Did anyone notice the mistake I made in Chapter one? I've changed it, but just in case you didn't notice, I thought Odin's spear was named 'Gunnir' when actually it was 'Gungnir'. Sorry.
Luna whipped up in her bed. Rolling off noiselessly, she crept to her door and pressed her ear against the hard wood material. The footsteps were soft and slient, and almost not noticeable.
Sliding to her closet, she drew it open slowly to prevent any creaking. Taking out a baseball bat her ex had left behind, she swallowed and pressed herself to the wall.
Who could be out there? A robber? Or maybe worse. Unease made its way into Luna's stomach as she waited in the dark.
After a while, there was a soft shuffling before the footsteps ceased. Then there were soft whispers.
Feeling on tenterhooks, she wanted desperately to call Elle and ask her to come over. Heck, she didn't care even if Elle would think her crazy, she'd do it. Too bad the phone was in her living room.
In her living room...where her dog was! Panic gripped her. Inching closer to her bedroom door, she opened it an inch and peeked out.
She almost collapsed in relief when she saw no one there. Holding the in front of her, she slipped out into the hallway and towards the living room.
The intruder was silent, but Luna decided she could be too. Upon reaching the living, Luna's heart literally stopped when she saw a silhouette on the sofa.
Creeping closer, she stood over the figure and raised the bat, but it still didn't stir. It was a blond young man, probably in his twenties or so.
Lowering the bat, Luna thought he was a good looking young man, but that didn't explain why was he in her house. With toned muscles and broad shoulders, he looked more like a model than what she was expecting to find.
Not to mention, her dog was no where to be seen. Her cat was in a locked room, so it would be safe. She would check on it soon.
Holding the bat in her hands, she wondered what to do. She certainly wasn't going to use it, but she could leave him here. And if she called the police, who he wake before they arrived?
Living on the outskirts of this town meant that it would take at least twenty minutes for the police to arrive.
Still, it was the only thing she could do. Luna turned and picked up the phone, but before she could even dial the number, a hand grabbed her and cover her mouth.
She lifted the bat, but another hand knocked it out of her hand. She struggled and twisted, but her attacker's strength was beyond hers.
She turned just slightly, but it was enough to see that the blond guy was still on her sofa. Luna silently cursed herself for not thinking that there might be more than one of them before lowering her defences and trying to call the police.
Lashing out and kicking, she tried to make her attacker lose a grip on her, but careful not to wake the other guy if possible. Pressing her against the wall, Luna was truly and completely helpless.
Luna felt someone's breath warm on her neck, "What does a pretty little thing like you think you're trying to do?" Alarm surged through her.
Biting down as hard as she could on his hand, there was a yell of surprise and the grip on her arm and mouth loosened for a few precious seconds.
Spinning around, Luna picked up the bat and swung it as hard as she could across her attacker's head.
Her attacker was a another young man, tall and lithe. Unlike his partner, however, he had raven black hair.
Luna lifted the bat again, but before she could do anything, a hand knocked her neck.
She dropped the bat and collapsed to the ground, black seeping across her vision as she blacked out.
Thor stood above her. "Brother, what do we do now? Leave her here?"
Loki rubbed his head and opened his mouth to say something, but nothing came out. Just then, there was a knock at the door.
Both brothers immediately froze.
Thor asked again, more urgently this time," Well? Think of something. You always say how you are much more clever than me, right? Think of a own thing to prove that." There was another knock at the door, louder and more insistent, "Also, please be quick about it. The person would be suspicious if no one answers for long."
Loki grimaced, "This is a bad idea."
Finally, the door opened and Elle stepped in. "Luna? Hello?" No answer.
"Luna? Luna!" Elle rushed over to where Luna was still lying face up on the floor. "Hey, what happened?"
When Luna didn't answer, Elle rushed to the sink and took a small pail of water. "I'm sorry, Luna, for this." Was all she said before splashing the water over her face.
Luna choked, then shook, before opening her eyes and coughing some more, "What the-"
"Sorry." Elle winced as Luna spluttered the water out, "That was the only thing I could think of doing when I saw you lying unconscious on the floor."
Luna gasped for breath, " You watch too many movies." She paused for a moment, recalling why she would end up on the floor.
"Where are they?"
"Where are what?"
"The two men in my house."
Elle frowned, "What two men? There was no two men."
"Then who opened the door?"
"Luna," Elle had a worried expression on her face, "When you didn't answer after I knocked twice, I tried the knob. The door was unlocked."
Two guilty figures sat unmoving and silent in one of the closets. Adjusting and moving to make himself uncomfortable, Thor squirmed this way and that before giving up.
Loki eyed the door carefully as if someone might throw it open at any moment and spot them.
Pressing their ears to the cupboard door the best they could, they caught snippets of the conversation.
"Luna, are you alright? First you forget to lock your door, then you blame it on two imaginary men that don't exist."
"They're not imaginary, they're real. There was a blond guy, and a raven haired man. Really, I swear there was."
"I already searched the house. Theirs absolutely no one here. At all."
"But they were the ones who knocked me out. I wouldn't have just slept on the floor."
"Maybe you were sleepwalking. There are many possibilities. Maybe you had a hallucination. What with all that stress and all that. You should see a doctor."
Both brothers turned scarlet red at that. Thor had half a mind to go out and confess to hiding in the cupboard.
Loki shook his head vigorously. They simply couldn't go out, what would they say.
Concentrating again, they continued their eavesdropping, but the talking had ceased. There was now not a sound in the house.
Thor swallowed and motioned to the door, after waiting for about minutes of being uncomfortably cramped into the small cupboard.
Before either of them could do anything, the door was flung open.
Unable to help themselves, both brothers screamed.