Young God | L. Laufeyson

44. Trip to New York

"Behold!" Skurge rushes into the scene, Loki still with his hands in the air and Aurora's quad blaster pointed at him. The man tries to catch his breath, still exhausted from the long run. "Thor... Odinson... and Aurora Reyes..."

"No, no." Loki lifts his finger, frustration running through his voice. Now his whole plane is ruined and he turns to Skurge, looking more than just done. "You had one job. Just one."

"So did you." Aurora's gun is bored into his back and Loki gulps, she's really mad at him. Her finger is still around the trigger, ready to electrify him. As he slowly and carefully turns around to look at her, Loki faces her bitter and disappointed expression. "Your job was to stay."

"I told you to stay away from me, Aurora. What's so difficult to understand there?" His voice remains clear as he pushes the emotional impact Aurora has on him aside. This is for her own good. Loki only tries to protect her but it hurts him to see her in so much pain as her hand starts shaking and her eyes are glassy. It breaks his heart and he just wants to hold her in his arms, kiss away the dolor.

"Alright." She sinks her weapon and inhales deeply, but this doesn't mean that she gives up. The ring is still in her pocket, captured in the velvet box. "I'll stay with Thor then. You can't keep me from doing this."

"Where's Odin?" The God of Thunder asks with anger and Loki rolls his eyes.

"You just couldn't stay away either, could you? Everything was fine without you. Asgard was prospering. You've ruined everything. Ask them– "

"Where's father?" Thor cuts him off and walks threateningly towards his brother, Loki stumbling backwards in fear until they reach a bench. "Did you kill him?"

"You had what you wanted. You had the independence you asked for." He attempts to talk his way out of it but Thor aggressively presses his hammer against his brother's chest, holding him down until Loki confesses. "Ow, ow, ow, ow. Okay. I know exactly where he is."

"Lead us to him." Thor demands and in the next second the Warrior Three walk into the whole drama. Volstagg, Hogun and especially Fandral are surprised by Aurora's appearance as they grieved when they found out about her supposed death.

"Aurora?!"

"Oh, hey, boys!" She smiles brightly and pulls all the three of them into a big hug. "It's been a while! But it seems like that Loki didn't even bother to share the information about my status as well. You look like you're seeing a ghost."

"Technically, we are." Volstagg mumbles while Loki suddenly drags her away from them.

"What are you doing?" He hisses and Aurora glares at him, pulling her arm away from him.

"If you are seriously jealous now, I'll get mad. You left me, remember? You're not in the position to be bloody jealous, Loki." She snaps and turns back to the Warrior Three. "We're leaving now to get Odin back but we for sure need to catch up on the lost time!"

"We definitely do." Fandral smirks in a flirting way which makes Aurora roll her eyes. She then looks at Thor and Loki, ready for the new adventure and mission although she only takes this opportunity to break Loki's whole play and find out about his true reason for the sudden breakup.

"Let's go! I've always wanted to use the Bifrost."

***

New York City. This is where Loki left their father. Honestly, Aurora had expected something more exciting than Terra, she would have loved to see one of the other realms. At least the Bifrost has been an awesome roller coaster ride for her and she can't wait to use it again. While Thor wears mundane clothes, which is more than amusing to Aurora because he looks like a beefcake forced into a hobo's outfit, Loki has changed into a completely black suit, which drives her more than insane because he looks more than just handsome in it. Aurora has stayed in her space clothes and that makes people stare at the weird trio the entire time.