Raven tossed and turned in her sleep.
'NOOOOOOO!' the man's voice wailed'
It was the same dream that had been haunting her constantly. She could recall the very first night just 3 or 4 months ago; the dream woke her fr...
The force fields closed around the sides of the cell as Raven walked over to the control panel and waved her cuff over it. She typed a few things into the keyboard and moved some of the holo-images around that were being projected from her cuff. She pressed a few more buttons on the controls and began walking around the cell that now housed the furious god. Her cuff chimed periodically as she scanned certain sections of the cell and she would turn a few holo-dials before moving on to the next area.
Raven came back around the front of the cell and walked up to the side where Loki was standing; watching her every move. A sly smile started to creep across her face as she looked up at him.
"Your wrists." She smirked, taunting him with her words from earlier waiting for him to respond.
Her smile took him by surprise as she approached the cell wall that now shimmered in front of him. It reminded him of the cell back on Asgard; he surmised that Thor probably had a hand in helping design it, which only infuriated him more. Then that smirk; that voice, why did she taunt him so? Did she not fear him?
Raven waited while he seemed to be processing what to do next. Slowly he reached his shackled wrists towards the force field between them. She tapped something on her cuff and a small section opened up; just enough for Loki to reach the lower half of his arms through the hole.
He watched her carefully as she tapped a few of the screens projected from her cuff.
Raven looked up at him out of the corner of her eye while she worked, "Just so you know, if I were to close this force field right now with your arms still sticking out," she trailed off for a second before continuing "well let's just say you wouldn't be needing gloves this next winter."
With that she waved her cuff back across his wrists and just as quickly as they had appeared his restraints vanished and he pulled his arms back into his cell. Raven closed the section that was open and turned to face the rest of the group.
"Alright." She said louder than she meant to; not realizing how quiet the basement had gotten while she worked, "um force fields are in place and the nano-code is up and running. In other words...the prisoner is secure."
Raven waited; leaning against a wall, for Steve to dismiss everyone out of the basement. Of course the bureaucracy would take longer than actually locking him up. Papers were being signed, hands were being shook, a whole lot of men in suits acting puffed up like they did everything themselves. She scoffed, "Sure celebrate, it's not like I was literally the ONE person in the whole building that technically made this run so smoothly." Raven shook her head as she shifted which foot she was leaning on.
"Screw it." she mumbled to herself as she stood up and headed straight for Steve.
"Hey Steve? Can I get the all clear so I can try to reclaim my morning routine?" She asked hoping he would just dismiss her. "I need to get some coffee, change, and hit the gym."
"Yeah go ahead, Tony will debrief you later" He responded half listening to her as some senator or whatever kept rambling on. Raven turned and headed back towards the elevators glad that she could get out of there, all that self-pumped ego drove her insane. Much longer and she would've started getting a migraine; large groups of people like that really take their toll on her empathic abilities if exposed for too long.
Loneliness
Embarrassment
Raven had just rounded the corner at the end of the corridor that led to the room she had just left when the emotions hit her like a heavy brick causing her to double over like she had just been gut-punched by Nat. She heard a loud wave of laughter erupt from the hallway behind and in an instant the emotions were gone. She staggered against the elevator door as it opened and half fell to the floor inside just barely catching herself.
The further she got from the basement the better she began to feel. By time she reached the gym on the third floor down from the roof pool the feeling was completely gone and she was able to put all of her focus into her work out.
It was about 2 hours later when she got back to her room; in desperate need of another shower already. She peeled off her gym clothes and stepped into the shower; the hot water helped her forget the intense emotions that hit her earlier. Where had they come from and how were they SO intense?
She turned the shower off and stepped out remembering the party taking place this evening in her honor downtown. Tony had booked an entire 5 star restaurant for her party tonight; as he reminded her everyday for almost a week now "you only turn 21 once in your life"
She exited her bathroom and crossed over to her closet sliding the mirrored doors open, she wasn't normally THAT kind of girl but she couldn't help but feel a bit extra when she looked at her wardrobe filling the small room that was honestly too big to be called a 'closet'. She walked towards the rack in the very back that housed her nicer dresses; she knew she was going to need something gala worthy for Tony's party. But she planned to go out on her own afterwards as there was NO WAY she was going to spend her entire 21st birthday surrounded by the fucking Avengers. She needed to let loose without the scrutiny of all those eyes on her.
She decided she would wear a black floor length halter dress that had silver stones designed across the chest and faded into a smoky white ombre at the bottom. It was simple and light, perfect for a summer evening out. Now what to wear to go club hopping afterwards? She settled on an army green backless top with pieces that crossed back and forth over her collarbones, a pair of black semi-distressed jeans paired with a studded belt and her favorite riding jacket; after reviewing the outfits in front of her, she felt successful with both of her choices. Raven glanced at her clock after putting on something else for now; the party wasn't for another 5 hours so she decided to take a short nap to recharge after the events of this morning. She was definitely gonna need it with the LONG night that she had planned.
[A/N I'VE INLCUDED PICTURES OF EACH OUTFIT DESCRIBED. I WILL BE POSTING ANOTHER CHAPTER TOMORROW SO STAY TUNED!]
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