Loki x Reader: Into the MCU

Chapter 20

"She at least died trying to do the right thing," Cap chimed in, met by groans from everyone.

"We get that Cap, but she didn't think through her genius plan very much did she?" you asked.

The credits rolled and the theme song started playing.

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"Next!" Clint called out, but Tony snatched the remote before you could grab it.

"Before you continue your zombie marathon, can we get some actual work done?" he asked.

"Since when is work a concern of yours?" Nat asked, sticking out her hand for the remote.

"Again, since I've been told a purple alien intends to kill billions."

"Again, I don't think it's wise to go anywhere without Thor," you said, "So there's not much we can do yet. Besides, we have three years, and I binged this show in like two days."

"Ten minutes in the land of the living," Tony said, walking away with the remote, "Then you can waste two days."

Everyone groaned and got up from their seats, following Tony down the hall to the meeting room. It wasn't until you had gotten up with Clint that you realized Loki had been here the whole time, standing in the back of the group. The amusement of watching The Walking Dead with the Avengers had made you forget about last night, but seeing him brought back all the anger and sadness...but also guilt. You had been unnecessarily rude. Loki had been a jerk with his bruise antics, but that didn't warrant a full-out war. You were just as much a hothead as he was.

The thought of how he hit you popped in your head, and you were quickly back to anger. When taking seats, you were sure to sit farthest from where Tony had placed him.

"Ok, Wren, let's start with a recap," Tony began from the front of the room. "The stones in space are?"

"Space, Reality, Power, and Soul," you answered.

He wrote these up on the holographic screen, which automatically turned his scribbles into printed words.

"And the cube is which one?" he asked.

"The Tesseract is the space stone. It should still be on Asgard, unless the God of Mischief has decided to screw the universe again."

The table turned to Loki expectantly.

"What? Would my promise that it remains in the vaults do anything to ease your minds?" Loki asked angrily.

"No, he's right," you said, "So I guess we'll have to wait and see if it's still there."

"Ok," Tony said, writing 'Asgard' with a question mark next to the space stone.

"And what about the power stone?"

You were about to speak, but hesitated, looking at Loki while you did. He raised an eyebrow at your stare.

"What?" Nat asked.

"I don't think I should reveal these locations in front of him," you said, nodding your head towards Loki.

"Wren, he and Thor are supposed to help us find them," Cap said.

"No, Thor is," you replied, "He isn't even supposed to be here. For all we know he could have some asinine plan to collect the stones himself. Thinking he can change fate by playing everyone and seizing power for himself is the exact stupid thing he'd do. Granted, it'd backfire on him like all his brilliant plans do, but he'd hurt a lot of people along the way as usual."

You had fired the words with so much anger that you were receiving worried looks from everyone.

"What happened to the girl who's done nothing but defend the dude since she arrived?" Rhodey asked.