Thank you for your patience!
Thor
Chapter 2: Wait Until They're Inside the Car, THEN Taser Them!
You are a vain,
greedy,
CRUEL BOY.
I was a fool to think you were ready…
Thor.
Odinson.
You are unworthy of these realms
Unworthy of your title
YOU ARE UNWORTHY
I curse you out.
Thor Odinson was a man, a god, one who faced all sorts of pain to defend his realm, his home, his family, and his name from all threats before him. But before his own family, under the withering glare of his father, he could barely stand the pain that his father's words, his curse, inflicted on him.
He did not understand.
Weary pairs of eyes watched as the stranger from the sky stared up at them confused and dazed.
His eyes unfocused as they glazed over them until they focused on the single Asian woman crouched beside him.
Kagome watched as a gleam of recognition sparked his gaze.
And coming from the remnants of what could only be described as warm golden waves that just seemed to roll off his large figure, she had a good idea he knew what she was.
But before anyone could pipe in a thought, his eyes filled with confused rage.
Kagome jerked backwards, pushing Jane back with her as the man pushed himself off the ground suddenly.
"Aughhh," He grunted animalistically, his arms swinging around listlessly.
If they weren't so confused as to where he had come from, Kagome would have very much passed this man as a drunk idiot left out in the desert by his friends.
"Hammer?!"
Yup.
"Hammer?!"
Kagome shared a puzzled and very much pointed look with Darcy.
"Yeah...we can tell you're hammered," Darcy replied, slowly inching away from the stumbling man.
And whilst Kagome, Darcy, and Erik were adamant in not letting the man out of their sight, Jane was more than eager to address the paranormal markings engraved into the sand.
"Kagome! Erik! Look at this!" Jane startled, dropping to the floor, scrambling to pull her sample cups out of her bag, "We have to sample this quickly, before all this changes!"
Kagome was flabbergasted, she tore her eyes away from the man for a second to stare at her friend and became mesmerized by the pattern burnt into the sand. For a brief moment, distracted.
"Jane, we have to take him to the hospital," Erik said wearily, as he crouched down beside Jane, his attention split between the two phenomenons.
"Father!" The distraught stranger shouted, straight into the sky.
"He's fine, look at him." Jane waved off.
"Jane! He is not fine," Kagome turned to stare at her friend.
"Heimdal! I know you can hear me! Open the Bifrost!"
Kagome stared pointedly from the delirious man to the elated woman on the ground.
Jane smiled at Kagome sheepishly.
"Right. Hospital, you guys go and I'll stay."
"Jane, I am not leaving you out here alone at night. Are you crazy," she berated the brunette, "There are animals out here that'll eat you up when we leave."
Then the stranger seemed to realize the sky wasn't going to answer him any time soon.
Kagome stepped down the urge to evade the potential threat this man showed but held her ground, her feet shifting towards a more balanced position. She watched quietly as the man made a few steps toward Erik and Jane.
"You," He slurred, "What realm is this?Alfheim? Nornheim?"
When Erik didn't seem to answer him fast enough, the man whipped to towards Kagome, making his way towards her much quickly.
By instinct Kagome immediately stepped away from his path but his quick reflexes took her off guard as his large arms came down to trap her shoulders. She did not expect that at all, unlike his drunken speech and walk, this movement was well trained and practiced.
"Priestess!" He bellowed into her face," What realm do you protect? Who are you bound to?!"
'Oh Kami-sama, save me.' Kagome prayed, stuck between the non-human and Darcy's stun gun. She wasn't sure if she was happy or scared that Darcy was readily prepared with a stun gun.
"New Mexico," Darcy stuttered, pointing her gun at the man that clung tightly to her colleague, "Hey man, you let her go."
The grimace on his face spelled bad news and Kagome stood fast to put herself between him and Darcy.
He barely spared her a glance but stopped his advancement toward the bespeckled girl.
"You dare threaten me? Thor. And you dare put your priestess in danger with your pu-"
And with frightening accuracy, Kagome felt the slight sting as the prongs made their way past her and into the man's chest.
Mouths wide open all onlookers watched on as the entirety of the giant fell like a cut tree.
All three spectators turned towards the assailant.
"What?! He was freaking me out and did you see how he grabbed Kagome?!"
It took a good minute before any of them realized they had to load him into their van.
Their van that sat more than a few feet away.
Kagome let out an exasperated sigh.
Between Erik and Kagome, they struggled to lift the stranger into their van.
"How can a man weigh so much?!" Kagome huffed as she tossed the remaining leg into the van before making her way in as well.
" Next time you decide to taser somebody, make sure they're already in the car, OK?!" Erik emphasized, glancing back at the intern, who shrugged nonchalantly in response.
"No shame," Darcy simply replied earning a giggle from the Japanese woman.
As the two shuffled their way into the front of the car, Kagome peaked her head out from the back of the van and looked around for their last member.
"Jane!" She called out, finding the petite scientist taking soil samples, "Let's go!"
'Honestly, that woman wanders off every time I look away,' Kagome though with a sigh as she watched Jane shuffle her way back towards them.
"This is going to change everything, Kagome. We finally did it," Jane whispered breathlessly as they shared a fond and excited smile.
They had finally found something.