Edit: 3.31.2015
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Thor sat back against the couch after double checking that she was comfortable before turning his attention to the screen. He could feel her tense up as soon as the movie started, but couldn't figure out why. He couldn't help but wonder if something was wrong between them, but he couldn't think of anything. It couldn't be because of how they were sitting because they always sat this close when they watched a movie. It bothered him, she didn't seem mad at him about the Jane Foster scene but maybe she was.
Some type of mutated human flashed on the screen causing her to squeak moving to cover her head. She pressed herself against him, her small hands clutching at him.
"Sammie, are you alright?" Thor asked looking down at her to read her facial emotions.
"I'm fine, I just am not a big fan of scary movies." Sammie said looking at Thor, the blanket high enough that she couldn't see the screen.
"Do you want to watch a different one?" Thor questioned with a frown of concern on his face. He didn't want to scare her. He hadn't even known what the movie was about but simply picked it because of its dark cover.
"No, that's ok." Sammie shook her head.
"I do not want you to be scared." Thor spoke, wrapping his arm around her shoulders, in response she moved closer to him, burrowing into his side, her hand falling to rest on his ribs.
"I'm fine really, besides you'll protect me from the monsters right?" She joked.
"Of course, always." Thor swore not realizing that she was joking. He looked down at her with a frown. Did she not believe that he would protect her and keep her safe? He hoped she believed him, but looking down at her he could see her smile. She must believe in him. "Are you positive you want to watch this?" Thor asked one more time.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Honestly." She nodded before snuggling back into his side. Every time something on the screen scared her, she flinched and held on to him tighter. He was so focused on the way she was touching him and making sure she was ok, he never heard the footsteps until it was too late.
"BOO" A new voice spoke. Sammie screamed and jumped off the couch only to trip on the blanket and fell to the floor. Thor flew off the couch to protect her and defeat the threat. Before she could blink Thor had the intruder against the wall, dangling off the floor. Thor held the human by the throat, even not having his powers he had the advantage. Frowning as he recognized the intruder to be Sammie's friend Tyler, he couldn't understand why he would be mean and scare her.
"Thor let him go, he's turning red." Sammie gasped running to Thor and Tyler. Thor moved so she wouldn't be in harm's way never letting go of Tyler. He tried to keep her away from him until he figured out what was going on, but she was making it difficult for him and was trying to get around them.
"Thor please!" She begged whipping the tears from her eyes that formed after being scared so badly.
"Thor please," She said moving in the space between Thor and Tyler. "Thor let him go."
Reluctantly Thor dropped Tyler, he slouched to the floor gasping for air. "Are you ok?" Thor asked glancing over her looking for injury.
"I'm fine," she nodded smiling gently before turning around to kneel down to Tyler, checking on him. Once she saw he was ok she began hitting him yelling at him for scaring her. "You're such an ass. I can't believe you did that."
"I'm sorry, trust me, lesson learned." Tyler gasped rubbing his sore throat looking at the large man behind her with wide eyes.
"What were you thinking?" Sammie demanded, standing up before helping her friend up.
"I thought it would be funny," Tyler shrugged.
"You thought her fear would be funny?" Thor demanded with narrow eyes.
"I have poor taste in humor," Tyler said not looking the giant man in the eyes. "I really am sorry."
"Its fine," Sammie said taking on more deep breath. "What were you doing here anyway?" She asked.
"I wanted to make sure that women didn't give you any trouble." Tyler said.
"Her names Jane Foster, a scientist who's interested in Thor." Sammie explained filling her friend in on the latest details.
"I did not like that women." Thor frowned thinking of the women who followed Sammie and himself out of the bar.
"You don't have to talk to her if you don't want to, she's just wants to put her name on a discovery and you're her ticket to fame." Sammie explained knowing that they didn't really talk about the confrontation they had earlier in the night. Sammie couldn't help but yawn, moving to turn off the movie and sat on the couch. Thor and Tyler following her lead.
"Have you looked about getting back to your home planet?" Tyler questioned, looking at the man.
"Asgard." Thor supplied. "No I have not found my hammer." He knew he didn't belong on Earth, but the thought of leaving made him frown. Eventually he knew that he would have to leave, but it wasn't something he was looking forwards too. He didn't want to leave Sammie, he wasn't ready, which was probably why he hadn't looked for his hammer very hard. He was avoiding it. Thor glanced at Sammie to see her looking at her lap a frown on her face.
"Your hammer? Is that how you travel?"
"It helps, it helps harness my powers."
"Thunder, right?" Tyler asked.
"Yes, you know a lot about me?" Thor questioned.
"I like to read, and love the Norse Mythology, which I suppose isn't exactly a Myth." Tyler nodded, muttering the last bit to himself. He took a glance at his friend not surprised to see her curled up asleep. "I should probably get going, I'll keep an eye out for a hammer," Tyler smirked before leaving.
Thor turned his attention to Sammie, debating if he should move her or help spread her out on the couch. With little hesitation he made his way over to her, before scooping her up with ease and making his way up the stairs and into the bedroom. He pulled back the comforter before gently laying her down and tucking her back in. She looked peaceful and couldn't help but smile down at her. Carefully brushing her hair out of her face he made his way down stairs to pick up their things and watch some more TV.
When she woke up she knew something was wrong, her head was pounding and felt very groggy. She rolled over, after hearing the rain pour outside, and just wanted to fall back asleep. Sammie frowned, covering her head with the pillow, before sitting straight up in a panic. She had been so caught up in everything that was happening with Thor and the bills that kept piling up to her eye balls that she completely forgot about her illness. She pulled herself out of bed hoping her legs weren't too shaky and would be able to hold her, she made her way to her bathroom.
She stumbled against the counter before opening up the medicine cabinet looking frantically for her shot. She couldn't believe she was so stupid to forget something as important as her weekly shot. Judging by the state she was in she had to guess she was only a few days late with it. She knew from past experience that she would only get worse before she got better. There was no shot in sight. She moved into her bedroom picking up her phone all while cursing herself.
Dialing the number she knew by heart she only hoped he would answer.
"This better be good," She heard his scratchy voice on the other line.
"I'm sorry," She frowned feeling guilty for obviously interrupting him.
"What's wrong? Sammie?" He asked his voice filled with concern.
"I'm nearly out, and I can't find my last dose." She admitted.
"Dose? Samantha you were supposed to take that days ago." He yelled, she knew he wasn't mad he was just concerned.
"Please don't yell at me," She mumbled closing her eyes in shame.
"I'm sorry, Sammie. Do you still have the purse I sent you? There should be one in the side pocket."
"Why would there be one…never mind." Sammie questioned moving to find her bag. "I'll use that and look for the other one."
She coughed, a metallic taste in her mouth, she needed to get to the purse but she could feel the energy crawling around body, demanding to be let out.
"I'm coughing up blood," she admitted so he could write it in her file. "I-I can't…" She spoke struggling to speak. The phone slipped from her hand as her vision started to get blurry. She could hear him calling her name, but couldn't get to the phone. Missing the dose was the worst thing she could do for her body when her illness was so strong.
"Sammie, are you alright?" Thor asked hearing a thud come from her room. He didn't know what he was expecting but seeing her on the ground blood coming from her mouth, being deathly pale wasn't it. "Sammie!" He shouted in concern. He helped her sit against the wall, trying to get her to look at him. "What happened?" He demanded looking around for any trouble.
"Get my purse," She grunted.
"Sammie-," Thor spoke shocked she would be worried about her bag when she was clearly injured in some way.
"Thor, the purse. It has my medicine. Hurry." She explained she could feel the energy build in her veins, and knew if she didn't get the shot, she wouldn't be able to hold back the danger that she would unleash. Before she realized Thor was back in front of her, purse in hand.
"Get the shot, I need you to give it to me, inject it into my heart…" She explained, not having the strength to move. Thor dumped her bag looking for the shot she was talking about when he spotted it. He could feel his hands shake, but he took off the cap and put it in her chest injecting the clear liquid into her.
He frowned as he looked at her, noticing in awe that her skin turned an unnatural shade of a fiery orange. It took a few seconds after injecting her that her skin turned back to normal, and he collected her in his arms. He held her close, not understanding what just happened but just needed to hold her. From his grasp she reached out and grabbed her phone before slowly speaking into it, "I owe you Tony. I'll call you back after I take a nap," she said hanging up and leaning against Thor and instantly falling asleep.
When Sammie woke up she found herself laying back in her bed, stripped down to her undergarments. She looked around the room only to notice Thor in the bathroom ringing out a washcloth. Sammie couldn't suppress the moan that came out of her mouth, as she felt her whole body throbbing in pain.
"Sammie, how do you feel?" Thor questioned coming out of the bathroom to sit beside her on the bed.
"I'll be fine. Why am I not dressed?" She asked looking around the room.
"You were burning up, I thought if you were undressed you would cool. I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable."
"No, thank you. I feel better," She whispered slowly sitting up.
"No what are you doing, lay down." Thor demanded trying to keep her down but she just smiled softly, and shook her head.
"I'm sorry you had to see that," She said looking down at the blanket.
"Don't apologies," Thor shook his head, "What was it that I was seeing?" He said remembering how sick she looked before.
"I huh," She sighed. She really didn't thrilled to have to remember the past but she knew she owed him some type of explanation after he helped her and had to see her at her lowest.
"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to, I don't want to make you sad." He whispered noticing her frown.
"No it's ok." She said taking a deep breath before starting, "My whole childhood I had to watch my foster father beat my foster mother, sometimes me. When I was eight, he beat her to death. I had to deal with him until I was 13 and then he…." She paused whipping the tears off her face. "He sold me to a scientist. They kept me and tested on me, they changed me, altered me. I was a test that went wrong I developed an ability of fire. They were fine at first but then they got worse and by the time I was 14 I started to cause explosions when I lost control of my emotions. I ran away trying to get help and I met Tony Stark who developed a shot to help me suppress it. I have to take it weekly, but I forgot this week because of everything that has been happening." She said.
Thor had no idea what to say, he felt sad for everything that she has been through. "I'm so sorry."
"It's why I wasn't a big fan of Jane. I know how scientist can be. They get so egger to discover or prove their experiments, they don't care who they hurt in the process. But I won't stand in the way if you want to talk to Jane. She would probably be able to help you get home better than I could."
"I am not worried about Jane Foster right now, I'm worried about you."
"Thor, at some point you're going home." She shook her head, the words bringing something stirring inside her.
"I am not worried about it right now, neither should you" He said not wanting to thinking about the thought of leaving.
AN: Let me know what you think about this chapter and about her abilities. The next chapter will explain her abilities in more detail. PLEASE review and let me know what you think, I love reading the feedback you guys are giving me!