[IC] The Raven King ("Man With Horns" Sequel) { Jazz & Angel }

[AngelBites15]

Eric held onto Loki as he felt him struggle and that he heard his begging. "Shut up", he harshly told him before Loki completely ignored him. "I said, shut up!", he told him once again before turning to Finn. "I'll keep my word when the queen keeps hers! Where's my wife?", he asks him before Finn gives a mocking smirk. "My sister has many powers. She can take life away, but she can't bring your wife back from the dead, you fool!", Finn tells him before Eric loses his patience as he was tricked. "I want her back!", Eric yells before he pushes Loki to the side and runs at Finn and his men with his axes. As he battles Finn, he gets struck in the shoulder. He winces at the pain before he throws Finn to the ground, which sets off a poisonous gas. With the injury still hurting him, Eric runs off after the fae. "I will find you!", Finn yells at them.

[Jazz]

When realizing he was tricked and pushed out of the way, Loki took this chance to run and run as fast and as far as he could, hoping to lose them both. He didn't want to near the two men and just find a place to rest and gain his strength back. He needed to find a way to stop Rivenna but not while he was weak. Only if he had his companion to help him. He already missed Diaval and wondered if the raven was alright. Keeping his focus on his escape, Loki continued to run to he couldn't anymore. Till he would soon be exhausted. He knew most likely there would be no clean water and food in this forest, all the more reason to get out of this Dark Forest before he couldn't even hold himself up.

[AngelBites15]

The Huntsman runs after the fae as his footprints were not that hard to follow. He runs through the trees before he saw him stop and he found the opportunity. He jumped from the ledge and grabs onto him during the jump. He placed his hand over his mouth as he held onto him. "Shh, Shh, Shh", he shushed him. "Be quiet. Alright?", he said to him softly as he waited for his answer.

[Jazz]

Loki had not expected being surprised like he did right then and there. Feeling himself being grabbed with a hand over his mouth, Loki squirmed but figured it was useless by now. Hearing the man shushing him and wanting him to be quiet, Loki felt the need to comply in order for him to let go. He nodded in agreement to Eric's deal and waited for him to do so. Once free, Loki took this time to get back at the man for hurting him. So he slapped the man as hard he could while taking once of his blades, holding it like he knew what he was doing with it. Of course after handling them for so long, of course Loki was decent.

[AngelBites15]

Eric looked at the squirming male as he told him to stay quiet. He watched him nod until he eventually loosened his grip and let go of him. He looked up at their surroundings until he felt a punch taken to his face. "Ugh!", he groaned as the assault hit him. "Hey! What the hell's going on? Who are you? Why does the queen want you dead?", he asked the male as he looked at the pale man who appears to have taken one of his knives as he was rubbing his cheek that was in pain from the strike of the fae. "What makes you so damn valuable?"

[Jazz]

Loki watched as the man was rubbing his cheek and then asking him all these questions. You should know. You are the one hunting me!" He countered, knowing full well not to trust this man even though he may have saved his life or just mainly saved his own.

[AngelBites15]

The Huntsman winces and hissed in pain as he touched his shoulder which has been wounded with some blood. "Oh, forget it", he mutters harshly as he picks up his ax up off the ground and he begins to walk off. "I should have never gotten involved in the queen's business", he said aloud as he began to walk off.

[Jazz]

Loki looked to Eric as he touched his shoulder. Maybe he got wounded during his battle with Finn and his soldiers. Then hearing him say forget it as he began to walk off saying something about being in the queens business. He started to follow him. "Wait. Where are you going?" He asked. Maybe he could help him get through this forest and away from the queen.

[AngelBites15]

The Huntsman was about to walk away completely before Loki asks him where he was going. He stopped in his tracks as he rolled his eyes to himself as he heard the question. He turned around to look at the fae slowly. "Getting away from you. You're trouble", he told him before he was about to keep walking.

[Jazz]

Loki sighed as he looked to the the man and follows him. Sure he maybe trouble but only because of what the queen wants. That Loki had to make sure she could never have and end her reign. "I need help getting out of this forest and away from Asgard. Do you know any realms close by that could end Rivenna's reign? What about the King in Vanahiem? King Balder's father?" He asks. Knowing that if Balder's father knew about what had happened, then he may be trying to end the Queens reign.

[AngelBites15]

He stopped in his tracks once again as Loki told him about his half-brother's father. In all honesty, he wasn't close to Balder since he preferred to be on his own. He had no problem with his younger half-brother. Balder was a sibling who he was close to unlike his twin, Thor. "What, the Duke's army?", he makes a chuckle before looking at the fae. "Bunch of farmers and milkmaids with pitchforks? I know sheep that have more fight in them", he made another chuckle. "Just for arguments sake, how much of a reward would I receive if I take you there?", he asks him as he walked a couple of steps towards him.

[Jazz]

Loki listens as he heard the man talk about the Duke and how basically pathetic they were. Loki rolled his eyes for he was ranting in his own mind. At least this was a start. A start to a rebellion like no other. There was a chance and Loki wanted to act on that chance. It was the only way to Bring Asgard to its formal Glory and bring the Moors back. Of course Eric asked for arguments sake on how much he would pay the Huntsman to take him there. "However much is enough." He told the man. Then he guessed a price. "A Hundred" After moments of silence. "Please." Yes. Loki was practically begging here. He didn't want to be alone and he wanted to get out of this forest.

[AngelBites15]

Eric crossed his arms as he watched Loki's body language. There was nervousness in the male's voice as well as a hint of courage. It was slightly amusing to see in the young weak male. He listened to him as he gave him the price of his reward. He then listened as he watched him beg. He finally gave a sigh. "I still don't trust you. But you have a deal", he finally says before he spits in the palm of his hand and holds his hand out for him to shake.

[Jazz]

Looking at the man with slight frustration and the nervousness that he figured the man could see as well as the courage he could manage. He noticed how amused the man looked and it annoyed him. When Eric said that though he didn't trust him but he had a deal with the fae, he felt a bit relieved. Looking at the hand that he saw Eric spit into and holding out to him, he looked at Eric's hand and wondered if that was how humans shook hands. But Loki shook hands with the man none the less. Only if his mother saw him now. Speaking of which, once Loki had let go of the man's firm handshake, the fae looked around before he noticed something familiar. He then leaned forward a bit to try and get a closer look to only not figure it out. "One moment." He walked past Eric and went toward what seemed to be a structure made from stone that looked like his mother's temple he made for her as a resting place. Seeing this, he continued on till he got there and knew it was too good to be true. He went into the temple to see that nothing was left. It was darkn, decayed and no body that was to resemble his mother. He felt the tears fall and run down his cheeks. He would never see her again and he felt it was his fault. That he was unable to protect the Moors when it needed him most.

[AngelBites15]

Eric watched as Loki passed him and walking through the forest. He quietly followed the male until he noticed an area that was sacred. He has remembered walking through here before but not like this. He looked around as he noticed how dark and decaying it was. It used to be beautiful the last time he visited. But now? How can feel such pity? He heard crying up ahead until he saw the male have tears in his eyes as he looked at the dying part of the temple. Someone must have died here that this man loved deeply. A wife perhaps? A family member? A dearest friend? Maybe this was his home. "Hey. Are you alright?", Eric asked him as he walked to him from behind until he stood next to him. "What is this place?", he looked around once more.

[Jazz]

Loki stood there, feeling the sadness that was there, unable to move for what he was feeling. Hearing a voice from behind him, he rubbed the tears away as he looked away from the hole that was once the lake small pond that was now dried up and housed his mother. He saw Eric look around like he saw it before or knew of it. "It was a temple, a shrine once. My mother was buried here. But now no body remains as does the beauty that it once had. Years of being away and its now gone. Nothing but in a shadow if its once formal security." He said with sorrow. He too didn't trust the man but he could at least say what he said now. Not even he could speak of his mother much as well as who she was and his failure to this place. That pained him more. "Have you been here before?"

[AngelBites15]

Eric listened to what Loki told him about the once sacred part of the forest. He also said something about a mother. He had a mother? Eric's parents were long gone now. His own family was falling apart. Both of his brothers dead and his parents were long gone as well as his wife. This reign of Ravenna has taken its toll on him. Not to mention that he will kill once he gets back to Asgard. "I'm...sorry", Eric said as he dragged his feet while he walked towards the male and came next to him. "Yes I have. I have passed it during a hunting spree I had in here. I didn't see anything in here until now that you mentioned that this was your mother's shrine", he tells him as he looked at the plants that decayed as well as the trees. "Listen, we better keep moving", he hesitantly put a hand on his shoulder to get his attention at least.

[Jazz]

Loki felt a hand on his shoulder as his body went stiff. But he remembered Eric being the only one with him and nodded. "It's alright. I apologize." He was sorry. He didn't mean to hold them up. So when the Huntsman was ready, he followed the man out of the forest. As must it pained Loki, he couldn't stay here any longer. Decayed or not.

While on the way out of the Dark Forest, Loki had been trying his best to keep up with Eric, having had no food or much of a drink to help keep his strength up. But determined to keep up and get out. Weaving around and ducking unto limbs and trees, Loki had been walking not exactly noticing that he head gotten himself caught around some branches by his shirt. But what he saw was black snakes and black ooze. He was startled and tried to back away but noticed the black snakes and now a pair of thin hands grabbing his clothing. "Ah! No no no." He felt trapped and just wanted to get out. "Help!" He cried out as he wrapped his arms around himself.

[AngelBites15]

Eric kept walking for who knows how long. With this male that he has been dragging the whole way, he was definently slowing them down. Going this way and that. Under and over the roots and branches of the trees. He was about to walk over a fallen tree before he heard Loki shouting for help behind him. He turns around and sees the male tangled in the branches of the tree as he struggled. Without wasting time, Eric take out a small ax and chops the branches off him. "The forest that you said that was home, is now targeting your weakness", he absently rips the dirty and obsolete shirt off of Loki's body right after he said so. As soon as he does so, he finds a black cloak that was on the ground and tosses it to him. It was clean since he dipped it in the water that was nearby. "Don't flatter yourself"

[Jazz]

It only lasted only till Eric had cut the branches that caught him and had snapped out of his hallucinations only to be frightened when the Huntsman ripped the dirty shirt he wore. He heard the man tell him that the forest was now targeting his weakness' of which he never thought he had till they got to him. being tossed a black cloak, Loki examined it before looking to Eric who spoke. He glared to the man when he turned away and then back to the cloak to see it was a similar cloak that he once wore before his imprisonment. Putting on the cloak, he wore it like he did long ago as they walked. It felt like he was himself when wearing clothing like this. He smiled a little and even felt a bit like home. His smile faded soon enough as they pressed on. He even tried to sleek his hair back a little.