SHIELD's Newest

Part 8

MADDI'S P.O.V.

"WE NEED SOME HELP UP HERE, ANYBODY?" I screamed into my headset. Bethan's line had gone down.

Everything went blurry and I began to cry uncontrollably. I felt a hand on my shoulder and I lashed out, kicking and yelling. My lungs felt empty but I couldn't stop. The screaming pushed from the back of my throat until I felt like I was going to puke. When I began to see stars in my eyes, I knew something was seriously wrong, and it began to feel like I was drowning in darkness.

More hands pawed and clawed their way onto my shoulder and around my back. One pair wrapped around me. I recognized the smell distinctively.

"Bethan?" I mumbled, tears still falling onto my cheek.

"Its ok. It's fine. Shhh."

"Is she alright? Is she hurt?" Thor asked. I could just make out their outlines, Thor and Loki's. Bethan's arms were still around me.

"It's a panic attack, Thor." I heard Loki's distinctive voice explaining while someone took my hand; I guessed it was him.

I began to see more clearly.

"She has them sometimes." Bethan explained simply, whilst pulling away and holding my other hand briefly.

"What triggered it?" I asked, rubbing my eyes while Loki helped me up.

"I have no idea, Love." He said, smiling worriedly at me.

Bethan and Thor looked at me like parents worried about their child.

"Was it just the stars this time?" Bethan asked.

I nodded.

"You can leave now." I said.

"Call me if you need me, Madds."

She walked away with Thor.

"Thank you for holding my hand." I Saud quietly to Loki.

He didn't answer for a while, until we began walking.

"Just so you know, I know how they feel. Panic attacks, I mean."

And with that, he vanished.

Completely disappeared.

I called Bethan calmly.

"Can we please go home?"

"Yes. Ok."

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BETHAN'S P.O.V.

I woke up somewhere beautiful. I could see it outside my window. The whole room was huge and golden and very spaced out. It smelt like incense and summer evenings here. It smelt like paradise.

I rolled out of the golden queen size bed in which I had probably slept, and made it carefully. After, I strode on the cold floors to the window and what I saw nearly took my breath away. This looked like a kingdom.

Where the hell on earth was I?

The doors opened and I spun around to lean against the window to find Thor pacing towards me. His strides were long and purposeful.

"My queen, how are you this fine evening?" He asked, finally by my side. He took my hand and planted a kiss on it.

"Thor, where am I?"

Thor sighed and put his head in his palm.

"You're in Asgard, my sweet. You're the Queen here. Have you been dreaming again?"

"Where's Madds? I need to find-"

Thor clamped his hand over my mouth before pressing his lips against mine in an attempt to quieten me.

"We don't speak of them, don't you remember? The Dark King and his Queen were banished at the beginning of our reign."

"Great joke, Thor, but listen, I'm sure this is all some kind of twisted dream so I'll run with it."

"What makes you so sure, My Queen?"

He kissed my hand again.

"20 Minutes until dinner, Rose. We invited Father and Mother tonight, so you need to attend."

And with that, he stepped from the room.

Was he confusing me with someone, or?

I grabbed a garment from the back of a dressing table chair which turned out to be one of the heaviest god damn things I could've chosen, and put it on, before striding out the door in a panic.

Madds was no 'Dark Queen'.

Since when was I married to Thor?"

I stopped a servant with a smile.

"Hello, uhm, I'm sorry to bother you, but I need to know what happened to the dark King and Queen? I just... had some sleeping pills, and I'm reading a book about them, and I just want to know all my facts are correct before reading on?"

The maid looked rather blown away that her Queen was approaching her this way about this topic.

"Years ago, The Dark King and Queen made a scheme to ascend to the throne. Thor was banished to Earth, which is where he met you; and Odin was put into a deep sleep, he nearly died. The Dark King send a destroyer down to Earth, but took pity on your husband, and you both flew back to Asgard, where you were married. The Dark King and Queen were banished, but they began plotting with the chitauri, and aimed to take over your Earth and much more. A team called the Avengers, an initiative involving your husband, saved Earth again and bought the Dark King and his wife back to face Asgardian justice. They have been in a cell in a facility for a few years now. You have nothing to fear, your Highness."

"Thank you very much. It is highly appreciated." I handed her a broach from my dress and winked, before hurrying off down corridors, trying to find the dining hall.

I needed to find Madds, and now.

This all seemed too real, and it wasn't enjoyable.