Thor watched Malekith's ship devolve into the murky green sky breathing hard, this wasn't over yet. Thor turned his head to see Jane beside Loki, her small hand on his back as he was on his knees holding his leg with a pained expression. Thor face turned grim as he swore vengeance on Amora when Loki was healthy once more and they had destroyed Malekith. He ran over to his brother, his heart dropping as he realized how pale he had become, his skin was struggling to try to hide Loki's true Frost Giant form. It saddened Thor, he wishes his brother would simply be himself without the use of glamor.
"How is he?" Thor asked helping Loki lay down on the ground, trying not to worsen the pain as Loki let out ragged breaths. Jane bit her lip hard trying her best not to tear up as she gently put her hand near Loki's wound and he winced but didn't tell her to move it.
"Bad, that bitch stabbed him." Jane said her tone laced in venom as she tried to calm Loki down, his body starting to go into shock. She put her hand on his cheek as he shook slightly, his pale eyes flickering to the both of them. Thor clenched his jaw, not saying a word but knowing he has to think fast. He slides his hand under Loki's torso and the other under his legs lifting him up causing Loki to groan in pain.
"Sorry, little brother." Thor said giving Loki a small smile, Loki did his best to smile back. Jane watched the brotherly scene and smiled a bit herself.
"We have to return back to Asgard, then you and I can go find Malekith." Thor said looking at Jane as the wind started to pick up. Jane nodded in agreement and squinted her eyes, then she looked out to the distance where a huge tornado storm was forming.
Thor did his best to shield Loki and his opened wound from the harsh winds, Jane shielded herself under Thor's brilliant red cape as they made they're way up the black sand and finally to a cave. Jane came out from under Thor's cape to look around only to find strangely a whole bunch of shoes and key's with other trinkets. Must be a earth wormhole close. She thought, Jane sat on a rock with a deep sigh and watched Thor carefully sit Loki down and quietly apologized whenever Loki winced.
"I'm going to go see if I can find any wormholes that lead to Asgard, I'll return shortly." Thor said going over and cupping Jane's cheek, placing a soft kiss on her head. Jane nodded and watched Thor walk out of the cave, raising his hand up against the wind. Jane got off the rock and went over to Loki whose skin was fully blue, not having enough energy to keep his skin its usual pale color.
Jane's never seen Loki's Frost Giant form, it was cool and terrifying all at the same time. He had strange otherworldly markings on his forehead, and from what Jane could see, his eyes were a brilliant demon-like crimson.
"Do you always stare so intently?" Loki breathed out, his breathing getting slower and slower. Jane shook her head.
"It's just so fascinating, that's all." Jane said, reaching out to touch him but Loki leaned away, his expression sad.
"Please don't, I'll burn you."
Jane frowned but nodded her hand going back down to her side, her gaze went down to Loki's leg wound, it oozing red. It almost makes Jane wish the blood had been black instead. But dreaming is over, it's time to come to reality, no matter how strange. They look at each other for a moment before Loki speaks quietly. "The color blue suits you."
Jane digs in her jacket pocket in hopes to find a rag to tie around Loki's leg to stop the bleeding. Thankfully she finds one, she's forgotten where exactly she gotten the rag from. Jane wrings out the rag and kneels down.
"Can you lift your leg up?" Jane asks looking up at Loki who nods slightly and lifts his leg a bit, holding his breath at the burning pain that comes with it. It's enough for Jane though.
Jane wraps the rag over Loki's wound and ties it securely at the bottom, she leans away inspecting her handiwork and smiles alittle satisfied.
"Volia, nurse Jane saves the day."
Loki laughs slightly keeping his eyes on hers raising his eyebrows alittle.
"My hero." He retorts in a soft sarcastic tone, but Jane knows he's still grateful. Just then Thor comes strolling back in with a smile.
"I've found a wormhole but we must hurry, Savartlfhiems storms are horrendous." Thor said carefully picking up Loki once more and his gaze drops to the tie around Loki's wound, then he looks at Jane impressed as they make theire way out of the cave. Jane smiles proud of herself at his expression.
"You tied this?"
"Yup, I went to summer camp when I was little and I had to tie a lot of things, even other people's shoelaces together." Jane said with a laugh shaking her head. Thor chuckles casting Jane a loving look before going into another small cave and the wormhole swallowed them up.
Thor lays Loki down on the healing table while the healers busy around getting potions and stitches and other medical and magic supplies together. Jane remembers being here all too clearly, seeing the red demon itself slither comfortably around in Jane's body, eating away at her life-force. Thor puts a hand on Loki's head comfortingly with a grim expression.
"Just hang in, brother, soon you'll be healthy and out causing Mischief in no time." Thor chuckled a bit and Loki smiled and empty smile, his eyes glancing at Jane then back at Thor, his breathing laboring.
"Trust me, I'll surely be around once more. Now go and stop Malekith once and for all, for mother." Loki said, his pale eyes ablaze at the mention of Frigga. Thor nodded once in determination.
"For mother, come, Jane." Thor turned on his heel and walked out the door and turning slightly to see Jane's mouth moving as she whispered something to Loki who smiled lightly with a slight head nod. Then Jane turned her back on him to go to Thor. Thor looked at his brother questionably but followed Jane, holding her hand all the way as they traveled to Midgard.
Loki watched the god and the mortal walk out of the healing room and back to face Malekith, he pondered Jane's words on her way out:
"Do me, Thor, and Frigga a favor...stay alive. Please."
Loki smiled at her little plea, of course he was going to stay alive. Him and Miss Foster had un-finished business after all. That was the only thought Loki had before he fell into a sea of unconsciousness.
When he awoke he was in his chambers. Loki had forgotten what it had looked like. Since he was unable to go into his own room while being escorted down to his cell. Books were strewn everywhere on his rug, papers that had old spells written on them, and scrolls with different colors from the realms he's traveled to.
It didn't look too bad from a year of abandonment, except for collecting dust he saw on his bookshelf. Loki also noticed the fireplace was on as well, casting a warm glow in the room and on Loki himself, no wonder he slept for so long. Loki looked down at himself to see he was in his sleeping-wear as well. Who had dressed him? He shook his head and pushed his green covers off his body and swung his legs over standing up preparing to go out into the hall when suddenly Jane opened the door and came into his room and looked up startled. She looked down wrapping a cozy-looking shawl around herself.
"I'm sorry, I thought you were asleep." Jane said apologetically looking back up at Loki who stared at her in shock, then he closed the space against them and wrapped his arms around her tightly to his chest. Jane made an 'oof!' sound and laughed wrapping her arms around his torso, closing her eyes.
"Thank the god's you're safe." Loki said into her hair earnestly, his eyes closed as well, Loki had a slight tinge of doubt a human like Jane wouldn't stand a chance against an army of Dark elves, even with an all-powerful god like Thor. Jane's smile widened and her laugh intensified when she felt Loki pick her up off the ground, she felt Loki laugh as well. He set her back down on the ground and pulled away a bit to see her face. Part of him making sure they're weren't any scratches, and the other part just wanting to look at her. Jane looked back, biting her lip to keep from smiling but the attempts were futile.
"Is he dead?"
Loki asked softly, guiding her over to his bed where she sat down comfortably. Jane nodded with a huge smile and Loki exhaled a huge breath he didn't know he was holding in relief. Loki furrowed his eyebrows curiously.
"How did you kill him?"
Jane dived into the story on how she and Erik and Darcy came up with a plan with tri-pods. Jane explained what a tri-pod was and continued her story, laughing at a part where she accidentally made Darcy and her intern (now boyfriend) Ian disappear. Loki's lips tugged into a smile at that part that Jane enjoyed so much.
"But Thor was the hero in all this, I just supplied the weapons." Jane shrugged and Loki gave her a 'really?' look.
"Oh Jane, you're just as much as a hero as Thor is, you're...What do you Midgardians call it.." Loki thought about the word so hard that it made Jane giggle softly at his thinking face causing Loki to smile. "One of a kind."
Jane bit her lip and glanced down when she heard Loki take a deep breath.
"Forgive me, Jane. I was foolish to mess with your head like that and I apologize, but i still do what I want." Loki added with a smirk causing Jane to roll her eyes playfully.
"I like the fact that you do."
Loki's sly smirk widened and he quickly remembered his brother, making his smirk drop into a frown. Jane furrowed her eyebrows into worry at the sudden mood change. She put her small delicate soft on his unexpectantly. Before Jane could ask what was wrong, Loki spoke with a slight hint of jealously in his tone.
"What of my brother, Thor? Aren't you his mortal?"
Jane froze at that. The flood of memories coming at her, his disappearance for two years, the memory of her crying while eating Ben & Jerry's while Darcy rubs her arm to keep her from getting tears in the ice-cream. Her nights when she would sit by her window and look up into the night sky, wishing he would magically appear like he said he would. The-what seemed like endless nights when she would gather up Erik and Darcy whenever her tracking device had the strange readings when Thor came down the first time, but she would always find nothing but the twinkling stars mocking her right back, and Darcy complaining how cold it had gotten.
Jane didn't know if she was 'Thor's mortal'. any more if she were to tell the truth. She still loved Thor, yes. He'd shown her a whole new extraordinary world to explore and know about, he had told her about the nine realms and smiled whenever she talked, much like Loki.
Thor was more than a god in her eyes, atleast she thought he was, but then, they were so different. In more ways than one, and didn't have much in common. Thor will always be a god first and a warrior. He has responsibilities to his world and Jane was just, Jane Foster. A human, an astrophysicist. She didn't belong here.
"No, not anymore. I told him that we should be just be friends." Jane said, looking down wrapping her shawl tighter around herself. Loki keeps his gaze on Jane, actually surprised. Jane's full of surprises it seems.
"Why?" Loki asks quietly, leaning in closer a bit. Jane notices and looks up, glancing at his lips for a split second then at his curious. Jane smiles softly, and whispers lacing her fingers with Loki's.
"Maybe I've already found my god."
Loki's lips part in surprise, then he gently holds her small chin up and closes his eyes pressing his lips on hers. Jane responds by resting her hand on his chest, feeling his heart-beat. Loki breaks the kiss for a moment whispering.
"And I've found my mortal."