Kidnapped|Book 4|A novel in the Blue Moon series| An Avengers fan fiction series|

20- The Bird at the Pier

Chapter Twenty

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~Thea's POV~

I spend the next day lying mostly in boredom in the hotel room. Thankfully, I'm in a lot less pain, and can comfortably move around, although I still walk with a slight limp. Videl still isn't back. I'm not even positive that he's coming back. I'm not even sure if I care.

            I amuse myself by sitting at the window, which is right above the bed I have been occupying,leaning against the brick sill, and looking outside. The hotel room has a view of the expanding, sloped hills of San Francisco that I have heard about, and off into the distance, far, far beyond, I might even be able to see the ocean. It was foggy this morning, but now, the sun has poked out, and shines over the city, and onto my face. I spend hours up here, watching the people in the street, hotel guests going to and fro, and, after three, the large amount of kids laughing and hiking their backpacks higher up their shoulders as they walk home. We must be near a school.

            School reminds me of home. I definitely don't miss school, but now, I have to admit it was nice to have a routine that I could count on. And also, people that I could count on. Videl may have saved me, but I have a feeling he is keeping something from me as to why. When he had left this morning, his only form of greeting to me was to snap that I was to stay in here. I hadn't even gotten the opportunity to snap back.

            I slouch against the brick windowsill and wonder what everyone in New York is doing. Jack is heading home from school right now- is he with Peter? Everyone else is probably looking for me, and I'm trying to imagine the chaos. I feel miserable, and lonely, because I miss my family.

            This leads me to think about what Loki might be up to. He probably knows that I'm gone now. And if the Avengers are probably frantic with worry, Loki is probably frantic with fury. Neidra, I can't decide if she is thrilled or angered that I'm gone. I had been half unconscious when Lifolas had held me in the hell-house, but I had heard enough to know that she wants to kill Loki. And that terrifies me. Because no matter how mad I am at him, no matter how terrible he is to me, I need to warn him. I don't want him to die.

            I'm beginning to get hungrier, and the sun is just beginning to set, casting colors of red, pink, and yellow onto the windowsill. I haven't eaten since this morning, and then, only a pack of over-ripe fruit.

            At that moment, the door opens and Videl walks in. He looks tired, and his hair is mussed, but he isn't scowling anymore. That has to account for something. He's carrying two backpacks, as well as a bundle of clothes.

            "Here," he says shortly, tossing me the clothes- jeans, a bright red shirt, and shoes, "I want my shirt back."

            I glance down at the black fabric, "Okay."

            "We're leaving in five minutes." He leans his arms against the foot of my bed and adds, "So hurry up."

            "Where are we going?"

            "I'm going to get you something to eat, because legend has it that you need to have food, and I don't want to have to go back and forth to this place. Hurry up."

            There is a small bathroom attached to the room, so I get up off the bed, wincing slightly (Videl ignores the winces) , grab my clothes in a bundle, and walk inside. After I change, I take this opportunity to wash my face, the cool water feeling wonderful on my skin. I lick my lips and look in the mirror. My hair is brutally short, and uneven. The ends are curling slightly, and with a pang, this reminds me of Loki's slightly wavy hair- my mother's had been ramrod straight. I run my fingers through the cropped strands, untangling them as much as possible. I feel shorn, and exposed. My eyes look too big for my face now.