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Ok everyone this is my first story I hope you all like it. Take it easy for I am brand new to the posting. Although if you review it may have me move a bit faster in my typing Enjoy

Chp1 Burdened With Glorious Purpose:

Loki x Darcy

Truth was Loki felt remorse for his past actions. The time he had spent in the white room, with a large glass window had made him feel like an animal. In all honesty he had behaved like one, and worse, he had acted very common at that. No longer did he see himself as above other based off of his status of Prince of Asgard. He was also a King in Jotunhiem, but this was something he kept to himself, and he was not ready to take the throne yet. He had seen the error of his ways, and without the dark lure of the Tesseracts' power seething within him, he had learned to forgive, well at least begin to forgive. Odin his adoptive father still saw Thor as the golden son, but Loki was learning that his approval no longer mattered. Thor, while brash and generally oafish at times, had the best intentions and relying on his brute strength to solve all problems. This was just who he was and Loki had accepted it. Now Loki was on Midgard with Thor to help defend the mortals from those who wished to destroy the earth as it spun. He saw it was better to have the Avengers as his allies, rather than his enemies. Especially seeing as Thanos had every intention on killing him as painfully as possible. He honestly knew it was a mistake to ever strike a deal with him, but when he fell out of the other side of the wormhole created by the bifrost in their domain they had taken him in, fed the delusions inside his mind of betrayal and hurt, and filled his mind with thoughts of ruling in grandeur while everyone kneeled at his feet. He unwittingly became controlled by the cube and lost himself.

Currently he was sitting in his room at Stark Towers, looking out at the city below him. Although Fury didn't trust him and he didn't trust Fury he still joined in their little missions from time to time. He did miss the thrill of battle. He had maintained a semi- permanent residence, only returning to Asgard for the harvest of the apples and to visit his mother. Otherwise he lived on Midgard, with his brother Thor and the Avengers. A none too subtle knock on his door interrupted his thinking and silent mediation. Annoyed, (Even if he learned that he was not truly evil, he still was the god of mischief and his personality did not change, he was still quite the trickster and generally annoyed with everyone) he walked over to the door and answered, only to find his overly smiley Thor on the other side.

"Is there a reason you're pounding on my door? Or do you just not know how to knock properly, if not you should have Jane teach you"

Thor laughed, the joke clearly not affecting him.

"Good day brother. Glad to see you're awake for the day. May I enter?"

Loki, not wanting to be bothered but not having a choice, he let Thor in.

"So I know you have not come to just wish me a good morning and exchange pleasantry, what can I do for you brother?"

"You know me well; I have come to ask a favor of you."

"You can ask, but no guarantees I'll grant."

"As you know Tony has planned what midgardians call a 'couples retreat' for the week. Lady Jane would really love to go, and I would like to experience this celebration."

"And you come to me for what? Bedroom advice?"

Loki smirked knowing that always got him riled up, maybe he could get a practice battle with his brother for old time sake. Thor abstained from taking the bait, though he was itching to.

"No, besides I have no need to ask, I am quite proficient on my own."

Loki hid a scoff under a cough. He had the unfortunate ordeal of sharing a wall with him as the rooming situation stood now, and whenever he brought Lady Jane to his room, he never got rest for all the noise they made. But even then while Thor had bedded his fair share of women, he lacked the finesse in making a woman truly scream in pleasure.

"Lady Jane is currently working on a way to rebuild the bifrost and connect our worlds once again. But there are some important experiments she is conducting that need to be watched carefully and the data processed as it appears."

"She can't run from this experiement from the retreat, is Tony not the messiah of all things electronic in this realm?"

"Apparently no one is allowed any electronics on this trip unless it is an emergency. The computer man J.A.R.V.I.S. will be available for all of us, but nothing else. Meaning she cannot check on the experiment herself. Nobody else can understand her work on the bridge. Could you keep watch on these calculations, make sure nothing goes askew in her absence?"

Loki did not want to do this, but it would do to have a debt in his favor from Thor.

"When will you return again?"

"In one weeks time. We leave tonight."

"Fine, I suppose I could watch over her little project, but you will owe me brother."

"Deal. Lady Jane will be so pleased. We will drop her paperwork off to you before we depart. And Lady Darcy will be helping you should any other problems arise. She will join you in the lab in the morning."

Thor smirked. Loki huffed. When it came to Lady Darcy, Loki was conflicted. On one hand she was impossibly infuriating, always talking and arguing with him. She was not intimidated by him by any means, but on the other side she was the one of the only people he enjoyed talking to, even if it was just to goad her into being angry. But now she was not going on this trip with ehr romantic intrest?

"Lady Darcy will not be going on the trip? I thought she was set to board the private planes with you all?"

Thor looked abashed and spoke.

"She and her Boyfriend are no longer together, it seems they had a quarl about the openness of their relationship, and their courtship ended. Thankfully she had mentioned the 'couples retreat' to him, and told him she worked for Stark Industries (When she really worked for S.H.I.E.L.D) but not that she worked directly with the Avengers."

"Well he was an imbecile anyways."

LOki scoffed out and walked back to window so that he could look out at he skyline. Thor noted the look that went across his brother face when he mentioned Darcy's former lover.

"Is this fondness brother?"

Thor grinned at Loki, while Loki looked indifferent again, trying to feign contempt.

"Hardly, but she was obviously bored with him. Her intelligence greatly outmatches his own."

"Regardless of your dislike, she will be helping you during our leave."

He said with a tone of finality, telling Loki that that the arrangement was not up for debate.

"Fine. Now I'm leaving. I will be back before you leave for your trip. I'll be on Asgard, visiting mother."

He was clearly irritated with his brother for forcing the girl on him.

"Please send my regards, I would accompany you but I must pack and prepare with Lady Jane."

His smile, told Loki that the packing wasn't all Thor had in mind for the day, and that he no intrest of being in the room next to them for the day.

"Fine."

Loki waved his hand over himself, and his attire changed to typical Asgardian clothes. Consisting of Dark green fabrics, black leather and golden metals for armor, but casual enough for a visit with his mother. Focusing on home, he found himself standing in the throne room in front of his mother and pseudo father.

"Loki, my son I was not expecting your visit. I was just commenting to your father that we had not spoken to you or your brother."

Queen Frigga's eyes burned brighter at the sight of her once lost son. She was overly excited to see her son. Odin was not as elated to see him.

"Speaking of your brother, has he come with you?"

Odin spoke, clearly wanting to see his other son more than the one standing in front of him.

"He sends his regards; he could not join me on the trip. There is a midgardian event he is participating in with his Lady Jane and the rest of the Earths' mightiest."

"You are not joining them, son?"

"No. I prefer the solitude."

"As always."

Odin grunted and stood from his throne, and walked from the room. This action did not offend him, because he no longer held affinity for the man. Queen Frigga smiled at her son, hoping to excuse the behavior of Odin.

"Come my son; walk with me in the garden."

She offered her arm, and Loki took it to help her off the throne and walk with her to the palace garden.

*Garden*

"So how have you been? How is life on Midgard?"

Queen Frigga asked of her son.

"Life on Midgard? Well... It's different. It's inhabitants are still mostly incredibly dull or unintelligent or some dreadfully annoying combination of the two."

Loki said cynically, rolling his eyes.

"It cannot be that horrible if you choose to live there, when we have allowed you back into court. You could say here if you wanted."

She was secretly pressing the matter in hopes her son would come home, maybe to repair the rift in her once happy family.

"It is better to live where I make a difference and people accept me for who I am, Rather than be a prince in a place where they look down upon me for not being the next heir."

"Honey we decreed you forgiven and as a prince once we realized you terrorized under the Tesseract's power. You are free here."

"I know, but it doesn't change the looks and thoughts of the people, mother."

"I think you're missing something. Perhaps you need someone to talk to and time with."

"No."

The Queen looked a bit saddened because she was tired of seeing her son so sad, plus the palace was getting quiet without her sons. It was time for new feet to run down the golden halls of the palace and tire out servants as they tried to chase down the ones resposible for destroying something inside the palace.

"I just think you could do, with having someone to to spend time with, someone to share your aspirations and goals, someone to give you an heir."

Loki froze, and stared at his mother. The thought of him having children were impossible on any realm, nobody would dare to concive with Asgard's dark prince, thinking him a blight without even knowing of his true herritage.

"Mother please..."

"Imagine Loki, someone to share your life and knowledge with. Having children is a life changing experience."

She smiled thinking of little Loki's and Thor's running around like her fully grown sons once did.

"Mother you cannot possibly think anyone would want to be with me."

"You could find a nice Asgardian Woman and then settle down."

"No woman from here would want me for nothing more than my power, wealth and status. And once they knew what I really was, they would never have children with me, for fear their children would be a monster just like... Me."

The Queen would not hear any of it. She regretted ever letting them here those legends as mere children, especially knowing one of her sons was related to the villain in the stories. She was the one to stop walking now, and she grabbed her son by the forearms, forcing him to stop walking and look her in the eyes.

"Loki Odinson..."

"Laufeyson."

"That doesn't matter Loki. You are not a monster. Do not let me hear you call yourself that again. There is someone for everyone and you are no different son. That is truth."

Loki heard the words but he dismissed the kind words as such... Kind words. That's all they would ever be to him. A way to coddle his feelings, and unvalidate his fears...

He finished the conversation with his mother about life in general, and then he said his goodbyes and returned to Midgard. Thor was waiting on the outside of the door for him to return, with a stack of paper in his large hand.

"Brother. We will be leaving shortly. Here are the papers needed to work in the experiment. Also Lady Darcy came by to inform you of when to meet her in the morning."

"And?"

He spoke waiting for Thor to finish his sentence knowing there was more to be said, also wanting to know why Lady Darcy wanted to see him.

"She says 8am."

"I am an early riser. I will meet her there."

"Great. We are taking our leave now, please behave around Ms. Darcy. I'd hate to see her upset and you subsequently frustrated because you two can't get along. I want you both alive when we return."

"I for certain will be alive, she can only hope."

Thor takes the comment in jest and bids his brother a good holiday, and leaves for his retreat.

Loki wanting nothing more than a meal and sleep goes to take a shower conjures a meal from the kitchen and spends his night sleeping afterwards, groaning at the thought of spending time with the Midgardian...

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