"speaking"
"So what's the game plan?" Clint asked.
"Take this time to rest I'm going to contact Stark and the others." Fury replied, "the real work will start as soon as they get back."
Clint decided that he was going to recover from being slammed into a wall in Natasha's room.
"What do you make of her reaction to seeing that picture of the warehouse?" He asked lounging on her bed. Natasha was too quiet and she'd looked like she was remembering something ever since Thor had managed to calm Saber's freak out. She was shutting down and he didn't like it.
"Come on Nat, talk to me." He said standing and pulling her against him.
"They did things to her in there Clint..." She said.
"I got that." He said.
"It's just that...I can relate you know?" She said remembering her time spent in the red room.
"Maybe you should go talk to her...let her know that she's not as alone as she may think she is." He suggested, not adding that he thinks it'll be good for both of them.
He'd placed her delicately sleeping form on the couch, and kept busy by getting his apartment ready for a guest. He didn't exactly know when Saber planned on waking up, but something told him sleeping was something that she didn't do often so h would let her get as much as she could.
What has she been though? He thought.
Thor couldn't understand why anyone would want to harm her, or any woman for that matter.
"Worry not maiden, I shall protect you...No longer will you suffer or feel fear." He vowed, and he would keep his word weather she'd actually heard him or not.
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Saber had heard every word that had been said both in his head and aloud, she was aware that Thor had been designated babysitter, and she was touched that he'd vowed to protect her.
"His thoughts about my situation were also comforting...somewhat." She murmured opening her eyes and sitting upright. She didn't see Thor, but she could hear his thoughts and him rushing around in a room. From the sound of things he was getting mad at the bed in the guest room because the sheet wouldn't stay on right.
"Men..." She chuckled. Standing slowly and making sure she could keep her balance, once she was certain that she wasn't going to fall over she followed his irritated thoughts to his guest room.
"Is everything okay in here?" She asked, "You sound very irritated."
"But I wasn't making any noise." Thor said confused as he watched her quickly and easily make the kink sized bed.
"Yeah, I have yet to learn how not to read peoples minds, and the closer the person is to me the louder there thoughts." She explained.
"You must want to freshen up and eat something." Thor said. "The bathroom is right across the hall, I put out a fresh towel and a new bar of soap."
"Alright." She smiled grabbing her bag from beside the bed.
Thor was making sandwiches. Living on earth for half a year and watching TV had given him a grasp of some of the basics. He hoped that Saber would be okay with having various sandwiches for dinner, he didn't have too much to work with in his kitchen.
A knock at the door halted his progress, and it was also this moment that Saber came out dressed in a pure white track suit with a gray stripe on the jacket sleeves and her pant legs.
"What brings you two here?" Thor asked when he opened the door and saw Clint and Natasha standing on the other side holding shopping bags.
"I want to speak with Saber..." Natasha replied, "girl talk." She added when the god gave her a confused look.
"I don't mind talking." Saber spoke up from where she sat on the couch.
Thor let them in.
"I brought you a few things..." Natasha said joining the other woman on the couch. She 'd brought some clothes, toiletries, comfort food (chocolate), and tea.
"Thank you." Saber said a warm smile gracing her features. "I would also like to apologize for my little freak out earlier...I'm still not emotionally right after everything, and I hope I didn't hurt either of you."
"Trust me we've had much worse." Clint grinned.
"Let's take this stuff to your room and we can talk." Natasha said.
"Okay..." Saber replied leading her back to the guest room.
"What are they really going to talk about?" Thor asked once both women were gone.
"Natasha has been through something very similar to what Saber probably has...she just wants to let her know she's not all alone." The archer explained.
Thor nodded in understanding, It will be good for her to have someone to relate to. He thought going back to making sandwiches.
R&R Please.
