Chapter Ten

"Oh my."

That was all she said, as if those words alone expressed her amazement. But really, oh my?

Oh my, Jane thought dumbly. That was the significant amount of words she could form when 'Theodor' let loose a hammer that would make even Tony Stark envious.

Or extremely irritable.

Oh my, oh my, oh my! Really, it was a very logical way of thinking because she was a very logical person.

"Jane?" Thor said, the word almost bit out when she remained silent. He'd never been one for control and a mindless Jane was not something that bode well. Her gaze remained downcast and her expression had his heart tightly clenched, the familiar look in her eyes...

She lifted her head. This golden haired God of a man who welded something very, very powerful and dangerous. She didn't know where the thought came from but it was there. Of course. Tony Stark with his powered iron suits and strange power source, a super soldier from another time, a man who literally turned into a green raging monster.

It made sense that Nick Fury would have a God up his sleeve. She'd seen the events of New York and Gods most certainly existed and so did these weird other worlds. She knew everything there was to know about science, not powerful...looking him up and down again, she settled on the word 'beings'. She knew enough about Nick Fury to know the man wouldn't allow any weak link in on his little groupie Avengers project.

This, this—him—this was up Eric's ally. He knew all about this...stuff.

Thor was about to reach out and grab her by the shoulders when she suddenly leaned down. He stopped when she curled her hands around the hilt of Mjolnir and pulled. He blinked, taken back. "What are you doing?"

The massive hammer didn't budge. "Geez, it's not that heavy." She muttered and Thor was sure the words were more directed at her than him.

"Jane..."

She braced her feet on the pavement and pulled hard, frowning.

"...Jane...you cannot lift Mjolnir."

Mighty Hammer. Mjolnir. God of Thunder. Thor.

"Jane." Thor said helplessly with a wry, sad grin on his face. The sight was a rare one, one he was sure he'd never see again and he found it oddly amusing. He brushed her hands away with one of his larger ones and wrapped his fist around Mjolnir and lifted it from the small crater. Mjolnir disappeared back up into its resting place. Jane could have tried with all her might and she still wouldn't have been able to lift. He shook his head, a smile tugging at his lips as he took a step towards her.

"Thor!"

He stopped when she spoke his name. An exclamation of remembrance, exhilaration on her face as she stared up at him. Relief flooded him and his heart expanded. He swept her up against him, her body coming up against his hard so that she gave a small 'oof'. He leaned down and kissed her soundly. "Dammit, Jane Foster, can you not go one day without some form of danger—"

"Whoa, now." Jane twisted her hands in his wild mane of hair and pulled him back and away. Dear God. Dear God. "You may be a God, but you can't just go kissing random people." Jane wiggled, trying to pull away but the hand at the small of her back kept her up tight against his muscled body. Did God's go around kissing any random female—

"I thought you would never speak my name again." He gave up trying to kiss her and instead wrapped his arms around her, hauling her up against him. He hugged her tight, inhaling her scent.

"Ah, I just met you..."

He tensed. He closed his eyes but didn't release her. Of course matters would not have been so easy. But hope still lingered, beaten, but still there.

"Darcy!" Jane exclaimed as Thor let out a hissing breath against her neck, his body growing rock hard. Her gaze followed the two protruding thin wires from his back that led to the stun gun in Darcy's hand. A stun gun that should have knocked the God on his ass; duh, Jane thought, he was a God. It would have no effect, right?

"The Boss told me to do it if He-Man threatened your work...he threatened to do away with THIS iPod, too, if I didn't." Darcy almost looked repentant. "But I don't think it's having the same effect as before." Darcy said, motioning towards the massive volts of electricity that were very clearly being shot into Thor's body.

Before? Jane ignored that after thought as the God reached behind him as and if the wires were nothing, he yanked them out of his back and yanked. The taser went flying from Darcy's hands and he caught it. "That's because I was a mortal when you first used this weapon against me." Thor said very calmly and the small compacted weapon didn't stand a chance as he closed his fist around it, rendering it into a useless hunk of metal.

"Darcy, if you ever use such a weapon against me again, I will render every iPod on Midgard useless."

That made Nick Fury's threat second opinion. She nodded. "That was actually kinda cool. At least we know tasers don't work on Gods."

"Ah..." Jane took the moment to unwind herself from his arms and he reluctantly agreed. "Ah, Darcy, please, no more tasering. Save that for the next guy who mugs you." She looked up Thor—and dear God, pun intended—there was really a God in front of her. She cleared her throat. "I get it if this is some form of greeting in your world, but we don't do this sort of thing here on earth." She said again because the situation was quickly becoming awkward.

She was pretty sure Nick Fury would have informed this God of any rules regarding earth, anyways.

Thor restrained a sigh at her lack of knowledge between the two of them. Instead of giving into his grieving he lifted her hand to his lips and kissed her knuckles. "One day you will see my world, just as I promised and you will see how we greet newcomers."

And she giggled, a smile much similar to the one she'd given him when he'd first brought her hand to his lips years ago, before she pulled back. "There you go again. All of you. I'm fine. I feel fine. It's nice that you all care. But I remember..."

Darcy dutifully remained quiet. She didn't doubt Thor would have silenced her with an electrified Ipod. She backed away silently because the two were getting all mushy again and she so wasn't into peeping! Well, maybe she was. She disappeared into the drivers side door of the van.

"And what do you remember, Jane?" He asked, brushing a lock of hair behind her ear. "Do you remember your friends? Do you remember your work that you refer to as science? Do you remember your studies of the stars and galaxies?"

She did. That was her life.

He continued. "Do you remember when I fell from Asgard and the galaxies? Did you know the first thing I saw upon opening my eyes was you? Do you remember my telling you of all the galaxies as one? Do you remember that magic and science are one?"

Oh Lord, did all God's spout such poetry? Jane could feel her cheeks heating as he cupped her cheek, his thumb sliding over the bone. Oh man, how could she ever forget someone who spoke such powerful words?

"Do you remember the day I left to return to Asgard, when you pulled me into your arms and placed your lips against mine?"

Oh man...she felt like fanning herself? When had she ever blushed so hard? Hell, when had a man ever said anything so, so, so...romantic to her? If all these things were true, then dammit, she wanted to remember! So they couldn't be true; there was no way she'd ever forget any of this. "Whaa—" She gasped out as he yanked her up against him.

He hauled her up full length against his body, one of his hands sliding down to rest against the small of her back. He released Mjolnir and lifted it up towards the sky as he held her against him. "If you cannot remember, then perhaps I shall give you new memories." If he could not undo the Al-Fathers magic, then he would create his own magic.

"You will have to make this long journey alone, young Darcy." He said before taking off into the sky at an inhuman pace, a squealing Jane clutching at him while Darcy all but fell out of the van.

"Oh my God, we we're flying!" Jane gasped out as they landed, stumbling back as they were land locked again. She didn't fully understand why this, this...God was so intent on paying such rapt attention to her, but they'd been flying.

"Aye." Thor said, smiling, the radiant look on her face lightening his heart.

"We were actually flying. Impossible!" There had been the falling sensation, the sharp breeze, the view. She looked beyond him and saw exactly where they were. "We're back in Mexico!" How was that possible, so quickly?

"Yes, I overheard your conversation with Darcy that you were returning here to conduct search."

She ran a hand through her hair. There was so much she wanted to do, so many questions she wanted to ask. She wanted to see his Hammer again. She wanted to fly again. Instead, she asked the obvious. "Why are you doing this? I mean, you don't know me and—"

Thor placed a finger against her lips. Enough of that. "Aye, Jane, I know you. I know you are a very courageous woman, a woman of science and a warrior in your own right. I've known that since the day I met you."

"I think we're all going a little crazy."

"Perhaps we are." Thor said with a chuckle. He couldn't help himself. He took her in his arms again, wrapping them around her much smaller form. "You are even more beautiful when you are confused, Jane Foster."

Was he always so forceful? Her first thought was yes. Butterflies took flight in her stomach as she braced her forearms against his chest. He was built. His head lowered and oh no!

He arched an eyebrow when his lips met the palm of her hand. He chuckled and kissed her palm.

"Ugh, yea, none of that." But oh man, she so wanted some of that. She groaned at the thought and he laughed against her hand. "It's not funny." In answer, his laugh died down to an amused chuckle, vibrating against her palm. "For a God, you look so human. Is this how you normally look?"

"More or less."

"So is this how you normally look?" Jane asked, shocked at Thor's transformation into the low and behold, God of Thunder in all his armored glory.

"More or less." He said with a smile.

"It's a good look!"

It really was a good look, even if out of place, Jane thought as the memory danced behind her vision as if replaying an old video. She lifted her head; he was dressed differently, but obviously not modern. But was it really a memory?

"Jane, what is wrong? You have grown quiet."

"I...don't know."

"The last time you said such a thing to me, there was something very wrong." He cupped her chin and tilted her head back, leaving her no choice but to look up at him. "Now tell me, otherwise I will not know how to right what is wrong."

He spoke so poetically that it was almost romantic. She didn't realize it until now that she might just be a sucker for that kind of talk. Donald Blake had been all about hard work and reality, this was another but. All at once she was sober compared to how giddy she'd been a moment before. She swore she'd never met him until he'd walked into that room, but the memory was so freshly stored in her mind of him out of place and time in his armor, that she had to have seen him before. "What if you're right and I don't remember?" It didn't seem logical.

"I would never lie to you, Jane. I give you my word on that."

"It's just that, what you said and I remember..." She pulled back from his embrace and motioned a hand at his body. "...you wearing something else. Armor?"

"Aye, Jane." Was she remembering? What had triggered the memory? Because she had clearly remembered something about him. "What did I say, Jane?"

"The 'more or less'. I'm not saying I believe you, but...I've heard those words before." Those exact words.

Thor took her hands in his and kissed the knuckles of both hands before turning her in the direction of the RV that had been waiting. A place he remembered, a place she only remembered as living. Perhaps all was not lost. Perhaps a reenactment of the few precious moments they'd stolen together would rekindle her memory. But whatever the loss, she would remember or they'd start a new life.

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