This isn't happening, Atea thought to herself as she sprinted towards the grand hall. Loki's wrong, I'm not special. I'm just another girl from Manhattan.

She heard footsteps behind her, "Atea! If you stop running now, I will not hurt you, but if you do not, then I fear the worst." Loki yelled at her.

Atea couldn't stop running, if what Loki said was true, then the dream involving him could be more than just a dream, couldn't it? For all she knew, she could look into the future. And if the dream was the future, she didn't want to be anywhere near the god.

Suddenly, Loki was in front of her and she stopped in her tracks. How did he do that? She asked herself, he said he can't teleport, so that must mean that this is an illusion! Atea took a deep breath, braced herself and ran right through Loki. The apparition dissolved, and she could hear Loki scream in fury.

She could see the door to the hall not five meters away. She opened them quickly, without bothering to close them and turned sharply to the right-right into the god of thunder himself.

"Ouch!" Atea said, after bouncing off of him.

Thor looked surprised, then angry, "What do you think you are doing?"

"Thor, Thor you have to help me," Atea panted, pausing between each word to take a breath, "it's Loki. Please, don't let him near me!"

"Loki? I do not understand."

Loki ran through the open door, looked around, and saw Atea with Thor. He looked more than murderous, and walked slowly towards them. Thor pushed Atea behind him.

"Loki," Thor said, "explain."

"Explain what, brother? That pest," he hissed, eyeing down Atea, who couldn't look him in the eye, "was defying me. She needs to learn her lesson, and I look forward to teaching her how to behave."

"Brother, she is neither a pest, nor does she need to be taught how to behave. Now, leave brother. Before this gets worse. I will bring her back to her home."

"She belongs to me, I found her. Now leave my affairs alone."

"She does not belong to you brother," Thor was saying. Atea could see that this argument was not going to break up anytime soon, so she tried to teleport out of the palace as she had in the room, but it was no use. Instead she back away from the two brothers until she was far enough to run through the doors to the city.

Will I ever get out of here? Not that there would be anywhere to go. I have no home anymore.

"How did I know you'd escape?" Loki was standing in front of her.

"Wha- How are you out here? You were in there arguing with your brother!" She pointed to the palace.

"You are not the only one able to perform incredible feats Atea. I have tricks up my sleeve, I am the god of mischief after all." Loki grinned, a wicked glint in his eyes. Suddenly, there wasn't just one Loki standing in front of her, but two, then three, then a dozen Lokis were surrounding her. They all laughed as the colour drained out of her face.

"You did this in the hallway, didn't you. I thought I was hallucinating!"

"You were not. Now Atea, I truly do not want to hurt you, but if that is the only way for you to listen, I will not hesitate. If you come back willingly, we can get started on finding on finding your full potential. But before that, I must ask; why did you run out of the room in the first place? I didn't hurt you, nor was I rude. In fact I was listening to you and answering your question!"

"I had a dream," Atea whispered, unable to speak clearly, "and you were in it. You were different, standing in front of a kneeling crowd with a strange staff in one of your hands. A man stood up, and you - well, you shot him." She finished and started to sob uncontrollably. She couldn't hold back her stress and fear and anger.

Loki knelt down and took her into his arms. Atea gasped. Why the change in attitude? What's different now than an hour ago? She relaxed and continued to cry.

"I'm sorry." Loki whispered. For what? Atea thought to herself as she fell unconscious.

"What do you mean she's gone?" Director Nick Fury wasn't just angry, he was furious, "No one can just disappear. Have you checked everything? I want a scan on every single file about her parents, all of the school's records, where she lived, I want everything."

"But that's the problem sir," Agent Coulson told the Director, "there are no records about her. Parents never had children, the school doesn't have anything on an Atea Eriksen."

"That's impossible."

"It's happened."

Fury was anxious, where had this girl gone? SHIELD needed to be the first one to contact her. They had been monitoring her for years, and now she showed promise with her special abilities. But what if they weren't the only ones with an eye on her? Only a certain god they knew would have also known about her. Someone who could use her powers just as much as they could.

"Coulson, I know where she is."

"Where, Director? And should we point the helicarrier in that direction?"

"We won't be able to get there. But we know someone who can come here. Somehow, Miss Eriksen has gotten herself in Asgard."

I've slept more in the last two days than I have in weeks. Atea was once again in the same beautiful room. Loki was sitting in a chair near the bed, dozing.

Why had he been so nice? What changed? I hope it stays this way, he's actually likeable with that attitude,

Loki looked so peaceful sleeping, his face relaxed, his mouth turned up in a slight smile, not a smirk or a grin, just a smile. His black hair was falling in his face, no longer slicked back. Atea didn't want to disturb him, so she lay on the bed, thinking.

What could I be doing right now? Before all of... This happened. Would it just be another school day? Probably. Atea wondered whether she even wanted to go back to the old days before that awful dream and her kidnapping. On one hand, she missed her parents and friends dearly, but on the other, who wouldn't be psyched if they had super powers? She wanted to find out more about herself, what she was capable of, and why it was her? But she also wondered why it had only started now? It's not like she came in contact with some radioactive bug or anything, she was just ordinary, until she wasn't.

Maybe my memories were hidden from me.

The room of the door opened slightly, showing Thor.

"Atea?" Thor called out, stepping into the room.

"Thor, hush!" Atea whispered, looking at Loki, who was still sleeping, undisturbed by his brother's loudness.

"I have come to help you. You want to go home, and I can bring you home. That is, if you do want to go home."

Atea sighed, she didn't have a home anymore. But she needed to get out of here, even if Loki wasn't being the asshole he was before.

"Okay," she said, "let's get out of here."

So Loki was wrong!

I wanted SHIELD to also play a role in this story, so this won't be the last time you hear from them.