Agent Coulson just smiles, biting his tongue as he half bowed to Doom before turning around to patrol the premises. Maricia bows to Doom once more. [color=a187be]“Very well, Your Highness. After her performance I will introduce you. Alas, we must all do our part for charity. Tonight being no different.”[/color] She explains joyfully. ---- As SHIELD’s Valkyrie was dancing away with yet another hopeful suitor of the upper class society, she seemed rather distracted. Or bored. [color=82ca9d]“My name is Lord Spencer. Your parents and mine thought it would be a good idea for us to meet.”[/color] As she half listened to him drone on, she looked around the room. Suddenly she 'wasn’t in Kansas anymore, Toto'. It didn’t look like her home, or anywhere on Earth. It resembled a huge golden palace. She heard people laughing and running. She sees people wearing Asgardian attire, with a pensive expression on her face. She used to laugh like that, and she used to smile...a very long time ago. She’d been here before but she just didn’t know where ‘here’ was. [i]“Sif! Amora!”[/i] She heard her own distant voice calling out names she recognised. She turned around but the voice had all but faded. [color=82ca9d]“Is everything alright, Lady Parrington?” [/color]the Lord enquired. “It’s Valkyrie.” Snapping out of it, she retorts harshly to him. She sees her mother pointing at the stage. It was time to do her bit for charity before beginning her escort assignment to Lord Doom. Fundraising - the joy. “Do excuse me Lord Spencer, I’m needed on stage.” Outside the mansion for the TV crews to capture and the hopes of raising more money from the public. She leaves the hopeful suitor by himself to head up to the stage. The announcement sounded all over the place. DRUM ROLL. [color=fff200]“And now the heroine of the hour - please give it up for - THE VALKYRIE.” [/color]People clap and cheer for this new mysterious hero who seemed to resurrect the dead, although not in her fighting armour for this special occasion. “Good evening everyone.” The music stopped and the audience quiet. “I’d like to thank you all for attending the Parrington charity ball 2012. And it is a real pleasure to have Mr Tony Stark here with his incredible new invention and grand entrance, I’d expect no less from a Stark.” It got a few chuckles from the crowd, especially from Pepper. “And of course the King of Latveria graces us also. Welcome Lord Doom.” She courtseys to him from the stage. “This evening is about Heroes. Heroes of war. Heroes of the past and the future. And our everyday heroes. SHIELD does all it can to protect the world. But I’d like to especially thank the Heroes who recently protected New York in its crisis. You are all truly remarkable and we cannot thank you enough. This fundraiser will help those who have been injured by the tragedies of war and the families of fallen heroes.” Victoria sincerely expresses with a pleasant smile, unaware of Loki’s presence for now. Cap was not here to give the inspirational speech, she hoped she could do him justice. “I’d like to dedicate this next song to those Heroes and to our everyday heroes that fight our wars. And we hope to continue their efforts in [color=fff200]Asgard-[/color]….” She stops; she didn’t understand why she said Asgard and clears her throat. “I mean in…the future. Please enjoy the rest of the evening.” She steps away from the microphone as the band sets up to start playing. She didn’t notice it but small tiny particles of light was forming around her as if there was a shift in time and space and an old enemy behind the scenes scheming. Agent Phil Coulson was immediately on the line to SHIELD HQ. They had checked Victoria for everything but they had not considered using the recently added data they had on Thor to compare. Phil tells them to run a diagnostic on her body scans and compare them to the ones they secretly took of Thor. The body type was a match. SHIELD now knew that The Valkyrie was Asgardian. But how could that be if she was born on Earth and didn’t survive the Ragnarok? SONG LINK - [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExNx4m4OXbE[/url] Having had their dance interrupted by the speech, Pepper turns to Tony. [color=ec008c]"Oh I just love this song."[/color] As she secretly hoped he would continue to dance with her this fine eve.