There was a flash of blinding light and then we were on Midgard. We landed in a desert. There was nothing visible for miles, other than trees and the occasional tumbleweed. I really hoped that Thor or Loki knew where we were.
"Welcome to New Mexico, Melanie." Loki said, putting his hand my shoulder. "We need to find Jane. She had our stuff."
We started heading north, towards a town I assumed. What seemed like an hour of walking we finally arrived at a small town. There were a handful of buildings. There was a lot of things that I didn't recognize, so many foreign objects.
We headed to a building in the center of the town. It was a two story building with multiple windows. Thor knocked on the door then proceeded to walk in, everyone followed him in except me. I thought it was kind of rude to just barge in. Loki grabbed my hand, pulled me in and said "Come on."
A short woman came out of a back room, saw Thor and ran to him excitedly. That must be Jane, I thought. She seemed really excited to see everyone, including Loki. She gave everyone a hug but stopped when she got to me. "And who's this?" she asked.
"My name is-" I started to say but Loki cut me off.
"This is Melanie. My girlfriend." Loki took hold of my hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze. He had never introduced me as his girlfriend before. Everyone looked at us and gave us a surprised look. Well, minus Sif. She knew that we were together but Fandral, Hogun, Volstagg and Thor did not.
"Brother, you and this, commoner, are together? How long has this been going on?' Thor asked
"She is anything but common, Thor." Hearing that made me blush. "And we have been together for four months now. I thought I told you, Thor."
"I do not recall, but perhaps you did and I just do not remember." Thor said.
"Jane, do you still have all of our stuff in storage?" Loki asked Jane.
"yes I do, follow me. How long will you guys be here, do you know?" we followed her down a hallway to a small room, it was filled with clothing and random things that I didntk now. Everyone went in and starting going through things. They all had things that belonged to them. Everyone but me. So I stayed in the hallway with Jane.
"I'd offer you some of my clothes but you're a bit taller than me so I don't think they would fit. Maybe Sif can share, at least until we can take you shopping."
"Uh, okay. I don't get why we cant just wear our normal clothes though." I said. I liked what I was wearing, I didn't see why we had to change. Midgardian clothing looked weird, not mine.
"If you wear your clothes youll stick out like a sore thumb. They change to look 'normal'. People don't normally wear armor here. Unless its comic-con" she explained. I guess that made sense; besides, I didn't want to wear my armor the entire time I was here.
"Thor never shuts up about you, by the way." I said. Thor constantly talked about her, he did love her. It amazes me they aren't married yet.
"Oh yeah? That what Sif said last time she was here. Whats it like dating Loki? Hes quite the character. Darcy and him like to play pranks on everyone, especially Eric. He's king now, isn't he?"
"Yeah he is. I'm dating the king of Asgard. Ha-ha-ha. Me, a simple common warrior, somehow managed to get with the king. Besides him being the king, our relationship is pretty normal; besides the fact that the kingdom doesn't know. Everyone that does know is here. We like to play tricks on each other as well. We also practice sparring a lot, haha I can actually beat him. Its pretty cool." I say watching Loki dig through a pile of clothes.
Loki had found a black long sleeve v-neck shirt and a grey scarf to wear. He kept his leather pants and his boots on. He found a metal bracelet and put it on his left wrist. He looked really sexy in his new clothes
"So you're a commoner? How'd you end up with Loki, like how did you two meet?" Jane asked me.
"We met through Sif. She is my best friend. Loki and I just sort of clicked." Its true, we did. There was just something about our relationship that made sense. Sif told me once that she hopes that Loki and I get married one day. "How did you and Thor end up together? Ive never actually heard the story of how you met." I asked.
"Well when he was banished for attacking Jotenheim, he was sent here. When he landed, Darcy hit him with my car by accident. But then she tazed him so we took him to the hospital and then I hit him again by accident. He ended up staying with us, cuz I felt guilty. After that, I don't know we just fell in love, I guess. I hate that we are so far apart all the time but I still love him."
"How romantic." I said sarcastically. Sif called me into the makeshift dressing room so she could find me some clothes. We found a knee length skirt that was really flowy, then we found a sky blue v-neck shirt that had short sleeves. Sif did some digging and found a pair of sandals to go with the outfit. She then kicked all of the guys out of the room so that we could change. She wore a pair of pants, a long sleeve black shirt and boots. She looked fabulous, I felt weird in my clothes. I felt vulnerable almost. Once we both were dressed we went to meet everyone else in the front room. Loki of course was the first to see me. He had been waiting in the hallway for me.
"Melanie, wow! You look amazing." He took hold me and a gave me a hug then kissed me.
"Thanks, Loki. You look pretty good yourself. Then again, I'm sure you could wear anything and make it look good." Its true, he looked good in anything. But I loved it when he wore leather, it was always a huge turn on.
Jane and Sif were in the kitchen making tea and something to eat. We were waiting for Eric and Darcy to show up so we could tell them what was going on. Thor and the guys were outside goofing off, Loki and I were in the lounge area sitting together on the couch. He was telling me about Midgard.
He pulled out something from his pocked and handed it to me. It was a skinny black and white box. I had no idea what it was. "Uhm…what is this?" I asked him.
"That, is a cell phone. Push the button on the side and it will turn on. You can make calls on it, to people miles away. Or you can send messages. It can even take pictures. Which by the way…." He said, taking the phone from me. He held it up so the back was facing me. He tapped the screen then smiled. "Perfect." He turned it around so that I could see, there was a picture of me on the screen.
"So does everyone here on Midgard have a cell phone? Or just the rich?" it seemed fancy enough that only the rich would have it.
"Haha, no. Pretty much everyone has one. That's how people talk to each other here. Theres also the internet but I'm not even going to try and explain that one. Anyways, depending on how long we stay here, we will have to get you a cell phone as well."
"Alright." I say leaning over to kiss him.