Running down a corridor, holding hands more for fear than protection. A scared voice asks "What were those things? Those robots?"

"Cybermen." Came the reply.

"They have my brother."

A halt in the running.

"They do. He's theirs now. He's not your brother anymore."

"He didn't recognize me." It wasn't a question, it was understanding.

The running started again as a loud rumble was heard.

"And those other things. The machines? The exterminators?"

"Daleks. They're the worst things in the universe."

"They wanted me."

"They didn't get you." End of conversation.

Another pause. A look down a corridor. A quick "Stay here" and he was off. She closed her eyes and tried to control her breathing. She felt a pulling sensation and her world went dark.

The Allfather was notified the second an unknown presence was detected in the vault. He rushed down with his eager sons trailing behind him. Two guards stood in a corner of the room, looking down at something. They parted when their king came near. A female, just barely a woman, lay there, unconscious. There was nothing remarkable about her at all.

"How did she get in?" Odin demanded.

"We don't know." The bulkier of the guards said. "She just . . . appeared."

"She's human." The king observed. "Send her back and find out how she managed to get in."

Odin turned his back on the situation, ready to leave. The guard that had spoken before kicked her with his boot.

"Wake up. Don't make us carry you all the way to the Bifrost."

She stirred slightly, but didn't wake.

"Come on!" He kicked a bit harder.

Her eyes fluttered open. She took in the room around her. Not recognizing it in the slightest, her eyes widened.

"Where am I? Don't tell me they've got me again! Where have they gone? The Daleks? The Cybermen?" She sat up and looked wildly around. "They got my parents! They got my mom and dad! And now they want me!"

Hearing such hysteria, Odin turned back to the woman.

"How have you gotten here, to Asgard?" He demanded, taking a few strides towards her.

"I-I don't know. I was in England and those things showed up. Daleks and Cybermen. They all came from Canary Wharf. At least that's what that man said. The Doctor." She tried to explain. "They were everywhere. Killing people. All over the world."

Tears came to her eyes, remembering her lost family.

"A battle? On Earth? Daleks and Cybermen? I've never heard of such things nor of a battle of this magnitude. Do not lie to me." He spoke sternly. She shrunk back in fear.

"Father. I've read of these Daleks in legends. Legends of Time Lords and Daleks. A human should have no way of knowing about them, as those legends are before their time." Loki spoke up from behind his father. "I think she is telling the truth."

"But a battle on Earth right under our noses? Impossible." Thor countered.

"Send her to the healers. We will decipher her story as the healers treat her shock. Then we will send her home." Odin decided.

He walked out of the vault with his sons behind him. The two guards helped the woman to her feet and led her to the healers.

After finding out that there had been no battle at Canary Wharf, Odin insisted she be sent back to Earth. Loki's insistence at the woman's truthfulness and Frigga's insistence at a more thorough questioning led to her departure being delayed.

"On Earth right now, they are celebrating the start of the second century of their calendar. Is this the Earth you left?" Frigga asked the woman, now known as Phoebe, as she sat on the edge of the human's healer bed.

Phoebe shook her head. "It's seven years after our second century. 2007."

Frigga looked at her husband at the human's answer.

"She's been sent through space and time. We cannot send her back to Earth when she is already there."

Odin grumbled in response. "She shall leave when the day she took that leap through time comes. Balance will be restored. Until then, she can work as a servant."

"She can be one of my handmaidens-" Frigga began.

"You have persuaded me on keeping this human. I refuse to have her so close to you so often. She is just here to exist until she can go back. Nothing more. Humans do not belong here." Odin dismissed.

He left the healers. Frigga patted Phoebe's hand reassuringly.

"Let me know if anyone gives you any problems." Frigga told her. "Now then, tell me more about this battle."

Phoebe swallowed, not wanting to remember, but knew that she had to tell the queen. She was one of the only ones who trusted her right now, and trust was a two-way street.