((You don't want to rp phone talk with little Maxie poo?))

((meh. I've kind of lost momentum here. Need a new plan.))

((M'k. So....ummm...))

A week or so later, Loki was being transported to meet Ceres at a camp retreat however ten o'clock came and went and they were nowhere to be seen. Those Shield agents were punctual to a fault which meant clearly, something was wrong.

Celeste looked at her watch, sitting on a large rock by the entrance to the camp retreat. She got up and headed into the main office and dialed Coleson's number. Cell phones didn't work out here.

It took a few moments before he answered, "Agent Coleson-I said that ten minutes ago!" he snapped to someone else before turning back to the phone, "Hello?"

"Agent Coleson? It's Celeste... Ummm... Shield was suppose to drop off Loki over an hour and a half ago... Is everything alright?" She asked, sitting on top of the desk and curling the phone cord around her finger.

"Ceres! It's good that you called" Coleson directed his attention to her quickly, "Loki's escaped. He took Moon, we're tracking him now but he has a head start."

"...Escaped? You mean he ran away... I'm sure this is a misunderstanding. From experience I know that being escorted all over the place can be overwhleming. Maybe he just wanted some time to himself?"

"He said something to the Dragir and she threw a fit while they were taking him out to meet you. They broke out together and he took off into the sky with her."

"Hmmm...Do you know which direction they're headed?"

Coleson took a moment to check, "Looks like south west. You're more East of here. I've got some one on their way to pick you up, they should be there soon."

"Oh. Ok then. I'll talk to you later then. Bye." She hung up the phone and went outside. Loki running off... Surly it was a misunderstanding.

They hung up and shortly after there was a helicopter that brought Ceres to the hellicarrier that was hot on Loki's trail.

Ceres rubbed her shoulder as she headed into the main room of the hellicarrier. "So...have we figured out where he's headed?"

"No idea, we don't even know what set him off" Fitz replied.

"He's probably been planning it the whole time" Coleson frowned, "Just waited for us to drop our guard enough."

"Bullonie." Celeste said putting her hands on her hips, "I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation."

There might be" Simmons replied, waving them over to the holo-screen. "I've been going over some of the footage of him in his cell" she explained, bringing up several different instances, "the only thing of note really is that he's been having nightmares just about every night." she played several at once, showing the Azgardian thrashing in bed. It actually looked more like night terrors that simply bad dreams. More than once he startled awake screaming, drenched in a cold sweat. His trembling hands would grip the sides of the bed as he tried to calm down again.

There were countless instances of this happening, over and over again and yet he'd never mentioned anything of the like to Ceres. He always seemed rather cheerful around her actually.

"Now, every time he just shakes it off and either goes back to sleep or reads" Simmons fast forwarded through the images, "But. If we cross reference it with thermal..." she showed the different view. While the normal video showed Loki casually reading a book, his heat signature showed him sitting at the desk, every time, working on something.

Ceres frowned, "Perhaps he remembers more than he's letting on... I hope he's ok... He should have told me." She said, sounding more concerned than worried.

"Loki has had several chances to make a break for it. I don't see the point in escaping Shield WHILE in Sheild hands. I mean, there was a whole day at Cranwood he could have escaped because Thor went off to get some meat from Asgard. And then there was that whole night partying in Genosha-...I wasn't suppose to tell you that." She said realizing they were staring. "Crap, I forgot I wasn't suppose to say anything...Umm..."

"We'll talk about that later" Coleson replied, "For now, I want to know what he's up to"

"Maybe he remembered something new?" Fitz offered, "it isn't uncommon for subjects of amnesia to rediscover their past through dreams. Sometimes that's just how the subconscious needs to work itself out."

Simmons played around with the images a bit more, trying to find something they could use.

"Wait" Coleson stopped her, "back up a little... there" he pointed to the glass wall. There was a reflection of the real Loki, a brief glimmer beyond his illusion that let them see the real him in a reflection of the glass.

"He's drawing something" Simmons tilted her head, trying to make it out, "Hang on" she punched in a few settings and over the last few weeks the computer pinpointed and pulled up the few real images it found. Chronologically as it went along, whatever Loki was drawing steadily became clearer with each night. He was narrowing in on something and looked increasingly frustrated as he tried to figure it out in vain.
At least up until just a few nights ago. The image finally became clear, some sort of nature fountain with writing around it. Simmons started looking into translations.

Celeste tilted her head, "What is that?"

Something about the drawing seemed familiar and then it clicked.
It was the fountain of dreams, although on Midgard it was more often referred to as the 'Fountain of Youth', but that was just because most people who ever found it would only wish for youth. However it was actually a place where any desire could become reality-if you were willing the pay the price for it. It had been lost for centuries and for good reason. The magic there was dangerously powerful and when mortals-or even immortals-toyed with it, it often resulted in horrible consequences across the globe. Like the great flood that consumed the earth for a fortnight.

"...This is bad." Ceres said, "So very very bad..." She pulled out her book and flipped several pages. "Can you bring up a map of this continent?" She asked directing Fitz to use the holotable as she didn't know how. Ceres looked it over and compared it to her map; flipping her book around a couple times. The world has changed so much since then.. "Zoom in there.... Left.... Can you make it a topically view? There." Ceres reached in and pointed at an area on the map. "That's where he's headed. The fountain of Dreams or as mortals called it The Fountain of Youth... If he pays the price he can have any wish granted. If he wishes for his memories back..." He would be heart broken. All those emotions, everything... Gods, he'd even remember them getting it on (Something she couldn't bring herself to tell him).

"Wait, the fountain of youth?" Fitz looked at Ceres, "That... that doesn't really exist...?"

"I think that's what she's saying Fitz" Simmons replied, also looked rather anxious.

"He could anything from there" Coleson seemed rather concerned himself, heading over to the com, "May. I'm giving you new coordinates."

"It's a well that can grant any wish provided you pay the price it asks for. The ying and yang of the world must always be balanced, Magic like this always has a price. Mortals who stumbled upon it always seemed to ask for youth, hence... Fountain of Youth and Wishing wells.... How long till we get there?" Ceres asked, she was terribly worried about Loki.