"WAIT! DON'T!" He heard the woman he loved cry. She was standing in front of the Destroyer as if it was a man to reason with. Was she trying to stop the attack with words? Loki was sitting on the throne, staring into emptiness, though his mind was connected to the black metal creature. He exhaled harried and massaged his brows. What was she thinking? She didn't even know who was behind all this, was she trying to get killed? Would she really give her life to save Thor - a person she barely knew - so heroically?
She deserved to die, right then and there, if only for her stupidity. However he did not have the heart to conduct it. With a resigning groan he let the Destroyer take her and put her on top of the roof. If he would not be as enraged as he was, he would have found it amusing how she tried to fight the metal giant with her bare hands and feet. He shook his head crossly at the woman. Yes she had more courage than most humans he knew, nevertheless this courage would get her killed some day.
It reminded him of the day, when they had just been on their way home from a company event of his work. He had brought Jane with him a few times to events like that, so that she would see where he worked and she wouldn't get scared again about him cheating on her. Additionally, so that she couldn't find out that he had been lying about his business trips, he imprinted memories into his colleagues' brains about them spending weekends and other days together.
It had been a warm summer evening and they both had a great time, making fun of his employer, since he had been quite drunk.
"He reminds me of a squirrel." Jane stated, when they walked home - since she always wanted to stroll when it was warm, which Loki didn't mind at all.
The Demigod chuckled at her words. "A squirrel?"
"Yes, because he was eating all the time, having his cheeks crowded the entire evening."
Loki guffawed. His love dared to call Dr. Blois a squirrel.
"And his front teeth! They are huge!" She added, imitating his face with a giggle.
"Yes, you are right." The half god was still laughing, when he wanted to put his arm around her shoulders when four men interrupted him, who came around the corner, walking towards them with angry frowns.
"That is the scammer!" One of the men raised a finger at Loki. "That is the man who stole the money!" They surrounded the black-haired man menacingly.
"Gentlemen!" The God of Mischief stayed calm, looking at them amused. "I did not steal anything from anyone and I really don't know what this posturing is about."
"Our boss, mr. Zhao told us differently." One of them replied. "You are mr. Mckenzie, right?"
"I might be." Loki answered with a smug grin on his face. "Depends on who's asking."
"It's him alright." Another man eyed the Demigod with an angry frown. Loki recognized him as the bodyguard of the client, he had seen one week ago. Mr. Zhao had made a 3 million Dollar deal with the company. The God of Mischief had been there for overseeing the agreement they had retained on paper. In the contract Dr. Blois and he had created, mr. Zhao would sign for a deal, where he would give the company 3 million Dollars and get absolutely nothing back for it.
"His company only rose, because he earned money from my losses." Dr. Blois had explained to the Half-god. "I want to repay him and I am sure you will be able to convince him to sign this contract."
His boss wasn't the nicest person on earth. To say the least, he was very unsympathetically. However, he was a man to Loki's liking. He made it possible for him to test his skills on manipulating. Since he had promised to Jane in silent, that he would not use illusions anymore, he had no other choice than manipulating, however he won and mr. Zhao signed willingly and happily for an offer he could not recline, yet made him lose millions of Dollars.
"Now, now." Loki rose his hands in the air as a sign of peace-offering. "I did not steal anything, your boss merely gave the money to us by his own will."
"You talked him into it, you rat!" The bodyguard raised a finger at the black-haired man. "And I will skin you alive for doing so!"
"NO!" Jane shouted out of nowhere. "You are four men and he is one, have you got no dignity?" She reared up in front of her love as if she wanted to protect him with her tiny form.
"Jane." Loki whispered in her ear. "I don't think they will listen to you."
"I don't care!" She yelled, turning back to the contentious humans. "John just told you, he did not steal it, now leave us be!"
The four men started laughing at the small woman posing before her lover like a mother protecting her child. "What a lovely beast you've got here Mckenzie." The bodyguard walked over to the woman, holding a knife on her cheek, which made her froze. "You need her for protection?" He smiled wickedly at the Demigod, while he ran the blade over her face. Loki's vision got blurred by a red haze. Fury had started seething inside of him. "Mess with me, fine, mess with my woman, you'll be sorry." He hissed through his teeth.
"Maybe I will have fun with her before I skin you both." He licked her skin on her face, which made Jane snap out of her state. She slapped the man in front of her so hard that he tumbled a few steps backwards.
"What the..." Was the only thing he could say, holding his hand on his cheek, where she had just hit him.
"Do NOT touch me!" The astrophysicist yelled with furious eyes at the disgusting worm.
"Jane." Loki was now at her side tearing her away from the bodyguard. "You should go now." His voice was low, yet demanding.
"NO!" She shouted. "I will not leave you alone with these madmen!"
"You will." He said harshly, pushing her towards the streets. He waved at a cab, which stopped in front of them.
"If you run now, we will find you and your sweetheart either way!" The bodyguard shouted angrily, seeing the man and the woman getting into a taxi.
"NO! DO NOT MAKE ME!" Jane tried to rip herself out of his grip, nevertheless to no avail. Loki opened the door and pushed her inside of it. "One Central Park." He told the driver and slammed the door shot, ignoring the raging Jane in the front seat. Luckily the driver did as he was told and drove away.
The black-haired God now turned back to the group of men standing on the sidewalk with a baffled expression. "You are not running?" One of them asked amused.
"No." He replied coldly, walking past them towards a side road.
The men followed him into the dark alley naively. "It is a shame you sent her away." The biggest of all stated chuckling with a vile expression. "I would have loved to see her in pain." His smile faded, just before Loki stabbed his knife through his throat, making the man gag blood, while he fell on the floor slowly, going limp. The other three stared at Loki in confusion and disbelief.
"I told you, you'll be sorry." He hissed, while he grabbed his second knife out of his shoe in less then a second. "Shall we start to dance then, ladies." He smiled cruelly, with madness in his eyes.
"JOHN!" She had cried when he had opened the door of the apartment. He hadn't even entered yet, when she had fallen round his neck already. "I was so worried." She sobbed, staring into his face with red eyes from crying.
"It is alright." He wiped away a tear on her face. "They will leave us alone now."
"How did you do that?" She asked dazed.
"I asked for other people's help and they did until the police came." He lied. He had no idea what else to say, yet the truth, that he had killed all four of them in less than two minutes would unsettle her completely.
"They helped?" She was baffled. "In New York?"
"Yes." He shrugged his shoulders as if it was the most normal thing ever. "Now promise me, you will never do something as reckless as that ever again."
Jane turned her gaze at the floor conscience-stricken. "Yes." She mumbled into her collar. "I will try."
Yes, she had tried to save his life as well once before. Just being as imprudent as now. He loved her courage, however this time she was not trying to defend him from others. No, it was Thor she stood up for this time and he was the enemy she wanted to fight.
"Oh Jane." He whispered into the hollowness of the throne hall, as if she could hear him. "Why are you doing this to me?"
"Come on!" It was Hogun, giving her a hand. "We have to get out of here!" He shouted, peering at the metal giant, which had just turned his armor around and was now facing Sif, who was still holding on to the spear. The woman dodged the energy blast attack quickly and raced to a car, which she used to shield from the fire.
"Hold on to me!" Hogun said and Jane climbed on his back. The warrior climbed down a drain gracefully and put the scientist on her feet carefully. "Now run." He said and ran off, to help his friends.
"Erik!" She shouted shocked, when seeing him lying on the ground, impaled by a piece of iron. She ran over to him taking his hand.
"Go! Leave me!" He coughed.
Jane shook her head, not letting go of her friend.
Thor was now at their sides with something in his hand, holding it over the iron rob.
"What are you doing? What is that?" The scientist asked confused, while staring at the thing in the God's hand, which looked like a stone, however probably wasn't because it started to glow. Just then Thor crushed it in his hand and the powder landed upon the iron, dissolving it completely. Jane's eyes widened. What on earth was happening?
"It is a healing stone." Thor explained.
"A what?" She asked bemused.
"There, see." The God of Thunder signed at Erik's wound, which was now healed completely.
"I'm really starting to like this guy." Selvig smiled at Jane, feeling his chest, where the wound had just been.
Jane turned around, just wanting to thank the blond man, finding he was gone again. Thor was now sitting next to Sif, behind a car. It seemed that he wanted to talk her into leaving.
She shook her head slowly. She really started to believe that these stories and legends about Odin, Thor and Loki were indeed true.
A/n.: Well Jane, that is because they are ^^ ... hehe
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