Little angel

(24) Going on a trip

Ivory's POV:

I don't know when but I must have passed out when we got to the Jet cause all I remember is seeing Nat and Steve's worried faces, Tony had his usual unimpressed face so I didn't bother paying much attention to him. I do remember Loki carrying me into the jet but that's when everything goes black. God, sometimes I wonder how I've survived this long if I'm this weak.

I wake up in my old room, the only thing that's changed is the fact that there is now a bunch on medical stuff in here, I groan and sit up slightly. Rubbing my eyes I see I have an IV in my hand. Fun. I look around again properly taking everything in, I have to admit I did miss this place, I finish looking around and look to me other hand which doesn't seem to be able to move. There asleep in a chair was Loki. His face was head down in my sheets, how has he not suffocated? Gently, I shake him awake, he's a little confused at first but after seeing me his face lit up. "I was so worried little bird!" He brings me into a gentle but much needed hug "Sorry Lo, didn't mean to pass out on you." I scratch the back of my neck laughing awkwardly. He sighs placing his hand on my cheek, "Don't ever apologise for falling asleep. Scratch that don't ever apologise again." I giggle at his statement and place my head against his, "I'll try my best." He smiles "That's what I like to hear. Now then... JARVIS please inform the team Ivory has finally decided to join the living." A robotic voice echoes through the room "Will do Reindeer games." Loki grumbles at hearing the nickname "Stupid Tony and his stupid machine." I cover my mouth in an attempt to  not laugh, he sees this and jokes about with me whilst we wait for the others to arrive. I have Loki join me on my bed as it's big enough to fit at least three Thor's on here, he carefully sits beside me and I nuzzle into his side. "I know you told me not to apologise but I'm sorry for leaving you all like that." I feel his chest rise and fall as he sighs "Like I said previously little bird, don't worry too much. We have you back now at least." We lay there for a few more minutes before crashing can be heard outside my door. Suddenly Bucky, Peter, Steve, Nat and Bruce fall into the room on top of each other, to their dismay a moment later Thor comes running and trips over falling on top of all of them. They argue between themselves about who got here first, Bruce won the argument considering he was here to check up on me.

Bruce does his check up and takes advantage of this by asking me lots of questions and jokes about with me. Once he finished everyone practically cheered and rushed over to the bed and the chairs surrounding my bed. They begin bombarding me with questions, Loki snaps at them to calm down and speak one at a time. They all quieten down which was nice. Peter was the first to speak, "How did you manage to live with a pack of wolves and still have Echo with you?" I panic "Where's Echo?!" They point behind me at a sleeping owl, I felt relieved and began answering questions.  "Well, it took a week for them to fully accept me but I was only able to find them in the first place thanks to a lovely old bear couple. They helped out the pack a bunch when I got ill. The pack soon found I was still young so had me help them when hunting and looking after the cubs. It was fun honestly." Bucky raised his hand and I giggled cause the situation was reminding me of an interview, "Yes Bucky?" "I can't be the only one who just heard her say that bears helped you out? Right? Also how big were they?" I shook my head at him, "They were huge about 5 foot when on all fours. And they were lovely, they weren't happy about me going near their cave at first but when I asked about an area I could stay they began helping out. The female wanted me to stay with them but her mate said it wouldn't be a great idea cause of hibernation and other things. So they suggested I go to the wolves. About two weeks after being with the wolves I passed out on the way back from a hunt so Bella got one of them to carry me on their back to the den." Everyone was both shocked and impressed by my explanation.
Steve scooted closer, "Ivory?..." I look over at him tilting my head, "What is something you have wanted to do for a long time?" I think then look at Loki beside me who is slightly staring into space. "I wanna go to Asgard!" I clap. Loki and Thor look at me shocked, before they could even argue against me I began talking about it, "They always spoke about the rainbow road and how pretty the place was. The cool stuff that was there, everything just intrigued me." Thor put his face in his hands and Loki sighed whilst the team began laughing at them. Nat dusts off her legs and stands up, "Guess it's been decided then, eh boys?" She ruffles my hair about "Hope you have fun kiddo."

And with that she walks off, I look over at Steve who is still sat there, "You see Ivory, we had planned to take you where ever you wanted to go. So you could enjoy what time you had left." I had a sour taste in my mouth as he said that.
"H-How long have I got Steve?" He goes quiet, I look over at Peter who turns away, Bucky rubs the back of his neck, Thor holds his hands up. The rest of them leave. "Loki...How long?" He moves from my side to face, "We aren't fully sure but the longest is half a year..." I felt tears prick my eyes as he said 'longest', "What is the shortest Loki? Like tell me please! I have a right to know!" He turns his head away which is when I notice his glazed over eyes, he was about to cry. "I-I didn't mean to yell..." I cup his cheek, he faces me again and nuzzles then kisses my hand before choking out "...A month.." It hits me harder than I thought it would, Loki crawls back over to me and pulls me into a tight hug as I sob. I cry until I can't breathe and my tears are gone, the entire time he stayed with me trying to comfort me. He strokes my hair back and kissed my forehead once I calmed down a little, "How about I go pack a few things then I can go get Thor and the three of us can go together? How's that sound?" I nod wiping my tears away with my long sleeves, "Yeah that sounds good. Can you have peter come here so we can talk whilst you get everything ready?" He nods and kisses my forehead again, "I'll go get him for you my dear." He leaves the room.

It felt a little lonely but that loneliness doesn't last long as Peter charges into the room. I laugh and he sits down on the bed in front of me. We catch up and talk about all sorts. It was a fun 15 minutes. I say 15 minutes because that's when Loki comes into the room with his brother in tow, Thor was holding two very large suitcases.
Almost felt sorry for the man, Key word 'almost'. God, Loki has rubbed off on me. "You ready little bird?" I gave him a big grin "Yip!" He tilts his head, "It sounds cuter than 'yep', just go with it skinny boi." He chuckles at my choice of words "Okay little bird, don't ruffle your feathers." I roll my eyes at his dumb remark, then I hold my arms up knowing he'll want to pick me up. He very happily obliges and picks me up, he walks us out onto the roof, which was very cold might I add, and Thor calls out "OPEN THE BIFROST HEIMDALL!"