I am currently sitting in my house, I just got back from a run and did my usual workout routine when I hear a knock on my door. I am up in a second, gun in my hand, and I creep down the hallway to the front door. I see a group of people standing there, and I raise my firearm to point at the intruders as I swing the door open. The people on the other side jump at the sudden movement and freeze as they stare at my gun.

I sigh, "How in the hell did you find me?"

"I asked Heimdall where you live. He gave a general direction, and from there, I found your house." Thor sheepishly says while scratching the back of his head.

I look them over twice before moving to the side, "You might as well come in."

"Thanks for letting us in, like a normal person." Darcy's sarcastic comment makes me glare darkly at her.

Once everyone was in my house, they stand there staring at me, "Is there a particular reason you are here or not?"

Thor answers for everyone, "Yes. I came here because I wanted to thank you for helping us in our time of need." I nod my head silently.

"Why were you in London in the first place?" Jane blurts out before I get a chance to speak to Thor.

"Classified." Is my curt reply before I go to speak again, but I am interrupted, "Hey Nikolina, what is this? It's amazing."

I look over to see Darcy shoving her mouth full of food, "That was my breakfast, that you are now inhaling."

I motion with my hand to follow me into the living room, "Come on. We can talk in here."

They all sit on the couches in side by side while I sit in on a chair and stare at them. I watch as they look around in wonder as I roll my eyes at them and wait for them to be done. I see Jane looking at a picture on the mantel; in particular, I look over and see that it is a photo of Moscow, Russia. I am barely in the photo with Clint, in the background was St. Petersburg, and Natasha is the one behind the camera.

I look back to the four people on my couch, "Well?"

All eyes in the room shift towards me, "How did you know where Darcy and I were?"

"We never lost track of you," I answer vaguely.

"We being?"

"S.H.I.E.L.D," I say in a monotone voice. "I was sent here with a mission."

"Why didn't S.H.I.E.L.D. intervene when the portals started to appear?" Jane asked me.

I shrug to her annoyance, and then we are interrupted, "Oh my God! Nikolina, this is amazing."

I watch as Darcy shoves a massive bite of food into her mouth, "I know." came my dark reply.

"Does S.H.I.E.L.D. know about you going to Asgard?" Thor asks me while I continue to stare at the food.

"I don't know. I haven't sent my report in yet." I say dismissively. "S.H.I.E.L.D. more than likely sent another agent to try and find me, so I am certain that there will be questions from Fury."

"Thor will follow me, please." He gets off the couch and follows me. We walk into another room, and I stand in the middle of the room.

"What, Nikki?" I sigh and walk towards a box and pull out two things and hold them in my hands.

"Here." I thrust the objects into his hands, he furrows his eyebrows in confusion and tentatively takes the items.

"Is this?" He chokes out. I nod my head, confirming his thoughts silently.

"When you and Jane walked away, I cut a piece of hair from Loki, and I found a bead from your mother's dress."

His rough fingers run lightly over them, "I don't know what to say."

"Sit down." I point to the chair, and he obeys. I stand on his left side, and I gently take the bead and hair and begin to weave it into a strand of his own. I tie it off, making sure that it will never come out even with enough force.

"Take a look," I whisper and give him a mirror. I watch as he swallows hard and lightly feels the new addition to his hair.

"You didn't have to do this. I will never be able to thank you enough." His voice grainy, filled with emotion.

"You don't have to thank me, Thor. I saw this as a necessity." He wraps his arms around my waist and hugs me tightly to his chest.

I pull away and smile lightly, I see a slight tear in his eye, and I reach up and wipe it away before it could fall anymore. I pull on his hand, and we rejoin the group of people, I see Jane glaring at me, and I raise my eyebrow at her. We all sit in silence, and I grab my cup of coffee and take a large gulp.

"What are your plans now, Nikki?" Thor asks after a couple of moments.

I chuckle bitterly, "Well, seeing as our little adventure took a while, my vacation time is almost up."

"What does that mean?" Jane asks in confusion.

I open my mouth and my phone rings. I pick it up "Volkov." I listen intently to Fury's voice before I look around.

"Understood." I end the call and place my phone down on my table.

"I have time to do one more thing, and I already know what I want to do." I look directly in Thor's eyes.

"Why are you looking at me?" A dark smirk makes its way across my face, and I don't reply.

I stand up and grab my car keys, "Nikki?"

I drive Thor in my car with everyone else following behind us. I pull into a large building that has multiple people walking in and out of it. Thor has a confused look on his face. I meet his eyes and give him a toothy grin. I get out of my car and walk onto the sidewalk and pull Thor through the door.

"Come on."

"Where are we, Nikki?"

"We are at the mall, Thor." A look of horror crosses his face, and when he looks at me, he swallows in fear.

We walk into men's stores, and I make Thor try on all sorts of clothes, jeans, t-shirts, jackets, and shoes. After the second store, Thor was very reluctant to go into any other store. I drag him into every store and make him buy at five articles of clothing in all the stores we walk into. When we were finally done, he sighs in relief, and I see all his muscles finally relax.

"Oh, relax. It wasn't that bad." I say to him when I look him over and motion to at least 50 bags.

"Not that bad? Not that bad! Easy for you to say, you weren't trying on all times of clothes for over 3 hours!" Thor exclaims loudly, and I chuckle in amusement.

My phone dings, signaling a message, and I read it over. "Where are you going?"

I walk away from them, and when I hear Thor call my name one more time, I spin, "Duty calls."