Genesis returned to the Sanctum a few days later as she was on her way to school. Hesitantly, she knocked on the front door. She didn't expect it to open, and it didn't. She knocked again and again.

No answer. With a heavy sigh, Genesis stepped away from the building and headed down the street. No luck on the project except for a description of the wizard, but who would believe her? As she walked down the road, she spotted her friend, Tasha. She was reading a textbook as she stood at a bus stop.

Right across the street was a building being torn down. Genesis hurried up to Tasha and the two hugged.

"Did you get any luck with that project you were working on?"

Genesis took out her phone and shook her head. "Well, not really. But I did manage to meet-"

Tasha squealed and pointed across the streer to the building being torn down. Genesis squinted as she saw two men standing before it. One was blonde and the other had dark hair.

"Girl, it's Thor, holy shit," Tasha said, grabbing Genesis' hand.

Genesis gasped and followed along as Tasha dragged her through traffic. It was indeed Thor, in modern clothing and his hair was styled in a ponytail. Thor noticed the girls coming as Tasha asked, "Can we get a picture with you?"

Thor smiled and posed for a selfie with them. Tasha giggled excitedly as Genesis shrugged at Thor. "Sorry to hear Jane dumped you."

They stood right behind him as they waited to cross the street. Tasha typed through her phone as she stared at the picture before sharing it on social media.

"Girl, Ally is gonna be tripping when she sees this."

Genesis suddenly got a thought as she

turned to glance back at Thor and his companion. "I'll catch up with you later, Tash."

Her friend waved at her with her eyes still on the picture. Genesis returned to Thor and tapped on his shoulder. He turned and asked, "More pictures?"

"No, I just..well, I was wondering if you knew anything about the Sanctum-"

Suddenly, his companion was sucked through a hole beneath his feet. Thor grimaced and Genesis gasped as she kneeled down where the man was standing. Nothing but a slip of paper remained. Thor, holding an umbrella, tapped the ground and the paper.

"Loki?"

Genesis picked it up and read it aloud, "177A Bleeker St. Oh my God!"

Thor took it from her and narrowed his eyes. "What did you do? Where is he?"

Genesis shook her head. "No, no, no. I didn't do it. I-I know where this is, though. Come on, I'll show you."

She walked ahead before he took her wrist. "Tell me where we're going."

"Okay, it's right over there. I swear, I'll get you in. I...know the guy who lives there."

Thor eyed her suspiciously. Slowly, he let her go and she caught her breath. As they made their way across the street, she hoped the wizard would let them in. Thor zipped up his jacket and hurried after the Hispanic young woman.

Genesis would glance over at him once in a while. He looked better in a ponytail, she thought.

Finally, they reached the building and Genesis motioned for him to go up the steps. "You go ahead."

Thor put his hand on her shoulder and moved her forward. "O-okay."

Taking a deep breath, she knocked on the door. Before she could finish the knock, they appeared in a dark room. She gasped and Thor looked around.

"Where...?"

Genesis could only guess they were inside due to the look of the place. Dark, artifacts upon artifacts, and silence. She opened her mouth to speak when Thor towered over her, frustrated.

"Where have you taken me? Where is Loki?"

Genesis grimaced and stuttered. "Wait, you don't think this is all-"

Thor took her wrist again and she panicked. She tried to pull away but against the god of thunder? Why bother?

"No, no, I swear-"

"Thor Odinson," a voice boomed from across the room.

They both turned as they saw a dark figure move into the light and revealed to be the wizard Genesis met. She felt a huge relief but still couldn't get her wrist back. Thor couldn't even speak, his jaw hung open in confusion.

"God of thunder," the wizard said, eyeing Genesis.

His eyes scanned her from head to toe as Thor pulled her closer to him, almost as if a threatening sign towards the wizard. "Who-"

They blinked and they changed rooms again. Thor wobbled a bit and they both turned to see the wizard, crossing his arms and looking somewhat smug. Thor finally put two and two together and let Genesis go. She watched as he stepped towards a desk and eyed metal needle-like artifacts displayed on the desk.

"So," he began, "Earth has..wizards now?"

He dropped a few of the needles, giving off a small clinging sound. Genesis cringed as Thor tried to rearrange them. He tucked his hair behind ear as he cleared his throat. The wizard just stared at the floor.

"The preferred term is 'master of the mystic arts'. You can leave that now," he replied, calmly.

Thor put a hand to his hip and shook his head. "Alright, wizard, who are you?"

Genesis turned to the wizard as he lifted his gaze from the floor to Thor. "My name is Dr. Stephen Strange and I have some questions for you. Take a seat."

A small gust of wind and they suddenly appeared in a small sitting room. Thor grimaced as he was now in a leather chair and looked around the room they were suddenly in. Dr. Strange sat, resting his chin on his fist as he offered Thor tea from, Genesis could only assume, his mystical arts.

Sure enough, a cup of tea appeared in Thor's hand and he looked at it as if he had never seen tea in his life. Genesis couldn't help but assume he would drink it, considering he sounded British. In her hand, a cup of tea also appeared. She gasped and looked inside the cup, amazed.

"I don't drink tea," Thor said.

"Well, what do you drink?" Dr. Strange asked, not seeming the least bit curious.

Thor side-smiled. "Not tea."

A jug of beer appeared in his hand and he seemed pleased. Genesis widened her eyes as her tea was also gone and replaced with a jug of beer. She placed the jug on the floor, "Sorry, I don't drink."

"You look like you need a pick-me-up," Strange replied.

He turned his attention to Thor and began explaining, "I keep a watch list of beings from other realms with supernatural abilities who may be a threat to this world."

Thor chugged his beer as he listened and Genesis watched in amazement as he drank it within seconds. Curious, she picked up her own jug and took a sip. Her face turned sour as she put it back down and wiped her mouth.

"Your adopted brother, Loki, is one of those beings," Strange explained.

Thor's jug refilled as Strange leaned forward in his seat. "Why bring him here?"

"We're looking for my father," Thor replied.

Strange sat back and pondered for a moment. "So if I were to tell you where is Odin is, all parties concerned would promptly return to Asgard?"

"Promptly."

Strange smiled. "Great. I'll help you."

Thor put his jug aside and Genesis grimaced at that. "Wait..if you knew where he was, why didn't you call him? And avoid the whole...you know, this."

Thor looked at her and then at Strange for his reply. "Well, I should tell you he was adamant that he not be disturbed. Your father said he had chosen to remain in exile."

Thor nodded at that as Strange continued, "And you don't have a phone."

"No, I don't have a phone but you could've sent an electronic letter. It's called an e-mail."

"Do you even have a computer?"

Thor scoffed. "No, what for?"

"Uh-huh."

Standing up, Thor said, "Well, my father is no longer in exile so if you tell me where he is, I can take him home."

Strange nodded. "Gladly, he's in Norway."

"Norway?" Genesis asked, surprised.

Strange glanced at her. "Oh, right. I'll deal with you in a second. Give us some privacy?"

She waited, expecting to be transported. The two men stared at her and even Thor looked at Strange, expecting something.

"Well?"

Genesis got up. "Oh, I thought you were going to..."

"Yeah, the whole circle thing," Thor cut in as he made a twirl with his finger.

Strange shook his head. "Not a polite gesture for women, in my opinion."

With that, she left the room and found, what she could only assume was the entrance. A long case of stairs stood before her as she made her way down. She glanced up at the ceiling at the many designs and textures. Remembering her project, she took her phone and snapped a few pictures.

Might as well take more. She hurried through a few rooms and took pictures of as many items as she could. "Wow..."

Suddenly, she heard crashing from behind. Thor's umbrella hurdled past her and she ducked with a shriek. She followed where it went and found herself at the staircase again. Thor noticed her coming down the stairs and mouthed 'sorry' as he brushed broken glass off the umbrella. She gasped and pointed at him.

"Is that your hammer?"

Thor side-smiled as he turned his attention to Strange. "I'll be needing my brother back."

"Oh yeah," Strange said, creating a circle above Thor.

His companion from earlier fell through, screaming and landing on the hard floor. Genesis held back a giggle as he grunted, "I have been falling..for 30 minutes!"

Thor and Strange shook hands, thanking him. He waved at Genesis and said, "Sorry about the whole misunderstanding."

She shrugged. "Good luck with your dad."

Thor's brother looked at Strange with rage. "Who are you? Some kind of sorcerer?"

Knives appeared in his hands as Thor stood in-between them. "Loki.."

Strange shook his head as hw whisped them away with a flick of his wrist. "Okay, bye bye."

The were gone in a flash. Genesis stared in awe as Strange suddenly appeared behind her. "Now...you have to get going."

"Wait, wait, what? Come on, you have to let me stay."

"Why would I do that?"

"I brought Thor here for you. So, without me, you wouldn't have met him a few minutes ago."

Strange kept his calm demeanor, like he had for the past few minutes, and replied, "Actually, you just happened to be around when I needed Thor and brought him here when he had the address of the place."

"You really think a god knows how addresses on Earth work?"

"Look at it how you want, I'm not letting you stay here."

"But, why? I'm not a threat to this place. You said you protect it from mystical beings and powerful baddies. I'm not any of those things."

"No, but you do know too much about this place as it is, so anyone wishing to break in here will seek information from you and thus, cause a heap of unnecessary trouble for me."

Genesis was losing the argument. She sighed and folded her arms. "Look, I'm just going to come out and say it, I need this place for a project. If I pass this assignment, I pretty much pass the class. If I pass, I get a degree and make a lot of people happy."

"Tragic, now leave. Find another place to write about."

"No, no, please. You gotta understand what's at stake here. I need this!"

He turned his back to her and walked down the stairs. She followed behind as she kept insisting. He stopped and turned to face her, furious.

"You're really testing my patience," he warned.

"I need this! Please, I promise I won't tell anyone about this place."

He raised an eyebrow at that. "You promise? What about the damn project?"

She opened ber mouth to argue, but she saw he was right. Lowering her eyes, she gave in. He couldn't bear it if she started crying. Sighing, he lifted her chin with his shaking finger.

"Look, I'm sorry. It's my job."

A whisp of wind made her appear outside the building and she stared up at it with sadness in her eyes. The ride home wasn't any better. Her apartment was a mess and she hadn't bought groceries so there was nothing to eat except for a sandwich she made two days ago still in the fridge. She plopped herself on the couch as she received a text from Tasha.

You okay? Let me know if you got any luck with your project.

Genesis put her phone aside and switched the television on. With nothing good to watch, she turned it off and checked the fridge for the third time. She grabbed a waterbottle as she threw herself into bed. On her nightstand was a picture of her parents back in Mexico.

She rolled her eyes as she heard the Brazilian lady next door swearing up a storm on the phone. It was getting late, but she just wanted to get out of the apartment for a moment.

Her mind found itself going back to Stephen Strange. She decided to look up information on him, if any existed. To her surprise, he actually was a doctor. A surgeon. He had a perfect record until he got into a car accident. Not much about him after that. Sighing, she closed the tab. Suddenly, she got an idea. Smiling to herself, she decided the best thing to do before executing this plan was to take a short nap.