Chapter 8: You Don't Know Where She Is?

With The Avengers

"I found her."

Steve Rodgers looked around the room, wanting to see everyone's reaction to those three simple words.

Clint Barton's face lit up like a kid on Christmas morning, or in his case, when he has a plan for a prank brewing. He couldn't wait to have his little prankster back.

Natasha Romanoff looked like she was about to burst into tears. She would finally be reunited with her goddaughter and not be the only girl. Once Pepper broke up with Tony, her bags were packed and she resigned the next day. The last they heard of her was that she was engaged to some guy who works with Google.

Tony Stark looked kind of dazed. He read her file about 50 times and still couldn't believe the little girl he was so attached to was still alive. He couldn't wait until she was in his arms again.

Bruce Banner was excited yet scared. What if he Hulked out in front of her? He couldn't bear the idea of scaring her to never want to be around him. But, this is his niece, as long as she's safe, his okay with whatever could possibly happen.

Loki Laufeyson looked ecstatic. His little niece, who he was so close to, would finally be reunited with her family. He also knew that Father Odin and Mother Frigga would be more than delighted to see their granddaughter again. He remembers the first time Thor took little Lightning to Asguard. She was so amazed at all the gorgeous sights it had to offer; the rainbow bridge, the many gardens, and the castle. When they first walked through the doors to the throne room, Mother Frigga scooped her right up into her arm. He also remembers the huge smile that came across Father Odin's face. It was such a happy day. Sif and the Warriors Three all loved her too. She was just a little celebrity up there. Her joyous giggle still came to mind.

Thor Odinson's expression could not be defined. His little girl has finally been found. He couldn't wait to hold her in his arms and never let go of her. His promise of never letting anything of harms way get to her he made when he first held her has been proven useless. He still can't believe he let all of these horrible things happen to her. He would never forgive himself if he let her get taken again. She's the only thing he has left of Jane and he will not lose her.

"Are you serious, Steve?" Tony asked said man, looking up at him with hope and curiosity in his eyes.

"Yes," Steve said. "She looks just like the picture Fury gave us. The only different thing was that she was going through that godly transformation that Thor told us about."

With that statement, Thor looked proud. He had doubts that Lightning would've gotten any godly power, but since she's going through the transformation, she inherited his power instead of it being injected into her.

"We'll, where is she?" Clint asked. "Let's go get her!"

Steve grin slowly fell from his face. Why didn't I chase after her? I guess I was just too excited. But hey, at least I found her.

"You don't know where she is, do you?" Tony asked smugly, recognizing the look on his boyfriend's face.

"Not exact ally," he replied, blushing.

"Well, we must find her," Thor insisted. "I'm not going to stay away from my daughter any longer than necessary."

"It's okay Thor..." Natasha started, but got cut off.

"NO IT IS NOT OKAY," exploded Thor, making thunder boom throughout the night sky. All of them, asides Loki, stepped back from the lightning coming off of Thor, knowing how badly it hurts being touched by it.

"Thor, calm down," Loki said, lacing forms of manipulation in his words, trying to get Thor to calm down. "We will find her. But it's late. We'll start looking for her tomorrow morning. Steve should at least know what direction she ran off in. Right Steve?"

"Y-y-yes," Steve stuttered, not liking the determined look in the god's eye. "She ran southwest," he said more surely.

"See Thor, she can't live too far from the gym. It's at least walking distance from where she lives. We will call Nick Fury and cover more ground in searching for her. By midnight tomorrow, you will see your little girl. Now, lets go get a much needed rest."

Loki's words worked for everyone. All of them moved to their designated rooms, each of them passing the room they decorated for Lightning so long ago. All of them stumbled into their rooms, suddenly exhausted.

They all went to sleep, knowing they had the same goal to wake up to.

A/N: I am proud of myself for updating again. Sorry it's so short, but I'm already working on the next chapter. Thanks for all the support. Love you guys.

~Sydney