A/N: Hey guys! I'm back, and I'm probably going to be shot and/or yelled at soft taking so long posting this. Truth be told, I was waiting for the release of Iron Man 3 to post this so here it is. Enjoy!

Chapter 1: Hey! I'm back.

I materialized in my office, exhausted from my recent adventures, and slumped into my comfy, leather chair. A tired sigh escaped my lips as I leaned my head back with my eyes closed until an agent cleared her throat.

I snapped to attention and fixed my eyes on the three other people in the room. It only took me a single glance at their armbands to know who they were. Snapping into a salute, I fixed my eyes on the agent closest to me," Director Maya, to what do I owe this honor?"

The head of the force wrinkled her nose in disgust," You honestly think that we don't know what you did? We know that you broke the most important part of the code," she snarled, piercing-blue eyes burning into my face," You gave a known criminal a wristband. With it in his possession, Loki could have destroyed us all. You know the consequences for this, do you not?"

My acid-green eyes widened in fear," Yes, ma'am."

" Do you deny your actions?"

" No, ma'am."

" Then you, Skylar Waters, are stripped of your title as leader of the eighth division," the agent on Maya's left stepped forward and ripped my armbands off my uniform," You are stripped of your membership in the Force," the agent on Maya's right stepped forward and took my wristband," and you are banished to another dimension to where you can bring no harm to this universe!" Maya cried out, using her wristband to send me through the dimensions and away from my home.

I was suddenly tumbling through a tunnel of mad colors that twisted, swirled, and changed every few seconds until I was suddenly falling through air. A small scream left my mouth until I crashed into a cold, stone floor. " Sky? You ok?" a cautious, male voice asked.

I looked up and saw the one and only Tony Stark standing over me with all the avengers, plus Loki and Pepper, assembled behind him. In the place of answering him, I shook my head and struggled to get up, shivering at cool air chilling the exposed skin of my arms where my armbands used to be.

I wobbled on my feet as reality and gravity slapped me in the face. " I've lost it all..." I thought, struggling to stay on my feet," My home, my world, my brother, my team, my division, my rank. Everything is gone." I took a few tentative steps towards Tony, then lost my balance and fell into the middle aged genius who awkwardly patted my back. I didn't even realize that I was crying until Loki and Steve patted my shoulders and told me that I was going to be alright.

Loki being the one I liked and trusted the most out of them all, I let go of Tony and fell into Loki's arms to cry on his shoulder, which smelled pleasantly of leather. He knew what it was like to lose it all, and I needed someone who could understand me at that, my most vulnerable moment.

The avengers and Pepper all gathered around me in an awkward sort of group hug, which told me that they all remembered how I had saved them and the rest of reality from being destroyed. Once I finished sobbing on Loki's shoulder, I noticed the ache in my back from landing on the stone floor," Sorry, everyone. I've been through a lot just now. I was just banished from my home dimension to here for the rest of my life," I stated awkwardly.

Everyone stared at me in shock," So," I looked up at Tony," You need a place to stay? I've got an empty room," he offered.

I smiled weakly," Thanks, Tony," I looked at everyone else," Thanks for the awkward hug," I turned to Loki," Sorry for sobbing on your shoulder."

Everyone smiled and told me that I was gonna be alright and very welcome amongst the avengers. I smiled as Tony took me to my new room and listened to him jabber on about new designs he had for suits and new system upgrades for Jarvis. Natasha and Pepper gave me articles of clothing that would keep me going until we got a chance to shop and get me a new wardrobe.

That evening, Tony took Pepper out on a dinner date, Hawkeye took Natasha out for coffee, Thor went to go visit Jane, Dr. Banner locked himself in his lab, and Loki was nowhere in sight as I made my way towards the kitchen to make myself some food. As soon as I entered the kitchen, I felt like I was being watched. Paranoid and slightly creeped out, I looked over my shoulder to see a rather adorable black Labrador looking at me expectantly with emerald-green eyes.

A smile lifted to corners of my mouth and laughter bubbled from inside me. " Very nice, Loki. You make an adorable dog," I said between giggles.

Loki transformed back into his normal form wearing a light green tunic with black trousers and smiled," It's good to see you smiling again. You've been gone for five years and happen to have missed a lot," he said, striding towards me and opening the fridge. He paused then glanced at me," You still like chocolate cake, right?"

I smiled, thinking back on our last conversation," Yeah, why?" I responded, slightly lost until he pulled out a small, chocolate cake that had chocolate icing with chocolate shavings all over it. My ultimate comfort food.

My eyes must have lit up at the sight of it because Loki burst into laughter as he handed me the cake," I thought that you may need your ultimate comfort food," he explained, brushing past me.

I was back, and I had a lot to do.