Did someone request explanations? Well here are a few. Your reviews keep me going! So thanks for all the reviews! They are a treasure for me to read! I'm not sure when chapter 11 will be out, I've not written it yet.

However I am proud to state that the plot is being well thought out and formed now. Back in chapter 7 I was about ready to end this story. But to be honest I might make it last until Avengers 4, just so I can find comfort in it despite Infinity War. But who knows, the end is just not in sight.

Chapter 10

Loki woke up to the sound of crunching right into his ear. Something crumbly hit him in the face. He slowly opened his eye. The little Asgardian girl was eating out of a bag of potato chips. She was letting the crumbs fall right onto his face. They were all still in the Jeep and Loki slowly pushed himself up and propped himself against the wall.

"The Prince is awake," the girl said as she continued to eat.

Loki brushed the crumbs off of his face and looked around. It was dark outside, but inside the jeep was a little over head light. There were food wrappers littered in the seats Loki shared with the child.

"Ah! Good! How are you doing, Loki?" Jane asked, she was still in the front seat, still driving.

"We aren't dead then?" Loki asked quietly.

"Nope," Jane told him, her voice sounded chipper and happy for the first time on this trip.

"What is all this?" Loki asked, picking up one of the wrappers.

"We actually found a drive thru open. And Eira was hungry," Jane told him.
Loki slowly glanced to the right of him where the little girl continued to crunch on the potato chips. She stared back back at him, still crunching.

"I take it you are Eira?" Loki asked the girl. She nodded. Loki looked back at Jane, "You risked going to a restaurant with my appearance?"

"Eira covered you with the blanket," Jane told him. "It was only a drive thru. No one saw you, we didn't leave you and we didn't even have to get out of the jeep."

Eira nodded, but did not look up from her potato chips.

"I take it nothing bad happened while I slept?" Loki asked.

"Nothing," Jane told him. She glanced back at Eira. "Show him what we found."

Eira sat down the potato chips and reached into the door's side pocket and pulled something from there. She dropped it onto Loki's lap. Loki picked it up carefully, it was greasy from Eira's fingers. It was just a small rectangular black box with buttons and what looked like the remains of a light. It had several cracks in it and a dent where pieces of it had come apart. On the other side a bit of wire came out.

"It's how they knew where you were," Eira told Loki.

Loki quietly glanced at Eira. Eira snatched up her potato chips and went back to eating, she quickly looked away from Loki.

"They were tracking us," Jane told him, "I don't know why I didn't think to check after that Hydra agent leaned against the door. Okay I know why, I was too focused on getting out of there. Its my fault that they found us and I'm sorry."

"We should change vehicles. They'll recognize this one if they come looking for us again," Loki told her.

"I was hoping that maybe they thought Thor was with us and would give up," Jane admitted. "What do you think Eira?"

Eira put down her chips. "Maybe," she started, "They talked about King Thor being in another country. That he didn't know about any of us, that he wouldn't look for us or find us. Maybe they think King Thor is with us. They are afraid of him."

"We still should change vehicles," Loki told her. Jane frowned. "Is that a problem?"

"I just really love my jeep. I don't want to give it up. This is the jeep I hit Thor with...twice. It is my lucky Asgardian finding jeep...I can't just abandon it!"

The corners of Loki's mouth twitched, but he kept the amusement and laughter at bay. "Your desire to hold onto this vehicle puts our lives at risk. It puts Eira's life at risk."

Eira looked up with her eyes wide and worried. Jane gritted her teeth.

"Did you hit King Thor with your land transportation?" Eira asked Jane.

"It was an accident," Jane said with a forced smile. Loki looked directly into the rearview mirror and Jane couldn't avoid his intense gaze. "Okay, fine, you're right. Of course we have to find a different vehicle. Um, but this road has been pretty deserted for the last hour and there is the matter of gas and...and things. So when we get the chance we'll take it."

"Good," Loki told her. Then he turned his gaze to Eira whom suddenly would not look at Loki. "Who are you, exactly?"

Eira sighed. She put the chips down and looked at Loki. "My name is Eiradotri, daughter of Eir."

Loki's eyes widened.

"Do you know her mother?" Jane asked.

Loki looked at Jane and nodded, "The Goddess of Healing. You may have met her during your short stay at Asgard."

"She was a healer?" Jane asked.

"Not just a healer, the Healer. She helped my father Odin regain his strength after he took ill when he banished Thor."

"Did you make him sick?"

"No," Loki responded with a glare towards Jane.

"Did she have reddish brownish curly hair that she kept mostly in a bun?" Jane asked.

"That's my Mummy!" Eira nearly shouted. "You know her, too?"

"We had a brief argument over soul forges and quantum generators…"

"Who was right?" Loki asked, only slightly amused.

"Me, they're the same thing."

"Well at least this is starting to make sense." He turned back to face Eira. "Can you tell me everything you have seen since the attack on the Statesman?"

Eira's face paled, she gulped, but then nodded.

"My mother hid me and some of the other children in a cupboard. For some reason they didn't come into our room. We heard the fighting on the other side though. There was the purple light and we thought we were going to die. Then the Bifrost picked us up and dropped us here on Midgard. There were many of us. Master Heimdall was there, but he was dead. You were there too. Mother checked on you, she said that you were still alive, just barely. She said you couldn't breathe. So I helped Mother find the tools to cut into your chest so you could breathe. That's when the bad Midgardians found us. We were all separated between the dead, the adults and us, children. They let me see her once. She said that they made her use her magic to help you. They kept us in the dark for a long time. They wouldn't let us eat. Then two of my friends turned to dust. The Midgardians told me that Mummy was dust too.

They talked about you escaping, I tried to escape too, I'm not very good at escaping Midgardians. Then they put me in their land transportation. They let me go at that place where you and Lady Jane were. And now we are here," Eira said, ending her story.

"To use an Asgardian child to draw us out," Loki seethed.

"It worked," Jane added with a frown.

"But we managed to escape, rescue Eira and make sense out of all of this," Loki said, looking back at Jane.

"What?"

"I knew it was impossible for humans to save my life, but with the Goddess of Healing, it makes a little bit more sense now. But I don't understand how Heimdall could have sent us to Earth if he was dead."

"King Thor prayed to the Allfathers," Eira informed him. "That's what mother said."

Loki let out a breath of air, "It must have taken a mighty amount of dark energy to do that," Loki said mostly to himself.

"Eira?" Jane asked, "How many of you were taken by the bad men?"

"I'm not sure. There were six of us children. Mummy, the Prince and many other adults. I do not know how many people turned into dust. We were alone when it happened. But there were six of us before two turned to dust."

Both Jane and Loki paled and looked at each other at the same time.

"Are you telling me that those scum have three Asgardian children locked away?" Loki slowly asked Eira.

Eira solemnly nodded her head.

Loki looked back up to Jane, "We must return for them!"

"You're right, 100%," Jane answered.

"Then turn around the vehicle," Loki demanded.

Jane winced.

"What is wrong? Why aren't you turning around?" Loki asked her.

"We can't go back, not now."

"Are you deaf? There are three, three Asgardian children back in that torturous place. Three children of Asgard. Not to mention how many other Asgardians trapped in that wretched place. They are my people! All that is left of Asgard!" Loki shouted at her. "We can't just abandon them! Let them be turned into weapons and puppets and experiments for Hydra!"

"Loki," Jane started.

"There is no excuse. We. Must. Return. Now!" Loki shouted.

"Loki, we can't just turn back. Are you fully healed? Could you, as you are now, take on a Hydra facility? Could you protect me and Eira plus the three remaining children? And gods know how many other Asgardians there who may be hurt or injured? Be honest with me. Are you well enough to do that?"

Loki gritted his teeth as he touched his hand to his bandaged throat. It was aching now from the shouting.

"Well?"

"No," Loki quietly answered.

"I'm sorry, Loki and Eira," she told them both. "We have no choice but to wait, or to find someone to help us."

Loki looked up in shock and surprise and gently shook his head at the thought.

"I realize the second one really isn't an option, unless we manage to find Thor. So I am relocating us to a safe house, where you can heal," Jane looked to Loki, "And you," she looked to Eira, "Can be safe and protected. Then we will go back and rescue your friends."

"And you have a location where we will be safely protected?" Loki asked, unsure.

"Yes," Jane told him.

"How long until we arrive?" Loki asked.

"In another four hours."

"Very well." Loki leaned back into his seat. Eira picked up a cup out of the cup holder on her side and loudly slurped at it. Loki looked up at Eira with a silent glare. Eira continued to loudly slurp and this time she did not turn her gaze from Loki. She held it perfectly, until Jane spoke and Loki looked away.

"Oh, we got this for you," Jane said, she picked up a cup and handed it back. Eira grabbed it and handed it to Loki.

Loki stirred the contents of the cup with the straw.

"It's a strawberry milkshake, I had mine already," Eira told him.

"Sorry, it has been an hour or so since we picked it up. It's probably all melted now," Jane apologized.

Loki stared at the liquidy contents. He rolled his eyes, but noticed Eira was staring at him again. He glanced up at Jane.

"Could we stop for a moment? I think I'd prefer to sit up there with you."

"Nah, I need you to sit with Eira," Jane told him.

"Why?"

"So she can keep an eye on you," Jane told him.

"I'm Lady Jane's secret spy!" Eira told him, "Her commands are my family's honor to obey!"

"I'm the Prince of Asgard and I have the highest rank in this vehicle, so you should obey me."

Eira shook her head, "Lady Jane is betrothed to King Thor, that makes her Queen of Asgard. She wins."

Jane suddenly coughed, but she pulled over to allow Loki to climb into the front seat. He glared at Eira nearly the entire time. When he sat back down he put his cup of milkshake into the cup holder. Jane glanced down at it.

"Wow, must be a magic cup!" Jane exclaimed as Loki put on his seat belt. "I know that milkshake was melted. Jane looked up to see Loki staring at her with a peculiar look on his face. Like he was caught doing something he shouldn't have. "What?" Jane asked.

"Nothing," Loki responded as he picked up the cup and started to drink the milkshake.

"How did you do that?"

"Do what?"

"You know what I mean and have you forgotten your Oath?" Jane asked him.

"What Oath?" Eira asked.

"Nothing!" Loki snapped at Eira, but turned to see a cross looking Jane. "Not in front of the child," Loki practically begged. Jane did not start the jeep. She only continued her gaze at Loki. "We have been through a lot together. You've helped me, I've helped you. Clearly we are on the same side. We trust each other."

"But suddenly backing out of an oath does not fill me with confidence."

"I swore it to you, not to a child," Loki argued.

"Eira wanted to sit up here with me this entire time. For some reason, can't imagine what, but she's afraid of you. Why would she be afraid of you, Loki?"

Loki took a deep breath, he put down the cup and turned to look at Eira. "The oath I swore to Lady Jane is this. No betrayals, no harm to Lady Jane. That from the moment she cut me loose of my bonds that I would never, ever lie to her. It was," Loki glance at Jane before looking back at Eira and continuing, "It is the only way I can form a mutual trust between us. If I am to break that oath then I lose everything."

Loki turned around and put his seat belt on. He turned to Jane. "Drive on, now, I'll answer anything and everything, like I swore I would."

Jane began driving again and Loki noticed Eira turning the over head light off.

"She wanted it on so that I could see what was happening back there," Jane quietly told Loki.

Loki sighed, Eira and Jane sighed at the same time. Loki picked up his milkshake and began to slowly drink it. After a few minutes of drinking it, he sat it down.

"Eira?" he called to her.

"Yes, Prince?" Eira asked.

"You know what I really am, don't you?"

"I saw the theater," Eira answered.

Loki glanced at Jane, "Do you recall when we fooled Malekith into believing I was on his side?"

"Yes," Jane answered.

"Do you recall the title I gave myself?"

"Loki, of Jotunheim," Jane responded.

"The realm of my birthplace. One of my powers, due to my birthplace, happens to be ice. Or, I can freeze things."

"Omygods, you're Elsa. It all makes sense now."

"What?" Loki asked, confused.

"Ah!" Jane gasped, "Eira, when we get to the safe house we are watching Frozen. All of us together."

"What are you babbling about?" Loki asked again.

"Frozen, it is a kids movie about two princesses and one of them has winter ice powers. Just like you," Jane said, patting Loki's hand.

Loki rolled his eyes, "You've taken a very serious moment of revelation, about the truth of my parentage and have turned it into laughing matter about for a child's entertainment?" Loki asked.

"What did you want me to do? Screech at you like a banshee and kick you out of the jeep because you weren't born in Asgard?"

"No, I-"

"Do you want me to shout, 'Oh of course, now it makes sense why you tried to kill your brother, it's because you're adopted!'?"

Loki did not speak. He only frowned and looked out the window into the darkness.

"You could have just lead with, 'I have ice powers,' I would have still called you Elsa though."

Loki didn't answer her, but after some time of silence, both Loki and Jane heard Eira's quiet voice.

"Lady Jane?"

"Yeah?"

"Would you ask the Prince...what happened to the Allfather?"

Loki closed his eye, he bowed his head.

Jane sighed and pulled over to the side of the road. She turned on the over head light and looked at Eira.

"I'm sorry, Eira. But Odin..the Allfather has passed away."

Eira pursed her lips and then nodded. "I knew about that. The Goddess of Death announced it to us all. But...we all saw the Allfather and King Thor, then the Allfather became the Prince. Then they left. The Death Goddess came and the Prince and King Thor saved us...but...what happened to the Allfather? The Prince told King Thor that he was alive. But then he wasn't. I want to know what happened to the Allfather."

Jane turned and looked to Loki. Loki glanced at her and slowly nodded. Jane turned back to the front and started up the jeep again and continued the journey. Loki looked back at Eira.

"I'm not a good person, I know that. You know that, all of Asgard knows that. And I am sorry. In my poisonous dream to become king. I did some truly horrific deeds. But my dear Eira and Jane," Loki looked up to Jane. Jane glanced at him before looking back at the road. Loki looked back at Eira. "I need the both of you to swear you will not repeat what I am about to tell you."

"Does King Thor know?" Eira asked.

"Yes, he does, he was there with me," Loki told her.

"I'll keep the secret, only if my Lady commands me," Eira said looking to Jane.

"We're going to keep the secret," Jane said.

"Then I swear to never tell anyone," Eira told Loki.

"Very well," Loki began, "I exiled the Allfather to Midgard after the fight with Malekith, the Dark Elves and after I faked my own death. I put the Allfather into a complex memory spell to trick him into believing he was only human. When Thor revealed my true form in Asgard to everyone I took Thor to the place I had exiled the Allfather to. It was his magic that kept the Goddess of Death at bay. But then he suddenly died, there before us, and his death released Hela, the Goddess of Death. The Allfather didn't give us much of a warning. I completely expected him to end my life right then and there and for him to take his rightful place as King of Asgard once more. But he didn't."

"So you did not kill him?" Eira asked.

Loki shook his head, "No, I did not."

"How could you put a spell on the Allfather? He was so powerful," Eira asked.

Loki glanced at Jane, checking to see if she really wanted to know the answer. Jane nodded.

"You forget, daughter of Eir, this was just the day after Queen Frigga was killed. My father Odin did not even try to fight me," Loki looked off into the distance. "He was so lost in grief and half mad with hate that he just looked at me and said, 'honor thy mother'. The spell I put him under was a peaceful one, he didn't fight it. Not in the beginning anyway." Loki's eye was unfocused as he thought about how much he had lost as a consequence of his actions.

"Eira, that's enough questions now. How about you lay down and get some rest?" Jane asked.

"When I wake, will you still be here?" Eira asked.

"Of course I will," Jane promised. "I'll keep you safe. I kept him safe while he was sleeping too."

"Okay," Eira said. She covered herself up in one of the blankets and she laid down to go to sleep.

"So all of that was the truth then?" Jane asked Loki as he turned around and settled in his seat.

"Not a drop of falsehood," Loki told her as he looked out into the black of the night.

"Why didn't Odin punish you when you and Thor found him here on Earth?"

Loki shrugged, "Who can say? Perhaps he was simply too weak to do so. He was dying. Or maybe…"

"Yes?"

"Maybe he didn't want to kill me. He told us that he managed to free himself from my spell, that Frigga would have been proud of me and then he revealed that he loved us. Both I and my brother Thor. It was almost as if he'd forgiven me for everything."

"You were right."

"In what way?" Loki asked.

"Your family is very complicated."

Loki gave a half smile that Jane couldn't see, due to the darkness and his face turned towards the window. It lasted barely a second, "My father had a wretched habit of keeping secrets."

"But it sounds like you really did reconcile with him?"

"How could he forgive all my sins just like that?"

"He was dying, like you said, he clearly didn't want to hang onto his anger any longer."

Loki didn't answer. He just stared out into the darkness and slowly drifted back to sleep.