AN: There is A cameo at the beginning of a character I've recently liked in the comics; I thought she was cool; this is another mostly talking chapter.
Disclaimer I don't own anything.
Chapter 67: Far From Any Home
Kurt was staring at the large manor size house that was at the end of the long curvy road; he was standing at the end of; on his right side was Saphira, on his left was Mantis, holding his hand, they were the only two who came with him because he couldn't teleport that many people here at once, Kurt probably shouldn't have risk teleporting this far with them, but looking at Saphira's teary, angry face he couldn't tell her no, then Mantis insisted on coming, Kurt didn't know if it was because she was curious about his ex-girlfriend, or because she was jealous about him coming to see his ex-girlfriend. Maybe both, but this was the only person he could think of that might be able to find Loki, and he was worried about what might be happening to him. Still, he hadn't seen Amanda Sefton in years, and the last time he came here, it was because he needed her help; she was going to start thinking that's the only reason Kurt visits her, and it technically was.
Deciding to come here happened after Kurt and the others found Saphira crying in front of that giant hourglass full of green sand; she was able to calm herself enough to tell them Loki was never here, just an imposter shapeshifter and Sigyn still had him somewhere, she didn't know where or how to find him because Loki didn't have his phone and Sigyn said she hid him from Heimdall's eyes. Remy had helped Saphira to her feet, where they then made it back to the spaceship to let Mystique know what happened; the moment he walked into the control room, Mystique shocked Kurt by standing up and hugging him; she honestly looked relieved to see him, then had gripped Remy's shoulder, before turning to Mantis and surprising Kurt once again by thanking her for saving her son, then she turned to look for Loki, Kurt assumed to hug him too; of course, Loki wasn't there, Saphira tearfully told Mystique what happened, and she left the room without a word, seconds later they heard a loud bang looked out the door to see Mystique had put her fist through the wall before walking on, they all decided to leave her alone after that. Kurt doesn't even know if Mystique knows he, Mantis, and Saphira left the ship or came here because she had gone into her room and has not come out since unless she did after they left.
"You are nervous," Mantis said. Kurt took his eyes off the manor and looked at Mantis and gave a small smile, then gently squeezed her hand, and thought about Amanda up there in the house, probably already knowing the three of them were standing right here.
"I haven't seen her in a long time," Kurt replied, "And last time I came here, it was to ask for her help, so, yeah, I don't know how she'll react."
After Mystique's little outburst, Rogue and Kurt had gotten the ship in the air as Saphira tended to Fenrir and calmed down Rosey, who was having a fit because Loki was still missing; she was thrusting her vines about, hitting everyone and everything, Which hurt a lot, the only way Saphira was able to calm her down was by promising to take her when we went to rescue Loki. Once in the air, they all decided to go over the map Saphira made and went through her notebooks were all her notes written in them, and got nothing; the map and notes might have helped to find the soul stone, but without any clue where Loki was, it wasn't any help, Saphira called Enid. She had Thor rush down to Heimdal to make sure. Unfortunately, Sigyn had told the truth. That was when Kurt decided Amanda may be their only hope of finding Loki.
"Well, we will not find out her reaction standing here," Saphira said, walking on.
"Saphira, wait, " Kurt called, and she paused and turned back to him. "Don't walk ahead, please."
"Why?" Saphira asked as Kurt and Mantis walked up to her.
"Last time I was here, she had two pets that guard the door; I don't want them to attack you or for you to attack them," Kurt explained.
"What?" Saphira demanded, "That won't happen, Kurty; I love animals, and they love me; I'm the goddess of nature, remember?"
Kurt sighed, and they started walking along the curvy road in silence, Kurt still holding Mantis's hand and keeping an eye on Saphira, who was walking too close to the edge for Kurt's likening, So he was never more thankful when they got closer to Amanda's house, and her two giant pet snakes came into view, and Saphira went walking to them.
"See, Kurty animals love me." Saphira cried out. The snakes seemed to like Saphira as they slithered around her, and she reached out to pet them. "Do they have names?"
"Brad," Brad said, slithering around Saphira in a circle.
"Roger," Roger said, doing the same.
"The goddess of nature, it's a pleasure to meet you." The snakes said together.
"They usually don't like anyone," Kurt replied, frowning at them; the one called Roger got behind Saphira was hovering its head over hers.
"That may just be you," Roger said, laying its head on top of Saphira's; it made Kurt uneasy; all Roger had to do was move slightly, and Saphira would become snake food.
"Yes, how can we not love the goddess of nature," Brad said, slithering by Kurt then around Saphira again; Roger lifted his head off Saphira's.
"She is our mother," Roger said. Kurt raised an eyebrow and looked at Saphira.
"Is there something you need to tell me?" Kurt teased. Saphira rolled her eyes.
"They don't mean like that, silly," Saphira said, "I'm the goddess of nature, so technically, I'm Mother Nature."
"Yess, she is mother to all of nature," Brad said.
"Think your friend will sale them to me?" Saphira asked. "Loki would adore them."
"I doubt it," Kurt replied. "They wouldn't fit on the spaceship anyway."
"We need to stop meeting like this, handsome." A familiar voice called down to Kurt, who looked up to see Amanda standing on the balcony in a white silk nightgown and holding a glass of wine in her hand, almost exactly like the last time he was here. "I see you brought friends this time, come on up."
Without another word, Amanda turned and went back in, and when Kurt, Mantis, and Saphira made it up to the room she was in, Amanda was already sitting down with a bottle of wine pouring more wine into her glass.
"I thought you were going to start visiting me, Kurt?" Amanda asked; the bottle got down, set itself up, and Amanda took a drink.
"I don't exactly live on earth anymore," Kurt replied as Amanda made three more glasses appear.
"Neither do I," Amanda said, "Would any of you like a drink?" Mantis and Kurt refused, but Saphira accepted and started downing it. "Introduce me to your friends Kurt."
"Well, that's Saphira; she's my sister-in-law," Kurt said. "This here is Mantis, my..."
"Girlfriend," Mantis said, "We even had our first kiss." Amanda laughed as Kurt's cheeks turned purple.
"It's nice to meet you both," Amanda said. "And Mantis, you have nothing to worry about, Kurt and I are only friends now, nothing else."
"Good, because Kurt is mine," Mantis replied, slipping her arm through his; Kurt decided he needed to talk with her, assure her there is no reason to be jealous of other people.
"Kurt, she's adorable," Amanda said, smiling as she took a sip of her wine.
"Amanda." Kurt started. Amanda shook her head.
"I'm not making fun," Amanda replied. "So, I heard you've been learning magic yourself? Show me."
"Amanda, I came here for a reason," Kurt replied.
"I know, you want my help finding Loki," Amanda said, "Come on, Kurt, just a little trick." Kurt sighed, and suddenly another Kurt was standing next to Amanda's chair.
"Will you help me find my brother?" The illusion asked, causing Amanda to jump slightly.
"Oh wow, neat," Amanda said, "I need to learn that." Kurt's illusion disappeared.
"We don't have time to fool around." Saphira said, "Are you going to help us or not?"
"Saphira..."
"No, it's okay, that's what you came for, isn't it?" Amanda said, standing, "You came to see if I can locate your brother; I understand. Follow me."
Amanda led them down a long hall, passing many rooms, and to a room at the very end; she opened two doors and walked on in, and they followed but paused as Amanda walked to a giant crystal ball sitting in the middle of the room. Kurt could see nothing but fog in it.
"A crystal ball?" Saphira demanded, putting her hands on her hips, "That's your plan to find Loki? You will stand there staring at a giant glass ball like your Professor Trelawny?"
"Hey, if you don't want my help, then, by all means, find your husband without it," Amanda said; Saphira shut up, crossed her arms, and glared over at the wall.
"That's what I thought," Amanda said and waved around the crystal ball with her hands and magic, then paused and looked into it. "Where are you, Loki? There you are, but where is there?"
"Did you find him?" Saphira asked, going over to the ball and looking as if she thought she'd be able to see. "Where is he? Please, if you know, tell me."
Amanda took Saphira's hand and laid it on the crystal ball; then laid her hand over Saphira's, and Kurt watched as her magic flowed from her hand, and Saphira's eyes widened. Amanda then waved Kurt and Mantis over; she had Mantis touch the crystal ball. Kurt put his hand over hers and told him to reach into his magic and let it flow out, he did, and the fog in the crystal ball disappeared. He could see Loki or who he thought was Loki, the man pacing in what looked like a black and white tunnel of some kind, didn't look much like his brother; he wore brown leather pants, with a brown top, brown boots, and brown leather armbands, the most shocking was Loki's hair, his long black locks had been cut short, in almost a buzz cut. Loki also had a power dampening collar on his neck, and above it was a small round disk of some sort. He paced back and forth, mumbling to himself; he not only looked annoyed and angry but was also pale and looked to have been fighting; he had a bruise on one of his cheeks and bruises and cuts on his arms. On the ground behind him sat a guy made of rocks; next to him was a bug-looking creature with knives as hands. Every few seconds Loki would run a hand through his hair then scowl.
"Someone cut his hair off." Saphira whimpered, "He's been fighting too, my poor Loki. And It looks so gross there; what is that place?"
"Is there any way to hear him?" Kurt asked. "Hopefully, someone mentions a name."
Amanda tapped on the glass, and their conversations suddenly could be heard; they found out Loki was being held on a planet called Sakaar, being run by a guy calling himself the Grandmaster, who was keeping Loki, Korg, the rock guy. And other people there locked up and forced them to fight in his area; Loki was mumbling things to himself about Sigyn being a stupid wrench and how he would get out of here one way or another. Korg mentioned Loki has already tried and failed multiple times to escape since Loki arrived a few weeks ago. Loki said he didn't have to succeed because, at some point, his family would show up for him. When Loki started kicking the wall in anger, Korg stood patted Loki on the back, getting him to stop. He and Loki walked down the tunnel, the bug thing following them, then the crystal ball went foggy again.
"Weeks," Saphira said, "But Loki has only been missing for a day; how could he have been there for weeks?"
"Some places time works differently," Amanda explained, "Looks like it goes by pretty fast on Sakaar."
"My poor baby," Saphira mumbled, lying her arms on top of the crystal ball and putting her head in her arms; Kurt saw her shoulders shake, most likely crying, and Amanda reached out and awkwardly patted her back. After a short moment, Saphira raised and wiped her eyes.
"We know where Loki is; let's go get him," Saphira said and walked past Kurt towards the door, and he reached out and grabbed her arm to stop her.
"Wait, we can't just show up there and demand Loki back," Kurt said, "We have to think up a plan. Or else we might end up locked up with him." Saphira nodded in agreement as more tears fell from her eyes; she wiped them away.
"Poor Loki, he probably hates being on a planet full of trash," Saphira said. "And having to fight without his magic."
"I don't understand," Mantis said, "If Sigyn likes Loki, why would she have him fighting? Risk him getting hurt?"
"Because he rejected her and married another." Amanda replied, "some people don't like it when the person of their desires don't return that affection."
"In other words, Sigyn is crazy," Saphira replied, "Bitch probably don't even know herself why she's doing it. I should have killed her a long time ago. Or if I hadn't failed to stop her from leaving the maze, I could have beaten it out of her."
"Saphira," Kurt said gently; he reached out, put his arm around her, and pulled her into a comforting hug. "It's not yourself; Sigyn tricked all of us."
"We should go," Saphira replied, pulling away.
"Okay, we'll go back to the ship," Kurt replied, "Figure out what to do."
"Kurt, can I talk to you alone for a moment," Amanda said. Kurt told Saphira and Mantis to go on out to catch up to him.
"What is it?" Kurt asked when they were alone.
"I wanted to tell you to be careful and good luck with your rescue," Amanda told him, hugging him.
"I'll do my best, and thanks for the help," Kurt replied, pulling away from her.
"I'm glad your happy, handsome," Amanda said. "Mantis, she's cute, you two make an adorable couple, and I'm glad you finally found a place where you genuinely feel like you belong."
"Thank you, Amanda," Kurt replied, "That means a lot. And I do, Loki he's.."
"Extremely protective of you," Amanda said; Kurt smiled.
"He's a good brother, and I'll do anything to save him," Kurt replied before turning and walking out of the room.
When Kurt teleported them back onto the ship with the others, the first thing Saphira did was run over and take a crying Fenrir from Rogue, who had been pacing and trying to calm him down.
"What's wrong with Fen Fen," Saphira demanded, holding him close to her; his cries stopped, and he laid his head on Saphira's shoulder.
"Fenrir was crying for Loki," Rogue explained, "I think he senses that Loki is missing or something is wrong."
"Aw, Fenny, don't worry, we know where daddy is now; he'll be back with you soon," Saphira told him, "And mommy will make that bitch pay for taking him from us."
"Saphira, don't tell him stuff like that," Kurt said. At that moment, Mystique walked into the room.
"Well?" Mystique demanded, putting her hands on her hips.
"Amanda was able to locate him; Sigyn has him on a planet called Sakaar; we don't know where it is, but I'm sure we can find it on our map and set a curse for it," Kurt replied.
"No," Mystique said; Kurt frowned at her. "I've been to Sakaar; you have to go through wormholes to get there; I'm not sure if this ship would take it; we'll have to go to Asgard first."
"You want to take the Bifrost there?" Saphira asked, "I don't think it goes outside the nine realms."
"No, that would be stupid." Mystique snapped, causing hurt to flash across Saphira's face. "I don't want to announce to the whole planet we are there. I want to get the tesseract and pick up Enid and Thor."
"Oh," Saphira replied, "I'll see if Frigga will watch Fen; it'll be too dangerous to take him with us."
"I'll set a course to Asgard." Mystique said, walking out of the room.
"She blames me," Saphira said, tears in her eyes.
"You mean for Loki getting taken?" Kurt asked, "No, she doesn't blame you. That wasn't your fault."
"No, she blames me for not being able to save him," Saphira said, "It is my fault if I had realized sooner it wasn't him, I failed Loki, I failed to save him, I wouldn't blame him if he hated me."
"Saphira, Loki would get mad just hearing you say that," Rogue said.
"I'm going to my room; let me know when we reach Asgard," Saphira said, standing and leaving the room, taking Fenrir with her; both Mischief and Rosey followed her.
True to her words, Saphira did not emerge from her room until Remy had knocked on her door three days later to tell her they had landed on the rainbow bridge; they were a bit worried about her because no one had any idea if she had eaten anything since locking herself up in her room, they knew she had been feeding Fenrir; Rosey was carrying bottles of baby food into the bedroom to Saphira. When they got off the spaceship, horses were already waiting for them, and when Saphira got up on one, Rosey climbed up behind her and wrapped her vines around Saphira. The moment they reached the palace, they got down and handed the horses over to palace staff; no one tried to stop their entrance in, recognizing who they were. Mystique led them straight to Frigga's chambers, where she, Thor, and Enid waited for them. Kurt noticed the tesseract sitting on a table.
When they walked in, Enid immediately stood and walked straight to Saphira. Who moved Fenrir to the side and buried her face into Enid's shoulder.
"How are you holding up?" Enid asked.
"I failed to save him," Saphira mumbled; Enid led Saphira over to a seat and had her sit next to her. Fenrir pointed at Thor.
"Dum Dum." He said.
"Yes, Fenny, it's Uncle Dum Dum," Saphira answered, smiling a little.
"Sigyn was truthful; she hides Loki from Heimdal's gaze," Frigga said, "I even did some spells but came up with nothing; Sigyn has used magic to hide Loki well."
"Good thing she never thought of crystal balls," Saphira replied. "Kurt, tell them about your ex-sister girlfriend."
"His what?" Enid demanded.
"Kurt has this ex-girlfriend, who was also his sister once," Saphira said; Enid still had a confused look on her face. "She knows magic, and we saw Loki in her crystal ball."
"My friend Amanda; she's the daughter of the woman who raised me, she knows magic too, and she was able to locate Loki through her crystal ball; we could see and hear him speaking, we know where he is now, but he might not be easy to get to," Kurt explained.
"Why not," Thor demanded.
"Have either of you ever heard of Sakaar?" Kurt asked.
"I have ." Mystique said. "If that's where Sigyn took Loki, it won't be easy to get him." She was sitting next to Frigga on her bed, and they were so close to one another their bodies were touching.
"We have to make a plan," Kurt replied, "It won't be easy."
"We have to get there and see where they are holding Loki, how guarded he is, and how hard it would be to break him out." Rogue put in.
"And if possible, maybe get a message to Loki," Enid said, "So, he knows we are there and is ready when we show to get him out."
"They are making Loki fight in The Grandmaster's area," Mantis said, "Maybe you can use that." Mantis backed up a little when everyone looked at her.
"That's not a bad idea," Kurt said, and Mantis smiled at him. "But how."
"Fights?" Frigga asked. "Grandmaster?"
"The Grandmaster rules Sakaar; he has these gladiator-type fights people pay to go see; they've got Loki locked up with the other fighters and making him fight," Mystique explained,
"According to the guy he was talking to, Loki has been winning all of his," Kurt said.
"Of course, he has," Thor replied, sounding proud, "Loki was trained by the finest warriors on Asgard; you can not find better warriors than the Asgardians."
"Sure, mon ami," Remy replied, walking by and patting Thor's shoulder; he turned around and faced them. "How will we use these fights? Sign up for one and hope we face Loki?"
"They don't work that way." Mystique replied. "I was on Sakaar for a few years, long, long time ago, between my time going from earth to space, The Grandmaster calls them his contenders, but they aren't there willingly, he has these people he calls scrappers, they go around kidnapping guys who look tough and sale them to The Grandmaster for his little fights."
"That's disgusting," Enid replied. "Does no one ever oppose him? Aren't they laws against that?"
"Sakaar has no real laws." Mystique replied, "The Grandmaster founded the planet, and only laws are about going against him, which results in your death, and it's always been this way, the place is full of lawless lowlifes, most people don't care, those who do, try to lay low not drew attention to themselves."
"They are Chickens," Saphira said, "We are going to Sakaar, getting my husband back. That damn collar Sigyn keeps on him is probably giving him awful headaches, stopping his fast healing. He had bruises and cuts, and they cut off all his hair."
Saphira was still holding Fenrir, who was looking around; Kurt had a feeling he was looking for Loki.
"I will get myself captured," Thor announced. "Get locked up where Loki is, then my brother and I will escape together."
"It's not that easy either." Mystique said, "Scrappers puts these disks on the Contenders; they have a remote. The Contenders act up or try to fight them; one push of a button sends lots of pain throughout the nervous system."
"We might still be able to use Thor getting captured." Enid replied, "You can let Loki know we are there at least, and there will be someone on the inside to help him if he needs to fight his way out."
"You guys said Loki was undefeated?" Mystique said, "If The Grandmaster still does things the same way, he usually had newcomers fight the contenders with a winning streak, we might be able to use that."
"Well, if you get yourself caught, we must first steal one of those remotes," Remy replied. "Just leave that to me."
"Maybe you should try to get at least two just in case," Enid replied. Remy nodded in acknowledgment.
"Yes, if Thor and Loki fought each other, it would give us a perfect chance to take off their disk and those of the other unwanted contenders," Enid said, "That should start a riot, and we can all disappear in the chaos."
"I want the bitch to pay," Saphira said.
"Sister, I know you are angry, but our main focus is to get Loki and get out; we don't have time for you to seek revenge," Enid replied.
"There is always time for the revenge." Mystique said.
"Raven." Frigga chastised.
"What?" Mystique demanded, "This is our son she took."
"I know who Loki is," Frigga replied, laying her hand on Mystique's leg. "Your biggest focus should be getting him back."
"I will get Loki back, don't worry," Mystique promised. "I won't fail him." Saphira looked away from them when she said that, and Kurt thought Saphira had been right; Enid must have picked up on it too because she narrowed her eyes at Mystique.
"My sister didn't fail Loki," Enid spoke up. Mystique shockingly didn't reply.
"We should split up," Rogue said, "So many of us staying together will start looking suspicious."
"Plus, we can find out more information that way." Remy put it, "And I can sneak off get one of those remotes, Thor, you should wait until I get my hands on some before getting captured; that way, you can get the disk off you and Loki and be ready for us to break you guys out."
"If you find where those things are stash, get a handful of those disk things and remotes; that might come in handy," Saphira said.
"Good idea," Enid agreed, "We can also use our phones to contact each other; if you don't have one, stick with someone who does, and try not to get lost in the crowds."
"You know someone probably will have to get close to The Grandmaster," Kurt said, "Make sure he doesn't hear anything about unwanted visitors or people freeing his contenders. And possible hear about any security measures the others may need to know."
"I'll do that." Mystique said, "Since I can shapeshift, keep an eye on him and Sigyn. If she's with him, you guys try not to get lost in the crowds; Once we have gotten Loki out of there, we let each other know, then we'll all meet back to where the tesseract makes us appear and get out of there."
"I can cause a distraction if we need to," Saphira said, "But once I know Loki is safe again, or I see him, I'm getting my revenge."
"Frigga, we were hoping you would be willing to watch Fenrir while we are gone." Mystique said.
"Of course," Frigga replied. Saphira stood and walked Fenrir over to her, made a diaper bag appear, sat on it on the bed next to Frigga, then made a couple more bags appear.
"What is all that, sister?" Enid asked.
"Hoodies and sunglasses so we can hide," Saphira replied. She got down and opened a bag, pulled out Loki's jacket, and ran her hand crossed it, frowning.
"Daddy," Fenrir said, pointing at it.
"That's right, Fenny, this belongs to daddy," Saphira said, "But for now, mommy will use it, okay?" Fenrir shook his head, and Saphira set the jacket aside and started pulling out the hoodies tossing them to everyone. "It's a good thing Loki bought me all kinds when I was pregnant and freezing; I got big ones from when I got huge; I liked them extra big; Thor here tries this one; it should fit enough."
"I doubt I can fit in your clothes; you are tiny," Thor replied, taking the hoodie from her and slipping it on. "It's a little tight, but it'll do." He suddenly frowned. "This is pink; I am not a girl."
"Sorry, blondie, but it's the biggest one I have," Saphira replied. She was smirking, and Kurt had a feeling Saphira was lying. "Put on the hood, see if it fits."
Thor put the hood on his head, and everyone but Frigga and Enid started laughing at the cat ears that stuck upon top. Enid glared over at Saphira.
"Sister? " Enid demanded, "We are trying to plan to save your husband, and you're playing jokes on mine?"
At that moment, Frigga's door opened, and Odin walked in; he paused, looking confused; out of his eyes, Kurt saw Saphira quickly toss Loki's jacket over the tesseract.
"I heard you had company, so I thought I would see who." Odin paused and looked at Thor. "What the hell are you wearing?" Thor frowned, reached up, felt the cat's ears, then pulled the hood down to try and look.
"Saphira!" Thor snapped as she giggled.
"Somebody has kidnapped Loki; his family stopped by to get Thor and Enid to help them save him and ask if I could watch Fenrir," Frigga answered.
"Oh," Odin replied, "Wait, someone kidnapped Loki?"
"Yes, and don't worry, that bitch will pay," Saphira said; Odin looked at her with a raised eyebrow.
"Well, do not get yourselves killed, I guess," Odin replied; he still seemed a bit confused, but also like he rather not know what was going on.
He went to leave when Mantis, who Remy had been whispering in her ear, walked up to Odin, making Kurt fearful of what Remy put her up too.
"Excuse me, Mr. Claus," Mantis asked, "Do you have flying raindeer?"
"No," Odin replied, giving her a look as if he thought she was crazy, then added in an almost gentle tune. "Thor has flying goats." Then they turned and left the room, closing the door behind him, and Remy burst out laughing.
"That's not funny, Gambit." Kurt snapped as Mantis walked over to him, looking confused. "Manny, don't ever do anything Gambit asks you to."
"Okay." Mantis agreed. She looked at Thor. "You have flying goats?"
"I do, though I have not ridden them in a while, never have the time," Thor replied, giving Mantis a wink; Kurt frowned as her cheeks turned red, and she shyly looked down, for a split second, Kurt got a little taste of what Loki felt like growing up with Thor.
"We need to make a plan, then go save Loki." Mystique said. "But first, hey bug girl."
"Raven." Frigga snapped, "The woman has a name, be nice."
"Mantis then." Mystique said, "Sakaar is a highly crowded place; the streets are people bumping into each other, you are not used to crowds like that, I don't think you should go, we have to constraint on saving Loki, we don't have time for someone to have a panic attack in the crowds."
"Mother, Manny can fight; she saved me," Kurt replied.
"I know that, but that's not the point. Can Mantis handle the crowds?" Mystique said, "I'm not trying to be mean this time, honest, look how nervous she gets on Xander; Sakaar is even more crowded than that; what if she got separated in the crowds and panicked? Your girlfriend could get taken advantage of."
"Kurt, sweetheart, your mother has a point," Frigga said, "No one doubts what Mantis can do, but Raven told me her story; it wouldn't be a good idea to take someone not used to crowds to an overly populated place. Let her stay here with Fenrir and me."
"I'll leave it up to Mantis," Kurt said, "Manny, do you want to stay?" Mantis looked around at them all, then back at Kurt.
"I'll stay; you don't need to worry about me when you're trying to save Loki," Mantis said; Kurt smiled, feeling relieved; he kissed Mantis's forehead and hugged her.
"Your visit hasn't been the greatest; I'll make it up to you," Kurt said. Frigga stood and put Fenrir on her hip.
"I have an idea, Mantis. Would you like to see Thor's goats?" Frigga asked.
"Ohh, yes," Mantis answered.
"Come on; we will go see them," Frigga replied; Frigga led Mantis to the door; Kurt had a feeling she was leaving now, so Fenrir wouldn't see them leave and cry. "After visiting the goats, we'll go in the throne room and annoy my husband."
"You mean Mr. Claus?" Mantis asked.
"Yes, him," Frigga chuckled as they walked out of the room.
"Yes, I would like to annoy him," Mantis replied; Frigga's laugh echoed up and down the corridor.
"Alright, guys, grab a hoodie and sunglasses; Loki has waited long enough," Saphira said, getting in her bag and tossing out hoodies. Thor bent down to pick up Mjolnir, and Kurt couldn't help it; he burst out laughing, on the back of the hoodie in silver studs spilled out Queen. When Thor looked at him, Kurt quickly looked away. Thor frowned, took off the hoodie, and looked at the back.
"Saphira," Thor said.
"It's the biggest one I had," Saphira replied.
"Why do I not believe you?" Thor demanded. Saphira shrugged. "I swear, one of these days, I will lose my temper." Thor didn't finish his sentence as he slipped on his hoodie.
"Was that a threat?" Saphira demanded, "It was, dummy, threatened me." She laughed, "That's cute."
Enid and Thor looked at each other with their eyebrows raised and surprised looks.
It took them another hour before leaving the ship and going to Sakaar through the tesseract; they had decided to plan first, go over what they knew, and put on hoodies and sunglasses. They all gathered around, along with Rosey, and Saphira picked up the tesseract, and in blue light, they disappeared, appearing in a back ally behind the crowded streets.
"Alright, listen up." Mystique said, "Saphira, you, Rogue, and Enid go mingle into the crowd, listen, eavesdrop, ask questions, find out anything that may be of use to us, Remy, Thor, you two go steal some disk remotes, then Thor get yourselves caught by some scalpers, Kurt, you go with Thor and Remy, after Thor separates from you two you two go do the same as the girls, I'll find out when the next fight is and let you guys know, and keep your ears and eyes out for trouble, and be listening for your phones."
"And everyone, be careful, get in any trouble, send one of us a message if you can," Enid said. "Avoid giving your name to anyone if you have to provide a fake one."
"You be careful, my beloved," Thor said; he leaned in and kissed Enid; when Enid pulled away, she frowned and looked around,
"Where is Saphira?" The rest of them looked and didn't see Saphira anywhere.
"Damn it." Mystique swore, " This is not the place for that brat to run off by herself. Fuck, we will have to change our planes a little, Thor, since we decided to wait until your fight to take off the disk, go ahead, and get yourself captured, tell Loki he needs to have a long talk with his wife, Remy, go with Enid, you two find Saphira, and get some disks remotes, Kurt go with your sister and do the mingle thing, I'll still see the Grandmaster, I'll text you guys and let you all know when the next fight is, and if anyone finds that brat, smack her on the back of the head for me."
Enid reached out and grabbed Mystique's arm, "My sister was already upset and feeling like she failed Loki; you did not help with blaming her, that's why she's run off; Saphira feels like she has been the one to save him, I swore you better pray to all the gods on Asgard that nothing happens to her."
Enid let go of Mystique and walked off before she could reply; Thor went with her, and with a glare Mystique's way, Remy turned and followed them. Mystique walked off in different directions, leaving only Kurt and Rogue standing there. He didn't like this; something was going to go wrong. He could feel it.
AN: Hopefully, all the talking wasn't too dull, and when thinking of where she could have taken Loki, I couldn't resist using Sakaar, and I just had to add Korg and Meik. And Amanda does have two giant pet snakes named Roger and Brad; I saw them in a Nightcrawler comic I read; Amanda said she lived in limbo, which explains why I put her saying she didn't leave on earth either.