I hope that you like this one, but it had to be separated from everything else. If you review, awesome...but if not, it will be OK.
Music"The Dream of a Normal Death" from Doctor Who (Series Three)
Chapter Fourteen - Finality
The battle had reached its end. The united forces of the Asgardians, Avengers, and Jotuns had been triumphant in their victory.
Chitauri bodies covered the grounds of the palace interior and exterior while everyone surveyed the damage.
Those that survived walked slowly toward the body that had materialized in the center passage.
The Other, the Chitauri lord and master of all of them, was lying dead. His heart stabbed through by a double-bladed weapon and twisted viciously round. The organ of his life was falling slightly through the opening.
The Avengers saw their enemy's demise before their eyes. Everyone knew that Jane had gone into combat against him, but they never could imagine that she would kill the demon with such brutality.
Tony Stark kicked him slightly with his broken boot.
"Oh yeah, he's dead," he told everyone.
Thor turned to the Chitauri who were gathering to see their fallen master.
"Take him," the Thunder God ordered in a low voice. "Take him from my home and never return here again; less you wish to be banished to oblivion."
They growled in discontent and did as they were ordered.
The Other was hoisted up above them and carried from all their sights.
After all the Chitauri had fled and their equipment vanished into the portal above Asgard, the Avengers headed to the Treasure Room doors to rescue those that they loved and those that were sheltered from harm.
From the vault doors, the women and children peered through the darkness into the light. Most of the gentry emerged first, but Lady Frigga who held a blanket around Loki's shoulders, Lady Stark, and Black Widow were not far behind.
They started to survey the damages and losses of life.
"Guess they did not need me after all," Natasha joked.
"Told you so," Abby replied.
"Abs," a voice called for her from not far.
Tony pulled off his helmet as he walked toward them.
The husband and wife shared a bliss-filled reunion with kisses and hugs.
Lady Frigga kept Loki her son close to her to aid his unsteady gait up the stairs.
"Brother," Thor called and raced to embrace his brother. "I am most grateful to you alive still."
"As am I my brother," Loki weakly replied. "As am I. Have you seen my Jane?"
Everyone looked away from their camaraderie and reunion to see if Jane was indeed present.
But she was nowhere to be found.
"Jane," Loki called, but in his weakness nearly collapsed upon the floor. "Where is she?"
The Midgardian queen was not where around the family reunions.
"No," he whispered, "she couldn't have been..."
"I assure you she is well my son," Odin told him. "She has not fallen in battle."
"Then why isn't she here?" Steve Rogers stated. "Without her, this victory would have never happened."
"Locate Jane later," Tony said. "I am reading Loki's vitals with what juice I have left. If he does not get some serious healing, your majesty is going to die."
"I am fine for all intents and purposes," Loki defended. "I have only been tortured, for several weeks. I..." and their king nearly collapsed again in weakness. Frigga did her best to hold him, but Thor was there to assist.
"I have tried healing him and nothing has been successful," his mother told everyone.
"Your Asgardian magic will not heal him," a powerful brute voice declared. Everyone turned to see the Jotun Lord approaching. "It will only heal half of him," Battalak the Bersurker told them. "His Jotun half must be healed on our world."
"I'd rather be dead," Loki snapped.
"Loki," Odin chastised his response. "What is it you will do to heal him Son of Battlaus?"
"Our magicians will heal his internal body so his Asgardian magic can complete his healing," the Jotun ruler told everyone. "We Jotun require certain things to be completely healed."
Odin put his hands on the blanketed covered shoulders of his son.
"Loki, as your father, I ask of you to go with these Jotuns, your brethren, to restore your strength and return you to normal," Odin asked of him.
Their king was silent.
"Not without Jane," the Midgard king said. "I will not go without my queen."
"She will not survive in our realm," the Jotun king declared.
"She's not mortal anymore," Loki blurted.
And everyone went silent.
Who was going to be the first to say their reaction?
"You owe me a drink," the Thing grumbled to the Human Torch.
"Jane, our queen," Steve started to say. "No wonder she gave that impressive battle call speech before the fighting started. She couldn't die."
"I can," a voice called and echoed over them.
Everyone looked for where the voice came from.
"Jane," Thor called out in searching for her.
"I am not ready yet," their queen's echoes resonated through the halls. "Please excuse my absence."
"Jane," Loki tried calling for her. "Jane, please..." His injuries caused him great pain.
"Loki, the one thing you can do for the three of us right now is get healed and come back to claim us all," Jane spoke. "Please. Do this for us."
And her words convinced him.
"I am doing this for her...and no one else, understand?" he made his point clear.
All agreed with him.
The king joined the Jotuns on their side.
"This means our accord is complete," Battalak stated. "This alliance is no more."
"Your reward shall be granted to you," Odin acknowledged. "Upon return of my son in a fully healed state, you shall have it."
The Jotun contingent with Loki included began to walk out of the palace toward the portal room that would carry them to Jotunheim.
A portal opened up behind everyone and Jane stepped out of the glowing star ring and into the hall where everyone stood. She looked like she had seen better days with her hair and the slashes across her left arm.
Everyone was amazed and staring at her.
"What?" she asked. "You act like you have never seen a goddess before?"
A bit of humor at the end of this chapter. Hope you enjoyed it. One more and the epilogue and it is all done. ::Boo::