Rebirth (Completed)

Uncovered Truth

Arlene ducked her head as the glass fell in the room and the strange who was her "dad" used green magic to prevent the glass of penetrating any further. She slowly straightened and stood on trembling legs.

Never before has she seen her power manifest through her vocal cords and she began to wonder what else could she accomplished with her magic.

The man known as Loki stared at her in awe and a look of pride covered his face. She was confused and scared so she took a defensive stance with her fists encircled with white magic. Loki laughed and held up his hands in surrender.

"I mean you no harm," he spoke in a soothing tone that put Arlene on edge instead of calming her down, "I apologize to have frightened you, little one."

Arlene barred her teeth in annoyance. She truly disliked how Loki was trying to manipulate his words to throw her off. Smirking, she flicked her hand and the man literally flew into the wall on the opposite end of the room.

"Never use your silver tongue on me," she hissed as Loki slowly got back up onto his feet with a look of surprised, "What? Amazed that I knew what you tried to pull?"

Arlene giggling sounding like a young child full of innocence, "Well now I where I inherited my gift of speech." She grinned like a cat when she saw Loki's irritated face.

"My, my," he chuckled, "you are just as feisty as your mother."

Loki walked back towards her and swiftly grabbed her wrist which made her squeak in surprised. Arlene watched in amazement as her skin turned blue when their skin made contact. Loki too was also amazed and quickly released her. She glared at him and Loki took a few steps away from her angry form.

Pacing on the spot, Loki was lost in his mind remembering the first time his true form was revealed to him and also recalled the look that Arlene just made when her skin turned blue.

Here he was expecting to find some pathetic homeless child who couldn't control her power, but instead he was face to face with a girl who looks like him with her mother's ice wielding magic and was in very much control of her power.

He was angry that Thor tried to keep Arlene, his daughter, a secret and keep her hidden in this dark prison for many years. Why would his brother betray him like that? Loki came to a full stop in front of the girl and almost jumped in fear for her eyes were glowing blood red that made her look possessed.

"You need to calm down, young one," he exclaimed, "otherwise you might shed blood today." He was trying to reason with her but each attempt failed causing Arlene to manipulate ice into a spear and throw it at him.

Loki had dodged it just in time before it impaled his neck. Thank Odin, he had taking those fighting lessons with Thor otherwise he would be definitely killed on the spot by a child.

"Arlene, please calm down," he practically begged, "You are losing control." Once those words left his mouth more ice shards pinned the wall around him. Arlene's body was glowing blue and a snow twister appeared out of thin air and was hurled at Loki.

Suddenly the doors bursts open and a maid rushes to Arlene's side. Loki stared in astonishment as the maid held the girl tightly to her bosom and soon the twister faded away while the child fell unconscious into the woman's arms. The older woman picked up the girl and placed her on the queen sized bed before pulling the comforter over Arlene.

"My prince," the maid exclaimed when she turned around and saw him, "You are not supposed to even know his place exists." She made a move to escort Loki from the room but he forced her to her knees.

"How dare you," he hissed, "Who do you think you are trying to order a prince?"

"My name is Caroline," she replied, "King Thor put me in charge of watching over Arlene and making sure every need is met. Please forgive me, milord."

Loki sneered at her and strikes her across the face causing Caroline's head to snap to the side. He pinched her cheeks and made her look into his eyes. "You will never disrespect me again," he growled out each syllable, "Do I make myself clear?" The maid nodded and Loki released her. "Now get out of my sight and don't breathe a word about my presence here," he commanded in a threatening tone.

The blonde dipped her knees and basically ran out the door which made Loki laugh at her pathetic retreating form. It thrills him to know that people still fear him and it is such fun entrainment to watch them stubble over their words.

Loki knew that he would have to tread careful with Caroline because she was brave enough to order him about with those beautiful pale blue eyes that remind him of the sky down on Midgard. The woman was much too beautiful for her to be a simple maid and Loki wonder if there was more to meet than eye with Caroline.

'Oh well, another mysterious to unveil,' he reasoned to himself as he sat down on the chair besides Arlene's bed waiting for the girl to wake up.

'How am I going to explain to Serena that her daughter is alive? Does she already know? Or was she in the dark like I was.'

As Loki was thinking about how he could gently tell his wife about Arlene's presence, Serena finally woke from her faint and slowly sat up looking around for her husband.

She groaned when a wave of dizziness hit her and she fell back onto the pillow. 'Loki, where are you?' Tears pricked in her eyes as she felt that he was no longer on Earth. 'He didn't abandon me, right?'

Fear that somehow he found out about her dream and now blames her for it begins to work its way into her mind and create doubts. 'Does he even love me? Was our marriage another game to him? Oh my love, please return to me quickly and chase away these lingering doubts.'

Serena closed her eyes and fell into a restless sleep full of nightmares of the past.

Unknown to her, Steve was standing in the doorway watching her toss and turn in her sleep. He made up his mind and walked over to the sofa, picked up her trembling form and lay down with her in his arms.

Instantly Serena calmed down and nuzzled into his chest, sighing softly. Steve gazed at her sleeping form and knew that she probably thought he was Loki that's why she relaxed completely in his embrace.

He took the opportunity to kiss her forehead gently and eventually he also fell asleep holding the girl that he so dearly loved.