Chapter 11: Love vs Jealousy

Two weeks passed from the day Lunimer had kidnapped her, before Maria finally woke up one morning feeling better. She rubbed her temples, "Gods I feel like I got beat over the head with a frost club" she muttered. Looking down at where she was sitting she also noted that she was in Loki's bed and her throat was dry. "Could use some water, guess my throat was parched" she thought. Turning to her right she smiled a bit noticing Loki had slept next to her. As the memories came back from what had happened she leaned her head against the headboard of the bed and rubbed her temples. "Someone had wanted her dead not Loki." she thought as another thought crossed her mind. "How long have I been out?" she thought. She noticed the wound in her gut was now a slight scar in comparison to when she had received it meaning that her healing abilities were returning but also were not up to peak condition.

Loki stirred a little bit as Maria began moving. He opened his eyes to see that his beloved was finally awake. For the last few days he had taken as best care of her as he could. After she had been asleep for the first five days he had grown increasingly worried. The fever seemed to be only getting hotter. The healers said that this was either a good omen or an ill sign of the end. This had caused him to stay up for the first few days watching over Maria and tending to her illness. It was sometime during last night that Loki had unwillingly fallen asleep and now noticed that her fever broke. "You're awake." Loki smiled tired but happy to know she was finally awake."It's been two weeks since Lunimer kidnapped you and I brought you here." He got out of the bed and walked over to his nightstand. "I thought you might want this whenever you woke up." He handed her a glass of water to drink "Are you feeling better?" Loki said as he sat on her side of the bed feeling her forehead and sighed in relief as he felt her natural cool temperature, the fever had finally broken.

After Maria drank the water she sighed "Yes. I feel much better. I never knew I could sleep for so long." she smiled and looked to Loki. "I hope I wasn't too much trouble for you." she took notice of Loki's tired eyes and it pained her that she had caused him to potentially stay up because of her.

"I would go through Hell and back for you and it would not be any trouble at all." He kissed her lightly on her cheek. Loki had not realized how much she had meant to him till her very life was in the balance. He loved her he realized and lived for the sound of her voice as hoarse as it was at the moment. Just seeing her smiling again with her piercing green dragon like eyes sparkling made him feel like that happiest god in all of the nine realms."Do you want something to eat?" he assumed that after such a long time she might want some nourishment to regain her strength.

Maria smiled her eyes had returned to their normal shade of piercing green as she looked at Loki. "I hope I didn't make you miss breakfast on my account" she chuckled. Her voice though hoarse a bit felt better than she had been for a while. "Though food does sound good." she said and stretched "After I take a shower. I believe I have been in the same state since I collapsed." she smirked a bit. "It would not aide well for others to suffer a stench on my account." she said looking at a worried Loki trying to make his worries lessen.

"Do you want to shower alone?" Loki winked. He had shifted from being worried to just a tad mischievous. "Sorry, I think I'll go and get the food." Loki smiled politely. "Anything you want in particular?" He wanted her to be happy and she might as well eat what she wanted to.

"Just something small Loki" she said with a slight grin and an arched eyebrow. "After two weeks I don't want to place my body into shock" she said before hugging Loki. "I'm glad you are ok...though I was worried about you.." she honestly cared about what happened to him.

Loki smiled and hugged her back in return. "I love you Maria but I wish that you would stop worrying for me not that I hate it. I just would rather you focus on other things than that." He pet her hair. "I'll go get the food." Loki let go of Maria and went to gather some food.

Maria stood up to get out of the bed but stumbled a bit. "Heh I actually may need your help washing up after all." she chuckled a bit. "My legs don't want to support me." she said trying to stand up on her own after two weeks it made sense the circulation had stopped as pins and needles tingled up her legs as she stood up causing her to stumble a bit.

Loki poked his head around the corner. "Ah, so I am needed." He smirked as he walked back into his room and picked up Maria from the bed bridal style carrying her to the bathroom where he sat her within the bathtub. "Would you like a nice warm bath?" He ran some warm water through the faucet. "Should I wash you as well?" Loki smirked watching Maria's reaction.

Maria puffed her cheeks and blushed red. "If you want to help that is alright." she said summoning some clean clothes as she had them hang on one of the cabinets. "Though I think you are amused right now if I am not mistaken that mischievous grin I have come to know quite well is on your face." Maria could not help but grin a bit amused.

"Pardon me but I'm just so happy to be helping you for once. Not that that is all that I'm thinking about." he smirked.

"Then pray tell what are you thinking about good sir?" she arched an eyebrow at the god of mischief.

"That would be telling." Loki said as he took off his own clothing and sat down behind her in the water. He lathered his soap on a wet rag and began washing her back. "I hope you don't mind my soap."

"I don't." she shrugged and relaxed as she felt Loki enter into the water behind her.

He moved his hands around her and began washing her stomach. Then he lathered his hands and began washing her breasts after rinsing them he purposely pinching her nipples. "Sorry I couldn't resist." He smiled. "Do you mind moving so that I can wash your legs?"

Maria at this moment could only nod and moved a little. "Where you horny for the last few days I was out?" she chuckled as she kept the moan in her throat from sounding but her voice cracked.

"No, I was horny this morning when you woke up. I was too afraid that you would die during the last two weeks to think about sex." He chuckled as he cleaned her legs with the rag meticulously. He lathered his hand with his soap and ran his hand up and down her pussy. He went between the folds and over the clit. Then he rinsed her off the same way.

Maria arched a bit biting back a small moan. "Well I am happy to see you relieved Loki." she said a slight mischievous thought ran through her mind quickly. "Though I fear that your wonderful ministrations are making me horny in return." she replied.

"That was not my intention at all." Loki grinned mischievously and kissed Maria's neck. "Would you like me to help you?" He smirked as he inserted his fingers inside of her. He began pumping his fingers slowly over her clit as he ran his other hand through her hair. "Do you like that darling?"

"I would not mind the help at all Loki." she said as she slowly turned around to face him. "Though if I recall correctly I still have to exact my revenge for those same acts in the forest when we were camping." Taking one of the wash cloths she slowly dipped it into the water to surround Loki's hardon and slowly stroke it. Arching an eyebrow she grinned "First one to break control loses." she said a slight spark of mischief in her own eyes.

Loki smirked, "You wake up and the first thing you want to do is this."

Maria chuckled "Says the one who admitted he's horny when he woke up seeing me?" she smirked in response. She was happy to see his mischievous smile on his face again.

"You are so bewitching, I can't help but be horny." Loki allowed himself to switch from rubbing her clit with his thumb as his other hand played with her breasts. "You won't be able to make me break. It takes a special kind of woman to do that." He teased her.

Maria arched an eyebrow controlling her gasps of pleasure. "Pray tell is this 'Woman' the same one that is in this tub with you?" she smirked biting Loki's lip lightly knowing full well he was teasing her as she felt him tense up a bit. "Because if it is someone else I might try and best her in this minor challenge."

"I never met such a woman so if you broke me you would be the first." He smelled her hair. "Ah, it still smells of roses."

Maria couldn't help blushing red a bit as Loki smelled her scent she felt him pull her towards his form.

"I shall give you a fighting chance." Loki relaxed. "You have full domain over my body. Do not waste this opportunity."

Maria stared Loki in the eyes arching an eyebrow as she pulled him into a kiss. "I won't play nice you know." she said smirking before slowly skimming her hands up and down Loki's body. "Though I am still curious hmmm" she smirked taking note of Loki trying very hard not to growl with pleasure. Slowly she trailed light feather like kisses and nips along his shoulder down his chest till she reached his hard length and ran her lips slowly over it. As she did so she felt him arch and wondered if that was causing him as much pleasure as she had doing the action to him.

Loki hissed a little as her lips moved along his length. For a having been a virgin not too long ago she certainly knew where to go and what to do even if she seemed a little confused. "Don't stop." He advised her even though his voice sounded strained from trying to keep control over it. "I never let anyone have this kind of power over me before." He spoke telepathically.

Maria responded to Loki's telepathic message "I am just going where my curiosity guides me Loki." she said and slowly continued sending a small pleasure wave through Loki's body. This had seemed to work last time in the forest so she wondered if it would affect him while she did these actions. Slowly she lightly planted kisses up his length, she loved him so much she wanted to pleasure him if she was able.

Maria's fingers sent little electric shocks, he couldn't stand as to what she was doing to him. Loki tensed up when the wave of pleasure coursed through him and slowly dissipated. He meant to sigh but, moaned instead when she began kissing him. He bit his lip to keep from doing that again. As she continued her actions he reflected upon the night in the forest and everything that he did before she gave in. She was going to work just as much as he did. "You are doing wonderfully darling." He smiled.

Maria smirked lifting her head up "I am a fast learner" she said and slowly stopped her lips on Loki's length before slowly traveling back up to kiss him lightly on his lower lip. She wanted him to break, but what she was doing to him made her ache from waiting for him to enter her. So she decided to tease him further as she slowly had her clit skim his length she could hear him intake a breath as she did this. She knew his control was once again slipping as she could feel his length tense up even further. Pulling out she skimmed it again slowly. "Please Loki. If you lose you can ravish me all you like." she smirked kissing him lightly first then whispering the words in his ear.

Loki smirked a bit before responding, "As fun as that would be I rather enjoy this. It is insanely pleasurable." He let out another audible hiss from the pleasure she was causing. "Your lips, your hands, they are lighting a fire inside of me." Loki again relaxed his body and allowed himself to experience all the pleasure she was giving him. He needed to feel her touch, her hands and her lips sending his mind into a firestorm of pleasure.

Maria smirked a bit then slowly let her hands trail down as she straddled Loki in the warm water. Slowly allowing him enter her but not all the way. "Well I am glad you are amused then." she smirked and kissed him. "You had a worried expression on your face last I saw you." she then trailed her kiss to the side of his jaw down to his neck. "I am happy you are smiling again." she meant every word of it. She hated seeing Loki worry about her and only hoped he would smile relaxed a bit now that the danger had passed. Her kiss became nips similar to his own love bites but lighter. As she kissed him she felt his right arm snake around her hips and attempt to pull her fully on top of him. She gasped as he nearly entered her completely then bit his lower lip in scolding. "Ah ah ah. Lose control first or make me lose control loki." she smirked as she pulled out and felt his one hand try to touch the folds where her clit was making her squirm.

"I could make you lose easily." Loki put pressure on her clit. It was the most dependable technique that he could think of to make her lose. Everything she was doing to him was driving him crazy. He needed her warmth to surround him but he was not going to break.

"I do not doubt that Loki." Maria smirked as she felt her own fire burn slowly higher as Loki teased her. "But, I have a little more time in comparison to you." she knew he was going to try and prevent her from making him lose control one which she could also tell he was nearing his own peak. Slowly pulling out and off of Loki she once again let her lips travel to his hard length before slowly taking it into her mouth tasting herself on him. She felt him arch and heard his hiss as she continued to slowly tease him she smirked.

Loki leaned his head back a bit from the pleasure she was causing. "You may yet win this." He curled his fingers into her brown mane of hair. He was sliding down a slippery slope in this challenge and was being consumed in the amount of arousal she caused. She could easily make him break but he didn't want her to know that.

Maria pulled out as she looked up at Loki a slight smirk on her lips. "Or it might result in a tie Loki. Both of us could win if somehow both lost control at the same time." she said as she ran her tongue over his tip before nipping it lightly. She noticed some liquid appear on his tip and used her fingers to massage it over him looking at Loki. "I know you are losing your own control Loki." she said and the ache grew as she fought to control herself from straddling him and letting his hardon enter completely. "I am almost losing mine." she said her eyes nearly begging him to take her but at the same time stubborn not to lose.

"How about we call it a tie? We both need the other and I cannot take much more of this." he said arching towards Maria, who too looked as if she were about to collapse from the ache of the fire slowly consuming both of them. "Maria. Please let me enter you now." Loki tried to hide the pleading tone in his voice but he knew Maria could hear it.

Maria kissed Loki on his lips passionately noting the hidden plea in his voice. "And I need you Loki. me." she said repeating the same words she had said so long ago as she kissed him her own voice allowing her plea the exit. She heard Loki growl dominantly as he pulled her closer to him kissing her back just as passionately.

Loki pulled Maria towards him closer her plea made his arousal reach its peak as he pulled her on top of him, before having her pinned on the bottom of the tub, entering her completely slowly and torturously slow as he thrust into her releasing an almost animalistic growl as he kissed her back.

"How is it you do this to me?" he said as he pulled her closer to his body before teleporting them both back into his bed. "You make me feel so complete and yet I lose my control when I am around you." he said as he pinned her down onto his bed.

Smirking Maria replied as they teleported. "You make me lose my own control Loki" she said as Loki pinned her down onto the bed allowing her to stare up into the eyes of the man she loved dearly with all her heart her eyes and mind expressing what words she could not place as the morning sun streamed into the window. She arched as she ran her hands through Loki's dark black locks as she bit back a moan of pleasure from escaping her lips.

"Say my name my darling" Loki said as he neared his own climax.

Maria gasped as Loki slowed down his thrusts that made her rake her hands through his hair. "Loki please" she arched nearing her own peak the amount of pleasure threatening to consume her body.

Pulling her towards his form, Loki thrust into Maria as both of them climaxed. She was the only woman he had met who made him lose his control. He loved that about the bewitching woman in his arms as he pulled her close to his form and nuzzled into the crook of her neck. "I love you so much my darling Maria." he said keeping her form pinned against his as the euphoric feeling of ecstasy washed over both of them.

Maria snuggled into Loki's bare chest with her own reply. "And I love you Loki. So much." it was the truth. Looking back to when she first met him as the guard it had been almost a complete month since then it was astonishing as to how much time had passed since that day. As she cuddled into Loki's form she smiled a bit. "We should possibly get dressed Loki. Or the entire castle may come looking for you" she joked.

Loki chuckled "Then let them talk. I want to stay in bed with the most bewitching woman in all of the nine realms" he said before planting a kiss on her cheek.

Maria blushed red a bit but grinned. "Fine I will yield to a few more minutes in bed Loki." she smirked. "Fifteen minutes in bed"

Loki smirked "twenty minutes."

Maria grinned a bit catching onto the game. "Deal you have twenty minutes" as the words left her mouth Loki pulled her on top of him chuckling.

"Good now come here woman and let me ravish you" he chuckled kissing Maria deeply a possessive growl forming deep in his throat.

Maria grinned kissing Loki back. "Ravish me all you like Loki" she said smirking. "But if your brother catches you in here making out with me a second time I get to pour snow down the next person you prank." she said.

Smirking Loki pulled her on top of him. "I will risk that chance M'lady" he said as he nuzzled into the crook of Maria's neck feeling her pulse leap and his arousal once again aching for her.

Meanwhile in the shadows Sigyn seethed with anger as she watched from Mephisto's underworld at Loki being affectionate with his guard. She loathed that wretched girl to the point in made her wish she would regurgitate the girl as bile and throw her into a waste bin like the whore she was.

"Just looking at her makes me ill" she thought. The assassins had somehow failed in their target which had been the girl who had by some miracle survived the death venom poison. Biting her nail Sigyn almost screamed her fury. Her mother and father had made an arrangement with one of the lords of hell bargaining and guaranteeing her hand to Loki once he had been pardoned.

Apparently there had been a time limit on the contract that was made. "If Loki had found another to Love after he was pardoned then she Sigyn was to remain in the underworld." Sigyn at the time had scoffed at the idea that another aside from she could have attained Loki's heart. Biting her nail she looked to her chains then schemed of an idea. Perhaps she could use her status to instill a sense of fear and dominance into the whore child and make her yield. This tactic seemed to work before on others. Sigyn then waited until the couple left the room together dressed and walking down the hallway before playing her charade. "Now we shall see which Loki loves the most" she thought before teleporting before Mephisto returned from his trip.

Maria and Loki where walking through the hallway of the palace when Maria felt it again. The same presence she had felt that day when Loki had been having his nightmares of Frigga. It traveled through the shadow realm as she stopped in her tracks and placed her hand on the hilt of her sword.

"Maria darling is something wrong?" Loki eyed Maria she had suddenly tensed up her eyes alert as her hands went to the swords strapped to her sides. He began to recognize it as a sign whenever she knew something was definitely amiss she tensed up ready to face any threat with her blades.

Maria glanced to the sides checking her surroundings. "I know you are there watching us." she said. She could sense this being's energy as if it were part of a pool of water and she could feel the ripples within the shadows. "Loki lean on my back." she said as if it were a command.

Loki looked confused for a moment before understanding. "Back to Back." Maria grabbed his hand and placed her back to his. He could sense her tension as if it were a living breathing being itself. That was when he heard a very familiar voice of the past.

"Hello beloved husband. Did you miss me?" Sigyn smirked as she appeared in front of Loki but not until a blade touched her throat. Pitch black almost alive itself and the holder was the female girl.

"Oh it seems you have acquired a guard how lovely" she replied emphasizing on the girl's title.

Loki sighed "Stand down Maria" he knew she would harm the goddess but he also knew she must be in internal torment or at least grief discovering he was married in the past. Though the fact the she did not sheath her blade made him wonder if she knew something he did not.

"No." she said glaring at the lady who just appeared out of nowhere. "I am not going to stand down." Maria did not care if Loki had been married three times, this lady named Sigyn gave her warning alarms through her brain. She always listened to her gut and thus far it was right. As she eyed the goddess, her eyes flickered from pitch black to their normal green. "Loki. If you trust me stay away from her." she said her blade still aimed at Sigyn's neck.

"Maria this is hardly the time to be jealous," Loki said eyeing Maria who seemed to be ready to kill the woman on sight. She was tense as if ready to leap at his ex and slit her head off.

"She smells like a demon fucked her and hell fire." Maria said bluntly. "I only know of few that would stoop that low." this was not good at all. Maria thought back the only demon she knew well enough to torment and rape a goddess was her incubus cousin Judas.

Sigyn hid her shock at the girl's acute senses. "Loki what lies is your guard talking about I have done nothing but said hello and already she is jealous it seems." she said attempting to rub salt in the girl's wound. "How immature" Only her surprise was met with a smirk almost evil from the girl as she chuckled. Sigyn stared into the girls eyes, which where now pitch black as she took a step back. "Stay away from me guard. Harm me and I will make sure you nngh-" Sigyn before she was met with the tip of the sword blade under her chin and another ready to stab her heart.

Maria smirked as she watched the goddess step back in fear. "Two things Sigyn" she replied her black blade slashing the goddess's arm. "One, I don't take orders from you. I take orders from him" she nods her head back to Loki.

"But I am Loki's -"

Maria scoffed "Pssshh, Ex-wife from what your memories are telling me."

Loki chuckled then growled "grrrrr. Feisty darling"

Maria smirked and allowed the blade to remain on the goddess's neck. "You can't do nothing Sigyn. You are as much at my mercy as you are at his when Loki finds out the truth." she said as she made the first blade slowly dig into the goddesses flesh.

"I have done nothing but tell the truth" Sigyn lied as she glared at the girl. She did not care if she was Loki's last wife nor her station.

"Lady haven't you ever heard that lying in front of a demon makes them hungry to rip the person's throat out" Maria smirked said now scaring the goddess. "And you sure as hell are lying Bitch"

Loki grabbed onto Maria's shoulder as he pulled her away from Sigyn. "Easy love easy." he knew that if Maria went full out she may get weakened once again. Looking to Sigyn glaring at her he replied "I do not doubt Maria's loyalty nor truth Goddess of Fidelity, she has saved my life more times I can count."

Sigyn smirked letting out a light chuckle "So you have become the tamer of the guard dog?" she looked to the girl "Does he keep you on a chain as well girl?" she noticed the girl suddenly glare at her and chuckled. "So he does control you like a little servent." she taunted her.

Loki noticed Maria's anger flare as she stepped forwards he let her. The words his ex-wife was saying about her were enough to send anyone into a fit of rage. "Sigyn, I suggest you not anger her." he said as he let Maria go after the goddess.

Maria got out of Loki's grasp and pointed her blade at Sigyn "You would know of those life saves Lady because you were the whole conspirer of them." she knew this lady had the evidence and she would get it out of her one way or another. She noticed the hell chains on the womans wrists and ankles chuckling at the similarity to ones she had seen before in her Uncle's realm. "Ahhhhhh so my cousin caught a goddess" she said almost an amused smirk on her face. Devilishly amused one that sent a wave of fear towards the goddess of Fidelity

Sigyn laughed nervously as if she did not know what the girl was speaking of. "Loki she is mad look at her."

Maria smirked "Tormentia helis firo" she said and suddenly the chains were shown as blue flames engulfed the goddess burning her. "I might be a tad crazy sadistic when pissed lady. Especially when there are threats to those I care about and I can finally let off some steam at the source."

Loki watched Maria, he had only seen this side of her when Lunimer had kidnapped her. Her inner darkness was this being. "Maria care to explain." he asked curious as Sigyn lay on the ground apparently with invisible chains.

"She's bound to a contract" Maria smirked. "Oh my uncle is going to have a field day"

Sigyn growled at the girl. "Loki do you honestly love her more so than I? This monster? This whore child?"

Loki noticed something in Maria's mind finally snap as if she was about to strangle the woman. It was apparent how Sigyn's comments were getting to Maria who had been nothing but kind and caring to him.

Maria scoffed and smirked hiding her pain very well before addressing the goddess. "I am many things lady." she said before sending an array of ice spears to pin Sigyns chains to a wall. "Monster. Perhaps I am." she said before getting straight into Sigyns face reaching into the goddesses pocket and pulling the two vials of potions that she had been planning to use. "I am the daughter of Malekith bitch so tread lightly" she growled into the goddess's face. "You want to see a monster then here I am." she said as she choked the goddess.

"But whore is such a strong word but appropriate for you Goddess Sigyn" Maria said taking the vials out of the lady's pocket smirking.

Sigyn's face paled as the girl glared at her with the potions the clear vial of liquid meant for Loki while the other was meant for the girl. "Unhand me girl or I will..."

Maria laughed "Or you will what? Lady you can't do nothing with those hell chains on disabling your goddess powers."

Loki looked to Maria and noticed she was calming down her eyes returning to normal. "You alright dear? Also mind explaining?"

Maria nodded holding up the two vials of potions "the poison that knocked me out for four days. The clear one almost water is forget me poison" she glared at Sigyn. "She sent the assassins after you and I because someone was jelly with jealousy." she said smirking at Sigyns direction. "She's the whore not me."

Loki now understood Maria's rage. "Is this true?" he said slowly at Sigyn.

Sigyn still faked her charade "No I know not what the delusional girl speaks of."

Maria pulled a vial of blue liquid out of her void pouch "Like hell you don't" she said before forcing the liquid down the goddesses throat forcing her to tell the truth.

Loki looked at her "What was that?"

"Truth serum" she replied. "Sigyn here is now forced to tell the truth"

Loki looked to Sigyn before asking the questions he needed the truth from. "Did you Sigyn send assassins after the girl named Maria?" he said

The goddess responded "Yes I did. Lunimer failed me."

Loki held his anger in check as Maria asked the next question "Did you make a deal with a hell lord? And who was he?"

Again the goddess replied as if in a trance. "The contract was made with Mephisto lord of the first circle of hell with mother and father."

Maria sighed then face palmed "Well this explains a hell of a lot"

Loki asked a question "What was your plan if the girl Maria was eliminated?" he was restraining his own anger from boiling over.

"When the girl was eliminated the forgetfulness potion was to be used on Loki" she said still in a semi trance "To make him forget her. Than I could take my place as his wife like the fates had decreed"

Maria let out a low growl. "Oh I am so going to have Uncle Mephi and Judas torture her to oblivion." she said as she recorded everything the goddess was saying as evidence. "Judas is going to have a raping field day on her."

Loki looked to Maria "I am in your debt once again darling."

Maria smirked "I am just one hell of a guard." she chuckled

"That you are." Loki ran his hand through her hair as he kissed her right in front of Sigyn. "I love you Maria." he whispered but said it loud enough for Sigyn to hear.

As the potion wore off Maria noticed out of the corner of her eye as a chain lashed out towards Loki's arm. "Oh no you don't bitch." she said whipping her sword out as the chain wrapped around it and she lashed Sigyn across the room.

Sigyn glared at Maria as she blocked the attack. "You are nothing girl!" she said as she pulled the chains once again. "You are nothing but a guard and a demon!"

Smirking Maria eyed the goddess as she began to lose control pulling up her hood and mask she eyed the assassin as she leapt forward preventing the goddess from even getting near Loki but at the same time attacking back replying. "How about this lady. I beat your sorry goddess butt back to hell because I am sure as hell not giving up." grinning under the mask Maria smirked "Besides I believe Uncle has enough evidence to send the harpies after you"

Sigyn glared at the girl trying to find a weakness in her stance but she could not it was as if what she faced now was a completely different being than the one she had seen with Loki who seemed affectionate and weak. As the girl expertly blocked the chain, she noticed that a shadow like aura surrounded her. Granted she was chained but Sigyn was not going to return to that hell pit without a fight. "Come at me you bitch!"

Maria looked to Loki as if mentally asking to kick her butt Loki nodded grinning a bit amused. His guess that this was where her father's side of her genetics played a part in who she was. She found a thrill when dueling an opponent but became serious he noted when guarding something precious to her like himself. He leaned against a pillar as he watched the fireworks of the fight which surprisingly did not disturb the castle.

Stepping away from Loki Maria walked slowly towards Sigyn blue and dark black energy danced around her as if it were alive. "Lady Sigyn, you will wish you never said those words" she said before disappearing and reappearing with a speed that was difficult for any being to follow.

Sigyn noticed as the girl suddenly disappeared and reappeared out of nowhere slamming the blunt side of her sword into the goddesses cheek. "That is for the poison that you used on me." she said before freezing Sigyn's entire body. "And that is for what you almost did to Loki." she said

As Sigyn failed to block the incoming attacks but lept back. "She fights like a gladiator." she thought as she lept backwards. "But her eyes are those of a trained assassin." The goddess had seen many things in her lifetime but this event was one that sent shivers of fear down her spine as she composed her charade.

Maria glared at Siygn smirking at her choice of dress and comparing it to her own. Compared to Sigyn Maria wore very modest clothing her tunic covered everything but her arms for mobility while her long pants allowed her to run and move quicker than most in the realms. Whereas Sigyn wore a low cut dress that showed her cleavage as the dress covered the rest of her entire form but left little for defense. Maria smirked as ice spears whizzed past the goddess's sleeve scratching her easily. "Oh the irony." she said as she disappeared into the shadow plane again before grabbing hold of Sigyn's chains and whipping her across the room where she noticed the goddess attempted to flip but failed.

Sigyn got up again and glared at the girl "What's amusing you monstrosity?" she said spitting out blood. It was as if this girl did not fear her status nor cared. She was rebellious and chaotic, possibly that was what Loki liked about the girl?

"You call me a whore when you yourself are dressed to seduce any man to get your way Lady." Sigyn turned red from the witty comment as she realized the girl was right but did not admit it outloud. "You know nothing you hell scum!" she said dashing forward.

Maria smirked and for a moment she looked exactly like her father sadistic but chaotic as she grinned her pitch black eyes stared at the goddess as she dashed forward with her sword. "Oh Lady Sigyn you have no idea how right you are." she said as her sword met the goddesses forearm as a dark shadow of blood traveled up Sigyn's arm suddenly causing her to collapse writhing in pain.

Turning around Maria smirked before whistling three high pitches and a shadow of a dog appeared as she spoke to it in a strange tongue. "Get uncle Cerberus" she said to the shadow as the beast disappeared walking back to Loki who stood amused.

"Maria, what did you do?" Loki asked curiously. He noticed the shadow form of her fade away into a mist before dissipating.

Maria smirked, "I called Uncle over here to take his whore captive back to hell he's gonna have a field day when I tell him Judas was masquerading as him again." she said as she caused the chains on Sigyn to coil around her in a purple light.

Sigyn struggled in her chains and looked at Loki with pleading eyes, "Loki, I know you loved me once. Please help me." she was about to panic. So this was Mephisto's niece, her demeanor though was that of someone else she knew not of. But her merciless nature was one she knew of from the lord's realm.

Loki walked up to Sigyn glaring at her, "My love for you has all but vanished Sigyn. For that matter if I did love you I wouldn't be able to now knowing what you have done."

Sigyn pleaded with Loki, "Loki, you don't know what they do to me it's-"

"You deserve worse for all that you've done!" Loki cut her off. "And furthermore, you shall apologize to Maria or I shall deal with you myself." He held a dagger to Sigyn's throat.

"Don't bother with her Loki." Maria said leaning against a pillar before walking over to where he was. "My uncle will be here soon and we can be sure that he will deal with her." Maria stated calmly smirking. "I was going to torture the shit out of her but sadly…"

Suddenly Mephisto appears in a puff of red smoke.

"Speak of the devil, here I am." Mephisto entered Asgard from a portal. "What lost sheep has my niece found?" He said chuckling as he walked over to Sigyn who was chained and frozen to the ground.

"Uncle Mephi!" Maria smiled as she hugged her uncle who was in his human form as she nodded over to Sigyn "Did you lose something?" she couldn't help laughing a bit.

Mephisto looked to Sigyn and sighed "How in all of hell did she get loose?"

Maria tilted her head arching an eyebrow "You did not know she got loose?"

The devil sighed rubbing his temples "No. I left her in the torment of the shape shifters and it seems they let the target out of their sight."

Maria chuckled "Ah shape shifters well that explains the mental trauma of you raping her than." she chuckled "Though I do not believe that it was the shifters fault. I believe a certain Incubus son of yours was to be blame he seems to be bored and causes chaos for the spare time."

"Wait what?" Mephisto eyed his niece "I must tell Judas to cease using my image as such."

He looked to to Loki as if aware of the young gods presence "Who is he?"

"Hello, Mephisto, I'm Loki." Loki smiled from where he stood.

Mephisto looked at his niece almost arching an eyebrow at her. "Are you and him a.." he motioned with his cane.

Maria nudged her uncle "Uncle….." she said suddenly turning red in the face.

Loki chuckled, "Yes, we are courting." Loki walked over to Maria and hugged her from behind, "Are you embarrassed?" He teased her. "So, Mephi, do you mind us courting?" Loki turned his head so he could see Mephisto.

Maria just continued to blush read as Mephisto answered.

"Mephisto to you Loki of Asgard and Jotunheim" the devil glared at Loki.

"Oh well, what's in a name Mephisto?" Loki semi-dismissed Mephisto's comment.

Mephisto sighed rubbing his temples before looking to his niece "Am I not allowed to flame throw a frost."

Maria glared "No." she smirked "Though you both may get along when it comes down to trickery."

Mephisto chuckled. "Indeed" looking to Sigyn the devil made her disappear into a red mist. "You were about to do soul swipe were you not child?" he said casually.

"Ehehehehehehehe…...Maybe." Maria said grinning as if caught. "She used so much energy from my sword I might have let the thought cross my mind…"

"Soul swipe? That sounds dangerous." Loki commented absentmindedly. "It also sounds mischievous." He smirked.

Mephisto ruffled his niece's hair "She learns too quickly for her own good"

"What I can't help it." Maria shrugged turning red in the face "Sigyn pissed me off so much…" before muttering "Would not have harmed her….much…" noticing her Uncle's glare. "Fine it would have hurt a hell of a lot."

Mephisto chuckled. "I know but that goddess is in the pit for her actions child that does not mean you should soul swipe her."

"Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiineeeee" Maria said sounding a bit sarcastically downcast. "I still want to see her with the harpies though."

"I would like to see that too if only to find out what harpies are." Loki smiled at Maria.

Mephisto chuckled "Harpies are the most annoying creatures in my realm with a loud deadly scream. Just imagine a female torso combined with the lower regions being eagle talons"

Maria chuckled imagining Sigyn suddenly turned into a harpy. "You know she would possibly kill me if I turned her into one." she said a bit amused. "Would totally be worth it though."

"Maria no. You know the rules of my realm" Mephisto chuckled "Though it is quite good to see you are still practicing your studies here"

"She got a hold of my notes for death venom I think I may have left them at your realm. My apologies uncle" Maria said. "Oh speaking of which." she handed her uncle the vials. "Might want to keep the forgetfulness potion and this one away from her" she looked to Loki then to her uncle.

"You don't mind him courting me?" she asked.

"I do not mind it. Though even if I disagreed I am quite sure you dear child would find a way around it." he sighed but chuckled. Looking to Loki he seriously looked at the man. "You promise to take care of her?"

"You have my word." Loki said just as seriously.

Mephisto smirked a bit "So be it." he said ruffling his niece's hair once again. "Visit my realm child. No doubt hell will once again be hell since your tormenting acquaintance is now there."

Maria smiled "I will uncle Mephi" she said before hugging him he whispered "And if something wrong happens with him let me know so I may burn him." Maria punched her uncle in the shoulder "Oh hush you cheeky devil." she chuckled.

The devil grinned before disappearing back to his realm of hell in a cloud of dark red smoke.

"I don't think your uncle trusts me." Loki chuckled.

"Give him time Loki." she chuckled "He has acted more of a father to me than his sadistic brother."

"I got that vibe pretty quickly." Loki smiled. "Was he serious about burning me?"

"I don't know myself" she said looking away for a slight moment. "Maybe.." she rubbed her temples "He reeeeeaaaaaaalllly needs to calm the hell down. Last time my cousin Judas was flirting with me for amusement or unknown reasons he cut the poor guy's heart out….he still lived but yeah uncle has a bit of a tendency to overreact." she said with a sigh. "I just do not want that happening to you at all."

"I think I'll be a lot more respectful to you now. Maybe I'll fuck you against the wall in this hallway and see what happens." Loki smirked as he turned around to pin her against the pillar she was leaning against his left arm preventing her from moving while his right snaked behind her back.

Maria blushed red before smirking at Loki "And sadly sin is something I am accustomed to living with my uncle." she said. "That includes flirts."

Loki pulled Maria into a very close embrace his right arm had snaked to the small of her back as she was pulled against his body "Then enlighten me my dear. What sin are you accustomed to?"

Maria smirked "Your Mischief good sir" she said tilting her head to look up at him.

"I imagine that you love my mischief? Am I correct?" Loki softly smirked before planting a kiss on Maria's lips.

"Perhaps" she grinned back into Loki's eyes.

"Ah, brother, where have you been?" Thor smiled before seeing Maria and Loki in a semi-compromising position. "Should I come back later?"

"No no, say what you were going to say." Loki let go of Maria reluctantly as his voice was clearly showed his irritation of being interrupted a second time with the woman he wanted to spend time with.

"Did the two of you want breakfast?" Thor asked with a slight blush from interrupting them.

"We would love some." Loki smiled and walked towards the dining hall.

Maria chuckled "So what did I miss when I was knocked out for four days?" she said looking to the two brothers a bit amused that Thor was blushing. "Oh hush that blush Thunder God. I am sure that Jane Foster would laugh a bit seeing that." she said as she casually walked with the two brothers.

Thor suddenly paused in his walking "You know Jane?"

Maria smirked and shrugged "Maybe or Maybe I just read your mind." she said as she continued walking with Loki.

Loki chuckled amused that Maria had somehow managed to stun Thor speechless. "Oh come now Thor. Maria is just teasing you there is no harm in that."

"There is a lot of harm in teasing Loki it just depends on the type of teasing. You know what can happen?" Thor smiling.

"Oh, don't remind me. I thought we agreed not to talk about that." Loki stifled a chuckle.

Maria suddenly looked to the two brothers "Did something happen when I passed out for two weeks?"

"No, this happened a long time ago when Thor and I were adolescents." Loki said grinning a bit at the memory.

Maria suddenly looked curious "Do tell."

Thor smiles, "Loki here was teasing Lady Sif about being a female warrior and she did not take kindly to that."

"Let me tell it." Loki interrupted Thor. "I merely remarked that Sif's features might make it harder for her in battle. Then she challenged me to a dual and handed my ass to me on a silver platter."

Maria chuckled and sighed "Lemme guess she socked you?" she said bluntly.

Thor laughed, "He couldn't get out of the bed for a week from his injuries and when he could he made me swear to never bring it up."

Loki playfully punched Thor in the arm, "Why did you break your oath? Now Maria knows about it."

Maria smirked a bit and shrugged "I don't mind. Unlike Sif I don't take offense to others comments" she chuckled "Well that is unless they legitly piss me off on purpose." she said a bit amused. "Besides my brothers used to tackle and beat me up all the time."

"Why would they do that?" Loki arched an eyebrow

"For fun" she said shrugging "They rough housed all the time. But it forced me to get better so I could kick their butts."

Thor laughed, "So it's just like what I used to do to Loki? Also on a different note, are the two of you courting?"

Maria facepalmed "No kidding. Your brother just happened to see his guard and pinned her." she chuckled saying the words sarcastically.

"I trust you have been a gentleman to her Loki?" Thor asked seriously.

"Yes, of course, that's why I pinned her to a wall, because I was being a gentleman." Loki laughed.

Maria bit back a chuckle as she hid her grin behind her hand.

Thor rolled his eyes, "At least I won't be bored around the two of you."

"On the other note I kicked Sigyn's ass back to hell a few minutes before you arrived Thor." Maria said a bit amused herself.

"Loki's first, second, and third wife? She deserves to stay in Hell." Thor spoke with anger. "Why did you marry her three times Loki?"

"We talked about this before, it was arranged each time. The only choice I was allowed was to divorce that witch." Loki spoke with the same animosity.

"I found it amusing to kick her back there. Just saying." Maria smirked before turning into a thoughtful expression. "Hmmmm...I wonder…."

Loki looked to Maria curious "What crossed your mind darling?" he smirked noticing her thoughtful expression.

"You said each time you were forced to marry her….I wonder if uncle Mephi finally said enough was enough…"

Loki "Hmmm what do you mean Maria?"

"I wasn't born at the time this happened but as I skimmed Sigyn's mind as I fought and vented at her. I noticed that in her memories her parents made three deals with Uncle Mephi. My guess is that he took the souls of her parents first to hell than took hers for the third time around and when that did not work well….."she chuckled "today she got her answer."

Thor looked to Maria. "Who is this 'Uncle Mephi' you speak of?"

Maria arched an eyebrow at the thunder god "Thor, answer me this do you really want to know my family history?" she looked to Loki and mentally thought "Does he know yet?"

Loki shook his head no answering her question. While Thor tilted his head curious. "Now I am curious though." he said. "Come now it cannot be that bad. Loki here is Jotun and he fares fine."

Maria sighed "You have to swear Thor on Mjolnir that you will not attack me once I tell you."

Thor sighed "Very well I swear on Mjolnir that I will not attack you when you tell me."

Maria sighed before covering half her face with her hand to reveal herself with Jotun blue skin but with dark elf ears "Person that killed your mom was my jackass dad." she said as the glamor spell returned she noticed Thor nearly spasm. "Calm the bloody hell down. I hate the elf as much as you two do since he killed my mother in front of me. Now he's dead life moves on."

Thor sighed and looked to his brother. "Did you know what and who she was related to already?"

Loki nodded. "I may have stabbed her when she tried to help me." noticing his brother's glare Loki held his hands up. "Then I found out her father has a healing curse placed on her."

"I can't exactly die unless I commit suicide. That's the condition." she said.

Loki looked to her "You can die then?"

Maria nodded and smirked "No one discovered that at all. So you two better keep that weakness a secret." she said eyeing Thor. "Also to answer your question, Uncle Mephi is my nickname for my Uncle Mephisto."

Thor looked at her as if he had been an idiot. "And you don't kill others for your amusement?" he said eyeing her skeptically.

She shrugged "I only kill when someone like Sigyn pisses me off past the point of no return." she said. "Otherwise I can actually be pretty level headed."

Loki chuckled "I can second that statement"

Thor sighed "I will care to remember not to anger you then." he said noticing the girl shrug. "You do not seem to be bothered at all about your father."

Maria sighed "I got my revenge on him a long time ago." she said. "He has the same curse as me but there are loopholes to it." she said.

Loki looked to Maria "Loopholes? You mean your father had the same curse?"

Maria sighed "Ayup. Let me ask you this you two. How do you get rid of a person that can't die?" she said a bit curious and amused to see if either brother could get the answer. "There is an answer." she said blocking her mind so Loki could not guess the answer right away.

Thor chuckled "Sif would know the answer to this riddle."

Loki thought for a moment. "How to kill someone who can't die?" he thought looking to Maria he shrugged. "I yield."

Maria smirked "You take the soul of the person and trap it in a gem." she said casually.

Thor suddenly shuddered "The soul? How can any being remove a soul?"

Loki's suddenly widened realizing something "You did that to Lunimer did you not?"

Maria winked "Ahhhhhhhh. Finally caught on did you?" she chuckled "Yes, every dark elf goes through a 'ritual' as my father called it to prevent death. However, my father was an expert in blood magic and believed that in avoiding death he never thought to protect his soul or the soul of his army. I learned how to bind my soul to my body from my Uncle, since my curse prevents me from dying the binding prevents my soul from being absorbed into a soul gem." she smirked.

Thor eyed the girl. "You are an odd being." he became curious "how did your father die then?"

Maria shrugged "Yeah I am full of oddness, doesn't bother me." she sighed "I used a soul gem to trap his soul and send him to a hell realm permanently. Turning his physical body to ash" she noticed Thor suddenly pale. "Apologies Thor, I sometimes forget that seeing death is natural to me where to others it is not." she said sincere.

Thor sighed "Well this explains why you fight so well."

Loki chuckled "That is why she is so adorable." he smirked a bit noticing his brothers uncomfortable stance. "She is also very hot when she fights."

Thor suddenly glared at Loki. "Where you not a gentleman Loki?"

Maria stifled back a chuckle before motioning to the two brothers "Are you two going to eat or no?" she said smirking amused and suddenly noticed that Thor chuckled as she and Loki both entered the dining hall.

Fandral was leaning against one of the pillars taking note of Loki's guard who walked in with the two brothers. He had heard she had been injured gravely when protecting Loki from an assassin but she looked as if she retained no physical injury at all. In fact she was as beautiful as he had seen her when he watched her practice in the training field. What he thought was amazing was that she had revealed her face. When she had been on the training field he had not seen it nor had he seen it when she walked the halls. But what shocked him into silence was the fact that she had piercing green eyes almost dragon like with a smile that lit the room. It was quite ironic that a fighter such as she existed and he envied Loki for gaining such a guard.

Sif looked up from polishing her sword taking note of the girl that walked into the room. She wore no armor which she found rather odd as she observed the girl. What she did wear was cloth clothing able for mobility. But it was pitch black like the shadows, Sif wondered if there was a reason that the girl only wore that.

As the two brothers sat down to eat she noticed the girl sit down in the middle. She decided to test the girls reflexes as she threw a throwing knife towards the girl's face.

Maria's hand suddenly came up with speed as she caught the knife between her fingers. "Nice toss." she said pocketing it.

Loki snickered, "I guess you underestimated my guard, didn't you Sif?"

Sif shrugged "I just wanted to test the girls reflexes is all"

Maria sighed "Well that's what a training ground is for isn't it?" she asked looking to Sif with an arched eyebrow.

Sif glared at the girl "May I have my knife back."

Maria smirked "Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaah. You might have to fight me for it back because you chucked it at my brain." she said shrugging. She noticed Loki chuckle. "What? I can't help it if I have too much energy to vent out today." she grinned.

Fandral chuckled "Darling girl, I don't believe anyone has bested Sif in any match."

Sif smirked "He tells the truth."

Maria shrugged "Suit yourself but if you want your knife back that is the only way you'd get it back." she looked to Fandral "Is that a challenge Fandral?"

Fandral chuckled but said nothing "Touche"

Loki watched Sif and Maria converse. "Personally, I want to see Sif versus Maria."

Sif sighed then looked at the girl. "If you get injured than that is not on my head." she said. "Training grounds?"

Maria nodded and shrugged casually. "Indeed. Meet you there later at around noon shall we say?."

Sif smirked "Avoiding the battle girl?"

Maria smirked "Hardly. If you want to do it after breakfast that is fine to."

"Perhaps we should allow the food to settle before heading into battle Sif." Loki suggested.

Maria sighed "That is why i suggested noon." she said. "Method to the madness."

Sif chuckled "Fine. If you best me keep the dagger."

Maria chuckled but shrugged "Suit yourself." she said as she grabbed an apple and bit into it.

Author Note :

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND DONE. Hi guys hope you enjoyed this loooooong chapter of the Loria ship.

Dark me: It was 18 pages long i wanted to torture her

actual me: why why would you do this i had to edit it all

Dark me: hehehehehhehe happy to torment you any time dearie

actual me: AAAAAACK nuuuuuu do not immitate rumple from once upon a time ew gross

Dark me: *grins and leaves*

((Any way please enjoy the writing chapter 12-14 will be up soon after i edit them as well until the next chapter see you guys. Again give some credit to my friend Hannah she's awesome.))