Loki POV

"What!" He rose from his knees angrily glaring at the man in front of him . "When I said anything I didn't mean that."

"You have brought this upon yourself. If you want to be free you must settle down and that means marriage Loki. Besides your brother is perfectly happy with his marriage."

"He chose that woman of his own will and in his own time. If you think that you can force marriage on me then you are wrong!"

"You don't have a choice in this. Either you accept your position and marry or you will spend the rest of your life in that cell."

"I figure you have already decided. Who is she? Or what is she. I know I was intended for politics?"

"You put words in my mouth Loki. It is true that your wife has been chosen but it is not all you make it out to be. After your most recent scheme the mid guardians have been too curious about the realms. Your marriage will simply show the goodwill there is between our realms."

"So it is all as I said. I marriage for your gain"

"For all of Asguards gain. This is my bargain. Your loyalty and compliance or a lifetime in a cell. This I give as your choice."

Your POV

You sat silently on the sofa looking out over New York. The city was finally beginning to rebuild and life was slowly getting back to normal. You tried not to think about the past events but the images still clouded your mind. You soon found yourself lost in your thoughts. A voice brought through your silence.

**Mr. Stark will be with you in a moment Ms. ( )**

"Oh, thank you" it wasn't the first time you had been surprised by how strange your life had become but the artificial intelligence JARVIS still amazed you.

About six months ago a man dressed in all black had attacked you and almost taken your life. You fingered the scars on your left side. He had left you for dead on the street. When you woke up a strange man had been looking down at you and for a moment you thought he might have been angel. As your vision cleared his long blonde hair and sharp face focused in your vision. He was very familiar but you couldn't place him at the moment.

"You have awoken"

You could respond so you simply nodded.

"You were injured very badly Miss ( ) You tried to sit up but a sharp pain flew up your side and you found yourself to weak to move. "You shouldn't move your wound will open." He spoke to you calmly. You nodded again.

"Did you save me?" Your voice was weak but you managed to choke out your question.

"It was not I who saved you but I am the only one here at the moment"

"How do you know my name?"

"Tony found you in the SHIELD database"

"Tony? As in Stark? Why would he...? What is going on?"

"You were attacked miss. They got away but Widow managed to save you. Tony took you in because we didn't know where you lived."

As he explained what had happened you had calmed down. Within a week you were able to stand and walk around again. Despite what had happened you had found yourself very happy. Come on who wouldn't want to live with superheroes? You couldn't stop yourself from smiling at the thought of you first weeks with them. You had of course healed and eventually moved back to your own apartment and had been quite pleasantly surprised when Tony had invited you to come and visit.

You were startled from your thoughts as you heard the elevator ding as it reached the floor you were on.

"Ah ( ), it's so nice to see you again."

"Hello Tony. It's nice to see you too."

"I have to admit that this isn't just for fun ( ). We all needed to talk to you about something of great consequence."

You looked at him confused. "Me?"

"I'll fill you in when the others arrive."

"What is this about Tony? I don't understand?"

** Your guests have arrived Mr. Stark**

"Thank you JARVIS. Like I said ( ) I will explain."

So you found yourself sitting in his living room waiting for the team to arrive. It seemed you were only waiting on Thor, though you doubted he would show up. You hadn't seen him since he had married Jane and went home.

"Well I think you all owe me an explanation." You impatiently glared at Tony from the couch.

A flash of blue light caught your attention as Thor arrived on the balcony. Tony stood up and quickly greeted him at the door.

"And?" He asked.

"He is not happy"

"His happiness is not very high on my to do list."

"Very well Tony. Have you..."

"Okay what is going on Stark. What is with all the secrets and whispering?!"

"Well, um yeah we um... Thor care to explain?"

"No, I took care of my side this is your problem."