Storm Princess

Chapter 2 A Father's Anger

Evie carefully gets down from the swing and tells the three men to follow her. Evie's nervous that she's going to get a beating by her Uncle Vernon when she gets home for bringing home three strange men. But Mr. Thor insisted that he would protect her from her uncle and that things were going to get better.

When Evie, Thor, Loki, and Coulson arrived at number 4 Privet Drive, the authorities had already arrived and were waiting for them. The lead detective spotted Agent Coulson and walked over to him, “Agent Coulson, we have Vernon and Petunia Dursley in custody. All we need is a statement from the victim and to get pictures of her injuries.”

“We have her right here,” Phil said.

Phil looked down at Evie then he kneeled in front of her, “Evie, this is detective Simmons, he's here to help you.”

“With what?” Evie asked.

Detective Simmons kneeled, “With the awful things your relatives did to you, Sweetie. They're going to be punished because what they did to you wasn't right.”

“It wasn't? Even though I'm a freak?” Evie asked.

Thor was starting to get angry again. Loki had explained to him what freak meant, Thor's blood boils that anyone would call his daughter that. Thor suddenly picked up the little girl, “You are not a freak, Evie, you are a special little girl and very precious.”

“Thor's right, Honey, no one has the right to treat you the way you were treated or call you that. Now, do you think you can help, Detective Simmons?” Coulson asked.

Evie thought for a moment, “Yes.”

“Could you show us to your room so we can get your things?”

Evie asked Thor to put her down, then took him by the hand and led him into the house. She led the men to the cupboard under the stairs. Coulson and the others looked at each other confused.

“Are your things in there?” Loki asked.

“Yes, sir, this is my room.”

It took everything in Thor not to strike the house with lightning and set it ablaze. Detective Simmons opened the door and was assaulted with the smell of blood and urine. He turned to Evie and smiled, “Maybe we can leave your things in there and get you some new clothes.”

“I don't need new clothes, Mister,” Evie explained, “I don't want to be a burden.”

“You are not a burden, Little One. It would be a privilege to get you new clothes,” Thor said.

She smiled up at Thor, “Okay, Mr. Thor. I only need to take my blanket.”

The blanket she grabbed must have been from when she was a baby; it was small pink with little hearts embroidered in it with her name stitched into it. Evie hugged it to herself, then retook Thor's hand and left the house. The minute they walked out, Detective Simmons called for the forensics team to come in and catalog everything.

While they had been in the house, Petunia and Vernon had been taken away to jail. Dudley was going to be left in foster care until someone could take him, supposedly his Aunt Marge. Detective Simmons informs Coulson that Evie needs to go to the hospital so that they can catalog the abuse she suffered at the hands of the Dursleys. Coulson nods and goes over to explain to Thor and Loki.

“Thor, we need to take Evelyn to the hospital.”

“Why?”

“The detectives need to catalog the abuse that she suffered so that they can build a stronger case against her relatives. Child Protective Service will meet us there, and from there, they'll decide what to do with her.”