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Inside their warrior's room, Volstagg eats ravenously from a platter of food. Sif stands nearby, ill at ease. Fandral watches Volstagg incredulously as the large warrior stuffs himself.

Finally Fandral can stand it no more. "Our dearest friend banished, Loki on the throne, Asgard on the brink of war, yet you've manage to consume four wild boar, six pheasant, a side of beef, and two casks of ale. Shame on you! Don't you care?!"

Fandral knocks the platter from Volstagg's hands, causing the larger man to jump up from his seat.

"Do not mistake my appetite for apathy!"

Sif yells at them, "Stop it, both of you! We all know what we have to do, we're just too damned afraid to do it!"

Hogun makes a decision, "We must go. We must find Thor." Hogun starts to pull the delicate healing stones from the fire, carefully putting them into a pouch at his side.

Fandral turns back to them, "It's treason, Hogun."

Volstagg eyes them all, "To hell with treason, it's suicide."

"Thor would do the same for us." Sif reminds them.

"Now, shush. Heimdall might be watching. It's said he can hear—"

Fandral rolls his eyes, "Yes, yes, we know!"

An Einherjar Guard enters. They tense. "Heimdall demands your presence."

Volstagg quickly drains his flagon of ale. "We're doomed."

Sif and the Warriors Three enter warily to find the intimidating Heimdall and worse, Arabella, standing before the Observatory's controls. The two glare at them accusingly.

Volstagg steps forward, "Good Heimdall, less us explain—"

"You would defy the commands of Loki, our King, break every oath you have taken as warriors, and commit treason to bring Thor back?"

The four exchange nervous glances.

"Yes, but—"

"Good."

The group looks puzzled. What did he just say?

Sif follows him as he steps down from the controls. "So you'll help us?"

"I am bound by honor to our King. I cannot open the bridge to you."

With that, Heimdall leaves them alone in the Observatory. The others exchange puzzled looks.

Fandral watches him leave, he turns to Hogun. "Complicated fellow, isn't he?"

Volstagg shrugs, "Now what do we do?"

Sif glances at Arabella who wears a small smile, the Angel approaches the control panel, and the maiden notices something.

"Look!"

The others turn to see Arabella standing next to Heimdall's sword stuck into the control panel. They exchange a grin. They have an ally. Arabella hits the controls, and the Bifrost apparatus fires up.

Up in the Palace on a balcony Loki stands with Gungnir, surveying his kingdom. He sees the Bifrost fire off into space. He turns angrily, Heimdall has betrayed him. An Einherjar Guard quickly approaches him, out of breath.

"My liege, the Warriors Three, Lady Sif and Lady Arabella have gone missing."

Loki reacts, how could Bella betray him like this.

Amidst the fury of the Bifrost storm, Arabella, the Warriors Three and Sif drop to the ground in the New Mexico desert. They clamber to their feet as the Bifrost quickly recedes, the hole in the sky closing up behind it. The Bifrost runes cover the desert sand around them.

Volstagg surveys the ground around them. "He must have landed nearby. It's time to put our tracking skills to work. Spread out. Check the sand for indentations of his boot prints."

Fandral joins him, "The winds would have blown them away by now. We should look for signs of a campfire."

"Or we could just start there."

The two look up at Sif's words, she points behind them to the town of Puente Antiguo in the distance – the only visible sign of civilization – and to Arabella and Hogun, who have already started walking towards it. Volstagg and Fandral trade looks, their egos bruised.

Fandral clears his throat, trying to cover his embarrassment. "It's worth a look, I suppose."

The party tromps towards the town.

Coulson races in as a SHIELD Techie calls up satellite footage of the Bifrost storm on a monitor. "What the hell was that?"

"I don't know, Sir. We got massive energy readings out of nowhere, then they just disappeared. Fifteen miles due northwest."

"Let's go take a look."

Dawn breaks over the quiet town of Puente Antiguo. Thor awakens, looks down to see Jane still sleeping, nuzzled against him. She opens her eyes, looks up at him and smiles. He stands, offers his hand, helps her to her feet. Thor helps Jane down off a ladder. A groggy, hung-over Selvig emerges from Jane's trailer. He sees Thor with Jane. Selvig eyes the two of them together, then:

"I need some coffee."

The three head inside Smith Motors.

From the Library rooftop across the street, SHIELD Agents Garrett and Cale watch the scene, pointing a small audio surveillance device towards the lab.

Darcy and Selvig sit at a card table, drinking coffee. Thor holds a couple plates as Jane makes eggs on a hotplate. She scoops them out onto the plates. Thor takes them over to the table, and sets them down before Selvig and Darcy.

"Thank you." Darcy gives Thor a big smile.

"Thank you." Selvig says.

"You're very welcome."

Jane joins them at the card table with a couple more plates. She and Thor sit with the others and start to eat their breakfast, looking like a little family.

On the rooftop, Agents Garrett and Cale continue their surveillance, bored out of their wits. Agent Cale watches the group through the lab window with binoculars. Agent Garrett listens to his comm-link, turns to Cale.

"They want an update."

"Tell them he's eating eggs."

"Scrambled or fried?"

Cale glares at him. "Target is eating eggs, sir. We'll keep you posted."

A voice comes over their radios, "Base to Team 2, we've got activity outside the town. Stay on your target."

Back inside of the crypt, Loki jams Gungnir down onto the ground before the intricate latticework behind the Casket. It opens to reveal the Destroyer, a fiery glow rising within it.

"Ensure my brother does not return. Destroy everything."

As the group finishes breakfast, Thor looks at the mug in his hand, gets an idea. "May I have this?"

Darcy looks puzzled, "Sure."

"Thank you. Excuse me a moment." Thor leaves.

In front of her diner, Isabela prepares to open for the day. Through the window of the diner you can see chairs still atop tables. Isabela sweeps the front porch. She looks up to see Thor approaching. She eyes him suspiciously. He offers her a mug.

"To replace the one I broke. Please forgive my behavior."

She takes it, looks at it curiously, then smiles at him. "Okay. Thank you."

"If I may, I'd like to come back for more of your "coffee."

"Any time."

He nods and walks away. She stares after him, smiling, and shrugs.

"She could do worse."

Townsfolk stare in wonder at the Warriors Three, Sif and Arabella, as they stroll down the street in all their Asgardian splendor, not to mention the 6 foot tall wings folded at Arabella's back.

A boy hits a baseball, which rolls under a parked car. He runs to retrieve it, but can't reach it. Suddenly, the side of the car rises into the air. The boy looks over, his mouth dropping open at what he sees. Volstagg easily holds the car up with one hand. Volstagg picks up the boy's ball, then drops the car. He hands the ball back to the boy, tousling his hair.

"There you go, lad!"

The boy just stares, standing frozen. The Asgardians head off.

Volstagg looks around, "Is it just me, or does Earth look a little different to you?"

Sif does the same, "It has been a thousand years..."

"Things change so fast here. You leave for a millennium, and it's like the whole neighborhood's gone." Volstagg sniffs, smells something. "Perhaps we should split up."

Agents Cale and Garrett spot Arabella, Sif, Fandral, and Hogun walking down the street.

Agent Garrett furrows his brows, "Is there a Renaissance Faire in town?"

"Call it in."

"Yeah. Base, we've got Xena, Jackie Chan, Robin Hood and a woman with giant wings. Yes I said wings. Big black wings."

Volstagg rises up behind them and smashes their heads together. They're out.

"Never cared for spies." He starts to go, then sees their bag of fast food on the ground. Intrigued, he pulls out a cheeseburger and takes a bite. He likes what he tastes. "Exquisite."

Selvig takes a drink of his coffee, "It's a beautiful theory, Jane. But you won't be able to convince the scientific community of any of it. Not without hard evidence.

A sudden knock on the doors causes them to turn. "Found you!"

Thor, Jane, Selvig, and Darcy turn to see – two women, one in armor and one with giant wings, and three men in armor beside them. Staring baffled with slight smiles, at the sight of the domestic Thor drying dishes in mortal clothing.

Jane is so shocked that she drops the coffee mug in her hand, it shatters on the floor.

"My friends!" Thor happily races over and greets his comrades. "This is good. This is good."

Jane, Selvig, and Darcy watch the Asgardians from across the room. Jane looks concerned. Selvig and Darcy eye them with wonder.

Selvig is in awe, "I don't believe it..."

Darcy looks at Thor, "Who are they?"

Volstagg steps forward, "Excuse me. Lady Sif and the Warriors Three. Surely you've heard tales of Hogun the Grim, Fandral the Dashing, and I, Volstagg the Svelte?"

Selvig looks pointedly at Volstagg's massive gut.

"Well, perhaps I've put on a little more muscle since I was here last."

Jane is baffled, "That would have been a thousand years ago? Northern Europe?"

"Exactly! Those lovely herring people. They worshipped us!"

Thor grins, lays a hand on Volstagg's shoulder before approaching the winged woman. "Bella." He hugs her close, "I'm am so glad to see not all of my family has turned their backs on me."

Arabella is confused by his statement but she hugs him back nonetheless. "I have missed you Thor."

The man turns to his new companions, "Jane, Erik and Darcy, may I present my sister Arabella, the Fallen Angel."

The woman nods at the three mortals stand staring at the new arrivals. Thor eyes all his friends. "My friends, I've never been happier to see anyone. But you should not have come."

Fandral smiles at his friend, "We're here to take you home."

Jane reacts to the news of Thor leaving.

"You know I can't go home. My father, is dead because of me. I must remain in exile."

The other Asgardians exchange puzzled looks as Arabella steps forward. "Thor... Father still lives."

Thor reacts to the revelation his face grows dark, it only takes a moment for Arabella to understand why his face registers such anger.

Loki approaches Heimdall on the Rainbow Bridge standing just out front of the Observatory.

"Tell me, Loki, how did you get the Jotuns into Asgard?"

"You think the Bifrost is the only way in and out of the Realm? There are secret paths between worlds to which even you, with all your gifts, are blind. But I have need of them no longer, now that I am King. And I say, for your act of treason, you are relieved of your duties as Gatekeeper, and no longer a citizen of Asgard."

"Then I need no longer obey you."

Heimdall raises his massive sword, strides towards Loki. Loki reaches out and, with both hands, takes hold of something invisible, hovering in mid-air before him. As it quickly fades into view, we realize what it is – The Casket Of Ancient Winter. The blueness creeps from his hands and up his arms, as Loki opens the Casket towards Heimdall, who is fast approaching. From inside the Casket, all hell breaks loose. The fury of the Casket is unleashed, its winds not just howling, but screaming, as ice, snow and darkness come flying straight towards Heimdall. Ice clings to his body, freezing him, but still he moves forward. Loki starts to get worried. Heimdall is nearly upon him. The Gatekeeper swings his massive sword at the Prince. But the blade stops, frozen, just inches from Loki's throat. Loki breathes a sigh of relief and vanishes the Casket.

A few SHIELD vehicles are parked by the Bifrost site. A few SHIELD Agents stand nearby as scientists take readings. Coulson kneels, examines the Bifrost Runes. He turns to an Agent.

"Get somebody from Linguistics down here."

Just then, they hear a rumbling overhead, as the Bifrost storm roars in the sky above. Coulson and the SHIELD Agents scramble for cover, their vehicle windshields shattering, as the Bifrost storm grows in strength. Finally, the hole in the sky overhead opens, and the funnel cloud explodes out of it, touching down onto the desert floor. Coulson and the Agents shelter their eyes from the maelstrom.

Thor and the others see the Bifrost storm forming in the distance.

Darcy looks at Thor, "Was somebody else coming?"

Just then, the Bifrost funnel explodes down to the ground.