Chapter 2 - Those Left Behind
Thor storms into the tower in the middle of meeting anger and rage on his face. "Where is (Name)?" He yells out making the rooms occupants all look around at each other in confusion. "I will not ask again, where is my sister?"
"Woah, what's going on?" Steve asks as he rounds the corner the commotion catching his attention.
"(Name) is missing," Thor adds as his brother walks in behind him with anger in his eyes. "Where is my sister?"
"I don't know, she didn't come in for her mission for the last few days. I thought she was just taking some time off after..." Steve trails off his brow furrowing in concern.
"After what?" Loki asks moving to stand between Steve and his brother.
"After her and Bucky ended things." Steve concludes taking Loki in surprise.
"Why would she do that? She loves the poor fool." Loki adds making Thor radiate with anger as he starts to put the pieces together.
"What did your friend do to my sister, Rogers?" Thor roars making Bucky walk into the room followed closely behind by Natasha.
"What's going on out here?" Natasha asks making Thor stomp over to Bucky and reaching up shove him into the wall and hold him there.
"You, what did you do to (Name)?" Thor inquires making Bucky's face turn sad.
"We broke up Thor." Bucky replies his brow furrowed as he lets Thor hold him against the wall even though it was painful. "Didn't she tell you. She tells the two of you everything."
"(Name)'s missing Buck." Steve interjects making Bucky's face fill with concern.
"You don't think Hydra-"
"No, we cannot find her anywhere on this Earth. We have already searched." Loki adds as he walks over to pull his brother away from Bucky.
"What do you mean not on this Earth?" Steve asks glancing from his friend back to Loki.
"Exactly what I said. There is no trace of her here on Earth nor anywhere in our solar system."
"Are you saying she just vanished into thin air?" Natasha asks making Loki scowl at her.
"In a matter of speaking, yes." Loki replies.
"Then why come here looking for her if you already knew she was gone?" Natasha questions making Loki roll his eyes as he points to his older brother.
"This one thought that her boyfriend might have some inclination as to where she was; but seeing as the two of them are no longer together, I'd say our trip was wasted. Come Thor, we have one more place to check." Loki concludes grabbing his brothers arm and pulling him away from Bucky and back toward the door.
"Where are you going?" Steve asks making Loki stop in his tracks.
"Why do you care?" Loki sneers making Steve fold his arms over his chest.
"Because she's still my friend and I am worried about her."
"Some friend you are, you didn't even know she was missing, and she works with you." Loki adds making Steve look down at his feet. "We've been looking for her since she didn't return home from his house. What were you all doing?" Loki looks from Steve to Bucky who couldn't meet their gaze. "Don't worry about (Name), we'll find her ourselves." And with that the two of them were gone. Steve lets out a heavy sigh as he realizes that they were right. What kind of friend had he been to her?
"So, what are we gonna do?" Natasha asks pulling both Steve and Bucky from their inner thoughts. "We have to find her. It's on us that she's been missing so long."
"You're right." Steve concludes reaching for his coat and shield. "I guess we're just gonna have to follow them."
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"Are you sure about this?" Loki asks Thor as he stands outside the Sanctum Santorum. "He's not exactly a fan of mine."
"No, he's not. But he's the only one we can go to for help." Thor concludes making Loki nod. Thor walks up the steps to the door and before he is even able to knock, he finds himself inside sitting in a chair across from Dr. Strange. "Hello Doctor."
"What are you both doing here Thor?" Strange asks making Thor clear his throat.
"Our sister has gone missing-"
"Then notify missing persons, what does that have to do with me?"
"We've searched the world, and all the worlds in the galaxy already and we've not found her."
"Huh, that is strange. Do you have anything of hers on you?"
"I have this," Loki says as he hands a silver scarf over to the sorcerer.
"Thanks," Strange replies staring at Loki before giving Thor a look. Strange lets out a sigh before he lifts the scarf up to examine it. "You're sure this is hers?"
"We gave it to her as a gift." Thor interjects making him nod.
"Good, come with me." Strange says but before they can move, they're transported to another room where he is searching through some books. They stand there for a moment before the sorcerer has an aha moment. "Let's try this." He starts moving his hands around creating glowing golden sigils in the air. After a few moments a view appears making Thor and Loki stare at the scene before them with tilted heads.
"Where is this?" Loki asks his eyes remaining on his sister as she walks down a road with a strange group of men.
"Some place called Middle Earth. It's in the Tolkien Universe." Strange replies narrowing his eyes at the vision.
"How do we get her back?" Loki asks folding his arms over his chest his eyes staying focused on the sorcerer.
"That's a little more difficult. I can show you where she is, but because of her location I can't open a portal to her. I may, however, have something here that is also from Middle Earth. I think that with it I should be able to open a portal, but it won't be to her exact location. Getting back might be a little more complicated."
"I'll do it." Thor announces making his brother look at him with concerned eyes.
"Not that I am against us going after her brother; but you did hear him right, we might not be able to come back." Loki adds.
"That is why you should stay here. Asgard needs at least one of its princes to rule." Thor offers.
"I'm not going to go into how terrible that would be. She's my sister too Thor." Loki clarifies making Thor nod.
"What would you have me do Loki? We cannot leave her there."
"I'm not saying we leave her there."
"Then what do you suggest?"
"How about I find a way to tweak a sling ring so that when a portal is available you both can use it to come back?" Strange interjects making both the gods look at him.
"You couldn't have said something before?" Loki asks suddenly annoyed.
"You two looked like you were enjoying your conversation." Strange concludes before moving his eyes back to the vision.
"So, then we both go?" Loki asks.
"I for sure am going." Thor says.
"Alright then, how do we do this sorcerer?" Loki asks and Strange smirks.
"Wait here gentlemen." Strange says as he vanishes for only a moment then reappears holding a book. "This should help."
"A book?" Thor asks cocking an eyebrow at the sorcerer. "How's a book supposed to help us?"
"This isn't just an ordinary book. This is a book from Middle Earth. It's called 'There and Back Again: A Hobbit's Tale' by a Bilbo Baggins. It's how you're going to get there."
"How?" Loki asks side eyeing his brother.
"I'm going to channel the frequency of the universe and then push you guys in."
"Push us in?" Loki asks concern filling his voice.
"Pretty much. Now would you like to get started?"
"Let's do this." Thor replies anxious to get to this world and find his friend.
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