Three days ago, Erik Selvig was leading a very quiet and very normal life. Each morning he would wake up, go to work, speak with his fellow scientists while they conducted the experiment of the day and then return home; sometimes he would go out with his workmates.

However, a week ago he had finally acceded to check Jane's investigation after she had called him, saying that she had finally worked out the pattern of the storms she had been chasing for a year now. Three days ago he had arrived to Puente Antiguo to see what had raised Jane's spirit so much.

To be honest, Erik had never thought that she had been right; in fact, he had tried to convince Jane in more than an occasion to leave the desert and try to safe her career that her ideas had been destroying.

"But Erik!" she told him once, showing him an article from years ago by a young. "Look at this! I'm not the only one that thinks that this is possible. Burkle's paper-"

"She hasn't published anything in years, Jane," he told her. "She wouldn't even talk with anyone of the scientific community anymore."

He had read the paper. It was interesting, that much was true, but it was also true that the woman had disappeared from their community after publishing several papers on the same subject that Jane was investigating. Jane was the daughter he had never had and he didn't like the idea of her disappearance for having the same ideas as Winifred Burkle.

And then he had been witness to how Darcy hit with the jeep and then electrocuted with her taser the proof that proved that Jane's investigation wasn't a waste of time. Aliens existed and they traveled through wormholes.

Of course, Thor had then returned from Isabella's with a blonde woman that informed them that humanity wasn't the only intelligent species on Earth and that there was, in fact, another world on the planet, formed by demons and witches.

So many years spent looking for non-human life in the stars and turns out that their next door neighbor was actually a demon.

He should ask Buffy more about demons and magic once the walking armor that was trying to kill everyone was destroyed. The explosions provoked by what the Asgardians had called the Destroyer still hadn't begun again, so the evacuation of Puente Antiguo was going quite fast.

As fast as he had finished that thought, Erik hear the sound of crystal breaking, followed by another one more metallic that announced a new explosion. Through the corner of his eye he could see how Buffy avoided the shot of energy that reached Isabella's.

The fighter's strategy of attacking with their weapons, unfortunately, wasn't giving any results. The metallic sound was heard again and Erik felt as someone's body hit him and made he fell to the ground.

"Are you alright?" asked the Asgardian prince next to him on the ground.

"A bit sore from the fall," he told him. "You're heavy."

Thor nodded and looked at the advancing Destroyer with a grim look, "This won't work. The Destroyer is not a simple weapon that can be defeated with the weapons that we have at our disposal right now."

"Do you know how to stop that thing?"

"The mind of the King of Asgard controls it."

"In other words, your brother really hates you."

"It looks like that's the case," Thor rose up.

"Where are you going?"

"I know how to stop him."

The Asgardian moved away determined and Erik realized what he meant by stopping it.

"Thor, no!"

He ignored him and started to speak to the Destroyer. According to what Thor had told him, he was actually speaking with Loki, Asgard's current King.

"Brother, whatever had lead you to this, whatever I had made to make you hate me," he heard Thor say. "Please, this people are innocent."

For a brief moment, Erik thought that Loki would agree to just leave, but that hope was quickly shot down when the Destroyer slapped Thor with enough force to send him flying through the air. With a cry, Jane ran towards Thor. He knew when Thor died when Jane rested her head against his chest.

The Destroyer turned and began to walk away when something flew through the air towards Thor's raised arm. Thor grasped the hammer, Mjölnir, and lighting came from the newly formed clouds. Jane walked away just in time to avoid being hit.

"Here we go," commented Buffy. She sighed when Thor flew above the Destroyer that now observed him and started to form a twister with his hammer that lifted the armor from the ground. "Don't get me wrong, I'm happy that he's alive, but I hate resurrections."

There were flashes of light inside the twister and the sound of metal hitting metal. The armor fell to against the ground, a cloud of dust around it, and Thor landed next to the pile of metal.

"I think I don't like your father," Buffy told him.

Thor looked at his hammer with a satisfied smile, "It has been a pleasant surprise."

"For everyone involved. Right, Jane?"

"Nice armor," commented Jane. "This happens a lot?"

"No," he answered. "I didn't count with this."

"But your father did," muttered Buffy.

"You don't approve," stated Thor.

"Not one bit."

"You're an idiot," Jane told him. "I would hit you, but I think I will just hurt myself if I do that."

"Thor," called Sif. "We must leave."

"You should do that," agreed Darcy. "The Men in Black are coming towards here. I just saw their car."

They looked at the approaching black car. It stopped next to the fallen Destroyer and Agent Coulson came out of the vehicle, followed by other agents; all of them were dressed with a black suit and wore black sunglasses.

"Your turf, Summers?" asked Agent Coulson to Buffy.

"More or less," she answered. "We're in a hurry right now. Can I give you the summary later?"

There was a moment of silence while the agent considered his answer.

"I guess they won't be around?" he nodded towards the Asgardians.

"I think there would be a diplomatic situation if we forced them to stay, to be honest," said Buffy.

"Until later, then."

"Then I leave the explaining in your hands, Slayer," said Thor. "Jane, would you like to see the Bifrost?"

"You have to ask?"

Thor circled Jane's waist with an arm and twisted Mjölnir around his hand until there was enough force to make them fly.

"That's an… interesting way of flying," commented Darcy. "By the way, I think we should take the other Asgardians to the place."

"That would be very kind on your part, my lady," said Volstagg.

"Then we can divide among the two cars?" Buffy looked at Buffy for confirmation. Buffy nodded. "Perfect! Who wants to come with us?"

"I would be honored to accompany you, Lady Darcy," said Fandral.

Sif turned to Buffy, "I'm going with you. Hogun?"

The silent man looked at Fandral and Darcy, flirting with each other on their way to the car, and quickly stepped to situate himself next to the two women.