The Lost Queen (Druig x OC) (Eternals)

Chapter 22: Never Good At Lying

"How can you know my full name, unless you remember me, remember us?"

"You must have mentioned it."

"No, I never use my full name."

"I never said her name either." Loki stepped into the conversation. Reina knew the jig was up. She was never one for lying. She was quite terrible at it actually. That's why whenever she didn't want to talk about something she would run away or just go quiet. It was much easier that way. She mentally kicked herself for actually believing she could pull this one off.

"Why would you hide that?" Hela demanded, the anger building up in her eyes. A simple question. Why? One that Reina didn't even know the answer to.

"I would have told you eventually."

"Oh yeah, when?"

"Tomorrow" The plan was to say she woke up with the memories intact but that didn't work out too well. They would never understand why she did it, she didn't fully either. Everyone continued to stare at her, expecting more of an explanation, but she had none to give. So she got defensive. "You know what, I would like to see you get 2000 years worth of memories that you never knew you had from a life you never knew you lead, stuffed back into your head in a matter of milliseconds. Once you do that you can judge me for my decision making skills all you want."

The anger faded from the gods' faces, replaced soon by a smile as they laughed at her comment. Joking around just like they used to. In a way it was quite refreshing for Reina.

"I'm pretty sure that will only ever be you Reina." Loki chuckled. 

At once all 4 of them came to hug Reina, hugging their older sister. Despite being tighter than she could handle, she never once let go, paranoid that if she did she would lose them once again and this time forever. "I might be immortal but I still need to breathe." Reina laughed as they continued to hug tighter and tighter until she couldn't take anymore . Their initial anger vanished since they could no longer hold back the relief and joy they felt to finally have their older sister back.

"I hate to break up this...sweet moment but..." Ikarus begins

"No you don't" Druig cut him off giving Ikarus a death glare for interrupting his girlfriends happy moment, yet continues.

"But now that we 've got Reina's memory back, how does that help us?"

"Because now I know Surtur's weakness." Riena said with a smirk. Now that she remembered her life, she remembered the battle she had. She remembered learning his weakness but it being too far along to use it to her advantage, but this time was different. They could win and this time, she could live. 

And what exactly is that?" Ikarus questions with a sarcastic tone that made Reina want to punch him in the face for about the millionth time since she's met him. Although she has met many people she has wanted to punch in her 2000 plus years of life, some harder than others, there was something about Ikarus that made her want to do it the most and the hardest. Plus who knows, maybe a whack to the head will fix his brain and get rid of that massive ego of his, but Reina restrained herself... for now.

"His ego, like yours Ikarus, is massive, and extremely fragile. He also has anger issues, so tear apart his ego, watch his anger take over, and he'll lose control. When he loses control..."

"We'll gain it." Val interrupted excitedly, understanding Reina's plan. Her eyes shone with a sense of childlike wonder and excitement that Reina remembered from when she was younger.

Reina remembered when Val was young. She used to give her the same look when Reina was training. Val had always said how she wanted to be a warrior, a fighter like her big sister. She would even mimic Reina's movements when she was practicing. Everyone else saw Valkyrie as an elite warrior with one of the strongest armies in the 9 realms but Reina will always see her as that little girl that would play with plastic swords and fought with Mother every time she had to wear a dress or do her hair. The same little girl that would sneak into the artillery room and play with the weapons in there as if they were toys, never truly understanding the danger they could put her in until she grew up. But never did she once turn away from the fight. This fact made her fear for Valkyrie because she recognized it, she had it too. And that fact is what almost ended her life, so now she has to find a way for the fight to end before it claims Val's as well. 

"What about Ta Ka?" Ajak questioned

"She shouldn't be too much of an issue for me."

"Why is that exactly?" Sprite jumped in.

"Because," She paused for dramatic effect. Like her younger brother, she tended to have a flair for the dramatic, "I created her."