Timeless

Entry #12

Location: Unknown

Date: Unknown

Drip... drip... drip...

'Dearest...'

Drip... drip... drip...

'Dearest, open your eyes...'

Drip... drip... drip...

Darkness... nothing but an empty void staring back at her...

Drip... drip... drip...

There it was again; that vaguely familiar sound... but what was it? And that voice... that soft, velvety voice... that warm and loving tone...

'Dearest...'

She couldn't see a thing, but somehow she was aware that she had turned around only to find nothing there but the same darkness... in front of her... behind her... above her... anywhere... everywhere... embracing her... choking her... crushing her...

'Loki...?'  she finally whispered, not daring to believe her own ears.

Drip... drip... drip...

'Look at me, dearest...'

'Loki!'  she called out, a resounding note of despair in her tone. 'Where are you? I can't see a thing...'

Her heart cringed in delight and in pain at the same time, when that so familiar sound of an amused huff reached her... as if he was right there... right behind her... his lips no further than an inch from her ear...

'That's because you won't open your eyes, love...'

Drip... drip... drip...

'My eyes are open...'  she retorted, annoyed by that repetitive sound she couldn't place.

'No... not yet... open your eyes, dearest...'

When she blindly reached out trying to find something... anything... that would give her the slightest clue as to where she was she now caught the sound of that growled breath he used to give away whenever he was annoyed... she could practically picture him narrowing his eyes at her... pinning her down with that pointed gaze of his...

'Stop searching for me!'  he now demanded, and for a moment the imposing, almost regal shade in his voice made her freeze.

But then his voice melted just like snow under the sun, and she again recognized that loving and seductive tone he had so many times used on her.

'Just open your eyes... I'm right here...'

Lowering her arms, she tightly closed her eyes and opened them again, only to find herself in that same dark void.

'Kara, open your eyes...'  came Loki's annoyed tone, this time tainted with a sense of urgency that sent a cold shiver down her spine.

Suddenly her eyes protested when a bright light illuminated her in an odd way, like a huge lamp had just been lit behind her... while it made the outline of her body shine, the rays seemed unable to penetrate the darkness before her.

'Don't turn around!'  he ordered when she tried to look over her shoulder. 'Open your eyes... open them...'

'You're really here... aren't you?'  she asked, making no more attempts at disobeying him.

And then she felt it... he wasn't touching her at all but she could feel him there... right behind her... a shaky breath left her... her lips now tried to move of their own accord and paint a smile on her expression... and she felt tears trailing along her cheeks...