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“You are going to tell me exactly who this Thanos is right now, or so help me.” Nick Fury said Loki scoffed as if he was going to be ordered around. “You are not my boss,” Loki replied. He may not look his best, but he would never listen to some human who decided they got the authority to order Loki around. Bucky knew this wouldn’t turn out well. “You are on my planet and under my gestation, so yes, I am the boss around here. You are going to do exactly what I say.” Nick Fury said Loki considered this for a minute before replying, “And what do I get out of it?” Loki said Nick Fury seemed taken aback by this answer, “You won’t go to jail for your long list of crimes. I’m being generous right now by not throwing you in a cell, so are you going to cooperate.” Nick Fury asked Loki to consider the options he could take to beat the Avengers in a good state, but he was far from anything good. Also, being a good guy for a bit wouldn’t hurt and would most definitely lift Thor’s spirit “Fine.” Loki replied. A huge smile grew on Thor's face, and he hugged Loki very tight. “I’m so proud of you,” Thor muttered into Loki’s shoulder. “The second you, well, you are going to explain everything you know about this.” Nick Fury said, walking out of the room, “Welcome to the club.” Bucky said, clapping Loki on the shoulder and walking out. Now they were alone, the brothers and the camera in the corner, which Loki had noticed the second they walked in. He knew they were watching and wasn’t too enthused about that idea but breaking the camera might not send the best image; the only way that Loki would sleep was if he knew that it was safe, but for the moment, he needed to make sure Thor was fine he came second. Soon enough, Thor was asleep lying on Loki.
Loki mostly sat there and decided to sit there and come up with a plan for what he should do: The mind, time, and space stones all remained on Earth. Thanos had the power stone, and the soul stone was on Vormir. And the reality stone was with the collector. So, which stone would Thanos go for first? He mentioned the Mind stone and the time stone, so he doesn’t know where the reality or soul stone is, and Loki knew where every stone was. Having one in his possession, he had the advantage. All he had to do was get some help to enact his plan. Maybe they could win this war after all; soon after, he drifted to a dreamless sleep from the lack of energy and will to remain awake.
“So what is our game plan?” Steve asked. Tony was still avoiding him like the plague, but they couldn’t be sitting ducks. “We need Loki's information. He seems to know more about this than we do.” Natasha said, “he’s out right now, and so is Thor, and until they have enough energy to help, we need to rely on our own resources. Vision, do you know anything about the stones.” Tony said, glancing at Vision, “I know very little about the stones, but I do know that six exist and that there are three in this building at the moment.” Vision announced; Wanda watched him. She was wary of him doing this. “Which are they?” Tony asked Doctor Strange and replied, “The mind stone, space stone, and the time stone; I have the time stone in the eye of Agamotto, Vision has the Mind stone in his head, and Loki has the space stone somewhere.” Everyone considered this answer: “And how many does this Thanos have.” Steve asked. No one seemed to reply until Bruce spoke up. He had been mostly quiet since he arrived on earth. “Thanos has the power stone, at least as I saw,” Bruce said. “We have great odds then, 3 to 1; we have the advantage now. Where the other two are, the question is whether we can get to them first. He has no chance of beating, right?” Tony said, “We’ve gotten to the point where we have to stop for today because until the gods wake up, we won’t be able to do anything else.” Natasha said. Everyone seemed to agree, to nod, “ok, you heard her. Everyone has a good night’s rest because we get this show on the road tomorrow.” Tony said he walked over to the kid, asking him if he wanted to leave, but Peter was adamant that he needed to be there if the Avengers were going to war. Bruce walked over to the med bay to check on the brothers. Thor was asleep on Loki's lap as Loki was sleeping, leaning on the pillow. They seemed a little worse for ware, but Bruce walked out to his room peacefully. Tomorrow was going to be a big day.