"FRIDAY, black out all the windows!" I shout when I'm running downstairs to make sure all the doors are secured so whoever is outside won't be able to get in easily.
Why did this house have to have so many damn windows and doors in the first place? Damn you Stark!
Without any warning, a sudden explosion rings through the house, throwing my body against a nearby wall.
I must've blacked out for a second and I wake up coughing, hardly able to breathe with all of the smoke and debris filling the air.
"Star, where are you!?" I can barely hear Loki's voice muffled through the ringing in my ears.
My vision is still blurry when I finally manage drag myself up off the floor and back onto my feet. That hurt.
"I'm over here" my voice is strained when I call out to him.
Other than flames now scattered around the house from the explosion, there's little light, but I can make out a male silhouette approaching me.
"I'm okay" I tell him.
Two hands grip my throat from out of nowhere and pin me back against the wall. Once my eyes finally come back into focus, I know this isn't Loki.
I struggle to breathe even more and I desperately try to pull his hands away from my neck, but not before I hear a click. Whoever this is has managed to put one of those collars on me.
"Please do not struggle, miss. You will only make the situation worse".
He lets go of me and backs off.
"Who are you?"
"My name is Skurge. King Odin has sent me here to collect and return you to Asgard personally".
"If he wants me dead, just do it already and get it over with".
"I am afraid there has been a slight change of plans".
"Let her go!" Loki's voice comes from behind him.
"Prince Loki, you are alive? How?"
"Skurge, I can explain everything, but please listen to reason. You know this woman has done nothing to warrant such hatred and she still remembers nothing".
"I must follow the King's orders, Loki. That is my sworn duty".
"My father has gone mad. She was brought to Asgard against her will in the first place and she still saved the kingdom from invasion".
I did?
"The kingdom will always be grateful to her for that".
"How is this gratitude? Do you not remember her ill treatment at the hands of the guards themselves? You yourself witnessed one such incident".
"Those men were killed for their actions".
"I know because I was the one who stopped them after you set me free. You rescued her as well Skurge".
"Your father has demanded her presence. If he had wanted her dead, he could have easily had an entire army sent to this location, but chose to send me".
"If you attempt to take her from this realm, you will leave me no choice but to cut you down where you stand. I beg of you, do not force my hand".
"Loki, don't do it. Let him take me to Asgard".
"What? No!"
"They'll just keep coming back over and over again".
"Then we will fight them together".
"I don't want to see you get hurt again protecting me. What if I'm too late to heal you next time?"
"I would gladly give my life for yours".
"And I'd do the same for you. Skurge, if I come with you willingly, can you promise me that you'll keep Loki being alive a secret?"
"On my honour, I swear it".
"Star, please do not do this" tears come from Loki's eyes and my heart breaks for him.
"I don't know what happened between us before we met here on Earth, but I can't keep running forever and neither should you. Go find Thor and tell him what's happened".
"I cannot lose you again".
"You'll never lose me".
Once we're close enough, I kiss him and know in my heart this isn't a goodbye. I pull back and wipe the tears from his face before backing off to leave with Skurge.
"I will find you again".
"You'd better" I look at him and smile tearfully while Skurge leads me outside.
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Krystal
Fanfiction(ON HOLD) Krystal is a powerful and vengeful Midgardian witch that has been in search of another for 50 years ever since the day she was cruelly cursed. After she discovers the witch has been apprehended by the Avengers themselves and taken to Asgar...
