Vera's eyes slowly opened she no longer felt a pain in her chest, she sat up and looked down at herself surprised to see her chest had been bandaged. She let out a breath of relief and took a look around to see where she had been resting surprised to see herself in what looked like a hospital.
"What happened?" she asked rubbing her head, no one had been in the room with her, she assumed it couldn't be a NYC hospital, due to the fact that they would have all been booked after the whole battle thing. Maybe she was back in Germany, or …. She shook her head in realization after seeing a chart written in English above her head.
She had been with S.H.I.E.L.D. then, and at this point she wasn't sure if that had been a good thing yet. Vera turned to the table to her right, happy to see a glass of water sitting there for her. She took the glass and drank a little before noticing the nurse button that had been sitting to the left of it. She shrugged at it and figured someone would be in there in a short while anyway, right now she needed time to think on her own anyway.
How on earth had she gotten here? Maybe the Avengers got Loki after she was picked up and accused him of stabbing her. With the information Vera had withheld from S.H.I.E.L.D. about Loki's visits she was sure that would be the first thing one would assume. Was New York okay? Did they beat Loki in the end? Or was she dead or something. The lack of people in the room with her made her a bit confused.
Yet again Vera's eyes fluttered towards the nurse button. Pressing it might have actually been her best bet all along. Cautiously she pressed the button, and almost immediately Tony, Steve, and Thor had entered the room.
"SHE'S ALIVE!" Tony said throwing his arms in the air as he walked over towards the bed handing her a plastic takeout box that had "Get well soon" written in pen on it. She laughed a bit, happy to see that they had all been alright, before opening it and seeing a pita sandwich in the box.
"It's Shawarma!" He said urging her to try a piece; she raised an eyebrow at him.
"Anyway you could tell me how I got here first? What happened back in New York is everyone okay? Did we win?"
"Well," Rodgers said crossing his arms, "We found you back at the top of Stark tower with Loki after the final fight was over…"
"Oh don't skip out on details!" Stark said nudging him. "I flew a nuke aimed at New York into the portal, Natasha closed as soon as I got out, and the day was saved." He told her giving a cocky smile. Steve just shook his head a little but smiled nonetheless, it appeared he was finally getting used to Tony.
"Then we went up to get my brother, only to find him trying to tend to your wounds, Vera." Thor said looking at her worried. "He surrendered; his only condition being to make sure you got treatment for your wound."
"He's really taking an interest in you hasn't he?" Steve said crossing his arms as if asking for an explanation, all the while looking angry at just the mention of Loki's name. Vera only looked away from him and back at the sandwich grabbing it and taking a bite. At first she only tasted the Lettuce and tomato and lemon poppy seed dressing, but then she tasted the well spiced meat and amazing tenderness of it all wrapped around a perfectly toasted pitta. She quickly took another bite catching the sauce on her fingers and licking them to save the flavor.
"This is amazing," she said to Tony between bites smiling up at him. She was hoping he'd bail her out of an explanation way overdue. "Thank you."
Tony nodded to her and was about to talk again, but Captain continued to press her, "Vera don't change topics."
She placed the sandwich down, and guiltily looked up at the three. "To be honest, I kind of purposely forgot to tell you guys that Loki visited me twice through a doppelganger before you picked me up in Germany."
"He visited you?" Thor asked confused at this, Tony sat down in a chair at this looking as if he had seen it coming. "For what purpose?"
"He said he wanted to know why I didn't bow down to him, what made me the way I was, that I was unlike any human he met before." She said softly, "Then he well had conversations with me and I guess took a liking to me." She said turning her head back to her food.
"Why didn't you tell us this earlier? You were in danger by being at the base!" Steve said walking towards her.
"You told me Fury suspected me of being a lackey of Loki's, if I mentioned that wouldn't it have been more suspicious? Besides at that moment it really didn't seem important, but nonetheless I am sorry."
"She's right you know." Tony said flatly, before turning to look at Thor, "Do you still want to do what you were planning buddy?" He asked him causing Vera to look confused as she finished her last delicious bite.
"It's most definitely not a good idea anymore; she needs to stay here away from him!" Steve said marching over to Tony who kept looking at the god. Why did he seem so riled up about it? Vera watched the three in curiosity.
Thor looked back at Vera, examining the confused looking girl sitting up in the Hospital bed. "The Man of metal speaks true, if Loki feels strong enough for this human to try and heal her, she is vital in the task of making Loki accept good."
"Wait, what?" she asked leaning towards him cocking her head to the side. "You want me to rehabilitate him?"
"He will not listen to me, and it appears that you seem to be the one thing he cares about." He looked the little mortal square in the eye, "With your permission I would like to ask you to come back to Asgard with me and Loki."
"She could get hurt!" Steve argued, "What if he doesn't listen? What if he lashes out on her?She doesn't understand how to hold herself back when she's angry and Loki… "
"She will have my oath of protection," Thor said trying to ease the Captain who seemed strangly concerned for the girl. "She will not get injured again under my watch."
"She's the only chance he has Cap." Tony said nodding "As soon as she's healed they should go, the sooner Loki gets out of here the better.
"I'll go with you," Vera said nodding to the both Stark and Thor. "If you really think I can make a change then I'll try, besides at this point I'm pretty sure I owe Loki my life." She said softly avoiding Steve's gaze unsure of what he'd think of her.
"Then it's settled." Thor said nodding to her, "How long until she is healed?" Stark got up and walked over taking a look at the medical record's above her head reading it at a rapid pace.
"She can be released by tomorrow if necessary but she can't do anything too crazy or her wound will open up." Stark said quickly placing it back on the hook above Vera's head.
"What about her studies?" Captain questioned still not giving up.
"I can do some work while I'm there I guess, or just take a leave of studies until he's rehabilitated." She said sighing. "This is more important to me right now, I can make a difference without almost getting myself killed." She looked at him trying to convey that she wanted to be useful to him, not the burden she had been up to this point.
"Oh before I forget," Tony unfolded a note and handed it to her, "It's from some woman that you rescued to my place. She asked me to give it to you. " He ruffled her hair and walked back to where the others had been.
"Let us go! This human needs her rest!" Thor boomed before leaving the room followed by Stark.
"Just be careful Vera" Steve said giving her a small smile and a wary eye before leaving the room as well.
Vera turned her attention to the small letter she had been handed she opened it slowly, and began to read it.
" Thank you so much for finding my daughter and bringing her back to me, Nadia told me how far you went to save her, and I am so thankful to hear that you are okay. I will never forget what you have done for my little girl, you are a saint young lady.
Please take care of yourself and I wish you a safe and speedy recovery.
-Diana Mccoll"
Vera smiled happy to see that the daughter had in fact returned to her mother, she placed the note on her side desk table. She was ready for whatever was to happen next, she had survived this, how much worse could it have gotten.
Confident, and full of hope Vera rested her head on her pillow. She stared again at the note and then slowly felt her eye's become heavy.
Otay that's it for this chapter, t-minus 2 chapters to go until the twist is revealed. Though I should try not to build anything up, hope you guys enjoyed Vera's wake up let me know what you think is going to happen and REVIEW PLEASE!
EDITED COMMENT 1: Found one miss type and added some more descriptions.