Unfinished Gems

Iron Maiden - 12

Jazz about had it with Thor and his curiosity as to why she could use his hammer. His friends were far less subtle about their interest.

Loki was just about as peeved about it as she was, likely because he was worried she might start to show interest in his more annoying elder brother.

Finally she had enough...that and someone finally clued her in to the fact Loki had been flirting with her for months.

The blush on her face when she found that out was rather spectacular, though not as much as the one she had when she shocked Loki by pulling him in for a very firm kiss in front of multiple witnesses.

The god of tricks was stunned silent at the display, though once he snapped out of it he looked decidedly smug about the whole thing and kissed her back.

He seemed to take the fact that he would have to court her properly before she even thought of letting him near her in the bedroom rather well.

Then again, Prince of Asgard. She should have expected him to be rather old fashioned in the first place.

Loki looked at the helmet that went to her suit with curiosity.

"What sort of realm still uses this technology?" he asked, tossing it up and down a bit.

"Midgard," she replied, not really thinking about it as she was still finishing up her work for the day.

Loki stopped what he was doing to stare at her, and Jazz started kicking herself for letting it slip where she was from.

"You're from Midgard," he said in surprise.

"I had a minor mishap involving some rather dark magic and an energy conduit that led me to crash landing in the forest on Asgard. I almost thought about seeing if I could become a Valkyrie when I realized it would put me too close to Thor for my tastes. Instead I decided to put my mind to better use," she admitted.

Valkyries were a thing, but it took a lot of training and effort to become one. Easier to become an engineer and learn how to get back to Earth that way.

And again, it put her far too close to Thor and his stupidity.

Loki looked at the helmet in his hand, then at her.

"This power source you're having so much difficulty with. It's on Midgard isn't it?" he asked casually.

"Yes, and I really don't want to explain to Odin why we need to make a day trip out of it to use the Bifrost. Never mind the fact I would have to deal with a lot of paperwork explaining the light show it makes," she replied.

Loki smirked at her.

"Who said we would need to use the Bifrost? I know a lot of the old paths, and we could easily traverse them to visit Midgard. Though where it would come out is anyone's guess."

"...So long as it's not underwater or too far up in the atmosphere, Nyx can tell us where we are. Though odds are my father will drop everything to come find me the second he finds out I'm back on Earth," Jazz replied.

Loki paused at that.

"Your...father?"

Jazz winced.

"It's a complicated story, best told with more than a few drinks," she said quickly.

"I can get mead and a quiet room where we won't be bothered," he offered. He wanted to know more about her.

Jazz took the offer.

Once she had a few drinks of the rather strong mead, she told him a rather startling tale that sounded like it was right out of one of the old tales about heroes.