There was a knock on your suite's door later that morning. You went to answer it with a dagger that could nearly be classified as a sword. Thor was standing on the other side of the door with a huge tray of breakfast. "Good morning, little sister," he greeted you brightly, ignoring the death glare you gave him and the giant dagger you were holding. He swept passed you into the room and set the tray on your coffee table. Dammit, he knew you wouldn't stab him just for entering your room. "I'm sorry I cannot brew healing tea, but Lady Natasha said these pills work," he indicated the meds in a little cup on the tray.

You gave him a real smile then. "Loki sent me tea," you told him with too bright of a grin. That tea and note had made you extremely hopeful.

"He is back?" Thor demanded excitedly.

"Not yet," you replied, your grin slipping slightly. You slipped into your bedroom and got the note Loki had sent you. You handed it to Thor and let him read it. "He'll be back," you told Thor when he handed the note back to you.

"Yes, I believe you are correct." Thor ate breakfast with you, keeping you company without being obtrusive. He eventually left you to hole up in your room in bed with a book. He made sure you knew he would be around to keep you company if you needed or wanted him to.

*

Tony and Cap thawed out by the time you had your powers back. It helped that Loki hadn't done anything to upset anyone while he was away. They seemed to finally trust your judgment over the matter, finally.

You finished up the last of your classes and exams. You missed Loki terribly, but kept up with your life. There was a press conference to announce that you were an official member of the team. You went dressed in armor identical to Sif's, except the skirt and accents were blue instead of red. You had decided to take the name Sigyn as your superhero alias. You'd never get used to hearing the name unless people called you by it and if the media did, you figured you'd get used to it faster. You had a feeling you would be visiting Asgard again soon and had to get used to your identity there. It was still too much and you weren't sure you were ok having two identities that were supposed to actually be you, but you got some advice on it from Nat, who was used to having multiple identities and started to feel better about things.

"You guys are coming to graduation, right?" you asked the team again one night during a mission.

"Yes, Sig, now pay attention to the bad guys," Tony grumbled. You teleported to where he indicated and helped him take out a bunch of the bad guys you had been chasing.

"And you're coming in uniform, right?" you asked, even more annoyingly. It was important to you, so the team was complying.

"Everyone except Hulk," Cap answered. "Now will you please pay attention? Clint's been shot,"

"Again?" you groaned. "Clint, stop getting shot," you grumbled at him. You teleported to his location and got to work healing him.

"I don't do it on purpose," he grumbled.

*

You all piled in to one of the giant SUVs to go to your graduation that Saturday. You were even wearing a dress for the occasion under your cap and gown. You and the team took pictures, including a group shot with you in your cap and gown.

The ceremony started and you grinned at your family when you saw them in the first row of parents watching the ceremony in their uniforms. Everything went smoothly until you crossed the stage to get your diploma and heard an announcement over the earbud comm device you wore nearly constantly now.

"The world security council has found out Sigyn let Loki go. They have made a stupid-ass decision to arrest her for it. They're coming to take her to The Raft. Protect the healer, now," Fury's voice came over the device. You finished shaking the principal's hand and made your way off the stage as quickly as possible.

You saw the Avengers all stand at the same time and you went to them, ignoring proper protocol for the ceremony. You were in deep shit if the council wanted you sent to The Raft, the underwater prison where they hid enhanced they couldn't control and the very worst criminals.

"Tony, Thor, get her back to the tower, now. We'll regroup there," Cap ordered quickly. You could teleport that far, but you wouldn't leave your protectors behind. Tony didn't like passengers when he flew so you went to Thor and let him fly you back to the tower. You still clutched onto him while he flew. You couldn't fly yourself and it was a strange disturbing experience to fly with nothing but Thor supporting you. You decided you preferred teleporting.

It didn't take long to get back to the tower. "Get in the jet," Tony ordered you. You used magic to change into your battle armor. "Thor, go with her. I'll wait here for the others." Thor kept an arm wrapped around you and led you into the jet. It wasn't long before the others were all piling into the jet too.

"Where are we going?" you asked them as Clint took the pilot's chair and got the jet going in full-stealth mode.

"A safehouse," Clint answered succinctly. The rest of the flight was silent. "What's the plan if they find us out here?" Clint finally asked the others.

"We're not letting them take Y/N," Cap replied.

"So we're fighting the world security council?" Clint replied. "Not arguing, just making sure that's the plan," he added quickly.

"Y/N, if you have any way of contacting Loki, now would be a really good time to do so. Fury could convince them to leave you alone if he's back in our custody," Cap said gently. You shook your head.

"I haven't heard from him in a couple weeks. I don't know how to reach him." You hadn't heard from Loki since he sent you the tea.

Finally Clint landed the jet. "It's a bit of a walk," he told you all as you piled out of the jet.

"That's fine, we don't want to be too easily tracked," Nat said and led the way. Apparently she knew where this safehouse was. You hiked for a long time through the woods until you came to a small farm. Clint led the way up the front steps.

"Honey, I'm home," he announced as he stepped inside. "Sorry I couldn't call first. An emergency came up and we kinda needed to lay low," he told the woman inside.

"Clint!" she exclaimed and went to kiss him. "Come in," she bid you all.

"This is Laura. She does me the honor of being my wife," Clint explained quickly as they made room so you could all clamber inside the house. Tony left his ironman suit outside.

"Dad! Did you bring Auntie Nat?" a small girl asked as she hugged Clint.

"Why don't you hug me and find out?" Nat replied. The girl ran for Nat and hugged her. Tony, Cap, and Thor were standing awkwardly to the side, trying not to break anything while discussing if anyone knew Barton had a wife. You stood nearby, guilty for getting everyone in this mess.

The boys looked like they were going to start introductions, but Laura interrupted. "I know all of your names," she told them. "Why are you all hiding out here?"

"Only Fury knows about this place. There's some trouble where government people are after the kid," Clint gestured at you. You flushed and looked away.

"Yeah...I'll take the blame on this one," you replied sheepishly.

"What could she have possibly done? She's a kid?" Laura demanded incredulously.

"The right thing," Cap replied. You couldn't help the flood of relief you felt when he said that. He finally realized that you had done the right thing by letting Loki go.

"Oh. Of course," Laura replied with a smile. "That sort of thing happens all the time around here,"

Somehow the boys got into a contest of who could cut the most wood for Laura. You had used magic to summon real clothes for everyone and helped Laura in the kitchen to make enough food to feed the herd of hungry men. It looked like Thor was currently in the lead.

*

Fury showed up at dinner. "Why am I not surprised to find all of you here?" he asked as he pulled up a chair to join the rest of you around the table.

"We needed somewhere to stash Y/N and lie low while we could come up with a plan," Cap replied defensively.

"Any clues on the whereabouts of that boyfriend of yours, Sigyn?" Fury demanded from you when the rest of the team was equally unhelpful. You shook your head again.

"Haven't heard from him," you hadn't figured out how to contact him either. Not that you would unless the situation became truly dire. You didn't want to force him back.

"You'll be safe here tonight. I can make sure they stay off your trail that long. Get out of here in the morning," Fury told you all. "I'll try to think of something more useful. It may be that you'll have to spend time on the helicarrier if we can't come up with a better option," Fury told you. His tone made it sound like that that wasn't a good thing. You nodded. You would accept the consequences for your decision.

"Some of you are going to have to double up," Laura commented once it started to get late. None of the boys were pleased with that. It was hilarious watching them argue over who they shared a bed with. You and Nat shared a bed and Bruce took a couch. Tony didn't sleep and worked on their tractor all night instead, so everyone had somewhere to sleep.

*

Everyone was dressed in their uniforms again the next morning when you all saw the men in black stalking toward the house with guns. You were out of time.