~In my dreams, where I'm dying I feel more alive~
The song played on the radio as she quietly did her work,close was in less than half an hour and the harsh rain had driven most sensable customers away, it was now a game of chess with time itself until she could go home. Taka gave a mighty yawn, rubbing her tired eyes before pushing several blonde strands of hair out of her face. She was exausted, she wanted to be back on vacation-had she reallly just spent the weekend with old high school friends in a three day convention that hosted some of the world's greatest Super Heroes,who mingled with the select few allowed to go to said convention?well, two thousand select few. it was insane. And it still felt like some crazy dream. Even though she really didn't interact with any of the heros,she did accidentily run into the one with the sheild...or more so, she ran into his sheild and he apologized to her. That had been awkward and a case of jokes for her friends the rest of the trip. She'd be about to yawn again when a man in a dark green hoodie came in from the darkness and glanced up at her, black hair falling over his striking eyes, he'd give her a polite smile. And she smiled back, he looked so familiar, but she couldn't place his face, most likely he'd been in a few times more often then not the case was. 'Pretty wet out there, eh?' she called lightly. thousgh she silently wished he'd go away so that she could return to doing nothing of importance again.'Great. The weather likes to play tricks on us. One minute its clear and warm the next there's a sudden storm' 'yea. I miss the sun. I don't do well in the cold.' 'Rain's not bad. I find it calming.' 'Me too. I love to sit and write when there's a good rain storm. and when there's thunder, its awsome' If she wasn't getting weird vibes from this man she may have found him sort of cute. 'I don't' he frowned and almost gave off a dark glow about him-it made Taka want him to leave faster now. 'So, is there anything I can help you with tonight?' She was so very glad of that glass divider right then, incase this man pulled out a knife and tried to stick her. 'I'm sorry. I do seem to be wasting your time.' 'Nah. Its fine. Not like there's anyone else waiting in line anyways' No, she wanted this man gone, like yesturday. 'Your such a sweetie.' 'thanks...' creepy. 'Anyway. Do you have any of today's newspapers?' Taka would glance at the time, she already knew that answer, she'd already thrown out all the papers almost an hour ago but she'd pretend to look anyways. 'I'm sorry. Looks like we're all sold out' 'Ah well. I only have myself to blame. but thank you for your time.' 'yup. Have a great night.' The man would wave before slipping out of the small store and into the darkness once more. Taka immediately pulled out her cell and sent a quick message to her friend out of town. *Had a creepy sexy guy in here who looked like a left 4 dead hunter. You would have liked him. Lol* She then pocketed the phone again and hurried to finish what she'd been doing.
Of course she'd get a rush five minutes before she was supposed to close, she just wanted to go home, it was her friday. She was late leaving, and thankfully her ride was out of town for a few days so she wouldn't have to worry about worrying her mother. Taka wouldn't get far, she had to make a stop at her bank to pull out money since she couldn't get any from work before she closed. She'd quickly cross the deserted street to the side her bank was on, she stopped and looked around the darkness. Something was wrong. Someone was watching her but she couldn't see anyone around. She then felt him before her eyes focused on the darkness to see him. It was as if he melted straight out of the shadows themselves, it be the man in the hoodie that she'd referred to as a zombie. She'd watch as he crossed the empty dark field straight towards her, trying to convince herself that he was just heading home after finding his paper and the timing was just bad. She'd glance to the hotel not too far away, and deided she would go make a pit stop there, and it he was a murderous phsyco, then she'd have help. Maybe she was over thinking,she did watch alot of crime shows, and knew better then to just stand there waiting for the killer to reach her like the cliche dumb blndoe. After a quick decision, she turned to the hotel and almost tripped as she found the man was suddenly in her path. How had he moved that quickly? She'd shot a glance back to make sure there wasn't two, and sure enough they were still alone. 'You know its very rude to not wait for someone.' he spoke in a tone that sounded like he was smirking even though the shadows hid his face. 'I wasn't waiting for you. sorry' she was scared now, andwnd would shift a few feet back, wondering if she could get away. She was alone. It was darker then ink in that spot, and her phone was having a moody fit of not working when she needed it to. 'There's something of mine that you urrently possess and I'd like to have it back now.' 'I...what...' Taka stumbled and fell on her ass as the mud under her boot slipped the wrong way. She had nothing of his! She didn't even know who this man was! How could he even think that? It had to be a case of mistaken identity, but she couldn't find her voice to try and explain this to him. He'd move to squat near her side , tilting his head like a curious dog. 'Its not a very unhappy feeling when you have something stolen and the other person wont give it back to you.' 'I...' She'd try to shift away from him,knowing the closer he was to her the more likely she'd end up dead. But as she moved, he'd grab her ankkle and pull her towards him, the wet mud settling against her skin. 'GET AWAY!' Taka screamed, and kicked at him with her free foot, the surprise was enough to free herself of his grip and spring to her feet, she would attempt to run for the hotel.. Except she'd run right into the man she'd just escaped from, the hood of the sweater fell back as he grabbed her by her arms stopping her from fleeing again. 'You!' she'd yelp,it was stupid but it was the only word her mouth would allow out. she now realized that this man wasn't human, or at least, not a normal human. He'd smirk at her, 'Finally you come to realize who's presence your in...' 'I don't know who the hell you are!' okay, that likely wasn't the best thing to say to a man who likely has ego issues but damn, she was paniced and not thinking rationally. 'No matter...' the man shrugged, only seeming put off for a moment before he reached for her bag, though it looked and felt like he was reaching for something else. Taka brought her hands up to shove them into his chest trying to push him away 'Dont' Touch me!' She yelled as she willed him to be far away from her. She was briefly aware that he was now yelling in pain, she'd only get a chance to wonder why before the same intense pain flooded threw her. The air light up and was hot beyond anything she'd ever encountered,they must of been hit by lightening, and she was only aware that she had been tossed threw the air when she felt her body land in the dark mud and bounce,roll, bounce until she came to a blissful stop. She didn't know what had happened. maybe a 18 wheeler struck them. But why did she feel freezing and intense heat at the same time from inside? Her vision blurred and for a moment she could of sworn that she saw the entire universe before her eyes,which were 'd be aware of severe pain in her face,her cheek had a deep gash and the cold air bit at it harshly. She was in so much pain, but was glad that she wasn't moving any more, and just hoped that she wasn't laying in the middle of the highway about to be run over by some stupid wanted to pass out but couldnt. she knew that that man was somewhere out there, in the darkness-he could be hurt too. or if not, then he'd use her unconciousness to his advantage, she just needed to find him or at least find where she is. If he was hurt,even though he was likely some rapist murderer, she couldn't let him lie in the dark and die-he needed some one else to deal with him, just not her. She'd hear yelling,and try to push herself up from the mud and focus on the person yelling, it might be help. She'd only manage to push herself onto her hands and knees, gravity felt none existant, yet she also felt like she was being crushed by the weight of it. Oh...there was her phone...several feet from her left hand, the gems glittering happily in the 'd reach for it, feeling like her face was about to fall off and expecting to topple over but suddenly her phone was in her hand, how had that happened? she'd blink at it numbly. Shed push herself back to sit on her ass, and stare at the phone until her whole body flinched when the yelling sounded right in her ear. She'd look up to see the man who attacked her sitting in a similar position not too far from her, he was the one yelling but she couldn't focus on his words, couldn't understand them. At least he seemed okay, though she thought she saw smoke rising off of his arms and shoulders-maybe they had been struck? She'd look back to her phone to see she had several missed texts from Gata, but she couldn't understand the lettering, it was all jumbled and like heiroglypics or some similar language-at least heiroglyphics she would have been able to read. maybe mayan? Was this what dying felt like? she'd grip her chest as pain crushed at it, and she'd whimper willing it to go away and slowly the pain faded,though it left a lingering feeling as if she had a great big hole in her chest now.
'What have you done?' The man's words finally hit her and then like ears popping from pressure, the world came into crisp focus. It was louder then she remembered. 'Holy. 're a vampire and now I've been born again as a Vampire...' she'd slump on the ground, that made the most plausable sense as to what had happened and why she felt so weird. Made perfect sense to her. 'What? No! I am Loki, king of Azgard-' 'Azgard?' that sounded so familiar, she'd close her eyes to focus her mind on all her history and mythologies memories,it hit her,rather bluntly. She'd sit up and point at the man looking absolutely horrified now. 'Holy Shit! Your Loki! Of Norse Mythology, brother to Thor and...Oh my god! Your here!' The God had a look on his face equivalant to a pissed off house cat. 'very astute.' He hissed, the expression on his face darkening.'Now, reverse what you've done.' 'What...What I've done? YOU attacked me!' Taka's eyes went wide. She wasn't sure what shocked her more, that a God was infront of her-attacked her, or that he was claiming that SHE had done something to him! 'Hardly.' Loki hissed back. Taka was so terrified to be so close to such a powerful man. But he was rather sexy, but scary but so sexy but so terrifying. He'd move, she'd move and then he'd stop a different frown on his face now. 'No. I don't suppose your smart enough to pull off something like this.' ' I'm plenty smart!' she scowled back, fear turning to anger. 'And yet you couldn't get away from a stranger that most likely ment you harm.' ' Firstly-you cheated! If it had been a normal human, I could have easily escaped.' 'You think so?' Taka was starting to seriously dislike this man,not that she had liked him before this at any rate. 'And secondly-why do you want me dead?'
Loki would shrug looking bored before turning his attention back to her. 'Why do humans think so highly of themselves?' 'I-what?' Slowly Loki would stand, taking time to brush the muck off of himself before turning to as if about to give her an answer, though it would never happen. Instead it would look like he was hit in the back of the head by an invisible force and keel right back down into the mud in a heavy heap. Taka scuttled away from him in fear but would peer at the unmoving God with round fearful eyes. What had just happened? 'Um...' she'd look around to see if they were alone. Yup. still alone. 'L...Loki?' She didn't want to get too close to him,incase this was a trick. Fumbling in the mud, Taka felt her hand brush against something useful. Lifting it, it was a broken branch likely from one of the hotel tree's blown off earlier from the nasty wind they had had. She almost dropped it, thinking about ticks on it. 'Stick' she'd breath,to calm her nerves feeling like pudding inside, and in the not fun sense. Inching a little closer, she'd lean foreward to poke the God with the stick she now held. 'Loki? Did you die? Loki? Loooooki?' She'd poke him a few more times. One of his hands would shoot out and grab the stick, jerking it from her grasp. 'Poke me again with that and I'll kill you.' She'd puff her cheeks at the not so unconcious God. 'I was trying to make sure that you were alright.' 'With a stick?' He'd glare at her, and she'd frown but some how figured he didn't entirely intend to follow threw on his threat,at least not yet. 'Given the circumstances can you blame me?' 'Yes' he growled, again attempting to sit up and toppling over with a groan almost immediately. That wasn't good. What was she supposed to do with this? She didn't even know what had happened. And she couldn't just leave the God out here, even though he was weird and thought that she had something of his, which she clearly did not.
'Gata!' 'What the hell is a Gata?' 'My friend. she can help" 'I don't want-" "Shessss" Taka would already have her phone out and dialed her friend. growling impatiently when she had to wait for Gata to answer the phone, on the tenth ring. 'Gata? Is it busy? Good. Because-' She'd quickly ramble what had happened in a rush that most people wouldn't be able to follow, including squeels and flailing about as if Gata could see hr reinaction of what had happened. She'd pause and puff her cheeks at a comment her friend made. 'I'll show you. I'm not crazy!' she'd hang up and pocket the phone before finally attempting to stand. and having the same issue that Loki had had.
She'd turn to face the God with a determined expression on her face and nod, 'Poof us to Gata' 'I don't know what this 'poof' is that you expect me to do.' 'Teleport!' Taka huffed, being the one to shoot the dark look now. 'No.' She'd blink in confusion at his answer. 'What? why now?' 'Why do I want to?' 'Because...' that was a good question, now that she thought about it. 'You attacked me and clearly your hurt. And I feel like pudding inside. and she can help.' 'How can she help me?' 'She's Gata! she can do all sorts of crazy things. I think she might secretly be an alien. Just like you. so she can help you too.' 'like me?' Loki frowned deeply,though he had a glint in his eyes that revealed he was taking in what she was telling him,even though she had no idea what she was really saying, nor that it might be used against her at a later date. 'Take my hand.' 'What?' Taka squeeked, shifting away and holding herself. 'Do you want to see your friend or not.' He'd hold his hand out to her with a slightly less scary expression than he had earlier that evening. 'but you have germs.' He'd drop his hand and stare at her. 'Your sitting in a muddy field covered in dirt and who knows what. and your worried that I have germs?' he breathed in disbelief. 'Well...yea.' she'd blink and screamed as he leaned foreward to grab her wrist, but this time she'd not pull away. 'Try thinking of where you want to go.' 'OH! Like in Harry Potter!' 'Harry-"
The world faded suddenly, blurred and they were being flung hundreds of thousands of miles from where they had once been only to reappear in an snowy yelped and moved closer to the man,she was cold but her eyes widened as what had looked like a snow mound rose high into the sky, and turned to face Polar bear,startled by two people suddenly appearing practically attop of it growled angerly. Taka would crawl onto Loki's lap, trying to get behind him, but he'd stop her and hold her arm up towards the bear. 'No!' She screamed, thinking he was going to feed her to the bear. 'Shield us, you moron.' 'What...' 'SHIELD_"The rest of his words were lost as the bear swung a massive paw at them and Taka screamed, hiding against the God's chest. But then nothing. She'd slowly look back to the bear, its paw had struk something infront of them. It seemed like a small invisible barrier had stopped the attack. But this only served to enrage the beast further, as it growled again and stood on its hind legs,glaring down at the pair over their barrier. 'Right now would be a brilliant time to visit your friend.' 'Yes.' Taka shivered but forced herself to focus on her friend. Standing behind the counter,the Tim Hortons opposite of her, the smell, the sounds and then the world blurred and changed again. The air warmed up,and suddenly they were hit by pressure wash, water hitting them strongly as the carwash hummed happily. Loki would shove Taka off of him as they both stood. 'welll..at least we're clean now.' Taka managed as she glanced out the glass window to where the gas station sat across the parking was aware that she was getting a dirty look from the man again, but she didn't care, soon she could stop caring for a little while and let her friend deal with...whatever this was. She'd look over to see that Loki was still having issues staying concious,had the travel drained his powers? she'd move over and offer him her hand, he'd scowl at her. 'Thought I had germs.' 'I sat on you. It doesn't matter any more' 'I'm glad' he'd pull himself up with her help and they'd stand,waiting to see if he'd topple over again but once it seemed safe, he'd follow her out of the wash-not before the blow dryer lowered itself and gave them both extreme hair doos.
Gata would be engrossed in her new Yaoi anime and not seem bothered by her earlier conversation from her crazy friend. Taka was known to be exciteable. and sometimes had a wild imagination. a helicopter high in the sky turned into the evil corporation Umbrella from resident evil coming to destroy the world. When the door to the store opened, she'd reluctantly pull herself from her computer, forcing a polite smile for the customers that she'd wish would go away-but it faded when she saw the distraught pair enter. Taka followed by a man she didn't reconized. Many questions boiled to Gata's mind but she'd rush from behind the counter to aid her friend first. 'What happened?' Taka pointed to Loki, though both now looked too exausted to really move. 'He attacked me.' 'Allegedly' 'Then he took us to the artic where a polar bear attacked us but then saved us' 'No,I didn't.' 'then we came here, well the carwash. its' all his fault.' 'partially' 'and he is?' Gata asked blinking at her friend and giving the taller man a dangerous look. 'Loki' Taka managed before flopping onto the watched her friend before her gaze returned to the God. 'You hurt my friend?' Her eyes narrowed darkly. 'She's not right in the head. If anything I helped her.' 'I didn't realize how giant polar bears were. they're like five times bigger then a lion!' 'I'm sure they are.' Gata replied kindly but her attention wasn't entirely on her friend. 'I need tea!' Taka declared slowly standing, but found that Gata put a hand on her back and shoulder. 'first go clean up a little.' 'good idea. Taka would wander like a drunkard towards the bathroom, leaving her friend and the God alone in the store...