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Nat's view
I didn't know how long I had been sitting in front of the security videos. I didn't even know if it was day or night right now, a quick glance confirmed that it was already light outside, so I had been sitting here all night. But I didn't even think about sleep, the only thing I could think about was Loki. Again and again I watched him being thrown into a van, unconscious, and again and again I hoped to find something this time and each time I was disappointed. I emptied more coffee into me and blinked my eyes. Steve had lost the battle against fatigue a while ago and was now restlessly sleeping with his upper body on the table. When we had come back from the mission and found out what had happened, that Hydra had taken the three of them, he had nearly flipped out. No wonder. I sighed and started the video again. True, Thor had flown to Asgard to ask Heimdall where they were, since the man could apparently see everything in the universe. But I couldn't just sit around and wait, I'd done that once before and lost everything, I wouldn't stand for that again. Suddenly I saw a silver lining and two seconds later Pietro was standing in front of me.
His eyes were swollen and red, he held his sides, stumbled into the kitchen and drank a whole litre in one go. "I couldn't find them." he must have run through all the nearby towns looking for his sister and the other two.
He started to run again but I held him by his arm "Pietro you need to rest." if the boy kept running he would soon collapse.
He just shook his head "You don't understand." he brushed my arm away but stopped "I told her to stay here because it's safer! And now...." he had two tears running down his cheeks.
Carefully I hugged him, I wasn't usually one for physical contact, but there could be something comforting about it. "I'll take you to your room, let's go," I suggested.
Pietro sniffled and nodded his head slightly, his grey hair falling into his face. Silently we walked to his room, before he closed the door I forced an optimistic smile "Don't worry, we'll find her." I could tell he wasn't buying it, I didn't even believe it myself.
Pietro closed the door and just a second later I could hear him throwing himself on his bed and falling asleep.
"How is he?"
I startled when I heard Clint's voice behind me. Which indicated that I was really tired, otherwise I would have heard him coming. "He's asleep, he's been running around the streets for the last few hours blaming himself for everything."
I looked into Clint's worried face, I knew for a fact that the boy meant a lot more to my oldest friend than he openly admitted. Officially, he was still married to Laura and they played house in front of the kids when he was home, but his marriage had been in crisis for some time. I couldn't help yawning.
"You should get some sleep too," Clint remarked.
I just shook my head "No I need to find him." I turned my back on him and shuffled back towards the living room. Suddenly I was lifted up from behind, Clint just threw me over his shoulder.
"Clint put me down!" I shouted, fidgeting a little.
"Nope, you're going to sleep whether you like it or not."
The rocking made me even more tired. And although I resisted, I was asleep before we even reached my room.

Thor's view
I raced towards Asgard, the place I thought I would never see again. But it had to be done, I had to get to Heimdall. I wasn't going to rely on finding the three of them by earthly means, that could take weeks and who knew what Banner would do to my brother in that time. For vengeful humans were the worst monsters that existed in the nine worlds. I stumbled out of the Bifrost, expecting Heimdall, but instead I found myself face to face with a strange man "Who the hell are you and where is Heimdall?" I didn't have the time or the inclination to be polite.
The man just stared at me, he was wearing a warrior uniform and had tattoos on his head. I stared at him challengingly until he finally answered me "Him? No one knows, he's been banished by Odin."
Little flashes formed around my fingers "Why." I breathed in and out deeply, trying to get my temper under control.
The man in front of me stepped uneasily from one foot to the other "No one knows, no one has seen him since."
I just grumbled, taking out my anger on this man was not going to help me. I swung my hammer. I was yanked into the air, but my target was not the throne room. I would not give Odin the satisfaction of seeking him out again after only two days. I flew to the forests of Asgard, dropped my hammer on the ground and closed my eyes "Heimdall, I know you can see me, I need your help." I murmured softly.
There was a crack in the bushes and I turned to see Heimdall coming towards me. It was most unusual to find him without his armour, he was wearing everyday Asgard clothes and a cloak. "Thor, what are you doing here?" he greeted me, his eyes widening in surprise.
I bowed my head slightly in greeting and then got straight to the point "As I said, I need your help. Loki and two others of the Avengers have been kidnapped, I need you to tell me where they are." as I mentioned before I didn't have time to be polite.
"Certainly." Heimdall immediately narrowed his eyes, suddenly contorted his face and shook his head.
This couldn't be good "Heimdall what's wrong?"
He narrowed his eyes "I can't see him, the kidnappers must be cloaking Loki from me somehow." he looked at me apologetically.
I didn't even notice the sky darkening, how had Hydra managed to shield the three from Heimdall's gaze. "It's alright, we'll find them somehow."
"I wish you all the luck in the world." Heimdall prepared to disappear back into the forest.
"Why don't you come with me?" I suggested to him, living exiled in the forest was certainly not a fulfilling life and even though the earth might seem strange at first, you learned to love it after a while.
Heimdall shook his head "No I can't, something is wrong on Asgard, I don't know what yet but I have a feeling."
I had to swallow, Heimdall's feeling could always be relied upon "Wouldn't you rather I stay here?" everything in me screamed to return to earth, but if something was wrong on Asgard, it most certainly had something to do with my father.
But the former guard only grinned, "You just find Loki, I'll handle this," with these words he disappeared into the forest again. Discouraged, I flew back to the Bifröst. The Rainbow Bridge surrounded me and I was not exactly comfortable with the thought that I would have to tell the others that Heimdall could not help.

Steve's view
I must have fallen asleep over the notes, because when I slowly opened my eyes I saw the kitchen table, a lot of files and a screen in front of me. I rubbed my eyes and looked out of the window, it was about afternoon. Sighing, I took my coffee mug and put it under the coffee machine. I didn't care how long I had to stay awake, I would find something, I would find Bucky. I finished the coffee in one go and sat back down over the files. They were all Hydra bases that we knew of that we had destroyed. I just tried to discern any pattern to where they were built. I knew myself that it was hopeless, but I had to do something or I would start thinking and then I would just lie under my duvet crying. I wished so badly that I had let Bucky come with me on the mission or that I had stayed here. Being back with Hydra, he was more afraid of that than anything else on this planet. I squinted and tried to continue reading with my strained eyes. However, I was somewhat distracted by the bifrost that hit in front of the tower. Not two seconds later Thor came flying through the open window. But he looked anything but confident, more like he had terrible news for us all.
"Cap summon everyone, we have a problem." the god dropped into the chair across from me and began to play with a strand of his hair, something he always did when he was nervous.
Rather hesitantly I asked Jarvis to notify everyone, because really I didn't want to know about this problem, I had convinced myself that everything would be fine once Thor was back. That we would then know where they were and could send anyone who was there to hell. But the way the god looked, I had my doubts.
After a few minutes everyone had arrived and spread out on the couches and chairs around the table. Natasha looked terrible, as if she hadn't slept for days, probably I didn't look any better. Pietro's eyes were red. But everyone else had worry written all over their faces.
Thor jumped up and started throwing his hammer vertically in the air and catching it again and again "I have bad news." he clutched the handle of his hammer so tightly that his knuckles stood out white "Heimdall couldn't find her."
For a moment everything was dead silent, then everyone started talking in confusion.
"What do you mean he couldn't find them!" cried Nat.
"I thought the guy could find anything and everyone." I heard Pietro's act out of the shouting.
Only I was silent, I wanted to say something but I couldn't. My only thoughts were focused on finding another way to get Bucky back in my arms. "Shut up everyone!" I yelled over the shouting.
They all stared at me, I ran my hand through my hair "We....'ll come up with something." I looked round "We'll find them." we just had to. I wouldn't know what to do if we didn't.

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