Chapter Sixty-three: Alfred
Denmark had received a message from his buddy, America. The blond American had sent him a picture of a child that was being held by (y/n) as she was surrounded by other young children.
The Dane could see Loki's hair in the background of the picture. The child that the woman was holding had hair that looked like a fire's embers.
The child looked like he was badly treated but he seemed so comfortable.
Denmark actually smiled a little after seeing (y/n) hold the boy like she was his mother. The Dane got up and showed the picture to Malthe, "Malthe look!"
Malthe looked and smiled, "She is a natural with children."
Denmark just had to show the picture to the rest of the house, Norway immediately saw his double in the background. He looked at the boy then to Loki.
"The boy is a beneficiary of Loki's power.," the Norwegian said, "His hair confirms it. Find the children and you will find lillesøster."
"America sent this to me.," the Dane said, "it was taken yesterday."
"So the child is an American... or a dual citizen.," the Norwegian said, "Ask America to look into the child's data."
"Will do.," Denmark said and messaged America back.
The dirty blond American sent a message that he was getting on it right away.
It was at that moment that Denmark's phone cut out, even though it was at 80% battery.
"That is strange...," the Dane said and tried to turn it back on, "What happened?"
The phone turned on then off again, not before a face with green eyes and red hair flashed on the screen beforehand.
The blond Dane glared at the phone and dropped it on the floor before stomping on it.
"WHAT THE HELL DAN?!," Finland exclaimed.
"Edman hacked it.," the Dane replied.
The Finn sighed and nodded, "pick it up and dispose of it properly."
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America just got off the phone after messaging his friend, Denmark. He had notified his friend that he saw the albino Scandinavian that had gone missing.
He was busy checking the files in the school system to try and find a match for the boy he saw in the picture with the albino Scandinavian.
He did find a match in the school pictures and cross referenced the files in the school system to find the information, the Guardians on the file had a contact number that he looked into to check the parents. What link did he have to Loki?
The blue eyed American saw that the parents were checked many times by cps after the boy's teacher notified officials.
He looked into the cps reports and medical report, the child was malnourished and covered in bruises and scars. Why he was still allowed to live with those parents, America did not know.
He was able to get the information about the kid's school, he might as well go and give the kid a visit. Just to talk.
America found the child playing in the school playground, the little boy was holding a small lizard.
"Wow little dude, how did you catch the skink?," the American asked and scared the kid enough that he dropped the skink. The skink dashed away.
"Oops. Sorry little dude.," the blond apologized.
The kid pouted at the man who was talking to him.
"Hey there, why aren't you playing with the other kids?," America asked.
The boy seemed a little suspicious of him. The ash and ember haired boy backed away, America knew he need to get the kid to talk to him.
"Your hair looks really awesome, man.," the man said with a big and friendly grin.
The kid did not run away but put his hands on his hair that seemed to glow like fire embers.
America was able to touch the hair and felt the boy flinch.
"It's warm.," the American said before smiling, "The name is Alfred, what's yours?"
"Aske...," the boy replied.
"Nice to meet you Aske.," the American said with a smile, "Are you liking school?"
Aske nodded and looked around for a teacher.
"It's okay, I'm not a bad guy.," the blond man said and crouched down, "I work as a hero for the government."
America put his finger over his lips, "But you can't tell anyone about that, okay?"
Aske smiled and nodded, "Have you been beating a lot of bad guys?"
"Yeah, I got a lot of bad guys.," the blond said with a big grin, He saw the boy's smile fade, "Something wrong, little dude?"
"My dad... and mom... they are bad guys.. they have done a lot of mean things, to me and people.," the boy said.
"Is that so little guy?," America asked and rested his head in his palm after sitting on the sidewalk.
The little boy nodded, "But I am in a better place now, especially since I met a go.. god.. god-is. Goddess!"
The little boy struggled to make the right words but finally said the right one. He looked happy when he said he right word.
"A goddess?," America asked and suspected who he meant.
"She is so beautiful and powerful, she made me feel better and made the hurt go away.," the boy looked so happy as he spoke. His hair glowed a little more brightly.
Aske looked up at the man he was taking to, "Mister Alfred, do you know her? Your expression makes me think you do."
"Ah....," the man was trying to find the right words for the kid, "Yes, I've met her before. She's a sweetheart."
The boy was smiled, "she's wonderful. So much nicer than my mom and the others like her too."
"Others?," America asked.
The ember haired boy nodded, "Jess, Markus, Craig and Terri. They all were healed by her. Except Craig needs to be healed constantly because he's what the adults called a drug baby."
The blond man nodded, "Is (y/n) okay?"
"Yeah! Lady (y/n) is great! She acts like our mom!," the boy giggled.
America recognized the names of the children Aske mentioned, those kids were considered runaways by law enforcement. However, they always went to school and left before their families or the cops could get them.
He would have to look into it.
The blond heard a bell ring and Aske got up, "I have to go now mister Alfred! Good luck in your hero work."
The child ran inside as America stood up, he got out his phone to make some calls.
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(Y/n) was in the garden maze to hide from Thurston.
She had been avoiding him all morning, after she cleaned up after Jess she put new sheets on the bed and ditched Thurston following her. How she was able to pull it off was amazing to her.
The albino knew she could not stay out here forever and that he would find her to demand that she marry him. She had to get out of here.
The silvery white haired woman climbed the hedges to peek over them, the edge of the garden had different colored grass than the inside. The outside world was also a slightly different shade.
She gathered that this meant there was a barrier both hiding and protecting this mansion. All she had to do was find a way to cross it or warp out like Loki and Egil.
She wished that she could at least get out of the barrier and into the field.
To her surprise, the next moment she was in the field. She looked back towards the mansion and saw a dense forest and mountains behind her and a sign that said, "Danger, treacherous area ahead. Do not enter."
The albino looked out into the fields and felt the warm breeze blow around her.
She remembered something from her past. The ability to warp and make portals. She did not remember where she learned it or where she went but she remembered how to.
"Might as well use it if I remember it.," She said to herself and used the power to go to the children's schools.
She found Craig and Markus in their school's track field doing their warmups for gym class, The blond teen seemed to be keeping himself near the tanned one in order to keep the bullies away.
The albino summoned the parasol like she remembered how she was taught to and sat on the bleachers overlooking the track. She watched the students run about and the teacher barking orders to the kids.
She spun the parasol in her hands and saw that one of the kids spotted her.
The kid pointed to her and alerted the teacher.
The teacher saw the woman looking up at her and started to yell at her, completely ignoring that Craig was having a withdrawal attack.
(Y/n) used her magic to be by Craig's side immediately, Markus was holding Craig so he would not get injured.
The albino ignored the teacher and checked on Craig's condition.
"Why are you here, Lady (y/n)?," Markus asked as Craig foamed at his mouth.
The woman smiled, "I wanted to see how you two were."
She used her magic again to call forth a handkerchief to wipe Craig's face with.
Craig was sputtering and trying to speak but couldn't.
"It's okay Craig. Just take some time to rest and let this pass, I'll be right here.," the Albino woman said gently.
She ignored the teacher who was yelling at her and took the tanned teen boy to gently hold, after a while she finally had enough.
The look she shot the gym teacher and the kids made their blood run cold, "Instead of berating someone who is trying to help, actually look to see that one of your students is suffering."
The fat old gym teacher shut up after she said that and she turned back to craig, Markus was bowing to her on his knee.
"Thank you, Lady (y/n).,", The dirty blond teen said, "We appreciate your kindness."
Craig's symptoms subsided and he coughed from the dryness of his throat.
"Go take Craig to get something to drink. He is dehydrated.," (y/n) spoke to Markus who obeyed and helped the skinnier and scarred teen to a drinking fountain.
"Who the hell are you to tell the kids what to do?!," the man yelled at her and was met with cold eyes.
"A guardian.," the albino replied, "One who cares about the afflictions that they have."
The woman gave him a judgemental look as the two teen boys came back, her face softened to the boys.
The other children began to get curious and came over.
"Do you feel better Craig?," (y/n) asked and got a nod from the bandage covered boy, "That is good, I might have to look into a way to help you better."
"Th-than-thank you la-la-lady (y/n).," the boy said.
"It's almost time to change classes, we should get inside and change back into our uniforms.," Markus said and helped (y/n) up, "You should go back home now though, Lady (y/n). And please get Bernard or someone to make a note so that Craig's condition can be accommodated."
"Sure thing.," the albino said with a smile and walked with the teens to the school.
She waited for the two teens to get changed as she waited in the bleachers.
The boys came out of the locker room and saw her waiting for them, "Lady (y/n), why are you still here?"
Some of the female students watched the two males interacted with the woman who did not look much older than them.
"I only wanted to wish you two a good rest of your day before I go.," she said and gave the two a smile, "Bye."
She was gone in the blink of a eye.
Some of the other students came over to ask Markus what happened and who the woman was.
Some already knew as they were with Him when they summoned Loki.
Markus explained the best he could.
"I live with her and her brothers now with Craig and some others.," the blond said to the girls that surrounded him, "They are taking care of us."
"So you're not homeless anymore?," One of the girls.
"Not at all. In fact, after we called for help from them, we've been better off than any other time in our lives.," the blond teen said, "Food, warm beds, access to showers and baths, all the care we never received before. It's like paradise on earth. Well, we still have to do work, but it is a wonderful place."
Some of the other kids that summoned Loki with Markus came up to ask he and Craig how living with the 'gods' was like.
Craig jittered as usual when he talked to the others but he was noticeably better than before.
They did not see the teen looking blond man listening to them as they passed him.
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