Loki was standing in front of the building feeling dashed. He had hoped to find Jane at home, nevertheless it seemed that she wasn't there.
For months he had been waiting to finally visit earth again and now that he was finally able to, Jane was not at home. He had been to the university as well, sadly not finding Selvig nor Darcy.
He let the air slip his lungs, watching Jane's house from the streets in Brooklyn. Should he wait for her until she'd return home? No he couldn't risk it. Heimdall was watching an illusion of him in New Mexico where Thor ought to be. If he would linger on at New York for too long, the all-seeing Asgardian would find out eventually. He sighed sadly one more time, looking at Jane's window, as if he would see her standing there, but nothing was moving, not even the wind in the curtains. He turned around disappointed and disappeared, as if he vanished in thin air.
This new power of Odin's staff is very helpful, indeed.
He appeared in New Mexico on a hill, looking down on a strange sight. A construct was built in the middle of a dessert. There was a translucent cube, erected in the middle of something that looked like a crater. White tunnels of clear plastic were coming from the cube, leading to containers. Floodlight was shining around the place from everywhere and the people had structured a fence fifty yards from the crater, where guards were patrolling the area. Other men were running up and down the tunnels or driving around, carrying strange devices, as if their duties were very important and they were very busy.
They still remind me of ants. Loki thought squeezing his eyes. Probably in the middle of this self-made building, there was sitting a fat queen, shoving them around. He chuckled at the image in his head, but quickly pushed away the thought. He knew what was in there and why the people looked so anxious. It was most certainly Thor's - no not Thor's anymore - Hammer. His lips formed a vicious smile, before he made an illusion around himself, blending into the surroundings, which made himself invisible. He entered the grounds, without anybody seeing him.
The God of mischief walked slowly to the center of the area, where the square was build. There it was, lying in a huge hole, which was probably created, due to the impact of the hit. He strode up to Mjolnir, slightly smirking and rested in front of the huge mallet. Slowly his hand moved towards the helve, while in his head images of him owning the weapons of his brother and father appeared and of what he could do with it. His fingers covered the wooden handle cautiously. He breathed in slowly one more time, before pulling it slightly. Mjolnir didn't even move one bit. Loki's expression hardened. He mustered up more strength, but without any achievement. The weapon was lying there, like it had been glued to the ground. The half-god groaned annoyed.
Of course, how could I forget, that I am your even more unworthy son. He thought, looking up to the sky, as if Odin could see and hear him think. At least I am the one, who is sitting on your throne after all. He ripped his gaze off of the clouds in the sky and looked at Mjolnir one more time, before he adjusted his jacket.
Thor wouldn't be far away from his beloved and useless hammer, so Loki decided to wait for him on the hill. He took a seat in the dessert to watch the worthless population of earth, with humorous eyes, as they were running around, like tiny insects.
It was already dark, when Jane and Thor made it to the place, the men in the cafe were talking about. The astrophysicist decided to park the car further away, nevertheless close enough to make an escape.
When the strange pair of a mortal scientist and a mortal god were crawling to the edge of a hill, the crater came into sight. Although one couldn't see it anymore, since the humans had built up a whole complex with vehicles, trailers, barricades and a razor wire fence with armed guards around it.
Jane couldn't believe her eyes. It looked like a whole new 'area 51'.
"That isn't a satellite crash. They would have hauled the wreckage away, not built a city around it." Jane explained with an incredulous voice, while looking through binoculars, not seeing that Thor is taking his jacket off, handing it to her. "You're going to need this." He said with a low voice.
"What?" Jane turned around to him, seeing what he was doing. "Wait, why?" She asked confused, but not complaining when she heard thunder coming from far away. She looked with big eyes at the muscled man in front of her, who was laughing as if the weather had just been talking to him.
"Stay here." His eyes met her gaze. "Once I have Mjolnir, I will return what they stole from you." He was looking almost mockingly at the beautiful woman, since he knew that she wanted to have answers and he was being annoyingly mysterious. "Deal?" He asked with a slight, smug smile.
Jane couldn't believe her ears. What the hell was this person thinking? "No!" she said almost reproachful. "Look what's down there! You think, you're just walk in, grab our stuff, and walk out?!"
"No." Thor breathed.
Thank god! Jane sighed relieved. At least this strange guy has a bit of sanity left.
"I am going to fly out." He smiled at her reassured, jumping up from his seat.
What?! Okay I'll take back what I just thought. The woman was staring with an open mouth at this annoyingly over-self-assured person, as he was running down quietly towards the scenery. He would most certainly get himself killed!
"Aaaah, finally." Loki breathed amused. "Hello brother." He smiled tauntingly, when seeing someone taking down the guards around the fence quietly. This would be fun. You are not going to make it, since you're not worthy of it, dear Thor. At least he hoped it was the truth.
Jane was practically clinched to the spyglass, when Thor was knocking out the armed men one by one. This guy was unbelievable! The astrophysicist had never seen such fighting skills. He must have been in the army at least once in his life, or maybe he was a spy from Europe or Asia, since he had very strange cultural ways. Or he really was a lunatic, who had broken out of jail just a few days ago.
The Demigod couldn't suppress a snicker when he saw the scared up 'ants' running around the area looking for the culprit, when they had understood that there had someone made it through the oh-so-dangerous-defending-system. Even without the hammer and his powers, Thor was nonetheless even better at spreading a chaos.
"Oh shit." Jane cowered viscerally, upon seeing they were searching the grounds with spotlights, luckily being able to elude the beam of light, when it brushed the grass before her. She had to think of something. Running to the car would be too dangerous now, since they were looking everywhere, so she had to turn to plan B. He will not be delighted. She thought, when taking out her cellphone out of her pocket.
Voice-mail. Damn it! "Hi Erik." she whispered into the phone, after hearing the beeping tone. "It's me. Don't worry I'm fine, but just in case you don't hear from me the next hour, just come to the crater sight and find me. Okay? I did exactly what you told me not to. I'm sorry, so sorry. Bye!"
Let's hope he'll hear it.
Lightning-bolts struck the sky and the sound of thunder surrounded the area. This could not be true. Loki watched the weather change around them in a rapid tempo. Thor does not have his power! How is this possible?
The God of mischief clenched his jaw. He felt his body getting tensed, as he watched the still mortal God of thunder approaching Mjolnir. If his own faith wasn't at stake he would watch this scenario with amusement and get popcorn, like the humans always did, when watching a movie. But sadly he did not find it very amusing, since he didn't know what would happen, if Thor proved himself worthy of the hammer.
His gaze followed his brother, fighting his way to his beloved weapon, though Loki's vision got blurred, suddenly seeing flashbacks of Jane throwing popcorn at him at the cinemas. Her eyes, so amused and full of love, while chuckling at his expression.
"I'm trying to watch the movie." He whispered in her ear, with his head so close that he could smell her lovely scent.
"You're such a liar." She smiled teasingly, while her eyes were fixed on the screen. "You surely don't even know what we're watching."
He didn't move away from her ear, feeling her shifting on her seat, knowing his breath on her face and his lips brushing her ear made it hard for her not to kiss him.
"That is a horrible accusation." He whispered firmly, yet couldn't resist his mouth twitching into a grin. She did know him well, since he truly had no clue about what was happening on the screen. He had been watching Jane's expressions throughout the movie, since it had been more interesting than the corny love-story they were watching. His lips left her earlobes, but were still in touch of her skin on the way to her face, where he bestowed delicate kisses.
She couldn't resist any longer. He smiled self-assured, when she turned her head slightly and her lips reached his.
Great timing. He thought, quickly waving the memories away from his mind. His focus was back on the mortal God, who was now fighting an agent, being even sturdier than Thor. They had broken the plastic, which made the walls of the tube and were now fighting outside in the rain, rolling around and throwing each other through the mud. How long had it been raining? He looked around confused, noticing that everything was soaked, including himself. Wait... He thought, while he strained his eyes and peered into the darkness. Was there someone moving on the hill not far from him? But before he could look into it, he got distracted by his brother, who had knocked out the huge agent. Thor was now finally standing in front of Mjolnir. Don't make a show out of this, brother. Loki thought; the tension was setting his teeth on edge. Just grab your damn hammer, get out of here, fly home, wake up father and be happy. He rolled his eyes, seeing the God of thunder, who had a great smile on his face, while standing in front of the weapon. Come on, take it. Even though the time of his reign was short, at least he had been given the chance to visit Jane.
The astrophysicist was chattering her teeth. The rain was freezing, yet she didn't want to move. The strange man, who claimed that he was Thor the God of thunder, was now standing in front of the strange satellite, which truly looked like a hammer from afar. The blond and handsome man clasped the grip of this thing. Maybe he really was Thor, maybe something would happen, now that he had his 'Mjenir', or whatever he called it back. Sadly nothing happened. The man pulled, but it didn't move. He pulled again and again with all his strength, yet absolutely nothing changed, except for Thor, who let go of the wood and looked up to the sky. He screamed on top of his lungs with a expression on his face that showed frustration, grief and madness.
Jane couldn't help, but feel sorry for the man. She had never expected him to defeat every single one of the agents that looked very much trained. Furthermore, Thor did know what this satellite was and he didn't look very surprised upon finding a hammer, instead of something else. There had to be some truth in his stories. Especially since he now looked devastated.
She decided to crawl back to her car quickly, since now every single agent was lying unconscious on the floor or were focused on the fascinating scenario, happening in the middle of the crater.
She had made it to the vehicle without getting caught. She did not look back and around the area, when she drove away as fast as she could. Nevertheless, if she had done so, she would have seen a man standing on top of a hill. The man she knew as John was only a few yards away from her, when she raced past him.
Unfortunately he hadn't noticed her either, since he was too busy with laughing mischievously at the sight of Thor screaming and crying in mental pain.
A.n.: Oh come on you guys! You could have been happily reunited...
Yeah! I'm still writing xD ! Although it takes me a while to do so. And yes, for the people, who are interested: I am also still writing the Queen of Middle Earth. :-)
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