In this chapter is a new character. She's not exactly an OC as she appears in the Marvel Comics and Norse Mythology and my version of her is kinda... more like Norse but with my own twist. c: And this is where things get a bit AUer than normal. c:
AVP5: Of course he'll call it 'crash landing' xD I'm glad you liked what I did with Ahsoka. I was thinking about it and I realised that Ahsoka and Hawkeye have that in common C: Anyway, hope you enjoy this chapter!
Idiotic-Rebel: Yay! I hope you enjoyed your birthday! :D Yes, Steve is the only sensible one xD poor man having to deal with the avengers all the time c: Hehe, I laughed when I wrote it too, (after all the trouble trying to find out how to write it c: ) and yes, very interesting for a frost giant on a snow planet... but not just any snow planet. :) And that's good about Varian, I was worried he might get killed! :o
Loki rubbed his head as he slowly sat up. He groaned as he looked around. Where was he now? Last thing he knew was Anakin crashing his ship…
With a blink and a better look, Loki could've screamed. Of course! Of course! Loki was going to kill Anakin for this! Loki growled under his breath as he looked around the dreary decor of Helheim.
The doors opened up in front of him and a young woman entered the room. She was beautiful, with sparkling black hair that fell in waves to her waist.
Loki's anger faded away when he saw her, and sent her a rare, sincere smile that reached his eyes.
"Hela." He said to the woman.
"Hello father." She replied, giving him a smile of her own.
Loki took a few steps before he was close enough to her, and then wrapped his arms around her, and shut his eyes.
"It has been too long." He said softly.
Loki received a poke in his ribs, so he let go of his daughter. Hela looked at him and rolled her eyes, "And who's fault is that, Father?" she asked, placing her hands onto her hips, "Trying to take over Midgard? Why would you want to do a foolish thing like that?"
Loki shrugged, not really having an answer for Hela. The woman sighed and shook her head, "You're lucky I'm here. I was trying to deal with the damage you did. I brought back the Son of Coul, you know. The one who shot you with that Destroyer weapon? I sent him back to the realm of the living so that they wouldn't hate you as much." She sighed and shook her head, "The others that died… were harder. I could only return their life if the damage that slayed them wasn't too bad."
Loki looked at Hela with wide eyes, and his mouth slightly agape, "You did that for me?"
Hela poked him in the ribs again, "Of course, father." She sighed.
"Thank you." He said, looking at her. On one hand, he felt he should be mad at her, but on the other hand she was looking out for him. A bit of a role reversal, but...
Loki looked at his daughter with adoration clear in his eyes. He paused, before asking the question he was wondering ever since he woke up here.
"Am I dead?" he inquired.
Hela looked at him, a small smile on her face as she shook her head, "Near death, but not dead yet. Your two friends are alive, too, and are trying to get you to wake up." She said, her eyes getting a far away look in them as she stared to a part of the wall just past Loki's shoulder.
She returned her gaze to Loki, "Father, I am going to do something between us. Kind of like a link, which will help you with your magic issue."
Loki raised an eyebrow at his daughter, silently telling her to continue.
"I can't help renew your magic, that's not my area. But I can let you use my magic. I'll form a link between us so that you can use it without difficulty. And just know, that if you try to do anything I don't approve of I can stop my magic from doing it. Got it?"
Loki frowned but nodded his head.
Hela smiled at him, "The link will also do other things, but I can't go into that now, for the ones who shot you and your companions down, are hunting you."
"Thank you Hela. For everything."
Hela sent a grin at her father, "Of course, Father! Now shoo! I don't want to see you here again, unless you're visiting and not dying!" she told him, waving a finger at him.
Loki sent her a wry smile, "No promises." He said, and then shut his eyes, feeling the realm of the living pull him towards it.
When Anakin quickly came too, he assessed the damage. He was fine, just a bit bruised and sore, but nothing that wouldn't heal. He could sense that Rex was alright, but it was Loki Anakin was worried about.
The self proclaimed god had his head sitting on the controls of the ship, and Anakin winced, seeing blood on his head.
"Loki?" Anakin said, yanking the safety belt off of himself and slowly walking to the unconscious man.
Loki didn't respond, and Anakin could feel in the force that Loki's life force was slowly going away. Anakin grounded his teeth together. No. Loki was not going to die on him!
"Loki! Wake up!" Anakin hissed, placing his hand on the gods shoulder and giving it a small shake.
Nothing.
At that point, Rex entered the cockpit, his helmet placed under his arm. He frowned as he walked over to Anakin and Loki.
"General. Is everything alright?" he asked, looking at the unconscious man with concern.
Anakin shook his head, "Help me get him onto a flat surface." He said, lifting Loki's head off of the controls, as Rex grabbed Loki's waist.
Together they lifted Loki up, and gently laid him on the floor of the ship. Anakin took a glove off his hand, and felt Loki's forehead and frowned, "He's freezing." Anakin said, putting the glove back on with a frown, and then glanced at Rex, "Do we have a Thermo blanket?"
Rex nodded his head and moved over to a section of the ship and opened a compartment in the wall up, and took out a silver sided blanket and gave it to Anakin. Anakin placed the blanket on top of Loki, and sighed.
"C'mon Loki… wake up!" he muttered.
Anakin glanced at Rex, "Do you know where we are?" he asked.
Rex shook his head, "No, sir. All I can determine is that this planet is snowy and icy."
Anakin frowned, but before he could answer, he jumped back in surprise as Loki shot up and looking around. The now awake god looked around before frowning.
"Here again." He said, his voice sounding slightly unhappy.
Anakin stared at the man who seemed to be fully recovered from almost dying. Anakin blinked a few times before he managed to speak, "Are – are you ok?" he asked, sounding concerned.
Loki nodded his head, and pushed the Thermo Blanket off of him.
"I am fine." He said, getting to his feet and placing a hand on the wound on the side of his head. When he took his hand away, the wound was gone, no trace of it there.
Anakin raised his eyebrows, "I thought you said your magic was drained?"
Loki nodded his head, "I did. My daughter is lending me some of hers for the time being." he said, making Anakin's eyebrows raise higher.
"Daughter? You have a kid?" Anakin asked, surprised.
"And she's lending you her magic?" Rex added, confused.
Loki turned to face them and gave an annoyed nod of his head, "Yes. Her name is Hela Lokidottir, and she is the Goddess of Helhiem, which is where my mental self just was talking to her." He said, annoyance tinging his voice, "She also told me that the ones that made us crash, are currently hunting after us."
Anakin frowned and moved to his feet, "Well, the ship can't take off. The wing's smashed." He frowned.
"Sir. Sensors are picking up two ships heading this way." Rex said, looking to a screen that was flickering, "But they're also picking up some kind of settlement a short walk away… they might have a ship we can use."
Anakin nodded his head, "It's settled then. We'll walk to that settlement and get off this ice planet."
Loki stopped moving, seeming to be frozen on the spot and his eyes were wide. He swallowed hard before opening his mouth, "Ice planet?" he asked, his voice straight and devoid of emotion.
Anakin looked at Loki quizzically but nodded his head, "Yeah." He said, "Some snow and ice planet. You OK?"
Loki nodded his head, but it looked to be forced.
"I will be fine. Let us just off this planet." He said, his voice tense.
Anakin nodded his head with a frown, "Alright." He paused, and turned to Rex, "Do you have any cold gear?"
Rex paused, looking in thought, "I think we have some in the cargo hold."
Anakin nodded his head, "Right. Lets get a move on." He said, reaching down and grabbing the blanket and walking out of the cockpit, with Rex following close behind, and Loki trailing back a bit.
Fury and Obi-Wan still seemed to be in a stare down. Obi-Wan showed no sigh of backing down, and neither did Fury. In the end, Fury narrowed an eye, "Fine, but if Loki is under Jedi protection, whatever the hell a Jedi is, then you have to be responsible for whatever he does." Fury warned, "But, if Loki comes here and causes trouble then we have every right to take him and lock him up."
Obi-Wan nodded his head, "I find those terms acceptable." He said.
Fury nodded his head, "Now, I should warn you. We welcome you to our planet, but if you do anything with hostile intent, we will bring you down."
Obi-Wan nodded his head, "Do not worry, Director Fury. I am a Jedi, and we are peace keepers and have no intention to start a war with you or your people."
"Yeah, we already got one of those anyway." Ahsoka said, walking up beside Obi-Wan, having gotten back from talking with Agents Barton and Romanoff.
The captain looked at Ahsoka with surprise, "What do you mean with that?"
"Our galaxy is split with a war that's been going for almost three years now. We're fighting for the Republic, and the other side are the Separatists." Ahsoka briefly explained, "It's a mess. The Separatists are being led by a man called Count Dooku, and he's a Sith, the enemy of the Jedi." Ahsoka said, her eyemarks furrowed.
"Who's winning?" Stark spoke up.
Ahsoka gave a light smirk, "We are." She said, and then frowned as she added, "I think." she paused and then looked at Fury. She placed her hands on her hips and then glanced at Obi-Wan.
"That's just freaky." She said to the older Jedi.
Obi-Wan smiled in response, "Yes. It is rather."
Fury looked between the two of them, "What?" he demanded.
Ahsoka cracked a smile, "You have an uncanny resemblance to someone we know. Jedi Master Mace Windu. Force, you could probably pass for him… if it wasn't for the eye patch and beard."
"It explains Loki's distrust to Mace, anyway." Obi-Wan commented.
Ahsoka smiled, "Oh, what I would give to see Director Fury and Master Windu in the same room!" she said with a light giggle.
Stark grinned, his eyes alight in amusement, "So this Window guy looks exactly like Nicky, except for the eye patch? Oh man, I'd love to see that!"
"I know you would, Stark." Fury rolled his eyes, "And if you'll excuse me, I have to go do paperwork on those two." Fury said, motioning at Obi-Wan and Ahsoka, just as Romanoff entered the room again.
Strangely without Barton.
"I'll walk you out, Director." Romanoff said, walking over to him and walked beside him and they left the room.
Stark jumped to his feet, "Well, that was exciting. Who's up for some food. I'm starved." He commented and then looked around, "Chinese, anyone?"
No one said anything.
"Yes? No? Ah, I'll go with yes. Chinese it is! Jarvis, order us all some Chinese take out. The good kind."
"Already done, sir." Came the returning voice.
"Great! I'll go see where Legolas got to." Stark said and then walked into the room Barton was last in.
Obi-Wan, Ahsoka, Rodgers, Banner and Thor were the only ones left in the room. Banner walked up to Obi-Wan.
"We should check that bandage." He said, with Obi-Wan nodding his head.
He glanced at Ahsoka who shrugged in return, telling him that she'd be fine here alone. Well, alone with Thor and Rodgers.
So Obi-Wan and Banner left the room. Ahsoka walked over to a chair and sat down on it. The Togruta looked up at Thor who was watching her, curiously.
"You defended Loki even after learning of what had transpired here." Thor started, "Why?"
Ahsoka looked at him and tilted her head, "Because… the Loki you guys tell me about is not the one we know."
Thor's face changed with confusion, so Ahsoka tried her best to explain.
"A Jedi can do many things. We can have visions of a possible future, we can heal faster than normal, we can sense when danger is near and we can sense someone's intention and emotions." She said, smiling softly.
"That sounds like it'd be useful." Rodgers remarked.
Ahsoka sent him a smile, "It is, though sometimes it's annoying and we can't always use it whenever we wanted. It's not like a switch we can just turn on." She replied, "Emotions are the easiest thing to sense, because most people don't know how to protect them. Sure, they can hide them from showing on their face, but not from being sensed." She explained, looking back at Thor, "I sensed fear from your brother. Fear, anger, tiredness… it was almost as if he had given up."
Ahsoka shook her head, sadly, "I didn't know your brother for long Thor, and when I did know him, he didn't speak much… but what I read of him? He just wanted to find somewhere where he belonged."
Thor drooped a bit at that, and Ahsoka could feel regret from him.
"Loki didn't have a good childhood." Thor said, "But I never realised it. I was the favored child, the eldest of two. When Loki and I got caught doing things we should not have, I always got off and he got the most trouble, even though they were my ideas." Thor's smile turned into a fond one, "We never got caught when doing his ideas." He said, before going sad again, "Loki was never the greatest in the battling ring, but he was skilled with magic. A trait that the women learn and the men don't care for. He learned such wonderful things that helped us greatly when our quests failed, which they often did." Thor chuckled, "Loki saved our lives more times than I can count. But – he never got the recognition he deserved for it. He told me that his entire childhood he was in my shadow. And I… never knew!" Thor sounded heartbroken.
Ahsoka got up from her seat and walked over to him and placed a hand on his arm, trying to be comforting.
"I don't know what he was like before, but I can tell he's changed from the baddie that they've been telling us about." She said, "Don't loose hope yet."
Count Dooku knelt in front a holographic projection. The projection was looking at Dooku coolly.
"I foresaw this. That was why I sent you and your cyborg to Geonosis to begin with. Tell me, Tyranus, what did you discover about this Loki?"
Dooku looked up at his master, "That he was once swayed by power, and could be a powerful ally if he were to again."
A sinister smile grew on Sidious's face, "Good… good." He said, "Now tell me… your escape from the base before it blew up?"
Dooku nodded his head, "Yes. This small sphere dropped out of no where and then there was a bright light, and the General and I were back here." He paused, to look at the sphere that sat on a table, "Do you know what it is?"
"Of course I know what it is." Sidious snapped, "Now, you are to take a battalion of droids with you to the planet that the device will send you to. Attack and take control of the planet."
Dooku's mind was whirling. What planet was this?
"It will be done, My Master."
"Good." And with that, the hologram faded out.
Dooku looked at the spot where it once was as he took in all that Sidious told him, which granted wasn't much. He stood to his feet, and flicked his cape out from behind him as he walked out the room.
There was much to prepare for.
DUN DUN DUN DAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaa.
What is Sidious planning? What is Dooku going to do? How are Loki, Anakin and Rex going to go on this snow ice planet? How are Ahsoka and Obi-Wan going to go with the Avengers?
Oh, and if there's anything you want to see done with the Jedi and Avengers? Review and tell me and I might be able to add it to the next few chapters or the sequel! (you can add Anakin in too, but it'll be in the sequel)
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