Okay... I should NOT be posting this when I haven't updated As One in seven months... But, I had to. The only fandom I have been able to read in the last month has been Avengers and with phase two of the Marvel movie verse starting soon it might make many of my idea's obsolete and I love my ideas so much... Okay so that sounded a little whiny but it's the truth.
So a few things YOU SHOULD KNOW I will be walking all over both comic verse and norse mythology. The comics are WAY too complicated for my tastes and Norse Myths while interesting have quiet a bit of stuff that will contradict what I will be writing so I apologize to those who try and keep all three sets of Cannon together. You are a lot more talented and patient then I am. Also, this like all my other stories is currently unbetad and will have many grammar mistakes, if you want to point them out to me I will try and go back and fix them but no promises. And Finally this will be and AU I will take certain facts and twist them to my advantage. The basic story will be the same but there will be things like the antagonists of this story that will have no basis in comic or movie verse what so ever. Oh and even though Marvel time line states that Thor, The Incredible Hulk, and Iron Man 2 all happened in the same week I'm spreading them out slightly. (hey I'm messing with time anyways so why not) YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
So yes enjoy.
"Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor."
Odin pulled back the hammer and Heimdall's head shot up. His eye's widened. "All-Father not yet!" Loki looked up at the Guardian's suddenly frantic tone but it was too late. The Hammer was thrown as soon as it left the All-Fathers hands and hit the Bifrost there was a shudder and the Bifrost shut down immediately taking the Hammer with it. Loki braced himself as a shockwave seemed to travel through the realm. It only lasted a moment but even if Loki didn't have the comprehension of the universe that Heimdall had even he could tell something major had just shifted.
"Heimdall," Odin began "What was that?"
"My Lord… When the Hammer hit the Bifrost it created temporary time shift. The shift was not permanent but it was large. The last eight seconds here on Asgard translated to eight months on Midgard before the Time shift evened out again."
Loki was stunned into silence as he watched the sudden alarm and pain on his father's face. 'But he might not be your father.' A small voice whispered in his mind. 'Would he show the same pain if he knew you had suddenly been lost in time? Even if it was only for eight short months?' Loki wasn't sure he wanted to know and yet… If he did not find out he would never be able to look the All father in the eye again. It was obvious from the look on Odin's face that he had only planned for Thor to be on Midgard a short time. Thor would be back soon. Which meant Loki had to act fast if he wanted to know the truth. 'Are you sure you can handle it?' The voice whispered again and Loki wished it would just be quiet.
Darcy was twenty-five and well on her way to, finally, graduating. Sure, it had taken her several years to finally find out what she wanted to major in. (Political Science all the way baby) but she was finally on 'The right track' as her father liked to say. When she had found out she only needed four real science credits she had been annoyed. Sure she had always been able to pass her science and math classes. But they were always so boring. (Not that she would tell her parents that) So when she had noticed the sign on the library corkboard asking for applicants for a six credit Science internship she had jumped on board. When she had found out she was the only applicant she wasn't that surprised. (Jane really should have advertised more Darcy kept having to remind her that everything is digital these days. Putting something on a corkboard is not going to cut it.)
And that was how Darcy had found herself spending her summer in the-middle-of-no-where New Mexico. It didn't turn out as bad as she thought it would. Sure the first week of 'getting to know Jane and trying to figure out what she was doing' was both awkward and a pain. But even though Jane was four years older then Darcy a friendship had sparked. (Yes, Sparked. Darcy has the burns to prove it… Don't ask)
It had taken several tries before Darcy had actually been able to figure out what her new job required of her and it was only after Darcy had figured out what kind of coffee that Jane liked that the older girl had started to warm up to her. After that, with only one big incident where Darcy mislabeling Jane's notes, ended up leading to a mess involving a spatula fight, some drunken neighbors, and an angry Parakeet. (The guy at the pet store still holds a grudge.) Jane had finally realized that Darcy was actually useful and Darcy had realized that Jane actually had a sense of humor. (No one could fight off two drunk guys with a spatula, come out with a smirk, and return an angry bird to an even angrier pet shop own with a straight face, without having a sense of humor.)
And so, with only one more hiccup involving the blowup of the microwave. (Yes SPARKED) Jane became Darcy's new best friend. And mixed in with all of that was learning new things, like when it came to a good 90% of Jane's tech hitting the stupid machine will fix it. (Seriously it actually worked) Avoiding the Pet Store guy, which unfortunately meant avoiding the bar as well. (Darcy seriously wondered how the guy made enough money to go out every night? Darcy had ten bucks that said he lived with his mom against Jane's theory of him actually working at the bar.) And Darcy actually realized that the universe is kind of cool. (So, Jane is really rubbing off on her what of it?)
There were also a lot of sleepy nights, staring up at the stars, and wondering if this was what it's like to have a sister. Being an only child was great and then not so great. And Darcy hadn't ever had a friend like Jane who actually cared if Darcy got too drunk, (Jane still insists confiscating Darcy's stash was out of love and Darcy can't bring herself to disagree… too much) Jane takes time to explain things to her, and actually can keep up with Darcy's tangents and so the two of them just sort of fit together and Darcy liked that.
About a month into Darcy's internship Jane made a breakthrough when it came to her research of space and magic storm clouds. (It's more complicated then that but who cares.) That's when Darcy met Erik Selvig. He was like a father to Jane and despite the fact that he obviously wished Jane had a better assistant than Darcy. She kind of liked him, or at least that's what she told Jane who was trying her hardest to act like a complete professional when Erik was around and even though Erik scoffed at Darcy's Political Science degree, Jane still appreciated Darcy's input. (What now Selvig)
Of course all of this 'professionalism' from her 'boss' (okay so yes Jane really is her boss, but Darcy liked to think they'd moved past that point.) went down the drain when the three of them hit some homeless dude with a car and Darcy ended up tasering the guy. The next two days were filled with I-pod stealing jerks, trying to teach Thor basic dining etiquette, (Seriously if Darcy had to teach the guy some manners then it shows how bad he was) and trying to convince the pet shop owner that Thor coming in and asking for a horse wasn't some sort of practical joke. It was crazy and yet more fun then Darcy had experienced since the parakeet incident. Of course Jane really wouldn't be happy until she had her research and decided to get it back scary government agents or not, she took Thor with her, and then came back a wreck the hunk no where to be found.
"It was incredible," Jane finally started when Darcy had managed to calm her down "I didn't realize how strong he was until I saw him taking down all those agents. But then he finally got to the hammer in the center and… he couldn't pick him up. They took him and… Oh Darcy what in the world am I supposed to do. I mean he was my last link to my research and-"
"And you're totally into him." Darcy cut in, because Jane totally was and even though Darcy had only met Donald Blake twice before he broke up with Jane and left as quickly as possible (That had been one of the few times that Jane had let Darcy break into the Stash) Darcy knows the look of a love struck woman. The same look had only been on her own face twice, but Darcy was rather social in school and had several friends through the years who have worn that look with varying degrees and even though Jane had only known the guy for like two days she already looked like she's in for the long haul.
"Jane he is no good for you." Erik jumped in and totally ruined the moment. Darcy still got to see Jane turn red at her comment however so it wasn't a complete loss. Erik droned on about Norse mythology for a while before Darcy interrupted him.
"I think we should go get him." Darcy interrupted before Erik could continue his rant. "Do like a breakout, you know." Erik and Jane stared at her in disbelief for a long moment and then Jane's face lit up and Darcy knew she'd won.
"Are you kidding?" Erik asked. "This is SHEILD we're talking about they are the real deal. I told you about my colleague-"
"Yah the Banner dude that wrote that one paper, that Jane obsessed over that one week. I looked him up and even though there is like, no information, it looks like his disappearance was more the army's fault. Anyways, Thor's nothing like that guy and even if he was all the more reason to help him right? We should go and save him from the Men in Black cosplayers and stop him from disappearing."
Jane nodded and looked up at Selvig who took one look at her puppy dog pout and crumbled. "Fine. But I'll be the one to go pick him up I don't want you two to be messing with this more then you already have." And it was then that Darcy realized that despite being a sullen old man he really did care and Darcy could feel the warm fuzzy feeling start. (She wondered if he would let her call him Uncle Erik.)
And so they started planning a break out and it was obvious that Uncle Erik was getting used to Darcy when she quiet simply stated that she could make really good fake ID's and he didn't even blink just nodded. Jane gave Darcy a smile and yep that was definitely the warm fuzzys starting up.
That night Thor came back and Darcy couldn't sleep until she head him come in. Darcy wasn't sure why she didn't go to bed until Thor got back, but she was satisfied with him being home and so she just rolled over happy with the knowledge she'd see him in the morning. (Actually what she really did was set her alarm making sure that she'd be up before anyone else and in the morning she grabbed her phone and got several pictures of the two of them sleeping next to each other before going back to sleep.) When she really got up Darcy made breakfast. (Because while Jane can cook Darcy does it better (thank you very much)) Uncle Erik was still asleep and Darcy being the kind, caring, person she is snuck into the trailer and puts some aspirin and water next to him feeling bad that the man was going to have to suffer through Thor's loud voice during a hangover. Jane came down first rubbing her eyes and smiling at Darcy.
"Morning," Darcy started cheerfully. (Darcy is not a morning person but coffee is a wonderful thing.) "Coffee's on the table. Is Thor awake?"
Jane picks up the Coffee and takes a long drink before answering. "Yes he is I sent him off to shower though."
"And you didn't join him?" Darcy quips and Jane flushes red, but it's early in the morning and Darcy is feeling merciful. "So what are we going to do now that we've officially broken Thor out of prison."
"I'm not completely sure…" Jane said after a long moment and Darcy could sympathize with the lost look on her face, a god falling from the sky kind of messes with your perception of reality. "I kind of hoped we could keep researching but with SHIELD hanging around maybe we should head out somewhere else."
Darcy nodded as she finished up the pancakes. "Yah… Probably. But, you know, aren't they like, a super secret spy agency, wouldn't they be able to find us?" Darcy should probably have been more panicked about the government keeping tabs on her best friend and by proxy herself but she didn't really feel anything besides contentment that they were all together again. (For some reason it's that moment when Thor and Selvig officially become part of her new mental family. Yes she still has her parents but Darcy liked expanding on a good thing and besides Uncle Erik is like Jane's dad and when Jane and Thor get married (a new goal in Darcy's life) Darcy will have to accept Thor sooner or later, and despite Darcy's impressive procrastination skills, she was totally willing to go sooner on this one.) So yah for some reason the idea of spy agency's didn't really scare her anymore.
The sound of Thor coming down the stairs interrupted whatever Jane was about to say. He looked around the kitchen and smiled when he saw Jane and Darcy's new goal in life was going to be a lot easier to fulfill then she had originally thought it would be.
"Thor," Darcy greeted, because as much as she wanted the two of them together she also didn't want any lip-locking going on while breakfast was getting cold. (Nobody messes with breakfast) "Welcome back big guy. Have fun in prison?" Jane shot a glare at her, but quickly turned back to Thor.
"I must admit that I did not enjoy the time I spent contained, however, it was a… humbling experience." Thor said as he sat down at the table and started piling food onto his plate.
"That's cool." Darcy finally said because honestly how to you answer that?
But his words were true and Darcy could see it in the way he passed the syrup, and the way he got quiet every now and then looking over the two of them like he was really only seeing them for the first time right then. It kind of scared Darcy to be honest, sure Darcy grew up with loving parents and stuff but she's never been the best with feelings and it really looked like Thor needs someone to talk to. Luckily it looked like Jane had noticed as well and as long as Jane is on the ball then Darcy felt like she could relax.
Darcy looked up from her breakfast at the sound of Selvig coming down the stairs. Thor's voice boomed out "Good man Selvig. You did your ancestors proud last night." Darcy smirked as Selvig winced, she could sympathize sure, but Thor was just so oblivious to his pain that it was halarious. Uncle Eric gave a grunt as he sat down at the table and started picking at his pancakes. Darcy gave him a few minutes to get the coffee into his system and wake up a little more before bringing their problems back up.
"So… What do we do now?"
Jane paused but she knew she was expected to answer, this was her party she was in charge. "We start again. I've spent my whole life working on this research we'll have to get new supplies but since Thor got my book back last night I'll be able to pick mostly right back where I was."
"What about SHEILD?" Erik said. Darcy wanted to give him a glare, but that was a pretty good point. "They'll find out and just take it all again."
"Just because they're part of the Government doesn't mean they can just take my stuff. Once was enough." Jane snarled and Darcy raised an eyebrow it looked like Jane was still feeling rather angry at the iPod stealing jerks. Darcy was too but she was smart enough to realize that if she went barging in demanding it would get anything done. No it would be much better to go in act a little crazy, convince them she's mostly harmless, and then they would give her the iPod back if only to appease the crazy girl. Hey it had worked before.
"I do not know much of earth customs…" Thor started hesitantly but he seemed to gain more confidence when they were all looking at him. "However, if they wish to take away your research a second time, they will have to go through me first."
Jane grinned and Darcy smiled. Yep the big guy was definitely first rate on her list. Erik sighed. "Well why not, we're all doomed anyways."
"Thanks for the vote of confidence Erik." Jane quipped. And Darcy couldn't help but add her own two cents.
"Oh and if were betting on who would win I've got my money on the big guy." Thor gave her a grateful smile and Darcy grinned.
"I promise to you Erik Selvig that if anyone wishes to harm either Jane or Darcy, they will not be able to, I will protect them with my life." Thor's voice was very serious and Darcy had no doubt that he meant it. The thought made a warm feeling start in her stomach. She was on Thor's 'protect-her-with-my-life-list' who else could say they had a Norse god's protection.
Erik gave Thor one of those deep soul searching looks before finally speaking. "Somehow I believe you. Still, it might be best if we vacated the area for a while."
Jane nodded slowly, "Yah… But where would we go? All of the activity I've observed has been in this area. If we leave I won't be able to get more raw data."
"But you won't be able to get any data without any equipment, and I doubt SHEILD would just let us keep on working while they're just down the block." Darcy couldn't help but point out.
"I'll have to leave soon," Selvig interrupted. "I only took off a week from work. You three could come back with me." He sounded hesitant and Darcy doubted that option would work very well. If only because between Thor the Demigod, Jane's special brand of science, and Darcy's own touch of crazy they might break Selvig and his colleagues.
"Probably not," Jane said a look of slight embarrassment on her face. She had probably thought of the same this Darcy had. "What we need is a place to start making new equipment without being too noticeable."
"You know…" Darcy started, her mind racing. "We could always head back to the university."
"What, why?" Jane's voice was tinged with disbelief. "SHEILD would be able to track us down easily and we wouldn't be able to hide much of anything."
"Wait listen to me," Darcy started, she was getting excited. "I still have my apartment on campus that I was sharing with my roommates. All four of them graduated last spring. I was supposed to graduate with them, but because I was missing my science credits I had to postpone. Anyways, until the start of the fall term I have the whole apartment to myself. You could turn the place into your workshop and we could work on rebuilding. Sure, SHEILD would be able to find us quickly, but like Erik said they'll probably have no trouble finding us anywhere. And going back to normal is what they want us to do right? We don't get involved with government stuff we head back to work. You still have to turn in that paper to the science branch right?" Darcy could see Jane was seriously thinking about it as she gave a slow nod. "Well you can turn it in and sign the papers that give me the right to graduate. We can tie up all the loose ends there and make it look like we're moving on from SHEILD. We'll play good citizens while you rebuild and they won't be able to really bother us because we wont be threating Government secrets. Everyone wins and I get my degree."
Jane was smiling and Erik looked thoughtful. "Well, there wouldn't be any reason to take away your equipment if there wasn't anything to study, and being on a college campus would grant you some leeway." Erik paused before nodding. "It's a pretty good idea, and probably your best bet of starting up again."
Jane was full out grinning now. She laughed, and Darcy couldn't help but notice the awestruck look on Thor's face when Jane's burst of laughter came out. "I knew there was a reason I kept you around." Jane exclaimed as she threw her arms around Darcy.
"What? I thought you only kept me because I saved your life from an angry parakeet." Darcy replied with a grin that only widened at the confused looks on Erik and Thor's face.
"These parakeets… are they dangerous?" Thor asked with concern. Jane giggled and shook her head.
Erik sighed and placed his head in his hands. "I don't even want to know." He rubbed his temples and Darcy couldn't help but laugh at him. As Jane pulled away a grin still on her face Darcy reached over and patted him on the shoulder.
"Don't worry uncle Erik you'll get used to me and the craziness I pull out of Jane." Jane snickered and Thor smiled.
"What did you just call me?" Erik looked up his eyes narrow.
"Uncle Erik." Darcy said without missing a beat. Hey, mother had always taught her to be honest.
He stared at her for a long moment. There was a twitch on the corner of his lips but he just shook his head and picked up his plate. Darcy leaned back in her chair. Yep it was official she was going to adopt Selvig. Jane a Thor followed Erik's example and started cleaning up the Table. Darcy contemplated it a moment before standing up and walking over to the sink. The next few minutes were spent in silence as they worked together to finish the dishes. Darcy was impressed with the change that had come over Thor he seemed determined to help. If she had known all it would have taken to instill manners into him was getting him arrested she wouldn't have bothered trying to teach him manners. (Yes Darcy had expected him to get arrested at some point… What of it?)
Thor was wiping down a mug, staring at it obviously lost in thought. Darcy looked him over. He was a very good looking guy she wouldn't lie about that, but his personality was so different. Yesterday he had been cocky to the point of being obnoxious about it. However, he was also kind and willing to help. He had come back and now he seemed so much more humble he was still obviously confidant. Darcy would be confidant too if she had muscles like that. But he seemed to carry some sort of resigned sadness. She wasn't sure if she liked the change or not. Darcy was a believer of Karma and she could testify that life was a good teacher when your head got too big but Thor was… He was so Thor. Darcy had only known the guy for a few days but she already trusted him, she didn't want to see him hurt and something had obviously shaken him.
Thor suddenly looked up making Darcy realize that she had been staring at him. "May I have this?" He asked. Darcy stared at him for a long moment.
"Uh, sure. Go a head." Darcy finally answered.
Jane looked up over at him. "What for?"
"I wish to repay the lady at the coffee establishment from yesterday. I realize it is unfair of me to ask to use one of your possessions to repay my folly. However, seeing as we will be leaving soon I would ask that I ask for your assistance to repay her now."
Jane smiled at him. "It sounds good to me. Why don't you go and give it to her now before it gets busy over there. We'll finish up here."
Thor grabbed her hand and gave it a quick kiss. "Thank you Jane. I will return soon." He was out of the house before anyone could replay.
There was silence for a long moment before Uncle Erik sighed and shook his head. Darcy gave Jane a grin "So I get to be the maid of honor right?" Jane blushed but she had a smile on her face.
When Thor got back they were already working on packing. Darcy had hoped that there wouldn't be much to pack since SHEILD had taken just about all of their technical stuff. However she had underestimated how much stuff accumulates when you live in the same place for couple months.
"But Jane think of all the memories that come with those spatulas."
"No Darcy the car's already full as is we don't need to bring every little thing."
"Thor you do realize we can't take the microwave with us right?"
"Really? It warms food so well though, and is a very good substitute for fire."
"Don't worry there will be another one where we're going,"
"Hey Jane, why is there a stash of alcoholic beverages hidden underneath the bathroom sink?"
"Uncle Erik you found my stash! I'll love you forever!"
"Erik! I was trying to keep those away from Darcy. Now look what you've done. Darcy, we are leaving those here."
"What! No way my stash and I just found each other and now you want to separate us? That would be just cruel."
"We are not bringing them. Don't give me that look! Last time you were drunk you were making plans to take over the world… and some of them might have actually worked."
"But Jane you have to let me bring something of sentimental value. Think of all the good times we had because of my stash."
"No thank you I prefer not to remember everything that happened that night… You know what, if I let you bring the spatulas will you leave the stash here?"
"Ah, you drive a hard bargain… Fine."
"What just happened?"
"I have no idea Thor, no idea."
Darcy was just slamming the trunk closed when the fancy black cars showed up. She was surprised SHEILD had let them get this far. She wasn't sure if it was because they wanted to make it seem like they had a chance or if they wanted to be cruel and make them pack up and then show up and make them unpack again. By that point there were, like, ten agents out of the car and closing in on her for a split second Darcy felt maybe just the slightest bit intimidated. But then Erik was at her left and Jane was at her right and she could hear Thor behind her. (What now!) The agents stopped and one of them stepped forward agent Coulson or something.
"Dr. Selvig, Ms. Forster, Ms. Lewis, Dr. Blake." He started off with a greeting. Darcy is confused for half a second at who he is referring to but she made the fake id so it came back pretty quickly. "Dr. Selvig I believe you promised to keep your friend around for a couple of days just in case we needed to talk to him again."
Uncle Erik shrugs and Darcy felt impressed. He was pretty good actor when he wanted to be. "Things came up I'm only staying with Jane for a few more days and she asked me to help them pack up. They need to get back to the college where Jane works part time."
Coulson inclined his head in acknowledgement. "And you choose to leave now because…"
"Maybe it's because the government took all my work and I wanted to get away from them." Jane snapped. Darcy winced but she figured Jane had the right to be snappish "What did you expect us to do stay here and twiddle our thumbs and wait for you to get done with our stuff. No! Just because you show up doesn't mean that we don't still have lives. I need to report my progress to the university and Darcy needs to get her degree. If you have a problem with us leaving then you should have said so earlier because without my work I am not going to stay here for very long."
Jane was glaring so intensely at the agents that a few of them started to shuffle. Coulson however seemed unaffected. "As I told you earlier Ms. Foster we're good guys here." Coulson looked them all over. "We're doing this for your protection as well. We would like you to stay here so we can keep an eye on you make sure that you're research hasn't caught any unwanted attention."
Darcy could just see Jane's come back on her lips but Darcy was faster. "So this is about safety? Dude, dangerous things only started happening when the magic hammer showed up. So we're trying to get away from the dangerous object and you want us to stay?"
Coulson raised an eyebrow at her. "Be that as it may, we would like to be able to contact you at any time to make sure you're safe."
"Dude, are you asking for my number? You sure have a weird way of coming on to someone, but I'll cut you some slack. Working for the Men in Black must seriously cut down on your social life." Several of the agents appeared startled and Darcy gave herself a mental fist bump. Coulson however just looked at her dryly. Darcy bounced over the car opened up the door and grabbed an old receipt that had been mashed into the cup holder she quickly wrote down her number and the address to her apartment. Coulson looked like he was going to say something so she quickly thrust the paper into his hands. "That's my number and that's the address to the apartment that Jane, Donald, and I are going to be living at. If you want to come ask me out I'd prefer if you skipped the flowers and just brought me my iPod back. And if that's everything we'll just be leaving now."
Jane and Selvig were looking at her like she was crazy, Thor just looked confused, the different agents looked everywhere from bewildered to vaguely amused there was one guy in a sleeveless shirt towards the back who was snickering uncontrollably. They were all background though Darcy knew that if they wanted to leave the choice would all be on the man in front of her.
Coulson smirked and Darcy beamed back at him. "Very well Ms. Lewis we'll keep in touch. We'll give you time to clean up you're loose ends and while I doubt I'll act on your date offer, I'll see what I can do about your iPod."
"Sweet, and if you don't want my number feel free to give it to Arms back there. So I guess we'll see you all later. Bye!" Darcy grinned brightly as she dragged Uncle Erik and Jane towards the cars. She quickly stuffed Erik into his car and motioned to Thor to get into the trailer. Jane was giving her The Look but Darcy ignored it in favor of giving all the secret agents a big wave. Sleeveless Guy was all out laughing at this point and Coulson's smirk had widened. Darcy had no doubt that these guys knew what she was doing but she also figured that they had to respect her for even trying.
The moment they were down the road and out of earshot Jane burst. "What in the world was that!?" She screeched. Thor looked mildly terrified at Jane's anger but Darcy was used to it.
"Hey, hey, let me explain. They obviously weren't going to let us go with out some sort of promise that we would be back. So I gave it to them. It's not like they wouldn't have been able to find us anyways."
"Yes but I thought the whole point of this was to get away from the secret agents." Jane seethed.
"It is, and they wouldn't have let us get away unless they knew where we were going."
"So you just went and told them? Darcy, they're probably sending someone out to watch us right now!"
"Probably, but somehow I doubt there going to send more then two. I mean think about it. Here, they've got that base they set up just a mile away it wouldn't be that hard for them to monitor us, but when we leave they're not going to send the whole base out to follow us."
Jane sighed and rubbed her forehead. "Honestly Darcy, some days I'm just not sure what to do with you."
"Oh come on Jane, you know you love me."
"I'm still not happy with you, but what's done is done. At least we're on the road now."
After stopping for gas and explaining to Erik what had just happened. They started out. It was a three-hour drive but Darcy had her Disney's greatest Hits CD and she and Jane had a great time trying to explain to Thor where the music was coming from, and then explaining the references that he didn't understand.
They we're listening to Part of your World when something occurred to Darcy. Jane had taken over driving but Darcy had shotgun because she had demanded control of the music. Darcy turned to look at Thor who was listening thoughtfully to the song.
"Hey Thor?" Darcy started hesitantly. He looked up and Darcy couldn't help but notice the sadness in his eyes. "I just realized we kind of assumed that you were going to come with us… if you want to go somewhere else we can drop you off. You don't have to stay with us if you don't want to." As Darcy talked Jane started to grip the steering wheel. The song changed during the beat of silence to A Whole New World and Darcy kind of wanted to reach out and turn it off but was worried of interrupting the suddenly tense atmosphere.
Darcy glanced over at her friend. Jane's face was stricken but she didn't say anything for a long moment, "Darcy's right Thor," Jane started. "It was really rude of us to just assume you wanted to come with us. I mean, we're taking you away from your hammer. If you want to go back we'll totally understand." Darcy was worried Jane was going to break the steering wheel with how tightly she was gripping it.
Thor was quiet for a moment but when he spoke his voice was strong. "Coming to this world has been a very different experience for me. I was banished from my home because I was arrogant and I insulted my father. When I went after Mjolnir I assumed my father had provided a way for me to get home. Perhaps someday I will be worthy to wield Mjolnir again but I was unable to pick it up. I had hoped that someone from my world would come and find me explain what my father wanted me to do, but Asgard has been silent. I fear that things will stay this way until I figure out what I am to do. I do not believe staying near Mjolnir will teach me what I need to learn. From what I have seen of your world, things are run much differently then what I am used to. I do not know much of your customs but what I do know is that it was a blessing when you found me. I know of very few people who would show me the kindness that you have shown me. I am entirely indebted to you please let me stay with you and assist you in any way I can."
"You don't owe us anything," Jane said quietly. "If anything I'm indebted to you. You've taught me so much in just the last couple of days."
"If you do not wish me to stay to repay me then let me stay because I genuinely enjoy your company Lady Jane. You and Darcy are unlike any women I have ever known in my life. I do not believe I would be happy unless I knew that you two were safe."
Jane was fighting a grin off her face and Darcy didn't even bother trying to hide her happiness. "Aww, We like you too Thor. I know, we'll adopt you and we can be your family until you can go back home. I always wanted an older brother. Jane however, I think she might want you to be somethi-" Darcy was cut off when Jane reached over and threw her hand over Darcy's mouth. The car swerved a little and Erik honked from behind them. Darcy started laughing and Jane cracked up as well. Thor looked a little confused but the smile on his face was undeniable.
"I would be honored to be your older brother figure Lady Darcy. If I am grateful for anything from the last couple of days, it would be that I got to meet the two of you." Thor smiled at them and the song changed again to the Circle of Life and Thor wanted to know where the song came from and trying to explain Lion King distracted them for the rest of the trip. It certainly wasn't how Darcy had planned spending her summer but she wouldn't have had it any other way. (Cheesy and over done saying or not)
So here we go. This fic will be my most likely sad attempt at humor and fluff with a plot... but I hope you like it. Darcy will have the most view point time but everyone will be included at some point.
As for this chapter the only line I took straight from the script was the very first one everything else was recreated even though some of the scenes overlapped. I try not to do repeats of the movies' exact scenes so yes there were differences. I hope you all like it and please review it makes me happy.
-Savvywolf