Hello my loyal readers! Welcome to another chapter of Key To Redemption! Hope you all enjoy, and that you stick with me until the end!
LokixDianaxTony(explicit)
Chapter 21
Third P.O.V
"Come in." Diana called out, putting a bit more shading in the fabric of her painting. The door opened, and Tony popped his head inside. "Hey Tony, what are you up to?"
Tony entered the art room, pausing as he saw the subject Diana was painting. Loki was sprawled across a charcoal gray chaise lounge, bare except for the swatch of emerald green and gold silk artfully draped over his hips and down one leg. One arm was behind his head, and the other was pointed towards the floor with a rose dangling from it.
His skin almost glowed in the lighting provided by both the sunlight streaming in from the window and from the studio lamp opposite it.
Loki smirked as he looked up at Tony. "See something you like, Pet?" Loki stretched, showing off the hickies along his neck and down his chest, along with the rather prominent love bite on his trapezius muscle.
Diana had gotten a bit overzealous the night before, but Loki loved the soreness from it as he moved his neck. To him, it showed that he was loved and it showed off Diana's passionate nature.
"Loki, what did I tell you?" Diana asked, causing both males to shiver at the authority in her voice. Over the past week she had been getting more practice in showing her dominance in the bedroom. It had taken Tony a few days to get used to it, but now he looked forward to it almost as much as Loki.
"Not to move, and if I had to to ask permission first." Loki said, licking his lips as lust sparked in his eyes. His cock was already hardening under the silk.
"And what did I tell you would happen if you moved without permission?" She said, putting down her oil paints and standing. She moved around the canvas, striding towards him like a predator.
"That every time I moved I'd an get an increased amount of punishment." Loki said, tensing slightly as Diana stood over him.
"Exactly. And since I reached a point where I can stop, I do believe we're ready for a break." She said. "Go to the bedroom and lie face down on the bed, arms above your head and legs spread out. And don't move until we get there."
"Yes Darling." Loki said, eagerly standing and causing the swatch of silk fall to the floor. He left it behind, exiting the room after giving Tony a kiss that was all teeth and tongue. Tony watched Loki's bare behind before it turned the corner.
"So what did you need Tony?" Diana asked, going back to clean off her brushes as he turned back to her.
"I was gonna let you know that I'm heading back to the Tower later today. The company meeting is tomorrow morning, and I'd rather be able just go downstairs the tower instead of have to drive there in the morning." He told her, causing her to look up at him sadly.
"We're gonna miss you. Will you be coming back next week?" She asked, putting the clean brushes down and walking towards him.
"I'm going to try to, but it depends on if the company will be running smoothly enough for me to take the days off. Other than the paperwork to go over today, there's another meeting a few days from now about a potential sponsor and then next week Pepper and I have to go over the catering for our charity ball next month." He said, then sighed as Diana started to rub the tension out of his shoulders.
"Not looking forward to facing her, are you?" She asked softly.
"No, I'm really not." He said, "I wish I didn't have to, but I know that I can't just avoid her for the rest of my life. She's still my friend..."
"I'm proud of you, Tony, for not running away from her." She said with a smile. "Now come on, let's give you a final farewell before you leave."
With that, she lead him to the bedroom. Loki was in the exact position that Diana ordered of him, but his hips were thrusting forward slightly to no doubt rub his cock against the comforter of the bed. Diana sighed in mock disappointment, before taking the riding crop by the bed and swinging it down onto Loki's milky white behind.
He yelled, tightening his muscles to move his body away from the force of the crop. A thin pink stripe was already darkening across his ass cheeks as Loki looked up at Diana.
"When I told you to lie on the bed, I said not to move. That's earned you another five lashes on top of the fifteen you already have." She said, before turning to Tony. "Strip, and then sit at the foot of the bed Pet."
Tony bit back the automatic sarcastic response that formed in his mouth, because if the order was coming from Diana, it felt kind of good to follow it. The reward was worth it, and it felt nice not having to be in control.
He did as he was told, biting his lip as Diana started counting out the lashes against Loki's ass. Soon enough, his once pale globes were striped with bright pink and red. With each strike Loki either moaned or yelled out as he thrashed out on the bed until the final one fell, and Diana put the crop away.
"Off the bed." She ordered, grabbing Loki by his hair and tugging him to kneel at Tony's feet. "Now then, you're going to please Tony and take good care of him while I get you ready."
"Ready for what, Darling?" Loki asked, his mouth already salivating as he looked at Tony's rapidly hardening cock.
"For you to ride him, of course." She answered with a smirk, causing both men to moan in want. "Now get to work."
"Yes, Darling." Loki said, before his mouth attacked Tony's cock.
Tony moaned as Loki worked over his cock, licking and sucking on it until it was a bright red and leaking pre-cum.
Loki startled, moaning out as Diana knelt behind him and moved her lubricated fingers against his anus. She rubbed over and around it, making his muscles relax before she breached him with her finger. She begins to move it in and out as Loki sucked in more of Tony's cock, and then moaned out as Diana slipped another finger inside.
She moved them around, trying to find his sweet spot. She knew she found it when Loki moaned, baring down on her fingers as he clenched his hands in the bed sheets on either side of Tony.
He gasped as Loki deepthroated him, his hands coming up to tangle in the black tresses tickling his thighs. Loki hummed through the cock in his throat, causing the genius to moan louder and buck up into the wet heat of his mouth.
Diana added another finger, twisting and spreading them in Loki's hole until she felt he was stretched enough to take Tony's cock. She withdrew her fingers, grabbing a condom and then pulling Loki's mouth off of Tony's cock.
Tony groaned, falling back against the bed as he panted with arousal. "Fuck, I don't know how long I'm gonna last."
"We'll go slow then." Diana said with a smile, before rolling a condom onto his cock. She spread lube over it, before she made both males get further up on the bed.
Loki straddled Tony's pelvis, before slowly spearing himself on Tony's cock with a loud moan.
"Fuck!" He ground out as he took Tony's entire length. He shook on top of Tony, twitching as his body got use to the intrusion. "I forgot that I missed this feeling!"
"I'm certainly not complaining!" Tony bit out, forcing himself not to thrust up into the tight heat of Loki's ass. His hands moved up Loki's hips and down his thighs, his fingers clenching as he held himself back.
"Do you wish me to start moving, Pet? Do you want me to fuck myself on you?" Loki smirked down at Tony, grinding his hips down to bring Tony's cock impossibly deep inside of himself, and causing delicious pain to spring up from the welts across his ass.
"Yes Loki, come on! Don't torture me like this!" Tony said, digging his nails into Loki's hips.
Diana smirked from the side of the bed as she undressed until she slid onto the bed next to Tony, wearing nothing but a red silk and black lace lingerie set. "If you want it, Pet, you're gonna have to beg for it."
"You've gotta be kidding me!" Tony looked at Diana, his eyes roaming over her uncovered skin and cleavage before he cracked. "Fine! Please Loki, please ride my cock! Make us feel good!"
Loki bit his lip before moving, moaning as he speared himself on Tony's cock again and again. He starts out slow, wanting to enjoy this feeling while he could and trying to find a good rhythm.
He moves to try and find his sweet spot, and with a gasp he grazes it just so. He starts to focus on the spot inside himself that makes his toes curl and his body shake every time the head of Tony's cock hits it. He undulates and grinds on top of Tony, bringing them both ecstasy.
"Fuck!" Tony strains to say. "Holy fucking shit you two are beautiful. I mean, I've seen a lot of people naked but you two are definitely in the top fifteen, maybe even in the top ten. I mean, wow-"
Diana interrupted him, bringing him into a kiss that stopped his rambling. As she moved her tongue to dominate his, Loki moved faster atop his cock. Tony moaned into Diana's mouth, his muscles clenching as his hips thrust up into the tightness around him.
Loki choked on a groan as Tony hit his prostate with pinpoint accuracy. "More! Do that again!"
Tony obliges, ramming up into Loki harder and harder, making the former god scream in pleasure as his ass is assaulted.
"That's right Pet! Fuck him, make him cum on your cock!" Diana said, breaking the kiss to attack his neck with her teeth.
Loki brought his hand down to stroke his cock, giving himself added stimulation as he rode Tony's faster. He came with a cry, shooting his seed across Tony's chest and stomach.
He pants atop the scientist as the assault is continued on his ass, eyes rolling back in his head as Tony fucks him through his orgasm, extending it's length.
"Fuck fuck fuck! Holy fucking shit!" Tony cries out as he comes, filling the condom with his seed. Loki collapses atop Tony, panting harshly as Diana gently soothed them.
"Those are my good boys. You did so good." She crooned, grabbing the washcloth waiting on the nightstand before gently cleaning their sticky skin. She threw out the used condom before cuddling between their open arms, facing Tony.
"I can't help but notice that you haven't cum yet, Red." Tony said with small smirk.
"We do need to rectify that, don't we Pet?" Loki asked Tony with an answering smirk.
"Get to it then." She said, then moaned as they did just that. Loki started kissing the back of her neck and her shoulders, with Tony kissing and sucking his way down her chest. Their hands move across her body, skating over her ass and lingering on her breasts.
Loki unhooks her bra, exposing them for Tony's enjoyment. He licks and sucks on her nipples until they pebble under his ministrations while Loki rubs his rapidly hardening cock between her ass cheeks.
Diana groaned, enjoying the feeling of the hands over her as Tony started to pull down her panties. The first touch of his hand at her core spread a fire through her that only they could quench.
Tony moved his fingers over her labia and clit, sending pleasure up her spine as Loki kept licking and sucking on her skin and grinding his cock against her ass.
Loki grabbed a condom and handed it to Tony. "You first, Pet. Since you shall be leaving us today."
Tony smiled, reaching over to kiss Loki as he rolled the condom onto his newly hard length. He and Diana both moaned as he entered her, and immediately started moving.
Diana reached a hand back and grabbed Loki's cock, making him thrust into her hand as Tony fucked her. He went deep, wanting to bury his whole length in her again and again.
She moaned as his cock pounded into her, wrapping her leg around Tony's hips and pulling him into her harder and harder. Tony grunted as he met her thrust for thrust, his nails digging into her hips and leaving marks.
Loki reached around her, moving down to play with her clit as Tony fucked her, causing her to moan loudly as she tightened her grip on his cock.
"Damn it, I'm not gonna last." Tony groaned. He cursed, already feeling his testicles rising up and tightening. Wasn't the second round suppose to be longer? He felt cheated, but he can't complain since the feeling of Diana's tight and wet heat around his cock is so wonderful.
"Shhh, it's ok." Diana moaned. "I want you to cum, cum for us!"
He came with a yell barely a dozen thrusts later, filling the condom as he shook with exertion. Diana gently kissed him as he pulled out, tossing the condom away over his shoulder and then collapsing on the sheets.
He lazily watched as Loki rolled a condom onto his own cock and entered Diana. He immediately goes hard and fast, causing her to groan as she wraps her legs around him, bringing her hands up to brace herself against the headboard.
"Fuck! Fuck! FUCK!" She yelled, clenching her teeth as Loki pounded into her and found her sweet spot.
He assaulted it relentlessly, causing her to claw at the headboard as she arched her body and opened her mouth in a silent scream.
Loki held her as he thrusts through her orgasm before he screamed out his own, holding onto her for all of his worth.
"Loki," Diana breathes as she begins to come down. "My wonderful, beautiful, Loki."
The former god gently kisses her, holding her more loosely now that he's calmed down.
Tony feels like an outsider looking in, before Diana turns to him as Loki extracts himself from her and tosses the condom away.
She gently kisses the genius, bringing him into a cuddle pile as Loki joins them. She nuzzles them both equally before closing her eyes with a happy sigh.
"We'll go shower in a bit, then have lunch before you head out." Diana decides, and Tony is too tired to put up much of a fight. It's actually a very good suggestion, though they have to move some wood chips off the bed since Diana actually managed to claw grooves into the headboard. She blamed it on the fantastic love-making of her two favorite brunets.
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Tony tossed his suitcase into the trunk of his car before turning to Diana and Loki. After a short nap, a shower filled with sweet touches and gentle caresses, and a filling lunch, he was almost ready to go.
Though he was reluctant to do so. As much as he did miss tinkering in his lab and making new suits, this was the most relaxed that he'd been in in years.
"I'm gonna miss you guys." He said, giving Diana and Loki a tight hug before rounding on Bruce. "And you Mister should come back with me! I know you miss my lab."
Bruce laughed. "Maybe I'll swing by next week Tony. Diana's been helping me learn to accept the Hulk."
"It's about time. I was wondering how long it was gonna take you." Tony replied, before giving his fellow scientist a tight hug.
Diana closed the trunk of Tony's car after putting a large canvas bag in it next to his suitcase. "Those are just some meals to hold you over for a few days so you don't have to keep eating take-out. I sent the reheating instructions to JARVIS, who will tell you them depending on the dish."
"Gee, thanks Mom. You know, I'm not going away to college." Tony remarked, but Diana could see the gratitude in his eyes.
"Oh hush. You know you'll miss Diana's cooking just as much as you'll miss us." Loki said, kissing him. "And when you see Pepper, make sure to show off those hickies of yours. Make her regret giving you up."
"But don't be afraid to let her know that she did hurt you." Diana counters, elbowing Loki. "She's crazy to have given you up."
Tony shuffles at her earnest expression, before tightly hugging her again. "Thank you."
She smiled, Loki joining in on the hug. "We're happy to have you join us, Tony. We're only a phone call away, and we'll be expecting you back soon."
Tony nods, giving them each a final kiss before getting into his car and leaving. They watch it until with a final turn it has left their sight.
They turn and head back into the house, never knowing the danger headed their way.
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Diana's P.O.V
The next day I was in the greenhouse, trimming back my climbing rose bush so it wouldn't take over the space shared with the other plants. I was quietly talking to myself about plans on maybe expanding the greenhouse to grow more plants. Kida was in the corner, just enjoying the quiet time from the other animals no doubt.
"Maybe add on a whole new space? Knock out the back wall and add a vegetable garden? Tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, maybe some peppers..." I muttered to myself. "It would be more work to upkeep, but maybe I can hire Brendan McMullan from town to work out here on the weekends."
"Talking to yourself, love?" Loki said, coming up behind her and looking over her shoulder. Taboo followed at his heels before going over to Kida.
"Of course. If I can't talk to myself than who can I talk to?" I asked with a grin, causing him to laugh.
"True, very true." He chuckled. "What is going on in that wonderful mind of yours?"
"Was just thinking about expanding the greenhouse love." I said, turning to give him a kiss. "If I do I can probably add a vegetable garden, start growing my own tomatoes and stuff like that. Maybe move my herbs in there and expand my flowering plants in here."
"Sounds like a plan." He said. "Maybe plant some lavender or jasmine? Out of the Midgardian plants that grow in my mother's garden, those are some of her favorites. She use to put dried sachets of them in Thor's and my pillows whenever we were sick. It soothed us like nothing else."
"Where did you get jasmine and lavender from? When you two were kids must have been over a thousand years ago." I said. "No offense meant of course."
He laughed. "None taken Darling, I know a thousand years is a long time on Midgard. Odin picked them up in his wanderings of the nine realms. When he left Mother, she would ask that he bring her a new type of flower back to plant in her garden."
"That sounds romantic." I said. "Despite him being a bastard of course."
Loki laughed in surprise. "Oh Norns, what I wouldn't give to see you say that to his face!"
"Well if I ever meet him I'll be sure to mention it." I said with a wicked smirk as we started leaving the greenhouse, the dogs leading the way. I brushed some dirt from my jeans, glad I was wearing boots that I could tuck the leg into.
"Not to be rude love, but I hope you never have to meet him." He said earnestly.
"Well I've already met your mother. It's inevitable that I'm going to meet Odin." I said with a shrug.
"Yes but-" Loki stopped, looking around as his muscles tensed. "Something doesn't feel right."
I looked around, and I felt it too. I don't know how I could've missed it, but the air felt electrified. Like something big was about to happen. I felt the hair on the back of my neck stand up as a soft growl escaped my throat.
I looked around, getting tenser as I felt the air getting heavier until with a loud boom I was blasted off my feet and sent flying.
I didn't have time to scream before I landed on the ground and rolled, the impact jarring my body. I looked up to see what hit me, and I felt my jaw drop. I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
A glowing blue portal levitated near the snow covered edge of the forest, and coming from it were large, blue humanoids. I felt the urge to pinch myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming, but I bypassed it as I saw three blue giants approaching Loki. He was trying to get to his feet, but I could see that the blast from the portal had dazed him.
I got to my feet and ran towards them, but a giant stood in my way. He was easily ten feet tall, with gray-blue skin and raised ridges along his whole body and blood red eyes. A loincloth made of small metal plates with matching gladiator sandals and arm-guards were all he wore in the cold, like it didn't affect him.
"Where do you think you're going, Midgardian?" He spat at me. He held up his arm, and a large chunk of ice formed in it until it took the shape of a club.
"Through you if I have to!" I snarled, my lips pulling back to show my sharpening teeth. How dare he stand in my way! How dare they come here and take what was MINE!
"Come and give me your best shot then!" He said, before swinging the club at me. With a growl I brought my hand over and smashed it with my palm, channeling my power through it.
He yelled, taking a step back and causing me to advance on him with bared teeth and claws. I propelled myself into the air, slashing at his face before landing behind him. I kicked back into his knee, causing him to come down hard on it as I brought a chunk of rock to collide with his head.
Not looking back at the noise I ran toward Loki as he was being carried by the three giants that had surrounded him. He was thrashing about with his hands tied behind him, screaming as they carried him to the portal.
"DIANA!" He screamed as he caught my eye. "HELP ME!"
I snarled and anger flooded my body as I ran faster, ducking and burning giants in my way as I tried to reach him. I heard Kida and Taboo barking around me, and I heard a roar from the direction of the house as the ground rumbled beneath my feet. Hulk must have come to play.
I didn't think as another giant blocked my way. It's like my body was on autopilot, with my only thought being getting to Loki.
I grabbed the spear the giant thrust at me and twisted my body. Bringing it around full circle and putting my full weight into it, the spear entered and went through his chest with a sickening noise.
The giant folded in on itself, shielding another from my sight until the massive behemoth backhanded me away. I flew a few yards, my face burning and blood coating my tongue as I landed on the ground.
I lay stunned, my head foggy and swaying as I tried to focus on where I last saw Loki, and saw him being shoved into the portal.
"NOO!" I roared, seeing red as I sent a wave of fire at the retreating giants. It was so hot that when one giant stood in front of it to shield the others, it cremated them with a high pitched whistle as they screamed.
The portal closed behind the falling ashes, and I felt bitter tears falling down my cheeks. I shakily got to my feet, surveying my surroundings.
A handful of bodies were scattered across my yard, with the Hulk smashing one into a pulp near the barn. As I tried to locate my dogs, a whine made me turn.
I cried out as I saw Kida, and ran to her. As I knelt by her in the snow, I instantly knew I couldn't save her. Anger and grief boiled inside me as I gently moved her head into my lap.
Her back legs were twisted, I could feel her spine crushed in three places, and her face and front legs were black and like ice to the touch.
"Shh, it's ok girl. I'm here..." I crooned through my tears, gently petting her fur. "I'm not leaving you."
Her breath rattled in her chest as she whined in my lap until her breathing started to shallow out, and then stopped.
I clenched my teeth as I gently closed her eyes and smoothed my tears over her fur. I harshly breathed as I shut my eyes, not noticing Hulk approaching me until he grunted.
I looked up, and keened as he gently laid down Taboo next to me. His body was covered in blood, mostly red but with a few spots of blue around his open jaws.
"My poor boy." I weeped, skating my hands over his partially caved in skull. I smoothed down his frosted over coat around the bloody wounds in his side and felt his crushed bones.
"Hulk sorry not get here in time." The Hulk rumbled suddenly. "Banner not let go of control soon enough."
I looked up at him, and he must have saw something in my eyes that made him uncomfortable. He shuffled his feet, grunted a little, and started to shrink. Soon enough, Bruce was back and looking at me sadly as he held up his ruined pants.
"Diana, what do you want to do?" He asked me softly. I stared at him blankly, before looking back down at my dogs.
"Call Tony, tell him Loki got kidnapped and have him contact Thor if he can." I said. "Also call Fury, we need clean up here to get rid of these bodies and take the ones still alive as prisoners."
"And your dogs?" He asked, causing me to clench my fists.
"I'll take care of them." I said. "They deserve to be properly buried."
He nodded, before leaving me to go back inside. Grief and rage battled inside me as I looked down at my dogs' mangled bodies, before my emotions bubbled up and spilled over.
The windows on my house cracked as I wailed to the sky, letting everything within miles of my home know that I was hurt, and that I was going to make those bastards pay.
Three hours later I heard multiple vehicles coming up my driveway. I barely twitched as I knelt in the snow in front of the stone markers I had made for my dogs' graves.
Each one had a portrait, the date I saved them, and today's date on them. I even put down what they were best at. For Kida, it was "Greatest Listener." For Taboo, it said "Best Fountain Swimmer".
I didn't move as I felt someone kneel beside me. From the sound of whirring engines and the metallic smell, it was Tony in an Iron Man suit.
"We're going to get him back." He told me, his voice slightly pitched differently from in the suit. I turned to face him, and he recoiled with a curse.
"What happened to your face?! It's almost white and you have blisters over your cheek!" He said, gently grabbing my chin and moving the damaged part of my face towards him.
"Those are probably Frost Giants from Jotunheim, Loki told me about them. They have bodies so cold that if one touches you, you get frostbite." I said listlessly. "One of them backhanded me away from the one with the spear in his chest."
"I take it you-"
"I killed him. Along with the one with his head crushed over there." I interrupted, waving my hand in the general direction. "Those are the only ones I remember, but some of the other ones with burns on them might be my handiwork too."
"How are you feeling?" He asked gently. "Has it hit you yet?"
"No. I'm pretty sure it's going to, but not until I get Loki back." I said, before standing and turning to look over the agents. "Is Thor here yet?"
"He should be here soon." Tony said. "He was at the Tower with me when I got the call from Bruce."
The aforementioned doctor came up at that moment, wearing a new sweater, pants, and boots. "Diana, you need to get inside. The frostbite on your face needs to be treated before it gets worse."
I didn't reply, I simply took up some snow and melted it. Moving the water into a sphere, I held it to me face and started to heal it. In less than a minute, the blisters were gone and my face was back to normal.
I tossed the water away from me. "What is S.H.I.E.L.D going to do with the bodies?"
"Their scientists are most likely going to take them apart and see how they tick." Tony said with a shrug.
"NO!" We heard behind us, causing us to turn to see who had yelled.
A Jotun was struggling against his bindings, or at least he was trying to.
"If you cut apart my people's bodies, they will never be able to ascend to the next life! They must be untouched!" He said with his teeth bared.
"They lost that right when they invaded this planet, when they invaded my home!" I shot back, stalking towards him. "Your people took Loki from me! They had no right!"
"We have the only right to him! He killed our former King, his own father!" He said with a sneer.
"A father who left him to die in a barren temple!" I snarled. "He gave up his rights to him!"
"Loki Kinslayer will be judged by our laws and tried by our elders!" He yelled. "Soon enough he will be put to death in our kingdom!"
A roar exploded from my mouth as I descended upon the Jotun. "IF HE IS KILLED THEN YOUR KINGDOM DIES WITH HIM!"
Thunder rolled in the distance as it took all of Tony's strength in his suit to pull me off of the Jotun, and even then it was only just.
I struggled and snarled from the headlock Tony had me in as Thor descended in front of me.
"Be calm, Lady Diana!" He said, approaching me cautiously. "We will get my brother back, have no fear on that!"
"If they kill him I will tear them apart Thor!" I growled, my eyes glowing with my rage.
"I have no doubt on that, my friend. But what we need to do right now is formulate a plan on how to get him back." He replied, gently placing his hands on my face, causing me to look up at him. "We will get him back, I swear it on the Norns that we will."
I reluctantly relaxed, breathing deeply as Tony slowly let me go. I gripped Thor's wrists tightly as I stared at him intensely.
"I'm going with you. Don't try to argue!" I snapped as he opened his mouth. "Loki is MY lover, he was taken from MY home! I'm not going to just stand by and let this happen!"
"Diana are you sure? This is going to get dangerous." Tony said, putting his hand on my shoulder.
"I'd do the same for you, Tony!" I whirled on him. "I will not abandon him, not like everyone else!"
Thor looked down in guilt, knowing that his name was on that list.
"We're not asking you to abandon him, but I don't want you to get hurt." Tony said, his helmet receding into his suit.
"I'm. Going." I emphasized with a clenched jaw.
"But-"
"Enough!" I said, stepping towards him as he snapped his mouth shut. I gently grabbed his face, making him look me in the eye.
"I'm not leaving him, and I'm not going to get hurt. I'm going, and that's final." I said firmly. He glared at me, but finally nodded.
"Fine, but when we get there I'm not letting you out of my sight." He said, before giving me a hug. I returned it, my body trembling a bit before I shook myself and stepped back.
"Thor, is there anyway Odin or Frigga would help us? Or any of the Warriors Three?" I asked, turning to him.
"I'm not sure. The last time my friends and I went to Jotunheim we almost started a war." He said sheepishly.
"Well the Jotun seem to be the one's starting it this time." I said. "We can at least see if they'll help."
"Which is why I'm here." The three of us turned and saw Frigga coming out from the edge of the forest.
"Mother! What are you doing here?" Thor asked, approaching her and taking her hands.
"Heimdall told us that Loki had been taken by the Jotun. And a message from them just came to the palace." She said sadly, tears in her eyes. "They want the Casket, for Loki's life."
"Well then we must give it to them!" Thor said. "Father can't be thinking that it is more important than Loki!"
"What Casket?" I asked, stepping in.
"The Casket of Ancient Winters was taken from Jotunheim the same day Odin brought Loki home as a baby. He saw it as a spoil of war, since it was the main source of the Jotuns' power. Without it, their kingdom was never able to recover from the war." Frigga answered me, before pulling me and Tony into a hug. "Oh my dears you must be devastated!"
"Well yes I'm sure Lady Diana is, but why would Tony be as devastated Mother?" Thor asked confused.
I sighed and pushed back my hair. "Because for the past week Tony, Loki and I have been in a triad relationship."
"But that's wonderful news! Congratulations my friends!" Thor said, bringing Tony and I into a bear hug.
"Thor, not breathing!" I got out before he released me. "Besides, we're trying to keep it private. So keep it to yourself, please?"
"Of course Lady Diana! It shall not fall from my lips!" He said with a smile, before turning to his mother. "Mother, is there anyway we can try to convince Father to give up the Casket?"
"I don't know my son, but we can try." Frigga said, before turning to Tony and I. "My dears, one of you may be able to come with us, but both of you coming would be too much for Odin to look away from. Mortals are forbidden from coming to Asgard."
I looked at Tony, and he sighed but nodded. "Damn it, go try and convince Big Bad Odin to get our Loki back. I'll stay here with Bruce and give Fury the details."
"You're the only one I trust to keep them at bay, Pet." I told him before kissing him. "Try and stall the autopsies on those Jotun. If we can't give the Casket to them, maybe getting their dead back untouched will be enough good will to get Loki out of there."
"You better come back to me. Both you and Loki." He said, bringing me into a deeper kiss.
"I plan on it." I said, before turning to Thor and Frigga. "So when do we leave?"
"Right now if you're ready, my dear." Frigga said. "I can change your clothes when we get to Asgard."
"Sooner we leave, sooner we get Loki back." I said, looking down at my clothes. I scrunched my face, finding dark blue blood leaving stains all over me. "And that last part doesn't seem too bad either."
"In that case,Heimdall! Open the Bifrost!" Thor yelled to the sky, and moments later a giant pillar of light descended in front of us.
"Brace yourself, Lady Diana!" Frigga said, before pulling me into the light.
I felt like I screamed. I couldn't tell, the feeling of being squeezed through something too small was too overwhelming. I kept my arms by my side as I was assaulted with light in all sorts of colors, but it was mostly too bright.
In an instant, it was over. I was spat out onto my knees on a golden floor, my head spinning. I tried to get up, but it took some effort since my legs were shaking so badly.
I leaned against the golden wall, Frigga laying a gentle hand on my shoulder.
"Breathe, my dear. Everyone's first time on the Bifrost is a bit overwhelming." She said softly. I took her advice, taking in deep breaths and letting them out slowly.
"Ok, I'm good." I said, standing straight as my legs stopped shaking.
"We meet at last, Lady Diana." A deep voice intoned behind me, making me turn. A tall warrior with dark skin, golden eyes, and dressed in golden armor and a rather large golden helmet stood on a platform in the middle of the golden observatory. In his hands was a large broadsword and I eyed it and him wearily.
"Lady Diana, this is Heimdall. Our gatekeeper, and first defense of Asgard." Thor said. "He sees everything in the Nine Realms."
"Unless they are hidden from my eyes with either technology or magic." Heimdall said. "You need not fear me. I hold no ill will towards you."
"All I can say is thank you. Especially since you were the one who alerted the Royal Family of Loki's capture." I said, giving a shallow bow.
"No need to bow, my lady. Watching you put Prince Loki in his place was payment enough." He said, causing me to look up at him sharply. He gave me a little smirk, before his face smoothed out again.
My cheeks burned as I narrowed my eyes at him.
"Come, we don't have a moment to lose." Thor cut in. "Luckily our steeds are waiting for us."
Thor lead the way out of the observatory and to the horses waiting for us patiently on the most beautiful bridge I had ever seen. It looked like it was made of solid light, with a rainbow of colors shimmering in it.
I avidly ignored the fact that it was over the vast chasm of space, and instead focused on the floating city at the end of the bridge. The golden palace reached higher than all of the other structures, and its walls gleamed in the sun.
I pulled myself up into the saddle of a black mare, while Frigga rode a palomino and Thor a white stallion. We urged our steeds on, and they carried us at a fast canter towards Asgard.
Once we reached the end of the bridge and were on relatively stable ground, I breathed a sigh of relief. I was nervous riding miles above either a black void or above blue waters that streamed off the edge of the world. As I looked over Asgard, I could feel the power and magic flowing here, and it took my breath away.
Frigga sent me a comforting smile as we reached the main part of Asgard. People stopped to stare at us as we passed by, and I couldn't help but feel self conscious of the way my clothes looked. I certainly stood out when the norm seemed to be tunics and trousers for the men or dresses for the women.
I fidgeted atop my horse as we passed by a rather extravagantly dressed group of women. I could hear them whispering among themselves about the stains on my clothes as we passed by, but then I remembered that they were dirty from defending myself.
I held my head higher after that, no longer ashamed of my bloody clothes. It was no different than armor I had shed an enemy's blood on. I was a warrior, and I was proud.
I declined Frigga's offer of helping me change before seeing Odin. "I want him to see the blood I spilled while trying to protect who I love."
"That's the talk of a true warrior!" Thor boomed, clapping me on the back with a smile. "Come! Father must be with the Council in the War Room."
"He's actually in the Throne Room. A large amount of people wanted to weigh in on what must be done." Frigga said tightly as we dismounted from the horses and let stable hands lead them away. She lead us up the palace steps and through the vast hallways until reaching a set of large double doors.
She pushed them open, and a wall of sound hit us. Asgardians of all classes stood behind a line of soldiers on either side of the large room. At the back on a elevated platform stood a golden throne, and a small group of Asgardians dressed in rich fabrics stood in front of the older gentleman sitting in the throne.
"You people sure do like gold.." I muttered to myself, as I looked over the shining floors and gleaming walls. Maybe he actually heard me, or maybe he was just attracted to the doors opening, but the man on the throne looked up at us. I could see him frowning from here, and it did nothing to smooth out the lines in his face. Going by the golden eye patch, I guessed this was Odin, All-father of Asgard.
"My Queen, my son. You know it is forbidden to bring mortals to Asgard." He intoned over the crowd, causing the people to fall mostly silent. But whispers still skittered across the crowd as we approached the steps to the throne.
"Father, Diana Sullivan is no ordinary mortal. She is able to do extraordinary things with her powers, and we felt that she deserved to be here for this discussion." Thor said.
"And why should a Midgardian be here to weigh in on Asgardian issues? What is she to us?" A rather pompous looking man asked, looking down his nose at me. My hands clenched into fists at my side as I glared up at him.
"She is Loki's lover, and she has a personal stake in his safe return to her." Frigga said, causing the whispers of the crowd to get louder.
"The only thing that shows is that she has questionable taste in partners." A rather tall, graying Asgardian said derisively. "Just because she warms his bed does not mean she should be here!"
Thor grabbed my shoulder as I stepped forward but I roughly shrugged him off, my eyes blazing as I glared up at the tall Asgardian.
"Let's get something straight here!" I growled and took another step forward. "Just because Loki and I are sleeping together and I'm from Earth does NOT mean I will let you talk down to me like I'm less than you!"
"Oh you won't let us? And what can a Midgardian like you do?" He sneered at me.
"Come down here and find out!" I snarled, eyes glowing as I bared my sharpened teeth. "Do you think I got these stains in my clothes from picking blueberries?! I got them from killing half of the Jotuns that came to take Loki from me!"
The whispers bubbled up into shouting at my declaration, Asgardians arguing back and forth as I stared up at the Council and at Odin.
"Loki is still a traitor to Asgard! He's not even one of us, he's one of them! I say let them have him!" A man in the crowd said, causing some people to nod in agreement.
"Loki was raised as one of us! He was raised as my brother, and I see him as such!" Thor thundered over the crowd, causing it to fall silent. "He has reformed! Diana has helped him become good once more, and I will not turn my back on him again!"
I wisely decided not to comment on that. Loki may have become better now, but I doubt he will ever be as he was before his fall again.
"Thor, we can not let the Jotun have the Casket again!" Odin said. "It is too powerful for them to have."
"Why? Because of one Mad King?!" Thor asked. "Just because Laufey wanted to expand his lands into Midgard does not mean that their new king will too!"
"I have to think of the good of Asgard, Thor! Giving them back the Casket would be disastrous!" Odin said, standing from his throne and slowly coming down the steps.
"So you'll condemn Loki to die?! He's your son!" I yelled, shaking my head in disbelief.
"He has continued reminding me otherwise!" Odin boomed.
"That shouldn't matter!" I roared, the room started to heat up as I glared up at him. "You raised him! He grew up on your stories of the Nine Realms, stories of epic battles being fought over what was right! He hates himself because you told him stories of Frost Giants taking away bad children and punishing them! You've lied to him his whole life about who he was!"
"I was trying to protect him!" Odin shouted, banging his staff on the steps.
"Were you trying to protect his children too?!" I snapped, causing the crowd to gasp. "When you banished them, or stood by as they were killed, were you trying to protect them or your own image?!"
"Do not presume to know me girl!" He growled as he stood in front of me. "I did what I had to for the good of Asgard! You should hold your tongue from speaking of things you know not of!"
"I'm not one of your subjects, Odin." I snarled with derision. "You may be a King, but no man orders me around! Especially not one so pigheaded that he doesn't listen to anyone but himself!"
Odin slapped me.
A gasp of surprise goes through the crowd before it falls deathly quiet.
"Odin!" Frigga snaps as she starts ascending the stairs.
I move my jaw, pain shooting through my face as I do. I can feel my cheekbone is cracked, but not broken. I turn my head to look into the face of the King, but the rest of my body turns too. My fist makes contact with Odin's nose.
He stumbles back, almost falling from the force of it as the crowd once again gasps, but it's more audible this time. The silence that follows is broken by whispers of disbelief and shock. I flex my hand, feeling my knuckles throb. Definitely cracked if not broken.
Odin feels his nose, no doubt surprised by my audacity and strength as he wipes blood from it. "Insolent girl." He rushed towards me, causing me to crouch in a defensive position with my teeth bared.
Fire danced across my arms, causing some in the crowd to scream and a few members of the Council to step back or higher up the stairs to get a away from me.
"Enough!" Frigga said, coming between us and putting her hand on Odin's chest. "Odin please, we must calm down if we're to figure out what to do."
"We've gambled with Loki's life enough, Father! We must give the Casket back!" Thor said, also standing between Odin and I. "With the good will of that action, this war may end finally!"
"Or they may gain the power needed to go to war with Asgard!" Odin yelled. "With his sacrifice, they may see themselves as even with us."
"THEY TOOK HIM FROM ME!" I roared. Fury bubbled in me before it flowed over, and I felt the ground shaking under my feet. I stared down Odin as power seemed to flow through me. "They took him from me, they killed two of my animal companions to get to him. I will not let them keep him, and neither you nor anyone else is going to STOP ME!"
I turned and stormed out of the throne room, blowing the doors off their hinges with the force of my wrath.
I walked through the halls and out of the palace. Not knowing whether or not I'd be able to get a horse out of the stables alone, I kept walking.
Straight through the streets I headed to the Bifrost, not looking back. Just as I reached the edge of the bridge, I heard hoof beats coming up behind me. I turned and saw Thor, Frigga, the Warriors Three, and Sif riding up. They stopped next to me, and I looked at them in distrust.
"We don't have much time, Odin is currently tied up with his council but he won't be like that for long." Frigga said, dismounting from her horse before grabbing my hand and dragging me to a nearby inn.
No one noticed us, not even when we went up the stairs and into an empty room. I figured she was using her magic to make us invisible or something.
"Here, put these on." She said, taking a set of clothes out of the folds of her cloak. She turned her back, and I stared at her in confusion.
"You're going against your husband." I said slowly as I started getting dressed in the teal tunic and the black trousers.
"Loki is my son. I will not lose anymore family because my husband is too blind to see sense." She replied, turning as I finished dressing. With a wave of her hand, pieces of gleaming silver armor appeared on the bed and she helped me into them.
A breastplate that came to a point above my belly button. Arm-guards that go to my elbows and stop at a point above my knuckles. Lightweight metal plates that wrap around my upper thighs, and a metal skirt made of small, interlocking plates with slits up to the belt that made it easy to move in. Gray boots covered my feet with plates covering my shins.
To top the outfit off she gave me the teal cloak off of her shoulders, and she fashioned a simple gold headdress out of her own jewelry. I assumed the two small devil horns were a homage to Loki's own helmet as I put it on, and felt the face-guards on it curve under the apples of my cheeks.
"I wove this cloak for you, my dear. I hoped to give it to you under better circumstance, but beggars can not be choosers I suppose." Frigga said with a tight smile, readjusting the gold broach holding the cloak in place so it rested over the right side of my collarbone.
Seeing a basin of water on the dresser, I dipped my still throbbing knuckles in it to heal myself. I also took care of the crack in my cheekbone Odin left me with.
She helped me braid my hair, leaving two short sections to fall on either side of my horns before we left the inn.
"You must hurry. It won't be much longer now until Odin follows after you, or until he sends message to Jotunheim on his decision. Heimdall will set you down as close to the Frost Jotun castle as he safely can." Frigga said, motioning me to mount her horse.
I do so with reluctance, looking back at the Queen.
"Be safe Mother." Thor said and leaned down to lay a kiss upon Frigga hands.
"You know what you must do, my love. Save your brother." She said in reply, smoothing down his hair before stepping back.
We turned our horses towards the bridge and urged them into a gallop, trying to put as much distance between the palace and us as we could.
"Asgardian clothes suit you well, Diana!" Thor told me with a grin as he looked over my outfit.
"Thanks!" I said. "Who knows, maybe I'll be able to keep them!"
Soon enough we reached Heimdall's observatory, and stood before the all seeing gatekeeper.
"Once again, my Prince, you and your friends stand before me and ask me to transport you to Jotunheim. Only this time on a rescue mission instead of a misguided attempt at revenge." Heimdall said, staring down at us.
"We have all grown wiser, my friend." Thor said gravely. "We must hurry. I have fear Father has already learned of our departure."
Heimdall looked towards the palace, and then back at us. "He has, and now he must decide what to do to stop you. I'd estimate that you have less than an hour to get to Loki and get him out."
"Can you see where he's being held?" I asked, stepping forward from behind Hogun and Fandral.
"He's chained in the throne room of the Jotun Palace." Heimdall said, putting his broadsword into the Bifrost slot. "The guards outside the palace will take you to it. Their King gave them strict orders to escort any 'wayward visitors' directly there."
"Excellent! So straight in, and straight out!" Volstagg said. "We'll be back before lunch is over."
Before anyone could comment, Heimdall opened the Bifrost. "Good luck, everyone. May you make it back in one piece." He intoned.
Thor and Hogun were first through the portal, followed by Sif, Fandral and Volstagg. I steeled myself before following after them.
I was better prepared for this trip through the Bifrost, but it still felt unpleasant. I was glad for it to be over, even if I was spat out onto a snow-covered landscape.
I shivered as I looked out over the home of the Frost Jotun, and found a freezing and barren land. The snow was at least half a foot deep, and the sky was covered in dark clouds.
Large spikes of ice jutted up from the ground as we huddled together against the biting wind. I wrapped my cloak tighter around myself, and could feel it slowly warming up. As I looked at it in surprise, I figured Frigga must have woven magic into the threads.
"The palace is this way!" Thor yelled over the wind, pointing in the direction of a tall structure in the distance.
We hurriedly moved towards it, but kept an eye out for any Jotun we might meet along the way. We needn't have worried though, we met no one until we reached the castle.
Icy spires ten stories tall jutted out above the hardened snow and rock of the land, and a trio of Jotun warriors stood in front of a set of doors that could give Asgard's throne room ones a run for their money.
"What business have you here, Asgardians?" The tallest warrior sneered. They wore little else but the same outfits that the Jotun who came to take Loki away wore.
"We wish for an audience with King Helblindi." Thor said diplomatically. "I am Thor, Crown Prince of Asgard. These are my traveling companions. We have no quarrel with you, good Jotun."
"No quarrel he says..." I heard the shortest of them say to the third, the only one with hair. "And yet years ago he's the one who tried to start a war with us in the first place."
"Please, we simply wish to bargain for my brother. Surely your king will see us?" Thor asked.
They grumbled, turning their backs to us as they discussed what to do. The shortest was all for killing us and getting it done with, the tallest said they did have orders to follow. The last one eyed us distrustfully before agreeing with the tallest.
"Very well. Meka here will lead you to the throne room. And don't think about trying any funny business. There are guards lining the way, so you wouldn't make it out alive." The shortest grumbled, and we started to follow the tallest into the castle.
We soon realized we were going deep underground as we found out that we couldn't hear any the howling wind anymore. We kept going deeper, and I worked to memorize the way we took just in case we needed a quick escape.
Walls of glowing moss and fungi illuminated our way into the depths of the castle, and we saw plenty of Jotun guards and citizens along the way. Some with hair, some without. Some stopped to stare at us, others spat at our feet. Still others, particularly young looking Jotun, stared at us in shock and fright.
Soon enough though we turned a final corner and suddenly we looked upon a vast room illuminated by walls and a ceiling covered in glowing moss and hanging tapestries. Long tables made out of rock had been pushed against the walls, leaving a vast space behind to greet visitors no doubt. Multiple guards milled around the room and eyed us as we entered.
Near the back of the room stood a raised throne carved out of rock and metal, in which reclined a Jotun that was easily massive even sitting down. He wore the same clothes as his people, but with a dull silver crown over his black hair, and a plush white fur cape over his wide chest and thrown over his broad shoulder. I assumed he was King Helblindi.
I sniffed the air, trying to pick out Loki's scent amongst all the strange ones to me. It came the strongest from beside the throne, where a lone Jotun that was smaller than the rest in the room sat chained to the throne itself.
He looked up at us, and I sucked in a sharp breath.
It was Loki, blue-skinned and red-eyed like the rest of the Jotun but it was my Loki. His chest was bare and his pants were torn at the knee, but I knew that face anywhere.
His eyes widened and his body started to shake, like he was afraid. I tried to convey through my eyes that everything was going to be okay, but he shook his head and looked down.
"Well well, it's not every day that an esteemed group of Asgardians such as you and your companions grace my halls, Prince Thor." King Helblindi said.
"King Helblindi, we have come to humbly ask for my brother to be returned home to us." Thor said, bowing his head to Helblindi. "We-
"Have you brought me the Casket?" Helblindi interrupted.
"We were unable to retrieve it from Asgard's weapons vault, so no." Thor said slowly. "My Father had not yet come to a decision before we left."
I saw Loki flinch from Thor's words, and he clenched his eyes in what looked like anger.
"But on my honor, if we are given Loki now then I swear to you I will give your people back the Casket when I become King." Thor said quickly.
"And what does your honor mean to me? What value does your word have to my people?" Helblindi said angrily, rising from his throne.
"I am begging you King Helblindi, spare my brother's life!" Thor said, getting down on one knee before the throne. "Spare him, and take me instead!"
"Why should I?!" Helblindi asked. "Why should I spare his life when he killed my father, when he almost used the Bifrost to destroy our planet?! Why should I spare the life of a kin-slaying traitor?!"
The Jotun around us cheered and shook their weapons at us. Our group huddled together, their hands on their own weapons.
I glared at King Helblindi, fists clenched tight enough for my nails to draw blood.
"The traitor Loki is mine to do with as I please. He is of us, and so he belongs to us." Helblindi said dismissively, turning his back on us.
My anger raged in me as I brushed past Hogun and Fandral. Volstagg tried to stop me, but my eyes burned into his. His face paled as he also stepped back. Sif simply watched.
"You are wrong, King Helblindi." My voice echoed in the hall as I stepped up next to Thor, who rose to his feet. I stepped past him to stand at the foot of the steps.
"I'm wrong? Enlighten me, Asgardian, what am I wrong in?" He asked, descending the steps threateningly. It barely fazed me, my anger was so great.
"One." I said, wind starting to blow as I sent a gale to blow the Jotun guards off their feet. "I'm not Asgardian. I'm Midgardian, and so much more. Two."
I stomped my foot, elevating a column of stone under the Asgardians and I to be level with Helblindi. I bared my fangs at him, wind whipping my braid around like a tail. Fire raced across my arms as my eyes glowed.
"Loki may be of your people, but he's not yours! HE'S MINE!" I roared, roundhouse kicking him down the steps to the hall's floor.
"Cover me!" I ordered the Asgardians, and they all turned to engage the Jotuns coming up the stairs. The battle engaged behind me as I crouched next to Loki.
"No!" He said, flinching back as I went to grab him. "Please love, my skin is too cold. I'll burn you."
"I don't care!" I said, heating my body and hugging him. Steam escaped from between us as he gasped before tightly hugging me back. His skin was below freezing, the only thing seemingly keeping me from getting frostbite was my own heightened body temperature.
"Please, I want to go home!" He pleaded against my neck.
"We will love, we will." I said, leaning back and grabbing his chains. My hands blazed with fire as I melted the links holding him in place, and he shrugged off the now useless chains.
"Look out!" Sif yelled behind me, causing me to turn and smash a block of rock into the chest of the Jotun behind me. It propelled him across the hall, where more Jotun guards were entering through the doors.
"We have to leave, now. Get on your feet." Sif ordered Loki and I. I snarled, eyes glowing brighter as I cleared a path to the door with my air bending.
"Move!" Thor yelled, leading the way. We moved as a group as we ran through the halls. Sif and I were behind Thor, with me calling out directions to the way we came in. Fandral was making sure Loki kept up as he slowly reverted back to his pale and green eyed form. Hogun and Volstagg covered the rear, making sure no sneak attacks happened.
We met group after group of Jotun, and I forced myself to either knock them down with a gale or to block them against a wall with ice and stone.
Soon enough though, we were blocked off. Jotun guards surrounded us right outside of the castle entrance. We moved into a protective circle, back to back with each other.
"Give back our wayward brother, Asgardians! You do that and we'll put this all behind us." A Jotun that shared many features with Helblindi said.
"He may be your brother by blood Býleistr but he's mine in everything else!" Thor said, swinging his hammer in a circle.
"Well then we seem to be at a stand still! Kill them!" Býleistr shouted, and the Jotun attacked.
The battle raged on for what seemed like forever, but was really only a few minutes.
I dodged, blocked, and traded blows with multiple Jotun, but I was wearing down fast. My breath steamed in the icy air as I tried to keep up.
Thinking fast, I hurriedly moved my arms, forcing the Jotun back and formed a thick shield of ice around. I didn't form it fast enough.
I heard Loki gasp behind me, and I turned as he fell to the ground. A shard of ice about a yard long stuck out of his chest, with blood rapidly staining the ground around him.
"NO!" I screamed, kneeling next to him. "No no no no!" By his position I saw that he had been blocking the ice from getting to me.
I put my hands against the wound, but I felt too weak to heal him. I frantically grabbed my cape, hoping to staunch the wound further but it felt useless. His blood simply stained the fabric.
"I'm sorry Darling." He said, coughing us blood. "I wasn't strong enough for you."
"Shh shh, no you were perfect. You saved my life, Loki." I said, tears falling down my cheeks. "Please, you can't leave me."
"I d-don't think I have m-much of a choice, love." He said with a grin that was more a grimace. "There's so much that I regret.."
"Please brother, we can't lose you. Mother would never forgive me." Thor had tears escaping his eyes.
Loki laughs weakly. "Tell her I love her, brother. That I wish I could've seen her one last time."
"Don't talk like that, you're gonna make it!" I said, roughly wiping away my tears. "You're gonna make it, and we're gonna go back home. We'll ride the horses, you can eat all the strawberry tarts you want, and we'll make Tony learn how to cook us a romantic meal."
"Sounds w-wonderful ,Diana. Just p-please, kiss me? One last time" He looked up at me pleadingly. I kiss him passionately, trying to will my life into his so he wouldn't leave. I feel him kissing back at first, but it soon diminishes until the lips I'm kissing are still.
I shake my head, tears coming in a flood now as I tighten my hold on him, shaking him to try and get him back.
Thor harshly sighs, clenching his fists against his eyes. The Warriors Three and Sif look at us sadly before turning, giving us our time to grieve and keeping an eye on the Jotun.
I stared at Loki brokenly, not knowing what to do. But soon enough, my grief turned to a rage that was unlike any I had felt.
I stood, unfamiliar energy suddenly coursing through my body as my eyes glowed. I turned, staring into the eyes of Helblindi.
When I opened my mouth to speak, it was like multiple voices spoke with me.
"When you sent warriors to my lands to take Loki from me, they said that you planned on killing him." I intoned to Helblindi, energy whipping around me as the ice around us started to melt. "I told them that if Loki died, I would burn your Kingdom to the ground!"
He stared at me in fear, as did all the Jotun as the air started getting warmer. The wind raged like a flock of dragons beating their wings in anger. It concentrated around me, and I soon started floating above the ground.
"Your Kingdom will now die, because of you!" I roared, sending a blast of air and water that sent all the Jotuns off their feet to land yards away.
I saw the Asgardians huddling away from me, and I concentrated my blast to spare them. I floated forward, stopping in front of where Helblindi had fallen.
"You will be the first to die, and then the rest of your kingdom will fall!" I roared, bringing my arm up. A swirling mass of fire and rock formed above my head, and with a boom and a flash of light I brought it down.
OH MY GOD! Two chapter updates in less than two weeks! With this one I started writing it before I even published the previous one, since I have no internet at my house right now so I have plenty of time to write! I can only publish when I get somewhere with internet, but luckily that's at least once a week. But anyway, leave reviews people because they make me happy! And I'm sorry about the cliff hanger but it will be worth it, I swear!