A/N: Princess PrettyPants – you are on point with that and I'm glad you got it :) whether it's poverty or just a case of a lonely heart, those who choose to, as you said, "rise above it" and seize life are the strongest, in my opinion. JPElles – I agree, at first I wanted Sif and Thor to be together but that is a bit dull. Odinsdatter9 – Thanks Heidi! That's such nice thing to say, your reviews always make me happy :). Last but not least; JigokuShoujosRevenge – Thank you and I will not fail you (hopefully). Thank you guys so much for your support, I know I say that every time I write the chapters but I hope the redundancy doesn't lessen the presence of my gratitude from your point of view. Sincerely, thanks y'all. Enjoy reading everyone.

I'm sick of writing disclaimers on every chapter. From this point forward, let's just assume that Stan Lee and the Marvel industries are not going to hand over the rights to Thor to me any time soon.

"Stop stop stop, dude this is the one! This is it! Turn it up, c'mon Thor, quick!"

Thor rushed towards the volume knobs. The last time he had failed to turn up a song on the radio, Darcy had verbally abused Thor and he did not need a repeat lesson on how the radio-device worked. Because, truth be told, Thor feared the fair maiden next to him. And Darcy didn't the hammer to intimidate Thor. Her creative words were magical and threatening enough.

Soon enough, Soulja Boy was blasting through the speakers and Darcy rapped along while Thor bobbed his head to the infamous Midgardian beat. He had never heard such violent music before, and he found himself enjoying the energy within it, despite the fact that he had no idea what was being said.

"Soulja boy off in this hoe, watch me lean and watch me rock, superman that hoe, then watch me crank that Robocop–"

A shot went off and hit the Hummer's tire and the car swirled once. Then two helicopters appeared and attacked the car strategically. A truck appeared in front of their car, coming right at them, at full speed.

"Holy shi–"

She slammed the brakes and something pushed the car from behind and it flipped forward, glass crushing and the air bags inflated in Thor and Darcy's faces. The car kept rolling until it was upright again. The gun fire paused and Thor swatted at the air bag and looked next to him to find an unconscious Darcy, a piece of glass on forehead, blood flowing freely from her head, the dark red river traveling down her porcelain cheek.

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Jane stood on the top step of the ladder, well above 10 feet above the ground. Loki looked up at her anxiously.

"Jane, is this really necessary?"

Jane grabbed the ladder for support and jumped on to the flat roof. "I made it."

"Good. Now, come down."

"Hold on a sec, there's something wrong."

Loki figured as much. It was the middle of the night and one of Jane's machines had gone ballistic. Apparently there was a storm coming their way that was Loki's guess. But something about the machine's readings made Jane become wide awake. She pulled out a ladder out of nowhere and now was on top of the building. Loki had no idea what was going on and surprisingly, neither did Jane.

She whacked an antenna, trying not to get electrocuted.

"Jane, please, we can look into it in the morning. Please come back down," Loki pleaded. He didn't like it when Jane was away from him for two long. Jane had ordered him to stay down to stare at the machine for any changes. The large wardrobe-sized machine was still beeping anxiously.

"No, I need to figure this out," she yelled from the roof.

Loki sighed. "You know, at times like this, I find myself wishing that you were a writer," Loki said in his regular tone, not expecting Jane to hear him. But when he heard her chuckle, he knew she had.

He had woken up before and found Jane curled in her chair, writing down records and numbers that made no sense to Loki. For the past week, it had been like this. He tried to hold her tightly at night so she could stop escaping, but the tiny woman always managed to slip out of his hold. It irritated him to no end.

But he was mainly worried. Jane hadn't slept this entire week. Sometimes he could distract her with a few tricks but not for very long. She just worked all day and he found himself shoving pop tarts into her mouth.

I wonder if this was how she was before I came here, Loki thought to himself as he glared at the still beeping machine. But this wasn't just Jane being a workaholic, this was Jane being scared.

What she was trying to disprove was the fact that there was a huge ripple in ozone layer. Something had caused it and one of Jane's machines had detected it. She had emailed her colleagues and they dismissed it as a natural accident. But Jane's machines picked up a mysterious signal; somehow, there was change in the stars. Something was different. Something had happened and could still be happening.

Jane just needed to find what.

She reconnected one of the wires on one of her twenty-something satellite dishes. Then she took out another.

The beeping stopped.

"Thank the heavens," Loki whispered.

Suddenly, the sky grew darker. Jane could see the clouds forming; the stars were covered with a rough blanket of threatening rain clouds.

Loki frowned at the sky. "Are you done Jane? My love, please, we can check again tomorrow."

"I'm not sure if I fixed it."

The dark clouds rumbled.

"Jane! Come down immediately." There was an odd urgency in Loki's voice. He almost sounded…afraid. Jane pursed her lips and continued staring at the mesmerizing sky. It became strangely warm and the clouds just pushed further into each other. She waited for the rain, but it looked like a rain-less storm, like the night clouds were at war with another.

"Jane!" Loki shouted.

"Coming," Jane yelled back. She run towards the ladder and then lightening flashed. The piercing white light hit Jane with nostalgia and she paused only to see Loki's fearful face coming towards her and in a matter of milliseconds, they were rushed into the house, Loki holding Jane tightly, standing in the center of the house, away from the windows.

"Loki, are you – are you afraid of thunderstorms?" Jane asked him kindly. He just looked at her worried.

Lightening flashed again. Loki held Jane tighter.

"Is it the lightening then? Loki, you can tell me, it's okay," Jane soothed.

"I'm not afraid of the lightening Jane; I'm just not very fond of what follows."

And with that answer, the sky roared. The thunder shook the ground. The lights began to flicker Jane stiffened in Loki's hold.

Rain poured crashed down and Jane's door banged open. A gigantic man ran in.

"Jane Foster!" he boomed. Jane nuzzled into Loki chest in response, not sure if these were her last moments or not.

The lights stopped flickering and the big man was very visible to Jane. And he was had a girl in her arms that looked very familiar to Jane. She stared at the man in surprise and he looked at them, equally, if not more shocked.

"Loki!"

Thor and Jane looked at each other. Then they looked at Loki.

He grimaced. "Thor," Loki nodded at his brother than untangled himself from Jane and went into her bedroom, slamming the door shut behind him.

The rain slowed down, but didn't stop, marking a gloomy morning in the making.

Jane studied Thor who looked utterly broken at his brother's departure, the enormous man, God of Thunder, looking completely vulnerable and afraid.

He met her eyes which reflected the dread his carried.

Jane then lowered her eyes to the girl he was carrying bridal style. She gasped.

The girl's face was covered in blood.

Jane squinted at her face and then screamed, "DARCY!"

A/N: The weather is being moody and kind of depressing so I wasn't getting very happy ideas, which is why the mood kinda got dark quickly. It's a short chapter; I just didn't feel like going on. But it'll get better and before anyone gets angry with me, DARCY IS NOT GOING TO DIE. I'm not going to kill off any main characters; I've gone through enough emotional trauma after reading the Harry Potter series so I plan on keeping everyone alive. Please review if you have any questions, comments or concerns. Today's a very slow day.

By the way, it was SHIELD that attacked Thor and Darcy and I'll tell you tomorrow how they got away. Stay chill, stay productive (unlike me today) and I hope you all have a wonderful day with favorable weather. Stay tuned everyone! Thanks you reading ;)