Ariel worked the rest of the day before Coulson had become concerned about her, "Jackson, you look like you're running a fever. Go to the hotel for the night and get some rest," he ordered.
Ariel nodded, though she knew it wasn't a fever, as she left the base and drove her SUV to the motel in town. She walked into her room and took of her suit until she was down to a cami and her underwear, finally feeling a cool breeze from the air she'd turned up to the maximum.
'This has to be partly due to the desert heat,' she said aloud to herself before laying back onto her bed hoping for sleep.
As she lyed there, staring at the ceiling, she heard the door to her room open. Ariel inhaled through her nose, sharply before sitting up to see who had just broken into her room. She blinked to clear her vision as she saw Loki standing at the foot of her bed, taking off his green coat.
"Pleased to see me?" he asked as he looked down at her, his eyes piercing her own.
Ariel swallowed wishing she could look away from him and suddenly wanting to put her clothes back on, well half of her wanted those things. She had to be honest with herself, only a small part of her wanted to turn him away.
"Why are you here?" she asked to break the silence and hopefully the eye contact.
Loki moved forward laying his body over hers without anything touching, "I have taken a liking to you, Ariel Jackson. You aren't afraid of me which you should be and you are trying to fight your body's need for me. I admire that as futile as it may be," he explained, his voice in a low throated growl.
"So, what happens now?" she asked, trying to remain level headed, "You give me the best sex of my life and go back to Asgard never to be seen or heard from again?" Her question stung more then she'd expected it to. How was he able to make her feel these things. But he wasn't making her, he was just allowing her to feel what she felt.
Loki shook his head as he leaned down and let out a soft breath on her neck, "I don't want that anymore then you do. I can come back to Midgard as often as I want to. Does that suit you're liking?" he asked as he held his hand above her abdomen just close enough without actually touching her.
'This is excruciating,' she thought to herself as she replied, "What are you waiting for?" her voice came across as breathy instead of firm as she'd hoped.
Loki raised a finger and waved it so say, no before whispering, "You have to make the first move because it has to come from your own free will."
Ariel didn't hesitate as she reached up from the bed around his neck to pull his face down to hers where she placed her lips to his, their tongues entering each other's mouths just as quickly.
Loki lowered his hands to her body, tracing it carefully with his fingertips as he made love to her mouth with his own. He hadn't given in to the joys of the flesh in a very long time and his body ached for it much worse then he'd expected.
When they finished, Ariel looked at him as he laid on the bed next to her, "Is this the part where you disappear into thin air again?"
"Only if I am forced to," he replied, "I am content to lie here with you. I had plans for this world but now I don't know that I can go through with any of them."
"Evil plans?" she asked as she traced a finger over his chest.
He nodded with a sly grin, "That is the only kind I make but now, I feel a renewed sense of purpose and I believe I need to return my brother to Asgard to take his place," he surprised himself as he spoke.
Ariel smiled before running her free hand into his hair, "If he was banished, how will you do it? Why am I so ok with all of this? Shouldn't I be more in shock over the fact that you are real?"
"You knew we were real all along or you would be in shock," he explained, "Some mortals have a keen sense of the world around them which makes them more aware of other worlds. And to answer your question, I am acting King of Asgard so I can undo his banishment but if I do that, I'll lose my rule."
"What makes you want to rule so badly?" she asked.
Loki shrugged his shoulders, "I just feel as though I am supposed to but perhaps I was wrong and I have a different purpose in this world. Either way, I will take Thor home with me along with his hammer if you can shut down the security at that base of yours," he left the end open for her to make up her mind.
Ariel took a deep breath, "If I do that, I will lose my job and you in the same instance. I don't know why I'm so drawn to you after our one encounter but I feel like we've been seeing each other for years," she confessed.
"Your heart's true desires can make things much stronger then normal wants and needs," he replied as he twirled one of her curls in his index finger, "But, I understand if you don't want to help."
Ariel looked at him, her heart racing a mile a minute as she looked into his eyes, "I can help you. I can do what you need in a way that will make it look like a system malfunction and not sabotage. When do you need me to act?"
Her follow up question caused him to frown, "Tonight which means I won't see you again for a time and that leaves me longing already," he revealed, surprised by his own heart's desire.
She nodded as she rolled onto her stomach, closer to him, placing her lips to his before pulling back, "Then I suppose we should make this day count."
