Yep, definitely Loki's kid.

Chapter 2: Satan Has Risen

Trigger Warnings: Physical and emotional abuse (A small part at the beginning)

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"Ah ah where do you think you are going? Hmm?" she said roughly grabbing the back of my ACDC shirt as I was halfway out the door.

The kids look at me scared and Scarlet gives me a sympathetic look. I shoo them away, motioning them to go wait outside on the sidewalk, I will deal with this.

"I'm sorry miss, did I wake you?" I made sure to say 'I' instead of 'we' hoping to just keep even thoughts of the others out of her mind, I refuse to ever let her lay a hand on them.

(Abuse warning starts here)

"You did, and you know what that means don't you, you little shit?"

I nod, quickly checking behind me to make sure that the littles are not watching, and was thankful to see that Scarlet and Benedict are distracting them, making them look the other way.

Satan pulls me back inside to hell and pushes me against the wall. Instantly punching me in the gut. Honestly, she has a pretty decent swing, it took a lot for me to not follow my natural reaction to crumple over or shield myself, but I knew that if I did it would only make it worse, so I stand my ground.

"You all are so worthless" Punch "Do nothing but cause trouble," Punch "Do nothing but be a burden to everyone around you" Punch "I can't even get a moment of peace from you all" Punch "You ungrateful little shits" Punch My body finally caves in and I crumple to the floor where she then turns to repeatedly kick me and continue to shout insults at me.

I try to let the insults roll over me, trying to tell myself that it is not true and that they are simply words, but after years of hearing the same things over and over every day for years, they start to slither their way into my head and I can't help but believe their constant looming whispers.

There was no doubt that I have at least a few broken ribs at this point, and probably some internal bleeding also, but it will be finneeeee... I have always had very fast healing and metabolism, but that also just meant that she is able to kick me around even more often than usual. Kind of turned out to be a curse honestly.

She finally gets tired and pushes me out the door as she goes to grab a beer from the fridge and falls onto the couch. I quickly pick myself up, wincing as I do, and make my way over to the kids. We are going to be late for school if we don't hurry up, so I quickly dismiss Scarlet and Benedict's worried looks and usher them to get a move on.

We walk to the elementary and middle school first to drop off the littles. It was quite a sight to see, myself, obviously still a kid, with 18 others trailing behind me like a flock of ducklings through the hectic streets of New York and all holding onto the person in front of them. We have a pretty good system, everyone has a buddy that they will stick with whenever we go into public, usually one of the older ones with each younger one. We also have several code word systems for many different occasions, most of which will probably never be necessary, but it couldn't hurt. It was also fun for the kids to come up with all the random code words.

Eventually, we get to the elementary and middle school and drop most of them off. This is then where Benedict, Scarlet, and I split up, the two of them will head to the local high school, and I will walk to Midtown School of Science and Technology since I got a scholarship there when my teachers realized that all my classes were too easy for me. Yeah... I was smart, but I would never dare admit it.

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After about a 20-minute walk (but 7 if I ran) I rush into school just as the bell rings. I quickly shovel things around in my locker and sprint to my first class, AP Calculus.