14. Reunited once more
Hello beauties, thank you so much for your reviews and support for this story, to those regular reviewers (you know who you are) big hugs to you all. So here is the chapter you have all been waiting for, the return of our dearest Loki. Woohoo! I will warn you, his return isn't until later on in the chapter and I will still be putting flashbacks in the story. I believe that the flashbacks kind of help explain the dynamics of Loki and Daya's relationship. I own nothing but Daya so without further ado, chapter fourteen.
Daya had developed a routine of having breakfast with Steve in her cell but since Fury said that Daya was allowed out, they had gone to the dining hall on the helicarrier. Steve tucked into a full plate of scrambled eggs and bacon while Daya stuck to a bowl of fruit. She wasn't against the Midgardian food she had tried so far, and had enjoyed the hot dogs her and Steve had eaten down in New York but she still preferred simpler foods.
"So, what if anything was to happen to Loki? Or what if he stopped loving you? Would you ever be able to move on? Asgardians just seems so different with its expectations of love so I was just curious" Steve asked.
Daya threw a grape at him playfully and he giggled. "You don't have to answer it if you don't want" he grinned.
"I will put it down to your curiosity for Asgardian culture, rather than just mine and Loki's relationship. Asgardians believe in legends, and legends say that when two souls really love each other they truly become one. Meaning that if Loki were to die, though near impossible that may be, there is a good chance I would fall into a coma like state. That could last forever, but if Loki really was to cease loving me, I suppose, it is possible for me to move on. I doubt I'd want to but I guess it's possible" Daya frowned. She had never thought about it before, and as her mind dwelled on the matter she filled with despair and tried to remind herself she wasn't going to be without Loki. He would find her soon.
Tony walked in on them having breakfast with something hidden behind his back and sat down next to Steve.
"Hey, I made a little present for you, in honour of your nickname, I thought it might cheer you up cos you always seem a little angst ridden" he said to Steve.
Steve turned to see what Tony was talking about and Stark pulled out from behind his back, a captain America action figure cemented in a lollypop. "There you go Popsicle, enjoy it. I think its lemonade flavour".
Daya couldn't hold back a small laugh but quickly covered her mouth with her hand, feeling ashamed that she had laughed at Steve's expense.
"You think that's funny Stark? Making fun of the accident that led to me leaving behind everything I ever knew?" Steve seemed pretty angry.
"Chill out popsicle, it was just a joke" Stark smirked as Daya took hold of the action figure in ice and began to lick it, trying to break the tension. Steve smiled at her and then turned away suddenly, filling with embarrassment when he realised the sight of Daya licking the ice of him as an action figure was actually a huge turn on.
"You Midgardians do come up with the strangest inventions, like those IPods, why do you need them? Just listen to live music" Daya said as she bit the ice off the doll.
"No, as good as live music is it isn't practical. Please tell me they have real music in Asgard?" Tony asked.
"We have a lot of opera and orchestral music. That's all we need, why?"
Stark lowered his head in his hands and groaned. "No that's all wrong, so have you never heard of the classics? ACDC, Aerosmith, Iron Maiden? What not even some of the chart stuff? Lady gaga?" Tony asked her seriously.
"I met a lady Gadya once in Asgard. I didn't care for her, she was ever so dull" Daya replied.
Tony rolled his eyes. "Well, you and Popsicle are in need of an education, and I, my friends am the expert when it comes to good music".
That morning tony spent with Daya and Steve playing them music. He started by playing "edge of glory" by Lady Gaga, just to warm Daya up to the new and unfamiliar music. Daya couldn't help but tap her fingers to the beat. "She is very talented. This music, it's very different from the music we have in Asgard, but it's not bad".
Tony began to play some Iron maiden and Daya quickly covered her ears as Tony turned it up. Steve signalled Tony to turn it down but Stark ignored them, miming along to the words. "It's very loud, I really am not used to this kind of music." Steve nodded. "I'm not either, hold on, I'll save us both" he said before grabbing the controls off Tony and turning it down.
"Hey, hey never turn down a classic when it's really getting good" Tony frowned.
By Mid-morning Daya had grown attached to the music of Aerosmith and Lana Del Rey in particular. She felt a little emotional at the song "Without you". As the words "I'm nothing without you" sounded, she thought of Loki. Steve noticed her looking rather sullen and pulled her into a slow dance, holding her at arm's length, Daya placed a hand on his shoulder and closed her eyes, listening to the lyrics as she spun around.
"Hello, hello, can you hear me
I can be your china doll,
If you like to see me fall,
Your love is deadly
Tell me life is beautiful, they think I have it all.
I'm nothing, without you. Nothing, without you."
Bruce walked in to see Tony watching on in minor disgust as Steve and Daya danced together.
Tony turned to Bruce. "Banner, I played her all the classics and her favourites are still Lana Del Rey and, well ok Aerosmith which I guess is fair enough. They turned Iron Maiden off for god's sake".
Bruce grinned. "Give her a break Stark, it's her first day listening to our music, she will learn".
Tony shrugged it off. "I guess so. See isn't this more fun than spending time with your Victorian style husband?"
Daya suddenly saw it all as too much and ran off, trying to hide her tears. Steve looked at Tony. "Well done Stark, yet another one of your bad jokes ended badly for someone else. Have you tried keeping your mouth shut for once?" Steve ran off after Daya. She had gone back to her cell and tried to wipe her tears away, but more fell mercilessly down her face.
"Daya, are you ok? Don't worry about Stark, he's an idiot most of the time. It's ok" Steve told her as he entered the cell and sat by her side.
"It's not just that Steve. I feel guilty, guilty all the time. I sometimes feel happy, when I spend time with you and I feel bad for it. I don't know where my own husband is, and then here I am with you, laughing away half the time as if nothing is wrong. I miss him so much, I dream about him every night and have night terrors when I remember I'm not by his side, but I am just acting like nothing is wrong. Why is it all so messed up Steve? Why did it have to go so wrong?"
Steve rubbed her shoulder gently and pondered Daya's questions himself. "I don't know Daya. The world works strangely. You shouldn't feel guilty about occasionally letting yourself have fun. It's been a few months now, and you have had no signs of Loki. You are just adjusting, it's what people do, it's what we do when we move, when we meet people, when we fall in love or experience a loss, and when we can't be with the ones we love. We just, adjust".
Daya frowned and shook her head. "That's the problem Steve, I don't want to adjust, if I can't be with him, I don't want to be anything, I don't want anything, I just want him". Daya moved to wrap her arms around Steve's neck and hugged him tightly.
Bruce walked in. "Sorry about Tony Daya, and sorry about this but Steve, Fury is back, and he needs to talk to us, now. Without Daya there".
Daya pulled away from Steve and signalled to him it was ok for him to leave. She spend the next ten minutes thinking about what her next realistic plan of action for getting to Loki would be until Steve walked back to the cell to see her.
"Daya, I have some news. Loki is here on Midgard. We need to get him, and keep him under control, he has been causing some trouble."
Daya's face lit up at Steve's sentence. "He's here on Midgard? Now? Can I come and get him with you?"
Steve shook his head. "Fury has ordered you stay here, so we have a bargaining chip to use against Loki. We want him to come here as calmly as possible, so we figured he would be more likely to come with us if you are here waiting for him. We need to go to Germany but with one of Starks new high tech planes, we should be back in around twelve hours".
Daya shook with excitement at the thought of there only being twelve hours until she would be in Loki's arms again. She nodded. "Yes of course, you're right. I will wait anxiously for your return" she smiled.
He stepped forward. "Can you promise me something?"
She nodded.
"Just promise me that when Loki arrives, if you guys find a way to go back to Asgard, if everything goes your way, you will remember me. You really are a great friend Daya, I don't want to lose you".
Daya pulled him into a hug. Realising how different he felt to Loki. He was very warm, and his muscles comforted her softly, but not as much as her husband did, and once again the thought of being held by Loki once more made her grin with happiness.
"Steve Rogers, I promise you on this day, that I will never forget you. I hope always to be your friend, and if it is possible to visit you often when I return home with Loki, I most certainly will" she whispered.
"Good, I am glad. Now, I'm off to fetch your slightly insane husband back. I would advise you to get a couple of hours of sleep before we get back. I'm sure you want to be all wide and awake for his return" Steve responded before leaving with the avengers to get Loki back.
Daya managed only to sleep for a couple of hours, her mind buzzing, and waiting impatiently for Loki to return to her. Meanwhile, the avenger's quest to bring Loki back calmly had taken a turn for the worst. Loki had already wreaked havoc in Stuttgart.
"You know the last time I was in Germany, and saw a man standing above everyone else, we ended up disagreeing" Captain America told Loki right before the God of Mischief could strike down an outspoken elderly man.
"So this is the soldier. A man out of time, one I'm not too happy with right now, I believe you know my wife. You have been getting awfully close to her lately, I don't think I like that" Loki bit back angrily.
"She is ready and waiting for you if you come with us. She knows you are here Loki, if you come calmly, we will take you to her" Steve replied.
Natasha and Iron Man arrived alongside each other and Loki surrendered calmly, as Steve had suggested he do.
On the way back the trip back to the helicarrier took a little longer than expected, when Thor made an untimely arrival.
"Leave it to my brother to arrive at the worst time" Loki said on the ship Natasha was piloting back to New York.
"It's going to be a long night" Natasha frowned as she watched Thor grab Loki and pull him to the ground outside, as Stark and Rogers followed after them.
Daya had put on her old robes as she waited for Loki to arrive, wanting to seem exactly the same as she had done, the day Loki had left her. She looked at the clock, it had been over twelve hours, she panicked, hoping nothing had gone wrong. What if Loki hadn't gone quietly and a fight between him and the avenger's had broken out? Or worse, what if he had decided he didn't want to see Daya, what if he didn't care about her anymore?
She paced the gym, throwing around a basketball at the walls, wanting desperately for time to fly by until Loki walked in and told her all the things she had wanted him to say to her for so long.
Finally after what seemed like forever, Fury met her in the gym.
"Daya, Loki is in your cell" he told her.
She nodded and ran past Fury, straight to her cell.
There Loki was, he stood tall. He was paler and his hair longer and more unruly, but there he was, handsome as ever. He exhaled deeply, seeing that his beautiful wife was the same as she had ever been, and the most wonderful sight he had ever gazed upon.
"Hello dear husband" she squeaked.
"Daya" he whispered.
Whoa! I am going to leave you guys hanging at that, fear not I have the next chapter waiting patiently (or should I say impatiently, it's just itching to get read :P) all ready and waiting. Finally Loki and Daya are reunited, it is a wonderful thing. Obviously the next chapter will be a lot of dialogue between Daya and her husband and plenty of romance and fluff, but also a bit of a lovers tiff. Loki and Daya both have a lot to answer for, especially Loki, with all of his murders and mischievous behaviour. Will he come clean about his actions, and who has been behind everything? You will just have to wait and see. Thanks again guys, until next time :D