"And Loki still thinks it's his fault?" Thor gasped in bewilderment as he sat at the ship's bar with Bruce and Valkyrie. He was now beginning to feel guilty for what he had said to Loki the day their father had died. He of course did not mean it; he was just angry and blamed everything that went wrong on his fragile, little brother at the time.

"Yeah...It kills me to see him like this...I gotta do something..." Valkyrie sighed before taking a sip of her alcoholic beverage.

"But how? It's not as if we can contact Father from the dead..." Thor remarked.

"Or can we?" Bruce perked up when an idea had entered into his mind. Valkyrie and Thor had of course turned their full attention to Bruce at this point as he stood up from the bar.

"I've been studying some technology back on Earth that can allow us to talk to the dead via corrupted, radio frequency; all I'll need is an old F.M. or A.M. radio that I can modify to scan the airways." Bruce explained to his comrades.

"The Grand Master has one of those in the ship's glove-compartment!" Valkyrie exclaimed with an excited grin upon remembering seeing an old, beat-up, F.M. radio in her former boss' glove-compartment.

"Excellent! I shall retrieve Loki!" Thor beamed as well before he and Valkyrie stood up from the bar to race toward the destinations that held their separate missions.

"What did I just get myself into?" Bruce sighed with a exasperated shake of his head once he remembered how much work modifying radios to scan the airways was.

"Loki?" Thor cautiously questioned as he peaked into the bedroom that Loki shared with Valkyrie. Thor frowned in both guilt and sympathy when he saw that Loki was laying in the fetal-position with his back turned to the door. He had been like that for over a week now and would only get up to use the bathroom or get food for himself.

"What?" Loki croaked weakly as his voice was still scratchy from all the crying he had been doing.

"We've got a surprise for you..." Thor cheerfully replied, his smile returning to his countenance as he did so. His grin grew when Loki finally got out of bed with a reluctant sigh but then Thor winced once again at just how red and puffy his younger brother's eyes were. He hated seeing him so miserable and knowing that he had a hand in doing this to him only made him feel worse.

"What is it?" Loki groaned as he approached his older brother.

"Just follow me." Thor instructed as he firmly took ahold of Loki's hand and began to lead him down the hallway.

"Very well, then..." Loki agreed with a sigh of defeat as he followed Thor outside.

"Thor, slow down!" Loki winced in pain since he had forgotten to put his shoes on before leaving the ship and he kept stepping on rocks.

"Relax, we're here." Thor announced as Loki looked up to see that they were standing on the cliff where they had last seen their father alive.

"What are you two doing here?" Loki then questioned in confusion when he saw Valkyrie and Bruce standing by the cliff's edge.

"Banner has come up with a way to contact our father..." Thor somberly answered Loki's question for them.

"Contact our father? That's impossible...He's dead..." Loki's voice cracked as he struggled not to tear up again.

"He's dead and it's all my fault..." He reminded with a whimper.

"Banner said he has found a way to contact the dead..." Thor explained with a sigh. He was tempted to embrace Loki and begin apologizing to him profusely. However, Thor knew that he would have to help Loki get over his false guilt before he could effectively take back his hurtful insult.

"Contact the dead? How?" Loki questioned as a newfound hope began to fill him.

"With this..." Bruce replied as he held up the altered, F.M. radio.

"What is that?" Loki asked as he cocked one of his eyebrows in confusion.

"This is a ghost box, it will allow us to contact the dead...Now, I don't know if we'll get anything but I'm going to try to contact Odin's spirit with it..." Bruce explained before turning on the radio.

"Okay..." Loki nodded understandingly as he waited patiently for Bruce to get the signal right.

"I would like to speak to Odin Borson! Is Odin Borson here?! Can any spirits get me in contact with Odin Borson?!" Bruce called out to the wind as he held the radio above his head.

"It's him..." A distorted voice answered from the radio, causing Loki to gasp in shock.

"It's him? Is there anything you would like to say to Thor or Loki? They miss and love you...I'm sure a lot of people miss and love you; you had a lot of followers..." Bruce questioned the supposed spirit of Odin. Loki began to grow increasingly nervous at this question as he prepared himself for Odin to either curse his name or ignore him completely.

"I've already told you...I say goodbye..." The radio replied. This response caused both Thor and Loki's eyes to widen.

"You say goodbye? Would you like to say goodbye to Loki?" Bruce questioned again.

"Angel here! We're coming to say goodbye..." The radio suddenly announced as peace began to overtake the group.

"You're coming to say goodbye?" Bruce asked again.

"Then say goodbye..." The radio chimed again.

"Where's the kid?" A voice that was much, more softer in tone asked from the radio.

"Hold on; I'm gonna do something cool." Bruce momentarily set the radio down to prepare the supplies he had brought with him for his next exercise.

"Fine..." The radio agreed as Bruce hooked up a few wires to it.

"What's that you're doing?" Loki questioned as he watched Bruce work.

"Because spirits communicate through the ghost box by manipulating frequency, often times it's difficult for a loved one to use the voice they had while they were still with us so I'm going to give Odin his own voice by playing this recording of a speech he gave in reverse through the ghost box. Now because this audio is being played in reverse, it would be impossible to get a reply to a question in forward speech. This proves that spirits can communicate with us by manipulating frequency." Bruce explained before reversing the audio. Loki's eyes began to tear up at the familiar sound of his father's voice despite the fact that he could not understand a word his father was saying.

"Odin Borson, is there anything you would like to say to Loki? He really wants to hear from you..." Bruce prompted once again.

"Loki..." Odin's voice emitted from the radio.

"Father?" Loki whimpered as his tear-filled eyes widened in both shock and slight fear.

"It wasn't your fault...It was mine...I'm sorry..." Odin's voice reassured him with an apology.

"Father? Is that really you? Are you alright?" Thor questioned, on the verge of tears himself.

"I'm in! The door is open..." Odin's voice replied.

"What does that mean?" Loki questioned.

"I believe that means he finally made it to the the afterlife..." Bruce replied.

"God took care of him...He loves you..." Odin's voice replied even though it was clear that Odin was no longer the one speaking. Loki covered his mouth to stifle a sob as tears began to gush from his eyes.

"They're not really dead..." Odin's voice added before the radio went completely silent.

"Father? Father?!" Thor begged, now beginning to cry himself at this point.

"He's gone..." Bruce sighed before cutting off the radio.

"Loki...I'm sorry...I'm so sorry...This wasn't your fault..." Thor sobbed before tightly embracing his younger brother. Loki just began to sob loudly as he tightly returned the embrace.

"Guys, listen...When our loved ones leave us, they never truly die; their spirits live on forever..." Bruce reassured the sobbing brothers.

"You doin' okay?" Valkyrie then questioned as she gently placed a comforting hand on her husband's shoulder.

"No..." Loki sniffled as he pulled away from Thor.

"But I will be..." He reassured with a small, sad smile. Valkyrie smiled warmly in return before giving her husband a hug of her own.