She woke in the morning, sitting up abruptly, it was the best night sleep she had had in years, her sleep pattern had deteriorated from the Budapest experience and then the attack on New York. However now she felt strange to feel so refreshed from sleep, it was so foreign to her, she looked around the room, there was no sign of Loki. She just stood up and looked around the place closely till she was sure she was actually alone.

She sat back down thinking about what had happened last night, Loki had taken her by surprise and made her completely confused. She didn't expect him to come to her like this at all. She decided to go for a run to clear her mind, she got into some loose jogging bottoms and a tank top before she tied her long bronze hair up in a ponytail. She had been running for what seemed hours, she finally stopped realizing where she was, standing outside the dungeons. She knew why she had come here, she needed to be sure that he was still there. After taking a deep breath in she made her way down the familiar steps into the dungeon.

As she approached his cell she saw his face raise to look at her, there was a slight smile on his face. He seemed a lot more confident and pleased with himself more than he had done previously. Her heart hammered in her chest as his green eyes met hers but she ignored it. He was still within the cell that was one thing, he still looked worse for wear his cheek bones more prominent, his hair was completely askew and he looked smaller for some reason. She stared at him for a number of moments before turning away and heading out of the dungeon. She heard people approaching seeing Thor and a Lady with the same hair colour as him, Leah presumed it was his mother.

"Lady Leah." Thor boomed smiling when he saw her.

"Thor." Leah nodded feeling a little awkward about being caught coming out of the dungeons in her gym wear.

"How are you post your first evening at celebrations." Thor asked sounding very pleased with himself.

"I have felt better, Thank you for arranging it, it was a lovely gesture." Leah replied.

"Its my pleasure. This is my Mother Queen Frigga of Asgard, the Allmother." Thor introduced her to his mother who just stared at her for a moment, giving her the once over.

"Your Highness." Leah bowed slightly clumsily as she was unsure what she should really do to greet the Queen of Asgard. She stayed where she was for a moment before looking back up at her. She was beautiful, she didn't look that old either considering she was a mother. However there was a sadness in her eyes that Leah noticed immediately. Leah stood back up and looked at them.

"Lady Leah, Thor has been telling me of you and your people down on Midgard." The Queen told her still looking at her oddly. "I would be interested in hearing more about your ways."

"I hope it was all good." Leah tried to smile slightly, "I would be happy to tell you more your highness. But if you would excuse me I have just been exercising and am in real need to clean up."

"Of course Lady Leah we will speak again." The queen smiled

They both nodded, Leah walked swiftly away down the corridor, finding her room quicker than she had done previously. She checked her room first before she shut the door, she took a moment pressing her head on the cool metal door. She calmed her mind and breathing down trying to get a grip on herself. She headed into the bathroom which was more like a spa room, with elaborate fittings all in gold. She filled the large pool size tub with water which smelt floral and bubbled up like bubble bath. She stripped out of her sweaty clothing and went to climb in to the warm water.

"Beautiful." She heard a voice say from behind her.

She froze for a second wanting to cover up but knew that Loki would win if she did. Instead she slowly eased herself into water which covered up her modesty at least. She turned in the large golden tub of water to see Loki standing in the corner. There was a look in his eyes that she didn't recognize but it made her worry slightly as well as blush. She just sat in the water which was up in to her clavicles.

"You seriously pick your moments." She hissed trying to sound more powerful than she felt in that moment of time.

"I only thought I would continue our conversation after last night." He smiled back at her looking more calm and pleased than she was about his intrusion in the bathroom.

"Go." She retorted shaking her head and looking down "now."

"But this seems like the perfect opportunity for us to truly talk." Loki said moving closer to her and seating himself on the step beside the tub. His closeness to her now was more than just a concern. She just stayed were she was knowing it was either this or getting out of the water revealing more of herself. "Considering I presume you're not going to remove yourself from the water while I am about."

"You may be right about that." She growled glaring at him for knowing what she was thinking.

"Shame." He drawled trying to look disappointed as his eyes met hers but she could see the pleasure he was getting out this. "You shouldn't be ashamed or embarrassed about your body it is exquisite. I have seen many a woman's body but yours is definitely the most appetizing."

She just scowled back at him and moved further away from him to the other side of the tub. She didn't like the idea of her being completely undressed with him about. Especially when he had previously made suggestions. She just watched his every move making sure that he was not planning something she would really disapprove of.

"So who else knows about your apparitions let's call it."

"No one." He shook his head looking away from her for the first time since he had appeared in the bathroom.

"Not even your Father, Mother or Brother." She asked looking at him quizzically. She could see the smile drop on his face as he turned to face her again. She just rested her head back on the tub and laughed feeling a little more confident. "Of course they don't considering your father was meant to take all your powers away from you as part of your punishment. You're also meant to be alone down in a dungeon rotting. So what you were waiting for an opportunity like this."

"Perhaps." He muttered

"Not a good enough answer." She sighed playing his game turning her head to look at him smiling slightly.

"No, they do not know, it gives me a freedom to some extent." He seemed to try and move closer to her but it was not possible. His hand went into the water yet it caused no ripples within it, instead it seemed to glide through with no resistance. "Yet unable to do anything still." He tried placing his hand on her foot but it passed straight through her. "This is the worse possible punishment, to have something and nothing."

"You deserve no less." She closed her eyes again and turned her head to face up. "If this is your punishment then its enough to see you suffer like you made others suffer."

He never replied to her, she looked over to where he was but he was no longer there, she smiled slightly feeling a little better and safer. She had obviously gotten to him for him to leave without a word. Perhaps this was a harsh punishment, he did nothing truly wrong with her, nothing that she couldn't get over personally. However it was what he did to others, her brother, the public of New York and of course Phil her confidant and colleague that would be something that he would never be forgiven for easily. She just remembered her last time alone with Loki when he had her imprisoned against her will

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She woke to the bright lights, she squinted till her eyes adjusted to the intensity of the light. She just sat up before groaning, her head hurt and it still felt fuzzy, but she felt better than the other times where she had died. She looked around her surroundings to see that she was not alone. She glared at the person standing in the corner watching her with the up most of interest.

She stared at him, he was still dressed as his god like appearance and finery. She just turned her face from him her eyes then glued on her cell wall. She tried to remember exactly what happened in the moments before everything had happened. She remembered being told to keep an eye on Loki when the attack on the Helicarrier started. She had heard over the comms her brother was on board and that Nat was going to sort him out. She arrived at the cell to see Phil on the floor blood coming from his abdomen before Loki arrived but then it all went fuzzy. She slowly turned her head back to face Loki who had not moved an inch from where he was standing previously. The expression of curiosity on his face hadn't even faded.

"What the hell." She hissed feeling utterly pissed and bemused about what happened.

"You are amazing; you healed with some assistance even and after your heart had stopped. You are a wonder little one." He grinned looking at her, he moved across the room till he was next to her, his hand raising to touch her face. She went to slap it away but saw her wrists were bound to the bed she was on along with her ankles. This was an interesting turn in events, she just looked down at the bindings, her hands flexing in them as she began to pull. She noticed his hands drift down to her abdomen where the hole in her uniform was. He pulled the material apart, she saw the red line which had formed there after healing. His long fingers gently ran across the still tender line making her wince slightly. His touch however sent goose pimples to the area and a shiver across her body.

"Get your hands off of me." She growled menacingly her angry silver eyes looking up to meet his cold green ones.

"Soon you will accept me, welcome me as a friend and ally. Someone who understands you better than you understand yourself right now. Only then you will begin to learn the true extent of your powers and then only then you will be an equal to me more than these midgardian filth."

"God you are crazy." She laughed at him mockingly shaking her head and flexing her jaw. "You think, now you have attacked me that I will join you. You think that you still have a chance of taking this world. If anything you have stirred up something I can't wait to see. They will come and they will destroy you."

"They are torn apart, your death, the death of your friend and who knows who your brother has killed or been killed by." Loki drawled a mischievous cold look in his eye making the hairs on the back of her neck raise. "The defenders of this planet are broken and now it will make my task easier."

She just sat there stunned by his words, she knew that they could possibly be true, her brother was on board before she passed out. She tried to rack her memories for more information but she couldn't. She just looked back at Loki. She knew exactly what she had to do then.

"You want me to give myself willingly to you, so you can use me, not to be truly equals but me to be knelt at your side." She asked her eyes assessing his reaction, but not seeing one. She waited for a few moments as he stared back at her with interest.

"Perhaps." He replied cryptically

"Let me out of these bindings." She smiled at him sweetly. "If I am so weak as a human what could I do to you a god."

"It's not going to be that easy little one." He smirked turning and started to walk out of the room. "You need to earn that privilege."

"What would I have to do to prove it." Leah threw it out there, she knew that might have been a really bad idea but she knew it could be a start. "Let me at least try."

She heard his footsteps stop, she just waited till the footsteps approached her again, this time he was a lot closer to her. She just looked up at him and smiled before leaning up and placing her lips against his. She wasn't sure if it was the right thing to do considering he was from another world entirely but it would be a start. She could tell immediately that she had shocked him, as he had frozen almost against her. She kissed his lips gently, she couldn't believe how cold they were against her own, she tried to stop her mind taking over with the protests. She finally felt his one hand raise before touching the side of her face, that too was as cold as ice. She knew that even though he was a God over all he was a male and she knew exactly what men were like. She arched her body up, pressing her own chest against his as she tried to move things along as best she could still being bound to the bed. She was surprise how strong he actually felt against her. She felt the kiss grow, as his lips moved against her own, she just let it as his other hand mimic the other holding onto her face. She rarely let anyone this close to her, so the experience wasn't that usual for her, in fact it was so foreign, she could feel her body react to his more than she mentally wanted. She let out a groan as he pulled her mouth against his own which completely shocked her. She could feel his lips raise into a smile and a chuckle from him, as the sound escaped from her lips. She mentally kicked herself, as their lips continued to collide.

They continued as they were till he used his body to press her further against the bed, his hand roaming down towards her breast, now this was getting too deep for her. Her heart rate suddenly spiked, she didn't want this to go further than she had ever gone herself. Panic set in to her mind as his hand unzipped the top part of her suit before his hand covered her barely covered breast. She quickly and suddenly bit hard down on his lip, she felt the blood flow into her mouth, he grabbed her hair pulling her back before smacking her hard across the face. She just gasped blood dribbling out of her mouth, she just lay there for a moment as spots appeared in her vision. She felt him move off of her and she just closed her eyes for a second to control her breathing. She slowly looked back up at him anger in her eyes

"You will learn little one." He hissed, his hand wiping his already healing lip before storming off.

She just spat out his blood which was still within her mouth. She then sat up and stared at his back before replying.

"Go screw yourself."

Hours had passed, no one had checked on her but it suited her just fine. She managed to slip her wrists out of the bounds after some time of stretching them. It wasn't without pain or self-injury, her wrists were torn to shreds but it was worth it. She unbuckled her ankles before slowly getting off the bed. She glanced at her side her suit was torn where he had stabbed her, she just pulled back the material to see a red line still there where it had obviously healed but was still weak tissue, her suit was till damp with her blood. She just assessed herself before moving, she felt slightly weak and tired, not feeling any obvious pain. She went against the wall sliding towards the entrance before looking out of the door. There was only one armed guard at the end, she recognized him, he was in her class of soldiers in SHIELD. She managed to creep up on him before slamming his head against wall twice for good measure. He fell to the ground groaning and passing out. She picked up his side arms and rifle, she headed along some corridor. She had no idea where she was, she got to a large open space, before looking out of large glass window seeing she was in New York. She just looked about till she realized her true location was Stark Tower itself.

"You will enjoy what will happen next little one." She heard Loki's voice from behind her getting closer. "It will be a new world after I am finished with it, I will rule as King and you will be beside me as my queen if you do as I say and want."

"You think I will obey you let alone become your queen." She drawled looking at his reflection appearing in the glass "You're deranged."

"Perhaps. Eventually when you realized all is lost to you, how alone you are." Loki told her smiling slightly "You will see me as a friend." She felt him come closer to her before she felt a hand on her shoulder. "Your and I are not that different. You will eventually understand that."

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She thought for a while about what he meant by that as that was the last thing he ever said to her before they defeated him and Thor brought him back here. She had felt alone ever since Budapest and where she was changed. No one really understood what had happened to her, she still didn't quite understand it herself yet. Doctors kept telling her how far this change could go and that scared the crap out of her as well as other people.

She got out of the tub when she felt she was truly alone. She got into some shorts and a t-shirt; she started to set herself up at the desk for the research she was going to do into Thor, Loki and the Asgardians. She opened the first book starting to read the detailed history of Asgard, it was so full of stories and tales. She knew it was going to take her some time to get to the areas which she actually needed to use against Loki.