Leah had continued to pace to calm her anger, she could feel it bubble under her skin, she didn't want the added stress on her or the baby. She knew it was impossible for her to get out alone, she wondered whether Fury had authorized to shot on sight if she did yet. She heard a gentle knock at the door, she looked up to see Steve standing there. He opened the door and entered before shutting it behind him.

"I saw Dr Walter, he said you were here." Steve muttered

She just closed her eyes letting out a sigh of relief, she knew that Mathew was probably unable to see Thor but got her the next best person he could. Leah just went over to Steve flinging her arms around him suddenly feeling like she had a friend in this world.

"Thank god your here." She sighed feeling happier that some one was at least here for her.

"What's happened to you Leah? No one would tell us anything, Thor is going crazy with worry." Steve told her as he wrapped his arms around her. "Are you okay and the baby?"

"Yeah we're fine." Leah replied pulling back from her friend. "SHIELD thinks I am under a mind control, I have no way to prove it to them that I am not. This is so messed up Steve." She placed her hand on her forehead as she thought. "I don't want to be a prisoner here."

"Right." Steve frowned remaining silent for a second. "Don't get upset Leah but I can understand why they are concerned." He began thinking for a moment looking at her, she could see the conflict of interest going on inside his head. "You returned suddenly only to disappear on us just as quickly. Then we find your pregnant with some mans child which turns out to be the god Loki who destroyed the best part of a city. It seems all a little off to be honest and you know that too, your training tells you that?"

"There's being concerned Steve and there is being unreasonable. I understand that, I do, but Mathew has done scans and observed me, I was questioned non stop on my last return. And yes I never told them the honest truth but I knew what they would be like. I would have been sent to get my head checked because I fell in love, its ridiculous. I am telling the truth now Steve, I can't do any more than that." Leah sat down on the corner of her bed feeling herself . "Loki is unable to come to earth, therefore while I'm stuck here I am alone and our child is without its father. I can't do this alone Steve, I am not strong enough." Leah sobbed putting a hand over her mouth trying to stop herself from bursting into tears.

"You will never be alone Leah." Steve sat down beside her putting a strong-arm around her. "I will be here for you always."

"Thank you." Leah smiled as tears fell from her eyes down her pale cheeks.

"I know who you are Leah, you don't seem to be under a mind control or forced into a trick. I know you better than they do." Steve mumbled staring down at her smiling. "Perhaps if I spoke to them, reasoned with Fury."

"I don't think it would do any good. To them I have fallen in love with the enemy, I never planned this Steve, I was never my intention. I got to know him." Leah explained to Steve hoping he would understand. "He opened up to me when he would speak to no one else. I ended up talking to him about my pass, he knew bits already but it was nice to just talk. He answered a lot of unexplained questions I had and he helped me heal further. He changed for me Steve, he changed who he was to prove his love for me." Leah smiled looking down at her hands which were rubbing the material of her dress. "And I fell in love with him."

"Perhaps if you would explain this." Steve began trying to be as logical as he always was, it made her smile.

"No it won't work." Leah shook her head. "If anything you would only stir the hornet's nest further. They would probably ship me off where even you couldn't even find me." She looked up at Steve before she began to suggest. "Perhaps if you were to show Thor where I am. I mean Thor could take me back to Asgard where I know I will be safe."

"Leah." Steve looked down at her his voice saying everything as she felt him tense up. It would go against who he was Captain America. She didn't like doing it, making him chose between his friend or the organisation he worked for.

"I know." Leah shrugged feeling really guilty now. "But I am not welcome here any more." She looked to her friend. "Please help me Steve, I don't want to be locked up, give birth in a cell, have my child taken away from me or worse."

"I will see what I can do." Steve nodded not looking at her as he obviously still thought about what he could do.

The door to the Hospital room she was in opened making them both jump away from each other. She watched Steve stand up and walk away from her to the edge of the room, she saw Mathew come in with a sheet of paper looking at it. He finally looked up to her and then glanced over to Steve who still stood there awkwardly.

"It's time that you left Mr Rogers." Mathew told Steve firmly. Steve just looked at Leah smiling slightly nodding before leaving. Mathew turned his attention back to Leah. "Your blood parameters look good enough to take another treatment for your brother if you want."

"Do it." Leah sighed.

Mathew set up and took some more blood before leaving her with food to eat and orders to eat it. Leah ate most of it as she had been requested to do so, knowing she needed the extra energy now. Leah was sitting by the window looking out onto the green grass and blue sky. It looked so unfamiliar now compared to Asgard, like she was actually on the alien world. Leah heard footsteps which made her stand up, she looked over at the door before seeing Thor and Steve disarmed the two armed guards. Leah just stood there looking at Thor who opened the door and seemed annoyed as well relieved at the same time. She ran over to him and flung her arms around his neck. As Steve dragged in the two unconscious bodies before standing up straight and looking at the pair oft them.

"We won't have long?" Steve said firmly.

Leah just turned to Steve before giving her friend a hug also. She knew that Steve must have known what she had said and told him was the truth for him to help her.

"Thank you." She smiled at the pair of them feeling a wave of relief wash over her entire body "Thank you." She repeated

"I feared the worse for you." Thor took hold of her shoulders holding on to her tightly letting out a breath of relief. "I dreaded telling my brother what had happened and that I couldn't find you."

"He doesn't know about this does he?" Leah looked at Thor knowing full well what Loki would be capable of if he was to find out. "Please tell me you didn't send word back, I don't know what he would do."

"No." Thor shook his head. "He does not." He glanced back at the door which Steve was looking out of on checking the coast was clear. "We need to go now Leah, I do not know what they have planned for you."

"I know." Leah nodded letting Thor go and looking at him seriously. "I need to see my brother first once more please?"

"Leah." Steve cut in. "You need to go."

"But." Leah began to protest.

"We need to go home Leah its been four days." Thor looked at her seriously she could see the slight panic in his eyes "Loki will worry, I do not want my brother doing something we all may regret later on."

"I just need to see him, he is my brother, then we can go home." Leah begged looking at Thor and Steve her silver eyes wide pleading with the both of them. "I may not get another chance."

"Fine." Thor reluctantly agreed before turning to Steve "You know the way."

"Yes." Steve nodded looking a little more worried than he did earlier. "Follow me."

They went to leave the medical room, Leah picked up the recent ultrasound image of her child, they were half way down the corridor when Leah saw Fury with Helena and an armed guard who was pointing his weapon to Helena's head. Leah stopped looking at Fury as Thor and Steve stepped in front of her to protect her.

"We do not wish to cause any problems here." Thor began sounding a little menacing, Leah knew she wouldn't mess with him but wasn't sure if Fury would risk it.

"Leah Barton worked for us, however she has been compromised, we need to make sure she is no threat." Fury said sounding equally intimidating. "We need to process her to make sure that she is of sound mind."

"She is a pregnant woman with all due respect Sir and she does not deserve this treatment." Steve added.

"Back down Captain." Fury glared at Steve silencing Steve immediately. "Leah give yourself up before this gets worse for all of you."

"Sir, I am pregnant how can I be a threat, I have told you nothing but the truth when I have been back here, my home. I only came back for my brother and then I intended to be able to return to my true home, Asgard." Leah explained stepping around Thor and Steve, walking closer to Fury her hands up in the air to show she was no threat. "Please Sir, let Helena go, she has no reason to be here, she only came because Loki asked her to look after me and she is my friend. She has a family of her own to go home too, please don't do anything to hurt that family too."

"Will you hand yourself in?" Fury asked

"No." Leah shook her head only speaking the truth. "I can't do that, the longer I am here the more of a threat I am. I am personally no danger to you, you are all family to me but my child's father, the man I fell in love with would break his banishment for me. I do not want to see the consequences of that. This is the reason I didn't return in the first place to explain about everything, I knew this would happen and I didn't want it too." She looked down slowly lowering her hands. "Please Sir just let us go. Before anything happens that we all regret."

"Where were you planning to go?" Fury began frowning at her.

"To say good bye to my brother. I just want to see that the blood I have given for him has had some effect, to see if he is better" Leah replied glancing back at Thor and Steve before looking back at her old commander. "Please sir, I don't want any trouble."

"I can't let you go." Fury shook his head.

"Sir, I don't think Thor is going to let you take me away again." Leah looked back over her shoulder at Thor who looked a little menacing as he glared at Fury. "I promise you, once I have seen my brother I will leave, permanently. I will not set foot back on earth, I will take Loki's punishment if that will keep your organisation happy that I am not a threat. This is all I can offer you, my word." Leah hoped that this will work, she knew it was the only option she could give Fury.

"Take Miss Barton to her brothers room." Fury nodded turning and walking away with the armed guards, she knew then what his answer was. "Captain, make sure that they leave."

Leah wrapped her arms around a distraught Helena, she comforted the woman for a moment knowing how scary that situation must have been. Once Helena had stopped crying and had calmed herself down, Leah handed her over to Thor to look after.

"Do you have that letter still?" Leah looked up at Thor

He just nodded at her, pulling the letter out of his armour, she looked at it before nodding to him. She had more pressing issues on her mind now, this may be the last time that she would actually see Clint. They were taken by the guard to Clint's room. Thor and Helena stood at the doorway as she went into the room, she saw the transfusion set up at his bedside smiling. At least she was doing something to help him, she went over to his bed side touching his bare arm. He looked a little better than she remembered, he felt warmer and the bruises were already faded. She just sat down beside him looking around before sighing.

"This was not how I imagined I would ever say good-bye to you. I always though it would be at gun point or your funeral. Life within SHIELD huh." She tried to laugh but it didn't come out, she slowly sat down taking hold of his larger hand. "I never thought it would be a good bye because I am pregnant with a man everyone seems to hate. But you always said you can't help who you fall in love with, I believe you now. I mean look at you and Nat, I know if you were awake you would deny it but stop doing that. You two need each other, we all can see it." Leah smiled. "Look after each other, and perhaps." She felt the tears run down her cheek. "Perhaps you could come and visit me instead, Its lovely on Asgard and you have all that leave time. Maybe this little one will be about then." She rubbed her stomach. "It will love to meet its uncle." Leah then let out sigh looking at him. "Look after yourself Clint."

She heard footsteps behind her as she felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked up to see Steve who looked at Clint for a moment before turning to her.

"You better go Leah, before Fury changes his mind."

"Yeah." Leah nodded before slowly wrapping her arms around him giving him a long hug. "Thank you for all you have done for me."

"I would do it again." Steve said returning the hug.

"Can I asked you do one more thing for me." Leah began pulling back and letting go of her friend, seeing Steve begin to frown at her. "When Clint is well enough to know, please could you give him this letter, it explains everything to the best of my ability."

"Of course." Steve nodded smiling weakly. "I will tell him what happened here too."

"Thank you." Leah stood up on tip toe just able to kiss him on the cheek.

She walked out of the room, she felt herself break down, this was harder than anything she had done. Clint had always been there for her and she was letting him down in his time of need. Thor wrapped his arm protectively around her saying nothing as they headed back to Asgard. As they arrived Leah looked around seeing they were in one of the gardens of Asgard. She just stood their as she realized this was home now permanently.

"Come Leah." Thor Said

Leah just shook her head turning to look at Thor and Helena before walking away from both of them. She needed some time alone so she could come to terms what had just happened. She didn't look back as she strode away, she placed her hand on her bump as she tried to find a quiet area to get some peace. She found one of the gardens overlooking the waters with a stream. She pulled off her boots placing her feet in he cooling water. She looked across to the city, she knew that she was an outcast now. At least she had Loki, Thor, their mother, her new family. She placed her hand on the bump looking at it before breaking down to tears.