Sorry once again for how long I took (time really flies holy crap) but, I assure you that this time I have this piece planned (and completed!) in a very long outline. That means this baby will be finished this year. Hope you guys will enjoy this chapter, the next one will be out probably tomorrow or later this weekend. No, I am not pulling your leg.

Disclaimer: I don't own anyone. Honest. I just borrow the characters, put them in what if situations and make no profit.

This has not been beta read. But, as I was typing out, I made sure there were no silly mistakes. But hey, I'm human.


WE MET ON ACCIDENT
- Chapter Four -


Loki woke up and could smell that the mortals have made breakfast. As he moved to a sitting position, he noticed that everyone but Jane was on the table. The corner of his lips twitched. She must have stayed up late again.

"Ah, brother! You have finally awakened!"

He closed his eyes while groaning. How could he have forgotten how loud Thor could be? But really, what should he expect from his brother who was the God of Thunder?

"Join us, Loki. They have made breakfast." Thor turned to Darcy. "Thank you again."

"No problem," replied Darcy with a wink while Erik drank from his coffee mug and read the newspaper.

"I do not think I can break my fast when you are loud," pointed out Loki with a teasing grin.

Thor laughed. "Brother, come on. Let us eat together."

"I do believe you are not listening. Typical."

Thor laughed again, knowing that Loki was mocking him, and shook his head. "Stop that and come eat, all right?"

Loki chuckled and shook his head. "No."

"It is so weird that I like to see and watch you two like this," commented Darcy. "You two really need a show, people would totally watch it."

"They will grow tired of Thor, since all he does is drink wine, roars when angry, and, what else? Ah yes, he also does not attend his royal duties, leaving them all to me."

"Now you have gone too far, brother," said Thor while smiling.

"Have I? I could do worse." Loki chuckled when Thor gave him a playful look that he would get him later. Loki lifted his eyebrows up in a challenge. It was what they always did since they were children.

Loki stayed where he was on the couch since he wasn't really hungry since he had too much going on in his mind. But, he did converse with Thor and the others while they ate breakfast without him. Plus, he had more than enough energy unlike Thor who was without his immortality.

When Jane finally came in the lab while Darcy and Erik were having a debate, Loki stood up from the couch without thinking and sought out her glance.

"Morning everyone," greeted Jane before looking over at Loki since he managed to grab her attention by standing from the couch.

"Morning Jane," replied Darcy and Erik together before going back into their debate.

Before Loki could greet her, Thor beat him to it.

"How do you fair this morning?"

Loki glanced over at Thor, sending him a small glare. It reminded him of the time before Sif have golden hair since she would not spend time with him.

Jane looked over at Thor with a smile. "I'm fine, thank you." When she turned her head back to Loki, she noticed he was distracted. "How are you this morning, Loki?"

"Quite well," he replied gently while sending one last glare Thor's way before looking back at her. "Did you rest well, Jane?"

"Sort of, but I'll be fine since I once went an entire day without sleep."

Loki smiled softly at her.

"Did you eat yet?"

"I have not since I do not need it. Unlike Thor." Loki glanced back at his brother.

"Oh, okay then. Do you want a cup of coffee?" Jane pointed to the machine as she headed toward it since she needed it big time.

"As much as I am curious to what that is, no thank you," replied Loki.

Jane smiled before noticing the food on the stove. "Oh, thanks Darcy for making breakfast."

"No problem." Darcy took out her phone and saw the notifications she was recieving, completely forgetting her and Erik's debate. "Hey, guess how many likes i got on those pictures on Facebook."

"Uh...fifty?" Jane guessed while she poured coffee in a white mug.

"Nope. Three hundred and twenty-seven and counting. People are sharing them like crazy, and some even asked if they were from a set on a movie."

"And you decided to not reply to them, didn't you Darcy?" Erik brought up while bringing up his mug of coffee to his lips.

"Of course, I did sign the contract to not talk about it."

"To a degree," muttered Jane as the came up to the table with a plate of food and mug of coffee. Loki smiled since he had heard her despite being several feet away. She caught his gaze and gestured for him to come over to sit next to her.

Loki made his way to the table, keeping his gaze with Jane constant while he smiled at her. Jane smiled back at him as she watched him come and sit next to her. "You sure you don't want anything? Not even a glass of water?"

"I am quite sure, thank you though, Jane," said Loki as he leaned back in the chair, crossing his right leg over his left elegantly.

Darcy set her phone down on her side of the table. "We really need to go somewhere because I hate staying indoors. I mean, I do have essays to do, but even the television gets old. So can we please go somewhere?"

"Sure," answered Jane. "I need to get out." Darcy looked at her in surprise while Erik froze mid sip of his coffee. "What?"

Darcy leaned forward on the table. "Are you the real Jane?"

"Of course I am." Jane took a bite of toast and chewed before swallowing. "I just rarely come out," she added.

Darcy's jaw dropped. "She just joked back! Let me call the media real quick."

"I'm not always focused on my work." Darcy stared at her with a "who are you kidding" expression. "Okay, so maybe I am. But, I agree. We need to go somewhere. Have any place in mind?"


Jane really should've expected for Darcy to suggest going to the movies. A romance movie with "hot guys". So, here she was in the dark movie house with Darcy and Erik beside her. She wanted to see a science-fiction movie instead, but thankfully, the movie that Darcy wanted to see was a romantic comedy and not a dramatic chic-flick. She actually laughed throughout the movie and felt energetic after the movie ended.

As they walked out of the movie house, Darcy noticed her mood. "See? Wasn't so bad, right?"

"It really wasn't," admitted Jane.

"That was an interesting play, do you not agree, brother?"

"Oh yes," answered Loki. "I was hardly bored during the entertainment." Thor laughed and put a hand on his shoulder, which was still a little rough but not as before. "The upside was that you were almost thrown out for laughing too loudly."

Thor barked with laughter while Darcy and Jane laughed. Erik even cracked a grin.

"So, where next?" Jane asked as they walked to the truck.

"I was thinking...arcade."

"Arcade?"

"Well, yeah. Maybe bowling."

"Darcy, there's not one an hour away."

"Then...then we could - oh, we could go to the mall!"

Jane sighed. "Darcy, that is two hours away."

"Not if you get Loki to teleport us there," whispered Darcy.

"What are we going to do there anyway? And can you imagine us popping out of nowhere? We can't do that."

"Ugh, you're right. I just...I just don't want to go back to the lab and just watch more shows. Even Mythbusters gets old."

"We could...umm We could go out to eat then?" Jane suggested as they waited by the truck since Erik had the keys.

"Oh yeah, one of the diners is having a discount. I am dying for a pizza."

Jane laughed as she looked at the others. Loki was in his Midgardian clothes again so not to draw attention. He caught her gaze and walked toward her. "How'd you enjoy the movie?" Jane asked him while Darcy fiddled with her phone.

"Quite amusing."

"I'm guessing when the mother put the snake on her daughter's fiance was your favorite part?"

Loki chuckled. "How ever did you guess?"

Jane shrugged while she smiled at him. "Lucky guess. And because you are the God of Mischief."

"A very lucky guess, Jane. However, correct since I would have done the same." He leaned down to whisper to her. "Summoning snakes on others provide an immense amusement."

"Very mischievous."

"But harmless since the ones I use are simply illusions."

Jane smiled while checking on Erik. "Still mischievous."

Erik went to the drivers seat and unlocked the door before unlocking the others. He turned on the truck as Darcy got in on the front while Thor climbed in the back. Loki opened the door for Jane manually and let her in first.

"After you," he said to her softly with a smile.

Jane looked at him in wonder before going in. "Thanks." Loki got in after her and closed the door with his magic.

Erik put the truck in reverse and turned to go to the exit and drove the way where the diner that Darcy wanted to go was located. Along the way, it was silent, except for the touchtones of Darcy's phone as she checked and sent messages. Jane fiddled with her hands while Thor and Loki looked out their windows.

A ringtone soon broke the silence. Erik pulled his phone out of his pocket and answered it. "Hello? This is Erik Selvig."

Jane waited until Erik was finished with the call to ask him who it was. Usually when people wanted to reach her, they called Erik first. "Erik? Who was that?"

"It was Nick Fury from SHIELD with an update on the device," replied Erik as he put on the left blinker. "He says that it will be three days until the device is ready."

Thor furrowed his brow. "Three?" He exchanged glances with Loki over Jane's head before looking back at Erik.

"Yep. Three, since Tony Stark - "

"Wait," Jane interrupted. "THE Tony Stark?"

"Yes Jane. I heard an explosion while Nick Fury was speaking." Erik turned into the road that the diner was on.

"We cannot wait that long," pointed out Thor. "There has to be another way." He looked back at Loki. "Brother, is there not a secret passage that we could take back to Asgard?"

Loki shook his head. "None that I know of. Father probably blocked them out after the war."

The truck finally came to a stop in the parking lot of the diner. Loki got out first and waited for Jane to come out before closing the door for her. They all headed to the diner's entrance with Darcy in the lead followed by Erik then Thor. Loki helped her move out of the way when someone was leaving by putting his hand on her back gently to guide her.

"Thanks," she said softly. His hand didn't leave her back though as they followed the others to a booth.

"You're welcome," he replied and finally took his hand away so that she could sit near the window. Loki decided to sit across from her while Thor sat next to him. Darcy was beside Jane and Erik sat beside Thor.

As the waitress came to their table with a pad and pencil, Loki made one of the napkins float behind the sign that was propped up on the table. Jane watched it with a smile before sliding her eyes to the waitress to make sure she didn't see. The napkin floated towards her and she quickly pushed it down gently while faking to grab one of the sugar packages. She sent a look at Loki, who only grinned and crossed his arms while chuckling softly.

"Jane, your turn to order," said Darcy while nudging her.

Jane looked at the waitress. "Oh, the usual please?"

"Sure can," replied the waitress before looking over at Loki.

"No thank you, I ate earlier."

The waitress nodded. "Okay, I will be back with your drinks." She turned around and went to the front of the diner.

"Ate earlier?" Jane asked, knowing he lied.

"Perhaps I did in the...movie house, was it?" Jane nodded. "Perhaps I did there."

"Right." Jane smiled and looked down at the napkin just as its other side started to move and brush against her fingertips. She pulled her hand away and looked up at Loki who acted like he didn't do anything by looking at what Thor was pointing out on the menu.

Jane moved her feet on the table stand, accidentally brushing his shoes with her own. She gave one of them a playful push with hers. Loki turned to her with a lifted brow while trying, and failing, not to smile. Jane tapped the table with her fingers and flicked the napkin toward him.

Loki grinned slyly before moving one of his fingers to make a strong draft to send the napkin right into her face. Darcy laughed while the napkin fell from Jane's face, causing Thor and Erik to see what was going on.

"There must be a draft somewhere," said Loki while looking around, as if trying to calculate where it would be.

"I'm sure it just came out of nowhere," replied Jane as she picked up the napkin from her lap and set it back on the table.

The waitress came back with their drinks and set them down on the table. As she gave Jane her coffee, Loki grinned as an idea came to mind. He moved his hand subtly while under his arm, causing snakes to appear in Jane's coffee. The waitress cried out in surprise while Jane blinked at them before only moving her eyes to Loki.

"I'm so sorry," said the waitress. "Bill! Come over here!" The man came over and took the coffee mug away from Jane. The snakes hissed at him as he carried them off. "I am so sorry about that ma'am, I'll get you another."

"It's okay," assured Jane before the waitress to get another cup of coffee. "You just couldn't resist, could you, Loki?" She whispered to him.

"I could not. It was too good to pass up. Just like the time when I did the same to a servant that gave Thor some wine before his ceremony."

Thor laughed at the memory. "You wasted perfectly good wine."

"We could not have you drunk while walking up to the throne, now could we?"

Thor barked with laughter again and patted Loki's back, which was a little rough. "Ah, Loki." He looked at him. "You are too much, my brother."

"Now, give us a kiss," joked Loki like he had before with a grin.

"Stop that," replied Thor, but he continued laughing.

"Brotherly love. It's so good to watch," said Darcy as the took a picture of them. Loki and Thor looked at her in question, but she was too busy sharing the photo on Facebook.

As they waited for the food to arrive, Loki became bored again and decided to have...just a bit more fun. So, he decided to tease Jane some more by making the napkin shapeshift into a bird. Jane jumped back in her seat as she saw it before looking up at Loki. The bird twittered while hopping around the table before flying on Jane's shoulder.

Jane turned her head a little to look at the small bird that was now on her shoulder. It nibbled at her strands of hair before looking around with some of the hair on it. Darcy was still too focused on her phone to even realize what had happened.

With a snap of Loki's finger, the bird shapeshifted back into a napkin. Jane glanced at Loki, who had a huge grin. But, Jane wasn't angry. She found herself smiling back at him since his smile was contagious. She picked the napkin off of her shoulder and set it on the table on her side. "Very funny, Loki," Jane told him while laughing softly.

"I knew you would like that." Loki moved his foot over on hers on purpose.

"Really?" Jane put her other foot on the one that was on hers.

Loki wiggled his foot. "The smile you have is evidence that you did enjoy it." He moved his other foot on hers and gave it a gentle push.

Jane shook her head and pulled her feet away. She was still smiling as she watched him and Loki continued to look at her. Jane soon got uncomfortable and averted her eyes from his while playing with the string of her jacket. She still sported a smile as she snuck a glance at him, only to see that he was still gazing at her. Jane furrowed her brows a little, wondering why he was still looking at her.

Even when the food finally came, he watched her eat and every time she looked up, he did not even bother to look away. It made her feel self-aware, wondering if something was on her person. But he didn't look anywhere else but in her eyes and it caused her to avoid his gaze with her own eyes. Maybe he doesn't feel good?

Despite that thought, he continued to watch her as if he was studying her.

And he was. Loki didn't mean to be rude, since he did look away when she was eating, but when she sipped from her drink, or wiped her mouth, he was drawn to her. It made him curious since she was...not actually plain, nor extremely beautiful. In fact, she did have a friendly, attractive face that some men noticed while they were out the past hour or couple of days. But when she smiled...it made him smile too and stare at her in silent awe.

He hadn't even realized that dessert was ordered until Thor asked him if he was going to eat it. "Do you not recall the last time I ate very sweetened foods?"

"Wait," butted in Darcy and looked between the two Thor brothers. "What happened?"

"I rather not relieve it," replied Loki without looking at her and sent a look Thor's way that if he so mentioned it, Thor would wish he did not. Thor cleared his throat before eating the cake.

However, Loki stared at the tempting dessert since it did look quite...delicious. Yet, one bite would cause - Loki shook his head to clear the thought but even so, he could not help looking away from the inviting cake as the caramel moved slowly on its sides. He actually had a huge sweet tooth and had pillaged the kitchen many times to look for something sweet. He was caught a few times, but now he had control over it.

"Go on, try it," suggested Jane gently.

"I rather not." Oh, but he did.

"Just one piece? It won't hurt, right?"

His lips quirked up slyly as he leaned forward on the table while an idea formed. "Only if you feed it to me, Jane." He saw how she tensed up while her jaw went slack. Loki lifted his eyebrow while grinning. "Is that a no?"

Jane shook her head. "Really, Loki. You don't need me to feed it to you."

Loki chuckled while flicking his napkin at her. "No, but I do want you to," he replied smoothly and glanced up at her. She was still and he spied a little blush on her cheeks. With a grin, he leaned back. "Your decision of course."

"...Right." Jane sipped some water out of the cup the waitress gave her to wash away the sugar.

He chuckled again, despite her ruining his little fun. Loki watched her and the others finish the cake until they decided to depart. He offered his hand to her after he got out of the booth to help her out. Jane, however, was curious on why he was acting this way, but she did notice how gently he helped her to get up from the booth. She even realized that he kept her hand in his more than necessary as they walked out of the diner.

It made her feel... Well, it didn't gross her out, but it surprised her. They were friends and - And friends sometimes do get together, she reminded herself. Jane stopped walking. Is he...interested? Jane looked up at him, noticing that he was looking at her with worry.

"Jane? Are you all right?"

Jane blinked and realized she had made him concerned for her since she stopped walking. "Yeah, um... I'm fine. Never better." Smooth.

Loki smiled at her softly. "Come now, else they will leave us."

"You can teleport," pointed out Jane.

An idea came to him. "You are quite right. Shall we surprise them?" He didn't give her time to think about it since, before she knew it, she felt extremely dizzy and a headache coming on as he teleported back to the lab.

Jane rubbed her head as she felt the pang of fast travel. "Oww."

"I apologize, I seem to have forgotten mortals will not feel well when they fast travel." Jane thought he was teasing her at first, but when she felt his hands on her forehead, she noticed he was being sincere. Of course he is. His fingers were gentle on her skin as he put a pain reliever spell on her. She could feel the warmth of it as it soothed her skull.

"That really did the trick," she told him and blinked, realizing what she had said before laughing. "That...how did I...that wasn't even intentional."

Loki chuckled as he moved his hand away from her forehead. He couldn't even stop, even as he spoke to her. "If you want to see more tricks, just ask."

"Stop that," Jane told him while laughing harder, but it was no use since Loki lifted a brow at her and it caused her to laugh even harder. She hugged herself since her stomach was staring to hurt.

Loki was enjoying this moment with her, especially seeing and hearing her laugh in front of him. He followed her to the couch since she needed to sit down and joined her.

"I have never that laughed hard," admitted Jane while wiping her eyes.

"That is quite a shame," replied Loki while crossing his left leg over his right. He even snuck his arm behind her. "Laughter is what I like to hear, that and some screams when I cause mischief, but laughter...laughter is what I really like most." He looked at her softly with a serious expression. Jane smiled as she looked at him, not even realizing his arm was behind her. "Smiles too," he added as he looked down at hers.

"Is that why you tease and prank?"

"One of the many reasons," he replied with a grin.

Jane let out a small chuckle. "Of course." She suddenly realized how close they were on a couch alone in the lab. His wool jacket was against her hand and she could feel its warmth. She always loved the feel of wool since it kept in the heat and even though it could be scratchy material, it was reliable.

Jane rubbed her hands slowly since they were getting a bit cold because the lab's heating system was off. Loki looked down and saw what she was doing. "Cold?"

"Oh uh...no, just my hands. I need to go and um...turn on the heating." She got up from the couch and went to the thermostat to turn it on. It hummed before blowing in warm air inside the building. "There we go." Jane headed back to Loki and sat down next to him.

"Interesting. I had wondered what that sound was."

"Yeah, keeps us warm during the winters, especially since we have large windows since blankets don't help a lot."

"Do you have this system in your...what was it called again?"

"Trailer?"

"Yes."

"Oh, yeah. I do. I put it on, but not full blast since I don't like it being too hot."

They fell into silence again and Loki still had his arm behind her on the couch. Loki decided to mess with her by touching her hair softly with his fingers. Jane looked around, thinking it was a bug and Loki managed to hide part of his smile away from her as he continued.

"Loki." Jane turned her head to him, knowing that it was him after the third time.

"Hmm?"

"I know it's you."

"Well yes, I know my name is Loki," he teased.

Jane giggled. "No, I know its you touching my hair." She turned to look behind her and noticed his arm was on the couch. "And your arm is behind me. See, it is you."

Loki snickered, his shoulders shaking.

"You really cannot sit still for an hour, can you?"

"Alas, no. I find it too boring. Unless...people are screaming in terror from gigantic snakes I conjure up."

Jane laughed and shook her head. "Is that really all you do?"

Loki lifted a brow. "Why? Are you curious?"

"Well, it must get old after a while, right?"

"No, it doesn't."

Jane giggled as she looked away. She snuck a glance at him, noting his profile. He really did look like regal with his high cheekbones. His hair wasn't slicked back since the wind outside had messed it up. His skin though was pale in comparison to Thor while it was almost the same shade as hers, just a bit lighter.

"See something interesting?"

Jane blinked before jumping. "Well, no, I - I was just looking at Darcy's poster and it seems...a bit cricked." Loki followed her gaze and saw the poster in question.

"Jane, you are not a very good liar," he said finally as he looked at her.

"Well, it does look cricked, I mean look at the design and then the wall. Doesn't it - "

"You cannot lie."

"But - "

"Not even to save your life."

Jane sighed in defeat and scratched her head while looking away. "Okay, so I lied."

"Yes, I could see that, given to how you stuttered and paused during your explanation."

She let out a laugh and nudged him again. "Okay, I get it. I cannot lie to save my own life. You can stop teasing me now."

"I regret to inform you that I cannot stop teasing you. You see, if I do, then I will have to stop teasing everyone. That just would not be fair."

Jane shook with laughter. "You are just...so..." She shook her head and rubbed her head. "You, actually."

Loki blinked. Her words touched him. She knew what and who he was, and rather than tell him he should stop his ways... "And you are my friend, Jane." His voice was soft as he told her that, causing her to turn her head to him.

She smiled. "Yeah. I am your friend, Loki."

His arm on the couch moved around her shoulders while his hand rested on the farthest and moved her towards him to give her a small, half embrace. Jane was a little confused at first, but realized he was giving her a hug and decided to hug him back. Only, it led her to lean on him with her arm around his front with his hand still on her shoulder. But, it didn't bother her or him.

She could feel the wool on her cheek as she leaned against his tall frame. When he rubbed her shoulder, Jane found herself relaxing and closed her eyes. The thought of not wanting the others to come in sprang up in her mind. It confused her, but it also made sense since she didn't want to pull away from him.

Loki smiled down at her as he rubbed her shoulder gently. She really was his friend. But, he noticed that there was something else. Quite frankly, he did not care if it grew since he liked to be with her as well as hearing her laugh and seeing her smile.

They stay that way in silence: Jane eventually taking a nap while Loki continued to rub her shoulder. Even when the others walked in, Loki didn't wake her and only nodded at them.

"We were wondering where you two went," explained Erik.

"I told you that my brother teleported her back."

"I had to be sure."

Darcy went straight to her laptop since she had to work on something one of her friends asked her to do.

"Well, I'm going to go ahead and go to sleep," said Erik.

"Night, Erik," replied Darcy.

Thor bid Erik a good sleep before heading over to Loki. "Is she well?"

"Yes. She is."

Thor smiled as he sat down on the other couch. "I am really starting to like this realm. I noticed too that you are enjoying it since I heard you laugh in the theatre."

"Yes, well, it was very amusing."

Thor nodded before his smile disappeared to a serious expression. "Loki, I am glad you made a friend." Loki shifted his eyes away. "Please, brother, I know now that you were jealous of me. I was spoiled and had all the attention from father. Even then, I wanted you to have a friend."

Loki laughed softly as if dismissing Thor's words while shaking his head, but it was true.

"So? How does it feel?"

Loki let out a long sigh in defeat before smiling as he looked down at Jane. "There are no words to describe it, Thor." He didn't look back at his brother or listen what else he said, he just continued to look at Jane, who was still sleeping on him soundly with her arm around him.

Soon, he too fell asleep, thanks to the bliss he was feeling as he looked at her.


"I'm telling you, the way this thing will work is when - "

"Tony, please let my scientists do their job," drawled Nick.

"The long way? When you put - " Nick signed for security, which finally shut Tony up and put up his hands in defense. "Okay, okay. Just remember what I said, got it?"

"Out."

Tony gave a mocking salute and left, leaving behind Nick to rub his forehead.


"Your majesty, everyone is ready," said Sif as she came into the throne room after bowing to Frigga.

"Good, thank you Sif."

Sif gave her a nod. "Of course, my liege. We are ready for any attack and will make sure each of them fall."

Frigga gave her a nod. As she watched Sif leave, Frigga grasped the hilt of the sword that was tied around her armor clad hip. She felt its power hum inside her hand, gently vibrating her bones. Despite how dangerous the weapon was, it soothed her, allowing her to focus on the task at hand: To defend Asgard when the time came.

"It will be worth it," she whispered to no one in particular. "Asgard will not fall. I will not allow it."


Loki woke up from his nap and noticed that Jane was no longer beside him in the dark lab. He didn't panic since he saw her over by the computers again. He looked over at Thor, who was snoring but not obnoxiously as usual. Loki carefully got up from the couch and walked towards her. As he got close, he could see the amount of work she had.

Jane turned a little to him when she heard him before looking back at her theory. "I was ready to prove them that there were other realms," she whispered. "To prove that they were wrong."

She reminded him of himself when he was determined to get Odin to notice him. He wanted to comfort her since he knew what she was feeling.

Jane felt his hand on her back and looked up at him. She could see from the glow of the monitors that in his eyes were understanding. "Thank you," she said softly with a smile and wiped her eyes. "I really appreciate it."

Loki's eyebrows furrowed, wondering how long she had been crying. But, a smile soon replaced his worried expression. "You're welcome," he replied softly as he rubbed her back slowly with his hand.

Jane covered her mouth as she yawned before looking at the monitors. "I guess I'll go get some sleep now and - maybe try to forget about it." She let out a fake laugh and got up. Loki moved away so not to get in her way. His land was longer on her back and she found that she didn't want it to leave.

"Jane?"

Jane turned back to him. "Yeah?"

"When the time comes, they will all feel very foolish."

She blinked, wondering what he was talking about, before smiling slowly. "Thank you, Loki. I... I am really grateful that you are here. Someone who understands me and why I - " Jane laughed at herself. "I'm just...gonna go and - yeah." Jane headed to the door, but her foot caught a wire. Loki pushed the chair out of the way to get to her. She managed to only stumble and regain her balance. Loki still offered his hand to her and pulled her up. "Thanks, I forgot that was there."

"Perhaps I shall escort you to your...trailer."

"Oh no, I'm fine."

"Jane, I insist." Loki stepped toward the door with her hand in his and led her out. He could feel the cold as it brushed against him. Jane squeezed his hand to gather some heat while she stuck close to him. "Seems like I made the right decision since with this wind, you would have difficulty," he teased.

"I would not," she replied with a small laugh.

"Perhaps if you were not tired, yes. But with your current state? I disagree."

"I'm not really that tired." Jane said as they got near the door of her trailer.

"Denial, once again." Loki smiled as he looked down at her.

Jane looked down and noticed that their hands were still intertwined. She looked up at Loki slowly, who was looking at her with a soft expression. Her mouth opened slightly while her eyes became half-lidded. It was a look that Loki knew most, but he didn't take it. Instead, he opened the door for her and kissed her hand longer than necessary. "Until then, Jane."

"Yeah...," she replied with a small smile before going up the first part of stairs As she reached for the door, she saw that Loki was still there. "Good night, Loki."

"Sleep well, Jane." Loki still stood there after she closed the door and saw the light turn off. She was really tired after all. He shook his head while smiling before making his way back to the lab.

Inside the trailer, Jane watched him leave since she had peeked out the window after she turned off her light. She had invited him to kiss her and instead, he kissed her hand and helped her into the trailer. Jane could still remember the warmth of his hand on her own as he escorted her out into the cold night.

She went over to the bed and climbed in and took off her shoes. As she lied down, she found herself thinking about Loki and their friendship. He had known how tired she really was and dragged - okay, not dragged, but helped her outside. Then he looked at her like he was about to kiss her... Jane closed her eyes and let out a tired sigh before feeling the pull of slumber.


"See? What did I tell you? It worked!"

Nick rolled his eye at Tony, who was once again annoying him and his workers. "I thought I told you to get out."

"Yeah, you see, I got bored. Rather than experiment in my room, I figured, "Why not use the lab here so not to make a huge mess for their people to clean up. And trust me, it would not be pretty."

"I'm sure."

"But, thanks to me, this device will work like a charm. Just like me."

"Mr. Stark."

"Yes, dear?"

"I would be very happy if you will stop - " An explosion interrupted Nick, causing him and Tony to stumble while glass shattered.

"Sorry," apologized one of the scientists, who was working on another project. "I put in too much - "

"See, if you had one of my tools, that wouldn't have - "

"Get. Out." He looked over to the security and barked out, "Lock the damned doors and put in protocols that are too advanced for him to figure out."

"Yeah, good luck with that, Fury," laughed Tony as he was dragged out by two men in suits.

"Good luck in your room."

"Oh come o - !" The door closed before he could continue, leaving Nick and the other scientists and beautiful silence after the door let out a series of clicks and whooshes with the locking system.


The Frost Giants males were gathering near their King. One of the larger and bulkier ones spoke with Laufey. His lips peeled back in an eerie smile. "So, the Princess has been banished? And the King in the sleep? How awful for them."

He outstretched his arm and shot ice toward a large mound several feet away. It cracked while the creature inside came to life. "This time, Asgard will fall." He turned to the one who spoke to him before. "And to make sure that happens, you and the half of us will kill the Princess."

A roar sounded in the air while the creature broke free of its prison.


I know, I know. "You hate cliffhangers so why did you put one?!" It seemed like a good stopping point and this chapter is long enough as it is.

Hope you enjoyed it :D Next chapter will be up soon (latest being next week).