Part Five

Companionship

So, I couldn't exactly describe what had happened to me with the young boy that could've been a ghost of Loki but then it could have been an hallucination. I continued walking down the horrible hall until I came upon an open door. I walked through and in the room I saw Loki sleeping on a chair. I smiled, he looked so innocent when he was sleeping and that was the only innocent anything in this room or wold to be in fact. I walked up to him and looked at his face, feeling my heart pound faster. He was truly on of the most handsome men I've ever seen and if that ghost was of him as a kid, he was a damn cute little kid.

Stroking his face, it was smooth and soft (suprisingly) and it had some warmth to it now. I smiled deviously, thinking of a prank I could pull on the sleeping Loki. But then I stopped myself, realizing that he was doing something for me that probably no one else in their normal minds would do. He is trying to get me out of this world while he seems to be stuck in this world and not care that I could go in and out of the worlds. I felt a pang of pity, he shouldn't be here, he deserves a normal life, where he could go to the mall or something and not come to this freaky place. But I wondered how he was like in this world, did he get attacked by monsters like I have or are they so used to him that they just leave him alone. I shrugged to myself as I put my hands on his shoulders and shook him.

I called his name and he made a grumble, seeming to tell me that he was tired and he wanted to sleep and blah blah blah. Shaking him harder, he grumbled louder and then it donned on me. He was having a bad dream; I could hear him talking to someone in his dream about something, his voice was hard to hear in the first place, I couldn't even tell he was talking when he was speaking softer than usually. I stop shaking him and sighed, I couldn't wake him up by simply shaking his shoulders. Taking a heavily deep breath, I pulled my hand back and prepared to wake him up a way that I really really didn't want to. Letting my hand fly across his cheek, he jolted up and looked around in a panic, his eyes hurriedly scanning left and right to find what had hit him. Thats when he looked at me and smiled with an emotion I couldn't tell; I kind of melted at his warm beam.

"Loki...I'm...back?" I said hesitantly and he shook his head and looked at me cutely.

You are. I'm sort of glad but yet I'm not. If you're here, then you're in danger. But its great to see your face here. Loki replied, his voice now not even unnerving me at all now.

"Well, its great to see your face as well." I complimented him, both of us blushing at our puppy-lovish hits both lifting our spirits.

Are you okay? Loki asked me, getting up and stretching, his back cracked and his expression went from 'just woke up' to 'relaxed'.

"Yeah...I guess..." I said, not sure if I should mention the ghost.

You guess? What happened? Loki asked, grabbing my shoulders and rubbing them so that I didn't feel that stressed; it helped soothe me and I completely forgot that we were in scary underworld world and not by some gentle river.

"Well, I saw this little boy and he looked like you and he said that...well...his father abused him and his mother was planning on doing so too." I said as Loki looked at me with a suddenly hard expression, "Then he said he was the devil and that he couldn't do anything..."

I...How were you able to see that? Loki seemed to talk to himself more than to me.

"Did your father and mother hit you and your sister?" I asked and thats when he stepped back from me.

H-heather...please...I...can't talk about it here... Loki said meekly and I decided to comply with his wishes, I felt bad that he was almost to the point of tears.

"I'm sorry Loki...I didn't think it was true..." I replied and he stepped closer to me again.

I guess I should tell you. I am the son of abusive parents. Yes, my father hit me until the day he commited suicide. Thats when I was moved in with my mother. She hit me as well and she also hit my half-sister. I tried getting my sister to safety but we were both caught and it costed us dearly. Loki told me, I couldn't imagine how hard it must of been for him.

"If you don't mind me wondering but...why are you always in this world and not the normal one?" I asked and he swallowed hard, he seemed to be thinking of something to say to me or something.

When I was born...I...I had...a gift that no one else except my half-sister had...My parents...they were insanely loyal to some cult and...I was supposed to be born a girl and fulfill their religious goals. I wasn't so they decided to make me...some kind of evil god thing...My sister was sacrificed and...I was as well. This cursed gift prevented me from dieing yet I couldn't go beyond this hell due to some kind of curse my mother placed on me. My sister was able to get into reality while I stood back and watched from here... Loki explained, I could tell that he really didn't want to tell me but didn't want to lie to me either.

"Oh my god...I'm really sorry Loki. I shouldn't have asked." I gasped, I could have sworn I have known this but I couldn't remember why I did, "I don't care if you have some kind of super powers, you shouldn't have been put through any of that stuff that you were put through."

Heather, its okay. I have come to understand that no matter how hard I try, I can't deny who I am or my past. Its something you need to know if we are to get out of this together. Loki said as I smiled.

"So me and you shall return to reality and find a way to leave this all behind!" I proclaimed and he nodded and we both looked to the door that was opposite of where I came from.

He led the way and I then thought about what he all told me. I could tell he wasn't telling me everything and maybe there was more to his story. He never metioned any names and he told me just the little bit of the truth. I could be wrong but I couldn't tell. I would learn the whole story eventually I guess.

Solving puzzle after puzzle and after puzzle, Loki and I got to a room with staticy TVs. I looked at one closely as Loki stood behind me and watched with me. Then very soon after we were both watching, a image of a girl came up on the screen on the TV and said Daddy. We looked at each other and discussed it. We both agreed upon that we didn't know what that was all about. Deciding to split up, we took different paths. After a good hour, we met up with each other and we figured out a way to get a specific item for a door that was up a pair of escalators that didn't work.

Thats when I gave him a walnut that had something it and he had cracked it with his hands. We found that inside was a small moonstone and we both smiled. It was the key that we sought. Walking up the escalator, I got a full view of Loki's butt and I made a sarcastic comment on it. He turned around, his face red and he told me to shut up. I laughed, I didn't care that his butt was in plain sight since it was kind of nice looking but it was a golden oppurtunity to poke fun at him.