Athea sighed in relief as she opened the door to her apartment. She was glad to be home and done with that awful date. She should have known better than to go out with someone she met in a bar. She threw her keys on the desk. "Xena I'm home." She called out to her dog as she flipped the light switch. When the light refused to shine she sighed in frustration. She went to turn on the kitchen light, but once again the light didn't come on. "Faulty wiring." She grumbled. She was expecting to be tripping over her puppy, but she hadn't made her presence known yet. "You better have not been a bad girl." Thea called out hoping it'd bring Xena to her side. She walked into her room so she could flip the breaker, but when she walked passed her bed she had an eerie feeling she wasn't alone. Thea could hear her heartbeat pulsing though her ears. She was stopped in front of the closet. Being a paranoid overly cautious single woman who lived alone she kept protection in the house. In her closet sat a 12 gauge double barrel break action shotgun. Sliding the door open slowly, while pretending to be none the wiser to a potential intruder. She reached behind the wall for her weapon. She grabbed a few shotgun shells and turned around slowly. She opened the hinge to expose the barrels so she could load the gun when she was suddenly blinded by the lights turning on.

"You won't be needing that." She heard a man's voice say from her bed.

Athea blinked rapidly, trying to adjust her eyes to the sudden light. In her blindness she cocked the shotgun and aimed it to where she heard the voice. Once her eyes were fully adjusted she saw a man sitting on her bed, he had his back resting against the headboard. To her udder shock and displeasure Xena laid next to this man looking to him panting and smiling. Xena was normally vicious when it came to strangers and there she was beside an intruder happy. She felt her body start shake slightly as adrenaline started to course though her veins. The man sitting on her bed appeared completely at ease, like he belonged in her apartment and on her bed. His attire was strange to her. He wore a long trench coat that was black, green and gold. The rest of his clothing reminded her of that of an elf out of a Lord of the Rings movie. The man wore an amused expression as he watched her trying to process the situation.

"Get out!" Thea yelled, the gun still trained on his chest.

"I think you'll find that won't work on me." The man said calmly stretching his arms to rest the behind his head watching her with intrigue.

"Let's see about that." She said testily, moving to rest her finger against the trigger ready to pull back, but in the next moment her gun was gone as if it vanished into thin air. Athea's eyes widened in shock and fear began to sink in. "What just happened?" She whispered, as she started to take steps backwards in the direction of the door.

"I'm sure you were more than willing to test that bullet theory on me, but I really don't want you to ruin my clothes." He said, swinging his legs over the side of the bed, placing his feet on the floor. "My, my where are my manners?" The man said standing with a mocking smile on his lips. Thea held her breath as she looked up to the man's full stature. He appeared to be a giant. He was at least a foot taller than her. "Let me introduce myself I am Loki of Asgard." He said, taking a step towards her. Her flight instinct instantly took over and she bolted out of the room. Loki? Why does that name sound so familiar? She thought. She had just about made it to the door when the man appeared in front of her, towering over her with a smirk firmly planted on his face. She stopped dead in her tracks and she could feel Xena behind her watching this scene fold out. In desperate panic Athea tried to shove the man with as much force that she could muster, but he didn't budge an inch, her on the other hand lost her balance and ended up on the floor, flat on her ass.

"What the hell are you!" She asked, crawling backwards like a crab, to put some distance between her and this thing that was clearly not just a man. She felt Xena's nose in her hair trying to get Athea's attention, but she was overly consumed with this inhumane, seemingly otherworldly creature that appeared as a man. "Are, are you a vampire?" She asked, trying to make any connection in her brain that would allow these strange events to make any sense. "A vampire?" Loki asked, wrinkling up his face questioningly. "No I'm something much more powerful, you know that dear. I am a god." He said smiling once more. "And I am burden with glorious purpose." He said reaching a hand out to help her up. She refused his offer and stood up on her own. Asgard? Loki? Why was this all familiar to her? She asked herself as her head began to spin.

"If you are god what are you doing hiding in my crumby apartment?" She asked, crossing her arms over her chest. Her fear was slowly fading as skepticism took its place. She was either losing her mind or this Loki guy was crazy.

"I think we both know the reason for that." He said reaching down to pet her dog as he watched the wheels turning in her head as she desperately tried to make sense of everything.

Have I met this lunatic before? She thought looking over him carefully. She looked into his dark green eyes; they were emerald eyes, eyes that she had stared into before. She gasped in realization. She had seen this man before, but where? She closed her eyes, racking her brain. A vision of him appeared. She opened her eyes in shock. This man was in her dreams before. He was that mysterious devilishly handsome man that she dreamed of that did magic. She laughed as she felt like she was losing her grip on reality. She put her hands to her temples and messaged them lightly, trying to ease the intense pressure. "Am I dreaming?" She asked Loki.

A/N: This is just an idea that popped into my head. If you would be interested in reading more let me know!