- Alexis of Earth
I was sitting on a bench by the sea, reading a book and enjoying the sun beaming down on me. I usually did this every afternoon. This was like my little hiding spot, when I needed to think or to relax, I would always come here. What I didn't know was that today there would be no relaxing. I was absorbed in my book when I overheard some girls screaming which made me look up for a split second. There was a huge mob around two people who were very hard to see... But I could spot one of them, quickly trying to connect the face to a name. He looked so familliar...
I decided to ignore the screaming fan girls and continue my book. However, I didn't even manage to read another sentence because I heard someone yell. And the person seemed to be right next to me making me take out my headphones.
"Thor! Loki's here!" those two short sentences made me look up only to be faced by an auburn haired girl who resembled me in any way possible. We had the same features, and the only difference was our eyes. While hers had a mix of blue and grey in them, mine were only grey. However, everything else about us was the same. I opened my mouth to speak, but didn't have time to, as I was splashed with a wave of water. I was dripping wet. My clothes, hair and... My book! That was a signed book!
"What the hell, you freak?" I asked angrily even though I had no right calling her a freak. I was just like her. So I decided to use it.
I looked behind her just to see the familliar looking, popular, blond guy trying to make his way through the screaming girls and right next to him - was a garbage can. I concentrated on making it fly up. It did as I wished soon hitting the girl in the back and making her stumble as she lost control of yet another wave coming my way. It splashed into the water, disappearing as it came. I looked at her shocked face which mirrored the other god's, making me wonder why are they so surprised that I fought back. She's the one that attacked me, why shouldn't I defend myself!? Deciding to use their moment of just standing there in shock as if they have nothing better to do, I used another one of my advantages.
'That's not Loki's power!', she thought.
'What kind of sorcery is this?', the blonde haired guy wondered. Wait... What do I have to do with Loki?! Yes, I knew of the battle for New York which happened last year, and the Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D. But then again, the whole world did. And yet they're allying me with a villain such as Loki?! I had no idea what their reason was. But I was snapped out of my thoughts as I started to feel extremely cold. I looked down at my feet since I wasn't able to move them only to find them in ice.
Great, just great.
I looked back to her just to see a smirk across her face. I sighed, looking around me, and soon finding a sharp rock near my feet. As it hit the ice hard without me even touching it, the ice cracked freeing my legs, at last. Once again, they seemed surprised, and I smiled confidently at them.
And then it hit me. I was fightning Thor, the God of Lightning! That's why I thought I have seen him somewhere before - I must have remebered his face from a video on the internet or something... After all, aliens attacking Earth and a group of superheroes defending it was a hell of a story, and everyone was talking about it...
Suddenly - there was a gust of wind as Thor swung his arm and sent a gigantic looking hammer flying my way. Extending my hand towards it, the thing suddenly turned back and went straight at him though he caught it just before it hit his face. There were a few screams coming from the crowd as the people were running around. Some trying to see what was going on, and some trying to run away before something really bad happened.
"Who are you?" the god asked with a thick accent which I guessed belonged to Asgard.
"Why would I tell you?" I answered with my own question as we were standing on opposite sides, both ready for the other one to move. At that time, the other girl was raising her hands up, and forming a huge ball of ice that just seemed to grow with every second. But I kept on staring at Thor, not breaking eye contact.
"What are you doing on Earth?" he tried again, though this time, I answered him:
"I live here!" I yelled back, rolling my eyes.
"That's impossible." the girl suddenly commented, making me notice that even her voice was the same as mine. I wondered who she was...
"What trick is Loki playing with us?" Thor asked with a threat obvious in his voice. "Where is he?"
"How should I know?" I was getting angrier with every question. They were acting like I was his right hand or something... and I didn't even see the guy in my life!
"Don't play dumb, little girl!" he answered, making me laugh. Little girl? If I was such a little girl, why was he hesitating to attack me? 'Maybe she isn't one of his tricks; maybe this girl is the real thing... But how would that be even possible?', his thoughts were running wild as I listened to them.
"I think we're done with chit chatting!" my lookalike exclaimed, suddenly sending an ice ball straight at me as I turned to it, making it burst into little pieces before it touched me. I let out a sigh of releif. I was so close to becoming a penguin...
Controlling the trees behind me, I made a thick branch outstretch and grab her by her waist pulling her up into the air as she swung there. She started to push the branch away from her just as I started to get worried. She was much, much stronger than I thought she was. But it will take a while until she frees herself. I will have just enough time to run away.
I sighed as I turned back to Thor who was glaring at me with a suspicious look on his face. One of his hands held his hammer down, while he stood there, not moving. But he wasn't fooling and I most definitely am not planning on letting my guard down when around these two. For all I know, maybe they are Loki's tricks!
"We can do this the easy way... or the hard way. All you need to do is tell me where Loki is and what's he planning to do this time." he explained, acting like he wasn't going to do his best to make me turn into a billion mini Alexis pieces with that hammer.
"Well, all I can tell you is that I don't know. Leave me alone!" I answered.
Thor sighed as he raised his hammer once again sending it flying towards me... only this time I didn't change its direction. Well I kind of did, but it didn't go back to Thor, but it got lost in the sky as it flew. Since Thor threw it hard, I knew it wouldn't land for some time regarding that it was a special hammer indeed. But from the YouTube videos I've seen about him, the hammer somehow always gets back in his hand, so I better get moving.
"A king should never hit a girl." I mumbled.
My head hurt from too much use of my power, but I was proud of my work. The girl was still fightning with the tree, and Thor raised his hand up, waiting for the hammer to come back. I rolled my eyes. He'll be waiting for some time.
"I am a human being, born and raised here, on Earth! I know nothing of Loki's whereabouts and his tricks. So, if we're done here, I would like to get home in time for dinner! Goodbye!" I said as I started to walk away and just before I reached my bike I turned back to the tree letting the girl go.
Her face was red, and she looked tired.
"And you better get me a new book, because that one..." I pointed to the wet book on the bench. "... is completely ruined! And it was signed... unbelievable."
And with that, I walked away, leaving them looking at me with awe written on their faces. I could feel their glares on my back until I was out of their sight and earshot. I finally let out a breath of relief.
I had no idea what has just happened.
But what I do know is that Thor and an another Asgardian are back on Earth. And that other unknown Asgardian looks just like me! And yet, I know nothing about her, not even her name! So, as I was riding my bike back to our small flat, I couldn't help but think of various plots which ran through my mind. What bothered me the most was the question if we were related? Because if we were, than she must know where my mother is. But as I entered the house, I pushed all of those thoughts away and entered the kitchen only to see my dad setting the table.
"Hi, dear. You're home later than usual. Is everything alright?" he asked with a smile as he set one of the plates down.
"Everything is fine, dad, I just lost track of time! I hope that you don't mind!" I said with a smile.
My father always believed me. He wasn't dumb; I was just a good liar. He knew nothing of the real me. He didn't even know about my telepathy or telekinesis, and we shared the same roof for my entire life...
He thought I was just another normal college girl doing her best to graduate and get on with her life. And I was going to let him believe that until it was absolutely neccessary to tell him the real truth. I hope that day will never come, though. I couldn't possibly imagine what his reaction would be like and I didn't even want to think of it. So as my father set the pasta on the table, I decided to forget about the problems bothering me as I got into a light conversation with my father. For now I pretended like everything was alright in the world.
Though, it most certainly was not.
