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"You know Jane, he would come back if he could."

"I know, but if he can't get here on his own maybe we can help him find his way back"

Those words being the last that Darcy Lewis heard come from Jane Fosters lips.

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"This might actually work." Jane murmured to herself a few months earlier as she Immediately started to compile all of the papers scattered in front of her, as she hurried over to the other end of her lab to show Erik the results.

"Erik!" she called as she neared him. "Take a look at this, I think.. I might have figured it out."

With a raised brow, Erick took the papers from her and thumbed his way through them.

"If my work is correct," Jane began, "We could plug in the right set of equations, like the one's here." she suggested, as she pointed to the long stream of numbers on a sheet, "That technically we could create a sort of wormhole. But, instead of it acting as a black hole, just sucking things in and keeping them there, we could create one that acts like a doorway. and Aith the right power source, it would open up in the place where we were, and in the place we wanted to go, bending space to make it a shorter distance."

Taking in a breath, she went on "Although, there's the problem of what would happen to someone inside of it. In principle your body would be stretched out due to the gravity as you entered it, and you wouldn't be able to survive that. Though, I believe that we could calculate a path where your body didn't stay intact, but rather become particles that reline themselves when you reach you target. We'd have to get the calculations exact," she stated "But we can actually do this" Jane said looked up from the papers

Sighing Erick rubbed his eyes "It makes enough sense theoretically, Jane. But don't you think you should perhaps accept some help on this? I'm sure SHIELD would still be willing to help they're interested in dimensional travel as well."

He set the papers down on a desk and leaned back on it as he collected his thoughts, pinching his brow as he spoke, "I know you aren't fond of them, but I think they will do more good than harm this time."

Immediately, Jane shook her head. "Erik, I don't trust them." She said indignantly "The last time I had anything to do with them, I lost all my work. It's a miracle I got everything back. I'm not going to entertain the chance of that happening again."

"Just consider the possibility."

Returning to the other end of the lab, Jane tucked the papers into a small folder and placed it safely inside a file cabinet. Sighing, she sat down and ran her fingers through her hair, carefully working the tight knots out.

Jane had never been one for romance, she had hardly had any relationships to speak of and they'd never lasted long. However, after meeting Thor, for the first time Jane could actually envision herself with someone. Cliché as it was she thought she'd found where her life was going, all she would have to do was find her way back to him. And she was willing to do just about anything it took.

Rolling her thoughts around in her mind she hesitantly picked up her phone and punched in the number SHIELD had left with her. It rings twice before Jane hears a familiar voice.

"Hello?"

"Hello, Agent Coulson? It's Jane Foster. I was wondering if your offer to help on my research was still available?" she asked

"It can be." He answered "I'll pass it along to Director Fury and see what he can do, keep an eye on your email, we'll contact you through there."

"Thank you" she replied "I'll do that."

"Have a good day Miss Foster." He replied

Hanging up the phone, Jane tossed it back onto her desk. Leaning back into her chair she closed her eyes, it'd been weeks since she'd had a nights rest. As often was the problem when Jane felt like she might be on the verge of a breakthrough. Looking over at the clock on her monitor it read to be around 8. "Not too early I suppose" Jane thought to herself. She had to admit she felt dead on her feet so any extra sleep should go get was nothing short of a godsend.

"Erick," She called out. "I'm going to head in for the night."

She was out the door before she heard his reply.

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It was several days before she got her reply from SHIELD, and it was far better than she could have imagined. Not only had Director Fury agreed to fund the entire project but he would also pull together a team of assistants to help her. Normally Jane was one to have as few people working with her as possible, however she realized that this time having more people at her disposal could only be an asset. Alternately, Erik was equally excited for her once she told him the news, though Darcy on the other hand was not.

"If they touch my iPod again, I will taze each and every one of them into a coma." she promised.

Darcy had never been one to forgive and forget.

A few weeks later Jane had everything she could have possibly needed for her work and perhaps just a few things more. SHIELD had even astonishingly managed to get an arc reactor from Stark Enterprises to act as her power source, and even Darcy had admitted to being excited about it. With the help of the arc reactor Jane's work had unquestioningly been proven to be correct. After punching in the right number sequences, they were able to transport Jane, and Darcy on a few occasions, from inside the lab to out of it with ease. So finally, Jane decided it was time to do a test for the books and actually let SHIELD use their records.

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"All right, let's do another simulation of the Foster Theory." Erick called out from the lab, as SHIELD workers began carrying in boxes and briefcases full of the equipment.

Darcy and Jane were comfortably sitting on top of the building with the small device Jane had fashioned into a crude form of a dimension cannon. Rubbing her hands together Jane lightly blew on her freezing hands. The nights in New Mexico could be as unpleasant as the days were at the right time of year.

"You know Jane, he would come back if he could." Jane heard Darcy say.

Turing to face her Jane looked at her with the faintest trace of a smile on her face.

"I know," She told Darcy, "but if he can't get here on his own maybe we can help him find his way back"

"We're ready when you are." A voice called from below them.

Gripping her hands tight around the lever that send the signals to the box, Jane cautiously turned it on, watching as a beam of light went towards the sky.

"It's incredible." Darcy said turning to face Jane, finding herself alone.