A/N: Cranking out this story super fast, thanks to all you awesome reviewers! Thank you to those who take the time to review, you brighten my days!

Chapter 10

"Heimdall are you sure?" Frigga begged again. It had been a few hours since Odin had told her of their son's demise.

She had walked the length of the Throne room, crying, holding herself. Finally she had called upon Heimdall and kept begging him to look harder for Thor.

"Where is he?" She screamed.

Heimdall closed his eyes and looked down, fighting back tears.

"I am sorry. I cannot find him."

"Well then look harder!" Grief racked her body as an animal cry tore through her.

She collapsed onto herself and held herself as she cried. Just when she thought she was out of tears a new wave cascaded down her cheeks.

"Frigga, darling, I'm so sorry." Odin tried to approach his wife.

"Don't. Don't come near me right now."

Odin stayed where he was, frightened by his wife's display of sorrow. He had thought it had been bad with Loki; then she had only threatened to throw herself off the balcony. The crying was much worse. Much worse.

"Darling, we'll…we'll build a monument." He tried consoling her.

"You think that will bring him back?" She screeched.

She rose to her feet and stormed out of the Throne room. In the hall she ran into Elani, rubbing the sleep from her eyes.

"What's going on?"

Upon seeing her Frigga collapsed into a new bout of tears; of course Elani didn't know yet.

"Thor…he's…gone."

"Gone?" Hope surged in Elani. So he had decided to go to Midgard after all.

"Dead." Frigga threw herself into Elani's arms and soon the shoulder of her night-gown was wet.

Dead? Dead?

"I'm sorry my Lady I have to go." Elani removed Frigga from her person and walked down the hall and around the corner to Loki's room.

She knocked on the door loudly until Loki answered, rubbing his eyes. He had not slept well at all.

"What are you doing?" Elani whispered.

"What?"

"What did you do to Thor?"

"He is lost to me; I can't find him."

"Don't give me that Loki! Don't you dare lie to me!"

Loki sighed and ran a hand through his unkempt hair.

"I did it for you. I didn't think Thor would win the war in time so I kept him there, hidden from view until after the wedding date. Then you can leave and he'll come back." Loki shrugged like it was the simplest thing in the world.

"You're a liar Loki Odinson. You did it for you."

Elani pushed him; she was seething with anger.

"I though you'd be happy! Who cares why I did it, now you don't have to marry him!"

"He's your Brother Loki! Your family! Does that mean nothing to you? I had a plan; you didn't need to do this. Do you know how much trouble you'll be in when people find out you're holding Thor on Jotunheim?"

"Nothing has to happen to me; I can say I miraculously found him one day."

"You think people will believe that? What will they do to you Loki? You will be called the King of Lies. You will never be trusted again. Even Thor, who has never once turned his back on you, may do so now. Look at what you've left him to!"

"He's not in any danger; I've shielded his presence from everyone. No one can see him."

"Loki, you have to bring him back."

"No, I can't."

"And why not?"

"Because…because for once I am the favored son! I am heir, and rightfully so. I always should have been! I am the rightful King of Asgard!"

"No. You're a child and a fool."

"How…how dare you."

Loki stood to his full height and stared down at her. She evenly matched his gaze.

"I thought I could love you; but I can't love someone who betrays their own family. Who lies to himself. I thought you would make the right decision Loki. I see now that I was wrong about you. Maybe I would've been better off accepting my engagement to a man who didn't love me, rather than wish I could marry a man who only loves himself."

She pushed past him and slammed his door shut. Loki sighed and sat on the edge of his bed. Now he felt even worse about what he had done. Of course he knew it was wrong, but he planned on bringing Thor back eventually. Loki looked up the ceiling; wondering what to do.

"AllFather!"

"What is it?" The same man from the team had come back to inform him of their progress on the Cube.

"With your permission, we would start to rebuild the BiFrost immediately."

"…do it."

"Yes AllFather."

Odin would end this war, and he would try to find his son. He missed him so dearly. He sighed and sat back in his golden chair; he could still hear Frigga's cries as she mourned for him. Elani had locked herself in her room, no doubt out of grief. Loki hadn't come out either. It would be a long day in Asgard when they announced the death of the Mighty Thor Odinson.

He would have his best sculptors build a monument; all the Nine Realms would come and lament at the death of the mighty warrior. Odin bent his gray head, the weight of all his years bearing down on him. He shook his head for a moment, unable to believe that his Son was truly lost to him. A single tear fell to the golden paved floor, followed quickly by many others.