Chapter 3

It all started when the US government decided that arresting Loki was a good idea.

The first thing that tipped Julia off that something was wrong was the lack of black hair sprawling across the pillow in the bed across from her. Julia sat up and rubbed her eyes, checking that her eyes weren't fooling her. Loki wasn't in his bed. The second sign that something was off was that the sheets were rumpled and in a loose ball at the end of the bed, as if he'd kicked at them as he had gotten up. The thing was, Loki always folded his sheets back, even when he simply was going to the bathroom or something. They were never just in a ball at the end of the bed.

Julia cautiously approached the bed, hesitantly picking up the note that was lying in place. As she finished reading it, she let out a growl.

By the order of the United States Federal Government, Loki Odinson-Laufey has been taken into custody on charges of murder and treason.

An official looking stamp signed it. Julia crushed the note in her palm.

"Thor! Get in here, we have a problem!"

"So the United States government, the one that knows virtually nothing about us, decides that they can arrest someone they have no authority over?" Julia snapped angrily to Thor as they sat around a table trying to figure out what to do. "I'll give them something to arrest me for if they don't release him!" Thor shook his head, though the same fire of anger was burning in his eyes.

"Don't do something rash." He warned. "We'll get him out. First let's talk to Stark, and SHIELD, and see what they can do." Julia grumbled, but gave in. Leaving Heimdall in charge for the time being, the two headed to SHIELD.

"We have a problem." Thor announced, stepping into head of SHIELD's office. "Loki has been arrested, by your government that has no authority over him."

"That authority falls to SHIELD, not the generic US government." Julia added. The man, Stephens, read the nametag, didn't look surprised. "Also, where is Coulson?"

"He's been removed from this because he's too involved personally, on the (group of people from the shadowy room in Avengers) orders. They overrode us on this." Stephens answered her in a calm tone, but looking pissed. "And we know Loki's been arrested." Julia's eyebrows rose. "Some of our agents went with that decision and, well, we were too late to stop them. ."

Julia launched herself across the desk and pressed her dagger against the imbeciles neck, baring her teeth. She was completely ready to stab him through the throat.

"Julia-" Thor started. The girl glared back at him, and Thor was forcefully reminded of Loki from a few years back, when he'd tried taking over the Earth. This wasn't good. "Don't do anything rash." He repeated himself from earlier, turning to face the man. "Where is our brother?" He asked quietly, understanding the situation.

"In- In DC. The FBI has him." The acting director stammered. Julia released him, and turned as if to leave, but a quick flash later and there was a thin red line across his cheek.

"That was for betraying our trust." She hissed. "This isn't over." Thor quickly grabbed her arm and pulled her out of the office, quickly striding down the street after they exited the building. The man started to follow but

"Are you mad?" Thor exclaimed. "That could have gotten you arrested too! And it wasn't their fault for the most part." Julia glared, entirely unrepentant.

"They have Loki." She replied mutoniously. "I'd react the same if they'd arrested you." Thor shook his head.

"I'm angry too, but I didn't need to punch the guy!" Thor grabbed Julia and took off as they reached a clear area. They landed in one of DC's many parks and started walking. "Come on, let's figure out a plan of attack."

Julia stormed after him. The FBI would pay.

"You do realize that by arresting me, you're drawing the wrath of Thor, and my sister?" Loki asked conversationally as he sat in the chair of the interrogation room. "Not to mention what I could do when I get out?"

"You think you can escape?" The agent laughed.

"You think you can hold me?" Loki returned darkly. The agent seemed to reconsider the laugh from a moment earlier. "If I'm here, then you've read my records. So, let me ask again, do you really think you can hold me?" Loki smiled pleasantly after finishing, unsettling the agent. "Besides, who's authority do you think you're holding me on?"

"The United States Federal Government.." The man in the black suit replied confidently after regaining his composure. "And... let me ask, just for clarification, was that a threat a second ago?"

"Well, I should be a threat." Loki smirked, danger radiating off of him. The agent nodded.

"Add threatening a federal agent to the list." He said to seemingly thin air, and held up a hand when Loki was about to speak. He smiled a second later at the end of what have must have been a conversation in an earpiece. "It looks like your sister has arrived." He told the Asgardian. Loki narrowed his eyes. "And she's gotten herself arrested." Loki groaned and attempted to put his head in his hand but was stopped by the handcuffs on the chair. "Still sure you guys aren't trouble?" The trickster attempted to stand up but found the chair was bolted to the floor.

"Damn." He muttered.

Julia was making good progress until one of the guards managed to sneak up behind her and stun her. She allowed her daggers to go back into storage as she lost consciousness. They weren't getting her weapons.

Julia awoke a few hours later to find herself staring at Loki who was smirking at her.

"Gonna tell me I shouldn't do something rash?" She asked. He laughed and shook his head.

"No, but I am going to ask if you still wonder why people see a resemblance between us."

"Not anymore." She muttered. "Are you ok?"

"I'm fine." Loki reassured her. "Mainly annoyed. What did you do to get arrested?"

"Stabbed all the guards I met on the way in." Julia answered calmly. "Non-fatally, of course, they'll be fine, but enough to get this far."

"I taught you well." Loki replied fondly. The conversation was interrupted by the door opening.

"Hello." Loki greeted.

"That was an impressive display back there, Miss Odinson." The man began calmly. "Though not very fatal."

"It wasn't my intention to be fatal." Julia replied frostily.

"Hm.. I believe you." The man turned to Loki. "Now, Loki, was it? It seems you've managed to escape any consequences for your actions in New York, and Germany. I'd like to know how you managed that."

"I didn't." Loki replied coldly. "And said consequences are none of your business." The FBI agent chuckled.

"Considering it was our country you attacked, it is." Loki looked murderous. There was a knock on the door and the man got up and opened it, which probably saved his life.

"SHIELD wants these two." The voice on the other side said. "Sorry, just following orders." The man sighed, but disconnected the handcuffs from the chair. Julia and Loki stood up, glaring at the jerk. The newbie escorted them through the halls, and through the thick metal door that they'd entered through earlier. Loki had almost succeeded in getting out of one of the handcuffs when all hell broke lose.

Julia ducked her head to protect her face when the explosion of dust and plaster occurred. After everything had settled, she looked up to see Thor standing in front of both of them and Loki taking the handcuff off of his other wrist, smirking. He removed hers a second later.

"They managed to piss me off." Thor said by way of explanation. Julia shrugged and the trio walked out to the main entrance, where everyone turned to stop and stare.

"Everyone in this building has 20 minutes to GET OUT. If you're not out in 20 minutes, you take your life in your own hands, because this building is going down." Thor thundered. The three of them strode to the door and exited without protest.

20 minutes later, everyone seemed to be out, and there were guards preventing reentry at the entrances to the FBI headquarters. Thor summoned a lightning bolt that struck several areas of the building, and it trembled for a moment before collapsing upon itself with a mighty boom. Julia cackled.

"The US government is actually going to have to do work for once!"

The three of them arrived to the campground of Asgard to find SHEILD in a facedown with what looked like all of Asgard, minus the young children. SHIELD was vastly outnumbered, and they collectively turned and watched as Thor stalked over to their leader.

"I told your stand-in leader this already, we do not need your assistance." Thor stated. "You have ended any hope of cooperation between Asgard and SHIELD until the War Council are no longer in charge. Erik and Jane, you may stay. The rest of you, leave." SHIELD didn't hesitate in getting out of their, they knew this battle was lost. Thor turned to Julia and asked,

"Are you still wondering why people think you resemble him?"

"Now they have reason to." Julia replied calmly, now that everyone was back where they should be. "Besides, even the federal agents said none of that was fatal."

"I presume Loki taught you that?" Thor asked.

"Obviously." Julia snorted. "I wouldn't have tried it if I wasn't sure I could do it."

Thor sighed. "At least you think things through."

Later, after Stark had been informed of what had happened with SHIELD and the federal government, the group, consisting of the siblings and Jane, Erik, and Darcy, (who had shown up a little while later), had gathered around a fire and relaxed.

"So, Julia, since this is our first calm meeting, tell us about yourself." Jane suggested. "With all the craziness going on, I haven't had a proper chance to get to know you." Julia smiled. She liked Jane.

"Sure. Well, I thought until I met these two that I was born on Earth, in Russia. I was adopted by American parents, lived in America until I met them. I went to (insert college that isn't GaTech here) and was going to study Computer Science, but ended up changing to Psychology. Go figure." Julia rolled her eyes. "I'm 19...I think."

"Technically, yes." Loki confirmed.

"How'd you meet these two?" Darcy asked.

"Well, " She began, "I was walking home from seeing Thor: Ragnarok again, which apparently doesn't exist here, I dunno why, and suddenly I got swept up in the Bifrost. I honestly thought that all of ya'll were fictional characters up till this point."

"I'm not too surprised." Jane replied. "I helped make the Thor movies myself."

"Wait - so you've met Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston?! THAT'S SO COOL!" Julia squealed.

"Didn't we meet them a few days ago?" Loki reminded her.

"Oh yeah, I'd forgotten about that…" Julia admitted sheepishly. Loki rolled his eyes. Jane looked thoughtful for a moment before her eyes widened.

"Wait - so he wasn't joking?" She exclaimed. "Why am I surprised?"

"He told you about us? That's awesome!" Julia hesitated. "Can I go meet them at some point?"

"Sure, whenever we work on the next one." Jane answered. "Speaking of which - what's the next one going to be?"

"Thor: Ragnarok." Julia said immediately. "It's the next one in the series." Jane nodded. "I guess it'll get to exist now. But I wonder why it didn't before…"

"Probably a really elaborate illusion." Loki answered. "It would explain why everyone recognized you still, and in it, the time could have been slightly forwarded. My mother taught me everything I know, but I'm not as knowledgeable as she was in areas like that."

"That makes sense." Julia agreed. "First - I got a question - how do you make a movie? And how do we not get arrested the next time we go out?"


AN - Hi, everyone, hope you're enjoying! I am currently stuck in writer's block for the next chapter, but don't fear! It will get written. I'm trying to stay a few chapters ahead of posting so I may write a few more before updating again. I'm about to go on break so I should have some time. Have a good day!