Cursed [Loki fanfiction]

8. Confession

The next morning, Natasha was waiting for Crypt outside her room. When she saw her, Nat bent down and gave her a reassuring stroke. The headed into the common room together.

"We have an update" Natasha said as Crypt hoped on to the glass coffee table.

"Hey guys" Crypt said in the calmest voice she could manage. The Avengers just stared at them some with their mouths open while all of their brains had to restart. Loki's expression had not changed from the stern mask he always wore but there was shock and concern behind his olive green eyes.

"You can speak... English" Stark stuttered. He looked like he was about to freakout.

"Yes and I am sorry I didn't tell you all sooner. I needed to know if I could trust you" she said, her eyes dropping to the floor.

"It is alright" Bruce piped up "I understand not wanting to tell people about things like that". He seemed to understand and if Crypt was to be completely honest with herself, she didn't want to why.

Everyone had seemed to accept this new information when another voice spoke. "Are you going to tell Fury?" it was Loki. The room went silent, it was a good question. Clint suggested that they keep quiet until they have to report to Fury, but they would not withhold it. Everyone agreed, everyone but Loki.

Once everyone had asked all the questions they wanted they left to do their tasks, it was only her and Loki in the room, him in his usual . Crypt jumped off the table and and jumped up onto Loki's lap. "The cat is out of the bag, that was brave, but why tell them?" he questioned.

"Natasha found out via the CCTV" she said gesturing to the camera "and once two other people know your secret it is no longer a secret" Crypt finished. Loki brushed her cheek with his fingers and she nuzzles his hand. Loki felt safe with her, like the gnawing hole in his chest from the things he had done was a little less painful.

Crypt crawled up Loki's chest and began to whisper in his ear. "Can you keep a secret?"

"Yes, I like your name" he replied loud enough for the camera to hear. He was either every smart or he had done this before, or both. "I need your help", she paused, was she really about to expose herself. "You are a master of magic, right?" she asked. To the CCTV it looked like she was sleeping. "Yes, Snow is a rather basic name". Loki was good at this.

She began to have second thoughts they needed to get away from the cameras.

Loki noticed her change in persona and immediately knew why. "Crypt? Crypt?" he asked, playing his game he sighed, picked her up and left the room, she was pretending to have fallen asleep. He opened the door to her room and then closed it. There were no cameras in the bedrooms for obvious reasons. They would be able to speak freely and Crypt could tell Loki what she needed help with.

Crypt got up and he sat down on her bed. Her room looked almost clinical, she hadn't changed a thing, he knew because this is exactly what his room looked like when he arrived. "I need you to teach me how to control..." she took in a deep breath "my magic".

Loki had to process this for a minute, was Crypt suggesting that she had magic? "What do you mean?".

Crypt contemplated his question for a bit, if he was to help, he would have to know the full truth. She was not about to spill without protection. "If you are going to help me and you want me to answer your question then you have to make a sacred vow."

How did Crypt know what a sacred vow was, Loki wondered. The questions were pilling up in his head and he was no stranger to secrets. A sacred vow was something different, it was a promise to do or not to do something and if the person breaks it they suffer a slow, painful, agonising death. It was serious. Loki agreed to do it.

"You have to promise not to tell a soul what I am about to tell you" Crypt explained. Loki repeated the words and then muttered an enchantment which luckily the bracelets didn't block it. A raised scar like rune appeared on his hand and a much lighter and smaller one on Crypt's paw.

"I am a Scinlæce, Fury is right. I possess blood magic. A witch trapped me in a foxes body one thousand years agon until I learn to control my magic. Will you teach me, Loki master of magic?"

Once she stared she couldn't stop and now Loki knew everything but he was bound by his life to silence which was a great comfort to Crypt. Loki had remained silent and continued to do so, she wished he would speak, tell her what a monster she was and that he would never help her gain her true form. Anything.

"I will help you" he said.