Author's Notes (technically my second note. first note is chapters away. haha) : This started out as a RP between me and a friend, and all I am doing is putting it into a slightly easier to read form. There is another part to it, which was being explained in my other story, but I thought this was easier. Here is Janna/Loki's perspective.
Janna stomped her foot at failing, yet again.
"Hyah!" She shouted in frustration as she tried to create a barrier around her soda sitting on the table in front of her. The air flickered slightly, but nothing more. "Gah, I know it worked! I can see it did...why does she make it look so easy?"
She tried again and finally a small barrier appeared for a moment before disappearing again. "Grr...I'll get it...I know I will..."
Caroline heard yelling and decided sleeping would be pointless when Janna was in a 'scientific' mood. Getting out of bed, she meandered into the next room.
"What are you doing?! It's like...really late! I think..."
"Nothing!" Janna responded as she took the last sip of her soda and threw it away.
"I didn't do something completely stupid, but AWESOME today..."
"Mhm...I totally believe you..." Caroline ran a hand through her hair and glimpsed the clock on the wall.
"Dang it! I'm SO late!" She ran to her room, and in a few moments she was dressed in really dark clothing, with a large hat sagging on her head.
"I'll be back soon! Please don't set anything on fire...again."
"Can't promise anything…." Janna turned in Caroline's general direction and stuck out her tongue.
"Don't get mugged!...Or raped!" She added.
"I won't be mugged or raped...yeah...ok...see you later!"
Once Caroline had left the apartment, Janna went to her room and closed the door, just in case Caroline got back too quickly. She got undressed, but left her underwear on and walked in front of the large full body mirror.
"I know I have the ability…but how do I turn invisible...?" She thought to herself.
"Think hide. That's it. I'm usually pretty shy when I meet new people." Janna closed her eyes for a moment and thought hard.
She opened one of her eyes and checked the mirror.
"Yes!" Her left shoulder and face was invisible, but as soon as she lost concentration she was visible again.
Janna tried invisibility again, this time she managed to become completely invisible. Only the little clothes she had left on could be seen.
"Huzzah! I did it!" Janna smiled, then grinned even bigger when she couldn't see it. "Hehehe. God of Mischief, I think you've met your match."
Janna danced around the room invisible for quite a while, the last of her clothes were gone now and she couldn't be seen at all. While she was dancing she had kept one eye on the mirror at all times.
Suddenly she got an idea, an incredibly dumb idea. She needed practice remaining invisible with other people and distractions around. Who better to mess with than drunken people? Apparently she had completely forgotten the only reason she was totally invisible was because she was naked...
Janna dashed out the front door and passed a few different bars she decided against. Then she heard a familiar voice from inside one of them. She was going to pass it up, but her excitement over who's voice it was made her lose all rational thinking and she ran inside.
Sitting alone in an unidentified area of the city, Loki sat in a dim room, alone with his thoughts. Thor was out there somewhere, and the mere thought of his half-brother filled him with hate. Loki scowled a bit, and made a fist with his hand. Soon, Thor wouldn't be a problem.
After about an hour of moping, Loki decided to do his favorite hobby; cause chaos and destruction. Leaving his 'hideout', the God of Mischief knew exactly where to go. Where do all mortals go and do insanely dumb stuff for expensive prices; Wal-Mart and bars of course!
Loki decided to go to the first mortal bar he saw; there he could play as many pranks he wanted, and the humans would be no wiser. The music was loud, and the place smelled of sweat mixed with something else, but he really didn't care. Walking up to the bar, he signaled the bar tender with a snap of his fingers.
"What do you want?" the keeper asked.
"I demand a drink."
The tender raised a brow, but gave him a shot anyway.
Fifty shots later, and with a little encouragement, Loki was standing on a table screaming at the patrons of the bar.
"You are all so weak! I think I want to enslave you all, and have you kneel to the Almighty King!"
The bartender was speechless and because of the commotion, did not even notice the door to his bar open and close all on its own. Loki, however did notice, but passed it off as the wind.
That was Janna, still invisible, and she walked through the bar. She avoided touching as many people as possible. She managed to avoid nearly everyone, only brushing a few with her shoulder. She climbed up onto the bar directly in front of Loki and poked him in the chest. Janna was still completely invisible, and completely insane.
Loki took a few sobering blinks, but he was still a little dizzy from almost a hundred shots.
"Who dares to touch me!" he shouted from the bar.
Janna managed not to laugh and pushed on him even harder, hopefully enough to make him fall off the bar. She was glad she still couldn't see her own arms. She was remaining invisible quite well. Loki fell off the bar, but got up rather quickly for a drunk man, even if he was an Asgardian.
"I demand to know who's responsible for this-this insolence!" His voice was threatening, but he stumbled a bit.
Janna couldn't help but giggle slightly. It was so quiet she prayed Loki hadn't heard it above the ruckus of the bar. She tiptoed behind him and poked his left cheek. Then she thought, "what the heck?" She was being a complete idiot anyway. She quickly turned toward his right ear.
She stood up on her tiptoes and whispered, "Who's the God of Mischief now?"
Loki rubbed his cheek and scowled.
"Who are you to ask mysterious apparition?! I am and always will be!" Usually Loki wouldn't be this dramatic, but he wasn't really himself at the moment.
"Prove it." Janna said standing directly behind him. She still couldn't control herself and ran her fingers up through Loki's hair, giving him a strange Mohawk.
Loki twirled in a circle in an attempt to catch the mysterious figure. "I needn't prove anything! Show yourself!"
Janna took a step back to the edge of the bar when Loki spun around. She began to release her invisibility when she remembered she was naked. What the heck was she thinking?!
Before turning visible she managed to control it enough that only her right arm, shoulder and that half of her face, except her eye flickered visible for but a moment.
"Shit..." She thought, "There's no way he missed that...He may be drunk, but he's not completely blind..."
Loki did notice the quick visibility; no matter that is was a bit limited.
"What sorcery is this?" he said baffled. He attempted to reach for where the shoulder last appeared.
"Ah crap..." Janna thought in her head as she leaned to the side and jumped from the bar to avoid his hand. The tips of his fingers managed to swipe her arm and she flickered visible yet again.
"Dammit!" She mentally screamed.
Loki scowled. This one was tricky, and was becoming and interesting bother. He felt something when he reached out; he even saw the person for another brief second. This night was going to be fun after all.
Janna saw something in Loki's face, and it took all of her concentration not to lose focus and become visible again. She loved the look, but knew that if she got caught she probably wouldn't survive to see the next day.
She started walking backwards away from Loki and looked around. Great. She had nothing.
Loki reached out again, almost like he was trying to stroke a kitten. This was becoming something of a game to him; and he would win. Loki almost always got what he wanted eventually…
"No." Janna thought. She wouldn't let him gain control of the situation and force her to run. She couldn't let him feel like he'd won.
Janna spun behind a drunken dancer, or two, and managed to get behind Loki again. She was between him and the bar, so she grabbed two drinks that were sitting there.
"Looookiiii." She taunted in a voice that only he would be likely to hear. "Thor would have never been caught this off guard."
She was almost definitely lying, but she didn't care. As she finished speaking she tossed one of the drinks at his back. As soon as she did she booked it for the door, but left a trail of liquor behind her that she had in her other hand. Why? Did she WANT to get caught?
Loki turned around quickly, only to have cheap liquor poured into his face. He growled in frustration, but did not fail to notice the trail the person had left.
"Hm...well a chase is better than ending the fun." He would not let himself become a mockery.
"Now what?" Janna thought as she left the bar, the ghost door probably only noticed by the God of Mischief.
Two men were standing against the wall outside the bar. She snatched one of the men's scarves and held it as she ran down the street.
Loki ran outside, and looked down the alleys.
"Look at that! Man that's weird!"
Loki turned in the direction on the voice to see two male mortals pointing to a floating piece of red fabric. The God of Mischief smirked. What was this mortal's game?
Janna wanted to make a fool out of Loki, but she couldn't come up with anything as she was running. She turned a corner at a Publix and as she neared the doors she let go of the scarf.
"What was Thor doing standing in front of a Publix?" She thought to herself. "Hmm, maybe the doors opening and closing will make Loki think I went in there. Or maybe Loki would be sidetracked by Thor..."
She turned away from the Publix and stepped off the curb to cross the street.
Loki ran up to the doors as Thor walked inside, but his obsession with finding the scarf caused him to miss Thor's presence. Loki caught up to the scarf, but the only thing moving it was the wind. He was beyond annoyed; but he wasn't angry. The mortal had only beaten him for now, but he was sure they'd meet again. Most probably because he'd make sure they did.
"I'm sorry." A girl mumbled bumping into the god.
Loki looked at the human girl with flippant uncaring. "Make sure you pay closer attention to where you're going." he grumbled.
Caroline nodded while Loki inspected the streets once more. With a frustrated sigh, Loki turned and walked back through the other street.
He walked back into his hideout, and pulled the scarf from his pocket. Running his fingers over the material reminded him of the chase that took place only moments before. Loki sat down in his favorite chair, still holding the scarf. How could he force the invisible person show up again?