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any. any. Killing them off (http://rs2img.memecdn.com/whedon-v-martin-v-rowling_o_324607.jpg).

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tigriswolf

(In this 'verse, which is a Leverage AU for the Marvel movies. The Leverage team are Pepper, Tony, Natasha, Steve, and Bucky, while Loki is the mastermind of another team. This is the origin story for that other team.

So, I began writing this with the intention of it being the difference between the two teams, so it fit the prompt a little better, but that is not how it worked out. Sorry.

Also, no pairings. And neither Loki nor Thor currently know that Loki is adopted.)

...

“I hear you have a team now,” Loki says, setting the teacup in front of Natasha.

“I do,” Natasha agrees, smiling as he sits down across from her.

.

When he was just starting out, Loki ran afoul of Natalie Rushman, accidentally ruining her con. Once he realized his error, he quickly attempted to rectify it and instead only made the situation worse.

Natalie Rushman saved his life, when her target turned on them both. He owed her a favor; after he repaid the debt, they continued contact and became friends. They traded favors back and forth for years, and when Thor got himself thrown in prison for killing a man in a barfight (a complete accident, Loki knew) Loki called Natalie and said, “I need your help.”

.

Of course Thor’s life in Norway was ruined. There could be no salvaging his reputation and Father cut him out of both his will and the company. Loki had long been a disappointment, so Father had pinned all his hopes on Thor, his true son and heir.

Now, Thor was neither.

“You’ve destroyed my life!” Thor raged the first night of his freedom, while Natalie’s friend piloted the small aircraft she’d obtained from somewhere and Natalie pretended she wasn’t listening.

“I’ve saved your life!” Loki shouts back. “Father has enemies, you fool, and you would’ve died in there.”

Thor was beyond reason that night, and for the three days and nights that followed. But on the fourth morning, Thor had gently knocked on Loki’s bedroom door, walked in slowly, and sagged down on Loki’s bed. “I don’t know what to do, Loki,” Thor confessed. “I… I killed a man. Should I not be punished for it?”

“No, Thor,” Loki replied, reaching out to grasp Thor’s shoulder. “It was an accident. You did not mean to kill him.”

That morning, Thor wept in Loki’s arms as he had not since their dog Fenrir ran away when they were boys. Before they left the room to find breakfast, Thor had sighed heavily, leaned into Loki for one more moment, and then stood. “Tell me, brother,” he said, “what should I do?”

Loki smiled. “What has Father told you of my work?”

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Save his rare partnerships with Natalie, Loki worked alone. He trusted no one and it was better if he didn’t have to worry about a partner stabbing him in the back.

Thor is not a good enough liar to be a grifter, nor delicate enough for the intricacies of the truly magnificent heists Loki has imagined. But Thor is strong and fast, and so he becomes Loki’s muscle.

“How many laws are we breaking?” Thor asks before the first job they work together.

Laughing, Loki waved a hand dismissively. “Is this not better than stuffy meetings with old men?”

“Aye, it is,” Thor admitted.

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tigriswolf

Hogun was Loki’s find: Loki overheard a piece of information and decided to investigate, which led him to a backroom in a drug warehouse, where a young hacker was about to be executed by drug-runners for knowing things he shouldn’t have.

Loki could have left; no one knew he was there. But the hacker, who was possibly 20, but probably younger, met his eyes for just a moment before looking away without a single sign that he’d seen Loki.

The drug-runners were arguing amongst themselves; Loki spoke very little Japanese yet, which he’d been attempting to rectify, but he was able to determine that the bosses hadn’t yet decided the boy’s fate. One of them wanted to kill the boy immediately, and his fellows were trying to talk him out of it.

The boy didn’t look frightened, simply resigned. Loki rolled his eyes, swore that Thor would never learn the truth of the matter, and unsheathed one of the three knives he always carried on his person.

The first man went down quickly, caught by sheer surprise. The second caught Loki’s shoulder with his own blade, but was then knocked over by the boy. The third pulled out a gun, so Loki grabbed the boy and shoved him out of the way, throwing his knife. “Go!” he shouted at the boy.

The boy listened. Loki carefully checked all three prone forms; the first two were unconscious, though bleeding. The third was dead, most likely from his head hitting the doorframe on the way down, but possibly from Loki’s blade in his chest. Loki retrieved his knife and fled.

The boy was waiting outside and asked something in Japanese. Loki shrugged. “Sorry, I don’t understand,” he said in his own native language. The boy looked annoyed, so Loki tried English next. “What of this?”

The boy shrugged. “Barely,” he said.

Loki glanced back at the building. He continued in English, “We’ll work on that but we should depart.” He gently grabbed the boy’s arm and steered him in the direction of the hotel. “Are you injured?”

The boy shook his head. “You are.”

“Oh, right.” Loki dropped the boy’s arm and brought his hand up to his shoulder. “Damn.” There’d be no hiding it from Thor now.

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As Loki expected, Thor raged. The boy, Hogun, stood by impassively as Thor destroyed their hotel room. The moment he stepped toward Loki, however, Hogun was between them, head tilted back, one of the drug-runner’s knives in his hand.

Shockingly, Thor actually paused. “You think I’ll hurt him?” Thor demanded.

Hogun didn’t reply. Loki sighed. “English, Thor,” he said in the language. “He doesn’t know Norwegian and I barely understand Japanese.” He reached out to carefully tap on Hogun’s shoulder. “Thor won’t hurt me.”

Hogun considered that for a moment and then stepped aside.

.

With Hogun to work the computers, their usual jobs began going even smoother. He was also apparently a pickpocket; it was how he had survived before realizing his true talent lay elsewhere.

While Loki was in the midst of reworking all of his standing plans, Sif decided to barge back into their lives. She had been both his first crush and first heartbreak because she was entirely in love with Thor, and then Thor broke her heart and it was all a nasty mess, to be honest. Loki hadn’t thought of her in years, not since the last time he was in his parents’ house, which was… nearly a decade ago, now.

“I’ve come to bring Thor home,” Sif announced after picking the lock and disarming the security system.

“I am impressed,” Loki admitted, crossing his arms, “but that’s a fool’s errand.”

Sif glared at him. “Mr. Berg has dealt with both the barfight and the prison break, Loki,” she hissed. “Thor can safely come home and resume his place in the business and family.”

“And what if he doesn’t want to?” Loki demanded.

“Is that not for me to decide?” Thor asked, entering from the hallway, Hogun just behind him.

“Of course it is,” Sif said. “Your parents miss you, Thor, and they think this lifestyle is – ”

“Exciting?” Loki offered.

She glared at him again. “Dangerous.”

“Of course it’s dangerous!” Loki scoffed, rolling his eyes. “Thor, I’ll be in the library.” He turned on his heel and stalked off.

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From:

tigriswolf

Thor did not return home. Neither did Sif.

Instead, in the morning, Sif marched into the kitchen where Loki was eating and asked, “Would the job not be easier with a woman?”

“So you’re staying, then?” Loki muttered.

Sif declared, “I am.”

.

Volstagg and Fandral followed Hogun home one evening, while the team rested after a success in Belarus. Loki had bought out the entire top floor of his favorite hotel in Paris because he intended they stay for awhile to relax after the harrowing month’s work.

What actually happened was Hogun getting noticed in another hacker’s system and the two-man team tracking him down.

Thankfully, once they realized just who they’d found, all Volstagg and Fandral wanted was to join the team.

“Consider us finding you at all our audition,” Fandral had said, grinning brightly. “Hullo, I’m Fandral King, thief. This is my trusty companion Volstagg Kaiser, hacker.”

Loki snorted. “King and Kaiser?”

Fandral just kept grinning while Volstagg laughed behind him.

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“They are impressive, your team,” Natalie says, smirking. “In fact, I think your hackers combined might equal Stark when he’s shitfaced.”

Loki raises an eyebrow. “Are you challenging us, Natalie?” He sips the tea and then, as he’s lowering his cup, he says, “At least we were never fooled by Hammer.”

Her lips thin. Loki smiles. “My team will be going after the Emperor’s Diamond in Doomstadt within the month,” she says. “We’ll see you there.” She rises to her feet, smoothes her skirt, says, “Thank you for the tea,” and departs.

“Doomstadt,” Loki mutters. His team has two hackers (one of which is also a thief), two thieves (one of which is also a hacker), two hitters (one of which is also a grifter), two grifters (one of which is also a hitter), and then the brains behind it all (who is also a grifter). What does Natalie’s team have? A hitter, a hacker, a grifter, a thief, and then Potts, who once tried to catch them all so they could be locked away.

Loki sets the teacups in the sink and goes to Hogun’s quarters; he needs to begin reviewing the layout of Doomstadt.

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Oh, this is great! I love Loki having his own team, and coming to Thor's rescue (sort of). I think my favorite was Sif's addition to the team. LOL

Natalie and Loki's final scene is fantastic. I love the silent snark there. *g*