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I jumped at the sound of Fury's voice echoing off the bare concrete walls. I looked at Coulson and relief washed over me; he was here and almost within arm's reach.

"I won't go down without a fight," Amora growled and her hands glowed green like they were on fire.

I saw the archer sneak around the back of the building, obviously going to get the mortal and my Chastity out while I had Amora distracted. I was primed for a fight. Too long had I been in a cage, pent up and collared like a good son. I needed to rip and tear something. I looked to Fury who held my gaze for a long moment and when nothing came from the warehouse he nodded. I flew at the door as SHIELD agents burst through it. The Enchantress was ready for me.

I saw Loki rush at the blonde both of them taking blows at each other, neither of them speaking. I thought that was odd. Knowing Loki and being in Amora's presence both of them liked to speak. The two Asgardians fought brutally but it looked to me as if the fight would end in a stalemate. Neither was budging, both casting and throwing spells and then alternating combat. It was then something else took my eyes from Loki, a flash of metal.

I looked to a high corner and searched for the flash but didn't see it again. I must have been dreaming. I looked to Phil and then I saw him drop behind Coulson. My mouth dropped, I hadn't seen Clint in months.

Phil turned to see what I was staring at and when he saw Barton he sighed, "Oh, you didn't." His voice was annoyed as shocked as my face.

Clint smirked at me and nodded to Coulson before rushing to my side picking me up and holding me close to him. "You ok kid?" He smiled as I just stared at him with what I'm sure was this shocked and bewildered look on my face. He laughed slightly leaning in as he lightly pressed his lips to mine for a sweet and soft kiss. "Better now?" I nodded smiling dreamily finding purchase on his broad chest completely oblivious to everything else around me.

I turned from the witch hearing the exasperated comment to see my Chastity and Barton share a kiss. My jaw dropped as I fell to my knees. How did this happen? When, why? My black heart was crumbling in my chest before my eyes. I could hear Amora recover from the last blow and come at me. It was a killing blow, it did not matter any longer she was lost to me and to that mortal I so easily manipulated.

"Loki you see, she was…"

There was a dull thud and Amora was a mess of blonde hair on the cement. I looked at Phil who had knocked her out with a 2x4. He dropped it as he dusted off his hands and helped up Loki. I saw rage mixed with sadness in the god's eyes and I put it together too late. I had forgotten about Clint when I saw Loki, I forgot everything in my current life that I was trying to live when I saw Loki. Barton held me tighter to him and before anyone could say anything Phil stepped between the three of us. His face was stern and his forehead creases where deep, that only happened when it was bad, this was bad.

"Hawkeye put the girl down." He turned to Loki and held his gaze, "We'll discuss it on the boat." He nodded to a few agents, "Take her aboard and restrain her, be careful she's a magic user."

Once the agents took Amora away to the Helicarrier, Coulson turned to the three of us. The look on his face was grim. I never liked this side of Phil and never wanted to be on this receiving end of it. Now here I was, stuck between Loki and Clint pleading with Phil to help me but he wouldn't budge. Phil turned without saying a word and headed toward the ship. Loki looked at me with nothing but sadness in his eyes and walked after Phil.

I looked at the archer tears in my eyes, it all I seemed to do over the past few days, "I made a mess of things didn't I?"

He smiled, "Anytime it involves Asgardians it's always a mess Chas. Come on beautiful, let's go face the music," Barton put an arm around me, "Phil looked an awful lot like Banner before he gets all green."

We walked on the ship only to hear Coulson yelling at Fury. Barton and I looked at each other rather curious and listened for a bit. It was now clear who Phil was really upset with and it wasn't me or Barton.

"You knew this would happen. It was understandable that you had to come after me and Chastity and stop the threat and that Loki would be a part of that plan. But Barton! Loki and the girl have history and you bring the one person she's starting to have feelings for along for the ride to what? Make him want to feel shish-kaboby again?! Please tell me the logic in taking Hawkeye! And don't insult my intelligence by telling me it was his idea, of course it was his idea, you didn't have to agree to it, sir," Phil stopped and the word sir had more venom in it than an cobra.

"If you have a problem with my command Coulson…"

"No problem with your command sir, your sound judgment is another thing."

"Barton," Fury bellowed, "In here now!"

Clint kissed me lightly, "I'll see you in a few hundred years."

I laughed slightly as I watched him walk into the command room. I sighed slightly; I needed to tell Loki what had happened in the year in a half we were apart. I figured he would go to the place we were held last time. I walked down the halls I roamed so often on nights I couldn't sleep. It was how I got to know Clint so well, he didn't sleep well either. I found Loki standing in the cargo hold looking very solemn. He didn't even turn when I entered.

"I know why you have come, do not attempt to humor or save my feelings mortal, just leave," he told me and I did not recognize his voice. It was low and full of anger toward me, he called me mortal, I think that hurt most of all.

I didn't listen to him, I just came closer, "Loki, I need to tell you the whole story not just what you saw."

He turned to me and the grimace on his face was one of pure hatred, "I do not need to hear the whole story," he growled at me.

I stood my ground, "No, you will listen to me!"

Loki let out an annoyed sigh but sat down in a metal chair and I sat across from him; all he could do was glare at me from his chair, "Get on with it, this will not change anything."

"When I woke up in a SHIELD facility after they had pieced me back together I asked for you day after day." I saw his face soften slightly but his jaw was still hard and stiff, but I continued. "It was a few days after I was awake they told me you were dead. I was shattered. All I did was cry in my bed for 6 months mourning your loss. All I could muster from my mouth was a weak mumble of your name. I didn't eat or sleep, unless it was under complete exhaustion. After 6 months of this Coulson dragged me out of bed, forced me to take a shower, get dressed and take a tour of the facility with him. I hardly paid attention to what was going on around me; my thoughts were only of my loss of you. We stopped by a training session by a training session which was being run by Hawkeye. Phil introduced me to him minus the Tesseract brain washing. We had something in common, you, and he pulled me out of my depression, kept me afloat when I was drowning in sorrow. He was a friend when I so desperately needed one."

"If you are going to tell me your love story with the archer you can save your breath."

I sighed slightly, "Please let me finish. Coulson told me I kept him grounded as well. It was like we filled a void within one another. Our relationship deepened over the year I knew him. However that all changed when you appeared in my mirror. Everything I ever felt for you, the love, lust, fear, comfort all came flooding back and my vision became tunneled."

I saw Loki's anger melt away and he knelt before me taking my hands, "Why did you not tell me, my darling one?"

I started to cry and the god rose up on his knees to hold me, "I forgot about him, forgot everything but you." I whispered to him, "You were my priority, getting to you, seeing you again was the most important thing I could think of or do."

He looked at me, his intense green eyes soft as he took my face in his hands and placed his lips on mine. The kiss started out so gently then grew deeper and became more passionate. Soon he moved his cold hands from my face and pulled me from the chair and into his body, "I love you Chastity," he breathed into my ear.