<div class="floatleft">(http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg84/scaled.php?server=84&amp;filename=image3ch.jpg&amp;res=landing)</div><hr/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>  Name:</strong> Tony Stark<br/>  <strong>Title:</strong> Iron Man<br/>  <strong>Location:</strong> SHIELD Helicarrier<br/>  <strong>Time:</strong> 5:43pm EST Thursday<br/>  <strong>Tags:</strong> <strong>Jane Foster</strong></span></span><br/><br/><br/><hr/><br/><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">     As soon as Maria left the room, Tony's cell was ringing again. He'd already begun to pull it out of his pocket to make a phone call of his own - which the incoming call would delay. He saw Jane's picture on the display and quickly answered it. <strong>"Jane, talk to me; where is he at?"</strong> Tony had a hunch that Jane's phone-call was related to either Thor or Loki's return - as the young female scientist was actively scanning the skies for wormhole activity. He was confident Jane could give him a rough idea of where at least one of them had landed and how long ago. Time was of the essence. Even as he answered he was already moving to the elevator that would take him down to the hangar level.<br/><br/>     Jane responded quickly with mixed feelings of relief and worry.<br/><br/>     So she'd heard from them both. That was both good and bad news. The fact that Thor had immediately tried to contact her already had Tony wondering if the demi-God was assuming Loki would go straight for her. Then, by the whispered line of confirmation and the fear in her voice - he had his answer. He wondered then if Jane was calling him of her own volition or if Loki had mind-controlled her the way he had Clint and Selvig. She would be a very useful slave for Loki, after all; what with her relationship with Thor, along with her knowledge of wormholes. Tony was sure the evil brother would have plenty of uses for her... so he was careful not to give the woman any information about Thor or any of the other Avengers locations. <br/><br/>     <strong>"I haven't heard from either of them."</strong> Tony said honestly in response to an inquiry, though he knew exactly where Thor was based on these two back-to-back phone calls. Just to check his bases, he asked her another question immediately after his previous statement, <strong>"Where are you?"</strong> He held the phone out far enough where he could see and type on the screen, but close enough to hear her response. He was dialing up a trace on the call. It would be good to know she wasn't lying - for one thing - and he had a feeling that they would need to scramble a retrieval team immediately anyways. That made him wonder exactly where Clint and Natasha were at the moment. They really needed a better communication system for these kinds of emergencies. Tony would get Jarvis on that as soon as he returned to Stark Tower.<br/><br/>     Ms. Foster spoke again, answering his question - still quite worked up, though she was starting to calm and regain her focus. It sounded like the real Jane on the other end. Very normal compared to the large difference of character that Clint and Selvig displayed while they were under Loki's control. He could hear the emotion in her voice, and Loki's zombies lacked that. Already Tony could see the trace narrowing down the location: <br/><br/>     <em>Americas, North America, Canada...</em> <br/><br/>     He continued to talk with her as it would pin point the exact location. <strong>"Portable?"</strong> Tony asked, interested in the adjective she'd used. <strong>"It's different than how Thor and Loki were traveling before?"</strong> <br/><br/>     <em>Canada, Ontario, Wabakimi National Park...</em><br/><br/>     Stark was in the elevator already, and it had just reached the hangar level. As soon as it came to a stop and the door opened he quickly exited, jogging down the long hallway as he frequently peeked at the trace on his phone. During the jog, the female scientist offered her opinions on Loki's traveling method.<br/><br/>     <em>Wabakimi N.P., Kenoji Lake, Northern Banks...</em><br/><br/>     Then Stark's device beeped as it finally locked in on her location - just as he keyed in the access code to his personal hangar and the retina scan verified his identity. <strong>"I've got your location, I'm coming to pick you up. We'll talk more when I get there. I need you full time right now. At this point I think the safest place you can be is with the Avengers at Stark Tower. Thor might disagree but he can argue with me later. I'll see you in 15."</strong><br/><br/>     Jane replied to his statement with a few more words that softened Tony's grim expression slightly. Afterwards He hung up the device and stopped to stand on the circular plate in the center of the floor.  <strong>"Jarvis, hook me up."</strong> Before he even finished speaking the plate began to split and the robotics sprang up and began assembling the Iron Man suit around his body.</span></span></div>