You spent the next month or so training nearly nonstop. Since Frigga had healed your mind, you could use your own powers without pain. You learned fast, too fast, since you had gotten all of the knowledge through the soulbond that you needed. It was just a matter of practice. After the month of intense training on your powers, Loki's magic, and tactics, you and Loki were assigned to go out on patrol.

You spent the rest of the summer patrolling nearly every night. Somehow, though you thought it had something to do with Loki's silver tongue, you were assigned as patrol partners. There were a few skirmishes, but after a couple blasts of magic, or fire throws, the clowns would just run away. It was strange, like they wanted to see what you'd do and then go report on it.

Though it was nice walking around the city with your boyfriend most nights, relatively unbothered.

When the public saw you on patrol, they started cheering, which didn't help anything except publicity. Loki encouraged this behavior by wearing the golden horned helmet from the movies if you were going to be patrolling where you might be seen. You joined in his fun, wearing an illusion of Sigyn's costume from the movies. It was fun, things were fairly quiet, and you didn't shirk your duty while you were doing it. It was a stupid amount of fun to stop robbers and pickpockets in full costume. Loki always made you call your captures in. He hated talking to the mortals and the cops answered a lot faster when you called than when he did. Even when you gave them your alias of Sigyn, they knew who you were and came running to help Iron Man's little sister.

When you were assigned patrol, you had been given a work only cell phone. You were the strongest healer in the city, if not the world, since you not only had your own healing powers, but also Loki's healing magic, so you were always on call for emergency healings.

Those calls didn't always go well, but they were getting better. The first time you'd been called, you teleported down to the infirmary only to find that your clothes had not teleported with you. Loki had teleported in front of you and acted as a Loki-shaped shield while you summoned yourself some new clothes. You were beet red the entire time you completed that healing, but got it done. Loki wouldn't stop laughing at you for the entire night, until you hit him with a pillow to shut him up.

They had also had to make a 'safe teleporting spot' for you after you had landed on people too many times when you teleported into the infirmary. One time you teleported onto Tony, who just laughed and caught you, holding you bridal style. Healer Julia wasn't pleased when she got landed on, though, and created a box on the floor with bright blue painting tape. "When we call you, teleport there. I'll make sure it's clear of obstacles," she ordered. About a week later the inside of the box contained the image of a girl with cat ears labelled 'Sigyn'. You sighed. You loved your super family, but they could be obnoxious sometimes.

Toward the end of summer, you were cuddled up with Loki in your bed after patrol. Loki tensed beside you, his hands going to his temples. "What is it?" you asked Loki, who looked like he had gotten a sudden migraine.

"My brother. Mother must have helped him with the spell," Loki groaned, holding his head. "He needs to not talk so loudly if he wants to use it though. Stupid brother. He would like to come visit Midgard." Loki told you through gritted teeth.

You smiled up at him. "That'll be fun!" you told him excitedly.

Loki rolled his eyes. "You are supposed to be on my side, darling," he reminded you, sounding exasperated and in pain.

"I am," you replied with a grin. You touched Loki's arm and tapped politely on his mind with your. It was rude to enter without permission, except in extenuating circumstances. He let you in, seeming pleased that you were there to help.

/Hi Thor!/ you added to the conversation. /We would love for you to come visit/

/Little Sister! I am glad you are more reasonable than my brother. We will have such fun. Heimdall will send us tomorrow/

"How was that on my side?" Loki grumbled at you when the connection had closed.

"Because you want to see your family even if you don't want to admit it," you reminded him. You knew Loki quite well by now and knew that's what he wanted, even if he wouldn't admit it.

He sighed and kissed your forehead. "You know me too well, my dear," he finally replied.

You grinned up at him and rolled over to get your phone so you could tell Fury that you needed time off for Thor's visit. "He can stay in your suite for the visit," you told Loki once you got off the phone. "You can stay here with me while he's here,"

"Hmm," Loki purred, considering that and liking the idea of getting to stay with you for however long Thor was visiting. "Maybe I'll have to convince him to extend his stay," you laughed at him and cuddled back up against his cool body to go back to sleep.

The next morning, you and Loki headed down to the common room early. He had explained that he had to mark the spot for the portal for Frigga and wanted it in a neutral location. They had decided that was a better idea than Heimdall opening the Bifrost and making a spectacle. So you made breakfast while Loki worked on marking the portal spot. You had a pile of pancakes made by the time he was finished. "Any idea when Thor's getting here?" you asked when he was done.

He shook his head. "No word, yet. We will just have to keep an eye on the portal location," he replied. You ate your breakfast in peace until Tony decided to join us. Instead of removing Loki from the table, he just pulled up a chair and started eating your pancakes.

"Uncle Tony! Go get your own pancakes," you yelled at him, threatening to stab him with your fork. He laughed at you and stole a couple of pancakes from the stack in the middle of the table.

"Fury said you two are taking a couple days off?" he asked, curious and concerned. It wasn't like you to request time off.

"Yeah, Thor's coming to visit," you explained, since Loki's mouth was currently full of pancakes. Tony grinned at Loki.

"You know what? I like him better when he's quiet. Less mischief that way," Tony grinned at Loki, who just held up his middle finger at your uncle in reply and proceeded to shove more pancakes in his mouth. Your pancakes were one of Loki's favorite Midgardians foods. You laughed at their antics. Silly boys.

You heard a crackling noise coming from the common room and jumped to your feet to go to the portal. Thor stepped out of it a moment later. "Hey Thor," you greeted him when he had stepped through. He grinned when he saw you and swept you up into a bone crushing hug.

"Little Sister!" he boomed and you couldn't help laughing at his enthusiasm. Thor never changed.

"It's good to see you too, Thor."

"Where's Loki?" he asked as he set you down.

"He's eating breakfast. There's still plenty if you haven't eaten," you told him. You took his hand and led him away from the gawking supers, including some of the girls who were drooling over his muscles. You stopped in the hall and lifted Thor's left hand so you could get a look. You summoned a gold ring and slipped it on his left hand when you realized he had no wedding ring.

"What is this?" he asked, confused, but not concerned with your antics.

"It's the Midgardian symbol that you're married, that you're soulbound," you replied, quickly adding the soulbond explanation so he'd understand. "I would hate for Sif to get mad for not making sure you were protected from admiring ladies while you're here," you led him the rest of the way to the dining room.

"Loki!" he exclaimed and lifted Loki bodily from his chair to hug him while Loki spluttered and stabbed Thor. Tony stood, watching the brothers in amusement. You rolled your eyes and healed the dagger wound.

"Did you eat, Thor?" you asked, offering him a plate. He took the plate and began serving himself pancakes. Loki growled at him to get his hands off of his pancakes, but Thor just smiled at his brother instead of getting upset.

"If you like them this much, they must be excellent indeed." He devoured his pancakes with relish. "These are quite delicious,"

"Thank you," you replied with a grin. He looked shocked when he realized you had made the pancakes. "Would you like to see where you're staying, or head out on our adventure first?" you asked Thor after all of the pancakes were gone.

"I have to get to work, imp. Be safe on whatever you're planning today," Tony told you and gave you a hug.

"Uncle Tony, please remember that I'm the most powerful super at this table," you grumbled at him.

He just laughed. "Sure you are, imp," he replied and waved to the boys before he left for work.

"What adventure have you planned, darling?" Loki asked. He knew of no such plans.

You looked down at your pajamas. "Well, we should probably get dressed first, but I was going to show Thor around the city,"

Loki nodded, but added after a hesitation. "We should also visit your parents, if only briefly. It is only polite where we come from, and we would hate for Thor to feel inadvertently rude."

"We can visit them first," you agreed easily. "Well first after Midgardian clothes. You'll take care of Thor?" you asked. Loki nodded and stood. You stood too and vanished the dishes with magic. With another quick use of magic, you were dressed in capris, sandals, and an elegant looking halter top. You left your hair loose as there was no use trying to hide it regardless. Too many people would recognize you. Loki wore jeans and a green shirt while he dressed Thor in jeans and a red shirt. You tossed Loki your keys. "I figured you wanted to show off your driving ability," you told him with a smile.

"My lady does know you too well," he laughed.

He drove you to the cemetery first.

"What is this place?" Thor asked. He knew your parents were dead, but he didn't know where they were buried.

You hesitated, so Loki stepped in. "This is where the dead are laid to rest," he answered. "We are here so you may pay your respects to my lady's parents." He slipped back into his native Asgardian when he was speaking with Thor, even here on Midgard. Thor nodded soberly. You gave Loki the directions through the cemetery to find the right spot. He'd only been here once before. You led them up to your parents' graves after Loki parked.

"Hi Mom, Hi Dad. you know it's strange that I'm visiting again so soon, but don't worry, everything's ok. Loki's brother Thor came to town to visit us. He wanted to come say hello to you too," you told them. You didn't want them to worry over you. Thor dropped to one knee and bowed his head.

"I have come to pay my respects," you heard his first line clearly, but his voice softened as he spoke the rest of his prayer, so you couldn't catch the words. "May you rest peacefully for the rest of your days," he finally finished and stood.

"Thanks, Thor. I'm sure they appreciate it," you told him. He wrapped you in a hug.

"Loki was correct. It would have been rude not to pay my respects. Now, you said you have an adventure planned for us?" Thor asked, his arms still around your shoulders.

You looked back and waved to your parents. "Bye guys, I'll come visit again soon!" you called, grinning. For a moment, you thought that you could see a glimmer of your mom smiling and waving at you. With Thor on one side of you and Loki on the other, you returned to your car. You got your keys back from Loki. "You don't know where we're going," you reminded him. "This'll be an adventure for you too,"

You took the boys to the amusement park. It was hilarious riding roller coasters with them and watching them compete with each other on the stupid arcade games. They each won you a stuffed animal and you got a ton of photos of the three of you. You even printed some out so Thor could take them home.

You got an emergency text from the healers right when you were finishing dinner. "Loki, I have to go. Will you two be ok?" you asked.

"Go, darling. I will be home shortly." You nodded and kissed him before you teleported back to the compound, appearing in your safe box in the infirmary.

"Kat, it's Tony," Julia told you the second you appeared. You ran for him, despite that one should not run in the infirmary. You were the exception; if you were running, people jumped out of your way, knowing how much of an emergency it was.

Tony was laying in one of the beds, bleeding, speared through with a huge piece of shrapnel. "Tony!" you yelled and rushed to his side. Both of your hands were already glowing by the time you reached him. "Get that out of him!" you snapped at one of the healers nearby. They ripped the metal piece from Tony's chest and your work began. It was a grueling healing, even for you. You were lucky the metal piece hadn't pierced his arc reactor. You drowned Tony in your healing magic, knowing that he shouldn't have. Had it been any other healer in charge besides you, he wouldn't have. He had been ripped open by whatever had done this, cut open like a fillet. You had to rebuild nearly his entire chest. Had you had time, you'd have removed the shrapnel from the attack in Afghanistan, but you didn't have the time or energy to do that and save his life.

Loki arrived just in time to catch you when you collapsed and Tony opened his eyes. "Don't you ever scare me like that again," you snarled at him while your eyes were fluttering shut. You had drained every last drop of power you had. Loki swept you up in his arms, then passed you to Thor, trusting his brother with your safety.

"Thor, keep her safe while I verify she finished," Thor nodded and took a few steps back, cradling you against his warm safe chest. Loki went to Tony to double check your work.

"Uncle Tony, what happened?" you murmured from Thor's arms, fighting for consciousness.

"It was Balder. Nat and I were on patrol tonight and we came across Balder."

That shook you from your post-healing stupor.

"Where's Nat?" you demanded, already back in healer mode.

"She's fine. One of the kids caught up to us and teleported her out of there. Balder just let them go. He only wanted to fight me, for some reason. I don't know what he's up to, but it can't be good. I'm fine now, imp. Go rest," he ordered from his hospital bed.

Loki took his side. "You did well, darling. He is completely healed. Or will be after a little rest himself," Loki collected you from Thor's arms and the three of you went to the commonroom. you dozed in Loki's arms while the boys watched the first Avengers movie. Thor had never seen a movie before, so he wasn't bored while you got some rest.

"We'll take you to see a movie on the big screen tomorrow, Thor," you promised sleepily. Thor was so excited by the movie that it would be a real treat for him to see one in the theater.

"You are supposed to be resting, love," Loki scolded gently.

"I am resting. Eyes are closed and everything," you replied, snuggling more comfortably against him.

Loki sighed. "Whatever am I going to do with you, my stubborn little darling?" he asked softly.

"Bind your soul to mine for all of our days?" you asked with a grin. He laughed and kissed your forehead.

It took a couple hours of rest before you got enough magic back to function. You had dinner and then treated Thor to a group showing of Superhero Musical. He was so pleased with it and the group singing that he begged to watch it again. He was so kind that the group relented and turned to movie back on for him and you all sang along to all of the songs again.

You walked upstairs with Thor and showed him to Loki's suite. "Loki, this is fantastic. It looks just like your rooms back home!"

"Kat made it for me for my birthday," Loki told him proudly. "She thought I was homesick and that it would make me feel better,"

"Very well done, Sister," Thor exclaimed.

You gave him a warm smile. "My suite is just across the hall if you need us," you told him.

"You have separate suites?" Thor asked, confused.

You nodded with a blush. "Midgardian traditions are a little different," you reminded him. He accepted that answer, for which you were grateful. You didn't want to tell him that Loki didn't officially live with you. Or was taking things slow with you, especially as you'd been raped.

The next day, you took Thor and Loki out to the movie theater. Thor was like a little kid the entire time as he watched the big screen. It was beyond adorable.

You took him to a restaurant, not one of the extra fancy ones Loki preferred, but one where you could wear jeans and be comfortable. You did have to apologize to the boys when you kept getting asked for autographs. It was becoming a bigger issue now that you were a super in your own right. Though they got asked for their fair share too.

That night you watched one of the Avengers movies with the group and Thor laughed the loudest when they made Loki get up and perform some of the Loki lines. Especially when the group roared at him for not doing it right the first time. "Sig~ make him do it properly!" they whined at you. Not only had they refused to stop calling you Sigyn, they had also decided on a nickname. They had also realized that could convince Loki to do things, especially if they were fun or mischievous.

You sighed and rolled your eyes, but pulled Loki to his feet. "Loki, darling, your fans await," you told him and pushed him toward the table. He looked extremely put-upon, but stepped up on the table, changing his outfit at the same time. You sat back on our couch to enjoy the performance as he performed the lines perfectly for the crowd of your friends.

"I have never seen him like this," Thor told you softly while Loki was showing off.

You smiled over at him. "Is that a bad thing?" you asked, though you knew it wasn't. Loki was happy here; happy with you.

"Not at all. You are wonderful for him, Sister dear. He would never act like this back home. He is having such fun and he is so happy here with you. I am not sure I have ever seen him as happy, except during the soulbond ceremony, of course,"

"Of course," you replied with a grin.

"Are you satisfied, my Sigyn?" Loki asked when his performance was over, stepping down from his table.

"I am. Are your fans?" you asked him. They roared their approval and Loki took his spot back on the couch.

"Why do they call you Sigyn?" Thor asked you, curiously.

You sighed. "In the movies, Sigyn is the name of Loki's wife. We met the actors who play Loki and Sigyn when they came here to make one of the movies, they convinced us to shoot a take of a kiss scene during one of the movies, and the studio used our version in the movie. Some of our friends found out and the name has stuck ever since," you explained. Thor laughed and Loki glared over at Thor.

"He's not laughing at you," you reassured Loki quickly. "He's laughing at me."

"Darling, that is not any better," Loki growled.

You laughed at your overprotective Loki. "I told him the story of why our friends keep calling me Sigyn," you explained.

He relaxed at that, accepting your answer. "That is an amusing story," he finally admitted.

You spent the rest of the evening with Thor and your friends before you all crashed to get some sleep. The next morning, Loki created the portal to send Thor back home. His visit was fun, but he had duties back home and you and Loki had work to do on Midgard.