Hi, gracias for los reviews! Hehehe, my sad attempt at using Spanish outside of school! Here's the chapter!
Everyone was still frozen as Loki and his mother lay on the ground. Nobody moved an inch. Except for me, cause I really had to go pee! Why can't they have regular bathrooms here? But I guess I'm gonna have to hold it.
Suddenly the old Frost Giant flipped the queen's body upwards and took out the sword. I looked away, because I get faint when I see blood. Then he tapped Loki's back with it. Loki got up slowly and looked around. I felt an urge to wave at him, but that'd be weird.
His expression was unreadable, no surprises there, but there was a twinge of sorrow. After all, he was the killer of both his biological parents.
It was still silent. Odin walked up to Loki, with Thor behind him.
"Why did you kill her? I thought you were on their side for good," said Thor.
"I'm never on anyone's side for too long," Loki said stiffly, and Thor and Odin exchanged confused glances.
"So, are you with Asgard?" asked Odin.
"Yes," said Loki, and he turned to the Frost Giant. "You're king now."
The old Giant smiled. "Thank you."
Loki nodded and walked past me briskly, ignoring the glares of the Frost Giants.
One of them stopped in front of Loki. "Don't think you'll be coming back here without finding trouble."
Loki looked him straight in the eye. "Shut up. You annoy me." Then he walked around the Frost Giant.
Wow, he's a very blunt, straight-to-the-point man.
The Asgardians walked out in silence, not wanting to celebrate in front of the enemy. When we returned to Asgard, there were parties everywhere.
I ate in the Dining Hall with Jane. And, to my delight, Fandral and Sif were together. I had to tell them to get a room halfway through dinner, otherwise I'd vomit. Ah, young love. Well, not really, cause they're older, so ah, older love.
This is why I don't get a lot of dates.
He wasn't here. I had looked around, but eventually Thor told me that he wasn't here. Darn it.
I was stuffing myself with food when the doors creaked open. It was him! I straightened up immediately, because I don't want him to see me slouching. As if he even cares about you! Oh shut up, stupid brain! You know I'm right. You know, I really hate you sometimes! Ugh, me and my subconscious arguing again. He looks so noble! So handsome, so- Oh shut up!
"Brother!" Thor yelled over the noise. Loki sat next to him, which happened to be right next to me. How convenient. Jane winked at me. I glared at her. Thor noticed this.
"What's going on here, girls?" Thor grinned. I blushed when Loki looked over at me.
"Nothing," I muttered, and I put my headphones in. Nothing like sitting next to the guy you love and listening to your iPod to avoid teasing. Yup, that's me.
Because I couldn't hear a word they were saying, I just watched as Thor and Loki talked. I heard the words slaying and parents and evil and hero. I put it together in my head. You're a hero for slaying your evil parents. Hey that's good! Maybe I am smart after all.
"Kiss me, k-k-kiss me, infect me with your lovin', fill me with your poison, take me, t-t-take me, wanna be your victim, ready for abduction," I sang quietly to myself. I blushed again when the two brothers and Jane looked at me. "What? It's a song!"
"It's an odd song," Loki mumbled. I slapped his arm. He didn't flinch.
"Ugh, you were both born rigged to not get hurt when a mortal slaps you for insulting her favorite song!" I whined.
Thor laughed. "No, we're just, as you said, ripped."
"Using my words against me, tsk tsk," I said in mock-shame.
Then a cold blast of air unnerved me, and everyone else at the table. There were whispers filling the silence.
"Oh look, if it isn't the puny little assistant of a puny little scientist. Ha! Too stupid to ever get into the real world by herself!" I clenched my fists. Stupid spirit!
"You'll never be good enough, ever," I heard something whisper into Loki's ear. He stiffened. "She'd never love you. You're always going to be second best. Don't even bother pondering who could possibly be telling you this. You know it's from us, the ones who brought you into the world, and now is the time you turn against us. Pathetic little Loki, always hiding, using his little magic tricks to earn the title of God of Mischief. Never good enough, never compare to-"
"SHUT UP!" He stood up so quickly that his chair fell backwards and hit the ground. He started saying some incantation that I'm not even gonna bother to try to pronounce and it all stopped. The warm air flooded back into the room.
I looked over at Jane, and she was in Thor's arms, with tear stains streaking her face. They must've said something really hurtful.
"Excuse me," Loki said, and he left the room. I just stood there for a couple seconds, wondering who he loved. Was it Frigga? No, that's his mother. Sif? No, just acquaintances and taken. Jane? Already taken. Me? No idea. Why did he have to be so confusing? It just made me wanna scream.
Thor motioned for me to go. I ran out the door, and then stopped right after, because I had no idea where he could possibly be. Where would the God of Mischief go when he heard his biological parents say that he would never be as good as Thor? And that he had pathetic powers, which is pretty cold considering that he killed the queen using his powers. So if I were her, I wouldn't be talking.
I decided to go to the gardens. Though I doubted he was there, I just wanted to walk in the moonlight.
Then I saw him, sitting underneath a tree near a small fountain. I crept up behind a bush to watch him. He just sat there, though. I decided to come out.
"You've got a pretty good poker face," I said, and sat down next to him.
"A what?" he asked.
"A poker face. It means your face is expressionless. It comes form when you play the game poker, and you need to keep a straight face so you won't give yourself away." Wow, if this is what feeling intellectual is like, then I'm gonna do it more often!
"Oh. I guess I do have a good poker face," he said, and I giggled at him using the phrase. It sounded so weird when he said it. But at the same time, it sounded hot. Give it up already, he'll never love you! Don't care you dumb conscious, now shut up! "What?"
"Nothing, it just sounds funny when you say it," I said, and I shifted to face him. It was a perfect moment, and then my iPod had to turn on and start blaring out music. "Hehe, wait a sec." I took it out and fumbled with the wires for a bit before I finally just threw it into a nearby bush. He laughed, the first I'd seen in a while. He looked so handsome, but not that he didn't look handsome with his poker face.
"Did the spirits whisper anything offensive at all?" asked Loki.
"A little. Said I was stupid," I admitted. "But it's okay. I guess they're right."
"They're wrong," he said quickly, and looked down.
"Thanks," I said.
We just sat there for a few minutes. It was freaking me out inside, it was that awkward.
"Did they say anything to you?" I asked.
"A few things. Maybe it wasn't the best idea to kill both my biological parents." He looked out into the horizon.
"Well, now everyone knows that you're officially on Asgard's side," I reminded him.
"Yes." Another few seconds of silence.
"But what'd they say?" I pressed.
"Oh, just that I'll always be second best to Thor, she'll never love me," his voice trailed off.
"Who'll never love you?" I asked. This was the moment of truth.
"You."
OMFG, huge cliffhanger! Sorry 'bout that! Don't hate me! I'll update tomorrow or Thursday! And hehehe, I mentioned poker face cuz I was just listening to the song Poker Face by Lady Gaga! And, I'm thinking of writing a story about Loki/Darcy from Loki's POV. Same plot, only it's from our fave God of Mischief's POV! Tell me what you think! Please review!