Chapter 7
Loki's POV
I woke up to Raven's head on my chest, her left arm wrapped around my torso and her vanilla-scented hair overwhelming my senses. I enveloped her in the shelter that were my arms and gently caressed the skin that our blanket was not covering. After a couple of moments doing this I felt her shiver and sigh into my chest, only provoking me to do it more. I stared at her face until she finally relented by opening her eyes, pushing herself to her forearms and giving me a good morning kiss. I could definitively wake up like this every day. She went back to the position she was in before and I went back to stroking her back.
"I have a surprise for you," I murmured into her hair. "Well, more of a late wedding gift of sorts." I said knowing she hated surprises.
"Oh?" Raven replied while she lazily moved her fingers up and down my chest.
"Yes, but we must shower first, so let's go." She stopped me from getting up by laying her open hand on my chest.
"We?" She enquired.
"Yes, we," I said as I lifted her into my arms and made my way to the bathroom. "As in you and I. Do you have a quarrel with the arrangement, Mrs. Loki Odinson?"
"Not at all." She muttered into my shoulder like she had done so many years ago when we met.
RxL RxL
After our delectable time in the shower, I blindfolded Raven and walked her around the palace until I knew she had gotten lost in her own mind map. If I wanted this to be a surprise, which I did, I needed to take every precaution for her not to find out what her gift was. I have been working nonstop for her gift to become reality and now I only wanted to witness her expression when I informed her of my gift.
"Are you ready?" I asked Raven when we entered the library.
"I've been ready since the moment we stepped out of the shower." She retorted.
"Remember Raven, patience is a virtue," I quipped at her. "Now, I need you to concentrate on your universe." I instructed her while I took hold of her hands. The only response she gave me was a hum; I adored her for not asking questions or doubting me. Raven trusted me. I would do everything in my power not to break that trust, knowing how much it took her to give her trust to someone. "Can you see it?" She nodded. "Good." I started mumbling an incantation I had stumbled upon while I was leafing through the many books I had searched looking for a way back home for Raven.
I felt and saw our combined magic souring through us, swirls of green and purple surrounding our joined hands; and with a pop and a flash of white light we were gone.
RxL RxL RxL RxL
Titans Tower, Jump City
Nightwing frantically made his way to the main operations room where the alert had been activated. The moment he sat down in front of the main computer, the rest of the Titans ran into the room.
"What's the problem, man?" Cyborg was the first to inquire.
"Two unknown intruders are on the roof." Before Nightwing had the chance to yell his usual saying, the main computer emitted another beep. This time it was Cyborg the one that approached the computer.
"You won't believe this…" Cyborg faltered, not able to look anywhere but at the screen.
"Dude, what is it?" Changeling asked while trying to get a glimpse of the computer himself over Cyborg's copious form.
"The computer found her." Nobody in the room needed clarification on who Cyborg was referring to, they all knew it was Raven. "The signal says she's on the roof!" He exclaimed as he took off only to notice the other Titans sprinting out of the door.
RxL RxL RxL RxL
Moments Prior, Titans Tower's Roof
Raven's POV
Ooof.
That's the sound that I heard when I landed on something soft but at the same time hard. I lifted the scarf that Loki had utilized as a blindfold from my eyes and all I saw was the view I used to see every morning when I was Titan. It was the same view I looked at with a hot cup of tea nestled in my hands when I needed silence, noticing more similarities with the place we were laying on and the Titans Tower's roof I finally asked Loki where we were.
"You know exactly where we are, Raven." I saw the exultant look on his face and connected all the dots. This was Loki's wedding gift: his surprise, being transported to my universe. I could feel the tears running down my face as I grabbed my husband's face and I attached my lips to his. I could feel his exuberant smile and hear his amused laugh and then we heard it – an explosion. My emotions going haywire and the energy that took us to be transported here finally got to me and I fell into a deep sleep while Loki whispered that everything was going to be fine.
The last thing I heard was the door to the roof being ripped from it hinges and my name being called; for a couple of minutes everything was just a myriad of voices, and then I was out.
RxL RxL RxL RxL
Third Person POV
"RAVEN!" Nightwing screamed as the door was blasted by Starfire. The Titans were met with an unexpected sight; Raven unconscious in a stranger's arms. And it wasn't the Raven they knew and loved, she had changed, yes her hair was purple and her skin was grey but her clothing was different. She was wearing something that resembled what the man in green was wearing but a feminine version of it in her favorite color: blue. A type of silver armor enveloped her body perfectly and her usual cloak was perched on her shoulders but the hood was down. Even her hair was different, it was longer just like the last time they saw her but it was pulled back by a silver headband that matched her armor. "Get your hands off of her!"
"And why should I?" Loki taunted not caring what the long haired boy wanted. Raven needed rest and all he wanted was to find her room so she could recuperate. "Show me to her room, she needs to rest." He asked almost walking by the Titans until Nightwing stopped him with his bo-staff.
"Where do you think you're going?" Nightwing demanded.
"Dude, he brought Raven back, give the guy a break." Changeling piped in.
"Yes, Changeling is correct, boyfriend Nightwing." Starfire said as she put a hand on Nightwing's arm to try and calm him down. He retracted his bo-staff and turned around and gestured for Loki to follow him which he did with Raven in his arms and the rest of the team following behind them. As they made the trek to Raven's room, the three non-hostile Titans made small talk with Loki while Nightwing catalogued the whole conversation to his memory so he could investigate who this weirdly dressed stranger was later.
When they came to a stop in front of a door with Raven's name across it, Nightwing overrode the lock so Loki could deposit Raven on the bed. When the door was closed with Loki still in the room, Cyborg frantically pounded on the door.
"What do you think you're doing?" Nightwing exploded. "You'll sleep in a guest room."
"I do not think so." Loki said as he leaned on the doorway and crossed his arms.
"And why not?" Cyborg asked as he himself was getting irritated at the thought that this guy they just met would sleep in the same room as his little sister.
"Because I am her husband." He flashed his wedding ring while simultaneously closing the door on the faces of the four gaping Titans.
"Dude…what just happened?" Changeling squeaked.
A/N: Okay so to all of you that had been wandering what would happen to the DC universe, this is the introduction to that. Thank you to everyone that reads, comments, favors and alerts this story. Thank you to discb, Nickie, KhaalidaNyx, and 2redmouse2 for reviewing. Your reviews make me want to write faster so I can update more frequently. I also hope you guys realized what happened between Loki and Raven, I mean it was implied because I don't think I would write that good of a lemon so yeah but if you guys feel like I should at least attempt it, leave a comment telling me so or telling me that the story is fine as it is.
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