Loki's POV
The first time I met her the human that was an accident. I was walking around New York when I had bumped into her. I had thought she was nothing, but a stranger in my mind a worthless I had no idea that she would be the ruler of my world. Her red mid back long hair was curled that day and her caramel with gold flecked eyes. She was wearing her regular black capelet jacket and dark green jeans. I had said something to her that made her mad and she kicked me with her black combat boots. It was that day that day when I first became interested in a human. I became a staker following this strange girl around since she only called me a blind blundering fool.
It's been months since that incident and she has yet to notice me. Though something seems too be wrong with her lately. Today she kept walking around mindlessly. I never wanted to deal with her in person, but when she walked into oncoming traffic I had to pull her out of the way.
"Huh, who are you?" she asks in a apathetic voice and look plastered on her face.
"I'm…. Luke," I lie too her for some odd reason. This is the first time that I'd lied about who I am too a human before about who I am. I've always been proud for who I am.
"Ohhh… Thank you, John. you pulled me from getting hit by a car." she puts her hand to her head as she looks at me smiling.
"It was nothing," you worthless human, "Though are you okay, miss?" alright I'll play the gentlemen.
Still the way she smiles after that is absolutely adorable that I can't help, but to become fascinated with her even more. In all this time I've never seen such a shy and happy smile on her face. It almost melts my heart if there really is one in my chest. Though when that smile was gone it was only replaced by something that you'd only see on a dying man's face.
"How about I buy you a coffee, Luke, as a thank you?"
"Ummm… sure," I answer somewhat confused.
She pulls me to a small coffee shop around the corner. She orders two regular black cups of coffee and some scones. I'm not sure how long we sit there in a compatible silence. Though when we start talking it rather simple things that are almost mindless. Though even with me being a god me and this girl are a lot alike. Though when the news came on and they started talking about the avengers the look on her face only said awe and admiration.
"Aren't they amazing?" she asks.
"Sure, if you're in that type of thing?"
"They saved New York a while back from that Alien invasion and that nasty god, Loki."
"I'm sure he's not that bad of a person… god."
"He killed my father in his attack of Shield. Though my father was just a scientist it's still his fault that my father is now buried next to my mother. I'm all alone until I die."
"I'm sure that's just an exaggeration. If you'd like I'll be by your side."
She looks at me with tears in her eyes and a quivering lip, "Really… I'm glad though it won't be for that much longer."
"What do you mean?"
She looks at me shocked, "It's nothing."
"Luke, do you have a cellphone. It'd be nice if we can arrange a meeting later."
"Sure…" crap a cellphone. Maybe I have a spell somewhere I can create one for myself. Oh what the hell.
In a matter of seconds I hand her a phone, "Here."
She smiles up at me as she types into it her information and then hands it back too me, "Just message me whenever you want just tell me it's you when you do."
I nod my head as I look at her face talking in how tired she looks even though it's only the middle of the day. Though she tell me she's about to head home I make her agree too let me walk her home so I know she'll get home alright without me having too follow her in the shadows like I always do.
Before I leave her at the door she realizes something, "Ohhh… by the way my name is Mira."
I smile, "Alright, hi Mira my name is Luke."
Mira and I had had spent a lot of time together and I find out she's an author. Her goal is to write a top seller before she dies. Though she keeps making it sound like she's going to die rather soon. Our time together is at coffee shops and watching movies. Which I 'pay' for us to get in.
"Luke, I can't believe it."
"Believe what?"
"I work at a magazine for a side job and I just found out that I get to interview the avengers tomorrow. Would you like to come with me, John."
Shit, if I go with her I'll be found out, but if I don't I won't get too spend anytime with her. Also what if she somehow figures out who I am on her own? She thinks Loki is a disgusting monster from the few times that I've been brought up she's only talked about hating us with all our might.
"I'd like too but I have work tomorrow," I try to lie too her.
"Wow, so you actually work for a living," she picks on me.
"Yeah, I do though I don't work that much," I lie through my teeth once again to her.
"Well is it alright that I message you when I'm done. You can pick me up and we can hangout after I'm done."
"Yeah, that sounds fine with me," I answer her happy that I'll still get to spend time with her tomorrow… "Though what time do you want too meet up?"
"Ummm… The interview is supposed to be at noon so we can meet up at 4 or 5."
"Sounds perfect then I'll take you out for dinner and everything. I have a good restaurant in mind that I think you'll really like."
Her eyes brighten at the idea of food if there's something more that she loves more than reading and writing and that's food. So I can't help but to smile at her at the idea that she'll enjoy this more than anything.
"Luke, I can't help but to think that there's something that we can do in the meantime."
"There's a lot of things, but it's all up too what you feel like."
"Let's just head to my place for now. I'll whip up something good for the two of us."
"Of course, that sounds rather nice. It'd be the most relaxing of the days that we've spent together I bet."
"It will be won't it," she answers rather calmly.
It's true that it's is relaxing. We just sit around on her couch. She's lying there half asleep with her legs propped up on my lap. It would have bothered me a while ago, but for some reason it doesn't at least with her. Still it's comfortable being this close to her. For some reason this human woman brings out the best in me. It's been a long time since something like that had happened like this. A time that I'd be calm being around person so calmly.
"Luke, will you tell me something about yourself? Please will you."
I don't want too tell her about myself, but I want her too feel like she can truly trust me.
"I was adopted as a child. I was a very happy child thanks to my adopted mother. I have a brother that I despise though he is my mother's son. My father I hate the most in the world. I have always felt like it's his fault that I was taken from my family. I was only a small baby when I was brought into my family, but that family was not my own. That family is the only one that I've known in my life."
She smiles sadly as she hears me speak the small part of who I am. Though I don't want her to know that I'm the man that killed her father, that caused her father's death. Though she never told me who he was exactly.
It's about noon and I know that she's at the Avengers little base, and for the first time I want to go there and risk it all cause I miss her. It's only been about 12 hours since I left her apartment. Though I wanted to stay, but for some reason I haven't been trusting myself around her for a lot of reason. There's a lot of reasons for that as well.
I sigh as I sit in her apartment that I had yet again broke into while she's away. I look at her bookshelf as I notice that there is hundreds books all on all kinds of different subjects. it all covers on folklore too medical, science to magic. I pick the book that she has on Norse mythology and history. It's' rather fascinating what humans will believe is the truth about us, though there is some to these stories.
I can't say how many of her books I read through before I notice that it's three and my phone is going off.
"Hello," I answer it and of course it's from Mira's phone. The only person who has my phone number.
"Is this Luka?"
"Who is this?"
"Sorry Luke this Steve Rodgers. I'm calling cause Miss. Mira Jones had said your name and to call you before she collapsed. If you could, could you please come to the Avenger's tower?"
For Odin's sake, "Of course I'll come."
Why did I just say that? Mira is hurt. Remember you promised to be with her whenever she was in any kind of pain either if she was just lonely or something bad was happening.
I arrive at the tower and look up as I smooth out the jacket and I sense where Mira is. I focus as I teleport to her side. I find her with her eyes squeezed shut and I can tell she's in a great amount of pain. Her hand is hanging off the side of the bed and I take it in my own. Her red hair streaked with black is almost floating on her pillow making her look like an angel. Though her face is a sickly pale I know that if she opened her eyes her eyes would be bright and maybe she'd even have color too her cheeks. No matter what she is the true meaning of beauty.
She whispers my 'name' and I smile as I answer, "I'm here Mira. I won't leave your side."
I sit at her side as my phone goes off again this time I know it's not Mira calling me. They must have taken my number from her phone. I simply take the contraption and turn it off since I have no need for it to be turned on.
Mira starts stirring and she looks even more like she's in a great amount of pain. I shoot up and place my free hand on her forehead like in the movies as I move too be cupping her cheek.
"Come on, Mira, you're strong. Whatever is wrong you'll find a way to fight it."
"Loki," When I hear my brother speak my name I turn around actually surprised.
I was too focused on Mira too notice someone come into the room.
"Loki," my idiot brother shouts at me once again, "Why are you here?"
I look at him, but I end up looking at Mira again seeing her face in pain and her eyes flickering as she seems too dream.
"I had to come for her," I answer truthfully.
"What are you speaking of? What are you planning to use this human girl for?"
I look at him shocked and appalled by the very idea of using her for something like that.
"I'd never use her like that," I answer letting the annoyance and anger leak out.
"Luke," I hear Mira speak not mumble.
I turn around to see her caramel gold eyes looking at me confused, "Mira, what's wrong?"
"Luke… Did you lie to me? Are you really Loki?"
I look at her scared as I watch tears fall from her eyes, "Are you really Loki? The man that had killed my father?"
I look at her afraid and Thor destroys any chance that I could to save myself from her knowing the truth, "Loki! Leave."
The look that Mira's face twists me scares me. Mira is my light my angel she can't hate me.
"Leave. Leave me alone, Luke… No, I mean Loki. Leave I never want too see you again," the way her voice cracks as she tries to hold back hr tears breaks my heart.
"Mira, listen to me."
"No! I'd never want to listen too you speak any more lies to me. I believed you. I had fallen in love with you, but yet hearing who you are breaks my heart. I feel as if I had betrayed my family. You had killed my father and I had fallen in love with you and believed the lies that you've told. Was this just another joke too pass your time? Do you take joy in destroying others like this?"
"I'd never hurt you purposely. Mira, listen everything that I've told you is the truth everything, but my name," I tell her biting back my tears and the anger towards my brother.
"Loki, please leave me alone. I don't want to ever see your face again."
I sigh as I let a single slip down my cheek, "Alright, Mira. Though I promised to stay by your side until the day you die… I'll leave you alone. Though I want to know the way that you felt being with me I felt the same."
Before more can be said I teleport away from them.
Mira's POV
I can't believe it. Luke is really Loki… Loki is Luke. Luke I had fallen in love with. That means that I had fallen in love with Loki. though what he said. I want to believe it. I want to believe that he loves me the way he was around me is really who is. The childish joke playing man that is serious but caring. Please have Loki be like that. Have Loki be that man that I had fallen for. … I'm sorry father. I truly am sorry. I'll see you soon though and I'll apologize in person.
Loki's POV
I lean against the Avenger's tower as I think it's been only a week since Mira had found out about me. Still I visit her at night reading too her and telling her stories from my childhood. Letting her know everything about myself.
"Loki," I hear Iron man speak out.
I look over to see that the Captain and my brother was at his side. Their stance said they're not here to fight, but I know that their ready to if needed to.
"What do you want?"
"We want to talk to you about Miss. Mira Jones."
"Fine," I answer as I follow them into the tower.
As we walk into some conference looking room Stark sits by a computer as he looks at me he asks, "Do you know why Miss. Jones fainted?"
I shake my head, "No… She was always afraid to tell me. I think it's cause she was afraid that I'd know the time limit that we would have together. it was her escape from the truth."
"All Miss. Jones has done since she's got her is write it's rather noble of her. She had us go get her computer so she'd be able to continue her story she's been working on since she met you about a month or so."
"Stark you better just get too the real part of why you asked me to come in here," I order him.
"Fine, Loki Miss. Jones is sick. She's dying."
I look at them as I bite, "I know that. I could sense it on her the day we met. I didn't ask because I didn't want a time limit of what I'd get with her."
"Do you know that she has a tumor. It's in her lungs and heart. She'll die more than likely gasping for air."
I walk to the table as I slam my hands on it as I yell, "She won't. I'll find a way to save her. Mira won't die even if I have to , to save her…. I need her."
I teleport out of the room too Mira's apartment. I pull out my book of magic once again as I start to flip through it I only feel anger and annoyance on anyway that I can save Mira. I need Mira…. Wait…. Mira the angel that seemed to be saving me without even knowing so. She's my angel even if she's starting to fall apart. I will find her pieces and piece her back together. For I… I love that human. I love Mira. Wow… I'd never think that something like that would ever happen.
It's night once again and I slip into modern human clothing. I had pulled on the green shirt that Mira had given too me. I slip on regular jeans slipping on a simple belt with what looks like my horns as a buckle. I smile sadly as I think at this was what she'd like me too dress up as. She always hated my dress shirts and plain black pants.
Still I teleport to Mira too find that she's awake.
"Loki," she gasps as she sees me appear in front of her. "Loki, why are you here?"
I don't want to lie too her so I sigh as I sit down, "I promised I'd be with you until you die, but since you didn't want too see me… I'd come while you'd be asleep and read too you telling you stories about myself. You know this is true don't you."
She looks at me as she answers, "I know I was awake a few of the times, but I never had the courage to tell you… At least until now. Though Loki why are you dressed like that?"
"This is the shirt you gave me. I always wear it when I come too see you. You always said I look better when I'd dress like this."
She smiled as she sits up and I see she's in pain, "Mira, lay back down alright. I don't want you to be causing yourself any more pain. So you have cancer."
She looks at me shocked then she only has a sad smile, "Yes… If I counted properly I only have about 2 more months to live or is it less than that?"
She scoffs as she starts crying, "I can't stand this, Luke… Loki. I hate it. I'd like to spend more time with you. I'd love that. I'd love to be with you for eternity. Though I don't even know if you'd even miss me when I die? I'll just be a tiny speck as a human. "
"Mira I'll miss you. Of course I would, but we need to worry about that cause could eternity together. I believe I know a way. Please just don't die until I find a way to save you then I'll find a way for we can be together for that long."
She smiles sadly as she reaches out towards me and I can't help, but to move closer as I take her hand into my own. She smiles as she moves her other hand too my cheek.
"Loki, tell me why do you keep seeing me like this. I'm just a frail human."
"No, you're not. You've always had the guts to talk back too whoever you'd want too. You are anything but frail. You may think so, but you're stronger than I."
At those words she pulls herself up to wrap her arms around my shoulders letting go of both my hand and cheek. I pull away from her shocked before I can ask more she kisses me softly as she looks me in the eye. I can tell she wants to cry, but why I'm not sure.
"I'm sorry, Loki. I have to ask you to break your promise. After tonight you are too never show yourself here again."
I'm not sure, but I felt a sharp pain in my chest, but I still obey her for she's my queen.
It's been a few days since she had basically ordered me to stay away and my wall that I built to control my anger breaks. I make a small rampage through New York making sure not to kill anyone. I can't have her hate me anymore than she already does since I killed her father. I can't forgive myself for something like that now.
Still when my brother and his comrades appear I hardly put up a fight hoping that maybe they're stop siding with their humanity and just kill me. Instead i'm thrown into some cell and I hate my life.
"Loki," I hear my brother speak to me.
I look up too see that his face looks like when he had told me that our mother was dead.
"Is she alright?"
He shakes his head as he looks at me, "No, she's barely holding on. Though we ask her if she'll see you and she only seems to grow worse. Though I hate to say this, but the only one that can ease her pain is you, brother. This girl needs you more than anything."
I nod my head as I look at him with sadness, "I wish too see her, but I know that in truth I can't. If I do I will lose control of myself. I might hurt her. You saw my cell after mother had died. I feel as if I could do far worse if she dies and I see it all happen. Where I can't do anything to help her… What would become of me? What would become of her?"
"That is why Loki that we had Stark's technology too help us."
Through as a hologram I appear in Mira's room as she gasps for air. I move towards her wishing I could hold her hand. Though when she looks my way her body calms down and the gasp stops too a small amount of wheezing.
"Loki, you came. You came I so.. I'm so glad I get too see you," she reaches for my hand and I reach for her, but her hand passes through the hologram.
"I'm sorry. I caused a bit of a problem and I was locked up. Though I know that no one was killed in my small tantum I had thrown. Though I wish be here in person."
Thor walks through my projection as he sits in a corner of the room.
"Why does he have to be here?" Mira asks me a bit tired.
"He's here too keep us both calm," I joke with her causing her too smile.
"I'm sorry, Loki. I think my time is pulling near."
I hold back my tears as I force my magic into the projection so i can take her hand into my own, "No, don't you dare say that too me. You are too live a long happy and complicated life with me alright. You have too promise me. You have to promise to stay with me forever. Remember i said you wanted that."
Though Thor had gotten up when I had done that spell he still stood silently in his corner and it seems that Mira had even forgotten he was there.
"Fine… I promise that I will spend all of time with Loki until their is no such thing as life," she is able to speak out clearly without any wheezing.
I look at Thor as I shout, "let me out. Please let me out. I have to be with her. I have to physically hold her. Please, brother. Please let me do so. I have to hold the woman I love."
In those words Thor is purely immobilized by shock and Mira's face can simply be said filled with utmost joy hearing me say those words.
"You love me," she gasps out.
I nod my head, "Yes, I have fallen in love with you… from the second when we had met a year ago and you called me a blundering fool. Though when I got to spend time with you the last 6 months means the world too me."
She smiles and I watch as the machine she's hooked to does that flat line sound.
In my cell I start breaking everything that's around as I even try to escape from the cell… I think they made it just for me. As I try to break through Rodgers shows up and unlocks the door.
"Trust me when I say a man should be with his love in their last months."
"Thank you," I manage to say as I teleport to Mira.
I shout her name as I see her. I rush to her side and I start to chant her name like it's a life line to my sanity and too her life.I grab her hand in my own and I focus on a life force tie spell too her. I focus as much as I can. I focus as I try to tie my life force with her. So if she dies I'll die and when I die she'll die. She'll age like me.
I hold my breath as I feel someone pull me away from her as they say, "Loki, let go of her she's gone."
I shake my head as I shout, "No, I won't let her go. I can save her. I know I can. I have to save her."
I let my emotions take the better of me as I use them too power this spell hoping that they're put more power into it. I hold my breathe as I work the spell hoping that I can save my angel.
I feel arms pulling on me but I refuse to move. I won't move. I'll never move. I promised her I'd never leave her and I broke that. I shouldn't have listened to her. I shouldn't have listened to her selfish and childish whims.
Mira's POV
I open my eyes to see that I'm wearing a white dress and I'm in a meadow.
"Is this real? I'm really dead?"
I hear someone shout my name and I look around, "That sounded like Loki. Why do I hear him saying my name?"
"That's cause he wants you to live. I can't blame him. i'd wish that I wouldn't get too see you until you'd be an old grandma with grandkids and great grandkids," I hear my mother speak to me.
I smile as I jump into her arms. I can't believe it mom looks the same as she had when I was 6 when she had died in the car accident. Next too her is my father looking like he wants to die… which I don't think can happen since we're already dead.
"Sweety, you're flat lining, but you're not dead," my father tells me.
"How?"
A large oval appears in front of us and soon it's an image of Loki crying as he chants my name. He looks like he's trying to do something too bring me back to life.
"Why? Why is he doing this?"
"That's cause when god's met their other half they refuse to let them go no matter how long they've known them and how they treat them. Though Loki had killed me I don't hate him. Instead I pity the poor boy. He let his mind be twisted by hate and loneliness. He doesn't seem to understand very much about the world. Though I hate the fact that you seem to be his other half… his soul mate if I must say that you two are perfect for each other. At least before you let the illness take over everything almost destroying who you really are. That boy though he kept a small piece alive."
A small ball of light floats in front of me and I hear Loki's voice chanting a spell. He sounds desperate more than the picture of him chanting my name.
"I can't leave him like that… Can I?" I ask them as I look back.
My parents nod their head, "Sweety just grab the ball of light and repeat after him too the best of your power before you life truly runs out."
I nod my head and repeat him luckily i've been studying ancient languages like old Norse since I was helping in the museum for fun.
Loki's POV
I'm pulled away from Mira, but I keep chanting the spell hoping that it'll just work. It has to work. Without thinking I send a chair into the wall breaking it into tiny slivers.
"Loki, calm down. Brother, snap out of it. Mira… she's glowing."
I look at her and I can't help but too let out the breath that I was holding. Did my spell work?
I hear a slight voice say, "If you're hurt our daughter, god or not we'll come and kick your ass young man."
I almost want to laugh, but when I hear a slight groan and then my name come from the angel's lips I run too her side knocking my brother down.
I take her hand in my own, "Mira. Mira."
Her head turns slowly over too look at, "Loki, can you stop chanting my name save that for another time that's private."
I smile at her as she looks at me. This feeling that I have is all I need when I'm with her… is all I need ever. It's odd that I had changed, but yet I still have to say I still hate humans…. Just not the one in my arms. She's not even human in my eyes she's my angel.
"Alright, as long as you promise never leave me like that again."
She smiled as she nods her head, "Alright, you do the same. Next time I tell you I don't ever want too see you just say, 'too damn bad I'm staying.'"
I nod my head as I brush tears from her eyes. I know their tears of happiness I know this cause I think I might be crying to. Ugh, the god of mischief lowered too such a level. I hate it, but at the same time it's not so bad as long as it's just for her.