Slight AU- Loki DID die but found a way to come back to life and came back to Thor.

A/N-Norse aging is all wibbly wobbly to me…so if I get it wrong don't hate me!

Disclaimer-If I owned anything I would have my Captain America shield and met Tom…so no I don't own anything.

Music love-This chapter is probably best when listening to The Doctor's Themes (9,10, &11) on loop.

Warnings-umm…not a whole lot to warn you of just action…mild swearing and flirting so far.

Chapter 1-

"Aphrodite had the beauty; Zeus had the thunderbolts. Everyone loved Aphrodite, but everyone listened to Zeus."
― Esther M. Friesner, Nobody's Princess

"Alexandros Hadeson at the age of fourteen you have broken fifteen of the un-breakable rules and as you know this crime is punishable only by exile or death…your choice?" The booming voice left Alex's ears ringing as he looked upon the great counsel. Each member was sitting in their personalized throne practically glowing in there seats. Each face held a different expression. Some were disgusted; some looked upset (on the brink of tears) and some looked completely unfazed. But the one who stood out to him the most was the woman holding the scroll who had asked him the question. She was without a doubt beautiful; of course she was…after all she WAS Aphrodite (The Goddess of beauty and love) she also happened to be Alex's mother and upon his very own mothers face was the most wicked smirk he had ever seen. "I'm waiting" Her voice tingled like bells but it still sounded impatient. He looked towards his sister Pandora in the crowd, whose eyes where begging him not to do something stupid. But if he was leaving he was getting the last word. "Exile or death? What is your choice?" Alex sighed loudly causing his sister to roll her eyes and slam her head against the nearest pillar. "Well, even though the latter sounds promising I think I'm going to go with exile." Aphrodite looked genuinely disappointed. "So be it. Point of departure?" Alex gave a shrug. "Surprise me" Alex's eyes traveled back to his twelve year old sister as the goddess of beauty read the rules of exile. She looked absolutely terrified that she was going to be left here alone. Alex couldn't help but feel guilty but he knew she would be all right. The Norse Gods would sometimes pass through these realms and she had taken a liking to one of the younger boys and had arranged that he was allowed to come whenever he pleased…in fact he was here now. "You proud yet mother?" Aphrodite had fury in her eyes. "You are no son of mine" She spat. Alex smiled. "Good. You don't know how long I have been waiting for you to say that" Then he turned and walked all the way to the edge of the great hall and looked down at the planet below him. "Jump" The goddess said briskly. Alex didn't even look back to see a young Loki Lafayson holding Pandora's hand as if willing her fears and troubles to go away. Feeling nerves in his stomach Alex let his right foot dangle first before silently letting both feet cross over the edge. Within seconds Alexandros Hadeson had disappeared over the edge as if he had never been there to start with.

-10 years later-

"CLINT DUCK!" The Archer ducked just in time; avoiding the poisons darts that there target was shooting at them. Almost without thinking he followed the motion with a backflip missing more darts. He stole a quick glance to look at his partners who were both fending off similar enemies. One of his teammates stood back to back against him now and no this was not Natasha…it was none other than Alex. They were both smiling though the situation was extremely dangerous. "I can't believe how bad a shot she is!" Clint shouted over his shoulder regarding the target he had been fighting off. Alex nodded letting his jet-black bangs flop up and down slightly. "I know! She's almost as horrible as you." Clint smirked and shot an arrow towards the woman; darts firing everywhere as it impaled her chest. "What were you saying?" Alex rolled his eyes. "Wow! Clint you have won me over!" Alex told Clint in a mocking voice before he took one of his daggers from his pocket and throwing it at another one of the targets, pinning them to the wall. "Please gorgeous; it's going to take more then that to impress me." Clint had turned to face Alex now. Clint raised a blonde eyebrow. "And what would it take to impress you?" He asked. Alex smirked. "I bet you would like to know" The next sound was Natasha loudly clearing her throat. They both turned around to see her standing in front of a pile of bodies; eyebrows raised. "If you two are done flirting…" She said in a deadpan voice before walking away. And just like that everything went back to normal…err…their normal. Natasha always dismissed the flirting; Clint and Alex had know each other since they were fourteen and had been both inseparable and best friends ever since. Nat had guessed it was their way of…taking the edge off? Possibly. "How can she be the better shot if she's dead?" Natasha heard Clint mumble. "Just let it go Hawkass" Alex replied. "Are you two done being children?" She asked. "I feel like I should be paid extra for babysitting"

The three retreated to the motel they were staying in about an hour after. Natasha placed a bag of skittles and a gigantic bag of popcorn on the table before putting the T. V. on. She checked her watch. 10:31. "Al, can you go check on him. He's been moping around on the roof for an hour now." Alex nodded and took the red stairs to the roof where he found Clint in a too-thin-for-winter-weather black hoodie and jeans. "Hey" He whispered, sitting down next to his friend. "Hi" They were silent for a while. "So are you going to tell me what's wrong or am I going to have to force it out of you?" The marksmen laid his back against the cold tin roof. "I really don't want to talk about it" "I don't care and if you refuse I can always have Tasha come and kick your ass…" Clint groaned heavily. "Fine! Its been acting up again" Alex felt his heart plummet and face pale. "Its been what?" He must have heard it wrong. "You heard me," Clint grumbled, turning away from the others. "You told me it had gone away months ago." Concern and terror filled Alex's voice. "Well, I lie!" Clint snapped. There was a long silence as Clint seethed of anger and Alex of hurt. "I'm sorry" Clint finally said. "Why?" "What?" "Why didn't you tell me?" Clint looked up to see his friend staring at the darkening sky. "I didn't want you to worry about me, you do that…I know you do" Alex's bright green eyes finally met his own. "With good reason apparently." This made Alex terrified for more then one reason. You see after Clint's connection was broken with the tesseract it left him, or so we thought. Sometimes he would find himself saying strange things and not knowing why. Alex had been there when it had happened and together found out it had to be the tesseract speaking through him. It didn't seem to be dangerous so together they decided it was best not to tell Natasha. They had thought it had left for good but apparently that was not the case. Neither had any idea how to get rid of it so it seemed to be something they were stuck with.

Clint was just about to speak when Natasha interrupted them. "Fury's on the other end of the line, he's calling everyone in…that includes you Al" Alex's concern quickly turned to a bright smile. "Finally! Real action! Why are we getting called in anyway" Natasha averted both their gazes. "Everyone's favorite Norse god is back in town" Clint crossed his fingers. "Please say Thor. Please say Thor." He murmured. "Nice try. The other one" Clint sighed and helped himself and Alex up. "It was worth a shot" Everyone started to retreat towards the stairs. But before Clint could get down them Alex stopped him. "We are not done talking about this okay? We are not done."

It took them about six hours of driving to get to the secret S.H.E.I.L.D super base but once they were there they witnessed a sight they were not expecting. Hundreds if S.H.E.I.L.D agents were standing outside the base. As soon as the agents saw the group of three they immediately cleared the way of the entrance. Fury was waiting for them there. "Agents" He regarded them. "Agent Romanoff, Agent Barton head inside I need to speak to Alex alone." Both the assassins cautiously nodded and headed inside. Alex waited until they were both out of range to speak. "Sir, not to sound out of line but what the hell am I doing here? I'm not an Avenger." "That's right but you're here for a more important reason." Alex raised an eyebrow. "Which is?" He asked. "Behind those doors we have one Loki Laufeyson, dose that name sound familiar?" Alex shook his head. "Not really; no" But it seemed important as if he knew the name and it was just beginning to surface. "Why?" "Because he's been asking for you…and I would like to know why"

Alex walked into the base not know what to expect but what he saw was all of the Avengers staring blankly at the Norse god who was currently sitting cross-legged on a plastic chair in the middle of the room. Alex automatically recognized the face and that name quickly surfaced in his mind. "Ah" The god said; finally opening his previously closed eyes. "It took you long enough." Clint's mind quickly connected the dots. "Wait, you know him!" The archer asked in shock. "Why would that surprise you for someone of his standing?" Loki question and as he spoke it only seemed to deepen both assassins sense of confusion. "Oh" The tricksters green eyes sparkled with mischief. "You haven't told them yet." It wasn't a question. "No, and I wasn't planning on telling them at all thank you very much." Alex replied in a clipped tone. Loki untangled his legs from the chair gracefully and stood up. "Are you really that blind?" He asked regarding Clint and Natasha.

"You let a person like him into your life at such a young age and that's dangerous enough but then you don't even bother to know who he is…tell me Clinton; has he ever talked about his family or where he's from or even where he learned to fight like he dose? Those knifes he uses; they are not of this world; they are not even of this realm. And you know that…I can see it in your eyes. But you don't want to believe it so you turned a blind eye. That was your first mistake. Your seconded was caring about him; your emotions blinded you from the obvious." Clint's face was almost red with anger. Which shocked Alex's knowing that Clint was usually so calm in situations like this. Clint stepped forward. "Look if you make one more accusation I'll-" Loki raised an eyebrow as if mocking his very existence. "You'll what? Kill me? I hardly think telling the truth is worth murder" The trickster said coolly. "It's not as if your life is worth much to me" Clint hissed. "Clint! Stop!" Alex shouted. He looked back apologetically at his friend. "I can't think" He replied meekly. He turned back to Loki. "Why are you here?" He said calmly. "I need your help." Steve scoffed making the other Avengers presence known. "Why should we help you after what you have done?" The Captain asked. "Because the favor is not for me my good captain" Bruce straightened his glasses and eyed him quizzically. "If it's not for you then who is it for?" He asked. Loki's green eyes traveled to meet Alex's. "Pandora" He replied carefully. Alex felt his heart run at a thousand miles an hour. "Is something wrong with her?" He asked quietly while running a hand through his hair. "Alex I swear to you I did everything in my power to stop it for happening. "Loki! Spit it out!" You could of heard a pin drop in that room as Loki spoke. "The Titan's are escaping; she was the first line of defense. I tried to stop her but she wouldn't listen. She's dying of something even I cannot cure…I need your help to find something that can"

"But that means…"

"Yes, you're going back home."

Alex was already packing his bag when Clint stormed in. "What was that?" He shouted. Alex said nothing. "At least answer me this…" Clint said in an attempt to calm himself down. "You wouldn't believe me if I told you" Alex said in an exasperated tone. "After all we have been through I think I would." Alex sighed, "I doesn't matter anyway." He tried to walk out but Clint grabbed his arm before he could leave. "You could be in danger so it matters to me." Alex gave Clint a cold gaze as he tried to break free. "Is that why you broke up with me? Is that why you refused to tell Nat about us? Because I was always getting into trouble…or were you just too ashamed?" Alex was still trying to get free. "That's not the reason!" Neither cared who heard them anymore. "Then what was it?" Alex shouted. "I couldn't risk getting attached to you…because I knew if I lost you it would destroy me." His voice was only above a whisper. "This-" Alex said motioning between the two of them. "This right now. The fighting, the pretending, all of it…its already killed me."

They were in the hallway now. "Well you can't go out there alone!" Clint called after him. "I won't; I'll have Loki!" Alex called back. "So much for reassurance" Clint muttered. "Fine! Fine! I wont bother you about it any more!" Alex let out a sigh of relief. "Thank you" Clint nodded. "That's right you just leave old Clint here on Earth…anything could happen! I could get mauled by bears…or mauled by Natasha…" Alex couldn't help but smile at this. "But don't you worry your pretty little head…go on, save your space princess" Alex turned around to face Clint, knowing what was going to happen next. "Okay A) she's not my space princess she's my sister. And B) is there any way I'm getting you to shut up?" Clint just smiled and nodded. "Your talking about coming with me aren't you?" Clint pretended to study his nails absent-mindedly. "Well now that you mention it…" Alex rolled his eyes. "Fine! Fine! I give up! You can come!" Alex said raising his hands in the air. "Just so you know I'm speaking on the behalf of Nat as well." Alex couldn't help it; he broke out into a full on smile. "Clinton Barton I swear you are going to be the death of me." Alex told him affectionately. "Don't say that," Clint whispered. "Don't ever say that"

The three of them soon rejoined and made their way towards Loki. "Where are we going any way?" Nat asked. "Do you really want to know?" Natasha simply nodded. "Olympus, where going to Olympus"

Well, that's the first chapter! I hope you liked it…review!

Keep on keeping on!

-ILH