Hey Everyone! Chapter now is now up and ready to read so sorry for the wait! I love all the alerts and reviews but please keep the reviews and alerts coming! I thank everyone who has reviewed and alerted me so far and without further introduction I give Chapter 9!
Chapter 9: Housewarming Woes and Wonders
"Who is this Tedrich Morius of which you speak of?" Thor asked Amy and Desire who look confused but upset.
"He was the son of two renowned scientists who helped Alicia with dealing with the gem and the negative affects it has on her body. They met when they were 18 and he became one of the few things Alicia could ever be close with and did not scare away." Amy said.
"Were they lovers?" Thor asks after hearing the last sentence. "From what you are telling this is not the Tedrich that my father wishes me to protect her from."
"They were not lovers per-say. They had feelings for one another but neither did anything to make them more then close friends." Desire said trying to make Thor understand. "But that was before the "incident" in Germany.
"What happened there to make Tedrich want to kill Lady Alicia?"
"His parents told her that they have a better solution for the effects in Germany then in the United States. But when she arrived they tricked her and trapped her into to take her powers. They took the necessary precautions to make sure she couldn't escape or use her powers." Desire continued.
"Why would they need her powers? Could they not have asked?" Thor asked very confused.
"They wanted to help the world achieve peace in their minds. But these mad scientists wanted to do it by making a super powered army and terrorize the planet. They were unsure of wether it being human or robotic but the agreed that Alicia's gem could produce the power to fuel them. They couldn't make Alicia do this however because she would never want to be apart of it. So they knew that without getting consent of getting the power from the gem they tried to get the power out of her own body..." Amy said uncomfortably from her own words.
"You mean they hurt her to get her powers?" He said becoming visually angry. "Why didn't Tedrich stop this if he cared for her?"
"They never told their son that they harming her. He was away and they hoped by the time he came back to visit them in Germany they would of gotten the necessary power from Alicia. During this time they got more help and more people experimenting with her and Alicia was constantly fighting us on wether or not to kill them all." Desire explained.
"Why didn't she fight against this? She knows as well as I that, is torture!"
"It is because of two things: First off she considered the Morius family her second family and she cannot dream of hurting them no matter what. Even if she saw they weren't the same sweet people she once knew. The second reason is that she does not want to be a ruthless killer, a murderer and she knows Tedrich would see her as such. She has killed people given the right reasons but she could not bring herself to harm them even though she all the reasons to do so." Amy said becoming more frustrated.
"Amy, please calm down..." Desire said trying to calm her counterpart.
"It these kind of emotions you mortals and Gods have that hinder your judgment!" She said yelling with her fists shaking causing even Thor to step back but let her continue to vent. "It makes you pick ill choices and will either cause pain to others or yourself by not doing the sensible thing to do! I still tell her weakness will kill her one day but she never listens to me!"
"Her kind, trusting and noble heart could have nearly killed her but do not punish her for it." Thor says in a more calming tone. "Compassion is what sets apart the people who strive for good and the ones who strive for evil. But you still have no told me what Alicia has done to do make Tedrich want to harm her."
"You still didn't figure it out yet?" Desire said surprised as Amy still looked frustrated. "Amy and I took it upon ourselves to let the crystal put her into a defensive state and the crystal made her kill the Morius scientists and everyone there except Tedrich. He happened to come back in time for Alicia to lose control and saw Alicia kill his parents and the scientists who he considered innocents but we considered them as guilty as his parents. The crystal spared Tedrich because it deemed him not a threat"
"Her powers can do that against her will?" He asked in disbelief.
"It is only if she has no control of her emotions or, how she got into that incident is that she had her life threatened. Then we allowed the crystal to take over to protect itself. She has yet to understand how to control however." Amy said calming herself down.
"Tedrich saw this and did not take it well..." Thor says to himself with his arms crossed.
"When Alicia re-gained consciousness she was pinned to the ground by Tedrich in tears screaming in pure rage and sorrow asking why she could have done this. She tried to explain the situation to him and what they have done but he couldn't believe someone could kill people like that and not have any control." Desire said calmly.
"Afterwards, Tedrich told her to leave and never look for him again. The U.S government neutralized the situation so Alicia would not be labeled a terrorist but still be the hero the world knows her for since she killed with reason. But she is guilt stricken over the fact of she killed innocent lives she can never give back and she made Tedrich hate her." Amy said in replace of Desire.
"Do you know what became of him?" Thor asked anxiously.
"Until what you have told us, we have not. I guess planning his revenge on Alicia, I suppose." Desire admitted. "Do you have anymore questions because we cannot keep your friends waiting..."
"Did they extract any of the gem's power successfully to make an army?"
"Of course not! That would be impossible from only extracting it from her body." Amy explained almost laughing at Thor's question. "They did however extract enough to for one body to sustain in for nearly two years but without a gem to sustain it, they could die as well. Alicia can die from too much power while anyone else could die with not enough or too much..."
"Do you think he could of found a way to put it into his body and use it to...?" Amy asked to Desire unable to finish her question.
"He would be an absolute idiot if he tried but I am not sure. Maybe he did but he specializes in robotics not genetics... Maybe he found notes from his parents?" Desire wondered forgetting about Thor completely.
"I think that is enough pondering for now. You are right, we must return to Stark Castle." Thor said pointing Mjölnir at the direction where Alicia and Tony flew. "But may I ask you again not to let Alicia until the time is right. I wish not to upset her and I want to know I have you maidens will not tell her."
"If and only if you do not tell her that we told you nor tell her that we acted so...human like..." Amy said trying to put it into terms she could understand almost sounding ashamed as well.
"I agree to these terms but you shouldn't ashamed that you care about Alicia." Thor said to Amy and Desire walking up to them warmly. "You three are each other's caretakers so it natural to be concerned for her. She cares about you two one in the same as you do her."
"Do not dare say we have developed compassion and concern towards her!" Desire said annoyed and in his face. "Our obligation is to protect the crystal and if that means we must protect this mortal to do so then we will blindly. Do not mistake that for what your kind calls emotion. Shall we go now? I expect you do not want us to know what a Teserin is either so I won't bother asking..."
"The Teserin is what my father calls your gem Alicia wears and yes, we shall go now..." Thor said trying not to comment on Amy and Desire's denial.
"So it has a name? Interesting..." Amy said to herself.
No more words were exchanged as Thor flew to Stark Tower. They watched as the Norse God flew ahead.
"Do you think we should of said that much to him?" Desire asked wondering if that was a smart decision.
"It doesn't matter, Alicia can tell Thor and everyone else what really happened when she is ready. We told him enough information without telling him everything." Amy countered
Desire simply nodded and they transformed into glowing orbs and flew in the direction of Stark Tower.
Amy, Desire and Thor flew to the deck of Stark Tower to find everyone waiting to greet the Norse God of Thunder.
"Greetings friends!" Thor boomed and smiled at them as he walked to everyone."How have you all been despite my short leave?"
"We have been well since you have left Thor." Bruce said quietly while getting in front of the crowd. "Its only been a few a days so the city is still in repair. Tony and Alicia said you will be staying with us for awhile?"
"Yes, my stay on Midgard is now longer due to my father because he wanted to make sure Midgard is protected. I hope this isn't a problem friends." Thor said.
"Well I own then building so as long as you don't completely destroy it or eat my food too much, it shouldn't be a problem." Tony said to him at the bar making himself a drink.
"We should throw Thor and Alicia a housewarming dinner." Steve recommended. "It is only appropriate since Alicia didn't have one and all of us look kind of hungry."
"A welcoming feast? That sounds splendid!" Thor said in joy.
"JARVIS, prepare something that is close to a thanksgiving dinner please..." Tony sighed.
"Of course, Sir" JARVIS said to Tony before logging off.
"Amy, Desire, Are you guys okay? You seem off..." She asked questioningly noticing they were acting more cold then usual. Amy and Desire looked at her with cold stares.
"Why would we be off?" They both said almost angry. "We are going back into the crystal. Farewell to you all for now."
They went back into her crystal making everyone especially Alicia confused. Thor however simply shook his head and sighed with a look of concern for Alicia.
The avengers found their kitchen to be adorned with food of all shorts and there happened to be a little bit of everything and everyone was in awe and immediately raced to start eating. The would barely make any conversation until they were half way done.
"I would like to thank you all for this gracious meal..." Thor started to say still eating a turkey leg. "It truly warms my heart knowing I have friends who will welcome me with open arms!"
"Anytime buddy." Tony chuckled. "Alicia, how is this party doing to make you feel welcome?"
"Well the food is great and this party is fantastic! I thank you all as well. Hopefully I too can become friends with you all..." She said with a sigh obviously referring to Natasha and Clint.
"We are glad you feel happy and I know in time you will have all of us as friends!" Steve said then trying to change subjects. "Anyways Alicia, are you trying to find ways to go back home? I know you are probably missing your friends and family."
"Amy, Desire and I try to find ways for us to go almost everyday since I came if you all can believe me..." She says putting her fork down on her empty plate. "Every idea we came up with doesn't end up working and we do not want to endanger Earth again if involve to the Teseract into this... But I miss my friends and family so much..."
Steve could see she was getting upset and couldn't comfort her from where he was sitting but Thor rubbed her back to comfort her. "Alicia I'm sorry, I didn't mean it! I-!" Steve started to say.
"No, it's fine Steve don't worry. I am just worried that they don't know I am safe or not and that they are worried for me. I wish I could say I am at least safe if I could never go back..." She said in worry.
"Do not fret young one, Remember you have all of us to help on your journey back home." Thor said with a sincere smile.
Alicia couldn't help but believe his words if only for a moment, she turned and saw everyone-including Natasha and Clint-nod in agreement to what Thor said.
"But I thought..." She said looking at Natasha and Clint confused.
"Look we may not trust you but I can see through people, and I can see that you really miss your family." Natasha admitted.
"The sheer fact that Natasha didn't break your arm for yelling at her mean something." Clint added. "It's not much to her but for you it means a lot. But we are going to need more convincing to trust you no offense."
"No problem and I'll take that." She chuckled.
For the remainder of the night after dinner Alicia went to the piano in the floor below and forgot about life and enjoyed the safety of the piano she hasn't played in a long time. The time was short lived when she heard yelling in the lab.
"Goddammit Tony!" Bruce yelled from the hall as a glass breaks. "I needed that!"
"Calm down Brucie! We have more were that came from!" Tony reassured.
"What the hell is going on there?" Alicia wondered as she walked to the lab.
She walked into the lab to find Tony and Bruce in the lab with beakers and test tubes all over the table and floor.
"Am I interrupting your bromance?" Alicia asked sarcastically.
"We prefer Science Bros, so get it right Sweetheart!" Tony cheered as he swung a beaker of chemicals around.
"Give me that!" Bruce said grabbing the breaker from Tony. "Also, Science Bros? Seriously?"
"What? It has a nice ring to it." Tony pouted and Alicia could only laugh at this exchange.
"What are you guys doing? I heard glass broken and I had to see what's up." Alicia said walking up to the table opposite of Bruce and Tony.
"Well Tony and I thought we should try and work on your serum. I learned with him helping it will be longer and more frustrating to make.." He chuckled as he poured chemicals into one another.
"I am simply improving on your idea for Alicia's well-being and that is all we want! It was Bruce's idea to start this right away but I happily agreed." Tony added.
"Well I thank you both for wanting to help me. It means a lot." She laughed "Do you mind me dropping by from time-to-time just to see how you guys are doing on this?"
"Absolutely! Why wouldn't we?" Bruce asked surprised of Alicia to even ask. "It is your right to know. Also when you stop by make sure Tony doesn't piss me off too much okay?"
"I promise, and thank you Bruce." Alicia said Tony offended while Bruce to continue with his experiments.
Alicia then spent the rest of night until 3 am watching Tony and Bruce bicker over what to do about the serum as she just sat in the corner smiling and thinking to herself.
"Maybe being stuck here isn't such a bad idea." She wondered. "It's been awhile for anyone besides my family to care about me. I could start over...a clean slate."
She shook her head at the idea of this. Not having her family but being free from her past or being with her loved ones but having to face the guilt again is unbearable to decide.
She only hopes she doesn't have to choose quickly.
I hoped you all like Chapter 9! I wanted to show that being human has rubbed off on Amy and Desire wether they could admit it or not haha. I have the next 3 chapters summarized so expected to come much sooner then the usual times ;)! But please continue to review and/or alert if haven't already! Until then everyone~!
