The Ends Of The Earth

chapter twenty- a lover's kiss

One week later-

Liza sat on the hospital bed in the lab. Images of the past few weeks flashed in her head. It haunted her mind. Gunshots, bruises, and lots of blood. Crimson red blood.

The team had gotten to her just in time. They tried their best to stop the bleeding in the car but it didn't work, though it did give them some time. Bruce and a few others stopped the bleeding after she arrived back home and now all she has is a very angry looking scar. Along with other very angry looking scars

Aside from the stab wound, Liza had many other injuries. Three fractured ribs, many large cuts, a concussion, and a few smaller injuries. That was only the physical wounds. Her mental ones were worse.

"Okay Liza you're good to go" Bruce said with a smile. She blinked quickly to rid the memories of her time in that small shed and hopped off the hospital bed. "No missions just yet, you aren't fully healed. However the healing process is going quicker than I expected. You're healing faster than any human I've ever seen" Bruce spoke amazed as he jotted more stuff down in her charts.

"I heal fast because of the experiments hydra did on me. They changed my DNA." Liza spoke mindlessly as she pulled the sweatshirt back over her body. "Oh. I'm sorry" Bruce frowned, worried that he might have upset her in some way. Never did he intend to do that.

"No need." she smiled at him reassuringly. "You don't need to feel bad for me. I'd rather you not." she informed truthfully, something she hasn't done a lot this week. Bruce gave her a small smile in return.

After her small talk with Bruce she went back upstairs to find Loki. She walked into the livingroom and found a black cat curled up next to Mac. She picked up Loki and stroked his fur. The faint sound of purring filled her ears.

"Come on loks, I'm hungry and I want to try one of those fancy asgardian dishes your mom use to make you" Liza said as she placed Loki back down onto the couch. In seconds the cat was gone and sitting on the couch was Loki.

"The only reason I'm going to do this is because you still haven't had a proper meal yet and you've been here for a week." Loki rolled his eyes at the thought of what Tony calls dinner. Liza smiled faintly and continued to follow Loki over to the kitchen.

"Bucky did try though" Liza reminded him with a faint smile. "He burnt mac and cheese. I'm from a place where it isn't even known of and I can make it just fine" he said in a know it all tone. "It's the thought that counts I guess" she shrugged and sat down at the counter.

Mac hoped off the couch and layed on the floor beneath her feet. It was safe to say that he missed his human. He stared up at Liza with his large puppy eyes. He did that often now, like he was making sure she wouldn't leave again.

"You know I can see your memories right." Loki spoke hesitantly while he chopped up the different vegetables for the dish he was making. "Yeah." She mumbled softly. Picking at her skin around her nails.

"So you're aware I saw everything that happened when you were kept hostage." He didn't dare look back at her. He made sure to give her space when it was needed. Even if it was just looking the other way while they talked.

"Yeah." She repeated again. "I'm letting you know now, Liza. If it weren't for the fact that he is already dead I would make him suffer for what he did to you. Gods seeing what you went through everyday made me want to bad things. Things I didn't even know I would be capable of until now." He shook his head. He was tired, frustrated, and most of all he was angry.

The sizzle of the meat in the pan filled the silence momentarily. "I'm sorry you had to see that." She apologized, "you shouldn't have seen that."

With hearing that Loki slammed the spatula down onto the counter and turned around. Liza couldn't help but flinch even though she knew he didn't intend on hurting her. Loki walked over to her, he was furious.