Chapter 2
Hayley pulled Alexis against her body and smashed her lips against hers. She moaned in response. There was nothing gentle about the kiss: all tongue, teeth, passion, and desperation, but no less full of love. In this place of endless torture, she was her light and safety. Alexis pulled away, gasping to catch her breath and Hayley used the opportunity to ravish the soft flesh of her neck.
“H-H-Hayley... .,” she moaned, her head tilting to the side to give her more access to delicate skin.
Hayley suckled and nibbled at her skin, her hands caressing Alexis’s body and groping her breasts. Alexis growled and her hands shout out to grab Hayley’s hair and force her back on her lips. Their clothes seemed to vanish in a blur and suddenly they were on the ground. Alexis was beneath Hayley as she kissed down her body, ravishing her breasts and leaving marks on her chest, before strolling further down.
Her moans were music to her ears and could make Hayley cum just by the sound of her breath. Her pleasure turned Hayley on more and encouraged her to continue as Hayley kissed up Alexis’s thighs and finally went to where she wanted her most. She licked a long stripe up her core before flicking her clit with her tongue.
“C-Chr-Christ... .,” Lex gasped.
Hayley smiled against her and continued to suck, lick, and nibble on the sensitive flesh while inserting two fingers inside her, stroking the spot inside that made drove her crazy.
“You're so beautiful Lex. So gorgeous...I love you so much,” Hayley moaned before going back to taste her again.
With each stroke of her tongue and curl of her fingers, Hayley brought Alexis closer and closer to orgasm. She could tell her black haired lover was close: her breath erratic and hips thrashing. Hayley opened her eyes to see Alexis groping her breasts, pleasuring herself and moaned at the sight of her lover in ecstasy.
“Hayley! I'm gonna-,” she cried out before she fell over the edge.
Then the scene changed. They were running and a gunshot burst through the air. Hayley heard Alexis gasp and turned to see blood leaking from a bullet wound on her side.
“Lex no,” Hayley screamed.
She collapsed and Hayley held her in her arms, her blood running onto her skin.
“Please God no. . .”
Alexis put something in her hand and saw the necklace she always wore. When Hayley looked back down, she saw the life drain from her lovers' eyes, blurring over until they started out into nothingness.
“No. . . .No. . .Lexi please wake up. . .Please. . .Lex?LEEEEEEEEXXXXX!!!!!!!!!!!”
She was gone.
Strong arms pulling Hayley into an embrace woke her up. A part of her hoped it was Alexis, but she knew it wasn't: arms too strong and body masculine.
“Shhhh...It's alright love...It was a dream... .,” a voice smooth as honey said.
Hayley sobbed into the man's chest, not caring who it was. It felt so good to be held and just let everything out.
“They killed her... .T-here nu... Thing. . . could do...My fault... .,” she cried.
“Breathe little sorceress. . .”
Hayley tried to breathe, she did, but she couldn't get Lex's body out of her head.
“Why? Why did it have to be her? I loved her... .,” Hayley whimpered.
The man didn't respond, just held her tighter. Eventually, Hayley could feel herself slowly slipping into unconsciousness.
“Please don't leave me. . . .,” Hayley whispered as she started to fall asleep in his arms.
Maybe she was dreaming, maybe it was her imagination, but she thought she heard him say, “Sleep, my little sorceress...You're safe now. . .”
Hayley blinked her eyes open and waited for them to adjust to the sunlight that flooded in the room. Immediately, she was hit with a negative energy. Being an empath, Hayley was able to feel and manipulate people's emotions. She got up and brushed her hair, the negative energy pulling her the entire time.
Burning curiosity caused her to find the cause of the negativity. As she stepped out into the hallway, Hayley could feel the energy wrap around her like a vice as she heard voices down the hall.
“He... .criminal!”
“Loki. . . .changed. . .give him. . .chance!”
“I don't want him near the kid! He's dangerous,” Tony's voice boomed from the hallway.
All of the team was fighting in the living room and Hayley saw a man with long black hair and she wanted nothing more than run her fingers through it and feel the soft delicate locks. He screamed dominance and power, but not danger. His eyes were emeralds, with a piercing gaze that could cut Hayley like a weapon.
He sat in silence as he watched them fight with a gleam of amusement in his eyes. His eyes caught hers and his entire body language shifted. Only Tony's yelling snapped her back to reality and she let out an unconscious whimper and backed away. The entire room fell silent and all eyes fell on her.
“Did he hurt you,” Tony demanded storming up to her, earning multiple shouts to stop from the others.
Hayley flinched back at his forceful tone.
“I swear to God Reindeer Games I will kill you if she says yes!”
“I believe you should see what your arguing and bickering has done to her before you start threatening to kill me,” the mysterious man said, gesturing towards Hayley.
She didn't even realize she was crying. Hayley quickly wiped away her tears and looked down at the ground. Way to go Hayley. Crying in front strangers is really smooth.
“Shit,” Tony cursed under his breath.
She shuffled her feet and fiddled with her hands.
“Kid, I’m sorry,” he apologized, rubbing his temples.
Hayley ignored him and then studied the man on the couch with curious eyes.
“You were the one who helped me last night,” she asked, her voice small and quiet.
“Indeed I was little sorceress,” he said clearly amused.
“Forgive me. I did not wish to trouble you. Thank you for calming me down,” Hayley told him, trying to ease the tension in the room.
“It was no trouble. I have not met a sorcerer as strong as you in a while.”
Tony scowled at the man, clearly unhappy with his presence.
“I don’t know what you’re up to Loki, but you don’t hurt her, touch her, breathe around her, and, in fact, don’t even think about her! If you harm one hair on her head-”
Hayley didn’t stay for the rest. Her eyes turned pure black as a black circle appeared below her and she fell into it, teleporting herself into her room and on her bed. Maybe it’s best if Hayley stayed away for a while.
She lay on the bed, alone with her thoughts for a few hours. Honestly, her mind was the worst company, plaguing Hayley of memories from when she was still trapped and tortured every day. But worst of all, Hayley’s fallen lover was like a curse: her face the melody that wouldn’t leave her head.
Hayley got up and took a shower to get the thoughts out of her head. To take her mind off of things, she started to sing in the shower. Hayley had heard it playing one time in a store and since then, it has become a lingering sound in her head.
“All my friends tell me I should move on, I’m lying in the ocean singing your song,” she sang softly.
Memories rushed back to her as she repeated the words.
“Loving you forever can’t be wrong, even though you’re not here, won’t move on. That’s how we played it.”
Her hands moved down her body as her eyes shut. Hayley tried to imagine it was Alexis’s skin under her fingers.
“And there’s no remedy for memory, your face is like a melody! It won’t leave my head! Your soul is haunting me and telling me that everything is fine! But I wish I was dead!”
How true it was.
“Every time I close my eyes, it’s like a dark paradise! No one compares to you! I’m scared that you, won’t be waiting on the other side! Every time I close my eyes! It’s like a dark paradise! No one compares to you! I’m scared that you won’t be waiting on the other side!”
It wasn’t her skin. Hayley would never feel it again. It was all her fault. Why can’t her smile leave her alone? What once brought her happiness brings her so much pain now.
“All my friends ask me why I stay strong. Tell em’ when you find true love it lives on. That’s why I stay here. And there’s no remedy for memory, your face is like a melody! It won’t leave my head! Your soul is haunting me and telling me that everything is fine! But I wish I was dead!”
Why couldn’t they have killed her too?
“Every time I close my eyes! It’s like a dark paradise! No compares to you! I’m scared that you won’t be waiting on the other side! Every time I close my eyes! It’s like a dark paradise! No compares to you. . . But there’s no you. .. Except in my dreams tonight. . .”
Tears ran down her face as Hayley started to cry, slowly sliding down the shower as she sat down, pulling her knees against her chest and wrapping her arms around them. Hayley didn’t know how long she stayed like that, but it had to have been at least thirty minutes as she slowly got out and dried off. Hayley sighed as she walked out of the bathroom.
“You have a lovely voice.”
She shrieked in surprise, falling on the floor and almost dropping her towel as she saw the mysterious man in her room, sitting on her bed. Instinctively, Hayley curled up in a defensive ball, her hands covering her face. A lamp on the desk next to her bed shattered into pieces on the floor.
“Though for some reason, I believe you don’t use it as often as you should.”
With a wave of his hand, green shimmers surrounded her and clothes covered her naked body. Hayley blinked in surprise and slowly lowered her hands. She saw that the lamp was also fixed.
“I-I’m sorry... .,” Hayley muttered.
He chuckled and got up, walking up to her and offering his hand. She looked at it confused before cautiously taking his hand, feeling relieved when he helped her off the ground.
“It’s quite alright my dear. I never got to introduce myself. I am Loki, God of Mischief,” he said with a polite bow, kissing her knuckles.
Her face flushed at the intimate gesture.
“M-my name i-is H-Hayley,” she said quietly.
“A beautiful name for a beautiful girl.”
“Why are you here,” she asked, now concerned.
“Is it so hard to believe that I just wanted to talk,” he asked.
Hayley didn’t think he would really want her to answer that question, so she stayed silent.
"Last night, you didn’t just have a regular nightmare... You pulled me into it.”
Oh God. . .
“How did you do that,” he asked, changing from calm to menacing in seconds, a dagger materializing in his hand.
“I don’t know. I didn’t mean to I swear,” she was panicking now.
Hayley could feel his disbelief and anger at her answer. Shit! She didn’t what to do. And she didn’t get a chance to do much before she was pinned against the wall with a knife against her neck.
“I will admit, it was an interesting dream indeed...I never would’ve pictured you in such a vulgar scene. And with a woman. . .” he purred.
Tears rolled down her face. Panic and rage swirled together: panic for the fact that a knife was against her neck, but rage because of how this man was making fun of her for loving a woman. Her powers surged and astral energy came out in a blast, knocking Loki off of her. Hayley crawled away from him, and back into her defensive ball, crying and shaking.
“P-please... .I’m sorry...Please don’t hurt me...I didn’t mean to that. I’m sorry... .P-p-please...”
She could feel the energy inside her threatening to burst as Hayley desperately tried to keep it under control. Astral energy surrounded her and shocked her body as beams flew through the room, breaking the desk and threatening to ruin other furniture. The fact that her powers could destroy an entire room did nothing to calm her nerves, making Hayley hyperventilate that she can only cause harm. She could hear yelling outside the door, voices of the other Avengers screaming. Cracks appeared on the walls as they threatened to shatter, black energy spilling from new holes. Her hands flew to her hair and gripped the strands roughly. Hayley shut her eyes as tears fell down her face.
I’m a monster. I’m a monster. I can’t stop it.
Suddenly, the girl heard a man grunt in pain as if fighting to get through something before a hand rested on her shoulder and a palm was placed on her forehead, tilting her head up. Hayley saw Loki through pitch black eyes briefly as he chanted in a foreign strange tongue before everything went black.
The last thing she heard was him say, “Rest now sorceress.”