Chapter Eight

It took Chris and Sebastian a while to snap out of their trance upon seeing Russo lying sprawled out and unconscious in front of him. It was actually Thor that made a move first, bending to scoop Russo up into his arms and carry him towards the couch in Chris' trailer. It was then that the trance was broken and the two men watched Thor gently lay Russo down on the couch.

"This is just great," muttered Chris, running a hand through his hair, "I knocked out the director."

"Technically it was I that did so, but the mortal was foolish to stand in the path of Mjolnir."

"He thought you were Hemsworth. He didn't expect it to do anything!"

"I told him numerous times that I was Thor. It's his fault that he didn't want to believe me. He unfortunately brought this upon himself."

Chris threw his hands up in the air and began to rapidly pace back-and-forth in his trailer; Sebastian watching him do so with an uneasy look on his face.

"Chris, just calm down…It'll be alright…" said Sebastian, trying to get Chris to settle down.

"How will it be alright, Seb? How?"

"Well, for starters, Thor has his coffee now."

"Oh hip, hip, hooray! The drama queen has his coffee," said Chris in a sarcastic tone of voice.

Sebastian could see Thor getting upset by Chris' words as he stood over Russo's body by the couch, so tried to abate the situation by saying, "Chris, calm down. You aren't you when you're upset."

"You're making it sound like a Snickers' commercial," said Chris.

"Technically that's 'you aren't you when you're hungry', but…"

"GAH! It doesn't matter!" shouted Chris as he came to a standstill then and looked at Sebastian.

"At least you aren't Bruce," remarked Thor then as he watched the angry Chris in front of him.

Chris' gaze turned to look at Thor, and soon he was stalking towards him.

"Look, I can't help you anymore. I got you your coffee, and now you're just going to have to go. I can't lose my job, and I sure can't deal with any of this," said Chris, gesturing his hands about him, "anymore."

"But my coffee pot…"

"You don't need the coffee pot! Besides, you can order it through Amazon or something."

"They don't ship to Asgard," said Thor.

"GAH!" shouted Chris again, turning away to bury his face in his hands.

Robert chose at that moment to make his reappearance, poking his head into the trailer.

"Well, aside from the lovely note and the lipstick smears all over my clothes, I think that Scar wasn't too mad…" Robert entered the trailer and paused when he saw the scene that laid out before him; his eyes riveted to Russo's unconscious form on the couch. "You killed Russo?"

"HE'S NOT DEAD!" shouted Chris, turning his angry gaze upon Robert.

"Okay, okay. Cool your jets there, bucko," said Robert as he walked over to Chris, gently patting him on the shoulder on his way by to see Russo. "So, what happened?"

"Thor knocked Russo out with Mjolnir," said Sebastian.

"Nice one…" said Robert with a small smirk, turning to look at Thor.

Thor rolled his eyes before looking at the disgruntled Chris who had resumed his pacing once more.

"I shall depart if that makes things easier. I apologize for causing you discomfort."

Chris didn't bother stopping his pacing this time, just nodding his head to indicate that he had heard what Thor had said.

Thor moved aside then to walk outside the trailer with Mjolnir; Sebastian and Robert exchanging looks as he did.

"I think you've hurt his feelings, Chris," said Sebastian softly, looking at the hunched shouldered Thor as he walked outside.

"Yeah. You might want to go apologize. I know I don't want to be burnt to a crisp by lightning," remarked Robert, backing up what Sebastian had said.

Chris stopped his pacing then as he released a sigh, lifting his eyes to watch Thor get ready to go back to Asgard outside. Chris knew that Sebastian and Robert were right, and made a move to walk towards him to go apologize. He was surprised to see that Thor was turning back to enter the trailer just as Chris was coming out.

"I just wanted to apologize," said Chris before Thor could say anything, "I'm just trying to figure out how to handle the situation. I haven't been in one like this before."

"It's alright…" said Thor softly then; a combination of sadness and fear dancing in his eyes. Chris noticed.

"What's wrong?" asked Chris.

"I'm blocked from returning to Asgard. Loki has me stuck here."