surge | loki laufeyson ¹

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ALEX RAN AS FAST AS HER LEGS COULD TAKE HER, THANKFUL THAT Tony forced her to start working out. She followed the corridors that led to the garden. 

If she wasn't running for her life right now, she would stop to admire how beautiful the castle was. 

Focus! She yelled at herself. 

She made it down to the gardens, and kept running. She could see the edge of the grounds, and was almost there. 

That was, until, Loki teleported directly in front of her. And she ran into him. 

"Ow," She groaned, on the ground. 

"Do you take me for a fool?" He demanded. 

"Maybe,"

"I have to say, I am impressed that you knew I lifted the spell. I was trying to gain your trust, which you have now destroyed." 

"Do-over?" She looked up at him. 

"Quiet,"

"Okay, well, that's rude--"

"No, quiet." Loki snapped, looking around. 

Alex quieted herself, and looked around too. She heard faint rustling of bushes, coming from the edge of the garden. 

"Get up," He whispered. 

She quickly stood up, and watched Loki transform his clothes into armor. 

"Um, why did you just do that? Are we under attack?" 

"Alexandra, have you ever seen a bilgesnipe?"

"A what?"

"It's huge, scaly, has antlers?"

"We have reindeer." She responded. "Kind of like what Tony calls your helmet thingy--I'll shut up." 

He rolled his eyes. "I hope your powers work, because I hear about three." 

"No, no, that could be anything." 

Two very large, repulsive creatures charged from out of the forest. 

"Maybe not!" She screamed. 

Loki pulled out a sword, and Alex panicked. She was completely unarmed, and still in the dress she was given. 

"Loki, I don't have a weapon," She said frantically. 

"You are a weapon." 

She knew she was going to have to use her powers in front of him. There was no use hiding them anymore, unless she wished to die.