Soooo... I was hit by a plotseed after watching The Avengers. I should be working on Fiery Spirit, but this plot bunny wouldn't stop gnawing on my lobes, so I typed out a decent start and will start working alternatively on this and Fiery Spirit.

Fair warning, this WILL have pairings, primarily FrostIron, and I'm hoping that this will be enjoyable for everyone to read. Tony will show up next chapter, and this story takes place about halfway between the Iron Man moives, presuming that the Marvel universe movies are in tandem with each other, but not perfectly synched. Please, please let me know what you think about it.

Originally Posted as Thor/Avengers xover because I couldn't find the Iron Man movies under catagory. Moved it to plain avengers because I plan on following events up through the avengers movie.

The abyss was icy cold, even to the stolen Jotun child that tumbled through the emptiness between the stars. Few enough would consider him a child, but for all that he was as old as myth and legend, there was little in him that was truly malicious. Deeply wounded though, he wanted to lash out in his pain and share it with everyone. He couldn't bear the thought of returning to his home after his father's rejection, but neither could he find a reason to journey elsewhere. Perhaps he could simply drift here in the void.

Lost, alone, where he belonged, no more able to be looked down upon as different, no more with his 'family' sneering at him for not being good enough, not being a warrior like his elder brother. It hurt to think of his brother, to know that Thor would never understand what Loki had done, not in ten thousand years. So caught up in his thoughts was the Tricksmith, that he barely noticed that tendrils reaching out for him.

He jerked out of his reverie as it wrapped around the horns on his helm, pulling away with a snarl, only to have the foul, inky magic follow his movements. "No." He stated, growling as he fought to keep his armor and pull away from the magic coiling around him. He was no fool… whatever this was… it would enslave him, he could feel the spells trying to wrap around him and subjugate his will. It would feed the seeds of hatred in his heart if he didn't find a way to escape.

He grinned, realizing it was simple enough to accomplish this, and reached into his magic, copying himself not far away. No one had ever been able to tell his copies from himself, and he could feel a hint of conflict, not quite confusion in the magic trying to bind him. It didn't let go of him, though this was no hardship. Focusing on a rare used talent, Loki pulled himself into his 'copy', taking his magic and mind with him as he made real that which wasn't and made illusion that which had been real. He had done this not long ago on the Bifrost as his brother, naive fool, knelt down to help him up, and keep him from falling. He supposed his real fight had been over by then, but he had needed so much to chastise his brother for that moment of foolishness. Never offer help to a fallen enemy who might yet turn the tables on you, if his brother couldn't learn that he would continue to be too foolish to be allowed to rule Asgard.

This seeping magic was too clever for this though. Loki cursed as he realized something was going wrong with his spell, the inky magic of those cursed tendrils seeping through.. It is all he can do to struggle wildly to get away from it, fear flooding through him. He had no idea what was happening any more, only that he was fleeing for all that he was worth.

The cold seemed even colder now, and the blackness was reaching out to him again, but the black haired man evaded, growling as he hurled himself towards the nearest safe haven, the world that was closest to the core of the World Tree, Midgard.

Seriously, please tell me what you think of this? I thrive on input and if anyone would actually like to help me plot out bits and pieces of the future of the fic, let me know. Loki is going to be completely powerless for a little while, but he will get better :3 I know very little about the marvel Universe if it isn't in the movies... literally next to nothing... I feel like a noob, but if anyone is willing to help me out with characterization, and other marvel Characters likely to show up I would be grateful.