Chapter 6

Sorry for the long awaited update but life tackled me and I had to get things sorted befor I could even attempt anouther chapter.

I do not own anything Marvel only my marvelous OC.

Loki was startled from his slumber in the chair when he heard muffled cries coming from the mortals room much like the night before. Quickly getting up and entering the womans room, he sees tears streaking her face as she starts to grab at her throat as if to wrench something from it.

"Mortal awaken!" Loki says shaking her like he had the previous night but to no avail.

"Midgardian! Tatsumi wake up!" he says starting to panic because she is now gasping for air like as if the imaginary item or hand around her throat is actually physically cutting off her air supply.

Eyes snapping open and shooting straight up with a scream "NOOO!" Looking wild eyed around the room and then finally to Loki as he held her at arms length.

"What are you doing in here?" She says trying to compose herself and get a handle on the surge of power that threatened to escape her.

Loki felt a shift in the energy of the room but it soon dissipated before he could place a finger on it. The only thing he knew for certain was that it was familiar.

"You were having a "nightmare" again. I must ask if this is a nightly occurance for it is quite disturbing my sleep." He ask looking at the mortal but relinquishing his hold on her. She was shaking quite visibly and this startled him to say the least.

Tatsumi snapped too once she heard him mention that this had supposedly happened before. "What do you mean? Did this happen last night?" She says looking at him earnestly with fear in her eyes that she couldn't quite hide.

Loki looks at her with a confused but measured look "Yes it was almost the same as last night only this time it took me longer to awaken you. Do you not remember?"

Turning her gaze away from the god "No I don't remember, why do you think I would ask if I had." she states while thinking "This is not good, somethings going on and if I don't figure out what I won't be able to control what happens with my powers when I sleep. People could get hurt."

The god studied the mortal as she seemed to be having a million scenarios go through her mind at once.

Returning her attention to Loki "Tell me, was tonight worse than last night?" she says with a sterness in her voice.

Loki was not used to being talked to in such a manner but it piqued his curiosity to know that this was most certainly not a common occurance apparently. "Yes. You were gasping for air this time as if you were being strangled by something or someone."

Tatsumi flinches involentarily at the mention of it being "someone" ,instantly making her regret doing so because she knew it let Loki know a little of her past.

Meeting his eyes again "I see. Thank you. I'm sorry to have disturbed you and your sleep. This isn't something that usually happens." She says almost shyly feeling sorry now for having sounded so mean earlier having demanded to have him give her information.

Loki was thrown totally off balance by this Midgardians ability to shut off her emotions in such a way that resembled his own. Nodding his head befor turning to leave "Your welcome just be sure to not let it happen again. As I said befor it is disturbing my sleep and I would like to rest uninterupted for at least one night." He says before closing the door to her room earning him a glare.

Having thoroughly been woken from the nights events Loki can't help but think of how the mortal flinched at his mentioning of it being a "someone" that was choking her. It made him irrationally angry with just the thought. Thinking about that only made him think of all the scars she had on her body that he'd seen thus far making him want to scream to the world and slam his fist through a wall. "Whoever did this to you I will make them pay." Loki swore under his breathe as he paced in front of his bed too angry to even attempt sleep.

Tatsumi hugged herself for fear she would fall apart. It had been ages since she had, had these dreams let alone the actual memories haunt her like this. Shaking herself out of her thoughts Tatsumi can hear Loki moving about in the living room clearly not able to sleep either. Releasing a breathe she reaches over and turns on her music hoping it will clear her mind and allow her to rest but to only have no such luck. "Damn." she says as she climbs out of bed and throws on some track pants over her boyshorts then getting up to go to the living room. She really didn't want to be alone right now not with how wound up she felt.

Loki heard the door to the Midgardians room open only to see the woman appear before him shortly.

"Can't sleep? Neither can I. If you don't mind I don't think I want to be alone right now." Tatsumi says as she takes a seat in the chair she had occupied earlier that evening.

The god had to keep his temper in check from all the angry thoughts he'd just had swirling about inside his head.

Nodding "I don't mind as long as you don't mind staying mute while I ask you some questions which I demand an answer to. Then and only then do I want you to speak. Do you understand." He says setting a laser style stare in the mortals direction.

Tatsumi leveled the same exact stare back at Loki. "Don't forget who's home you're in and who has taken you in despite knowing WHO you are and WHAT you have done. Don't presume to think that because you are a god that you can interogate me in my own home." She says on a hiss through clenched teeth feeling the energy she was barely able to contain already surge in her yet again.

Loki felt the energy in the room shift in a way that he knew only all too well which made his eyes go wide with realization. Keeping the thought to himself for now he continues on "I have not forgotten, but for some unknown reason I have become attached to you within a short amount of time. I can NOT stand to see you in such pain, whether it be real or not, without knowing the reasoning behind it. You will answer my questions and you will tell me the truth. Don't think I won't know if you are not." He says sternly beginning his pacing once more across the room only now it is in front of the chair that the Midgardian presided in.

Tatsumi was seething now. "No. I can tell you are upset but it is MY issue NOT yours and if I deem it worthwhile I will be the one to tell you in MY own time as to what happened. That time is NOT now." She says growling out the words and shaking from the effort of trying not to visibly lash out at this God.

Loki whirls around a snarl marring his face "Whatever happened to you WAS your issue. Do you think me blind to not see the scars on your arms! I am an Asgardian! We are far superior a race to you Midgardians in every way INCLUDING eyesight! Others on this little planet are only able to see the one scar on your face but I see much more! Whoever did this to you I want to make pay!" he says practically gasping for air because of him saying all this in one fell swoop.

Tatsumi feels the power and color drain from her body "He sees my scars." Is all that echoes through her mind before she hangs her head then slowly raises her eyes to lock with Loki's.

"You can't make them pay." She says as she pulls her legs up in front of her and wraps her arms around them tightly.

"What do you mean I can't! Of course I can!" Loki says becoming outraged only to be interrupted by the mortal.

"You can't because I already did." She states matter of factly and looks to the god with a perfectly composed face except for the fact that it had a few tears running down her porcelain cheeks.

"You did." he says going as still as a statue before turning to face her completely shock written all over his face. "Why do you still have these memories turned nightmares plague you then?" he ask as his eyes search the mortals face.

"Well you see he was the first to harm but he won't be the last. I have had MANY hurt me throughout my life and I would be a fool to think that it would end with him." Tatsumi says giving a sad smile to Loki now having stopped the tears from going down her face from sheer force of will.

Loki felt sick. "Who would want to hurt this woman? Why would they harm her in such ways as to cause her great pain?!" he thought having now crouched down in front of her. "How did you make him pay?" Loki asks on a whisper "How did you make them all pay?" not sure if he wanted to know the answer.

"Oh I think you know how I did that. I killed them. And I regret nothing, not one last thing when it comes to how I did so." She says with a evil glint in her eye like that of a hunter that very much enjoyed killing its prey.

The hair on the gods neck stood on end seeing that look in the Midgardians eye. "I don't doubt that." He says standing slowly suddenly realizing that this woman, this mortal, would do whatever it took to survive just like the greatest warriors of Asgard. Loki felt as if a great weight had just been lifted from his shoulders that he himself didn't know was even there.

Tatsumi saw the change in Loki. "Now if we are done can we please just watch T.V?" She asks offhandedly as if they had not just had any conversation at all.

Sitting on the edge of his bed Loki looks to the Midgardian still curled up in the chair with arms wrapped around her legs. "Very well if that is what you want. I'll be taking a shower if you don't mind. I'd like to get some rest if any before morning." he says getting the towel and night clothes on the sidetable before standing.

"No problem. I'll stay quiet. Maybe put in a movie, that way once it goes off I can go to sleep." She says as she gets up to open the panel that hide the movies in this room just like the ones that hide the books in her room.

Loki gawked for a moment only to shake his head. "Should have known." He thought as he proceeded to go bathe.

Tatsumi settled on her favorite movie which was the on screen adaptation of As You Like It by William Shakespeare. She couldn't help but grin at the fact that she was so attached to this story in every form it appeared. Having popped in the movie she decided to curl up in her chair again but only after she set a kettle of tea on to heat.

Loki emerged from the shower in time to hear a short lived whistling and the sound of someone moving about and then silence again. Curiosity got the better of him and he quickly put on his night clothes.

Opening the bathroom door "Mortal?" he asks "What was that whistling?"

Tatsumi looked up at the god in his pyjama bottoms and form fitting muscle tank over the cup of tea that she had to her lips. "It was some tea. I figured that it would be done before you came out so it wouldn't disturb you if I made some." She says taking a sip then turning her attention back to the movie.

"Hmmm I miss having tea but I doubt that you have any here that will even compare to the ones we have on Asgard." He says a little wistfully only to see the small glare from the Midgardian out of the corner of his eye.

"What? You think you know of one that will suffice as a replacement?" He says raising an eyebrow.

"Well, yes." She states matter of factly before standing up and going to the kitchen after pausing her movie of course.

"How do you take your tea on Asgard? Plain, with sugar, or with honey?" she asks as she pours a cup for him.

"I do not like sugar much but plain is prefered and on rare occasions I like honey." He states watching as the woman nods her head in understanding and pours him a plain cup of tea.

Handing it to him before sitting down and turning on her movie again once more totally engrossed.

Cocking his head to the side he looks at the woman as he takes a sip of the tea only to be pleasantly surprised. "Though it pains me to admit it but this is quite good. Thank you." He says settling into his bed with the tea and turning his attention to the "t.v" .

The movie seemed interesting if not a little familiar. Soon enough he found himself just as engrossed in the movie as the mortal.

On the movies end Loki turned to tell the woman that he actual didn't find it too bad only to see that she had fallen asleep in the chair still curled up in a ball.

Loki couldn't stand to see her asleep like that so sighing he decided to take her to her room. Upon lifting the woman he couldn't help feel his pulse race as she instinctively curled into his chest and released a sigh.

"Get ahold of yourself! You can't be attracted to her, not this soon anyways and NOT in that way. But by Odin she is so beautiful and so fierce! By the gods what is happening!" He thinks as he carries her to her room and covers her in her blanket only to stare at her face. Mustering as much will power that he had left he had to force himself to not give her a kiss and to leave. "Good night Tatsumi." He says as he goes to his bed.

"Odin I do not know what you have planned or if there even is one but if any harm comes to that mortal you will regret it." He mutters to the ceiling knowing full well that Heimdal could hear every word and was more than likely reporting it to Odin at this very minute. Loki couldn't help but smile as he drifted off to sleep once more.