Beyla ~ (Loki)

10.

As Loki traveled through the wormhole, he arrived in a part of the universe called Sanctuary and met the Mad Titan Thanos and The Other, the former who offered a pact that would allow him to become ruler of the Earth while he would take the Tesseract which was being studied by S.H.I.E.L.D. Thanos provided Loki with a Scepter with a blue gem which acted as a powerful weapon, and also as a mind-control device.

Loki would do this. He is the rightful king. You are his queen. Nothing would stop him from sitting with you on a throne over subjects.

~

"Darling."

A soft echo erupts throughout my dazed and sleep locked brain. I turn softly in the sheets of my bed pushing the disturbance away.

"Please, Beyla."

I open my eyes and see the only thing in my room is me. I step onto the cold wood of the floor padding my way towards the hall. I venture to the kitchen, fetching myself some water.

"I think you need to move some of these guys into the sun." I quickly turn to face the dark. I wrap the limbs of the plants around the mystery individual and summon my bees to point large stinging knives at the intruder.

I turn on the light to see Iron Man wrapped up in vines and leaves. He looks down nodding at his current situation. "I see. It's the security system. Very natural. Environmental friendly."

I huff releasing him from his binds. "Tony, what the hell? It's 4:19 in the morning!" He takes off the faceplate. "This would've worked out but you ruined it. Come on. I'll show you." I follow him outside of the small house I was provided with and to the back.

"Figured you could store some of the plants and stuff in here. It's also a place where you can work on growing those... glowing things. Fury said he wanted to look at them soon." "They're called vitality buds." "Yeah okay. Just make sure to grow me some of the good stuff. Anyway! Here is your new office, Beyla."

Tony flips on a switch in a gaping doorway. The beams light up and shine through the beautiful glass casing. Two floors of plants and more than enough room to produce whatever we needed.

I squeal walking forward on the tile. "This is amazing!" I laugh spinning around in the greenery. Tony nods in appreciation at his work. He hands me a remote control showing me the many features of the greenhouse. "This is where your work begins."

~

As the months grow from Loki's passing, the nightly whispers grow as well. The faint call of his silver lie. I stay awake for hours trying to decipher his calls. The more I sleep the more his haunts my heart causing me to question if I had a chance to change it all. Did I ever hold that power to convince him to run off to earth with me long ago? We could've avoided everything in the end.

I sit up in the sheets and reach for my nightstand. I open the drawer and retrieve my large journal from Asgard. I flip page by page seeing how every moment affected who I am today. I giggle laughing at the passages of young Loki and I. Mer teenagers and running among the gardens in hiding places only we knew of.

Loki picks a flower, bowing, and gives it to me. "My love." I look around for security before taking it and meeting his lips.

"Beyla. My girl, it is time for your lessons!" I pull back smirking and drag Loki through the large bushes to the middle of the gardens where it is less tended to.

I press my hand on Loki's mouth as he looks down at me shocked. He laughs as my mother calls for me once more.

Frigga's voice rings out in amusement. "Funny to notice my youngest's absence." The smile on her lips was thick with knowing.

"That girl." My mother sighs running along with her Queen. Loki looks at me smiling. "I have to say I might be rubbing off on you, love. Very sneaky." I peck his cheek. "I had a good teacher."

Had I been blind to our childhood? The signs of the jealousy of Thor. I was too naive to think all he wanted was me. He craved the throne as well. Maybe even more so than love. I trace over the glittering words of my past. My wedding ring still prompts on my finger.

~

I drop the seeds in the soil covering them up and setting all the watering features on for the time. "I see you're enjoying yourself." I turn to see none other than Nick Fury standing in the bright doorway. I nod grasping the box of his materials. I push them on the table and open the lid revealing the quarter-sized buds glowing with pale orange. I close the lid and slide it to him.

"You aren't very talkative today, Ms. Beyla. Not resting well?" I grin slightly. I rest on the small chair next to the stairs. "Did the dark circles under my eyes give you a clue?" He nods picking up his case. "We will be in touch." I shake my leg with questions running through my mind.

"What do you need those buds for? I told you how dangerous they can be. That's a lot of energy and if used any other way then a simple medicine it will-" "Possibly cause death. Yes, Ms. Beyla we understand. Let us do the work here. We're the good guys." He strolls away with my plants leaving me in suspicion.

~

"Not long now, love."

"We shall rule once more."

The whispers caused me to shred the sheets once more in frustration. "Shut up!" I groan rolling over. I stand on the floor in madness. "I hear you! Come on out!" I run through the house yelling at the unseen force.

I wander into the bathroom staring at myself in the dark. "You've completely lost it. Look at you. You're a goddess who gardens for the government you don't serve." I shake my head opening the medication cabinet and grasping one of my calming beads. I place them back and close the cabinet and when I do I'm met with eyes thought to be dead. He stares at me with grace and love. "You're also my Queen." I back away in shock hitting my head on the rack behind me. I fall to the ground finally going into a deep dark sleep.