frost.
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Loki made his way through the old and unused paths that lead to Midgard. He used his magic to see clear in the darkness that spread and to guide him through the unknown. Suddenly he heard a rustling sound form behind. He quickly took out his daggers and turned around. Loki slowly let his magic out and sensed one presence behind him. He slowly turned and started to walk again keeping a eye and a ear out for the unknown enemy who was now following him. He again turned to his right when he saw a blue light from the side. Loki kept his eyes on the light and looked up to see a ugly looking creature looking back at him. Loki didn't have time to think about the creature's appearance as the creature attacked him. Loki dodged to the left and threw a dagger right back. Loki was about to throw another but suddenly his attacker vanished from sight. Loki tried to find where the attacker went but his magic couldn't detect anything. Loki was about to try again but felt a sharp pain in the back of his head. He fell to the ground clutching his head and the last thing he saw was the bright blue color coming from a scepter before his vision went black.
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Tony looked up from where he was looking at his phone to see that the board meeting was over. He checked the time to see that he ha enough time to get something to eat before he had to attend another meeting. He went towards the cafe area and looked at all the food that was served. He made his way through the buffet style food table and stopped to look at the Italian section.
**Flashback**
Tony made his way through the manor towards the kitchen. He saw his mother near the cooker making something.
"Hey Mom! Whatcha making?"
"use proper words Anthony. And I'm making pasta for dinner."
"Pasta? Cool I love your pasta. Is Howard coming?"
"No Anthony, Your father is busy with some work." Loki sent a sad smile Tony's way and placed the pasta on the table. Tony quickly took a plate and started to fill it with pasta.
"Mom really, this is the BEST pasta EVER. No one can beat you. Do you have pasta in Asgard?" Loki started laughing and sat down beside Tony with a plate.
"No Anthony we do not have pasta in Asgard and thank you for your compliment."
"Always so formal." Tony grumbled and Loki smiled amused at his son's antics. They ate in comfortable silence until Tony got bored of the silence.
"Hey Mom? let's play never have I ever..."
**End Flashback**
" Mr. Stark?" Tony came out of his flashback when someone called him and sent a smile and quickly made his way to the meeting room again for another round of boring meetings. But right then, his mind was occupied with memories of his mother. How he wished to meet him again.
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Loki woke up to see that he was inside some kind of a battle ship. He slowly got up and saw the creature who captured him kneeling before a giant purple color man. The Mad Titan, Thanos Loki thought horrified as he listened to them.
"Ah look, our guest, he's awake." Thanos told the creature and they made their way towards Loki.
"What do you want from me?" Loki asked as he tried to access his magic but failed.
"Ah Loki, the silver tongue, the trickster, your tricks will not work with me. And as to What I want, I want you to serve me."
"I will never bow down to a pathetic creature like you." Loki spat angrily as he tried to access his magic.
"Ah then we will have to make you agree, don't we? Don't worry once we are finished with you, you will agree to take over Earth." Loki felt his blood run cold at that.
"No" He rasped out feeling sick. He tried to think about something else, something that was not his little Anthony. Thanos just laughed at that and pointed the scepter at Loki. Loki felt someone try to enter his mind, but he resisted it with all his might. He hide all the memories of his son in a corner of his mind. Loki tried to stop the intruder but without his magic to help him, he wasn't able to stop Thanos from accessing his mind. After what felt like hours Loki lost the battle and felt his mind getting taken over. Oh Anthony Loki thought as a lone tear escaped his eye as he lost the control of his mind.
"Tell him our battle plans, tell him our goal, When he's ready send him to take over that mortal plain. He will be a great asset to us. After he collect the Tessaract, the Universe will be mine."
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"Tony?"
"Yeah Pep?"
"I need you to sign these." Pepper held out a stack of papers for Tony to sign. Tony signed them and handed them back.
"So how is the tower doing?"
"It's going fantastic and by next year we will be able to open it and move the SI head office there."
"That's good Pep. Well I'm off to tinker with something. I'll see you after your meetings tomorrow."
"Okay, will that be all Mr. Stark?"
"Yes, That will be all Ms. Potts." Tony smiled after Pepper left and went downstairs to his lab. Tony looked at all the metal and tools on his table and absently played with a ball of magic in his hand. He looked at the magic dancing around his fingers in little wisps and turned it to a little dragon. He watched as the dragon fly around his work shop and turned to see one of the gauntlet on the table. He looked back at the magic dragon and let a little smile come to his face and started to make modifications to his armor, so it can be powered by magic together with the arc reactor. He worked for hours when he suddenly felt something. He looked around to see what could have made him feel like that, it was like some one called out to him. He waited to see if he will feel it again but shrugged it off and went back to work after a few minutes.
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"The Tessaract has awakened. It is on a little world, a human world. They would wield its power, but our ally knows its workings as they never will. He is ready to lead, and our force, our Chitauri, will follow. A world will be his. The universe, yours. And the humans, what can they do but burn?"