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Loki reappeared right where he found the source of Sidious's power, and the god was surprised to see that he was standing in the middle of an expensive looking room with a window with a wide view of the city below.

Sitting at a desk in front of the large window as an elderly looking kind man who looked up at Loki with a startled and slightly annoyed gaze and in front of his desk was a woman staring at Loki with an agape mouth – and the woman looked a lot like that woman that Thor cared for greatly.

"Ahh, Mr. Odinson. I was not expecting you so early." The man at the desk said, making Loki smile at him.

"Traffic was with me." He replied jestfully.

This was Sidious? This frail looking old mad was the powerful sith lord that Dooku took his orders from, and Loki was using to defeat Thanos?

"Who – how?" The Foster look a like managed to speak, still staring at Loki, "How did you just appear like that?"

Loki smirked, "Magic, my lady." He said, his smirk growing into a grin that didn't quite reach his eyes, "I am Loki L-Odinson. Who might you be?"

"Loki?" she murmured with a frown, "I'm Senator Padmé Amidala of Naboo…"

Loki's eyebrows raised, looking at the woman in front of him. This was Senator Amidala? This was Anakin's wife?

"A pleasure to meet you, Senator Amidala." Loki said with a smooth voice.

Padmé nodded her head, looking at Loki slightly unsure but then turned back to Sidious, "As I was saying, Chancellor, thank you for accepting my request for some vacation time. After – recent events… I need some rest." Padmé looked a bit more hesitant, "But if something important comes in the senate, I'll be back here as soon as I'm needed."

Sidious waved his hand, "No need, my dear. Take as much time as you need, Representative Binks can handle the senate in your absent." He said, sending the young woman a smile.

Padmé nodded her head, seeming unsure and then glanced at Loki again, and then sent a smile to Sidious, "Thank you again, Chancellor." She said, "Now, I'll be on my way."

Then Padmé turned around and walked outside the door, not looking at Loki as she walked past him. The door closed behind her, so Loki looked at Sidious with an inquiring expression, "Chancellor?" he asked, a light smirk on his face.

Sidious just shrugged as he pulled a small device from under his desk. He pressed a button and then placed the device on his desk and looked to Loki, "We can talk now." He said, interlocking his fingers.

Loki nodded his head, "You said you wanted me here for when Thanos arrives. Well, I am here. What do you want?"

Sidious just smiled as he reached under his desk and pulled out a small disk. Placing it on the table, a blue projection shot out. Loki swallowed hard, but stood still, staring at the projection with a blank face.

The Hologram of Thanos stood there, as impressive as ever. He pointed at the seat where Sidious sat.

"This is a prerecording." Sidious told Loki as the titan started talking.

"You are the leader of this world. Hand over the worm Loki or we will destroy this world, and you along with it!"

Sidious voice entered the recording, "I'm afraid I don't know who this Loki is, and I do not listen to demands of a terrorist." He said his voice sounded mild, if annoyed.

"I am no mere terrorist! I am Thanos, the eternal! And you will crumble before me," the titan snarled, "but I am willing to leave your puny world alone if you hand over the godling."

Loki frowned as Sidious cut the transmission off and looked at Loki coolly.

"I cannot have Thanos coming here. It will sidetrack my plans even further than you have."

"Than I have?" Loki asked, deciding to focus on that for the moment, "What did I do to disturb your plans of galactic domination?"

Sidious just shrugged, "You managed to kill my future apprentice." He said with a regretful sigh, "Such a shame – he had such potential."

Anakin. Sidious had planned to corrupt Anakin. It only made sense, the man was more powerful than all the Jedi he had come across, even more power than Sidious but he didn't use it all. Hela was working on that.

"Yes, you can talk that up with Dooku. He was the one who asked me to dispose of the Jedi." Loki replied with a noncommittal shrug.

Sidious nodded his head as a dark look flickered across his face, "Yes, but enough of this – I cannot allow Thanos to come here, and he wants you."

"Yes, but I am never going with him." Loki's eyes were slits, a rare amount of emotion showing from him, "Do not forget – we have a deal."

Sidious wasn't fazed by Loki's anger, he just smiled, "I have a plan."

And Loki wasn't sure he liked the sinister turn that Sidious' smile changed to.

"Anakin, can you come to my room please?" Obi-Wan spoke into the com on his wrist before returning to the book on his desk.

He had taken note of a few spells he wanted Anakin to try out, and a few he wouldn't mind testing too, and he also wanted to talk to Anakin about Hela and Loki.

After a few minutes, Obi-Wan felt the familiar pull of Anakin's 'magic' and then he felt a hand on his shoulder. Obi-Wan pursed his lips but otherwise didn't say anything on Anakins attempt to scare him.

Obi-Wan then twisted to look at Anakin, a light of amusement in his eyes and just shook his head, "Hello Anakin." He sighed.

"What's up Master?" Anakin asked, coming around to look at what Obi-Wan was reading, and then frowned, "Can you read this?"

Obi-Wan nodded his head and then grabbed some of this notes and quickly read through them, "It's a magic book Hela lent me to help her research." He said and then lifted his hand up in front of Anakin and looked at the paper with a frown.

"Woah, what are you doing?" Anakin asked, raising his hands up in front of him.

"It's the translation spell that Hela cast for me, I want to see if I can do it – I found it in the book." Obi-Wan said, not looking at Anakin as he ran the words through his head.

"And you're trying on me?"

"You're the only one here and Ahsoka is to far away." Was his mild reply, before turning to look at Anakin and then reached out to the force and moved it as he spoke the words, "Läs allt om alla."

The was a slight turquoise shimmer in the air, and Obi-Wan felt the force shift slightly around them. Anakin blinked and then looked at the book on the table and then blinked a few more times.

"That… is…" Anakin couldn't say anything making Obi-Wan smile. Anakin at a loss for words? Well that was something, but now he had to talk to Anakin about something else.

"Anakin. Earlier I went to speak to Lady Hela, offering my help to her studies but she was in audience. When I asked Hinrik who… he told me it was her father." Obi-Wan said, looking at Anakin closely.

A flicker of surprise passed through Anakins face and then a flash of anger, but the young man managed to get a control on his emotions before he spoke, "Did she say anything to you about him?" he asked, his voice tense.

Obi-Wan shook his head, "No." he admitted, "I don't believe that Hela wished us to know that he was here."

Anakin frowned and then looked away from Obi-Wan in thought, but a glare was still on the young Jedi's face, "We'll talk to Hela as soon as we can." He decide, looking at Obi-Wan with a determined expression, "All of us, including Rex and Ahsoka – we'll get to the bottom of this. I'll go tell them what's going on."

And with that, Anakin vanished leaving Obi-Wan alone with his books again. Obi-Wan glanced down at his notes again and picked them up. He sighed and then felt out the room where Anakin, Ahsoka and Rex were now in.

"Ta mig till dem." He said under his breath and shut his eyes.

He felt the shift around him again, and when he opened his eyes he was in the same room as the other three. He looked around and nodded his head.

"That was much easier than your method, Anakin." Obi-Wan stated to the slightly amused Jedi Knight, "Ahsoka, perhaps I should assist you on this matter."

Ahsoka smiled and nodded her head, "You might be a better magic mentor that Anakin. For some reason, 'just picture it working' doesn't really work that well for me."

Obi-Wan chuckled while Anakin gave a joking pout, "You're killin' me Snips. My teaching methods are grand!"

Rex stood up, a smile on his face, "I have to agree with the commander here, General. From what I saw, at least."

"Three against one? From where I stand, that seem hardly fair." Hela's voice suddenly sounded, making the four jump in surprise and turn to look at her.

Not many people could sneak up on three Jedi and a highly trained clone trooper.

"Lady Hela." Obi-Wan said, noticing Anakin tense slightly out of the corner of his eyes.

Hela's smile remained in place, "Hirik told me that he told you I was speaking with my father." She said, her voice pleasant, "And I know you have questions, so shall I answer them?"

"Yeah." Anakin said, "For starters, when is Loki planning on getting us out of here? I mean no offence, Hela, but I don't want to spend the rest of my life in Hel."

Hela chuckled, "Oh, Anakin. You are not to spend the rest of your life here. My father asked me to train you in the ways of Magic, and that is what I'm doing."

"Loki asked you to teach us?" Ahsoka asked with a frown, "Why? And why did he bring us here and not back home?"

Hela sighed, "My father has his reasons." She said with a shake of her head, "And he does not share them with me."

"Rancor Poodoo." Anakin snapped, sending a glare at her, "You wouldn't do this unless there was something in it for you."

Obi-Wan ran a hand over his face, "Anakin, please do not upset the goddess of the dead." He said, shaking his head with a sigh,

But Hela was anything but upset, a smile on her lips, "I see why Father likes you. He likes clever people."

Obi-Wan rolled his eyes at the smirk on Anakin's face but then took a sigh and looked at Hela seriously, "Lady Hela, can you please tell us why Loki asked this of you?"

Hela nodded her head, "My father knows something big is coming and he wanted me to prepare you and keep you safe while it is coming. The evil-dooers of your realm think you dead, it will give the element of surprise for when you return."

"And when will that be?" Anakin asked, his hands on his hips, glaring at the woman.

Hela shrugged her shoulders, "You are far from ready, so no time soon, and of that you have no worry."

Anakin let out a frustrated groan, "And why didn't he tell us this when he dropped us here? If we knew what was going on we would've worked harder for it!"

"Of that, I doubt!" Hela snapped, "Before you had no better motivation than to return to your home and wife and perhaps to find my father and give him a talking to!"

Obi-Wan frowned, "She has a point Anakin." The Jedi master hesitantly agreed making Anakin groan in frustration.

"And now you know the truth, you must work harder for Father will not return unless he feels you are ready." Hela said, sending a cool smile at them before she vanished herself, leaving them there in silence.

"Well, you heard the goddess. Lets get training." Anakin said, his teeth ground.

"Just hold on a mo, master." Ahsoka interrupted with a glance at Obi-Wan, who look looking at Anakin with an unreadable expression, "I think congratulations are in order."

A flicker on confusion went over Anakins face, "Whyyy?" he asked, dragging the word out as he looked at the two other Jedi (and the slightly worried yet amused expression on Rex)

"Your wife. Hela mentioned your wife." Obi-Wan said, his expression still unreadable, "Padmé, I assume?"

Anakins eyes shot wide. Damn.

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