Illusions | Loki & Jane

5. The Extra-Terrestrial

"I knew you'd come." Loki said chuckling, when he saw her shocked face, as her focus got ripped out of her notes when hearing him walk behind her. It was past midnight and she was lying on her stomach next to the Bifrost Markings with her equipment, while she was writing something into her book. Out of the sudden this man was standing next to her in the middle of the night. Her perplexed expression faded and made room for anger.

"Are you serious?"

Loki could see the annoyance on her face, while she got up, crossing her arms before of her chest. "Don't you have something else to do? Like being at home with your family or feeding your cats? Or maybe sleeping?" She didn't want to be rude, but why on earth was he spying on her? She would have called the police, if she wouldn't get arrested on trespassing private grounds, which did belong to this man in front of her, unfortunately.

Loki couldn't help himself, he burst out laughing. "I could ask you the same question." She dared to talk to him like that even though she believed him being the owner, making that reality her the one, who was not allowed to be here. He shook his head, still chuckling when his eyes met hers. "I am sorry, but you are just a horrible liar. The next time you are planning on coming back at night, let someone else do the talking, maybe I would have believed your friends."

Jane stared at him baffled. Had he just made fun of her? Again? She sighed, not wanting to start a fight. "I know, I always have been."

"So what is it you are doing really?" His eyes sparkled, when he looked upon the symbols in the ground. "It seems much more important than some pictures."

Jane rolled her eyes. She knew she would not be able to work here, if he wouldn't let her. "I am a scientist." She started to explain. "I would like to investigate these signs." She pointed at the circle on the ground. "And since I don't have a degree on linguistics, yet, I just want to know why my equipment is reacting to these markings so much."

"Ah." Loki nodded interested. "So what would you like to find out?"

"What or who did this and if it is something from earth." She answered.

"So you are suspecting that it was an alien." He had heard this word before, when he had listened to a conversation between two people, discussing life on other planets. Nevertheless, he couldn't stay serious, while saying this strange word.

"Well not like E.T. or something." She answered. "But I refuse to believe that we are the only living beings around. The universe is far too big for only us."

"E.T.?" The Demigod asked confused.

"E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial, you know, the movie?"

Loki shook his head as an answer, he had no idea what she was talking about. He would rather not ask what a movie was, since she had already been looking at him as if he had just told her what he was.

"Wow!" She closed her mouth again, which had been open for the last seconds. "Have you been living on the moon or something?"

"Something like that." He laughed taking a seat next to her on the ground. Jane followed him with her eyes disconcerted.

"What? Are you planning on standing there the whole night?" He asked sarcastically, looking up to her.

"Aren't you going to kick me off your property?" She asked stunned.

"No." He replied. "But if you are going to investigate this..." he bit his tongue, because he almost would have said Bifrost Markings, "thing, then I'll join you."

Jane's features softened. Was he really planning on staying with her over the night? "Uhm..." She scratched her head. "Fine, but I don't want to hear any sarcastic remarks from you."