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Aphrodite sat on the ground in the room provided with her legs folded beneath her, on the bed behind her was a double sleeping. She was invisible to the camera's eye as chanted various incantations under her breath as she focused on finding Thor.
He was easy to track when he hand his hammer on him, which he always did, as the hammer gave off massive amounts of energy on its own.
Right now Thor's energy was like a dim light, barely there, but when you found it you needed to latch onto it quickly, and when she did she breached his mind so she could speak with him without the lady that was with him hearing or seeing them.
When Aphrodite appeared in the desert where Thor was, with the same petite woman form earlier, he had sense her presence in his mind but focused on covering Jane with a blanket to ward off the chill of the desert air, before he turned to speak with her.
"She's quite pretty." Aphrodite said in greeting, Thor looked up then smiled glancing back down at Jane.
"Yes, she is." Thor agreed not taking his eyes off the woman next to him.
"Thor," Aphrodite said bringing his attention to her. "Tell me what happened. In that room. What did you see? Or who?"
Thor sighed and gestured for Aphrodite to come closer, she went and sat in front of him as he launched into an explanation of Loki coming to see him and not letting him return home. As well as the fact that their father was dead.
"Brother," Aphrodite said wishing she could reach out and take his hand. "Loki is simply doing what any ruler in his positon would. Trying to uphold the Allfather's final command, you can't fault him for that." Thor nodded and wiped his tears away. "Besides you look like your making yourself quite comfortable here." She said nodding to Jane, and a soft smile came over his features. "Tell me how you met."
Thor smiled again and told his sister the story of how Jane hit him with her van. Twice.
The next morning Agent Barton had come to collect her and had given her some fresh clothes and had led her through the facility and to the cafeteria, as breakfast was being served there.
On their way there Aphrodite couldn't ignore the glares she was receiving any longer.
"Why do I get the feeling that I'm not very well liked here?" Aphrodite asked the archer who glanced around and noticed the stares she was receiving.
"Yeah well when you drop a bunch of special ops on their asses without breaking a sweat. You gain a reputation." Agent Barton responded. Then glanced over at her to see her eyes trained on the ground as they walked. "Hey, you okay?
"We didn't intend to hurt anyone." She responded "Was anyone seriously injured?"
"Just a few mild concussions." Barton replied as he held the door open for her to enter the cafeteria. "You mostly hurt their pride."
"Sounds quite familiar." Aphrodite said as she cracked a small smile.
"Yeah well they should be more used to getting beat up by a woman. Nat was down here a few months ago. Talk about hurt pride."
"Who's Nat?" Aphrodite questioned.
"Sit down." He nodded to one of the tables then began to leave to get their food.
"Agent Barton," She called. "Do have a, real name? A first name perhaps?"
"Clint." He responded.
"Aphrodite." She informed him and could have sworn she saw the corner of his lip twitch the slightly.
After a small breakfast of eggs and bacon that could not compare in the slightest to the food served on Asgard she had learned a bit more about Clint as well as the organization he represented Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division otherwise known as SHIELD.
He was in the process of telling her about one of his most recent missions that he went on with his closest friend Natasha Romanoff the 'Nat' person he had mentioned earlier, when they were interrupted by Agent Coulson.
"Excuse me," He said as he approached the table carrying a file. "I don't mean to interrupted, but we need your input on somethings." He said as he sat down revealing various pictures of Mjolnir and also the markings on the ground from where they had landed in the Bifrost.
"Where did you get these?" She asked the Agent.
"I told you, we're good at finding out what we want. And right now, I need to know what you know. What is this?" He asked pointing to the Bifrost site.
"I'm afraid I cannot-" She began to try and explain but he cut her off.
"Look Aphrodite," She eyes widened by him calling her by her name. "I want to believe that you're not here to hurt anyone, you're brother too, and I wanna' trust both of you. But I can't do that unless you trust me."
"Everything in your world, is about to change." Aphrodite said seriously seeing nothing but the truth shining in the man's eyes.
Coulson was about to respond when another man in black interrupted. "Sir, they've got something." Coulson looked to her again then stood following the other agent.
Clint and Aphrodite shared a glance, then stood as well and went in the same direction.
"What the hell was that?" Aphrodite heard Coulson question as they entered the room.
"I don't know sir, we got massive energy readings out of nowhere then they just vanished."
While they spoke Aphrodite, looked at the screens surrounding and saw them all bearing images that had stark resemblance to the Bifrost.
"How far out?" Coulson's voice brought her back to reality.
"About fifteen mile due northwest."
"What is it?" Clint asked her seeing how she was staring at the screens.
"I don't know," Aphrodite responded. "I need to get to my brother." Aphrodite spoke to both Coulson and Clint.
"Alright, you," Coulson pointed to Clint who straightened. "With her, you," Coulson pointed to the man he was speaking with earlier. "With me, let's go check it out."
Clint ushered her out of the building and into one of the large black trucks on the property.
"Anything you wanna' tell me about whatever that thing was that just opened up?" Clint questioned as Aphrodite settled herself in passengers seat.
"Nothing that should call for too much alarm." She responded as he started the car and began driving.
After a while of driving back to the city Clint pulled up at the coordinates that Coulson had sent him, where Thor was staying with Jane Foster and friends.
"This is it." Clint said as they excited the vehicle.
"Then what are we waiting for." Aphrodite told him as she approached then entered the glass house without knocking. Clint followed closely then stopped once they were a ways in.
"Excuse me," The tiny brunette that was with Thor last night, Jane, approached her. "You can't just barge in here- Oh it's you." Jane said seeing who it was entering her house followed by a man dressed in all black.
"Sister!" Thor exclaimed upon seeing her then rushed over scooping her up in a hug relished the fact that see was actually here and not just an illusion. "You've been released then?" He asked once he set her on her own two feet.
"Not exactly, The Bifrost has been activated." She told him.
"Is she talking about the bridge?" Jane questioned from their side.
"Thor, Heimdall who not just let anyone through. Someone's here and I don't know who."
"I do." Clint voice said unsurely and then turned to face him and he pointed to the glass doors and too Aphrodite's shock there stood the Warriors Three and Sif who all wore proud smiles.
"Found you." Volstagg cried cheerfully as they all waved.
Short chapter this week but the big battle is up next, so excited to write that. Or to re-write it?
As always let me know what you think and what you'd like to see in the future.