My greatest hero

chapter 82

Loki appeared on asgard, holding Eira tightly. He looked up and saw that Thor, sif, and the warriors three were all there in the observatory.
Fandral came over and took Eira from loki, seeing that he was bleeding and could collapse any minute.
"Take her to the healers, she needs immediate attention" loki said as he let Fandral take her.
"I'll be right there darling" he added as they left.
"Loki, you need help too" Thor said, coming over to loki. Thor saw the wound in his shoulder, which was bleeding excessively and it was causing him to be dizzy and stumble a bit. He took Loki's arm and put it around his own shoulders so he could help him walk, but between the loss of blood and the throbbing pain in his shoulder and ankle, he could barely move. They finally reached the palace and loki was taken to the healing room, and was set down on the healing table. He was breathing hard, trying to deal with the terrible pain in his shoulder, he felt one of the healers put something over his nose and mouth, and after breathing in again, he felt himself falling asleep. He woke up a few hours later, he felt a little more refreshed, he was wearing decent clothing, and the room wasn't freezing cold. He sat up a little a realized that every muscle in his body was stiff and sore. He groaned a little as he sat up, his shoulder aching a little. "You should rest" one of the healers said as she tried to get him to lay back down, but he refused and stayed sitting.
"I'm fine, I need to see Eira" he said, pushing her hand off of his shoulder.
"Your highness, I really must insist that you stay here, you're in no condition to walk, and you need to rest" she said softly, but still sternly.
"What's your name?" He asked, remembering how Eira criticized him for not know the people who worked for him.
"Reva" she told him. Before he could say anything else, Thor came into the room.
"Oh, you're awake" he said "how do you feel?" He asked.
"Well, aside from the throbbing pain in my shoulder and ankle, I'm pretty good" he said a little weakly.
"Well you should lay down and try to rest" Thor told him.
"Yeah, that's what Reva was telling me. but I need to see Eira, she's probably terrified right now" he said, wincing in pain as he sat up on the edge of the table.
"What were you and the warriors doing at the observatory?" Loki asked, realizing that they couldn't have known they were coming right then.
"We were on our way to jotunhiem to find you and Eira, we were starting to-" Thor started but was cut off.
"Wait, it was you, it was always about- Thor, you need to tell father to get ready for another attack from the jotuns" loki said in a hurry.
"Loki, calm down and talk slower. What are you saying?" Thor asked, trying to calm him down.
"The jotuns never wanted Eira, she was bait, they used her to get to me, and were going to use me to get to you" loki explained.
"So why not just come after me? Why Go through the trouble of getting her, then you?" Thor asked, loki thought for a moment before shaking his head, he really didn't know.
"I don't-" he started, but then it dawned on him 'it was a distraction' he thought.
"They wanted us to be focused on Eira, they wanted us to think they were after Eira when they were really after you. And they must've let njördr tell me they were after her so that I would be focused on that. and that would explain why they hired Brynjar to kidnap her, I wouldn't be expecting anything to come from Asgard. We never considered it was about you because we were all so caught up in protecting Eira. Everything was a set up" he was mumbling mostly to himself. "They'll be back, they went through this much trouble to get you, they will come back. go tell father they're coming back" he continued
"Alright, I'll tell father and have him tell hiemdall" Thor told him. Loki laid back down, finally glad everything was making sense and they could be prepared for what comes next. Another healer came into the room and went over to Thor. "Your highness, Eira is awake, and she's a little upset, I'd like to bring loki to her" she told Thor, he nodded in agreement. She gave loki something to help him walk, and he went to Eira's room. She was laying in bed and there were several healers trying to calm her down. Loki came over and sat on the bed next to her.
"Hey, it's okay love, you're safe, you're home" he said comfortingly. She started to relax upon hearing and seeing him. "Are they going to be able to fix me?" She asked, loki didn't really know what to say, he didn't know if they'd be able to get her memories back or not. "We're going to do everything we can" he told her, knew that wasn't very encouraging, but it was the best he had.
"I'm sorry I caused you so much trouble" she said as she sat up a bit.
"Wha- no, don't be sorry, you didn't do anything" he told her.
"How are you? You got shot too" she asked, he smiled a little.
"I'm fine, I've been through worse." He said "I was stabbed through the heart once, so this is nothing" he added a little jokingly. The healers were now all leaving the room so he figured it was a hint for him to leave and let her get some rest.
"Well you should sleep" he said, giving her a light kiss, and getting up to leave.
"Loki" she said, he turned around. "Will you stay with me?" She asked. He came back to her and slid in bed next to her, she was soon asleep, and he was able to relax beside her