Over the next few months, they worked vigilantly to finally capture Agent Porter, but it wasn't easy for them to relax. Peter had taken Ezri to meet Aunt May, and both were delighted to meet one another.

Loki and Bucky enjoyed their time with Ezri, but her focus slowly became Asgard, Thor was taking longer to come back this next round. Ezri knew he wouldn't share, but she felt as if Thor was hiding something from her.

Pegasus started coming around more, and the team had enjoyed his company. It took Pegasus sometime to open to Loki, but eventually accepted him.

Waking up this morning, Ezri moaned when she felt caressing her, slowly opening her eyes when she saw Loki smiling down at her, but she could his arousal, biting her lip immediately. At every opportunity, they'd have a love-making session; there were even times where she felt like her men were competing with one another, but she was not going to pick sides.

Feeling a hand slide down her belly, she gulped when she felt Bucky snuggled up against h her, his head resting on her shoulder as she felt his cock press against her. She stiffened, attempting to look back but Loki would have none of that, capturing her chin and forcing her to look back at him.

"Let me watch you crumble, to quiver, beloved."

Bucky groaned, feeling her squeeze around him as he entered her easily, breathing into her ear before he nibbled, his hand teasing her pearl that drover her further crazy.

"James." She whimpered biting her lower lip for a moment before his thrusts became more erratic, driving Bucky crazier when he heard moan, his name triggering him to go harder on her.

Loki felt his excitement grow, her eyes leaving his as she he watched her crumble, but Bucky wasn't stopping, relentless on her body. He pounds into her a few more times as she peaked at her second climax when he grunted into her ear, loading her a creampie. Hazy in his lust, Loki pulled her into a brutal kiss, uncaring as she was recovering, moaning as Bucky remained stiff inside her.

"You'll be the death of me, doll." Bucky whispered in her ear as Loki pulled away.

"At least that's one good way to go." She said, Loki chuckling at her banter.

"Tony needed me for a morning meeting, but I'll see you soon, doll." Bucky whispered in her ear, placing a kiss on her cheek before he slipped out of bed.

As he dressed, Loki stood up, lifting her into his arms, causing her to let a playful giggle, "Loki!"

"I'm afraid it's my turn, darling." Loki told her, making her blush but kissed his chin.

"I'm trembling already, my Mischief."

Walking into the kitchen with Loki, Sam smiled when Ezri sat beside him.

"Hey, hot stuff. Want some cereal?"

"Yes, please, thanks handsome." Ezri said, smiling gratefully as he handed her the cereal box.

"Handsome?" Loki questioned as the team walked in.

"Hey man, don't question the nickname- I'm all for it." Sam told him.

"Oh, Sam has by far one of the deadliest smiles in the world. He's clearly a charmer, isn't he?" Ezri complimented, looking to Sam as she explained.

"Well, I've been known to charm the pants off a few women…" Sam said, Tony and Bucky rolling their eyes with Peter blushing, but Ezri looked at him in confusion.

"Wait, why would you need women's pants?" Ezri asked, "Did…did you lose your own pants, perhaps?"

The team broke out laughing, even Sam chuckled, but Loki caught her attention.

"What he means darling is that his smile's let him have sex with women on occasion."
"Oh! I'm sorry!" Ezri exclaimed, blushing in embarrassment but Loki chuckled, running a hand through her hair.

"Don't be, it's only another quality I find endearing…" he said softly, placing a kiss on her neck sensually, causing her to shiver.

"So, what happened?" Sam asked, noticing the glare Steve gave the couple.

"Agent Porter was brought in but he's still not talking. We're running out of options…" Steve said, and Ezri sighed sadly.

"I can see him, if you want?" Ezri asked.

"Are you sure? You know you don't have to if you don't want to." Tony reminded her.

"Yeah, besides…I might have to go back to Asgard for a while." Ezri explained simply.

"You suspect something." Nat said, suspecting the same that Ezri might be feeling.

"Is it because of Thor's more frequent disappearances?" Clint asked and she nodded.

"The civil war might've come to the borders; it'd explain why Pegasus is here." Ezri said, looking over to her flying horse from the window.

"I agree, he's never been good at being subtle," Loki said, "We will return after seeing this Agent Porter, if you wish?"

"We will have to, thank you beloved." She said softly with a sad smile.

She was unsure what awaited her today, but this was the least she could do before she was gone for heavens knew how long. She knew Bucky couldn't come, knowing he'd be the most worried, but she didn't want to see her in such a state.

"Capsicle will be taking you; but I'll be waiting outside if you need me." Tony assured her.

"If you permit it, I'd like to attend with her as well." Loki asked, but Tony was conflicted on how to answer. He should say no after his stunt with New York, still not fully trusting him, but Ezri did.

"Fine, but one wrong move, Reindeer Games, and it'll be all over for you." Tony threatened him.

"I'll be in my best behavior, I assure her. For Ezri's sake." Loki said, Ezri rubbing his thigh in reassurance.

"Yeah, I still need to adjust seeing that." Tony muttered, rubbing his eyes when Ezri went back to her cereal.

Once she was done, Ezri went to go and change when Bucky came into the room, noticing her stance. With her shirt off and her jogger pants snug on her, his travelled over her tattooed body. The Bucky he once was would never think of himself falling for someone, but he never would've normally met her if he wasn't the Winter Soldier.

Wrapping his metal arm around her waist, Bucky kissed her shoulder as his other hand traced over her tattoos, preparing himself without her. Shivering under his touch, she turned her head to the side, his nose brushing against her as they took in each other's presence.

"Stay close to Loki alright? Don't take any risks, avoid being alone…"

"I know, my love, I will- I promise you. I want to come back to you and this clan as soon as I can." Ezri assured him, but she felt like she was trying to assure herself more.

She was unsure what to fully expect there. With the Civil War, she was in the dark but going back to what possibly could be chaos she understood his concern.

"Here, I uhm, I got this for you." He told her, taking a small square box out of his pocket before he handed it to her.

Ezri smiled, looking up at him mischievously before she took it, opening it carefully. Inside was a silver band rang it a simple stone in the middle and caressed it preciously.

"Loki tried to explain it to me, but this is to show others that you're claimed-courted is a better word," Bucky explained as he took the ring out, taking her left hand into his,

"I don't know what will happen, maybe it's nothing but I want others to know you're mine, and I would fight them for you." He told her as he slid the ring into her wedding finger.

"I'm yours, James; since the very beginning." Ezri told him, making him smile.

"I won't lie, you had my attention since that day as well, in the bunker," he admitted. Resting his forehead against hers, he spun her around, lifting her up into his arms as she wrapped her legs around his waist.

"Stay safe for me, come back to me." He whispered with such a vulnerable tone, Ezri wanting to ease his heart.

"I will if you promise me the same. Wait for me."

"I will, doll." He whispered before pulling her into a heated kiss.

Loki and Steve could wait a while longer.

Arriving at the facility with Tony, Bucky, Nat, Steve, and Loki was a chaotic trip. Loki stared hard at Steve the entire trip, but he still hadn't shared with her why, but it seemed that Bucky was the same way for the past few months as well.

Being escorted by the SHIELD Agents, Ezri had walked into the interrogation section but quickly noticed their wary glares she was receiving before they gave the same glares to Loki. Remaining unfazed by them, Steve guided her towards the back of the room, where she saw a man sitting in an empty interrogation room.

"Just call on us, and you know we will come in for you." Steve told her, and she could only nod.

"I'll be right back." Ezri told them before she walked into the room.

The man looked unphased; his eyes glued to hers but never said anything as she approached him slowly. With her hair brought forward over her shoulders, she leaned forward to be at an eye level, searching his eyes before she brought her hands forward.

Realizing she was about touch him, he attempted to move out of her way but was pointless when she slapped her hands on his face. She immediately grunted, fighting through his mind when she saw flashes run through his mind.

Men and women ran through the halls as emergency lights and sirens went throughout the hallway. Porter entered the room, watching as the men on the table were screaming, flaunting chaotically on the bed stretchers as they began to deform, but he seemed unfazed as he entered the backroom where two men sat.

"Are the files ready?" the man asked.

"Yes, are you ready?"

Porter nodded as he sat on the chair, two men coming quickly to work on him. Ezri watched as what looked like rubber things went onto his eyes. Once he was done, he was given a pair of new shoes and a belt, quickly changing into them once they were done.

"Give these files to Agent Carter; Hail Hydra."

Ezri gasped as she pulled away, but she needed time.

"Loki, I need you." Ezri whispered, and he didn't hesitate to charge in.

The man was purely horrified when Loki came in, his glare over Porter the deadliest she ever saw.

"Don't suppose you can freeze him still, could you? I just need his eyes and feet." Ezri asked him.

"Using my already, darling?" Loki teased, flashing her a wink.

"I mean, you use me…" Ezri teased right back and his face looking over mischievously before he did as she asked, the man passed out instantly.

"We will finish this at home…" Loki whispered in her ear.

"Promise," she winked before she looked over to the others, "Nat, Tony; please?"

Bucky and Steve looked at each other nervously when Nat and Tony went in but said nothing about it; there had to be a good reason. Nat crouched beside her as Ezri put her hand over hers and Tony.

"Don't be afraid." Ezri said softly before she shown them the memory she saw.

Nat and Tony looked at each other in concern, Agent Carter ringing a bell to them but only alarmed them that much more about how serious the threat was close to home.

"We will have to take it to the compound; us only." Nat told Tony and he nodded.

"Agreed, thanks for this, Ariel."
"Don't thank me yet, I still need to get the rubber." Ezri said before hovering her hands over his eyes. With his eyes having an almost watery substance, she was able to levitate the contacts out his eyes as Nat searched the man's shoes, seeing two USB drives inside.

"We just need the belt." Tony said and Loki didn't need to be told twice. Unfreezing him, Loki quickly refroze the man after Nat and Tony retrieved the hidden USB inside the belt buckle.

"We should head back before they try to intercept, come on." Tony said, ushering them out of the interrogation room.

Leaving the building as soon they could, the team remained quiet on the way back, but Tony and Nat knew they would have their work cut out for them without Steve. They knew of Steve's past and current fling with Sharon Carter and were unsure how he'd respond to this suspicion. With a new lead, they'd have to consider doing this especially without Ezri, who gave them this new lead.

Arriving back at the compound, Ezri wished everyone a goodbye before Bucky helped her onto her mount, his fingers tracing over her ring.

"I'll be waiting here."

"And I'll come back," she said, "Just call my name if you're in trouble…I'll come back."

"I know, doll." He said, flashing only her a smile as Loki sat behind her, taking the reins.

"Take us to Asgard, Heimdall!" Loki shouted as Bucky backed away, a bright light rumbling down to the ground, and they disappeared without a trace.

When they arrived at the gate, Loki got off Pegasus and helped her down when he took her hands into his, bringing her to a standstill.

"Are you okay, Lok's?" Ezri asked of him.

"Before we meet Thor and the others, I wish to present you something," Loki said, conjuring a golden ring in his palm to her. Adorned green stones, Loki had prepared himself with what he would tell her, but his words left him when she looked up at him lovingly.

"I wanted to present this to you a proposal, although I know our relationship is still so young. My adoration for you began through when I met you so many years ago. Despite all that I have done, the fact that you still desire me as I you…. I am unworthy of you."

"Loki…"

"But only you have tamed me, indulging me of all my mischief, and I will have others you are mine. None will dare to hurt you or fear my wrath." He told her, sliding the ring onto her finger.

"I will hurt those who try to hunt you, my beloved," Ezri swore, "a siren and her mischief, such a dangerous combo."

Loki chuckled before placing a chaste kiss on her lips, "Let us find Thor, my siren."

Flying towards the castle, Loki and Ezri saw the castle in chaos when they walked in. Odin and Thor were surprised to see them in Asgard, but Ezri knew her now her hunch was right. Frigga smiled sadly as there but she was not for anyone to sugarcoat anything to her.

"I knew it, tell me what's happened." Ezri demanded.

"Ezri…"

"Do try not to withhold anything from her, Thor." Loki reminded him.

"…. Meralie and Cerrin's war has reached our borders. They both asked for an alliance, but both have been denied, remaining neutral. However, it appears Meralie's forces attempted to disguise themselves as troops of Cerrin's." Thor told her.

"Our men have been fighting anyone near our borders, trying to push back but we've been unable to without them coming into Asgard. Thor has been trying to save you of this war, but I truly believe we will need you for this war." Odin told her, ignoring Thor's bewilderment.
"Father, I wanted to avoid her to be a part of this. She has endured enough!" Thor exclaimed.

Ezri smiled at his thoughtfulness, still upset with him for hiding it but she could never stay mad at him for long. Taking his hands into hers, Thor looked back at her, and she squeezed them in reassurance.

"You have been a better friend to me than I ever deserve and thank you for always looking out for me. But whatever happens to me, it's my turn to return the favor to your family-to our family." Ezri told him.

"Are you sure you can handle fighting your family?" Thor asked sincerely.

"You are ALL my family. Asgard is my home; I would've died the same day we met. You are my brother; I'm not going anywhere." Ezri said, Loki standing beside her as he rested a hand on her shoulder.

"Truer words that have never been spoken before," Odin spoke, "I will request you three to the forefront to lead our men, make Asgard proud."

A day turned into a week, a week turned into a month and within two months, the Avengers were able to apprehend Carter, and shut down the dealings of Hydra. They had learned that they were attempting to re-make the super soldier serum but with Hulk's abilities, but none were successful.

Bucky never felt more relieved to put an end to another Hydra dealing but Steve was on the edge, unsure who to trust after such an ordeal. Evidently, Carter attempted to get information and bug Steve to keep an eye on them but led to her downfall in the end.

Despite all of this, the team was worried about their Asgardian friends. They had yet to return home or to provide an update, but it only made their suspicions were becoming more and more of truth. Ezri had expressed her concern that the war came to Asgard and Thor was hiding it from her.

Loki swore to protect her, but Bucky was still worried. Sleeping in her bedroom from time to time, Bucky began to read her favorite books. Steve and Peter would try and distract him, but it only worked for so long.

He only hoped she would come home soon; he missed her.