Chapter Three

Loki sat on his the throne contemplating his next move. He had decided that he wanted the frost giants to come and kill his father as he lay in his Odin sleep. But now he began to second guess his choice. There was something about this girl Ellie that had him thinking about his options.

As the decisions weighed heavily on his shoulders Sif, Fandral, Hogun and Volstagg entered the throne room.

"My lord, we beg of you to release Thor from his banishment."

Loki contemplated their request after he sent Thor's friends away. Ellie was beginning to make him soft. She was making him weak. How could he want to forgive his brother now? Loki warred with himself and before he realized it he found himself on earth searching out the girl. Again.

Thor waited outside of Jane's trailer in the morning. He wanted to apologize to her for getting upset with her the night before because they had disagreed about Ellie's handling of her father. He could not understand how Jane could feel that way about this man when she had showed him so many other times how the little things he said and did were disrespectful to others.

Jane stepped out of her trailer and smiled at Thor. He felt she must not be too mad at him for their disagreement. But then Thor felt anger rise when Ellie stepped out of the trailer. She attempted to keep her face lowered but there was no way to hide the bruising on the left side of her face.

"Ellie this is Thor." Jane said to finally make the introductions.

Ellie tried to keep her face turned slightly away as she reached out to shake his hand. Thor gently took her hand in his own and bowed over it and placed a gentle kiss on her knuckles. A slight blushing of red tinted the side of Ellie's face that Thor could see.

"It's a pleasure to meet you." Ellie said with a slight smile on her face before she winced from the pain.

"The pleasure is all mine, I assure you." Thor replied. "Did your father do that to you?"

Ellie immediately tensed and shifted where she stood. "Um. Yes. It's okay. I'm fine.

"That is certainly not alright. A man should never lay a hand on a woman in anger." Thor said with all sincerity.

Ellie turned red and began to cry. Thor was still holding her hand and he pulled her into his arms to give her a hug. She wrapped her arms around his waist and cried. Jane stepped up and began to rub Ellie's back.

"Let's go in and I'll make us some breakfast and we can talk some more." Jane said.

Thor guided Ellie into the lab and held Jane's hand.

"Please accept my apologies for last night. I should not have jumped to a conclusion until I knew all of the facts."

"Let's not worry about that now." Jane replied. "Let's take care of Ellie first."

….

The jealousy and rage that Loki felt at that moment was unfathomable even to him. He had never felt these emotions to that level before. What was this tiny human doing to him? But Thor was holding Ellie in his arms! How could he have even thought about letting his brother come back to Asgard. Loki had even thought about telling Thor the truth that their father was still alive, only in the Odin sleep. But now his plan had changed. Now Thor must die.

Loki went to the Odenheim to finalize his plans. After this, no one would challenge his rightful place in Asgard. By getting rid of Thor, he would be the next in line for the throne.

….

After Ellie had breakfast with Jane and Thor, she headed back to the trailer to lie down again. Her head was killing her and she needed to put some more ice on her eye. She wrapped the ice in a towel and crawled back into the little bed in the back of the trailer. When she closed her eyes the face of the man that saved her the night before flashed into her mind. Who was he? She had seen him twice now. The first time he was rude to her and then the next time he came to her rescue. And after it all she still didn't even know his name.

Ellie remembered when he held her arm and gently pulled her behind him. She felt the tingle all over again where his hand had touched her. What would it be like if he…

"No!" she said and opened her eyes to get rid of the vision of him. She must not think about him.

Ellie would never see him again. She was getting out of this town. Jane said she would help her find a place to stay at school so she would not have to come home anymore. Bill was no longer going to be a part of her life. Ellie was going to move on, get her college education and make something of her life so she would never struggle like her parents did.

Finally feeling tired enough to sleep; Ellie closed her eyes hoping not to see the vision of her gorgeous rescuer again.

…..

Loki could not help himself; he had to see her one more time. After the events planned for this day, he did not know if he would ever see her lovely face again. Once he found Ellie alone in the trailer he used his magic to transport himself inside so no one would see him. As he walked into the bedroom, he found her curled up on her left side with a wet towel clutched to her face. Ellie looked so beautiful. So peaceful. Loki wondered why he could never feel that way. For those few moments when he walked her home the night before he had a glimpse of what peace might feel like. He had wondered what it might have felt like to walk with her hand in his. What it would have been like if she could be his. The other half of his soul. Was she? No. Ellie couldn't be. She was too good for him. Loki had spent most of his life being bitter. Towards his brother, towards Thor's friends and sometimes even towards his parents. Even though now he knew they were not his real family. But he still loved them as if they were.

Ellie would never be his. This would be the last time he would see her. So Loki wanted to remember this moment forever. He slowly reached down to caress the side of Ellie's face. Her skin was so warm and soft. He closed his eyes for a moment and thought about how he could change his plans and keep Ellie forever.

Ellie moaned softly and turned her face into Loki's hand. When he opened his eyes to look at her he nearly roared in anger. The whole left side of Ellie's face was bruised and her eye was swollen. Who could have done this to her? He knew Thor would never hurt a woman. Then who? Rage filled Loki as he realized that Cody must have come back and found her. Cody must have taken revenge on Ellie for what happened the night before. She must have then gone to Thor for comfort. This enraged Loki even more. Now there would be two men who would find their end in his plan.

Ellie dreamt that her rescuer came to her in the trailer. She felt his hand on her face and she turned into it to feel the warmth and the shivers that it sent down her spine. When she slowly opened her eyes his face came into focus. He had this haunted look. Ellie tried to smile, but the left side of her face twinged in pain.

Loki winced when he saw the effort it took for her to try to smile at him. His heart warmed that she was happy to see him but the anger inside was overpowering. Ellie opened her mouth to say something but Loki put his fingers gently to her lips to silence her. He leaned down and lightly placed a kiss upon her lips. Ellie closed her eyes and enjoyed the feel of his lips on hers and her whole body tingled.

The kiss lingered for a moment and then Loki pulled away.

"Sleep." He whispered.

Ellie's eyes remained closed and Loki used his magic to leave the same way he had come in. He had not wanted to leave her and he certainly had not wanted to end the kiss. Just the brief touch of their lips set him on fire. Never had a woman made him feel that way. Loki took one last look at the trailer and then disappeared.

A short time later Ellie opened her eyes to the empty trailer thinking what happened was only a dream. Moments later Ellie heard yelling and people running. She threw herself out of bed and ran outside. Jane and Thor ran up to her.

"You need to get your things and get into the back of Mr. Jameson's truck right now!" Jane practically yelled.

"Why? What's going on?" Ellie asked startled by the command.

"Don't ask now. I will have to explain another time." Jane replied.

Ellie then looked past Jane and saw Thor talking to some very oddly dressed people.

"Who are they?"

"Please Ellie, just get your things and get into the truck!"

Ellie stepped back into the trailer and grabbed her bags from under the table and went back outside. Thor took her bags and threw them into the bed of the truck and then grabbed her by the waist and lifted her in as well.

Thor hit the door of the truck and yelled "Go!"

As the truck sped down the street Ellie saw the strangely dressed people walking in the other direction towards a large….robot?! Then things started to explode.

Loki saw that Ellie was in the back of the truck speeding out of town and knew he could now unleash the Destroyer on his brother and the town where Ellie's attacker lived. He sat down on his throne to watch what would happen. What he should have expected was that Sif, Fandral, Hogun and Volstagg would have gone against him and left for earth to bring Thor back to Asgard.

Loki watched as the Destroyer ripped through the town. He saw that Cody had escaped so now his main goal was Thor. His friends fought hard for him since he no longer possessed his power. The fear was evident on Jane's face as she watched the destruction around her.

Thor's friends fought with all they had, but Thor knew they would not survive if they kept going.

"You must return to Asgard. You have to stop Loki." Thor said to his friends.

"What about you?" Fandral asked.

"Don't worry my friends, I have a plan." Thor said with a smile.

"We need to fall back." Fandral said as he gathered everyone together and led them away.

"Wait! What's he doing?" Jane asked as she saw Thor walking towards the Destroyer.

"Brother, whatever I have done to wrong you. Whatever I have done to lead you to do this, I am truly sorry." Thor said knowing that Loki would hear him. "But these people are innocent. Taking their lives will gain you nothing. So take mine and end this."

Loki thought of Ellie. He could picture her face and see the smile when he had touched her cheek. He thought of what it would be like to have her by his side. His determination began to dwindle. Loki commanded the Destroyer to return but then wondered how Ellie could ever want a man like him and remembered how she had gone to Thor for comfort.

The Destroyer took a smashing swing at Thor and sent his body flying.

"No!" Jane screamed and ran towards Thor as his body landed in a heap. She knelt down next to him and cradled his face in her hands.

"It's over." Thor whispered.

"It's not over." Jane replied.

"No. I mean you're safe."

"Yes. Yes we're safe."

Loki watched as Thor smiled up at Jane and closed his eyes for the last time.

Knowing now that his brother was dealt with, Loki went to the bifrost to proceed with the next part of his plan. Heimdall knew what had happened and tried to stop Loki from making a huge mistake. Loki froze Heimdall in ice to keep him from alerting Asgard that he had let in King Laufey and some of his frost giants. The giants thought they were going to kill Odin while he slept but Loki had other plans.

(You know what happens next. I will get nothing else written if I keep narrating the movie so I will go back and put this in at a later date. So please move on. This next part will now take place months after Loki fell.)