The plan had been rather simple, Loki had intended it from the start, a simple deception nothing hard. But that had all changed in one simple moment. His illusion had been perfect, no flaw's. Right before the Aether entered Malekith Thor hit it hard, but the result had been worthless. Instead the Aether entered Malekith and all hell broke loose.

The Dark Elves charged with their beastly companion. A grenade was thrown and Loki quickly pushed Jane out of the way. However instead of being pushed outward away from the explosion, Loki was pulled inward. At the last moment, Thor came out of nowhere and pushed Loki out of the way. With a quick nod to each other they rejoined their separate battles, Thor off to the side, Loki taking care of the Dark Elves. Loki had just disposed of the last of the attackers when he noticed almost too late that Thor was getting the stuffing beat out of him by the nasty looking beast.

He ran to his brother's aid, picking up a fallen Dark Elf spear as he ran. The spear went through the beast's torso like butter, protruding all the way to the other side. The creature turned to face his new attacker and the rest happened so fast that Loki could barely register it.

As he was pushed out of the way, he heard a crunch and an exclamation of pain from Thor. The scream tore from Loki's mouth as he turned to see his brother push the beast away from himself, the spear sliding out of the god's wound. Thor fell but before he could reach the ground Loki was there catching him. Thor made a faint, gurgling laugh as the implosion bomb went off, sucking the creature into nothingness with a rather loud sickening crunch.

"You idiot, what were you thinking?" Loki chastised his dying brother.

"I had to save you," Thor replied a small smile on his lips.

"No you did not, I was saving you," the mischief god his voice catching in his throat.

"THOR!" Jane's shout cut through the air as she ran stumbling to the two brothers. She fell down at Thor's side taking his cold weak hand in hers.

"Jane, I have always loved, I need you to know that," Thor said his voice kind and gentle.

"Of course I know that, I love you too," Jane said tears filling her eyes, "just stay with me."

Loki had the feeling of intruding on something but then Thor turned to face him again, "You protect her."

"Of course brother, I promise," Loki vowed, knowing that for the first time in a very long time his brother at last trusted him again, and he wasn't about to let him down. He looked up at Jane as he spoke and noticed the tears clearly evident on her dirt covered face.

"Good," Thor said and with one last look at Jane said to them both, "See you in Valhalla."

And Thor son of Odin, god of thunder breathed his last.

Loki picked up his fallen brother, he could not leave him here to rot. They had seen a cave on one of the hills not that far from where they were, and Loki meant to take Thor there, at least out of the elements. It was only an afterthought but as Loki walked past Mjolnir he stooped and picked it up without even thinking, he didn't know what exactly to do with it but it belonged with Thor.

The cave was cold and damp but it would have to do for now. Jane was in some sort of daze, she hadn't said anything and now as Loki laid the body of his fallen brother down, she just walking back in the cave not really noticing where she was. There was nothing Loki could say to comfort her, in fact there was nothing Loki could do at all, he felt numb and useless. He slid down the wall of the cave and just sat there staring at his brother. Why did this have to happen, this shouldn't have happened, that should be him lying there lifeless, not his brother. What did he do wrong?

"He's going to earth," Jane's voice found Loki, she sounded lost and confused, just as Loki felt. "Malekith, I saw his plan."

Loki didn't understand why Jane was telling him this, he couldn't get them to Midgard, the only way he could get them off of this world was to take them back to Asgard, and that was not something he was willing to do. He didn't reply to her but continued to sit where he was in silence.

The silence around them was broken by the music, some pretty terrible music as far as Loki was concerned. It came from Jane who quickly pulled out her phone. She looked at it rather puzzled before answering it. Loki ignored her and turned back to his thoughts, whatever she was talking about, it didn't concern him.

"Loki?" Jane's voice came to him, she didn't sound lost anymore, instead she sounded like she had found hope. He rose and grabbing Mjolnir by the handle lifted her effortlessly from the ground and made his way back into the cave. Not far in he found Jane holding in her hand a set of Midgardian keys, her phone in her other hand a voice coming through it that Loki couldn't quite understand. Around them on the ground was stuff that could have only come from Midgard, shoes and the like.

"Were did these come from?" Loki asked almost in a whisper, he still didn't trust his voice that much.

"Home," was all that Jane could say in reply. For the first time he really looked around in the cave and he noticed it not five feet in front of them a slight glimmer, like the heat rising off of black top.

"Malekith!" Loki said with vengeance. He glance down at Jane who looked up at him with a sad look in her eyes before turning to look back at the cave entrance were she could just make out the shape of Thor.

"We can't leave him," she said the tears coming back into her eyes.

"We can't take him either," Loki replied his voice tired. He couldn't look at Jane, he couldn't cry in front of her. "We have no choice."

The word's seemed to finalize it and with a nod Jane took his left hand and pulled him through the portal.

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