(Might be a good idea to read the AN below before reading, now I have warned before handed)

Chapter 4: Different Perspective

If anything, Thor hated being stuck in Asgard. Normally he loved the feasts and hanging out with his long-time battle comrades Sif, Volstagg, Hogun and Fandral. But not this day.

Saturday. The day in the week that he had come to hate the most.

Trudging down the halls he nodded politely to each guard, not saying much. His steps leaded him to the banquet hall where he kneeled before the king, the All Father. His father.

"You summoned me, Father?" In his kneeled position Thor sneaked himself to admire the carvings on the roof, the gold covering close to all surfaces, the marble. Anything except the eye of his father, Odin.

An act not going unnoticed.

"Have you visited Loki yet?" Thor winched unwillingly.

"No. I found it unwise to disturb him in his… current state." Odin signed, staying put on the throne with a straight back.

This didn't surprice him, and he hated it just as much as Thor did. But it had to be done.

The state of his youngest son, Loki, was far from a secret, even though he would've preferred it that way.

Barely two weeks ago he had destroyed his cell, and gotten all the way to the middle of Bifrost before getting stopped. Forced back to his old champers, now unable to even leave the room without Odin's knowledge.

Before that he had insisted of talking to Odin, no one else. He had been denied his request, and refused to answer to anything Thor might say.

Now… the rumors said he didn't sleep, move nor ate at all. A fact that was indeed true, and it made the heart of Odin bleed out and boil in rage in equal amounts.

"I want you to talk to his none the less."

"But-"

"That's an order." Thor closed his open mouth, acknowledging the words of his Father. Not liking them a bit, but accepting them.

"Yes, Father".

Outside the door it was quiet. Not a single guard lingered there, they weren't needed.

The door was sealed, making fx Thor able to go in, but Loki unable to get out.

Thor hesitated with his hand on the door knob for a second. Loki… Had changed.

When being dragged into his quarters, he screamed and fought the best he could just to get out of the tight hold of the guards. But something seemed off.

He didn't fight like he used to, Thor was sure of that. He had been close to desperate, stretching his hands in the direction of Odin.

"Listen to me, you've got to listen!" –Loki had shouted. It was silent in the halls now. If he wanted, Thor could've heard a needle fall to the ground.

Thor shook his head before turning the handle. He didn't bother knocking first (Loki never answered anyway) and simply stepping inside.

The sight which came to greet him almost made him gasp audibly;

The room was bare as the day it was built.

"Why hello Thor. Nice of you to come visit. I was beginning to wonder how long you would let me dwell by myself before coming to check if I still had a pulse."

Thor closed his eyes, inwardly counting to 10.

"Stop your illustrated games. They don't fascinate me the least."

A glimpse of light floated before Thor's eyes for a mere second, leaving behind the truth of the quarters.

All furnishings, except the bed, had been shred to pieces. Broken wood and stone, parchment were scattered around, glass even.

And Loki? Said trickster leaned against the wall, face pale the expression none-existing.

His usually correct uniform sat in disorder, which Loki himself didn't seem to notice. Since Loki didn't take care of himself his hair had grown uncontrollably. Normally his hair fell in soft curls in shoulder-length, now it could easily rest against his lower back.

The spark in his eyes had been gone for nearly a year, but now…

The only thing alive on Loki at the moment, seem to be his green orbs.

"Let me travel to Earth, and I will cooperate however you want."

Those words sent Thor aback.

"Wha..?" Had he truly heard that right? Loki signed impatiently which was so unlike his usual self. He never showed his feelings if avoidable.

"Take me to Earth and I will answer any questions you may have. It be from why I let go of your hand that day, as to my reason for helping to invade your precious Earth." At the last part he rolled his eyes, then stared straight back at Thor.

Thor felt at ease, but then again… could it be so simple?

Loki was devious, even when young. He didn't do anything unless it was any benefit for him. Getting to Earth would gain him… what exactly?

"What is in it for you?"

"That is none of your business. Do we have a deal then?" Loki looked stern, not giving an inch. But they could be two at that game.

"No. Not until you tell me of why you wish to visit Earth. I thought we all got the expression that you hated Earth the most?"

"Do not push your luck. I admit that I am not exactly fond of that pitiful excuse of a realm, but it is better than this cavity I current retire in," Loki said.

Thor almost found himself believing his brother, but something made him insecure. For a split second Loki looked away, something Thor nearly missed.

But this little slip in the trickster's behavior warned him from getting deceived once more (throughout their childhood spent together, Loki dedicated many an hour into harassing and kid him around).

Thor signed yet again for what seemed to be the millionth time. Continuing like this would get either of them nowhere. Instead he tried from a new angle.

"You remember our time spent together as children, do you not?" Loki rolled his eyes.

"What of it?"

"How many times didn't we sneak into our Father's-"

"-You're Father-"

"-refuge, just to hear one more adventure, one more tale?" The mere thought of it made Thor smile weakly, and Loki huff.

"Far too many." Thor ignored his grumbling brother, continuing his course. And continued.

The next hours seemed without an end for Loki, since Thor kept on rambling about the brotherly bond keeping them together, their advantageous ups and downs and so on.

Loki would have given close to anything to just make him leave, to make the room quiet yet again, to be allowed to drown in his own despair.

More than once had he tried to prey in, but Thor gave him no foot to the ground.

And still the blonde talked, and when midnight fell over them, he still did.

Loki massaged his aching temples, signing despondently.

"… was when he looked at the All Father, not knowing whether to yell at him, or at us. –"

"ENOUGH!" The sudden outburst made Thor halt, looking innocently in the direction of Loki, as if not understanding what he had done to upset him.

"Loki is everythi-"

"Drop the act, you are no good at in anyway. If I tell you, will you then please leave?"

Thor laid his arms over cross in a victorious manner, smiling wide from chin to chin. As an answer, he simply nodded, letting his brother enjoy the abrupt silence for a second longer.

"I have… something, I need to collect."

"The Tesseract?" Loki sent Thor a black look.

"Something with a heartbeat. Not an object." Thor shot Loki a puzzled gaze.

"And you would bring a human with you, back here, to Asgard?" Again that dull stare.

"Isn't that obvious?"

"The All Father would never allow it." A satisfying grin grew upon Loki's pale face, making him look like a maniac instead of the genius he really was.

"Oh but he won't have much saying in this matter."

Thor wondered about that. What could be of such importance that not even the All Father could…

A realization hit Thor stone hard in the face. No. It had to be one of his tricks. Odin might've done it, but for Loki to have archived such a deed…

The mentioned trickster folded his hands on his lap which made him seem like a completely different person than merely 5 minutes ago.

Now the usual glimpse in his eyes had returned, with full intensity.

"You couldn't possibly…-"

"And, oh so-called brother of mine, why not? When Odin could do it, then why shouldn't I?"

"Brother, this is no Childs play, this is serious." To no surprice did this offend Loki. He was used to that, but this once he was telling the truth. And still no one believed him. Even the "Mighty" Thor, who had a reputation of being quite naïve, doubted.

Through grinding teeth Loki spoke with barely a whisper;

"Do you remember how Odin described Frigga, not as his wife and now the rightful Queen, but as his Amandum*? How it started like an electrified sensation running down his spine paralyzing him, making her the only object capable of saving him, to stop the gravity from trying to pull him away into space? How she healed something inside of him, something he wasn't conscious of being broken. Something as cold as the howling winds from Jotenheim and as warm as the burning star called Deneb, at the same time.

She made life get a purpose and, unknowingly to herself, got to be his reason to aim against getting to be the 'great' king he is.

She did that to him, such as a curtain mortal did to me. And I want him back. He belongs to me."

AN:

*Hiding behind a brick wall* Sorry for the long wait, again (this is becoming a bad habit…).

I tried out something new; writing from Asgard, so we hear something about our favorite Liesmith. ^^

(I hope that went well, and isn't awful..)

I also put in a word, Amandum, marked with a *. That is because it is my "own" word. Or mostly.

It origins from the two Latin words; Amo = I love, and Amanda/Amandus = s/he who should be loved.

Amandum is my twist of the word, and means: it (unknown gender) who should be loved.

(In Latin most words are categorized after gender, seen on the last letter in the word; -a = female, -us = male, and -um = neutral. Also called Femininum, Maskulinum and Neutrum.)

In this fic, Amandum is some kind of soul mate, the true love so-to-say. The chance of ever finding your Amandum is minimal, since there is on rule for the two to be from the same world (As Loki and a curtain Earthling…).

Their souls are bonded, and you are in no doubt when you find him/her (it is not bound by gender either).

I kind of borrowed parts of a scene from Thor 2 (Thor: The Dark World). MINI SPOILERS FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN IT, but not really anything of importance.

I still plan on continuing this fic, so there is no need to worry. Comments would be nice, and that's it for this time. Till then, take care out there! :3