Necessary Evil, Chapter 1
So! A prompt I received from red-fish-from-a-pond has become more than just a one shot. I’ve decided to make it into a longer fic...
Prompt: Sarah was young, naive and curious, so she joined what she thought was a nice summer comune. Turns out it was a cult. Made by the god Loki disguised as a mortal (he was bored and wanted to feel adoration again). And this god really liked the new member.
Warnings: Emotional/physical manipulation, cult-like behaviour, obsessiveness.
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Sarah had seen posters all over town for the last month, it was a simple image really, just green horns on a black background with a date at the bottom. It had a QR code, but she had always been wary of scanning it since she didn’t know what it was.
But eventually, curiosity got the better of her. The date at the bottom was today, so she decided to go for it and scanned the code.
It brought her to a website which was quite simple too. It just had one page with information:
Those who are interested in the Norse God, Loki. The God Of Mischief, meet at 24 Robson Way on the date below, at 7pm. We will talk everything Loki. Art and writings of devotion most welcome.
Snacks and refreshments will be available.
‘Huh… so it’s kinda like a commune for Loki. Well, that’s pretty cool.’ She said to herself. She had always been interested in the Norse Gods, and Loki was no exception to that. She had in-fact actually done a drawing of him a few years ago, that she was pretty proud of. Loki had been the first thing she thought of when she’d seen the horned posters around, so it made sense really.
She decided to go along, and she would take the drawing with her. What harm could it be, since she would meet new people. Which she really needed to do, she barely kept in touch with friends from high school. Perhaps this would be a new opportunity for her.
That evening, she made her way to the address from the website. She was a bit unsure when she saw it was an old abandoned building, similar to a warehouse. But when she knocked on the door and it opened itself, curiosity still got the better of her and she stepped inside.
Inside was completely different to the outside. It was pretty welcoming, was one large open space with sofas spread around, a fire pit in the middle of the room and a small kitchen area to one side with a bar. There was around thirty people there, mingling about and talking.
Sarah went over to the nearest group of people, there was four of them. They smiled warmly at her when she approached.
‘Hey, you’re new here.’ One guy said as he put his hand out towards her.
‘Yeah, first time. I’m Sarah.’ She said as she shook his hand.
‘Welcome, Sarah. I’m Matt. This is George, Hanna and Casey.’
‘Nice to meet you all.’ Sarah said with a shy smile. ‘So, how long has this been going on? And what exactly is it?’
‘All your questions will be answered soon when the leader gets here.’ Casey said with a smirk.
‘Ok… Who’s the leader?’ Sarah asked curiously.
‘Loki himself.’ Matt said excitedly.
Sarah raised an eyebrow and laughed a little. ‘Alright, sure. So is he like a cosplayer or something?’
The four of them shared a look. ‘No, the real God, Loki. You’ll see for yourself.’ Hanna said.
Sarah knew they had to be toying with her. Of course it wouldn’t be a God, he wasn’t real. It had to be some cosplayer or something. But she just nodded to go along with it.
She noticed the table near the kitchen had drinks and nibbles, so she made her way over to grab a few bites and a drink, since she skipped dinner.
‘Are you new here too?’ A girl asked as she approached for a drink too.
‘Guilty.’ Sarah smiled at her.
‘I’m Sophie.’ The girl smiled back at her.
‘Nice to meet you, I’m Sarah.’ She shook her hand.
‘I’m getting a weird vibe from this place, yet I am so intrigued.’ Sophie said as she took a few crisps.
‘Yeah, I know what you mean. I am too.’ Sarah said, glad that someone else was feeling the same as she was.
They didn’t have a chance to talk more as suddenly everyone fell silent as a door opened. Sarah turned to look, and from a side door that led to another room out walked a man. An incredibly handsome man. So damn tall, long black hair and the most beautiful features she’d ever seen on a human being. He was wearing a blue shirt with dark jeans and black boots.
As soon as he walked in, his presence just seemed to own the entire room and everyone in it.
And Sarah was hooked.
Everyone gathered around him as he went to the middle of the room, beside the fire pit. So Sarah thought it best to join them, she stood slightly to the side at the back with Sophie.
‘Welcome, everyone. So good to see all the usual faces again.’ He grinned and looked around the room at everyone, when his eyes landed on Sarah, she felt like time stopped and as if he was looking directly into her soul.
‘As most of you know, my name is Loki. And it is wonderful to have so many of my devoted fans here tonight.’ He began walking around a little as he spoke, his walk was so confident. And Sarah was surprised at how mesmerising his voice was.
‘Last week, I left you all with the task of spreading the message, which it seems you’ve all done reasonably well with, considering the few new faces I see here.’ He grinned and looked back at Sarah again, he was slowly making his way towards her as he moved around the room while talking.
‘But it doesn’t stop here. We need to continue to get our message out there, to bring more people in. So we can continue on with our mission.’
Sarah was a bit confused. What mission did he mean?
‘I know this might be a bit confusing for the newbies here.’ He stopped right on front of Sarah, she was craning her neck to look up at him. ‘But not to worry, because all will become crystal clear very soon.’ He grinned down at her and reached out to gently grip her chin, causing her heart to skip a beat.
Many of the people there were jealous of her already at the attention she received from their leader. It wasn’t often he physically touched anyone, if at all.
Loki looked at Sophie and smiled at her as well, then continued on. But Sarah swore she still felt his touch on her chin, her skin was tingling. And he smelled amazing up close, so intoxicating.
‘But before we go into details, let’s relax. Have some fun, eat and drink, relax. Get to know eachother.’
Everyone started clapping, which he clearly liked, though he waved his hands at everyone to go mingle about.
‘Hey, I’ve got a piece of artwork to put on the board, do you?’ Sophie asked Sarah as she motioned to a board at the back wall with various pieces of artwork of Loki.
‘Yeah, I do actually.’ Sarah nodded, trying to get her brain to work again. She couldn’t stop looking over at Loki though as she went with Sophie to the board.
Loki was talking with a couple of people, but he glanced over at Sarah too and smiled a dazzling smile that made her heart skip a beat again.
Sarah took her art out of her bag and pinned it up. It was a water colour, of how she thought Loki would look like. She’d taken some inspiration from various books, but as she stepped back and looked at her work, she realised it wasn’t that far off the Loki that was here. Which she thought was a little spooky.
‘So do you think he’s some major obsessive guy that likes to just act as Loki or he plays him in some play or something maybe?’ Sophie asked her.
‘I’m not sure. This whole thing is a little… odd. Not really what I thought it would be. But then, I wasn’t really sure what to expect.’ Sarah laughed a little nervously.
‘Yeah, me neither.’ Sophie agreed and went off to the side to look at some poems that had been written about Loki.
Sarah was taking in the other artwork, when she suddenly felt a strong presence behind her and tingles shot down her spine.
‘Did you do that one?’ Came Loki’s voice right in hear ear, making her gasp a little as she turned to find him right behind her, looking at her artwork.
‘Ye… Yeah, I did.’
‘It’s wonderful. Thank you.’ Loki smiled widely and looked directly at her. She found his eye contact quite intense, so was unable to maintain it.
‘So uhm… What exactly is the mission you mentioned? And are you a cosplayer of Loki, or what?’ She asked.
Loki chuckled and leaned in a little closer to her. ‘I am the Loki, God of Mischief. Everything will be explained later, as I said… What’s your name?’
‘Sarah…’
‘Well, it’s very nice to meet you, Sarah.’ He said as he took her hand and brought it up to his lips so he could kiss her knuckles, turning her knees to jelly.
‘And welcome to my cult.’ He grinned at her with a wink.
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