"Ceres that was too hard." Polly said, though was rather amusing how fast she had moved for the needle.

Ceres didn't seem to hear Loki's words as she knelt down and pulled his head into her lap, "Your magic would be sad if you left it..."A mixure of of green and dark pink light flowed out over Loki. It didn't take away all the pain but just enough.

Polly knelt down, "You'll have to forgive her. She's not quite herself." She pulled the needle out.

Loki pushed Ceres away, he didn't want her anywhere near him at that moment, "Stay away from me" he hissed, "All of you." his head was spinning, everything was too hot, even his vision seemed tinted with red as he pulled himself away and up against the glass wall. "I just... wanted it... over" he spoke between heavy breaths as the sedative that had been added to the dose began to kick in. His eyes grew heavy, filled with anger and a weary sadness as they finally closed, leaving only a tear, stained with blood to fall down his cheek.

Polly caught him and they propped him back on the table but didn't bind him down this time. Ceres sat down on the table and placed Loki's head in her lap, kicking her legs over the side of the table.

"We have the location of her tome. We can go get it now." Polly said, turning to look at Ceres who seemed quite content with her current location.

"Then I suggest we do so" Coleson frowned, he'd been keeping an eye from outside the glass box, to give Polly all the space she might need, "And I doubt we should leave her in here with him"

Ceres had spaced out again.

Polly smiled, "...She stabbed him. Let's give her 20 more mins."

"Why is it you seem pleased with that outcome?" Coleson asked her, grinning slightly himself.

"What, MEeeee? Happy with the outcome? That's ridiculous. Clearly I wanted nothing more than to not give me what he wants."

Coleson chuckled a little and kissed Polly's forehead, then looked back at the unconscious Loki, "... though that last hallucination of his... I almost feel sorry for him."

"... He has some serious issues." She rubbed the back of her head, "...Kid's been through hell. His father sounds like a dick... Reminds me of True Father." She shivered.

"True father, all father" Coleson shook his head, "remind me to never be father for more than just this little one" he rubbed her belly, "and anyone who may follow, of course"

Polly blushed, "A-After?..." She kissed him excitedly. "I'll just be happy to have one but more little Colesons would be marvulous."

"I'd rather have a bunch of little polly's running around" Coleson smiled, "I think little me's would get into too much trouble"

She kissed his cheek, "And you think little pollies won't? I was a very curious and climbed many a tree in my childhood. But it's sweet of you to say." Once they were on the elevator alone, Polly jumped up on Coleson, wrapping her legs around his middle and her arms around his neck, "For you, I would bare a hundred children if it were to make you happy."

Coleson smiled, wrapping his arms around her, "All I need to make me happy, is you" he replied.

giggidy.


It was another week before Loki could be taken off the drug completely, a week that felt more like an eternity to him. He found himself falling completely out of reality, his vision swam with monsters, giants and ogres and wraith and the like. The doses by now were too small to bring any moments of bliss but enough to leave that foul taste behind and an endless sting in his bones. He could hear the cries and screams of the damned, not fully realizing that it was in fact his own voice that echoed in his ears most of the time. But possibly the worst part of it was that he couldn't comprehend what was happening. His couldn't wrap his mind around it because every time he tried something new would shatter his concentration and he'd have to start over again.

And even when it was over, the doctor moved her things out and the glass room became a proper prison cell, Loki remained in a sort of coma. Fast asleep as the monsters in his mind raged on. He found himself lost, laying at the bottom of a deep red pit in hell while damned souls wailed passed. The god didn't have the energy to fight, he was too exhausted to even open his eyes and see that it was over.

On the brighter side, what he had told Polly was true, they were able to retrieve Ceres' tome from the pocket universe.

Pallas smiled, nom noming his neck playfully. <3

~Giggidy TRANSITION~

They put Ceres' tome back which seemed to help her memory issues but she was still spacing out on them; a side effect her damaged vessel.

Pallas took Ceres down to see Loki after she asked to. She'd be hesitant at first but when Ceres called him a dear friend instead of something like... boyfriend or crush. She agreed. Ceres may not be at full strength and may never be in this vessel but it seemed to gain some insight to herself and the bond.

"You have 20 mins." Pallas said opening the door to the glass room before closing it behind her.

Ceres walked over and scooped Loki's head up and into her lap. "You did well... now you can have it back..." She said softly as a warm dark pink glow wrapped around him as she set the green gem on his chest.

The green magic seemed finally ready to accept him again, now that everything else was gone from his system. He could feel the cool glow soothing his skin but he kept his eyes shut tight, afraid it was some new trick at first. After all that had happened it was too good to be true.

Ceres gently brushed his hair, "It's ok, little prince... No more bad dreams. Time to open those pretty green eyes."

It took a little more coaxing and some time until he managed to find the energy to pull himself up out of the pit in his mind and slowly, with a little uncertainty he opened his eyes. Then he abruptly sat up, pulling himself away from Ceres and looking around the room for any trace of those terrible monsters that had been plaguing him, but they were all gone.

A soft clinking caught his ears and he looked to the floor where that glowing green gem had fallen. There was disbelief in his eyes, "... is that?"

Ceres picked it up, "Yup. It's all yours now."

He eyed her, this had to be a trick, "What's the catch?"

Ceres zoned out for a good 10 seconds before she shook her head and looked back at him. "...Catch? We're not going fishing." Ceres formed an amulet around the gem, "I'll take awhile for you to adsorb the magic back but there's-"

"You have to reform." Polly voice rang clear as she entered the room, "No more causing armies of destruction or throwing the world into trumiol."

"But Polly you said-" Polly put her finger to Ceres lips.

Loki turned his gaze to Polly and paused, something seemed familiar about her but it was clear he didn't recognize the person he had spent a good solid week talking to, "Well it sounds like Ceres seems to think differently, so who are you to challenge the decision of a goddess?"

Polly clapped her hands and her shield issue uniform changed into her goddess outfit, she wrapped an arm around Ceres, "Her older sister, Pallas, that's who." She said bluntly.

Loki sighed, just perfect, big sister to the rescue. He hated siblings, they always caused such problems, "I see. So Shield has two goddesses and a band of peppy heroes. I'm starting to think Midgaurd is a lost cause."

"Shield does not have two goddesses... I'm on mat leave. Regardless, I don't really care about what you think of Shield and it's protrols at the moment." She got up in Loki's face, " What you did caused my sister serious damage. Damage that will probably never heal. If Ceres had no survied, diluting that Red devil drug from you, I would not hesisate to make you suffer a 1000 times over what she went though-" Ceres tugged on Pallas' puffy sleeve and she sighed, "But, my sister seems to think you can be better. She believes in you, her dear friend. That you aren't a lost cause... And as I am a merciful goddess, instead of just letting you rot here for the rest of your asgardian life. I'm giving you an option."