Debriefing

Athena had demanded, the moment that they were onboard the plane again, with Loki restrained and still unconscious, that the two men, Tony (the man in the metal armor) and Steve (the man in blue), tell them all that had happened. While the men fumbled for a response to the demand, unsure if they should be sharing information, the woman in black, Natasha, took over, having called a Director Fury, apparently Coulson's boss, for clearance to bring them in on the mission. And finally, they had been told all that SHIELD knew about what Loki had done since arriving on Earth.

SHIELD had been experimenting with the Tesseract which they had stumbled across, they'd been using al the scientists that they could spare to try and work out how it worked and what it could do among other things. There had been some odd readings coming from it, odder than their machines had normally picked up and it was concerning quite a few people. There was a man, Agent Barton, that Natasha has gotten rather bitter and harsh sounding about when she revealed he had been compromised in battle. The man had guessed that the Tesseract, if it acted like a doorway, was being forced open on the other side, that someone on the other end of the universe might be trying to get to Earth.

Unfortunately that someone was Loki.

He had appeared in an enormous blast in the SHIELD research room, complete with a scepter in hand. It was a small curved blade with a glowing blue orb in it, the same as the Tesseract, and Loki had attacked nearly instantly. He had killed many men and women, agents of SHIELD, and he had even managed to take a few others under his control. It appeared he left the base with an Agent, Barton, and a scientist as well as the Tesseract. It had been chaos, Loki trying to flee the base after he'd attacked the men, even managing to wound this Director Fury. Barton had assisted him, had driven a car recklessly through the base until he had gotten them out. The scepter, they'd learned was not only a means to control the men around Loki nor was it merely a blade to fight with, but that the orb set within it could act in a similar manner to the Destroyer, sending out blast of energy that destroyed the surrounding tunnels of the base. Loki had even taken care of the research room that the Tesseract had been held in, destroying all that with the excess energy that the Tesseract had released when he appeared.

He had fled, managed to escape by shooting down another metal bird, a helicopter Tony had called it, that had Director Fury in it. SHIELD had been trying to find him ever since and had gathered everyone that they could think that would be able to help them deal with Loki. Natasha was, apparently, an expert assassin, as was Agent Barton, though both had distinctive methods. She had been called in due to her interrogation techniques as well as the fact that Barton was her partner and she wanted to help him. Tony was a scientist and a weapons expert, another man, Dr. Banner, was also a scientist who specialized in the type of 'radiation' that the Tesseract had been releasing before it opened the portal for Loki. Steve was a soldier, but one that had been modified, had been given more strength and speed and endurance which made him a good defensive match for Loki. And now that Thor and Athena were there, they were sure they would be included into this odd mix of people.

They had lost track of Loki though and had only found the man in a country called Germany, a short while before they had arrived on the plane to take Loki back. They couldn't just return Loki now because the Tesseract was not in his possession any longer. THAT had been a setback in their plan to come to earth and return with Loki and the ancient artifact. They truly didn't know where Loki could have left it, though none of the men that he had taken control of here captured in Loki's latest attack so it very well could be with them…wherever they were. Loki had entered a celebration in Germany, knocked out a guard, grabbed a man and, using some sort of earth magic, gouged the man's eye out. That had, of course, led to the masses fleeing the establishment in panic and Loki striding among them and making them kneel before him. One man had stood up to him and, before Loki could harm him, Steve (Captain America) and Iron Man (Tony) had arrived to protect them. They had subdued Loki surprisingly easily as well.

…which had led to Athena giving them a look and asking them if they realized it was likely a distraction.

To which the men had looked at each other and then turned to Natasha to radio Fury and see if there was any sort of report from any SHIELD bases nearby.

The men were impressed with her, especially when it came back that there had been a break in by Barton in a secure facility that the man with the gauged eye was affiliated with. Something called Iridium had been stolen from it and no one was notified because all resources were directed at Loki. Thor, however, wasn't quite so impressed. He had wondered the same and, to the two of them, having known Loki better and more personally than the people there, it was easy to guess what Loki's true purpose had been. Loki, the man they had seen on the cliff and hearing what he'd done since arriving…it was clear to the two of them that he would have had no qualms with slaughtering that entire banquet just to get to the man he wanted, he hadn't attacked any other humans, he hadn't made an entirely too large scene, just enough chaos to lure SHIELD there and have them focus on him. If he had truly been there for an attack, then people would be dead, more than already were.

Loki's first act upon arriving on earth had been to attack and kill a room full of agents, the man clearly had no reason to not kill others unless it was for a specific purpose. Loki was luring them away. It was obvious to them as this Loki would kill on a whim so he had to have gone in there with a plan. And they could only guess why he'd allowed himself to be captured so easily instead of disappearing or having used one of his projections instead. They feared that he was either using himself as a target, ready to use the men he'd gotten control of to break him out and force SHIELD to fight against their own agents. Or that he was going to try and manipulate them against each other and cause even more mischief and mayhem to distract them from looking for the Tesseract. Both were very likely scenarios.

The fact that the Tesseract was not in Loki's possession was what alarmed Thor and Athena more though. The cube had been in Asgardian possession for ages and they still didn't know the full effects of what it could do. For Loki to leave it in the hands of humans…they weren't very comfortable with that at all. Humans had a habit of using what was given to them as weapons. And given the warning from Frigga, that Loki was going to open a portal and allow his army to earth, they could guess that even while the Tesseract was in human hands they would be working towards that same goal. Even with Loki detained his work was still ongoing and that was a truly distressing notion.

Thor glanced at Athena as they stood in a large room filled with people and monitors and a large table behind them, clouds visible through the glass windows before them. They'd been brought to a heli-craft as Natasha called it, where Loki was being brought to a containment room. He was…concerned about her. After she had brought up the question of if Loki was acting as a distraction for them she grew silent, she had been…surprisingly silent since they had joined the others. If he hadn't known her better he would have thought that she was just deep in thought but he could tell from how she stood, standing with her left arm across her stomach but gripping her right elbow, her right hand near her mouth with the small coin that was on the end of a necklace he'd seen her wear under her armor brushing against her lips, that she was actually…nervous, worried about something. He wanted to ask her what was bothering her about all this, but he knew she wouldn't say. She tended to hold things in till she was ready to talk unlike himself where a few rounds of ale and mead would loosen his lips.

She was staring though, right at a screen of some sort that was displaying where Loki was being taken. It was a room with a large glass cage in the center of it, a small metal path that led to the sliding glass doors that Loki was shoved into before they closed. A man was there, a dark skinned man in black, he had no hair but an eyepatch on his one eye, Director Fury. He reminded Thor very much of both Heimdall and Odin at the same time. But he noticed that Athena wasn't staring at Fury not even at Loki but at the glass cage he was now standing in. She was eyeing it as though studying it for some reason he couldn't understand, her eyes flitting to the cage to the room in general but not on Fury or Loki. He wasn't even sure if she was paying attention to what Fury was saying as they, and Steve, Natasha, and Dr. Banner (a rather quiet and skittish man in a purple shirt), watched on.

Fury was standing at some sort of control panel for the glass cage, Thor could see in how tense the man was that he was both angry, but relieved, and also concerned and on edge. Loki had attacked the man earlier, had wounded and killed many of his agents, had managed to take a few others under his control, had even attacked and harmed Fury as well. The man clearly knew how dangerous Loki could be and was every bit as focused on keeping Loki caged as he was trying not to let his anger cloud his judgment. He had a feeling that Athena would interact well with the man for how he was attempting to think logically and rationally through the situation and not allow much of his anger to control his actions.

"In case it's unclear," Fury was saying to Loki, who appeared quite unamused and disinterested as the man spoke, his voice echoing through the room, "You try to escape, you so much as scratch that glass," Fury pushed a button and the floor beneath the glass cage opened, dropping away to reveal nothing but the open are beneath them, the wind whipping through the room, forcing Fury to speak louder, "Thirty thousand feet straight down in a steel trap. You get how that works?" he pushed a button again and the floor closed up, "Ant," he gestured at Loki and then to the controls, "Boot."

Athena frowned, not entirely understanding the reference or point of those words but Loki didn't seem even slightly concerned about what was happening, he just grinned, "It's an impressive cage. Not built, I think, for me."

"Built for something a lot stronger than you," Fury agreed.

Athena frowned at that and looked over, hearing a small chuckle come from Dr. Banner. It appeared Coulson had warned Fury about the two of them, that there was a file about how they were not of Earth and that the things they said might be offensive to some when out of context but also of their 'inhuman strength.' Fury had warned them before the plane touched down that they should be cautious of what they said around Dr. Banner, there had been some sort of magic that had altered his body. When he grew too angry, he would transform into a large, strong, angry green monster, or so they'd been told. They had both been relatively quiet since arriving but she had been glancing at Banner from time to time. It appeared the cage Loki was in was intended for Banner and he was well aware of that.

She glanced at Thor, seeing him eyeing Banner as well and slipped her necklace back under her breastplate, knowing she should pay more attention. She could tell from how Thor was watching the man with curiosity that he too had come up with the same thought she had. If the cage was holding Loki and Fury believed it was meant to hold something stronger than him…that might mean he believed that the cage would be the same for the two of them, that it was meant to and capable of holding something stronger than them. If that was true…then it was best to be even more cautious around Banner and not draw the green man out. For if that cage was to hold him…it was a testament to his strength and how savage and out of control he could get. They were looking and faced with the man within at the moment, but neither of them wished to be forced to face the Hulk, as Steve had mentioned Banner called his alter ego. If the Hulk was stronger than Loki, they didn't want to test their strength against him.

"Oh I've heard," Loki spoke, pulling both immortals' gazes back to the security footage, "A mindless beast makes play he's still a man," Loki hummed at that before laughing, "How desperate are you, that you call on such lost creatures to defend you?"

"How desperate am I?" Fury scoffed, stepping towards the cage, "You threaten my world with war, you steal a force you can't hope to control, you talk about peace and you kill cause it's fun. You have made me very desperate. You might not be glad that you did."

"Ooh," Loki smirked, "It burns you to have come so close, to have the Tesseract, to have power, unlimited power, and for what?" he shook his head, "A warm light for all mankind to share?" he tilted his head as he observed Fury, "And then to be reminded what real power is."

Athena frowned as she watched Fury for his reaction, a small smile making its way onto her face as she saw him smile and step back, "Well, let me know if 'real power' wants a magazine or something," he called before leaving Loki alone and striding out of the room.

"He did not fall for Loki's bait," Athena remarked, "Impressive."

"He's well versed in interrogation and negotiation," Natasha called from her seat at the table, setting down a small handheld monitor, "He can handle himself."

"We aren't here to assess Fury's skills," Steve cut in, sitting across from Natasha with his mask off, but still in his blue suit, "We were supposed to be watching the feed to see what we could learn from Loki," he glanced at the two immortals, "Did you pick up anything that might help us?"

Athena sighed but shook her head, "I'm afraid not," she ignored Thor glancing over at her in surprise at that, he had, admittedly, not learned much from Loki nor what he'd said, but Athena had always had a slightly keener eye and sharper ear than he had, he'd have thought she'd see something there, "It is clear his motives are the same though," she gestured at the screen, "You underestimate just how strong we are," she warned them, "I do not doubt that Thor or Loki or I could take on this…Hulk and be able to hold our own. That would suggest our strength is at least equal to his."

Thor started to nod at that, understanding what she was saying, "That glass cage would not hold us if we did not wish it to."

"You're saying you could break out of that?" Steve frowned.

"Aye," Thor nodded, "Loki could escape at any moment…"

"But he's sitting there, waiting," Athena agreed, "He WANTS to be here. And he knows who IS here. Likely from your Agent Barton."

"He's been compromised," Natasha defended, "He's being forced to tell SHIELD's secrets by whatever Loki's doing that's controlling him."

"I am not disputing that," Athena remarked, "I am merely stating that he is aware of who is here and what he would be facing. We merely need to work out what he gains by staying here. Whether it is another distraction or if there is some sort of intelligence or information here that he requires and how he means to obtain it."

"Loki is clever," Thor added, "Among your people he is believed to be a Trickster god," Selvig had mentioned as much, "And he has proven himself able to think ahead of you. We must be cautious."

"And we must be calm," Athena agreed, "He will use what he knows to bait all of us and, forgive my saying, but we don't know any of you nor your skills in negotiation or interrogation. We all must try to exert a level of control when speaking to Loki. We must beware as well, he is…gifted in speech and manipulation. He may try to use charm and eloquence to trick you as well."

"Yeah," Banner scoffed a little at that, clearly finding it hard to believe that Loki could be charming when he was so condescending and grating, "He really grows on you doesn't he?"

"They're right," Steve rubbed his head, "Loki's gonna drag this out, he's got something else planned. So," he turned to Thor and Athena, "What's his play? What do we know about his actual plan so far?"

Thor straightened, Athena nodding to him to take this question, even though they both had been sent to Earth it went unspoken between them that HE would be the leader of this mission. It was his brother, it was his family, it was up to him how much he wished to divulge to the people there. She knew that her own experience with SHIELD hadn't been the greatest, she still wasn't very fond of being chained up like Coulson had had done to her. She understood his reasons, but she was still very unhappy both with herself and the circumstances. She was angry that she'd been so unaware that she'd allowed it to happen, she was bitter that they'd taken her weapons and armor and undressed her, and she was disturbed that their gas had been able to knock her and Thor out so quickly, that they'd needed to be rescued by a mortal.

She knew SHIELD was doing their job, following their own protocols, but she wasn't happy with what had happened. Understanding was not the same as acceptance or moving on. She was still working on it, on moving past her first impressions of people and things. She hadn't been much of a drinker of mead and ale at first, preferring wine, but time around Thor and the Warriors Three and Sif had given her the acquired taste for it. She had learned to look past her first impression of Thor and the others, realizing she'd been a bit harsh on him. She'd come to the training program with preconceived notions of what the warriors there would be like and Thor had fit with most of her prior thoughts on how they would all act. But she slowly got to know them and realized she'd been wrong. She was hoping she was wrong about SHIELD as well, Coulson seemed truly sorry for what he'd done, he seemed like an honorable man who was just trying to keep the people of Earth safe. She could understand that, his methods though…she didn't agree with them. She would have rather been thrown in a dungeon cell in her armor with her arms bound before her instead of being strapped to a bed with her arms beside her and undressed. That was the protocol in many places of Asgard, prisoners were thrown into a dungeon cell to await questioning. Their weapons were taken, yes, but they were allowed their armor, as was honorable, and their hands were only manacled before them (they didn't bother to tie the hands behind the back, it was far too easy to move them before a person), and they would be allowed freedom to roam around the small room.

She knew it was a…cultural difference, as Jane had called it, her expectation of prison compared to the humans, but she couldn't get over that. She was trying not to be wary of those around her, SHIELD agents, but it was difficult. She hadn't seen Coulson yet though she'd been assured that he was going to be joining them shortly. Perhaps she'd be more at ease with the man who apologized for what they'd done and given her her armor back with them. She was not a fan of SHIELD, but at the moment they were her allies, they shared a common enemy.

"He has an army called the Chitauri," Thor began, recalling Tony had mentioned that name on the plane ride there, had heard Loki mutter it at one point or another, "They're not of Asgard nor any world known. He means to lead them against your people. They will win him the Earth, in return, I suspect, for the Tesseract."

"An army, from outer space?" Steve seemed disbelieving of that.

"Here in this room stand a man who can turn into a large green-skinned brute and two 'gods' as you call us, and you think something coming from space is impossible?" Athena countered.

"Not impossible just…"

"We travelled here through 'space,''" Athena continued, "Asgard is across space, as are the other realms of which yours is one of the Nine. The Chitauri hail from somewhere between those realms. If it makes it more easily acceptable, consider them…an enemy of Asgard, come to help a Jotun take over your world. We know he means to open a rift in the sky to release them."

"So, he's building another portal," Banner murmured, "That's what he needs Erik Selvig for."

"Selvig?" Thor turned to him, alarmed, no one had mentioned Erik to him, just that Agent Barton had been taken with a few other SHIELD agents and scientists, they hadn't stated that Erik was one of them!

"He's an astrophysicist…"

"We know who he is," Athena frowned.

"He's a friend," Thor agreed.

"Loki has them under some kind of spell," Natasha sighed.

"Yes," Athena muttered, "We were warned he had some sort of Siren control over them."

Thor looked over at her, unable to recall being told such a thing, but, then again, he had entered the throne room to see her already speaking with his mother about the mission. Perhaps she had told her more about what was going on with Loki and Earth than the formal knowledge he'd been given before the mission began. They had been speaking in quiet whispers when he had entered the room, Athena moving to his side when they saw it was him, as was protocol to be stand before the rulers of Asgard.

"Sirens?" Banner eyed her with a raised brow, "Like those bird things from the Odyssey?"

"Yes," Athena nodded, "Though I have yet to see Loki take shape of a bird, but near enough. There is a…scepter, I believe you mentioned it," she glanced at Steve and Natasha, "That is how he is controlling them."

"We've got it in our lab," Banner nodded, "We're running scans on it to see if we can work out a way to reverse it."

"What I wanna know is why Loki let us take him," Steve sighed, focusing on that, "He's not leading an army from here."

"Perhaps he is leading an arm TO here," Athena shrugged, just stating another possibility, "He was bait for you before. Perhaps he is being bait for his own army now."

"But why?" Thor frowned, "What purpose would it serve? If he has taken Agent Barton, he would be aware of where Thor is and the security here. He would know that it is being changed and that he would be facing a craft full of agents."

"Why is he doing any of this in the first place?" Athena countered, looking at the monitor, still displaying Loki just standing in the glass cage.

"I don't think we should be focusing on Loki," Banner remarked, "That guy's brain is a bag full of cats, you can small crazy on him."

"Have care how you speak," Thor warned, "Loki is beyond reason but he is of Asgard, and he is my brother."

"He killed eighty people in two days," Natasha reminded him.

"He's adopted?" Thor offered by means of excuse.

"I think it's about the mechanics," Banner began, "Iridium, what do they need the Iridium for?"

"It's a stabilizing agent," Tony's voice called as the man entered, now in a suit instead of his armor, Coulson striding beside him. He grinned at them but turned to speak to Coulson quietly, "I'm saying, take a weekend. I'll fly you to Portland. Keep love alive," Coulson shook his head at Tony, giving Thor and Athena a greeting nod, before he moved to the side to check on some of the agents while Tony approached Thor and Athena, "Means the portal won't collapse on itself like it did at SHIELD," he eyed Thor a moment, "No hard feelings point break, you got a mean swing," then he winked at Athena, "Nice work with the ropes," he told her, referencing how she'd managed to tie up Loki, "You could come to dinner some time, Pepper would probably love a lesson in how to gag this gob," he pointed at his mouth, making Athena raise an eyebrow in amusement and glance at Thor, a small smirk appearing on her face at how his fists were clenching at what, she was sure, he perceived as Tony flirting with her. But she knew better, the mention of this Pepper woman was enough to know that the man had relations with her. Men didn't often, from what she knew, bring up women by name unless it was a persistent thought on their mind. Tony proved her right as he simply spun around and moved towards the control panels near the end of the table Steve and Natasha were sitting at, "Also, means the portal can open as wide and stay open as long as Loki wants, "Ah," he turned to one of the agents, "Raise the mizzen mast, ship the topsails," everyone looked at him oddly for that, "That man is playing Galaga!" he pointed at the agent, off to the side at one of the controls, "Thought we wouldn't notice, but we did," and then he covered one eye and tried to look at the controls on either side of him, "How does Fury even see these?" he asked to a female agent, Hill, they'd been introduced, as she entered the room.

"He turns!" Hill nearly shouted in exasperation.

"Sounds exhausting!" he grimaced, turning to fiddle with the screens, "The rest of the raw materials, Agent Barton can get his hands on pretty easily. Only major component he still needs is a power source of high energy density. Something to kick start the Cube."

"When did you become an expert in thermonuclear astrophysics?" Hill scoffed.

"Last night," he grinned, "The packet, Selvig's notes, the extraction theory papers. Am I the only one who did the reading?"

"Impressive," Athena remarked, smiling a little more at Tony, catching sight of Thor's eyes narrowing at the man, his fists clenching at little more at her compliment.

She'd noticed, since the Bifrost had been destroyed, that the compliments she would give to others, like the Warriors Three and other soldiers when she sparred with them (the few times she sparred with them as Thor seemed to have called a monopoly on that) were often met with Thor sparring them after her and doing his ultimate best to beat them, giving her a wide grin when she complimented him, albeit a bit sarcastically, she could tell he was a tad bit jealous…she secretly loved it though…but she wasn't going to stop complimenting a friend when they did well, especially when they bested her.

She'd had to actually bait Fandral into an all out battle to get the man to actually SPAR with her. One down side was that, after the Bifrost had been destroyed and everyone realized she and Thor were…well, she wasn't quite sure what they were, courting perhaps? When they realized that…she'd noticed they started to go easier on her when she dueled and sparred with them, like they were afraid if they hurt her Thor would come after them. That duel with Fandral though…she had to shake her head thinking about it, one result of her constant observation of others was that she knew just what buttons to push to goad them, just like Loki did at times, and she'd gotten Fandral so angry with her that he'd finally, FINALLY just outright attacked her. They'd fought so hard that they'd both ended up beaten, bloodied, and bruised, AND with her on her back with his sword at her throat…and she'd never laughed so hard.

It had startled Fandral out of his murderous rage and he'd stared at her, horrified at what he'd done and how badly he'd gone after her, till she swung out her leg and knocked his from beneath him, sending him onto his back as well, still laughing. He'd started to laugh as well, and the warriors around them too, all of them finally seeming to realize that she was still a warrior, she was still going to fight and she was still going to get hurt and to not go easy on her. She had had to quell Thor's anger afterwards though, when he'd walked in, hearing the laughter, and seen her beaten and bloodied on the ground, he'd almost gone after Fandral for harming her so badly. But she'd just stood up, beaming, and thrown herself into his arms and hugged him, telling him how happy she was that people would still fight with her and not treat her like a fair maiden but a Valkyrie. Thor had been a little startled, but she'd kissed him till he'd been distracted, taken his hand, and pulled him back into the palace with an actual skip. Yes, she would admit it, she skipped like a little girl she'd been so relieved. She'd tried to refuse going to the healing rooms afterwards, wanting to wear her bruises to remind the others not to dare go easy on her again, but Thor had insisted he take care of her with such softness and concern in his eyes that she let him tend to her that night and soothe her injuries.

"Does Loki need any particular kind of power source?" Steve asked, pulling Athena's attention back. The man was…she wasn't sure what she thought of Steve just yet. She could tell that Tony was a very smart man, had a good sense of humor and was very loyal to this Pepper woman, he was a good friend as well, offering to help Coulson reunite with some woman, from the implication of his last words to the man. Natasha was guarded, she was skilled and she noticed the woman observing her and Thor as much as she was observing Natasha and the others. She was wise and quiet and she played to her strengths, she could respect that and she was rather hoping she might be able to get a spar in with the woman at one point. Banner seemed hesitant, shy, pained, but clever and contemplative. He had a good soul and he tried to do his best to help everyone while also keeping on point. But Steve…there was something about him, he took everything too seriously, he treated everyone like a soldier instead of a person at times and focused solely on the mission instead of the aspects of it. But she could also tell that he didn't like others getting harmed, but he seemed…distanced from them all.

"He'd have to heat the Cube to a hundred and twenty million Kelvin just to break through the Coulomb barrier," Banner shook his head.

"Unless, Selvig has figured out how to stabilize the Quantum Tunneling effect," Tony countered, completely losing Athena and Thor in the process.

"Well, if he could do that he could achieve heavy-ion fusion at any reactor on the planet."

"Finally. Someone who speaks English."

"Is that what just happened?" Steve asked.

"I…am not certain," Athena frowned, "That was not a form of English I am familiar with."

"It's good to meet you, Dr. Banner," Tony stepped up to Banner and shook his hand, "Your work on anti-electronic collisions is unparalleled. And I'm a huge fan of the way you lose control and turn into an enormous green rage monster."

"...thanks?" Banner frowned.

"Dr. Banner is only here to track the Cube," Fury stated, striding into the room, "I was hoping you might join him."

"I'd start with that stick of his," Steve remarked, "It may be magical but it works an awful lot like a HYDRA weapon."

"HYDRA again," Athena muttered, recalling Coulson bringing it up ages ago.

"I don't know about that, but it is powered by the Cube," Fury countered, "And I like to know how Loki used it to turn two of the sharpest men I know into his personal flying monkeys."

"Monkeys?" Thor frowned at that, turning to Athena in question but she shrugged, "I do not understand."

"I do!" Steve shouted…and everyone stared at him, "I...I understood that reference."

"Would you explain it to us?" Athena gestured between her and Thor as Steve nodded.

"Shall we play, doctor?" Tony grinned, gesturing off to the side.

"This way, sir," Banner smiled, the two men walking off as Athena noticed the SHIELD agent from before turning back to his screen to play Galaga again…whatever that was.

A/N: I'm so sorry there were no chapters the last few days :( We had a thunder storm in my area that knocked out our power and we didn't get it back till (according to my clocks) about 3am-ish this morning -sigh- :( But...I'm happy to say that I should be back and updating at my normal times and daily without further incident ;)

This was sort of a little bit of a background chapter, filling things in for what happened before Thor and Athena appeared, I can say we'll have a bit of Thor/Athena in the next chapter ;)

Also, just wanted to say that, on my profile, I have a small section of 'future stories,' ones that I haven't written yet but have outlines and ideas for for various movies/shows/books and their pairings incase anyone is interested in them ;)

Some notes on reviews...

Aww thanks :) I'm glad you enjoyed Merlin/Star Trek/Sherlock ;) We'll have to wait and see about Superman, but I will be doing a Captain America series, 2 of them ;) One for Steve and one for Bucky. I won't be doing Teen Wolf, I have a mention about that on my profile the shows/movies/books I likely won't write stories for. Twilight sort of killed Vampires and Werewolves for me and I'm more of an old school sort of girl for both so I couldn't really get into Teen Wolf :/ But thank you :) It took almost a decade but my parents finally came around about my dreams for the future and my writing lol :)

I actually have it up on my profile that I've got a vague idea/plan for an Arrow story, Oliver/OC ;)

Lol, I've got it up on my profile plans for 2015 to do a Captain America story, 2 of them actually (eventually). One Steve/OC and another Bucky/OC ;) And thanks! :)

I was wondering that too, why they just started battling it out instead of restraining Loki first. We just see him chilling around and watching them fight so it always made me curious how they caught him if he could have just fled :)

I have a small section on my profile of future stories, I do have 2 different OC series planned for Captain America yup ;)