After a rough 8 weeks of tests, training, and speech therapy I was finally allowed to leave Shield headquarters. True to his promise Steve stayed the entire time. Tony stayed for about a week always amazed about how my powers progressed and how well I was able to pick up things, he even taught me some stuff about engineering and by the end of the eight weeks I built my own computer! Dr. Banner stayed at the Tower saying something about not being able to control himself around so many weapons and trained assassins. As it turns out, that for the most part, I can trust the lady assassin. When she started training me she told me that she knew what it felt like to not be in control of your own body, being a pawn in someone else's game. She somehow understood all of the feelings I was just now starting to experience. After locking all of my emotions away so long ago to somehow retain some type of sanity. As for the other assassin he became something of an older brother for me, no matter how I was feeling he could always find a way to make me smile, him and Tony but sometimes Tony is just too loud for me and it kind of scares me sometimes. I learned a lot about all of them throughout my time at Shield as well as a lot of other things about the world around me. With the computer Tony helped me make, I was able to look up all the new things that I had missed out on while I was in that cell. Things like Apple devices, Facebook, Twitter, and Forever 21 were new to me. Slowly I figured each new concept out and got praise from Steve who still didn't know how to work Facebook, I keep trying but somehow I don't think it's sinking in. Training took less than a week in which I learned 7 different types of martial arts, how to use daggers, guns and a bow and arrow, Clint was so proud. So it seems along with my other powers I am also able to learn things almost instantly and analyze data at an alarming rate. It seems that I finally have been able to become a person, fully, not just a seemingly unconscious consciousness without thoughts or feelings. I have become myself, but when we got back to the Tower that's when things got interesting.

Heading up the elevator, to the main floor we all stood in an awkward silence that elevators often create. When we were outside I had noticed that it had abruptly started to rain, with very active thunder and lightning. It had seemed maybe a little unusual but all of us were more tired than we would like to admit so none of us questioned it. But when we got to the main floor we were in for a surprise finding two Norse Gods in the living area, one trying to figure out how to work the television and the other reading my file. Noticing the elevator Thor came over to us,

"Friends! You have returned!" said Thor in his usual loud, ground shaking voice.

"Yes, Thor we are back but would you like to tell me exactly why you and especially Reindeer Games, are back?" said Tony pretty much speaking for all of us.

"Yes well you see when our father,"

"Your father," interjected Loki saying his first words since we arrived.

"When Odin was deciding Loki's fate our mother pleaded with him and swayed my father to giving Loki a lesser sentence," he paused slightly less willing to go on.

"That was…" Tony said ushering Thor to go on.

"Which was that until Loki understands his wrong doings he will be exiled to Earth in the care of the Avengers"

"What!" They all said in unison.

"That can't be possible, won't your dad question that with Loki on Earth he'll just try to take it over again?" said Steve.

"Without the Chitauri Loki would not be able to take over Earth, but if something were to arise he believes that if he is in the care of the heroes that had defeated him even with the Chitauri than he should be of no threat" explained Thor.

Everyone taking in what their fellow Avenger had just said. Tony was the first to look at me as the others followed suit and then together looked back at Thor and then said, "No,"

" I am sorry friend but orders given from the All Father are absolute, and whom may I ask is your new friend," he said finally noticing my presence.

Tony introduced me, "This is Mina and there is no way in hell that I'm letting that demented bag of cats anywhere near her." Loki finally acknowledging the group without look up stood and said, "Mina you say, with hair as white as freshly fallen snow and eyes the color of amethyst, a beauty to be hold as much as this wretched planet has to offer. But not only that but possesses great power within her so says this file," Loki says as he slowly walks towards me and now standing directly in front of me leans down to pick up my hand and gives it a chaste kiss and then proceeds to say with a Cheshire cat grin, "It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance,"

After blushing, which is quite hard to do considering my much tanner skin I stutter out, " Um… nice to meet you too?"

The group gasped in unison as I said that and quickly Steve stepped in front of me and said, " That's enough," looking now to address me "Mina please go to your room," I quickly did so but not so quick as to notice that no one said another word until my room door had closed.

Back in the living room… (Narrator's point of view)

As Mina's room door closes Steve gets in Loki's face and says, "Now listen hear, you will not EVER lay a finger on her again, do you understand, and another thing," now addressing Thor, " the All Father doesn't control Earth so you can take your crazy brother,"

Tony interjects. "I think what Cap means is that, no offence, but we don't take orders from the All Father and he has no right to put us on baby sitting duty,"

Thor tries to appease his friends by saying, "I am sorry we must inconvenience you friends but it be only for a time where my brother could find wrong in what he has done,"'

"Yea like that's gonna happen anytime soon," Natasha comments. Thor is quick glance at her that lost puppy dogface he's so good at. "Oh no, pretty boy that is not going to work".

"Please Lady Natasha, can you not find a cell similar to the one on the flying fortress to hold my brother?"

Tony interjected. "Yea because that worked so perfectly the last time"

"Without outside assistance Loki will not be able to escape now that he is without his magic," Thor responded.

"Wait Reindeer Games is out of juice, how did that happen?"

Thor walks toward Loki, though Loki flinches away as Thor proceeds to manhandle him and lifts his wrists to show the Asgardian handcuffs and states, "These handcuffs block all of Loki magical abilities, as long as these are upon him he has no magic," The team ponder what this might mean and Thor looking hopeful by the recent stop of protests about the situation waits for them to come to a consensus. At that moment agent Romanoff speaks up to say, "On one condition".

"Name it" Thor says with a sense of accomplishment and relief in his tone.

"He is to be monitored by SHEILD agents in the basement of the Tower and no one is allowed down there, not even you. He is to have no contact with Mina, if he comes within five yards of her we ship his crazy ass back to Asgard."

"Deal" Though Thor didn't necessarily like the idea he agreed because he knew it was probably the best offer he would receive.