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When Saga opened her eyes, she looked into the eyes of Loki. He, too, had red eyes and blue skin. And though his markings were different, the girl began to cry. Her tears slid into Loki's palm and he didn't care for a second.

"Mom," she cried softly.

"No two Jotuns have the same markings," he choked out with tears in his eyes, rubbing the marking on her cheek,"Yours are truly unique."

Sobbing, Saga flung herself into Loki's arms. He held her tight and kissed her temple, crying as hard as he could. His daughter was back and nothing was going to take her away. As their blue skin faded, the ice in the building began to melt. Saga was afraid to let go, but when they pulled away, they both laughed at how much they'd been crying.

"I'm so sorry I wasn't there for you," Loki said," I should've been there to protect you and-"

"I understand," she said," I'm sorry for putting you through all of this. Are we going to be a family…?"

"Of course, dear!" Loki exclaimed, pulling her back into a hug.

When they let go, they saw Stephen walking up to the stage. Saga pulled back and looked at her dad. He felt guilty for what she went through. She had a look in her eyes that he related to. This was truly his daughter. When the girl walked closer, she smiled.

"There's always room to start a father-daughter relationship," she took his hand as she gave him the book.

Right now, that didn't matter. Stephen pulled her into a tight hug, causing her to drop the book. He cried lightly, tears rolling down his face. He finally got his daughter in his arms. He was finally a father. As the girl pulled away and handed her dad the book, they heard crashing outside. The group ran out to find the ice giant attacking. Saga's hand fled to her mouth as she looked at the creatures and Ben was standing in the middle of it all. No matter what destruction was brought upon him, he would continue to build himself up.

"The army is out of my control," she whispered.

"We have to fight," Stephen said," it's all we can do."

The group immediately jumped in to stop the army. Stephen and Loki were back to back, fighting off what they could. The army was continuing to grow and Sebastian, who saw that Saga was on the other side, sent his clones to battle the ice army. Saga looked to Hadia with fear in her eyes.

"We have to stop Ben!"

"Ben?" Loki looked to his daughter.

"Yeah," she broke one of the soldiers," he volunteered to be the ice monster and that's what he's doing now."

"While I'm proud that you did a spell amazingly," Stephen said," a life is in danger."

"I know."

"I've never been more proud," Loki had to admit," Stephen, I have a plan."

While they ran off, Ben was becoming more agitated. He was throwing ice at the fighters and sending soldiers after them. Ned had been broken apart from Peter and was now cornered by three ice soldiers. He called for his best friend but got no response. As he threw rocks, he knew "Guy in the Chair" was in for it now. But the soldiers heard a shout. They all looked to find Saga breaking them with her scepter. Ned found it was the perfect time to run, but he found that he couldn't. Instead, he grabbed an even bigger rock and threw it at the soldier. It hit in right in the chest, causing him to shatter. Ned looked to the girl, and though he felt fear, he didn't make a move.

"Are you okay?" she asked.

"Yeah, I think so!" Ned shook her hand," Ned Leeds."

"Saga Strange...or whatever my mom's last name," she admitted," I really don't know."

Ned and Saga noticed that there were more soldiers. She smirked, gave him a nod and they both attacked, one with a scepter and the other with whatever he could find. Loki stood on the corner, waiting for Stephen to give him the signal. Finally, his partner nodded and the trickster gave a loud whistle. The creature looked over to Loki. Ben went to grab him, but the trickster vanished.

"You know," Loki called from another spot," I think it was a bit rude that you lied to me. I mean, can't you give a trickster a break?"

Ben went to smash down on Loki. But then the man reappeared in front of Ben.

"I see."

Stephen was working on his fire spell. He couldn't do it. No matter how much he tried or worked at it, he couldn't do it. He then had a thought. Quickly, time froze and, soon after, sparks came from his fingers. He gave a smirk and unfroze time, fire spouting. Though Ben was barely melting, the army was flooding the streets. Stephen was searching through the book, with Loki looking over his shoulder. He saw the one spell that could work.

"This spell would burn the entire city," he said.

"You aren't doing this alone," Loki said," we have to do this in the mirror dimension. I'll distract Ben."

"Wait!" Saga yelled.

"We'll be okay," Stephen looked to his daughter," I love you."

Saga was joined by Ned and Scott, who helped her get to safety. Ben was still under Loki's spell, chasing the god everywhere. Stephen began to levitate, focusing on his spell. His arms were spread out and he was ready to undone it all. But first, he looked to Loki.

"If we don't make it out alive,' he said," I want to tell you that I'm sorry. And I wish I did everything to get to know you better. And to learn to love everything about you."

"Don't be sappy, Strange," Loki choked out, though he felt the same way," We're going to get our second chance...NOW!"

For those few seconds, the whole world stopped. Everything had melted, there was no trace of the monsters. There was little fire and Saga ran to where her parents would have been. But she couldn't find them. She shouted for them and found that nothing was there. Her efforts were for nothing. She began to cry, holding the scepter tightly in her arms. The others were silent, feeling a sense of sorrow for the people they had lost too. So soon after so many losses…

Saga looked up and saw two figures standing feet away from her. Though they were dark from the ashes, Stephen and Loki gave a deep look to their daughter. She dropped the scepter and ran to them, the whole family hugging. Loki was holding her head in his palm and Stephen, nervously, placed his hand on top of Loki's. And everything felt right.

Rhodey was looking all around. This was the first big accomplishment since Tony died. Something about it felt right and Peter noticed. They stood together, watching SHIELD flood in. They had a sense of pride and, though no one said it, they felt that Tony would feel the same way. Loki and Stephen were on the side, watching the world around them. But mostly had eyes on their daughter, who was showing Ned a cool snow trick. Scott got into it too, trying his hand at magic.

"Can you believe that we were brought together again like this?" Stephen asked.

"All it took was one kid," Loki said," our kid."

"Well, now that that's over, perhaps we can start over," the wizard turned to Loki and stuck his hand out," I'm Stephen Strange."

"Loki Odinson," was the reply as they shook hands, though their smiles said so much more.

Soon after, Nick Fury and Agent Hill approached the scene. Everyone stood straight up and there was so much tension. The director looked to his team.

"You all did an amazing job at stopping that team," he said," I know we've had a big bump in the road, but I'm sure that this means that the Avengers are coming back on top."

"Yes sir," Rhodey nodded.

"Now," he turned to the three at large," You three didn't cause any damage to the city, so I'll give you that. However, for stealing weapons in a locked off facility, you are all under arrest, which means you're gonna be under watch at our HQ for the next three months. And after that," he gave a smile," I think we have room for you on the team."

The three were so thankful they didn't know what to say. Before the whole team and prisoners loaded up, Saga looked to her mom.

"Are you gonna be living at the HQ?"

"Actually," Stephen stepped in," I was hoping you two could come to the sanctum. Once you're ungrounded by SHIELD, of course."

"Sounds like a plan," she smiled.

Even though this wasn't the meeting they'd been hoping for, the family was glad to be back together. Their connection would grow stronger and, over time, so would their new team members. As the three were put in cuffs and sent off, they finally felt that their original journey was over.