"Ready?" Loki asked Jane. He was smiling, excited that he could finally use the full extent of his powers. They had found one of the rivers not even two minutes away, and on the way Loki had changed the trinket so it would reach Muspelheim.
Although it was frozen over, Loki easily broke through the thick ice of the river, shattering shards everywhere. He probably should have waited a bit until he had his powers more under control, though. When he usually got his powers back after a while, they were abnormally strong and hard to control. Loki had accidentally cut up him and Jane a bit when they were standing to close to the flying ice.
Jane nodded in response to his question. She was holding the tesseract trinket in her right hand. Her arm was extended as much as she could reach out, not wanted to get soaked with whatever water Loki conjured up.
They both were in a hurry, now. Who knew what kind of trouble Thor could be getting into now. It was only another example of his brother's stupidity. What in the name of Valhalla possessed Thor? He was letting his ego and over excessive pride get in the way again. No matter what he thought though, he couldn't do this alone. Loki wouldn't let him and he was sure Jane wouldn't either. It's why he liked her: she was full of the stubbornness and determination that Loki was. With her in Thor's life now too, it could possibly help his brother forget about Loki and everything he had done when Loki is finally gone. The thought of his deal with the Other sent a pang of gloom into Loki once again, so he turned his attention to the powerful, churning river.
Loki held both of his hands over the stirring waters below him. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Jane tighten her grip on the rings of the little device. Loki knew he had to be quick, but careful as well.
Loki watched as a spot in the river caved in, and a crater seemed to form in the middle of the rushing currents. The water hurried around the empty hole in the stream that Loki had created. He closed his eyes and concentrated on water, just water. Loki barely opened one eye to see a column of churning water rise up from the crater. The pillar of water grew higher and spun faster as Loki raised his hands inch by inch into the air.
"Wow…" Loki heard Jane whisper to herself from behind him. He glanced back to see her mesmerized by the column of spinning water that towered at least twenty feet high now, turning like a small tornado of water. Her grip slackened on the gold rings as she turned her attention to Loki's magic works.
"Jane…" he reminded her to pay attention. She tore her eyes away from the water and looked at Loki and nodded. She held on tightly to the trinket once again.
"I'm ready." she said. Loki nodded, not wanting to waste time. With one thrust of his right arm towards Jane, the water flew towards her, spinning and churning at dangerous speeds: powerful speeds. As the water rushed into the glowing ball of energy, Jane was jolted backwards from the force. She caught herself, though, and kept hold of the tesseract energy. Loki guessed that she was still doing alright, so he kept extracting water from the river and feeding it to the tesseract energy.
The crater in the river grew bigger as Loki took more water at a fast pace. The water bubbled and stirred in the rivers, taking chunks of unbroken ice with it.
Loki was so focused on doing this that he didn't hear Jane the first time she called out to him.
"Loki! It's not going to be able to harness anymore!" Jane yelled over to him over the crashing of small waves and the rushing of water. Loki pulled back his hands and stopped focusing on the water, but the column didn't stop going at the tesseract.
"Loki!" Jane yelled again.
"I'm not doing it!"
Jane looked over at Loki, and then quickly turned her attention back to the hydropower that was too strong to stop now.
"It won't be able to control all of this energy, it'll…" Jane wasn't able to finish, though. The air was filled with a high pitched whine that was only growing louder and louder. The same went with the blue-white light of the tesseract that built like it always did when it was about to transport them. They didn't even spin the rings yet! The entire trinket was going to blow, all of its energy being released.
Loki was suddenly ripped from the ground and hurtled into space to who knew where.
~X~
"It's such a shame you came alone." The voice boomed from all around Thor. Surtr was messing with him, trying to get in his mind. Thor had just figured out how they had already lost Muspelheim to the dark elves. Thor was so hopelessly and helplessly alone now.
Thor listened to Surtr, but he was too afraid to move. He was thinking of something, anything that could get him out alive. The only surroundings around him would only make matters worse, all of them having to do with deathly fire and destruction. He was really wishing he hadn't gone alone now. He cursed himself for his own stupidity.
It was then when Thor felt the tesseract device in his hand. If he made a move now for it, would Surtr finally pounce? Thor didn't want to take the chance just yet.
"If I were you…" Surtr was now saying. "I'd be a bit worried, being alone in such a foreign land. It would be too bad…" his voice trailed off. Thor stood in the tense air, his stomach in knots and his heart racing. Where was Surtr? He definitely couldn't tell from his voice, it seemed to be everywhere. Would it be too much movement just to turn his head?
"If you weren't to return." Surtr's voice boomed, seeming to be so much closer this time. At that point Thor couldn't take the harassment any longer. He lifted the device and placed both of his hands on both of the handles. As soon as he touched down in Muspelheim, he had tampered with the device like he had watched Jane do. He couldn't find Asgard's magnetic field, but he could detect Earth's so he just set it for Midgard. Since Midgard was so much closer to Asgard, he could easily get back home.
Unfortunately, Thor wasn't even able to get to Midgard, though. As soon as he was able to begin to turn the handle, it was ripped from his grasp with a force that was greater that even Surtr. In a big flash of gold that glimmered in the light of the fires, a big mass soared directly over Thor's head. He couldn't get a good look though, because he was shoved back onto the ground when something hard swung out from the large mass and hit him. Were those claws that had yanked the tesseract from his grasp?
Thor tried to regain his composure. He jumped up and held Mjolnir up, ready for whatever would come. He wasn't going to be able to get home without that tesseract, so whatever had taken it from him, he was going to have to confront.
Thor looked all around him. He couldn't see the metallic gold anywhere. The smoke was really getting to him, as well as the heat. He was completely dry now, although that didn't help much of anything.
Another geyser of steam burst from the right side of Thor. He really hated them now. The steam hissed, and then was gone. Thor was about to start walking forward slowly, but out of the corner of his eye, he noticed something in the burning trees besides him that wasn't there before the geyser had went off: a column of some sort? It looked shiny and orange, but slightly scaly at the same time. Thor slowly turned his head to fully look at the object. He could then tell that the 'column' wasn't actually orange. It was only the flickering reflection of the fire. The actually color was gold. And the object wasn't just some pillar; it was only a small part of something bigger.
Thor looked up above the tree line, but wished he didn't. The detailed scaly face of a huge golden dragon stared back down at him. Thor's heart skipped a couple of beats. He stood still though, really regretting his stupidity now. With a mighty roar, the beast barred its pointed teeth and filled the air with fire.
~X~
It was pure luck that they had gotten to Muspelheim. Loki knew they were there before they had even touched the ground. The heat emanated from the realm for miles, and the fires that spread out over everything shined brighter than anything Loki had ever seen.
"Jane?" Loki called to her. She was kneeling on the hard rock ground, huddled over something. If she was hurt, Thor would kill him for pulling something like that.
She didn't answer so Loki walked to her, looking over her shoulder. She held the trinket in her hands, or what was left of it. The blue ball of tesseract energy was all together gone, and the rings were charred, looking more black than gold now. The outer ring had snapped and the inner was bent to a point where it couldn't easily be fixed.
"Let's hope Thor is keeping the other one safe." Jane said, tossing the useless ring ahead of her. They watched it bounce across the ground, thumping around in an unusual path because of the uneven rocks. It finally landed in what looked like a flowing river, but it was made of lava, not water. Jane seemed to have noticed this as she slowly stood, making her way to the flowing lava.
"This is amazing," she said, breathless.
"Thor now, scientific discoveries later." Loki told her.
"Right," she said, instantly getting back on track. The air was filled with the crackle of fire that seemed to be everywhere: on the trees, on the ground, in cracks of the rocks. Loki began to walk first, but he wasn't even sure where to go. Jane pointed this out.
"Well what are we supposed to do, just wait around for some sign?" Loki said. "I doubt that…" he was interrupted by a roar that pierced the air, making nothing else audible. By the sound, it was definitely a giant beast. Many inhabited Muspelheim, this he knew. Loki just didn't know what.
Jane was looking at him with her I-told-you-so look. Loki rolled his eyes and began walking towards the roar of the beast that was most likely confronting Thor. He was quickly surpassed by Jane who had begun running, now. He knew she was desperate to get to Thor, but Loki knew he could handle whatever the problem was until they got there. So he kept stubbornly walking, driving Jane crazy who still was running but she had to stop to wait for Loki occasionally.
Without warning, a big burst of steam exploded from behind him, flying out of the ground. Loki couldn't help but jump. Okay, now he would run. He didn't like Muspelheim. He didn't like being so warm all of the time and he only like his green fire. The smoke that filled the air was especially annoying.
Another roar sounded from not too far off. They were coming up to some type of clearing now that had a big mountainous structure in the middle. Loki even noticed a line of volcanoes in the distance that were exploding lava as they ran. The next roar was so loud; Loki was surprised that the creature wasn't directly above them.
He was looking around for it so much that he didn't notice that Jane had abruptly stopped. He nearly ran into her, but he stopped just in time to come right up behind her. The expression on her face had horror written all over it. She was staring out into the clearing. Loki looked as well and understood the reason for her surprise. His brother was pushed against a rock where he crouched down. On the other side of the boulder, a huge golden dragon unleashed clouds of smoke and fire down. Thor was shielded from the flames thanks to the boulder, but he wouldn't last long.
Why didn't he just transport away? The dragon was much too large to be accidentally transported with him so…
Loki realized the reason when he scanned the dragon more closely. It's eyes gleamed a copper brown color, and it's scales seemed to give off their own light with how glossy they were. Spikes ran down the back of the neck of the dragon, and its tail whipped around behind it as the beast messed with Thor by making him jump from the flames. It also had long, sharp claws. The incredible sharpness of the claws weren't what made Loki's chest tighten, though. It was what was held in its claws: the tesseract.
isaalacrymosaa- haha thanks! I almost get as excited as Loki: i love his magic. And I am planning an important Loki and Jane team up moment later on in the story. I think they make a pretty good team.
2008- haha this made me laugh! I say that so much when I like something! Thank you for that perfect moment for a movie line
NightwingNinja17- I know! I smile every time I see that! It never gets old for me. It looks like she really hits him hard too. Thank you so much by the way you are so dedicated to my story it's amazing! I like to do the same with getting an idea as well, the only thing I make sure I do, though, is be open to a totally different story to see when I go into the movies
