A brief note from the author: I posted another chapter today before this one so make sure you don't miss that! If you already read that one then you are good to go! I hope you enjoy this one. :)
"How long are you going to be gone?" Maisy asked as they lay in bed. It was the morning that the Avengers would be leaving for Sokovia and Loki was reluctant to get up and get ready.
"Probably a little less than a week," Loki replied, pulling her body closer to his and kissing her forehead, "Stark wants us to openly fly to Germany as if we've found a base there and then we'll go in stealth mode to Sokovia so that they don't see us coming."
"Okay," she nodded, "You'll be safe, right?"
"Aren't I always?"
"And you'll make sure Thor doesn't cause too much damage?"
"He and Rogers are paired up for this mission. They work well together."
"Okay, and-"
"I love you," he told her, "And I will be on my best behavior and come back to you soon."
"I love you too," she giggled and kissed him again. She was making it incredibly difficult for him to want to leave her, but he knew that the sooner he left the sooner he could get back.
"Now I really must go or my idiot brother will come and drag me by the ear."
He left the warmth of the blankets and suited up. Once he was in his gear he said goodbye to Linn and wished her well on her Spanish test.
"Yo soy muy inteligente," Linn gave him a thumbs up, "Buena suerte, Loki."
"Para tí también, Linn," he winked.
When he'd finished speaking with his young friend he went to the kitchen and found Maisy eating toast as she watched him.
"You look so dang good in that superhero suit."
"I really do, don't I?" Loki spun around for her and she laughed.
"One more hug before you go?"
"I can't refuse you, my lady," he embraced her tightly, "When I get back how about you and I go out and finally celebrate our anniversary, hmm?"
"We can check out that restaurant that we keep passing when you walk me to work!"
"The one that we continue to say we will eat dinner in but never have?"
"Yeah!"
"What if they have terrible food?"
"Then we'll have learned our lesson for next year and next year we can go to Olive Garden instead."
"Brilliant plan. I have something I want to use try to get rid of your nightmares when I get back as well. I'm certain it will work."
Though he didn't trust Blaze, he was determined to get the cure for the nightmares one way or the other. On a battlefield it would be much easier to torture the answer out of her if she didn't hold up her end of the bargain. Battlefields were excellent places to hide torture and there was less of a chance that Blaze could have explosive contingencies in place since she would be far away from Maisy and Linn. He would get that cure.
"If it doesn't we'll think of something else. We always do."
He gave her one more kiss and set off for another mission with the Avengers. He hadn't told Maisy that they'd be going after the scepter on this mission. She might see it as an extra opportunity to worry. There was nothing to worry about and he didn't want her to fret over nothing. He was sure, even with Blaze's ominous warnings, this mission would end just as happily as the others.
A note from the author: Another short one. Sorry about that, my pacing for stories is a bit wonky, I know. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed these two short chapters! I will see you when I have time to post another one! I can't wait to see how you guys react to the next chapter... ;)
Until next time!