Long And Lost (Book II)

Ch.9: The sea swept in and left us all speechless

Loki, PLEASE, don't make this worse!

If he doesn't take his hand off you right now, I'm going to--

Going to what? You're a universe away! You know I can take care of myself!

I can still scare him.

I don't need you to scare him. Please, just-- don't do anything stupid.

Loki was less than pleased by his current situation. He could see Steve Rogers pinning Sigyn to the wall by her neck. He knew she could take care of it in a blink, but his instincts were to protect her. And knowing there was nothing he could do right now, except watch, he felt absolutely helpless and frustrated.

If I'm ever back on Midgard, I'm going to kill him.

"You lied to us!" Steve repeated, tightening his grip on her neck.

Sigyn just stared at him. Little did he know she had already put a force field around her neck the moment she saw him barreling towards her.

"You know I can knock you unconscious, right?" She said. Steve looked at her confused, he was squeezing her windpipe tight, how did she not feel any effect?

"Steve! Let her go!" Bucky shouted, rushing to help her.

Sigyn didn't wait for Bucky to get close, though. The last Steve saw where her eyes glowing golden. In a flash, she wasn't there and Steve tripped forward. Another flash and Sigyn was behind him, a little push and he was face first on the wall.

"Ow!" Steve growled. "What--? Let me go!"

Sigyn's hand was less than an inch away from Steve's back. The was something pushing him to the wall, something he couldn't overcome. Bucky just stood there in shock.

"Are you gonna calm down?" She said in a low tone.

Steve nodded stiffly. Sigyn let him go of the spell, and he gasped.

"Do me a favor and don't attack me again. I hate teleporting. Makes me dizzy." She said before he could even move. Bucky glared at Steve and got close to Sigyn.

"Are you alright?" He asked her, trying to look at her neck for any bruising. There was none.

"I'm fine." She deadpanned and went to get her abandoned tea. Then she sat on a table and looked at both men.

Steve was breathing hard, still fuming. "You lied to us." He said again. Sigyn rolled her eyes.

"I thought we went through that already." She said, sipping her tea. "YES, I lied to you. I've been lying to a lot of people about that. But, would you have let me help if I'd told you the truth?"

Bucky and Steve shared a glance. She was right, Steve wouldn't have let her anywhere near Bucky if he had known. She still helped him, them. Bucky was willing to overlook it, but Steve wasn't inclined to do so.

"Are you seriously going to throw the whole team on me?" She said, interrupting their wordless moment. "I mean, I expected Sharon, but Wanda? Do you know the danger you're putting her in?"

"How did you--" Steve was now borderline terrified. As on cue, Sharon entered the cafeteria followed by Wanda.

"Don't even try, little witch, you might not like what you see." Sigyn said, side-eyeing Wanda. No one said anything, as Wanda kept staring at her. "Fine, suit yourself." Sigyn shrugged.

Why are you letting the hag read you?

Wait for it.

Sigyn just stared at the table in front of her. It wasn't long before Wanda started panting. Her eyes flooded with tears as she started sobbing uncontrollably. Everyone got a little nervous, but they were paralyzed. Wanda clutched her chest tight, as her sobs turned into an effort to keep breathing. She fell to the floor.