I woke to a knocking on the door; I sat up and stared at it. Any of them could be on the other side, there was another knock,
"Get up!" I rolled my eyes at Barton's voice, "I'll be back in ten minutes" I threw my head back against the pillows and stared at the ceiling. I had just finished pulling on my shirt when there was a knock at the door; I walked over and opened it, Barton looked at me before turning round,
"Come on, you're expected in the conference room" I followed him to the lift. The ride was silent and I stared at the back of his head as the lift ascended. When the doors opened he led me down the corridor to the conference room, we stepped inside and he pointed me to the chair at the end that had a few agents standing nearby. Fury stood at the head of the table, the avengers all seated around the table, I looked around the table again but couldn't see Loki,
"Now we're all here we can begin" I tapped my hand against the table to get their attention, they all turned to me. I thought for a second then raised my hands to make horns then shrugged my shoulders, they all stared at me like I was crazy, I pointed to Thor then myself then rose my hands as though I had just asked a question. Banner looked around the table at everyone then back at me,
"Oh, she's asking where Loki is" everyone made a face of understanding then turned back to Fury as though I hadn't interrupted, I smacked the table again and frowned in confusion, they all ignored me again,
"Thor has told us all about the Asgardian punishment; even though she isn't to attack any one he can't ensure your safety. It's up to you to decide if you want her to stay at the tower or if you want her in SHIELD custody. Personally I don't trust her, never have, and I suggest you hand her over to me" they sat in silence, whether they were waiting for him to carry on talking or if they were deciding was unclear as all their backs were to me. Thor finally broke the silence,
"If you lock her away how is she to complete her punishment, she would give her word not to harm anyone, and if she does she is to return to Asgard and face further punishment" Stark looked to him,
"Do you trust her word, you didn't know about her before she turned up. How do you know she can be trusted?" Barton and Romanoff gave murmurs of agreement,
"You heard her on the balcony, she said it then, she never breaks her promises" Steve's voice was almost mechanical in what he said,
"She can't talk, how can she make a promise?" Stark almost hissed the question before throwing a glare at me,
"She can write it down" Steve looked back at Thor, "but if she were to stay with us, how is she supposed to complete her punishment?"
"Father said she is to repay those she harmed; I would guess she would need to help the team" Steve nodded then sat back as though he had all the information he needed. Banner coughed,
"How do we know what she said on the balcony was true?"
"We don't, we can't trust anything she has said or done whilst she has been here" Stark looked at me, "I say we let Fury take her" I stood up and two agents grabbed my shoulders, I didn't try to fight them I just pointed at Thor. They all looked at me confused, I motioned for Thor to come down the table, he got up and walked over, as he drew closer I grabbed his forearm and slowly reached my hand to his head as though asking his permission. Everyone stared as he nodded and I lightly touched my fingers against his temple,
"Tell them I'll promise it, I'll write it down"
"She says she'll write down her promise" Stark snorted in derision, I stopped myself from shooting a dirty look at him, instead I looked at him as I told Thor my message,
"I will do whatever they require to satisfy them that I'll keep my promise, any punishment they see fit to give me, I'll take it to prove I mean what I'm saying" I let go of Thor and sat back down, folded my arms and stared at the table,
"She says she'll do whatever you want to prove she'll keep her promise, and if you decide to punish her she won't fight against it" he stayed stood next to me. Silence fell over the room for a while; they all sat looking at me as I stared at the table, trying to ignore their gaze. I tugged at Thor's arm and he bent down, I touched his temple,
"I'll go into SHIELD custody, this is obviously where it's heading" Thor shook his head and grabbed my hand'
"It's not your choice, the team has to decide"
"What did she say?" Barton ignored me and looked straight to Thor,
"She offered to go with Fury, she believes that is going to be your choice" I stood up and walked past the table towards Fury, stopping next to him and holding my hands out to be cuffed.