I DO NOT OWN THOR, MARVEL, OR ANYTHING THAT SEEMS FAMILIAR. I DO NOT PROFIT FROM THIS NOR DO I INTEND TO!
Chapter 5
Eir shifts to the seat across from her so Loki could sit down; also hoping to put some distance in between them after her embarrassing act just now. She tried to hide the colouring in her face as she told herself that it was no big deal, that it won't happen again.
Loki took a seat in the spot Eir was once in. It was still slightly warm. Loki couldn't help his eyes from wondering over to Eir, specifically her hands. They didn't look like the hands of a trained killer; they were more soft and delicate like. He then noticed that her black cloak was gone and could now see her whole attire. The skirt, cut at the sides, started with a dark ruby red and faded out into the off-white he was able to glimpse at before. She had a knife holster wrapped around her right leg. Those knives are similar to the throwing knives Frigga had given me, Loki thought to himself absentmindedly.
As his eyes continued to roam upwards, he saw that Eir had a gold designed wrist band on her right arm and an off-white sleeve around her left elbow joint. It must be to protect her arm for when she fires her bow, making her a right eye/handed shooter. He then notices that her red top is only covering her breasts, average size as they were, and it crossed in the middle of her chest, looping around her neck. Two leather straps connected to her belt and up to her top like suspenders over her stomach. Eir's build was petite but there was no doubt about the visible muscles in her arms and stomach.
Loki looked further up and saw her face but the thing that really caught his eye were her own. Before he only noticed that they were yellow, but with further inspection he could see dark flecks in around the iris. Her eyes were almost hypnotic and it made him want to get closer to her. Loki quickly dismissed the thought when she started to fidget. Eir rolled her shoulders back a couple of times then hunched over a little. That's when the drawing of a falcon came to life again from her back. Only this time it was the bird, not just the wings. It started with its beak, then its wings, then the body, and lastly its talons. Loki winced a little, thinking that it looked almost painful.
The bird unattached itself and perched itself on Eir's shoulder. Eir sat up straight again and pet the bird.
"I will send my bird off to keep watch for when Malekith shows up," she states effortlessly and send the bird off.
"How will you know he's here?" Thor asks confused.
"I can see what my bird sees. So when he sees Malekith's ship, I will see it." Loki smirks at her with amazement, unlike Thor who just gives a slight nod and scowls a bit.
"So that's how you got the cat in your cell," Loki says confidently. He had been wracking his brain trying to figure it out and now it all makes sense.
Eir nods her head and stands up, "That's correct, I can make only the animals that are on my body." She points to a small kangaroo mouse on her left hip and a chameleon on her other hip. " Not only can I create the animal, I can take on their attributes and senses on command, as you saw earlier." Eir now turns around and shows Loki her back. There were all sorts of animals all over. A panther was crawling down the right side of her ribcage, a bear standing ferociously at her left, and a mysterious looking wolf right in the center. He also noticed the spiders crawling on her left shoulder and a snake slithering on her right. They were all beautifully done.
"Quite an interesting way of using your elfin magic," Loki admires, "Who gave you these markings?" Eir turns back around and sits down, moving her bow and quiver aside on the bench to give herself more room. She hesitated before answering.
"Frigga," she says sorrowfully, "I had already done the snake, mouse, chameleon by myself with magic but the rest were out of my reach."
"You asked her for assistance then."
"No, she walked in while I was trying to do the panther," Eir instinctively touched her side with her left hand, "I told her I could do it myself but she wouldn't take no for and answer." Loki detected the slightest bit of a smile tread on her lips. Once again, thoughts of my mother make her smile.
"Does it hurt you," Loki asks. Eir looked up in confusion. "When the animals morph from your body, does it hurt?" Eir tilted her head to the side and questioningly.
"Why would you, of all people care?" She knew it was a rude remark. He was just trying to be kind but Eir just naturally becomes defensive when people start asking her too many questions. She liked that he was kind enough to ask. Loki, on the other hand, was taken aback by her rebuttal.
"I don't." Actually, he didn't really know why he asked the question in the first place. It was like the hypnotic allure of her eyes made him want to know about her and care for her. Loki immediately banished those thoughts from his mind and watched Thor as he covered Jane with a blanket and tucked it underneath her. Glad he's found another topic other than the one at hand, Loki sighs.
"What I could do with the powers that goes through those veins," Loki comments. Thor turns around to take a glance at him.
"It would consume you," he states will sitting to Eir's right but still sitting close enough to Jane.
"She's holding up all right," Loki shrugs, "for now."
"She's strong in ways you'd never even know." Eir scoffs inwardly. Jane looks nothing more than a simple, small, dainty human to her. So far she's only seen Jane faint, sleep, and try to harm Loki. Eir sees nothing special in her. Though she has to admit that it must have been quite a challenge, breaking Thor's arrogant core.
Loki openly scoffs, "Say goodbye." He knows that Jane is becoming weaker as the Aether grows inside of her, eating away at her soul and mind. She will not last long by his standards and Loki isn't about to start pitying his poor, helpless brother.
"Not this day," Thor states looking at Jane fondly and with desperation. He's not ready to lose her, not when he has just got her back.
"This day, the next, a hundred years is nothing." Loki stands up roughly, making Eir snap her head up. "It's a heartbeat. You'll never be ready. The only woman whose loved you will be snatched as a prize from right underneath you-"
"And will that satisfy you?" demands Thor with a harsh glare.
"Satisfaction is not in my nature."
"Surrender is not in mine"
Loki once again scoff, "the son of Odin-"
"No, don't speak of Odin!" He stands up abruptly, "You think you alone were loved by mother. You had her tricks but I had her trust."
"Trust," Loki he says softly, "Was that her last expression, Trust? When you let her die!" He takes a step closer to Thor, not wanting to leave the steering stick.
"What help were you in her cell!" Thor yells, also taking a few steps closer to Loki. Eir noticed that the distance between the two had shortened to a little less than a foot.
"Who put me there? Who put me there!" Loki starts off with a calm tone, then bursting out into a yell. This was a mistake because Thor took it as a challenge. He grabs Loki by the collar of his coat and thrusts him a couple of times up against the side of the aircraft. All the while yelling.
"You know damn well, you know damn well!" Thor was just about to punch Loki square in the face when Eir decided that it was time for her to step in. She squeezes herself in between the two angry men.
"Enough!" she yells pushing Thor back a bit, "She wouldn't want you two fighting over something so ludicrous." They both stop their struggling and calm down. Thor puts his fist down and Loki puts down his own cuffed ones. "We are supposed to be coming up with a plan for when we meet Malekith. Not arguing about Frigga's death. It was no ones fault and I am just as upset as you two are but there's nothing we can do but get revenge. She would be appalled to see you like this."
The two gods look at her and then themselves. Loki half-heartedly smiles, "Well she wouldn't exactly be shocked." Eir gives him an incredulous look, Thor just giving him the same half-hearted smile.
"I wish I could trust you," he admits. Thor returns to his original seat and starts stroking Jane's hair. She seemed to be completely out for the whole dispute.
Loki frowns and whispers, "Trust my rage," then sits back down. Eir is left standing and looking back and forth at Thor and Loki. Giving up, she looks at Loki and sits down.
"Hey," she whispers, gaining his attention, "I will do anything in my power to avenge your mother."
"Even if it means killing your own father?" Loki asks, expecting denial or even a hint of hesitation. What he doesn't expect is her quick answer.
"Yes." Eir stares deeply into Loki's eyes and right then, he knew she wasn't lying. She really was ready to kill her own father for someone who wasn't even her real mother. Loki felt a pain in his chest. He couldn't tell if it was gratification, guilt, remorse, or even just normal pain. He did know, however, that Eir was most definitely going to help him exact his revenge.
A/N: Hope you all liked this chapter! Once again my brother, Kyle, has a drawing of Eir on his twitter page (KyleCarson18) if you would like to get a better image of her in your head. (:
