So here is the next chapter and I am really happy with it. I had fun writing it, and it was nice to have Jane in the story. But I must apologize to the ones that love Enchantress and that knows a lot about her. I do not. So she may be very out of character. And I am also sorry if someone likes her and I turn her to one of the monsters.
And yes the name quote is from Harry Potter. Haha but well Cara is from that story from the beginning so ofc she have heard it.
I also want to thank the new followers. Thank you for reading my story :)
Besides that I do not think I have much more to say. So enjoy the chapter :)
To be honest Jane hated when she visited Thor and he got called out on a mission, but she hated it even more when he fought the Enchantress. When she was on earth Jane was forced to stay hidden in the tower. It was even worst that she was alone, she hated it. Normally she didn't mind being alone, but having Enchantress so close scared her, not that she would ever admit that to anyone, especially not Thor. Thor would either guard her and be like an overprotective mother, or he would threw himself into battle even more, trying to kill Enchantress, and who knows what would happen then.
So Jane kept the feelings to herself, but she wished she didn't need to. She wished that Pepper hadn't left to help with the evacuation of the city or that Peggy was called back to work. Both of them were important in their fields, not that she wasn't, but she didn't work in the city, and she didn't have the resources Pepper had to help civilians, or a job at S.H.I.E.L.D. that needed her in situations such as these.
Jane had walked over to the kitchen, brewing some of Bruce calming tea, trying to not think of Enchantress. She would need to do something to keep her thought of her, but she didn't know what.
"Let's make some cookies Loki," Jane turned around and saw Cara walk into the kitchen with Loki by her side. Both of them stopped when they saw her. "Oh hi Jane."
Cara smiled at her, while Loki looked really unsure, and Jane understood him, she was really unsure about the situation herself. Loki had tried to kill Thor, she couldn't really understand why, not getting the whole story from Thor. And yesterday she had tried to attack him before she got to know what happened to him, and she didn't know what to think about it. Did she hate him or did she feel sorry for him?
"Hi Cara, hi Loki," she finally said in a low voice. Cara looked at them both and smiled.
"I still want cookies, and I would still appreciate the company Loki," she said to him and he slowly nodded. "And you are feel free to join in if you want Jane?"
Jane looked at them, she needed something to do, but baking cookies with Loki wasn't something she had even thought of as a possibility, not eve if Cara was there. But they were company and maybe they could keep her mind of Enchantress.
"I would love to," she said and Cara nodded.
"Great," she answered and then snapped her hand and a book appeared, Jane guessed a cookbook. "So let's see which one we should do?"
She started to turn the pages while Loki carefully looked over her shoulder, until he pointed at a recipe.
"Chocolate cookies with coconut?" She asked and Loki nodded. "Well then let's get started."
Jane watched Cara as she placed the ingredients on the table, and then went for all the bowls.
"I haven't baked this one in years," she said in a low voice, and she seemed to be very emotional.
"Why not?" Jane asked and Cara looked at her.
"I used to do it with my godfather, he is now dead so I just haven't…" she said and Loki gave her an apologising look, which Jane guessed he meant to tell her that they could make something else.
"Oh don't worry about it. They are amazing, and he would just be happy to know that we make them," she said and looked a bit happier. Loki gave her an asking look. "Sometimes the best way to remember and honour someone is to do something in their memory. So let's make the cookies in his memory."
Jane looked between them, kind of fascinated over how much Cara could understand simply from the looks Loki was giving her. And also over how much he seemed to care about her.
"So Jane, do you want to help me or do you prefer to watch and just drink your tea?" Cara asked nicely.
"I can help you. But I warn you, I am no good at cooking or baking," she said and laughed.
"You can't get better if you don't get the chance," Cara said and gave her a bowl. "You can start by mixing the egg and the sugar."
"Mixing egg and sugar, got it," Jane said as Cara turned on the oven.
"Want to try Loki?" She asked him and Loki looked at her then the bowl and then finally Jane. "And don't worry if you can't make cookies either. I will teach you if you like?"
Loki then shook his head and Cara smiled.
"Well then you can just judge us and see us fail," she said with a laugh.
"Oh shush, I am sure you wont not fail at this. I may, but not you," Jane said.
"I was trying to be polite," Cara just admitted as she started with her own bowl.
Jane admitted she had really fun. Cara was really easy going, and a great teacher. Jane who normally would have destroyed the dough by now actually did a good job.
"So now we just place them on the baking sheet?" Jane asked.
"Yes. And if you want you can make them in different shapes," Cara said and started to place her in different animal shapes.
"How do you do that?" Jane said as she watched her.
"Practice, and of course a bit magic," she said and laughed.
"You use magic for everything," Jane started to place her cookies on the sheet in normal circles.
"Not everything. I have learned how to do stuff without it. I have had times in my life when I couldn't use my magic."
"Why not?"
"Different reasons I do not wish to think or talk about," she just said and then smiled. "So who did the Avengers go to stop this time?"
Cara handled over the ladle to Loki who looked at it before he started to eat the dough and Cara smiled.
"The went after Enchantress this time," Jane said in a bitter voice.
"Amora is here?" Loki said in a surprised and scared voice. Cara looked at him, understanding that something was wrong, just not what.
"Yes I am Loks," a voice suddenly said behind them and Jane turned around in horror. There in the door stood a blond woman with a smile that made Jane shiver.
Loki stood up, and he seemed to be ready to run away any minute.
"And look here is also Jane Foster, what a bonus. Not only can I see Loki again, my sweet Loks, I also get you," Amora said. "But I do not know you."
Cara who had put the baking sheets in the oven turned around and smiled.
"I am Cara, pleasure to meet you," she only said.
"Pleasure? You must not know who I am," Amora said and laughed.
"Not really, I only know of you name, and fear of a name only increase the fear of the things itself," Cara said and started to clean the kitchen.
"Silly human. You should fear me!" Amora said in now an angry offended voice, scaring Jane scared and she thought of Thor. If Enchantress was here, what had happened to the others?
"Should I now? Well I am sorry to make you disappointed," Cara said as she walked around the table to stay next to Jane and in front of Loki, leaning against the table.
"You have a death wish?" Amora asked and Cara smiled.
"Not really," she just answered and Jane envied how she wasn't scared. "So what do you want with my friends here?"
"Your friends? Your friends?" Amora almost shouted. "They are your friends? I have never seen you around any of them. And Loks have never mentioned you."
"They are my friends, and he hasn't mentioned you either. So what do you want with them?" Cara only said.
"It's very simple. I want to kill her, with her out of the way I can soon stand by Thor's side, and he will love me," she said and Cara rolled her eyes. "And with Loks, I am guessing that Odin doesn't know he had escaped. So I just want to take him back to the cell, put on the collar again and make Odin do my another favour."
Jane could feel the change in the air when Amora mentioned the collar. She was not sure what they talked about, but she could guess it wasn't something good.
"First of all, Thor will not love you if you kill the one he loves, that is not how love works your ignorant little girl," she said in a very low and cold voice. "Second of all, I will not let you touch Loki ever again!"
Amora looked at her before she started laughing.
"As you can stop me, you silly little human," Amora said and Jane saw how the magic started to flow in her hands.
"So ignorant," Cara said and when Amora's magic left her hands Cara raised a black barrier.
Jane took cover on the floor, unsure what to do, when she saw Loki already sitting on the floor. She saw the fear in his eyes and how he tried not to panic.
"Loki it will be alright. Cara will not let anything happen to you," Jane stated, actually surprising herself for being nice to him. But she understood how he felt. Loki actually met her eyes and then looked at Cara and that actually made him look even more scared. But Jane saw another fear in his eyes, not a fear for himself, but for her.
"She can handle herself. Don't worry, she will not leave you," Jane said and tried to make Loki calm down. Trying to make him feel better actually made her forget her own fear. She saw how Loki started to create his own magic in his hands.
"Loki don't. If you get hurt Cara will not forgive herself. She does this for you!" Jane said and pulled him down when another beam of magic hit the barrier. Loki more or less jumped away from her when she touched him.
"Sorry," Jane only said. "But try to stay low. I know it's hard, but please stay out of it, for Cara's sake."
Loki looked at Cara but then slowly nodded, and Jane hopped that he mean it. Not wishing to be forced to try to stop him, knowing that she would only lose that battle. And she wasn't sure what Cara would do then, she did not want to see Cara angry.
Cara noticed that Amora was really strong, she used a form of dark magic drawing it from hate, that was always dangerous. She was not able to use the same kind of magic, since her powers came from another world, but she could without problem use darker magic, drawing it from her own hate. It wasn't really a problem for her, the hate was never far away for her, but she never liked to use it, being reminded of her father, and acting as he wished she would. Her eyes became red and the black magic left her hands as she let the hate take over.
Amora seemed a bit surprised about this, not only because her dark magic was different, but also because she had been unprepared to meet someone that could match her, thinking it would be an easy win. Cara felt that Amora concurred even more hate to try to beat her and then she smiled. Using up too much dark magic, a longer time would drain your energy. Seeing it used more energy than normal magic. That was why it took longer time to master and to use, especially if you didn't used a wand.
Amora knew what she was doing, but Cara could tell that she was to eager, she acted more on an impulse than strategy, and in a way that would save your energy. She herself tried to use as little energy as possible. Knowing that if she didn't she would lose, especially since she had the barrier to think of too. But she knew that if she could avoid Amora as much as possible, waiting for her to use all her energy, she could win. She just had to fool Amora into believing that she tried to beat her, so she didn't see through her plan and stopped.
"Why are you even trying, you will lose anyway," Amora suddenly said and Cara laughed.
"I won't lose, and I am defending my friends," she said and sent a black beam in her direction.
"Why? Why would you do that. So Jane can be with Thor? And Loks…oh I see, he is with you," Amora said and laughed. "That's why you got so mad when I mentioned the collar. Never thought Loki would fall that low, being with a human! But you know what sweetie, I had him first! He was my friend and teacher before you were even born! He taught me so much, he showed me magic you can only dream about, he talked me how to fool people and manipulate them, and things you can't even imagine."
"I am sure he did," Cara only said, not getting mad over it. It had been who Loki was, still may be, and she didn't cared, she loved him none the less.
"But look how the mighty has fallen. After he got back from earth, after he got captured and putted in that cell. It was actually kind of fun to see him. You should have seen his look when he saw me with the collar. I think he never thought I would betray him, but I would do anything to get to Thor. Betraying him was nothing, it was actually easy. I had no use for him, and he could give me a laugh once in a while," Amora said and tried to hit Cara with her magic.
"Such a nice friend you are," Cara only said and smiled when Amora's magic seemed to be weaker.
"He would have done the same! Wake up honey he is the God of lies, he isn't loyal. He tried to take out his brother and father. He wouldn't think twice to sell you out if he found something better. So don't think you are something special," Amora said.
"You were the one to sell him out, there is no way to tell what he would have done," Cara said and Amora screamed, getting frustrated over not getting under her skin.
"What is wrong with you?" Amora asked and threw a beam at her direction but it died half way to her. "What is happening?"
"I am sure Loki as every good teacher should, taught you about energy draining, and that dark magic drains more energy than other magic. When you use it you need to be careful what you do, and plan your moves. You have just been throwing your magic around," Cara said and walked towards her.
"Get away," Amora said and threw some more magic at her and Cara just fend it off.
"No, I will not get away, it's my turn to play," Cara walked closer to her and dropped the black magic, letting her eyes turn blue again and the colour of magic turn green. Amora tried to walk away but soon found herself against the wall.
Cara smiled a cold smile when she stopped in front of Amora and snapped her fingers.
"I am sure you remember this?" She said and showed her a collar, just like the one put on Loki.
"No," Amora screamed and tried to shove her out of the way. Cara just rolled her eyes before she used her magic to keep her still.
"Be glad that I am only blocking your magic. At least for now," Cara said and locked the collar around Amora's neck, before she let go of her. Amora felt down to the floor, actually crying, but Cara did not care about that. Instead she turned around to face the others.
"Are you alright?" She asked and let down the barrier.
"I am alright. A bit scared, but alright. Thank you," Jane admitted and stood up. Cara nodded and turned to Loki who still sat on the floor.
"Loki?" Cara asked in a calm voice and she saw that he had been crying. "It's over now, you are safe."
"I am sorry Cara, so sorry," he whispered and Cara just smiled at him.
"No need to be sorry. Not for letting me deal with her, I told you I will protect you, and I know that you would do the same for me. And you do not need to feel sorry for letting her put the collar on you. I know why you did it, and I know how it feels," Cara said in a comforting voice. "You never need to feel sorry for anything in front of me Loki."
Cara almost felt backwards when Loki suddenly hugged her and she smiled, knowing that he was still scared. Scared of Amora who cried and shouted angry words at them, scared that Cara could have gotten hurt.
Jane looked at them for a short moment before she turned away, feeling like she was intruding on a private moment. But it was fascinated to view at them, and how they acted. Jane wasn't sure why that was, but it was. Maybe because Loki seemed to be so different from what she thought, of course he had been through a trauma, but he was still different. And to see how he trusted Cara that much and actually cared about her was so sweet in a way she never thought existed. It was like he cared about her over everything and would do anything for her. And Cara seemed to feel the same way. She dealt with how Loki reactions without judging or even thinking twice about it. She didn't mind that he acted like he did. Jane wished she could do the same if she ever was in the situation, but she was sure that she wouldn't. She wasn't sure she could ever see Thor like that without breaking.
Then Jane remembered Thor, what had happened to him? If Enchantress was here, was the others even alive? She was just to turn around to ask Cara if she could find out when she heard the others land and enter the building.
"Jane?" Thor called out, she could hear how worried he was.
"I am here," she called back, Thor and the rest entered the kitchen, which was more or less destroyed after Enchantress and Cara's fight.
"You are unharmed," Thor said and pulled her into a hug.
"I am alright. Cara saved us," Jane said and Thor looked down at the women holding his brother. Thor wasn't sure why, but he understood that something had scared Loki.
"She did?" Thor said and looked at Jane and then over to Amora who now only was sobbing in almost silence. "How on earth did she capture her?"
"She used magic," Jane only said.
"Just like that? Maybe we should bring her to the battlefield instead of you Thor," Tony joked.
"I can hear you! And I am not interesting on standing on a battlefield, I rather focus on other things now" Cara said before she looked at Loki. "Feeling a bit better?"
Loki didn't answer her.
"Would you feel better after a cookie?" she smiled and Loki actually glared at her, before he rolled his eyes at her. Cara smiled even wider, seeing a bit of the old Loki in him. "Don't give me that look. I made the cookies for you."
Loki ones again gave her a look as he stood up and offered her his hand and she took it.
"Alright I was the one that wanted cookies, but you was the one that decided which one," Cara informed him as she went to take out the cookies from the oven just as Loki shrugged his shoulders.
"Um Cara? Can we get the story of how you did capture Enchantress?" Tony interrupted.
"Oh yeah right. Could someone take her down to an interrogation room? And don't worry she can't use magic as long as she has the collar on, I am not done with her, but I would prefer not to have her here."
"We can take her," Steve said and pointed at Clint who nodded.
"Fine, while you do, I will bring the cookies and some milk to the table," she said and smiled at them as they left the room. Cara turned around to Loki and gave him a cookie and he took it.
"Do you wish to stay or return to your room?" She asked, knowing that he still wasn't comfortable around too much people, especially not after somethings happens. She gave him time to think about it as she sat the table and when Loki sat down next to her she smiled. He still sat near the exit and a bit far from the others, but she didn't pressure him.
A while later Steve and Clint returned and they all sat down at the table.
"Are you sure you don't want to join us? I mean you did capture someone we had a lot of trouble with," Tony said.
"What did happen? How did she even get her?" Jane asked.
"She escaped. She had Skurge and Lorelei with her. And the others took hostage and when they did, Enchantress fled," Steve admitted.
"I am glad Cara was here to help you" Thor said and Cara smiled.
"Glad that I could help. And no Tony I will not help you. It's not my battle," she said.
"But with your magic we would easily win," Tony told her.
"You can't be sure of that. Magic can cause of lot of damages, it's not as simple as firing a shot, it can easily do more damage than good." she informed him.
"But even if it can cause damage, imagine all the good you could do, you could stop other people like Amora" Clint said and she nodded.
"Or all the bad. The magic I used before you guys got her was dark magic, and if someone got in the way they may die," she told them.
"But it's for a good cause," Tony said when Loki gave him an deadly glance.
"I beg both of you to stop before Loki kills you," Bruce said.
"But…" Tony said but stopped when Natasha hit him.
"Tell us how you captured her," Bruce said ignoring Tony complaining about the pain.
"We had just finished making the cookies and I was about to put them into the oven when…" Cara started to tell the story of what had happened.
