Alliance

Chapter 8: Distrust

Chapter 8: Distrust

~∫ Thor ∫~

Thor watched his brother leave, his thoughts confused. Loki was right; his friends

constantly looked to him for direction, rarely heeding Loki. He heard their

movement as they all jumped up the instant Loki left the room, walking towards him

all starting to speak at once.

"I do not know why..."

"He is not right, we do..."

"But why did you..."

"STOP!" Thor silenced them with one word. "Enough, my brother is right. You do not

offer him the respect he deserves. Others look up to you, follow your lead, so when

you act as if he is not truly the king of Asgard, others give him even less respect. You

undermine his authority, and that is not right."

His friends looked at one another before finally Sif spoke up. "But you do not trust

him. I do not trust him. I am surprised that he did not kill you when he had the

chance, for he has tried many times. Why should we trust him now?"

"I do trust him, Sif. He is my brother and..." Thor paused as he considered his next

words, knowing he needed to explain why he continued to feel loyalty to his brother

despite all his previous transgressions. "My family has not done right by him. Odin

did lie to him. I did not know of his parentage, but I always acted like I was the only

one fit to rule. Father did say we were both truly kings. Loki..."

"Loki is mad." Volstagg finally spoke. "He is hell bent on ruling everyone and

everything. If he got his hands on the six stones...."

"The stones? He wouldn't... but..." Speaking under his breath more so than to his

friends, Thor voiced these words and suddenly knew where Loki had been headed.

Not bothering to explain what he was doing, he raced out of the room and headed

towards the Vault.

"See!" Sif shouted after him. "I told you!"

He heard the words but heeded them not at all. Racing down the hallways, he

headed to the vaults where Odin had stored relics. It was also were the Tesseract

had been placed.

He entered the vaults. To the right lay the Tesseract, to the left were other relics. He

did not hesitate; turning left he headed for one specific room.

~§~ Lady Sif ~§~

The four friends looked at each other as Thor raced out of the room.

Sif did not regret her comment. She was certain Loki was off to grab the Tesseract.

She wondered what he would do with it once he had control of it once again. She

looked at the men still in the room and shouted, "Come on! We had better follow

them. Thor is bound to need help if Loki gets his hands on that Tesseract!" She took

off down the hallway after Thor followed closely by the other three.