The Thunder Rolls (Thor/Avengers Fanfiction)

Chapter Seven

"How long have I been here?" I whisper.

"Almost a year. Thor has almost stumbled upon this place a few times. He's aligned with the Guardians of the Galaxy and the X-Men. Don't worry, they'll be able to fight. The Hulk might be your greatest chance of survival."

"The Avengers are coming?"

"Yes," he replies.

"They can't! What about Cap and Nat and Clint? They're just humans. Thanos isn't just a god. They can't come here! He'll kill them!"

"Shh, it'll be all right. We don't even know if there's going to be a fight," the Other tries.

"There's going to be a fight. They're not going to be able to save me without a fight," I conclude sadly.

"There's heroes that can't die, right?"

"Yeah, a few."

"They'll be the best to come and fight him. Thanos can be defeated, but it's very hard. People are going to die. Maybe they're your friends, maybe you don't know them, but some of them are going to die."

"But how would any of them survive here? We're in space."

"I've survived all these years."

I think for a second and then it hits me. He's a human. "How did you end up here?"

"I kind of stumbled upon this place."

"How?"

"I found Jane Foster's discarded work and I jumped from Earth to this place. Thanos found me while I was exploring and captured me. What year was it when he got you?"

"2015," I reply.

"So I've been here almost six years. It was June 12th when I made the jump."

"Why did he disguise you?"

"To make me fearsome. Prisoners don't want to talk to me if I scare them," he answers.

"How are you healthy now? How hasn't he killed you yet?"

"He heals me so he can abuse me again. He hasn't done the same for you because he knows Thor is coming and he wants him to see how bad you are."

"Am I really that bad?"

"You're not good. He messed up your healing ability bad. If you do get rescued, you'll have to find a way to get it again."

"But I thought he didn't want Thor to know he was hurting me."

"He changed his mind. He's getting scared," he opens up his mouth like he's going to say something else but closes it again.

"What's your human name?"

"Andrew Griswold. I'm from Texas."

"How did you end up here? Didn't all the realms need to align in order for you to jump realms?"

"No, Thor jumps from realm to realm frequently, as I'm sure you know. She had found a way to jump from realm to realm but she was scared to try it," he explains.

"So you actually stole her work?"

"No, I did what she was unwilling to. And it turned out to work."

"Except you ended up here."

"Yeah, but it shows that space travel can be accomplished in a different way."

The cell door slams open and Thanos is standing there, looking angrier than usual. "What are you doing here? Why are you helping her?"

"I thought you wanted me to."

"No! Why would I want you to help her? She is our prisoner!"

"If you keep going this way, she's going to die! Do you want that to happen? How do you think Thor will react to finding her dead? You think he's going to give up? He'll avenge her death by killing you. Let her heal at least for a little while."

"I don't give any prisoners special treatment," Thanos answers.

"Let her heal. She'll die if you keep doing this and where's the fun in that? Then you won't be able to do anything to your favorite prisoner anymore," the Other argues.

"I'll give her four hours and I'll be back. Nothing more."

"Sir, she needs more time than that!"

Thanos throws the Other against a wall without touching him and strangles him. Thanos is basically a real life Jedi. He drops the Other and walks away.

"Four hours!" he yells from the hallway.

"I'm sorry, Elsi. I wish I could've done more," he apologizes.

"You tried your hardest. I appreciate the effort," I tell him.

He leaves a few minutes later and I'm left to think. What if I die before Thor finds me? What if Thor dies in the battle? What if I'm so messed up that Thor doesn't want to be with me anymore? I know that thinking of all the what ifs doesn't help at all, but I need something to distract me.

I just want to go home but I can't and I'm not healing, so I'm probably going to die before they find me. Why don't they have cellphones in Asgard? If I was kidnapped on Earth, they would've found me by now. I wish there was a way I could communicate with Thor through my mind. But I'm not Charles Xavier. Why couldn't Loki have taught me some magic or something? I could've been gone as soon as I got here.

I'm such an idiot. If I would've just told Thor I thought someone was following me, this never would've happened. I would still be at home with Thor and Frigga. I hear footsteps coming down the hallway and I wish I could be invisible or sink into the ground. A second set of footsteps comes but they're running. I hear shouts but I can't make them out until Thanos is in my cell and closing in on me.

"Leave her alone! I'll take her punishment! Leave her alone!" the Other yells.

I stand up on shaky legs and take Thanos's abuse. The Other starts yelling again but I can't understand. My head is swimming and I'm seeing spots. I try to stand up but I'm pretty sure Thanos pushes me down. He bangs my head into the concrete once or twice and my ears are ringing. I catch a glimpse of Thanos's purple skin before I pass out.

I wake up with a horrible headache and an eye swollen shut. The Other is attending to my wounds again. I try to push him away, but he doesn't even notice my resistance. I'm in and out of consciousness for what feels like a couple of hours before I'm awoken by someone shaking me.

It's an unfamiliar face and I must be giving them a weird look because they explain that they're trying to help. The stranger starts stitching up my various cuts and I don't even mind the pain anymore.

"Who are you?" I ask.

"Never mind that. Let me fix you," he tells me.

I just nod and close my eyes again, the tugs of the stitches the only thing reminding me that this is real and not a really bad dream. The voice says goodbye and I try to lift my arm to wave but a sharp pain shoots through it. I guess my arm was broken while I was unconscious. I hope Thanos suffers before he dies.

I wish Thor would find me already. I'm going to die soon, I can feel it. I can't take much more of this abuse. I just hope I get to see my family before I go.

A/N
I'm so sorry for my absence. I don't even know what happened. I'll try to be better about updates but school is back and I'm in 4 AP classes plus volleyball on top. Thank you everyone for being so supportive and pushing me to update. Without you guys, I wouldn't have finished this chap.

I'm sorry for the short chapter also. I wanted to give you guys an update on Chris Hemsworth's birthday!! :-) I will try my hardest to update more frequently. My absence is inexcusable. Thank you again for being so supportive and pushing me to be better. I really appreciate it. I hope you enjoyed this chap!

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