Lavender woke up with mixed emotions. She was relieved and overjoyed that Loki was still alive but she didn't understand how he was alive; she'd clearly seen him fall and the possibility that he survived that was almost impossible. But then came the confusion and almost disappointment, why did he come to Earth and why had he attacked?

Suddenly the phone rang and she quickly picked it up, "Hello?"

"Lavender, I want you in, now."

She knew that this had to be because of Loki, but her dreams had never come true this fast before, "Director, is that you? What's happened? Are you ok?"

"Yes it's me, now enough of the questions and just get to base. You'll be given orders from there," he said bluntly and then hung up.

Lavender quickly washed and dressed herself, grabbed a quick sandwich, then left for base. It was early morning and still dark, so traffic was light and made the journey easier.

Coulson met her at base. "How's Fury?" she immediately asked.

Coulson looked at her confused.

"He got shot, didn't he?" Lavender asked impatiently.

"Yes, but how did you know that?" Coulson answered in wonder.

"I'll tell you later. What are my orders?"

"You'll be going to the helicarrier headquarters; you'll get your orders when everyone else has arrived."

Lavender nodded and went with Coulson to an air base where he left her in a quinjet. "Aren't you coming?" Lavender asked.

"I'm bringing Stark in."

The quinjet landed on what seemed like a floating runway and Lavender was greeted by Heather.

"Heather, I didn't expect to see you here!" Lavender beamed, giving her a hug.

"I was delighted to hear they were bringing you in," she grinned, "come on, let's go inside, they want to brief you on what's happened."

"I already know…" Lavender said, following her inside.

"Oh, did Coulson tell you?" Heather asked, slightly surprised.

"No… I err…"

Fury cut her off, "I'd like to speak with you, in my office, now," he said walking away.

"God, I hope you're not in trouble Lav."

Lavender turned to her at the mention of her nickname; no-one had called her that in what felt like years. "Me too…" she mumbled deep in thought, following Fury.

"I think you have something to tell me," he said, sitting down.

Lavender slowly walked in, closing the door behind her, "I don't know what you mean…"

"You know exactly what I mean. Coulson told me that you knew I got shot and just now I heard you say you already know what's going on. I'm having a hard time believing you were there and didn't help so would you like to give me an alternate explanation?"

"I don't know exactly how to put it…" she began, "I just…" she took a deep breath, no-one else knew about her visions and they were weird even by Asgardian standards, "I have visions, in my dreams…" she told him, knowing it sounded ridiculous.

"Really..." Fury sounded sceptical.

"I know it sounds ridiculous but it's the truth."

"Why haven't you told us about this before?" he asked.

"I've only ever had them twice before this one, so I didn't think anything of it and they're personal, I never thought they would be of any value…"

Fury found the 'they're personal' part interesting, "how personal?"

Lavender knew she was treading thin here, "the first vision I had, I saw my father dead, and in the second vision I saw the Bifröst destroyed and my best friend fall to his death…"

"How was this one personal?"

"My friend, who died, he was, err…" she cut off; she knew that after this she was probably going to be thrown off this assignment for being too close to the target.

"Go on," Fury pushed.

"He was Loki…"

"And you're sure he died? Because I just witnessed him kill half a dozen agents and take Doctor Selvig, Agent Barton and a few other top agents with him."

"I know, I saw. He clearly is alive, somehow, though I have no idea how because he fell off a bridge into the abyss of space and that was six months ago. Now, just throw me off this assignment and get it over and done with."

"Why would I throw you off this assignment?"

Lavender paused, "you're not throwing me off this assignment, even after what you just heard?"

"Well, you had that vision and your main concern was me, after realising I had been shot and not Loki. He hasn't contacted you, has he?"

"No, sir, I wouldn't think he knew I was here in the first place."

"Good, you might be able to tell us some of his tactics then."

"I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I really wouldn't know… All I know is that he's got a good aim with blades, but with that spear of his, I have no idea. This isn't the Loki I know, he's different, but I'll help you all I can."

Fury nodded, "you'll wait for the others to get here before anything else is said or done."

"Yes, of course, but, may I ask who else is coming? Coulson said he was bringing Stark in."

"We're bringing in Agent Romanoff, Captain Rogers and Doctor Banner."

"Aren't they…"

"Yes. You can go now."

Lavender nodded and then left quickly, relieved that she wasn't in trouble or thrown off the assignment.