Woof woof, school has started and I am loving my Environmental Geology class! Keeps me interested. I didn't get in to the Psychology class I really wanted but there is always next quarter ^^. So ya I think I have a half chapter left in Asguard then Alisha is going to be back on earth where everything makes sense to her. So without further adue, enjoy!
I do not own the Avengers team they belong to Marvel and Stan Lee (God bless him)
Alisha lay low on one of the higher branches in her camo clothing and armor. She was just beginning the day's lesson With Hogun in stealth and battle strategy. Their first goal was to catch or touch him before lunch time or they would go without lunch.
That morning was spent getting ready and then traveling to a remote place in the middle of the forest. They had hiked for 2 hours and in her new arm and leg guards, it had been a big workout. She had been out of breath and gasping by the time they had gotten there. Hogun had told them what their objective was and let them go. Alisha had noisily went into the bushes, found some flowing fresh water, dunked her head in and drank.
Now she was contemplating what to do. She could just see the back of his head. If I come at him from the sides or the front, he would be too quick for me. So an aerial attack would be best. She thought as she got ready. She very slowly got into position to leap up, hardly making noise. She could feel something, some presence tickling her mind. She thought it was Heimdall so she didn't guard herself against it. She then gathers her strength and jumped up. She headed straight for him but he gracefully stepped to the right, causing her to fall flat on her face next to him.
"God dam it" The yelled into the grass, making her words muffled. She slapped the ground as she lay there.
"Nice tactics and critical thinking, but I could hear you. Learn to guard your mind more. Now again" Hogun said, returning to his stoic stance.
Alisha looked up at him and glared. "That was you that tickled my mind wasn't it." She said as she got up.
Hogun looked down at her and almost smiled with his eyes, but then returned to what he had been doing before. Alisha practically crawled back into the bushes and slowly made her way back to a good vantage point in the middle of one of the trees. She decided to pay more attention to her mental defenses then trying to catch him.
20 minutes go by before Hogun jumps back just as Dustin appears from below where he had been standing. The Halder comes out of the bushes to try and grab for his arm. Hogun jumps up and lands right above Alisha's branch. She can only see his foot but she tries not to sneak, just casually go out. She also concentrates on blocking her own mind from his, which takes most of her concentration leaving her sneaking ness to fait. He is talking to Dustin and Halder when she reached up and grabs his ankle.
"Got cha!" She yelled in success. She looked up at him and could see he was just as stunned as she was.
"THAT WAS ALL LUCK ALISHA!" Dustin yelled to her then crossed his arms. Halder just shook his head.
"Yes you did, now it's time to eat" He said, jumping down and producing a large bag of food from a nearby bush.
While they were eating, he lectured them on battle strategy and provided examples. When you knew you were outnumbered by many numbers and your enemy was charging at you, you put your archers to higher ground or in the trees so they could see but not be seen and let them pick off the enemy. When you where outnumbered in a bad way with no other alternative, you take the advantage by bringing them to a place you know like the back of your hand and overpower them.
"Ok so as you know, the end of the first week of the month is a time for celebration. So we are going to head back and get ready for the feast and ball" Hogun said as he gathered his bag and headed back.
"Wait what ball? Do we need partners?" Alisha asked, gathering her stuff.
"Not really, but I could be your escort" Dustin said, winking at her.
Halder rolled his eyes and continued walking behind Hogun.
Once back at the castle, Alisha was rushed to her room to get ready. This time she had a dark green dress with gold lining that was short in the front, and long in the back with gold heals that wrapped like her sandals from before. She had gold and green shinning strands intertwining threw her locks. They just let it fall as if to frame her face.
Once her appearance pleased Thila, she was left to wait to enter with the royal family. 10 minutes go by before she decides to go outside and wait in the cooling day air. The door opens, and in comes Frigga, the queen of Asguard.
"As always, Thila dose an amazing job. Now, shall we go and enjoy the festivities my dear?"
"Yes I would like that very much, but what if there is dancing?" Alisha asked, fallowing the golden mained queen.
"Oh there will be, just fallow what your partner is doing."
"Ok, I shall try. But I have never danced with a partner before. Never really had the opportunity" She said in a shy voice.
"Oh don't worry. This is a day to enjoy yourself and have fun" She said as they waited by the main doors. They had taken a roundabout way so they would be at the front entrance.
Alisha waited nervously and looked behind her to see Odin, Thor, Halder, and Dustin coming up behind them. Odin smiled at Alisha which made her feel a little less nerves. He took his wife's arm in his and signaled for the doors to open. Thor was right behind his father and mother.
"Oooooh yaaaah" Dustin said, smiling at her while checking her out.
"Heeeeeeell noooooo" Halder said, mimicking his brothers tone.
"Aaaaaaaaah shit" Dustin said in a fake defeated voice.
"Not going to happen" Alisha said.
"Aaaaaaaaaaw maaaaaaaan" Dustin whined before Odin cleared his throat.
Halder and Dustin both to her arm, Halder on the left and Dustin on the right and lead her into the great hall with a crowd of roaring applause.
Alisha couldn't help but smile. She didn't feel like she was home but she did feel welcome. She was enjoying all the attention she was getting. She smiled at everyone and fallowed Thor up to the main table. Dustin walked over to his seat and waited while Halder pulled her seat out for her just like he had done the last time. She sat down with the queen and waited.
Odin gave a short speech thanking everyone and telling them to enjoy the night. And then the feast began.
"Well Alisha, I shall have to tell your father that you had no trouble keeping up your first week" Halder said before he took a swig of ail.
"Really, he didn't think I would do very well?!' Alisha asked in a slightly insulted voice.
"No, he didn't think you would do well at all." He said, filling his plate up.
"Well that pisses me off. I am going to give him a piece of my mind when I get back" She said, taking a big swig of her drink and piling food on her plate as well.
"Alisha…I was wondering if…"
"Would I be able to have the honor of the first dance with you Alisha" Dustin cut in before his brother could finish. Halder glared to his right at Dustin who was giving him a cheeky smile.
"Well, since you asked so nicely, sure why not. But I will warn you, I may step on your toes. And if you try and grab anything I will punch you in the face" She said with a big smile on her face.
Dustin's face fell a little. "All right, duly noted."
"You where saying Halder?"
"I was actually going to ask you if I could have the first dance but, meh, I can get the next one" He said with a smile and a shrug.
"Wow Halder, you really have changed."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, the last time I hung out with you 7 years ago you where practically like Tyler's thug and now look at you. You are strong, independent, you know how to take charge in a way that makes people listen to you and not seam domineering, and you are sensitive to others. It's kind of throwing me off. Every time I see you I kind of expect Tyler to come around the corner and the both of you to stick your tungs out at me."
"Ya, I really am sorry for everything we did to you. I didn't know how tolerant you where of us until I actually stepped back and thought about the way we treated you. If it where me I would have punched us way sooner then you did." Halder said, looking down at his plate.
"Yes well, I have to deal with my father all the time. I think I could deal with some snot nosed brats like you and Tyler back in the day" She said winking at him.
Halder smiled and took a bite of his meet.
"You know, I have been asking Heimdall to check in on you and everyone else every once in a while" He said, taking another swig.
"I know. I could feel him watching me."
"You could! How?"
"I don't know how, it was just a feeling. But I really appreciate it" She said with a smile.
"Well, I did feel bad about it and I wanted to make sure you had no hard feelings about anything"
"And as he told you I was doing perfectly well."
As they ate, Halder told her of his more dangerous and thrilling tests and lessons he had had in the past. The maze he had to pass was one more for a teat of a level head under pleasure. The hall would fill up with water and you would be chained to a large rock. You were placed in the middle of the maze and had to find your own way out in 15 minutes or you would drowned. Also one where he was placed in the middle of the large forest and had to navigate back to the castle and find his own food and stay safe.
"Wow, so when did you break your leg?"
Halder coughed on his food and started banging on his chest. "Who told you I broke my leg?!"
"Your dad sent Jane a letter." She said taking a small sip of her drink and winking at him. "Didn't I warn you to look before you leap?"
"Yes you did and I was just trying to show off. And I slipped and landed on my leg wrong" He said blushing and taking great interest in the food on his plate.
Alisha snickered into her mug and tried really hard not to laugh. "Well did that teach you to fallow my advice?"
"Yes if you must know it did" He said, placing his utensils down in a huff.
Alisha snickered as her friend's reaction. There was a gong sound and the King and Queen rose and stepped out onto the middle of the opened floor. Dustin was right next to Alisha's chair with his hand out.
"Dance time already" She said hesitantly before she placed her hand in his.
"Don't worry, Just fallow what I do and you will be fine" He said, bringing her to the middle as well. A couple more couples joined them. He held her left hand in his right and then the music began.
It was a simple 3/3 time waltz that was nice and smooth music, easy to find the beat and go to it. She fallowed Dustin's movements and tried not to look to nervous. She kept looking down at his feet. Then she felt his left hand on her right hip. She looked up at him about to tell him off when she saw that everyone was like that. His hand was leading her and he kept telling her to look up. After a few minutes of dancing with Dustin she felt a bit more relaxed. Once the song was over, she clapped with everyone els then turned to be face to face with a stranger. She looked around and saw that Dustin was nowhere to be found. The music began and the stranger bowed to her, she curtsied back and placed is hand on her hip and grabbed her other hand and began to dance as well. This went on for a while and with many other men before Halder showed up.
"Thank the lord, a familiar face" She sighed as he bowed to her.
"I thought since Dustin had the honor of the first dance, I could have the honor of the last dance." Hander said with a smile.
"It's the last dance?! Thank god, my feet are killing me" She said as she moved with him.
"Well, technically now but me and Dustin are going to go over to the hot springs after this song and where wondering if you would want to come with."
"I would love that. Do I have to bring a suit?"
"Na, just keep the towel around you and we will do the same" He said as he spin her a bit more. Once the song ended they slowly snuck out of the hall and ran down to the north wing heading to the mountains.
"Oh my feet are KILLING ME!" She yelled and laughed at the same time, sitting down to take of her heals. Hander stooped down in front of her, offering her his back.
"Hop on, I will carry you fair maiden" He said in a mocking voice.
"Oh kind swain, I could never burden you with my trouble" She said dramatically and she placed the back of her hand over her forehead in a fainting gesture. "But if you insist" She said, jumping onto his back. He wrapped his arms around her legs and headed up the mountain.
One there, Alisha went to the right with a towel that had Velcro to stay wrapped around her body so she didn't need to hold it down. She was behind a large tree half naked when she heard the boys jump into the water. After 5 more minutes she walked out over to the edge.
"Wow you really do have long slim, muscular legs. Couldn't really tell with them always being covered up and all" Dustin said with a cheeky grin. Halder looked off into the distance, placed his hand on Dustin's head, and pushed him under the water.
Alisha smiled and wayded into the water. The hot spring they were in was very large, almost as large as the pool back in Malibu but with layers and caves even. It was deep in places and shallow in others. She swam over to Halder and pulled his arm up. Dustin gasped for air and glared over at his brother.
Halder smiled innocently and pointed to a large cluster of stars in the sky. "Earth is somewhere in that large cluster Alisha. It kind of makes you feel insignificant."
"No, it makes me feel home sick. I do like it here, but this isn't home for me" She said, sitting on one of the rocks in the middle of the water.
"Hay I know, why don't we play a game of Marco Polo?" Dustin perked up after a little bit of silence.
"I will go first" Halder said, turning around and waiting. Alisha went to the right and Dustin went to the left.
"Marco!"
"Polo!"
Halder, headed over to where Dustin was yelling.
"Marco!"
"Polo!"
He jumped over and landed right on Dustin.
"Oh come on, you and your weight, throwing it about" Dustin said before yelling as well. He took longer to get anywhere but Alisha was backed into a corner.
"Marco!
"Polo" she said in a small voice. He jumped at her and touched her. "Gat cha! Ok" He said before running over to Halder. They waited for a few moments, but herd nothing.
"Hay, Dustin. What's that caught on your wrist band?" Halder said, pointing at something floating next to it. Dustin raised his arm and a towel fallowed. He looked down at his towel and Halder's, they where both there.
"Oh shit" Dustin said, taking it off and handing it to his brother. "I swear I did not mean for this to happen" He exclaimed as he swam for the other side of the spring.
Halder slowly moved to the edge and peeked around the large rock. Alisha was crouching, only her head was above the water. She was glaring at him. Halder looked away because he could see she had her arms wrapped around her chest under the water. Before anyone could do anything els they heard people coming up the trail, singing and laughing. Thor's head made an appearance as he was already in his towel.
"Kids, hay we were wondering where you had run off to. Looks like you where one step ahead of us." He boomed as the Lady Sif and the warriors three ran past him and jumped in. Alisha sank deeper into the water, blowing bubbles threw her nose. Halder hastily stood in front of her, the towel behind him. He smiled at his father and backed up so he was blocking Alisha from sight.
"Put it on, hurry" He whispered, flicking the towel over to her. She dipped under the water. Wrapped the towel and velcroed it back on.
"Ok I am good." She whispered back and jumped onto his back. He was caught off guard and lost his balance, falling forward into the warm water. They both came up gasping and laughing.
"That was waaaaaaaaaaay to close for comfort" Alisha exclaimed as she glided thru the water, her head on the surface. They all spent the next hour and a half singing and laughing and splashing each other in merriment until Her, Dustin, and Halder decided to head back. They gathered up their cloths and headed down to the castle, Alisha on Halder's back.
"I hope there aren't too many people. I don't want to walk around half naked" She said as Halder set her down and Dusting opened the door. The towel covered everything but just barely. If she bent over in any way she would be showing all her assets off. The all made it back to their room's safely without anyone to stop them.
Alisha dried herself off and skipped her usual routine, took her serum and went straight to sleep, completely wiped from the nights excitement.
So Alisha was almost caught without a towel on, and it's all because of Dustin. I just wanted to show you that Dustin may act like a flert, but he is actually very respectful. He is just a big joker and likes to teas. As always reviews are greatly welcomed!
LOVE TO ALL