AN: This is the last chapter. The final one. Well, there may be an epilogue but that depends if I can be bothered. This is also so long, longer than the last one I think. Anyway, enjoy :)

"Kaina, where is Thor? He said he wanted to come with you." Heimdall asked as Loki and Kaina entered the room. Kaina nodded and walked towards Heimdall, arms out to hug the god.

"He is on his way. I fear this is goodbye Heimdall." Heimdall smiled and hugged the woman .

"Don't fear Kaina, I will be watching you anyway." Kaina smiled and stepped back as Thor entered the room.

"Do not look so sad Kaina, you may yet return." Kaina laughed and shook her head.

"I have seen enough in the 10 years I have been here. Besides I have a world to show Loki. Starting with home. Goodbye Heimdall."

"I will see you again." Heimdall thrust his sword and the Bifrost opened.

The landing was easier than it was than it had been 10 years ago. It was autumn in New York and the leaves were already falling as they walked up the steps to Kaina's house.

"I hope they haven't changed the lock." she said as she pulled her key out and tried the lock. The key fit and she smiled and pushed the door open,stepping into the living room.

"Pete?" Taylor was sat on the sofa with a young child on her knee. Kaina smirked.

"Nope, guess again." Taylor gasped and got up, putting the child down and rushing over.

"Mom." She hugged the older woman and squeezed her before realising that Loki was stood behind her. "Mischief." She let go of her mother and hugged the god. Kaina put her bag down as a young girl came down the stairs, cornrows bobbing with the motion. She stopped at the bottom step and looked at the pair stood at the door, Thor had gone to the tower.

"Who are they?" She had dark skin and even darker hair. Taylor turned at the sound of their voice.

"Lissy, this is my mom, your grandmother Kimberly." Kaina looked between the 2 with wide eyes as she took in her granddaughter.

"Wait, I am a grandmother. Since when? Also I go by Kaina now Tay." Taylor looked at her mother and nodded.

"Since 7 years ago. Mom this is Alicia, Alicia this is my mother." Alicia stepped down from the bottom step and stared critically at her.

"She looks younger than you, she can't be your mother." Taylor laughed and gestured for her daughter to sit down.

"Kaina why don't you and Loki go up stairs and get changed, Lissy sit down its hard to explain." Kaina started up the stairs before Taylor spoke again. "Nat kept notes, and I think Tony recorded some things, keep you up to date." Kaina nodded before she went to what had once been her room and opened the door. She was glad that it had been kept as it was, except for the bags that had been shoved into it.

"Are they-?" She looked at the bags closer and recognised them as the ones filled with clothes that they had bought for Loki.

"Yes they are. Guess we're sharing a room then." Kaina said as she opened her closet and pulled out a vest top and a skirt.

"I guess we are, um whose going to change first?" Loki asked as he ferreted through one of the bags with his clothes in. Kaina turned to face him.

"Loki, we are both adults, and we have basically been dating for the last 10 years. We can change at the same time if your comfortable with it."

"I am, but I am not sure how much longer I can hold back, and I would rather not take you before we meet with the avengers." She sighed.

"Alright, I'll change first then, I shan't take long." Loki pulled out a T shirt and shirt combo with a pair of jeans, then left and waited outside the door. He could just hear Taylor talking to her daughter downstairs, though he couldn't make out the words. The door opened and Kaina walked out, pulling on a cardigan. She smiled as she passed him to walk down the stairs. Loki watched her before he went into the room and got changed.

"Have you told her Tay?" she asked as she leant on the sofa behind her daughter. Lissy looked up from the child in her lap, her baby brother, and looked her up and down.

"So you're an alien. And you're really old."

"I am only part alien, and yes I am really old. 2036 to be precise." Lissy nodded, it was too much to have any other reaction. Kaina turned to Taylor. "Are the others still at the tower?"

"There is no tower, there hasn't been since SHEILD went under. I can drive you there if you want to see them." Kaina raised an eyebrow at this.

"If SHEILD went under, how do you know where they are?" Taylor smiled and reached into the drawer next to the sofa.

"I work there now, have done since I finished college." she said as she held up a badge with a picture of her and the SHEILD logo.

"Huh."

"You work there? They let you?" Loki asked as he reached the bottom of the stairs, Taylor nodded. Alicia looked at him and spoke up.

"And you're the god of mischief. Aren't you?" Loki nodded.

"And you are Alicia, Taylor's daughter, and her son." Alicia nodded as Loki gestured to the young boy in her lap. "Could you take us to them now? Or would you have to wait for Pete?"

"She doesn't have to wait for me, who is asking?" The door closed and he looked around. Taylor stood up and smiled.

"Loki was. Hi Pete." Pete raised an eyebrow at her before his eyes widened.

"No way. Kimberly ?"

"It is Kaina now, but yeah." Kaina smiled and waved at him.

"By all means, go and catch up the Avengers. I'll look after the kids." Taylor looked into his eyes before nodding.

"Come on then." Taylor grabbed her keys and left the house.

"How long have you 2 been married?" Kaina asked as she opened the door to the car that Taylor had blipped open.

"Technically, we're still not. We were waiting for you to get back." She revved the engine and started towards the new SHEILD building. Kaina hadn't realised how nervous she was until she could see the building in the distance. She felt Loki's hand on the back of her seat and realised that he was nervous as well. Taylor pulled the car to a stop and got out.

"Are you alright?" Loki asked as he opened the door for her. She nodded and got up and out of the car. Taylor was waiting for them at the top of the drive way, arms crossed. She waited for them to catch up before pushing open the door.

"Hello Miss Taylor. Welcome back Miss Kimberly, Sir Loki." Kaina smiled at the AI's voice.

"Hello Jarvis. Can you call me Kaina now please."

"I will update my information. Thank you for informing me of the name change Lady Kaina." Kaina smiled and followed her daughter to the lift with Loki just in front of her. Taylor leant in front of them and pressed the button for the 4 floor.

"They should all be waiting for us." Kaina held her hands together in front of her and played with her fingers. Loki saw this and stilled them with his hand. The doors opened and everyone turned to look at them.

"Welcome back, we have some people you should meet." Natasha was the first to speak. She smiled and stepped aside. "Kaina, meet Wanda and Pietro." 2 twenty somethings waved at her. Kaina felt a gust of wind circle her and then move to the woman's side.

"I thought you were dead. At least Thor told me so." She said as she pointed at him, looking between the 2.

"He was." Natasha smirked at Tony's deadpan.

"I walked it off." Pietro spoke. Kaina recognised the accent, she was about to comment when Thor grabbed her and Loki.

"There you are, I was wondering where you had gone." There was already a strong scent of alcohol surrounding him.

"We went to Taylor's. Have you already been drinking?" Loki asked as he pulled Thor's arm off of him. Thor nodded and held up a bottle. It was small and had a label on it.

"Mjolnir: Fire Mead. Brewed and created be Elmcloud. Where did you get this Thor?" His brother pointed at Tony who held his hands up in defence.

"He wanted some strong mead, this man made some. Besides Thor said that he had a good beard and that he could trust men with good beards." Thor nodded at the addition of the beard note.

"He had a nice beard brother, I trust men with nice beards. I only trust men with nice beards." Loki looked hurt.

"I don't have a beard- that's the point isn't it." Thor smiled and took the bottle back from Loki.

"I doubt you can hold this Mjolnir either." Kaina rolled her eyes and walked away from the bickering siblings and walked towards Natasha and the enhanced twins.

"I don't mean to sound rude, but what can you do? What is your ability?" The woman asked as she raised her hands. "I don't seem to be able to see in your head-" Her eyes widened as Kaina forced her out of her mind.

"You don't want to go in there. First of all you can't cause my mind is too broken to register mind games. Secondly even if you could you wouldn't want to." A gust of wind and Pietro was behind her, a hand firmly on her back.

"What did you to to my sister?" Kaina turned her glance to the young woman in front of her and realised what she had done.

"Shit. I cut her power off, but a part of her is still inside my head, I need to grant her access before she can get out. Damn it kid I told you." She closed her eyes and leant against her cane as she tried to allow the girl access. With a gasp and a sputter Wanda pulled free, Pietro was at her side in an instant.

"Yo- your mind is a thousand pieces. There is so much pain in there." Kaina winced.

"Still got to read it did ya?"

"What are you?" Natasha saw her roll her eyes and stepped in.

"She's an alien, partially. Kaina, why don't you go find Tony so he can catch you up?" Kaina nodded and walked towards Stark as Nat told the twins what she was. Tony smirked and put the drink down on the table.

"Hey, long time no see. Nice cane." Kaina rolled her eyes and sat down opposite him. "Guess you want catching up then?"

"Please." Tony stood up and gestured for her to follow him down the corridor.

"I've set it up to show you anything you want to know, but I think that I should tell you about the new Avengers first. First of all there are the twins, Wanda and Pietro Maximoff, she's weird he's fast. It's more technical than that but they'll tell them yourself. Then there is Vision, an AI that myself, Bruce, Thor, and Helen Cho created, he holds an infinity stone. The most recent addition has been James Buchanan Barnes, previously known as the Winter Soldier and close friend of Steve. You'll meet them all soon." he said to her back as she flicked through the screens, green eyes scanning the information. She turned at the sound of the door closing behind Tony and let out a small sigh before turning back.

"Welcome back Kaina." She closed the screen and turned around to grab her cane before she relaxed. She hadn't heard the door open.

"Steve." She set the cane down and walked towards him. He smiled and ruffled her hair as the door creaked open again. A man, similar in age to Steve stood there and she could almost place them. A quick glance to her side helped.

"You must be Bucky. I'm Kaina, an Avenger." She turned a questioning glance at Steve. "I am still an Avenger right?" He nodded at the question, the motion drawing her attention to his hair. "Nice hair cut by the way." she added as she walked out of the door. A blur of blue greeted her and she flinched.

"So you're an alien." His silver hair bobbed as he looked her up and down. "You don't look much like one." She frowned.

"I'm only half alien. I thought I read in your file that you were dead." Tony laughed to the side of them.

"Technically he was. He has heightened healing." Tony started to explain.

"But if he died then that wouldn't bring him back."

"You're right, it wouldn't. But we still had some of your blood from then. We gave him a small amount and-"

"My blood, pure? Didn't I tell you it could drive people mad?"

"You never mentioned using it on the dead. We assumed it was alright to use on him and hooked him up to a machine to get his blood pumping through his body. Your blood worked a treat." Tony offered her a drink and she shook her head as she leant against her cane.

"So I'm alive because of her. I owe you thanks then." Pietro turned back from Tony and smiled at her. Wanda walked up behind her brother and said her thanks.

"I think you should actually be thanking Tony but you're welcome I guess." Tony raised an eyebrow at her but glanced away when Thor let out a laugh. Kaina walked towards the bar that Tony was stood behind and glanced over the side, letting out a sigh as she saw Loki sat crossed legged on the floor with the chair he had been sat on on the floor next to him.

"That's the first time you have called me Tony." She looked sideways at him and rolled her eyes.

"I could call you Stark if it would make you feel better." He shook his head in answer and grabbed the bottle of Mjolnir from the Asgardians before they downed it all, placing it under the bar for later.

"Don't do that, I like the name Tony. Hey how's your alcohol tolerance?" She turned to look at him as he grabbed a small stack of shot glasses.

"Are you asking me to a drinking contest? I'm pretty sure I left you all hungover from the party we had 10 years ago." She leant on her cane and rolled her eyes.

"Didn't answer the question. Come on, gather around everyone who wants to participate." He grabbed another bottle of Mjolnir and walked over to the sofa. Kaina rolled her eyes as she followed him, stopping to help Loki stand and pulling his chair back up.

"Your booze is under the bar, second shelf. Tony, I am over 2000 years old, how good do you think my tolerance is?" He pointed a finger at her, conceding a point, and opened the shot glass packet. Nat and the Twins sat down and Tony raised an eyebrow.

"You all taking part?" They all nodded, Tony gulped. He was fine with going against the twins, Nat however. Kaina smirked and nudged Nat over. Thor came over and Tony shook his head. "Not this time big guy, you're already smashed, it wouldn't be fair." Thor shrugged and sat down to watch instead. Tony uncorked the lid with a pop and poured a shots worth into each glass. "Cheers." One.

"Cheers." they all said as they tipped the shot back. Tony gagged at the strength of it and sputtered. Wanda blanched slightly but got over the taste. Kaina and Nat weren't phased and shrugged whilst Pietro looked like he was swirling it in his mouth. He swallowed it quickly and smirked at Tony.

"Sure you want to continue, Tony?" Natasha asked with a smirk as she ran a hand through her hair. It was then that Kaina noticed that she had shaved part of it off and had a small scar just above her ear.

"How did you get the scar?" Kaina asked as Tony poured them another round. Nat glanced at her and smirked.

"Long story short, there was another fight against HYDRA and we got shot at." Kaina nodded in understanding as she took her shot glass and tipped it back.

"I take it that's where you found the twins." Pietro put his glass down and pointed at them before speaking.

"Technically we found them." His grin was the same colour of his hair. "They didn't see that coming." Clint, who had sat down to watch the contest, laughed and signed something that Kaina only just caught the jist of. Nat realised and translated.

"He said that its an inside joke, god have you gotten rusty." Kaina pulled a face and turned back to the shot glass.

"I've been in a land that understands every language, I apologise for utilising this and speaking in my mother tongue." Nat smirked and downed her drink again.

"Well than we need to catch you back up with your languages. How many do you think Tony can take?" Kaina pondered this, glanced at Tony and Wanda who were starting to show signs of going, and smiled.

"Tony, 3, Wanda as well. You, how many more can you take?" Nat swirled her glass and looked at the mead inside it.

"Probably 4 or 5, yourself?"

"Similar, maybe 6." Tony poured them all another drink but left himself out. Pietro glanced at him with a raised eyebrow.

"Pepper doesn't like it when I come home smashed." Kaina smiled, glad that her friend was actually taking his relationship seriously, and downed her shot. Four. The alcohol stung her throat as it went down, but it tasted nice. Five. Wanda dropped out, waving away the sixth round and standing up to get some water.

Pietro smirked and glanced into each of their eyes as the contest became serious. Tony refilled each of their glasses and happily noticed that their accents were becoming more obvious.

Seven.

"I bet he's using his tolerance ability to help, no way he's that strong." Clint whispered to Steve who had entered halfway through. Bucky looked like he wanted to join but he knew it was too late now. Kaina looked around before she took her shot, noticing Bruce standing next to Loki who was watching from the bar.

Eight.

Pietro was close to given in. His skin started to become blotchy and he looked like he was on the verge of passing out.

"He's going." Kaina said in heavily accented English. Nat smirked, though she didn't look much better. Kaina turned to Tony. "What's the rule on winning?"

"Last person has to take another shot after the other gives." he replied as he refilled their glasses.

Nine.

A blur of blue went to the bathroom and Clint started laughing.

"That, I saw coming." He got up and followed the younger man. "There is a reason you don't challenge Nat and Kaina to a contest." Nat looked pale.

"I think I'm done as well." Her Russian accent came through as she pushed away her empty glass.

Ten.

Kaina took the final shot on her own. Thor clapped her on the back as she stood up to get some water. She didn't realise that she was leaning on her cane as heavily as she was, but she was glad for it. Loki handed her a glass of water which she downed.

"Thank you, my young love." Loki smiled and kissed her forehead .Tony and the others glanced at the foreign words.

"No one going to comment on the fact that she spoke another language, and that Loki understood it?" Thor shook his head at Tony's obliviousness.

"Loki speaks Allspeak, like I do. Therefore he understands every language. Besides, all she said was Thank you and called him her young love." Nat smiled and gave a whoop from the sofa.

"It's official, you're together." Kaina turned from where she had buried her pounding head in Loki's chest and raised an eyebrow at Natasha.

"We've been together for 10 years, it's not like we hid it." Nat raised an eyebrow before Loki translated.

"She said that we have been together for 10 years, and that it's not like we have hidden it." Nat smirked as Kaina nodded whilst pouting. She was a cute drunk, and one that clearly got sleepy. She buried her head back in his chest and tried to stop the grin at the sight of Steve and Bucky holding hands.

"I knew it." She whispered to herself as JARVIS's voice echoed around the room, telling them that Pepper was on her way up.

"What did you know?" Loki leant his head down and whispered back. She had already forgot that he understood Arabic.

"That Steve and Bucky were a thing." Loki looked up at the two and noticed that they were indeed holding hands as Pepper walked in and took her shoes off at the door. Tony stood from the sofa and walked towards her, turning some music on as he did so. Pepper smiled at him and glanced around the room, noticing that they were back. Natasha laughed at something Clint signed as he entered the room with Pietro and he smirked.

"Course I will, come on then." Pietro walked towards Kaina and Loki and gently patted her back.

"How many did you have?" She looked up at him and smiled.

"10." He raised an eyebrow and nodded approvingly as Wanda came over and dragged him away to dance. Bruce was talking to Vision on the sofa with Sam and Rhodey claiming the opposite one, a glass of the avengers new found favourite drink in hand.

Thor pressed a drink of cold water into Loki's hand and gestured to Kaina who was still in Loki's arms. Loki nodded and pressed the cold glass against her warm shoulder. She turned her head to glance at the cool object before taking it and sipping at the water.

"I will be going to find Jane in the morning, to tell her that we are all back. Lady Taylor wishes to leave by the way. Pete says that the children want to see their mother before they go to bed." Kaina and Loki nodded as Thor left to talk to Steve and Bucky who were dancing together.

"We should go then, are you alright to walk?" Kaina grabbed her cane from where it had been leaning against the counter and nodded.

"Are you, you drank more of it than I did." Loki held her hand as they walked towards Taylor who was talking to Pepper.

"I am a god, I can hold mead." She let out a puff of air that could be taken as a laugh.

"I had to help you off the floor." Loki smiled at her as she stumbled and grabbed at his arm. His smile faded as she let go of her cane and grabbed him with both hands.

"Kaina-" She fell to the floor as she stopped being able to support herself on her legs. Loki picked her up quickly and grabbed her cane.

"Fuck. Alcohol and legs don't work." She grabbed onto his shirt as he handed her her cane. Taylor walked over, eyes wide, and looked her mother up and down.

"What happened?" Loki shook his head.

"Since the fight 10 years ago she has had problems with her legs working or in this case not. She should be fine by the morning." Taylor nodded but her grey eyes still held her mothers who nodded. Taylor then turned, said good bye to the others, and started to the lift. She practically ran to the car and opened the door for her mom and Loki to get in the back. Loki rolled his eyes at her panic then realised that this was the first time it had happened to Taylor. When it had happened to him the first time it had been worse, he had to yell for a guard because he couldn't help her. He had hated it

Taylor calmed down on the drive home, glancing at her mother in the mirror every few turns. Kaina was laid down, head resting on Loki's legs, staring into nothing as the car pulled up. She pushed herself up and Loki reached around her waist to help pull her up into a sitting position. Taylor was still considering driving her to the hospital but Loki and her mother had told her otherwise several times, when Loki stood up and carried her mother to the door.

"Taylor, open the door please." Taylor jumped and span around, starting towards the door, and pulled her keys out. Loki walked in first and put Kaina down on the sofa as she started wincing. Lissy and Pete came running over as her muscles started to quiver and realise that they could actually work.

"Mom, is she okay?" Lissy asked as she put a hand to her head. Loki grabbed it just before it touched her skin.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you. When she gets like this her skin gets blisteringly hot." Lissy drew her hand back and walked back to her father as a string of curses fell from her grandmother's mouth. Her legs drew up to her chest then stretched out again as feeling returned to her muscles. They all watched for a while before Taylor walked over to her little family and kissed her son and daughter good night. Lissy took her little brother off of her father and started up the stairs. Lissy turned and waved goodnight to her grandmother as well before scurrying up the stairs and closing her bedroom door.

With a whimper like noise Kaina straightened her legs finally and sat up slowly, her body tingling with fire still whipping through her veins.

"I'm sorry for that." She tried to stand up but struggled, Loki offered her her cane but she just shook her head. "I'm going to bed. Goodnight Tay, Pete." Taylor walked towards her and wrapped her arms around her.

"Night mom." Kaina smiled and started up the stairs, gods she had forgotten about the pain of stars. She turned back to grab her cane but Loki was already handing it to her, a half smile playing at his lips. She took it and smiled at him as he followed her up the stairs. Taylor rolled her eyes and turned away, walking in the kitchen.

"Lissy has school tomorrow, don't make too much noise. She's a light sleeper." Kaina flushed and Loki chuckled before turning to look down he stairs.

"I can't make that promise. I promised to show her why I was called silver tongue." Kaina whipped around and hit his arm.

"No you didn't" He smiled.

"I can if you want to." Taylor groaned from the kitchen and Pete put his head in his hands.

"Go to bed you 2, and please be quiet. Lissy is a very perceptive girl." Pete called up the stairs as he walked into the kitchen behind his fiancée.

"I haven't kissed my young love for 10 years, you try that and then tell me to be quiet." Kaina called back as she closed the door. Loki smiled and rolled his eyes as she lay down on the bed next to him. Both of them were to exhausted by the events of the day to actually consider doing anything, but they enjoyed making Taylor and Pete squirm.

Loki rolled over and watched as she fell into sleep, calmness claiming her features, before he leant down and hovered over her lips, torn between stealing a kiss and letting her sleep. She opened a single eye and closed the gap, quickly kissing him before falling into the restless slumber that was routine.

"Good night, my love."