"I should've done something more," She said, shaking her head, "Let's get going before I overthink what i should've done." She walked to the armory quickly and grabbed a bow and arrows before coming back to Thor, "Where are we going to look first?"
The same woman that gave the man the slip of paper came over to them again, tapping them both on the shoulder. The man smiled and finished his drink, standing up and glancing at the woman, "Arrow's finally ready," He said to Loki, motioning for him to stand up as the woman made her way back to the door from earlier.
Thor nodded "we're heading to Alkiriem first," he said as he grabbed his weapon and his hammer
Loki's eyes opened and nodded, standing from his chair and following the man
Avalin nodded and made sure that she had enough arrows, "How are we traveling?" She asked, heading for the main doors. She was still quite worried for her husband and she tightened her grip on the bow to try to calm herself down.
The man walked back to the door from before and motioned for Loki to go in first, the woman from before seated next to a large man.
"the Bifrost of course, how else?" Thor said with a slight smile. "We'll find him Avalin," he reasured her, sensing her worry.
Loki walk through the threshhold hold counting how many people there were in the room 4 including his captor, shouldn't be too bad. He looked the larger man in the eyes
"I know, I know, it's not going to stop me from worrying though," She sighed and shook her head, heading towards the Bifrost.
The new man was strongly built, with plenty of muscle and a few weapons strewn around the room. "Rhebsu, leave," he said in a booming voice to the woman who promptly stood and walked out with a small glance at the man that had captured Loki. "Risken, you actually followed through," The new man said, causing Risken to nod as he stood next to Loki.
"believe me, I think he's more worried about you," he offered "are you ok by traveling like this? I know your hesitation about magic,"
Three, not bad, could get better though Loki studied the larger man Risken…his captors name was Risken. Loki continued to glance around, never leaving his gaze off the larger man for more than a few seconds
She took a small breath in and nodded slightly, "I..I'll be fine." She said, "Just..I'll be fine." She stopped her sentence before she could say anything else and she nodded again, "Let's get going."
"I didn't expect you to actually complete the task," The large man leaned back in his chair and looked around the room, "I'm tempted to say you just set this up, that you bribed the prince into coming with just so you could collect your money and prize." Risken shook his head, "i didn't set this up sir," He said, seeming quite nervous around the man, "I promise Arrow, I didn't set this up, I captured him easily."
He glanced back at her "you won't even feel it," he reasured, determination to find his brother coursing through him
It took everything in Loki's power not to roll his eyes, he still wasn't used to being treated other than with respect. Instead he trained his eyes on the ground
"I hope so." She said to herself, jogging to catch up to him, "What's it like? Traveling by the Bifrost?" She looked at the ground and focused her thoughts on finding Loki.
the man studied the prince and Risken, "I'll believe you for now, since you haven't let me down before." He waved his hand dismissively and looked around, "Go collect your money and tell your sister she can go." He glared at Loki, "And you, tell your brother to stay away from this planet, we don't need anyone to tell us 'what were doing wrong.'" Risken nodded, a faint smile on his face as he grabbed Loki's arm and drug him out of the room.
He tried to put it in words but failed "there's no true comparison to it other that
N sky diving but going up instead of down," he said with a smile
Loki bit down into the gag as he clenched his teeth. my brother is the last thing you'll have to worry about once I'm free he allowed for the man to drag him away
"Yay.." She said weakly, "Think of Loki," She told herself under her breath.
"Thank you, one more stop." Risken grinned and looked around for the woman, smiling when he saw her a few feet way. He nodded slightly and she nodded back, a small smile on her face as she walked off. "To the next fun place.. to get my money and my next bet."
"it's not as bad as you think," Thor said
Loki didn't know how to feel about being better on, flattered or disgusted, how many people and beings wanted the Asgardian Royal family's heads on plates? He made a silent vow that he would do anything to fix that, him, his queen and his brother would fix the misconceptions and war between the 9 realms their father had started
Avalin nodded, "Let's just get this over with." She looked up at Thor and smiled weakly, "Are you ready to go save your brother?"
Risken grabbed Loki's arm again and led him through the building back to the door that the came in through. He shoved him lightly through the door and followed out right after, grabbing the cloak and hat and throwing them back on.
"If you're ready to save your husband, then yes, yes I am." he nodded
Loki made it look like he was struggling for those who kept staring until they were out of sight. He muffled something and glanced at Risken
She nodded, "How do we get the Bifrost to work? Do I have to stand or go somewhere in particular?"
"Hm? Oh," Risken walked over to Loki and untied his gag, freeing his hands as well, at least for the moment, "Were you saying something?" He walked over to where they had appeared before and motioned for Loki to come so that they could leave.
"No you don't have to stand anywhere in particular," He went up to the sword and twisted it, opening the Bifrost "ready?"
He stood and shook himself off, walking over to him "I thought you said you made one bet,"
"Ready as I'll ever be," She said, shaking out her arms and convincing herself that she'd be fine.
He shook his head, "No, I made two." Before he could say anything else he put a hand on his arm and snapped his fingers, humming as they started to travel to the next planet.
Thor nodded and started to sprint into the Bifrost
"Great," Loki rolled his eyes and sighed "Did you have any intent on hurting her?"
Avalin followed Thor into the Bifrost, pressing her eyes shut as she did. Her grip on her bow tightened and she opened one eye slightly.
"Not really, as much as I could, I don't hurt women." He said, not looking at Loki as they traveled, "I'm just slightly curious, why did you offer to go for her? You're the prince of Asgard, she's not."
"Good to know your common courtesy extends to all genders." he muttered "You're right, she's not royalty. She's more than that to me, I would trade my life for hers if it meant keeping her safe. Wouldn't you do the same for someone you loved?" he asked, the sarcasm and usually tease in his voice gone, replaced by serious calmness
"There's only one person that I love anymore, and it's my sister, who you currently just helped free." Risken said, "The woman that came and got us? That was her. She was in captivity for several years now and this was my last chance to get her out of that disgusting place."
"So this isn't going to you're own personal gain, its to help your family?" he asked, gaining new respect for Risken. He nodded "I promise to keep this charade up as long as it's not for personal gain or to harm innocents. And if you return me by tomorrow." he said
Risked nodded, "I'm not completely heartless, you'll be back by tomorrow. My sister is the only family I have left though." He looked around and then focused on Loki, a semi desperate look in his eyes. "Just..don't mention this ok? I need to keep up my act and I can't have anyone ruin it for me."
He nodded "I won't," he promised "are we close?" he asked
"Where is he?" Thor growled as he pinned a man down with his hammer at a bar
"Yes, you want to tie your gag again?" He held it out for him along with the rope for his hands, "I'll tie your hands together again."
Avalin watched Thor, she could tell that Loki wasn't here, she could just feel it. "Thor?" She said gently, "I don't think he's here."
He nodded, sighed and tied the gag around his mouth again, turning and pulling his hands together so Risken could tie them back
He nodded and shoved off the person he pinned to the wall " no, but he was. We're close."
Risken tied his hands together just as they appeared on the next planet. This one was quite the opposite of the other one, they were in the middle of a small city with only a few tall buildings. The ground was a deep red color and he kicked up dust as he walked towards what looked like a bank.
She nodded, "Let's just keep looking, before he disappears again."
Loki nodded, a little confused but followed Risken to the bank
They walked inside and Risken walked up to a teller, striking up a conversation with him and soon coming back over to Loki with a bag of money in his hand. "Alright," He said, grabbing onto his arm and snapping his fingers. They appeared on top of one of the higher buildings and he again led Loki inside.
He glanced around quickly before they went inside, planning his escape in case anything got serious. hm, no one's around…
