So here is the next chapter. It took me forever to write it, but I felt like the words couldn't work with me. Nothing become good enough, but this was the best I could do. But I must say that I am kind of happy with the chapter anyway.
And well I am sorry for Sif, I have a plan with her, but I don't want her to be in the story as a nice person. And well there fight will make things complicated. And yeah they have a kid in the mythology, so I had to mention that she is the mother. But I do not want them together, so thats why I said they did not work out. So well Thor's kids are all grownup so it was hundreds of years, when they still was young. He has the other kids with a other woman, not sure if I will bring her into the story or not so do not wait for her.
Anyway I know that Sif, Volstagg and Hogun are out of character but I hope you survive.
And I also know that the unbreakable vow is from Harry Potter and it doesn't work like it did here. You need to have a wand, but well Cara doesn't use one so I just worked it without it. And its really that one of the person holding hands that say the vow and the other one agreeing, but well Cara is the only one that can do it so I just did it like this.
And I think that was everything you needed to know. So ones again to everyone that follows and reviews the story.
I hope you enjoy the chapter :)
As soon as Thor had arrived in Asgard, he walked to his mother's room, needing to talk to her first. The people he met all smiled towards him and talked to him, but unlike before he could not find the joy in it. He could only think of Loki, and wondering which of them that knew about his situation and which ones that had touched him. Thor felt sick over knowing that the people he had loved had treated his brother like that. And the worst part for him was that he wasn't sure who else then the people that Fandral had named, knew about Loki. It could be anyone, and it made Thor think less of them all.
When he got to Frigga's room, he almost rushed through the door, forgetting to knock. Frigga who had been reading looked up at her oldest and Thor gave her an apologising look.
"Thor are you alright?" Frigga asked as she stood up and walked over to him.
"No I am not. I don't know who I can trust, I see enemies where they may not be. But even if they are smiling towards me, and are as nice as ever I can only wonder if any of them touched Loki," Thor said and Frigga took his hands.
"I understand you Thor, I do the same. But we need to try not to judge them without evidence," she said and Thor nodded and handled over the list.
"Cara got Fandral to name the people he knew off," Thor said.
"Do I want to know how she did it?" Frigga asked and Thor shrugged his shoulders.
"I don't know how, and I didn't ask," Thor answered and Frigga nodded.
"This is of big help," she looked at the list. "Now we can start to find the guilty, and try to figure out which ones we can trust."
"Apparently no one," Thor said in a bitter voice and Frigga gave him an wondering look and he just pointed towards the list and Frigga gave him a sorrowful look, knowing how much it must hurt him.
"I am so sorry love," she said and hugged him.
"So am I. I was really looking forward to have her at the wedding, but I will not invite her! I prefer to have Loki there," Thor said.
"It's lovely to see you standing up for your brother like that. But be careful with what you do about Sif."
"Mother do you have a plan on how we are going to do this?" Thor asked and looked at the list, hoping Frigga would understand. And as the wise woman she was she did understand her oldest without a problem, mostly because Thor rarely was as discreet as he thought.
"Not yet. But we need to find friends who can assist us, because some of this people are powerful. There is even royalty and ambassadors from other realms, and we cannot stand alone in this," Frigga told Thor.
"I hope we can find some friends, we will need it," Thor said.
"I will see what I can do about that. Your father isn't the only one with contacts," Frigga said and Thor nodded.
"Keep me updated," he said before he excused himself and left his mother's room.
"Thor!" Volstagg called out for him as he passed the dining room. Thor walked in, very unsure, he needed to talk to Sif, but he did not want to do it in front of the others. But when he walked in it was only Volstagg and Hogun there. Thor looked at them but he did not smile a usual, he just looked at them, hoping that his other two friends wasn't involved in anything connected to Loki. He had already lost two friends, and he did not want to lose two more.
"What is wrong my friend?" Volstagg asked as Thor got closer.
"I need to talk to Sif" Thor said. "Have you seen her?"
"Last I saw her she was out in the garden, not sure if she is still there," Volstagg said as he kept eating.
"Thank you," Thor said and left the others.
Thor did found Sif in the garden, she was practicing and Thor just stood there watching her for a moment. He felt like crying, and that was really unusual for him. But knowing that his best friend, the mother of his children, knew about his brother and didn't do anything, he could not handle it. Sif was one of the few people he really had trusted, she had been his first love, and even if they had a children together they hadn't worked out as a couple. But he had still always loved her as one of his closest friends, and to just realise that he didn't know her at all.
Thor didn't know how to handle this; he was no good at this. He could fight almost anyone, he threw himself into battle without thinking, but this was different, he knew he couldn't fight Sif that way. He had never thought it would come to this. Sif had been there for him for so many years, and her betrayal hurt more then Fandral's.
"Thor?" Sif's voice made him look at her and she smiled and walked over. "I am glad to see you again. You have visited earth so often lately that I have barely seen you."
Thor just stared at her at first, not sure what to say or do, and Sif seemed to know that something was wrong.
"What is wrong Thor? You know that you can trust to me, if something is wrong, just tell me, is it Jane?" she said with a smile and Thor looked at her before he walked past her, to stand in front of the pond, looking down at his reflections. Sif had even been supportive when he started dating Jane, why did it have to be her?
"But can I really trust you Sif?" Thor asked without looking at her.
"What silly question is that?" She asked and Thor didn't answer her at first.
"I thought I could trust Fandral…" Thor started but then become silent when Sif actually gasped.
"I knew this day would come", she said and walked up next to Thor who didn't say anything. "How did you figure out?"
"Fandral told me after Mother told me that Loki had escaped," Thor just said.
"Where is he?" Sif asked and Thor shrugged his shoulders.
"I don't know. Told him that I don't want to see him again," Thor lied, hoping Sif would believe him. Thor was no good at lying but Sif seemed to believe it, thinking that would be a reasonable reaction from Thor.
"Thor I am sorry," Sif said and Thor looked at her this time.
"You don't mean that Sif!" Thor told her and she shrugged her shoulders this time.
"I…I am not sorry about Loki, but I am sorry that you figured it out," she said honestly and those words shocked Thor and he actually stepped away from her. It felt like someone stabbed his heart. The woman he had loved for so many years, said the words he never thought she would say.
"He is my brother Sif!"
"No he is not! He is a monster. I am sorry Thor, but you should have known that I never liked him. I have accepted him for your sake, that is true. You are my best friend and I would do anything for you, but after he tried to kill you, all of us, then fled to earth and got captured I didn't need to pretend anymore. We all saw the monster he was. And now when he has escaped, who knows what he will do," Sif said and Thor could not believe what he heard. How could he have been so blind? He thought his friends liked Loki, or at least not hated him. But hearing Sif say that really hurt. And he understood how Loki must have felt when they hanged out. Loki being the smart one of them must have seen it. No wonder he didn't want to do things with him when he became older.
"He is my brother Sif and I love him! How can you even say those things?" Thor asked.
"I am sorry Thor, but I am just honest. And I… I am sorry to tell you this. But I can't pretend to like him, not now when you knew about what Fandral did," she said.
"Did you really hate him enough not to stop Fandral?" Thor asked and Sif looked away and Thor took that as a yes. "I can't do this."
Thor turned around and started leaving when Sif ran up to him and stopped him.
"Don't do this Thor. I am sorry," she said to him. "But don't let Loki come between us. It has always been you and me!"
"He didn't, you did. If it had been someone else I care about I would have reacted the same. It was your decision not to tell me, that made me feel like this. If you had told me then I would have forgiven you. Maybe I could even have saved Loki, and he wouldn't have fled again. Who knows what he is now or what he will do now. He must be alone and scared somewhere," Thor said in a sorrowful voice. It wasn't hard to sounds sad, because he got down when he thought about what happened to Loki and how he was when they first found him.
"Thor I…" Sif started but Thor stopped him.
"I do not wish to hear about it. I don't want to see you again," Thor said and left Sif in the garden as she called out his name.
Thor got back to the room where Volstagg and Hogun was.
"You look even worse my friend," Hogun said and Thor looked at them.
"I need to return to earth," Thor only said but this time Volstagg stood up and walked over to Thor.
"No you need to talk to us first. Something is wrong, even I can tell," Volstagg said with a laugh but stopped when none of the other laughed. "Anyway, we are your friends, and we are here for you."
Thor sighed.
"Please don't use those words," Thor said and the other two looked surprised at each other.
"But it is true," Volstagg said.
"I do not wish to hear them!" Thor almost shouted at them and sat down on the couch.
"Thor?" Hogun asked as the other two also sat down.
The God of Thunder didn't say anything, he didn't want to tell the other two too much, not knowing on which side they are on or how they felt about Loki. At this moment Thor wished he had his mother or Cara with him, they saw things he didn't see.
"Thor what is going on?" Volstagg asked and Thor sighed again.
"I can't tell you," Thor only said.
"That is ridicules, you can tell us everything Thor, like you always has," Volstagg said.
"There is traitors in Asgard, therefor I cannot tell you anything," Thor told them, hoping they would either back down or revile themselves somehow.
"And you think we are two of them?" Volstagg asked before he started laugh. "That is ridicules Thor!"
"Is it?" Thor only said and stood up.
"It is," Hogun said.
"Let us prove it to you somehow," Volstagg said and Thor thought about it. If they could prove that they weren't traitors he could get two allied in Asgard, and if they were traitors he could take care of them somehow. Thor just needed to figure out a way to do it, then he smiled, there may be a way to do that.
"Then let's go to Midgard," Thor only said.
"You want me to do what?" Cara asked and looked between Thor, Volstagg and Hogun. The last two had been very surprised to see her, but they hadn't said anything.
"I want you to tell me if they are traitors, if you understand what I mean?" Thor said, he tried to be subtle with it, not wanting to tell the others two too much if they was traitors.
"Even a child would understand what you meant Thor," Cara said and then looked at him. "But I can't tell you if they are traitors or not."
"Why not? Can't you just use some magic?" Thor asked and she sighed.
"It doesn't work like that."
"But you always read people," Thor said and she laughed this time.
"I do, but it has nothing to do with magic Thor, it's because I am good at reading people. But it's not like you can place a person in front of me and I can tell you everything about them, I am not Sherlock Holmes," she said.
"Who?" Thor asked.
"Never mind. But I can't help you here," she said and looked at the other men who had stood very quiet during the conversation. Cara wasn't sure what she thought about them, she did not hate them like Fandral or Sif, who had either wanted Loki or hated him. This two more felt like they didn't care about Loki, for better or worse.
"Then who do I tell?" Thor asked and then looked at her. "Can I ask him?"
Cara just gave him a look that asked if he was stupid.
"But I need to know!" Thor almost shouted at her.
"I know that you need to know, but making me deaf will not help you," Cara told him and gave him a schooling look, which actually made the other two laugh until Cara gave them a look too. "But you know that they wasn't on the list Thor."
"I know that, but he only wrote down the ones he knew off," Thor said.
"And you think he wouldn't know about them?" Cara asked and Thor looked at his friends, or the ones he hopped was his friends.
"I think he would, but I want to be sure," Thor told her and she smiled.
"I understand you, but like I said I cannot help you here," Cara said and Thor didn't know what to do.
"Mother," Cara turned around when the twins come running through the room, a bit surprised seeing them disguised, but she guessed that was Loki's doing.
"Hi," Cara said to them when they stopped in front of her.
"You said we would be training," Narfi said and she nodded.
"I did. Just give me a minute, to finish here with Thor," she said.
"Here," Váli said and Cara looked at the note he gave her, she was a bit puzzled before she saw that it was Loki's handwriting and she smiled and turned to Thor.
"I think this information more for you then for me," she said and Thor read it.
"So they didn't touch him," Thor said with a big smile.
"Looks like it. But that does not mean they couldn't have known, even if I doubt it," she said and turned towards the twins.
"So what do I do?" Thor asked and Cara laughed.
"And to almost think that you become king of Asgard. I can't give you all the answers, especially not when I don't have them," she told him and Thor nodded.
"So let's go."
Cara took the twins hands and walked towards the elevator.
Thor turned around to Volstagg and Hogun who looked at him.
"That was Cara," Volstagg said a question hidden in there.
"It was," he only answered and started walking back and forth.
"Thor what is going on?" Volstagg asked.
"It's a long story, and trust me when I want to tell you," Thor said without looking at them. "I know that you weren't like Fandral, but I must know that you aren't like Sif."
"Fandral and Sif? What did they do?" Volstagg asked.
"Different things, but things I cannot forgive them fore," Thor only said. This was hard, he didn't know how to figure this out, not at all. He had really thought that Cara could help him, but now when she couldn't, he did not know what to do. He needed to know if he could put them in the same room as Loki.
"Okay Thor, we cannot help you or solve this if you don't talk to us!" Volstagg said and Thor sighed.
"I wish I could," Thor said and stopped as he looked out of the window and the other two looked at each other.
"What did they do towards Loki?" Hogun asked and Thor turned around, looking surprised at him.
"How did you…" Thor started.
"Know?" Hogun asked. "I didn't, not until you confirmed it right now. But seeing Cara here, it most likely had something to do with your brother."
"They did things he did not deserved," Thor said in a bitter voice.
"Who did them? Fandral and Sif?" Volstagg asked and Thor felt like he wanted to tell them everything, but he did not want them to return to his father and tell him anything. Did he do wrong if he just believed them? Did he do wrong if he didn't believe them?
"Not only the two of them," Thor told them.
"Is that why you say there are traitors in Asgard?" Hogun asked. "You don't know who they are."
"Not all of them," Thor admitted.
"Do you really think we are traitors my friends?" Volstagg asked.
"I don't want to think you are, but I didn't think Fandral or Sif was it either," Thor said to them and they nodded.
"I guess there is no way of solving this," Volstagg said.
"I don't know," Thor didn't look at him when he said it. He wanted to find a way, he didn't wish to lose all off his friends, but he wanted to protect Loki more. But then he thought that he could tell them some parts, and telling what he knew happened to Loki couldn't hurt. It wasn't like Odin didn't know that already. As long as he told it like Fandral had told him this when he was drunk, after Loki disappeared. And the twin had been disguised, they would not know that there was Loki's children. The only thing that may give it away was Cara, but he could always say that she was friends with one of the others Avengers. Thor knew that this was a risky, and a very bad plan, but he couldn't think of anything else.
"I will tell you some of the things I know," Thor said and the other two nodded and Thor started to tell them what Fandral had said.
When Thor was finished the other two hadn't said a word.
"I need a drink," Volstagg said and Thor nodded and walked over to the bar Tony had and grabbed a bottle and started drinking and didn't stop until the bottle was empty. "I never thought Fandral could do something like that."
"And Sif know?" Hogun wondered and Thor nodded.
"And Odin? Did he really allow it?" Volstagg asked and Thor nodded again.
"But why?" Hogun asked and towards that Thor wasn't sure what to say, because he wasn't sure.
"I don't know," Thor finally answered.
"So what are you going to do now? Are you going to try to find him," Volstagg asked and Thor rubbed his neck and avoided there looks.
"Kind of already did," Thor admitted, he really wished it was the right thing to tell them, that their reactions were genuine.
"You did? How?" Hogun asked.
"I kind of was the one that helped him escape, me and Cara," Thor said and the other two looked at each other before they laughed.
"You; Thor Odinson, doing something like that, never thought you would," Volstagg said and Thor shrugged his shoulders.
"So he is here?" Hogun asked and Thor nodded. "How is he doing?"
At those words Thor got shocked, never thought they would ask something like that.
"He is…well doing better. Cara helps him a lot, and getting the twins back seemed to have helped too," Thor said.
"The twins was his?" Volstagg asked and Thor nodded. "I didn't recognise them."
"I think that's was the plan Volstagg," Hogun said and Volstagg smiled.
"But Thor I must ask, why tell us this at all? Even if you don't think we was traitors, why tell us at all?" Volstagg asked and Thor smiled.
"I am getting married. And I want Loki to be my best man, but I want to be sure who I can trust enough to invite," Thor said.
"Congratulations brother," Volstagg said and stood up and hugged Thor, just like Hogun did.
"So do you want to come at the wedding?" Thor asked.
"Does that mean you trust us?" Hogun asked.
"I do, and I hope it's the right thing to do. I would really love if you were there," Thor said.
"Then we are there," Volstagg said and Thor smiled the biggest smile.
"And Thor we will try to help you protect Loki," Hogun said and at those words Thor actually started to cry.
"I am sorry," he said a bit ashamed but his friends just hugged him, understanding that it meant a lot for Thor to hear that, especially after what Sif and Fandral did.
"But you know that it means we are going up against Odin, your king!" Thor told them in a low voice.
"We do," Hogun said.
"And he may be our king, but you are our friend, and that's more important," Volstagg said.
"Thank you my friends," Thor said and hugged them. They still had a long way to go before they could take on Odin, but at least he had two friends he could count on.
"Let's tell Loki, I am sure he will be happy to hear that there is people who will help him," Thor said and walked towards the elevator with the others.
When they got to the training grounds they saw that the others were there too.
"Hi big guy," Tony said as they walked closer.
"What are they doing?" Thor asked and looked at Loki and Cara who was circling around each other.
"They are practicing close combat," Steve said and Thor was surprised.
"Is that really a good idea?"
"It was Loki's idea, and don't worry she is really holding back," Clint informed him and Thor looked at Cara.
"She is?" Thor asked.
"She is, not like she fought you and won," Tony teased and that made Volstagg laugh again. "I like him already!"
Thor didn't answer, instead he sat down with the others and studied Cara and Loki when the twins walked over towards him and both sat down in his lap.
"Hi," they said and Thor smiled at them.
"Hi," he answered.
"Who do you think will win?" Narfi asked and Thor shrugged his shoulders.
"I don't know. Who do you think will win?" he asked.
"I think Mother will win, but Váli think Father will win," Narfi said and Thor nodded. At least they believed in both of them.
"Did you have a nice time with them yesterday?" Thor asked and both twin nodded.
"We did, but please be quite now, we want to watch," Narfi said and Thor looked at him in surprise while Tony and Volstagg laughed.
Cara had noticed the others walk in and starting to watch them, but Loki hadn't, he was to concentrated on the fight. Cara knew that if he was himself he would have noticed, but she guessed he was really nervous about the fight. She had been happy that he wanted to take this step himself, but she was also very careful with what she did. She knew that every move in a fight could wake old memories and she didn't want to do that. But she also wanted Loki to become stronger again.
Cara had her eyes on Loki, and she more watched his reactions to the things she did than watching to see what he would do. As they circled around each other, more like in a dance then a combat fight she was impressed. Even if Loki was still weaker than normally, he did good. She knew that she would have struggled some if he was back to himself, but he was still weaker and slower than her. When they had fight years ago, he was always a bit stronger than her, but she was a bit faster, not by much but fast enough to take advantage of it. They were both very agile and she loved that. According to her it made the fight so much more fun, and that they fought so similar also made it a challenge.
She blocked Loki's blows with ease, but she was very careful with hitting back, especially with force, so she mostly focused on avoiding him. Which she thought was better because he would not get hurt, and he would focus on getting better on attacking. When he was better at that she could start practicing attacks with him, but she felt that would be to much to do now. She have had friends who had started training with her right away, and that had made it worst and scared her a lot, so she wanted to avoid that.
Cara dodge when she saw Loki's kick and did a somersault to avoid him, and when she landed on her feet again she was prepared for another hit, but instead she saw how Loki had stopped. Cara glanced at him and she saw that he was looking at the others, and he did not feel comfortable with them observing at him.
"Guys," Cara said and glared at them and they all got up and hurried away, except Thor, his friends and the twins. Cara walked over to Loki. "Are you alright?"
Loki looked at her and shook his head and she took his hand.
"Let's walk for a bit," she said and looked over at Thor and then the twins, and Thor nodded before he started talking to them.
Cara walked around on the training ground with Loki next to her. She didn't say anything as they walked, she just gave him time to feel better. After awhile Loki stopped and she looked at him.
"I can't handle them staring at me," he said and she nodded. "It feels like I am an animal in a cage again."
Cara gave him a comforting smile.
"I know the feeling, but they do not want to harm you," she said.
"I am aware of that," Loki admitted and she smiled again, glad he thought that. "I shouldn't but I am starting to trust them."
"Trust is a hard thing, I know that too. But if you feel like someone deserves your trust give it to them slowly. But always be prepared to back out," she said. It didn't sound to hopeful she knew, but she wanted to be honest. She didn't want him to trust to blindly, wanting him to be safe.
"Can I trust them?" he asked and Cara smiled.
"I can't tell you that. Trust is something you earn, and only you can tell when you trust someone. But I can tell you that they are good people," she said.
"Do you trust them?" Loki asked and at those words she stopped smiling.
"I do not. But I do rarely trust anyone, you know how long it took for me to trust you," she started and Loki was about to say something but she stopped him. "Do not take me as an example! I trust to few people. People who should have my trust do not have it. But I have been hurt to many times to trust people anymore."
At those words Loki looked away and she smiled.
"I trust you Loki," she said to him.
"How? Cara I am the God of lies," he said and at those words she laughed.
"That you maybe, but you have never lied to me. And if you would do that, I would see right through it, just like you do with me," she told him and he didn't say anything.
"Do you want to keep walking or go and talk with Thor and his friends?" she asked instead, not wanting to pressure him about it.
Loki looked over to Thor and the others and Cara could tell that he wasn't thrilled about talking to them, and that he was even scared. And Cara knew why, even if they hadn't touched him, how would he knew that they weren't involved some other way.
"I am there with you, and if you want to leave we do that," she said and Loki thought about it and the nodded. "Then let's go."
When they stopped in front of the others the twins walked over to them.
"You looked amazing Mother," Narfi said. "Can you teach me how to a volt?"
"I can teach you," Cara said and Narfi smiled big.
"You were great to father," Váli said and Loki smiled a shy smile towards him but didn't say anything.
"Kids?" Cara said and they looked at her. "Do you know the way back to floor we are living in?"
"Yes," Narfi said and Cara nodded.
"Can you return there? We will be there in a moment, we just need to talk to Thor and his friends," she asked.
"Okay. Can we play with Fai?" Váli asked.
"Of course you can," she smiled towards them and they soon ran away and she turned to the others.
"So what do you lovely gentlemen want?" she asked and in a nice voice even if she was on her guard.
"I told them about everything," Thor said and at those words Loki looked away and Cara took his hands but she didn't say anything.
"That I could have guessed Thor," she said and Thor blushed a little.
"Yes of course you could have," he said and Cara waited for him to say something more. "I just wanted to tell you, or especially Loki that they are going to help us bring down Odin. They are on our side so, you do not need to worry about them."
"Great," Loki only said and turned towards Cara. "I see you upstairs."
Cara looked at him as he walked away before she turned towards Thor.
"What did I do wrong? I thought he would be happy," Thor said.
"I think he is revealed that he doesn't need to worry about Volstagg and Hogun, but you also told them what he went through. It isn't something you like other people to know," Cara explained.
"But I needed them to understand," he said.
"Thor I don't blame you, but Loki is ashamed of it. And when you say it like he need there protection," Cara said and Thor slowly nodded.
"I didn't know," Thor admitted.
"I know. And I think it's great that your friends will help out, thank you," Cara said to them with a smile.
"You don't trust us," Hogun said and Cara nodded.
"Not a bit, but I trust that Thor knows what he is doing."
"Don't say that," Thor admitted.
"You think you may be wrong?" Cara asked and Thor rubbed his neck again and Cara sighed. "And what will we do about it?"
"Can we do anything about it. I want to trust them, I do trust them," Thor said and tried to sound confident and Cara laughed at his words before she gave him a deadly look.
"This is your responsibility, if something goes wrong I am going after you!" She said and Thor swallowed, knowing that she meant that. She had threatened to kill him before and he did fear that she would do that the first time they met, even if he was unsure if she could, but with her knowledge it may be possible. So he was sure that she would do it this time, if something did go wrong.
"We will not betray Loki," Volstagg said and Cara gave him a look but didn't say anything. "Do you want us to prove it?"
"And how would you do that?" Cara asked and Volstagg looked at her.
"Name anything," he said and she smiled a cold smile.
"Those are not wise words to utter," she said and walked closer. "But I will take advantage of this. I will make you take an unbreakable vow, or something that comes close to it."
"And what is that?" Hogun asked.
"It's an vow that kills you if you break it," she said. "And therefore I am going to ask you to take it so you can't betray Loki without dying."
"Will we need to die for him?" Volstagg asked and Cara raised an eyebrow.
"I said you can't betray him, not that you have to die for him. I would never force anyone to die for someone else, I am not that much of a monster," she told them and the other men looked at each other and then nodded.
"For Thor," Volstagg said and those words made Thor smile.
"Cara do we really need to?" Thor asked.
"We don't need to, but I would prefer it," she said and the other men nodded.
"Don't worry Thor," Volstagg said.
"If they don't betray him, nothing will happen," Cara said and then turned towards Thor's friends. "Kneel."
They looked surprised at her but did so.
"Take each other's right hands and hold them," she said and the men did so. "Then say after me: I promise that I will never betray Loki in anyway. That means telling where he is to anyone. Help anyone catch or touch him. Talk to Odin about any of this. Hurt his children in anyway. Hurt him in anyway or help the ones who hurt him!"
The others repeated the words and Cara let the magic flow from her hands and a string of magic wounded it's way around their hands like a red-hot wire. And then it disappeared and she backed away.
"You can stand up," she said and turned around from them.
"I can't see anything, did it really work?" Volstagg asked.
"You can always try if you feel like it," she said and started to leave the room. "I need to make dinner."
Thor looked after Cara when she left and then turned to his friends.
"You didn't need to do that," Thor said and they smiled.
"We know, but we wanted to prove to you that you can trust us," Volstagg said and Hogun nodded.
"Thank you my friends," Thor said and smiled back.
"So you are getting married?" Volstagg asked and Thor nodded.
"I am. And I am glad you are here. I will really need the help!" Thor said and they looked at him.
"With what?" Hogun asked.
"Everything. Or that is not true. Jane has control of most things, but I need help with making sure who to invite, and how to make the wedding safe enough for Loki to be there. I really want him to be there," Thor admitted.
"We will make sure that he can be there," Volstagg said and patted Thor on the back.
"Then I trust you to help me," Thor said and then smiled. "But I think we should go upstairs and see if we can help Cara with anything so the dinner will be ready soon."
"Now you are talking my friend," Volstagg said and laughed as they left the room.