A Spark Between Them (Fandral)

[Saga]

(ooc: January 6th. Night.)

Saga paused as she walked out into the backyard. She'd been avoided everyone since she'd arrived. She had focused on training. Soma, Volstagg and Fandrall had tried to get her to have some fun but she wouldn't give up. She had gotten a note from Soma to come out here to train. She said she wanted to train with her sister. And Saga was very happy to get some more training. But she paused not seeing any sign of Soma anywhere. She heard a voice and puzzled. Suddenly someone grabbed her and in a flash, her weapons were gone. She heard giggling and then she was let go. She paused looking around with a frown recognizing that giggle as Soma's giggle.

"This is no game Soma. This is war. I don't have time for this foolishness. Return my weapons." said Saga.

She didn't hear anything else and frowned clenching her fists in anger. Soma had crossed the line. She'd never let those weapons out of her sight. They'd been the first weapons she'd gotten from her father as a gift when she was just a child. When she got offers to replace them with newer weapons she had declined them each time. That set meant everything to her. And now Soma had stolen them. She paused hearing another voice as it was pretty dark thinking it was Soma. She charged at them only to get flipped and end up on her back. She paused realizing who it was. Fandrall. A slight blush covered her cheeks. She had a crush on him for awhile now but never said anything. He was part of the Warriors Three. Certainly, he already had someone else. Besides her duty was to protect the queen. And she couldn't do that without weapons.

"Would you mind helping me up Fandrall? I thought you were Soma. She took my weapons. I must have them back." said Saga.

[Fandral]

Fandral didn't really have any idea about Soma's plan about stealing weapons but if he did, he'd probably be less annoyed or angry with it. Saga needed to have fun. He was one of the people to try to get her close to the others. As much as you needed to stay strong for the kingdom, you needed to trust your allies and you couldn't do that without a connection. So Fandral was on his way to go find Saga and try one last time to get her to take a break. Suddenly he heard giggling and he chuckled "Ah soma. You always were a bit of a prankster" He then heard Saga's voice which was FAR less amused. In fact, it sounded rather angry. Confused he walked over and responded softly to himself "Hell hath no fury I suppose"

Suddenly he heard someone run and charge, out of pure instinct he grabbed the person, flipped her and put her down. He then gasped "Oh norns, Saga! My apologies, please forgive my rashness!" He blushed as she was close to him he realized. Unknown to Saga, despite having so much woman company, he always had sights for Saga. Soma did notice and try to help him, much to his embarrassment, but he never had courage to tell her. So he nodded and tried to help her up "Knowing your sister, she did it to try to stop you from training dear saga. But yes, we will find her and get them back" As much as he preferred to chit-chat, he knew saga was close to the weapons, so he would do his best to help.

[Saga]

Saga blushed as Fandral realized his mistake.

"It's alright. Although now I know I should leave Mike and Volstagg to train with you. I do not want to end up on my back again." said Saga.

She got up dusting herself off.

"I'm sure she did but those weapons are important to me. The first set I got from my father. I've maintained them. Kept them clean. Made sure they worked. I even had the queen put a spell on them so they wouldn't break. I have to keep training. It's my job to protect the queen and some protector I've been. Asgard fell. The queen was separated from us. She could have died and it would have been my fault. I failed her and I'm grateful she hasn't replaced me. But I won't fail her again. That is why I train." said Saga.

She paused as she walked into the house searching for Soma before Fandrall could start to object or lecture her. She'd heard it all from Soma before but that didn't change how she felt. She had let her queen and her country down. She wouldn't fail again. She needed her weapons to do so.

[Fandral]

"I am sincerely sorry regardless, Saga. But at least I AM rather impressive with my skills" Fandral said, a huge smile on his face, finding saga's blushing to be rather cute. But as she got up he listened to her talk and nodded as she did so "I understand. I find my weapon to be very important but you have a very good connection with yours for other reasons. We will find them" He then frowned as Saga began to say that she failed her job as a protector of the queen and that she trains to not fail. Before he could say anything, Saga ran off to find the weapons and Fandral went over and responded "So this is why you train so much? Because you blame yourself for what happened?" Fandral honestly had no idea but now that he had. He felt very guilty for saga's self-pain "Dearest saga, what happened is not your fault. You must understand that. Training so much will not change anything, that said we all need just as much training. Loki attacked us at the last minute. We were all unprepared"

He quickly kept following her, and he tried to think his words out, not wanting to cause a argument with his friend "I too blame myself for what happened. I should have warned the rest of them but I wanted to fight a bit on my own. It wasn't until sif found me that I realized I was out-numbered" He kept walking, looking away, worried about saga's angry or pitiful look "I did not know about your worries so much. If I did, I would've trained more with you. Perhaps I should've been more aware of you than myself" He sighed "It was just I was getting so used to the place we are in now. I am sorry, my dearest saga"

[Saga]

Saga grinned to Fandrall.

"You certainly are. Although next time make sure you know who it is first and I'll do the same. If I had been one of the Midgardians you could have seriously hurt them. Most of them aren't as strong as we are." said Saga.

She nodded as Fandrall agreed with her about her weapons.

"Then let's hurry." said Saga.

She nearly froze as he asked if that's why she trained because she blamed herself.

"Of course I blame myself. It's my fault. I couldn't protect her. The queen could have died because of me. I failed her and my kingdom. I failed everyone." said Saga.

She shook her head.

"It's my fault." said Saga.

She sighed as Fandrall said he blamed himself.

"I guess all of us do. We lost our home and our people. If any of them are still alive." said Saga.

She shrugged.

"I've sorta of kept to myself about it. Not even Soma knows how I feel." said Saga.

She kept walking opening a door and stumbling into it tripping on something and falling backwards landing in Fandrall's arms as she blushed. She got up and looked away from Fandrall as she turned on a switch as the lights flickered on.

"What is this place?" asked Saga, curious.

Suddenly the door slammed shut. Saga rushed the door trying to open it but it wouldn't budge. She then spotted a sign that say Hulk Containment Room.

"We're in the room they put Bruce when he can't control his emotions which means the only way out that door is if it's opened. Soma let me out of here!" said Saga.

All she heard was a giggle and footsteps and Saga sighed. Soma had trapped them in here.

"Great. Now I'm stuck in here when I should be training." said Saga.

(ooc: couldn't resist trapping them somewhere temporarily. now they can get cozy. xD)

[Fandral]

(OCC: Bow chicka wow wow)

"Very true and wise, saga" Fandral said sincerely "I will most certainly do that. You once again have my apologies" Fandral then continued to follow Saga in her search. Listening to her talk was relieving, but the way she blamed herself made him feel terrible. She didn't deserve the punishment she put on herself. Everyone made mistakes. He didn't feel it was right for her to blame only herself.

"She did not die however. That was because you did your best. Sure our kingdom is taken over but the queen is safe now. If you are to blame for anything, I am as well. Our home was taken and we must not spend our time being angry at what we have done, however. We must do everything we can and right now, this includes trying to recuperate" Fandral objected. He wasn't angry in the slightest with Saga, he just wanted her to know it was ok to relax. They couldn't do anything right now except talk, eat, survive and train. She was doing the training part but the rest he couldn't tell. It made him nervous for her.

"I still could have asked if you were alright. Try to be a good friend to you at least. I am truly sorry for not knowing" Fandral said, still feeling guilty. He wanted to help her. He didn't know why Saga out of all people mattered to him the most but she did.

"I believe it is--" Suddenly his thought was interrupted as he and Saga were trapped by Soma. Call him crazy but he felt that Soma was trying to do something with them. That or just get her sister to come out. If the latter was the case, how come he was involved? She could've easily let him know or something.

"Well we might as well make most of it. You are with me. That should count as something positive I hope" Fandral said, trying desperately to try to make Saga smile. Or laugh. Or both. He knew she wasn't happy, so he might as well try to make her so. "Perhaps... Perhaps this may be a good thing, We get to talk more than just train with each other. This could be nice if we allow it"

[Saga]

Saga nodded.

"Good. We have to be careful Fandral. It's why I train alone. I don't want to hurt anyone especially not you." said Saga

She blushed suddenly realizing what she just said.

"Or Soma or anyone else. But we can take more damage than the Midgardians can. What could barely phase us could cripple or kill one of them." said Saga.

Saga shook her head as Fandrall tried to assure it wasn't her fault.

"I appreciate the effort but you are wrong. It is my fault. I trained for years to protect my queen and my kingdom. I failed. And to my dishonor I am here and alive while King Odin, Prince Thor, Hogun, Sif, and so many others are prisoners or dead. I'd gladly take their place if I could but I can't. All I can do is train." said Saga.

Saga sighed.

"We haven't really been friends in quite awhile Fandral. At least not acting like them. Do you remember when the last time we just sat down and laughed at a banquet? Or shared stories? It was beforee Thor and Loki led that assault on the Frost Giants that set off the chain of events of Loki's betrayal and sending Thor to Earth and everything after that followed. That was months ago Fandral. Asgard there was always something to do to keep busy but now that we're here I've just realized how much I've missed all of you. If I didn't have my sister I probably would have barely slept or ate." said Saga.

She turned to the door and pounded on it again. She frowned not getting the door open as she frowned. She paused turning back to Fandral as he spoke.

"Yes and no. You are great company Fandral but we don't have time for fun and games. Or to be locked away in here. This is a war. And the sooner my sister realizes it and grows up the better off we'll all be." said Saga.

Saga paused realizing if she was going to stuck here then she would train. She hoped they'd be released soon. She heard him speak again and shook her head.

"The time for talk is over. If I can't train with my weapons my sister stole for me then I will train my body." said Saga.

She had to train and make herself better and hopefully ignore the crush she had on the other Asgardian.

Fandral

[Fandral]

"I am as strong as steel! None can hurt me! Although, you'd be close to" Fandral teased. He knew Saga inwardly was hurting and his outer instinct was to make her feel at least amused by him. It was then he saw Saga ignore what he said, saying it was in a way still her fault of what happened. "I have trained my whole life also, Saga. I failed just as much as you did. We can't let our failures hurt us" He said softly. He didn't want to get her mad, because by norns was she scary when mad. Yet he felt a pain every time she talked badly about herself.

"Then let us start acting more like friends. Let us talk more. I enjoy talking with you. I am sorry for not doing so before. A fool am I to ignore your beautiful voice" Fandral realized what he just said and blushed redder than a beet. "Well that was.. I mean what" He covered himself with laughter "My god I'm acting like such a schoolboy now aren't I?"

He then jumped as Saga punched the door. Soma was going to get it soon and Fandral was more sympathetic now to her than to Saga. Boy oh boy if Saga didn't calm down, Soma was going to be thrown across the world. "Come now. That's not the saga I know. She would always have time to talk. Maybe not always about fun things but always to talk about anything" He insisted with a small smile. He then gave up just a little and responded "At least let me train with you. It is rather boring here without you"

[Saga]

Saga grinned at him.

"Must be pretty weak steel then." teased Saga.

She looked at him and sighed.

"I guess I can't take all the blame. All of you fought just as hard. Maybe even harder. Maybe I was wrong. Trying to train to prove myself. Maybe I don't deserve to be in her majesty's service any longer." said Saga.

She chuckled at him.

"You always did look on the bright side of things." said Saga.

She paused in shock realizing she'd just laughed. She didn't remember the last time she'd laughed like that.

"You always could make me laugh." said Saga.

She then blushed as he said he was a fool to ignore her beautiful voice and she saw he was now blushing as well.

"You think my voice is beautiful?" asked Saga.

She was now amused to see him laugh and say he was acting like a schoolboy.

"I don't know many school boys." said Saga.

She paused at him and shook her head.

"That was before. Before Thor was banished. Before Loki's attempts at a takeover. Before he actually did takeover. I've spent so much time training and fighting. I don't even remember the last time I even laughed before now." said Saga.

She paused looking at him as he said he'd want to train with him.

"I'm used to training alone. I think I'd be too distracted by you." said Saga.

She blushed realizing what she just said and stood in the middle of the room and started practicing kicks and punches.

(ooc: it wasn't a no. so feel free to join her. xd)

Fandral

[Fandral]

"Weak maybe but the steel can be unbreakable to those weaker than it. So it still rather strong!" Fandral defended, trying to see if his talk was continuing to work on Saga. He then shook his head, appalled at her declaration that she maybe didn't deserve to be a warrior for the queen "Nonsense! There is no one more worthy than you, dear Saga. Your abilities are the best of all the nine realms!"

Fandral smiled softly as Saga chuckled and he blushed as she said that he could always make her laugh. He then hesitated as she confronted him on his compliment "Well, of course I do, that is... well, I just" He hummed in embarrassment. "Perhaps talking is not my strong suit after all. No wonder I work well as a warrior instead of a friend" He sighed, annoyed with himself. He used to be really good at talking to girls. What's the matter with him? Age? Lack of confidence? What?

"Perhaps the past Saga is still there. Just hiding under a lot of bad stress and anxiety" Fandral suggested gently. He was being careful because he was unsure what to say. He blushed as Saga said he'd be distracting to her because she enjoyed talking to him. Yet she didn't say no. He went over and copied her moves, his more or less a relaxed version of her hardness.

[Saga]

Saga smirked.

"But that doesn't matter if your opponent has something stronger." said Saga.

She sighed as he spoke.

"You're just saying that to try to cheer me up. A better warrior would have succeeded. Or wouldn't have lost the queen. She could have been killed and so could have my sister. And it'd have been my fault." said Saga.

Saga grinned amused at his answer and that he was blushing.

"No one's called my voice beautiful before." said Saga.

She paused at his words and shook his head.

"No. You're a really good friend. I'm the one who's been blaming myself and pushing everyone away. I don't even talk to my sister much anymore." said Saga.

She sighed at his words.

"I don't know about that. Maybe I've just woken up to the truth." said Saga.

She smirked seeing he was blushing as well.

"Your face seems to get red a lot lately. You feeling hot?" said Saga, teasing him.

She giggled and then the lights went out as Saga was nervous.

"Fandrall?" asked Saga.

She'd been scared of the dark as a little girl and while she wasn't terrified of it anymore. It still left her uneasy. She paused reaching out her hand to find Fandrall or the wall. But in her rush she moved to fast and crashed to the ground. Only the ground was softer than she'd thought. She blushed realizing it was Fandrall.

"We've got to stop knocking each other over." said Saga.

(ooc: couldn't resist a temporary power outage. either power went out or saga turned it off. either way a bit of bonding time. xd)

[Fandral]

(OCC: All good haha)

"Ah, you have a wise point" Fandral raised his hands up in surrender. He had no argument to that. Fandral then frowned as Saga claimed he was only praising her to make her feel better "Some of it has to do with the fact I desire your happiness, but the fact still remains that you are a good warrior. Friend or not, I respect you as a asgardian warrior. You cannot blame yourself, Saga. Please"

"Well, then I suppose they are fools who are deaf" Fandral muttered as Saga recollected his rather simple praise. He then listened as Saga responded that he was a good friend it was just she was focused too much on perfection. That she needed to face a 'truth' that she wasn't as good as she thought. Then the lights were off "What on earth--?" Suddenly Saga collided into him. Despite not seeing her, he could tell she was close to his face. Fandral breathed out "You're very light on your feet, dear Saga"

[Saga]

Saga was surprised with how much she was enjoying his company again. It would be so easy to just relax and talk but she couldn't do that. She had to focus.

"The only thing that will make me happy is proving i'm worthy. Of rescuing our people. and stopping loki once and for all." said Saga.

she grinned at his reply.

"You definitely have a way with words. So poetic." said Saga.

With the lights out she was grateful he was so close.

"I guess I am." said Saga.

She subconsciously grabbed his hands with her own not really aware she was doing it. She was too focused on the dark and wondering what was going on.

"Stay with me. The dark frightened me as a child. It doesn't scare me with paralyzing fear like it used to. But it still unnerves me." said Saga.

[Fandral]

"But you do not need to prove yourself as worthy, you already are" Fandral politely insisted. Despite her stubbornness, Fandral was no quitter either. Fandral then smiled as he himself was praised with his words. And when he realized the two of them were quite close in the dark, he could tell how relieved she was of that. Mostly because of her fear of the dark. Fandral grinned, feeling her warm hands with his own, he reluctantly let go of one of her hands to pull her in protectively. "Nothing will happen that cannot be solved. Do not worry Saga. I am here" He gently rubbed her back, trying his best to look for a solution to the problem.

[Saga]

Saga shook her head.

"Not in my eyes." said Saga.

He was surprised as he pulled her in closely into a hug of sorts and she felt some of the fear and tension leave her.

"Thank you." she whispered.

She sighed.

"I know Soma can't keep us in here eventually. I just wish we weren't in here at all." said Saga.

She felt him rub her back which made her nervous for a different reason as she pulled back shaking her head.

"I don't have time for this. I have to get out of here. Have to get out." said Saga.

She stood up rushing to the door and pounding on it trying to get it open.

Fandral

[Fandral]

Fandral's heart broke when she heard Saga refuse to believe in herself. He didn't know what else to do. So he supposed hugging her was the best thing. He then shrugged as Soma was brought up "She might think you worry too much or aren't taking proper care of yourself. Then again I know not of what she thinks" Then he saw her leave his grip only to keep pounding on the door. It begged the question of why was this scenario such a big problem for her. He replied, feeling a little hurt "Is it because of me you need to get out Saga? I apologize if I'm starting to upset you"

[Saga]

Saga shook her head.

"I don't care for her reasons. She locked me up. She did this to me. Open this door!" said Saga.

She didn't hear anything guessing Soma had moved too far away. When Fandrall spoke she paused feeling bad and shook her head.

"No it has nothing to do with you. You are my friend. You could never upset me." said Saga.

She sighed.

"This is one big mess. My sister should have left me alone to my training." said Saga.

She sighed as the lights suddenly went off. She gasped reaching for the wall and slipped as she fell forward grabbing something only to land on something soft and suddenly her she was kissing Fandrall and everything else faded away. It was better than she'd ever dreamed of. But when she came to her senses she stopped rolling off him.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to-"

She heard a beep as the door opened. Saga ran to the door finding her weapons outside. And an apology note. Saga crumbled the note and shook her head.

"I guess the only one I can depend on is myself. No friends. No families. No weakness." said Saga.

Saga grabbed her weapons and ran to the backyard.

(ooc: feel free to follow her. Just couldn't resist lights going out and surprise kiss xd)

[Fandral]

Fandral felt a bit stuck and unable to help her. But he was relieved that he wasn't the one upsetting her nor could he ever upset her. He smiled softly. He then replied with a uncharistically shy smile, saga made him feel things no woman ever did "You know sometimes training is more beneficial with a partner. Perhaps saga is trying to... um, perhaps tell you to train differently" He said this softly and mostly with awkwardness. He didn't know how to put this properly, seeing how distracted she was and annoyed she was. Suddenly everything was a blur, both literally and figuratively as the lights went out and saga fell on top of him. Their lips pressed against each other and they both kissed each other. He couldn't bare it any longer and kissed her impulsively only for the feeling to be gone and her running off. Fandral couldn't hide his feelings anymore. He was in love with saga and soma knew it. Hence this. And he needed to stop saga.

"Saga, please! Wait!" Fandral chased after her and pulled her close to him and replied "I know you wish to fight and be strong but you are the strongest woman in all the nine realms. You cannot hide from your feelings and neither can I. Please saga, don't run from me. I do not wish to stand in your way. I wish to be there beside you. Always" He held her closer, trying his sincere hardest to make her feel his love "I... I am in love with you Saga. I always have been"

[Saga]

Saga paused at his words.

"No I have to keep training. I need to be the best." said Saga.

He paused as she followed her out.

"Stop it. Stop making fun of me. Bad enough my sister made this cruel practical joke. Are in you and the others in on it too? Laughing at me behind my back!" said Saga, hurt and angry.

She knew she wasn't always popular on Asgard. She'd heard some call her a stick in the mud or that she needed to lighten up. She tried to not let it bother her but it did. All she wanted to was serve her queen and along the way she'd fall for Fandrall. But surely he didn't feel the same way.

"Soma! Show yourself! I've had enough of your pranks. Please." said Saga.

When Soma didn't show up Saga glared at Fandrall.

"Just leave me alone." said Saga.

She paused swinging a fist at him or tried to.

(ooc: feel free to catch it. She's been in denial of her feelings so long and she thought fandrall would never return them. so now that she got what she wished it seems almost too goo to be true. she just may need some convincing. xD)

[Fandral]

(OCC: It's all good. Hopefully fandral can convince her)

Fandral felt a bit stuck, he wished to make saga feel important but it seemed she was too stubborn for her own good. Fandral wasn't really happy with Soma's way of getting to things, but if there was one thing she was right about is that Saga needed to open up more. But Fandral understood why, she had been picked on much more for being the loyal workaholic when they were young. He then felt a bit sad that she would not really believed he loved her. He wanted to prove her wrong "I would never be joking about this Saga. I'm not pranking you. I'm being serious. I love you. And I always will" He then allowed her to get upset, holding his tongue as she called out for her sister. He went over to speak again only for saga to aim to punch him. Fandral grabbed it, pushing it down. He frowned softly "I love you saga. And I will prove it to you every day for the rest of my life if I have to. I'll court you for centuries so long as I can prove to you I mean every word. There is no one else like you saga, and I should've told you that I loved you sooner. I am sorry you feel this way. I am sorry for taking so long. I will fix it now"

He pulled her in for a hug, holding her close, kissing her hair and replying softly "I don't care if you hurt me, scream at me, or even ignore me. I will love you. I do love you"