Chapter 5 : Rebirthing

Loki woke up from his dream state, teleported his clothes onto himself, and rushed to Thor's room. He knocked on the door. "Thor! Thor are you in there? Answer me!"

Thor opened the door his eyes returned to normal as he gave a goofy grin. "Ah brother what is wrong?" Malekith's soul attempting to masquerade as the thunder god.

Maria meanwhile had returned with her shadow and was shadow traveling into Thor's room taking note of the circle "Damn it" she mentally thought in the shadows. "Dirkis removia absorbinos Malekith solis" she whispered and into a blue crystal a dark aura is stripped from Thor's body and the circle dissipates before Maria leaves the room from across the hall she looks to Loki her eyes wide but calm.

"Thor, I just wanted to make sure that you were safe. I think I'll leave now." Loki looked over at Maria hoping for some kind of all clear signal. He knew that he had showed Thor that he was worried but he just figured Thor would forget about it in time.

Thor shrugged as if nothing were wrong at all "Thank you for being concerned about me brother but as you can see I am fine" Thor said as he smiled then yawned "Now I shall need some slumber brother." closing the door he crawled into his bed and began to sleep.

Maria looked to Loki "Thank gods we got to him fast." she said nearly collapsing the crystal in hand. "Stupid fool has been possessed and doesn't even know it he had a full circle in there."

"Meaning?" One of Loki's brows arched.

She sighed "He had been possessed so long he was about to perform unstable magic that could have killed him." Maria said bluntly as she held the crystal "trapped dad in here….need to get to uncle ….to prevent …..damage... " Finally weary Maria collapses all her energy spent.

Loki caught her as she fell. "I asked you not to help me. You have expended all of your energy." Loki carried her to his room and laid her down on his bed. He went to his couch to rest. From there he could watch her as she slept and make sure that she was okay.

A couple hours later Maria groaned as she woke up in a bed as she slowly woke up she noticed that she was in Loki's room. Feeling her cheeks flush red she sat up "Damn it…... I passed out …. I apologize." she said slowly sitting up although she herself was still tired from expending her energy she was happy she could have helped Loki out. "Thank you Loki for the help." she looked over at the couch where Loki lay and smiled.

"You should rest some more. I'll go get you some food and something to drink." Loki went out of the room to gather some food and water. He came back with a tray of bread and cheese from the dining hall and a cup of water. "Luckily Fandral was the only one in there and he was too drunk to notice me." Loki put the tray on a table next to his bed and sat back down on his couch.

Maria shook her head "Honestly you didn't have to do this for me Loki." she said feeling a little ashamed that she the guard had collapsed as she took a drink of water.

"You helped me and now I am helping you. Eat something, you need to regain your strength." Loki motioned to the tray of food. "Remember you work for me and I gave you the week off to rest."

Looking at Loki she smiled "Thanks. I have to get my jerk fathers trapped soul somewhere though…" she looked at the crystal in her hand "I don't want your brother to be possessed again…"

"We will handle everything in due time but if you don't eat you will pass out again." Loki got up from the couch and sat on the bed. "Do I have to feed you myself?"

Maria suddenly blushed red embarrassed "No...you don't have to." she looks at Loki then takes a bite of bread to prove her point.

"Good, now I going to watch you eat all of that okay? You are not gonna pass out again." Loki crossed his arms and watched as Maria ate the bread and cheese.

As Maria finished the meal she looked at Loki who was still watching her. "Thanks for the meal. But I really must get going…." she was going to kick herself later mentally if she wasn't the one to help him she knew she could handle her own family problems on her own but she did not want Loki to be harmed any further because of them.

"You expended a lot of energy to help me. I just want to make sure you're well before you do anything else. Do you feel better? If not I have a potion that would restore your energy since you are so eager to leave." Loki showed some concern on his face for her well being. However he couldn't figure out why she had to leave so soon, especially after passing out.

Maria smiled hiding her tired self granted she wanted to sleep more but at the same time she did not wish to inconvenience the trickster god any further. "I am fine honest the rest and food helped." she said as she sat on the edge of the bed. "Still thank you Loki" she said as she stood up she felt her legs nearly collapse from beneath her but kept herself steady as she smiled and walked out the door as if nothing had happened.

Loki appeared in front of her. He looked her over and shook his head. "Whatever you need to do with that crystal I'll do it. You still haven't recovered. I saw your legs shaking." He picked her up and placed her back in his room. "Tell me what you're trying to do, now."

Maria sighed "I have to get my dad's soul back into the hell realm he came from. And unless you know have to navigate the pit you could be stuck there for eternity." she said "That's what I was trying to do. Besides I'd only need an hour at most to get the job done and then I'd just come right back.." she knew she had to get this done quickly before her father began to scheme a way out.

"Listen. You aren't leaving until I think you can. So, if getting your dad back to hell is so important I'll transfer my energy to you."

"I'll rest easy knowing he is back there." she said as she looked down. "He's already caused so much pain…"

Loki looked at her and he was actually sad for her. She must think a lot on what her dad did and having him around probably only made it worse. He transferred his energy to her via a nonverbal spell. "Go take your dad where he belongs. I will get some rest here." Loki laid back down on his couch.

Maria smiled "Thank you Loki" she said as she teleported disappearing to one of the hell realms farthest away in the universe. Time and physics were warped in this realm in which she had navigated before it had not been hard getting in but getting out was a different story. The entrances vanished as quickly as they did when a being entered thus unless you had a clear picture of the place you wished to exit any being would forever be stuck in that void. The other solution was having a gate key this was the solution she would be using today. As she entered the hell realm she lept into the furthest part of the pit before dropping the crystal letting it crash upon the ground. Her father's screams of hate were heard as she looked for a place where no souls were screaming she used her key to open a portal and take her back to Asgard her room still in her mind as she crashed onto her bed.

Author note:

Welcome readers to chapter 5 if you recognize the title its a skillet reference for this ship. XD all copywrites go to that amazing group. lol. Anyway I am happy to be giving you stuff to read. For those of you waiting for future updates of my stories please wait. I have college and fully intend to update all of my stories during that time period. (as well as earn a computer of my own hue hue hue) So yeah. Again Read and Reviews are greatly appreciated.

Have wonderful dreams or nightmares friends and readers. I have to battle mine everyday.

me: *has a nightmare and wakes up* damn it. *falls asleep and has another* god damn it satan leave me alone *finally falls asleep peacefully* thank you.

Satan: *grumbles* busted

(XD read and review and have fun guys)