"What I could do with the power that flows through her veins," whispered Loki, staring at Jane, but moving his gaze towards Elise.
"It would consume you," warned Thor, and Elise wasn't sure who he was talking about. She looked at her own hands for a moment. After all, the power that flowed through her veins could probably be just as dangerous in the wrong hands. She didn't know half of what she could do, and that was why she trained. Because she didn't want to one day find out by hurting someone she loved.
"She's holding up alright. For now," replied Loki, staring directly into Elise's eyes.
"She's strong in ways you'd never know," whispered Thor, his eyes falling on Jane. Elise saw a genuine concern. He loved Jane with all his heart, and did not want to lose her. Not today, but also not ever. This was no longer a conversation she wanted to hear and she moved away from them.
"Say goodbye," mocked Loki, but she knew he was no longer speaking to Thor. How did he do that? How did he get so beneath her surface, know exactly how to irritate her? He was every bit the Trickster.
"Not this day," he whispered back, caressing her cheek.
"This day, the next, a hundred years, it's nothing. It's a heartbeat. You'll never be ready. The only woman whose love you prized will be snatched from you," he hissed. Elise clenched her fist, a small dust cloud picking up around her.
"And will that satisfy you?" asked Thor, turning to face his brother.
"Satisfaction is not in my nature," responded Loki with a grin.
"Surrender is not in mine," yelled Thor back.
"The son of Odin…." Started Loki.
"No. not just of Odin," he whispered, standing from Jane's side and moving across to Loki. "You think you alone were loved of Mother? You had her tricks, but I had her trust," he gloated.
"Trust?" mocked Loki. "Was that her last expression? Trust? When you let her die?" he yelled at Thor.
"What help were you in your cell?" Thor responded, the volume in this conversation going up with each sentence. Elise knew soon she would have to step in, before it got even worse.
"Who put me there?" whispered Loki. "Who put me there!" he yelled, Thor leaping across to him and shoving him backwards.
"You know damn well. You know damn well who!" yelled Thor, raising his fist once more. Elise prepared to break the fight up, but they both stopped. Thor inched away.
"She wouldn't want us to fight," whispered Thor, and Elise relaxed. Loki just smiled.
"Well she wouldn't exactly be shocked," he replied and they both laughed slightly.
"I wish I could trust you," whispered Thor. He longed for the brother he had previously had.
"Trust my rage," he whispered back. Elise looked over Jane, making sure she was alright as the brothers discussed the plan. Loki was being surprisingly co-operative, and that had her worried. He must have an end game that would mean victory for him. It was the only way that Loki would work with them, with Thor. The plan was risky, so many variables, and Loki was the most questionable one of all. But for now Elise had her role, remain back with Jane, help protect and support her. Elise could feel the dark energy in her, feel it almost stinging against her own skin. They moved off the ship, onto the top of the jagged hill, Loki smiling. The two brothers edged towards the cliff end.
"You know this plan of yours isn't going to work?" said Loki, and both Elise and Thor laughed. Loki held out his hands, asking for the handcuffs to be removed. Thor hesitated.
"You still don't trust me brother," scolded Loki. Elise stood from Jane's side, and walked across, holding her dagger from Thor tight.
"Loki, in case I did not make it clear before this, I will do so now," she muttered, looking him in the eye. "You betray us, I'll kill you. You try a move on me, I'll kill you," she said, and Loki could swear red flashed through her eyes. Elise Carter was a woman to fear, and it made Loki smile.
"You two really should trust me more," said Loki.
"Would you?" asked Thor. Elise reached down to the handcuffs and undid them.
"No I wouldn't" he smirked back. Now the fun began. Loki pulled out his dagger and stabbed the blade hard into Thor's chest.
"Thor! No…" yelled Jane playing every part the concerned partner, as Loki gripped ahold of Elise and threw her down the hill. She guessed that would be one of his favorite parts of this plot. Because logically, he had to get rid of her, she was a potential enemy, and they couldn't risk Malekith calling them out on anything.
"You really think I cared about Frigga about any of you? All I ever wanted was you and Odin dead at my feet!" yelled Loki, slicing Thor's hand off before his hammer could return to his hand. It was a clever illusion to raise around him, not too hard to focus on keeping up but solved the issue of Thor as a threat. Loki then placed the handcuffs around Elise's hands, and shoved her to the ground once more.
"I'll kill you, you bastard," she yelled, making sure Malekith could hear. It sure was believable. He laughed and seized Jane by the neck.
"Malekith! I am Loki of Jotunheim and I bring you a gift," he yelled, throwing Jane to the feet of Malekith and the dark elves, who smiled. "I ask only one thing in return. A good seat from which to watch Asgard burn!" he grinned, gripping Elise by an arm, raising her to stand beside him. They listened as Malekith spoke in his own tongue to his soldiers, before turning to face them once more.
"And her?" he asked, pointing to Elise. She could feel her stomach churning, dark energy all in the air around. He was worse than Loki, more dangerous too. He fought for not only his beliefs but for the survival of his race and people, who were already so diminished.
"Mine," snarled Loki, making it clear she was his prize. Malekith laughed and moved across to Thor.
"Look at me," said Malekith, kicking Thor over. He raised Jane into the air, pulling the Aether from within her. She fell to the ground.
"Loki now!" yelled Thor, as Loki dropped the vision. Thor seized his hammer, and struck at the ether, Loki diving to protect both Elise and Jane by covering them. He undid her cuffs quickly. There was silence in the dust cloud, but the ether soon started to rise from the ground, making its way into Malekith once more. He moved towards the ship, as dark elves started to race after Thor. One threw a grenade, almost sucking Loki in, who at the last minute was saved by Thor. He tried to stop the ship, but the Kursed warrior returned to fight them off. Elise watched as Loki killed off the remaining dark elves, and she realized that he had never needed an army to take earth, he could have easily done it alone. He liked to have servants, slaves, an army, because it made him feel powerful, made him feel like the king he so desired to be.
"Stay with Jane!" yelled Loki to her, before racing across to Thor. He pushed a sword through the chest of the Kursed, before the blade was plunged back into Loki's chest. He gasped, as he was thrown back onto the ground.
"See you in hell monster," he spluttered, as the grenade he had planted went off, sucking the Kursed into oblivion. Thor knelt down by Loki's side, tears on his cheeks.
"No, no, no. Ah you fool you didn't listen," he whispered, gripping Loki's hand. He still cared for his brother, still worried about him, and would mourn him.
"I'm a fool, I know, I'm a fool," murmured Loki, gasping as the pain increased, blood flowing from his wound. Elise stood in shock, unsure of what had just happened.
"Ah stay with me," whispered Thor, gripping Loki's hand tighter, not wanting to let him go. At the end of the day he was still his brother.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," continued Loki, glancing across to Elise, trying to make his final amends.
"It's alright. I'll tell father what you did here today," swore Thor. Loki had died trying to defend Asgard. He had tried to correct his mistakes.
"I didn't do it for him," whispered Loki, as he closed his eyes. Elise raced across, and fell down beside him. She may have hated Loki but that was not how he deserved to die. A strong storm began to brew around the, Thor's emotions going haywire.
"We must leave him," Elise murmured. She looked at the body of the Asgardian who had made her life hell, who had played her, played her lineage, and sort her as a conquest at the end of a war. Yet she still felt sad, felt bad over his death. Because he lay dead defending the love of his brother, defending the home which had jailed him. Thor nodded, and stood from his brother's side. Elise lingered a moment, gripping the blade from Thor tight in her hand, even dead, Loki made her nervous. She stepped away, moving to follow Thor and Jane who had started to walk off. Now the only issue left was getting home. Sure Malekith was a problem, but Elise trusted Thor to deal with it. She needed to get home, get back to Steve.
"He's gonna unleash it. Not just on Asgard or on a star. Malekith is going to destroy everything," rushed Jane. Elise looked at her. She was, almost lighter. The darkness that had been tracking through her system was gone.
"How? Jane, how?" asked Thor.
"What did you see?" I asked Jane. "When Malekith removed the Aether from you, I could see it in your eyes. What did you see?" I repeated.
"I saw him on Earth. Why would he go to Earth?" asked Jane, Elise shrugged.
"The Convergence," added Thor, leaving me just as confused as before.
"God. None of this would have happened if I hadn't found the Aether," whispered Jane.
"Then Malekith would've only possessed it that much sooner," Thor quickly responded gripping her hand. He felt the need to comfort her, make her feel almost better. It was something Steve did for Elise. And it made her miss him all the more.
"I only found it because I was looking for you," whispered Jane, and once again Elsie found herself feeling like the third wheel. These two had some issues they needed to work out, and her being there meant they were not getting the chance to be alone.
"Jane…." Thor whispered, and Elise was made even more uncomfortable.
"Now we're trapped here," Jane responded. All three of them went silent as a ringtone.
"It's not me," said Thor, looking around. Elise raised her hands in innocence.
"Definitely not me. I can't do that," she said, lowering her hands. Jane picked up her phone with confused looks on everyone faces.
"Hello?" she asked. Elise started to wonder around, and found a cave. She could feel something was off inside.
"Over here!" she yelled out to the others. She reached for a pair of car keys. "What?" she whispered, leaning towards the source. Before Thor could get a grip on her, she found herself falling through.
Before she could force herself to breathe again she was falling through the sky, but back on Earth. "What the hell?!" she screamed, bracing for impact as she hurriedly tried to slow her fall before the ground. It must have worked, as she did not splatter all across the grass. People turned to look at her quickly. "Where am I?" she quickly yelled. People looked nervously around. She was still in her Asgardian armor, and had just fallen from the sky. Fair enough.
"Washington D.C," one piped up, and Elise couldn't help her small smile.
"Does someone have a phone I can borrow?" she asked, once more receiving nervous glares. "Hurry up!" she yelled. One of the people in the crowd nervously tossed her an I-Phone. She caught it, walking across to them. "Passcode please," she said holding it out to them. "Thank you," she added.
"No problem?" they murmured.
"Pick up, pick up," she whispered into the phone.
"Hello?" asked Jane.
"Where are you?" asked Elise.
"Elise is that you?" she replied.
"Yes, it is safe to come through," Elsie added, wondering what the rate was to call another system.
"We did, looks like you may have ended up somewhere other than here," said Jane, and Elise looked around.
"Maybe the portal, or whatever that was, reacted differently to me," she whispered.
"Thor says it may not be a bad idea. He saw the way Malekith looked at you. Some distance may be the best thing for this. We will call you when we know more," said Jane, the phone crackling slightly.
"I'll call you later," Elise quickly said.
"Okay," replied Jane before the phone cut out. The person who had kindly lent her their phone held out their hand.
"One more call to make," she promised. "I'll compensate you for it," she added and they sighed. By now most of the crowd who had originally surrounded her had dissipated. After all, she had not exactly done much other than fall from the sky and wear a strange outfit. That wasn't enough to keep the attention span of these people.
"Hurry up," they quickly responded.
"Steve?" said Elise into the phone. "I need a lift….."
So this finishes the story for Thor: The Dark World. I rewrote the ending so many times, and I'm still not too happy with how it ended. Next is Captain America: The Winter Soldier which I have basically mapped out. Thank you to everyone who has stuck with this, and I'm sorry it took me so long to update. I may also include Agents of SHIELD later on, as it may fit nicely in. Thank you again!