Back with another new chapter and at last, the introduction of Dawn! Now, if you have or have not noticed, the rating has changed. This is because my character is a bit of a wild, promiscuous spirit which a young adult female might be like. But don't worry, it's not gonna get too explicit in this story. Though I might post a one-shot that is more 'sexually-detailed' on my Ao3 instead of here when it gets there or if anyone requests it. *shrugs* We'll just have to wait and see. ~Lovely
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-Lost Stargazer
-Paring(s): Thor/OC
-Rated: M for language and mentions of adult themes
-Movie-based
Disclaimer: I don't own Thor. The characters belong to Marvel studios and Stan Lee. I only own the OCs used
Chapter Three
Dawn Foster woke with a start. Her honey brown eyes searched uselessly in the darkness. Panic began to fill her.
"Oh, god..it's the dream again!" she thought as her hand reached to the side for some light.
She bumped what felt like a nightstand and patted the top to find if a lamp was there. She was lucky. There was one. Pulling the chain, dim light filled the room. Not one thing was recognizable and the bedroom was spacey and smelled like old gym socks mixed with pizza. This was not her tiny trailer but it was better than being trapped in the dark. Sitting up with a groan—a slight ache in the small of her back—the unfamiliar sheets covering her body fell to pool in her lap, revealing that the young woman was nude. Her weary gaze peered to her left and discovered the slumbering mound next to her. Her plan from the previous night rushed back to her then.
Needing to get away from her older sister Jane's obsession—along with the small town they currently were residing in—Dawn drove to the next town over. Picked a random bar, drank a few drinks though it was pointless as she couldn't get really drunk for the life of her unless she wanted alcohol poisoning by the end of trying. Then started chatting with the guy beside her, drank some more until leaving with the stranger for a good old-fashion romp.
From the soreness she was now feeling in her lower half, the dude must have been well-rehearsed. If he hadn't, she wouldn't have stayed either. Usually when the guy sucked, she'd get dress once it was over, or if it was really terrible, ended it halfway and leave without a 'thanks' or 'goodbye'. Dawn sighed, rubbing her back. She then stood to look for her clothes and other belongings. Once dressed, she crept over to the stranger's side of the bed. Using a napkin found in her back pocket, the young woman began writing a quick note but paused when almost done, looking at the guy.
He was deemed in her eyes as a red-hot cutie, now that she had a closer look. Thankfully, even when mildly intoxicated, she still had standards. So, she decided to leave her real number. Tucking the message under his pillow a bit, Dawn pulled out her iPhone to snap a picture for memory since she unfortunately couldn't remember if his name was either Larry or Jerry at the moment. She found her way out of his place quietly then. Outside, her 2009 black Indian Chief dubbed 'James Dean' sat waiting faithfully for her return by the curb.
"Hello, sweetie." the young woman greeted the vehicle tenderly before hopping on. Putting the keys in the ignition, it roared lightly to life. "That's a good boy, James." She placed on her yellow-framed RayBan before taking off down the road, heading back to her small town.
An hour and a half later, Dawn pulled up in front of the abandoned 50's diner that had been renovated by Jane as a lab for her research. There was no point in going to her trailer and changing, pretending to have been there all night. It was eight in the morning and her sister was an early riser unlike herself on most days. Plus, there were ceiling-to-floor glass panels covering the entrance's windows and doors and faced the main road leading in and out of town, so anyone inside the diner could see her arrival no matter how sneaky she tried to be.
The young woman headed inside, dressed in clothes from the day before. A worn leather biker bomber jacket, light blue pocket shirt with the sleeves rolled up, faded low jeans and black Vans. Her naturally curly brown hair was tousled from sleep and sex. If she took off her shades, the white of her eyes would be seen as bloodshot from lack of sleep. She found Darcy seated at the table in the middle of the room, surfing the web through her phone. Jane was at her desk in the back with her ever-present laptop in front of her.
The assistant smirked at her entrance. "Look who's joined us, doing the walk of shame."
"There's nothing to be ashamed about when it was great." Dawn noted with a sneer, adding crudely. "If you haven't noticed from the way I'm walking carefully." Darcy grinned while the other woman glared disapprovingly.
"Dawn!" her sibling chastised to which said person simply shrugged in response.
"I won't believe it until I see details." her friend told, holding out her hand in an impatient manner. She tossed her phone to her while passing to go to the counter. Darcy found her photo of Larry/Jerry and whistled low. "Okay, I'm a believer."
"Told ya'." The younger Foster grinned smugly before popping a pill in her mouth and downing it with black coffee.
"Please do not approve of my sister's careless lifestyle, Darc." Jane scolded.
"And don't approve of my older sister's obsessive one." deadpanned Dawn.
"Sure, sure." Darcy rolled her dark brown eyes. "But if you meet him again, ask if he has a brother or friend or something."
Dawn raised her mug in salute. "Anything for you, pal." Jane sighed heavily, shaking her head as she stood.
"I don't understand why you act like some floozy when you have the intelligence of Albert Einstein." Darcy chose to tune out then, returning to more important matters—her Facebook page.
"Excuse me if I like to act my age unlike you." her sister countered; Dawn had turned twenty-three the month before. "I don't want to pour myself completely into my work." She added her next quip under her breath and hidden by her mug. "One of the reasons Donald left.."
"You're an astronomer, for goodness sake."
"And you're an astrophysicist, thanks for stating the obvious." Dawn closed her eyes, pinching the bridge of her nose. They always had the same conversation each time she came back from some guy's place or with a slight hangover. She loved her sister to death but her over-protectiveness was too much sometimes.
Dawn was different. Since a child, she had been able to absorb information and kept it all in, so she was smarter than other children her age. A photogenic memory, from what the young woman remembered. It was because of this that she didn't have many friends growing up and was picked on. Jane was always there to look out for her until disappearing to college. As for becoming an astronomer, she had always loved looking at the billions of stars in the sky with her dad growing up. The stars were her only true friends. Through them Dawn was still close to her deceased father..Tears pricked at the corners of her eyes at the thought of him then. She rubbed them away, playing it off as they were irritating her.
"I'm going to take a shower." the younger Foster grumbled, heading for the bathroom. She hadn't taken one back at Larry/Jerry's place to avoid waking him and starting a conversation. Dawn despised after-one-night-stand morning interaction. It was nothing but cumbersome for her.
"Wait!"
Dawn glanced over her shoulder, giving a flat expression. "What?"
"You need to know that Erik is coming tonight." Jane informed.
"This really couldn't have waited until after I got out?"
Her sister ignored the question. "Save the shower for later today. Go get some more sleep," An excited grin formed then. "Because we'll be out late."
"I don't need anymore sleep." the astronomer stated with an edge that didn't go unnoticed. The older Foster stepped over to her.
"Was it the dream?" she asked knowingly, concern.
"..No." Dawn told, embarrassed.
"That's good. I mean, you haven't had it for a couple of years now." Jane reassured, "Maybe last time was just a weird but slight relapse. Nothing bad, huh?" Her sister shrugged and vanished into the bathroom, not wanting to discuss any more.
Some time in the afternoon, Erik was picked up from the nearest airport and taken back to the lab. Erik Selvig had came from Virginia at the request of Jane. They had known him for a long time since he had been a colleague of their father. He taught Theoretical Astrophysics at Culver. From there, the siblings explained fully their reason for being at their current location. The eldest Foster had excitedly one day came to discover the atmospheric disturbances outside a town calledPuente Antiguo.
Dragging along Darcy and Dawn, they packed their things and headed to New Mexico to study them. That had been a year ago and in that year, the disturbances had occurred seventeen times. Dawn had thought it was amazing but Jane became infatuated. She just had to find out how they were related to her latest research. By the time they had explained everything and had several arguments about their reasons for it, it was night time. So, piling into the truck, the group went out to the desert. That night the sky was clear of the moon, just scattered stars—the perfect night for star hunting.
Dawn sat in the passenger seat with Darcy at the wheel while in the back, Jane and Erik were surrounded by electronics—many that Jane had made. The two young women watched uninterested as the female astrophysicist typed away on her laptop with an image of Earth and its Van Allen belts. The man watched as well, curiously studying the screen. Finishing what she was doing, the older Foster grabbed a strange circular device that she made before heading up through the open sunroof with Erik. Her assistant shut off the headlights, leaving them in darkness and silence. Jane attached her device to the roof, switched it on, and watched as various numbers flickered through a detector. The astrophysicists glanced at the sky then. Nothing appeared..Erik peered at Jane questioningly.
"Wait for it." she said, knowing the timing was right.
"Can I turn on the radio?" Darcy asked her, bored.
"No." The assistant slumped in her seat.
"It was worth a try." her friend whispered with a shrug.
"Jane, you can't keep doing this." Selvig told softly.
Said person went back down into the truck. "The last seventeen occurrences have been predictable to the second."
"Jane, you're an astrophysicist, not some storm chaser."
"That is exactly what I told her." Dawn expressed tiredly, "But she's adamant about her reason. So, it's pointless to reason with her."
"I'm telling you, there's a connection," her sister said firmly, bringing up the various pictures of storms in the past year on her laptop. "Between these atmospheric disturbances and my research. Erik, I wouldn't have asked you to fly out here if I wasn't absolutely sure."
"..Jane?" called Darcy, staring through the windshield with wide eyes. Dawn was doing the same. "I think you want to see this."
She looked to find thin bands of white glowing above the horizon. "What is that?" Her and Erik returned to the roof for a better look. The bands grew, showing streams of light pouring down now.
"I thought you said it was a subtle aurora!" the man exclaimed with surprise.
"G-Go!" the older Foster shouted to Darcy, going back inside. Her assistant turned the truck back on and thrust into full gear, speeding towards the aurora. Jane switched places with her sister to film it. She leaned out the window with a gleeful smile.
"Get closer."
"Right. Good one." the woman beside her said, sarcastic.
"Just go!" A narrow funnel cloud had formed out of the sky where the aurora been now and touched down onto the ground. In Jane's camera, it showed the heat signature stirring inside the cloud. As the cloud hit the earth, the group could see flashes of light coming from inside. The truck was starting to drive into the storm but Darcy turned around last minute.
"What are you doing?" questioned Jane.
"I am not dying for six college credits!" came her assistant's answer.
"I second that statement, minus the credits!" Dawn shouted. Her sister reached over and took the stirring wheel, turning them back into the storm. Lightning was striking from the tornado and almost hit them when it smacked the ground. The younger Foster clutched Selvig's arm tightly as the two women struggled with the wheel until Darcy smashed her foot on the brake. A silhouette of a man appeared in front of them out of the fog and was struck hard by the truck. The vehicle spun out of control before screeching to a halt. Jane and Darcy stared while the two in the back blinked with frighten confusion. They then all scrambled out with flashlights in search for the person. They found him lying on the ground a few feet away from the truck.
"I think that was legally your fault." Darcy noted.
"Get the first aid kit." the older Foster told as the two sister knelt down beside the possibly injured person. "Do me a favor and don't be dead." It was a handsome man with medium-length blonde hair and a full beard dressed in civilian clothing. It was Thor, though they did not know that. His eyes were closed and he didn't seem to be breathing. They thought he might have been indeed dead until he woke with a gasp. He turned and peered at the two sisters.
"Whoa..does he need CPR?" the assistant asked out of the blue, seeing how good-looking he was. "Because I totally know CPR."
Dawn shushed her before asking the man. "Hey, what's your name? Do you remember your name?" Her question broke his staring at her sister and moved to her. For a moment, all he saw was her silhouette, noticing her loose curly hair. He thought it was the spirit of his long lost sister again.
"..Vianne?" Thor uttered, squinting up at the younger woman's face.
"..What a girly name for a huge guy like you." she replied blanky, raising a brow. Her sister gave her an annoyed look.
"I think he's mistaking you for someone else, Dawn."
The astronomer blushed, "Oh.."
"It's not her.." he thought, rolling onto his back with a groan.
"Where did he come from?" Jane pondered aloud. Erik and Dawn shrugged. Thrashing, The thunder god stood to his feet suddenly. The younger Foster pulled her sibling up and out of the disoriented man's way. He began to pace around as if in search of something.
"You all right?"
He didn't answer, instead said, "Hammer?..Hammer?!"
"Yeah, we can tell you're hammered." Darcy said nervously, "It's pretty obvious." The banished prince walked a bit away from them. It was then that Jane noticed the peculiar markings on the ground he passed.
"Oh, my god." she exclaimed, flashing her light over them. "Erik, look at this! We have to move quickly before this all changes." She knelt down to take pictures and samples of the dirt.
"Jane, we have to take him to the hospital." Selvig told, watching Thor.
"Father!" he now shouted at the sky.
"He's fine, look at him." Jane said, glancing at him briefly.
"Heimdall! I know you can hear me!" Thor stated, "Open the Bifrost!"
"Hospital. You go, I'll stay." she said, seeing he might not be fine after all. Dawn rolled her eyes and stood, walking over to him. The others tried to stop her but she kept going. He was looking up at the sky still when she reached out and placed her hands on both sides of his face. His attention was turned on her then. Honey brown eyes stared into clear blues. A sense of familiarity filled Thor. There was something about this mortal woman that struck him as odd. He was drawn to her. So when she moved closer to his face, the thunder god forgot about returning home for a bit.
"Dawn!" Jane shouted, "What are you doing?" Her younger sister sighed, letting go of him. The moment was broken.
"He's not drunk. His eyes weren't even glassy and his breath doesn't smell like alcohol."
"Then that just means he's insane or on some kind of drugs." her friend summed. Just then, out of the brush that was around, two animals appeared. They looked to be like fuzzy foxes but one had white fur and the other black. They hurried over to Thor then, chittering eagerly.
He stared down at them. "Trine, Rune. You came as well?" They yapped once. The white one barked long as if having a conversation. "Damn..do you know where we are?" It seemed to shake its' head no.
Dawn gave a bewildered expression from the sight. "What is he? A male 'Snow White'?"
The thunder god turned, pointing at Erik then. "You. What realm is this? Alfheim? Nornheim?"
"New Mexico?" Darcy added, pointing her flashlight and a taser gun at him.
"You dare threaten me, Thor, with so puny a weapon?" he scoffed before being hit and shocked by said weapon, falling back unconscious. Trine and Rune barked in surprise, going to the man worriedly. The others gave her unbelieving expressions at her actions.
"What? He was freaking me out!" she reasoned. After that, Erik, with the assistant of Darcy, picked up the once more unconscious Thor and put him in the back of the research truck so he could be taken to the hospital.
"Next time, you decide to taser somebody," the older man told, out of breath. "Make sure he's already in the car, okay?" He turned to where the sister stood. "Jane, Dawn, come on!" Jane hurried to the truck. Her sibling was going to follow but paused, glancing down. The foxes were staring at her.
"Well? Are just going to sit there or get in the truck?" she queried, raising a brow. They looked at each other before scurrying towards the vehicle. Dawn gave an approving expression. "Smart animals." Once she and the foxes were inside, the group left the desert. They didn't notice a glowing object that seemed similar to a meteor fell from the sky and crashed in the distance..
-TBC-
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