Titian P.o.v.

After the floor collapsed, I was left standing between Skin-tight and Suits. Both had stopped quarreling and were now preparing for battle. I wanted to go find Euralye but found myself being pushed in the opposite direction. I growled, wanting to transform to my dragon form but Skin-tight was putting something on his ear. I grabbed one too and it looked a lot like an earphone. The moment I put it on, I heard voices. From all of them, I gathered enough info to know that this ship was going to crash at any moment if the engines were not repaired. Skin-tight (Captain) stated that he and Stark were going to take care of it. Not trusting these humans and wanting to keep on living, I followed them.

From what little I knew of the technology of this world, I knew enough about repairing engines. Stark and Captain Skin-tight divided and I followed the Captain. We suddenly reached a dead end and a big hole was on the wall. I skidded to a stop so I wouldn't tumble into the void. He turned around and seemed a little surprised and suspicious when seeing me. Before he could question me, Stark's voice came from the device in my ear.

"Rogers, I need you to stabilize the engines."

"How do I do that?"

Stark said the instructions and I got most of it. The blonde human proved himself even less informed than me in human tech. His cluelessness was the last thing I needed right now.

"I got it."

I made my way outside the ship and stepped carefully in the edge. I wasn't even half way there when the Captain began following me.

"What are you doing?" I hissed. He would get in the way if he tried to help.

He ignored me and I ignored him back. Once we reached the other side, other humans began attacking us. I was in the middle of fighting some when I noticed that my unwanted companion was helping him. His fighting style was good enough to take down some of them. Guess who proved himself useful on something?

At last, I reached the panel. I must have followed Stark's instructions right because his anxious probing stopped and he started complaining instead.

I expected to be interrogated by the Captain but instead he just nodded to me gratefully. I gave a grunt in answer and continued my search for Euralye. In one of the halls, I walked past the brother of Loki and a green beast who were fighting. Some humans in the way thought I was their opponent and attacked me. I got rid of them.

I caught wind of Euralye's smell and followed her scent. It ended in the room in which Loki was being held prisoner. I had barely entered the room when I watched Euralye being stabbed by Loki. He took out his staff and teleported.

I didn't care where he went; all I cared was Euralye's wellbeing. I went over to her broken body and held her in my arms. As I tended her wounds, I remembered our first encounter.

Flashback

It had been a long day. I had chased a deer through the forest and it seemed to evade me with an enviable grace. Just when I was nearing the end of the hunt and about to pounce on it, it dropped dead. I growled, trying to sense the thief who stole my dinner. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw movement. I twisted to catch whatever it was, but it was suddenly gone. I turned to the dead deer and found it gone.

I spent the rest of the day chasing the unfortunate one who was foolish enough to rob me from my meal. It was getting dark when I finally got the chance to trap it. I had been guiding it near the edge of the cliff and when it tried to fly away, I took my chance. Leaping on top of it, the creature was trapped between my claws. I smirked triumphantly and looked down to my prey. I was surprised to see that it was an infant demon, with barely four souls. And not only that, it was small and weak. I was surprised that such a young puny demon was able to deflect me for such a long time.

"Don't kill me! I- I can get you more deer if you want!" She was trying to bargain for her life and her proposition amused me. Whatever she caught, it wouldn't be enough for me so her debt would be a big one.

"I'll let you live," she sighed on relief, "with the condition that you have to hunt for enough food to feed me this week. If you fail…"

I let the threat hang in the air and she gulped nervously. I smirked and let her go. There was absolutely no chance that she could hunt so many animals. At the very least, I was going to get my meal to feed me for a while.

End Flashback Scene

Not only was she able to catch hoards of animals, she was also able to feed herself. We became allies after that, and in time, friends.

Seeing her chest splattered with blood made me crave for her attacker's own blood. The wound was not a mortal one; few actually were. Usually, it needed to be joined with the pain of the mind and soul. Soul or energy wounds were the most fatal.

Even if the staff left energy traces behind, they were absorbed in the wound. This accelerated her healing process and it would soon close. I hadn't noticed the other man in the room but he cleared his throat as he stood behind me.

"I'm so sorry. She was very brave, she saved my life."

"She's not dead." I grunted.

"Excuse me?"
"I said she's not dead." I stood up in that moment while carrying Euralye in my arms.

"Well, I'm sorry but she looks very much dead to me." I turned to the human talking and was face to face with the Fury one. I growled.

"She'll recover."

"Then I think our medical staff can take care of her injuries."

"No."

He walked past me and stood beside the other human. "That wound is going to keep bleeding if you don't do something about it."

I realized he was right, but even if it wouldn't kill her, it would leave her incredibly weak and vulnerability wasn't something we could afford right now.

"All right, but I'm with her at all times."

He nodded and shouted orders to the other uniformed ones that had entered the room. I ripped off part of my shirt and applied pressure to her open wound so it would slow down the blood pouring out. Different uniformed humans gathered around us and brought a stretcher with them. I was hesitant with letting them carry Euralye but laid her on it anyways.

In the whole way I was beside her, making sure they didn't try anything with her in this state. When we finally got there, they immediately treated her. While I didn't get much of what they were doing, it looked as if they were making progress and at the end she was no longer bleeding.

She was put down on a bed so she could rest better. As I watch her, it amazed me how peaceful she looked. Usually she had a tense body language, ready to fight or flight. Right now, she was relaxed and she had a small smile, unnoticeable to anyone who didn't know her. She had a youthful energy around her and it showed.

I stayed with her until she awoke. Someone left a strange book and I was skimming through it when the redhead came in. She was silent and I wouldn't haven't noticed her if it weren't for my advanced hearing. I was impressed.

She didn't say anything and I continued to show indifference towards her. It wasn't until she spoke that I look up from my book.

"Who is she?"

"A friend." No point in giving away personal details.

"Seems like a very odd friend."

"Really? Even stranger than the green beast and the caped one?"

She smirked. "Touché." She walked until she was on the opposite side of the bed.

I was curious why she would be in the sick bay if their prisoner escaped. "Why are you in here?"

"Visiting a friend."

We fell in comfortable silence until someone came and called her 'Widow'. She stood up and was about to go when she turned around.

"Hope your friend gets better."

"Same to yours."

Then she left.

Took me awhile but I was finally able to finish it! This is the chapter with most dialogue I have ever written so I'm getting out of my comfort zone. Thanks to everyone following this story!