Dad made the decision to follow Thor and Loki while Steve was putting on a parachute.

"Hey Nat, Im'a go and find Loki," I call out, readying myself to jump down the open hatch.

"Be-" before Nat can finish her sentence, Cap sighed, exasperated

"How are you so confident that this child is gonna survive the fall!?" He exclaimed. Nat and I rolled our eyes.

"She may be a Stark-"

"Hey!"

"-but she's as responsible as a 50 year old," Nat finished.

"I'm five, not 50," I roll my eyes again, as an energy field formed around me.

"Just saying," she shrugged her shoulders teasingly.

"See you soon guys," I wave, and jumped down. The energy field glowed brightly, as I used my control over air to help me glide easily. The feeling of rush and freedom encased me like silk, as I sighed, missing the feel of using my powers. I can't wait to go home, I thought, remembering our house in Malibu. The sunsets on the rooftop with Mom and Dad, while watching the waves lapping at the shore. The strong wind that blew my hair back, and just having to sit down on the ledge while we ate the creme brûlée that I made. The life of only having to worry about dad being late on meetings and mom forgetting to buy me that ingredient that I wanted for a new recipe. I sigh.

My semi-normal life. I miss that.

Spotting Loki sat down on a cliff, I dived in for him, and landed with a soft thud with my feet. He made no indications that he heard me. Meh. I sat down next to him, removing my energy field.

"Why are you here?" He asked quietly, eyes still trained on Thor and Dad.

"Thought that I'd keep my eyes on you," I shrug. "So, you know, you don't run off."

He laughs quietly. "I can't believe, not in a million years, that I, Loki, the God of Mischief, got my arse 'handed' by a five year old!" He exclaims, laughing fully. I laugh quietly, taking note of how he used a 'Midgardian' term that I taught him.

"Butt-handed?" I asked laughing quietly. "Of all the things you could have said to me, you bring up the fact that I handed you your butt?"

Loki and I laughed. Wow, it's like we're two different people!

But then, I saw the image of him dangling off of the Rainbow Bridge, a tear running down his cheek, as he let go, completely oblivious that I was watching him plummet down to his supposed death. I stopped laughing, as a heavy silence fell on us.

Through the coms, I can hear dad make fun of Thor.

"Shakespeare in the park? Doth mother know you weareth her drapes?" I can see dad doing some hand gestures. I roll my eyes. Typical.

"Careful old man," I sent him a telepathic message.

"Where are you?" Dad answered back, more like thought of it since our blood and mind link was really strong.

"Up on a cliff, next to Loki," I answered, as I saw dad's head tip to our direction.

"I trust that you won't do anything stupid, okay?"

"Out of the two of us, who do you think is irresponsible? Me? Or you?" I ask him pointedly.

"Yeah, yeah, shut up," he paused. "I love you, E."

I smile to myself.

"I love you too, Dad."

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Dad and I got out of the jet, as Loki was handcuffed and escorted to his cell by a dozen agent. While making our way inside, Phil called us in to the bridge to escort us to a room where we can watch the interrogation that Fury was doing on Loki. But, you know, seeing as I'm next to dad, we'll probably miss it.

As Dad talked about Phil's love life, I can hear the voice of Nat through a steel door.

"He killed 80 people in two days," Nat said, a bit annoyed.

"He's adopted," Thor reasoned. Yep, they're talking 'bout Loki.

"Iridium, what did they need it for?" i heard Doctor Banner ask.

"It's a stabilizing agent," Dad answered,  implying that he heard what I heard. I inwardly rolled my eyes. Dad learned that from me.

"I'll fly you there, keep the love alive," dad said to Coulson then turned back to the group. "Means the portal won't collapse on itself like it did at SHIELD."

Dad passed by Thor. "No hard feeling Point Break, you've got a mean swing," Dad said, as he patted Thor's shoulder. Thor scoffed, clearly annoyed.

"Also, it means that the portal can open as wide, and as long, as Loki wants," Dad continued, referring to the Iridium.

Dad set me next to Nat, winking at me. I tilt my head confused. What's he up to?

Dad stepped up on Fury's command console, and turned to the crew, "Uh, raise the mid-mast, ship the top sails. That man is playing Galaga! Thought we wouldn't notice, but we did!" He exclaimed, and emphasized 'notice'. Okay... So dad wants me to watch his every move, so I would 'notice' what he's gonna do.

I looked around at all of them, to see that they were paying attention to dad, but not enough attention.

Dad covered one of his eyes, and looked around."How does Fury see in this?" He asked.

"He turns," Agent Hill and I answered. I looked at her, and smiled, and she smiled back.

"Sounds exhausting," dad remarked, putting his hand that's covering his eye, down.

Dad started to play with the computers on Fury's console, as I watched one of his hand put something on a USB port. It looked like a hacking implant, but it was barely noticeable. Dad's in so much trouble.

"The rest of the raw materials, Agent Barton can get his hands on pretty easily," dad said, as he looked through the data on the computer.

"The only major component he really needs now is a power source," I add to what dad was gonna say. He looked at me, pride in his eyes.

"That's right, a high energy density, something to kickstart the cube," Dad said, his voice proud. "Good job Mini Stark."

I giggle, and curtsy, "Why thank you, Older Stark."

"Since when did you become an expert in thermonuclear astrophysics?" Agent Hill asked.

"Last night, the packet, Selvig's notes? The Extraction Theory Papers? Am I the only one who did the reading?" dad asked, looking around.

"I read it, you and I both, idiot," I said, giving him a playful glare. Dad rolled his eyes playfully.

"Aside from you, younger idiot."

"Does Loki need any particular kind of power source?" Cap asked, breaking dad and I's banter.

"Spoil-sport," I heard dad grumble beside me.

"I know," I whisper to him, and he coughed to cover his laugh.

"He's got to heat the cube to a hundred twenty million Kelvin just to break through the Coulomb barrier," Bruce spoke up. I nodded my head.

"That's right, but," I paused, when dad continued what I was gonna say.

"Unless Selvig has figured out how to stabilize the quantum tunneling effect," dad pointed out.

"If he can do that then he could achieve Heavy Ion Fusion at any reactor in the planet," Bruce concluded.

Dad sighed in relief. "Finally, someone who speaks English." Dad walked over to Bruce, as I followed after him.

"Is that what just happened?" I heard Cap ask.

Dad shook Bruce's hand, a I saw their eyes glimmer with mutual respect. These two are gonna get along.

"It's good to meet you, Dr. Banner. Your work on anti-electron collisions is unparalleled," Dad paused. "And I'm a huge fan of the way you lose control and turn into a green rage monster."

Bruce looked flustered, and a bit amused, as his gaze flickered to me. I smile sheepishly. Dr. Banner looks down.

"Thanks," Bruce answered. And then, One-Eyed Wonder came in.

"Dr. Banner is only here to track the cube, I was hoping you can join him and Elise," Nick said.

"Let's start with that stick of his," Steve piped in. "It may be magical, but it works an awful lot luke a HYDRA weapon."

"I don't know about that, but it is powered by the cube," Nick answered. "And I'd like to know how Loki used it to turn two of the sharpest men I know into his personal flying monkeys." I giggle at the last part.

"Flying monkeys? I do not understa-" Thor was cut off by Steve.

"I do!" Steve exclaimed, like an excited child. He cleared his throat, a bit embarrassed as Dad and I rolled our eyes. "I understood the reference."

"Shall we play? Doctor? Princess?" Dad asked, handing me a hand. I took it.

"Let's play some."