"I suppose this was what you were talking about when you said, 'singing isn't the only thing I'm good at.' " Loki said down at her.
Eira smirked, slowly standing on her feet. "Precisely. And according to your opinion, was I right?" she asked, titling her head to the side.
His smirk turned into a grin. "You were."
She grinned as well. She was starting to like the imprisoned prince of Asgard. She liked the way he was talking his preferances out. Not totally admitting them, but saying them in an indirect way instead.
She took a few steps towards the cell-door, turning away from him. "I'm glad you enjoyed the show, because now you'll have to wait till the next one."
Loki raised an eyebrow. The very existance of the goddess was making him curious, but it seemed that the more he exchanged words with her, the more his curiousness was turning to interest. She was like a riddle to him, close and collected. Yet, she seemed able to become more than a threat to anyone she disliked. She was working and acting in mysterious ways. Why this reminded him a bit of himself?
"The finale though, was disappointing. You gave a good fight back there, only to end up letting them imprison you again, this time having to share the same cell with me. Your efforts served you nothing." he said, his tone showing very little of his sarcasm.
Eira turned to face him with a mischievious smile. "On the contrary, my prince. This was exactly what I hoped to gain." she raised her spread arms, motioning around her. Loki frowned, not really understanding her goals.
"I don't like being isolated. I want to have someone to talk to, even if it's only me messing around with them." The way she was speaking made her supposed soft words of a lonely soul sound like a hidden threat. For Loki, it was almost fascinating.
"I also noticed that you appreciated my ways of staying in a cell. You'd been a pleasant audience of mine, and yet I haven't known you for at least a full day. I decided that I would make it easier for you to watch me carrying on with my shows, and I would have some kind of... company." she finished with a more simple smile than the one she had started speaking with.
Loki gave a sideways grin. This woman was making him more curious at every moment. "Once again you prove to be right about your words. The persuasion gave you what you wished for. Were you ever wrong about something?" he asked, taking a couple of steps towards her.
Eira's face got serious at the question. Her eyes drifted to the floor, memories rushing through her head.
"Everybody are wrong at some points in their life. Needless to say, I'm not the exception." her voice had slightly got lower.
Loki stared at her, holding back himself from frowning. The question seemed to trouble her more than he had expected. He wanted to learn why, wanted to have the knowledge of her darkest secrets, as it was clear to him that his question brought one of them in her mind. He simply decided to change the subject, for now.
"I guess your purpose from the begining was to get inside the palace, even if it meant to become a prisoner. How did you manage that?" he said, motioning with his hand around the dungeons.
His small plan seemed to work, as Eira smirked once again. "Easily. I needed a reason to come down here. And what's better than a little attack to the palace and to the king himself?" she started walking around the cell, always talking.
"I gathered some thieves that had escaped from Odin's punishments and planned the attack myself. As you cleverly said, my purpose was to simply get inside the palace and stay in here. I would be much more than lucky if I had managed to kill Odin in that attack. We fought against each other, eventually. I'm proud to say that I would have won, if the queen hadn't interfere. But I didn't want to hurt her. So I gave up. I had succeed anyway."
Loki's hand turned to a fist at the mention of his mother. He might have felt betrayed by Odin and Thor, but Frigga was and she would always be his mother. The thought of her being hurt or worse made him mad. Although, a phrase that Eira had said stuck to his mind, making him relax almost immediately.
"You... did not want to hurt her?" he said with a frown, which he tried to show like it was confusion.
"Of course! I have nothing against the queen of Asgard, to cause her pain. In fact, I believe she's the most wise and kind queen in the Nine Realms. I deeply respect her." she said, sounding totally sincere.
She went serious again for a moment. "The problem is with Allfather."
Loki remained silent, simply looking at her. The woman was something new to him, her personality unlike any other person he had met. She was filled with hate towards the Allfather, for a reason she kept like the darkest secret in the universe, yet she respected Frigga more than a great queen that she was. She was different in some things of him, yet in others she reminded him of himself.
Eira walked to a chair and sat, making sure to have a full view of him. "And what about you? What did you do, to end up in here?"
Loki raised an eyebrow. Had she just... "Why are you interested to know anything about me?"
She chuckled, shaking her head. "Why wouldn't I? You are one of Asgard's princes, member of the royal familly. You act, as I can guess, way much more differently from anyone inside the palace and you're locked up in a cell. You have powers so strong that their reputation has been spread all over the Nine Realms, every Asgardian seems to hate you and you're the only one whose interest on me hasn't harm my body! So, why wouldn't I be interested to learn everything about you?"
He grinned, showing more of his pleasure that he would have liked. The goddess was picking at his interest even more easily, her speaking was intriguing him with every opportunity. "Very well."
He sat in another chair opposite of her, making himself comfortable, as her honey eyes watched him closely. "There's not much in my actions. I tried to destroy Johtunheim using the Bifrost, so it would break down their planet. But of course, there had to be the oaf of a brother I have, Thor, to stop me. He destroyed the bridge and tossed me into the abyss.
A while later, I managed to reach Midgard, using the Tesseract. With a new purpose and an army from an alliance of mine, I made a war in Midgard to take over the planet, bringing my army on Earth from a portal. Once again, Thor was there to try to stop me, now with the help of some other heroes of Midgard. The army wasn't the best I could have find and the Midgard won.
Odin's decision was to imprison me in here, for the rest of my days. And now I'm spending the enternity in my cell." He finished, not really being angry by remembering those events, he was being neutral.
Eira was listening carefully the whole time. She was nor impressed, nor shocked. But neither disgusted. She as well was neutral.
She thought for a moment, before looking up at him. "And are you regretting any of them?"
Loki stood up, walking around the cell. "Some of them. Though, not all."
Eira shook her head, a small smirk on her lips. "I see. You're causing war and death, destroying innocent lives, just to take what you want. Same as your father." she muttered.
Loki turned abruptly at her direction, his eyes gleaming with anger. "He's not my father!" he screamed.
Eira's head shot up, meeting his gaze. Her eyes were full with poverty. "Isn't he?"
Loki's anger disappeared and he stayed there, staring at her. Eira stood up and walked towards him, slowly. "Isn't he?"
She was now standing in front of him, their bodies a few inches away. She looked deeply into his eyes, whispering.
"I can understand far more than you think I can, and I see in your eyes, that the pain you have caused resembles your own. I see behind the mask you're wearing, and I'm really sorry for you when I say, that I can understand your pain. It's as powerful as my own was. "
Just when she stopped talking, she turned on her heels and moved to the other side of the room, making a bed appear from nowhere. Loki was confused. What she meant, how could she ever understand him, how he was like Odin, everything was a question to him.
"How am I same as Odin?" he asked calmly.
Eira sat on her bed, not facing him. "You'll learn very soon. Tomorrow, with the big show."
He frowned. "The big show involves Allfather, doesn't it?"
She turned with a devilish smile at him. "Oh, yes."
And that's it! You guys probably know that in less than two weeks starts the school, so the updates will be slower, but I promise to update in less than a month! Cross my heart and hope to die!
