Maddie: Aw.. how cute. A couple of rodents looking for a theme park.
Steve (as a bunny): Who you callin' a rodent, sister? I'm a bunny!
Stephen (as a gopher): A-and I'm his gopher.
Together: Ta-dah! [they turn into themselves]
Maddie: (sighs) I thought I smelled a rat.
Laufey: Mads.
Maddie: Speak of the devil.
Laufey: Mads, my little flower, my little bird, my little nut, Mads. What exactly happened here? I thought you were gonna persuade the river guardian to join my team for the uprising, and here I am, kind of river guardian-less.
Maddie: I gave it my best shot, but he made me an offer I had to refuse.
Laufey: Fine. So, instead of subtracting two years from your sentence, hey, I'm gonna add two on, okay? Give that your best shot.
Maddie: It wasn't my fault. It was that Mischief Maker, Loki. (Laufey's eyes widen with suspicion.)
Stephen: (pacing nervously) Loki? Why does that name ring a bell?
Steve: (cluelessly) I don't know. Um, maybe we owe him money?
Laufey: What was that name again?
Maddie: Loki. He comes on with this big, innocent farm boy routine but I could see through that in a Greek minute.
Steve: Wait a minute. Wasn't Loki the name of that kid we were supposed to—
Steve and Stephen: (horrified realization) Oh, my gods! (They see Laufey preparing to grab them.)
Stephen: Run for it!
(Steve and Stephen try running for their lives, until Laufey grabs them by their tails, extending his arms.)
Laufey: (dragging Steve and Stephen back) So you took care of him, huh? Dead as a door nail. (holds up his boys) Weren't those your exact words?
Steve: This might be a different Loki.
Stephen: Yeah! I mean, Loki is a... (gets choked by Laufey) very popular name nowadays!
Steve: (being choked on) Remember, like, a few years ago every other boy was named Jason and the girls were all named Brittany?
Laufey: I'm about to rearrange the Cosmos, (He flings Steve and Stephen on the ground, turning them into cockroaches.) And the one SCHLEMIEL WHO CAN LOUSE IT UP IS WALTZING AROUND IN THE WOODS! [Laufey explodes, burning down the entire forest. Maddie ducks down from the incoming blaze.]
Steve: Wait. Wait, big guy. (morphs back to normal) We can still cut in on his waltzing.
Stephen: That's right! (morphs back to normal as well ) And-and-and at least, we made him mortal, that's a good thing. Didn't we?
Laufey: Hmm... (He extends his arms and brings Mads, Steve, and Stephen closer to him as he instructs them.) Fortunately, for the three of you, we still have time to correct this rather egregious oversight. And this time, no foul-ups.
[Meanwhile, Loki and Rocket are flying on Fenrir, as they reach the city of Oslo.]
Loki: Wow! Is that all one town?
Rocket: One town. A million troubles. The one and only Oslo. The big olive itself. If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere. [They enter the city.] Stick with me, kid. This city is a dangerous place. [They almost get hit by a passing carriage.]
Driver: Look where you're goin' numbskull!
Rocket: Hey, I'm walkin' here! You see what I mean? I'm tellin' you- wackos.
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Loki
FanfictionLoki, a son of gods, was snatched as a baby by Laufey and forced to live among mortals as a half-man, half-god. Now a teenager, Loki needs to perform a rite of passage on Earth to prove himself worthy of living with the gods on Mount Olympus. With h...
