Cursed [Loki fanfiction]

19. A few days later

Crypt could hear what was going on around her but could not open her eyes. She could feel the needles in her arms doing whatever they did to keep her alive. The slow beeping of the machines hammered on her skull making her not want to wake up.

She heard Loki explaining everything and by the sounds of it he was being threatened by Nat, not to her surprise. They talked about how she had held Mjolnir and how it had gone to her when she needed it. Crypt was worthy. 

Hours went past and the Avengers and doctors came and went from where ever she was, the only thing that always stayed was Loki.

At one point Frigga turned up. "You did good, Crypt, but now you need to wake up. We need you. Loki needs you" she whispered in her ear.

"Mother I-" Loki realised what he had just said, he had called Frigga mother. The Allmother turned to him and hugged her son before looking back at Crypt's body. "Her skin is still grey. Why?"

The silence that followed made Crypt desperate. They had not given her blood, it was so simple. Scinlæce could not create their own blood, they were born with it but once lost they would never get it back. However, on Earth humans could do that and they donated it often. Just give her blood.

Frigga sighed and turned to leave but instead bumped into Loki causing him to fall over and cut his hand on the edge of the counter in the hospital room. Crypt could smell the blood almost before it had appeared on Loki's skin. If only she could reach out and touch the wound.

There was a small eruption of chaos and Clint came in to make sure that nothing was wrong, swiftly followed by Nat. Loki's cut was spilling blood rapidly and while the others tried to bandage it blood dripped onto Crypt's face.

Once the bleeding was under control they turned to see the damage to the room. One by one their eyes landed on Crypt's face as the blood was absorbed through her skin and disappeared.

They all stood in silence and Clint went to fetch the other Avengers.

Loki unwrapped his cut. He was insane, but they had all seen what had happened. Holding his hand over her face a few drops of blood landed on her cheeks before quickly being absorbed by the skin.

The grey began to fade from her skin and the heart rate monitors beeps increased. Loki took her hand and held it as blood was pulled from the cut. It stung and Loki winced. Frigga tried to pull his hand way but stopped when the grey tint on Crypt was rapidly disappearing.

Blood was leaving Loki's body and he had started to go pale. Thor grabbed his hand and pulled it away.

"Enough Loki" he said firmly.

"No Thor! Let me go. It was working" Loki struggled and Thor tightened his grip around him

"My brother is not dying for a monster!" as soon as the word left his lips he knew what he had done.

"A monster? She is not a monster! In fact she is the least monster out of us all!" Loki yelled to the room. "We are all killers, we killed for ourselves. She killed, to save us." he said as tears welled in his eyes.

Silence levelled the room and no one said anything. After all the aliens and gods Nat thought that everyone would be accepted but there will always be someone out there who doesn't like a species.

Something rested on Loki's hand and he looked down. Crypt had moved her hand on top of his, he looked up and met her blue eyes. She was awake.