LOKI
"Who is that?" Sif whispers in fear.
"The name is Sableo." He nods down at us. "Welcome back Loki. Where is your queen?" His evil smirk sparks anger within me.
"Abigail is none of your concern, I'm here to get you off. My. Throne." I grit.
"Oh." He laughs as he stands. "Here you go. I never wanted it."
"You didn't?" I'm taken by surprise and this sends the villain into hysterics.
"Of course not. Taking the throne was never even apart of my plan, it just simply happened. Your friend here was so excited when I told her that your wife had gone back to Earth that I knew I couldn't pass up the chance to play with her." He snickers as he takes in Sif's ashamed expression. I feel the pain of my friend.
"I'm very sorry Sif." I mutter quietly.
"Oh that's rich Loki." Sableo starts walking towards me. "You really have lost it, haven't you? My Master knew you were weak, but he is going to love this!"
"Your Master? Who do you work for?"
"Oh and old admirer. He sent me to see if you would could be returned to your glory." He makes a sad face. "But you couldn't. That girl poisoned your mischievous mind. It's a real shame." He lays a hand on my shoulder. "I should be off; now that your wife is gone, there is nothing more I can use to play with you. No bother, it was fun while it lasted."
He starts walking away. "No you don't." My hologram next to Sif disappears, and the real me stands before him in my battle armor. I raise my spear to him and let it's magic flow out. The man is thrown backwards, and Sif jumps out of the way. He rises with a grin.
"You know those powers I gave to your queen? I let her borrow my powers for a little while." The water from the pools along the outside of the courts rise, and crash the floor at the wave of his hands. Waves cause Sif and I to lose our balance. I take to hand to hand combat with the man. Behind him, I see Sif has found a sword from an armor statue at the base of the throne. I keep the man focused on me, allowing her to sneak up on him.
Rain is falling through the open ceiling, and it has become difficult to see my foe.
"Even with nothing left to fight for, you don't give up do you?" He grunts as I dodge a punch. Sif is right behind him.
"Nope, because now I have nothing to lose." With that, I push him into the sword blade and narrowly miss my own abdomen. His face is etched with surprise and amusement.
"I didn't know you still had it in you." He laughs softly though I can tell it is painful.
"It never left me." I say quietly. "I just choose to no longer be that way."
"But why? What will stop you now that Abigail is gone?"
"Abigail's being gone won't stop me from living this way. I still love her, so how I think won't change." I make eye contact with Sif, and she looks depressed.
Sableo shakes his head. "Love is weakness Loki."
"No it's not, it's strength." I say curtly, as I nod to Sif to take the sword out. As she does, the man falls to the ground, defeated.
"Loki..." Sif starts but I cut her off.
"Go make sure passage by the bifrost is open again. Thor may want to come see me." I smile slightly. "He's going to be so upset that I didn't let him help." I look down at Sableo's body and think of Abigail. As much as I loved her, I think my biggest fear about losing her was that I would fall back into my old ways. But I know I won't. I was right at the beginning when I said that I needed her to rule the right way. Now I know I can do it without her, but only because at one time, I did have her.