11. Poison whispers and friendly talks
Ok guys first thing's first, Loki and Daya are NOT going to break up. A couple of people left reviews expressing worry at the thought of a Steve/Daya romance. Let me assure you that although Steve may have a crush on Daya, she is in no way going to betray Loki. However Steve is important to the story, and is currently Daya's only friend there for her right now if you think about it. With Loki's known mischievous and unpredictable ways we obviously knew that there was going to be trouble mixed in with his and Daya's relationship. FEAR NOT their love is strong, and Loki is in this chapter by the way :D I own nothing but Daya, enjoy readers.
"I'm sorry about your husband Daya. I am sure he will find a way of getting back to you though" Steve told Daya as she still sat on the floor, still hurt from the news Fury had given her, and over the fact this glass room had become her new home.
"No Steve, you don't understand." Daya frowned, looking up at him. "Loki was in such a state when I lost him to the abyss. I have been telling myself for a while that he is fine and that when I meet him again we will be alright and live how we used to, when really I'm worried. I have no idea where he is, what he's thinking, if he's thinking about me or if he's trying to get back to me as much as I am trying to reach him. It is utterly heart-breaking."
Steve scratched his head softly, unsure of what to say himself, he had experienced feelings for Peggy, what everyone was saying was a long time ago, but he had never been head over heels in love with someone. He had certainly never been married; he had never even had a real relationship. He had only heard of that kind of love, where people would die for each other in stories, and so he couldn't begin to understand how Daya was feeling.
"I am so sorry Daya. I know I can't even begin to understand what you're going through, and I don't want to pretend that I do, because I know that's patronising. I have an idea, you tell me your story, and I will tell you mine. I'm told it helps, sometimes just talking, and then hearing someone else's problems takes your mind of your own" Steve said.
Daya gave Steve a small smile and crawled to sit closer to him opposite the glass. She told him of her story with Loki, they're love and first meeting and of Thor, the sibling rivalry, and Loki's reign as king. She finally told him of his fall into the abyss and why she had leapt of the side of the rainbow bridge in hopes to find Loki again. Steve listened well and in turn told Daya of his story. Of hydra and Johann Schmidt, and his friendship with Bucky. The serum that had turned him into the super soldier he was. He even told her about Peggy and how he had fallen into the ice, frozen in it for seventy years.
"Your tale surprises me so Steve. I always thought Midgardians had plain mundane lives but yours is extraordinary. You are very brave, and have faced a lot of troubles. Despite that you carry on. Your bravery reminds me of Loki's" Daya told Steve, smiling at the image of her husband.
Steve grimaced, bowing his head so Daya couldn't see. After all Daya had said about Loki, he wasn't entirely happy about being compared to a guy that seemed as unstable and kind if insane as the famed God of mischief. "Well, as great as it's been to hear your story Daya, I need to leave you to rest. Goddess or not, you still fell from a great height, you need your sleep" Steve smiled at Daya as he stood up. She nodded and grinned at Steve.
"Thank you Steve, it was a pleasure to listen to your tale, and thank you for listening to me too. I have to admit, it has helped, to talk about it" she answered him as he left her to sleep.
Loki watched on through a small all-seeing mirror, a rare piece of magic only a handful of great sorcerers owned. The mirror was not his own, it was magic he had been borrowing since his fall, and everything borrowed, has its price at the end.
"You see, I told you she would move on. Your precious wife, the only good thing in your crumbling existence, and there she is, only a few months after your fall and she is already talking with mortals like they are her new soul mates" a voice told Loki from the dark.
"She hasn't moved on. You forget the only reason she is there is because she fell from Asgard in hopes to find me" Loki answered.
The voice laughed deeply, the laugh echoing around, it was eerie beyond belief, and even Loki shuddered in its wake.
"You really think she cares about you now? She has found new things to play with. The soldier seems quite taken with her, perhaps he will help her along with forgetting all about you".
Loki gritted his teeth. "She can't forget about me, I will find her, and I will kill those avengers for even thinking they can keep her locked away. I'll start by ending that captain, as if he could be worthy of my wife, what a ridiculous notion".
The voice snuck up closer behind Loki, making him shudder harder as it spoke once more.
"Perhaps so. You will get your time to exact your revenge upon the avengers, but only if you do everything I say".
Loki frowned, bitter at the new orders that were being demanded of him.
"I am nobody's slave. I am a former king, the rightful king of Asgard. I take no orders" Loki answered the voice.
"Oh you will, pathetic, fallen king. I'm sure you wouldn't want to see your pretty wife hurt in all this, if you love her, you would do anything to protect her, from me. Even from yourself. You will take the chitauri to Midgard, use the tesseract to allow them access to the weak planet. No doubt the avengers will try to get involved as soon as you steal it. Then you will have the perfect opportunity to see your wife again. You will command and army, you will have power, you will once more be the man your wife deserves. A leader, a strong man, a true God. Besides, you have no choice, unless you want me to find your wife myself and end her life. She may be a goddess, but with my power, she would die as easily as a Midgardian child."
Loki allowed a tear to fall from his eye at the thought of Daya being hurt. Perhaps the voice that sounded in his ears was indeed the voice of reason? If he could take her from the avengers, if he could lead an army and hold the power of the tesseract in his hands, he would be worthy of her once more. It would make all his past mistakes seem so irrelevant, Daya would love him unconditionally once more.
"So" the voice said deeply. "Do we have a deal, Loki Laufeyson?"
"Yes, as long as my wife is not to be harmed, we have a deal" Loki answered.
"Good. Now we must gather our forces, soon it will be time."
As Daya began to fall asleep, she felt the presence of Loki, his whispers in her ear, his body shadowing her own. She writhed about under the covers of the small bed she lay on in her cell.
"Daya my beautiful wife, I miss you so. I am coming for you my love, I will find you, and this time, I will be worthy of you" Loki's voice rang in her ears.
"I love you Loki, I will always wait for you" Daya whispered. Between a strange state of dreaming and being awake she felt his warm breath trail down her ear, to her neck. Her skin tingled pleasantly as she imagined him touching her. She could feel him everywhere, imagining his fingers caressing her soft flesh, his lips over hers.
She awoke suddenly and frowned when she did not see her husband by her side, it was a dream, but it had felt so real. Perhaps it really was a sign from Loki that he was searching for her. She reluctantly closed her eyes, hoping to fall back into the dreamlike state where Loki was with her. To her dismay, she dreamt alone, her mind only filling with the memories she already kept of Loki.
When Daya awoke the next morning, she saw a pile of books and magazines next to her bed.
"Good morning miss Daya. I don't think we met properly. I am Bruce Banner, I'm a doctor. Fury thought you could use some entertainment while you're all cooped up here. I just came to check up on you after the fall you had".
Daya turned to see Bruce enter the cell and kneel by her side at the bed. He handed her some water and checked her forehead to see if she felt feverish.
"I am a goddess, I am virtually unbreakable. I will be perfectly fine once I see Loki again" she frowned, gently brushing off Bruce's attempts to check her over.
"Same here, no matter what they try, I can't be stopped" Bruce smiled slightly.
She stared at him, confused by his words. "You are a Midgardian though. Weak beings" she said.
"Normally, yes we are, but I'm, different. That's an easier way of saying it. There's kind of, two sides to me you could say" Bruce told her.
"Everyone has a dark side Mr Banner. What makes us good or bad people are our ability to recognise it and try to overcome it".
"That's the point, with me, I can't control it exactly. It's not an everyday dark side. I literally change into a monster if I get angry" Bruce replied, glancing over at the pile of books near Daya.
"That's what Loki thinks, but I don't think it's true. Perhaps that's because I love him. I can look past his faults, different appearances should never be mistaken as monstrous. Perhaps all you need is somebody to love you doctor?"
Bruce smiled and nodded. "Maybe I do Miss Daya. However, what I've read about your husband hasn't exactly been good stuff. It seems like he's into causing trouble, he actually seems kind of, mean". Bruce's words earned a glare from Daya. "But then, you know him better than us. You are married to him. You must love him an awful lot, to jump from your home planet with no sure way of knowing where you would end up."
Daya stared of into the distance, a sad smile on her lips. "We mean everything to each other, we would go anywhere for one another".
"Evidently not, because he's not here with you. Sorry, Steve told us. Well, no actually we all heard over the intercom" Bruce said.
Daya looked at him confused again.
"Oh sorry, it's a listening, recording device, so we can hear what you're saying when you're in this cell" he answered her.
"Do you human's not do privacy?" she scoffed.
"Sorry Daya, you're just too interesting for us to miss anything you say" Bruce replied, he smiled in hopes to try and earn a positive response from her.
"Not really" she continued. "Just a woman searching for her husband."
"Maybe he doesn't want to be found?"
Daya frowned, she was starting to tire of hearing those words being said to her.
"Don't you think I haven't already thought that? Loki is good, he just, lost his way. I have to be there for him, to show him he isn't alone. He needs to know somebody is there for him, somebody wants him, and loves him. For my own selfish reasons, I cannot live without him either" she said, looking down.
"I guess I understand that Daya. Sorry if I made you feel rough about it, I'll be back to check on you later. If you need anything, just ask" Bruce told her as he stood up to leave.
"Thank you Doctor, I believe I will read something, expand my knowledge on Midgardian culture. Loki was awfully well read, he probably knows all these things already" Daya smiled, picking up a copy of US weekly.
Bruce grinned and went to report back to Fury on Daya's healthy condition.
That afternoon Steve visited the young goddess. "Catching up on your reading?" he asked her as he walked over to the glass.
"Yes, but you humans confuse me so. Your novels are all about undying, everlasting love, like mine and Loki's, but then your magazines about all these people you call celebrities have love that is so far removed from those ideals it makes me sad. They are always divorcing and separating, like marriage means nothing to them. Seventy two days one marriage lasted, seventy two days. Loki and I have held each other for longer than that" Daya frowned.
Steve sincerely hoped her last line was over exaggerated. "Well yeah, I thought the same thing when I first noticed things like that. I guess some people just aren't suited for each other" he shrugged.
"Then why get married? I always thought, when you know you love somebody, nothing can get in your way. You speak vows of eternal love when you get married. If mortals continue to love this way then they should change their vows to until we get bored, or fancy a change. You stay with someone through the hard times when you're married, and you hold on. You don't give up, and you don't let go. You don't stare at the person you love begging you to stay, tell them you love them and then just let go and leave them in the dark alone." Daya grew angrier as she spoke, her voice rising slightly as she continued her rant at Steve.
"We're not talking about the celebrities now are we?" he asked.
"I'm sorry Steve, I know you don't need to get involved with my problems. I just miss him so much" she whispered.
"It's quite alright Daya, I understand. I would miss my wife too, if I had one that is" he smiled at her.
"It's a cruel fate, true love. When you find it, it's the only thing you want to live for and die for, but it can drive you death too, when it gets complicated. Yet still we search for something that can cause us such pain. Goodness, you must think I am insane" she said nervously as she shook her head.
"On a lighter note" she continued. "I skimmed through this book, this twilight book. Steve I am sorry to say, it's very badly written. The characters seem charming and all but the author uses words I am fairly certain do not make any sense in the context they are used in. It isn't a good reflection of human intelligence".
Steve smirked. "I haven't read it, but thanks, now I know which ones to avoid".
"So far I like this one" Daya grinned, picking up a copy of Jane Eyre.
"Yeah, Jane Eyre is a good one. You're a fast reader Daya" Steve smiled.
"Well yes. It was my favourite thing to do before I met Loki" she responded.
"Why did it change?" he asked her, puzzled.
"Well after I met Loki, we found other activities to pass the time with, so I had no time to read anymore. I was always with Loki" she smirked.
Steve blushed, understanding her reference.
"Oh, I'm sorry Steve, I didn't mean to offend you. "
"That's ok. I have been asleep for a while. Society has just changed, I need to get used to people talking about that stuff more. I'll leave you to read some more".
Daya moved closer to the glass. "May I ask a favour?"
He nodded. "Yeah, of course. Anything?"
"In Asgard, after Loki fell. I used to watch the stars every night, to see if Loki could send me a sign. To let me know where he is. If it isn't too much trouble, could I perhaps, watch the stars one evening? Just once, just to check?"
Steve paused. "I'll see what I can do Daya".
She grinned from ear to ear, eager at the idea of finding out where Loki may have been.
So, that was chapter eleven. Hope you guys enjoyed it, Loki will return soon, don't worry. There will be a flashback in the next chapter, so more Loki feels for you guys. Before the twilight fans go mad on me, I thought it would just be a little funny to rip into it a little. I used to love those books, but if I'm honest, on closer inspection, it is badly written. I hope you guys got the Kim Kardashian reference as well, teehee, ah those useless celebrities make me laugh. I wonder who "the voice" that threatened Loki was hmm? :D you guys probably have a clear idea as to who it is already but maybe one day Loki will spill the beans. At least you can see why Loki needs to obey his orders though, he just wants Daya to be safe, cos he's such a good husband deep down. Anyway, thanks again to all of you who have reviewed, favourited or followed my story. I seriously love you guys and am so glad some of you love the story so. I hope I continue to write good material for you. Until next time, enjoy :D