Suttungr took his hand away from her. She turned back into Asgardian. Suttungr patted Sigyn for he could tell she was filled with grief as well. "It will be alright in due time. Thou must remember her duties. I am told you are a Valkyrior."
"Aye," she smiled up to him. "And I know I must help the worthy walk to the gates of Valhalla." She stepped away from him and knelt down on one knee. Her head bowed and her eyes closed. Once she opened them again, her spirit had left her body. She rose up out of her stance in charcoal grey leather pants with silver armored boot protectors that reached her knees. She adorned a silver breast plate that tied up in the back. She had on black boots. A dark blue material lined the insides of the plate and the back. A long, light silver cape dusted the floor. Two silver metal guantlets were upon her wrists. Her hair was parted down the center and tied half way into to loose braids. The braids didn't start until the beginning of her shoulders. Upon her head was the silver winged head band of the Valkyrior. The wings came out from the temples. At her hip was her her sheathed sword.
No one could see her unless it was another Valkyrior. She saw that Suttungr stood there, waiting for her to come back. He was protecting her. Sigyn walked out to find Loki watching the Jotuns clammer about. She half smiled at him before she made her way to the dead Jotuns. They didn't bury them, they wanted to take their warriors home to have a fit funeral and be buried amongst other Jotuns. She could see some souls of the worthy. Sigyn walked over to the nearest one and pulled him out of his body. Although they were giants, Sigyn's Valkyrior strength helped her carry the soul to the opened gates. It only took a matter of seconds. The gates of Valhalla opened anywhere where there were worthy warriors with Valkyries.
She did this to all of the Jotuns. Sigyn was happy to see the one Jotun who tried to protect Natasha was found worthy. Sigyn then walked over to the battlefield. She looked to see if there were any worthy among the dark elves. There was none. It was odd. Though not new to her. In some cases there were no worthy warriors or those that were worthy chose not to fight. Sigyn walked to the SHIELD area. There were coffins everywhere. She smiled when she saw some of them were worthy. Sigyn took them to Valhalla.
Once she was done, she headed back to the tent. On her way back she followed Loki back into the tent.
He stopped once he saw her.
"She's bringing the fallen to your Valhalla," Suttungr answered his silent questions. "She can still hear and breathe. Thy lady should be back soon."Loki walked up to her. His hand coming close to touch her. Suttungr narrowed his eyes at him, warning him not to try it.
Sigyn quickly got back into her body and in an instant grabbed his hand with one of hers. She used it to help herself up. He stood in shock staring at her. She gave him a wicked grin. "I see you still try to touch things that shouldn't be touched." Suttungr only shook his head. "Yes, I would have awakened moments after the mere touch of your fingers." She looked to Suttungr. "There were those worthy from Jotunheim. I wish to show you, but I am not allowed."
"Come, best we get back to the Helicarrier," Loki looked to Sigyn.
"I am not allowed to go back," Sigyn spoke, her eyes cast away from Loki. "Not yet."
"What?!" He was confused and angry. Loki had enough time with the Frost giants. He wanted to leave, now.
"This is part of my punishment," Sigyn looked into Loki's eyes. They beckoned for her to leave with him right then. To go back to the Helicarrier without looking back. "I can't. I take full responsibility of my actions. I know what must be done."
"She is safe with us," Suttungr wanted Loki to leave. He was still weary of the trickster.
"No," Loki stood there. Part of him wanted just to leave her there and part of him couldn't let himself do that. "She is coming back with me. She is too close to the portal. We almost lost this battle. A lot of your kind died. I do believe that for her protection would be much safer with the Thor and the rest."
Suttungr got angry from his words. He started to pace around them. "She is under our protection. Thy lady closed the portal. She can sense him if he came through. We will protect her. Better than what you have done. She got herself turned into a statue because of you and sent here. And it took you long enough to bring her back. Your so called brother and his friends have no protection over her on the battlefield. She got captured and almost got made into a bride or worse killed. Now she revealed herself. You can not protect her." It seemed Suttungr blamed him for most of these issues.
"Yet one of your kind did nothing but stand against a few dark elves," Loki sneered back. "She was captured only because she sacrificed herself for a Midgardian. She turned herself into a statue to save herself. I went and got her back from Malekith. I see none of your warriors willing to do this. She chose to reveal herself to keep this Midgardian protected."
"Enough!" Sigyn raised her voice to the both of them. She grew tired of being talked at when she was right there. Was she not the Twin Flame, a Valkyrior, a goddess? Was she not able to have a chance to speak? She was not capable of standing up for herself. Though she did like the idea of Loki being by her side, but she did see he was torn between leaving her there, taking her with him, and standing up for himself. "Thou both can protect greatly, though not always are the circumstances true."
"She stays with us," Suttungr growled. He didn't want his lady to interfere with a conversation between him and this disrespectful filth.
Loki sighed and looked around the tent before laying his eyes on Suttungr once again. He laughed. "You are on land, with animal skin tents."
"Hmph," Suttungr crossed his arms with an ignorant smile. "If you knew more, you would see that these tents are made from the fallen Frost Beasts."
"You kill your own pets?" Loki was amused.
Suttungr narrowed his eyes again. "The Frost Beasts battle it out against one another. Sometimes death is the only way to win. You know something about that, am I right?" He laughed once. "Besides, an elf is just as swift is he is upon land when he is upon water."
Loki laughed this time. "And here you think less of Midgards. They have flying fortresses. It was once in water now in the clouds. Hidden from view."
"What can fly, can surely fall," Suttungr eyed him.
"Yes, but what is grounded stays grounded maybe even sink," Loki finally took his last stand. "There will be more time to prepare if she is back with us. She stays with us."
Sigyn shook her head. "Loki, I must stay. This is my punishment." She knew what she had to do.
"One night," Suttungr made his final decision. Loki did have a point. "She is to stay here one night with us and then she can stay with the Midgardians for the rest of the time until this battle is finally over. After that, she stays with us for the rest of the time being."
Loki nodded his head in agreement. Sigyn was a bit angry though she did not show it. "I will stay here with her then," Suttungr smile almost turned into a snarl, "by standing guard outside where she is kept." Suttungr kept his smile.
"I must leave for now," Suttungr looked down to Sigyn. "I have to plan and prepare for the second attack that awaits us." He then left. Silence filled the void between them.
Loki looked at her. Sigyn wasn't looking in his direction. "With more wit, I could have probably got him to let you stay with us for the rest of the time." He was amused that he still had his silver tongue.
"Why must you interfere? I wish to stay with my punishment," Her voice was soft as she turned to look at him. He didn't quite understand. "I thank you for trying to come to my aid, but I knew my consequences for such actions."
"So my efforts are meaningless?" Loki closed the gap between them. "If you were alone when you came here, you would have stayed and who knows what would happen to you? And how would I know that you would be staying? I would anger myself for not coming to your rescue or seeing you safe."
"Your efforts are not meaningless," Sigyn gave him a soft smile. It was nice to know he cared for her in some aspects, though she knew he was still torn. "I would send word that I was staying."
It was nightfall. Sigyn sent word to an agent that she and Loki were staying for one night with the Jotuns. Sigyn slept in an area of the tent marked off by fabric. She slept in a bed of fur. There were dresses with matching veils in a chest by her. Weapons in another corner. Loki was sleeping lightly in a bed he quickly made out of a seating area. Suttungr was asleep in another marked off area. A few guards stood around the tent.
Malekith opened the portal back up. He sent out a few marauders to send a message to the Jotuns for stealing back his future bride. The marauders sneaked into camp while others brought back their dead. They made torches and started to set tents on fire. One marauder lit Suttungr's tent. The three woke up to a burning smell and yells of alarm. Loki rushed to Sigyn. She was climbing out of the fur bed.
"They are torching all of the tents," Loki tossed her a cloak. She hastened to get it on before anyone noticed. "Come, I am getting you out of here." The two found the tent empty. Suttungr must have left to go and fight. Loki grabbed her hand and lead her away from the tent and through the chaos. They found an agent. "Get us to your flying fortress." Sigyn could hear the thoughts around her. The message given was quite clear. She wanted to stay and fight, but Loki made sure she came along. The two argued on the flight back.
They arrived back in time to find the Avengers ready to head out for action.
"There is no need," Sigyn stopped them.
"Like we would come after you, we wanted to see if the Jotuns were melting," Tony joked. "Well, seeing that she's here and unfortunately so is Loki. It is safe to say we can go down there and blow stuff up without hurting anyone important."
"SHIELD agents and our new allies, the Jotuns, are still down there," Steve was serious.
"Hence, they're not important," Tony laughed. Steve didn't get the joke. "I was kidding it was a joke. Steve, you really need to catch on to the fact that I will always make jokes at anything I find amusing, which is everything."
Steve ignored Tony and looked to Sigyn. "What happened down there?"
"Malekith sent in marauders to send a message and to bring back their dead," Sigyn began. She had already told Loki what had happened on helicopter. "They lit the Jotun tents on fire. Some are injured but none were killed. His message is for me to be returned and to give into their new ruler or death shall follow. His message is just a mere warning if anything. He was nowhere near the portal once it opened again. His second attack will begin at dawn."
"At dawn it is," Steve gripped his shield tighter. He was ready for battle. It was only a few hours away. The group split to better prepare themselves.
Sigyn left to go put on her outfit as Glut. She regrouped with the rest of them before heading out. It was just a few minutes before dawn. The Jotuns were angsty. Their anger fueling their rage and will to fight.
Malekith's army came out the same as last time. Both sides were ready to fight once again. Malekith came out with his guards by him.
Sigyn tried to read his thoughts. She couldn't. He had found a way to shield his thoughts from her. Loki sensed that she was troubled. She told him in thoughts.
I am unable to read any of his thoughts,Sigyn tried not to let that get to her. She was trained to fight without her abilities but Malekith has found ways to work around that. He has found a way to hide his thoughts from me.
The battle bugle pierced the silence. The battle had begun.