I heard from Loki many times over the next few months. How he hid the piece of earth technology that I had given him, I will never know. Though it was nothing less than what I expected from the God of Mischief. When he rang me to say that Frigga had died, it took all that the Doctor and River had to stop me from going straight to Asgard then and there. Though we didn't go to Asgard to see Frigga off, all three of us mourned her passing in the TARDIS. It hit the Doctor the hardest, as he had got along quite well with the quiet Queen of Asgard. Shortly after that, the calls from Loki stopped for a while. I wasn't worried at first, but when the silence started to stretch on, I started to get quite worried.
A few days after I spoke to River about my fears, and the very day that I had decided to ring the phone for myself, the TARDIS rang.
"Hello." I answered, not actually sure who to expect.
"Elise," I breathed a sigh of relief when I heard Loki's voice. "It's Loki."
"I gathered that," I smiled a little, "It's good to hear from you. I was getting slightly worried."
I heard a dark chuckle on the other end of the phone.
"My brother was in need of my assistance," He told me, "And I was more than happy to oblige."
"Really?" I asked, a little surprised. Then I smiled, "What was in it for you?"
"How well you know me," I could almost sense the dark haired Asgardian smiling on the other end of the phone. "My freedom. And a chance to avenge my mother."
I smiled happily at that news. I knew how happy Loki must have been to be freed from his dark prison. And the fact that Thor had to go to him for help would have given him a sense of satisfaction, and vindication.
"You know," I started, "I have the perfect idea to celebrate. What day is it? Never mind, it might be a different day for you than for me. Oh, look, I'm babbling." I started laughing. "Loki, help. I sound like my father!"
I heard a light chuckle on the other end of the phone, a sound that in truth I hadn't heard in quite a while.
"Hang on, it's my parent's wedding anniversary, sort of," I had been through the confusion that was technically my parents wedding. "I might be able to convince them to take a holiday on a planet somewhere. A private holiday." Loki had expressed an interest in seeing the inside of the blue box and I had promised to show him one day.
There was silence on the other end of the phone, and I wasn't even sure if Loki was still listening.
"I'll be there soon," I said, "I'll see you soon."
Finally I heard a reply.
"I look forward to our meeting again," He said, and then I hung up the phone.
Needless to say it took a little bit of convincing to get the Doctor and River to agree to my plan. The Doctor is very protective of his TARDIS, but it seems that River can be very persuasive. I really don't want to know the details of their little holiday, I am their daughter. However, I did have the TARDIS all to myself in the end, and I plotted the coordinates for the bifrost.
