Chapter 15: Not an Illusion

                                    

                                          
Warnings: Angst! Character Death! Language! Still no Steve Sorry! (He'll be back soon!)

"Ta-da" Loki says as the ship transports itself, bumping slightly before regaining control.
You stand back up and look at the black, desolate world around you. Loki guides the ship through the wasteland that was scattered with crashed ships.
Jane was still out of it so Thor gently laid a blanket over her.
"What I could do with the power that flows through those veins" Loki says as he looks over at Jane.
"It would consume you" Thor tells him as he sits down on the edge of the ship.
"She's holding up alright" Loki points out before shrugging slightly "for now" he adds making you shoot a look of warning his way.
"She's strong is ways you'd never even know" Thor says glancing over at jane.
"Say goodbye" Loki sighs.
"Not this day" Thor says shaking his head.
"This day, the next, a hundred years it's nothing. It's heartbeat, fleeting. You'll never be ready" Loki says standing up.
"The only woman who love you prize will be snatched from you" loki continues.
You turn yourself away from him, his words being a stark reminder of how differently you age to your brothers. Your death will precede theirs by eons. They will not age a day, but you'll grow old and weak. In the 50 or so years you'd know them, they'd always looked the way they do now.
"And will that satisfy you? Remember brother our own sister does not age like us" Thor demands.
You turn to see Loki glance over at you, his expression faltering slightly before he turns back to Thor.
"Satisfaction is not my nature" Loki retorts.
"Surrender is not in mine" Thor growls.
Loki scoffs quietly "son of Odin" he mutters.
"No, not just of Odin, you think alone were loved of mother? You had her tricks but I, we had her trust" Thor says correcting himself and gesturing to you.
"Trust? Was that her last expression? Trust? When you let her die?" Loki says glaring over at the two of you.
"What help were you in your cell?" Thor says stepping towards Loki.
"Who put me there?" Loki demands "who put me there!" He yells when Thor doesn't immediately answer.
"You know damn well!" Thor growls grabbing Loki and pushing him back.
"Stop!" You yell when you see Thor go to punch Loki.
"She wouldn't want us to fight!" You scold as Thor takes a few steps back.
"Well she wouldn't exactly be shocked" Loki sighs as he sits back up.
You couldn't help but chuckle slightly kicking Loki's foot gently, him smiling back over at you.
Thor takes a deep breath "I wish I could trust you" he sighs the hint of a smile on his face before he turns around and returns to Jane.
"Trust my rage" Loki says standing back up.
Thor glances over his shoulder nodding slightly before sitting down beside Jane. Loki sits down taking control of the ship once more, you moving to sit beside him. After a few moments of silence he turns to look at you.
"I'm sorry sister, for insinuating your life is meaningless just because you don't live as long as we do" Loki apologises his voice barely above a whisper.