Hey... Ummmm... I hope you like it.
Let's start at the beginning… before my life became insane, before I started being reckless and definitely before I found out a secret that was very classified.
I growled at the test before me. I knew the answers but doing it was such a pain. All I really wanted to do was read, but no, of course I can't do that! This is school, reading can't happen unless they order that it happens! Makes me so mad!
Sighing I started filling in the answers figuring that the sooner I finished the test the sooner I could go back to my book. Once my test was finished I looked around my college classroom and noticed that only about three other people were done. Good, I hate being the first one done. People always stare, especially when I get my score back.
Climbing up out of my seat I walked down the short distance to the teachers desk and set my test in the small pile of others. Turning back around so I could head back to my desk I noticed that a few people still stared at me. One was some guy who happened to be in a lot of my art classes, he would also come up to my studio when he thought I wasn't there and look at what I was doing.
He was kind of handsome, I suppose, but his snooping pissed me off. I glared at him angrily and stood up straighter before walking back to my seat at the back of the room. The rest of the class passed quickly and I had gotten through a lot of my book.
Shoving my materials back into my small messenger bag I got up and headed for the door planning on going to my studio to work on my project. I wasn't five steps away from the door when a tall masculine body moved in my way. I blocked the anger from my face and voice as I looked up to see the bothersome guy.
"Oh… hey…" He mumbled nervously. Oh great… Restraining the urge to flip him off and push around him I stood my ground and looked up at his eyes.
"Hello." My voice was a little harsher than I had intended but it wasn't like I cared, I wasn't trying to be nice.
"I know we've never really talked that much since you're always working but I was wondering-"
"Yeah, about me working, I really have to go do that. My assignment is due next week so I need to get it finished." Lies.
"Oh… sorry… Do you mind if I walk you there? I have a free period." I forced my body not to sigh and shrugged instead.
"Fine, whatever, not like it matters much." He flinched at the subliminal insult as I walked past him but followed me anyway. "So what do you want?" I asked hoping to just get on with it.
"Some of the people from class wanted me to ask something."
"Well what the hell is it?" I sounded angry, sure, but I managed to keep the growl from my voice. Again he flinched and I inwardly was disgusted by it. What a pathetic man. Does he have no courage? Pride? Such a baby.
"Are you gay?"
I growled angrily at him and resisted smacking him in the face. "Are you?" Again he flinched. "How about the next time your fucking friends want something from me they grow a set and ask me themselves! At least then maybe I wouldn't be the manliest person there!"
"I-I'm sorry."
"Shut the fuck up! Leave me alone! And no, I'm not gay you ass!" I started storming off but stopped short and look back over my shoulder to him. "And I don't want you coming near my studio again, you understand?" He nodded and I turned back and headed straight for my studio to work off my anger.
"Wait he asked what!" My best female friend and roommate, Marcel, asked me as I plopped down beside her on the bed.
"Like I said, he asked if I was gay."
Raphael, my other best friend, stood in the doorway and growled. "What an ass! And even if you were what business was it theirs to ask!" Raphael was gay so I understood why he was so pissed off.
"Yeah, Raphael is right! They have no reason to ask something stupid like that!" Marcel agreed getting all fired up.
"Oh come on you guys, it's not so bad I guess… Maybe if I'd have said yes all the guys in class would've stopped hitting on me."
"Yeah, Lanie, like you really mind all that much." Raphael laughed.
"Well… sometimes I don't, but most of the time the guys here are cowards." Both my housemates nodded and we all started laughing.
A week had passed and I was becoming increasingly more reckless which Marcel blamed on how many movies I watched. I had scene the Avengers movie and I thought it was the greatest movie ever created. Loki was my favorite character ever since I watched Thor. I thought he was amazingly attractive and definitely not cowardly.
I don't know why I connected with him so well… Probably because we both felt unwanted and out of place, like we didn't belong. It broke my heart.
Marcel told me I was starting to act stupid though and that I was worrying her while Raphael encouraged my behavior. He said that I was finally starting to act like I wanted and that we should all embrace it. It made me laugh at how different all of us were. I was aggressive and analytical yet very polite when I wanted to be, Marcel was clumsy and indecisive but very smart, and Raphael was rude and complainsive yet very down to earth.
Maybe Marcel was right though… maybe I was acting stupid. I was thinking that a lot, especially right now. I had bullied Marcel into going with me to this old abandoned hotel. My selling point being that people said it was haunted. She loved ghosts almost as much as I hated them but I really wanted to come to this place so I needed someone who wasn't afraid to come with me.
We had brought two flashlights with us and wore darker clothes as not to be scene. Getting into the building was no problem though and I was surprised to see that it still had some lighting that was on and working. Shouldn't the city have cut off it's power when it closed down? Thinking about it wasn't helping my nerves at all though.
We moved through the entrance of the building quickly and easily and soon found a set of stairs.
"We should go to the top floor, that's where the loft suite is." I suggested as we opened the door and stepped in.
"Yeah, you're right." Marcel agreed as she started climbing the steps carefully.
They looked really nice but well used and slightly faded. This hotel must have been amazing when it was still in business. We moved quickly up the steps until we reached the final floor. Opening the door I revealed a small entryway next to the elevator and another door. This must be the entrance to the loft.
Marcel looked at me and took a deep breath before opening the door. "Huh… it's really unlocked." She blurted.
"Well that's just good news for us." She nodded and opened the door wider before stepping in with me right behind her. I shone my flashlight around revealing a hallway with doors on both sides that led to a rather nice living room. "For being abandoned this place sure has a lot of stuff still in it."
"No kidding… let's look around." I grinned at Marcel's bravery and walked into the first room on the left while she took the right. "This looks like a laundry room… and it still has clothes and stuff in here."
The room I was in was a huge bathroom. It had a separate tub and shower and looked really nice, if not for the overflowing basket of dirty clothes. "Marcel… I don't think this place is all that abandoned…" I walked back into the hall just in time to receive a text from her and here the door to the stairs close.
Sorry, I couldn't do it… I'm heading outside to wait for you. Try and not be too long. 3 Mar
"Damnit…" I growled at my phone and stashed it in my pocket. Looking around I decided that I might as well leave. Just as I turned around I heard one of the only noises that could make me scared as hell. From the other side of the front door I heard the bell on the elevator chime signaling that someone had just come up.
I yelped and ran for the living room to hide. I quickly found an open closet and threw myself in hiding behind some clothes. I adjusted how I was sitting and sat perfectly sill as I heard the front door open.
"Thor, what have we told you about locking the door after you leave?" I heard a man ask with a sigh. Thor? Someone really named their son that? Cool but weird.
The lights in the room came on and I blinked. From where I was sitting I saw a man walk into view and my breath caught in my throat. He looked just like Tony Stark. Oh god this was a bad idea. He took off his jacket and I saw something in his chest glowing. Oh god this it too weird. Either this guy is a really good costume maker, a really bad ass nerd, or everything the government has been telling us is a lie.
A deep voice shook me out of my thoughts and a man who could have doubled as Thor walked into view. "Sorry, Tony, I still forget a lot of your customs."
I bit my tongue to keep from making noise. Great… my government is a lying sack of lies and deceit. Another man moved into view and my eyes widened slightly. Loki… We was halfway past the closet when he paused and looked right at me.
I blushed darkly as his eyes met mine and held. I felt like he was staring into my soul. By now other people had noticed his staring and were starting to look at the closet as well. I sank into myself trying to hide better. Suddenly Loki was gone and I felt someone beside me.
"You know… it's probably best if you come out, the assassin wont be happy if he finds you hiding… which he will." I yelped as I heard the person talk and jumped out of the closet only to slam right into Thor's chest and fall onto my ass.
"Ow…" I whined pathetically and tensed up as I noticed everyone was staring at me, including who I assumed was Hawkeye as he came out of the bathroom. "I'm sorry! I didn't know anyone lived here! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"
Loki walked back around to face me and I couldn't help but stare at him. He truly was a god… he looked so perfect. I didn't notice the one I assumed as Steve until he spoke up. "Were you here to steal?" His voice was angry and I moved away from him.
"No! Of course not! I'm no thief!" I pleaded. It wasn't like I was lying anyway. We had only come to look around, I never expected this.
"Come on Steve, be nice to the girl, can't you tell she's scared?" Thor pleaded moving in front of me slightly. I glanced over at Loki and noticed he was staring and it made me blush. He smirked as he noticed the pink that was on my cheeks and I fidgeted.
"I didn't come to steal anything. I thought the building was abandoned and haunted and I wanted to see for myself." I pushed myself up off the floor and stood up so I didn't look so pathetic.
"Why would you think it was haunted?" Steve asked fidgeting slightly and looking around.
"Because it's what everyone has been saying… I guess they figured you guys were, ya know… haunting the place. This hotel has been abandoned for like ten years." I answered realizing that he didn't like ghosts either.
"Oh… I'm sorry I yelled at you… but we're not supposed to…"
"Be seen? Yeah I figured… nothing says your government kinda sucks like learning that it lies to you." He flinched and I knew I said something dumb. Oh yeah… Captain America… oops. "S-sorry…"
"No, you have the right…" He sighed and moved into the living room to sit down on the couch. Loki chuckled at me and I saw Thor glance at him.
"So uh… can you really do all the stuff that the movies say you can?" I blurted. Hell I was already up to my neck might as well drown. Loki smiled and I felt myself melt a little.
"Oh? Curious are we?" He purred moving closer to me. I froze up and blushed darker.
"W-well… yeah…" I mumbled trying and failing to look away from his eyes. From the corner of my eye I saw Clint move closer to me. I moved away from him quickly and ended up even closer to Loki with Thor between me and the assassin.
"Aren't you afraid of me?" Loki asked whispering into my ear as he leaned closer to me.
"No… I suppose I'm not…" I muttered as my breath caught in my throat. I tried breathing around it and ended up breathing heavy.
"Are you afraid of them?" He asked indicating Clint and Steve.
"A little… or a lot… I don't know…" My short hair rustled slightly as his breath hit it, causing a shiver to run down my spine.
"Loki, quite teasing the girl." Thor sighed turning around to look at us. Everyone else still had their eyes on me and I was starting to become lightheaded.
"I'm not teasing her you oaf, I'm merely talking to her." Loki countered with a pout in his voice.
"I'm not a girl." I said looking at Thor. He turned his attention to me with a puzzled look. "I-I'm almost 26... I'm not a child, therefore not a girl but a woman..." This made Loki chuckle and I felt my heart flutter slightly and I got even more light headed. I wobbled slightly, brushing against his chest and finally blacked out.
I woke up groggily and groaned. My head hurt like a mother fucker and I reached up to rub my temples. "Oh you're awake finally." I heard a rude woman's voice say. She seemed snarky and I didn't like it at all.
One of my eyes peaked open and I stared at the redheaded woman before me. "Who the hell are you?" I growled moving to sit up. She snickered slightly and it grated on my nerves.
"I'm Natasha Romanova." I sighed realizing where I was.
"Fine. What do you want? You gonna play with my mind until I go crazy and no one will believe a word I say?" I glared at her from under my dark lashes and sat up all the way, my head pounding the whole time.
"No… Fury doesn't want me to. For some reason you interest him."
"Thanks princess… now what the hell do you want?" Anger flashed across her features. Apparently I wasn't saying the things she wanted to hear.
"You don't even know me and yet you're already so aggressive towards me?" She asked angrily.
"I hate your type. The women who think with a few well placed words, some skin tight clothes, a few swishes of the hips, and the batting of their eye lashes that they can know everything they want and get anything they want in life. It's sick. It's disgraceful. And most of all it's unbecoming." She blinked in surprise. "Yeah, I have good reasons for why I get upset, so sue me."
"I didn't think -"
"Don't you lie to me!" Her features hardened and she sighed.
"Fine! So what?" She growled. "I thought you were stupid just like every other woman out there who falls for a pretty face and charming smile."
"You're mad cause I thought Loki was handsome? Well he is and it's kinda hard to say differently. But that doesn't mean that it means anything."
"Sorry… But he's the god of trickery, you can't just trust him."
"I know… but it's not your problem to worry about me. I'm not some big important person. I'm just an art student."
"Everyone should be considered important." I stared at her completely unfazed and groaned as my head kept throbbing.
"What happened to me?" I asked kneading my fingers into my temple. "My head kills."
"We had to drug you to make sure you wouldn't wake up… You're at the S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters."
"Well can't you do something about it?"
She shook her head. "If we give you anymore drugs it could be harmful you your body. You might as well just sleep it off."
"I think I'm going to take a shower…"
"Alright, I'll take you there and get you some different clothes." I nodded and followed her out of the room and down the hallway. I ran my tongue over my teeth disgusted and sighed. "Do you have a crush on him?"
"What?" I blurted shocked.
"On Loki… Do you have a crush?" I shrugged and blushed slightly. "Ok." Suddenly she moved me into a random door and closed us in just as Loki and Thor came walking around the corner. They looked like they were bickering and it made me giggle slightly.
Once they were gone we left the room and went back to walking down the hall. "Thank you…"
"It's nothing. I know how women think remember." I laughed slightly and she smiled. It didn't take us long to get to the shower area. "Don't be startled if there are men… we all share the same locker room." I nodded at her and she stopped in front of a window where a woman sat and they talked for a little bit while the woman looked me over.
"Alright here." Natasha handed me a set of clothes and a basket of bathing supplies.
"Thanks again. Do I just go back to my room when I'm done?"
"No, I'll wait for you to come out. Fury wanted to meet you." I nodded and left her in the hall to go and take a nice long shower.
My head was already hurting less since I was moving around and the shower helped to make it almost non existent. I got my hair nice and clean and shaved leaving my legs all nice and smooth. Next I scrubbed my skin until it starting giving off a nice sting. When I was done I wrapped my towel around my body and went over to the sinks to brush my teeth and put on deodorant.
I dried off and pulled on the clean underwear before going to get dressed in the locker room. I was in the pants given to me and bra with the towel over my head to keep the water from my hair from going down my back. Leaning down to pull on the socks, the towel draped down next to my face. I didn't see or hear anyone approach me until I felt gentle fingers graze my back. I gasped and jerked up making the towel fall to the ground.
"Shit." I reached back down to grab it and I heard the person next to me chuckle. I recognized the noise immediately and reeled back clutching the towel to my chest to look straight at Loki. "Uh… Hi… I uh…"
"Hello." He smiled at me as his eyes drifted over the exposed skin of my sides and hips. I blushed darkly and turned back to my pile of stuff to pull on my shirt quickly. But even though I moved quickly I could still feel his eyes move over my exposed body.
"S-so… um…" Fidgeting I decided to start drying off my hair.
"I'm Loki." He offered, trying to make the situation less awkward. I know…
"Hello." I smiled at him from under my towel before setting it down with my dirty clothes. "I'm Lanie." I offered him my hand nervously and he took it gently with both of his and brought it to his mouth, kissing my knuckles softly. I blushed darkly and stammered. "I-I… You were supposed to shake it."
He grinned at me and chuckled at my embarrassment. "Yes, I'm well aware. I'm delighted to meet you Miss Lanie."
"The same Loki." He smiled causing me to melt again before letting go of my hand.
"You should go see Fury now…"
"Y-yeah… I probably should… I'll see you around?" I asked the last part without thinking and realized it made me sound desperate.
"Oh, I'm sure you'll see me around." He grinned and gestured to the door.
"Ok… Later than Loki." I gathered my things and started walking towards the door. Right before I stepped outside I looked back to see him pull off his shirt revealing a perfect chest and back. Blushing darkly I stumbled out of the doorway almost falling on my face.
"See something nice?" Natasha teased me when the door closed.
"W-what? I don't know what you're talking about." I fidgeted as I regained my composure and she laughed.
"Oh yeah, sure, that's why you're blushing so hard huh. And just a little while after Loki walked in? I find that odd…" She was still teasing me so I stuck my tongue out at her making her laugh again. "Alright. You can give your stuff to the woman in the window and she'll keep them for you and wash your clothes." I nodded and walked over to the woman Natasha had talked to earlier.
"Hello." I said making her look up. "Miss Romanova said to give my stuff back to you." She nodded and smiled at me making me relax.
"You're the new girl aren't you?" I nodded in response and handed her my things. "Alright, what's your name little Miss?"
"Lanie."
"Just Lanie?"
"Oh… no… Lanie Mathews."
"Alright Hunny, I'll keep them here for you."
"Ok, thank you very much." I smiled at her and she smiled back taking my stuff. I walked back over to Natasha and she led me through the halls to where Nick Furry waited to meet me.
Alright! I know it moved like really fast but I wanted to get right into the action. I reallllllyyyyy hope you enjoyed it and I realllllyyyy hope you'll review.