He almost fell to the floor with the force of the attack, but quickly recovered and pushed Dante back to the ground before he could start licking him. "I missed you too, boy." Ge grined mischeviously before pointing to his brother, "Get 'em, boy!" Thor jumped as Dante started barking at him and tugging at his cape, making Candy laugh.
"I knew he liked you but, damn-" "Watch your mouth young lady!" Loki teasingly repremanded her, "That is no way for a lady to speak. .. Why do you say this, anyway? Does he not greet everyone in such a manner?" He sat next to her on the couch and gave her a hug, thankful the shackles he was forced to continue wearing had enough chain for him to move without much restriction.
She snuggled into his hug, "I trained him to only attack under my command.. Either he really likes you or knows you're special to me." Thor hadn't made any threatening moves so Dante wandered off to find his chewy-bone.
"My brother said the Chitauri had attacked you here.. Is this true or merely a scheme of his to get out of his prison?" Thor asked Candy bluntly after the dog left him alone. "It's true.. Although I'm curious as to how you found out about it." Tony butted in before she could answer. Loki answered for her, "She's a Dream Walker. After they'd woken her up, she forced herself back to sleep to tell me what was happening."
"So.. what exactly is a Dream Walker.. I mean can they do anything besides mess with peoples dreams or what?" Steve asked, a bit weary of Loki being so close. "As far as I'm aware.." Thor looked to Loki, who was far more knowledgeable on such matters.
"Male Dream Walkers are only able to play with dreams. Females, however, are very rare and capable of preforming magic. A rare trait for a Human." He ran his thin fingers through her hair, taking out her hair-tie in the process. Why she always kept her hair pulled back like that he would never understand. It looked so much nicer when it was down.
"You have taught her magic as well?" Loki turned to face his brother, "Is that a problem?" "Why are you guys here? Him especially?" Clint was visibly upset by Loki's presence although he tried to hide it. "Father insisted that he come back and make amends by destroying the rest of the Chitauri under my supervision." "What's with the chains?" Loki huffed in anoyance, "They have a spell on them to keep me from using my magic.. As to how I'm supposed to kill the Chitauri without my magic is beyond me." "Ah.. Sweet." Clint gave a thumbs-up and received a 'go to hell' look from Loki while candy laughed and Thor tried not to.
"What's so funny?" Steve asked, confused. "In Asgard, that means something completely different than here in the U.S." Candy informed him, "It means 'I'm going to stick it up your but'." Steve's face fell into a look of horror while Tony and Clint split their sides, laughing.
A/N: Yes, in some places the thumbs-up does actually mean this.. Those areas include the Middle East, West Africa and South America.. I thought it'd be funny for it to hold the same alternate meaning in Asgard as well lol
Also, I'm sure Loki is going to seem OOC for quite a while, but please trust me, I know where this is going and he is completely IC! It will start to become clear sometime after chapter 45.. exactly where, I'm not sure.. still working on it and that's as far as I've written so far..
I just watched Thor last night and it gave me the idea for how to get him back IC.. Now I just need to get my computer to stop overheating.. boo!