Lady Loki
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Sometimes those with the names that go unspoken have the most interesting stories. Such was the case with Cora or, as she preferred to be called, Lady Loki.
We begin this tale, not in her home of Asgard, but on Earth. Banished by Odin she now lay in a deep crater in the middle of desert land. Like a fallen angel she lay quiet in her unconscious state, her body bruised from the long fall.
"Well that wasn't what I was expecting to happen" said a bystander as she made her way towards the seemingly lifeless form "but something tells me that this is what I have been looking for".
The bystander was actually a S.H.I.E.L.D agent from New York who specialised in magic and mythology. She was a researcher for them but she wasn't an average human like most of the other scientists. She had special powers but was not a field agent yet. She had to prove herself to Fury as she was young and he was unsure she had full control of what was a pretty impressive set of abilities. She was out in the desert investigating strange weather patterns which she now connected to this event. Approaching with caution and just a hint of excitement she knelt down beside the pale being, not entirely sure what to do
"Who are you?" she whispered to herself as looked over the young women in front of her. Looking for any indication of who this could possibly be she noticed a bracelet on the girl's wrist and looking at it thought there might be an engraving on the other side. She removed it with the upmost care and sure enough there was a small engraving on the inside
"To my dearest Cora, you are and forever shall be Lady Lo…"
"What are you doing with that?" came a pained but angered voice from the floor.
"Oh, you're awake"
"Give that ba…" attempting to get up she winced, preventing her from finishing
"Don't try and move! You fell from the sky and hit the ground pretty hard. Just sit still for a moment… what is your name?" asked the agent, trying to hide the fact that she was incredibly excited to be in the presence of someone from another realm. She had met Thor only once in her life and that was by accident.
"Return my bracelet to me first and then I will co –operate" said the woman holding out her hand. The agent placed the bracelet in the palm. "Thank you. I am Lady Loki, who are you Midgardian?"
"Wow… Lady Loki" again trying to hide her enchantment "Oh… I'm Skyla"
She just watched for a moment as Lady Loki grew accustomed to her surroundings. She was surprised at her lack of fear or confusion at having fallen from her home to this planet but took note of the sadness on her face.
"Why don't I take you somewhere comfortable?" said Skyla without thinking. All the agent wanted to do was find out more about from this gold mine of mythological and magical information. She pushed all the thoughts of Loki, the other agents of S.H.I.E.L.D's opinions of Asgardians and the catastrophic incident of the year before to the back of her mind, this was all she needed to make some headway in her research and get herself promoted to field agent. However, she temporarily forced that to the back of her mind too and focused all her attention on the matter at hand. "Let's get you back to my base camp, you look like you could do with some rest and recuperation" she stood up as she said this and held out her hand with a confidence that surprised but comforted the fallen Asgardian. Cora took the hand, painfully raised herself from the ground and stood to face her acquaintance.
"You humans are odd creatures. You show such compassion to strangers. I can only accept your kind offer and thank you for such kindness". These words were spoken with an almost apologetic tone so that Skyla only half heard
"You're welcome" she replied.
With that, the two headed out of the crater and started the short car journey to the base camp.