Hey guys. Tell me what's up. Hope you like the story so far. Some Katelyn and Rodgers are comin up in the next chapter. Nothing sexual though. It rated T. They start to get to know each other. I think it's cute. But first to Tony!
Who is She?
Chapter 4
Loki carried Katelyn up the stairs to Stark's bedroom where Natasha was. Before he could knock, the door swung up to reveal Natasha standing in the doorway. Natasha looked Loki straight in the eye and spoke, "JARVIS told me." "Oh." was all Loki could say. "Put her on the bed," Natasha said stepping to the side to let Loki through.
"I will have to stay with her tonight," Loki said walking across the room to the bed. He lied Katelyn down softly and tucked her under the covers. Natasha strode over with a chair for Loki. He took it and sat while Natasha climbed on to the bed on the opposite side of were Loki was sitting. "She feels cold," Natasha said with her hand on Katelyn's forehead. She looked at Loki with a worried expression.
"It's ok she feels cold all the time." Loki said while looking at Katelyn with a somber expression. Katelyn nodded her head as if to agree with Loki. Natasha jumped a little when Katelyn moved. "She can hear us?" Natasha asked looking at Loki a little confused. "Yes," Loki concluded, "but she still needs to rest."
Katelyn's eyes fluttered open and stared at Loki. Her expression neutral. She mumbled something too low for them to hear and Loki leaned in to hear better. She mumbled again but this time he heard. "Do the spell. The last one I taught you." "But we haven't practiced. What if I do it wrong? I could possibly kill you." Loki sounded like he just got slapped with a wet fish and was demanding an apology. "Do it or you'll never know my purpose." Katelyn said. She sounded strangled.
"Natasha, I need you to leave the room." Loki said still looking in Katelyn's eyes. "But..." Natasha stumbled with the words she tried to form. "No buts. She wants me to do a spell." Loki said sternly while looking up at her. "Ok." Natasha said leaving the room.
"Are you ready?" Loki asked Katelyn only to get a nod of her head. Loki started to put his hands above Katelyn's head and chest. He took the necklace in his hand and started to mumble some words.
The crystal started to glow an eerie blue. It projected an image above itself like Katelyn did in the living room. It showed the Allfather standing in front of a pile of ashes in Jotunheim. Odin put his arms out towards the ashes. He started to say, "Rise my loved one and join me in Asgard." The pile of ashes started to form a girl. Odin kept speaking, "I shall name you Katelyn Ashwood. You shall have the senses and silver tongue of a serpent. You shall have the flexibility, grace and knowledge of a feline. You shall have the speed, sturdiness and power of a horse." The ashes had formed a slim form of a girl. She held her head high and her posture was perfect. Odin put down his hands.
The girl's skin turned an olive tone that was not to light and not to dark. A soft blue dress covered her. It had a silver belt that pointed down. The dress had long sleeves that hugged her arms. They had a point that went down the back of her hands and stopped at the base of her middle finger. Her hair turned a blonde color. Like a wheat field was mixed with the sun. Her eyes were a bright blue like the sky in the early morning with specks of grey. Around her neck was the same necklace Katelyn wore.
It was Katelyn.
She walked towards the Allfather slowly with the grace of a feline. She was barefoot but the cold didn't affect her at all. She looked at home. Comfortable in the cold deserted waste land. She stopped in front of Odin looking up at him. She spoke, "Allfather." She put her right fist over her chest and knelt. "Rise my young one. You shall never bow to anyone. I will not allow it." Odin said looking honest. "Thank you" Katelyn said as she stood. "Your purpose is to choose one of my sons to be like. You must study him and know him." Odin said putting a heavy hand on her shoulder. "Yes, but why?" Katelyn asked curiously.
The image disappeared. Loki put the crystal back on Katelyn's chest carefully. He leaned back studying her as she lay there staring at the ceiling. "Loki," Katelyn started sitting up and dropping her legs over the edge of the California king size bed, "I must say I choose you because I wanted to. I didn't want to be like Thor. He's arrogant in his ways. I choose you because I saw the pleading in your eyes. You wanted to have someone by your side who understood you. I am that person." Katelyn finished standing up in front of Loki. She looked around the room. "How did you know what I wanted?" Loki asked still studying her. "There are some things that no one knows and shouldn't know." Katelyn said putting a hand on Loki's. She started to walk over to the door when Loki appeared in front of her.
He put his hands on each of Katelyn's cheeks. He leaned down and placed a kiss on Katelyn's forehead. "Thank you." He mumbled as he pulled back dropping his hands to his sides. "I think we should go let everyone know I'm ok." Katelyn said looking up into Loki's emerald green eyes. "Yeah we should." Loki said turning and opening the bedroom door.
Katelyn stepped off the last step and everyone turned to her and stood. Shock and relief etched into their faces. Steve walked over in front of Katelyn and glanced at Loki who was still behind her. "Katelyn I'm so sorry for that. You didn't have to." Steve said with a pleading look in his eyes. "It's fine. I've been in worse. I accept your apology but it wasn't necessary." Katelyn said putting a hand on Steve's shoulder. Katelyn retraced her hand walked in to the kitchen.
Stopping in front of the bar and leaning her weight on her arms that were placed on the edge of the counter. "Tony you got any good stuff?" Katelyn asked normally like nothing had just happened to her. "I don't know what you like so…" Tony said walking into the kitchen and opening the fridge doors. Katelyn stood next to him with a hand on her chin peering into the fridge like she was studying a crime scene. "Oh these will do." Katelyn piped up while reaching for the strawberries.
Once she had them in her grasp she walked over to the living room and plopping down next to Bruce. "Well are you all going to sit or just stand there looking like statues?" Katelyn said while eating a strawberry. She looked at all of them while they sat. "How are you feeling?" Bruce asked looking at her with a doctor's eye. "Fine, trust me I've had worse." Katelyn said eating another strawberry.
"If you say so." Banner said glancing at Thor. "Hey Tony I forgot to give this to you when we were in the basement." Katelyn said putting her hand up in front of herself. A little box about the size of her hand appeared. It was a dark red with a gold ribbon tied around it like a present. She handed it to stark who took it with shaky hands. "What is it?" Stark said looking down at the box in his hands. "It's from your father," Katelyn said shrugging her shoulders. "I don't know what's in it but he said to give it to you when I saw you. After that I've never heard from him again. I'm sorry." "How did you get this from him and how did he know you were going to see me?" Tony asked while undoing the bow at the top of the box. "He knew about me to a certain point. He gave me the box and told me to give it to you when I thought you could handle it. He says it was from when you were a child and loved to play with it." Katelyn said setting the strawberries down on the glass coffee table.
Tony pulled the ribbon off. He ran his fingers along the edges of the box. "It's his watch." Stark said a little stunned. He looked up at Katelyn and asked her, "How long have you had this?" "Since Cap got turned into a super solider." Katelyn said looking over to Steve. "Thank you. I think I'm gonna go to bed now. By the way," Stark said turning to Katelyn, "come with me first." Katelyn got up and said, "Can Loki come?" "Yeah. Sure. Whatever." Stark muttered while studying the box as he descended the stairs to his basement. Loki stepped off the steps and started to follow Stark. Katelyn grabbed her strawberries and quickly dashed down the stairs after them.
When they got down to the door at the end of the stairs Katelyn spoke, "What are you doing?" "Going to give you something my father told me to give you." Stark said entering the basement and walking over to one of his cars. Stark popped the trunk and brought out a box that was as big as his torso. "My father said that when I met the person who would give me his watch to give them this." Tony said placing the box down on one of the work benches. Katelyn walked over to it with Loki on her tail. She lifted the lid off the box and dropped it in shock. She stared at the contents of the box with a stunned expression.