Dog Days

Chapter 128

The following morning, I wake to find the bed empty. I pull out the ear plugs, only to hear absolutely no sound in the house. In confusion, I get up and walk out of the room to find him in the kitchen, flipping a waffle out of the waffle iron. I yawn as I walk towards him "Good morning, dear."

He jumps and points the spatula at me, only to hiss "Damn it, Thor! I was going to bring you breakfast in bed!"

I raise my hands in surrender and ask "Do you want me to go lay back down?"

He sighs "No, you don't have to. I just wanted to surprise you."

I shrug "You're cooking me breakfast. I've only ever seen you cook beans and rice."

He rolls his eats "Just because I don't cook, doesn't mean I can't."

I smile at him. I'm about to reply, when his phone rings. Hela face pops up on the screen and he orders "Answer it. Put it on speaker."

I follow his orders and he asks "Hello?"

Hela sighs "There's some guy driving up your driveway. He asked for you, but I don't know him."

Loki takes off, calling out "Ima get my gun!"

He walks into the room and I hear him messing with the safe.

He walks out with his gun pointed straight up and I follow him out the front door.

When I step outside and follow him out the door, I see a black SUV pulling up. Loki points his gun at the tented windows "Roll down the windows and identify yourself! Now!"

As the window rolls down, I hear a familiar voice "Wow, Loki. After a decade of knowing you, you point a gun at me?"

I see his white hair and Loki turns the safety on. He sighs "What do you want, Mobius?"

He turns off the engine and grabs a couple of files "I brought you a present."

Loki refuses to even touch the files as Mobius gets out of the SUV. I can see mom, dad, Hela, and Heimdall walking up the driveway.

Loki points the gun to the ground and points his finger in Mobius's chest "I am not taking that dossier! I'm retired, Mobius! I'm happy, and I'm married, and there's nothing you can say, or do to get me back out there!"

Our family starts looking at him like he's a target, and I ask "What are you doing, Mobius?"

Mobius holds the file out to Loki, who refuses to acknowledge it. He has a look of pure rage on his face.

After a moment, Mobius turns to me and holds it out to me. He asks "Will you, please, just open the file?"

I take a deep breath, before I take it from him. Loki glares as me "Thor!"

I wave my hand to him and he scowls at me.

I take a deep breath and lean on the front tire wheel of the SVU and crack open the file.

For starters, the file is complete. There's no mission to be accomplished or anyone left to fight.

The file is about how Natasha and Gamora went up against a terrorist in Sokovia. They were unable to get everyone out, before the city burned.

Unfortunately, an entire sector of the city was leveled to rubble. Hundreds died.

I look up to Mobius and he nods "Keep going."

I flip through a couple pages, before I read that they were able to save a couple of kids from under their dining room table.

They're only one. A set of twins, strapped into their car seats, like their parents knew that they weren't going to get to see them grow up.