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Complicated Possession.
Chapter 6 – Falling Through Space

Gazing down at the ground, she took a deep breath and ignored the looks Thor was giving her, she needed to give the impression that she was still alright. That she could continue as normal. So she jumped.

She was twisting and turning and falling and flying through the air and she was trying desperately to clear her head, to activate the damn serum. But nothing was working; her eyes were locked on the ground that was rushing towards her at a dangerous speed. She swore a million times over in her head and willed the serum to work, and after a few moments she found the spark. She mentally grabbed a hold of this spark and fanned it to a flame, the flames coursed throughout her body and she used them to fuel the thrusters. At the last possible moment these thrusters were ignited and she landed. A little too hard and her legs buckled beneath her, and she was going too fast so she skidded along the concrete. She tumbled and flew across the concrete until she smashed into a car which halted her immediately. She lay there, her eyes wide open and gazing up at the sky, one arm raised above her head and the other resting on her stomach. She could feel the warm stickiness of blood across all her body and she had literally never felt sicker. What she wanted right now was a nice, hot bath, and then a nice, comfy bed.

She could hear her father's voice in her ear, something about a nuke. What was a nuke? She tried to make sense of the scramble of noises in her head, the jumble of voices as everyone talked over each other. She wanted to get up and find out what was going on but she just couldn't. She couldn't move, she just wanted to sleep. And suddenly there was a face above her, Thor's face. He bent down and scooped her up in his arms; she relaxed against his chest but resisted sleep. They moved fast, not helping her feelings of queasiness. She noted to herself that the next time she was going to be involved in a death defying battle, to wear something a little more protective than jeans and a t-shirt.

Once Thor had brought her back to the others he set her down, she found she could stand, a little uneasy on her feet but she could stand none the less. Her head was pounding and he still allowed her to lean against him for support.

"What's going on?" she tilted her head up and asked him quietly. He didn't answer her and instead simply looked down at her sympathetically. This didn't reassure her in any way; instead it invoked panic inside of her. She was sure something was wrong, something was terribly wrong.

"Thor! Tell me!" she demanded, and as he looked down at her she knew the way he looked at her had changed.

As he looked down at her she wasn't the child any more, she wasn't the little girl who tagged along behind them because she was a freak among her own kind. Because she was special. He still felt an instinctual need to protect her, but not in the same way. He felt like he wanted to protect her rather than he felt the need that he should protect her. She wasn't a child anymore; she was a beautiful young woman. A young woman who had no clue that her father, her only family, was flying to his death.

He opened his mouth to speak, to utter her a few words of calming reassurance but before he could say anything there was the sound of flying over their heads and she looked up with wide eyes to see her father carrying the nuke up towards the portal. She took a step away from Thor and looked up at the portal; it was slowly whirring through her head. And then it clicked.

"No!" she cried and made to initiate the thrusters to push her upwards and to his aid, sensing this though, Thor lunged forward and grabbed her around the waist, stopping her from moving. She didn't struggle against him but continued to stare up as her father flew higher and higher before disappearing into the portal.

Everything was silent, nothing was moving, the whole world could be burning and she would be oblivious to anything other than the portal that loomed high above them in the sky. She willed her father to come back, to appear through the hole in the sky. But then two simple words brought reality crashing back down around her.

"Close it."

At this she collapsed, numb and unaware of the tears pouring down her face. Her only family was gone. Thor's strong arms held her close to his chest and she screwed her eyes shut and began to sob into his chest, clinging to him. He held her back just as tight, protecting her from the harsh reality that was just outside of his embrace.

His arms tightened and he buried his face in her hair, his cheek brushing against the silky touch of the blood, red ribbon.

A/N: Apologies for a short chapter but it's what happens when I start the chapter and leave it for a couple of days, I come back and can't remember how to make it long! I have to write them all at once! The next one might be a bit longer! Hopefully! XD