River pried the sword away. She heaved it up onto her shoulder, walking over to myself and Loki. The Bifrost's activation port had been pried open. River could see the bundled wires, see their intended purpose.
She knew some quantum mechanics- she was the child of the TARDIS, after all- so she could understand a lot of what made the Bifrost what it was. She could even understand the way Morgan attached every part of one to the other. Even for all of that, River had no idea how this worked. For all its science, the rainbow bridge and the super-powered ice cube were magical in nature. Not advanced science, actual magic. River couldn't work with that.
Morgan could. Loki could. That, and they understood the science for this. Thus they worked on the device.
River walked up. She held the sword out to Morgan. The Reality Traveler stayed focused on her new project. River knew better than to interrupt Morgan's train of thought in these instances. River turned to Loki.
"Have you finished it yet?" River asked him.
"No." Loki replied. He held up a set of wires. "Morgan could you-"
"No, we can't plug those yet." Morgan pointed to the Casket then the sword sheath of the Bifrost. "See the problem?"
"Yes. Would it not be fixed with this?"
"Oh yeah! Can you reach-"
"There."
"You plug it. I'll swap them. This one is giving me trouble."
"Because they are backward."
"If they're not backward, we go kablooie. Did you wanna go kablooie?"
"It would not. Switch it around."
River glanced at the problem. "Morgan is right. That's essentially a safety mechanism keeping your bridge a bridge instead of a colorful laser." River explained. She'd seen a few of them in university, studying the various and many ways the Doctor had stopped planetary extinctions. Or caused them, in some cases. "The plan is to fix Jotunheim, not wipe them out."
"See? Freyja gets it." Morgan went back to her cords. "Even if we blast the Jotunheim with the Casket for as long as that planet needs, if I don't fix this then it'll just be a colorful laser that's cold."
River nodded, agreeing with the assessment. Loki did not nod. Loki glanced at the wires Morgan twisted in her fingers. The expression on his face often led River into trouble, more often than not.
She tightened her hold on the sword in her hand.
Loki noticed the gesture. He glanced up at her. River narrowed her eyes, raising her eyebrow. Morgan noticed nothing. She rambled about how she hadn't planned to become a cold-themed supervillain (yet).
"Oh! You got the sword." Morgan grinned at River. "Nice job."
"Here." River held it out.
Morgan pulled back. "Nah I don't need that."
"Then why did I take it?" River asked.
"So that Heimdall doesn't have it." Morgan replied. River's eyes widened, gawking at Morgan. "He'd need to fight you for it. Feel free to use a gun against him. Do you need to borrow one of mine? I have spares."
River never liked it when Morgan gave River what she wanted. Nor did she like how Loki's set expression hadn't changed. "How will we activate the Bifrost without the sword?"
"Gungnir is just as effective." Morgan replied. "Plus I trust Loki with the key to this thing more than Heimdall."
Loki snapped towards her. River watched each movement, ready for a fight.
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Loki
Fanfiction(Morgan is 198)(Darcy is dead)(Lilac is 8) Lady Freyja tells Loki there is only person that can help him reach his goals. If she knows her well enough, it's that Morgan could never turn away someone wanting helping.
