Chapter 1
The estimated travel time left for Asgard to arrive on Earth was 1 day. Everyone on board was bursting with nervous anticipation. Julia spent her time alternating between excitement and worry. Earth was the place she'd called home for a long time, and returning was nice, but worry oer their arrial had battled with it, causing some very strange scenes. Julia struggled to go to and stay asleep the night they saw Earth. Julia took a picture with her phone that she'd discovered was still on her.
Upon landing, several black SUV's had surrounded their repurposed cargo ship. The girl rolled her eyes at the sight, declaring that feds were annoying and stuck their nose in places it wasn't wanted. The leader seemed annoyed by that. Julia asked who they were as she waited for Thor and Loki to exit.
"We're SHIELD, ma'am, I think you will remember us. Could you please come with us?"
"While we'd love to sit down and have a cup of coffee with you," Julia interjected, "I have people I need to look over, so we're gonna need to compromise." She turned and walked back to Loki, who had just exited the ship behind them. Thor followed close behind. The leader's eyes widened.
"I still need to debrief you." The man stated.
"Son of Coul." Thor greeted. "Asgard seeks refuge on Earth."
"Hold up! Hold up!" A voice that Julia recognized but couldn't place yelled. "Thor! It's good to see you again!" Julia turned to see a man that she now remembered was Erik Selvig running towards the group. "LokI? I thought you said he was dead!"
"We thought he was." Thor explained. Then they noticed that several agents had pulled out their guns and had them pointed at Loki, who was smirking. Julia quickly stepped in front of him, muttering, "The smirk isn't helping." Thor stood up straighter.
"He's not planning to take over." Thor stated. Julia summoned one of her daggers unobtrusively. Loki stepped back a bit.
"Loki just helped save Asgard pretty majorly, so you can put your guns away." Snapped the girl, drawing their attention and a few firearms her way. She sighed. "Really? I haven't even met you properly and I'm getting threatened. How nice." She looked at Thor and shook her head. "What is it recently with people automatically distrusting me? I didn't use to deal with this!"
"You look like Loki's twin or something. Forgive us if that's a little alarming." Erik Selvig answered, still glaring at Loki. "Who are you, anyways?"
"I'm Julia, pleased to meet you, Erik Selvig." Julia replied, and smirked. Erik shifted.
"How do you know my name?" He demanded.
"Thor movies." Julia admitted. Erik took a bit to remember.
"So you're a fan?" He replied.
"Not just a fan. It turns out I'm their sister." Julia replied indignantly. She glanced around at the still tense SHEILD agents. "Can we get off? I need to take a proper bath and call some people."
"You're going to need to come with us." Coulson replied. Thor nodded, taking over again.
"Go on with them, I will be there momentarily." The twins walked down the ramp, Julia allowing her dagger to return to storage. She pulled out her phone and was suprised to find full service.
"Huh, that's cool." She muttered, pleased. She dialed her mom's number, and was relieved when she answered. "Hey, Mommy."
There was a thud at the other end, and Julia belatedly remembered she'd been gone for a couple months. "Um… Mommy? Hello?" She asked. Her father's voice responded.
"Who is this?" He demanded
"Your daughter from Russia." She replied. "Sorry about the whole gone missing thing but I had no choice. I'm fine, don't worry." The phone was silent for a long moment. "Hello?"
"Is this actually you?"
"Yes, it's the only daughter you have, the one you adopted in October of 2001." She smiled. "I kinda found out some stuff from Russia, unintentionally, if you're interested."
"You did? Well… that's interesting. Where are you now?" He asked quickly, as if her connection would end in the next second. She heard him cough, like he was covering up a sniffle. She covered the mouthpiece. "Hey, where are we?"
"New York." One of the agents replied.
"Thanks." She replied, uncovering the phone. "New York, apparently." She snorted. "I'll come down to Georgia in a week, is that alright? I have stuff that needs to get sorted before I come down."
"Are you sure you can't come now? What's going on?"
"SHEILD, aliens, crazy stuff. Like I said, I'll explain more later." Her dad was silent for a moment.
"Alright." He finally said. "There had better be a good explanation to all this though. I love you."
"I love you too, Daddy." Julia replied, heartfelt. "See you soon." She hung up the phone and pocketed it. "Parents. I think my mom fainted." Loki nodded. "So on a scale of 1-10, how much trouble are we in?"
"Probably around 4 for you." Loki replied after a moment. "But definitely a 10 for me. Unless Thor can figure something out."
"Hopefully he can." Julia sighed. "You almost died, that's pretty bad. And you just saved Asgard, that should count for something."
"Hopefully." Loki muttered. "Taking over Earth was a bad idea...I let my emotions get the better of me. Hopefully this doesn't screw things up for Asgard."
"If they are to condemn an entire race for one person's action, then they have issues." Julia scoffed. "Besides, Thor's here, and they respect him at least." Loki nodded in agreement. The two climbed in the back of one of the SUV's and shut the doors behind them. "Well, to SHIELD HQ, I guess!"
They drove off, Loki and Julia quietly observing the scenery and wondering when Thor would arrive.
Unfortunately, things did not go well for them from that point out.
"ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?!" Julia yelled at the retreating SHEILD agents. She glared at the glass and began to pace. "We just got here!" Loki sighed from his position of leaning against the wall.
"I'm not too surprised." He frowned. "But I'm not happy about this."
"Thor had better get here soon." Julia muttered, kicking the wall. She gave up and joined Loki sitting against the wall. "And the government wonders why people don't like them. THIS IS WHY!" She yelled at the glass. Loki chuckled.
A few hours later, in which Julia had gotten progressively more bored, a guard opened the door and allowed them to leave the glass walled cell. They were directed to a conference room where Thor was glaring at a new guy in black. Julia debated getting her dagger out, but decided against it.
"You saw it necessary to detain my siblings without informing me or without good reason?" Thor demanded of him. "You risk our cooperation with you. You seem to forget that we do not only have you as contacts." He waited a moment. "We have other friends on Earth."
"Loki has a history." The man defended. "And she looks just like him. I'd say suspicion, at least, is warranted."
"Putting them in a cell, however, is not. The only thing you accomplish with this is aggravating all of us." Julia smirked at the exact same moment as Loki, and the man began to look unsettled. The other agents in the room gulped. "We will be returning to our ship and people now." Thor turned and Julia and Loki followed him out of the room, their capes billowing in unison. "Inform Stark of our arrival."
The trio exited the building onto the streets of New York where a large crowd was formed.
"What - what - is - that - Why are there two Thor's?" Loki exclaimed.
"Let me see!" Julia jumped. Loki picked her up. "I need to get taller." She muttered. "Ohh! That's Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston! They're the actors who play you guys in the Thor movies." Loki turned and saw another version of himself walking down the street.
"That's actually pretty accurate…" He admitted. Tom Hiddleston just happened to turn and notice them a second later. His eyes widened. Thor was examining the actor who played himself, and found himself impressed.
"Thor! Can you fly us out of here without hurting anyone?" Julia asked suddenly.
"Yeah..Why?"
"Can we make a spectacular exit in a minute?" She didn't wait for an answer, but vaulted over the crowd, and ran over to the two actors. She told something to both of them, and they nodded, seemingly impressed by her leap. She smiled. "Thanks, guys! Have fun!" She looked straight at a camera for a moment, and allowed a white flash to illuminate her face before vaulting back over to Thor and Loki. "Alright, now!" She yelled. Thor grabbed Loki and Julia around the waist and up they went. Julia cackled as the crowd gasped and yelled and soon they disappeared from sight. "That was fun!"
"And you wonder why people see a resemblance between Loki and you." Thor muttered, shaking her head. They landed gently a little while later in front of the Asgardian ship. Julia found one of the SHEILD agents there and requested four horses. The agent looked confused but called it in, and soon they had four horses. The Valkyrie girl joined them as they prepared a temporary home for Asgard. Julia rode to the store and grabbed a cheap laptop. She selected plane tickets for herself and was about to complete the purchase when Loki asked if he could join her. She was surprised, but agreed, and soon they were set to go in five days time. Thor saw them off and wished them well when they departed.
"My parents faces are going to be priceless!" She told Loki during takeoff. He chuckled and agreed.
Julia exited the Atlanta airport and wondered if she should call her parents or just hire a taxi the question was answered when Loki hailed a taxi, and they climbed in.
"To Lawrenceville, please." Julia requested. "The corner of 5th and 8th."
"I can get you to Lawrenceville, but you'll need to direct me from there. I don't go to Lawrenceville that often." The woman who was driving replied.
"It's fine." Julia reassured her. "If needed, we can walk when we get to the city. I live there."
"Ok by me." The driver agreed. The drive was mostly silent, Loki observing Atlanta and the surroundings. As they exited on the Suwanee exit on 85, Julia asked the question that had popped into her head.
"Wonder what happened to her car?" She sighed. "I hope no one broke into it, or worse, stole it."
"That would be problematic." Loki agreed. "I'm sure we're find out soon." When the they arrived at the city, the driver let them out, and they thanked her, tipping her well for the long drive. She seemed extremely grateful.
"Come on, it's this way." Julia directed, and so they foud themselves staring at a small house with a bolt lock on the door. "That's new." She muttered. "Luckily for us, I know how to get in another way. Perks of ADHD." She joked. The two entered through a back window, and Julia grabbed her wallet and laptop. "I should probably check the mailbox, I've been absent a while."
"That's a lot of mail." Julia breathed, staring at the pile of mile threatening to fall over on the table. "What month is it?"
"July, I think." Loki replied from one of the other rooms. Julia nodded. "Wait, what year is it?"
"2020, I think." Loki entered the room, holding a notebook he was flipping though. "You're a good writer." Julia looked up and blushed.
"Wait, is that my writing notebook?" She asked shyly. "Please don't laugh…" Loki shook his head.
"I'm not going to, these are really good. You should publish them."
"No-one would take them." Julia snorted. "Said I was too young to become an author even though they were 'really good'." She looked down, asking quietly. "Do you think they're good?"
Loki nodded. "Yes, I'm not trying to flatter you." He teased. She smiled.
There was a knock on the front door. Julia tried to open it and remembered the bolt lock.
"Give me a moment!" She called, heading to an ajacent window and opening it. "Hello! Sorry, just got back, haven't had time to take that off yet." The men at the door looked at her like they thought she was crazy, and she probably looked it, hanging out the window like she was.
"Is this your house?" The taller one asked.
"Yeah, I kinda went on an unexpected trip." Julia replied. "I have a key, hang on a sec and let me show you." She climbed the rest of the way out the window and hopped lightly on the ground. The officers watched closely as she inserted the respective keys and unlocked both locks.
"The owner was reported as missing several months ago." He told her.
"Like I said, unexpected trip." She repeated. "Hang on a sec, Loki, it's just me coming in!"
"Loki?" The shorter man asked, tensing.
"Friend of mine." Julia explained simply. ""I'm just going to need this bolt off, I didn't put it on." The senior officer quickly got the bolt off, and told her that they'd probably contact her in the next few days, then left. Julia thanked them for keeping an eye on things and closed the door behind her as she entered the house, locking it. She walked over to the main light switch and flicked it, not really expecting any to come on. She was pleasantly surprised when the lights did turn on, and remembered she'd set her utilites to automatic payment. "Huh, even with me missing I pay my bills. Well, at least it won't be too expensive." She snorted. "Loki! The lights work!" Hearing a noise from the bedroom-turned-study, she walked in to find Loki examining her Doctor Who stuff. "Oh, yeah…. It's a show by the BBC."
"Fangirl." Loki teased. Julia rolled her eyes.
"Maybe, but I don't freak out over actors supposed 'hotness.' I've always thought it was rather stupid when people did that." She snorted. "Probably the reason that I've never been asked out, or in a relationship." Loki raised an eyebrow. "Single life is fine." She defended.
"Well, at least I don't have to worry about people trying to hurt you." Loki commented. Julia chuckled.
"That is true." She replied, turning back to her stuff. She checked over things, making sure that it was all still there. It was, and Julia was relieved. She went into her bedroom and grabbed her headphones and tech stuff, and the two of them closed everything up and exited to the garage. "Oh, look! My car's alright, this is great!" Julia exlaimed. The two of them got in the car and drove out, headed to her parents place. "We'll stay at my place for the week, is that alright with you?" Julia asked, turning to Loki. She found him fiddling with the radio. "Turn it on if you like." She suggested. Loki turned it to a rock station that happened to be playing Led Zepplin's Immigrant Song. "This was in Thor: Ragnarok!" Julia snickered. "There was a fight scene or two with this one."
"It's a good choice." Loki replied. The two of them made good time to her parents house, and sat a second before getting out. Julia gripped the wheel nervously. There was still time to turn around and leave… the choice was made for her when the door to the house opened.