"Alexx, calm down!" Nat said as she tried to calm her cousin's sobs, "You're going to make yourself hyperventilate!"

"I...Can't...Calm...Down!" Nat sighed, this would be harder than she thought, and then the phone rang. Nat sat Alexx back into the chair and answered the phone,

"Hello?"

"Yes, hello. Is Alexx Jones there?"

"No, this is her cousin. May I ask who is calling?"

"Yes, this is Deputy Chief Douglas calling."

"Mr. Douglas, how may we help you?"

"I need your cousin to identify some bodies, is she able to do that?"

Natasha's heart skipped a few beats, "N-No, sir. Her parents just died and she's in mourning. Do they have I.D's on them?"

Deputy Douglas sighed on the other end, "Yes... Only the female, though. The boy doesn't."

"Can you- Can you describe them to me." Her voice hitched a little.

"Yes, the female has brunet hair, she look's to be in her early 20's, and the boy has freckles across the nose, bright blond hair, and look's to be about six. The I.D on the female say's that her name is 'Alice Coulson'. Do you know these people?"

Natasha had tears rolling down her cheeks, "Y-Yes, they are my cousin's sister and nephew." She looked over to Alexx, who had calmed down and was talking to Bruce.

"Well ma'am, I'm sorry for your loss. A semi-truck flipped on the bridge, and it hit them head-on." And with that, she hung up. Alexx watched as her cousin's face turned pale as she stumbled over to the couch.

"Nat, w-what's wrong?" She asked. Natasha only looked at her, with tears rolling down her cheeks. She hesitated,

"Deputy Chief Douglas called, Alexx, I'm sorry. A semi-truck flipped on the bridge, it hit Alice and Luke head-on. T-Their both dead."

Alexx fell to her knees, deep sobs exiting her. "NOOOOO! MY BABY'S DEAD! IT'S ALL MY FAULT!" She cried, Loki put his arms around her. And rocked her back and forth, to calm her.

"It's not your fault, Alexx. You're not the one that killed them."

"But the last thing that me and my sister did was fight! And now my son is dead!"

"Son?!" Everyone, except Natasha and Loki, yelled.

"Yes, six years ago, Alexx got drunk in a bar." Nat explained, "And the next day she woke up next to a man, who she didn't know. And about a week later, she found out she was pregnant, with Luke. Only, me, Alice, her parents, and Phil knew about this. When she went into labor, nine months later, she told us that she wasn't ready for a child. Alice and Phil had been trying, but they couldn't conceive, so, they agreed to adopt Luke. Phil was going to tell Luke on his 10th birthday, when it came, but he didn't live to see it."

While everyone talked, Loki felt Alexx's temperature drop. He looked down at her, he was shocked at what he saw happening. Her beautiful, bright, blond hair darkened to a color much of his own, her finger nails blacked and grew sharp. And her skin started to turn a dark blue, ritual marks and scars appeared on her body. He turned her face up to him, her turquoise colored eyes, changed into a crimson color. He couldn't believe that she had turned into a...a Joutn, and then she fainted.

"Alexx? Alexx! Wake up!" He yelled.

"What did you do to her, Reindeer Games?! Why has she turned blue?!" Tony yelled. Loki opened his mouth to speak, but a woman's voice came from the shadows instead.

"He hasn't done anything to her, Man of Iron. She has turned only into a Joutn because her father, was a Joutn." The woman emerged, and it was none other than, Astrild.

"And who the fuck are you?" Tony asked. Astrild only laughed,

"I am her mother, Astrild, Goddess of Love. At your service."

"So, my uncle, was a frost giant?" Nat asked.

"No, no, dear one. Ted Jones, was not her real father. I was already pregnant with her when we... met. I was banished because I had fallen in love, and mated, with a Joutn man. Certain Gods and Goddess found out, and they had my husband arrested and executed. I had fled to this realm to escape my own death, and fell for a mortal. I told him that the baby was his, he was excited and I couldn't just rip it away from him. She is only turning, because she has experienced a great amount of loss. And it has destroyed her, she will revert back to her human form. But give it time, it may take minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, who knows. You just have to give her time."

"But why did she pass-out, Astrild?" Loki said,

"Because, Loki Laufeyson, she was exhausted beyond her breaking point. All of you take care of her, now, I do not want to look down one day and see her heartbroken like this again. Good day." And she vanished into a poof of roses, Loki stood up with Alexx in his arms. And laid her on the sofa, he then grabbed a blanket, and put it over her blue form. He rested his hand on her shoulder, and then he walked out of the room to the elevator, and took it up to his floor.

Thor had watched as his brother laid Alexx on the couch and hesitated to leave. As did everyone else, but Tony Stark seamed bothered by this,

"Tony, what's wrong?" Pepper asked, Tony looked at Alexx's blue form and then back to Pepper. He sighed,

"We have to keep them apart."

"Why, Tony? Just a few months ago, you were wanting to get those two together. And now you want them to stay apart? Why?" Nat asked, he turned to the red-head.

"Because, I've re-thought my statement. What if he's just using her, what if he is going to try to take over Earth again. Or try to take over Asgard, and if he succeeds, what if he tries to make her his queen. I mean come on, She's the daughter of a Goddess and a Joutn, and he's a full-blooded Joutn. Think about that for a second." Everyone slowly shook their heads,

"Stark, why are you the only one that can't see that my brother has changed. Alexx trusts him with her life, I don't think that he will try to do those things again. He truly does love her, I've seen him be in love with a woman before, but not like this." Thor explained,

"Yea, Tony. And you read her Diary, so you know how she thinks about him. What if, just maybe, they should actually be together." Steve said. Tony turned to him,

"So says the man who has had a crush on her since day one." Tony come-backed. Steve sighed angrily,

"I've given up on her ever since she spent most, no all, of her time with Loki. And it doesn't bother me one bit, any man, or God, should be lucky to have her. If she can keep him from destroying the world, then I say let them bet together." Steve retorted.

What the Avengers didn't know, was that Alexx had awoken. And was now listening to them speck.

"I agree with Steve, Tony. They should be allowed to be together." Clint said, Tony had a thought.

"Hey Thor. What was Loki like growing up?" "Uh, he was shy and quiet. He preferred books over people, and he studied magic all the time. Why?"

"And Nat, what was Alexx like when she was growing up?"

"Uh well, just like Loki, just minus the magic. And she listened to music all the time, loved to paint and draw. She did have friends, but it was only two. One became her best friend, and the other, well, deserted her." Natasha replied.

"Not what I wanted to hear, but I guess that all of you are right. I will let them be together." Tony finally agreed, which made some of them clap. Alexx groaned to show that she was awake, and she started to panic when she saw her skin.

"W-What's wrong w-with me?! W-Why am I-I turning b-blue?!" Nat rushed over to Alexx, to keep her from freaking out again. She shushed her, and told her everything. "S-So you're not my real cousin?"

Nat shook her head "I'm not."

"I don't care, even if Astrild is my mother, you are still my family. And the rest died today or last night. You, Natasha Romanoff, are still my cousin." She turned to Thor, "Does Loki know?"

Thor nodded his head, "He was holding you when it happened, go to him. Tony has agreed not to interfere."

Alexx acted confuse, but she was actually happy. She rose off the couch and walked down the hall to the elevator, and took it up to Loki's floor. She went in without knocking, she knew she should've, but didn't. But what surprised her even more was the fact that he was sitting in a chair, waiting for her. He smiled at her when he saw her walk in, still in her Joutn form that made her look even more beautiful. He got up and met her halfway across the room, she had tears in her eyes.

"A.J, what's wrong?"

"I understand if you no longer want to be with me after seeing, that. And if you understand if I look like a monster, I feel like one. I have killed many people, and-" He shushed her by forcefully, but gently and passionately, kissing her. Her knees felt like jelly, and her body temperature started to rise. She hadn't been touched by a man in many years, the times she was, was when she was raped and when she was drunk. This was different, he was a man that had showed that he wouldn't hurt her, mentally or physically. He finally broke the kiss and they rested their foreheads together,

"You're not the monster, I am. You killed people, but only to protect innocent people, I killed thousands of innocent people. And for my own personal gain, and almost killed the person that I've come to love in the process." Alexx looked up into his bright emerald green eyes, she placed a kiss on the tip of his nose.

"You, Loki, are not a monster. Not in my eyes, at least." Loki watched as her skin faded back to it's pale-ish color, her crimson eyes turn back into those turquoise colored ones. Her Raven hair turned back blond, her finger nails turned back to normal, and the ritual scars disappeared from her skin. She saw him smirk, "What?"

"It's a shame really. You looked quite beautiful in your Joutn form." He kissed her forehead, he saw that same smirk come across her face.

"Show me yours, and I'll show you mine again." Loki raised an eyebrow, but he nodded. Alexx watched as his pale white skin turned a dark blue, and ritual scars appear on his skin. She looked up into his eyes, and watched as his beautiful emerald green orbs were replaced with crimson red ones. She traced the scars on his arms, and then the ones on his face. She sighed inwardly, she reached for the laces of his dark green shirt. "May I?" He responded with a slight nod, she unlaced his shirt and let it fall to the marble floor. She traced her fingers along the ritual marks that marked his torso, and then the ones on his chest. She felt her cheeks flush a little, he did have a nice body. He didn't have ridiculously large muscles, like Thor, but he was finely toned. He had nicely toned Ab muscles, and slight muscle definition on his biceps. She walked behind him, and traced the marks that were there, she cocked her head when she saw marks that weren't ritual. Some were burns and some were cuts and scrapes. She walk back around in front of him, she kissed him on the lips again.

"Your turn." He said smugly. She only cocked an eyebrow, and nudged him back, until he fell back into the chair that he was sitting in before. She straddled his lap, and stared into his crimson eyes, she still had that same mischievous smirk on her lips. She rubbed her nose against his,

"Only if you let me please my King." Loki cocked his head to one side, he saw a glimmer in her eyes that made him smile back. He moved his mouth to her ear, and nibbled at her lobe. She bit her bottom lip as she felt a slight moan rise in her throat. His breath was warm against her ear as he whispered,

"Then kneel." She only smiled, as she untied his black pants.