The Vanir
Author: Ok so…I hope you like this please tell me what you think of this first chapter. I´ll just clear something so you don´t feel confused. Although is all written in first person, they belong to different characters, I´ll try not to involve a lot so you don´t get confused.
When you´re supposed to be death, but you´re not, when you´ve lived more than a hundred years against your nature, against your will, there comes a time in your life when nothing makes sense anymore. I´ve lost so many people, I have so many scars –literally, scars- that I don´t think I can keep holding on. I should have accepted his offer, now I´m lost without him, actually we are both lost without each other.
I kept staring at the TV; the knews showed what was left of Manhattan, all the ruins and ashes. I could only think one thing:
"This is my fault"
"So… what are we doing here anyway?" Everyone looked at me as if I´d just said a dirty word, so I just stared at the ground ashamed.
I just didn´t get it. Why did I have to be there? The avengers' tower was gigantic, but Jane and I could only use some very restricted area, especially me. Since she and Erick were constantly helping Stark and Banner, they were able to use labs, and other cool stuff, while I just could use the kitchen, the library-web and the room Jane and I shared, and in my opinion was more a research room with beds. The problem was that every time I tried to do some small talk she accused of been distracting and I had to get out. How in hell could she be busy every fucking time?
"Your thinking you have nothing to do here, don´t you miss Lewis?" Nick Fury had just entered the room. I nodded, but actually I wasn´t thinking just about me. Jane, Pepper, Erick, and I, was more like it. We were in what I liked to call the avengers meeting room. It had a large, glass table and some crystal boards. I had never seen that place before in my life and I really doubted Jane and Erik did.
"Well the reason you´re here, is for your protection?" He continued
My protection? I opened my mouth to say something but he cut me off.
"Yes, your protection. Since it´s been confirmed that Loki had escaped from Asgard and is back in Earth…"He started
"What you mean with escaped?" Jane asked hysterically, looking at him and then at Thor, all the non- avengers had the same look on their face, probably I did as well.
"We wanted to tell you, but he wouldn´t let us" Thor explained looking only at Jane.
"Because we needed confirmation" Fury said, clearly annoyed of being interrupted "Now, we have him under arrest in a jail created by S.H.I.E.L.D that was made to keep extremely dangerous people, like him, but we need a reason of why he is here, but of course the man won´t say a word"
"He will escape" Erick warned us
"Of course he will, but we need to know how and when, and what he came back for" Steve Rogers answered.
Suddenly I noticed that the crystal board was now showing a picture of that Loki man; Caucasian, green eyes, black hair, kinda cute I must add, but something in him seemed really familiar to me. The voices of everyone else in the room stopped making sense to me, as I try to remember where I had seen this man- or well, God- before, and that´s when it hit me.
Oh my God.
-FLASHBACK-
5 Years ago
This was both boring and frustrating, the only reason I was doing it, was because of Tara, my roommate and Best Friend. We both coincided with the fact that a movie night would be more fun as a birthday celebration, but she had to go to that stupid dinner with her ridiculously rich family. Since the place would be full of all those neighbors she hated, she invited me and a friend to come as well. But now I was starting to regret it. Everyone looked at me criticizing my dress with their looks, except for Tara´s Mother.
"Do you want to speak to Tara, Darcy?" Her mother asked me, noticing how uncomfortable I was."They´re in the kitchen"
They´re, she was probably taking about the other friend she had invited, Stephen. I had never seen him in my life; she said they were friends from childhood. I thanked Tara´s mom and directed to the kitchen, the place was gigantic, and before I arrived I could hear some voices, Tara´s and a man´s voice.
"Why does every especial occasion has to be under the stars with you?" He was asking
"Because they are gorgeous. Don´t you think stars are the most beautiful thing you´ve ever seen?" She answered with her romantic and girly voice.
"Ah…no" He answered coldly at the very same moment I arrived to the door. In front of Tara was a tall man with black, long hair and was smiling sarcastically at that moment. But what caught my attention -besides the fact that he was kinda hot- was that he was extremely close to Tara, not in an almost-kissing distance, but still they were pretty close. Oh, What if they were not just friends? Ok, awkward moment….
"Hey Darcy!"she said noticing my presence"Am…this is Stephen Ray, I talked to you about him remember?"
"Oh yeah,right, hey there Stephen, I´m Darcy Lewis" I said approaching to them, who thank god, made some distance between each other.
"Yes I´ve heard quite a few about you" He said smiling politely at me. He was wearing a black suit with a dark green shirt that matched his eyes. He looked like a good guy, polite and handsome. But now that I thought about it…Didn´t she said they were friends from childhood? I swear I heard some British accent coming from him. Oh well, I would have time latter to ask about references.
"So, dinner?" Tara reminded us.
"Yes please" Stephen answered. And she guided us to the dining room.
-End of flashback-
Oh My God.
"Darcy, are you ok?" Jane sounded concern. I probably kept staring at Loki´s picture for a long time. I couldn´t believe what I was seeing.
"What is it?" Thor added. I couldn´t find the words to explain to them what I was thinking so when I opened m mouth all that came out were stutters
"Well…am…I..I think…" I babbled
"Just say it Darcy" Tony Stark said out of patience
"Well, what you said about Loki coming back for something…I think I know who knows what that might be" I hoped it made sense to them.
"What are you talking about? How would you know who Loki is?" Jane was trying to find an explanation in all of this. I searched for the correct words to make a simple explanation, understandable for everyone. After a while all that I could say firmly was
"Tara Morgan" I saw confused looks all over the room, so I tried to explain myself "She was the one who introduced me Loki five years ago, nut she said his name was Stephen Ray. Tara and I were roommates and she said they were friends from childhood. I´ve only seen him like three times in my life but I know is he"
Nick Fury listened carefully, he seemed to have a struggled with himself, but after some time he realized it was his only chance
"Where is Tara Morgan now?" Fury asked
"Actually it is Dr. Tara Morgan, and we lost contact two years ago"
"What´s her specialization?" Banner seemed to be truly interested by now
"She studied psychology. And I believe she specialized in microexpressions and body language" I never knew what she saw in that, but she loved that career. She was a genius, if I had her level of intelligence I would be a scientist or something, like Banner or Selvig.
"I see" He muttered, know it all made sense to him, and a few seconds after everyone in the adopted the same expression, except for Thor and Steve Rogers. "And was she good at it?"
"The best" I wasn´t lying, she truly had a gift.
"I don´t get it." Said Thor
"Me neither, what if she was the best in psychology has to do with this?" added Rogers
"Is not just psychology, mix that witch microexpressions and body language, and if she was the best at it-"I started and was followed by Bruce Banner
"You can´t lie to her"
Author: I hope it wasn´t too long, and of course that you enjoyed it. Please comment, I´ll explain more of Tara in the next chapter. I promise.