"What do you mean Loki compromised Thor?" Coulson asked anxiously.

"I mean exactly what I said."

"I know Thor, he's not exactly a push over."

"But Loki is the God of tricks and mischief, illusions. He could've lured Thor with an image of Jane and imprisoned him or something. I don't know, and it pains me not to know."Anna slammed her fist on the table as she jolted upright out of her seat.

"Don't worry, I'm sure he's okay. Your friends probably already rescued him and he's worried sick about you." Coulson tried to reassure her, although he was internally worried for Thor. Thor or not, they had a task ahead of them now, here, on earth.

"He wouldn't worry about me" Annabeth sat back down and her muscles relaxed.

"What makes you say that? You are friends, arnt you?"

"Because we are all warriors, we know eachother like the back of our own hands. Thor doesn't waste a breath because he knows I can do anything. But sometimes that's not the case, Loki has forged a blade that can kill me, KILL ME. We don't know how or where he got that kind of information. Thor doesn't know that, he doesn't know Loki can show up with an army wielding weapons of the same caliber, ones that can shut me down. And I promise, if I'm slain, your world will know no mercy. I am your otherworldly line of defense. And even with all that, Thor will care about Jane's security anyway. Why did I just tell you any of this?"

Annabeth asked as she furrowed her brows at what was coming out of her mouth.

"I don't know, but I don't mind hearing it. Even the mightiest need someone to listen once in a while." Coulson have Annabeth a warm smile. "I'll show you where you'll be staying" Coulson got up from his chair and motioned for her to follow him.

"I'll be staying here? Like, sleeping and eating and that stuff?" She asked catching up to his fast walking pace. "Did you have somewhere else to go?" "Well, no, but I also didn't know there were lodgings here."

"Of course there are, a majority of workers live here." They both exited the cafeteria and Coulson lead her to her room.

The walk there was silent but Anna didn't mind. She was too busy looking around and taking everything in about the strange contraption she was going to be living on. Coulson eventually stopped abruptly and Annabeth knocked into him, for her head was in the clouds. Coulson laughed and straightened his jacket.

"Put your hand on that" he pointed to an indented panel by the door.

"It'll remember your hand print and it will act as a key that let's you into your room."

"How nifty" she placed her hand on the scanner and a light paced up and down, taking her handprint.

The door eventually slid open revealing a beautiful room that had a window that allowed her to see the sky, or the ocean when the helicarrier was a ship. The bed was large and was already made nice and tight. She immidently jumped on the bed with a gleeful laugh and messed it up.

"I'm guessing you like it?" Coulson asked as he leaned against the door to her room.

"Very much" Anna buried her head in one of the pillows. Her wings rested on her back.

"Just call for me if you need anything, I'm never too far away." Coulson banged on the door before he left an it suit behind him.

The bed was so soft if felt as if she was resting on clouds. It's soft texture reminded her of her bed back home in the palace. She wasn't going to lie, she missed home. Ever since her parents were killed, she's lived in the palace with Thor and Loki and she grew to love them very much in their own way. Thor was always the rebellious fighter and Loki was the quiet, intellectual one. Since Annabeth embraced both battle and brains, she was able to hang out with them both. Though in the end she truly fell for Loki's mysterious elegance. Thor fell in love with a human anyway, so Anna didn't exactly feel bad about growing closer to Loki. He acted differently around Anna than everyone else. To her he was kind, loving, vulnerable.

But Loki fell into a black hole and Annabeth had to move on, they all thought him dead. That was untill he wound up on Earth, trying to take it over. Annabeth was ordered to hold down the fort as Thor went to get Loki. When he returned with him and the terreract, Anna threw her hands over his neck, wrapping him up in her embrace. But he wasn't the same Loki who left her, this Loki was cold and callous and Anna felt it. She looked up at him with regarding eyes as he looked back down at her with blank, empty ones. And that's all she could take before rushing out of the throne room, leaving Odin to pass his judgement. Wait, why was she thinking about this now? Her love was long gone and someone new was in his shoes. The thought was just wasted energy. It was best just to cut all ties and memories to Loki, it would make things so much easier if she was to meet him on the fields of justice if he was but a chaotic evil, and not the one she would've died for. Sitting up, Anna decided to take her armor off, since it was considerably uncomfortable to sleep it.

She rolled up the ribbons and slid out of the plate. unfortunately since she wasn't home, she didn't have a change of night clothes. So she just stripped to her under garments and hopped back onto the bed and rolled herself into the warm comforter. She buried her face back into the pillow as her breathing slowed and she drifted off into sleep.

*Annabeths Dream*

Earths Mightiest Heros fought the enemy valiantly, but they were sorely out numbered. Annabeth was caught, cornered by a large man that had a hue of purple skin.

"Caught like a fly in my web" the man laughed in a deep, gruff voice.

"My prey thinks it's so clever" Annabeth smirked to hold her ground, she wasn't scared of him, but she was too smart to think he wouldn't do her any harm. The sky blackened as if a violent storm was rolling in.

"Your prey? I'm afraid youve gotten yourself confused. Your end is nearer than you may think," The man stood tall as his hands began charging bolts of energy. He slammed his fists into the ground and it spiked up as it traveled towards Annabeth. Jumping, she avoided the initial spike, she smirked and went to look at the man, but her vision was greeted by a boulder hurtling towards her. She swiped her blades and the piece of Earth fell to the ground as Anna landed herself.

"quite lovely reflexes, too bad they won't do you any good." As he punched the ground, boulders formed in the air. When he punched them, they were sent flying at Annabeth. The barrage was oddly overpowering and knocked her into the ground. Boulders rested ontop of her wings, pining her to the ground. But there was another force, a forign one that kept her from getting up. As if an invisable boulder resting on her chest.

"What is this?" Anna struggled to get out. "Its the burdens- your burdens. The people you couldn't save, the lives you took merciessly, the ones you left in the hope of greener pastures, the ones you failed. The millions of people youre going to fail. Oh, how the mighty fall?"

He let out a maddening laugh as suddenly, all of Annabeth's comrades; whether from Earth or Asgard, scattered along the ground next to her, lifeless. Anna couldnt help but looking at them, how real they looked. But the idea of actually seeing them like this was heartbreaking, where tears nearly came to her eyes. She stopped them just in time, it's unwise to cry infront of your enemy for they keep that weakness agaisnt you.

"Who even are you?" she asked with a quivering lip. "I am your worst nightmare. I am your fate, and you cannont escape me. I will bring onto you death and destruction, for you stand for justice and light and everything that stands in my way. I will crush you, I will cut the courage out of your very being. They call me Thanos and I am eternal." He punched the ground once more, and it fissured sending Anna falling down, deep into darkness. The sliver of light that was her salvation became smaller and smaller and she fell further down untill it was pitch black.

Annabeth jolted awake to someone knocking on her door.