Chapter Sixty: For the children, we fight
(Y/n) cuddled and kissed the kids that swarmed her. All of them were so precious.
Aske was in her lap and the others were sitting on the floor in front of her as she told them stories her father did when she was younger.
The female made balls of light to float around them as the time passed and darkness fell.
Loki and Magnus continued to watched the female and the children, Magnus looked about to see of he could see the Finn.
He saw Bernard come to see what the light was.
"Lillasyster has returned!," the male said and was stopped by Magnus.
The blond Dane gave the Swede a hard look, "Where is Thurston?"
"Oh, Lillabror has gone on patrol. He does not have his phone on him either.," The swede replied, "He should be back tomorrow."
Magnus nodded and looked back to the female who was still talking to the children.
Another child was sitting on her lap for a turn to be hugged by her.
"Fine. But keep watch over her and the children with Loki.," the Blond man said and walked to his office.
Loki clapped his hands and walked up to the group, "It's almost time for dinner, everyone. Please get washed up so we can get the meal ready, Lillesøster please come with me."
The kids pouted but obeyed, The burned Norwegian picked the female up off of the Throne and walked away with her.
Bernard kept his mouth shut around the kids but watched the children closely.
Loki took the Albino woman out to the Garden to talk, "Lillesøster, it has been some time since we last saw you. We were very worried the whole time."
"Don't be, I was safe. I can handle myself.," (y/n) said sharply, "You're wasting your time if you think I will be what you want."
The Norwegian man chuckled, "You have so far. Such a good mother to those children I was summoned by, especially to Aske."
(Y/n) pulled her head away from him as he tried to turn her to face him again.
"Aske and those four came from extremely abusive homes. I took Aske away from his home because he would not last any longer there.," Loki spoke, "I kept the others because of similar reasons. You saw the needle marks and bruises on them."
The albino tried not to listen to him but he was saying the right words for her to pay attention, the want to help these kids turned strong.
The Norwegian knew what he was doing to manipulate the female, she had such a big heart and was much much softer than her mother.
"So these children basically are under our guardianship. We will send them to school to get an education, but they still will be living with us.," the male said, "I don't think some of their parents will even miss them."
(Y/n)'s face told Loki that his little speech worked, she was emotionally attached to these children now.
She was not much older than the teenagers but she still had that motherly and ancient air about her. Loki led her back as Egil and Magnus were finishing making dinner and the kids had set the table with Bernard.
Loki smiled widely to the kids, Aske got up and hugged the Norwegian man's legs.
"Hello Aske, ready for dinner?," the male asked and got a nod from the little boy, "Good, This may be a bit of a shock to your system but Lillesøster will heal any tummy aches you get."
The boy let go of loki and sat in his seat next to one of the older children, Loki led (y/n) to her honored seat at the table.
Magnus and Egil brought out a great bit of food for them and their guests while Bernard chewed on his in the corner.
The children's eyes widened at the sigh of this lavish meal that they were not used to, the food was plentiful and these people they called to for help have taken good care of them.
The three males sat at the table and let the kids eat their meal while the female stayed silent with her head down a bit before her icy older brother nudged her to go ahead and eat.
The female nodded and started to eat the meal that was set in front of her.
It was delicious, but the female felt a twinge of bitterness.
This was empty as she did not want to be here, she was only there because those children needed her.
(Y/n) looked up to see the kids happily talking and eating something that they could only describe as a banquet, this could be one of the best meals they have ever had. The albino recounted that she never went hungry and have always lived in relative safety compared to these children, something that all children should have.
She placed down the glass she drank from to see the youngest one dropping off into sleep, the young albino woman got up and picked up the young child.
Aske could barely keep his eyes open, he played like he never did before, he ate like he never did before, he was warm and clean like he never was before. He was exhausted in the best kind of way and there was someone who cared for him that was now holding him. The albino woman's warmth and smell seemed to lull the child even more into sleep, he fell asleep right on her.
Magnus watched his sister pick up the child Loki called 'Aske', the albino lulled the child to sleep and carried him away to the rooms. She left everyone at the dinner table.
Magnus watched as Loki got up and followed her, Aske was one that the burned male had become attached to. Magnus had to admit that he too had an attachment to these children who needed critical care due to their mistreatment at their homes.
The Dane got up and wiped the mouth of one of the other children, "You're a mess, why did you not use a napkin?"
Egil laughed and showed the kids how they were supposed to use utensils to eat.
The kids did not even seem to know how to use silverware or know what kind of foods they were eating. The Icelandic man and Dane knew they had their work cut out for them.
Loki followed his younger sister and found her helping Aske get ready for bed, brushing his teeth and brushing his hair.
"Look at your pretty hair, it's like a fire.," the female said softly, "there, all tangle free now. All ready for bed sweetie?"
Aske gave her a big sleepy smile, one of his teeth was missing. The female picked him up and wiped his face off with a damp washcloth then gave him a kiss on his forehead.
(Y/n) walked to the door then stopped when she saw Loki watching her as he leaned in the doorway. His arms were crossed but there was a smile on his scarred face.
"Sorry for staring, I just thought that you two are so adorable.," the Norwegian spoke and got off of his leaning stance, "I kind of felt like a proud father for a moment there."
Aske was almost asleep as (y/n) kept holding the child, she put her finger to her lips to tell her older brother to be quiet. She pushed past him and walked to her room, she let the kid lay on her bed and walked back to the door. Loki was at the door again.
"So can I speak now?," the male asked quietly.
The female saw she had no choice and nodded, "Silently."
Loki smiled, "Like I said before, You look like a mother when you took care of Aske. He looked happy about it too."
"Is that all?," the female asked and the Norwegian shrugged and followed her back.
She found the other children back at the table and took them to get ready for bed as well.
The oldest one thanked her and looked a little uncomfortable around someone who was only a few years older than him. The albino saw that two of these five children were females, one had a kitty hoodie and one had a hoodie three sizes too big for her.
One male was covered in bandages and had needle scars all over him. His mouth on the left side was slit and stitched back together and his side was scarred in a way that looked like one or more of his organs were taken.
Her heart shattered from seeing that, she took the two girls aside and gave both of them a hug. She did not need to speak but could just feel the relief these girls felt from getting away from their abusive families.
"Hey, you four.," the voice of Magnus sounded, "Get to bed. Tomorrow is Monday, Loki will take you to school."
The children all agreed and followed (y/n) to some spare rooms they could use.
She let the girls and Aske use her room while she took her mother's room, the Master bedroom, She found it during the time after she woke up from her coma. The two boys got a spare bedroom that had bunk beds in it.
She got into bed and felt the mattress squish under her body.
It was so comfortable that she went right to sleep.
She wondered what the kids names were and what her brothers were going to do to their parents.
Her thoughts were calmed as she felt herself be lulled into sleep.
She was woken up that morning by the yelling of the eldest kid, the Tall male who was only a few years younger than her.
She got up and walked out of the room to see the young man putting his school uniform shirt and jacket on, "Good morning.."
"Oh, morning miss... oh I mean lady (y/n).," the male said as his long and messy dirty blond hair was pulled out of his shirt.
"It's okay, you can call me (y/n).," the young woman said, "But I don't think I ever got your name."
"Markus.," the Male replied, "The guy with the bandages and withdrawal symptoms is Craig, the tomboy with the baggy clothes is Jess, the kitty hoodie girl is named Terri."
"Hmm.," the female mused as they walked together, "So what is your story?"
"My mom... was a slut. That's it. I don't know who my dad is.," the dirty blond teen said, "She usually wasn't home and spent all of the money we had on drugs or parties, I got a part-time job to just get something to eat. Mom found out and started stealing from me then my place of work was shut down after business got too slow... mom then overdosed and I'm all alone now."
The albino female looked to the hollow face and grey-greenblue eyes of the teen beside her, he was very thin and had a few scars that she could surmise came from fights at school.
She took a brush and smoothed out his hair and neatened up his clothes, he looked a lot better after she was done. "What was that for?," the young man asked.
"To give you a little care, you looked like you needed it.," the female said with a smile, "I hope you have a good day in school!"
Markus looked surprised then smiled, "Yeah... thanks."
She walked to see the other Kids getting ready.
She remembered their names as well and approached the two girls to hell the, get ready.
The tomboy, Jess, wore pants and a uniform shirt and jacket. The other, Terri, had a girl's uniform.
"Do you mind telling me your stories as you get ready?," (y/n) asked.
"Well... my great uncle told me that you and your brothers were like some sort of protection deities so I guess it's okay...," Jess said and put her messy deep brown bangs into hair ties to keep them out of her olive eyes, "I come from an area where there are a lot of violent crimes. I dress like a guy and look like a guy for protection... Not that it works for everyone. Dad does not like me because I'm not a guy, mom doesn't either because she's under his heel and well... I have to fend for myself now. But I have a feeling that it's for another reason as I don't look like dad."
"I also have to fend for myself. My parents are never home and when they are, they Don't like to see me. Once my dad threw hot oil on my face, that's why I wear these bandages...," the light brunette girl said and touched the bandages that covered the left side of her face, "I even noticed that they recently got some money and got me cute clothes... but that was from the instruction of the old guy they set me up to marry. That's why I called Loki, I don't want to go back and do that. It's gross."
(Y/n) nodded and brushed the girls' hair, "I hope you two have a good day at school. And you can call me or Loki if either of you feel like you are in danger."
She let the two girls go get breakfast while she looked for the last one, Craig.
The albino Scandinavian found him curled up in the corner of his room, twitching and foaming at the mouth in the fetal position.
She kneeled by the male and ran her hand along his back while using her magic, he stopped twitching and started to breathe rapidly. The boy got up and looked around wildly with his sickly yellowish eyes before setting them on (y/n).
His tan skin had an unhealthy pallor to it and he was extremely thin, he was covering his scars with bandages. Those that poked out of the bandages showed that it was needle and cut marks.
His reddish-brown hair was roughly cut with long bangs and a buzz cut in the back, above his left ear was a cut that was stitched closed.
Craig wiped the foam from his mouth and tried to force himself to slow his breathing.
"Drug baby?," (y/n) asked and got a nod from the young male. He was only in his early teens and forced to have heavy withdrawal symptoms that hard drug users usually got.
"T-teen mom, s-sh-she was a Crack an-and He-he-hero-heroine user.," Craig said with a vicious stutter that was most likely from his condition, "T-t-taken from h-her at early a-a-age. Fo-fost-fosters are assholes, came back t-to-to mom. I f-f-fou-found un-unc-uncle loo-loon. He told m-me about Lo-Loki. Ca-call-called Loki aft-after m-m-mom wa-wa-was ki-killed by dealer and had t-t-to go b-back to Fo-fost-fosters, I-I-I wa-wa-was just be-being used for mon-mo-money."
(Y/n) helped him up from the floor and cleaned him up as he spoke, she helped him get ready for school and to the dining room where the others were.
Craig was back to twitching and Markus patted his shoulder gently, "Come on man, let's get you something to eat before your blood sugar crashes again."
"Y-ye-yeah.," the tanned teen said and followed the blond.
The albino woman sat down with the kids and ate breakfast with them, she took them to school with Loki before going back with the Norwegian.
The fiery haired male turned to her with a serious expression.
"Tell me everything they said. Now."
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