Beauty and the Beast

Chapter 9

Loki's brows furrowed. He knew Morgan was seeing Asgard and he knew she saw his mother in danger. He prayed her vision was wrong, but he knew instinctively that it wasn't. She was trapped in a magical vision. And her words would come true if they didn't stop it.

They had to stop it, had to stop Frigga from being in danger.

"What else do you see, darling?" Loki asked her gently, keeping his voice soothing and calm so he wouldn't startle her out of the visions, but would encourage her to keep speaking what she saw. He needed to help her focus through the pain of this first vision so he could rescue his mother. He hated seeing Morgan in pain and he hated asking her to stay in the visions and work through the pain to save his mother.

Morgan's eyes were still glowing bright gold and her voice held an ethereal quality to it when she started speaking again. "She's alone in the throne room. Alarms are blaring. She wields a long dagger, armor shimmers over her dress. Men enter. They're too tall with blue skin and crimson eyes. Mjolnir flies by. The men demand something. I can't hear. They defeat the woman, one throws her over his shoulder, and they leave while she screams," she said and sagged with a whimper, her eyes returning to their normal white as the power faded from her.

Loki's hands were on her shoulders, steadying her as she sagged from the drain of such advanced magic that she couldn't control. He helped her lie down on the couch. "Breathe, darling. You did wonderfully," he told her gently. She closed her eyes and focused on breathing and trying to calm after whatever the hell just happened. Loki glared up at the ceiling when she was settled safely. "Computer, contact Thor. Now," he snarled at it. His mother was in danger. There was no telling when Morgan's vision would happen. He had to move, now.

"Brother, what is it?" came Thor's voice a moment later.

Loki would have sighed in relief to hear from him, except that he was panicking too much. "Mother is in danger. I will explain later. Inform Stark that I will be taking his daughter with me to Asgard to keep her safe. Meet me on Asgard when you can," Loki gave the orders without thinking about the fact that it was Thor he was bossing around. The two of them had worked together for centuries and Thor trusted Loki's battle tactics, which is how he was treating this emergency.

"I will meet you in the Bifrost chamber," Thor replied and ended the call to inform Stark that his daughter would be traveling to Asgard. It was the best place for her so she wouldn't be alone in the tower while Loki dealt with the emergency back home and the team was halfway across the world on a mission. It was also faster and easier for Heimdall to pick them up from two different locations than for Thor to get back to the tower first.

Loki sighed and shook Morgan a little. "Come on, darling. We need to go," he told her gently and helped her to her feet, despite that she was dazed from the vision and massive use of magic to have it. "Lean on me," he added gently.

"Go?" she asked confused, but let him help her to her feet, let him support her as she leaned heavily on him, both of her arms around his waist. Loki would have just tucked her into bed, but he had to bring her along to Asgard. It wasn't safe here and he wouldn't leave her alone.

"Your vision, darling. You just saw my mother in danger. We must get to Asgard immediately," he explained. He knew that most oracles couldn't recall the images they saw after the fact, especially such a new mage as Morgan. She nodded her understanding and let him lead her to the Bifrost circle outside of the tower. "Hold on tightly to me. The first time on the Bifrost is always an experience," Loki told her gently. Her arms tightened around him and he held her securely in his arms. When he was sure she would be safe, he looked to the sky and asked Heimdall for a lift home. Morgan's arms tightened even further around him at the strange feeling of flying upward and she cringed, hiding her sensitive eyes against his chest. Even blind, she could sense light and the bright rainbow lights hurt her.