{Temporarily Discontinued} Calming the Beast

Chapter 5

A week had passed since Christmas. Bruce and I haven't really talked much since the kiss. I did beat my uncle's..... How should I say this properly....... His ass? Let's just go with that. All I know is this; he's still in the infirmary. Anyway, my training has continued and it's become too easy. I can predict Loki's every move now. I think he enjoys training me but I don't know why.

"Alright Aim. Today we try a new approach. Are you able to protect yourself against magic attacks?" I looked at him confused. "Magic attacks?" He smirked and I was hit by a blue light. I was knocked off of my feet. He let out a soft laugh and helped me up. "Magic." I wasn't amused by this. All I could do was frown at him. "That was a low move even for you." He just kept smirking. "Wait until your greatest mission of this year." My eyes must have had a very stern look to them, because he frowned.

I sighed after training. I wandered onto the deck and sighed. I jumped when I heard Bruce's voice. "Skadi?" He asked curiously. I looked at him and mustered a smile. "H.. Hi." He found out where I go. This can't be good. He just smiled at me and gave me a hug. "How have you been?" I struggled to hug him back. "I'm doing ok. How about you?" I patted his back awkwardly. "I've been great. Your uncle has been giving me a hard time." I laughed. "That's just uncle Tony!" We laughed for the longest time.

It took us about 5 minutes to stop joking and laughing. Tony came up to us and pulled us into a group hug. "Ah good to see the holiday couple together." Bruce tried to hide his face and I looked at Tony and sighed. "Uncle Tony, don't you have anything better to do?" Tony thinks for a moment. "Yes but I don't feel like doing them." We all laughed.

I noticed the door was opened a little and that Olivia was watching us. She looked like a nocturnal animal looking at a light. It made me shiver slightly but luckily neither uncle Tony or Bruce noticed. I gave Olivia a look for her to get back to where she needed to be. She nodded and ran off down the hall. I heard her fall and it caught the attention of Tony and Bruce. "What was that?" I started to panic. "It was just one of the doors closing!" They looked at me for a split second and stared in that direction.

Tony let go of the hug and he started to walk to the door. I ran in front of them and blocked the doorway. "You're not allowed down this hallway!" I screamed. They looked at each other. "Why?" They said at the same time. "Because it is top secret and not ready for your viewing yet."  I sighed when Phil appeared. Bruce nodded in understanding but Tony just had to argue with it. "Oh come on! You're making me interested in it!" Phil walked up to Tony and whispered something into his ear and he grumbled and walked away in response.

Phil and I sighed in relief when Tony and Bruce walked away. We walked through the small door and shut it tightly. "What were you thinking Aim?" Phil said. I shrugged my shoulders. "All I wanted to do was see some sunlight for once. We've been locked in this darkened area since Christmas." Phil looked at me with a huge frown on his face. "You need to except this. You will only have one day per month from now on to go on deck." My jaw dropped. "You're kidding me?!" His expression never changed. "It's punishment for almost exposing our biggest secret!" I wanted to argue more but I stormed off to my room and slammed my door shut. I looked down and saw Phil's hand in the door. I opened it slightly for him to get it out and slammed it again. I locked it and sat on my bed.

I picked up a book and started to read it. Romance, how disgusting. How can we have that emotion? It just leads to pain and misery later on in life. That's all I could think while I read the book. I sighed and looked at some of the things I got for Christmas that I found useless. "Looks like you aren't so useless after all." I muttered to myself. I went in my closet, moved some things around and turned on one of the electronics. I closed the closet door and set up the electronic. I kept quiet for hours. I heard someone come in and I closed the electronic very slowly and quietly. I listened for a short while. I let out a sigh when I thought the person was gone. My closet door opened and I was pulled out of my comfort spot. "Hello snow goddess." Was all I heard before I blacked out.