Some fluff at the end.

The captain led us into battle without hesitation, giving everyone on the team a boost of confidence. Zaylee was playing with fire, literally, as she made the flame in her hand curl and swim through the air. She only does that when she's incredibly nervous.

When we were standing in the center of east Manhattan when the Frost Giants flew done, setting a freezing cold around everyone. Zaylee concentrated and a ring of flame surrounded us and the giants. Her eyes went from brown to a dangerous red.

Tony flew to the west side of the Frost Giants while Steve and Clint went to the back. Bruce, as promised, went to the east, with Nat and Loki, Zaylee and I held our ground in the front.

"Give us Loki," the largest one ordered.

"Hell no," Zaylee said, her voice a bit deeper than usual. Strange.

"Fine then, child. You have sealed your fate. Attack!!" He shouted. Four giants ran to us, and Zaylee ran to one side. I transformed the first one to stone, then let it dissolve into nothing. Flames filled the left side of my vision and Zaylee emerged. Loki stabbed the one on my right and it fell to the ground. This circle continued before I noticed that Zaylee was gone.

"Where's Lucifer??" I asked over the noise. I can't use her real name because I was nervous she would be tracked by it.

"Lucifer?" Loki asked. "LUCIFER!"

No answer. We looked around after killing as many as we could and saw Zaylee holding a flame sword while a man, who had long white hair and white as snow skin with royal like robes stood there.

Laufey.

Zaylee's POV

"Give me Loki."

Who the hell is this? I'm sitting here, battling three giants, when he came around. I twirled my finger and the giants died.

"Hell no," I replied. "Why do you want him so much? You left him to die. Said he was too small. Well, he's better than all of you."

"He's the rightful king of Joutenhiem."
Haha. Fuck that. "Not today, you great big bag of dicks."

His eyes narrowed and he went to attack me. His hand clasped around my forearm and I growled. Pain exploded though my whole arm and frostbite climbed up my arm. I caught my fist on fire and put it on his shoulder, trying to push him away.

You're flame is stronger than their frost.

No, it's not. He was too strong. My eyes were trying to close. This was slowly killing me.

"Loki.... LOKI!" I cried as loud as I could. I put my hand on the man's wrist, trying to pull his icy hand from my arm. He moved it up to my neck and I cried out in pain. Shivers racked my whole body and black swam in my vision. "Stop...."

"Give him to me."

"Never."

Loki ran up and pushed the man off me. I fell to the ground, my body shaking, and Loki picked me up. Claudia ran to the man and fought him best she could.

"Zaylee..." Loki said softly. I shivered. "I'm so sorry."

"No... Chick... Flicks," I grunted.

"EVERYONE DUCK!" Loki shouted. He closed his eyes and all the Frost Giants fell to the ground, dead. The Avengers surrounded the man that nearly killed me. Loki set me on my feet and I wrapped my arm around his neck for support.

"Lucifer?" Clint asked. "Zayls what happened?"

"Frost..."

"God, she might die. Frost could kill her fire gene and it would destroy her," Bruce said. Claudia kicked the man in the stomach and he fell to his knees.

"You tried to kill my goddaughter!" She shouted at him. She went to turn him to stone but I called to her.

"Medusa! No!" I yelped. "You kill him they'll go after Loki again to have a king. I would love to kill this bag of dicks in the worst way possible."

"You stupid girl! I am your ruler!"

"You're so stupid. This is Midgaurd. We don't need kings to tell us what to do here. We already know," I said. Then, my whole body went weak and I collapsed against Loki. The man was smirking at me as the frosty air truly got to me. "Get the hell out of here before I make your life hell," I turned my eyes red with flames and the man disappeared into the air.

"Come on, kitten. Let's get you to the tower."

"Don't... Call me that," I said through shivers. Tony opened his suit and they placed me in it. It closed around me and suddenly my whole body got much warmer. "Uh... Tony... I can't fly this! I'm afraid of heights!"

"Just close your eyes. Let Jarvis fly," Tony said. I sighed a little. "Don't worry kiddo. We'll get you home."

"Are you ready miss?" Jarvis asked.

"Nope. Just fly please." We took off and I closed my eyes. The air got lighter around me and I shook a little. "Not gonna die not gonna die not gonna die..."

"Everything will be fine, Miss," Jarvis promised.

"Are we almost there?"

"Five more minutes."

"Shit..."

"Language, Z!" Cap cried through my ear piece. I chuckled.

"Sorry Capsicle," I said.

When I landed I immediately got out of the armour and returned it to Tony. I changed back to my normal attire -a loose Bastille tee shirt, jeans, a leather jacket, and tennis shoes.

"You sure you don't want it?" Tony asked.

"You can keep it!" I cried. Tony laughed and wrapped an arm around my shoulders. "That wasn't cool."

"I'm sorry kiddo," he said. I chuckled and patted his back, walking over to Claudia.

"You good Medusa? You were triggered back there," I said. She laughed.

"I was worried for my Lucifer," she replied. I chuckled. "You okay?"

"Uh, my arm still hurts but I'm fine other than that," I rubbed my aching arm. It had severe frostbite. She pulled up my sleeve and Loki walked up behind her, putting his hands on her waist.

I SHIP THEM SO MUCH OH MY LORD.

They are absolutely perfect for each other. Claudia is so sweet and loving and Loki and closed off and cold. They have the same background. Plus, I was tired of the 'unspoken thing' between them, if I use Star Lord's words.

"What's the matter?" He asked.

"Frostbite. I'm fine," I lied. Loki put his cold hand on it and I flinched. A weird feeling flowed through my arm and when he pulled away I was fine. "Thanks Frozone."

"Ah, the nickname. She's fine," Loki smirked. I rolled my eyes a little but chuckled. He scowled. "Do not roll your eyes at me, little one." I stuck my tongue out.

"I'm not little, I'm fun sized."

"That's it, fun sized one!"

I took off. I knew that playful tone in his voice anywhere. Tony used to use that on me when I first got here so that I would smile. Loki ran after me and I ran faster, hoping I could lose him.

Nope.

He grabbed me and brought me back to the couch in the living room. Tony, Steve and Nat were sitting on the other couch.

"I think I should teach you a lesson."

"NO!"

"Yeah! Get her Loki!" Tony cheered. Loki dug his fingers into my sides and I squealed before I started to laugh. He continued to tickle me until my face was probably as red as a tomato.

"Thor used to do this to me all the time," He rolled up my shirt and placed his chin on my belly. "Let's see if it's just as affective on you." He put his lips on my belly and blew.

I lost it.

After many, many more raspberries, Steve called him off. Loki pulled away and I curled into a ball, still giggling. I kicked his leg. "You're so mean Frozone."

"I'll take that as am insult when you stop giggling," he teased. I went to roll my eyes but remembered what happened last time and decided not to.

Claudia walked in and sat next to Loki. Her hair was wet, so I knew she had been in the shower. She leaned on Loki and I smiled softly to myself, placing my head on the headrest and my feet under Claudia.

Sure, I may not have a white picket fence and a dog in the backyard. Yet, I once heard a wise old man say 'Family don't end in blood', but it doesn't start there either. Family cares about you, not what you can do for them. Family is there for the good, the bad, all of it. They've got your back, even when it hurts. That's family.

Family don't end in blood.

Heyyyyyy. Finished another chapter! Course I had to put an spn reference in there some where