Roof
Kurisuta slept beside Loki on the blankets on the rooftop. He stared up at the night sky. She rolled close to him, nuzzles against him in her sleep. He looked down at her, beautiful in the moonlight, looked out at the town beyond her.
Dawn breaks over the quiet town of Lawrence.
Loki awakened, looked down to see Kurisuta still sleeping, nuzzled against him. She opened her eyes, looked up at him and smiles.
He stood, offered his hand, helped her to her feet.
Loki helped Kurisuta down off a ladder. A groggy, hungover Selvig emerged from Kurisuta's trailer. He saw Loki with Kurisuta. Selvig eyed the two of them together, then:
"I need some coffee." Selvig said.
The three headed inside Smith Motors.
Library Rooftop Across the Street
SHIELD Agents Garrett and Cale watched the scene, pointing a small audio surveillance device towards the lab.
Selvig Lab
Rei and Selvig sat at a card table, drinking coffee. Loki held a couple plates as Kurisuta made eggs on a hotplate. She scooped them out onto the plates. Loki took them over to the table, set them down before Selvig and Rei.
"Thanks." Rei said.
"You're very welcome." Loki said.
Kurisuta joined them at the card table with a couple more plates. She and Loki sat with the others and started to eat their breakfast, looking like a little family.
Library Rooftop Across the Street
Agents Garrett and Cale continued their surveillance, bored out of their wits. Agent Cale watches the group through the lab window with binoculars. Agent Garrett listened to his comm-link, turns to Cale.
"They want an update." Agent Garrett said.
"Tell them he's eating eggs." Agent Cale said.
"Scrambled or fried?" Agent Garrett said.
Cale glared at him.
"Target is eating eggs, sir." Agent Cale said into his com-link. "We'll keep you posted."
Selvig Lab
As the group finished breakfast, Loki looked at the mug in his hand, and got an idea.
"May I have this?" Loki asked.
"Sure." Rei said.
"Thank you. Excuse me a moment." Loki said.
Loki left.
Main Street
In front of her diner, Isabela prepared to open for the day.
Through the window of Isabela's, chairs were still atop tables.
Isabel swept the front porch. She looks up to see Loki approaching. She smiled appreciatively. He handed her a mug, which was now full of coffee.
"I attempted to make the coffee I enjoyed," Loki said in Spanish. "Would you do me the honor, dear lady?"
Isabel smiled and sipped the coffee, and responded in Spanish. "You have done well but the taste is a bit sharp; it needs a bit of sweetness. What beans did you use?"
"That, my dear lady, is a secret," Loki smiled and left the mug with Isabela, walking away.
Isabel stared after him, smiling, and shrugged. "She could do worse."
SHIELD Base on Lone Star Lake, Security Room
Coulson raced in as a SHIELD techie called up satellite footage of the Bifrost storm on a monitor.
"What the hell was that?" Coulson said.
"I don't know, sir. We got massive energy readings out of nowhere, then they just disappeared. Fifteen miles due northwest." The techie said.
"Let's go take a look." Coulson said.