Disclaimer: I own nothing related to the MCU...I just play with their toys
Also mentions of musical instruments made out of body parts
Having interrupted Loki and Yarelis Lazuli sat by their side and took her hand.
"Do you want me to cover myself up?"
"No I think its best that you remain bare this could get messy, same goes for you Loki strip down and just stay focused on her, this could take awhile."
Loki only nodded and removed his clothes taking hold of Yarelis' other hand once he was done. Lazuli extended her free hand in the direction of her bedroom and a blade flew out in her direction, she grabbed it and took a deep breath before turning the blade to her friend's wrist.
"Alright mija this blade is obsidian so its pretty damn sharp, it will still sting a bit so just think happy thoughts or look at Loki."
Yarelis nodded turning her gaze to Loki flinching when the cold glass made contact with her skin. Lazuli dug the blade in with clinical precision. It was an incision that was barely an inch and half in length but deep enough to draw blood. She tilted the wrist as she spoke in Assyrian and the blood on the floor started to become words that had remained forgotten for centuries. She made a second cut deeper than the first and longer.
"Alright Loki I will need you to really focus and please let me know how she is doing," she said and with that she brought Yarelis' wrist to her mouth. She parted her lips allowing the metallic tasting liquid to enter her mouth. She closed her eyes as her mind scanned the blood for memories that did not belong to Yarelis.
Lazuli found herself in a memory she looked around the room that she suddenly found herself in. Then she started to feel it, the unrelenting cold of Jotunheim she took a few more steps forward and heard muted whimpers from the adjacent room. She walked through the wall and on the bed she saw a young woman who bore a very strong resemblance to Yarelis.
"This must be Maritza."
She stayed in the shadows looking at the woman who would later die bringing her child into the world. Then a jotunn walked into the room, she saw their lips moving but she couldn't hear anything but read their lips haphazardly enough that she could make out the words Midgard and peace.
'They were brokering peace under Odin's nose? There has to be more to this.'
She saw the Jotunn leave and overheard an exchange that started to grow heated, then there was sudden silence followed by the doors flying open a different jotun who she recognized as Laufey walked in covered in blue blood.
"Oh shit Laufey killed Yarelis' father? Guess he wasn't too happy about a half-Jotun running around. That is fucked up, but that still doesn't explain how she ended up on Earth again."
She continued watching but the scene slowly started dissolving before her. She found herself watching another memory, this time she was in a hospital in the maternity wing. Looking around she managed to catch a glimpse of a document that was imprinted with the word SHIELD.
"What does SHIELD have to do with a hospital's maternity ward unless..."
She looked around and saw hospital staff running in a panic instinctively she followed and headed straight into the delivery room. In there was Maritza in the throes of labor crying out in pain. They were setting everything to put her under and perform a c-section, but as the scene unfolded Ishtar felt chilled to the bone. Not because of the process itself but because she sensed something far more horrifying was on its way.
She saw the imprint of Yarelis' foot followed by what looked like a sharp object trying to make an incision from the inside. Said object pierced through the skin covered in blood, it was a bit hard to tell at first glance but upon closer inspection, it seemed to be a blade made out of pure ice. She covered her mouth horrified as a second blade cut through her, the sound of flesh tearing made her stomach turn but she couldn't stop looking. A third blade then another and another until Maritza was torn apart.
Lazuli watched eyes still wide in horror, fingernails covered in blood after she scratched her face. Internal organs started spilling off the sides of the gurney, but inspite of the carnage she managed to crack a smile when the wail of a baby rang in her ears. Her feet automatically made her move towards the corpse, Maritza seemed to be at peace not what was expected of someone dying such a traumatizing death. Her eyes then fell to the newborn and again the smile, it was Yarelis who had just committed involuntary matricide to be born.
"You are an ice Jotun that's why you keep freezing everything."
"Is the child alive?"
"Yes it is a healthy girl."
"Any next of kin?"
"Mother's sister."
"SHIELD covered the information behind her birth?"
Before being able to dwell much on it the scene changed yet again, this time Lazuli found herself in strangely familiar territory. I don't think this memory belongs to Maritza or Yarelis. One glance to the side and it dawned on her, she was in Asgard, all she could see was Loki confronting Odin about something.
"I'm no more than a stolen relic, locked away until you may have use of me!"
Lazuli was shocked awake by Loki who despite all his best efforts was having trouble keeping Yarelis's alive.
"Fuck, mija please don't leave us," she said starting to panic as she created a bandage to slow the blood flow.
"I feel so dizzy."
"You have to summon your sister, what happened with your former husband is in the past."
"I can't I had to swear-"
"If you don't summon her I will personally bring Hel, father be damned."
Lazuli almost protested but instead she took a deep breath trying to not continue in a state of panic as she saw Yarelis' soul starting to leave her body.
"Ereshkigal I know you have no desire to speak with me, but I call out for someone close to me, someone's whose time is not up yet."
After saying those words a black mist started to surround Lazuli and a pair of hands wrapped themselves around her neck.
"I believe I made it clear that I never wanted to see you little sister," the lady of Irkalla said with a growl.
"Yes I know but I didn't call for you for me, its for her," Lazuli whispered pointing at Yarelis.
"Why should I help you?"
"Because she is my best friend you fucktwat."
"Lady Ereshkigal if you don't bind my consort's soul back into her body I will personally tear out your insides feed them to my sons and make your skin into a rug and if your husband comes I'll have him join you," Loki hissed ready to claw her eyes out if need be.
"You wouldn't dare."
"Try me."
"I wouldn't piss him off if I were you Ereshkigal just save my friend."
'Why is she so important to you?'
'She is my best friend, something that you would not know the meaning of even if it rammed into you face first, she is also a half-jotun and she was born with very powerful magic.'
'Is that so, planning on telling her beloved who was raised to hate people like her.'
'In time, now before I let him pluck your intestines out one by one.'
'Is that supposed to scare me?'
'I will pull every single one of the veins in your arm, tie the ends on your fingers and I will play it like a violin. Or if you would prefer I can pull all the veins in your body have them really taut over your torso and play your like a fucking cello. '
Ereshkigal finally relented at the threat of having a musical instrument made from her own body parts and she took Yarelis' soul by the throat.
"You are not meant to die yet my child, go back into your body," she said with authority and slammed the soul into the body lying on the floor.
Yarelis woke up in a state of shock, starting to cry immediately afterwards as Ereshkigal disappeared without so much as a word of goodbye.
"What happened?"
"I think its best if you rest for a bit, I need to discuss something in private with Loki here," Lazuli said angrily.
Yarelis nodded already knowing that tone which left nothing open for negotiation. She only watched quietly as Lazuli dragged away Loki to what she assumed was her bedroom.
"Whatever it is can't it wait?"
"You two had sex last night right?"
"Yes we did, what does that have to do with it?" he asked dressing himself with a wave of his hand.
"Pendejo, did she happen to swallow?" she asked bluntly, he didn't answer but she took his raising his eyebrow as a yes.
"Well since she ingested your genetic material I saw a memory of yours what was that whole stolen relic about?"
"Thor was banished for leading an attack into Jotunheim, I discovered I am Laufey's son, Odin went into Odinsleep and now I have the throne."
"It didn't occur to you to tell her?"
"I was going to discuss it, after I found out what was behind her condition."
"She's fine...she just has magic flowing through her veins. I assume that she manifested ice because of her closeness to you, she needs to be trained I suggest with you or with Frigga," she said hoping he would leave it at that.
He said nothing more and left the room to see to his lover. Yarelis was curled up in a ball holding onto a cushion but still awake.
"Ruiseñor?"
"I'm fine Loki some orange juice and I will be up and running," she murmured and heard the lighter steps of her friend.
"Loki don't you have to tell her something very important?"
Yarelis sat up with a groan and turned to look up at him. He sat down in front of her remaining silent under her gaze until he finally forced himself to speak.
"Thor has been banished, and I have been named King of Asgard."
"Why?"
"Father has gone into Odinsleep being the next in line of succession the burden falls to me."
"Wait if you are here?"
"There is a clone sitting on the throne but I must go now."
"You fucking cabron are you fucking stupid get the fuck out of here, you have a fucking kingdom to rule and you decided to take a two day vacation to fuck me and nearly have me killed!" she screamed as she started breathing ice.
"When she recovers I want her in Asgard make any arrangements, also it does not become such a beautiful goddess to have a lying tongue," he said and disappeared.
"Fucking hijo de puta."
"Hey be nice to Lady Frigga darling she has done nothing to you."
"Carajo que se supone que yo haga, yo no puedo ir a Asgard?"
"You can and you will, I don't need the Bifrost to travel between worlds."
"Fair enough, now what did you find out Lazuli please tell me?"
Lazuli sighed and first went to get a glass of orange juice for her, when she returned she handed to the glass to Yarelis and sat down next to her.
"Your mother did not die of hypothermia, you were born in a hospital that belongs to SHIELD a shadow government society. When you came to this world you were covered in blood."
"Aren't we all."
"Honey you are half of what Loki is...and you tore your mother apart with ice blades. I think you were meant to be born in Asgard but something happened and your mother was on Earth and captured by S.H.I.E.L.D."
Yarelis nearly dropped the glass looking at Lazuli horrified, hoping this was all a lie.
"I killed my mother, I'm a monster?"
Lazuli shook her head and brought the young woman into her arms as she cried.
"No you are a half-Jotun a force of nature."
"Did I kill my father too?"
"No Loki's father did?"
"Odin killed my father but why?"
"Yarelis, Loki is a Jotun that is why I said you are half of what he truly is, he is the son of Laufey king of Jotunheim, it seems he just found out, I don't know why he didn't tell you as soon as he got here but it may have had to do with Odin raising him and Thor to believe that Jotuns were all monsters."
Yarelis was silent, she couldn't find words to describe how she felt instead she closed her eyes allowing herself to cry.
"I'm a monster and he will hate me when he finds out."
"You are not a monster and I will have your back always, I'll keep you safe from all of Asgard if I have to."
Yarelis nodded her eyes slowly coming to a close hoping that she would sleep away the feelings of self-hatred that had just started to surface.
Carajo que se supone que yo haga, yo no puedo ir a Asgard? = What the hell am I supposed to do, I can't go to Asgard?