Disclaimer: I do not own Avengers.
It all happened so fast, one minute they were driving down the winding road of the Catskills. The next, they awoke in a ravine, trapped under more than 1000 lbs of metal, glass and plastic. Two innocent souls, cold, injured, and alone, all because of one, stupid, drunk driver.
Thor Odinson sat in the hospital waiting room with his head in his hands. He and his younger brother had been hit by a drunk driver earlier that evening. While Thor escaped with only a mild concussion, his younger brother Loki had been rushed into emergency surgery. Loki been thrown from the car as it rolled down the ravine, when the paramedics found him, he was barely alive. He had been pinned under a piece of debris from the car wreck, it had crushed both of his legs and had caused internal bleeding. The doctor said that even if Loki made it through the surgery, he would never be the same again.
The first thing that Loki noticed when he opened his eyes, was the strange absence of pain. He also felt a hand on his arm and heard a voice quietly say " Hello little brother how are you feeling?" it was Thor.
"Where am I?" Loki asked.
"You are in the hospital, Loki." answered Thor, "we were in a car wreck last night, you were thrown from the car." Just as Thor was about to continue, one of the doctors entered the room. "Hello Loki," she said gently, "I'm doctor Carter, I helped with your surgery last night. I'm glad to see that you're awake, you were on death's door when they brought you in; it is a miracle that you made it out of that mess alive." she paused, smiling, then asked "can you feel your legs or arm at all?" she frowned when Loki shook his head. "are you in any pain?" this time, Loki nodded, pointing to his stomach. "I'll give you some medicine once I finish checking you over." Dr. Carter promised.
Once she was finished examining the boy, she sat down on the bed, looking at both men in the room.
"Well," she began, "the good news is that everything seems to be healing," she paused, took a deep breath and continued, "However, the chances of Loki ever being able to walk normally again are very slim." Deciding, that it would be best to give them time to process the news, she gently patted Loki's shoulder and quietly left the room.
" I thought Asgardians were supposed to be invincible," Loki said quietly, tears streaming down his face. "I faced unimaginable torture and mind control by the Chitauri and came out with barely a scratch, but I get in one stupid car accident and I may never walk again. Its not fair!" he sobbed.
Ignoring the fact that his brother was twenty six years old, Thor gently drew Loki into a strong embrace. "Its going to be alright, brother," Thor said soothingly, "everything is going to be alright." They stayed like that for what seemed like hours, before Loki finally exhausted himself and fell into the dark oblivion of sleep.
Thor smiled as he gently stroked his brother's hair, it is all going to be alright, he thought. It wasn't going to be easy, but somehow they would turn out just fine.
