Alice's POV:
I yawned, not even bothering to hide my boredom and annoyance that I had been dragged to this gala by my idiot friend. Actually, Sophie, my best friend, wasn't an idiot at all; she was very intellectual and cultural. Unlike me, who preferred going to the movies then getting pizza. I wandered through the crowd and attempted to make meaningless small talk. My annoyance quickly grew as only a handful of them spoke English.
After 2 hours of grinning at random strangers I decided it would be best for everyone if I sat in the corner and sipped my champagne. My red hair was hanging loosely down my shoulders and bounced every time I raised my glass to my mouth.
I had been paying no attention to the environment around me at all, apart from checking out the dishy bartender, but suddenly screams erupted from the center of the main hall and people flooded out shrieking with terror.
Immediately my thoughts turned to Sophie and frantically pushed through the crowd to find her. As I got to the hall my stomach churned at the sight before my eyes;
A man lay withering on a stone table bleeding and screaming in pain. Rushing over to him, I tore part of his shirt off and held it on the empty socket in a feeble attempt to stop the bleeding. Realizing that there was slim chance of his survival, I began to silently pray in my head for a miracle to happen. A cool tear trickled down my face but was quickly wiped away as a warm hand grabbed my shoulder and tore me away from the now dead man.
I saw Sophie who took my hand and began to run with me through the crowd. The run turned into a frantic struggle as I desperately tried to push past the people to escape the nightmare.
I poured out into the square only to see a tall, lean man with raven hair and forcing and yelling the guests to their knees. They fell without a word and were too ashamed to meet each other's eyes. Sophie pulled me down to my knees too.
"Why are we kneeling to this vile person?" I whispered under my breath.
Sophie looked at the floor and sharply said, "Did you see what that thing did the poor man? He took out his eye! I'm sure he wouldn't think twice about doing the same thing to us."
"So we're kneeling to save our own skin?" I shot back but my conversation swiftly ended with the man saying.
"In the end you will always kneel"
"Not to men like you" A elderly gentlemen next to me stood up and spoke against the madman.
"There are no men like me" The psycho replied coolly.
"There are always men like you" The old man spoke back again.
"Look to your elder people, let him be an example" The man raised the blue glowing staff before the him and the elderly man's eyes widened in terror...
"STOP!" I jumped up in front of the man, only half aware of what I was doing.
"Ohh look! An angel steps up to protect you from your own stupidity. You humans just don't know when to give up. You need to learn, so would the lady be so kind to step aside?"He mocked while eyeing me up and down.
"But don't feel left out I'm not done with you yet." He smirked , causing me to blush violently, but still guarding the old man from the psychopath.
"I said step ASIDE"
"No" I said defiantly.
"No? You don't want to anger me Midgardian."
Midgardian? Yep, this was one crazy dude, I thought to myself and replied "Maybe not but I don't take ..." Before I could finish my sentence I was thrown to the side and I crashed into the floor. I opened my eyes to see an oddly dressed man standing over me with a worried expression on his face.
"You okay?" He asked with genuine concern.
"Yes. Who are you?" I asked, an eyebrow raised at his attire.
"Captain America. It's been nice to meet you ma'am but I suggest you run."
"Good plan Batman."A weak smile crossed the Captain's face before he turned and ran towards the center of the crowd.
Getting up and brushing myself off, I turned to Sophie who was by my side and together we ran. Suddenly I heard a terrified scream and turned to see a small girl standing still, sobbing and only a few meters away from the fight. I turned on my heels and headed for her. Within seconds I got to the sobbing girl and scooped her into my arms. The girl clutched my neck and laid her head into my chest.
I saw the terrified parents on the pavement and quickly plopped her into her dad's arms. Suddenly I felt a different arm, snake around my middle and quickly turned to see the raven haired man grinning down at me.
I tried to scream but as soon as I opened my mouth his hand clamped down on my jaw. Before I could respond the raven haired man had spun me around and then pulled me in so my back was pressed firmly against his chest. I tried to elbow him in the ribs but instead my elbow collided with golden armor, causing me to jump in pain as I knocked my funny bone.
I heard the man behind me chuckle quietly and out of the corner of my eye I saw him raise his hand with the scepter in and I soon felt the cool metal on my neck. My heart was pounding and I knew that if I moved even the slightest bit, that the blade would slice my neck in two. I closed my eyes in a desperate attempt to block it all out.
THUMP. A noise that sounded like a combination of bricks and metal colliding caused the ground to shake. I felt the man behind me smirk against my neck, and then say "A step closer, Metal Man and her blood shall decorate the pavement".
"Loki, put that hot chick down!" A familiar voice responded.
"Stark?" I said, through Loki's hand.
"Yes it is! You a fan?" I heard him reply; man, this guy had a short attention span I thought to myself.
"Tony focus, this lady is being held hostage" Captain America said. Thank god one of them was paying attention to your predicament.
Behind me, I heard Loki let out a sigh and pulled the scepter's blade closer to my neck, obviously annoyed at my conversation with the superheroes. I squeaked at this action and that quickly pulled back the superheroes to reality.
"Darling, I think that it's time to make our dramatic exit. Care to let out a little scream for me?" His hot but cold-like breath against my neck caused me to erupt in Goosebumps, I shuddered violently which made Loki let out a sickening laugh as his hand lowered from my mouth to my waist.
After seeing me refuse to scream, he suddenly tightened his grip on me so much that I couldn't breathe. I let a small scream before my eyes begin to feel very heavy and the world around me drifted into darkness...
Hello! A new story to keep me occupied with. :)
Requested by a close friend, Alice.