Leah had started to get restless, it had only been a week under observation. Now Clint and Natasha were off base on a mission, she was alone. Apparently the Captain was going to arrive at any time, though no one would actually say when. So for now she had nothing to do, she was literally climbing the rafters. Her brother had taught her years ago that you could see more from a distance and he was right. It was also a good way to move around the base without being seen.

Leah was just sitting on the corner of the bases roof enjoying the hot sun on her skin. She had found a way out, she wasn't going to tell any one any time soon as it was her escape. However she honored her commands that she was not to leave the base, technically she hadn't. She saw in the distance that there were two jeeps travelling at high-speed towards the base, she slowly altered her position as the jeeps pulled up at the back of the base. She watched as Aiden Ward came out of the base, she lowered herself knowing she could not be seen up there. A few people stepped out of the vehicles, one looked the older version of Ward. Her jaw nearly hit the floor when she saw the one person she couldn't even dream of seeing. He was standing there talking to Aiden Ward, he was real. Her heart pounded as she slipped further down and sat there. She closed her eyes as she remember seeing him dying.

x-x-x-x-x

Leah entered where Loki was being held hostage her hand pistol held up ready to fire, she checked the access seeing the cost was clear and one of the enemy was down unconscious. As she moved further into the room she saw something which shocked her and made her stomach drop. Her close friend and handler Phil slumped against the wall, blood seeping through his shirt. Leah broke all protocol and ran over to him putting her side arm back into its halter.

"Phil." Leah knelt beside him pulling his shirt open and looking at the gaping open wound on his abdomen. She knew it was bad, she could tell this was not a simple wound, she didn't have to be a doctor to know that. She just ripped and used part of his shirt to put pressure on the wound. "Phil what happened, where's Loki gone?"

"Loki." Phil groaned opening his eyes looking at her. "He's here." Before he could finish she could hear movement, she looked up over her shoulder to see Loki standing there looking pleased with himself. She got Phil's hand and put it over the padding on the wound smiling at him nodding before she stood up staring at the man in front of her. "Run Leah." Phil coughed trying to move but failing.

"Just stay with me Phil, remember you owe me a dress and shoes." She reminded him of her earlier mission where they captured Loki in Stuttgart. Loki's staff blast had destroyed her outfit. She just gave Phil a warm and calm smile before looking back at Loki "I'll be fine Phil." She reassured him though she began to doubt that. She ignored her friends advice, she stood there watching the god as he moved closer to her. She didn't flinch as he took hold of her neck. His hands wrapping around her throat making her stare straight into his cold green eyes.

"Here we are again little one." He smiled looking at her.

"You going to change me like you changed my brother?" She hissed feeling his fingers tighten around her throat. "Make do what you want, so I have no control."

"No, he was just pawn in all of this. His job is done here." Loki sighed a large smirk on his face, releasing his hold on her throat, she just stood there a little shocked till he continued. His body moving closer to hers so they were almost touching. "While you, you could be so much more with your powers."

She just pulled out her side arm and pointed it into his stomach due to his proximity. She just stared at him, glaring into his eyes, she was pissed now. He smiled at her, his emerald green eyes staring into her silver ones, she licked her slips slowly before she told him.

"I will shoot you if you do not surrender yourself."

"This time I believe you little one." Loki smirked stepping closer to her so there bodies were touching now. "But your too late to save your friend, your brother or yourself."

Before she understood what he meant she felt a blow to her side, she looked down and saw a knife in her abdomen. The pain hit her, she stumbled back, as Loki pulled the knife out. She saw the crimson red blood dripping off the knife. She placed pressure using her hands on her side however the blood spurted around it. She tripped over Phil's feet falling to the metal floor and groans.

"Lea-le-leah." Phil mumbled

"I'm fine." She gasped gripping hold off her side, she could feel the blood pour out of her from around her fingers. "I'm I'm f-f-ine phil."

She could feel herself become heavy, the blood she was loosing, she couldn't stop it. She felt her heart slow, her breathing decrease before the world became dark.

x-x-x-x-x

She opened her eyes, neither of them should have been able to survive that ordeal, her powers was the only reason she was here. She felt her phone buzz in her pocket she glanced over to see that everyone had gone inside. She answered her phone.

"Barton, time to answer some questions." She heard Aiden's voice tell her.

Leah just hung up on him before making her way back into the base, she met Aiden by the interrogation room. She walked in without saying a word at sat down at the table in front of the glass staring into it. She knew that she needed to stay calm and keep her cool to play this right. Aiden sat in front of her but she continued to look at the glass.

"There are some questions that haven't been answered." Aiden began opening his folder pulling out sheets of paper and her report she wrote. "Do the Asgardian's pose any threat on earth?"

"They have no interest in war or making enemies." Leah shrugged answering his question truthfully but not looking at him. "They are good people."

"If they are good people why leave so suddenly." Aiden said sounding a little doubtful.

"I was home sick." Leah rolled her eyes glancing at him wondering if they ever understand that was all she was going to tell them. She looked back to the glass hoping she was right before adding. "Then again I don't feel like this home any more."

"What is that suppose to mean agent?" Aiden asked, now sounding defensive and worried.

"Well either my good friend Thor has brought to a different dimension where Loki's attack didn't happen or a friend of mine who is meant to be dead is behind that glass partition." Leah finally looked at Aidens whose expression had frozen. She guessed she was right. "Tell me the god damn truth, I was up on the roof when those jeeps arrived and I can even tell you there serials if you ask nicely."

The door suddenly opened, Leah just stood up and stared as she saw Phil Coulson enter the room. Aiden got up and walked out of the room shutting the door behind him. Leah just stood there her heart pounding not knowing what to say. He was real and standing in front of her. No one had said anything to her about him being alive, even Nat and Clint thought he was dead.

"Its good to see you Leah." Phil smiled at her looking very calm and easy about the situation that was unfolding in front of her. "its been a while."

"Your dead?" Leah muttered staring at him not really sure what to make.

"Its need to know," Phil replied staring at her seriously "Level seven. So very few people know that I am alive." He sat down in front of her before adding "Its just us now Leah, no one listening I promise."

"I don't know what to believe?" Leah sighed sitting down opposite him still staring. "Everything has been so strange since I have been back. Clint and Natasha have it in their head I am different as in something they need to know different. No one is listening that the only reason I am back is because I missed my home and I feel like every one is giving me the third degree. So it's not been the happy reunion I would have hoped for."

"You have been on another world for a long length of time, that would change any one." Phil commented sounding exactly like him, when he was their handler. She definitely missed that warm look he was giving her "People change. Aiden should be helping you with this transition?"

"I haven't really given him the opportunity." Leah sighed looking down feeling a little guilty now. She trusted Phil, and if Phil trusted Aiden then perhaps she should have given him a chance. "I have managed to hide myself away from everyone. Like I use to do."

"He's a good man Leah, I have his older brother on my team as we speak." Phil told her smiling speaking very calmly. "They are actually both good men. I know this is hard for you to understand. Give him a chance, I chose him to replace me for a reason."

"No whats hard is being on a planet full of gods and things your eyes wouldn't believe. That's hard for your head to get around. Knowing your alone and surrounded by people you can only hope that you can trust." Leah interrupted him placing her head in her hands. She slowly took a deep breath in trying to calm herself before she looked back up at him. "Seriously now Phil, how are you here? I remember hitting the floor before passing out and you didn't look that much better off than I felt then."

"It was you." Phil smiled looking at her with a look that Leah couldn't really place. "The blood we had collected from you for testing, they used it on me. It has had no long term effect but it worked on my injuries at the time."

"Please to be of service." Leah sat back feeling a little odd that she had managed to save Phil's life without really knowing it. "So they used my blood?"

"Yes." Phil nodded looking at her seriously before adding "I know it wouldn't be what you wanted but?"

"For you Phil, I would give my life." Leah grinned at him finally relaxing in his presence. It was actually nice to have some one talking to her instead of judging. "So this team what are you exactly doing?"

"A bit of this and a bit of that." Phil smirked at her curiosity "If your staying around I could use you on my team?"

"Fancy sneaking me off this base." Leah suggested laughing knowing Phil would less than likely agree to that. Considering she had not been allowed off base since her brother managed to get her out the first night she had returned.

"Where do you want to go?" Phil asked sounding curious.

"Anywhere but here." Leah muttered looking at him grinning before shaking her head. "Its doing my head in."

"Come with me then." Phil stood up opening the door and walking out.

Leah quickly jumped off her seat and followed Phil, she could hear Aidens protests which Phil ignored bringing a smile to her face. She climbed into the Jeep with Phil shutting the door behind her grinning. They drove off, Leah felt a weight lifting from her shoulders. She looked out of the window as the desert passed them by.

"You do seem different Leah." She heard Phil say to her, she couldn't bring herself to look at him but she could hear the concern seep through his voice too. "I can understand why Clint, Natasha and Aiden are worried."

"Don't you start with that crap." Leah turned back to him her anger boiling over again. She was getting sick and tired of the same thing being said to her. "Its me, I mean I have had to change and adapt to live on a mythological world with gods and such. I guess I will slowly turn back into my old self the longer I am here."

"I understand, it's just because we care about you Leah, it's not a criticism." Phil replied calmly making her smile that some one was actually listening to her. "You haven't aged a day by the look of things." Phil continued to tell her "and you have grown up."

"I was an adult before." Leah scoffed at him, relaxing slightly before laughing. "How much growing up can one person do."

"I don't mean it like that." Phil muttered chuckling at her "You seemed grown into the woman who you were meant to be. You seem less affected by ordeal you went through on Budapest."

"Means a lot." Leah looked down feeling guilty about her out burst. "I had a flash back while I was on Asgard." She looked to her friend. "You were one of the first people I trusted after what happened. I mean except from Nat and Clint but they were family."

"I remember." He nodded a warm expression coming to his face "You wanted to see the Hammer not that we knew it was that then." Phil smiled thinking back. "I just showed you into the room, you had yet to speak a word that I knew of. Then all of a sudden you had these questions which didn't stop. After that then you followed me around like a shadow."

"I remember." Leah laughed nodding thinking of that happy memory she had, it was when she decided she was going to follow her brother and join SHIELD. Even though she realized after that she never really had a choice. "Thank you for being so good to me then and now."

They didn't talk any more till they pulled outside a large aircraft, Leah just looked out the window her eyes wide. She turned to Phil who was watching her, she just looked back out the window. It was amazing and she knew exactly what it was as well.

"Thought they scrapped that project?" She frowned looking back to Phil who was now grinning at her obvious reaction. "I mean the helicarrier was superior moving base."

"I brought it back, Fury offered me my own team and I asked to include this." Phil told her getting out of the jeep. "Come on I give you the grand tour."