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Chapter 127

Chapter 127
After everything Suvia had to tell him, Thor was struck speechless. "So Loki is to blame for all of this, not my Loki, but a different, older Loki." He finally breathed out.
"Yes," Suvia replied. "He was always manipulative, but in the end his malice and hatred overruled any good that might have been left in him. His childhood hadn't been as your Loki's had." She paused to think. "That doesn't excuse his actions." She added. "Nor does it excuse your Loki's. My husband may be whispering in his ear and his mind, but your Loki still made his own choices regarding everything."
"Is Loki alive?" Thor asked her. "Is Cephera correct?"
"Thor what I am about to tell you, it's crucial you do not go running off to end the madness. We must play this right or my husband will flee and cause more havoc over time for he is a patient man. As dangerous as your Loki could be, he'd be worse if my husband is allowed to continue his plans." She warned.
"Understood," Thor nodded.
"During your fight on Midgard against the dark elf leader, your brother did indeed return. Cloaked in the form of a guard. As he was not my target I spied from afar. As I've told you, I can see through his cloaking magic. He approached your father and Odin was caught unaware. Loki subdued and capture him, forcing him into the Odin sleep."
"What!" Thor bellowed. Suvia caught him in a web of spells to restrain him. "Thor stop. Your brother is not our concern. Eliminating my husband is what will free us all." She reminded.
Thor ended his thrashing and calmed. "Where is my father?" He asked.
"Loki hid him. He hasn't the heart to kill him. He doesn't want him dead. Your brother is trying to escape the deals he made with Thanos and he's choosing the poor way out. Using trickery. He doesn't think anyone will believe him and those he wants to protect he kept in the dark." Thor didn't like the solemn look upon her face.
"Where is my father?" Thor asked again.
"It took me a while to find him, but my husband got there first. Thor, he killed your father while he slept." Thor roared in rage and anguish. A hundred feelings rushing through him all at once. Anger was the most prominent and it took him a long time to calm, but the woman was patient. "My husband is much more dangerous than your brother. At least your brother means well."
"Where is my brother? Where is your damned husband?" Thor demanded, tempted to grab her and shake her.
"You cannot answer that question yourself. Who sits on the throne of Asgard?" She asked in return and Thor froze. The answer was so simple and in his anger he hadn't even thought about that.
"Loki," he whispered.
"Yes." She nodded. "For now he's been a calm and smart ruler, but I'm afraid that will not last if we do not define a plan to subdue my husband, for he whispers in the Kings ear everyday as his advisor."
"Tyr?" Thor nearly stumbled a step. He'd known the old advisor since he was a child.
"You never had the pleasure of meeting the real Tyr. It took me a while to unravel the truth, but my Loki has been pretending to be him for a long time. Keeping Odin on his path to creating animosity between himself and Loki. I hadn't realized he was been manipulating others but I now know the gravity of his foothold."
Thor knew the words she spoke were true. The amount of power he had over them all through Odin was substantial. He remembered every suggestion Tyr ever made in his presence and they always sounded strange. Most of the time Odin would agree, but sometimes he wouldn't and Tyr always seemed annoyed by it. Thor now knew why.
"Say I agree that we leave my brother to his tricks and focus on your husband, what then? How do we capture him?"
"With my husband, capture is too short a thought. He will escape, death may be the only option. We play him in return. He doesn't know I'm here. He doesn't know you now know. Together, we can make him feel all the more comfortable and therefore vulnerable. His magic is stronger than your brothers. Your brother doesn't know he's being controlled. We need to be patient but also fast. We cannot allow this to play out when Thanos is ready to make his move too."
"Agreed," Thor nodded. "Let's talk strategy." Thor sat back down and for once managed to calm himself. The ache in his heart was still there over the revelation of his father's death by the hands of a coward who hid behind a false face. He wanted revenge, but he would do it right.
(Seraphina)
"The fact that Thor has been gone a long time concerns me and makes me wonder if Cephera is right," Seraphina said to her bedmate. The red head was sat up with one leg crossed under her as she cleaned her gun. It was hot watching her play with her toys so indifferent to their play only moments before.
"If she is right then he's planning something and if it involves Earth we won't show him mercy." Natasha snapped the clip back on and looked across the top of the gun.
"Loki isn't the one we should worry about. His involvement with Thanos is. At first we thought he was working for The Others who lent Loki their army, but we now know that they worked for Thanos. Thanos is far more stronger than any of them, or us. As far as we know, Loki failed him and Thanos will want revenge even if that means taking down Asgard and all the nine realms with it." Seraphina flexed her hand. "I'm itching for a good fight." She smirked.
Natasha grinned and slipped into her clothes. "Let's see what you can do then, shall we?" She offered. Curious and excited, Seraphina quickly jumped into her own clothes and followed Natasha.
(Cephera)
"Jane?" Cephera asked softly as she entered the recreation room.
"Hi," Jane smiled. Thor had been gone for a week now and no word had come from him. At first Jane seemed angry, but Pepper had stepped in and talked to her. Whatever Pepper had said, Jane was smiling again and had even invited her friend Darcy to join her at the tower.
"Where's Darcy?" Cephera asked finding Jane alone. Darcy had been the most amusing woman Cephera had ever had the pleasure of meeting. So carefree and quirky.
"Mr. Stark has been buried in his work and when he passed the doorway moments ago she ran after him for an autograph." Jane chuckled.
"Tony hates being handed things." Cephera frowned. "She may not get anything from him." She added.
"I don't know, Darcy has her ways." Jane replied.
"I was kind of hoping you both might join me shopping. Ikol is getting so big, I need new sleepers for him. Pepper is off the rest of the day but has office work. She has Ikol in her office with her and will watch him while we are gone." Cephera smiled. As anxious as she was to hear from Thor, she'd given up hope that it would be soon.
She didn't believe Loki was dead and so she continued on in life with the hope she'd see him soon.
"That actually sounds fun," Jane said, setting aside a note book she'd been scribbling in. "Lets find Darcy." Together they left the room in search of the other girl.
XxX
"Did you even read what he wrote?" Jane asked her friend when they'd found Darcy happily clutching her replica Iron Man mask. She'd handed it to Jane to look at.
"I told him what to write," Darcy said and took the mask back from Jane with a smile and read the back.
- Danica, I'm the best and always will be. Iron Man -
"No way, he got my name wrong." Darcy huffed.
"I don't think that was an accident." Cephera frowned.
"He's very self-centered isn't he?" Jane commented.
"It should have said, Darcy, you're the best, love Iron Man." Darcy frowned and Cephera stifled a giggle. To her it made sense why Tony wrote what he did.
"I'll try to get you a proper one," Cephera offered.
"No way, this is authentic. This is the man himself." Darcy argued holding close the mask. Jane shook her head.
"Put that away so we can go shopping." Jane told her.
XxX
"Cotton candy has to be the best icecream ever invented." Darcy said licking it off her lips.
"I have to agree." Cephera replied.
"No way. Chocolate is the best." Jane argued playfully.
"Ugh, too plain," Darcy said. "Live on the wild side." Darcy tempted waving her icecream in Jane's face before coming to a halt. "Omg, a tattoo parlor, we should all get tattoos." She exclaimed.
"I'd rather play wild and try ever icecream flavor." Jane replied.
"My skin would heal too fast for that." Cephera shrugged.
"The both of you are no fun." Darcy took the top off her icecream in mock frustration and then cringed at the cold blob in her mouth.
"How about a piercing?" Jane suggested.
"Huh?" Darcy turned around and not far down the street was a colorful sign for piercings. "Really?" Darcy looked excited.
"I don't really wear jewelry." Cephera peered into the shop window with uncertainty when they reached it.
"I've been thinking on a second ear piercing." Jane admitted. "Nothing too crazy." She added.
"I always wanted to get my belly button done." Darcy grinned and wiggled in her excitement. "Come on." Darcy pulled on Cephera's arm.
"I don't know. I'm not sure my husband would...,"
"Who cares. If he loves you he'll love the way the ring makes your belly button look." Darcy insisted deciding Cephera's piercing for her.
Cephera frowned, but decided that if she didn't like it, she could take it out and heal it over. Not wanting to be a stick in the mud, she followed the girls inside.
"Holy shit," Darcy said when Cephera pulled up her dress as she got situated for her turn. Cephera was thankful she'd worn leggings under the garment. "You had a kid and you look like that?" Darcy touched Cephera's stomach. A bit of exercise was all it really took. After all, she wasn't human.
"Hard work and good eating." Cephera commented and settled back. She didn't flinch when the needle entered her skin, not like Darcy had. She'd had worse wounds.
The gem she'd chosen was green. It reminded her of Loki's eyes. When it was in place she stared at it and smiled, maybe it wasn't so bad.

Notes

Comments

@fraychan
Then I have done my job well. :p

Yasumi Yasumi
6/15/15

Your cliff hangers wound me D:

fraychan fraychan
6/12/15

@fraychan
Keep that adrenaline pumping, still a lot to come.

Yasumi Yasumi
5/14/15

Oh god I can't even describe how happy this chapter made me. I'm feeling a slight adrenaline rush haha

fraychan fraychan
5/12/15

@fraychan
I agree, things have could been so much different if things had just come to light sooner.

Yasumi Yasumi
5/7/15