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One Who Cries ch 16

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Thor struts with purpose toward the cell that holds his brother. He has Toni’s drawings tucked under one arm. He feels…he doesn’t know what he feels. He’s worried about his friend’s child. A child who he had grown quite fond of. He hated to think any kind of magic would affect her so negatively.

He also hated to think it was anything other than magic. At least if it was magic it could be fixed.

He barely pauses at the corner of the cell, and takes a deep breath. Loki is sitting against a wall, pretending to read.

“Loki, I must speak with you.” Thor states.

“So glad you could finally visit, brother.” Loki closes his book and side eyes Thor. “What could you possibly wish to speak about?”

“I want you to explain to me why you are tormenting the young Stark.” Thor exclaims.

Loki sighs, “I have no idea who you are referring to.”

“You know exactly. The Man of Iron’s child, you are tormenting her dreams. I want to know why! What are you planning?!” Thor demands.

Loki rolls his eyes, “I am planning nothing, brother. I know of no child.”

Thor presses the drawings against the force-field of the cell. “Explain these then. Explain why you haunt this child’s dreams so vividly.”

Loki comes closer and studies the pictures, “My magic cannot travel beyond this cell. Did you ever consider that it isn’t an outside force causing the child’s visions?”

Thor collects the pictures and straightens them in his hands, “What do you mean?”

Loki smirks, “Maybe nothing is affecting the girl but her own magic.”

Thor nods, “This is something I had not considered.”

Thor turns to walk away but returns to say, “If I find out you are lying and have been tormenting her-”

Loki raises his hands, “I know, I know.”

Thor harrumphs and walks away. Loki watches him until he is out of sight. So, Stark has a child, hmm?

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Toni collapses on her bed, exhausted after a workout session with Natasha. She rolls over onto her stomach, and reaches towards the radio set on her bedside table. She sets it to a country station, the only one she can find, and pillows her head in her hands. The radio is a new addition to the room. Along with a few other electronics plugged to their chargers.

She wonders what her dad is doing. Ever since the day she told him about her dreams, he’s been tucked away in his lab, only coming out at night to put her to bed. Everyone seems to be walking on eggshells around her and she can’t figure out why.

Anger and sadness fill the air and make her feel even more tired than usual. While exercising this morning she had been able to put everything out of her mind, but now it was coming back as the adrenaline left her system.

She was especially worried about Mr. Barton. He had been particularly tense for the past day or two. Why had her dreams caused so much trouble? Was it something to do with the man? Everything seemed to center around him, what could it possibly mean?

She was beginning to get a headache. She rolled over once again and put the towel around her neck over her eyes. Before long she was asleep.

She dreamed of space and endless darkness. The feeling of helplessness and regret overwhelmed her. She could see the man once again. He was falling through space. She could hear a voice screaming out from above. Toni looks up, but before she can get a look at who is screaming, something wakes her.

She groans as she is pulled from sleep. She yanks the towel away and glares at the ceiling. Wondering what woke her, she gets up and goes to the window. She just gets a glimpse of a bright light disappearing into the sky.

Toni looks up, “Jarvis?”

“Yes, Miss Stark?” Jarvis answers promptly.

“Something woke me up and I saw a light. What happened?” Toni questions.

“Thor has returned from Asgard.” Jarvis answers.

“Oh.” Toni decides to welcome Thor home and goes to leave the room. She opens the door and pauses, “Thank you, Jarvis.”

“You’re welcome, Miss Stark.”

A quick ride in the elevator and she heads towards the balcony. When she gets close to the balcony she hears her father saying her name. She stops and listens.

Thor is talking now in a low voice, “Loki claims to know nothing. I have addressed our concerns with the validity of his cell. His magic cannot reach here.”

Her father sighs, “I was afraid of that. At least if it was him we could have fixed it.”

Steve’s voice picks up next, “Did you find out anything else?”

Thor pauses, “Loki mentioned something quite intriguing. Is it possible…that young Toni has magic of her own?”

Toni blinks and frowns. Magic? She couldn’t do magic.

Her father finally speaks, “After you left she told me…she says she can tell what people are feeling. I’ve been doing some research. I think…have you ever heard of anything called an empath?”

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