I woke up the next morning in Pietro's loving arms. I felt bad about making him wake up in the middle of the night.

When he feels me shift in his arms he opens his eyes and takes a deep breath. I reach my arm up between us, to stroke his hair gently.

"I'm sorry I woke you up last night," I say quietly.

"It vas my fault, Daphany. I put you in a bad position yesterday. I von't do that to you again,"

"No, I... I don't blame you. I'm the one who never told you about my past,"

"I didn't vant to know unless you vanted to tell me," he replied.

"Pietro have I ever told you that you are perfect?"

"I am far from perfect my angel. It is you, who is perfect,"

I give him a look, and he does his trademark lopsided smile. How does he do that? Make me fall for him that much more every time he smiles.

"Thank you for taking care of me," I kiss his cheek. He chuckles and presses his face close to mine to nudge my nose.

"I vill alvays take care of you, vhen you need me to,"

"Always?"

"Alvays"

It is too cold to get up, so we don't. We just stay wrapped up the comforter and in each other. But around noon our stomachs are too grumbly to stand it anymore.

So we get up, and get dressed and take a quiet day. It's Sunday anyway. I reheat leftover corn chowder from yesterday for lunch, we eat in the media room watching a documentary on The Renaissance.

We are still being watched, but we don't know that... Edmund and Yvonne watch us carefully trying to figure out a way to get me alone. Unfortunately they didn't have to wait long...

The next day we had training, but it didn't go as long as Friday's session. Pietro, Clint, Vision, Bucky and Steve went off to go do some guy stuff together. I think they really went just to get away from Tony... He's been pushing his limits lately.

So I was left in the house with Nat, Wanda, Thor, Bruce, and Tony. Weird combination... Tony and Bruce were doing they're science shenanigans down in one of the labs. Nat and Wanda were working on some project I am not allowed to be part of, (meaning it's probably for my birthday). So that leaves me to hang out with Thor.

But that's okay, Thor's actually a lot of fun to hang out with. Today we are playing Go Fish in the kitchen, and munching on some chocolate chip cookies I whipped up after training.

"So how's Jane?" I ask him,

"She's doing well as far as I know. She's in France this month, Darcy won a trip and insisted that Jane accompany her," he chuckles. "Do you have any 4's?"

I pass him a card, "That sounds so nice. A month long vacation, far far away from here,"

"You're not happy here?" He asks, taking another cookie.

"No no, I am! I love my life here, I mean come on you met me when I first came here,"

"I feel as though you were so much smaller then," he says "You certainly were not a very happy woman when you first arrived. There you are correct,"

"Hmm... It just sounds nice to break out of routine ya know... Maybe this summer I'll take off for a weak. Go to a beach..." I say "Queens?"

"Go fish," he replied. I take a card from the pile. "If you were to go to this beach, would you take your love with you?"

"Pietro?" He nods "I don't see why not. That would be nice... Come to think of it, I wonder if he's ever seen the ocean before,"

"I think you should go on your beach adventure next summer. You are still young and deserve to live your life, not be stuck here constantly. Do you have any 6's?"

"Well you're not that old," I say, "and go fish,"

He takes one off the pile, and gives me a look, "As young as I may appear, I am still 460 years old,"

"Damn and Tony gives the Captain and Buck and hard time about being old," I laugh.

"Yes, well I think that he prefers to make problems with the soldiers because he can hit them without breaking his fingers,"

"Thor, are you throwing shade on our team members?" I tease.

"Perhaps I am Lady Daphne," he jokes.

"10's?" I ask through my laughter. He scowls at me and tosses three 10's onto the table. "Thank you sir,"

Just then a woman stepped into the kitchen. Very skinny, dirty blonde hair pulled up into a French twist. She more a white blouse and a long pencil skirt.

"Um, excuse me... But do you have clearance to be on this floor?" I ask the woman, setting down my cards and standing up. Thor stands too.

"Oh yes, I'm here to collect you both for a briefing with Mr. Fury,"

"Oh. Just us, or should we call the oth-"

"No, just the two of you. You are Thor and Daphne, yes?" The woman said sharply.

"Well ugh, yeah but-"

"Good, please follow me,"

I didn't like this woman... I make a mental note to ask Tony to fire her. Or at least get the stick up her ass removed.

Thor and I followed the woman into elevator. It was terribly silent... I made eye constant with Thor I think he was having the same thought, that this was not normal.

The woman lead us down the hall and into a conference room. No one was in that conference room... I turned to look back at the woman just as she pulled a small dart gun from... Where the bloody hell was she hiding that thing!

Thor tried to advance on her but she got him right in the neck and he dropped like a rock. I jumped back and transformed myself into a wolf. I snarled at her, and tried to bite at her. She kicked my face, and shot my back. I shifted into myself just before I blacked out completely.

We are loaded onto a truck with blacked out windows. But I'm not awake, neither is Thor. Is this all it takes to capture an Avenger? I suppose so....

Edmund Chancellor gazes upon our unconscious bodies.

"Well done Yvonne. We didn't even have to hire external forces.... Now we just need to figure out what kills them," he said slamming the doors shut.

"Vhat if zey can not die?" Yvonne points out.

"They're pagan deities. They will die," he said with surety. "Besides," he looked slyly over to Yvonne who had just seated herself in the passenger seat of the van.

"They bleed, do they not?"

"Vell yes, zey do but-"

"If it bleeds then it will die. So, let's make them bleed,"

The van pulled away from the Avengers Tower.