Frozen Love

Chapter 8

*sorry no Loki POV this time, they will be returning soon though*

Chapter 8

After Edna had sent me on my way I was sort of stunned when she said that the two men weren't alone and were going to come back for me, I was soon brought out of my daze and back into reality when I saw the two men heading towards me again, I walked with a fast pace but made sure I didn't look suspicious. I was weaving in and out of crowds hoping to lose them, when I turned around I couldn't see them anymore "whew" I thought "I'm in the clear, well at least for now" I muttered to myself, when I went to turn around and walk again I bumped into someone, "oh, sorry" I said "no problem miss" he said, he was tall and wore some sort of shaded sunglasses, he was in a somewhat tight black vest with black pants, I noticed he had a quiver on his back with arrows. He had a light brown hair colour and seemed to be eyeing me up, "well, I better be off, again I am sorry" I said quickly walking away from him so he couldn't object. I made my way down the strip of stores, and thought about why these men could possibly be after me, then a thought popped into my head "what if the arrow guy was in on it too? and he was working with them? that would explain why he was eyeing me up suspiciously" I pushed the thought from my head and concentrated on getting back home. As I was reaching the outskirts of town just about to reach the house I saw some people ahead of me who seemed to be walking closer to me, I quickly dodged into an ally trying to avoid them. "Why are these people after me?" I asked myself, I continued walking down the alley until I reached the other side of town, I entered onto the streets hopping to have lost these people once and for all, I thought it might better my chances of escape if I changed my appearance, but I couldn't do it in the middle of the street, so I ducked into a small clothing shop and grabbed a few things and headed for the change room.

I took off all of my clothes and jewelry that I had on and changed my look completely, I didn't even keep the same eye colour, I had to be in disguise otherwise these people would notice me, I even changed my shoes, after I completely changed my look I stuffed all of my belongings in my bag and stuffed my original bag into a completely different one, I was glad the store I chose to go in had a lot of clothes, shoes, bags, and jewelry otherwise I'd be fucked. I was lucky that when I changed my appearance I could also change my makeup as well, now that I had become a different person I was safe to go on the streets again. I grabbed my bag and headed out of the store before the owner could even realize that I was there, I walked on the streets again and was staying close to the crowd, I was just about to make a break for it and bolt it to my house when I saw the 3 men I was previously avoiding plus a woman that I thought I had seen waiting at the edge of town earlier and they were also with another man who I hadn't seen before, I just kept my head down and pretended to be looking at something at one of the street booths, when I looked up I saw that they were walking towards me, and fast! by the time I could move people out of my way and start walking again they were already right behind me.

I just made sure I walked at a steady pace hopping to go unnoticed, that clearly didn't go planed, considering when I was walking I heard them calling out for me "miss!" A strong voice said, I just continued to walk as if I didn't know they were talking to me, and I was surrounded by people so it was possible that I could have thought they were talking to someone else. "MISS!" I heard the voice yell again, this time it seemed closer, I kept walking and when I finally turned around again I couldn't see them anymore "phew" I sighed when I turned to walk again I bumped into someone, "shit!" I muttered when my hat had fallen over my eyes from the bump, when I composed myself again and lifted the hat from my eyes, and I saw the man that I assume was calling me and he was also the man I had seen earlier with my brother. He had a hold of my arms but wasn't holding onto them tightly, he just held my forearms in a caring way to see if I was ok "are you alright ma'am?" the voice said "huh? oh, ya I'm fine, just clumsy that's all" I said trying to sound innocent, he looked at me with disbelief in his eyes and I tried to get away from them again "well, um sorry for bumping into you, but I best be off now" I said sweetly and smiled trying to walk away. As I was walking away he reached out and grabbed my arm again I looked at him with some shock in my eyes but mainly anger "miss, can I ask you a few questions?" he said "why? what did I do?" I asked sounding a bit annoyed "nothing ma'am I just need to ask you a few questions" he said kindly I looked at him suspiciously and figured I wasn't getting out of this situation anytime soon so I might as well answer his stupid questions, I was in disguise anyways so there was no way he could know who I was. "alright" I said standing more in front of him "what are your questions?" he smiled, "well for starters, why don't we get to know one another a little, Hi, I'm Steve" he said extending out his hand for me to shake, I took his hand warily and shook it "my name is Faith" I said as I was shaking his hand. "Where are you from? I'm originally from Brooklyn" he said kindly I looked at him with caution and was careful to watch my surroundings, as Steve was talking to me I noticed that the rest of the people with him, including my brother were circling around me making a wall to prevent me from bolting away, I was feeling very uncomfortable with the situation at hand, I didn't like being surrounded by people in an attempt to keep me from running.

After the people finished moving around us, it left Steve and I in the middle of this clusterfuck, "shit" I thought to myself, "so?" he said "huh?" I asked being brought out of my daze "where are you from?" he asked again "why do you want to know that?" I asked in curiosity "just a simple question ma'am" he said stepping a bit closer to me, I stepped back and noticed I almost bumped into the woman, I really didn't like the situation I was in, considering I was 1 against 5 the odds were not in my favour. I figured I could try cooperating and then pretend I had nothing to hide and escape "I live and grew up in Canada" I say simply "Canada is a beautiful place, it gets cold down here in the winters I heard" "ya, it does, especially in Ontario" I say a bit stand offish, "what was your name again?" he said stepping closer to me, I almost stepped back again but if I did I would be touching the other woman and I would be looking like I had something to hide, so I stood my ground "my name is Faith" I say "that's a beautiful name, miss" he said smiling "um thanks" I say awkwardly, it came to a point where Steve kept taunting me to see if I had anything to hide and I just stood my ground and held my head up high.

It was a little difficult standing tall and proud considering Steve was getting dangerously close for comfort, it also didn't help that the group was closing in as well so I was trapped even more so than I was before, "is there anything else you need to ask? because I should get going, I have a younger sister at home and I can't leave her for to long, cause my mum has to go to work soon so that means I have to be at home to watch her" I say slyly "what's your sisters name?" he asked "Lisa" I say almost immediately so there was no hesitation, he smiled "alright Faith, just one more question, have you seen this girl?" he pulled out a photo of me as my brunette self from a few years ago and held it up for me to see, I glanced at the photo trying to hide my worry "I don't know her, I may have seen her around town once or twice before but I have never spoke with her, why? what did she do?" I say as convincingly as possible "she's just wanted in for questioning about an incident that took place a few years ago" "oh, really? well sorry I couldn't be of anymore help" I say trying to get past him, he reluctantly lets me out of the circle and lets me walk off without another word, "what are you doing? we need her, Fury's orders" I heard my brother yell, Steve just said in a calm voice "don't worry, we will get her, we just had to make it seem like we weren't on to her so we can sneak attack her" "I still think we should have grabbed her when we had the chance" my brother said again "don't worry, it will happen soon" Steve said back. I was fucking glad that I ducked into the nearest ally to see if they knew it was me or not, and apparently they did, this meant I would have to rush home and leave town before he could get the chance to "sneak attack" me, "ya right" I thought to myself, no one can sneak attack me, I am always aware of my surroundings, or so I thought.