Loki x Reader: Into the MCU

Chapter 48: Time Heist

"It doesn't go according to plan though," Loki chimed.

"No," Steve shook his head, "The Hulk, early Hulk, bursts in and hits Tony, sending the Tesseract to the feet of Loki. He escapes with it."

"Talk about fucking up the timeline," Clint mumbled.

"Leave it to me," Loki smiled.

"Cool, so we watch out for the Hulk and keep 2012 Loki from making his great escape," Tony said, writing more notes.

"I may have another idea," Zemo said.

"This oughta be good," Tony turned to him, "Let me guess, you suggest we all throw ourselves off of Vormir?"

"An enjoyable notion, but no. No, my suggestion is regarding the...Tesseract, is it? The cube. Wren," he said, looking at Loki over the use of her name, "Told me that you were trying to stop Thanos from getting the stones by getting them yourselves. She mentioned you had the cube, and that it was still on Asgard, where it is when Loki takes it and Thanos kills him."

"What's your point?" Nat rushed him.

"Well, she didn't fill me in on all of your achievements or plans. Despite how much distress it gives you that she befriends villains, you'll be proud to know she was no fool. She kept things from me in case I ever had ulterior motives, in case I was lying to get information. But it stands to reason you went in search of other stones besides the cube, possibly even found them?"

"What what does that mean?" Scott asked, noticing the looks exchanged between Tony and Steve.

"It means we've already done some work," Tony said.

"Before Thanos came, we were securing stones, right?" Nat said, walking Scott through it, "So, we know where four out of six are for a few months."

"The power and space are on Asgard," Thor explained, "Already safe and ready for the taking."

"If we get the Tesseract from the past few months, there's no need to risk Loki escaping in 2012 by going for the cube," Steve concluded.

"And wherever we get the power stone, I'm sure it'll be easier and safer getting it from Asgard," Bruce added.

"Ok, so we can get the power and cube done in one go," Tony adjusted the plans on the screen.

"What about the wizard?" Clint asked, "Can we just go back to after Wren explains stuff to him and ask him for it?"

"We know the Sorcerer Supreme lets Bruce have it in 2012. Do we want to risk Dr. Strange not doing the same?" Vision voiced his concern.

"Loki, Tony, you guys have dealt with him before. Do you think he'd be easier to ask for help?" Steve addressed the two of them.

"Yeah, that's a negative," Tony said immediately, joined by Loki's protests.

"The man has a bigger head than Stark."

"Right?! Doc tried saying I had the big head, right after the ungrateful bastard accused us of nearly killing him when we just saved his life from Squidward. Yeah, no, if he disagrees with us taking the stone at all, then it'll take a migraine to get him to yield. Believe me, I had an entire flying donut ride to argue with him."

"So we stick with 2012," Steve nodded, "We still need the scepter anyway."

"What about the Aether?" Bruce asked like he had an idea.

"What about it?" Rhodes repeated.

"We knew where that was too, before we let it get away."

"Yeah, and it got away because it was guarded by a zombified army," Tony noted.