The next night's sleep, spent in my bedroom, for a change, was dreamless, which made me slightly disappointed. Clues were drying up fast and my only good lead was the DNA locator, but even then, that wouldn't answer the question of why?

       I swirled around on my desk chair, back in the lab, waiting for the Locator to do its job. The security feed was my new source of entertainment as I spied on Loki and Gale's SHIELD promised conversation. There was nothing much to it other than awkward silence and talk about 'her' which probably meant me, but oh well.

       I'd organised that we'd go to the Avengers HQ that my dad had created tomorrow. Since we all needed a little morale uplifting and I also wanted to take another insanely-paced spin in one of Tony's cars. Cleo had announced that we were going bushwalking tonight because there was something she wanted to show us or other.

       "Will you come with me to Asgard? It's a very beautiful place, and I can teach you how to control you magic," I shot up from drooling on my palm and peered into the computer screen.

       Gale paused for a second, looking thoughtful, "I'm not sure,"

       "It's her is it not?" Loki sounded scornful.

       "I've fallen for her, and it's hard not to, the way she moves, breathes, speaks, the very essence of her draws me closer, and I un-regrettably and certainly love her,"

       I blushed at the comment and went back to picking at my retrieved shirt. A beeping caught my attention and I realised the Locator had the results ready. I rushed over and sent the indecipherable results to my tablet where they'd be uncoded into English.

       "Oops," A soft voice spoke. I bumped into a chest and dropped the tablet, its thin frame shattering. It made a fizzing noise and a pop, shutting down.

       "No! No no no no no!" I cried, picking up the pieces. "No!" My voice raw.

       "Are you okay?" Gale asked, kneeling down next to me.

       "No!" I cried, "Look what you've done!" I began fumbling with the pieces, trying to connect them back together. They were my only lead to finding my parents.

       "What's wrong?" Gale cried back.

       "Look." I snarled, "you may have your dad but I don't! And you just broke the last line I had to them!"

       "Alana I-."

       "I don't care!" I cried, "why don't you just go and go with your dad to Asgard? Spend time with him or whatever while you still can!"

       Gale froze, a look of betrayal spread across his face, his eyes shimmered. "Fine," He growled, stood and spun away, walking out of the room.

       I wanted to run after him, hold him tight and not let go. I wanted to pull him back and apologise. Pride and shock kept me glued to the ground, refusing to raise my head and even watch him walk away.