Chapter 4
From vanaheim they have to reach Helheim. Sigyn decided to not hang Loki on horse's back and sat him on the saddle. When she sat behind him, she couldn't be able to see anything.
Loki chuckled "why don't you sit in the front?"
"So that you'll run away from my back"
"Bind me with you"
Loki saw her mischievously.
She saw him with annoying narrowed eye. "I still don't trust you"
Loki shrugged his shoulders "if I will run... you can catch me"
Without a word she tied a rope on his wrist and kept on holding that rope and she sat on the horse. She tugged the rope to order him to sit. He smiled and held saddle and straddled the horse. She tied his wrists near her tummy and Loki was helping her happily. Next, she tied his foot together in front of her like Loki was caging her.
By now Loki was sure that this maiden wants revenge and he was so sure that he never did anything so wrong to her that she'll kill him. Moreover, after last night she saved Loki's life, he was thankful for that and it is more clear that she didn't exactly wanted to kill him. So Loki was cooperating well.
She reached the city and tried to read the board. But she left reading centuries ago so Loki read things for her. Although she was not on good terms with Loki. She hated him.
Loki asked many questions but Sigyn answered none. She just answered one. "I hired a witch who did a cloaking spell on me and you... so Heimdall can't see us. Don't wait for any asgardian to come and save you"
"Oh no I am safe don't worry"
She glared at him deadly but he smiled like it was all game. Fog started becoming dense and she warned him. "Hold on to me... we have to escape this realm as soon as possible... if goddess of death will see us, her demons will trap us here for ever"
She turned to see Loki's face. "And there is no other worse thing than to be stuck here alive forever"
Loki thought whether it is even more painfull than Thanos's tortures. He swallowed hard and soon they could see everything clearly. But there was smell of death everywhere and bones snapped under horse's hoofs. The bones clearly showed that whosoever tried to enter this realm was killed in just his two steps further in this realm.
Sigyn sensed Loki's tension in this surrounding as he held her tightly with his legs and arms. He was so close to her that she could feel his breath on her ear. She elbowed him in ribs. He screamed in pain. "Shhhhh"
"You hurt me" he whispered.
"Then stay away from me" she hissed.
"I am... scared, sorry. It's just..."
Loki's eyes widened. "Sigyn" he pointed with chin.
Sigyn saw death demons army was ready to catch them. What's more interesting to have alive people on helheim. She clenched reins tightly. "We have to go to that abyss, there is a wormhole there through which we pass to other realm. Hold tightly. Do you understand?"
Loki nodded. "You know they will attack us"
"I know" she kicked the horse and flowed the rein up and down. The speed was fast no demon could harm them much. She gave reins to Loki and tear the ropes of his hands with sword before started fighting.
One demon threw a giant bone towards Sigyn's front and Sigyn was busy fighting with sword, horse still moving. Loki saw the huge bone and he leaned backward and kicked the bone away with both tied feet. His hands and legs slipped from holding Sigyn and he fell back.
Sigyn immediately pulled reins to stop and went to save Loki. Loki was unable to stand with his feet tied. For one second he thought she will leave him there but she came back. She fought her way through until she reached Loki. She chopped off his ties first and then she was fighting. Loki saw her protecting him and looking at her muscles he remind of Thor. He imagined if Thor would be lady this is how he would look.
Loki suddenly saw they were near abyss and he held Sigyn's hand moving along the end line of land to find exact place where wormhole is. She kept fighting and got wounded. At last, most of the demons caught abandoned horse and Sigyn killed rest of them.
Loki found the hole. "Sigyn we should jump now"
Sigyn was dishearted to see that she couldn't save her horse. "Sigyn, now"
She pulled out a big dagger and throw it towards her horse. Loki held her from back and dragged her towards wormhole but her eyes never left her horse until he died and his body touched the gound, they fell into the wormhole.