Hey guys! Sorry it took so long to post this; I had exams to study for on thursday, went and saw Avengers for the THIRD TIME on Friday (Yes that's right, I've seen it three times now and I plan to see it at least three more times. For my own peace of mind I'm telling myself I'm doing it for research and not because it's basically the greatest movie on the planet and makes me want to weep at its sheer beauty), moved out of my dorm room on saturday, had my first day of work (I got a job selling shoes at Macy's, my feet were KILLING me by the end of my shift), and today was my brothers graduation from University (we both attend the same university, I'm graduating in 2 years). PLUS it's mother's day so I was busy spending time with my mum and grandmother.

Anywho! I hope you all enjoy this chapter, I spent a lot of time on it editing and making sure everything was perfect. I had SO Much fun writing it and I'm so excited for you all to read Chapter 15 because you get to see some epic badassery happen.

Dedicated to Kyla, who if I were married to would be the wife and I would be the husband

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Disoriented was a good word to describe how Sharon was feeling at that moment. Not because German speakers surrounded her; she was able to understand the language since she touched the arm of a fluent speaker and picked up their ability.

No, she felt off-kilter because before leaving for the party Loki had made her touch the arms of several different people to gain their abilities. Sharon wasn't entirely sure what all she got; her hearing was more acute, her vision was focused and clear, and she was completely aware of every movement around her and could predict movements of people before they happened.

These were only a few of the abilities she could pin point that she had taken. When she had entered the room with Loki an hour earlier, she'd been confused as to why there were a group of men standing there.

"It's only precautionary. You have power my dear, you should utilize it to its best advantage." He'd whispered in her ear before guiding her over to the first man and had her touch him, then the next, and each one forward until she soaked up all their abilities.

Afterwards, Loki smiled and kissed her slowly as a sort of award. She felt full with power, but her spine and nerves had been tingling restlessly since doing so. Her hand had a slight tremor to it, so she kept it firmly on Loki's arm or holding on to her clutch while they navigated the room.

They had been there for an hour and Sharon was feeling crowded, Loki looked over at her with frustrated expression, "You're supposed to look happy, what is wrong? And why are you shaking? Don't tell me you're scared."

"I'm adjusting to all the abilities I soaked up, it takes a while for me to get used to having so many to utilize. It doesn't help that I don't know what I just contracted either…" Sharon said, feeling discomforted as her hand shook again. Loki looked at her sympathetically before kissing her hand.

"All in good time my dear, you're doing splendidly. Soon you'll demonstrate your power and show your people why they need us to rule them" Sharon stilled uncomfortably at his words. She swallowed slowly and nodded.

Sharon took a deep breath, "Would you mind if I went and got some air for a few moments, I'm feeling rather overheated with all the bodies around."

Loki looked at her in silence for a few moments before nodding and letting her hand go. Sharon left the room and walked down the corridor filled with paintings.

She was halfway to the door leading outside when she felt and tingle run down her spine again and she stopped, closing her eyes and breathing to keep herself in control. She hated not know what he'd made her take; it made her feel like a time bomb, but she didn't know what would happen when she exploded…

"Don't you look happy?" A familiar voice said from behind her. Sharon froze, air caught in her chest and her mind freezing. She hadn't been aware of his presence and was annoyed that her guard had been down.

Clint walked around to the front of her. He was wearing an all black uniform, holding his bow in his hand while his arrows were strapped to his back. He stood and looked her up and down, "That's some dress Shar."

"Yes well, Loki wants only the best," She said quietly, refusing to meet his eyes.

"I can see that," Clint said, remaining silent while Sharon tried to keep it together, he was going to ruin everything.

"If you'll exc-"

"What are you doing here Shar? Did he force you here? Because you don't look very forced." He said pointedly, looking her over again with an expression of distaste. Sharon kept her mouth shut and ignored Clint's questions.

"You know Angel is worried sick about you, you should see what she did to me when she found out I was the last person to speak to you," He rubbed his chest with a chuckle. Sharon felt tears well up at the mention of Angel, she missed her friend more than anything and it hurt her to know Angel was freaking out.

Clint stared at the emotions that flashed in Sharon's eyes, "What are you doing here Shar? You're with a freakin Asgardian demigod for chrissake!"

"Clint stop, you don't-"

"If you finish that sentence with 'understand' I will personally shoot an arrow in your gullible ass. You're damn right I don't understand! You need to get out of here."

"No that's what you need to be doing, this is bad." Sharon felt a sweat break out on her forehead, she breathed a little heavier and closed her eyes as she tried to get her bearings together.

Clint looked at her, she seemed pale and sick, he noticed her hands had been trembling, "God Shar, what did he do to you?"

"It's nothing," She said, backing up before he could touch her, "I need some air for a moment. You have to get out of here, call your SHIELD agents back. Please Clint."

"Like hell I'm doing that. You're coming back with me."

"Clint I'm staying with Loki. Tell Angel I'm fine and that I love her."

"You've been gone for less than two days and you already look ready to drop dead, let me take you back to SHIELD. Come back to where you belong."

Sharon scoffed, "SHIELD! That's where you think I belong? I've barely been there a week, and in that time I found that I was right all along and shouldn't have trusted Fury with my secrets. That is not where I belong."

"You don't belong here Shar, You belong with m-" Clint stopped himself. He shook his head in frustration, the words were out and he felt idiotic for saying them.

"With who Clint? With you? You don't even know me Clint. You know nothing about me, that's not enough. This is something I have to do." Sharon leaned on the wall as the tingling in her spine continued, making her feel dizzy and tired.

The power build up inside her was enormous as her tremors started to get harder to control. She needed to let it out but she needed to be alone to do so; there was no way in hell she was going to let Clint see that.

"Not if it kills you it's not." Clint grabbed Sharon's arms, the tingling sensation overwhelmed all of Sharon's senses and her knees gave out and she fell to the ground.

"Shar!" Clint dropped to his knees to pull her into his embrace, but she pushed him away. However she used some power behind it, and Clint slammed into the opposite wall hard. It was a good 10 feet away from her, he laid there a moment in shock before getting up and turning to look at the dent in the wall he'd made, "What the hell?"

He made a move to go to Shar when a loud crack resonated in the room, "I wouldn't move if I were you." A voice said from down the hall.

Clint turned and saw Loki standing there in his formal garb; his cane left a crack in the floor where he had slammed it down.

"What did you do to her?" He said menacingly, his fingers itching to pull out an arrow and shoot it straight through Loki's skull.

"I think the questions should be worded as what did I do for her," Loki moved towards them. As Loki got closer, Clint moved to stand in front of Sharon who was still on the floor. She was breathing heavily but her eyes were open and watching their exchange.

Loki stopped a few feet away from Clint and looked at Sharon with disgust, "Get up, you're embarrassing yourself kneeling like a weak and puny slave."

Clint saw red and pulled out an arrow and aimed it, not before Loki whipped his cane out and slammed Clint in the side, sending him again into the wall and leaving a large crack in the plaster.

While Clint reoriented himself, Loki started to shimmer and shine as his formal garb shifted into his Asgardian clothing. His cane grew longer and morphed into his scepter, the tip of it glowing bright blue and reflecting off some of the picture frames.

Loki moved his scepter to aim and shoot at Clint, but he was knocked off his feet and slid down the hall several feet. He sat up and looked to see Sharon crouching low near Clint, her eyes glaring with anger, "Try that again and it will be your last move." She growled.

Chapter 15 will be posted soon! Feedback is always appreciated!

Alasiel