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Chapter 6
Emmeline missed Loki terribly. He had been gone for over a week, and three days after he left, bad things began happening. At the moment, Emmeline was standing on top of Stark tower in New York, blasting fire at Chitauri soldiers. They had invaded Earth.
Emmeline didn't know if it was their plan all along to invade Earth and get Loki and Thor out of the way or if they were in both realms, but either way she hoped Loki was safe. Iron Man flew up to her and motioned her to him.
"Come on, we need to take down the whale, it's going for the Empire State!" he said. Emmeline ran to him and he picked her up and flew her to the middle of the action.
It started on the third day since Loki had left. Emmeline was in the living room baking muffins with her hands when the TV changed from General Hospital to the Emergency News.
"Invasion in New York City," read the headline. Emmeline turned to the television and the news reporter mentioned Tony's name and the other Avengers, showing footage of what Emmeline knew was a Chitauri soldier.
"Oh no," she said to herself. She left her muffins on the counter and ran to the telephone to dial S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters.
"Are you happy now?" said Nick Fury, answering the phone.
"No Nick, Loki and I want to rule the Earth, not sacrifice it to these disgusting creatures! I'm going over there. Can you send me a ship?"
"What makes you think I'm going to trust you?"
"I don't expect you to trust me, I expect a ship."
"Fine. Be outside in an hour."
Then an hour later, the ship came and took Emmeline to New York City. There was a portal above Stark tower and Chitauri were flying through it.
"Where did that portal come from?" asked Emmeline when she met Nick inside S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters.
"You tell me! You did this!"
"I know, but now I'm going to fix it. Loki would kill me if I took over the world without him." Emmeline smirked at Nick and went to Tony's study room to tell the rest of the Avengers that she was going to help them.
"You guys this is my fault, I'm sorry," she said quickly, walking into the study room.
"It's okay, we know the story," said Tony. "Are you with us?"
"Yeah."
"Cool, let's go."
"That's it?" said Captain America, following them out of the study room. Emmeline and Iron Man then made their way to the top of Stark tower, which brought them to the present moment.
Iron Man and Emmeline were outside the Empire State building, preparing to take down the Chitauri whale before it smashed the building to the ground. Iron Man blasted it with his hands and Emmeline tried to freeze it, but she couldn't get the ice thick enough to stay on the whale.
"Set it on fire!" said Tony.
"I can't, the city will burn!" Emmeline paused for a minute.
"Throw me inside of it," she said.
"Are you insane?! You'll die instantly!"
"It's the only way we can stop it," she said. "If I burn the core and freeze it after, the whale will shut down."
"I'm not going to send you in there to be killed," said Iron Man.
"I won't," Emmeline replied, and she jumped out of Iron Man's grasp and onto the whale's back.
"Emmeline!" Tony yelled. Emmeline tried to keep her footing on the whale as she made her way to its head. Chitauri came up and tried to blast her, but she fired fireballs at them. The sound of wind was all she could hear as she climbed into the dark mouth of the whale. It was hot and all Emmeline could see were the dozens of Chitauri soldiers coming at her. She froze most of them and set some on fire, running through them to get to the core of the whale. She felt her black and green suit get snagged and tear on sharp edges of the whale and her face and legs got scratched and cut. Her face stung horribly, but Emmeline knew that if she didn't make it to the core quickly, the consequences would be much worse.
Emmeline pushed her way through the whale quickly, freezing any Chitauri soldiers in front of her, until finally she came to the core power source of the whale. Emmeline wasted no time placing her hands over the core and burning it. As soon as she got it hot enough, she ran in the other direction to escape the whale; it was going to explode. Emmeline could see the light at the whale's mouth and she stuck her hand out as the whale exploded. Iron Man grabbed her hand before the explosion got to her and flew her above it.
"You're crazy," he said. Emmeline smiled.
"Yeah, but I did it."
"I can't say you're unscathed, though." Just then, the sound of more Chitauri whales and soldiers came through the portal in the sky. This time there were more.
"Shit," said Emmeline. Iron Man flew back to Stark tower and set Emmeline down in the study room.
"You can't do that anymore, and I won't let you."
"Then what do we do?"
"The Avengers have enough power to hold them, we can keep them busy. But we can't fight them forever, and we need this to end before any more lives are lost. We need to close the portal."
"The only thing that can close the portal is the Tesseract. But it isn't on Earth anymore." Iron Man didn't say anything. He was deep in thought.
"We need Thor. He's the only one that can help us; him and Loki. I'm going to talk to him. I'm going to help him get the Tesseract back so we can end this and save both worlds," said Emmeline.
"But how will you get up there?"
"Beg."
Emmeline left Stark tower and ran to the next alley she saw, where she wouldn't get hit with a blaster. She looked up to the sky, not expecting to see anything, but knowing somebody would see her.
"Heimdall!" she called. "I know I'm not allowed, but…we need Thor! And I need Loki." Emmeline stood there, and nothing happened. She sighed and looked around her, the Chitauri destroying everything in their path, destroying what was supposed to be Loki's kingdom. Emmeline missed Loki. This was not how it was supposed to be. She began to cry and shouted out again.
"Heimdall, please!" she yelled. "Please…" Silence. Emmeline gave up. She leaned against the wall of the building and tried to stop crying. But just as she was starting to head back to Stark tower, a rainbow beam touched the ground, enveloping her in it, and without even a second for her to think, it whisked her in the air and carried her through a vortex. Emmeline closed her eyes and waited for it to slow down.
After a few seconds, the vortex slowed and dropped Emmeline onto a golden floor. She brushed her hair out of her face and saw a tall man with dark skin and golden armor standing above her.
"I am Heimdall, protector of the nine realms," said the man in a deep voice. "You summoned me."
"Heimdall!" exclaimed Emmeline as she stood up. She threw her arms around him and it took him by surprise.
"Sorry," she said, letting go. "I just, thank you. Thanks for letting me up here."
"I could get in some trouble," said Heimdall. "But you seem to have a problem."
"Yes," said Emmeline, looking around at the dome shaped room they were in. It was very big and there was a pedestal in the middle with a golden sword inserted in it. The entire dome was golden, and the floor and the walls were decorated with the most detailed design. When Emmeline looked back at her exit, she saw a circular window revealing what she concluded was outer space. There were many stars and collectively they made a rainbow. It was beautiful.
"Wow," she said.
"Welcome to Asgard," said Heimdall.
Asgard was beautiful. It was as if everything was made of gold. Buildings floated in the sky and the palace looked like tall golden organ pipes. Emmeline tried not to get too distracted as a guard gave her some Asgardian female armor to wear.
"This is what the Asgardian women wear," said the guard.
"Thank you," said Emmeline. After she put the armor-dress on, the guard motioned for her to follow him.
"You have come to see Thor Odinson?"
"Yes," said Emmeline.
"I will take you to him." The guard led Emmeline to a room full of people. It looked kind of like a bar, but more…medieval. The guard pointed to Thor, sitting by a man with a long red beard.
"Thank you," said Emmeline, and she made her way to Thor. She tapped his shoulder. He turned around with a smile, but when he saw Emmeline, his expression changed to shocked.
"Emmeline! What are you doing here?" said Thor. Emmeline didn't get a chance to say anything before Thor got up and grabbed her arm, dragging her to an empty corridor.
"I know, I'm sorry, but Earth is in trouble," said Emmeline without any hesitation.
"What?"
"The Chitauri came, and they're killing everyone, and the Avengers and I—we can't do it without you and Loki."
"This is worse than I thought. They are here on Asgard as well."
"Okay, well…how about we split up? I'll take Loki, and you stay here."
"Loki's in prison." Emmeline was taken aback. She had to pause for a moment. Then once she registered what Thor had said to her, she responded in fury.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE IS IN PRISON?!" she yelled.
"When Odin found out that Loki had given the Chitauri the Tesseract, he imprisoned him," Thor replied. "How did you get up here?"
"Heimdall let me in, but never mind that. I want to see him."
"Father won't allow—"
"—Thor, please. Let me see him."
Loki sat still in the back of his cell, leaning against the wall like he had been when Thor came to visit him. The blood on his foot had dried, and the cuts on his arms and legs stung. Loki had sat there in despair for days. He didn't want to do anything. He didn't want to think or feel. He kept thinking about the last time he saw Frigga. She had told him she loved him and that she wanted him to be happy. But Loki had responded with harsh words and the denial of her wishes. Tears ran down Loki's face.
Eventually Loki lost track of time. He sat in agony for what felt like an awful long time, but he couldn't tell how long it was. All he knew was that at one moment he heard his cell door open. He simply turned his head to see who was to walk through. He expected it was a guard coming to bring him food, or maybe even Thor, to tell him how the war was going without him. But it was neither of those.
Loki turned his head to the door and the woman he loved walked through in Asgardian clothing. Loki smiled as he felt Emmeline in his arms. She put her hands on his face.
"Loki, what happened to you? What did you do to this place? Oh, your foot, Loki you're all cut! What happened?" Loki pulled her back into his arms.
"I thought I'd never see you again," he said.
"I'm here now," she replied.
"…Frigga is dead," Loki said.
"Oh…Loki I'm sorry," said Emmeline, holding on to his embrace. "Is that why you did this?" Loki said nothing, but he could tell she knew.
"How did you get here?" he asked.
"I begged Heimdall," said Emmeline with a smile. Loki smiled back. Emmeline sat next to him and leaned against the wall. They crossed their legs together and Loki looked at her.
"I love you," he said.
"I love you more," Emmeline replied. She looked back at Loki and brought her face to his to kiss him. Loki put hands on her back and pulled her into his lap. Their subtle kissing slowly turned into making out. Loki let out a moan as Emmeline ran her fingers through his hair and he slid his hands under Emmeline's dress. She pushed them away. Loki smiled at her, keeping his eyes closed and still kissing her.
"You're being a tease," he said. Emmeline smiled back.
"I know," she replied, putting his hands back under her dress and kissing him some more.
"I love you," he whispered. Loki loved to tell Emmeline how much he loved her because he knew she loved him too. She was the only one who treated him as an equal; who truly loved him. He couldn't thank her enough for that.
Loki and Emmeline made out for a long time; night fell and eventually they had made their way to the corner. Loki was touching her upper legs under her skirt, and Emmeline had her hands inside his shirt. Emmeline kissed him with the greatest passion, but at one point slowed down and said,
"Oh."
Loki let go and slowly turned his head toward the window, where Emmeline was looking, to see his brother—looking at him like he was a maniac. Loki let out a sigh of frustration.
"What?" he said impatiently. Thor chuckled.
"…Nothing," he said. "Never mind, carry on." He started to walk away.
"Wait," said Loki. "Do you have a light that you could turn off, or a curtain? The whole prison can see us." Thor gave him another look.
"You didn't seem to care when you were touching her—"
"—Please Thor," said Emmeline. Thor sighed.
"Alright, I'll have the guard get a curtain."
A few minutes later, a guard put a red curtain over the cell window and Loki looked at Emmeline, raising his eyebrows.
"Help me get out of this suit," said Emmeline, smiling.
Loki and Emmeline lay in the bed naked, facing each other. Loki had his body pressed against Emmeline's, and she had her hand on his chest. He liked to just stare at her; she was beautiful. Her auburn curls fell perfectly on her shoulders and back. Emmeline put her hand on Loki's face and kissed him slowly.
"Do you promise to love me forever?" she asked in a whisper. Loki put his hand on her lower back.
"I promise," he whispered back, kissing her gently. Loki ran his hand along Emmeline's figure and she wrapped her legs around his. Emmeline got on top and as their kissing became more heated, their breathing sped up. Loki grabbed her arms and sighed as he kissed her. He paused and looked at her, smiling.
"I love you," he said. Emmeline smiled at him, putting her hands in his hair and kissing him harder.
The next morning, Loki woke up with Emmeline's head on his chest. When he woke up she stirred and sat up, holding the sheets around herself.
"Good morning," she said, looking around for her clothes. Loki looked at her and giggled.
"You look like a hot mess," he said. Emmeline scowled at him.
"Loki!" she said, trying not to laugh. He laughed and stroked the back of her hair.
"I said you were hot," he said. Emmeline smirked at him and stood up to put her clothes back on.
When Emmeline and Loki had gotten dressed, they sat next to each other on the floor, facing each other.
"Thor is going to come and get me soon," said Emmeline. "I'm not supposed to be here. Odin doesn't even know." Loki smiled.
"Ooh, deception of the king…I like that," he said. Emmeline smiled and held his hand. "Emmeline…how did you find out I was here?"
"Thor told me when I got here. I came because…the Chitauri have invaded Earth."
"What?!"
"They used the Tesseract to make a portal to Midgard and they brought whales and they're attacking New York. I came here to ask for help, and Thor told me you were here."
"Is he going to help you? He has to! Oh, curse Odin for putting me here!"
"…I don't know what we're going to do."
"I'm sorry," said Loki. "I wish I could help you." Emmeline smiled.
Later that morning, Thor came to get Emmeline. Loki didn't know if he was sending her back to Earth with or without help, and he worried about her. He called out to Thor before he left the prison.
"Send her with help," he said. "If anything happens to her, I will wring you by your neck."
"Don't worry, we have a plan," said Thor. That was all he would tell Loki. So he sat back against the wall, dissatisfied, like he had done the day before.
"Please Thor, I'm sure if you just let me talk to him—"
"—All my father's decisions are final. And he wouldn't be very happy to know that you're up here." Emmeline sighed, looking at the ground sadly. Thor tried to think of something to cheer her up.
"How about I take you around Asgard; to meet my friends," suggested Thor.
"Alright," said Emmeline, smiling at him.
"Come on," said Thor. He led her to a long corridor and in the middle of it was a sitting room, where Sif and the Warriors Three often discussed war tactics with Thor. He hadn't told Emmeline, but he had a meeting right now, and he was late. But he knew she was upset about Loki, and he didn't want to burden her.
"It's about time you showed up!" said Sif, when Thor walked in. He laughed.
"I had something to do."
"Who's this?" asked Sif, referring to Emmeline.
"I'm Emmeline Collins," said Emmeline, shaking Sif's hand.
"Emmeline, this is Lady Sif and the Warriors Three; Volstagg, Fandral, and Hogun." Thor then directed his attention to his friends. "Emmeline is a mortal," he said. "Father doesn't know she is here, so don't any of you say a thing."
"I thought your mortal was Jane Foster," said Volstagg.
"I am Loki's," said Emmeline, and all four of Thor's friends stared at her. Thor wanted to tell them not to say anything, but he didn't have time.
"What?! Loki?! Thor's evil brother that tried to kill all of us and take over Asgard with war and suffering? Are you mad?!" said Sif. Emmeline sat down next to Thor.
"Maybe," she replied. "But I love him."
"Why?!"
"Because…I know him."
"I don't understand this," said Sif.
"Don't judge her Sif, she just got here!" said Fandral. Sif rolled her eyes at Fandral.
"What is she doing here if she is a mortal?" asked Sif.
"Midgard is in trouble," said Thor. "The Chitauri have invaded there too." A silence fell over the six of them.
"We don't have enough men to go to Midgard," said Fandral.
"I know," Thor replied.
"I'm sorry I came up here," said Emmeline. "I don't know what made me think I could ask for help when you guys were at war as well."
"I'm glad you did," said Thor. "We'll think of something. In fact…I thought of something."
"What is it?" asked Volstagg. Thor sighed.
"It's treason," he said. "Can I trust you all to remain silent?"
"You know you can trust us," said Sif. Emmeline leaned in as Thor whispered his plan.
"I'm going to help Loki escape. Then both of us will go to Midgard."
"Help him escape? He's in prison for a reason, Thor!" said Sif.
"He wants to help," Thor said. "He is still my brother. I will just need some help from you all. We need a plan to get out of Asgard without my father stopping us."
"Volstagg and I can help with that," said Fandral.
"Wonderful," Thor said, as he turned to Sif and smiled.
"Lady Sif, will you lead the battle against the Chitauri in my place here in Asgard? I know you can do it."
"Of course I can do it," replied Sif with a smile. "I will make you and Asgard proud." Thor turned to Hogun.
"Hogun, you distract Odin. Do whatever you have to, and make sure Heimdall lets no one in or out until I have left."
"Yes sir," said Hogun. Then Thor turned to Emmeline.
"Are you ready to do this?" he asked with a smile.
"Hell yeah," she said.
That night, Loki sat on his bed trying to read the books his mother had sent him. He especially wanted to read them now. But he thought of Emmeline mostly. He wondered if Thor sent her with help. He wondered if she was safe. But Loki did not want to keep himself up all night worrying about her, so he closed his book and crawled under the blanket.
Loki was woken up in the middle of the night to see Emmeline standing outside the window. He got up quickly and ran to the window.
"Darling, what are you doing here?" he said.
"Shh, we're helping you!" Emmeline pointed behind him and Loki saw Thor open the door of his cell. He walked over to Thor.
"Brother, what is going on?" he whispered.
"We're helping you escape. Now come on, and stay quiet." Loki smiled and put his hand on the back of Thor's neck.
"I love you," said Loki. Thor laughed and they left the cell and Emmeline met them on the other side. Loki hugged and kissed her.
"Come on," she said. "Fandral and Heimdall are waiting in the observatory." Loki followed Thor and Emmeline to the observatory and he used his magic to put his suit on and fix his hair back.
"We have to hurry," said Thor.
"I am committing treason against my king," said Heimdall. "So you know I must tell him when he wakes."
"We will be long gone by then," said Loki. Then he had a thought. "Thor, what about the battle at Asgard? You can't leave them to fight the Chitauri."
"Lady Sif is taking my place. She is a good warrior."
"Ah, yes, Sif. The spunky one."
"Get ready," said Fandral, standing next to Heimdall. Thor, Emmeline, and Loki stood in front of the bifrost and Heimdall pushed his golden sword into the pedestal, sending them to Midgard.
When they arrived in New York, Loki looked around, shocked. It was chaos. Loki looked over at Emmeline.
"Was it like this when you left?" he asked.
"Yep," Emmeline replied. Thor handed Loki his daggers.
"I thought you would need these," he said. "Let's not waste time." Thor began swinging Mjolnir into Chitauri and Loki smiled as he jabbed his dagger into one of their faces.
"I'm going to go tell Tony!" yelled Emmeline, trying to be heard over the chaos and sounds of Chitauri being slain. "Stay here and fight!"
"You don't have to tell me twice," said Loki, wrestling a Chitauri soldier and stabbing him in the chest with his dagger.
"We need to find a way to close the portal!" yelled Loki to Thor. "They're just going to keep coming!"
"But doesn't the Tesseract power the portal? If we just take it the portal will shut," Thor replied, smashing a Chitauri soldier to the ground with Mjolnir. As Loki stabbed and wrestled with numerous Chitauri soldiers, he struggled to yell to Thor:
"No, it's energy is too much, if you touch it it will kill you! We need something with Uru metal! My scepter was made of it, and it was the only thing that could close the portal, but since the Chitauri have the Tesseract, the scepter went with them!"
Thor swung Mjolnir at the last Chitauri soldier in their area and looked at Loki.
"Mjolnir is made of Uru metal," he said, wiping the blood off of his face. They stared at each other, knowing what the other was thinking. Then the both of them took off running in the direction of Stark tower, planning to close the portal.
Loki stabbed Chitauri soldiers in their way and jumped on one's back that was flying in a hovercraft. He stabbed it and pushed it off, flying the hovercraft to Thor.
"Hurry so we can get up there," said Loki. Thor climbed onto the hovercraft and Loki flew them up to Stark tower where Emmeline was freezing and burning numerous Chitauri. He was going to drop Thor at the top, but a Chitauri whale came and knocked Thor and Loki off the hovercraft, onto the roof of the tower. Loki scrambled to the stairs, which was closest to the Tesseract.
"Loki, catch!" yelled Thor, throwing Mjolnir at Loki. When Mjolnir landed in Loki's hands, it dragged him to the ground.
"You fool! You know you're the only one that can hold this thing!" Loki grabbed Mjolnir and spun his legs around to kick Chitauri in the face as Thor ran over. He picked up Mjolnir and ran up the stairs to the top of Stark tower.
"Hurry!" yelled Loki, stabbing soldier after soldier. Thor made it up the stairs and leaned back as he placed his hammer into the Tesseract, collapsing the Chitauri's portal into thin air.
