Steve was pacing in the waiting room. There had been no word on Kiera for some time. Sam gave up trying to make Steve calm down. Now, he was trying to call anywhere they could get help with the bill. The click of the waiting room door made them quickly pay attention as the doctor who had pushed Steve out of the E.R. came in with a clipboard.

"Hi. I'm Dr. Jennifer Slate. I'm your sister's primary doctor. Can you tell me more about what happened?"

"Um, I received guests from the government who wanted to discuss some confidential matter regarding my family. Kiera wasn't really happy to see them. At first, she ran away. But when she came back, she was really mad. She kept shouting things and hitting the punching bag in our gym. And the next minute she was passed out on the floor."

"Okay." Dr. Slate said as she adjusted her notes.

"Anything you can tell me about Kiera, doctor? How's she doing?"

Dr. Slate put down her clipboard in her lap and looked at Steve.

"She appears to be in a state of stress coma. It's different from the coma everyone seems to know of. So, what happened is that she had too much going on in her brain. Too many neurons firing more than her brain could handle and that led to her brain almost completely shutting off everything."

"W-will she wake up?" Steve asked nervously.

"Oh definitely. She'll wake up, I can't really say when. That'll be up to her and her brain. Are there somethings going on in your house that might have caused her this much stress?"

"We lost our parents in Germany last year and we were moved back to America. It's been stressful of course, I apparently didn't know how much."

"I'm sorry for your loss. I do need you to fill out her data sheet for me." She handed him the clipboard.

Sam and Steve looked at each other. Can't tell the doctor the girl's an alien!

"Can we get some time on that? We're not biological siblings. I'll have to look through the papers."

"Sure. Take your time, but not too long. I'm afraid I'll also be needing to know whether you'll be paying out of pocket or insurance?"

Steve couldn't say anything, but a new voice answered for him.

"I believe the accounts are paid in full. You can check with your hospital accountant."

Steve just stared at Nick Fury as he handed the doctor the clipboard back. Dr. Slate sensed the tension and took her leave.

"I don't need your help. Leave." Steve said and turned his back on Fury.

"This isn't a debt," Fury replied, but was confronted by Sam.

"I believe the captain asked you to leave." He said, his thumbs in his belt hook.

"I'm here to talk with the Captain, sir. Mind if we have a minute?"

"Sam stays." Steve ordered. He didn't look at them, just stared out the window. It was almost dawn.

"Like I've said, your sister's accounts are not dependent on our relationship. I would still like to ask you to have a look at these files. You're the best resource we have."

"Last time we met, Kiera almost died."

"I don't mean to be insensitive, but I hear she'll be sleeping for a while."

Steve almost growled.

"What are you gonna do, wait here in this room till she wakes up? Should you decide to join us, we'll take more hands-on responsibility of your sister. An agent will be with her 24/7, you'll obviously be kept well informed.

"We'll think about it." Steve told Fury, implying that he was package deal with Sam.

"How do we get in contact with you?"

"Again, I'll be stationing agents to standby the hospital for your sister. You can tell them when you're ready to join us."

For two days after Fury's visit, Sam and Steve sat lulling over the proposition. They came to the decision that they'd agree, only if Steve's conditions were met. No government bullshit.

Steve went back to the hospital to give his answer to the agents. He went to Kiera's room first to tell her his decision and how he'd keep her away from it. He kissed her head and spun off his seat, and stormed into the room next door.

A man sat on a wheelchair in a hospital robe as a redhead stood holding the handles.

"You tell Fury I'm in. But ONLY and ONLY if we do this my way."

"Oh he's good, isn't he!" The "patient" cheerfully commented to his pusher as he got off and peeled off the gown to reveal a suit underneath.

"We can take you to him," the girl said coldly.

"Great. Let's go."

Steve was the first out the door and waited to let the agents go ahead of him. The man walked with him as the girl walked fast paced ahead, too cool to care.

"It's very honorable what you're doing. For your sister."

"Thank you."

"I'm agent Phil Coulson. Big fan, sir!"

Steve smiled. "Nice to meet you, Phil Coulson."

The Black Widow rolled her eyes and smiled. She didn't have to turn back to know how ecstatic her boss was right now, walking shoulder to shoulder with his hero. She led them out of the hospital to a waiting van. Black, no emblem. The boys stopped behind her as she knocked.

*******

She lazily woke up to a dome ceiling beautifully painted with flowers and vines. The walls were a warm vanilla color and the windows were tall, with a pillowed bench in front of one. She brought her hand above her face and smiled at what she saw. The emerald stone of the ring was greener and brighter than her fiance's suit. She caught her reflection in the giant stone and dreamily closed her eyes, thinking of the day she would become Lady Loki.

Sigyn got off the bed past the thin drapes surrounding the four sides of it. She watched out the window for a few minutes before she went and washed her face. Her maids in waiting cheerfully greeted her in her room, teasingly counting down the days to her wedding.

Today's dress was gold, matching the highlights of Loki's outfit. Sigyn smiled and twirled in the mirror, imagining how perfect they both would look in their matching outfits as they walked side by side. The accenting jewelry were pearled with green, a tribute to her future husband. As she led her ladies out to the feast room, Sigyn thought of her two wedding gowns.

Yes, there would be two wedding ceremonies; one private, one public. One between Loki and Queen Sigyn, and one between Loki and lady Asta. Lady Sif would be her made of honor in both. With the looming threat of the celestials, Sigyn's identity had to be hidden. Even Thor would only find out at the private wedding ceremony.

As Sigyn walked dreamily on, she didn't notice her entourage thinning out behind her. She was caught doubly unaware when she was suddenly plucked out at the hallway. Sigyn slowly recognized the long taught arms twirling her behind a pillar and began to laugh. Her open mouth apparently gave him permission to kiss her.

With one hand, Loki supported himself against the column as the other was busy pulling his lover closer still. He pulled back exhilarated, pressing his forehead to hers as they caught air.

''How needy would I sound if I begged father to move the wedding closer?" he asked through heavy breaths.

"A week is all that's left."

"Yet it taunts me as if eternity."

Sigyn laughed at his misery.

"You'll have to wait longer still before you can have me, love."

"Perhaps our mirages can walk the second aisle for us while we consummate our first!"

The kiss he pecked wasn't the first thing that made her blush.

"Are you trying to cheat me out of my wedding day?!"

"You're cheating me out of a wedding night, woman!"

"I would never! Every waking moment I dream of when finally I shall be yours and you, mine.

Loki prodded her with his forehead.

"I am already yours, my lady Loki." And he kissed her long again, stealing her breath.

After breakfast with the royal family which was filled with convesation about the upcoming wedding, the couple took a walk with Frigga in the gardens as they discussed detail about both wedding days. Loki abandoned them to sneak away to his tinkering layer and the mother daughter talked further on the idea of the wedding night.

Later, Sigyn was driven off to try more dresses and Frigga went to her husband. Not long time had passed when the peaceful music and laughter of young maidens fell hush to war cries. Maids tried to hide the more important women, a couple even lost lives. Sigyn didn't take to being stowed away and ported herself to her mother in law. She couldn't sense Loki anywhere.

At court, Frigga and Sif had gathered an army of Valkyrie and after a short dispute, Sigyn was allowed in, though her outfit was altered first. The women braced for invasion and were ready in battle forms. The doors burst in letting through the first wave, and Lady Sif led the charge. There were many casualties on both sides. The first wave was mid battle when the rest of the army simply marched in. The two queens were engaged in slaughtering enemies that had snuck past the Valkyrie. They were much too busy and were caught completely off guard when the troops began to split and circle the room, revealing the leader of the attack.

Lorelei walked in with a world winning smile escorted on the arms of a proud militant Loki. The goddess of war was stunned, turning back just in time to see Sigyn catch sight of Loki.

It took every atom of magic in her body to keep her heart from breaking, as he lover walked in the throes of her most personal nemesis.

A package deal.