He'd been hit.
He'd been hit.
He had been HIT.
The second son of the golden realm of Asgard had been hit.
He'd been hit.
He'd been hit.
He was injured.
The trickster knew as much from the horned sword that pierced him through the abdomen.
What he couldn't let go of though, was the fact that he'd been hit to begin with.
Loki didn't GET hit in battle. He was too fast, too agile, too quick for the enemies to even scratch him. Thor? Thor got hit, sometimes. When the oaf was too thick skulled to know when to back off from an enemy that was too big, too quick and two steps ahead of him. Thor, sometimes, got hit. But Loki? Loki never got hit…well, okay, once. Once he got hit.
When the prince was younger, a good eight hundred years ago, he'd been hurt in a battle against Vanaheim. His shoulder had been sliced with a venomous arrow. It had taken him three weeks to heal properly from that injury. It was a brutal, long recovery but he had recovered.
This time, though?
Loki knew he wouldn't be so lucky.
Loki knew this time was different.
He knew as his eyes rolled about uselessly in his skull, that this time was very, very different.
Loki knew this because not only was there a horned sword sticking through his abdomen, but he could feel his magic ineffectually swirling about the broken bones of his vertebrae.
And, if the lack of feeling-of feeling ANYTHING at all-in his legs was any indication, Loki was paralyzed.
The trickster's head lolled back to the sandy ground beneath him. Only one word came to mind, and he uttered it softly from his lips:
"Fuck."
A/N: Firstly, I don't own these characters. Just wanted to add that.
Secondly, this was inspired by the fic "Got Hit, Couldn't Shake it" by Skylark016, except I made it more Loki-centered and pre-Avengers, possibly pre-Thor? He doesn't know he's a Frost Giant, soooo... I'm going to mark it as complete for now although I may continue it, depending on if there's interest involved. I have a few other stories I've been working on behind the scenes too, and yes, I'll still be updating my current stories in progress. Let me know what you guys think! :)