Look Within:
All is well on Earth, guarded by the mighty Thor, the All Father still strong on his throne and...Loki exiled on a deserted jungle prison. For Katie Davis it's a nice relaxing time after the holidays...until she is transported to the middle of no where in a different realm. What could possibly go wrong?
Chapter 1: Rescued (Maybe?)
"Burrrr..." Katie shivered, pulling her scarf tighter around her neck as the frigid January air blew past her in a flurry of snow flakes.
She walked briskly down the sidewalk, the rising building of Boston looking dull and gray in the cloudy winter light. Katie had just finished returning several Christmas presents that didn't fit or suit her taste. A red jacket that her friend June had given her was a size too big so she exchanged it for a size smaller, her dad had gotten her a chunky, gaudy necklace that she had exchanged for an elegant garnet pendant on a delicate silver chain, and her ex boyfriend had gotten her an I'm-sorry-I-broke-up-with-you gift. A stuffed monkey that held a big pink heart; which, she had exchanged for a full refund that was then used to buy an order of shrimp lo-mien and steamed pork dumplings.
'Mmm...comfort food.' she thought to herself, trying to ignore the sadness that nagged at the back of her mind.
Jack had been her boyfriend of almost two years and Katie had been almost positive that she was going to marry him. Until he broke up with her Christmas day. He had brought out the whole kit and kaboodle: puppy dog faces, candy, the stuffed animal, and a dozen versions of "it's not you it's me". It was two days later that she found out that he had been cheating on her with a thin Barbie girl from New York City who had a promising career on Broadway.
Katie shook the memories away and concentrated on getting back to her apartment with the shopping bags and the heavy paper bag of food of steaming delicious food. She turned the corner and walked down a small alley to the door that lead up into her stairwell.
She had just put her key into the lock when Katie felt a heavy hand grab her shoulder and jerked her back. Katie tried to yell but another hand covered her mouth while a second pair of hands grabbed the bags out of the girls hands.
Katie felt her heart beat in her throat and out of instinct bit down on the hand of the attacker. He yelped and pulled back just in time for Katie to call out before he hit the side of blonde's head. She went down on the concrete, the world twirling in my vision as her ears rang.
"It's nothing man, just chick junk!" one rough voice say and the bag that held the jacket was thrown to the ground.
"Grab the necklace and let's git outta here!" another voice growled and dropped the bag of food.
She reached out on a whim and grabbed the pant of one of the attackers, her head still spinning with a throbbing pain.
Let go of me!" the man yelled, seeming scared that the young woman was fighting back.
His foot flicked forward and connected with Katie's temple at which there was a loud rumble and a bright flash. Twin yells rang out from the street and there was a metallic clang that sounded far away as her vision faded to black.
"Damn that hurt..." was the first thing that Katie said as she felt herself coming too.
Her head pounded and her vision was blurry for several moments.
"Are you alright?"
Katie heard a deep voice, a very masculine, deep voice. She blinked and sat up suddenly; staring dumbstruck at the extremely attractive man that was kneeling in front of her.
He was slightly rough looking, but in a good way. He had a short layer of stubble on his face that was framed by long blonde hair. His eyes were extremely blue and they stared at her in a confused way that made them seem even more attractive. That's when she noticed what the guy was wearing; and her brow furrowed. His chest was covered by an intricate metal chest plate, his shoulders supported a crimson cape that flowed down to form a ruby bundle in the snow. His arms and legs were covered in a kind of chain or leather armor and in his hand he held a very heavy looking hammer.
"Are you alright?" he repeated, and Katie had to mentally slap herself to coherency.
"Oh, um...ye...yes. Yes, well I guess so. I got hit in the head...by those guys...that..." looked past the guy and saw the two thieves moaning on the ground in pain.
"You...you saved me..." she ended her muttering, trying to save her last shred of dignity.
He gave a slight smile and helped Katie to her feet. As they stood up, Katie looked up in awe as he towered a good foot above her; his broad, muscled shoulders almost double her width.
"You should go, the authorities should be here to collect the two who attacked you." the man said, hefting his hammer in his hand.
'Who was this guy!' Katie thought to herself as she bent down to collect her now snow caked bags. The one with her jacket was ripped and the raspberry colored coat showed through, the bag with the Chinese food seemed mostly intact though. She even got the small gift bag with the necklace that was only a foot or so away.
Katie turned and looked at her rescuer curiously, putting the bags over her arm.
"Who are you?" she asked quietly, stepping up to the door while keeping her eyes on the strange man.
He gave another small smile, this time it stayed as he answered.
"I am Thor, Odinson and guardian of this realm."
She blinked once and gave a laugh, thinking that this guy was insane.
"No, really, who are you? And what's which the cosplay getup?"
The man shook his head, muttering something about simple mortals but continued to give that cute smile.
"Just, stay inside until your authorities come to collect the criminals." he said and started walking towards the back of the alley.
Katie stared down at the key to her apartment in her hand and saw a fat drop of rain splat on the key chain. It was soon followed by many more that froze almost immediately as they hit the snow.
'Rain...IN JANUARY?' Katie thought and whipped around.
The man in the cape, Thor, was swinging the hammer around his wrist with amazing speed and the clouds above swirled ominously; telling of a thunderstorm that was bringing the rain.
"Wait!" she called out and started running as a light began to glow around the guy, wanting to know who he really was.
He looked over and seemed to yell the word STOP but Katie couldn't tell over the rush of wind. The glow grew brighter and brighter as the girl ran towards the man but she had to close her eyes as the light grew too extreme. Suddenly, the feeling of weightlessness overcame Katie and she felt her feet leave the ground; the sound of wind the only thing she heard.