Odette Parker: My True Self

Chapter 44: The Changing

A/N: Again chapter may seem long, but it reads quick.
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Justina curtsies and see's herself out followed by Faux Odin. He locks the door before casting a shield and transforming back into himself. I walk straight up to him and punch him in the arm.

Dets: "My fucking clothes were fine ass hole, why?"

Loki: "You really couldn't smell them? They smelled like sweat, and dirt, and grime."

Dets: "Sweet heaven. Loki! We were in the fucking desert hunting down a criminal organization! You really think I gave a shit what my clothes smelt like?"

Bucky: "They smelled fine to me."

Loki: "Of course they did, you are a mortal. Princess here is a Demi-God."

Bucky: "I have the super soldier serum."

Loki: "I know. That doesn't mean your nose works the same way ours does. I know she smelt the dirt on her clothing. How often did she launder her clothing on Midgard?"

Bucky: "Midgard?"

Dets: "Earth, and once a week, I cycled through my clothing, one week was one set, the other week another."

Loki: "Were her clean set and dirty set ever allowed to be in the same location?"

Bucky: "What?"

Dets: "No they were never in the same bag. OK yes! I could smell the sweat on our clothing, I could smell when they were not washed fully, which is why I sometimes ran our clothes twice."

Loki: "Precisely why all your clothes are being laundered."

Dets: "Whatever. You want to explain what you were talking about back in the Healers Room?"

Loki: "Yes of course let's take a seat shall we?"

We all sit at my table. Bucky sits down before grabbing my hand and pulling me onto his lap. If he wasn't dealing with Loki and his games I would have ripped him a new one for the obvious 'this is mine' display he is currently putting on. Loki looks amused but doesn't comment, smart choice.

Loki: "So have you ever heard of the legend of a succubus?"

Dets: "Shut the fuck up!"

Bucky: "What?"

I stand up from Bucky and start walking towards the door. Fuck him and his bullshit. I do not have time for this. I will get my answers from the Wood Women.

Dets: "No! Absolutely not! You are not going to sit there are tell me that I am some creature that needs sex to survive. I refuse to even acknowledge this conversation."

Loki: "Odette, please listen to me."

My body stills and I turn around. He only ever uses my name and the word please when it is a serious matter.

Dets: "That's cheating Loki."

Loki: "I assure you I am being very serious. Please sit."

Bucky: "What just happened?"

Dets: "He only uses my name and or please when he is being serious. He used both, which means this isn't a joke."

I walk back to the table and take a seat next to Bucky. Our hands reach for each other instantly. I nod for Loki to continue. He faces Bucky before speaking.

Loki: "So I can assume by your facial expression you have never heard the legend of the succubus?"

Bucky: "It's possible I have. I still have a lot of blank spots from the Hydra's torture."