A new alter ego?
After the incident with the rugs, Night was happier than ever! Loki put him in charge of the laundry and the windows. Because of this, Night played and sung along to many of his favorite songs. (Secretly everyone in the household was glad he could actually carry a tune!)
After a run in with the three Norn sisters, Loki realized something he'd been trying to ignore all this time. He had grown to like Night and finally realized why. It was because Night was practically Loki's twin! But the one bound within Night's soul, Shadow, concerned him greatly. It was clear that Argentine and Night were no match for the evil Shadow, and eventually he would kill Night; but only if Loki decided not to intervene.
"What's wrong daddy?" asked Fenrir.
"I was just thinking about Night and his two alter egos…"
"What about them?"
"I can't decide whether or not I should help him deal with Shadow or just let the whole matter slide…if I leave him the way he is now, he'll die for certain."
"This Shadow is that powerful?!" exclaimed Fenrir.
"After I absorbed a majority of his evil energy I was able to switch back between my childish and true forms."
"He must be powerful if he had that much evil in him!"
"Now you know why I'm having trouble deciding…" muttered Loki.
"I think you should intervene," said a familiar voice from the window.
"What the…Heimdall! What are you doing here?!" exclaimed Loki and Fenrir in unison.
"I was passing by and I thought I heard singing. I came to see what was going on."
"That's Night…he's doing laundry. I told him he could sing if he wanted to so the work would go faster and he started doing it."
"That explains a few things…" mumbled Heimdall.
"You might as well come in. Though I recommend that you watch where you sit down. Hati and Jormund don't like being sat on…"
"Thanks for the warning…" grumbled Heimdall.
Heimdall and Loki discussed whether helping Night was a good idea or not. Sometimes good intentions go astray and lead to disaster. In the end, it was Jormund who finally settled the debate.
"Will you two drop the subject already?! If you want to know whether or not saving Night is a good idea all you had to do was ask me!"
"Well? Should we intervene or not?"
"Definitely! You have NO idea how hard it was to hold Shadow back for all those months! He will kill if he gets the chance. He has NO thought about what happens to the loved ones of those he killed."
"In that case, we definitely have to intervene!" said Loki.
"Yeah, the only question now is, how do we stop Shadow?"
"Well Night is nearly a Loki's double…"
"Tell me about it…" griped Loki and Heimdall.
"So why don't you give him some of your divine powers? You know, like creating a third alter ego!"
"That might actually work," said Loki.
"Master Loki, suppers ready! Oh, I didn't know you had company!" exclaimed Yamino.
"You might as well stay for dinner Heimdall…" said Fenrir.
Night was shocked to find out that Heimdall would be joining them for dinner! At least it was a change of pace…
