Chapter 26

A/N: Thanks for reading you guys. you know it's close to the end cause my POV pattern has been disrupted :0. Looks like I'm going with B for my next fanfic, but don't worry A, I'll get to you... soon(said like a creepy stalker) ENJOY!

***Odin's P.O.V***

Things were difficult. I had taken the child of Laufey and raised him as my own. He turned bad on me, not my fault. I did not show favoritism, I loved them both… Perhaps, I shouldn't have raised them both thinking that they would become kings; however they were both born to become kings. Still today I do not regret taking that tiny blue child.

He was so mischievous, and it made me laugh. He was kind and sweet and caring-when he was not angry. When he grew angry he would throw tantrums as bad as his brother, if not worse because he did not let his anger show much.

After Thor was banished, Loki changed. He acted different, I should have seen the change in his hart, but I couldn't I had too much to worry about. I didn't want to lose any of my sons, but I lost Loki anyways….

I thank the nine realms that Loki found that mortal and that Thor did too. Who would have known that Migardians were so useful? Mentally, I praised myself for saving their race; I was rewarded greatly. And then, Loki was gone…

The frost giants attacked the castle, Loki, Thor and their mates fled. We battled them, Lady Sif and the warriors three guarded the Tesseract. It was an easy win and I made another treaty with them, we gave them money that they would need in return they would not attack us. When I got back to Lady Sif and The warriors three, they looked at me angrily.

"I was trapped in the frost giant castle and you repay me by locking me up without the ability to kill any of them when we finally get a chance to legally attack them?!" Sif grumbled as she walked out droopily.

The rest of them bowed and hurried after her. With the frost giants gone, Loki could come home! He would bring Thor, we could have Jane and Thor's wedding as soon as tomorrow! And in a few weeks, Darcy and Loki's wedding too! With my heart lifted, I hurried to meet Heimdall. Along the way, I got distracted by a chef who had accidentally made too much food-I had to help him!

So, I took a quick lunch break; I was tired from battle. I ate five plates; I was just starting on my fifth plate when I heard an anguished cry. Frigga! I heard her weeping, and her footsteps running. Quickly, I hurried out to meet her and found her on the floor, hitting it with her fists and weeping.

"What happened?" I asked suddenly.

"Loki! My Loki! My son, my son!" Frigga wept.

Frozen, I watched her weep on the floor for a few seconds, and then I heard heavy footsteps. I turned down the hallway and saw Heimdall running to us.

"Loki is dead," Heimdall panted.

"WHAT?!" I roared.

"I'm sorry," Heimdall said.

"I saw him, I saw my child die! Those stupid Migardians, those stupid, stupid creatures! Why did we ever help them?! We must destroy the race, we must prove that we are unforgiving; we must prove that-"Frigga sobbed.

"Stop," I hissed.

She sounded like Loki and it was killing me. My son, the son I had saved from someplace horrible, dead. I looked to Heimdall and tried my best to hide my feelings.

"Take me to the bifrost," I demanded.

Heimdall led me to the Bifrost, Frigga followed, sobbing the entire way. It was just like the first time we lost Loki. How many times would he die? But that's why I had to save him. When I saved him I would keep him in Asgard, safe. He would hopefully never wish to go back to Migard for-

"Darcy!" Heimdall cried, "She's going to try and kill herself!"

If Darcy died, I wouldn't be able to bring her back from the underworld. She wasn't immortal, she would stay forever.

"Where are Jane and Thor?" I asked.

"They're stuck at the apartment door talking to SHIELD," Heimdall reported grimly.

Frigga hissed in fury at the name of the organization that killed our son. Then, she sobbed for Darcy as well; she did not want her soon to be daughter dead.

"Send them in now!" I ordered.

Heimdall shut his eyes for a few seconds, then opened them and nodded. Sighing a sigh of relief, I nodded back… I'd be back in the Odin sleep soon… Frigga cried even more in relief, but then remembered that her son was dead and began weeping even louder. She never seemed to get quiet.

"I shall talk to the keeper of the underworld, I'll get Loki out," I vowed when we reached the bifrost.

"Thank you," Frigga sobbed, "Return fruitful."

Heimdall cast me into the underworld. I opened my eyes; it was hot. I looked around, walls of lave surrounded me, skulls and skeletons of Frost Giants, Migardians, Asgardians, and every creature in the universe surrounded me. I saw a woman on a throne glaring at me she looked kind of like Loki, same straight black hair, same green eyes.

"I come for my son," I said.

"What have you got to trade?" she asked.

"Gold, all the gold you want," I responded.

"What good is gold to me?" she demanded.

Drat. "The beast of your choice will be sacrificed, he will come and serve you in the underworld," I offered.

"How about war?" the keeper of the underworld asked me.

"We cannot do that," I groaned.

"Fine, avenge Loki by killing those who killed him, vow to it and you can take your son right now," she said.

I thought about it for a second. Seemed fine, Loki would love it, so would Darcy and most likely Thor. Who knows about Jane, she seemed like a pacifist to me.

"Agreed," I nodded.

"Loki of Odin son, I call to you!" the keeper of the underworld shouted.

Loki, in his frost giant form, appeared on the floor, in fetal position. His eyes were shut tight and he was muttering things. Immediately, I rushed to his aid murmuring his name.

"Father?" Loki whispered.

"I am here," I responded.

"I want my mother. Please, take me to Frigga," Loki whined.

He reminded me of a time when he was younger whenever he dreamed of something bad he would cry for Frigga. He loved her with all his heart even though I knew he would never truly forgive me.

"I will son. Thank you," I said.

"Perhaps one day I will be in need of your aid. I expect it to be available when I need it," she responded.

With a nod, I shouted to Heimdall and in a second, we were in the bifrost. I tried to run away to avoid what followed, but I did not make it fast enough. A strong forced crashed into Loki who I was still holding, and I fell to the ground. When I got up, I saw, Frigga crushing Loki into her arms. She was sobbing and so was he. I smiled to them, they appeared fine, but then Loki began fading.

"Loki?! What's happening to him?!" Frigga screeched.

Frowning, I turned to him. Loki began shouting 'Mother!' but eventually his screams faded out with him.