Hey guys! To apologize for, like, ABANDONING this fanfiction, I'm gonna BOMBARD YOU with new chapters! ^_^ hope you enjoy! But, sadly... I may or may not be nearing the END of this story. BUTTTTT I may or may not be writing a sequel as well! I know right?! I've already written the ending/epilogue to this story, so yeah. Let's not focus on the future, only the present. Here you go!

[[Kate's POV]]

When I peel my eyes open, bleak, gray sky meets my eyes.

I sit up with difficulty. My back is sore, and my legs feel like they've been run over. Looking around, I see nothing that I recognize. Endless, rolling hills of dying grass on one side of me, and a plateau of high, yellow wheat on the other. The gray sky just completes the mood: dreary.

Loki is the first thing I think of, and my eyes tear up. Immediately, I wipe them away. Reaching into my pocket, I feel for my phone. And, surprisingly, it's there.

"Not exactly the most cliche kidnapping." I mutter, pulling it out and turning it on. When I go to messages, everything is gone. My contacts have been wiped. The only thing left are pictures and Tetris.

I stick it back in my pocket and sit back down. Only an idiot would start running. I have to make a plan.

It looks like Earth, but you can never be too sure. I look around, studying every detail of my surroundings. I take pictures on my phone, somehow thinking it will help. I look around, trying to find an end to either the field or the hills, but no matter how much I strain my eyes, I can't see the end.

I sigh, realizing that it's time to use my powers. I hates using them. They just remind me of who- of what I really am. But I need them, and I know it.

I close my eyes and focus. I'm not exactly sure what I can do, but I'm hoping it doesn't kill me.

Suddenly I hear a whoosh. I look around and gasp.

I'm flying!

But I'm not just flying... I'm a freaking bird!

I observe all around me, from- literally- a bird's eye view. Still no end to either side. I fly higher, and higher, and higher, until... THERE! I see the end of the hills. I maneuver my wings so that I curve and glide towards that direction. It feels amazing, flying. The wind through your... feathers, the freedom you feel- it's absolutely perfect.

Eventually, I get to the end of the hills. There are a few cottages, and I fly down to the ground. Focusing with everything I have, I transform back into a human.

"Hello?" I call out, walking through the small village. For some weird reason, my phone is still in my pocket, and I'm still wearing clothes. Like I said. Not very cliche.

"Hello?" My echo calls back. That reminds me of the song Loki sang to me, and I tear up again

What are you DOING, Kate? I have to get through this! I think, wiping my tears and running up to one of the cottages. Empty. I run to the next one. Empty. Everything is empty except for the last one.

I step into the hut, thinking it would be empty. But it isn't.

It's filled with books, and pictures line the walls. A rug and a couch are in the middle. I walk over to one of the books and blow off the dust cover. The Ugly Duckling.

"Oh. This old thing." Despite my situation, I have to smile. This book was my favorite book of all time as a kid. I'd read it over and over, never getting tired of it. I remember how much I could relate to it, being the ugly duckling of the family. Being so different from everyone else. I opened it up and started reading.

"One day a mother duck sat on her nest. She was waiting for her eggs to hatch. She waited and waited. Then, crack! They started to hatch." I read aloud. I keep on reading, and at one point tears splash onto the pages.

"'Be our friend!' said the other swans. The ugly duckling had some friends at last." I finish, closing the book and holding it tightly to my chest. I squeeze my eyes shut and whisper, "I just want to be home, where my friends are."

Suddenly there's a flash. And I'm not in the hut where I was.

[[Loki's POV]]

"KAT!" I yell, and I lunge to the spot where the Microform was. But it's too late- he's already gone.

And he took Kat with him.

I run out of the room and into the hallway, making my way to my brother's room.

"Thor!" I gasp, catching my breath. My brother awakens with a start and sits up to face me.

"What? What is it, brother?" He asks, climbing out of bed, slipping on a shirt, and grabbing Mjolnir.

"Kat's been taken by a Microform!" I gasp, and suddenly, Thor changes. Into Blake.

"NO!" I yell, but the fiendish thing just smiles evilly.

"Oh, yes. I dropped your precious Katie off somewhere on Asgard. Not sure where." He waves it off and continues. "And trust me. She will never find her way back. Unless you hand over something that I want." He smirks, and I tighten my hands into fists.

"And what could you possibly want from me?" I ask sarcastically through gritted teeth. The smirking continues, and the enemy takes his sweet time before answering me.

"I want you to kill your brother."

Bum bum BUM! Hope you enjoyed this chapter! I love you all, and I hope you haven't bailed on me! :P I'll try to update as often as I can, but it'll have to be occasional. I can write on the bus again, too! Yay! :D Anyways, see ya in the next chapter!