He's Alive?

"For the first time ever, I've experienced what happens when you fall for the Bifrost, and I certainly won't be doing it again." Loki told himself as he sat upon a rock in a cold and dark world. "What am I doing? I should be back home with my wife, helping her care for our child – No! Asgard isn't home to me, the only good thing there was my wife and now if I returned Odin would probably take her from me to...And our child…" He told himself quietly, he had been away too long, he missed the warmth of his wife's touch, the feel of her skin, of her lips touching his, the feel of their child as it moved inside her. He would rather be imprisoned than here, at least then he would know what was going on. His child would be around four months old by now, probably able to understand small things, but the child would never know of how much a tyrant their father had become. And why? Because he believed in giving truth to the lie that he had been told his whole life.

"Asgardian!"

Loki turned to face who ever had called him, since the Jitauri didn't care for who he was, he had taken to answering to whatever they called him, and his mind couldn't take any more of their torture. Though during the torture that she put him under, he was careful to hide his thoughts of his wife and child so that they didn't use them as leverage over him.

"Our master has a task for you."

Loki nodded and staying silent as he got to his feet and follow the creature to where there was a set of steps leading to a throne and after being beckoned to come up them by the person at the top, he done so, soon standing in front of the figure.

"We have a purpose for you." The creature spoke, his voice dark and dangerous and all Loki could do was stare at him. "We are sending you to Earth, in order to rule those mortals. We provide you with this sceptre." The creature handed Loki a sceptre with a glowing blue stone inside it. "As well as our army, but we require that you use the tesseract which was taken from us long ago and hidden away on Earth in order to bring our army to you. Now go!"

As soon as he said it, a portal opened behind Loki, and he as he was about to walk through, his shoulder was grabbed. "If you fail us, we will destroy you." The cold voice promised, before he was released to walk through the portal. He kept his eyes on the floor and when he looked up again, he found himself knelt on a platform inside a round metal room, and as he looked up an evil grin spread across his face as he saw armed men walking towards him, and two other men stood behind what he could see as the tesseract, whilst other individuals were sat at computers, everyone looked at him in both fear and wonder.

"Loki…" Eric Selvig whispered, remembering him as Eris' husband.

"Sir, please put down the spear." A man with dark skin and an eye patch called over.

This just made Loki smirk more and he suddenly shot a beam of energy from the spear, causing the two men by the tesseract to dive for the floor, and Loki quickly took care of the guards that had now proceeded to shoot at him.

"Weak and puny humans." Loki thought to himself, and he suddenly walked to the man that had been beside the dark skinned man. "You have heart." As the man was about to pull out his weapon, Loki put the edge of the sceptre to his chest, over where his heart was, and the man's eyes turned blue. "Please don't." Loki turned around to face the darker skinned man, and he found him trying to walk away with the tesseract. "I've waited too long for this."

"Then I guess you will have to wait a little longer." The man told him as he watched Loki turn his agents into his own personal slaves. "Deal with him." He watched the two agents that were now at his whim deal with the man as he used his mind control on Eric Selvig, and all of them walked away from the darker skinned man and they managed to commandeer a car and then they were away. As they drove outside of the facility, Loki looked up at the night sky since he was the one in the trailer of the truck that they had taken, and he wondered if his wife and brother could see him, and what they were thinking.

"Eris…"

Meanwhile on Asgard, Eris was standing on the balcony that was joined to hers and Loki's room, wearing a red and black dress, and her swords were strapped to her waist. She looked to be daydreaming, but she snapped out of it when she heard one of the twins crying, and she walked inside to see who it was – her daughter.

"Alright Hellem, it's okay, mummy is here." She told her, picking her up and making sure that she was covered in her blanket. "What's the matter sweetheart?" She whispered to her daughter as her daughter slowly calmed own, wanting to feed. "Alright, here you go." She sat on her bed as she made a bottle appear and she fed her daughter just as Thor walked in.

"Hello Eris." He smiled.

Eris looked over at him. "Hello Thor." She put the bottle on the table as she burped her daughter and walked over to him. "Hellem, would you like to have a cuddle with your big uncle Thor?" She smiled when Hellem reached over to Thor excitedly.

Thor smiled and he took his niece into his arms, watching her shade features and blue skin come into play, overall Thor had changed the most, at seeing his niece and nephew he had become a calmer person, someone who wasn't so much intent on war, but intent on keeping the children and Eris safe and providing them with a sort of father figure.

"She is still so tiny." Thor whispered as he held his niece, looking down at her as she went back to her 'normal' form.

"I know, Nathaniel has grown slightly, but she has remained small. Hopefully it isn't anything serious."

"Try not to fret Eris, after you're not exactly tall." Thor reminded her, looking down at his small sister-in-law.

"That's true." She walked to Nathaniel's crib and picked him up into her arms just as the doors opened and two guards walked in.

Eris and Thor both looked from the children to the guards, then back to the children, before Thor spoke.

"What do you want?"

"My Lord, my Lady, the King demands your presence immediately, a maid is here to look after the children." The guard gestured to the woman beside him, and this made Eris tense.

"No, tell Odin, that Thor and I will join him when my own maid is here." Eris told him, and the guard simply nodded before he and the woman left.

"What was the matter with her?"

"Her soul is too dark, something tragic would have befallen the children if she looked after them." Eris told them, her maternal instincts making her abilities better when they were questioning her children's safety.

"Do I need to summon my powers to deal with her?" Thor asked her playfully.

"Give me a few more hours to decide." Eris told him as the same aging woman, who had healed Eris when she became unconscious from her trip to Jotenheim, walked into the room. "Cerebella, could youplease look aftermy children whilst myself and Thor go and see the Allfather?"

"Of course your majesty." The woman bowed and wen the children were put into the cribs by Eris and Thor, she walked over whilst the two gods left.

As they walked towards the Great Hall, where they presumed the Allfather was, they bowed their heads to those who walked past and either curtsied or bowed to them. As they got to the doors that led into the Great Hall, they looked at each other.

"Do you think it has something to do with Loki?" Thor asked her.

"I'm not sure…"

"Eris, you both know something and are hiding it, or you really have no idea. Tell me." Thor told her.

"Just drop it Thor." She pushed open the doors and walked into the room with Thor following her, and she moved to bow in front of Frigga and Odin as well as the council that Odin had gathered. "My Lord Odin, my lady Frigga."

"Mother, Father." Thor murmured as he stopped beside Eris and bowed.

"Good afternoon Eris, good afternoon Thor." Frigga smiled, before she walked down to them and pulled them both into a hug. "How are the children?"

"They are well my Queen, Nathaniel grows each day, but Hellem is still small."

"As are you." Frigga smiled, which made Thor smirk.

"Short and fast Thor, remember that." Eris told him, a promise hanging on her words.

"Leave us!" Odin suddenly ordered hi council, causing Eris, Thor and Frigga to look at him in surprise. "This is a family matter."

"Father, is it about Loki?" Thor asked when the council had left.

Odin and Frigga looked at each other, and they sighed, nodding. "Yes Thor, it is." Odin told him. "Your brother is hiding on Earth, though Eris already knew that."

Eris looked at the look that she was given by Thor and Frigga. "I have been hearing him call my name for the past few days, he sounds scared and like he needs help. I've tried to find him and bring him home, but he is stubborn, he now won't answer me."

"Then what do you suggest that we do Father?" Thor asked him.

"I suggest you and Eris go to Earth, try and find him, and try an convince him to come back to Asgard and stand trial for his crimes. However, if he doesn't come back willingly, then I want you both to drag him up here by whatever means necessary."

Eris nodded, but Thor was quick to try and stop it.

"But Father, the twins need their mother, Eris can't leave them here without her."

"Thor, they will be fine, my maid will remain here, if Odin agrees and she will be able to look after them for a while, and if there is a real emergency, then I will come back and deal with it as soon as I find out about it." Eris told him.

"Are you sure that you are okay with this Eris?" Frigga asked.

Eris nodded. "I am."

"Her maid will stay in your room with the twins, keeping an eye on them and I and Frigga will be a constant as will the Warriors Three and Lady Sif, I assume since they are all developing extraordinary bonds with the children." Odin told them, intent on keeping his grandchildren safe.

Eventually Thor gave in and he nodded, before he and Eris bowed and left, going to their rooms to change into their proper armour.

When they were both ready, Eris wearing her full armour and swords, Thor in his iconic armour with Mjolnir strapped to his belt, they met up again by the training area where the Warriors Three and Lady Sif were practising.

"Almost faster than a shade Lady Sif, almost." Eris smiled, causing them to all turn and look at them.

"Are you two going to be joining us?" Volstagg asked.

"Unfortunately not my friend." Thor told him. "Father has sent us on a quest and immense proportions."

"Excellent then, let us get our things." Fandral told them, putting his sword back in its holster.

"Not you guys, just me and Thor." Eris told them.

"But Eris, what about the children?" Lady Sif asked, her voice layered with concern as she walked over to them.

"The children will be fine, but if possible could you all try and keep an eye on them until we come back?" Eris asked.

"Of course, it would be an honour to spend quality time with the royal children." Hogun told them, and he actually seemed to smile at the thought.

"Thank you, all of you." She looked at Thor. "We had best hurry up and go, before your father sends us to Midgard himself."

Thor nodded, and after bowing to the warriors, they both went to their horses and rode off towards the Bifrost.

"We are coming Loki, we will be there soon." Eris though, directing it to Loki and she felt a familiar presence in her mind that caused her to smile.