Chapter 1

As Effie sat in the back seat of a small fighter jet headed for god knows where she grew increasingly nervous about what her assignment was, she had been working mercilessly on her hand-to-hand combat, was she supposed to fight someone? She didnt think she was ready for that just yet. Was she going to settle a very big dispute? Oh god, no, she thought, are they going to make me try and calm down the Hulk?

Just as sweat began to bead on her forehead, the pilot said "'Scuse me miss? We're here." they landed in a lightly forested area, somewhere in the less populated areas of new york by the looks of it. Effie existed the jet and walked to where SHIELD had seemed to set up shop. When she saw what all the commotion was about she stopped dead in her tracks, only to have the pilot gently grab her arm and move her forward.

That man Loki stood there with a defeated expression and a silver muzzle on his face, the Avengers were all standing around him, and his brother Thor loomed closer to him than the others would dare. Effie realized what she had been sent here to do, she would have to use her gift on Loki.

Black widow saw Effie and waited for her to come close to say "Epiphany, you might have already guessed your assignment, we need you to figure out what Loki's motive was so we can decide on a proper course of action." Effie silently nodded and began to walk towards the demi-god when Black Widow touched her arm "Hey, don't be afraid, he cant hurt you with all those chains, and he cant taunt you because of the muzzle, you can thank Thor for that. Fury picked you because he knew you were strong enough for this." Effie smiled appreciatively and kept walking toward Loki, who looked at her with vague curiosity.

She stood as close to the green, armor clad man as Thor did and nodded at him, Thor replied in a likewise nod. Loki was tall and lean, he had a hungry look to him, his piercing green eyes bore into her with suspicion and his raven black hair was tussled yet still slicked back, she noticed all the cuts and bruises on Loki and inwardly winced, this wasn't going to be pleasant. She began to reach out to him then stopped, she said "Prince Loki... I'll only do this with your permission, please let me..." the Avengers looked suspicious but said nothing. Loki looked at Effie with uncertainty and eyed her up and down, deciding if her should let her into his mind, after a few, long, nerve racking moments he solemnly nodded. Effie raised her hand and cupped his cheek, suddenly both of their eyes snapped open wide and glowed a bright white.

Effie saw flashes of Thor as a young child, the land called Asgard, a throne room, ice, Odin, Frigga, all of Loki's most important memories. As these images flashed through her mind Effie felt all of the emotions that made Loki the person he was at that very moment.

Pain

Anguish

Neglect

Loneliness

Fear

Jealousy

Heartbreak

Effie could feel hot tears fall uncontrollably from her eyes and a racking sob run through her as she struggled to regain composure.

Abuse

Sorrow

Guilt

Threatened

Unloved

Unwanted

Insignificant

Powerless

Freakish

Monstrous

She could feel a strong hand grip her shoulder, an act of comfort.

Rage

Numbness

the contact broke and both of their eyes went back to normal, Effie had tears streaking down her face, the tears were still falling when she looked at Loki. He looked at her intently with... worry? Why? Effie wondered as she quickly wiped the tears from her face. This man... this man deserves one act of compassion before they do lord knows what to him.

Effie placed her hand on Loki's cheek once more and he jerked back slightly with unease but quickly went back to his original position. Effie channeled feelings of caring and warmth into Loki's mind and spoke to him through his mind "Loki Laufyson, as long as I live I will make sure you never feel such pain again, its never too late to redeem yourself"

Effie took her hand off of his cheek then ran back to the jet, hoping no one would see her starting to cry again.