AN: Still don't own anything, obviously. Now to some reviews.

Those complimenting : Thanks guys! Honestly, I think I'm finally finding a groove for me and this story. Constructive criticism is welcome and appreciated. Sorry for the long wait.

WolfBrother : Thanks! As for Loki, some of how he recognized her will be touched upon here. But the majority of the conversation between the two will come later (likely after NY and some time away on Asgard. I'll probably do the normal FF thing where Loki is required to come back to Earth as part of his punishment). As for Mjolnir breaking the cuffs, you were on the right track of her not expecting Thor to show up and break them. Especially seeing as he should be acting the Diplomat visiting Earth and not a warrior. but oh well.

CryWolf : Thanks for the input. As for Hari, I hope I'm not making it seem like she's super powerful in one chapter only to have her struggle with basic things the next. I just don't want her to show up and decimate everything then pop off. IE: I'm not going to make her thrash Loki in NY then go and destroy Thanos. As entertaining as that might be, it wouldn't be a good story to me. Though I will say, it's possible in some instances she will run in with a half baked plan because of certain circumstances.

Kkmememesha : As for how old Hari is mentally? Who can accurately say, with all that happened at the Dursley's and in her life, she's bound to be more mature than most people 'her age.' In truth, she's been alive for 55ish years (Around 30 home world, 25+ MCU).

SarahTaylorTam : Thanks for the kind words! I had planned on it being in the first meeting between Shield and Hari but ended up scrapping the idea because Hari's supposed to be not trusting and a big thing like that she wouldn't reveal straight away. Yes, I do plan to have a big discussion why she does what she does but I'm working out where in the timeline I want to put it. And yes, the other topics that I've barely touched will come back.

Ch. 10: Fury's Flying Fun House

Arriving back on the Helicarrier, Phantom steps out of the jet and heads to speak with Maria who is there with a team of agents to escort Loki to the Brig.

Oh, how Hari loves pirate jokes for Fury and the Helicarrier. And the mental agreement from her family – primarily from James and Sirius, the occasional snort from Daphne, and the laughter from Nym, a sound she truly misses… along with her starlit eyes – encourages her to continue them.

The most memorable, which happened to be the first time, led to Clint's unrestrained snickering for a good fifteen minutes, Natasha's amused smirk the rest of the day, Phil breaking into a bemused grin, Maria shaking her head, and Fury muttering, loudly, about 'how there were two of them now.'

"Fury needs to speak to you." Maria says softly as Phantom approaches.

The hooded woman nods and a distorted sigh escapes her before she speaks, "Of course. You know what about this time?"

"I imagine either a full debriefing on the target you were abruptly called away from or something about this… particular team." Maria says, tone short, after a brief pause before the team comment.

Hari removes her mask and hood to look at Maria; only to notice the tightness around her eyes and lips and deduces that she's not a fan of this new team, the previous target, or the possible discussion with Fury. She questions the brown-haired woman softly, "You okay?"

Maria sighs before answering, "Yeah. Yeah, I'm good. It's just… between everything with Loki, this likely ill-advised team, and the stuff you sent back," she breaks off suddenly, staying silent a few moments before continuing, more strained, "I just... Is what we're doing here enough?"

Hari stays silent a few moments, pondering over what the normally stern agent has said, not giving into the desire to discuss this for the night with her family just yet, before replying softly, "It might not be. Hell, the world can be a right shitty place. But as I see it, we're doing the best we can. And that counts for something. It has to." She finishes, thinking back to her own war fought and those she lost.

With her piece said, she reaches up and squeezes the other woman's shoulder before pulling her mask and hood back up to walk off towards Fury's office. She ignores, grinning like a loon under the mask, the agents that jump out of her way as she stalks to her destination.

Entering the office after a sharp rap on the doorframe, she greets the Director, this time without a joke, "Hill said you needed to see me."

"Yes, sit," he commands – though if he's surprised that she hasn't used a joke, he doesn't show it – before continuing, "For this team I've put together, safe to say you don't want to be lead?" he asks, dryly.

Hari takes her mask and hood off again only to look at Fury with a flat look that says, 'Seriously?' – before immediately saying, 'No Siri' in her head – and snorts, "Good guess."

Fury sighs, then speaks up, "Looks like the Captain will have to lead. Assuming no one voices issues with that. Actually, can you at least talk them into following him? Or at the very least, not being hostile to each other?"

Hari nods at the requests, before saying, "I can talk to them. Though I make no promises. Especially regarding Stark."

At Fury's gesture, she continues, "There was already a bit of bickering between them on just the way back. I'll do my best to stop it, but I'm not sure it will entirely work if they don't push those differences aside."

"That's all we can hope for I guess." Fury mutters. Before sighing tiredly and saying, "We need to do a full debrief as well, but that's going to have to wait. We need to deal with Loki first."

Hari nods and exits the room, summoning her hood and mask back on, heading to her room to change. Absentmindedly pulling her personal phone out to check for messages. She sees Natasha's message and sighs.

Hari enters the room she commandeered for herself only to find Natasha pacing the length of the bed. At the sound of the door closing, she stops and looks back to see Hari's mask and hood dropping away, leaving a concerned look on her face.

'I don't deserve her concern… I-I'm a monster' the redhead tells herself, before shaking that thought away… again.

Hari speaks up, softly though it carries in the silence of the room, "Can I change while you gather your thoughts, or do you want to talk about whatever it is now?"

Natasha waves her on to change. And after a quick retrieval of her trunk, changing, and putting her hair into a single plait braid – to almost twin Natasha's jeans, tee, and leather jacket – Hari comes back out only to find Natasha sitting on the edge of her bed, tense.

Hari softly sighs and sits next to the redhead, laying an arm around her curled shoulders and waits for her to start.

"He compromised some of ours. He… he took Clint." Natasha says, tone flat and almost quiet enough to not be heard by Hari, even with her enhanced hearing. Though Natasha swears she can hear the raven-haired woman's heart break just a little more, before burrowing further into Hari's side.

Hari squeezes the redhead to her side and lays her head on top of Natasha's; trying to comfort the redhead. She notes with some mild amusement that it's the reverse of what happened all those years ago in a flat in Russia.

Then suddenly, Hari stands from the bed and makes it halfway to the door before Natasha is up as well, stilling her with just a hand on her arm and her soft question, "Where do you think you're going?"

Hari turns to look at her, face a blank mask; empty, just like her. And she wishes for nothing more than to destroy Loki's mind for putting them through this.

She tries to shrug the slightly shorter woman's hand off so that she can accomplish this task, only to be stopped by the slender hand grabbing her wrist. And the repeated question.

"I want to go to his cell and shred his mind. Until he can't even remember how to breathe." Hari spits, tone flat, not facing the other woman.

Natasha pulls on her wrist to get her to face her, then adjusts her grip; cupping the raven-haired woman's face and tilting it down slightly to be forehead to forehead and speak softly in Russian, "I know Rozi, I know. And I know you think it will make you feel better. But it won't. We have to beat him." She starts gently rubbing her thumbs on the other woman's cheeks, before continuing in English, "Outsmart him. We get Clint back and beat him. That'll make you feel better."

Hari's stoic mask falls, and she mutters, "I want him back Nat. And I want Loki to suffer for doing this."

"I know Rozi. I know." comes Natasha's soft voice, now soothing her. "Help Stark and Banner find the cube and we find Clint. Be better than Loki."

'Perfect opportunity to kiss her.' Sirius interjects in Hari's mind.

'I swear you weren't this much of a brooding bitch when I was with you.' Nym says cheekily. Only to continue, 'Then again, if I'd said no to the Ball who knows where you would've ended up. Maybe as the next Mrs. Weasley!' she finishes with a cackle.

Their banter leads to a scowl to briefly be on Hari's face before it went back to the sad look; greatly confusing the redhead in front of her.

She hears Sirius sigh before he screams – 'screeches like Walburga' she muses, cackling internally at his affronted squawk along with Nym's laughter – at her, 'FOR THE LOVE OF MERLIN, JUST KISS HER ALREADY YOU SOUR SPAWN OF SATAN!'

Hari immediately counters, 'What about the wrist? I'm not sure I can do this again.'

Her whole family immediately gangs up on her to 'Just kiss her already and that it'll be okay. But even if it's not, she won't know unless she tries.'

Hari nods, whether to Natasha's request or to her family's rambling even she doesn't know; and turns her head to kiss Natasha's wrist. It's a compromise and the closest she will come for now.

She immediately turns away blushing, listening to the howling laughter of Siri and Nym's full belly laugh while cursing Siri, before moving to the bathroom to wash her face so they can leave for the meeting.

However, she turned and moved away before she can see Natasha's eyes light up – in, seemingly, amusement – as a soft smile graces her lips – probably the most real she's had since the last time she and Hari spent extended time together months ago – as she softly rubs the inside of her wrist where the raven-haired woman's lips were.

"In case it is unclear. You try and escape. You so much as even scratch that glass." Fury's voice comes from the monitor, before howling wind rips through the detention center as there is now an open hole straight beneath the cage Loki is in. "Thirty thousand feet. Straight down in a steel trap. You get how that works?" he asks as he closes the hatch and points at Loki, "Ant" then back at the control panel, "Boot."

Loki chuckles as he looks around the cage, "An impressive cage. Not built, I think, for me" he says, looking straight into the camera.

Fury's smile is all teeth, that of a shark, "Built for something a lot stronger than you. And tested by someone like you but better."

"Oh, I've heard." Loki answers as he looks to the camera. "A mindless beast. Makes play he's still a man." Bruce crosses his arm looking at the screen. "And the sorceress who hides in shadow. Able to curb the God of Thunder" he says with a sneer, leading to various reactions of those watching. Thor looks intrigued by the sorceress comment before looking like a kicked puppy at his brother's tone. Maria and Natasha are unimpressed.

"How desperate are you, that you call on such lost creatures to defend you?" The way he speaks and looks in those robes remind Hari of the persona that Snape put on for everyone, all sneery and grumpy. 'Is sneery even a word?' she muses to herself, hidden by the invisibility cloak that's now fused with her.

She hears Snape's silky voice drawl in riddle as answer, 'It might be or might not be, Potter. Though I am surprised you still think of me after all this time.'

'No. It's made up,' she concludes, not getting into that topic of discussion with her previous Potions professor now.

'All words are made up.' Sirius jokes, leading to a soft sigh from Hari.

"How desperate am I?" Fury asks, looking annoyed, "You threaten my world with war. You steal a force you can't hope to control. You talk of peace, yet you kill cause it's fun to you. The one who chained you up? Twice I might add. She's fought people like you before and taken them all down. You have made me very desperate. You might not be glad that you did."

Loki sneers again as he says, "Ooh. It burns you to come so close. To have the Tesseract, to have power, unlimited power. And for what? A warm light for all mankind to share, and then to be reminded what real power is."

Fury snorts at that; going on to say, "So close you say. I see shit like that almost every damn day thanks to Black. Let me know if 'real power' wants a magazine." He finishes keeping his shark's smile on, before turning and walking out of the room.

As the feed on the screen cuts out, Bruce speaks up, "He really grows on you. Doesn't he?"

"Loki's gonna drag this out. So, what's his play Thor?" Steve questions with a shake of his head at the first part.

Thor appears to come out of a daze and answers, "He has an army called the Chitauri; they're not of Asgard or any world known. He means to lead them against your people. They will win him the earth; in return, I suspect, for the Tesseract."

"An army? From outer space?" Steve asks skeptically.

"Please Captain. That's not the strangest thing you've seen or heard today." Hari says as she… just fades into existence.

She glances around and sees the techs have stopped working. She makes a show of looking at her, nonexistent, watch and claims, "It's not time for tea yet. Get back to it" she shakes her head as they jump back to work.

Maria just sighs, Phil smiles in amusement, while the team, minus a slightly amused Natasha, look stunned.

"I'm sorry. Is no one going to point out she just materialized?" Stark questions, incredulously, at the silence that follows her stunt. Continuing with, "No? Then allow me. What the Hell?"

Hari snorts from her spot against the railing and snarks back, "Feel better?"

Tony shrugs in response before Bruce quietly asks, "Is that all you can do?"

Hari sheepishly scratches her head and admits, "No, I can do that… and a few other things."

"Are you like Loki?" comes Steve's voice, slightly strained, as he pulls out his wallet before grabbing a $20 bill and holding it since Fury isn't in the room yet.

"Yes and no. Yes, we both use magic. Shut it Stark," she interrupts the man before he can get going about her breaking Physics laws, "I'm aware if we sat down, we could find a scientific reason for it. Like how it's essentially just bioelectrical manipulation or energy field manipulation. But that's too much to say, so… magic. And no, I'm not like him in that he's basically a megalomaniac mass murderer whose power is different than mine. Plus, I only use my powers for good. I wouldn't take control of someone's mind like he has. I… I've experienced something like it before… was even possessed once, and it's pretty awful."

Bruce is the first to shake himself from the shock of that admission and says, hoping to get on track, "So, he's building another portal. That's what he needs Erik Selvig for."

"Selvig?" Thor questions.

"He's an astrophysicist." Bruce explains.

Thor frowns and replies, "He's a friend."

"Loki has him under some kind of spell, along with one of ours." Natasha says, seeing Hari close her eyes and her hands clench into a white-knuckle fists.

Steve glances between them before saying, "I wanna know why Loki let us take him. He's not leading an army from here."

"I don't think we should be focusing on Loki. That guy's brain is a bag full of cats, you could smell crazy on him." Bruce chimes in, causing Hari to snort softly.

"Have care how you speak. Loki is beyond reason, but he is of Asgard, and he's my brother." Thor replies in a heated tone.

"He killed eighty people in two days." Natasha says flatly.

"He's adopted." Thor weakly counters.

Hari's eyes open, just slightly, and Nat makes a gesture for her to sit down; waiting until the empty seat beside her is occupied to wrap an arm around the other's shoulder subtly shaking her head. Hari rests her temple on Nat's shoulder after giving the redhead a small smile with a light blush on her cheeks.

Bruce looks at them curiously before asking, "Iridium, what did they need the Iridium for?"

"It's a stabilizing agent. Means the portal won't collapse on itself, like it did at Shield." Tony answers, reinserting himself into the conversation.

He walks over to Thor from his spot and pats his arm, "No hard feelings, Point Break. You've got a mean swing."

Hari snorts again, more humor in the sound this time, and speaks up, "Mean swing is right. You two jackasses took out a good portion of forest and almost a mountain before the Captain arrived or I intervened. On top of that, you left the prisoner unsecured and alone."

Phil shakes his head at her before giving her a mock stern look and says, "I meant to ask you about that. You jumped out of a quinjet?"

Hari just grins at him in answer.

Only for Tony to speak up again, "Also, it means the portal can open as wide, and stay open as long, as Loki wants."

Tony, seeing an opportunity to snoop at the empty command post as Fury is still out of the room, exclaims, "Uh, raise the mid-mast, jib the top sails." Then pointing off to a random agent, "That man is playing GALAGA! Thought we wouldn't notice. But we did."

He covers an eye and looks at the screens, "How does Fury do this?" he asks, half sarcastic half serious.

Hari notices that he's placed something on the center when he mentioned Galaga.

"He turns" Maria replies; in a bland, unimpressed tone.

"Well, that sounds exhausting. The rest of the raw materials, Agent Barton can get his hands on pretty easily. Only major component he still needs is a power source. A high energy density, something to kick start the cube."

Natasha feels Hari tense slightly and knows Phil and Maria take notice as well. She can't wait to get Clint back; Hari was close to breaking down. Clint was always the composed one, helping her and Hari both, with their pasts and traumas.

Herself with a new opportunity, a second chance, when she was at her lowest, ledger dripping red, and now he's gone.

Hari with living again; sure, she could comfort the raven-haired woman but that doesn't mean much if she doesn't try to move on.

"When did you become an expert in thermonuclear astrophysics?" Maria asks, sounding slightly impressed.

Tony looks back at her and says, "Last night. The packet, Selvig's notes, the Extraction Theory papers. Am I the only one who did the reading?"

"Does Loki need any particular kind of power source?" Steve asks, trying to keep the discussion on task.

"He's got to heat the cube to a hundred and thirty million Kelvin just to break through the Coulomb barrier." Bruce explains.

Hari interrupts him, head not moving from Natasha's shoulder, "It'd actually be a hundred and twenty million Kelvin; but not bad for learning about it last night Doctor. But that's only if Selvig hasn't figured out how to stabilize the quantum tunneling effect."

Everyone minus Phil, Natasha, and Maria look at her strangely, as if they can't believe she would be able to understand science.

"Well, if he could do that, he could achieve Heavy Ion Fusion at any reactor on the planet." Bruce says slowly.

"Finally, people who speak English." Tony says, sounding pleased.

Steve mutters something that sounded like, "Is that what just happened?"

Tony walks over and shakes Bruce's hand and his eyes light up at the prospect of science discussions; also, maybe to talk about Hari. "It's good to meet you, Dr. Banner. You're work on anti-electron collisions is unparalleled. And I'm a huge fan of the way you lose control and turn into an enormous green rage monster." Tony compliments.

Bruce's lips thin to a line and he looks down awkwardly and manages a "Thanks."

"Dr. Banner is only here to track the cube. I was hoping you might join him." Fury says as he walks in, stopping by Steve with a hand outstretched expectantly.

Steve sighs and hands the bill over, then says, "Let's start with that stick of his. It may be magical, but it works an awful lot like a HYDRA weapon."

Fury barely glances at Hari, showing no reaction to the fact that two of the deadliest people in the world are basically snuggled up to each other, and says, "I don't know about that, we'll need to get our occult specialist to check it, but we do know it is powered by the cube. And I'd like to know how Loki used it to turn two of the sharpest men I know into his personal flying monkeys." The last bit coming out quite annoyed. He sees Hari's eyes close in, seemingly, resignation and the tightness around them and her lips.

"Monkeys? I do not understand." Thor speaks up, sounding lost.

"I do! I understood that reference." Steve says, sounding pleased.

Hari snorts softly and mutters, just loud enough to be heard by Natasha, "Fly my pretties, fly." Leading the redhead woman to smile softly.

Tony rolls his eyes; before turning to Bruce and asks, "Shall we play, Doctor?"

"Let's play some." Bruce replies. With that, the two head for the door to go back to the lab.

Before they get too far away, they hear Hari speak up, "I'll need to talk with you two at some point, Dr. Banner especially."

Tony shrugs as Bruce looks to him confused, proceeding to look back to Hari and nod.

After they depart, Hari stands and moves over to the Director and his right and left hands and asks quietly, looking between them, "Is Tweety alive?"

Phil sighs and answers just as softly, "As far as we know yes."

Hari nods and turns away, briefly talking with Natasha before motioning to the Captain; then goes to catch up to Thor.

Thor was moving away from the meeting room, needing to find somewhere to think on what could have caused the magic he felt. His current guess was the woman with pale skin and raven colored hair that was comforted by the redhead because of her illusion trickery. Something that his brother likely would have enjoyed were he present and thinking clearly. Another thing for him to ponder.

But he thought that the Midgardians had no seidrs and was very confused by the sense of the magic. It felt almost familiar? But the woman was seeped in Dark, in Death; and the magic itself felt like it had been as well many years prior.

He's broken from his musings as the likely candidate approaches him and addresses him, "Heir Apparent Odinson, Prince Thor, may we greet as strangers and depart as friends. Might I bother you for a discussion? Under the stars perhaps?"

A formal greeting made with a shallow curtsey finished with a polite request has certainly captured his interest. And perhaps in return, he might also learn more of who his brother called a sorceress.

He extends a hand, palm up – hopefully remembering correctly all the dreadful etiquette lessons his mother put him through centuries prior – and kisses the air above her knuckles before answering, "Certainly. Might I know the name of my companion for this discussion?"

Only for Hari to apparate them to the deck of the Helicarrier. Once landing, Thor blinks in confusion before his eyes widen at the method of transportation. He genuflects down to one knee saying, "My apologies Lady Potter. Had I realized it was you, I would have done better in our first meeting."

Hari scowls briefly at the title, "I am Hari Black, Prince Thor, though it is a pleasure to make your acquaintance." Hari counters, doing her best to call upon the pureblood etiquette she remembers being taught by Narcissa and Daphne to keep her mask in place while mentally musing, 'Do I outrank him as the apparent Mistress of Death? Even though I never wanted the title.'

She barely hears Thor's response as he stands, "Of course. The pleasure is mine Lady Black. In turn, I hope I might have some inquiries answered as well," absently nodding as Daphne answers in her head, haughtiness present, 'You were a better Slytherin than most of our year. Wear the mask I and Narcissa taught you to befitting your place as the Lady Black and Potter.'

"Prince Thor, apologies for snapping the title, it's just I've not yet told the people here of my status or my past." Hari starts.

Thor interrupts, "Aye, the past can hurt."

Hari nods, continuing, "The main reason I have asked you to accompany me is twofold. First is that I wish to correct what happened on the quinjet before your fight with Iron Man and second is that I wish to get to know you. If we are to be teammates for the upcoming fight, I would like to know your potential weaknesses, strengths, and your priorities." Hari explains after leading them away from people on the deck and absently putting up a silencing ward and notice-me-not.

Thor nods before speaking, "That is fair. In return might I ask some questions of you, Lady Black? Mayhap how you came to be in this realm? And please, call me Thor. It is customary on this realm and I wish for us to not be separated by birth or rank."

"That's fine. In that case, please call me Hari." Hari answers, partially to return the sentiment and also to not be reminded of her home world too much. Before answering his first question, and finishing with her own, "As for how I came to be here, I walked through a portal on my home world and ended up here after a bargaining. Now, I can guess that you have a priority to your family and the return of Loki to Asgard correct?"

Thor nods again and speaks, "Yes. Loki will face Asgardian justice. But on top of that, he is different than I remember. Your illusion trickery in the meeting hall would have been something he greatly enjoyed were he thinking correctly. I wish for my brother to be as he was," he finishes sadly.

"How is he different?" Hari asks, hoping to fish some extra information out that could help fix Clint.

Thor smiles fondly, closing his eyes briefly, going back in his mind over the many adventures he and Loki shared before speaking up, "My brother was never quick to violence as it sounds he has been here, he preferred to attack from the shadows or use his poisonous tongue to spit barbs at you. He also sees with different eyes now; I remember them from before he fell from the Bifrost. They were once the color of the meadows in summer and now they seem to be that of the lakeweeds in winter."

Hari files this away with a nod, and asks, "Would you rather I ask all my questions first? Or do you want to ask some now?"

Thor makes a noise of consideration before speaking, "Could I ask some now? It might help me sort my thoughts."

Hari nods him to continue, "My brother called you sorceress. And I'm sure he will recognize you when thinking clearly and that makes much sense now. But I was not aware Midgard had any seidrs…" he trails off.

Hari chuckles briefly before answering, "He's correct. I've yet to meet anyone here that's like me. Like I said, I… I left my home for this place."

"And where is home? The legends never stated where you hail from. Clearly you are not of Asgard, nor the other realms I've visited. But your magic feels old, incredibly old, almost similar to some of Asgard but… darker; deadlier."

Hari smiles sadly and says, "Originally, I'm from a version of Earth where witches and wizards lived across many lands and I traveled them learning as much as I could."

Thor nods to her answer and says, "Mother always warned us to never slight or antagonize a skilled sorceress. And if the rest of your talents the tales state are as powerful as your illusionary, you are very skilled. I never thought I would meet you."

"The only thing you could've done to anger me is ignoring my attempt at conversation on the jet. You are a Prince of Asgard, on top of a skilled warrior, but you acted the brute instead of the diplomat."

Thor looks chagrined as he answers, "Yes, Loki was always the one with the clever tongue."

Hari nods, before backtracking slightly, "You said your mother was the one to warn you against antagonizing witches."

Thor nods; slightly confused to this train of thought.

"Hm. Well, if my knowledge of Asgard is correct, you have a gatekeeper yes?" Hari asks, sounding vaguely amused.

Thor answers, now very confused, "Yes?"

"In that case," she pauses to look skyward, "Gatekeeper, please pass my regards to the Lady Frigga as she instilled a wonderful lesson in her sons."

Thor looks both delighted for his mother and scared at the request.

Hari turns back to him and smiles before saying, "Now, your strengths I believe are your abilities with your hammer and physicality, correct?"

"Indeed. Mjolnir has been with me through many battles and has always done well. Might I ask about your magic? What all can you do? The sorcerers and enchanters I know of have certain areas they excel in. Loki is quite skilled in illusions and shapeshifting. I know of one enchantress who is skilled with ensnaring men to do her bidding. What is it you can do?" Thor questions.

Hari snorts and answers, "Just about everything."

"In the tales, it's spoken that your magic requires a focus. Yet I did not see you use one for your illusionary, do you not need one?" Thor asks. He's starting to warm up to the raven-haired witch, so he wants to know more about this topic. Perhaps once Loki is thinking clearly again, he might be able to converse with him about magic!

"I used to." Hari starts in answer, tone sadder than it has been through the discussion, "What do you know of the Deathly Hallows?" she questions in lieu of answering.

Thor looks shocked and wary at the question, "The Hallows? Very little. The legends claim that Death bestowed gifts to three individuals for completing her riddle and then claimed their souls when they thought they could best her. The gifts being a weapon, armor, and a summoning. But why are you asking me this? Surely you know your own tales?"

Hari nods to his answer and replies, "Well, I wasn't even aware I made up some tales for the Asgardians. On my home, you lot were the legendary figures. Gods to choose for backing in aspects of magic or in accordance to the old ways. For example, my father and his friends were pranksters and chose Loki. Anyway, on my world, the Hallows were real. And I somehow collected all of them; and then when I went through the portal to come here, they fused with me. The weapon in your tales was a wand in mine. It was the most powerful focus ever made. Now, instead of owning it, I am it."

Thor softly prompts her to continue after she trails off, "And the others?"

"The armor is a cloak; an invisibility cloak specifically. Said to hide whoever wore it, even from Death." Hari answers, turning herself invisible to point it out. "And finally, the summoning. It was a powerful magical stone on my home world. Allowing you to pull the dead back to the mortal world briefly to speak with them. Now, I'm able to talk to my family." Hari finishes sadly.

Thor looks saddened as well, and also disturbed at the implications, "You practice necromancy?" he questions softly, seeing her sadness, and a bit warily.

Hari shakes her head negatively before answering with a small smile, "Theoretically? I could, but no. I was always told that summoning them disturbs their rest and causes them pain. But now, in my mind space, my family is as they were in life."

Thor seems mollified by that response and steers the discussion away, "Is there anything else you wish to discuss tonight?"

Again, Hari shakes her head before answering, "I just wished for us to have a discussion to learn a bit about each other to build some trust. Also, to understand your reasoning for being here. There are battles coming, I won't be the leader, but I'd be honored to fight beside you," and offering her hand.

Thor grasps her arm in a warrior's grip and says, "Aye, I'd fight beside you. And you have a wise head on thy shoulders to not wish the dead disturbed."

Hari nods and watches as Thor walks off before activating her comm, "Fury. You read sir?" as she walks to the edge of the ship, staring into the star filled sky. Instantly spotting some stars and constellations: Sirius, Lupin, Orion, and Bellatrix, even Arcturus, among others.

"I copy. What do you have?" Fury's voice comes back after a few moments of her stargazing.

She takes a breath before explaining, "Thor all but demanded Loki to return to Asgard with him after this. He also somehow recognized me; I mean my true name. Apparently, I'm in Asgardian legend. He's agreed to fight with us after hinting that Loki might not be fully there." Finishing with a gesture to her head, even though she knows he can't see her, rushing through the last bit so he, hopefully, won't ask about her real name.

"Copy. I won't press it now, but eventually I hope I can learn the whole story. Loki will be interrogated in the morning, so that can rest for a few hours. Get some sleep. I know you had next to none working that case in England." Fury orders before disconnecting the call.

Hari sighs before softly mumbling, "I miss and love you guys." Absently listening to the responses from the others as she twists on her heel to make her way back to her room.

Hari arrives in her room with the whisper of a pop and sees Natasha jolt awake from her position on her bed. Smiling softly to the redhead, Hari transfigures her clothes into something she can sleep in and softly questions the other woman as she sits on the bed, "What's up Nat?"

Natasha sighs before answering, "I… I don't know. We need to get Clint back and then take the fight to Loki's army."

"What brought this on? You're not one for the front lines." Hari questions, wrapping an arm around the redhead.

She hears Natasha sniff and feels her shake slightly, before she speaks up, "I guess I just want to help him like he helped me. I can't do anything for him like this even though he risked everything for me to give me the opportunity to come here. He was sent to eliminate me, but he didn't. And now he's like the annoying brother I never had."

The redhead woman takes a shuddering breath before being softly interrupted by Hari, "Everyone deserves a second chance dorogoya. If I got one after some of the things I've done, you do too."

"I don't. I… I'm a monster." Natasha admits quietly.

Hari sighs softly before speaking up, slightly firm, "You're not a monster Nat."

Natasha says nothing for a moment, just leaning into the raven-haired woman; accepting the comfort she gives so readily, before starting quietly, finishing in a strained tone, "There's a… graduation ceremony. It's a sterilization procedure, one less distraction to worry about. Perfect killing machine, nothing to matter more than the mission. Still think I'm not a monster?"

Hari smiles sadly at the redhead before pulling her down to lay beside her on the bed, "You're not the only one. Enough on that. You're not a monster and that's final. The kids love their Auntie Nat. When we find Clint, we'll lay him out and I'll take a look and if necessary, break him free," she promises, unaware that the redhead has started to doze off.

"Now sleep." Hari commands, to the now sleeping woman, with a kiss to the top of her head causing the sleeping Natasha to smile softly.

AN: Hopefully this chapter can lead you to some explanations (you guys are smart, I bet you can piece some stuff together.) Leave a review with your findings if you want, I'm interested to see what you guys think up.

Also, this was a bit 'slower' than the movie because I'm not quite sure on the amount of time they spend on the Helicarrier. If I remember right, it was night when they brought Loki in then the lighting in some of the scenes changed a bunch so... Anyway, next chapter will have a little more action.