Epilogue

When Klara next woke she was lying on a rather lumpy cushioned surface and there were several pairs of eyes peering down at her, only one of which she recognized. Little Jane Foster's eyes of deep brown were narrowed in concern, unlike those of her companions, an older disheveled man who was staring at her as if she were some sort of new species, and a young girl with thick spectacles who was grinning as if someone had left her a particularly glorious gift.

"You're awake," Jane Foster said, a little relief lighting up her eyes as she managed a small smile, "I'm not gonna lie, we were a little worried."

Klara blinked, trying to remember why any of these strange people should feel any concern for her. She tried to sit up...

...and something of what was about to happen must have shown on her face, because the bespectacled girl shouted "Bucket!" and a bright blue container was shoved under her nose just as Klara turned over and emptied the few contents of her stomach, along with a fair amount of bile. She choked and gagged for a moment feeling light-headed and frankly the most awful she had ever felt in her life.

"Welcome to Earth," the young girl said with a sort of sarcastic cheer.

Klara had no chance to answer. She was already gagging again.

Final Author's Note: I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone that has reviewed, favorited, shared, followed, or just quietly enjoyed this little story. Your words of encouragement and kindness have brightened so many days for me, I can't thank all of you enough. I especially would like to thank Arashi - IV of VI, who has never failed to review every single chapter of this story, from the beginning! Bet you thought I didn't notice, but I did ;P

So, Klara is on Midgard. What does this mean? That's right, there's a sequel! :D Klara will return in an Age of Ultron fanfiction that is currently in production. I have not entered the writing phase of this process yet, but there is an outline, and character notes, and all sorts of goodies that I'm excited to share with all of you! I have a tentative publishing timeline that has the story ready for consumption sometime in early 2017. I know that sounds like a very long time to wait, but please keep in mind that I have several other fics in progress, as well as an original novel that I'm hoping to publish sometime in 2017 as well. If you get bored or impatient, you might try "Worth Living For", my Bruce Banner/OC story set in the year before the first Avengers movie :)

If you'd like to keep up with my writing updates, you can follow my Wordpress blog, or find me on Tumblr, Twitter, and Facebook (in that order ;P), all of which is under the name "fogisbeautiful". Actually, if you Google my username, you should be able to find me anywhere on the internet :) I love to get messages and "gentle reminders" from my readers, so feel free to pass notes and creep on my internet presence to your hearts' content! I am a socially awkward penguin, so don't feel intimidated by little ol' me ;D

Once again, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU, to everyone that has taken this journey with Klara and I, we can't wait to share the next chapter with you!