"Iron Fist wait!" She grabbed onto his robe, "I just want to take him to my house then I'll tell Coleson. Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeease don't tell Shield yet." She asked with big puppy eyes.

"Do you have any idea what could happen between now and then?" Iron Fist looked at her, "Have you thought towards the reason that he only cooperates with you?"

"But Iron Fist..." She turned away so Loki couldn't see them talking, "When I rescued him, I helped him on a spiritual level... I freed his Trusting self. I know it sounds crazy but Grandfather agreed to giving him the Rose Seal Sword. If Grandfather thinks he's worthy that has to mean something right? And besides, he ran away from Shield to get answers, not to cause trouble..."

He frowned and glanced over Ceres' shoulder at Loki who seemed to be boredly picking at the stone wall. "... you are certain of what you saw?" Iron Fist inquired.

She nodded, "His trusting self was bond and gagged and the other versions of himself did NOT want him freed. He's finally able to trust again. Maybe not right away but it's a foundation he can build on. Iron Fist, if you dout my words that would you accompany me and Loki?

He is trying to be better but I think he didn't know how to let people in because he had no trust in him... I think there's hope now.."

Iron fist frowned, he believed in the differences people could make, given the chance and spiritual therapy was always a good idea but... something did not sit well with him about Loki still. "I will accompany you" he declared.

"Oh goody, a chaperon" Loki commented, leaning against the wall. He was still somewhat soaked seeing as all of his clothing had been submerged but of course, the cold of it didn't bother him at all.

" Thank you, Iron Fist, "She bowed "Iron Fist is better than most." She teased, throwing Loki a towel, "Come on, I still have one of your outfits in my room."

"How many of these did you have made?" Loki asked, catching the towel and walking after her. She seemed to have a set of extra clothes for him everywhere they went.

"Pietro wiped up several outfits... about maybe 10 or so and you wanted them all." She said leading him down the hill and into the palace. She lead him into her room. "Your drawer is the one with the green knob." She said slipping behind a screen and starting to under dress.

Loki opened the drawer and peeled off his wet clothing, dropping it on the floor before pulling out the new outfit.

Ceres heard the wet sound and looked around the corner, "Everything ok- O///O. SOrry!" She yelled retreating back behind the screen.

"Hm?" Loki looked over, clearly having no qualms about his current lack of clothing, "Is something the matter?" he came over to the screen, thankfully after putting on a pair of pants.

Ceres had only slipped into a pair of frilly light turqiuse underwear when he approached. Her heart started racing, her hair positioned over her chest. "f-FINE. Everything is F-fine.."

He paused, one hand on the screen, not quite around the corner, "... alright then" and turned to head back.

There was a pause and then Ceres sighed deeply. She took a step backward and slipped on a wet sock, sending herself flying back into the screen and onto the floor.

"O-ow..." She moaned on the floor, her hair spread out like a fan.

Loki looked down at her and cocked an eyebrow, "... Yes. You definitely appear to be, 'fine'." he commented with a slight smirk. Generally, Loki was not one to go about topless so Ceres had not often seen much of his well-toned abs and damn the way those pants hugged his hips. He was by no means of body-builder appearance, naturally of a slim build but the muscles still showed off in a very appealing way.
The azgardian offered her a hand, "has the meaning of the word 'fine' also changed?"

".///."She covered her chest with her arm and took his offered hand, "In...In a matter of speaking yes."

Please don't remember that night...PLEASE DON'T Think about that night.

He pulled her to her feet, which incidentally also pulled her rather close to him. For a moment he held her gaze, his eyes soft but a little troubled as he turned them away from her and stepped back, "Excuse me" he mumbled before leaving the room without even grabbing his shirt.

Once Loki was out of the room, she slapped her cheeks, "Pull yourself together Ceres. You're just friends. You have a boyfriend. You are loyal and strong and... He forgot to put his shirt on X.x" She mumbled to herself as she got fully dressed. She picked up the button up shirt and ended into the hallway to find Loki.

"You ok?"

Loki had gone down the hall to a windowed section. He leaned against the wall and stared out the window, something had changed, he felt differently and he couldn't quite tell if it was for the better or not. "What did you do to me?" he questioned, slowly turning his head to look at her, "You changed something" he meant it as an accusation but the tone of his voice faultered slightly. She had been in his head, yes, that much had been necessary to awaken him but to what lengths did she go? When Thor had not been there when he awoke, he had actually cared and just a moment ago...

Ceres hesiated for a moment, " I had to bring all of you back from once you came... Perhaps you're just feeling parts of yourself that you're unfamiliar with? Spirtial experiences like this can make one more aware of themselves and their needs." She suggested, she looked out the window and held out his shirt, not looking at him, "Here. You'll caught a cold."

"Frost Giants don't get cold" Loki replied stiffly, he wasn't buying it. Instead of taking the shirt he grabbed Ceres and pinned her against the wall, his blue/green eyes searching hers, "What did you do?"

She made a quick surprised squeak. "I told you! I had to bring all of you back. Even parts of you... you may not be aware of or use to." Her eyes kept looking down at his slim, lean chest and ads but always kept coming back up. "And parts of you... didn't make it back." She turned her head and looked away from him. When she looked away a sadness filled her eyes.

"Now please put the shirt on and I'll explain what happened. >///>"

If it had been another time Loki may have laughed or teased her for being so bashful but right now he was less than amused at the situation. So he took the shirt, threw it on and looked at Ceres expectantly.

"..." Ceres leaned against the wall. "Well... The Sisters took you mind and apparently they force you to live out your nightmares in endless sleep. I went in to find you and I found that there were different versions of yourself. Different emotions and aspects of yourself. The one that was causing you to remain in that place was the one called Survival. The part of you that thinks it doesn't need anyone else." She rubbed her arms just thinking about it. "I tried to reason with it but it pushed me away and when I thought I was lost forever... A part of you came and rescued me... The Dancing bear and Hinda..." Sadness filled her eyes at saying her name.

"Survival was destroying all the other yous... Covering them in an Icy snow... We tried to stop him and her and Survival fell down a large crack in the ground. I tried to get her out but he was starting to climb up her to get out. She-She let go of my hand and-..."