My greatest hero

chapter 98

Eira was faced with the man she saw burn in the woods.
'How can he be here? I saw him die' she thought to herself, she wanted to scream for help, she wanted to call loki and Thor, or at least move to get a weapon, but she was paralyzed with fear, and her voice was gone along with her ability to move. "Didn't Embrey tell you loki wasn't the only know who could make an illusion?" He asked, as he stepped closer to her. The mention of her sisters name and the fact that he was getting closer to her made her snap, she sent blades of ice at him and tried to run to the door, but he was able to refocus quickly enough to stop her. He knocked her to the ground and kicked her in the stomach, then hit her throat.
"Loki!" She tried to call but her voice wasn't louder than a whisper. He kept kicking her, and beating her, until she was so weak and broken she could barely move, she kept trying to call for help, she kept trying to fight back, but she couldn't do anything. he was crafty, he made sure she couldn't speak so no one would think she was in danger. her once beautiful and perfect gown was now torn and tattered as she lay curled up on the ground, tears were streaming down her face, as she tried to at least get up. Gollum leaned down and pulled her to her feet, forcing her to stand.
"Embrey wants you dead, and I'll see that it happens" he hissed in her face.
"No, please" she begged, tears still falling from her eyes. He pushed her against the wall and leaned closer to her face.
"I killed you once, let's see if I can do better this time" he hissed in her face, she mustered up every bit of strength she had and hit his chest with ice, he stumbled a little and she took the opportunity to run, but he was to fast, he grabbed her around her waist and pulled her up against him. He put one arm around her shoulders, and one around her waist, making her unable to move. With the hand around her shoulders he revealed a knife, and touched the point of it to her throat.
"Please, please don't" she begged, her voice was coming back a little, but was still no more than a whisper.
She was shocked when she felt a sharp, deadly pain in her side,
she was expecting him to slice her throat, but instead he'd taken her by surprise and stabbed her in the same place he had before. She would've screamed if she could, but all she could do was stand there in his grasp, and in is control, sobbing in pain.
"Long live the queen" he hissed in her ear. and with that, he plunged another knife into her heart. The world stopped, He let go of her and she collapsed to the ground in a pool of her own blood. time seemed to slow down, she felt like the world was fading, she couldn't do anything. she was holding her side with one hand, trying to stop the blood, and her heart with the other.
"Loki! Loki!" Her voice was a little louder, but not enough. She took several deep breaths trying to gain strength, with every piece of strength in her body she screamed.
"Help me!" She shrieked, she heard someone running, And knew she'd yelled loud enough for at least someone to hear. Loki came running in and saw her laying on the ground and a pool of blood. "Eira!" He yelled running over to her, he held her up and put his hand on her face.
"Somebody help me! Someone get a healer! Please!" He shouted, but no one came, no one was around, everyone was waiting on the soon to be king who was with his dying wife.
"Stay with me darling, I'll make sure your okay just hold on" he said, tears filling his own eyes and quickly dropping onto her face. "Thor! Somebody! Please someone hear me!" He shouted even louder.
"Loki, they- they can't he- hear you" Eira stuttered, he looked into her eyes and saw that she was fading away.
"No, no this can't happen, I won't let this happen" he said, trying to think of something to do. He started to get up to find help, but she held into his sleeve.
"Please don't leave" she asked. He nodded.
"Okay, I'll stay here, just hold on" he said back.
"I love you loki" she said as she struggled to touch his face, he held her hand on his cheek and she smiled weakly, but was crying uncontrollably.
"I won't let you die" he said sternly. "You and I are going to live long lives together, okay? Were going to have a big family, and you're going to be able to tell them all the stories about everything we've done together. You are not going to die like this, I won't let you" he said, crying as he spoke, she smiled through her tears and nodded slightly.
"That sounds good" she said back, her breathing started to grow weaker, her eyes started to wander. "No no no! Eira stay with me!" He shouted as he cradled her in his arms. He could feel her going weak. "Someone help us!" He yelled again.
"Loki!" He heard Thor yell from the hall.
"Get a healer! Thor get a healer now!" he Shouted in reply. "Help is coming darling, just please hold on" he said, finding himself going hysterical at the thought of loosing her.
"You are such an amazing man, I love you so much, you're my whole world" Eira said a little breathlessly. "No, no don't, please" he begged. "I love you so much" she breathed. "Stay with me!" He yelled again, But she didn't reply, her hand that he held on his face went limp, her eyes closed as her breathing stopped, where there should be a heartbeat there was nothing.
"No! Eira come back to me!" He sobbed as he shook her a little.
"Loki!" It was Thor again.
"I'm in here! Please help me!" He yelled in reply. Thor came in with a few healers. They rushed Eira to the healing room where they put her on the table and started trying to save her.
"Please be able to save her" he begged the healers, they all had tears in their eyes as they looked at his pleading face, they looked at each other, unsure what to say.
"Your highness, she- she's gone" Reva said with tears filling her own eyes.
"No, no she can't be I need her! There has to be something you can do!" He sobbed, looking at her lifeless body. "She was dead before we even got to her" she told him. He was breathing hard, his chest was heaving, he was so taken by grief he didn't even know what to do.
"No! Eira you can't be gone! You can't be gone! I need you! I love you please don't be gone! Please!" He yelled, hugging her dead body. "Please darling, please come back to me!" He cried into her chest, he felt a hand in his shoulder.
"Loki, come with me" Thor was telling him, loki could hear the sadness his his brothers voice, he knew he cared about Eira too and was trying to help him.
"No, no I can't leave her" loki said, holding into her body more tightly. "Loki, come on" Thor said gently, holding onto his arm trying to get loki to let go.
"No, stop it! Get off me!" He yelled, pushing Thor back. "Give her back! Give her back!" He screamed into her, Thor didn't know what to do now, he couldn't rip loki away from her, but he knew loki would drive himself mad like this. He made the healers leave, he was almost hoping loki would just exhaust himself from screaming and he could then take him away from her. He felt horrible about having that thought process, but what else could he do? Loki sat there screaming and yelling, begging her to come back for far to long, Thor left for a while to inform Odin what had happened, and that it was a murder. It didn't take long for word to spread, and in no time at all, a coronation was the furthest thing from everyone's minds. Thor gave loki some time Before he came back, when he did, loki was laying with his head on Eira's stomach, and one arm wrapped around her. He was sobbing and exhausted from yelling and also from sorrow.
"Loki, come on, come with me" Thor said as he came over and tried to pull loki up, loki tightened a little.
"No, no I can't leave her" he said as he tried to fight back, but had very little strength left. Thor's heart shattered seeing loki like this, the only time he'd seen him close to this distraught was when their mother died, and even that wasn't as bad as this, he'd literally been clinging on to a dead body trying to bring her back to life.
"Come on, you need to sleep" Thor said pulling loki to his feet.
"Please let me stay with her" he begged. Thor didn't say anything, he just put his arm around Loki's shoulders and led him to his room. He sat him down in bed, and made him lay down, loki was clearly tired, exhausted, and worn out.
"Try to sleep" Thor said kindly. Loki didn't do anything, he couldn't speak, he felt like his world had caved in on him, he was supposed to be able to spend his whole life with her, and now she was gone forever.