New chapter! So I need your peoples opinions. I have a couple new stories in mind, one of them in for Scrubs, and the other is for the Patriot, and I was just wondering which one you would like to read more. This Loki story is going to continue regardless of what I'm asking, but I kind of want to know, its wavering right. Anyway, enjoy this chapter, and thank you, as always, for the reviews.
It had been a week since Cora had first gotten to Asgard, and she still hadn't woken up. Her wounds seemed to be healing just fine, her wing was mending, and she was all around getting better, besides the fact that she hadn't opened her eyes yet, but that time would come.
Loki and Thor watched over her daily, they wanted to be with her when she woke.
Now you're probably wondering what happened with Loki's punishment and all that goodness, here the scoop. It was decided that Loki would be kept at Asgard, in the palace, where he had no power, and could do nothing without a guard watching him. If he failed to show any improvement, or seemed to be going back to his more criminal ways, they would deal with him in a harsher manner. Not a very intense punishment, but Thor was always kind when it came to his brother, it was in his nature to be forgiving. Plus he had a hunch that there was something between Cora and Loki, of course his mind didn't stray past the thought of friends, but it was on the right path.
Loki was fine with this, secretly he had hoped that they would keep him at the palace, then Cora would be within reach of him all the time, the only problem was that she made no response to anything yet, how could he sway her if she wasn't conscious. With the guard around him he couldn't even attempt to hold her, or even touch her for that matter, it was an obstacle that he already had plans to get around when she woke up.
Cora awoke to hear silence, a very unnerving sound, one that usually comforted her, but now it seemed like it held something secret, and deadly, like a shadow of a man hiding in the corners of a dark room. With a stiff breath she opened her eyes and looked at the room around her, this was definitely not anywhere she had ever been before, it didn't even look like a hospital, or anything like that. This room looked very extravagant, as if it was fit for a king, or a friend of a king upon closer inspection.
Trying to sit up Cora gasped in slight pain, man was she sore. That was when it all came back to her, the fight, getting hurt, almost dying. There were few things she remembered after she fell in front of Steve, Tony, Thor, and Bruce. She could recall looking at the ceiling of a white hallway, most likely the hospital, as they rushed her down it on a rolling bed, voices calling out to her, red feathers, and even a few mumbled goodbyes, but that memory was so foggy she wasn't sure if it was real or not.
Painfully wrapping her arms around her shoulders she shivered slightly.
"Where am I?" She whispered softly looking around more. She waited for a few minutes, but no one came in for her, so with great effort she pulled her legs over to the side of the bed and touched her bare feet to the ground tenderly. When you were trying to move body parts that felt like lead it was a little bit harder to believe that you might actually be able to walk with those body parts, but Cora was determined.
Carefully putting weight on her feet Cora tried to steady herself, already shaking from the effort and strain that was being put on her body she closed her eyes tightly and tried to stand up all the way. For a second it seemed like she could at least stand upright, and then her body said 'screw you,' and decided that the ground might be a very good friend to her.
Reaching out for whatever was closest to her Cora grabbed for a small table that held a glass of water, which came tumbling down with her to the friendly floor.
With a small whimper of pain Cora looked down as the water started to seep into her white gown, she didn't even have the strength to get back into the bed.
"Pain, pain, pain, pain, pain," she murmured looking out the door into the hallway. Even the hallway looked extravagant, just where was she?
Loki had walked by Cora's room after she had woken, not knowing that she was awake inside he kept going, thinking that she wouldn't wake today, feeling the same sinking feeling he felt whenever he looked at her face. He was pretty far down the hallway when he heard a crash from behind him, you might think it could have been someone else, but it wasn't. Cora was the only one staying in this part of the palace; Thor wanted her to wake to a peaceful place, not one full of chatter and busyness.
Running back to her room quickly Loki tried to listen for anything else from the room, but all he could hear were the guards footfalls as he ran behind him, that, and the sound of his own steps. The guard's steps only reminded him of his boundaries, he may be able to roam around freely, but he wasn't free to do what he wanted.
Stopping right in front of the door Loki looked down to Cora looking up at him, slightly afraid, but mostly confused and shocked. Her wings were opened slightly, hanging next to her body like curtains, and her hair looked messy above her clear grey eyes, making Loki catch his breath lightly. He forgot what she looked like when she was staring right at him, she really did look like a priestess of some sort.
"Loki," she whispered looking up at him. Goodness, her voice sounded like garbage, almost as if she just screamed all night long and this was the morning after. For Loki her voice was something that he needed to hear for awhile, it felt as if the sinking feeling had been lifted from him quickly, and he could breathe.
"You're awake," he said looking at her kindly.
"Yeah," she murmured staring at him a little oddly. "That's what happens when you stop sleeping," she said looking at him with a weird face. "You know, or you die in your sleep," she added the last part softly.
"Cora," Loki said gently. "You've been asleep for a week," he kneeled down next to her slowly. Her face froze, looking at him worried and baffled.
"What do you mean?" She questioned looking at him. "Where have you taken me?" She leaned away from him, if she was here with him; did that mean that he'd won?
Suddenly there were thunderous footsteps approaching the room, Loki stood up quickly, looking at the door and waiting for him to come in already, and so he did. Thor smiled grandly when he saw that Cora was awake, he lifted her off the ground as easily as an adult would lift a child, placing heron the bed with such care you would think of them as brother and sister.
"Cora, it is good to see you finally awake," he grinned standing in front of her as Loki stood off to the side.
"Thor where am I?" She asked looking up at him with a vulnerable expression.
"You are in my home, in Asgard," he said motioning towards everything around her.
"But why?" She questioned him further.
"You were dying on Earth, bringing you here saved your life," he explained looking at her with a more serious expression.
"I almost died?" She glanced at Loki, holding his eyes for a second before looking back to Thor.
"Yes, but now you are alive," he gave her with big smile. "Tomorrow we shall celebrate, you can meet my father and mother," he said walking out the door with a laugh. Cora looked after him a little strangely, you would think that after she had been out for so long the visit would last a little bit more than that, but then again it was Thor. So it kind of explained itself.
"Well, at least I'm not dead," she said cheerfully looking back to Loki.
"You do know that you are still mine," Loki said with a small smirk. He decided that she was going to be his a long time ago, and that had not changed, the manner of making her become his was different, but all in all still the same.
With this statement Cora looked at Loki with a slightly bored expression, he was in trouble for all that he did, he fell, just like she had predicted, and yet he still had the idea that she was going to be his, where did that confidence come from? She sure didn't have anything like that, well she was confident that she liked candy, but this was totally different.
It also made her a little happy, since she had wanted to get to know him a little better, maybe she could fall into 'like' all over again, and this time, he could do nothing to hurt her. With a sort of sly smirk to match his own Cora tilted her head a tad to the right.
"If you want me, you're going to have to run," she said sticking her tongue out playfully. "Of course, you'll have to wait until I can actually…run," she hesitated looking down a little embarrassed. Here she was trying to talk down a big guy, and she ended up feeling shy in the end, which was something that she had wanted to avoid.
All she meant was that he would have to work for her, because when it came to something like this, she was not the person to come to, she hardly noticed anything about these kinds of things at all. And by this and these kinds of things she meant 'love and relationships, if someone was flirting with her she wouldn't notice until they had already lost interest and moved on, she really was like a little kid. Except more innocent and playful. You know how little kids are these days, there like demons.
"When I catch you," Loki started to say walking up to her slowly. That was when the guard cleared his throat and glared at Loki, a silent threat that said 'stop talking now' it was clear that the guard was uncomfortable with anything of the matter of Loki and Cora.
Loki had wanted to say that when he caught her there would be no mercy, which would have caused poor Cora to redden like rosy cheek on a cold snowy day, making her look away in that sweet way that she did. It was something that Loki had wanted to see, he craved her innocent reactions, unlike most women who would say something right back to him.
"That's enough visiting time today," the guard said walking towards the door with a very commanding voice. Glaring at his guard Lokis turned around angrily.
"Fine," he snarled turning to leave Cora without a good bye, he wanted her to want him, and this was one way that had worked before.
"What do I do then?" She questioned looking over at them sadly. She knew no one else in the whole palace, and he was going to leave her alone. Loki may not be the best company in the world, heck she would trade him in for a stuffed animal, but at least he was someone to talk to.
"Rest, there's a celebration tomorrow," Loki said walking briskly out the door.
"But I'm not tired," she called after him. He didn't answer, nor did he come back to give her any other type of response, how lame of him.
On the other hand, this new type of relationship between the two of them was something that Cora liked, it seemed as if they were classmates in school, and she was the new student who had been friends with the other person a while ago. So they knew each other, but it was still kind of awkward to hang out or something like that, it was a little hard to explain for her, but it just felt, comfortable.
She didn't know how in the world she had gone from, hating him, to liking him, to being 'friends' with him, but it was something that she liked, the way he spoke was kind of playful. Though there was also the matter of how he was going to make her his, but in a way, she didn't mind it, which scared her more than other thoughts she had had previous to those. Did that mean that she wanted to be with Loki? Or did she just like the idea of being risky about everything?
Now that she got down to business, she actually was very tired. Who the heck knows why since she had been sleeping for ages, but it felt like just talking and fumbling on the floor had worn her out more than she knew. Almost dying really took a lot out of you, it certainly wasn't something she ever wanted to do again, no thank you.
"Good night Cora," she said to herself softly. It was something she did sometimes when she felt lonely. A sad thought had just collided with her busy brain. Since she wasn't on Earth anymore, did that mean she would never see her friends again?
She would ask Thor when she woke up.
Loki walked away from Cora's room with a grin on his face and a question in his mind.
What was he going to do when he caught her? Obviously his guard would not allow anything even remotely close to what he wanted to do with Cora, kissing was a big fat no, so how could he try to catch her if he wasn't allowed to run. Of course there were ways, and of course he could easily get away from his guard, but could he also get Cora away with him, and would she go quietly.
All of this was something that he had to take into account, especially if he was going to keep all for himself, there were still other men in the palace, and Thor would probably introduce them to her. She could easily fall for them as well, not that she would, but he was just worrying over everything. She had the freedom that he did not; he had to keep her within his sights, because if she was going to make it hard for him and run, he would hunt her down.
This was going to be fun.
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