Adira laid flustered on her bed, rethinking the situation over and over again. He was trying to control my mind just as he's done to Barton and Dr. Selvig so he could use my secret against me. But why hadn't it worked? Maybe since he was trying to open my heart with his lies it- no that's just ridiculous. She thought, clutching her necklace.

"Uhhgg I'm getting nowhere with this." She said frustrated. "Maybe if I just take my mind off of it, the answer will come to me." She stood up and started walking around searching the prison cell for something that could help keep her mind busy. The room was almost bare with only the her bed and a single chair to take up space.

"Pfft figures, not a coloring book in sight." She said sarcastically plopping back onto the bed. "Well I haven't sung in a while..." She sighed. Closing her eyes gently as she laid back she began to sing the lullaby her mother gave her. She felt at peace when she began to sing, her heart beat began to slow down and her worries began to disappear.

"The sky is dark and the hills are white

As the storm-king speeds from the north to-night;

And this is the song the storm-king sings,

As over the world his cloak he flings:

'Sleep, sleep, little one, sleep;'

He rustles his wings and gruffly sings:

'Sleep, little one, sleep.'

On yonder mountain-side a vine

Clings at the foot of a mother pine;

The tree bends over the trembling thing,

And only the vine can hear her sing:

'Sleep, sleep, little one, sleep;'

What shall you fear when I am here?

Sleep, little one, sleep."

Adira was too absorbed in her thoughts to hear the cell door open and with her closed eyes she didn't see Loki watching her, listening to her mesmerizing voice. His hardened look softened as the notes flowed through his mind.

"That was quite lovely" He said, interrupting the peace that flowed through the air.

"What do you want, Loki." She said harshly, opening her eyes to sit up.

"Are you not hungry?" He asked.

"Yes, but I'm not taking any food from you." She said.

"I won't poison it, if that's what you were thinking." He said.

"And what reason do I have to believe that you wouldn't?" She said raising her eyebrow.

"I-"

"Oh that's right! You need the information that I hold. Well you can go ahead and try to poison me because-"

"You'll never reveal to me what I'm look for." He said irritatedly

"Well you're not just here to bring me food. You could have gotten one of your minions to do that." She said suspiciously.

"It is the least I will do for you. Consider it me repaying the debt I owe for almost killing you."

"Loki, we both know you're not one to fulfil a debt unless there's something in it for you."

"Barton was not lying when he said you were clever."

"I'm going to ask this again, what do you want?" She said irked.

"The scar, on your neck, I'm curious about it."

"You should know curiosity killed the cat." Loki stared at her confused.

"It's an idiom." She explained as Loki sat down in the chair across from her. "I got this," she said putting her finger on her scar. "a long time ago."

"May I receive the full story?" He asked in a polite manner.

Adira hesitated, examining him closely. "I was 10. Fury had left me with Leala, you know my younger sister who you tried to attack." She said harshly.

"I'm well aware who she is."

"I guess I'll just continue then..."

Leala sat on the floor staring at Adira, holding on to each word she spoke. "In those times the gods lived, Odin and Thor, Hodur and Baldur, Try and Heimdall, Vidar and Vali, as well as Loki, The doer of good and the doer of evil."

"I heard someone knock over something down stairs."

"Sissy, what was that?" Fear struck Adira's eyes.

"Leala listen to me, go into the closet and hide don't make any sounds and stay there until I come to get you." She whispered.

"I instructed Leala to stay upstairs, and to hide. I grabbed a bat and walked down where I saw two men in black leather clothing."

The terrified stricken girl stood at the bottom of the steps, staring at the men who were five times her size. She did not let the fear show on her face as the menacing men walked slowly towards her.

"I panicked, I tried to hit their legs, you know bring them down to my size. I only got in one good hit on both guys, unfortunately there was a third man. He striked me on the back of my head. I blacked out and woke up in a dark room, tied up to a chair. The only source of light was a this dim lamp. They wanted information from me, knowing who's daughter I was." She explained.

"Who were the men?" Loki asked, more interest in her story than before.

"They called themselves Antagonists Interested in Taking down Shield and Harboring the Innocent Natives and taking Down Life on Earth or ANTISHIELD... They weren't the brightest, I'll tell you that right now. They kept screaming at me to tell them what I knew about Fury's new mission, but Fury never told me anything. Still convinced that I knew something they tried to beat the information out of me. For two days, once every few hours they'd come in, ask me questions and when I didn't tell them what they wanted, they'd punch me kick me then leave... I remember being afraid of falling asleep, or closing my eyes for too long, I thought I would never wake back up so I tried my best to stay awake."

"Tell us now! What do you know?!" The largest man asked angrily, the vein in his neck grew larger.

"I told you," Adira's voice was small and horsed. Both her eyes were black and swollen, her lip throbbed. Gashes and blood covered her face making her face unrecognizable. "I don't know."

"My boss told me that if you don't spill your beans by the end of today," He stepped closer to her, the smell of cologne was strong and caused her to weakly cough. "He said for me to kill ya." He laughed wickedly grabbing her hair to hold her head up.

"I don't know anything." She cried.

"All right then." He said pushing her head down to load his pistol. "Suit yourself." He put the muzzle of the gun to her chin to raise her head. Time stopped, his dark, cold eyes stared into her blue, weak ones. She peacefully closed her eyes and the sound of a firearm going off rang through her ears and a heavy body collapsed to the floor.

Fury ran to Adira, cutting her free from the chair. "Dad?" Was the last thing Adira could whimper before she blacked out.

"No, you have to stay with me, come one please don't do this." He said hastily picking her up in his arms. "You have to wake up." He rushed her out the the building outside where Phil Coulson was waiting.

"She'll be alright Nick Fury." Agent Coulson said as they stepped into the helicopter.

"She better be." He said looking solemnly at the bloodied girl in his arms.

"I woke up the next day in the hospital covered in bruises, cuts and this scar was from one of the men with a 'not so good aim'." She chuckled

"If it's any consolation, I would never strike or lash out at you." He said genuinely, trying to earn kindness points.

She let out a small sigh looking down at the concrete floor. "Thanks." She said softly. "May I have some breakfast now?" She asked looking up at him.

He nodded his head. "What do you wish to feast upon?"

"What position is the Sun in, or is it still down?"

"I know not where the Sun is, I shall guess she will reappear in moments time."

"I'll just have an apple then." She said. Loki then gently closed his eyes mouthing words under his breath while he moved his hands gracefully in a spherical motion until a basket of green apples appeared. He then laid them on her bed before he left her prison.

"Loki," She said before he left.

He turned around to face her. "Yes?"

"Why are you being so courteous to me?"

"I do not wish to repeat your 10th year of life." Loki said plainly. "Eat." He said as he left.

Adira stared at the basket of apples that laid next to her, reaching out to grab one inspecting it closely before taking a large bite.