Young God | L. Laufeyson

24. Trust

"Oh, this looks so ancient and cool! I love it!" Aurora is beaming of joy and she looks around Malekith's dark ship. It's not like the typical spaceship she's used to, more like a giant spherical control room. Thor motions for her to start the ship and she nods eagerly before narrowing her eyes.

"And you are sure you are capable of making this ship fly again?" Thor questions while Aurora reads the difficult, ancient language with the help of the translator implant on her neck to find the correct button.

"Without a doubt, she is." Loki confirms confidently and this makes Aurora grin until she finally figures it out and presses the right button.

"Got it!" The ship comes back to life and a bright blue light appears around them, showing various holograms, including a map of their surrounding in Asgard. "Can I fly it, pleeeease?? It's been so long and I'm a great pilot, please, let me fly it!"

"My apologies to disappoint you." Thor now takes over and places his hands above both controllers to start the ship. Aurora moves aside with a pout, crossing her arms over her chest while Loki stands besides her, shooting her a comforting glance. The God of Thunder turns the ship around, crashing into  several columns of the palace.

"You're causing more destruction than I did. I told you I'm a great pilot, you know." Aurora mentions again and Loki supports her with a sarcastic comment.

"I think you missed a column."

"Shut up!" Thor groans with annoyance and finally flies through the walls out of the palace. As they fly through Asgard, Aurora looks out and sees Loki's home planet for the very first time, even though just for a split second. The whole planet is drowning in gold and shimmer, appearing wealthy and aesthetically pleasing like a divine place in heaven.

"Look, why don't you let me take over, I'm clearly the better pilot." Loki suggests and Thor scoffs.

"Is that right? Well, out of the two of us which one can actually fly?"

"Hello? Guys? I'm here, I'm literally here." Aurora pipes up with a growing impatience and groans. "I literally flew through a meteorite storm with just one engine once and still got through without a scratch! Just let me fly! And I can fly myself too, Thor, I have jet boots!"

"It's part of the plan." He just simply explains and continues the flight as their ship gets shot and he is forced to dodge with a sharp turn. Jane, who is still overstrained by the Aether, feels dizzy and collapses to the ground.

"Oh, dear. Is she dead?" Loki asks nonchalantly and Thor looks worriedly at her.

"Jane."

"I'm okay." The brunette mumbles and Aurora sighs, kneeling down and helping the human to sit up carefully. Jane is becoming weaker and weaker as the Aether absorbs her energy. Because of the little distraction, the ship gets hit and Thor loses control for a second which leads to flying through a massive building, destroying it.

"Not a word." Thor's threat is directed to Loki who was about to make a comment. They are through most of the parts of the city and villages as they get closer to the outlying area, yet several Asgardian ships now follow them.

"Now they're following us." Loki complains as their opponents start to shoot at them. "Now they're firing at us!"

"No shit." Aurora deadpans and tilts her head towards Loki before looking at Thor. "But for real though, you should at least try to dodge properly- "

"Yeah, thank you for the commentary, both of you! It's not at all distracting!" Thor cuts them both off, not expecting them to work so well together. Either they argue the whole time or they match way too great to each other, nothing in between.