YNNBL Chp. 24

Hey guys! Sorry for the cliffhanger earlier, I think I may be Steven Moffat's long-lost daughter. ANYWHO! Let's get going with this chapter!

[[Kate's POV]]

"What... where am I?" I open my eyes. Blinding sunlight enters my vision, and I shield my face with my book. When my eyes are adjusted, I observe all around me. I'm in a town, on a sidewalk. The occasional car goes by, and there are buildings around me.

"Wait a second..." My eyes widen. I'm in Thousand Oaks!

I run down the street, trying to remember where exactly I am. A few turns and crosswalks later, I'm on Cory's street.

Sprinting down the street, I finally come to his door. I walk up the steps onto the porch, basically punching the doorbell.

Cory answers the door.

"K-Kate?"He whispers, his eyes full of disbelief.

"Yes, me! Listen, I have no idea how I got here, but I need to get back to Asgar- why are you looking at me like that?" I ask.

"Kate... you've been missing for 3 years."

[[Loki's POV]]

"What?! Kill Thor? What good would that bring you?" I demand, and the Microform shrugs.

"Dunno. It'd be funny, I suppose. And it would get you in trouble. Which is even better." He smiles darkly, and it takes all I have not to shudder. Instead, I advance towards him, my eyes livid.

"Tell me where Kat is. Or I will personally report you to the Allfather. Better yet, I'll kill you right here and now."

The idiot rolls his eyes. "Really? You think you can threathen me? Fine. If you won't kill your brother... at least kill yourself." He says, and I stop out of pure confusion.

"What?"

"Kill yourself. Or I kill Katie. Simple. As. That." He yawns and leans onto a dresser. My eyes are wide.

"How do I know if you would really let her go if I kill myself?" I ask shakily.

"Good question. Here." He grabs my arm, and suddenly we're in the dungeons. There, lying in one of the cells, is... Kat?

"KAT!" I shout, running over. I open the cell door and rush inside. She's laying down on the small bed, asleep. But nothing I do wakes her up!

"She's in Microstate. It's like a coma, except she lives out a whole other life. With some twist of course. Her family will tell her she's been missing for years, she'll find out World War 3 had happened while she was gone... she might find out she has a husband and kids! Anything could happen, really." As the Micro-Blake explains this, I grow angrier and angrier. By the end of the explanation, I snap.

"LET HER OUT! YOU LET HER OUT RIGHT NOW! WHAT DID SHE EVER DO TO YOU? WHAT IS THE REASON YOU'RE DOING THIS?" I yell.

"Wow, wow. Calm down. She helped destroy the others of my kind with her sister and Stark. She deserves it. And like I said... I can let her out... if you kill yourself somehow. But don't worry. I'll make sure she's awake to see it. Make your choice, foolish god. Live and let her die, or die and let her live. You have until... oh, let's make it this time in 3 days. You'll find me in Katie's room." I try to stop him, but he's already dissipating.

"Ciao."

[[Kate's POV]]

"What do you mean, I've been missing? I was in Asgard for only a few days! Tony was with me!" I exclaim, and Cory furrows his brow in concern.

"Kate... what do you mean, Asgard? Who is Tony?" He asks, and my eyes widen. I shake my head violently.

"No. NononononononononoNO!" I shout, and Cory brings me inside and sits me down.

"Kate. What are you talking about?" He asks me. I'm still shaking my head.

"Asgard! I moved there with Loki! Tony Stark, Mabry's boyfriend! Cory, what is happening with you?" I ask, and he shoots me a look of disbelief.

"Kate! Tony Stark and Loki are characters. In a movie. And Mabry was your imaginary friend when you were three! What's happening with you? Where have you been for the past three years?"

My jaw falls open, and the book falls out of my hand in slow-motion. This can't be happening. How is this happening, what is even happening?!

I pick the book up again.

"TAKE ME SOMEWHERE, ANYWHERE ELSE! C'MON!" I shout at it, closing my eyes and clutching it to my chest like before. But nothing happens. I run out of the house, ignoring Cory's pleas. But I walk out to a warzone. The sky is red, there are blimps in the air, and the sound of bombs can be heard in the distance.

"WHAT IS HAPPENING?" I shout hysterically, tears running down my cheeks. I turn around, but where Cory's house used to be, there's nothing. I'm standing on flat concrete.

So I run. I run as far away as I can. I run until I find a place where I can hide (an empty dumpster). I clutch the book to my chest as I squat down in the green container, so lost and afraid that I don't know what to think anymore. I just want to go home. To Loki, to Tony, to Mabry, to the real Cory. I just want everything to be the way that it was.

I can't hear bombs anymore. I can see blue, not red, through the small cracks of the dumpstaer. I cautiously open the lid to find- normal sky. Normal surroundings. Normal town.

I step out of the dumpster and run to Cory's house- which is back. Walking up to it, I ring the doorbell. Cory opens the door and smiles. "Hey, Kate! Jacob's been looking for you, so he came over here. You guys should stay for dinner!" He suggests. I furrow my brow. "Who's- Jacob?" I ask, but my older brother simply rolls his eyes and smiles.

I follow him into the kitchen, where a man and two children (a boy and a girl) are waiting for me.

"Mommy, mommy, we found you!" The boy exclaimed, running up to me and hugging my leg. he looks about five or six. The man, Jacob, gets up and walks over to me.

"C'mon, Koala. Mommy's probably had a tough day." He laughs, pulling the boy off of me. Then he kisses me.

"What the- who ARE you people?" I yell, and Jacob knits his eyebrows together.

"Honey, what's wrong? What're you talking about?" Jacob asks. He tries to pull me in for a hug, but I push him away.

"Get away, creepo!" I shout, running up the stairs and locking myself into the bathroom. Breathing deeply, I don't eve try to make sense of what is happening. I must be dreaming, or something. That man is not my... husband! Those are not my kids! This is not my life! I'm sobbing now, thinking of how wrong everything is.

"So what the heck is happening?!"

Yeah. I feel so sorry for Kate, I just wanna go in there and scream KATE YOU'RE IN MICROSTATE HANG IN THERE GURL YOU'LL BE FINE! So yeah. See you in the next chapter (I'm on a rol, okay. Sorry if these chapters are crap)!