I wish I owned this up alas, I do not.
Chapter 5 In hiding
Loki and I got off the subway at the station nearest to Eileen's house. We head up the stairs and out into the main area of the station. My eyes scan the area and I eventually spot my friend out of the bus platform. Loki and I walk out and I say:
- "Lovely morning isn't it?"
- "Yeah, quite lovely. How are you?" Eileen asks
- "Terrified half out of my wits. And yourself?" I ask
- "I'm fine." she says
- "Okay, introductions. Loki, I'd like you to meet my best friend Eileen. Eileen, I'd like you to meet Loki." I say.
Eileen already knows who Loki is but it would be a bit confusing if she said that she knew who he was. Eileen and Loki shook hands while I pulled out my phone to check and see when the bus would be arriving. Five minutes, okay. I sighed and rubbed my temples. I felt a major headache coming on, I pulled my glasses off and polished them before turning to my friends and saying:
- "Guys, the bus will be here in a few minutes."
- "Okay." Eileen says
I wander over to one of the benches and sit down, Loki and Eileen join me and we sit there in silence until Eileen asks:
- "What happened?"
- "Long story. I am woken up by someone landing on my legs. I grab my phone to see who it is. Loki is sitting on my legs looking absolutely terrified. I ask what's going on. He tells me that Odin has somehow found out about me and told Thor that I was Loki's second in command, that I was helping him escape his cell and that because I was a girl, I fell for his charms."
Eileen interrupts me with an angry growl.
- "Yeah, that was pretty much my reaction to that comment. So, Thor goes and tells the Avengers about me and they have been ordered to take me back to Asgard. As for why, I have no idea but personally, I don't feel like finding out." I say feeling my favourite feeling in the world. The feeling right before I have a panic attack.
- "You okay?" Loki asks me
- "Not really, I'm pretty worried about the rest of my family from what I saw on the news, they were alright, a little shaken but alright. I see an AMBER alert in my future." I mutter
- "AMBER alert?" Loki asks
- "An AMBER alert is a missing child alert. It was created in memory of Amber Hagerman. It's a 20 year old kidnapping cold case. Amber was kidnapped and murdered, to this day, no one knows who did it. I really hope that who ever committed that atrocious crime rots in hell." I explain
- "That's disgusting. Who would do that?" Eileen said
- "There are some real monsters out there." I say shaking my head. "Ah, there's the bus."
The three of us boarded the bus, with me taking the window seat, Eileen sitting beside me and Loki behind the two of us. We rode in silence, it was only about half way there did I start tapping my fingers on the window, from tapping on the window, it went to softly humming Empire of Angels. I was shaken from my reverie by Eileen gently placing a hand on my shoulder and asking:
- "Are you okay?"
- "Yeah, I'll be okay." I say
I was lying, I was dead terrified, I don't know what I'm going to do. I pull out my phone and give it a long look. I want to call my parents and reassure them them that I'm alright and that I'll be okay but I can't. That would drag the Avengers to my location and I don't want that. We get off at Eileen's stop and we walk towards her house. When we get there, she unlocks the door and we step in. I pull off my boots, remove by backpack before pulling off my coat. I turn to Eileen and ask:
- "Did you leave a note for the twins?"
Eileen looks a little guilty before shaking her head no. That is when a female voice calls out:
- "Eileen? Where are you?"
The voice has a definite accent, likely from somewhere in eastern Europe. Then I remember, Wanda Maximoff is living with my best friend. Stupid me. The silver blur I see come into the kitchen must be Pietro Maximoff. "Here we go." I think, "Act normally."
- "Found her Wanda. She's in the dinning room!." Pietro shouted
A tall woman who I recognized as Wanda Maximoff AKA Scarlet Witch came into view. And I couldn't help but think: "Oh hot damn, she's even cuter in person." The advantages to being bisexual, I can have a crush on both a guy and a girl without feeling weird, go figure. She looks relieved when she speaks.
- "Oh, there you are. We were worried when we woke up an couldn't find you. Eileen, who's this?"
I immediately introduce myself.
- "Hi, I'm Alexis. Alexis Jackson. Word of advice, do not call me Al or there will be hell to pay. You can call me Alex though. And the man beside me is my friend Loki."
Then I think : "Wait to go Alexis, you're rambling again." What's wrong with me? I have never been good at making friends and having Aspergers syndrome doesn't help. I don't mind having Aspergers, the whole extreme memory capacity helps and it also makes me different, normal is dull. Though, having that particular form of autism make friendships and acceptable social skills and managing/dealing with my emotions all... impossible puzzle-esque. And being called a sociopath on a rare occasion is a real pain in the ass to deal with but lets not go there.
- "Pleasure to meet you. Eileen has talked to us about you." Wanda says shaking my hand
- "Yes, she has mentioned you before." Pietro said shaking my hand
- "Now then, what happened? You didn't tell me much." Eileen said
- "I'll tell you everything, I am going to need a drink first. And maybe some breakfast but food can wait. I really need a drink right now." I mutter pulling my glasses off and cleaning them.
- "Apple juice okay? Or do you want something stronger?" Eileen asks me
- "Define stronger." I mutter sitting down
- "I have pop." Eileen said
- "I'll take that. Thanks." I say
She pours me the drink and places it in front of me before sitting down herself.
- "What happened?"
- "I think you should start off Loki. I'll fill in from my end." I say turning to my companion
- "Okay." He says sitting down beside me "Where to start, I was in cell reading, like I usually do when I see Odin standing in front of my cell. I ignore him until he starts talking. He tells me: I know what you've been doing. I know where you've been going. I know about your second in command. It takes me a bit before I realize that he was talking about Alexis. Not wanting her to get caught up in all of this, I tell him that I don't know what he's talking about. And he tells me: Don't lie. You know exactly who I'm talking about. Your second in command. Short brown hair, hazel eyes, green glasses and goes by the name Alexis Jackson. Don't pretend I didn't know about her, considering her gender, I say you seduced her and used your charms to trick her into working for you. By then, I am angry, I did nothing to her. I enjoyed her company and I will admit that I liked kissing her."
I blush a little.
- "Anyway, I demand to know what he wants from her. And he just says: I want to know what you two are planning. I want to know everything you've told her about the Chatari. That is why I have sent Thor to get her and bring her back to Asgard. I don't know what he was planning on doing to her or telling her. I just snapped at him to leave her alone. That she doesn't know anything about the Chatari. That she's not my second in command and that we are friends. He just turns and leaves. Knowing that Alexis is in danger, I use magic again to try and get to her before Thor and the Avengers do. I was not aiming for her bed." Loki says blushing a little
- "I'll take over from here." I say "I am woken up a large weight landing on my legs. Hoping it was my cat, I grab my phone and turn it on using the screen light to see who it is. I am rather surprised to see that it's Loki. He tells me that I am in grave danger and that I need to leave. He doesn't really go into the details but, he tells me the exact same thing he said now. I grab a few supplies, namely a change of clothes and a few other things."
Subconsciously, I reach into my bag and pull out my stuffed Snow Leopard; Romana and hold her close to my chest.
- "I quickly get dressed in my winter gear and we leave the house. We make a run for it, heading for the one place I know would get us out of there quickly, the subway. We're about halfway there when I realize that it's closed. We get there, plop down in a corner and fall asleep. When we wake up again, the subway's open, I call you Eileen at about six in the morning, take the subway, meet up with you, take the bus here and I've just finished telling you what happened." I say grimly '"And well, until the coast is clear, we're going to be staying here."
I am ignoring the fact that I am in my pyjamas in front of complete strangers, but what the hell, I'm a fugitive, when you are a fugitive you don't really give a damn about what you are wearing. The room goes silent, only being interrupted by stomach letting me know that I am hungry and need to eat. I am suddenly thinking about the gigantic, icing slathered cinnamon buns I had in California.
- "Hungry?" Eileen asks
- "Starving." I say "Can we have pancakes?"
Eileen nods and I get up and grab a some clothes. I head downstairs and quickly change in the bathroom. I return upstairs and place my pyjamas in my backpack before I sit down by the window with Romana in my arms. Loki and Wanda are discussing magic and Pietro is helping Eileen make breakfast. I get up an retrieve my phone from my coat pocket and set it down on the table. I had just returned to my place by the window when a blast of techno music blasts from my phone.
- "Shadow me! Into Darkness! I will follow you anywhere! Take my soul and lead me there!"
I look at the caller ID and see that it's my mom. Not knowing whether or not SHIELD is tracking my family's phone calls, I don't pick up, as much as I want to answer her call. After we eat, I pull out my laptop and open my word processor. I write up an emergency plan just in case Loki, Wanda, Pietro, Eileen and I have to make a run for it again. I sigh and look up from my planning and push my bangs from my face. I sigh again and look up.
- "Help me. God, if you truly exist, help me. Please, please help me." I whisper
And that is the end of this chapter. I hope everyone enjoyed. A big thank you to everyone who has reviewed and favourited this story. Read, like and review. Later, Dana.