((Posting coz Im getting crunk tomorrow, but this should keep her going for a while!! Captain, feel free to ignore Thor or call her out on her bullshit!!! I can edit if its not cool -but please wait till Im not hungover which will probably happen in the future!))
With renewed resolve, Thor sat down on a chair beside Dwight as he tapped away on his slightly outdated desktop computer on a desk that was groaning just a little too loudly under the weight of books and papers and nick-nacks. Her determination, at least initially, was overwhelming, and she asked numerous questions about the inner workings of the computer and google. Dwight tried, with the patience of a saint, to explain, but it was like trying to explain nuclear power to a toddler, most of the concepts were largely beyond Thor, though she did pick up a little and seemed to be grasping the general idea of how the computer worked, even if it was just a little. It was evident from the start that she'd never become an elite hacker, but at this stage, Dwight thought that maybe, just maybe, if she could grasp this, he could teach her how to use a cell phone and how to drive a car. It was ambitious but why not.
"Most of the media didn't arrive until the building started to collapse, and since the Hulk was inside the building when Loki pulled his disappearing act ... only people inside of the building would have seen it. So we won't hear about that until eyewitnesses come forward." Dwight explained.
Thor nodded and added
"And those who were close enough to be eye-witnesses are being treated for their injuries, it will take some time for them to come forward.""Exactly. But even if we hear from them ... that doesn't answer where they went, and if the Hulk is anywhere with a significant population, then it would be all over the net just like these stories... Even if we did discover the Hulk's location ... are you sure Loki would be there too? I mean ... you don't know what the Hulk thing is, much less its powers." Dwight said, since he was the logical one of the team.
"I'm positive Loki is with him. Loki is a teleporter, a shape shifter. If the sneaky bastard hadn't turned himself into a mouse I'd have beaten him within an inch of his life, we'd know where the Hulk is and I'd have stopped him too. He and the beast vanished after he tricked me with an illusion of himself running from the battle... He'll not trick me again once we find him."Dwight nodded slowly. The Hulk, from what he'd seen, appeared to be fuelled by rage, would it have come up with a plan to vanish? Not likely, plus, surely it owuld have vanished as soon as America and Thor threw it around a bit. Plus, given Loki's history and abilities ... all the clues pointed towards Loki and the Hulk escaping together. He couldn't argue against Thor on this line of evidence.
"Okay, lets go over what we know." Dwight said, taking out a note pad to jot down the facts they were sure of.
"Loki and the Hulk vanished together, and wherever they are, the Hulk is either contained, or somehow ... concealed, since ther have been no sightings or reports ... or they are somewhere that is uninhabited, or incredibly remote." Thor nodded. That narrowed the search in one way, but also expanded it infinitely in another.
"So you can use your computer to find all the uninhabited places on Midgard yes?" Thor asked.
Dwight nodded cautiously,
"I can, but searching them on foot would be an almost impossible task. Earth- Midgard is quite large, and there are lots of different places that fit the description of remote. If I could, I'd do a satellite search, but Im not SHIELD, I don't have teh technology or the skills to do that.. If on the other hand, Loki has somehow contained the Hulk ... I have even fewer ideas where, and how he'd do it."Thor straightened a little in her chair.
"So we're back to square one essentially aren't we..." "Somewhat, but ... even if the Hulk is contained, I don't think Loki would bring it somewhere densely populated. I'm ruling out all major cities, because Loki's not stupid, if the Hulk got out again, he'd be spotted in an instant. Contained or not, they're somewhere remote, its just a matter of where." Dwight argued.
"So what have you got then?" Thor said, it felt like they were getting a little closer, though now she was beginning to feel rather tired, this was a lot to take in and process.
"Theres a lot of mountains, deserts, rain forests, plenty of little islands in the Pacific, and the entire arctic circle ... Given Loki's heritage, I think he'd be fine in the arctic circle but I'm not sure how the big Green Bean would cope." Dwight answered.
"SHIELD can search those areas witht heir satellites and find him almost immediately can't they." Thor concluded.
"Well I can't say for sure, but ... Well I'd be willing to bet on it, not that they'd let either of us access that technology anyway. What are you implying Tara?""I'm thinkin' I'll have to pay SHIELD a visit pretty soon." she said ... though she wondered how she'd get their attention, they didn't exactly give her a phone number or mailing address.
"You don't know where they are or how to contact them" Dwight said drily.
"But I do know they are monitoring me, and if they aren't, I'll just have to get their attention." she replied cryptically.
"It's pretty late, I'd better go back to my place. Thanks for the help ... I really don't know how I can repay you ... You're a good friend."Dwight was saddened, and a little worried to see her go. Despite her unpredictable arrival, and the fact she came literally from another world, Dwight had grown somewhat used to her and understood her, she was pretty predictable most of the time, and for the first time since he'd gotten to know how, he was scared for her, and a little scared of her. He hadn't anticipated her to be so consumed with vengeance when she was normally so pleasant. Maybe he'd been naive and blinded by the lure of near infinite Asgardian-knowledge when he'd seen her, that he'd forgotten that she was an incredibly dangerous Goddess of Legend. Now he'd seen her, not as a lost stranger from Asgard or a technologically-inept and unusually tall friend, but as the woman she had once been, a deadly battle maiden, a Goddess on the warpath.
Thor on the other hand never went home. She went on her own search. It was unusual, since she was a warrior not an academic, but her search, based on the hastily explained nuggets of stories that Jill had given her, she knew Loki was somehow invovled in the Second World War and possibly the Cold War (at least ... he was around during the Cold War but his actions during that period were still a mystery to Thor). She ended up in the War Memorial museum, digging through the archives, tripping the security alarm of course but she quickly handled that situation by blowing out the power in the entire museum with her thunder powers. By the time the security guards had scrambled to find her inside the darkened museum, she'd grabbed them both with ease and told them to restore the power and let her do her research. She hadn't threatened to kill them, but ... she hadn't implied that she wouldn't kill them if she had to (not that she would though, but it wouldn't do to let them think she wasn't going to harm them, if they knew, they wouldn't have done as she said). Finally, with some of the power restored, at least enough for her to flip through the archived news papers and WW2 documents, she resumed her search, the 2 security guards KO'd on the floor by the fusebox. She was sure they'd wake up by the time she was finished, hopefully not sooner.
Did she feel guilty about it? A tad, but Loki was a dangerous fugitive, the ends justified the means, besides, no one died, worst case scenario, the two guards would have a dreadful headache tomorrow. The fact she hadn't murdered anyone didn't exactly nullify the fact that she'd committed an act of breaking and entering, property damage and assaulting 2 security officers ... but no one died, that would be Thor's entire defence.
Only Dwight believed her about how dangerous Loki was, and even then, he didn't understand the gravity of the situation, and she didn't want him to get in much deeper, for fear he'd end up on Loki's hit list if the God of Mischief ever found out Dwight was involved, she had to do her own search. She learned more about Loki's movements during the war, and even a few suspicious things during the Cold War that she thought Loki may have had a hand in, although none of it she could prove indefinitely, Loki was a shapeshifter and liar, it was hard to get any solid evidence on him, but she did get information, and leads. Nothing that would lead her to Australia where Loki actually was, at least, she hadn't found anything yet. Loaded with more information, though she doubted she'd learned anything SHIELD didn't already have a 10 page document about, she left via the fire exit door (which she'd busted open when she broke in) and walked down the street, it was still rather dark, though the sun would rise soon, and she'd find some way of accessing satellite imagery. Surely SHIELD weren't the only ones with the technology. Her next stop would be the local government buildings, they'd have more documents, or at the veyr least, they could probably tell her where she could find satellites for her search. The good news about this portion of her search was that it probably wouldn't involve as much breaking and entering since it was almost morning already.
The following morning Dwight still hadn't heard from Thor, but he didn't wake up (with a creak in his neck from falling asleep at his desk researching isntead of going to bed) to the sound of police banging on his door or SHIELD agents climbing through the fire-escape. It was calm ... for now. He hastily showered and dressed himself, he couldn't afford to waste any time, he was both intrigued and terrified by Loki ... the fact he was here. His mother always said curiosity would kill him, he was beginning to think perhaps she'd been onto something, he was certainly playing with fire ... or thunder it seemed.
