A Horrible Burden

Author's note: My first Fanfic, so please be nice. Also, Loki is a teenager in this story.
Disclaimer: I do not own The Avengers

It was a cold night in New Mexico. A thick blanket of fog shielded the stars and moon from view, turning the normally hot desert into a cold, black, abyss. The only lights for miles were the headlights of a small, Chevy truck, rumbling through the desert night.
Thor Odinson looked at the clock on the truck's dashboard, 2:45 am; Good, he thought, we have time. Looking over to the passenger seat, he watched his younger brother, Loki, fast asleep, dead to the world. Sadly, a peaceful sleep was very rare for the young man, nightmares about his captivity and subsequent mind control by the Chitauri, plagued his sleep. Many nights, Loki awoke in a cold sweat, disoriented and screaming, terrified of falling back into the clutches of those monsters. Their mother and father decided that it would be safest for Loki to remain on Earth, rather than return to Asgard. Although it was called "The Realm of The Gods," Asgard's forces were not impenetrable, as was proven when the Chitauri had abducted Loki while he and his friends played on the Bifrost. As a result, the Allfather commanded that, for Loki's protection, he and Thor would remain on Midgard and evade the detection of the did this by moving from Stark Tower, in New York, to Galisteo, New Mexico, to stay with Thor's girlfriend, Jane Foster. As Thor stared out at the open expanse of road, he whispered to himself, "This is no way for a boy of 16 to be living, he should be home on Asgard, with mother and father, oblivious to the horrors of the universe. He should be playing with his friends and studying his magic, not worrying about the fact that he was forced to commit horrible atrocities because of the torture and mind control those animals put him through. What did he ever do deserve the weight of that horrible guilt and shame that he must now bear?" Thor asked out loud, there was no response, just the soft, click,click,click, as the truck shifted gears.

Loki stared out the window and sighed, he had just been getting used to his new school, just starting to think that he might actually get to have actual friends, and get to just be a normal 16 year old boy. However, that all changed, when Thor woke him up in the dead of night, saying that they had to leave Stark Tower again, he didn't say why, no one ever told Loki why they always had to move. So, Loki watched another chance at having a normal life, disappear in a cloud of dust.
Thor was startled out of his daze by his brother's voice asking "where are we going?"
"I called Jane," Thor responded we are going to stay with her until it is safe to return to Stark Tower."
"Does that mean that I have to start school again ?"Loki asked " I hate restarting because I'm always behind on what they're doing or studying, also,because we are always moving, I never get to make any friends." he complained "I miss Asgard , I miss Mother and Father , and all my friends." Loki finished sadly.
"I know," Thor responded gently, " we will return home eventually, however, right now it is not safe for us. The Chitauri are still a threat and it would be easy for them to abduct you again if you were in Asgard, they slipped through our defenses once, who says they won't attempt to again. They are masters at disguise , they slipped past Heimdall and were able to take you, the AllFather was powerless to stop them." Thor paused , then reached over and pulled Loki into a one armed hug, " we all just want to prevent history from repeating itself and to keep you as safe as humanly possible." Thor continued as he gently pressed a kiss to his brother's head " Things will go back to normal soon, you will see, brother."