Prologue

"Long before the birth of light, there was darkness, and from the darkness came the Dark Elves. Millennia ago, the most ruthless of their kind, Malekith, sought to transform our universe back into one of light. Such evil blossomed through the power of the Aether, an ancient force of infinite destruction."

. . .

Time seemed to move slowly. A few weeks have passed since that last dinner meeting with Stark and the rest of the 'Super Family'. I've learned since than that I'm on temporary leave from SHIELD, thanks to the threats of my wonderful parents. Tony decided to try and merge companies with Encom.

Since than I've been bored, not having anything to do. I was thankful Beck had been given the chance to stay with me for the next few weeks. Ever since the incident (We've been calling it that a lot lately) on the Grid, I was left feeling uneasy about being alone.

On the plus side, Beck had finally met Peter two days after that dinner party. And the two hit it off almost instantly. I didn't miss the small amount of similarities between them, and I'm guessing Peter hadn't missed that either. Though we hadn't told him where Beck came from; let's just say we're biding our time.

Steve was transferred to Washington D.C. about a week ago. Now it was Tony's job to make sure I didn't get into any trouble. I'm not even sure how Natasha and Clint managed to get him to agree with those terms. Frankly I don't think I want to know.

In that time I also met Darcy Lewis. Whether or not it was fate that brought us together, I wasn't sure. Needless to say, we became good friends. And it was at that point she had invited me to spend some time in London with Jane Foster. Why she had invited me I never fully understood, but I wasn't missing out on this opportunity.

This was going to be the best vacation ever. Best part was I didn't have SHIELD breathing down my neck every few minutes. Only downside was, I would spend less time on the Grid again, and away from Beck. He's been busy enough working with Tony on designing new vehicles that were similar to the ones on the Grid. Now that Stark had managed to somehow convince Sam to merge companies (I still never got the full detail on that, but apparently only part of their companies worked together). Hopefully that project wouldn't take too long.

. . .

"The noble armies of Asgard, led by my father, King Nor, waged a mighty war against these wretches. As the nine worlds converged above him Malekith could at last unleash the Aether. But Asgard had ripped the weapon from his grasp. Without it the Dark Elves fell. With the battle all but lost, Malekith sacrificed his own people in a desperate attempt to lay waste on Asgard's army. Malekith was ambushed and the Aether was no more. Or so we were led to believe..."

AN: So this is the beginning of Disaster. I'm really excited about this one, especially since Loki will definitely be... more involved :P I'm not getting into full detail, but you'll find out later on what I mean. Also, I only just heard Aloe Blacc's song Wake Me Up. Has anyone else heard the acoustic version? So beautiful!