Darcy

No one ever listens to me. This is how I knew something was up. Loki stopped screaming the second he saw me standing there. OK, maybe that's only cuz Jane started screeching at the top of her lungs. Still, both came in and we tried to talk things out. In my mind I wanted to continue yelling at them. They were both being jerks. All I wanted was to listen to my iPod in peace but they had to go and start screaming at each other, over what of all things who knew Thor better (why does everything turn back to Thor somehow?). After what seamed like ages we finally worked something out. Loki would be allowed to sleep outside by the fire where Thor had slept. He is to help us with our project. We think he wants to get back to Asgard as soon as possible and the help would be nice. Even though I will still be the one who gets stuck with all the writing. It is like writing the biography of science.

Over the course of the next few days I was stuck with these wonderful tasks: writing, soothing my sore wrists and hands, catching Loki staring at me at least three times a day ( what is his problem?), refusing Loki's offers to take over the writing (does he want me to be useless, then fired?), oh and of course above all things trying to avoid Loki. He just makes my stomach twist into a knot, oh and my head feels a little light, sort of like I should be giggling but there is nothing funny. As any blind person could see from the list the last one was not easy. What is this god's problem, why can't he just leave me alone? I just can't get him out of my mind and I couldn't get him out of my life. Is there nothing that is sacred?

Somehow, someway it got into my mind that I might like him. Or maybe he liked me. No, I'm losing my mind. How could the God of mischief fall for me and the other way around. Well Thor fell for Jane so… never mind. To get these thoughts out of my mind I turned my volume up to full blast, so as I didn't notice when Loki came in. "That's some loud music." he said. I nearly jumped five feet into the air. "Well, I was trying to block out thoughts." I said, deciding to go with the truth.

"So to do that you decide to burst your ear drums?" he asked almost amused. He moved a little closer on the couch. Suddenly Jane burst through the door exclaiming " I have figured it out!" she looked shocked then embarrassed when she saw us sitting there. And of course my iPod decided at that moment to start playing one of my rare slowish songs, playing at full blast so that it could be heard across the room. I don't know who turned the deepest shade of scarlet, me, Jane or Loki. Loki seemed truthfully embarrassed by this. I was feeling a mixture of things, embarrassment, anger at Jane and Loki, and a little bit like I missed something.

"Well, ok now lets get going and try this out." Jane said. I think she just wanted to get out of this awkward situation. "Yes, the sooner we leave the sooner we get to Asgard." Loki said. He got up swiftly and silently and I felt like he had never been sitting there. And within the hour we were at the lab with Jane setting everything up explaining as she goes. "So, that pretty much sums up how we will be traveling." she concluded. Everything she had said had gone straight over my head, except one thing. "Are our molecules really going to be transferred to the other universe SEPARATELY?" that had been the only thing I under stood.

"Yes, it is the only way to travel without killing ourselves." she said it so calmly I almost believed her. Loki looked like this wasn't the first time his molecules had been scrambled. I almost laughed out loud. He probably has had his molecules scrambled, for all I know people on Asgard do this every day.

"I don't want to die in a trillion pieces." I sounded like a little child. I was suddenly sure I was going to do this, I was not going to back out when Loki is so calmly. "You won't die and be scrambled into…"

"Never mind" I said interrupting Jane, "I am going."

"Good, that settles it." said Jane. Why was everyone so darn calm. I was freaking out inside and everyone else looked like nothing big was happening. "WAIT" I practically screeched. "I need my iPod. And charger. Maybe my…" I let my voice trail off.

"Ok." Jane said with a sigh.

I rushed to my room grabbed a pack and stuffed everything I thought would be useful:

taser

Extra set of clothes

Swiss army knife

Water

Journal and about a dozen pens and pencils(never know when you have to write something down)

Color pencils (once my iPod died and I started drawing and realized I was really good)

iPod (Where is it?)

Then I realized I left it on the couch, so eager to get out of that situation. When I returned Loki was holding out my iPod. Price Tag blaring through the head phones. "You have interesting music, songs about money, being lazy, being a millionaire, and so much more." he said with fascination. "What you didn't have music in Asgard?"

"No, we had music but nothing like this." he said, "Well, we should get going.". he gave me a sly smile, and my stomach did a little flip. I couldn't be falling for him, could I? I started up the stairs to the roof, Jane put it on the roof to get a better "signal" or something. If it provided a better chance of survival I was all for it.

Then suddenly Loki appeared in front of me, he was probably coming to tell me to hurry up. I was so shocked I reached out to punch him. He dogged but tripped over my pack that I dropped. We both went tumbling down the stairs. We landed next to each other right side up on the couch, but the force was so great that we toppled the couch over. I looked over to Loki and he looked so embarrassed. I don't know why but I started laughing like this was the funniest thing in the world, soon he started laughing too. OMG, he was sooooooo cute when he laughed. I also loved his laugh. I don't know why, but of course Jane came down at this moment to see what the racket was. We got up right away and rushed up the stairs no one looking at anyone. I had totally forgotten my pack so Loki picked it up, I sort of mumbled "Thanks."

"Well, if everyone is good we will get going" said Jane, who was looking from me to Loki and back again.

So she set everything up and we were off, it was so weird.

Back in Asgard

"Sir, you have had the guards doubled all week long. They are exhausted they can't be doubled any longer sir." said Sifm n

"We can't risk an invasion. I would let the guards rest but we don't have Thor. Well, we don't have Thor in any state to fight." said King Odin

"Sir, if we don't let the guards rest we have to put our in for them, then we don't have any soldiers in any state to fight.!"

"Sif, I just don't know what to do. Do you know how hard it is to be an old man, father of a son who is in despair over the lose of his brother and love, and a king of a country that is in war?"

"Sir, I will never know how that feels, but we chose you as our king because we knew you had what it takes to bare these burdens!"

"I still don't know what to do Sif." said the king shaking his head.