"Loki… Wow! Maybe later then," Thor had just walked in on Loki and Abilene Kissing on the balcony with the sun setting behind them. It would have been romantic if they weren't making such gross sounds. Thor waited around the corner for them to stop. Loki's first kiss, Thor thought, or was it?
"Thor have you told Loki yet?" Odin asked. Thor shook his head. "Why not? I'll do it… Oh!" Odin went around the corner and saw them kissing too, but he was louder than Thor and the couple noticed.
Abilene blushed bright pink but Loki just looked mad, "What is it, father?"
"I came to tell you that we are taking Abilene back to Balheim tomorrow," Odin told Loki.
"What?" Loki said through gritted teeth.
"What is Balheim?" Asked Abilene.
"You said you remembered," Loki's voice was gentle when he spoke to her.
"I said I remembered, I didn't say what I remembered," she bit her lip nervously.
"What do you remember?" ask Thor, who was now beside Odin.
"I remember my name and… I remember Loki," Abilene said blushing and taking his hand.
"I'm sure it will all come back to you when we get there," Odin smiled but his eyes lied. He left the three of them standing there.
"I have to warn you, tomorrow might be the last time you will ever see each other," Thor said solemnly and he left as well. Loki and Abilene looked at each other in the eyes, both sad and happy.
"You know, the last time he said that was thirty years ago," he said, and Abilene smiled. She let go of his hand and stood at the balcony, looking at the water. Loki came up behind her and put his chin on top of her head. They stood there just looking at the sunset, neither of them wanting to disturb the moment. Then Loki said, "I waited a long time for you,"
"30 years isn't that long for people who have lived for a thousand," Abilene said smartly.
"It is without you," he whispered into her ear.
She turned around, "But-"
"Don't," he said smiling, knowing what she was going to say. He took her hands in his and looked into her eyes again, "I don't want that to ever happen again"
Abilene smiled shyly, the way she did they first met. Then Loki said, "So, I know you have to go… home tomorrow but… Will you marry me?"
Abilene looked at him and smirked. Loki's romantic presence dropped, confused by her reaction.
"What kind of a question is that?" she said finally and she kissed him again, more passionately then the first time.
The next morning, Abilene woke up in Loki's bed, his bare chest against her back. She was wrapped in his arms like he would never let go. She smiled, happy to be there. She felt safe in his arms.
"You awake?" Loki whispered half asleep.
"Yeah," she whispered back. He kissed her on her neck and a tear rolled down her cheek. Abilene was happy for this to be her last memory with him. Loki began to roll over.
"A little longer," she whispered. Just then, Loki couldn't have been happier. She wanted him, she loved him. It was the best feeling in the world.
"Come on, or Thor will drag us out," he laughed a little and squirmed out of her grip.
She smiled and said, "He wouldn't dare". She got up too and got dressed.
Thor and Odin were already waiting but they didn't comment on how late they were. Heimdall opened the Bifrost and they arrived in Balheim.
"Oh, my," Abilene gasped and grabbed her charm with one hand and Loki's wrist with the other. Everywhere she looked there were Volcanos exploding, lava bubbling and ash swirling through the air.
"You are late!" A deep voice came from behind them. They turned around to see the voice came from a tall, muscular man. He had thick black hair that was braided and hung down over his bare chest. Held a spear in one hand, it was as tall as him and had red and black ribbons that tied on a spear head. Next to the man was a woman with similar black hair. She wore a long black dress that was shorter at the front so that her knees were visible. Clinging to her legs was a little boy, the miniature version of the man. This was Abilene's family and she suddenly remembered how much she didn't love them.
"Aaron! Oh I see you have a new son," Odin said friendly, but King Aaron ignored him.
"Abilene," The king said, gesturing her to step forward. Abilene let go of Loki's arm reluctantly and stepped forward.
The Kings face was expressionless and stone cold as he suddenly threw his spear through Abilene's chest, sending her backwards into Loki.
"No!" Loki screamed, holding the struggling Abilene up. The spear was sticking out of her awkwardly. The royal family just walked away, in the direction of their hell whole kingdom.
Thor began to swing his hammer towards them but Odin stopped him, "Don't, it's too late!"
Loki still held Abilene up right but above him the Bifrost was opening. Odin had told Heimdall to open it in a few minutes; it was only supposed to be a drop off. They were sent back to Asgard.
Thor hurried over to Abilene and carefully pulled out the spear. Loki, his face was pure terror; lay her down on the floor in front of Heimdall. Abilene's head was on his lap. Tears ran down Loki's face as she coughed and spat blood on to her white dress.
"Abilene…" He whimpered, unable to do anything. Abilene slowly and painfully yanked at the chain around her neck and it unclipped. She placed it in Loki's hand.
"You… can have… it back," she rasped, coughing more blood.
"How did you know?" Loki asked crying.
"I… just knew," she smiled a little then coughed more blood. Then suddenly she stopped. Everything was silent. No one moved.
Odin looked out across the ocean, Thor stood next to Loki while he looked at Abilene. Her face had an expression of pain. The once flawless white skin was stained with blood around her chin and neck. Her snow white her was mangled and also stained with blood. Her crystal blue eyes were washed out by salt tears.
"Noooo!" Loki screamed to the midday sun, clutching the silver 'A' in his hand.
Three days after her death Loki was still heart broken, but he had questions he needed answered. Abilene didn't have a funeral because there was no one but him to mourn her death.
Although the blood was gone, Loki could still see Abilene dead as he stood with Heimdall at the Bifrost.
"How did you find her in the first place? How did you find her on earth?" Loki asked, his eyes were red raw from crying alone.
"I couldn't find her at first because there was nothing to look for, I had never seen her before," Heimdall began, looking into space, "But when she revealed her wings for the first time in thirty years, I sent Thor straight away,"
"Why did King Aaron, her own Father do that to her?" he struggled to say.
"I believe it is a custom in Balheim for the royal family to have one heir and one heir only. When Abilene…" Heimdall looked at Loki knowingly, "disappeared, they had a son. But when she returned,"
"Why? Why is it so important that they must have on heir that they would…" he stopped, choking on his words.
"In order to keep their kingdom strong they try to stop any form of division. If there is only one heir then there will only ever be on throne and one strong kingdom," Heimdall said calmly.
"Abilene was like a Phoenix in a bird's cage. She deserved better than that hell whole," Loki said sadly, but he made a silent promise to one day destroy that place.
