The Avengers had arrived back on base, saying very little to each other on the way there. "Something has happened... did you see her, she was a mess." Banner said finally, "She has been crying and Loki is missing along with that other guy that came for her." He continued, "We must find my brother, perhaps he can answer some questions." Thor suggested, they all nodded but Tony moved forward a bit "So... How do we do that?" he asked looking around the room, there was an awkward silence as they all shifted uncomfortably not one of them knowing where to start. "If I were in Asguard I would be able to ask Heimdal." Thor muttered.

With Emerald and Fury:

When we had arrived back at base I was separated from Sam and Dean then taken to small room with nothing but a table and two chairs in it. I was pushed down into one of the chairs by an Agent who then cuffed me to the table then left the room, the door slammed shut after him. It was not my first time in an interrogation room but I was sure that they were going to do a lot more than just interrogate me.

About an hour passed and nobody came into the room I was beginning to think they had forgotten about me until the door swung open suddenly, making me jump, and in walked Fury himself. Fury sat in the chair opposite me and leaned forward with his elbows on the table. He did not look at me, he just sat, his hands clasped together and his forehead resting on them. "The Avengers seem to like you." He said, never looking up, "They have disobeyed my direct orders and let you escape. After all the effort it took to capture Loki, they just let you leave with him." He continued, "Well obviously they saw that I was inno..." Fury looked up suddenly and shouted, cutting me off "I am not finished!" I jumped a little not expecting it, "I admit that I may have been a bit hasty in putting you in the cell, as it turns out you were telling the truth, it took a while but we have received all our results back." Was this his way of apologising? I was about to speak again but the look on his face warned me not to. "But that doesn't change that you helped free a dangerous criminal and now he is running around plotting who knows what! If you know where he is, tell me now and we may be able to help get you and your friends home." Fury finished. I didn't know what to say, Loki had left and I had no idea where he was or what he was doing. "I... I don't know where he is, he had just left when you arrived." I stammered a little my mouth was dry; I needed some water but was afraid of what might happen if I asked.

With Thor:

Thor was pacing in his cell, he had been in the cell for days when an agent walked into the room and headed for the control panel to press the button that opened the cell. "You are free to go." The agent said and gestured to the door. Thor wondered why he had been let out but walked to where the rest of the avengers usually congregated. When he arrived they had all been speaking about Emerald.

Thor's fist crashed through the metal table in front of him as he remembered when the agent had let him out of his cell. He felt as though he should have known then that there was something wrong. His head was spinning with all the things that he should have done and should have known but most of all he was wondering why Loki had left Emerald in the first place, he had seemed to have been completely infatuated with her. Thor had no idea where Loki would go, he had nowhere to go and nobody he could turn to for help.

The other avengers had jumped when Thor smashed the table none of them really knew what to do, "So where would Loki run off to?" Natasha asked looking around, Thor looked over to her with an almost defeated expression, "I do not know." Thor replied, "There has to be somewhere that he knows, a place he likes, anything at all?" Steve asked.

Thor had no idea where Loki would go and it was starting to get to him again. Just as he felt himself ready to smash another table a thought popped into his head. "the clearing..." he muttered under his breath. "The clearing? Should we know what that means?" Tony asked sarcastically. "The clearing where I went to see Loki after he had escaped with Emerald. She fell and Loki saved her... but before that Loki and I were talking and he finally realised that he cares for Emerald. It is the only place that I can think of that he would go to." Thor explained looking up to the rest of the Avengers. "Well... it's as good a place to start as any." Steve said, "Let's go."

With Loki:

Loki paced madly; he did not know what to do. He had nowhere to go he did not even know why he was back at the stupid waterfall clearing. Loki did not understand why that damned woman had to defend the angel all the time. Did she have feelings for him? Loki stopped pacing and shook his head, 'No that's not it. She said it herself he is like family.' Loki thought as he leant back on the tree he was standing next to and it was then that he noticed that he was still only wearing the towel from the motel; he had not thought about what he was wearing when he had left. He ran a hand through his hair and with the other hand clenched the clothes that the two brothers had bought for him, Loki looked down at them and grimaced, he had not really noticed what they looked like before. "Mortals wear these hideous... things?" he said out loud. A sigh escaped his lips as he realised he would have to put them on.

After putting the clothes on Loki sat on a nearby rock and began to think things through. It was apparent now that he had some very strong feelings for Emerald and he has never had the best temper, playing through the scene over and over again in his head made it more and more apparent that he should not have said those things but his pride would not allow him to go to Emerald and apologise. He refused to beg for the forgiveness of a mortal, even her. Loki let a small smile cross his lips as he thought of how Emerald would react to him begging for her forgiveness, "She would probably hit me." Loki chuckled.

"What are you wearing?" said an amused voice from above him "It looks like Hawaii just threw up on you." Loki looked up and there was Tony Stark hovering looking very amused. The other avengers soon appeared with Thor landing directly in front of Loki. "Well glad you could visit." Loki said ignoring Tony's chuckles; Thor was momentarily distracted by Loki's attire but soon moved his focus to more pressing matters. "You must come with us Brother." Thor said stepping forwards a bit, Loki shook his head and laughed a bit, "And what makes you think that I will come with you willingly?" He asked looking back to his brother. "You want to help Emerald don't you?" Thor asked, Loki's eyes narrowed, "What do you mean Thor? Where is Emerald?" Loki asked, "Fury has taken her and is interrogating her as we speak, he believes that she knows where you are so we must go and help her." Loki let out a low growl, if anyone had hurt her he would rip them apart, make them suffer a slow and painful death. "Let's go..." Loki said moving towards Thor.

With Emerald and Fury:

"I do not understand why you are protecting him!" Fury yelled at me, I had been in worse situations of course but never had I felt this way, this terrified by anything that had happened. "I am not protecting anyone; I don't know where he could have gone! He just left..." Fury slammed his fist on the table in front of me and for a few seconds it was not him standing there, it was the creature I had seen at the waterfall, it said nothing just smirked and I screamed, trying to get away from it but the cuffs around my wrists were attached to the table and I was unable to get very far. I closed my eyes and put my hand up to protect myself but after a few more seconds I opened my eyes to see a very confused looking Fury.

At that moment the door swung open and a very angry looking Loki stormed in. In one fluid movement he effortlessly broke the cuffs that restrained me and picked me up, cradling me in his arms. As I looked up at him I couldn't help but let a few tears fall, I was so happy he was there, I felt safe. He wiped my tears away and hushed me when I was about to speak, when I had calmed a little he looked up to Fury who was even more confused now, Loki's face changed immediately though, what was a face filled with love and concern now was filled with hatred. "What did you do to her to get her in this state?" he growled, "She did not know where I was, at what time would you have believed her? When she was beaten and bleeding out?!" Loki began to shout and he was scaring me a little. "Loki...please... calm down, I am okay." I said quietly as I looked up at him, I heard him grumble a little but he stopped shouting, "Well I am here, you can let her go." He finally said.

Loki set me down carefully making sure I was not going to fall before he was taken by a couple of agents to the holding cell. "Well I think that went well." Fury said as he walked past me, "I believe Banner is looking into finding a way to get you home, I believe you know the way to his lab?" he finished as he walked out. I hated him, I don't even know why I just did right from the moment I first met him.

I shook my head a little and headed towards Banner's lab, when I got there I was greeted with a hug from Thor which I had not expected but I did appreciate even if I had been lifted from the floor. "Thanks... you found Loki didn't you, brought him here?" I asked looking up at him after he put me down, "Yes, but he came on his own, we gave him the choice." I smiled at him and looked over to the other Avengers. Tony was next to come over and he did not get the chance to hug me because I jumped him; I heard Natasha let out a small laugh at Tony's face. "Thanks for everything Tony." I said and he smiled at me. Steve walked over "I am sorry that I did not believe you." He said, "I can understand why you didn't. But thanks for helping." I gave him a small Hug also. Natasha and Clint were next both getting small hugs till finally only Bruce was left. "And you." I said walking towards him, "You are the one who has helped me the most." I said and gave him a huge hug and kissed his cheek lightly. I could see him blushing and i giggled a little.

A little later Sam and Dean soon walked through the door to the lab, guided by a couple of agents who left soon after arriving. I dived at them both hugging them tightly never wanting to let them go. After a few introductions I decided I would have to tell everyone about what I had seen in the interrogation room. "Guys..." I paused for a seconds waiting for them all to stop their conversations, "I saw something in the interrogation room. When Fury was interrogating me for a few seconds he changed, it was not him standing in front of me, it was the creature I saw at the waterfall. I don't know what is going on but I am really terrified." I explained, although the Avengers did not know what I was talking about Sam and Dean did, "We need to figure this out." Dean said, "And we need to find Cas." Sam added, "Well I may be able to help there, do you have a picture or something I could scan into my system to look for?" Tony asked, I gave him the only picture we had of Castiel and he immediately scanned it in and began to look for him using cameras all over the world for facial recognition.

'I hope we find him soon.' I thought as I watched Tony work.