{"id":35119,"date":"2012-08-08T05:16:07","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T05:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2012\/08\/08\/loki-and-the-firechild-10\/"},"modified":"2012-08-08T05:16:07","modified_gmt":"2012-08-08T05:16:07","slug":"loki-and-the-firechild-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2012\/08\/08\/loki-and-the-firechild-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Loki and the firechild"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cI can kill you, Thanos,\u201d Loki whispered, holding him down with a ray of light from the spear. \u00a0\u201dI can kill you because now I have real reason to. \u00a0You have threatened not only me, but another, innocent.\u201d \u00a0He plunged the spear into his chest, and narrowed his eyes, almost smiling, when Thanos screamed out in pain. \u00a0\u201dAnd I am not always without sentiment<\/em>.\u201d \u00a0He twisted the blade.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Summer\u2019s scream echoed Thanos\u2019. The pain was beyond outrageous. She dropped to the floor, bracing herself on hands and knees, breathing hard. \u201cDon\u2019t \u2014 play, Loki,\u201d she gritted. \u201cI\u2019m in his \u2014 mind.\u201d Clawing one hand off the floor, she shaped the pain into an enormous, swirling fireball, and flung it at Thanos.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Loki raised his eyebrows and stepped back slowly as the mass of flame hit its target. \u00a0He ripped the spear from the creature and watched proudly as he clutched at his own body, life leaving him, until finally he was still. \u00a0It was done, then. \u00a0A great hiss of air left his lungs in an exhale he did not know he had been holding back. \u00a0For a moment, the entirety of this\u00a0forsaken\u00a0place seemed to be still, resting, emptied of all action. \u00a0Loki turned slowly and allowed his eyes to focus on Summer, staring at her reverently. \u00a0He said volumes with that look.<\/p>\n

And then the sound of an approaching army did a rather successful job of breaking the moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would suggest we run.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Staggering to her feet, Summer clutched her arms around herself, trying to hold herself together. Tears ran down her face unnoticed. \u201cGo first, then. I can fly. Go!\u201d The last was a shout, over her shoulder, as she turned to face the direction of the sound. Wisps of fire began to swirl around her form again, even with arms locked tight around her shoulders and feet planted wide for balance.<\/p>\n

Death chimed up and down her bones, making them sing out in cruel arpeggios. Summer wanted to be out of here, wanted to be home, safe, up to her neck in literal hot water and not metaphorical.<\/p>\n

Wanted the pain to stop, wanted to believe Loki had listened to her.<\/p>\n

Wanted to believe what his last look had implied.<\/p>\n

Staring into the darkness, she held her ground, giving him time to escape.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Loki\u2019s limbs locked up and he 2`tr0yho [[my cat really wants to contribute]] was conflicted in a way that was familiar and painful. \u00a0Summer was weak, and she was in pain, and it was his fault. \u00a0He had brought her into this. \u00a0Could he leave her? \u00a0Could he flee and save himself and leave her to her own devices?<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2026I can\u2019t\u2026are you strong enough?\u201d his voice was too small, and they were losing time. \u00a0She didn\u2019t look strong enough.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

[hihi Jack. good boy Jack. precious fluffy kitty.]<\/p>\n

\u201cI have to be, don\u2019t I?\u201d she flung over her shoulder. \u201cThe longer you wait, the less chance I have. So either go, now, and trust me to catch up, or get over here and work that device again!\u201d<\/p>\n

The rising heat around her made her hair dance in wild abandon, and she took a deep breath, flinging her arms wide. \u201cCome and get me, you bastards!\u201d Summer screamed into the shadows, which abruptly shot long and dark away from her as her hands filled with flame.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He knew the teleportation device would not work unless they were at its point of origin again. \u00a0It was a good quarter mile away.<\/p>\n

That was close enough.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot for me. \u00a0You will do no more for me, fire child!\u201d he half yelled, and without giving her a second to even register what was going on, he gathered the woman in his arms and took off running, her arms slung awkwardly over his shoulders and the fire burning out in her hands. \u00a0He might not have been Thor, but he was strong, and very fast, and Summer wasn\u2019t much of a burden.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“GRK—LOKI!” Summer’s surprise was so great she couldn’t react more than to shriek his name. “WHAT are you doing?!” She tried to jerk her head up, at least, so she could watch their backs, could warn him. A thought put the fire out, leaving the halls in shadow, but she didn’t need sight to guard them.<\/p>\n

Empathic senses spread wide, net-like, searching for the least hint of discovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

lokilaufeyyson: iamthefirechild: lokilaufeyyson: iamthefirechild: lokilaufeyyson: iamthefirechild: lokilaufeyyson: \u201cI can kill you, Thanos,\u201d Loki whispered, holding him down with a ray of light from the spear. \u00a0\u201dI can kill you because now I have real reason to. \u00a0You have threatened not only me, but another, innocent.\u201d \u00a0He plunged the spear into his chest, and narrowed his … Continue reading Loki and the firechild<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10,140,4401,3067],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35119"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35119\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}