AN: Studying the Japanese culture and this character is truly a delight. I enjoyed creating Miku and I wish to show you more about her in further chapters! Let me know what you think of her. Thor might be a little ooc :/ ~Moonmilk
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No one stopped him.
Thor rushed into the room the guard pulled his mother into, unlocked the door and saw the queen on the floor, muttering, sobbing.
"Mother! Mother please, speak to me!" He knelt down and so did the guard, he pulled his limp mother in his strong arms and carefully grabbed her chin, pulling her face to his.
"Thor, it's happening." She sputtered, putting her head into his chest. Jane made her way in, she watched Thor hold his mother and begin to hyperventilate.
"What's become of him, what has he done?!" Thor growled. The guard stayed perfectly still while kneeling.
"He's scratched his arms until raw, milord. He almost killed one of our men during mid afternoon, when food was being delivered."
Frigga heard the news once again and almost passed out cold in her son's arms.
"Of course we could use the 'extra treatment', it would take a lot of work, since he's so capable of being insurmountable."
"Odin wishes no treatment," Frigga confessed, sobbing.
"But...why?" Thor gritted his teeth and glared at the guard. "Under my orders, you will attempt to cure my brother, I do not care what my father wishes,"
"Thor, don't, please, we can't-."
"Mother, we prepared for this tragedy to strike, it is in our hands now."
"This, 'drug', this treatment, how can it affect Loki?" Jane asked in the corner of the room.
"It is said that it can soothe an asgardian nervous system and mental system, but I'm not sure if it will work on jhotu-," The guard cleared his throat. "We will see what happens."
"He's been kept in there so long," Jane shuddered. "I can't even imagine the pain he must be going through. Thor, I'm with you, we can stop this."
The golden son lifted his head to his fiancée and nodded. It wasn't a response Jane expects, but she knew Thor was full of grief at the news of his brothers spiral descend.
"We must do the procedure now. I will attend and help, mother?" Frigga looked up at him and steadied herself. "Please stay with Jane's friends, they will give you satisfaction during this time."
Frigga could only nod and continue to bury her face in Thor's chest.
...
The bride and groom reached their friends with grave news. Miku didn't understand at first. Who in the world was Loki? And what about a descend into madness?
Jane, Darcy and Miku were ordered to retrieve Queen Frigga and escort her to her chambers, then their own. But Miku had different plans. The two other girls were busy with Frigga, that gave her a chance to catch up with Thor and the guards.
Her feet pattered against the shiny moonstone walkway, she appeared behind Thor and tapped his shoulder.
"Lady Miku, please turn back. I mustn't let you go no further."
Miku stared at the God of thunder, crossing her arms and she stuttered with her words. "Please, I only wish to help."
"You haven't seem true madness until now if you come. Please, a lady mustn't be apart of this horrific scene."
"I only wish to help." She repeated softly. Thor sighed and bent down slightly, grabbing Miku's hands as the guards carried on their journey.
"My Lady, please, return to my love, I kindly beg. A woman shouldn't need to enter the dungeons, unless her actions condemn her to Hel. Your womanly allies wouldn't enter such a risky act."
"Then I must be the few of women who do."
Thor bit his lip.
"Who was Loki?" She questioned.
"Loki was...he was..." Thor trailed off and stopped his lip from quivering. "He was a caged man. He was my brother, he was a lie keeper, a secret holder. We always shared our deepest secrets to one another. All of our happy moments faded away once he figured out he was only a piece of war, to keep two realms from brawl."
"Jane told me about the Frost Giants, he is one of them?"
"Indeed, that's what sparked his wrath on all nine realms, once he figured out his true heritage,"
"He was a murderer," Miku shuddered. "I remember on the TV, he-, and now he's-,"
"Yes. The punishments took him farther away from me. Before he would communicate, slight judgmental based remarks, or a self loathing scream of complaints. After that he would only talk with my own mother, that is until yesterday. No one. We knew he would enter this stage, but we didn't know when. It happened so fast. I didn't want him to lose his mind."
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." She whispered. Miku slowly pressed a tender hand on Thor's shoulder. "Please, if there's any help, let me know and I would love work with you."
"Thank you."
"Thor?"
"Hmm?"
"May I see your brother?"
...
Thor guided Miku to the dungeon, they passed the most fearsome creatures she's even seen. Thor kept warming her as she got closer. She could see the guards standing to the left with a strange machine in one of their arms. Miku said she would be fine.
But once they approached the cell, she wasn't.
His hair was messier than before. Smudges of blood covered the floor, along with ripped up books and papers. Ink splattered in the left part of the room, the writing desk destroyed, forming wooden splinters. The guard was right, his arms were scratched raw, blood dripping from each side. His right foot was cut open, a bloody shard of glass appeared next to it.
He was shaking, bitting his lip causing it to cut open. He didn't even notice the guards nor his brother.
Miku put her hands over her mouth and gasped. Her brows arched and her knees wobbled. She studied mental health back in high school, she's heard of it all, she's seen the side effects, but she's never seen anything quite like this.
Thor gasped too, tears began to fall to the ground. Miku grabbed his arm tightly, resting against it. She muttered his name several times, voice breaking. Thor stayed still.
The guards entered. The one with the strange device set it down and the group outnumbered him. Loki finally noticed and began screaming bloody murder. He lifted his hands and sent bloody glass shards flying, one striking a guard in the cheek.
One finally tackled him to the ground, grabbing his shoulders. He commanded the others to grab the machine and he threw Loki on his mattress.
They held him down as he squirmed, yelling and screaming. The strange object had a long black cord, sooner than later, they pushed it down his throat. The medicine inside forcing itself inside his system.
Miku screamed slightly. Thor was so close to fainting, a sob came out of his throat.
"You're hurting him...you're hurting him." He whimpered. He watched Loki slowly drift off to sleep, the antidote was in action. The guards took the force-feeding object and exited the cell, leaving Loki sound asleep.
"He should be better by the morrow." One muttered to Thor, before they left the dungeons, leaving the prince and his friend.
"I never wanted this to happen." Thor muttered and ran across the dungeon floor, up the stairs and to the left. Miku screamed his name again and ran to him. She reached a room with an open view of the night sky, drapes of curtains hung around the room.
Thor was there, leaning on the ledge of the balcony, looking down at his city. Miku rushed to him and grabbed his arm, he turned quickly, red rimmed eyes met hers.
"Thor, I-I'm so sorry, I didn't know they'd use such...aggressiveness."
"They promised not to hurt him, the medicine may cure him but not bring him back to the Loki I once knew."
Miku felt ashamed for coming, she wanted to leave Thor alone. She hardly knew this Loki, but she felt just as bad as him, no one deserved this, no once deserves to hurt that much.
"Please, return to your chambers,"
"But, Thor-I!"
"Leave." Thor hissed, he softly took her hands and slowly turned her around. Miku had to obey his command, she took off to Jane's room and knocked on the golden door. Jane Foster opened it with a curious, yet annoyed face. Miku ran into her friends arms, softly sobbing.
Jane began to soothe her friend, she took her to her bed and sat down next to her. "Why didn't you follow Darcy and I?"
"Jane, I just wanted to see him. I was interested and I shouldn't have went, I just don't know what to do anymore, I just want to go home, PLEASE let me go home!"
Jane hugged her again. "It's ok, it's ok. Miku I'm so sorry. I understand, you're curious, that's why I like you, but the dungeons aren't a place for you. Loki is hurting, and I'm not sure he will ever heal. He attacked our planet out of jealousy and anger. I am not sure he will ever get over those emotions."
Miku shuddered and clenched her nails into Jane's sleep shirt. "Thor's hurt, the Queen is hurt, Jane I am hurt. I hardly know him but I can't take this sight of pain."
"I know, I know. If I saw him I would break down to. He's a liar, a killer, a villain. But, no one deserves to be treated like that. Were the cuts bad?"
Miku's chin dimpled. "Y-yeah."
Miku talked with Jane for about another half and hour, then Jane helped her get into bed. Miku warned Jane not to visit her fiancée tonight, he wishes to grieve alone. Jane nodded in agreement and got into her bed.
She couldn't stop thinking about Loki. His scared jade eyes, his shaking hands and his cries of fear.
She made a conclusion at the end of that night of terror.
Miku was going to visit him again.