"How about we travel to another realm?" Sigyn suggested riding on her horse with a shrug, but she also felt a burst of excitement at the thought of traveling to yet another foreign world. After Malekiths defeat, some of the wormholes around the planets still havent completely disappeared. Sif raised her eyebrows up at the suggestion, perhaps it wouldn't be such a bad idea.
"Maybe we could, Lady Sigyn. Any realms in mind?" Sif asked glancing back then forward as they made they're way through the woods, horses snorting and swishing their tails. "Muspelheim!" Jay shouted raising her hand up in the air smiling at her input.
Sif whipped her head around and put her finger to her lips signaling 'be quiet!' her eyes wide and Jay covered her mouth, her cheeks heating up.
Orchid rolled her eyes with a slight smile and touched her cheek with her fingertips, still feeling the slightest trace of a tingle until she heard Volsaggs warning voice. "Sif.."
The gang turned around, in the very, very far distance they saw Loki and his troops trotting through the woods. "dammit, run!" Sif yelled kicking her horse into a run with everyone else following close behind, Orchid turned around quickly to see a guard shouting and Loki's horse breaking into a run after them.
They're eyes caught for a split second and Orchid felt her heart go into overdrive as her hair blew behind her..Loki leaned forward as he rode on his horse making its powerful legs move faster and faster. But all of a sudden the image of Loki was ripped away only to show light green grassy plains and an orange hue to everything. Orchid gasped and glanced around the realm they had rode upon.
there were small destroyed houses colored in a cream color and royal red, they place was completely bare of any civilization. Just a wooded area and huge boulders, also with animals that were for the most part harmless.
"We must be in Muspelheim." Hogun panted looking around slowly, noticing all their horses were gone.
"Well we can't stay here, it isnt safe." Fandral warned looking at his friends frowning.
"Why isn't it sa-" Orchid started to say but cut off by a loud roar. They all looked up immediately and saw brilliant orange dragon circling the sky like a vulture, its orange and gold wings out in full span flapping against the wind.
"Come on, we gotta get to shelter.." Orchid said softly her voice wavering alittle, still staring up at the dragon as if it would come down this instant and burn them all to crisps, which it would if it seen them.
They all agreed with a nod and saw a large cave and made they're way to it, looks like they're going to be in Muspelheim for a while.
~X~
"Where did they go?" Loki demanded rearing the reins on his horse turning around to glare at his so-called trust worthy men. Maybe he'd ought to replace them later if he felt like it...
"We do not know sir, there are wormholes everywhere still.."
"Then we shall go in every one."
"But sir-" The guard tried to interrupt.
Loki shot him a icy glare and trotted over to him, he wondered if guards could see through his facade, Loki was using all his power to try and keep this now boring disguise and was willing to drop it, but he had enough to worry about. The very last thing he needed was guards to come attacking him.
The guard instantly looked down clearing his throat un comfortably and Loki smirked in spite of himself, focusing his thoughts he saw a glimmer of a wormhole, Loki couldn't recognize which realm it was but it was worth a shot. For her..
"Come, into that one." He called over his shoulder and snapped his reins his horse breaking into a run and towards the hole where he and his men disappeared.
"Niflheim." Loki announced glancing around to the wintery landscape where civilians walked about in a small, grey sad villages with stone houses. Loki craned his neck around the people, hoping to recognize Orchid or see long auburn hair but seeing none.
Frowning and hoping off his horse Loki approached a little girl with a long dark braid and ice blue eyes. "Excuse me, little lady?"
The girl turned around and blinked her eyes looking up at "Odin" then smiled warmly, but strangely, Loki felt like she was looking at him and not Odin. "Yes, mister?"
Loki smiled and squatted down to her height and cleared his throat. "Aren't you pretty? I'm looking for a woman, long beautiful reddish-brown hair, big ocean blue eyes, fairy-like face? Forgive me for being too detailed." Loki chuckled with a light shrug and the girl smiled even more.
"No that's good mister, but I'm afraid I havent seen her, is she your sister?" The girl asked with her small voice.
Loki shook his head his smile turning sad. "You see, she's a woman who I fell in love with, but i was too stubborn to realize it..and i'm afraid she's been kidnapped."
"Sir, we have to go soon." Loki heard the guard say in a monotone. Oh if Loki could get away with throwing the guard in a dragons mouth..
Loki waved a hand but still looking at the girl.
"Oh no, i hope you find her soon mister, she sounds like a fun girl." The girl nodded enthusiastically and Loki laughed softly at her cuteness. "That she is, i thank you for your help." Loki nodded standing up and walking back to his horse hopping on sighing deeply.
"Where are you darling..?" Loki whispered to himself, his eyes scanning the snowy grounds then guided his horse around and men to another wormhole he had seen in the distance.
~X~
"Do you see another wormhole?" Jay whispered to Fandral who was brave enough to step out of the cave and look around for an escape. He glared at his friends who huddled together and shook his head just as they heard another dragon let out a earth-shaking roar.
Fandral ran back to the cave his eyes wide, he turned around to signal his friends to be quiet and a bright fiery red dragon landed on the ground causing it to shake, small rocks falling on the group.
The dragon itself had huge venom green eyes with the signature slit, huge arms and legs that were built with muscles, long sharp black claws that gleamed as the sun was going down, long scaly tail with little wings itself on the tip of it, long red snout that exhaled smoke every time it so much as sniff at something, the gang really didn't wanna see its long sharp teeth made for crushing bone, its wings laid content on its back as the dragon sniffed at a dead animal carcass on the ground.
They all watched as quietly as they could, praying it wouldn't see them. The dragon snapped its jaws on the animal's head and pulled. The neck ripped off the body making a disgusting ripping-sloshing noise.
The creature reared its head back to chew and devour its piece and Orchid covered her mouth in horror, she had her friends comforting her but it just wasnt the same without him..everything felt, empty. She felt empty, like she was missing something..
"I have to sneeze.." Sigyn whispered as quietly as she could looking at her friends with wide eyes her mouth open holding her index finger to her nose.
"Dont. You. Dare." Sif whispered glaring at the dark-haired girl. All eyes looked at Sigyn this time, some scared and others angry. "I'm trying!" Sigyn whispered frantically fanning her nose girlishly.
Orchid bit her lip and looked back at the dragon who was still tearing off pieces and swallowing them down letting out a burst of smoke in satisfaction.
"AHHHHHCHOO!" Sigyn sneezed, well, squealed really. The dragon froze and his neon green eyes focused on the gang and bared its razor-sharp long teeth in attack mode.
"Damn you Sigyn!" Jay and Sif shout in unison while Sigyn covers her mouth with both hands her eyes wide and afraid.
"Run!" Fandral shouts as the dragon breaks into a run towards them. The team hurry out the cave and out to the open field while the dragon crashes into the cave, exploding it into hunks of rocks.
"distract it while we find another wormhole!" Sif commands gesturing to the creature who glares daggers at the pair, suddenly Orchid saw the dragon rear up to its actual height. Its got to be atleast 200 feet. She saw a low orange light in the beasts nostrils and her eyes widened. Theres no way they would survive the blast of fire, even if they hide behind boulders.
The dragon opened its mouth inhaling and blew a stream of burning hot fire out of its mouth just as Orchid screamed shielded herself, but felt nothing.
"What the hel.." She whispered to herself, for a moment she thought her death came already. Slowly fluttering her lashes she peeked to see a few flurries of bits of fire around, opening her eyes more she realized she was whole and not a charred skeleton.
She looked around at her completely fine friends who stared at her in utter awe, Orchid's hands were in front of her and they herself included, we encased in a shimmering gold dome of a force field.
"What are you..?" Jay whispered in amazement gazing at Orchid. Orchid opened her mouth but way to shocked to answer, they turned back to the dragon who let out a loud roar that could bust an eardrum in anger.
"Look, a wormhole!" Volsagg yelled pointing to a wavering piece of the universe. Orchid looked back at the wormhole still holding her hand up, part of her hoping it will take her where Loki is..
Wait, the guy tried to make you a prisoner, so why am i hoping that..Orchid's eyes widened at her sudden realization as she put the pieces together..it doesn't matter about their fight, about him wanting to keep her in the kingdom with him, never seeing the light of day.
Through this journey, besides obvious survival, Orchid's mind always wavered to Loki. She tried to convince herself that it was normal to feel guilty for going off but, the more she thought of him the more empty she felt.
"Orchid!" Volsaggs voice shouted shocking her out of her thoughts, he grabbed her hand and they both ran behind their friends while the dragon raised its wings and took to the sky, preparing to crush them.
"Jump!" Orchid shouted as they all dived through the wormhole just as the dragon blew fire.
~X~
"Sir, maybe we should give up." A guard said timidly. Loki took a deep breath through his nose, he regretted taking these fools along with him. "No, we're close, i can feel it.."
"Is she worth it?"
Loki keep looking forward at the question. Of course she was worth it, Orchid had been the only person who effected Loki this much, and he admits, he loves it.
"definitely."
Loki wondered if his guards thought it was wierd that he was dressed as Odin, but talking about a younger woman in such a way. Either they didn't question him about it or they just didn't care.
As they crossed into the wormhole and to the next realm Loki rolled his eyes at the realm they were in. Alfheim.
Loki didn't mind Alfheim much, it was just almost always night here, and even though Loki could withstand cold, it still annoyed him.
"Spread out and look around." Loki commanded. The guards nodded and spread out through the realm while Loki looked himself, it was unlikely but he hoped Orchid would be here.
His heart physically ached at the thought of her being away from him forever.
He craned his neck looking around the dark tree trunks and shimmering bushes but saw nothing. Loki heard a low growl and froze, he slowly looked up at to see a huge gray wolf staring at him intently. Ah, so they were in the forest part of Alfheim.
Loki stared back at the animal patiently for a couple of minutes, a sly smirk forming on his lips. The animal whimpered frightened and disappeared into the darkness.
Loki chuckled to himself and his horse stopped its hoof impatiently. "Easy girl." He cooned patting his horses side affectionately.
But in the distance he heard voices, he recognized it was Thor but the other voices were feminine.
Loki bounded towards the voices instantly. Finally.
