Chapter 3: Promises

Loki woke on a different room full of white mosaics, some of which were missing. His head was hurting yet again, as well as several parts of his body. What happened? A simple human couldn't t have possibly take him down? Could she? Something was wrong. The journey must have worn him off. He looked at his surroundings. The room was small and the blue paint on the wall seemed to be peeling, he was also laying on white bathtub with his wrists tied to the bathtub´s faucet.

The God cursed at the human and attempt to undue the knot. Lucky for him it was a regular rope this time. And as he was attempting to free himself, he couldn´t help but hear the conversation going on the outside of the room.

"Damn it! Where did I left my phone!? Oh! The refrigerator! Why am I not surprise?"

Loki tried to keep silent and follow her rambling. Apparently she was now attempting to communicate with someone. He tried to accommodate himself in the bathtub so he could give his arm a bit of a rest.

"Hey umm John? Yeah I know its Sunday morning… but emm do you happen to know the number of Tony Stark? Or anyone of the matter?"

Stark? Loki cursed at him. She was now going to hand him to Stark! It was back to Asgard yet again.

"No I just wanted to…yes I know it's early, we already discuss that!"

Loki snarled, and proceed to hurry with untying the knots, but he position he currently on, made it hard for him.

"Well I don´t know! You said you had "contacts" with "important" people! I just thought… I know I know!"

How could he have been so foolish into scaring the human, his whereabouts were probably unknown, and she is the only shield he has now. He can´t let her hand him.

The God of Mischief couldn´t take it any longer and end up snatching the cheap faucet out of the tub. He somehow manage to catch the metal before it made sound. He quickly rush to the door and proceed to open it. He need to stop her.

"Okay you know what never mind call me when you have it"- The female end up the call and sighed at her lack of success. She walked towards the bathroom direction and dropped her potatoes bag as soon as she saw the God on her hall.

"Shit!"- She cursed and proceed to ran away.

"No wait!"- Loki called and ran after her. She ran towards the living room and grabbed as many used dishes as she could.

"Get away from me!"- She proceed to throw dishes at him. Loki dodge them smoothly and attempt to speak of her.

"Human, just calm down I-"

But his words made no effect on her, she continues to throw as many objects she could find. Loki got annoyed and lost it.

"Alright enough!"-His outburst made the dishes in her hand go flying and crash against other wall. This didn´t make the female feel any better and she proceed to scream and ran.

"Help! Help!"-She went running pass him. Loki attempt to grab her wrist but she quickly snatched it. Loki sighed and watch as she went into what he assumed was her bedroom and slammed the door. He walked towards the door and tried to open it. It was locked.

"I am not going to hurt you damn it!"-Loki called.-"Open the door"

"Go away!"- She shouted, and Loki could hear how she was pushing some heavy piece of furniture against the door.

"Listen I think you are under the wrong impression of me"-He tried. –"If you could just open the door and let me explain to you-"

"I said go away!"- She repeated.

"I can´t! Remember?-Loki called. "I am bound to you, darling. Just come out so we can figure this out-"

"Like I would be so stupid! You threaten to kill me!"

"I apologize for that. But we need to-"

But the God´s words were interrupted by the sound of really loud music playing from inside the room.

"Oh really!"-Loki banged the door.-"Is this how we are going to play?"

"What? I can´t hear you?!"- She mocked from the inside and proceed to turn up the volume even more.

"Damn it human!"-Loki started banging at the door.-"I am just trying to help.

The sound became louder and the female started to put some Death Metal she forgot her Middle School-self used to listen to and never bother to erase from her iPod.

After thirty minutes of the greatest hits, Loki gave up on trying. He figured out she would have to come out at some point, and even though her could just break open the door, it was not going to help improve the image she already had about him. He needed to gain her trust if he wanted to keep away from his brother.

After 20 more minutes the music eventually became calmer and less noisy. To the point maybe he could attempt to speak to her. It was just some piano song playing, and if it were a different situation, Loki would have appreciate more.

"Darling"-He tried, but there was no response.

He sighed and listened as his stomach made noises. He was starving. Maybe he need to try a different approach.

"You don't happened to have food do you?"- He called, there was a noise and the music became lower. He got her attention.-"It's been a long journey you know. I haven´t eat on a while."

Loki smiled she didn´t answer but he could tell it was working.

"Come on, open the door I swear I won´t harm you darling".

There was a small pause, before Loki heard her moving the furniture behind the door. The door was soon open.

"Good girl"-He smiled at her. And she in exchange hit him with the soccer ball she threw. Loki looked at her-"Seriously?"

"Well to be fair you broke my hockey stick with your thick head."

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"So tell me what was again the reason I shouldn´t hand you to Stark?"- The female ask skeptically as she serve Loki his fourth waffle. She found amusing how at first he seemed disgusted by the food, but as soon he had some, he couldn´t stopped eating.

"I don´t think you have understand how bounding spell works, love,"-He said as he grabbed the maple syrup. -"There are different variations, some are meant to keep people in one place, some are meant to keep two people together, and by the looks of it what you used on me it's an ancient spell to bound someone to you in the literal way they can´t be apart"

"So?"-She said serving herself more orange juice.

"So if my dearest brother takes me to Asgard, where do you think you are going to be taken?"

The female kept quiet and drank her juice. Loki smiled triumphantly.

"Exactly"-Loki comment.-"So unless you know how to break the spell its best if we stuck together."

She scoffed.

"For all I know you could just be just be lying to me"

"True"-Loki commented.-"But neither you nor I know how exactly the spell works, we don´t know its limits, we don´t know the consequences if you are decided to stay here while I am taken. It could be harmful for both of us. And just so you know there is a variation of the spell where if we are keep apart for determine time, we both die.

Loki smiled at the tensed look in the human. Her jaw was tight and she started to scratch the back of her hand harshly.

"So let me get this straight you want me to give you roof, feed you, not call for help and risk getting killed in my sleep while keeping you here?"

"At least until we figure out how this spell words. My suggestion is to go with that old woman who gave you this and ask what she used, maybe then I can find a way to repel it."-Loki answered calmly unfazed by her tone.-"And as I already told you human"

"My name is Rachel"- She interrupted

"Rachel"-He corrected- "I win nothing from killing you. We don´t know the terms of this spell, some bounding spells end when one of them die, some are bound to eternity, some don´t even break. For all I know I could kill you and ended up dead too."

"Want to try?"-She snapped and Loki chuckled.

"I don't think it would end up good"-The God drank his orange juice.-"So what do you day, peace?"

"You realize you threaten to kill me 3 times yesterday, right?"-She recalled, unable to trust the handsome God.

"Well you have to understand that one moment I am at my cell and on another I am on a complete different place with a stranger that turns out has kidnap me and not only that but also bound me against my will. So forgive me if I acted on self-defense."

"Okay Fine!"-Loki smirked at her defeated look, clearly she had some guilt issued.-"I guess we have a deal"

"Perfect"-Loki grinned triumphantly and both proceed to their shake hands.

All that is left is earn her trust

But what Loki didn´t know is that all the time he was eating his delicious waffles he was also being drugged with the powerful sleeping pills Rachel was once prescript to inherit, but never actually bother to finish.

What he also didn´t know is that while Rachel was in her bedroom she was secretly texting her neighbor and asking him if he could lend her his car for a couple of hours.

"What ever happened to your cloth anyway"-She asked waiting for the pills to make effect, but also curious as why he went back to his hobo attire.

"I lost it"-"It was an illusion, and you spell seems to have some kind effect on my powers for some reason…why are you blurry"

Loki fell on his plate of waffles and Rachel smiled triumphantly. She had just received the message from her neighbor. The car was already outside her house.

Time for you to go home Loki

However what Rachel didn´t knew was that most of what Loki had said about the spell was true and that include the possible consequences.

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