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Chapter 8

Thor comes into my chamber room and hands me one of my father's letters. Marked with a note that says read me. I opened it and start reading.

Hey Moneky,

What technology do they have, I'm going to send you a device I need you to hook up to scan their technology... wait a second do they even have electricity? Do you just walk with candelabras? Are you living with the Vikings, like wooden boats and horses? What century are they living in?!

Why are they still in the stone ages there, they need to upgrade and get with the 21st century. *LONG SPACING* That's still old technology, we're on 22nd century here at Stark Towers.

Anyway I'm tired of this messenger of thunder delivering old fashioned communication the device I'm sending you will let up WILL let us communicate in real time.

P.S. Jarvis says hi as he's writing this.

I grabbed some paper and chuckled at his questions.

Hi dad and Pepper,

Correction, they're like in the 25th century. Their boats fly and I'm NOT doing that dad!!! For one, we're in different realms and two, that's rude, you want me to spy on them? They agreed to help me!!!

I miss you guys at home though. Love ya dad, hopefully I can see you soon.

Smiling I hand my letter to Thor and go over to my bed laying down almost falling asleep instantly from being worn out during training sessions with Loki.

♦️

Standing in my claimed cell thinking about everything father had said to me, I hear her footsteps ascend. "You've been avoiding me and ignoring me for a week now, Loki. Since the whole thing in the training arena. Why? I thought we were going to work on the dreams and how I could subside them." I stayed silent. "Loki you're supposed to be helping me. This isn't going to help me control it." I stared at the wall. "Stop ignoring me!"

I turned away from her. "You think I wanted to help you? My brother made our father make me help you in some effort for redemption. I need no redemption."

"What?" I hear her move closer to the force field of the cell. "Loki, this isn't the end, there are other things that can give your life meaning and things you can change for the better."

I turned to her with a cold expression and slump to the floor, back against the wall. "Like what? Like you? That would be a waste of my time, in fact it has been."

I see her pained expression. "And this is the part where you apologize."

"And this is the part where you leave." Looking at my hands.

"...What?"

"Are you deaf? I said leave!" I looked at her as I yelled and felt the pain she was feeling.

She nods a little. "Fine." She turns away and walked out of the cell chambers.

♦️

Thor sees me coming up the steps, rushing over to me. "Is everything okay, Lady Alexandria?"

"Yeah, Loki says my powers are controlled enough so I can leave whenever I'd like to." I smiled. "I'm ready to see my dad again. I miss home."

"Are you sure?" I nod. "Alright, let's go to Heimdall." When he turns around my smile instantly drops. Why would Loki say that to me? "I feel like my little sister is going off on her own." Helooked back as I smiled again. "You will be missed on Asgard. Brother surely will miss your presence and company."

I sighed. "Is that so? I couldn't believe it even if I saw it." I said a bit angered, but Thor brushed it off as I was joking and started chuckling as we hit the bridge. "I dread walking this bridge, it's too long. I mean it's good for enemies trying to attack, but seriously you all should invest in segways or something."

***

A few weeks after being home from Asgard, I'm feeling better. So here I am in the store looking for the bread section without paying any attention when BAM! I'm knocked over.

I looked up and saw this guy, steel blue eyes, a little shadow beard, short brunette hair, black leather jacket, white shirt with a gray one underneath it, black jeans and boots. Honestly, he was hot.

"Shit. I'm sorry, here let me help you up." I take his hand and he pulls me up while staring at me. "Have we met before?" He does this little smirk.

I shake my head. "You gotta be mistaking me for someone else."

He clicked his tongue a little before speaking again. "I don't know, doll, I don't think I'd forget a beautiful face like that."

"Wow. I hope you have better pick up lines." I chuckled as he extended his hand for me to shake, I took it. "I'm Alex."

"Bucky. It was nice to meet you." He went to walk away but stopped. "Um, do you want to go get a malt?"

I raised my eyebrow... "what century are you from?" We started laughing."

Bucky shrugs his shoulders. "I guess I'm just an old fashioned guy."

"I like old fashioned." His smile grows

"I know a place then." I moved out of the way so he could lead, we paid for what we had and carried the bags to a diner.

When we got there we sat in a booth and waited for our order. "So, Bucky, tell me about yourself. You know childhood, where you grew up."

He taps the table for a little bit. "Where to start, feels like I've lived a few lifetimes." He chuckles. "I'm the eldest of four."

"Four? Talk about no privacy."

Bucky nods as the waitress brings our shakes and my basket of fries. "Yeah, even worse we had one bathroom and I didn't have my own room until I moved out. I enlisted when I was twenty-eight and I became a Sergeant. Then here I am."

"Wow. How old are you?"

"A hundred and six." Bucky looks serious as I chuckle and dip my fry into my chocolate shake. "What. What are you doing?"

I looked up at him. "It's good. Try it?

Bucky shakes his head. "That's disgusting."

I stuck a fry in his shake. "Try it, trust me." I smiled as he rolled his eyes and grabbed the fry taking a bite. He stops chewing for a second glancing at me before continuing to chew. "Told you it's good."

He didn't want to admit it. "It's not bad, but it's not good either."

I laughed. "You're such a liar! It's the best thing since '40s music and rock!" he started laughing at me. "The saltiness of the fry and then the sweetness of the shake. It's the best combination known to man."

"Tell me about yourself?"

"Um, I just moved out of my dad's place. In college for business degrees almost done. Only child. There's not really much to tell about me. But I will add... that you know you liked the fry shake thing." I smiled.