Chapter fourteen: Drunk

The next morning Sarah woke up, a little disorientated. The moment she didn't feel any clothing on her she remembered anything. She looked over her shoulder and saw Loki sleeping, still facing the wall. Without thinking she placed a kiss on his cheek and left the bed. She face palmed herself when she realized her clothing was no more. She had the skirt. She searched around to find a vest she had given Loki if it went cold in here. She zipped it up and turned around to leave. Unfortunately her foot caught on a leg of the chair and she nearly fell down on the ground. The sound she produced awakened Loki. He turned around confused, rubbing his eyes.

'What are you doing?' he asked.

'Being stupid, that's all,' she said back. 'I'm leaving. I'll be back with your dinner. There is still food in that bag you can eat now.'

She turned towards the door. 'Wait,' Loki called. She turned around. Please, pass my test.

Loki hesitated and rubbed his hand over the back of his neck. 'I believe I still have immortality.'

She nodded slowly. 'So you do.' He looked up as if she made a joke. 'So, are you going to take it again?'

She couldn't help but smile widely. 'No. Because you are honest with me you can keep it. But give me a reason to not trust you with it and I will take it away.'

He only nodded. She could see in his eyes that he was very grateful. 'Oh, and before you try, this prison is immortal-proof. I thought better safe you the effort in trying. Have a nice day!'

She opened the door and left. Loki finally let his smile see as he shook his head at her.

She walked through the neighbor of her house when she ran into two girls that were laughing together. They saw Sarah pass by in her poor clothing and both looked at her with an 'I'm sorry' look. She laughed back at them. Girls always understand girls.

That day started off with some interviews she didn't enjoy so much. The interviewer looked at her like she could eat him. Well, she probably could…but still.

Later that day she flew over to the Stark tower. She entered through the window this time. Both of the scientist hadn't noticed her. That placed her in a prank mode. She found both of them hanging over a screen. 'So basically we need to measure this when she turns blue,' Bruce said.

'Jeez, she is so creepy that way. It makes a shiver go down my spine every time. Do you think frost giants ever eat humans?' Tony asked.

'Only when humans annoy them,' Sarah said with a dark voice. If that didn't already startle them enough once they turned around they looked into the red piercing eyes of her frost giant form. They both screamed at the top of their lungs. Sarah fell back against a desk, laughing out loud.

'You sound like little girls!' she said in between her laugh attacks. She held her stomach because it ached. They both held their heart, trying to calm it down. 'That was not funny,' Tony breathed.

Sarah looked at him, stopping for a moment. 'Yes it was. At least for me! I thought you weren't afraid of a girl. But apparently I'm frightening!'

Bruce shook his head and showed a shy smile. 'Al right you got us. Now, let's celebrate that you are here and I…didn't wreck anything.' Sarah had to admit she forgotten all about the Hulk that moment. She slammed her hands for her mouth. 'I'm sorry! I totally forgot!'

He stared in her eyes. 'I see that more of a compliment than something to be sorry about.' She smiled back at him. 'I wouldn't do it again. Promised.'

Tony walked over to another table that held a plate with a whiskey bottle and some glasses. 'Well, I agree on the part of celebrating. Let's have a drink.'

And already at that moment everything went wrong. It normally took longer for a frost giant to get drunk, since they are made of thicker material. But Sarah often forgot how much her life on earth inflected on her. She told herself she couldn't get drunk, and that she could always go on. That, in combination with Tony Stark, is no good combination.

In the beginning everything went well. Her mood from the interviews was easily washed away by her prank and the company of the two men. They ran some mental tests, but they also used their devices on her this time. Most of the results were yet a puzzle to discover for them, but it gave them a start.

'So we can do the X-ray now,' Bruce said later that afternoon. Sarah just threw back another shot with Tony. 'you have that here?' she asked once her mouth was empty. Bruce let her to a small room that was much darker. He switched on the light and the room revealed a X-ray scan. 'Cool,' she responded. 'So, you need to take of your clothing for this,' Tony said a little to enthusiast.

She looked back at Bruce but also he nodded. 'Right,' she said. She closed the door after shutting Bruce out. For a moment she hoped they wouldn't see her in her underwear, but then she noticed the shuttered glass. They saw her, she didn't see them.

She grunted but removed her shirt and pants. She stepped in the device and looked up the black glass. 'I'm ready,' she said. A voice came from the speakers. 'Alright. You need to stand very still, with your front pushed to the glass. I will tell you when it turns on,' Bruce said.

She only hoped Tony wasn't getting to excited.

After a long day of testing, questioning and writing they relaxed in the penthouse on the top floor. They still drunk a lot and Sarah was getting very light in her head. Tony and Bruce shared some superhero stories of villains they defeated. Sarah wasn't really listening anymore. But she laughed at everything.

'How about you?' Tony asked her at once. 'About what?' she asked.

'Did you ever take a mighty beast down?' Tony said corny. She looked up at the ceiling and searched in her memories. 'Yeah, well if you count a huge popular high school teenager a beast. He tried to flirt with me. Then one day we had self-defense lessons with PE and I threw him on the ground so hard he broke his arm!' The guys started laughing out loud. She joined them. Not caring about anything anymore.

'Poor guy,' Bruce stated. Tony looked at him. 'I guess every man that flirts with her ends like that. Better take your distance Bruce,' he said while pointing his finger at him. Bruce rolled his eyes. 'You're telling me,' he said softly in his glass. Of course Sarah could hear it. But her thoughts travelled somewhere else.

Loki still needs dinner, she remembered. She raised from the couch to fall right back in it. Her legs wobbled under her. 'Sorry did that offend you?' Tony asked after seeing her struggle to leave.

'No, no. I just think it's time to go home. Still have a ocean to cross,' she said with a giggle.

'You can stay here if you want, no problem,' Tony said.

She shook her head. 'No thanks. I still have some things to do. I will see you later.'

Tony stood up to give her a goodbye hug. 'Okay, don't crash into the ocean little mermaid.' At this moment she could only smile at his words. She hugged Bruce and took off.

Loki spend the day doing something new: drawing. In the bag from last night she brought a notebook and a pen, a pencil and a sharpener. He started with writing poems from his last battle, but soon he found himself in a depressing mood. He didn't wish to bring up the memories of his loss and the hating glare in Sarah's eyes when she nearly killed him. He didn't admit, but he have had a couple of nightmares were she did kill him. He was a little scared of her. He saw her defeating him. She is probably stronger in physical strength.

After thinking about something he started drawing the one thing he could remember out of his head: Sarah. He drew her is a Jotun outfit that the women wore there. He liked how it fitted with her blue skin.

Much later when he was busy on his fifth drawing of Sarah he heard some noise by the door. He clapped the book shut and threw it into a drawer. He raised from his chair. He prepared to walk in circles, the way he wanted her to find him every time. But then instead of footsteps he heard some louder sound, like something fell down on the hard floor. He walked up to the glass and saw Sarah collecting herself up from the ground. She steadied herself against the wall and rubbed her head.

Loki rolled his eyes. Great. She is drunk.

She showed up before the glass and looked absent at Loki. 'Had a great evening I see?' Loki said annoyed. She grinned a distant grin. 'Eheheh…yeah…'

He sighed. 'So, did you bring me food?' She looked at him with hollow eyes. It took a few minutes before she processed the words in her head. 'Food?' she spat out.

'Never mind. You better sit down,' Loki said. He was angry at her, but at the same time he wanted to take care of her. She shook her head and held it a moment later, clearly it wasn't a good idea. 'No, no. I will get you f-food. B-be right back.' With that she hobbled towards the exit. Loki grunted. 'How could she even move now?'

Sarah strode over the field toward the castoff supermarket. The bright light of the TL-lights in the shop cleared her head a little. She walked a little straighter when she walked up to the cashier. She only took one salad for now, the only thing she could make sense of to buy now.

Once she was outside she wanted to walk back in the fields. But a voice behind her startled her. 'Well I do wonder what you are doing here.' The scariest about the voice was the robotic sound. She turned around to find Tony in his suit. Her eyes grew large.

'Tony!' she screamed. 'Yeah me. Now tell me, what brings you here?' he asked while holding his arms out. She wasn't very clear in her mind, but she did manage to come up with a story. 'I live nearby. I was still hungry so I stopped hear. To uh…clear my mind before going further.'

Tony opened the mask to look her in the eyes. He seemed to buy it. Then she pointed a finger at him when she started to think. 'But how did you come here?'

Tony turned a little away from her. 'Well…' Sarah waited. 'Okay I wanted to make sure you would come home safely.'

Sarah snorted. 'You are just as drunk as I am.' Tony took a step closer. 'Yes, but I can handle it better. Now, how about I take you back, safely in my home?' He putted his iron hands on her shoulders. Sarah looked up at him. In his suit he was a little longer. She couldn't just take off to walk back to Loki. He was already way to close to her darkest secret. 'Sure,' she said uncertain. Nevertheless it gave Tony a big smile while he closed his headpiece again. 'I will carry you. Hold on.' She threw the salad on the ground and clung herself to the hard suit.

Tony didn't take her to the Stark tower, but to his mansion in California. Once they were there they started talking a little in the huge main room of the building. The radio played softly on the background.

'So what did you think of Asgard?' Tony asked after she started telling him the events in the other realms. 'It was beautiful. Everything was so big and shiny…the nature looked to pure.'

Tony wrinkled his nose. 'Hmm, only the fact that people like Thor and Loki come from that place is enough for me to never go there.' Sarah looked down and played a little with her shirt.

'Hey,' Tony said, holding up a finger. She looked at him. 'What?' He stood up and walked over to her. 'This song is great. Come on let's dance!' He commanded the radio to raise the volume. At this point Sarah wasn't thinking at all, so she accepted it with a smile.

They danced through the room. The song had quite a fast rhythm so she floated over the floor, laughing out loud. The song slowed down and Tony pulled her closer. He placed a hand on her waist and held her hand with the other.

'You see, I'm quite a good dancer,' he praised himself. She giggled. 'Yes you are.' He looked right in her eyes. They were very close to each other. Sarah startled to feel some urge in her to reach for him. Maybe it was just the alcohol, but she wanted it nevertheless. But she didn't need to think about it any longer when Tony reached for her lips and kissed her. It felt like no pressure at all. After all he was mortal. He pulled back to look at her again.

'Do I need to apologize?' Tony asked softly. Sarah smiled. 'No,' she whispered back. This time she reached out to kiss him, but with more force. It startled him a little when she went so rough, but he could have expected it from a frost giant. She pulled back for him.

'I nearly forgot how strong you are,' he breathed a little of guard. 'Never forget that,' she whispered a little to seductive. She laid her head on his shoulder and smoothly kissed his neck. His eyes rolled up from the touch. 'Let's take this somewhere else,' he suggested. 'What you want, Mr. Stark.'