The Avengers were all on their way to the Quinjet when Thor suddenly freezes. "Loki..?"

The rest of the Avengers turn to look at the god of thunder as he stares vaguely off into the distance. They look where he is gazing but find nothing there. "Thor? What are you talking about? Loki isn't here."

Thor glances at Iron Man before turning to Scarlet Witch. "He is in my mind right now."

Hawkeye grunts. "Great, he is trying to take us down by using Thor."

"Not at all. He is sending me a message about where he is. Quick, Witch, connect all of our minds so you can see as well." Thor urges the mutant woman.

Scarlet Witch glances at her brother before nodding. She waves her hands at everyone's heads as she connects all of the Avengers minds.

Immediately, the Avengers wince when they see Speed and Wiccan writhing in pain on the ground, Speed's face bloodied and Wiccan's expression contorted with agony.

The group of heroes see a man standing above them with a device in his hands, glaring down at the twins. He presses a button and they stop twitching. Instantly, Wiccan rolls over and vomits, the traces of blood not going unnoticed by the Avengers.

Bruce turns his head, trying to push the images out of his head.

The twins crawl to each other, checking the other over for permanent damage before turning to glare at the man with the device, who was unfazed by their expressions. "Ah, ah, ah! I wouldn't do what you're thinking about doing, young ones. After all, with just a click of this button, I can take away your free will and make you my mindless puppets." Their eyes widened at that and they clutched each other's hands. The man smirked. "Hm, why don't I do just that? You two have been nothing but trouble for me ever since we woke you up."

The Avengers watched as Wiccan turned to the rest of the captives, panic in his eyes. "Forget what I said before, don't let them do this to us! Don't let them take away our free will and our souls!" The head scientist  was fiddling with the device, ignoring the teens. "Please! Intervene! Stop him before he - "

"Ah, there it is." The head scientist pressed a button and the twin's expressions immediately went slack as they let go of each other, kneeling obediently before the man. He walked up to them and pat the tops of their heads, turning to look at the other six teens. "Let this be a lesson to the rest of you. Obey my every command while your mind, body, and souls are still your own. Choose not to and you will have the same fate as Speed and Wiccan here."

Gulping, the Avengers continued to observe through Loki's eyes as the man walked away from the teens, leaving the ebony haired teen girl to approach the two catatonic brothers. She waved a hand in front of their faces, getting no response. She shuddered. "Hey, Billy? Tommy? This is all an act, right? You're not really under his complete control, right?"

The brothers turned to the girl in sync, their eyes void of any emotion or thought. "Who are Billy and Tommy?"

The girl gasped, stepping back away from them. She looked to the other five, guilt and regret on her face. "What have we done? We should have stopped that devil from doing this to them!"

"What could we have done, Bishop? If we tried anything, we would've ended up in the same state." Loki whispered harshly.

Thor clenched his fists at the sound of his brother's voice. "Loki..."

"We have to tread carefully now if we don't wish to suffer the same fate as those two."

Grimacing at the thought of his brother becoming someone's mindless puppet, Thor squeezed his eyes shut.

"Loki is right. We need to be extra careful, especially around the brothers and the man who did this to them."

"Exactly. Alleyne has the spirit.  We must obey them if we wish to keep ourselves intact. We will find a way to bring the twins back, but we can't do that if we are in the same boat as them. Any objections? Altman? Chavez? Lang?" Loki stared at the remaining three, who had stayed quiet during the whole ordeal. 

When a blond teen came into Loki's view,  the Avengers gaped at his green skin. "He was our fake Hulk! The Skrull!"

The Skrull narrowed his eyes at the god of mischief. "Why do you keep referring to all of us by our last name? What are you - "

Loki cut him off with a glare, gesturing with just his eyes at the twins that still stood a dozen feet away from them. "Whatever do you mean? I always refer to all of you by your last names." He grit out. "After all, how would you know who I am talking about if I did not? Would you prefer I call you each by your full name, Teddy Altman?"

"That is just weird." The Afro-Latina girl snorted. 

"That it is, America Chavez."

"Well, David Alleyne, a true prodigy can be unnerved by something. Who would've known." The blonde girl giggled at something as she spoke. 

"That was a bad one, Cassie Lang." The ebony haired girl chuckled.

"I thought it was funny, Kate Bishop." Loki snickered. 

Bruce looked at his fellow Avengers. "They are giving us their names, and by doing so helping us figure out who they are and their abilities, but playing it off as a joke." He smiled proudly. "Smart kids." 

"That must mean they most likely didn't volunteer for Hydra." Steve clenched his fists. 

"Wait, did Loki say Cassie Lang?" Sam looked to the other Avengers, who nodded. "That's the name of Scott Lang's daughter. You know, Ant-Man?"

The heroes' eyes widened. Things just got even more personal.

Vision eyed the other heroes, having been running checks on the names he had been given from the mind stream. "I have information on the teens."

"Care to share?" Natasha drawled, checking over her weaponry. 

"Certainly. Kate Bishop, a seventeen year old from New York City. She is from a wealthy family, kidnapped from her elite camp. She is an exceptional archer as well as martial artist. She has been missing for two months. Cassandra Lang, thirteen year old daughter of Scott Lang, otherwise known as Ant-Man. She was kidnapped on her way home from middle school three weeks ago. David Alleyne, a mutant with the power to absorb the knowledge of those around him. He was taken from Xavier's School nearly a month ago. America Chavez...no information on her can be found. It is like she does not exist. Theodore Altman, a high school student from New York...his mother sold him to Hydra for a hefty price due to his alien hybrid status. He is both Skrull and Kree. " Vision explained. "Then we have Loki, Thor's younger brother. Billy and Tommy, the twins Hydra created who are now seemingly completely under their control." 

Wanda shuddered at the thought. 

Pietro saw this and squeezed her hand. "We'll rescue them, all of them. Don't worry."

Wanda smiled at her brother. "I know. I just hope I can undo any damage that bastard did to them."

Tony cleared his throat. "We are approaching Ukrainian airspace."

Steve stood up. "Avengers...prepare yourselves. This is going to be a battle unlike any other."