Lost and Found

Chapter Sixteen: High Hopes

Loki is going to be in Thor 4! Whoo! :D It's not completely confirmed, but it's pretty close. I got Grammarly for my computer so there should be fewer grammar errors when I edit and proofread. I hope your summer is going well. I have less than a week before school starts, so that's upsetting. :( Enjoy this chapter (and the rest of the summer)!

Chapter Sixteen: High Hopes

The darkness faded as Loki slowly came to and his vision focused on his brother lying face down on the carpet.

Carpet?

Loki sat up quickly and regretted it when a sharp pain pulsed at the front of his head. Holding his forehead in one hand, Loki braced himself on a coffee table and pushed himself up. His surroundings became blurry at the motion so Loki took a deep breath and closed his eyes until he no longer felt dizzy.

A sudden jolt ran down Loki's spine, mainly because his right knee about gave out from under him but also because he realized that he was standing in his living room.

"Impossible," Loki whispered to himself.

A quick sweep around the room showed Bucky, Pietro, and Thor all lying unconscious in the mess of all the cardboard boxes and packaging that they still had yet to unpack. It was unmistakenly his house that he had bought not too long ago. Not too long ago, Sigyn was telling him that she had found a job at a local hospital. Not too long ago, Fenris had dyed Sleipnir's hair pink and they were laughing about Loki's horrible cooking skills. Not too long ago, they were a happy family...

Tears started welling up in Loki's emerald green eyes as he recalled what had been - and what could be if he could find a way to get to Colorado and take down that stupid wench, Amora.

Overcome with emotion, Loki limped over to where Thor was lying and softly kicked him in the side. Thor groaned and rolled over. He opened his eyes and blinked up at Loki.

"Wha-Where are we?" Thor asked and sat up. He groaned again as he suddenly felt light-headed.

"We are back home," Loki said and extended a hand that Thor gladly took.

Finally back on his feet, Thor looked around, his hands on his hips. "How in the Nine Realms-"

"I am not completely sure, but I have a very positive guess that the orange circle was a portal of some kind," Loki interrupted.

Thor gave Loki a look of confusion. "A portal?"

Loki shrugged in reply. "It's not that uncommon these days. Bucky said he was teleported here or came here to Seattle from Romania. And then we were sent back to his apartment and then back here before Sigyn-"

Loki froze and smacked Thor on the shoulder. "Someone or something is either trying to help us or separate me from Sigyn. They could have attacked at any time, but they only did when I was gone."

Thor pursed his lips in thought and frowned. "What about Amora?"

"Neither Amora nor Gorr can open portals, even with the power stone," Loki said. He shook his finger in the air in thought. "There has to be something else - something that I'm missing..."

Further musings were cut off as Bucky groaned and rolled onto his back. Next to him, Pietro did the same, but with more pain in his voice.

"What the hell?" Bucky muttered and covered his head with his hands. He peeked through his fingers and tried to survey the surrounding area the best he could with blurry vision.

"Where-" Pietro began.

"We are in Seattle, back home," Loki answered before Pietro could finish his sentence. Loki helped Bucky to his feet while Thor helped Pietro up. "Get cleaned up and we're heading out here."