Trickster took a sip of his cup of tea with bergamot and returned to the laptop.

"Aylin Topaz... Interesting... You're hiding your personality? Smart move but my laptop is smarter...", he mumbled taping the codes.

Now Loki isn't just a trickster, he became a high-qualified hacker. He learned something in New York at 2012 but now his knowledges improved so much. Just a few signs and he can find information about any person.

"I think music won't be superfluous."

Loki turned on the record on the turntable, which stood near the sofa in the living room, then he returned to the computer in the kitchen. During the time that trickster spent on the Earth, he got used to the music here and kind of liked it, he became a music lover, so he could listen to songs from different genres of music.

Loud voices calling for revenge
Cold metal triggers on their fingertips
The midnight streets are running red
Bloody City,
Bloody City,
Bloody City...

After these lines of the song someone knocked the door. Loki opened it and let the lady come in.

"Ms. Gannis? I'm honored, after a week your majesty found a few minutes to finally visit me."

"Shut up, you know I was busy. You better tell me what's up with the army?", Christina answered walking into the kitchen.

"I found a girl, I'm exploring her. Turkish FBI agent, easy to catch. How are things on your front? Wanna drink tea, by the way?"

"Not bad idea. On my front everything is great. The building for new Hydra is ready to work, right next to your prison for the army."

"My congrats. I'd like to see it.", Loki said pouring the tea in the cup.

"And I'd like to know why does your prison need so much money? And why are you always wearing a suit, even at home? I wouldn't be surprised, if you was sleeping in it."

"Firstly, suits are the only noble clothes here. Secondly, I have pajamas. Thirdly, I spent so much money on the prison to make mortals feel comfortable. I'm not a maniac, I'm not interested in watching people in pain. They get enough from the countrymen. I'm just doing my work and get paid for it. Well... Maybe sometimes I enjoy it but the other part. Also, I need them strong and healthy, not weak and exhausted."

"Well, this words make sense."

"Do you have people who works there, in Hydra's building?", trickster sat near the woman.

"Yes, of course. Leftovers of the old Hydra. And in case you're wondering where I get the money, it's Hydra's legacy that was left for me to continue this work. Also, I have my own army that can protect me and Hydra. It's not that big but helpful."

"And how did you make them work for you? Money again?"

"No, easier. Brainwashing. These people don't even aware of what they are doing in their free time... I called this team The hunters."

"I can't believe that everything is working like a clockwork."

"For the first time in your life you're winning... Must feel magnificent."

"It does feel magnificent."

"Very personal question... Do you miss your home?"

"Home?", he giggled, "This is my home, look around. Everything is exactly as I want it to be. I'm not homeless, thanks God."

"No, I mean Asgard, your family?"

"Asgard? No, Earth is better. Family? Huh... I don't have it...", Loki mumbled sadly adding a couple of sugar cubes in his tea. He tried to seem absolutely comfortable with this question.

"Okay then, see you there tomorrow at 3 o'clock. Oh, and one more thing.", Gannis said taking a disk from her bag, "This new program will do everything for you. Just upload it and you'll be commanding what to do to the laptop, while making a morning tea."

"Oh, I like this.", he took the disk.

***

"Mr. Thor! Good to see you!", Parker exclaimed when he saw Thor coming out of the Quill's spaceship.

"Hi, Spidey. Good to see you, your majesty.", Thor said bowing to Valkyrie.

"As I said, I changed a few things here."

"I see...", Thor answered looking around at the lawn, beautiful flowers and fountains around.

"New Asgard is blossoming...", the demi-god added proudly.

Valkyrie invited everyone to the new palace of Asgard. It wasn't as gorgeous as in old Asgard, wasn't made from gold, wasn't big but still beautiful for Earth' standards. There was a swimming pool.

"Earthlings call this a villa but for now it's an alternative palace.", Valkyrie explained.

***

God of mischief was going to the cinema at night to watch the movie about Thanos' snap but it didn't happen because of the interesting meeting. He decided to cut the way and go through the dark streets where bandits like to hang out. He was safe, simple mortals can't hurt him, he's much more stronger. He entered the passage between two tall buildings and saw a bunch of hooligans that were beating someone.

"Step back, assholes, before I turn all of you into corpses.", Loki shouted.

"Who are you? Guys, look at this puny creature!", one of the boys giggled.

"Ah, shit, here we go again...", trickster mumbled walking towards the boys angrily, ready to fight.

A couple of fists disbanded the boys and they ran away. The man, who was beaten, was lying on the asphalt unconsciously. He had a long blonde hair, a beard, which obviously wasn't shaved for a long time, and a beer belly. Loki came closer to help him to get up.

"Hey, mister, are you okay?", Loki rubbed his shoulder.

There was no answer. Trickster decided to take him to the more bright place. The man was really heavy, Loki sweat carrying him on the asphalt. Finally they reached the lamp, so God of mischief made out the face features...

"Thor?", he whispered with a big confusion.

His eyes widened and he couldn't decide what to do: leave him or help him?

"Wait... Are you drunk?", he asked and bended over to smell him.

"Beer...", he whispered again.

'What am I gonna do? Okay, I hate him but why would he drink this much that he couldn't even move to push back the hooligans? I think it wouldn't be bad, if I asked him what was going on for the last few years... And how are you going to explain the fact that you're alive? C'mon, I'm a God of mischief...'

Loki tried to wake Thor up.

"Hey, hey, wake up, we need to go.", he was patting Thor's face.

After a few more tries God of thunder woke up and barely opened his eyes. The view was dull, like the curtains were hanging before his eyes, but he recognized those brilliant green-blue eyes and this painfully familiar voice.

"Are you...", he mumbled with a hoarse and tired voice.

"Hey, it's me, your brother Loki, you idiot! Wake up!"

"I drank so much, it's just a hallucination..."

"Look at me! Hey, you moron, look at me! It's not a hallucination, I am real and you drank really much like an old alcoholic!", Loki slapped Thor's face.

"Loki? You're alive!", Thor suddenly gasped and sat up.

"Yes, yes, I am, now let's go home...", Loki teleported both of them in his house.

"Okay, brother, lay down here, on the sofa, I'm gonna make a cup of coffee for you.", he said covering Thor with the green blanket, while he was slumbering.

Loki brought a coffee in the white cup, helped Thor to sat on the sofa and watered him with the drink. Thor drank the whole cup and finally recovered.

"You... You little dork... You're still alive!", Thor shouted and picked Loki by his collar of the shirt. He was so pissed off. Trickster was frightened.

"Hey, calm down, I can explain it, I can-"

"Do you know how much I mourned you?! Do you know how much I struggled with the guilt?!"

Thor's eyes were full of sadness, pain and disappointment. Loki's face expression changed immediately, when he saw how desperate and vulnerable his brother became. Thor let Loki go. Then he pulled down his head looking at the floor. Trickster sat near him on the sofa.

"I'm-... I'm sorry...", Loki whispered.

"You'll never change, brother... Never... What were you doing this time? What's your plan?"

"I don't have any plan. I didn't lied to you, I wanted to meet you as much as you did."

"What did prevent you? Tell me, what happened?"

Loki sighed, stood up and started to narrate.

"You didn't check my pulse, did you?"

"You know, when your brother, with whom you started to get along only recently, is dead, laying before you and your spaceship is about to explode, pulse is the last thing to care about."

"I don't know the specifics but I found myself on another planet, and it turned out that I was in coma for 3 years. Then the civilians of that planet left me here, on the Earth."

"Where have you been for last 3 years?

"I thought you were dead because when I arrived here, there was no sign of you being alive. Everything was messed up after the snap. I tried to start a new life here and when I was totally persuaded that you didn't survive the snap, I heard the news about the second snap but it was too late, you left the Earth..."

There was a silence for a minute but then Loki asked, "Why are you like this? What is this belly? What is this beard? What happened to my muscular brother?"

"Life is... Cruel to him for the last few years... I see you changed your image too. What is this bun? And beard..."

"I don't want to be recognized by anyone... New York events, you know..."

"You are ashamed of what you did, aren't you?"

Loki thought for a while trying to understand, does he really regret that? Was it a mistake? Then he answered without lying, "I was very angry... And broken... The news about my parentage made me go crazy, I didn't realize that these deeds won't change anything... Also, I understood that... There's no need to prove myself to someone. It's so unnecessary and stupid. I don't want to be dependent on others' opinion... That's all...", he placed his hands behind.

"Wow, brother, these words are wise... You really have grown. Finally."

"Oh, shut up, who's saying that? Little, reckless, arrogant and silly pseudohero?"

They both giggled... Thor got up, stood before Loki, hold his shoulders, proudly looked in his joyfully smirking eyes, and suddenly hugged his brother. Loki didn't expect this but how warm and pleasant this hug felt... He hugged Thor back, tightly, smiling and closing his eyes, enjoying this moment and realizing how much he really loves and misses his brother... Thor was his real brother... Not so-called brother... He was his family...

"I missed you, brother...", Thor said.

"Me too... So much...", Loki whispered.